But before they could recover, the young man was shot to death by random arrows from Sasaki Narimasa's archers, but thanks to the gap he opened, more Kinoshita Army soldiers were already pouring in.
They squeezed onto the narrow city wall and started a hand-to-hand battle with Sasaki Masajun.
Seeing that the city was already crowded with Kinoshita troops wearing blue military uniforms, Sasanagi Masagi saw that he was completely defeated by this time, so after a symbolic resistance for a while, he escaped with a few guards.
The Sasanagi Masajun, who had become stragglers, immediately lost their fighting spirit, and thousands of them almost surrendered in unison.
"Kill them! Take no prisoners!" At this time, Tokichiro was blinded by hatred. Under his order, nearly two thousand surrendered soldiers were beheaded, and the blood stained the ground of the entire city red.
The severed heads formed a huge pile.
"I am very sad that His Highness Takenaka Hanbei died, but is this too much?" Kuroda Kanbei asked cautiously.
However, what he got in exchange was a burst of curses from Tokichiro: "Don't worry about this! In short, those who participated in the killing of Hanbei will die! By the way! And those Takeda cavalry! We must let them pay with blood!"
They left only a few hundred men to clean the battlefield, and the remaining troops silently pursued Sasanagi Masa to Iwamura Castle, the gateway to the territory of the Takeda and Oda families.
At this time, the guard of Iwamura Castle, Akiyama Nobuyoshi, saw Sasaki Narimasa's dejected look, and was furious. Seeing that the situation in Kinki was about to develop in a direction beneficial to the Takeda family, he didn't expect that something like this happened.
Moth!
"Akiyama! Close the city gate quickly!" At this time, Sasaki Narimasa's disheveled hair looked like a bereaved dog: "That guy Tokichiro is crazy! He bites me and won't let go! They are too powerful! I guess we can't defend this place!
We’d better retreat to the Takeda family’s territory!”
There was a crisp sound of "pop", and Akiyama gave him a hard slap!
"You hit me? You dare to hit me?" Sasaki Narimasa immediately rushed forward to fight with Akiyama Nobuyou, but was punched in the abdomen by Akiyama Nobuyou, and his breastplate was immediately shattered by Akiyama Nobuyou's fist.
, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Look at what you're like!" Akiyama Shinobu glared at him and shouted, "Are you still a samurai? If you try to confuse the military morale here again, I will throw you to Tokichiro!"
This sentence was quite powerful. Sasaki Namasa immediately stopped moving and knelt on the ground blankly.
"Sir! Kinoshita's army has arrived!" the soldiers at the sentry tower at the head of the city shouted in panic.
Akiyama believer spat: "Damn, it came so fast!" He immediately ordered the soldiers in the city to prepare arrows, iron cannons and boulders.
I saw that the Kinoshita army that came to attack was only the part of the Qiangake Seven Guns Commander. They saw that Iwamura City was well-defended, and there was a moat and spiked fences in front of the city. They stopped immediately. It seemed that they wanted to wait for the army to arrive.
Then attack again.
The Akiyama believers at the top of the city discovered that the number of these Kinoshita troops was not large and immediately made a decision and ordered the soldiers to attack immediately. Before the attack, he told the soldiers to return to the city as soon as they heard the golden bell ringing at the top of the city!
Masanori Fukushima, Kiyomasa Kato and others were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the large group of troops. Unexpectedly, the city gate opened suddenly and the suspension bridge fell!
A large group of Takeda troops rushed out! The unprepared Kinoshita Army was caught off guard. Fortunately, the Seven Guns stabilized their position in time and formed a stalemate with them.
At this moment, billowing dust and smoke began to rise not far away. The Kinoshita Army's large force finally arrived. At this time, the golden bell at the top of the city could only be heard ringing! The Takeda family soldiers immediately followed the previous agreement and retreated while fighting.
Arrive in the city.
Seeing this scene, Tokichiro didn't say anything. He just looked around Iwamura Castle carefully for a while and whispered: "Go find some firewood! Light a fire!"
After a while, a raging fire broke out! The defenders in Iwamura City were so smoked that they could not keep their eyes open and their mouths were dry.
Tokichiro began to cut off water and food again, and imposed a strict blockade on Iwamura Castle. The Akiyama faithful were very unlucky. They did not have a thick grain storehouse like the Gosho Ryū no Sword of Kotani Castle, and they ran out of military rations in less than half a month.
Seeing that all the soldiers in the city were so hungry and dizzy that they could hardly hold their weapons, Akiyama Shinto decided to negotiate peace with Tokichiro after careful consideration.
But the conditions offered by the furious Tokichiro were also very excessive: the defender would commit suicide!
In order to save the lives of the entire city's defenders, Akiyama Nobuhiro resolutely chose to perform a caesarean section. When his men presented his head, Tokichiro, who had calmed down, seemed to have some regrets: "Such a loyal and courageous samurai died in my arms.
What a pity it is in my hands!" So he ordered the defenders in the city to be released, and gave a rich burial to the Akiyama believers.
At this time, looking at the entire Kinki, no one can stop Kinoshita Tokichiro. His Xingye squadron returned to Himelu Castle and began to gather all the old Oda ministers to discuss the future plans of the Oda family.
In fact, there is only one theme of the meeting and who has the final say.
Those present at the meeting were all the lords of the former Oda family in Kinki. Among them, Niwa Nagahide, Sakuma Morinobu and others had clearly stood with Tokichiro.
However, Lin Xiuzhen, Oda Nobuo and others only applauded Tokichiro's actions in suppressing the rebellion, but deep down they were still wary of him and regarded him only as a general of the Oda family.
At the same time, there are also some small neutral forces such as the Kamou family, and Ando Mamoru, who has always been silent in the dispute.
Of course, Tokichiro was not stupid enough to let himself speak. Under his orders, Niwa Nagahide and others openly expressed their support for Tokichiro's sole power and listed all the achievements he made against the Oda family one by one.
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Of course, the other people who wanted to speak were not qualified, and they all frequently turned their attention to one person——Oda Nobuo.
Oda Nobuo also felt the burning gazes of everyone, and he coughed awkwardly. This was a secret signal, and Lin Xiuzhen stood up.
It seemed that he was well prepared. After all, he controlled Owari Kingdom with Seiju City as its center, and his crony Lin Xiuzhen controlled the territory around Naya Ancient City, so he still had certain strength.
Lin Xiuzhen's fat and short body was swaying awkwardly, but he didn't seem to mind. He still pretended to clear his throat and said in an arrogant tone to Niwa Nagahide and others: "Tokichiro is indeed meritorious, but after all, he is just
The general of the Oda family has received a reward for his merits, but is it not good to ignore priorities like this?"
In addition, the Kamou family, Ando Mamoru and others remained silent. They were all waiting for the situation to become clear before making their own stance.