"Climb up from the roof over there. There is a dark window. Kick it open and you can get in!" Kishou Osawa glanced at the Ninomaru Castle Gate where the fierce battle was taking place. He knew that there must be no way through there, so he led him
Imagawa Yoshimoto and others walked around to the side. They climbed up to the roof of an inconspicuous house along the pillars, carefully avoiding the arrows and gravel flying around, and slowly approached a stone brick on the city wall.
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"There's someone there!" A sharp-eyed warrior of the Asahina family discovered the actions of Osawa Kisho and Imagawa Yoshimoto, pointed at the roof and shouted, and in an instant, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded them.
Osawa Jixiang couldn't care so much anymore, he kicked the stone bricks hard, and more than a dozen stone bricks were knocked down, revealing a small gap.
"Your Highness, let's go!" Ozawa hurriedly pushed Imagawa Yoshimoto into the gap. Imagawa Yoshimoto jumped to the floor inside the city wall, and then helped the following people to climb in one after another. They had not yet gained a foothold.
Steady, a hail of arrows struck again, shooting down Hatamoto, the last member of the Osawa family, on the roof of the house. But Kisang Osawa had no chance to pull up his loyal men, because Asahinabe's soldiers
They had already swarmed up the roof and were heading towards the gap.
"Breaking!" Osawa yelled at the remaining subordinates, telling them to watch the gap, while he led Imagawa Yoshimoto and others to rush towards the Ninomaru Castle Gate. Before they could reach the place,
We had already seen many Asahina Bei warriors leading the Ashigaru warriors up to the top of the city, beating the soldiers of Osawa Bei and Udono Bei to retreat, and it seemed that the control of the Ninomaru Castle Gate was about to be lost.
"Let's go, continue to retreat!" Osawa Motoxiang understood that it was too late at this time, and with a sudden heart, he decisively issued the order to retreat again, asking the remaining subordinates to surround Imagawa Yoshimoto and retreat all the way to the Honmaru of Horie Castle near the lake.
As soon as they left, Ninomaru's gate was knocked open. Asahinabe's pursuers rushed in. Imagawa Yoshimoto and others managed to rush into Honmaru gate. Osawa Kisho immediately rushed in.
Go to the city personally to organize the defense.
Finally, when night fell, Kisang Osawa barely managed to save the main gate of Honmaru Castle. Asahina Chitoku, who was attacking one side, also suspended his offensive after sunset and stationed himself in Ninomaru. Soon after, he saw the east of Horie Castle.
The torches were brightly lit outside the gate, and the soldiers of Okuheibei and Iibei also entered Ninomaru, while Saigobei, Iiobei and Horikoshibei were waiting outside the city, surrounding all the alleys of Horie Castle.
"How's it going? How's the situation?" Imagawa Yoshimoto finally found Osawa Kisho and asked in a low voice.
"To be honest, it's very bad, Your Highness." Osawa Moto showed a look of shame on his face, and then said in a deep voice, very ashamed: "Udenbei may have collapsed and is unable to fight anymore. Osawabei has suffered heavy losses, and we can use our troops.
With less than a hundred people, the fighting spirit is already in jeopardy. Although Horie Castle is a fortified city, the main defenses are in Sannomaru and Ninomaru. Honmaru is too small and there is no room for maneuver. If the rebels desperately launch a general attack, tomorrow
I'm afraid we'll be in the city in the morning."
Imagawa Yoshimoto fell into silence after hearing this.
"The reinforcements probably won't arrive tomorrow morning, right? Even if they arrive, the rebels outside the city can rely on the fortifications of Horie Castle Sannomaru to stop them, and we won't be able to hold on until we can relieve the siege." Kisang Osawa was already ashamed.
His face was blood red, but he still did not make any excuses for himself. Instead, he sincerely suggested: "Your Highness, please take a small boat to break out of Lake Hamana tonight. Our sailors are familiar with hydrology and can sail at night. The other party's ships are chasing
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Until this moment, Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was standing at the head of Honmaru Castle, looked at the flag of Asahina Beizo Sanba under the dim moonlight and still felt unbelievable.
Since the Imagawa clan came to Suruga, the Asahina family has been the lineage of the Imagawa family for generations. They are loyal and loyal. They have made countless contributions to the Imagawa family's wars in the north and south. At that time, Imagawa Yoshimoto was involved in the Hanakura Rebellion. I was forced into a desperate situation by Imakawa Yoshimoto, with no one around to support me, and I was trapped in the Imakawa Hall waiting for death. In this desperate situation, Asahina Yasuno resolutely stood by Imagawa Yoshimoto's side and helped him save the day. This Their loyalty and friendship are still fresh in the memory of Imagawa Yoshimoto.
If among all the Imagawa family, Imagawa Yoshimoto was asked to choose a family that would never betray the Imagawa family until the end of the road, then he would definitely choose the Asahina family without hesitation.
How could the Asahina family rebel?
"Your Highness, Asahina is here to ask for an audience."
The voice of Kentaro Tian Shen interrupted Imagawa Yoshimoto's meditation.
"Let him come in." Imagawa Yoshimoto let out a long sigh, then walked down the city wall toward the castle tower, "I'll see him in person."
Soon after, in the Horie Castle Castle Tower, Asahina Chitoku also personally came as an envoy to meet Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"The House Governor's Hall." Asahina Chitoku bowed to Imagawa Yoshimoto thoughtfully, as if Asahinabi, who had just defeated Udenbei and Osawa Bei and was chasing Imagawa Yoshimoto in embarrassment not long ago, was commanded by someone else—— Asahina Bima is indeed the strongest military figure in the Imagawa family.
"That's polite." Even when he was in such an embarrassment, Imagawa Yoshimoto still maintained basic etiquette, but he was no longer in the mood for polite greetings, and asked straight to the point: "Please give me a reason."
"Reason?" Asahina Kantoku tilted her head, as if she didn't understand what Imagawa Yoshimoto was saying, "Please give me a clear explanation from the head of the household."
"Why did the Asahina family rebel?" Imagawa Yoshimoto took a deep breath and sighed in disappointment: "Why did Asahina Bichumaku (Asahina Taino) issue such an order? Does he even want to kill me? ?”
Imagawa Yoshimoto said something rude - but he really didn't want to believe it, and he didn't want to believe that Asahina Yasushi could want to murder him. The drunkard who always smelled of alcohol and seemed to have never sobered up was the most depressed among Imagawa Yoshimoto. Imagawa Yoshimoto recognized him when he was young and decided to follow him with his whole family. No matter which time he saw Imagawa Yoshimoto, he always smiled and encouraged himself with expectation. Every time he accompanied Imagawa Yoshimoto on an expedition, he would always be the same. He rushed to the front and never avoided falling arrows. He treated himself like an uncle and nephew, and even sent his two legitimate sons to Imagawa Hall to serve as bodyguards for Imagawa Yoshimoto - how could such a person rebel?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Huh?" Asahina Chitoku seemed to be speechless by Imagawa Yoshimoto's question, and laughed twice and said: "Our Suruga Asahina clan's decision, he is about to be locked up." What are you guarding?"
"Huh?" This time it was Imagawa Yoshimoto's turn who didn't understand.
"My noble Suruga Asahina family governor, Asahina Tanba Moritoku, do I have to ask the approval of his family governor, Ene Asahina family, for anything I do?" But Asahina Chentoku thought that Imagawa Yoshimoto's question was looking down on him, and he became furious. He patted the case and said: "Stop looking down on others, you guy!"
"Suruga Asahina?" Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly fell into confusion, "Isn't all the Asahina family's territory located in Toe? Isn't the Asahina family still divided?"
"Ah?" Asahina Chitoku was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized it. Then he laughed loudly, laughing so hard that he fell back and forth. Then he pointed at Imagawa Yoshimoto and said: "You bastard family governor, you don't even know the genealogy of the first servant under your command."
I don’t know. If we don’t oppose you, who should we oppose? Are you worthy of being the governor of the Sichuan family?"
Yes, Imagawa Yoshimoto, who usually neglects government affairs, really doesn't know the details of these relationships, so he was stunned when he was asked. He didn't know how to answer the question, and he didn't know what Asahina Chitoku and Asahina Yasuno were like.
relationship, let alone what the so-called Toe Asahina and Suruga Asahina mean.
"Forget it, there's nothing to worry about now. For the sake of the master-slave relationship, I'll save some face for you." Asahina Chitoku snorted twice, took out a document from his arms, and threw it to
In front of Imagawa Yoshimoto, "See for yourself, the Governor's Hall."
Imagawa Yoshimoto opened the document and found that it was a letter signed by the wealthy families of Toe and Mikawa. In addition to Asahina Chitoku in front of him, the signatures included Okuhira Sadakatsu, Kannuma Sadari and many other wealthy families who rebelled in this battle. The document stated
, these wealthy families still retained their last dignity. They did not bluntly say that they were subduing military admonitions. Instead, they asked Imagawa Yoshimoto to live in seclusion and become a monk, and gave up the position of family governor to his son Imagawa Uzuma, and then banished Taiyuan Xue Zhai and handed over all affairs.
Handled by a joint meeting of ministers.
"What, you're not convinced? Do you still have the nerve?" Seeing that Yoshimoto Imagawa didn't reply, Asahina Chitoku shook his head disdainfully, and then began to list the crimes of Yoshimoto Imagawa:
"House Governor, please tell me how many evaluation meetings have been held since you succeeded to the throne? Five times? You can count them on one hand!" Asahina Kantoku stretched out his right hand in a somewhat exaggerated manner, and said in front of the audience
Imagawa Yoshimoto fiddled with his face, and then spat: "Entrust all government and military affairs to the old monk Xuezhai of Taiyuan, or to Ni Yutai and your cronies. Aren't we retainers unworthy?
?Not only do we not deserve to discuss political affairs with you, we don't even deserve to see you! Only when it's time to go to war and you recruit us into the army can we be 'lucky' to see your true face."
"But have you achieved anything famous after so many years of fighting? Two bloody battles with the Hojo family, and being entangled in Mikawa for so long. How much land have you captured? Is even one acre of land allocated to our retainers? If so, should it be allocated to you?
Directly under the direct control of Asahina Binaka and Okabe Sakyo's cronies, let alone eating meat, we can't even share the soup! Over the past few years, the banner of the Imagawa clan has become more and more practiced, and Asahina Bichu, Okabe Sakyo and others
Our territory is also rising, so what about us? Huh?"
"The Taiyuan Xuezhai acted arbitrarily and had all the power. Everything had to go through his hands. We retainers were stared at to death. I don't know how many people in the whole family were infiltrated by him. He knew how long he had been up and down at night.
, even if you quietly open a few acres of wasteland, you will be sent a warning, saying that we will inspect the land next time. We wanted to appeal to you, but you didn't even see it, so you changed hands and gave all the complaints to Taiyuan Xuezhai. Okay,
Do you really not regard our retainers as human beings? As dogs?"
"And your ridiculous and pitiful womanly kindness, rescuing enemy civilians on the battlefield, going all the way to Shinano to retrieve a group of refugees, and ordering tax reductions and exemptions again and again... Haha, those blind people
The Ashigaru and others agree with you, but do you think our samurai's vision is so low? Your "benevolence" is of no use in this troubled world. Sooner or later, the Imagawa family will be ruined and the family will be destroyed.
We retainers will be buried with him! Anyway, the life and death of the dog is not important. What is important is your reputation as an adult! It is your monk’s feathers! You can’t bear the slightest bit of dirt! You have been a secular man for several years, and you are still guarding it.
The commandment is not to kill, how can there be a warrior like you?"
