Yu Qiuping arranged for Charlie to take a squad to protect his camp, and asked Fukushima Yasunari to take a squad to meet him at the south gate. He took 20 people from Omaezaki Nakahide and Yoshioka Katsumasa and went straight to the castle tower in anger.
When he left, he was blocked outside the castle tower by the Ashigaru of the Takeda family. "My lord has an order not to allow others to enter the castle tower."
"Sir, the Takeda family has been in control of the castle tower and Imamiya Castle for almost two hours. I don't know what they are planning." Naoe Tadahei said in a low voice, "Before leaving, I brought Young Master Imamiya here. I want to see Imamiya.
Your Excellency’s body has been rejected.”
"Aren't you going to let us in?" Yu Qiuping tried his best to suppress his anger at this moment and tried to keep his tone calm.
"Yes, don't blame me, sir!" The ten ashigaru who held the main gate of the castle tower gathered over and looked at Yu Qiuping warily.
"Then report it to Lord Sanada! Yu Qiuping wants to see Lord Imamiya's body!" Yu Qiuping shouted sternly, "Hurry up and go!"
The Ashigaru of the Takeda family came back shortly after leaving. Sanada Masayuki also arrived in person. He commanded his subordinates to make way for Akihira to come in, "Mr. Akihira, please follow me upstairs."
Yu Qiuping snorted coldly and did not respond. He strode upwards with his men. Starting from the first floor, on the walls and floors of the castle tower, there were many bloodstains and beaten marks that had not yet been wiped off.
Various tables and door panels were knocked over, and it was obvious that a fierce struggle had taken place. Many bodies were dragged to the corners of the lobby, bleeding tricklingly. Yu Qiuping went upstairs all the way, and the conditions on the third floor were better than those on the first and second floors.
It was even more tragic. Once on the third floor, the pungent smell of blood almost made Yu Qiuping gag. On the floor not far away, Imamong Leding's somewhat plump body was lying. Yu Qiuping exclaimed, ignoring the people around him.
Ashigaru and Sanada Nobutsuna of the Takeda family rushed to Imamiya Rakusho and fell on their knees in a pool of blood.
Yu Qiuping looked at the bone-deep wound on Imamiya Leding's neck with some disbelief. It was exactly the same as the Imamiya family's ashigaru corpse along the way. It was killed with its throat cut - it was also the same as the three messengers who were killed yesterday.
Same.
Imamiya Rakusei's eyes were open, and there were many scars on his arms. His samurai sword was left not far away, and it was obvious that he had fought to the death before his death.
The warm and hospitable lord; the loyal and courageous general to the Imagawa family; the helper who was misunderstood by Yu Qiuping but still tried his best to help; the father of two lovely children; the husband of a virtuous wife, left forever.
So many brothers of the Imamiya family who died in the castle tower have also left forever.
Yu Qiuping felt hot blood rushing to his forehead, and his eyes were so red that they were almost bleeding. He stood up and angrily roared at Masayuki Sanada and Nobutsuna Sanada: "What's going on!"
"The assassin came from nowhere." Sanada Masayuki shook his head, "Killed Imamiya-sama."
"You're still fucking pretending!" Yu Qiupei rushed forward with a sword step and grabbed Sanada Masayuki's collar. The ashigaru from the two surrounding families immediately started a tense confrontation. Sanada Nobutsuna wanted to rescue his younger brother, but was also blamed by Honda.
Nosuke blocked it.
"You are the only people on the mountain from the Takeda family! The Hojo family are blocked at the bottom of the mountain and can't get up at all!" Yu Qiupei angrily cursed at Sanada Masayuki, "Who else could have done it if it wasn't you? Not a single person passed the checkpoint.
, it can only be done by people on the mountain!"
"No! We didn't kill Imamiya-sama!" Before Sanada Masayuki could speak, Sanada Nobutsuna roared, "When we rushed over to support him, dozens of people had already been killed!"
"You support? You killed it yourself, right?" Yu Qiuping scolded again, "So after you killed Imamiya-sama, you immediately took control of the castle tower. If my subordinates hadn't taken control of the pass, would you have blocked us too?
Outside!"
"We didn't! We didn't kill him!" Sanada Nobutsuna cursed again. "It was all done by the grandsons of the Hojo family before. Why are you wrongly accusing us now!"
"The Hojo family killed them? The Hojo family can't go up the mountain, so how can they be killed?" Yu Qiuping laughed angrily, "I'm still curious about why it was so easy to find out the clues about the Hojo family before. I guess it was your people pretending to be Fuma ninjas.
Here, take the sachet and frame it for the Hojo family!"
Yu Qiuping doubted the Takeda family from the bottom of his heart. This was his unique historical advantage as a time traveler.
"No." Sanada Masayuki shook his head decisively and stared into Yu Qiuping's eyes.
"You are the only people on the mountain. If you didn't kill them, who else could they be?" Yu Qiuping roared.
"Isn't there someone from your Imagawa family on the top of the mountain?" Sanada Masayuki was scolded for a long time, and finally broke out and shouted: "I suspect it was you!"
"Us?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and shouted: "Why should we kill our own family members!"
"From the perspective of those with vested interests, you Imakawa family are the most likely to take action!" Sanada Masayuki analyzed without showing any weakness: "The young master of the Imamiya family is in your hands. As long as Imamiya Rakusei dies, you will
You can support the young master to take over the Imamiya family!"
"Stop spitting on people over there!" Yoshioka Shengzheng was the first to snap, and drew the knife directly in his hand, "Can my master be like a beast like you!"
As soon as Yoshioka Katsumasa drew his sword, the people of the Takeda family on the opposite side also drew their swords. Sanada Masayuki violently kicked Amakihei, and when the latter staggered back, he stepped back behind the ashigaru of the main family.
"Do it!" Sanada Masayuki gave the order, and the Ashugaru of the Takeda family inside and outside the castle tower immediately surrounded them, blocking 20 people from the Imagawa family on the third floor. "The murderer must be the Imagawa family, take them all down!"
"You are still acting now! Just say you are the murderers and start fighting!" Yu Qiuping cursed, and he also had all the knives in his hands. "Every time we are attacked, you just leave the camp! This
Once you didn't leave the camp, I was safe and sound, but Imamiya-sama was killed instead! You pretended to be members of the Hojo family and wanted to put the blame on it, damn it!" Yu Qiuping snorted coldly, "It's really you grandsons, look.
When the time comes, I will send messengers and crows to intercept and kill them on the way! That time the granary was burned, it was also burned when I went to see your communication line!"
Everything was explained. From the first night, he had been plotted by Sanada Masayuki. He induced Yu Qiuping to suspect the Hojo family, but secretly planned to push Yu Qiuping into a desperate situation step by step.
Yes, how could I have forgotten that he was a man of the world in the future? Toyotomi Hideyoshi could not help but admire him and admired his series of operations to change the family, praising him as "excellent on the inside and outside".
How can you believe this kind of person!
"Whatever you think." Sanada Masayuki didn't say much and shouted: "Kill everyone in the Imagawa family!"
"Kill these murderers of the Takeda family and avenge Imamiya-sama! The mastermind behind the scenes is the Takeda family!" Yu Qiuping roared, and the two families immediately rushed forward to fight.
"Kenbei, shout at Yasunari from the castle tower window," Yu Qiupei said to Naoe Tadahira, "Tell them to notify Lord Amano to turn on the switch and let the Hojo family come in for reinforcements!"
"Quick fight!" Sanada Masayuki responded immediately, and the Takeda family attacked quickly. Since Yu Qiupei's subordinates usually trained with spear formations and were not very skilled in martial arts, they were beaten by the Takeda family for a while.
They retreated steadily, relying on their cooperation and coordination to barely hold off the Takeda family. They defended themselves in a corner on the third floor of the castle tower and resisted stubbornly.
Simply, the Takeda family has been missing opportunities. Several ashigaru had their swords knocked out of their hands, but none of them were killed with one hit. The Takeda family seems not to be good at last-hitting, leaving these ashigaru with the opportunity to run around and pick them up.
They raised their swords and fought again. The fight lasted for a long time, but there were not many casualties on both sides. Only two people on Yu Qiuping's side were injured. However, Yu Qiuping's defense circle was being squeezed smaller and smaller, and it was about to be unable to hold up.
In the melee, only Hondo Nanosuke performed well. He almost shouldered one-third of the defense line by himself. His sword skills were extremely delicate and powerful.
At the same time, he also paid attention to skills. He killed three Takeda ashigaru in a row, preventing the opponent from advancing further for a while. Sanada Nobutsuna had to go into battle personally to fight against Honda Nabenosuke, but he was also at a disadvantage. Honda Nabenosuke every time
The sword was so powerful and heavy that Sanada Nobutsuna's face turned red and he was panting.
But Yu Qiuping could see that Honda Nanosuke's physical strength was constantly losing. After all, he was just a 12-year-old child! Over time, he would definitely not be able to hold on.
At this moment, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the south gate of Imamiya Castle. Yu Qiupei turned his head and looked along the window, and saw Fukushima Yasunari and Amano Keitoku coming in with reinforcements from the Hojo family.
Go straight to the castle tower.
"Reinforcements are here! Counterattack!" Yu Qiuping shouted excitedly, boosting the morale of his ashigaru men.
"No, retreat quickly! Brother! Don't be blocked in the castle tower!" Sanada Masayuki hurriedly shouted.
"I'll break the queen! You go first!" I don't know why, but when Sanada Nobutsuna shouted this sentence, he was very awkward, as if he was shouting a line.
Sanada Masayuki took the Takeda family's ashigaru and ran downstairs quickly. The Takeda family's ashigaru who stayed behind on the third floor were outnumbered. The Imagawa family's ashigaru who were besieged by many people were knocked down and captured one after another. Sanada Nobutsuna himself also hacked at once.
The knife in his hand flew away in a somewhat exaggerated manner, but Yoshioka Katsumasa and Honda Nabenosuke jointly held him down.
However, just as the Takeda family was about to escape from the castle tower, another group of people suddenly appeared at the west gate of Imamiya Castle. It was Charlie, Ogawa Yufuyu and Imamiya Rakusei's old men. The Takeda family, who were breaking out to the west, were caught off guard.
, was blocked, turned around and ran to the east again, and the Hojo family and Fukushima Yasunari who were coming had already outflanked the Takeda family's ashigaru. The Takeda family's ashigaru still wanted to resist until the rain
After Qiupei appeared, he pressed down Nobutsuna Sanada, who was tied into a rice dumpling with a piece of rag stuffed in his mouth.
"If any of you dare to resist, I will kill him immediately!" Yu Qiuping put the knife on Sanada Nobutsuna's neck and roared viciously. After Sanada Nobutsuna heard Yu Qiupei's threat, he immediately struggled to shout
He was holding something, but because of the rag in his mouth, he couldn't shout anything.
The Ashigaru members of the Takeda family were stunned for a moment, and several of them immediately waved their knives and shouted curses as they tried to rush forward: "Despicable bastard! Let me go if you dare!"
"Put down the knife! Otherwise I will kill someone immediately!" Yu Qiuping sneered, using the knife to make a small cut on Sanada Nobutsuna's neck. Blood immediately burst out along the blade. "You think I really don't dare to kill?"
What!"
"Shameless!" "Despicable!" "You are still a samurai!" Everyone in the Takeda family was furious, but they dropped their swords helplessly and allowed the Imagawa family to tie them all up.
"Hmph! I just like it when you see me unhappy and look like I'm helpless!" Yu Qiuping, a child, cursed angrily and asked his men to escort the prisoners of the Takeda family to the main hall of the castle tower.
The troops of the Hojo family were waiting south of the castle tower, and Towa Shisugu came in with a few people.
"Thank you so much for your help, Mr. Yu!" Yu Qiuping said gratefully, "If it hadn't been for the reinforcements, I would have been dead at this moment."
"Watching and helping each other is a natural response." He continued to cup his hands and smiled in return.
"I didn't expect that everything was a trap set by the Takeda family! I wronged the Hojo family before, so I'm really sorry." Yu Qiuping couldn't help but feel a little scared. If he hadn't had the foresight of history to keep doubts about the Takeda family, I'm afraid now
They have been tricked. "Their people pretended to be the Hojo family and attacked us, and then pretended to be the Imagawa family to attack you, just to provoke conflicts between us."
"You really have evil intentions." He continued to curse, "I was almost ready to fight Master Yuqiu just before the checkpoint. At that time, I felt that everything was planned by the Imagawa family, to assassinate Master Imamiya and take over the Imamiya family, and then
Defend the checkpoint and kill the Takeda family. But it worries me to death."
"It was so dangerous." Yu Qiuping sighed, "But now it's finally over."
"Not yet," Towaji continued, shaking his head, "Why are there only a dozen prisoners of the Takeda family?" He pointed to the Ashigaru who were kneeling on the ground and tied into rice dumplings, "The other leader is also
Gone."
"Yes!" Yu Qiuping suddenly reacted, "Is the level still in our hands?"
"Don't worry, Lord Yuqiu!" Yuheshi continued, "I just sent someone to take over the checkpoint."
"That's fine. If we block the checkpoint, we'll be catching a turtle in a jar. None of the remaining Takeda family can escape. They probably took advantage of the chaos just now and hid in the city or a castle town." Yu Qiuping said.
"I wonder if the Takeda family has any other helpers," Towa Shitsug asked again. "Do they have many ninjas, the same ones who intercepted the messengers and caravans before?"
"It's definitely not on this mountain. As long as we hold on to the checkpoint, they won't be able to get up! Those ninjas saw that they have been defeated and the hostages are in our hands. They must not dare to be arrogant." Yu Qiuping looked at the people tied up on the ground.
A dozen Takeda family Ashigaru and Sanada Nobutsuna were being escorted to the second floor by their subordinates. They said confidently, "No matter what, the matter is finally over and the truth has emerged. Just go back and resume your life tomorrow."
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Chapter completed!