"Brother, why is this necessary?" After the banquet, the third brother Okudaira Yoshimasa, who helped clean up the reception room, looked helplessly at his humble brother Okudaira Sadakatsu, "Being so humble and disrespecting yourself will only make others look down on you.
.You are the governor of the Okuhira family, how could you humiliate the family like this? The governor no longer gives us face. The family is not rich to begin with. He spent a lot of money to prepare the delicacies, but he couldn't move a chopstick.
He is also indifferent to your words. You are so ignorant of the feelings of your retainers, why are you so hot-tempered but cold-blooded?"
"Brother, haven't you seen it yet? Your Highness, the Governor of the House, came here with bad intentions." Okuhira Sadakatsu finally straightened up his waist that had been bent all night, and was so sore that he could hardly walk, "Don't you remember?
, when His Highness the Governor of the House came to Higashi Mikawa three years ago, he entered the Yoshida Castle of the Toda family, and Toda Danmasa personally hosted a banquet to entertain him. As a result, there was a conflict at the banquet, and the Imagawa family seized the castle on the spot, and Toda Tanmasa was punished.
After driving them out, the Imagawa family finally drove out the Toda family and killed them all."
"But that time it was because the Makino family raised an objection, thinking that the Toda family had robbed their Yoshida Castle..." Okudaira Yoshimasa protested in a low voice, but was interrupted by Okudaira Sadakatsu shaking his head:
"Without the support of the Imagawa family, do you think the Makino family would have the guts to fall out with the Toda family on the spot? It was clearly the Imagawa family's instruction. His Highness, the family governor, couldn't bear to do such dirty things himself, so he ordered others to stir up trouble. The Imagawa family was able to
I will uphold justice as the master and deprive you of your territory. Haven’t you understood His Highness’ behavior in the past few years? He doesn’t care about Yuanjiang Sanhe and us foreign retainers at all. He only trusts Monk Xuezhai and Imagawa.
The family's banner and sect are passed down through generations. They have always been very suspicious of us!"
"This time, His Highness the Governor of the Household did not say at all that he would come to Nagashino Castle, but he suddenly arrived. He clearly wanted to return to Imagawa Hall, but instead took a detour to the mountainous area in the north. He must have an ulterior motive! Maybe he will use the name "Takeda"
The territory of the Okuhira family has been reduced under the pretext of "the family feels that we are not caring enough" and "we actually served the governor with moldy meat"! Don't dare to take it lightly! Look at the stinky face of the governor at today's banquet.
, said he didn’t have any plans, do you believe it? All of you are not allowed to sleep tonight, keep an eye on me and be on guard against anyone stirring up trouble, and you must not give His Highness the Governor any excuse to make excuses!"
At the same time, in the streets and alleys north of the castle town of Nagashino Castle, a group of ninjas quietly walked here.
"My lord has given orders. The target is a child named 'Kinoshita Tokichiro'. He is about six or seven years old, short and ugly, and looks like a monkey. He should be staying in the Honmaru." The leading ninja bowed to the subordinates behind him.
The voice issued the order:
"While the moon is dark and the wind is high, sneak into the city and kill him. Don't leave any traces. Leave immediately!"
In the early morning of May 5, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), in Nagashino Castle.
Imagawa Yoshimoto and others have already slept comfortably in the guest room in the castle tower. After bidding farewell to Takeda Harunobu tomorrow morning, they will set off south to return to Toe. Unlike the main members of the Imagawa family, no one among the samurai of the Okudaira family fell asleep.
.At the request of Okudaira Sadakatsu, they all kept vigil silently at various posts in the castle tower, fearing that something might happen, which gave Imagawa Yoshimoto the reason to reduce the seal of the Okudaira family.
It was quiet at night, and gradually, many warriors of the Okuhira family began to doze off. However, just when they relaxed their vigilance, there was a sudden movement at the north gate - this kind of movement would probably not be heard by the castle tower on weekday nights.
The people inside noticed it, but with almost all the Okudaira samurai keeping vigil at night, the slightest movement would be infinitely amplified.
Someone is climbing the wall!
"Don't alert the enemy!" Okuhira Sadakatsu gave the order in a low voice, and at the same time, he and all the warriors of the Okuhira family turned their attention to the north gate.
Several guards on the north gate wall also noticed the abnormality and were about to shake their torches to warn them, but were suddenly knocked down by hidden weapons from behind and fell down the city in twos and threes.
Okudaira Sadakatsu's pupils suddenly contracted.
internal?
Are the people of the Imagawa family cooperating inside and outside? Are the people climbing the wall outside also theirs?
A moment later, more than twenty ninjas were seen tumbling into Nagashino Castle. Under the guidance of those internal officers, they drew out their hidden weapons and quickly ran towards the Nagashino Castle castle tower. Several Okuhira family guards on duty wanted to step forward.
Anyone who tried to stop him from asking questions was killed with his throat slit in a clean and silent manner.
Everyone in the Oppei family was stunned, and then they all understood.
"Okay, good on you, Imagawa Yoshimoto!" Okudaira Sadakatsu was so angry that he wanted to bite his teeth into pieces, and he squeezed the fence of the castle tower with his right hand:
"This time I don't even make excuses. I plan to directly rob the retainer's castle, right? I plan to kill our Oppei clan directly in our sleep, and then accuse us of attacking your family governor, right? I'll say it afterwards,
It was our Okuhira family who attacked the family governor who was staying at Nagashino Castle at night. He was killed by the family governor and the clan was wiped out. All the territory was changed, right? The abacus made a clanging sound. If I hadn't been careful, I might have been dead by now.
The head is in a different place!"
"If the whole Imagawa family is not part of your family and descendants, they don't deserve to live, right? The foreign retainers in Mikawa Yuanjiang are not human beings, are they? They only rely on the kindness of that shitty woman to deceive others.
A false reputation among the people! He ignores political affairs every day, indulges in sex, flowers, birds, and women. He has only held several evaluation meetings for 7 years after taking the throne. He entrusts all household affairs to Taiyuan Xuezhai. You are so contemptuous of the mood and opinions of his retainers... You...
You are a foolish king, but you are particularly energetic when you rob your retainers' cities!"
"Do it!" Okuhira Sadakatsu yelled angrily, waving his hands fiercely at the equally angry Okuhira warriors beside him, "Get Imagawa Yoshimoto for me! Force the Imagawa ninjas to retreat! If they don't retreat, the worst is possible.
Take off the head of Yoshimoto Imagawa and bury it with the Okuhira family! How many generations of our Okuhira family have we ever suffered from this kind of arrogance? It’s a disgrace to our ancestors!”
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Brother, calm down! The second brother is still in Yoshida Castle. If we rebel here, what will the second brother do? And the Imagawa family is powerful, so where can we be?
Is it an opponent? Isn’t it like hitting a stone with an egg?” Okuhira Yoshimasa was frightened by Oudaira Sadakatsu’s impulsive order, but his face turned pale, but the surrounding Oudaira family warriors were already shouting to accept the order - they were also sad about the unfair treatment they received at the banquet today.
There is still resentment, not to mention that at this time, the Imagawa family is actually killing the soldiers who are good at killing retainers, trying to kill the retainers and seize the territory - what samurai can not be angry when seeing this?
"Is it possible that we have to sit back and wait for death? If we don't resist, the second brother will have no chance of survival? If we detain Yoshimoto Imagawa, we can ensure the safety of the second brother!" Okuhira Sadakatsu threw Okuhira Yoshimasa away and angrily drew his knife at him.
With his hand, he strode toward Imagawa Yoshimoto's dormitory in the castle tower, "Do it!"
At this time, Imagawa Yoshimoto in the dormitory also felt something was wrong.
Unlike Ginkgo, who was still sleeping peacefully next to him and could not be awakened even by beating gongs and drums after he fell asleep, Imagawa Yoshimoto's sleep had always been lighter. The movement in the castle tower woke him up. He straightened up and listened.
Go, only to hear dense footsteps mixed with a few swear words and growls, rushing towards your house quickly.
Imagawa Yoshimoto got up a little uneasily, shook Ginkgo awake, and groped in the darkness for the location of the saber Ryumaru and Sozomonu - as he was always elegant, he did not have the habit of other samurai sleeping with their swords under their pillows.
Before Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was half asleep, could react, the door of the house had been opened, and then he saw more than twenty samurai from the Okuhira family filing in and surrounding him with swords.
"Is the Okuhira family planning to rebel?" Imagawa Yoshimoto hurriedly drew out his two swords, pointed them at the door, and asked in a deep voice.
"You stupid king, you are going against the grain and taking advantage of others, and you are the one who is doing the opposite!" The leader, Okuhira Sadakatsu, shouted and rushed forward with his men. Imagawa Yoshimoto was already ready to fight, and Ginkgo on the side also picked up the scabbard and was ready to assist.
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At this moment, another door at the back of the dormitory was suddenly kicked open. Imagawa Yoshimoto thought it was another enemy attack. For a moment, he just felt that something was wrong, but he found that the people who came were actually Takeda Harunobu and several members of the Takeda family.
bodyguard.
"Goro, go this way!" Takeda Harunobu yelled, directing the Takeda family to meet the Okuhira family samurai. Imagawa Yoshimoto quickly picked up Ginkgo and ran out quickly, along the stairs of the castle tower.
Downward. Takeda Harunobu also left Kansuke Yamamoto at the end of the team to be responsible for breaking up the rear, and he and Imagawa Yoshimoto rushed out together.
Most of the people in the Takeda family were not wearing armor, and they were quickly killed by the Okuhira family. The pursuers got closer and closer, and the footsteps behind them sounded like a drumbeat in their ears. Imagawa Yoshimoto's bare feet were on the floor.
Running wildly, he accidentally tripped over something. Relying on his amazing flexibility, he stumbled and stood firm. He took the opportunity to turn around, only to find that the pursuers of the Okudaira family were almost behind him.
——All the Takeda family's bodyguards except Yamamoto Kansuke were sacrificed. Only Yamamoto Kansuke was left holding his chopped left arm and fighting and retreating.
Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't say anything, got up and continued to run outside. The structure of the Nagashino Castle Castle Tower was a bit strange, and it was difficult to see the road in the dark night. After stumbling around a few turns, Imagawa Yoshimoto finally saw the structure of the Castle Tower.
He rushed out first. However, the moment he stepped out of the castle tower, he spotted another samurai hiding behind the door from the corner of his eye - it was the third brother of the Okuhira family, Okuhira Yoshimasa. He was at the moment.
Holding the katana high, he waited for someone to come out.
"Ha!" Okuhira Yoshimasa roared, and struck a powerful and heavy slash at Imagawa Yoshimoto who was caught off guard. Gingko hurriedly stabbed out the scabbard and pointed at Okuhira Yoshimasa's wrist, causing the power of the sword to instantly
Most of it was leaked, but the blade was still pointed straight at Imagawa Yoshimoto's head. Imagawa Yoshimoto instinctively flipped the knife on his wrist almost full screen, trying to block it, but he only relieved his strength slightly and could not stop it.
A long-awaited heavy chop.
At the critical moment, a black shadow flashed beside Imagawa Yoshimoto. The black shadow slashed at Okuhira Yoshimasa's arm and hit the falling blade. The sound of the sword sinking into the body was heard twice in succession, and then again.
Blood splattered everywhere - the man blocked the fatal blow for Imagawa Yoshimoto, and at the same time slashed Okuhira Yoshimasa so that he could not continue to attack - but in the darkness, Imagawa Yoshimoto could not see anything clearly.
Before he could react, Takeda Harunobu shouted in his ears: "Run quickly and take the north gate!"