Yakushiji Kunimei is feeling panicked now!
The Kyogoku family's reinforcements waited and failed to arrive. Seeing that their own troops were being beaten back by the enemy, Yakushiji Kunimori was unable to do anything.
Not long after, Matsuda Gentaka appeared in the sight of Yakushiji Kunimori with a dark face.
Yakushiji Kunimori suddenly had a bad feeling, "When will reinforcements from the Sakon-general and the Kyogoku family arrive? Our military strength is almost unsustainable!"
"That bastard Kyogoku Takahiro, the promised reinforcements have not arrived! I just went to the Kyogoku family's main formation to ask for help, but I was told that the Kyogoku family was having a meal. I am really angry!" Matsuda Gentaka directly said I scolded my mother.
"Damn it, Kyogoku Gao Guangan dares to bully me!" Yakushiji Kunimori felt as if his IQ had been insulted, "Then what should we do now? With our current situation, we won't be able to sustain it for much longer!"
What can Matsuda Gentaka do?
Matsuda Gentaka is also very helpless!
"Hold on for a while longer. If nothing can be done, then run away!" A look of struggle appeared on Matsuda Gentaka's face. It's not that Matsuda Gentaka wants to preserve his strength, but that even if he fights to the death here, he is making a unnecessary sacrifice. It only increases casualties.
Yakushiji Kunimei was about to nod when he suddenly saw a flag appearing in the northwest direction from the corner of his eye, and then a flag print came into view.
"Is that reinforcements?"
"Could it be that reinforcements from the Kyogoku family have arrived?"
Due to the distance, Yakushiji Kunimori and Matsuda Gentaka could not identify the identity of this sudden appearance of the army. But the only ones that can come from this direction are reinforcements, right?
"Ha! It's two lines, two lines and three lines. It's the Akamatsu family's troops! Reinforcements have arrived! Reinforcements have arrived!" When the troops got closer, Matsuda Gentaka also recognized the family lines on the opponent's flag seal. The two lines, two lines and three marks were the family lines used by Harima to protect the Akamatsu family. Seeing this scene, the tight strings between Matsuda Gentaka and Yakushiji Kunimori finally relaxed.
However, Matsuda Yuanlong and his two men soon became unhappy because the reinforcements in their eyes were wielding a butcher knife against their own troops.
"What's going on?"
"Could it be that the Akamatsu family has rebelled?"
Matsuda Gentaka and Yakushiji Kunimori looked at each other, with shock written all over their faces.
However, the cruel facts have already given them the answer. The reinforcements and the Harima Akamatsu family in the eyes of Hosokawa Takakunikata have indeed rebelled! When the Akamatsu family's troops rushed up to encircle Yakushiji Kunimori and others, Matsuda Gentaka and Yakushiji Kunimei knew that they were doomed.
"We can't just accept our fate like this. Someone must go out and inform the governor of the information here, otherwise everything will be over!" Yakushiji Kunimori's mind was still clear, he shook Matsuda Gentaka vigorously and said loudly.
Matsuda Gentaka suddenly came to his senses, "Yes, Yakushiji Temple is extremely brave, and I would like to serve as a soldier. I will leave the breakout to Yakushiji Temple!"
Matsuda Gentaka knew that he would definitely not be able to break out with his meager martial arts skills. As for surrender, it is even more impossible. Even if I were to surrender, I, Matsuda Gentaka, would not be able to bow to that kid Hosokawa!
"General Sakon, you"
"There is no need to say anything more about Yakushiji Temple. Everything is focused on the overall situation!" Matsuda Gentaka looked at Yakushiji Kunimori with hope.
Feeling the determination in Matsuda Gentaka's words, Yakushiji Kunimori deeply felt the responsibility he shouldered. He immediately shook Matsuda Gentaka's hand heavily, then picked up a spear on the ground and held it in his hand: "Hatamoto, follow me. Come!"
At this time, the peasants and soldiers under his command were definitely unreliable. If they wanted to break out of the siege, they could only rely on their own banners.
After Matsuda Gentaka watched Yakushiji Kunimori leave, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then cautiously called Matsuda Shichirobei, "order the entire army to put down their weapons and surrender immediately!"
"My lord, aren't we going to fight to the death for the shogun (Ashikaga Yoshiharu)? How can we just surrender like this!" Matsuda Shichirobei is obviously a person who is not very bright. At this time, he is still talking about shogunism and loyalty. , saving your life and family name is the most important thing, right?
Matsuda Gentaka slapped Matsuda Shichirobei in the face, "Idiot, letting Yakushiji Kunimori break out of the encirclement and report the news to the governor is already an act of kindness! Now that the Akamatsu family has rebelled, the governor will definitely lose. For the sake of the name of my Matsuda family , this is the only way this family can do it!”
As for what Mototaka Matsuda just said, "I would like to serve as a royal warrior", "Everything should be done with the overall situation in mind", "It is impossible to bow to Hosokawa Harumoto", etc., they don't exist!
Who am I, Mototaka Matsuda? I am a loyal minister of the shogunate and a pillar of the samurai family. I will never surrender to Harumoto Hosokawa in this life! Even if you kill me, it's impossible!
Oh, it smells so good
However, Matsuda Gentaka miscalculated. After the Matsuda family's peasant soldiers laid down their weapons, the Akamatsu family and the Miyoshi family did not care so much about their military strength. In their eyes, this was all military merit! In order to win this battle, Hosokawa Harumoto offered a high price of 5 coins for his head! And only the head of a dead person can be considered a military merit!
When Matsuda Gentaka was tied up by three or five ashigaru and sent to a samurai of the Akamatsu family, the Akamatsu family had already prepared the tools for seppuku. After all, he was a "world-famous" samurai, so the Akamatsu family would still let Matsuda Gentaka die with dignity.
At this time, Matsuda Gentaka was completely stupid. The script shouldn't have been written like this!
And when Matsuda Gentaka's eyes saw a familiar figure in the Akamatsu family's main formation, Matsuda Gentaka immediately cried excitedly, "Kyogoku-don, I am Matsuda Gentaka. Do you remember, I hugged you when you were a child?" And you"
Kyogoku Takahiro twitched the corner of his mouth slightly in pain, and then turned his head as if he didn't hear anything.
At this time, the samurai of the Akamatsu family also said, "Ms. Matsuda, this is all I can do. Please ask Matsuda-don to commit seppuku. I am willing to apologize for Matsuda-don!"
"Does it have to be like this? I'm afraid of pain!"
"Can't we discuss it further?"
"Don't do anything, if you have something to say, please say it!"
"Put the knife down, don't do it!"
"Ugh, you can't do this to me. I have shed blood for the shogunate and I have been loyal to the general. I want to see you."
Click!
The samurai of the Akamatsu family pulled out the bloody tachi in his hand with a look of disgust, and then kicked the body of Matsuda Mototaka to the side with his feet. "Useless trash, it's so noisy!"
"Kushibashi-sama, Yakushiji Kunimori seems to have escaped, is it really okay?" Kyogoku Takahiro asked in confusion as he looked at the Kushibashi Ike, an important minister of the Akamatsu family, in front of him.
Kushibashi Ike said with a smile, "Don't worry Kyogoku-don, my lord has already begun to attack the Hosokawa Takakuni main formation in Nakajima Castle! Even if Yakushiji Kunimori escapes, it will not have any impact on the battle situation!"
"On the contrary, we should march quickly, otherwise wouldn't it be a pity to miss this battle?"
The Kushihashi I family is an important minister of the Akamatsu family. Starting from the time of his father Nori Kushihashi, the Kushihashi family has been the important minister of the Akamatsu family for generations. His son is Kushibashi Isada, and Kushibashi Isada's daughter Kushihashi Hikaru is the wife of Kuroda Takataka (Kuroda Kanbei).
