Kyogoku Gaosheng felt a little panicked at this moment.
Holding a white flag, he slowly approached Sickle City, as if the road under his feet would be a road of no return. Although I have never heard of anyone killing an envoy, what if the enemy becomes anxious?
"I shouldn't have done this. It's fine now. The young master has given me the task of persuading the enemy to surrender! I don't know whether I can complete the task or not, but I don't know if I can save my life!" Kyogoku It's a lie that Gao Sheng doesn't regret in his heart.
As a marginalized figure who was born into the Kyogoku family, Kyogoku Takasachi's father was just a very inconspicuous prosecutor in the family. The Kyogoku family only has one-third of an acre of land in Sakata County. You can imagine how valuable this land is.
Therefore, Kyogoku Takamasa has been determined to become stronger since he was a child. For this reason, he has established relationships with Kyogoku Takamasa, Kyogoku Hidemasa and others since he was a child, so that one day Kyogoku Takamasa will not forget his childhood friendship and support after he takes office. Get one yourself.
In fact, this is indeed the case, otherwise Kyogoku Takamasa would not have gone out of his way to lead Kyogoku Takamasa to victory this time. This is a good opportunity for melee combat.
Squeak!
The gate of Kaname Castle opened in response, and several samurai walked out of it. They all looked at Kyogoku Takasatsu with their eyes as if they wanted to eat Kyogoku Takasatsu.
"Gulu" Kyogoku Takasheng couldn't help but swallowed, the enemy's momentum was a bit strong.
wrong!
Kyogoku Gaosheng suddenly realized that there were thousands of troops of his family under the Mad Mountain. These were all his confidence!
Thinking of this, Kyogoku Gaosheng suddenly puffed up his chest!
"My Majesty Kyogoku Umasuke, by order of my young master, I am here to persuade you to surrender!" Kyogoku Gaosheng took a sharp breath and said loudly.
Several Hori family samurai did not answer, and continued to stand and watch Kyogoku Takasachi.
Seeing that Kyogoku Gaosheng didn't respond for a long time, one of the samurai finally couldn't help but said, "Your Excellency, please come into the city to speak."
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Kyogoku Takasatsu said "Ah" quickly, then showed an awkward yet polite smile, and walked into Kamabane Castle under the guidance of a samurai.
After passing through the 桝 (jie, 通桡)-shaped gate, I thought I would go directly to the castle, but unexpectedly Kyogoku Takakatsu was taken to Sotamaru.
"Could it be that you are going to execute me on the spot?" Kyogoku Takasatsu couldn't help but close his eyes.
Higuchi Naofusa glanced at the somewhat silly samurai in front of him several times before saying, "You are a samurai of the Kyogoku family?"
"That's right, I'm Shimon Kyogoku Umasuke!"
"Why did the Kyogoku family's troops appear in our territory? Aren't you supposed to fight the Rokkaku family with Asai Bizen?" Higuchi Naofousa was also confused and couldn't figure out the situation at all.
"Oh, that's it." Kyogoku Takasatsu hurriedly explained, "Although the young master of our family strongly advocated uniting with the Asai family to fight against Rokkaku, the head of our family became furious when he learned about this! In view of the Asai family's betrayal of our family, My lord Kyogoku Musashi Mamoru believed that the Asai family could not be trusted, so he turned to the Rokkaku family."
"What!" Higuchi Naofusa opened his mouth wide and exclaimed.
Brother, you just said such a big thing calmly? Higuchi Naofusa was caught off guard, and the development of things was a bit unexpected.
"So, what is your purpose for coming to Sickle City this time?"
"That's right!" Kyogoku Gaosheng nodded sharply, "You have been surrounded. Quickly open the city and surrender, otherwise no one will be able to break the city and no one will be left alive!"
"Don't think about it! There are still soldiers in the city who can fight, so there is no reason to surrender without fighting. This is definitely not the way of the samurai!" Nojiri and Rokuro jumped out and shouted!
Kyogoku Takasatsu looked around Soimaru, but there were dozens of neatly dressed and well-equipped samurai and ashigaru, but this was not enough to attract Kyogoku Takasatsu's attention. "I'm not afraid to tell you that the person who commands the troops outside the city is my family." Young Master Zuo Jing enters the palace!"
"Last time in Anegawa, even Asai Ryomasa was defeated by my young master. Do you think you can compare with Asai Ryomasa?"
"It's actually Yasha Saburo! This is going to be difficult!"
"Didn't you say that Saburo Yasha is in Takashima County? When did you return to Sakata County?"
Upon hearing that Kyogoku Takamasa was outside, the samurai on the Hori family panicked, and even Higuchi Naofusa was in trouble.
Kyogoku Takamasa is a difficult person to deal with.
"Okay, now that I've said that, I'll leave first! Remember, you only have half an hour. If you don't open the city after half an hour, we will launch an attack!" After saying that, he didn't wait. Higuchi Naofusa and others replied, Kyogoku Takasatsu turned around and left.
Leave Sickle City as soon as possible, and never leave your life here. Although your life is not as valuable as the protagonist's, you can't die casually!
Kyogoku Gaosheng thought so in his heart.
Returning to Kyogoku's main formation, Kyogoku Takamasa quickly informed Kyogoku Takamasa of the results of the trip.
"Lord, there are still hundreds of troops in the city. It may not be easy to get the enemy to surrender!" Kyogoku Takasatsu said with a worried look.
"There must not be many troops in the city, it's just a bluff by the enemy!" Kyogoku Takamasa shook his head, then turned to another samurai and said, "Youbei Sa, lead a group of people to rush to the foot of Kaname Castle and give them to you. The enemy forces in the city are applying pressure!”
"Ha!" Kyogoku Hidemasa quickly accepted the order.
This time when he returned to Sakata County, most of Kyogoku Takamasa's retainers stayed behind in Takashima County. Kyogoku Takamasa only had Hatayama Asanobu and Mitsui Takatora with him. Due to the shortage of manpower, Kyogoku Takamasakai brought other samurai from his family to join the battle, such as Kyogoku Hidemasa and Kyogoku Takasho.
"Young Master, I see that our troops are numerically superior and the enemy's city is empty. We can just attack the city in one go. Why go to such trouble!" On the other side of the formation, Uesaka Munanobu stood up and said carelessly. .
"Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, please be patient. Sickle City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although it can be captured, it will inevitably weaken the army! As the saying goes, attacking the city is from the bottom and attacking the heart is top. If you can defeat the enemy without fighting, The soldiers are naturally the best!"
"If the enemy army refuses to surrender, how about letting Daisuke of the Ministry of Civil Affairs be the first to attack the city?"
"I didn't enjoy killing enough in Anegawa last time, and I can't go to Uchinoho River to fight this time. My saber is already hungry and thirsty!" Uesaka Munanobu said anxiously.
"Brother-in-law, don't panic. When I capture the Kaname Castle Gate Maru, I'll leave a few people for you to kill!" Kyogoku Hidemasa joked on the sidelines.
Now that Uesaka Munanobu married Kyogoku Hidetsuna's adopted daughter, he naturally became Kyogoku Hidemasa's brother-in-law. The two often played together in private and were very familiar with each other.
"My lord, there is an envoy from Sickle City who wants to see you!"
Just at this moment, Mitsui Takatora walked in from outside, followed by a short, ordinary-looking young samurai.
"Kamanaba Castle Jodai, Higuchi Saburozaemon saw Sakyo enter the palace!"
Higuchi?
This word "Miao" sounds a bit familiar.
This was Kyogoku Takamasa's first reaction.
"Your Excellency is here, but you have already decided to surrender to our family?"
"Why is Sakyo Susumu so sure that I will surrender?" Higuchi Naofusa stared at Kyogoku Takamasamichi with half-squinted eyes.
"It's very simple, you have to surrender! The Rokkaku family is very powerful. If they want to be their enemy, they will naturally have to mobilize all the troops that can be mobilized in the territory. Therefore, I think that there may not even be thirty ashigaru in Kamazana Castle at this time. come out!"
"And you are facing a force of nearly two thousand soldiers from our family. You can tell which one is stronger and which one is weaker at a glance!"
"How can we win even if we don't surrender?"
