It was already dawn, and Goze Mountain Castle regained its calm under the rising sun.
The smoke of gunpowder curled up, adding a bit of weight to Goze Mountain Castle.
Stepping on the blood-covered streets of the city and looking at the surrounding city walls, Kyogoku Takamasa's pace speeded up unconsciously.
Both sides of the road were lined with ashigaru members of the Kyogoku family. Every few steps, a samurai would bow down to greet Kyogoku Takamasa. Almost everyone looked at Kyogoku Takamasa with extremely warm and respectful eyes.
Goze Mountain Castle, one of the most fortified castles in recent areas, fell in a single battle overnight!
What kind of military strategy and wisdom is this.
"My lord, the Takeda clan has arrived!" Yamaoka Inuhachiro, who was walking in front of Kyogoku Takamasa and leading the way, said in a deep voice.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded slowly, then took off the standing bag on his head and threw it to Yamaoka Inuhachirou.
"Where's Nobuto Takeda?"
"Um...Hatayama-sama said that Takeda-don is still asleep." Yamaoka Inuhachiro also said with black lines on his head.
Kyogoku Takamasa covered his forehead and felt very incredible.
There was a fierce battle at Goze Mountain Castle last night. Takeda Nobuntoyo who was in the city could actually sleep until now. What a talent!
After walking through the main door of the Takeda clan, turning around several corridors, Kyogoku Takamasa entered a small courtyard.
Seeing Kyogoku Takamasa coming, Hatayama Asanobu, who had been waiting here for a long time, quickly walked over.
"Naizousuke, are you sure that the person sleeping inside is Takeda Nobutoyo?" Kyogoku Takamasa still doesn't believe it. At this time, Takeda Nobutoyo can sleep here peacefully?
Hatayama nodded affirmatively, "According to several captured surnames, Takeda Nobutoyo held a grand renge party yesterday and was very drunk, so even though it was noisy last night, it did not wake Takeda Nobutoyo up. "
"And when our family defeated the defenders in the city and controlled Gozeyama Castle, almost everyone in the Takeda clan fled for their lives under the cover of night. Takeda Nobuntoyo had no one to care about him at all!"
"Haha, it seems that Takeda Nobutoyo is really unpopular! At this time, the Takeda family only cares about escaping for their lives, and no one even wakes up their leader!"
"This is the fate of the Takeda family!"
Kyogoku Takamasa sighed, and then said: "Open the door!"
"Ha!" Hatayama Chaobu quickly stepped forward and pushed the wooden door open.
Kyogoku Takamasa swaggered into the house with a sword on his arm. Looking at Takeda Nobutoyo who was still sleeping soundly on the tatami, Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly felt funny.
Looking around, I quickly found a pot of water on the table in the room.
Kyogoku Takamasa slowly stepped forward to lift the kettle, and then came to Nobuto Takeda's side, raised the kettle high and placed it on Takeda Nobutoyo's head, and then tilted it slightly.
A trickle of water instantly poured out of the kettle and poured directly onto Takeda Nobuyo's face.
Takeda Nobutoyo stood up from the tatami with a start, and then looked around in confusion, completely unaware of what was happening.
"Who are you?"
"How dare you play tricks on me like this, risking your life?"
"Come here, take this person down for me!"
Takeda Nobuyo wiped the water stains on his face, turned his head and shouted loudly outside the house.
Although Kyogoku Takamasa has become famous in recent areas, few people have seen Kyogoku Takamasa. Therefore, Takeda Nobuntoyo did not know that the young samurai standing next to him holding a kettle was Kyogoku Takamasa. politics.
Naturally, Takeda Nobutoyo would not know that his home city, Gozeyama Castle, had been captured by the Kyogoku family an hour ago.
"Master Takeda, you slept soundly. Were you able to play with the beautiful lady in your dream?" Kyogoku Takamasa put the kettle aside, and then looked at Takeda Nobuntoyo with his hands folded in a joking manner.
Takeda Nobunto wiped the water from his face, and when he saw that no one came in, he suddenly became angry.
"Asshole, are everyone outside dead?"
"Come in now!" Normally at this time, someone would be kneeling outside and waiting for orders. Once Takeda wakes up, someone will come in and help Takeda get dressed.
During the Warring States Period, maids generally served female relatives, and the people around male warriors were basically those with nicknames and close relatives. This was completely opposite to the Celestial Empire.
"Master Takeda's guess is accurate. Everyone outside is indeed dead!" Kyogoku Takamasa continued to tease Nobuto Takeda.
Takeda Nobutoyo took a closer look at Kyogoku Takamasa at this time, and was suddenly stunned when he noticed the eye-catching four-eye knot pattern on Kyogoku Takamasa's feet.
It took a long time to react, and then he looked at Kyogoku Takamasa with a horrified expression and said incoherently: "You...you are...are you from the Kyogoku family?"
"Ouch!"
"It's not easy for Lord Takeda to see this!"
"Why are you here? Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly, someone wants to assassinate my family!"
Takeda Nobutoyo would not have thought that Gozeyama Castle had fallen even if he was killed. He thought Kyogoku Takamasa was here to assassinate him.
At this time, Hatayama Chaobu and others outside the house heard the movement inside and quickly came in to see the situation.
Seeing Hatayama Asanobu and others coming in, Takeda Nobuntoyo thought it was his nickname coming, and he quickly pointed at Kyogoku Takamasa and said sternly: "Quick! Take this person down quickly, he wants to assassinate my family!"
Hatayama Asanobu didn't figure out for a while what scene this was playing, so he quickly looked at Kyogoku Takamasa and asked: "My lord, this... what does this mean?"
"Naizangsuke, our Lord Takeda seems not to know what happened. Why don't you explain who I am and why I appear here!"
"ha!"
Hatayama Asanobu straightened his back immediately, and then said to Takeda Nobutoyo: "Master Takeda, I am Kyogoku's retainer Hatayama Uchizosuke, and the person next to you is my lord Kyogoku Sakyou entering the palace!"
"Goze Mountain Castle was captured by my family an hour ago. In other words, you are now our prisoner!"
Hearing Hatayama Asanobu's words, Takeda Nobuyo's brain suddenly went into a panic.
who I am?
where am I?
What am I doing?
"This is impossible! How is this possible?"
"Goze Mountain Castle is one of the most fortified cities in the world. How could you possibly capture Goze Mountain Castle!"
"You must be lying to me! It must be!"
Kyogoku Takamasa turned sideways and made way for a seat, "Since Takeda-sama doesn't believe it, you might as well go out and take a look, and then you will know whether it is true or false!"
As soon as Kyogoku Takamasa finished speaking, Takeda Nobutoyo, who was sitting on the tatami, rushed out with bare feet.
When he walked out of the room, the first thing he saw was the ashigaru standing in the entire courtyard. It's a pity that the fingers on the backs of these ashigaru are all the four-eye knot pattern of the Kyogoku family instead of the "cut diamond" pattern of the Takeda family.
Seeing this, Takeda Nobuyo's heart actually turned cold.
But Takeda Nobutoyo still didn't want to believe this fact. He continued to run out and ran out of the Takeda clan hall. The ashigaru along the way did not stop him.
After walking out of the Takeda Clan, Nobutoyo Takeda came to Gozeyama Castle Ninomaru.
A famous Kyogoku family ashigaru and samurai encountered along the way kept tearing apart the last hope in Takeda Nobutoyo's heart. When he saw the four-eye knot pattern inserted in the Honmaru, Takeda Nobutoyo finally resigned and closed his eyes. .
"Brother, you are responsible for all this!"
