Chapter 14: The Great Victory

The flames soared into the sky, the blood splashed, and the shouts of killing...... Outside Tsugawa Castle, a battle is underway that concerns the fate of the Tsugawa family. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

As the Tsugawa family joined more and more ashigaru, with the cooperation of the surrounded Yamada family, Ashigaru. More and more Ryohei family ashigaru closed their eyes forever, and there were fewer and fewer ashigaru on the field carrying the two stripes of the Ryohei family and leaning on the flag.

Ryohei Yoshimitsu fought Yoshikawa Hiroshi for a long time, so he could only fight while walking, trying to break out of the encirclement. However, apart from the constant falling flags around him, there is no use for eggs.

On the periphery, the Ryohei family's Ashigaru kept approaching the woods on the left side of the camp, intending to escape into the woods. The Tsukawa family and Yamada Ka's Ashigaru also knew about these ashigaru plans, but how could they get their wish? These are all feats. The ashigaru of the two families looked at the ashigaru of the Ryohei family as if they were looking at bags of copper coins, for fear that someone would slip away from them.

In less than an hour, although Ryohei Yoshimitsu fought bloodily, but the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family around him did not want to attack him, and Tsugawa Soji took the Taidao team to respond. Ryohei Yoshimitsu was left with only Qimoto and more than a dozen ashigaru.

The rest were either wounded and killed in battle, or surrendered. Of course, the Tsukawa family and the Yamada family also suffered a lot of losses, especially the Yamada family Ashigaru who broke into the formation, and now there are only about 10 people who can stand.

Suddenly, while Yoshimitsu Ryohea was blocking one of the Ashigaru spears, another Ashigaru stabbed Yoshimitsu Ryohira in the thigh from the side. "Ah", Ryohei Yoshimitsu, who was guarded by Qiben's side, screamed in pain, and his heart was already desperate.

One after another Ashigaru fell in front of him, and he was injured himself. Thinking of the entrustment of his brother Ryohei Yoshizi, and the hundreds of elite ashigaru that the family spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build, is it going to be destroyed in his own hands now?

"Hahaha, old thief Ryohei, prepare to die, I will cut off your head and put it in front of my brother's grave, and comfort him in the spirit of heaven." , Seeing that Yoshimitsu Ryohei was injured, Hiroya Yoshikawa said happily on the side.

The remaining ashigaru around the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family was also excited, seeing that this hateful traitor was about to be beheaded, and the great revenge of the Yamada family was about to be avenged. Today, the hatred caused by Yoshimitsu Ryohira for a day has also found a place to vent.

"Surrender" "Yes! Surrender," the ashigaru men shouted.

Ryohei Yoshimitsu struggled to stand up: "Hmph, the waste of the Yamada family, I am the general of the Ryohei family, the younger brother of the lord Ryohei Yoshiko, and I have the glory of a family. How can you die in silence like this? The life you want depends on whether you have the ability or not."

At this time, the Ryohei family Ashigaru on the periphery had been annihilated by the troops led by Komura Yoshikage, and some of the Ashigaru surrendered in an instant, and there were only a few people left on the field, such as Ryohei Yoshimitsu.

"Yoshimitsu Ryohei, you, a villain, as an ally of my Yamada family, not only did not work together with my family, but instead took advantage of the siege to put cold arrows in the back. Under the banner of supporting the family, it is actually to wait for the family and the Tsugawa family to suffer heavy damage, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman. Yoshikawa Hiroya looked at Yoshimitsu Ryohira, who was still performing hard at such a point, and finally couldn't help but point out Yoshimitsu Ryohira's conspiracy.

Ryohei Yoshimitsu, who was still pretending to be calm, immediately showed a surprised expression when he heard Yoshikawa Hiroka's words, "You, how did you know about the family's plan?" Could it be that there is a traitor in this family? ā€

Tsugawa Soji smiled and said, "Ryohei Yoshimitsu, do you Ryohei family think that you are the only ones who are smart people, and we are all fools?" Today's things are so obvious that we are afraid that we will not be able to see it? ā€

Ryohei Yoshimitsu suddenly fell silent, and only after a long time did he slowly say: "Since it has been known to you, I have nothing to say. Soji Tsugawa really lives up to his reputation, and it is indeed no coincidence that Yoshinobu Yamada can be planted in your hands. Even the main family ..... Alas" After speaking, he silently looked at the sword in his hand - half moon a text. This was given to him by Ryohei Yoshimitsu's father, Ryohei Yoshiko, when he was in the Yuan service. "Old friend, this is our last battle," Ryohei muttered, and then his eyes fixed on "kill".

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"Lord, this is Ryohei Yoshimitsu's saber" Yoshikawa Hiroya knelt on his knees, raised Ryohei Yoshimitsu's saber above his head, and said to Tsugawa Soji.

Zongzhi took the sword with both hands and pulled it out with a "bang". After a moment, Soji nodded, "It's indeed a good knife, get up"

Seeing that Soji was quite satisfied, Yoshikawa Hiroke stood up and continued: "This sword is made by a famous craftsman in Dewa Province, and it is very valuable, and it is a family treasure of the Ryohei family. Only this knife can be worthy of the identity of the lord. After saying that, he also looked at the knife with fiery eyes. For a good sword, no samurai is not loved.

Soji Tsugawa said with a smile: "Yoshikawa-sama abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and it was a great blessing that our family could get a talent like Yoshikawa-sama."

Yoshikawa Hiroshi smiled bitterly and said: "My subordinates are ashamed, thanks to the lord's refusal to give up, my subordinates will go all out in the future and be loyal to the Tsugawa family."

"In this way, this knife will be given to Yoshikawa-sama, and I hope that Yoshikawa-sama will worry more about his family in the future," Soji put the half-moon text in the hands of Yoshikawa Hiroka.

"Thank you, Lord! The subordinates are determined to die for the Tsugawa family! Hiroya Yoshikawa said loudly.

Soji said with satisfaction: "This joint battle, Yoshikawa-sama has made great contributions, so I appointed Yoshikawa-sama as the general of the family, and the sword in charge of the family is light."

When Yoshikawa Hiroshi heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "Thank you, Lord Gong" Yoshikawa Hiroshi didn't expect that his new person could be used like this, and he was immediately grateful to Zongzhi.

"Your Highness, the battlefield has been cleaned," said Yoshikei Komura and Iekan Kuroda at this time, who also came to Soji's side. "Well, how about the casualties"

Kuroda Iekane looked bitter and said, "When the family was defending the castle during the day, 41 Ashigaru were killed, 39 were seriously wounded, and 20 were lightly wounded. The Taidao team lost 3 casualties and 12 minor wounded"

After hearing this, Soji also said helplessly: "The casualties are really heavy" Komura Yoshikage on the side also added: "Ashigaru led by Lord Yoshikawa killed more than 30 people, and the rest were all wounded." ā€

When Soji heard this, he said, "This victory is all thanks to everyone's courage to kill the enemy. But if the ashigaru dies in battle, each family will receive a double pension, and one stone of grain will be given every year for the next three years. The seriously injured were also treated with all their might, and the living Ashigaru was rewarded with a stone of food each. ā€

"Thank you," Kuroda Iekane said quickly.

Soji looked at the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family on the side, turned to the Yoshikawa Hiroke family and said, "Yoshikawa-sama, this time the ashigaru led by you is equally heroic, and all the ashigaru who participated in the battle, the bereavement and rewards are treated equally with the family. ā€

When the Yoshikawa family heard this, they quickly knelt down and said: "The ministers have thanked the lord on behalf of the ashigaru" The Guang family admires the sect's healing, this is the only such a family master who can lead the small Tsugawa family to rise in a few months.

Thinking about the Yamada family's Yamada Yoshiyasu in a blink of an eye, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family felt very uncomfortable. are also new young leaders, why is the gap so big?

Soji Tsugawa then said to Yoshikei Komura: "How did the battle go? Komura Yoshikei said excitedly to Soji: "My lord, in this battle, 40 Yamada family ashigaru and 2 samurai were captured. 120 spears, 15 high-grade maruki bows, and hundreds of bows and arrows were captured. There are 36 knives, 200 sets of high-quality ashigaru, and a horse is also seized. ā€

"Oh? So many weapons? The Lianghei family is really wealthy, and there are still horses. Not bad. After listening to Komura Yoshika's answer, Soji nodded with satisfaction.

"Zhenbei, order someone to bring the wounded and prisoners back to Tsugawa Castle, and bury the ashigaru who died in battle, and dig a big pit to bury the Ryohei family."

"Hi," Kuroda said.

"What should be done with the head of Yoshimitsu Ryohei?" Yoshiki Komura asked.

Soji looked at the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family with a look of hope, and said with a smile: "The head of Ryohei Yoshimitsu will be handed over to Yoshikawa-sama" "Yes, lord"

Yoshikawa Hiroke was greatly moved when he heard that Soji actually let him deal with the head of Ryohei Yoshimitsu. knelt on the ground and said to Zongzhi: "Your Majesty has thanked the lord on behalf of my younger brother's family. ā€

Soji waved his hand to signal Yoshikawa Hiroke to get up, and then said to Komura Yoshikage, "Gather the remaining troops, and I will take advantage of the situation to attack Iwatani Castle." ā€

Without waiting for Komura Yoshikei to answer, Yoshikawa Hiroya hurriedly said: "Lord Kaiyu, your subordinates have already captured Yamada Yoshiyasu and are now tied up in your subordinates' tent" Tsugawa Soji was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Well done, it will be effortless to attack Iwatani Castle in this way, and directly pull Yamada Yoshiyasu out, and Iwatani Castle will definitely surrender at that time" Then, Soji continued: "Please also ask Yoshikawa-sama to bring Yamada Yoshiyasu over"

"Hi" Hiroke Yoshikawa promised, and then said to a ashigaru next to him: "Go Yamada Yoshiyasu and bring it over." ā€

After a while, Ashigaru ran over and said loudly, "Oh no, Yoshiyasu Yamada escaped"

"What?" Soji exclaimed.

Yoshikawa Hiroya hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is ineffective, and he was careless and failed to send someone to guard him, so he let Yamada Yoshiyasu escape, and asked the lord to punish him." ā€

Soji eased his mind and said, "It's okay, Yoshikawa-sama, please get up." Yoshikawa-sama attacked Ryohei Yoshimitsu with a small number of troops, so naturally he could not divide his troops to guard Yamada Yoshiyasu. If he escapes, just run away, and he won't be able to make any waves."

Soji turned his head to Yoshikage Komura and said, "Even if Yoshiyasu Yamada escapes back to Iwatani Castle, he can't organize too many troops to defend in a hurry. Hurry up and head for Iwatani Castle. As he spoke, he said to Yoshikawa-sama, "Let Yoshikawa-sama lead the way," "Hi," Yoshikawa Hiroie and Komura Yoshikei replied.

After a short time, Soharu Tsugawa and others marched to Iwatani Castle with more than 60 Ashigaru and Taitoshi Ashigaru who could still fight.

"Yoshiyasu Yamada, you can't run away"