Sakuma Nobumori was even happier when he saw the clan walking towards him in disheveled clothes and said the words to let him send troops, and today he was one step ahead of Senbei, so there were not many times when he could defeat him.

Although the strength of 2,000 troops is not much, but if the city is attacked, it is enough, even if there are too many people, the formation cannot be spread, and the same can only go to the front of the city as a reserve, and if the enemy is really burned food and grass, then how can it be possible to have the heart to fight, let alone 2,000 people, I am afraid that 500 people is enough.

However, the clan suddenly thought that the father-in-law had definitely suffered heavy losses in order to capture Yagami City this time, and there were nearly a thousand people killed in Ashigaru alone, and countless wounded, I am afraid that now there are only 2,000 people under Ashigaru who can still go to the battlefield. And now the defenders in Yagami Castle do not have much loss, and in terms of elite, not only is it not worse than the Sakuma army, but it is slightly better, if the father-in-law can bring this army under his command, then the combat power of the Sakuma army can definitely be greatly improved, and it can also stabilize the situation in Tanba in the shortest possible time.

Thinking of this, I only heard the clan say: "Father-in-law, the clan thinks that it is not enough to take the city, my father-in-law is not only taking the country of Tanbo this time, but there is also the Dango, but now the army under your command has too many casualties, if you can't replenish it in time, then the Dango strategy is probably difficult to carry out for a while." And the clan has a way to not only greatly increase the strength of the Sakuma army, but also use it immediately. ”

"Are you referring to the thousands of enemy troops in the city?" Sakuma Nobumori is an experienced veteran after all, although the clan did not say it explicitly, but listen to the meaning of his words. I have already guessed it.

Sure enough, when he finished speaking. I saw that the clan nodded and said, "Not bad." The clan has this intention, if they don't take this opportunity to take these troops under their command, then once they are allowed to escape, then it will definitely become a factor in the internal stability of the territory, and if it is too wasteful to let these well-trained soldiers go back to farming, or to become bandits, it is better to serve the father-in-law. And these people are all locals, and they are more assured to use, this is the foolish opinion of the clan, and I ask my father-in-law to decide. ”

"It's still a fart, just do as you say." After speaking, he said to the three of Wakasa: "The three of you will speed up the army under your command to cooperate with Omiya Jinglian to guard around the city, and if there is an enemy fleeing, force him to submit immediately." ”

"Yes, please rest assured, I'll do it later."

With Sakuma Nobumori's order, the clan clan also immediately instructed the generals behind him: "Sanada Masaaki." ”

"My subordinates are asking my lord for orders."

"You immediately lead your cavalry and deputy commanders. The army marched outside the city in three ways, and if they found an enemy samurai, they were immediately killed. If it is light, it will force it to submit, and there must be no mistake. ”

"It's the lord, and the subordinates will do it."

After he left, the clan thought that since there was a fire in the city, it meant that Ono Minori should still be alive, and this person had made such a great contribution, if he didn't save it, then let the retainers see themselves, and thought of this, so he only listened to the clan and ordered: "Maeda Keiji, you lead five hundred original banner samurai to help Sakuma's army attack the city." ”

"It's the lord." Maeda Keiji didn't say much, so as not to talk too much and delay his time to fight, so after a simple answer, he immediately left to lead the attack.

"Wind Demon Kotaro, you immediately lead the original assault ninja, I don't care what method you use, I also want to rescue Ono Minori and the flag warrior for me."

"Please rest assured, my subordinates will ensure that Ono-sama is safe and sound." After speaking, he didn't dare to delay, and immediately led his troops to march towards Bashang City.

Originally, he thought that Hideharu Hatano would do his best no matter what, and wait until tomorrow to negotiate with the family, so that the interests of the Hatano family could be maximized, but not long after Tian Keiji and the others left, and they were even afraid that they had not even arrived at Yagami Castle, and suddenly heard a report from outside the tent: "Report, lord, Lord Sakuma, the envoy sent by the enemy has reached the outside of the city, and the Hatano family is willing to submit, Please also ask the Lord to decide. ”

After hearing the news, the clan and the others couldn't help but be stunned, with the wisdom of Hideharu Hatano, how could they act like this, although Ninomaru was burned, this city could not be defended, but it would not be so panicked that it would be surrendered immediately.

But in any case, if he can choose to submit, then he will have a lot of strength left. So he immediately said: "Tell the messenger that our army will accept his submission and let him come to meet him at once." ”

Not to mention how the Sakuma Army and the Takayama Army controlled the castle and accepted the Shun Ashigaru. It is only said that Hideji Hatano, the two ghosts of Tanba and more than a dozen samurai under his command personally went to the main camp of the Sakuma Takayama Army.

At this moment, although Hideji Hatano was dressed very decently, there was no blood on his face, and the Tanba Twin Oni behind him showed a look of resentment, and the other could see from his expression that he was unwilling. And the expressions of the group were all in full view of the clan.

"See Sakuma in Shimohatano Hideji, Takayama-sama."

"Hmph, the old man thought that Lord Hatano practiced his military strength diligently and built a strong city to resist the old man to the end, but he didn't expect that in the end, you and I didn't meet on the battlefield, but here, haha, it's really unexpected." Seeing Hideji Hatano's panicked look, he only heard Sakuma Nobumori laugh loudly.

"Hatano-sama, I wonder if there is anything else to say at this moment?" I only heard the clan ask him, he was really too lazy to entangle such a person, and he didn't want to ridicule him, after all, although the Hatano family was defeated, if it wasn't for the plan, then this time the strategy would probably be in vain, and such an opponent was still worthy of admiration.

After hearing this, Hideji Hatano couldn't help but hurriedly say, "In... I am willing to return to the Oda family, and I only hope to be able to protect the family business, and if so, then I must swear allegiance to the Oda family. ”

Although Hideharu Hatano said that he wanted to keep the family business, he knew in his heart that it was absolutely impossible to keep it completely, the last time he participated in the siege of Oda, he returned to Shun after the defeat, and he had already saved the family business once, and now it is the second time, I am afraid that at least half of the land will be reduced, he just wants to leave some more leeway for himself.

"Haha, joke, I'm afraid Hatano-sama doesn't know, my lord has already explained it clearly before I left, destroy Hatano, Hatano-sama, can you know the meaning of the word elimination?" After listening to him patiently, Sakuma Nobumori said loudly.

"Ah, Sakuma-sama, please let me meet Oda-sama below, below..."

"Hatano Hideji, there is no need to say more, today the old man will announce the destruction of the Hatano family, you return to the city immediately, I will give you a day to prepare for seppuku, as the head of the Hatano family, I will give you the opportunity to die with dignity."

"No, Sakuma-sama, Takayama-sama, I didn't offend the two adults before I went down, so I asked the two adults to help me ...... the next beautiful words."

"My lord! Our samurai should always be aware of the death of the samurai, and your actions are really insulting to the spirit of bushido. Seeing the lord begging for the enemy like this, Akai Naomasa couldn't help but blush, he really didn't expect the lord to be so unbearable in the face of life and death, so he couldn't help but speak.

And Sakuma Nobumori is still grateful for being able to let the lord leave so decently, defeat is not a shameful thing, but if you can't die with dignity, that is the biggest insult to the samurai.

"Come on, pull Hideji Hatano out for me." For such a coward, Sakuma Nobumori was also not interested, and even somewhat regretted that he should have killed him directly with a knife just now, which would have saved time.

When Hideji Hatano was dragged out, Sakuma Nobumori couldn't help but think about the two people in front of him, these two people are in the Tanba country, even in the world, the name of the Tanba Twin Ghosts is also well-known, if there are two of them to be obedient, then wouldn't the Sakuma family have added two talents with both civil and military skills? If it weren't for the Takayama clan, he would definitely not have remembered to surrender the two, but since the reminder of the clan sect that day, Sakuma Nobumori has put most of his thoughts on this, after all, the retainers are strong, and the Sakuma family has the possibility of development, so when he saw the Tanba twin ghosts, he immediately had such a thought.

However, before Sakuma Nobumori could speak, he heard the clan say: "Lord Sakuma, these two people led the crowd to resist the attack of our army, causing serious losses to our army, if they don't kill, it is not enough to appease the souls of the dead, so the clan thinks that let the two of them be martyred." ”

"The two of us are willing to go on the road with the lord, thank you for the arrangement." After saying that, he didn't give Sakuma Nobumori a chance to speak at all, and after the two of them saluted, they walked out of the tent, picked up Hideji Hatano, and walked towards Yagami Castle under the supervision of dozens of banners led by Keiji Maeda.

But after the three of them left, they only heard Sakuma Nobumori ask: "Senbei, Akai Naomasa and Bladei Jiao are also rare fierce generals in the world, and their intelligence is not low, I originally had the intention of accepting the two, why did you let the two of them be martyred for Hatano Shuji?" Wouldn't it be a waste if such a talent can't be for me? Although Sakuma Nobumori didn't show it on his face, he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, after all, the ability of his retainers was not good, it was the clan that said, and now there are finally two wise and brave generals in front of him, and if he speaks himself, the possibility of making the two loyal is still very large, but he acted like this, did he forget what he said to himself that day. (To be continued.) )