Chapter 45: Takino Falls into the City
Akamatsu Hirosada heard the news that the Kuroda family had entered the city, the enemy army had thousands of people, and Takino Castle was basically unable to hold it, but his father Akamatsu Masahide led 1,500 people out of battle, as long as he survived, he could not follow his father to attack back, he could not die, and if he died, there would be nothing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoEven if you know that your uncle is using yourself as a scapegoat, it's important to save your life!
"Uncle, you go to find someone, take your mother, Yutaka and Masahiro, let's go" Guangzhen did not hesitate, and immediately decided to take his relatives to abandon the city and escape, and Hirai Yuri was relieved to hear Guangzhen's words, and got the result he wanted, and he was about to turn around and prepare.
Just when Yuri Hirai turned around, a figure stood in the corridor, it was an old man, who lived in Takino Castle, and the head of the Shioakamatsu family, Akamatsu Harumasa.
He said in a trembling voice, "Is it the Kuroda family calling?" Are you going to run away? Is this the behavior of a samurai? You should take up arms and ...... with the Kuroda family."
At this time, Akamatsu Harumasa began to ask Hirai Yuri to resist the offensive of the Kuroda family, and he subconsciously regarded the Kuroda family as a retainer of the Kodera family, and the Kotera family supported Akamatsu Yoshisuke, and once he fell into the hands of the Kuroda family, he would definitely be sent to Yancheng by the Kotera family. The first time Akamatsu Yoshisuke let himself go, but he ran to Akamatsu Masahide to confront him, if it wasn't for the Kuroda family's sneak attack on Koguchi Castle, Akamatsu Masahide might really be in charge of Yancheng, Akamatsu Yoshisuke must hate himself now, if he is caught, it is estimated that he will be placed under house arrest, and he really has no chance to get involved in Yancheng.
But before he could finish speaking, Yuri Hirai walked over to him, and Akamatsu Harumasa watched him come over, and immediately forgot what he was going to say, and he unconsciously took a few steps back.
"Yuri Hirai, you... You... What are you doing? ā
As a result, as soon as Akamatsu Harumasa finished saying this, Hirai Yuri drew a knife and slashed at him, Akamatsu Harumasa didn't have a chance to say another word, so he fell to the ground, putting the generation of the Shio Akamatsu family as the master, and died in Takino Castle.
"Yuri Hirai, what are you doing? Why? Akamatsu Hirosada saw Yuri Hirai kill Akamatsu Harimasa, and excitedly rushed to him and asked loudly. You must know that Akamatsu Hirosada's mother is the daughter of Akamatsu Harumasa, and he is his grandson, and after Akamatsu Harumasa came to Takino Castle, no matter what the purpose, he loved Akamatsu Hirosada very much, Akamatsu Yutaka, and Saimura Masahiro.
No matter what the purpose of Akamatsu Masahide to greet and treat Akamatsu Harumasa well, at least in the eyes of Akamatsu Hirosada, Akamatsu Harumasa is a kind old man, his respected grandfather, and a cultured and well-cultivated person, but now he respects the old man very much, just like this, in front of himself, he was killed by a person who wanted to use himself and could ignore family affection in order to save his life, and he was very angry now.
"This old guy is just a puppet of our Takino, and he dares to point fingers, he really doesn't want to live, and if the city falls, he will fall into the hands of the Kuroda family, and he will be sent to Yancheng. Rather than this, it's better to kill it now, and then put the blame on the Kuroda family, and it will be us who will be beneficial at that time, Guangzhen, do you understand? ā
Yuri Hirai said loudly, as if in this way Akamatsu Hirosada would agree with his opinion and support him, but he was wrong, he underestimated the status of Akamatsu Harumasa in Akamatsu Hirosada's heart.
"I know, uncle" Akamatsu Hirosada walked over gently, put his left hand on Yuri Hirai's shoulder, looked at him, and smiled slightly.
Yuri Hirai thought his words had worked, and although Akamatsu put his hand on his shoulder a little weirdly, he didn't think much of it. The moment he let his guard down, Akamatsu pulled out his ribs and stabbed him hard into Yuri Hirai's abdomen, and his smile turned into an angry stare.
"Guangzhen, Guangzhen...... Why is that? Yuri Hirai looked at Akamatsu Hirosada in disbelief, looked down at the ribs inserted in his stomach, spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground.
"Why? I don't know, maybe you're damned! ā
After killing Yuri Hirai, Hirosada Akamatsu looked at Harumasa Akamatsu and Yuri Hirai who fell to the ground, and he couldn't believe that he would kill in anger, he stood in the corridor for a while, his eyes kept struggling, and there was no expression on his face, before he calmed down.
He went to the backyard and told his mother what had just happened, and Akamatsu Masahide's wife cried and fainted on the spot when she heard that Akamatsu Harumasa had been killed. Akamatsu Hirosa had no choice, time was urgent, so he could only find a few retainers first, and called his two younger brothers, Akamatsu Yutaka and Saimura Masahiro, to this side.
After Mrs. finally woke up, she firmly told Akamatsu Hirosada that she had been disappointed in the Takino Akamatsu family and had nothing to love in life, so she would not leave and was ready to die in the city. No matter how the three children, including Akamatsu Hirosada, tried to persuade her, she did not change her mind, and the death of Akamatsu Harumasa in Takino Castle hit her too hard.
There was already a shout of killing from afar outside the palace, and he couldn't wait any longer, Akamatsu Hirosada gritted his teeth and left from the Oteemon Gate behind the castle with his retainers and younger brother. Not long after they left, Masahide Akamatsu's wife set fire to her room, and then set fire to all the nearby rooms, ending her helpless life in Sengoku in the raging fire. By the time the Kuroda family cleared the castle of Akamatsu Defenders, the Goden was completely on fire, and there was no way to put out the fire, so even if the castle needed to be used in the future, the palace would need to be rebuilt.
After Akamatsu and the others escaped from the city, they happened to meet several members of the Kuroda family, who were only discovered by hiding behind a tree and attacking them. These ninjas were only arranged to hunt for fish that slipped through the net on the periphery, and they were all shinobi, and there were only five of them. Although two samurai died under the sudden attack, in addition to the three brothers, there were eight kinship samurai on Akamatsu Hirosada's side, and they had the advantage in numbers.
The ninjas had no choice but to leave quickly, or if there was a head-on confrontation, all five of them would be here. At first glance, the other party is a big man in Takino Castle, so he must tell the news to Hattori Baochang as soon as possible, so that the lord Kuroda will know. Akamatsu Hirozhen's side also quickly ordered one person to report to Akamatsu Masahide.
When the Kuroda family completely occupied Takino Castle, Akamatsu Masahide had just turned around with his army of less than 1,000 men, and was about to reach the border between Ako and Iho Counties, when the samurai of the kinship clan sent by Akamatsu Hirosada finally came to Akamatsu Masahide.
"My lord, the big thing is not good, Takino Castle has fallen." The kinship warrior said with his head bowed on his knees.
"What?" Hearing this news, Akamatsu Masahide almost fainted, or the surrounding retainers held him up, these generals of the Akamatsu family, hearing the news of the fall of their skills, were also very surprised, it can be said that the capture of Takino Castle means that the Kuroda family swept the entire Akamatsu Collar in one night, although there must be something missing, but as long as the Kuroda family can digest the territory for a while, then the Takino Akamatsu family is estimated to soon become history!
Some military generals from small wealthy families are worried about the safety of their families, and some active samurai are thinking about whether to surrender to the Kuroda family or become ronins to find another way out. It turns out that he will also have such a helpless appearance, it turns out that he may also be just a weak person, is it right to be loyal to him! Many people have already given the answer they want in their hearts, and they don't know what the answer is.
In order to recapture Koguchi Castle, in order to curb the development of the Kuroda family, Akamatsu Masahide and the Kuroda family fought for three years, and he did not take advantage of it once in three years, the development of the Kuroda family over the years, he also knew, with the strength of the Kuroda family, Akamatsu Masahide did not dare to go out to fight more than a thousand people later, so in the past few years, the wars with the surrounding small wealthy clans have been small-scale fights. From this point of view, the Kuroda family also indirectly maintained the stability and development of the region.
Akamatsu Masahide went out this time, in fact, he had already expected that the Kuroda family might take the opportunity to sneak attack his territory, after all, Takino Castle hadn't made such a big move for a long time, and it just so happened that the Kuroda family could take advantage of the situation, and this was the case during the last battle of Lushan. That's why he left 1,500 people to defend the territory, and mobilized some small wealthy clans in the territory to strengthen the defense of his own clan, and only brought half of them out of battle.