On September 17 of the third year of Tensho, Hizen Province, Hizen Province, Hirai County, Saikaido Hirai Gun, Hirai no Ejo Castle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The tragic siege battle came to an end as night fell, countless corpses were scattered inside and outside the city walls, stiff torsos entangled with each other, arms scattered everywhere, collapsed ruins, and black smoke billowing into the sky, announcing the phased victory of the Date army.

The air was filled with a disgusting fishy smell, and the waddling footsteps of cleaning the battlefield swept back and forth, and the foot soldiers dragged the corpses, separating their comrades from the enemy, piecing together the bodies of their dead comrades, and placing them in the newly erected curtain, the white curtain solemn and solemn.

According to the regulations, the war dead will be properly disposed of, the war dead will be cremated on the spot, and the cremated ashes will be put into the urn and handed over to the parents and relatives of the comrades-in-arms by the companions in the cloth bag on the chest, and then placed in the shrine to be sacrificed by the people of the world every year, and the moon will be swept away, sharing the national fortune, and becoming the god of protecting the country.

Of course, the treatment of the enemy's corpses was not so good, and after the merit, they were pushed to the deep pit dug by the captives and buried collectively, becoming one hundred people's grave after another, yes, not the legendary mass grave, to dig a mass grave is a thankless project. September is not yet the height of summer, it is still very hot, and it is easy to cause plague if not buried quickly.

The most taboo thing to fight is the epidemic, and the Date family has a set of effective ways to deal with marching and fighting, and strictly enforcing these regulations is also one of the reasons why the Date family was able to flourish in the Warring States Period.

Katayama Hengchang did not enter the city, although the outer city of Hinoe Castle had been swept away, but as the main general, he naturally had to stay out of danger to deal with military affairs, he sat on the mound that was only a mile away from Hinoe Castle, and looked at Hinoe Castle, his face flickered under the swaying flames, and he was armed with the former famous sword, and he saw the arrival of Iga Kutaka and asked, "Iga Mamoru, is the battlefield counted out?" ”

In today's battle, Iga Hisataka no longer dares to look down on Katayama because he is young, he is worthy of being the son of the famous general Katayama Moricho, the tiger father has no dog. Where did he think that Katayama Heng was so ruthless and ruthless in his battlefield decisions at a young age, ruthless to the enemy, and even more ruthless to himself, hearing Katayama Hengchang's question, he hurriedly said respectfully: "It has been counted, our army has 257 killed and 323 wounded. The enemy has dropped seven hundred, wounded eight hundred, and killed seven hundred, and the outer city has fallen, and now there are still about a thousand trapped beasts in the inner city. ”

Katayama Hengchang's face was indifferent, and he said: "The war dead are handled in accordance with the regulations, and the injured are treated by military doctors, what else?" ”

Iga Kutaka hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and asked again: "I don't know how to deal with it below, there are about a thousand people in the inner city, and if you follow the way of the outer city, I am afraid that the casualties will increase exponentially." ”

Katayama glanced at Iga Kutaka and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Glancing at him by Hirocho Katayama, Iga Histaka seemed to feel targeted by a hungry wolf, and he didn't dare to look directly, and replied: "My lord, the Arima clan is already a trapped beast, and if you are too persecuted, I am afraid that you will fight to the death." ”

Katayama Hengcho glanced at Iga Kutaka deeply, and said, "The Arima clan has been in Gaolai County for hundreds of years, and the sons of Arima Qingjun are now in the inner city, do you think they will be connected to set up a new feudal lord." ”

Katayama told Iga Kutaka clearly that Iga Kutaka wanted to move out of Bizen Province and come to Hizen Province to expand his territory, so Arima's territory was most likely to become his new territory. The territory of Korai County is small, the resources are very limited, along the way, the land is not fertile, mainly relying on commerce to make up for the finances, if the Arima sons are retained, those who follow Iga Kutaka from their hometown will not be allocated enough land, he can only rely on the Arima princes. In this way, those genealogical retainers of the Iga family will complain about him, will the sons of the Arima clan be grateful to him? Not necessarily, you must know that he is an invader, an outsider who has robbed the sons of the Ma clan, and he will not be a human inside and outside when the time comes.

When Hirocho Katayama hands over the power to dispose of the inner castle of Hinoe Castle to Iga Kutaka, will Iga be merciful and let Arima Harumi and his children go? Not necessarily, the first thing Iga Kutaka needs to understand is whose support his power comes from, and the first thing he needs to understand is that he is an outsider, so he must get the support of his former ministers in order to be able to gain a firm foothold.

Iga Histaka originally only thought about the surface, thinking that he was likely to become the new lord of Takarai County, and he should take Huairou measures to leave a good influence on everyone before he could be loyal to him. He forgot that he was here to share the food, and he also forgot that he was not coming alone, he was going to bring a large family with him, and there were more than 20 clans of the Iga clan alone, as many as four or five hundred people, as well as those genealogical retainers who had followed the Iga clan for decades and hundreds of years, and there were no more than 1,200 men, women, and children, so many people could be arranged to scrape from the head of the original lord.

Katayama Hengcho stood tall, saw far, and looked far, and when Iga Hisataka was still thinking about his own little calculations, thinking about that little profit, he had already seen the future. In contrast, Iga Jiulong has to admire, this realm and vision are not at the same level, and the difference is too far. Thinking about it now, he is really naïve, and now he doesn't take advantage of Katayama Heng's long body to clean up the Arima clan.

Iga was convinced.

Katayama Hengcho grinned and said, "If we don't deliver the surrender letter, it doesn't mean that we have to storm the inner city at the cost of heavy casualties, the copper cannon is heavy and difficult to move, but the catapult can." ”

Inner City.

Arima Yoshizhi looked straight at the busy outer city, in the bright moonlight, you can see that huge wooden beams are being carried, and huge catapults are being built, the outer city is only a hundred and ten steps away from the inner city, separated by a mountain beam and two city walls, and the inner city is within the projection range of catapults. It is estimated that as soon as the day dawns, the catapult will make the defenders of the inner city despair.

"It's already three watches, it is estimated that as soon as the day dawns, they will come up, I don't know what the big brother has to do." The hoarse voice of Qianqianshi came from behind Arima Yoshinao, and Arima Yoshinao looked back, only to see that his eyes were bloodshot and his lips were chapped, as if he was ten years old, where was he still graceful on weekdays. Qianqianshi repented, regretted that he should not have rescued his father Arima Harumun, and regretted that he did not abandon the city before the Date army attacked the city.

Arima Yizhi replied with a smile: "Where is there any clever plan, there is only one way to fight to the death?" ”