Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 690 Kyoto!Kyoto!
As a subordinate of the Kyoto administration, it was Hisanobu Matsuura, who was born in Hideyoshi Mimasai, who was in charge of stationing in Kyoto when Maeda Genei went to Osaka with Chacha and Shimaru.

He was extremely nervous when he received the news of the attack on Yongquan Temple, because two important people could be guarded in Yongquan Temple.

After the death of Hideyoshi and Hideaki, Shimaru, as Hideyoshi's sole heir, came to the court to listen to the government.Naturally, he will liquidate his political enemies in the past, and take a step back to say that Ning Ning, as Hideyoshi's legal wife, must not make any mistakes.

Therefore, after getting the information, he selected 100 people from the Huangmuyi crowd without much thought, and took more than a thousand bannermen to Yongquan Temple for support.

Then he went back to the house and planned to write a letter to Osaka City, saying that Yongquan Temple was attacked and repelled by himself.

The letter has just been written and handed over to the retainers on the side. As a temporary Kyoto policy, Matsuura Hisanobu has the right to write directly to Chacha.

After having this right, he naturally didn't want to stay under Maeda Xuan for a long time. He planned to protect Ningning, and then send someone to send him to Daban City, and hand him over directly to Chacha, in exchange for a higher rank.

However, not long after the letter was written, the retainers had just stepped out of the scope of the capital when they encountered a group of troops on the road. What surprised him was that the troops were flying the flag with the Wuqitong pattern.

This is the family crest of the Toyotomi family. Logically speaking, such an army should belong to the Toyotomi family's army, but I haven't heard of any Toyotomi family's army that is temporarily stationed in Kyoto recently.

He reined in before the army, and asked forward, "Which army has arrived in Kyoto? Why hasn't there been a notification?"

However, the response was a quick and sharp arrow, which directly pierced through his armor and shot him under the horse.

The injured retainer was driven up in front of the Xiu family in embarrassment by the warriors of the Xiu family, his dusty and blood-stained face looked up at the figure on the horseback, and he broke out in a cold sweat, "His Royal Highness Feng Fengchun."

Xiu raised his chin with a whip, looked at him sharply and asked him, "Do you still know me? What is it that came from Kyoto in such a hurry?"

"It's nothing, I was just ordered to go to the village below to recruit soldiers." The samurai refused to tell the truth, but the letter in his arms was indeed collected by the subordinates of the Xiu family.

After unfolding it, the Xiu family couldn't help sneering, "His Royal Highness Guan Bai's bones are not cold yet, so Xiaoxiao plans to get a certificate from the Beizheng Office? Take it away and take care of it. It will be used as evidence to deal with Matsuura Gaojing in the future."

The army marched towards Kyoto again. At this time, the sky in Kyoto was gradually turning white. In the southeast direction of Hideka's army, the sound of killing could be faintly heard. The sound of the battle of the bannermen who went to support.

The Xiu family is unmoved by this, there are a full 9000 troops there, even if Toyotomi Banner is elite, there are only 1500 people, and it is only a matter of time before they can win.

Although the progress at this time has experienced the restoration of the Momoyama period, it has not yet reached the huge scope of the Edo period south to Kujo.

The most important thing is that Hideyoshi has never spent money to repair the outer walls of Kyoto. The current progress is more like a large community composed of independent groups in later generations. Each small community is called Fang, and the road between Fang and Fang is called "Ding". , There are dozens of roads leading to the outside in all directions in all directions of Kyoto, and it is absolutely impossible to defend.

In fact, Machiashigaru, who is under the administration of Kyoto, just patrols the streets every day. It is impossible for a city like Kyoto without a city gate to collect city entry tax.

Similarly, it is extremely difficult for the Xiu family to block all the entrances and exits of Kyoto.

So the Xiu family's goal from the very beginning was very clear, that is to take down Nijo Castle by surprise, because Nijo Castle is where the garrison of Kyoto is located.After taking Nijo Castle, Kyoto will also be taken.

At the very beginning, the Xiu family divided the army into the city on the west and south sides, and each army directly followed the road between the squares to Ertiao City and Juledixia.

Of course, in order to quickly open Nijo Castle, the Hide family called Maeda Masakatsu before entering the capital and said to him, "Hanjuro, it's time for you to show your talents. My subordinates will go with you."

Having said that, Xiujia pointed to the real job at the racecourse beside him. He has become one of the generals of Xiujia's banner camp, and has a total of 2 riders in one or two companies.

In order to disguise the Xiu family, they also specially prepared yellow mother clothes for them to wear, so as to dress up as the yellow mother clothes of the Toyotomi family, and then they can be used as reinforcements in Osaka to deceive Nijo Castle.

Despite some reluctance, Maeda Masakatsu knew that he had been tied to the chariot by the Hide family, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead Baba Shizuko and others to Nijo Castle first.

In order to confuse the defenders of Nijo City, Xiujia gave them plenty of time, estimated about 20 minutes outside, and then ordered to his subordinates, "Everyone shut up and follow me into Luo!"

There should have been a response of "Oh~!", but under the order of the Xiu family, the entire army seemed to become a silent machine. Everyone extinguished the torches, leaving only the front torch as a guide for the direction. The person in front put his hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him and walked into Kyoto silently.

There are many poor people living in the surrounding areas of Kyoto. Now it is gradually dawn, and some people have already left their homes to prepare for a new day of work.

But as soon as they stepped out of the house, they heard footsteps like drums outside. Most of the people in Kyoto have experienced the scene of country soldiers going to Luo several times.

At present, this situation is naturally clear, there must be an army entering the capital, and from the sound of its continuous footsteps, the army is definitely no longer a minority.

At this time, there was no thought of going out to work early, and the citizens returned to their houses one after another, and blocked the doors that were not tightly sealed as much as possible.

The townspeople who live in the outermost areas of each ward are the most miserable. Some people were awakened by the sound of footsteps in their sleep, and their relatives covered their mouths when they just wanted to yell.

Through the starlight outside, they looked out of the window, only to see rows of black-armored soldiers silently following the people in front and thinking about advancing in Kyoto, the spears on their shoulders reflected the cold light.

Not to mention that the townspeople did not dare to come out, even the town ashigaru of the Kyoto Magistrate saw the huge army coming towards him from a distance, and was so frightened that he hid in the nearest workshop, took off his armor and threw it on the ground. Ino, wants to pretend to be an ordinary townsman to fish in troubled waters.

"boom!"

With the sound of an explosion, the whole of Kyoto was awakened. People in the depths of the capital who were not aware of the situation stepped out of their houses thinking about the explosion, and there were shouts of killing along with the sound of the explosion.

The residents living on the north side of Kyoto didn't know the situation, so they could only guess wildly, "Is that direction Jule and Erjo Castle?"

The warriors of the daimyo mansions around Juledi knew the situation better. The sound of the explosion came from the direction of Juledi. Under the command of Hamoto, they simply put on weapons and stood guard in their respective mansions, ready to deal with the invading soldiers.

But the strange thing is that there were bursts of shouts running around outside the mansion, but there was never even a single turbulent soldier smashing into the door.

Xiujia, who was still slowly marching northward with his army in the south of Kyoto, saw the flames ignited on the first line of defense in Jule, and knew that the matter might have been exposed, so he quickly ordered his subordinates to speed up their pace, and no longer banned the soldiers their shouts.

"Raise the torch high, fly out my flag, and let everyone know that I, Toyoharu Dai Nayan, have entered the city!"

"Goro Zuowei Gatekeeper (Ota Ziwu), take your people to the Imperial Palace to protect the Emperor from the military chaos. Before my arrival, no matter whether you are a prince or a samurai, you are not allowed to see the Emperor!"

"Keijiro! Take someone to support Jiro Shiro (bababa real job), Nijo Castle must be taken at all costs."

"My main formation is set up in the Juledi Fengchun Mansion, everyone moves to the main formation!"

When the arrangement was made at the Xiu family, Hisanobu Matsuura, who was already a little hesitant about letting people in from Kaesong, directly rejected Maeda Masakatsu and Baba's request to enter the city on a real-time basis.

Seeing the raging fire ignited in the direction of Juledi, the real worker in the racecourse couldn't help cursing in his heart, which bastard commanded it over there, even if it was only a moment later, Ertiao City would be opened.

But now Erjo City refuses them to enter the city, and they have nothing to do.Just when he was about to retreat temporarily and try to find a solution, he heard a scream from the top of the city.

Turning his head, he saw that the bannermen behind him had already drawn their bows and shot arrows at the warriors stationed at the top of the city.

Xiujia's Banners are all selected people who are good at riding and archery. After transferring to the Guandong, combined with the equestrian skills of Xiaobaliu Yabusame, the technical level of archery is naturally unquestionable.

Following the screams, there was a panic in the city, and someone shouted, "Iyo has hit the arrow! Yiyo has hit the arrow. They are the enemy!"

No matter how dull the general is, he knows that with the arrow shot by the enemy general, the time to attack the city has come.Although they still don't know which disobedient subordinate shot the arrow, they don't have time to find out at this moment, and the key is to win Ertiao City.

I saw the horse farm real worker get off his horse and hold his spear high and shouted, "The enemy is in Erjo City! Charge with me!"

Fengchun Banner led by him also got off his horse and shouted loudly, "Sweep out the traitors, and the world will be peaceful." Then he followed the real job of the racecourse to kill the head of Ertiao City.

Anyone who has played Total War knows that Nijo Castle is a flat castle, not even a flat castle, but a garden with a water hole.

Unknowingly, the soldiers found a prepared ladder from behind the team, put it directly on the city gate and climbed into the city.

Naturally, the defenders could not tolerate such a majestic siege. Some people wanted to stretch out their heads and stab the siege warriors who climbed up from below with long spears, but they were called out by the warriors behind them and shot them as soon as they showed their heads.

It is not nonsense that Ertiao Castle is not suitable for defense at all. The screen walls on both sides of the city gate can only shoot at the enemy from one side.

However, the long spears in the hands of the Banners can be swung away after a little provocation. Even if there is no swung arrow, it is difficult to shoot through the well-forged frontal armor of the Nanman body.

As the main force of the siege, the real job of the racecourse, who did not know where the courage came from, took the lead and climbed to the roof of the city gate, and then led people into the city to fight with the warriors in the city.

The bannermen outside the city could only watch their general enter the city, but they couldn't give any useful help.

He could only find a random tree to act as a bumper, and try to hit the gate made of trees in Ertiao City as much as possible.

Some warriors climbed up the city gate along the ladders. Inside the city gate, the defenders protruded a long spear through the window and directly fell to the city gate. Both sides fought back and forth around the city gate.

The defenders in the city had already reacted, and surrounded the five people who rushed into the city first. They were almost alone because the follow-up reinforcements were cut off.

"Put down your weapons and accept punishment." The samurai who surrounded them shouted at Baba Shijo and the others, "I may give you a chance to harakiri."

The horse farm official glanced around, spit on the ground, and said to them, "Go up if you have the guts, traitors and thieves!"

As his words fell, there was an explosion sound in the circle surrounding them, and the formation also appeared scattered.

Baba Shiko looked to both sides, and found that someone had already entered the city, and was standing on the oar platform on the east side, throwing cannonballs at the defenders surrounding them.

"It's the lord's ninja soldiers!" Sensei Baba realized keenly, and then ordered to the samurai closest to the gate: "Kanjuro, break through the defense line of the gate, open the gate, and we will cover for you !"

As his order was issued, his subordinates responded quickly. The samurai named Kanjuro brandished a spear and wanted to kill the castle, while the other four formed an formation and charged back at Toyotomi Banner, which surrounded them. and go.

Becoming a samurai who was hitting the gate with a log, he suddenly felt that the plug of the city gate was loosened, and the gate was pushed open when he hit it lightly.

But as the city gate was pushed open, a warrior wearing armor, a yellow mother's coat behind his back, and a red turban spitting blood fell into the arms of his companions.

People who knew him shouted the name "Kanjuro" one after another, and touched his back, and there were several blood holes running through his body.

It turned out that it was Kanjuro who tried his best to lift the latch, but his body was pierced through the back with a spear by the defenders.

Looking at their comrades who were lying in the middle of the conversation, the Banners burst into great anger, looking at the enemy in front of them as if they were about to tear them apart.

With the roar of one person, the bannermen gave up their bows and arrows, held their spears and wanted to kill in the city. They not only wanted to support the battalion commander who had already entered the city, but also wanted to avenge their companion Kanjuro!

(End of this chapter)