Chapter 284 18. Yoshikiyo Murakami Decides Life and Death

Takeda Harunobu's calculations were clattering!

It was 11:00 am now. According to the most serious estimate, Yamanouchi Yoshiharu would not arrive until 4:00 pm at least. So he was given a full five hours to perform on the battlefield of Hachimanhara, and he had enough time to wait here for two hours and watch the outcome.

So no matter how earnest the words of Yashiro Masakuni were, or how sad his expression was, it was impossible to move Takeda Harunobu in the slightest.

The words "Our army is using bento!" completely broke Yashiro Masakuni's heart, and he left with mixed emotions.

"What! Our army is using bento?" Murakami Yoshikiyo couldn't believe that there was such a ridiculous reason.

Uesugi Terutora's main team had already rushed to the front of Inoue Masakami's team. Perhaps after the next assault, Inoue Masakami's team would collapse. Takeda Harunobu, that old man, was actually still thinking about continuing to consume Murakami Yoshikiyo and being the yellow bird behind.

"Takeda, old villain, if I survive, I will never live with you!" Murakami Yoshikiyo swore in his heart.

After realizing that Takeda Harunobu was unreliable, Murakami Yoshikiyo began to make plans for the worst case scenario.

Murakami Yoshikatsu, who was distraught and lost his fighting spirit, sat on a stool in the shogunate like a puppet. After being chased by hundreds of cavalry and thousands of infantry, and after a round of descent from the gates of hell, Murakami Yoshikatsu was stunned.

Commonly known as being scared silly!

With a "slap!" sound, Murakami Yoshikiyo went up and slapped Murakami Yoshikatsu's face, making him see stars and bleed from his mouth and nose.

But this move was very effective. Murakami Yoshikatsu, who was beaten and rolled on the ground, came back. From the closed self-space, he returned to the extremely dangerous battlefield.

"Why did I give birth to such a useless thing like you, get up!" Murakami Yoshikiyo went up and kicked again.

"It's me, it's all me, I killed my elder brother." Murakami Yoshikatsu's snot and tears mixed with mud and blood, his face was "muddy". He knelt and prostrated in front of Murakami Yoshikiyo, mourning the death of his own brother.

"Why are you crying? Your brother is dead, but your father is still alive." Murakami Yoshikiyo saw that he was finally normal.

"Go back to Kuzuo immediately now. Your mother is the daughter of Ogasawara Shinshu (Ogasawara Nagatoshi), and she is the sister of Ogasawara Choshu (Ogasawara Sadane) in the Yamauchi Army. With his mediation, you can send your three younger brothers to the Yamauchi Army, at least your family can be saved."

Murakami Yoshikiyo saw clearly that Yamauchi Yoshiharu really wanted to receive a complete group of Murakami retainers to consolidate the rule of Kita Nobu. So he would think of killing Murakami Yoshikiyo, but he didn't mind leaving a little one in the mansion as a hostage, and then become a retainer of the Murakami family.

Uesugi Terutora had the general's order, his uncle's request for help, and his father's request for help. He would not allow others to sleep beside him. He would not stay in Shinano, and his goal was Kanto and Kyoto. Therefore, his attitude towards the Murakami family was dispensable, and he was easily influenced by Takanari Masayoshi and others. He might kill them and pave the way for the Takanari family.

As for Takeda Harunobu, he was the most treacherous, and he came to bite the Murakami meat. It would be best if the Murakami family died quickly so that he could enter the two counties of Keiki and Ueshina. How could the people of the Murakami family have any chance to survive in his hands? They could only die.

Now, while there is no direct conflict with the Yamanouchi family, they should be humble and directly submit to the Yamanouchi family. Then there is still a chance to keep the family name, the territory of Keiki and Ueshina counties, and there will be a chance to rise again in the future.

"Father, what about you?" Murakami Yoshikatsu saw that Murakami Yoshikiyo had arranged his wife and children, but did not talk about his own affairs.

After hearing this, Yoshikiyo Murakami turned his head to look at the battle situation at the foot of the mountain, which was becoming increasingly unfavorable.

"Makishima Daisuke has been captured by my Kojima Yajiro!"

"Inoue Uemon Daifu has been captured!"

Shouts came one after another into the main camp of Murakami. The Uesugi army, which had originally shown a weakening trend in its offensive, now seemed even more ferocious due to the personal participation of Uesugi Terutora.

The Murakami army was now in a dilemma of fighting on its own and the whole team in chaos. Even if the unparalleled generals of ancient and modern times came, it would be impossible to clean up the situation.

"Do you think I can still leave?" Yoshikiyo Murakami said with some insight.

"Father, at worst, I can abandon the army and surrender to Prime Minister Yamanouchi. As long as people are there, there is still a chance." Yoshikatsu Murakami did not give up persuading Yoshikiyo Murakami.

"Hurry up!" Several attendants hugged Yoshikatsu Murakami and rode on Yoshikiyo Murakami's warhorse.

Before the sound of horse hooves fell, "Inouebei has been killed by my Shita Yoshitoki!"

Inoue Masamitsu, the last of the few hundred regular foot soldiers of Commander Murakami Yoshikiyo, was also killed in the battle, and the last line of defense collapsed.

Murakami Yoshikiyo looked at Yashiro Masakuni, "Jirobei can't be without help, you hurry up!"

After that, he asked more than ten hatamoto to escort Yashiro Masakuni to chase Murakami Yoshikatsu.

The shouts of killing gradually approached, Murakami Yoshikiyo changed a warhorse, and rushed to the Uesugi army with the few dozen remaining riders around him.

Takeda Harunobu naturally kept observing the battle situation in Hachimanhara. He saw the increasingly powerful offensive of the Uesugi army and remembered it carefully.

He kept in mind how Uesugi Terutora commanded the flags and drums and how the soldiers cooperated. He also ordered the sidekick next to him to use paper and pen to check for omissions in case he forgot anything.

The Murakami army was in a state of total collapse at the moment, but it didn't matter to Takeda Harunobu. He hoped that Yoshikiyo Murakami would die quickly so that he could profit from it.

"Tamibe, how long do you think the Murakami army can hold out?" The general guarding Takeda Harunobu at this moment was Kyoraishi Tamibe Kagemasa.

"Reporting to Your Highness, from my point of view, it will be around this moment." Kyoraishi Jingzheng's face was a little heavy. The Uesugi army was so good at fighting. It was a strong enemy.

Takeda Harunobu looked at the attendants around him, Iitomi Saburobei, Saegusa Kankaiyu, Kasuga Toratsuna, Muto Kibei, Yokota Jurobei (this is the son of Hara Toratane, who was adopted by Yokota Takamatsu.) and others.

Everyone nodded. Takeda Harunobu's attendants were all sons of the samurai family. They served and guarded him, and actually learned to march and fight. Almost all of them left their names in the history of the Warring States Period.

God is fair. The rain falls on both good people and bad people.

Since Murakami Yoshikiyo is facing the final moment of life and death, can Takeda Harunobu be able to watch the show peacefully?

Impossible!

While the Takeda people were still marveling at the bravery of the Uesugi army, a continuous roar like hundreds of cannons came from behind the Takeda main camp.

"What happened in Houjie?" Takeda Harunobu realized that the matter was not simple.

The attendant who went to investigate the Houjie team had not returned yet, but a loud shout startled everyone in the Takeda shogunate.

"Yamanouchi stablemaster Shinshu no Kami Yoshikatsu came to meet Takeda Daizen!"