Chapter 726 9. Nagashino Opens the Castle and Okudaira Dies
Nagashino surrenders!
No surprise! It's reasonable!
"Bring him here." Hosokawa Saijo ordered the front army to solve the problem of Nagashino today, no matter how.
"What does Okudaira Hataro say?"
"I would rather open the city, just to save the lives of the whole city." The man heard Hosokawa Saijo's question, knelt on the mud in front of the tent, and answered respectfully.
"Let's not talk about anything else. I heard that Hataro still has brothers and sisters, so send them to the camp first to show sincerity." Kobayata sat next to Ashikaga Yoshiaki and said something.
Okudaira Sadamasa should have surrendered sincerely, but Kobayata still thought it was necessary to prevent it, and sent his brother Okudaira Chimaru and sister Ne Ne (both of whom had been killed by Takeda Katsuyori at this time in history) to the army as hostages.
"Uncle Tansho is right!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki nodded.
You, Okudaira Sadamasa, held back my army for five days. To Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, you are a loyal minister. But to me, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, you are a traitor who resisted the royal army.
"I understand. This is the old truth." The man agreed quickly. Surrendering and seeking peace must come at a price.
"Then send it immediately!" Hosokawa Saijo also spoke.
Someone was sent into the city to ask for hostages, and the conditions for surrender and peace continued to be negotiated. In fact, Okudaira Sadamasa just passively accepted the request of the Yamanouchi family. In this situation, if he surrendered again, he would have no bargaining chips.
"Open the city immediately! All the soldiers retreat! This is the first!"
"Yes!"
"After the city is opened, Nagashino will hand over Suganuma Hyogosuke, Yoshida-donosuke and 200 soldiers to defend together! This is the second!"
"Yes!"
"The soldiers in the city will be collected by Yoshida-dono, and they will be temporarily used as menial workers in the team. They will be released after the three states are recovered!"
"Yoshida-dono? Yes!"
"Hataro resisted the royal army, which is a heinous crime. To punish him, he should commit seppuku!"
"This..."
The visitor finally couldn't agree. It was normal to surrender, hand over the city, and become a prisoner and do hard labor. The Yamauchi army had a reputation in the East. If they said they would not kill you, they would not kill you. As long as you surrendered, they would save your life.
But now Okudaira Sadamasa was asked to commit seppuku. The reason why he was willing to surrender was that he saw that he really couldn't hold on, and secondly, he wanted to survive. If it wasn't for the sake of survival, all the members would die today, and no matter what was said in the future, it would leave a mark in the history.
"Should we die together with the whole family of Okudaira, or should we save our family and plan for the future? You should think it through!" Hosokawa Sai's horse stick slammed to the ground, startling the visitor.
Sanada Masayuki was ready to go out, but it was just a matter of a shiver. With his ability, it would be a joke if he couldn't even take down a Honmaru.
Now he hasn't set out yet, so he naturally stands behind his father-in-law Hosokawa Sai, watching Hosokawa Sai's decision on the Okudaira family and Nagashino Castle. The first three are common requests, and the last one, that the general of the castle commits seppuku, was added by Hosokawa Sai temporarily.
To put it bluntly, you still want to survive at this time? You're dreaming! Eat your ass!
Just like what Xiao Ping Tai thought, there will definitely be many troublemakers on the way to Kyoto. Their lord is Oda Nobunaga, not the so-called shogun of the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Whether you have the righteousness of the world is none of my business.
So we must kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, to let them know what the result is of resisting the king's army and what the result is of submitting to the king's army.
If everyone learns from Okudaira Sadamasa, resisting for a few days, and surrendering to avoid death when they can't resist anymore, it seems that there is no price, what will the people behind think?
So the Yamanouchi family is just like this!
Good people are bullied, and good horses are ridden. Now is the world of warring states, not the days of peace. There is no such thing as affection, and you have to speak with the swords and guns in your hands. Whoever has more foreign guns and stronger cannons is the boss. If you don't accept it, come down and practice, and I'll beat you up.
"It is already a special favor from His Majesty to dismount and not cut off your Okudaira family. You still want to repeat it!" The eldest brother-in-law spoke, and Xiao Pingtai also joined in.
You Okudaira Sadamasa is so loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu, it is impossible not to pay a price!
"I understand. I will go back to the city and report."
"I will only give you half an hour! When the time comes, attack the city immediately!"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
The man turned around and ran back. At this time, Okudaira Sadamasa's brother and sister had also been sent to the city, and they were temporarily handed over to the supervision of Okudaira Sadanobu of the same clan. After bringing them up and seeing them briefly, he was sent away.
They are just hostages. There were many big men who lived in the Matsureki Temple under the Fuchū Castle of the Yamanouchi family. Any name you mention is a well-known person with a card in the future game.
Like Sanada Yukinaga (Takashi), Ogasawara Nagatoki, Kiso Yoshiyasu, Asahina Taitomo, which one was not a once powerful big man? Now you are all locked up in Matsureki Temple, become a monk, and accept the feudal system of five good things and gratitude.
About half an hour later, the city finally responded. The gate of Honmaru was opened, and Okudaira Sadamasa came out of the city in white clothes. The remaining one hundred or so people were gathered by Udono Nagateru, Okudaira Sadanobu, and Suganuma Masasada, and surrendered.
"I, the guilty minister, pay my respects to Your Majesty." Okudaira Sadamasa knew that his death was approaching, and his face was somewhat sad.
"Please stand up! I know that Hachitaro is brave and tenacious, but he is guilty of resisting the royal army."
"I, the guilty minister, understand!"
In front of the tens of thousands of troops, on the side of Toyokawa, a servant soon cleared a flat area, laid a new straw mat, and even filled a pot of wine in a white porcelain bottle and placed it aside.
There were more than a dozen small stools on the left and right, which were for the Yamanouchi generals who were watching the execution to sit on. There was no white cloth to cover the area, and the autumn wind was chilly, which made people feel solemn.
"How can your highness surrender? Gifu Dansho's 100,000 reinforcements will arrive in just two days!" Torii Kyouemon, who was imprisoned on the side, finally saw Okudaira Sadamasa and said angrily.
"So what if there are more reinforcements? Hahahaha..." Okudaira Sadamasa smiled bitterly.
Yes! Even if 100,000 reinforcements really come, Nagashino Castle can't even survive today, let alone two days later. It's just a death anyway, what's the difference.
"..." Torii Kyouemon probably understood Okudaira Sadamasa and said no more.
"Then let Kyouemon be my kaisha."
"Yes!" No one would refuse Okudaira Sadamasa's request. A dying man could agree to it.
After drinking the wine in the dish, Okudaira Sadamasa aimed at his abdomen and groaned, and the coldness entered his body.
He seemed to feel a little cold on his face, one drop, two drops, three drops, and a little bit of cold raindrops fell on him.
"This is God's will, not the fault of war..." After saying this, Okudaira Sadamasa changed the word into a cross, and Torii Kyouemon raised his sword and fell.
The Yamanouchi generals who were watching the execution heard Okudaira Sadamasa's words that this was God's will, and they all looked up at the sky. The originally sparse cold rain gradually became heavier. Slowly it became a heavy rain, and in a short while, the ground was full of mud.