Chapter 157 46. The Three-Day Siege Was Ultimately a Dream

"Come and try the fine wine of Kai." Yamamoto Kansuke made a gesture of invitation with his hand.

Xiao Pingtai walked forward quickly and found a place with bright lights. He randomly picked a wooden barrel and pulled out the cork of the barrel. A servant saw that Xiao Pingtai wanted to check the wine in the barrel and stepped forward to help him pour out the turbid wine. Xiao Pingtai drank it all in one gulp. It was indeed an ordinary turbid wine (different from sake, the wine brewed at that time was not clear and transparent at the beginning. There was a lot of koji in the wine, and the color was generally beige or milky white. Later, someone used charcoal to absorb impurities, took the upper layer of clear liquid, and made sake.).

The taste is hard to describe, and it is very different from the taste of modern white wine. For some reasons, Xiao Pingtai was the kind of person who did not drink in later generations, but he had tasted it more or less. Although the wine of this era did not taste sour and had a little wine aroma, it still seemed crude and full of worthless and boring taste.

In fact, Xiao Pingtai knew that he had guessed wrong when he entered the cellar. Yamamoto Kansuke was so generous to let him come down to see. Even if the barrels were filled with sour cold water, it would not kill people if boiled.

Yamamoto Kansuke was so confident that he completely looked down on the security of 800 kan Chixing. He believed that he could defend Nirasaki Castle until Takeda Harunobu brought people back to find a scene, and even cooperated inside and outside to knock down Yamanouchi Yoshiharu.

Kitabatake University saw that Xiao Pingtai was full of loss and regret, although he knew in his heart that this time there was probably a huge mistake in his estimation. But he still didn't give up, and knocked on more than a dozen wooden barrels and wine jars with his hands, all of which made that kind of dull thumping sound, and they were full of wine.

No wonder the soldiers smelled of wine when they entered the city. It turned out that they were all full of these low-alcohol rice wines. So their faces were ruddy, showing unusual health. The stimulation of war and alcohol made them look more passionate, which made people look sideways.

On the other hand, Yamamoto Kansuke, his ugly old face remained calm. The only remaining eye looked at Kobayata and Kitabatake University with a piercing look, and his eyes seemed to be shining with confidence.

He just stood at the entrance of the steps, watching Kobayata and Kitabatake University taste and check. After seeing Kobayata's face quickly dim, he showed a harmless smile. But smiling is not much better than not smiling, and the honor is really not flattering. Seeing that others were a little embarrassed about his smile, he had to change back to the silent and silent look just now, waiting to be asked calmly.

Kobayata, at this moment, looked like a lost soul. Two days ago, he set up a flag outside the city, thinking that his plan was successful and he was one step ahead of others.

Facts have proved that no matter how many flags you put up, if you can't achieve it, those flags will be turned upside down and stuck back on you. And Xiao Pingtai is like this. He never expected that such a coincidence would happen. There would be so much wine stored in the city.

There is no point to stay any longer. You can't just grab the torch and jump into the wine cellar and expect a big explosion. With this low-alcohol rice wine, it's good that it doesn't put out the fire. Xiao Pingtai had to follow the attendant who held the fire and walk back to the ground.

Yamamoto Kansuke looked like he was sure of victory, "Does your envoy have any questions? I can answer them one by one."

Xiao Pingtai opened his mouth and pointed his finger. He wanted to point to the cellar, but didn't want to point it over. He wanted to ask something, but didn't know where to start.

"These wines were originally prepared for your Highness to reward the three armies after the great victory in the Battle of Uedahara. Unfortunately, the situation has changed and it is no longer needed to supply the army. But it happens to be in this Nirasaki Castle, which is a bargain for me. The wines and water in the city are enough for all the soldiers in the city to drink for more than a month." Yamamoto Kansuke gave a well-known reason. As the most important branch castle on the northern Kai border, a large amount of supplies deployed by the Takeda army when entering Shinano were exported through Nirasaki. Takeda Harunobu was defeated too quickly in Uedahara. He arrived at Uedahara in the morning and was killed in the afternoon.

For this reason, too many various military supplies were stored in Nirasaki Castle, including this batch of inferior wine to reward the three armies after the victory.

Yamamoto Kansuke's reason was impeccable. Kobayata had managed logistics before, so he understood the reason. It's just that all this happened too coincidentally. Maybe if the Yamauchi army hadn't quarreled for three days in Uedahara and quickly entered Kai, this mess wouldn't have happened.

"I guess His Highness Yamauchi Yulin doesn't have enough military rations to support a month." Yamamoto Kansuke was very sure, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, and he was very smart. Then he calmly gave Kobayata and Kitabatake University a loud slap in the face, slapping them silently.

"This, this, this" Kobayata and Kitabatake University were exposed by him. In their anxiety, their minds were a mess and they couldn't answer at all.

"If your envoy still wants to persuade you to surrender, please don't say anything more. Please entertain me with swords and cannons." As he said that, Yamamoto Kansuke made a gesture of seeing them off and watched the two leave.

The miserable and panic-stricken Koyata was sent out of the palace, and then numbly walked from the top of the city to the bottom of the city. In the end, it was unknown whether he was pushed or carried into a basket, and finally sent out of the city.

Returning to the Yamanouchi shogunate tent, Koyata lowered his head and opened the curtain. When Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu saw Koyata coming back, he excitedly asked directly, "Koyata, when will Nirasaki be opened? Father needs to determine the time to move camp and set off."

How could Xiao Pingtai have the nerve to answer him? He made a solemn promise before leaving, but now he was slapped in the face by reality. He had no choice but to sit there without saying a word. Kitabatake University also walked in with a helpless look on his face.

Seeing the expressions of these two people, everyone felt something was wrong. No matter who looked at it, it was a situation where a flying dragon was riding on their faces. Why did they look so depressed? Shouldn't they easily persuade them to surrender and establish merits?

Xiao Pingtai was hit hard this time. He thought he could let Yamamoto Kansuke drink his foot washing water, but he was already prepared and poured a basin of foot washing water on him.

"The city has prepared enough wine for the soldiers to drink for more than a month. The city general Yamamoto has no intention of surrendering with a sword." Kitabatake University shook his head and said this.

There is such a thing? What kind of broken city would have hundreds of people drinking wine for more than a month? This is a joke!

Xiao Pingtai told the fact that Takeda Harunobu was preparing to reward the entire army of 9,500 people and prepare wine.

The Yamauchi generals, who were originally full of enthusiasm, were suddenly frustrated. How could this happen!

I am such a humble bootlicker, 726th, hahahahahaha. Writing novels is so fun!