Ohara Village, a quiet village located around Miki Castle, a home city of Nitoki.

Although the news of the war between the main family, the Nishiki family and the Ohno family, has been known to the entire Nishiki clan for a few days, the villagers of Ohara Village are still working as hard as before, as if it is not their own master family who is besieged. Wars in the Warring States Period have happened from time to time, and these villagers have long been numb to this, after all, no matter who the main family is, they will always be exploited.

It really can't be said that it is not a kind of sadness that the small people who live in peace can be numb to this degree to the war that is happening around them, but tonight this sadness is destined to add a wisp of sadness.

"Damn! With the good fortune of the eight guys, they were recruited by the city lord to be peasant soldiers, and now they have a chance to make a fortune again. And I, Shinkuro, can only cultivate the fields in the village, and God is so unfair. ”

In a dilapidated thatched hut in Ohara Village, the villager named Shinkuro complains about God's injustice while drinking the turbid sake he has exchanged.

Unlike the villagers in the village who were afraid of being recruited by the lord to fight, Shinkuro was bent on taking advantage of the opportunity to fight. Especially after he took advantage of the opportunity to be a peasant soldier and plundered several families in the hostile territory the year before last, his thoughts became stronger and stronger. However, most of the knowledgeable lords were restrained in recruiting peasants to fight, so Shinkuro who missed the conscription had to drink at home.

"Is it a good thing for me to let you talk nonsense all day long, and to be recruited by the lord of the city to fight? You're cranky all day long, trying to see if I don't kill you. Just as Shinkuro felt sorry for himself, a woman with five big and three thick suddenly rushed out and scolded him with a wooden cane, but obviously this woman also had a sense of proportion in her heart, and only hitting Shinkurou's body would not cause him any major damage.

"Damn! Which one dares to beat you Uncle Xinjiulang, see if I don't ...... Beggar! Ah~~~Ahah~~~" Shinkuro was also getting drunk at this time, and when he saw that someone suddenly hit him, he was furious and ready to teach her a lesson, but when he suddenly saw that the person who beat him was his wife, Hanako, he was suddenly startled and panicked.

He has always been afraid of his wife, Hanako Shinkuro, and at this moment, when he found out that Hanako was beating him, his anger immediately subsided, and he became afraid.

After a while, Shinjiuro made up his mind and complained to his wife: "Hanako, what are you doing? Why do you cover up?"

Hanako has long been dissatisfied with the restless Shinkuro, and in her opinion, her husband, as a commoner, should cultivate the fields well instead of thinking about war all day long. Fighting a war is something that the samurai masters do, can he, a civilian, participate in? How many people in the village died because of the conscription of the city lord, why didn't he know that he was afraid?

Hanako became more and more angry with Shinkuro the more she thought about it, and at this time, seeing that he was still unrepentant, her two thick eyebrows as thick as a brush, and said with hatred: "As a civilian, you should farm honestly, why don't you know that you are afraid of so many people in the village who have died in battle?" If you think about it all day, I'll kill you first. Saying that, Hanako picked up the wooden stick and was about to hit Shinkuro to relieve her anger.

"Don't fight~~~Don't fight~~~" Shinkuro saw that Hanako was going to beat him again, and hurriedly took a few steps back and took the opportunity to justify: "Isn't it also to be able to get ahead?" Isn't it true that I can have wine and meat now because I went out with the city lord a few years ago? What if I go a few more times and say that I can become a samurai master? Then you will be blessed. ”

"Samurai lord?" Hanako seemed to be moved by Shinkuro's words, and her movements slowed down, after all, becoming a samurai, even the lowest-level samurai, is something that these civilians think about for a long time. Becoming a samurai was the only chance for those at the lowest level to change their circumstances.

"That's right, Master Samurai! I'm going to become a samurai master. Seeing that his wife seemed to be moved by his own words, Shinkuro hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said, at least he could have a lot less trouble in the future.

As soon as the clinker Shinkuro's words were finished, Hanako's face changed rapidly, and she slammed the wooden stick in her hand at Shinkuro again, and at the same time scolded in her mouth: "Samurai master~~~ Samurai master~~~, I will kill you samurai master, see if you dare to be cranky in the future, is the samurai lord a commoner like you can hope for?" ”

"Nonsense! How do you know I'm not going to make it? Shinkuro saw Hanako questioning him, so he argued with Hanako while dodging the wooden stick that Hanako hit at him.

"Every year in the village, there are so many people who die in battles with the lord of the castle, and anyone has become a samurai? In the end, it wasn't the samurai lords who cut off their heads elsewhere. ”

"I'm different......"

......

"Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang · Open the door, watch the door......"

In the midst of the fighting, there was a sudden knock on the door in Shinkuro's ears, and his heart moved, and he hurriedly said to Hanako, who was chasing after him: "Don't fight, someone is knocking on the door." ”

"You still want to lie to me, who will come when it's so late and so messy?" Hanako didn't believe Shinkuro's words at all, but not only that, but her action towards Shinkuro became faster and faster.

Unlike the sluggish Hanako, the more he thought about it now, the more he felt that something was wrong, and when he saw that Hanako didn't believe him, he immediately scolded angrily: "Confused woman, listen carefully to see if someone is slamming the door." ”

"Hmmm..." Shinkuro was so positive that Hanako also hesitated a little, so she stopped and listened carefully.

"Bang bang bang ~~~ bang ··· Open the door, open the door. Sure enough, there was a slamming of the door.

"Shinkuro... Shinkuro, what the hell is going on, do we want to open the door? Seeing that someone was really slamming the door, Hanako suddenly panicked, there are countless mountain thieves, wild ambushes, and wandering samurai in this year, and the slightest carelessness may cost them their lives.

"Don't open the door! You hide first. Shinkuro's tone became solemn, after all, he had also been recruited by the city lord to fight, so he naturally expected this situation, thinking that they also robbed civilians like this in the first place.

However, at this time, it was too late, and before Hanako could respond to Shinkuro's decision, their door was slammed open. Immediately after that, several men with bamboo guns rushed in, needless to say that they were peasant soldiers belonging to the Ohno family.

"Damn, why didn't you take the initiative to open the door after the uncles knocked on the door for so long, did you have to let the uncles smash the door?"

"Is there anything wrong with the adults? I came to the small house in the middle of the night. The peasant soldiers of the Ohno family were outnumbered, and in the face of their shouting, the grumpy Shinkuro had to suppress his anger and asked, how terrible the peasant soldiers were in the plunder, but he knew it deeply.