Ogasawara Motomasa yawned heavily and rubbed his eyes, barely reluctantly refreshing himself so as not to show his weak side in front of his subordinates.

However, he is not a person who is good at hiding his emotions, and his deep worries cannot be completely concealed, and his face will always be revealed involuntarily.

The five families squeezed out more than 600 troops from the busy farming season, and sent them to Shengrui City as reinforcements to resist the invasion of the drawer. This loyalty, of course, deserves to be commended, but at the moment it seems that the future is not promising.

As a typical middle-level retainer, Ogasawara Motomasa has always performed his duties tepidly and has never had superfluous ideas. He couldn't be in the same league with Izawa Laijun, who burned down Buddhist temples on fabricated charges and took the opportunity to loot them, but he didn't dare to report and expose the shameless villain who was favored, so he simply pretended that his mother was critically ill, asked for leave of absence and returned to his hometown, trying to avoid this wave of limelight.

Unexpectedly, this act of destroying the temple and expelling the monks actually caused an uproar, which was defined as the "Awafa Martyrdom", and caused the famous Pingshou Punishment Department to send troops to attack.

Miyoshi Awa Mamoru (Changzhi) must have been frightened, and issued four orders in a row, asking the people and wealthy clans from all over the country to organize troops to come to Shengrui City to converge and jointly defend against the enemy.

So, as a loyal minister, Ogasawara Motomasa took his soldiers and went and returned, non-stop, and set off with several neighbors around him to actively respond to the call.

He knew in his heart that he was probably in the minority this time. In this situation, I am afraid that there will not be many retainers who can rush to support.

The traditional samurai who valued their faith were all outraged by the absurdity of Miyoshi Awamori, especially the Shingon sect believers who were innocently lying on the gun. There are also many people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are afraid of the name of the wise generals of the Tieshou Criminal Department, and after experiencing the last defeat, they no longer have the courage to fight against them.

Of course, Ogasawara Motomasa also thought about whether to find another way.

But I don't have a clue when I think about it.

When he reacted, he found that he had obeyed the orders of his superiors according to the inertia of his behavior and walked on the route to Shengrui City.

My dull brain seems to be destined to be a stupid loyal servant!

——With the thought of breaking the jar, I made up my mind and stopped thinking about distractions.

Ogasawara Motomasa, who has such an awareness, is still very brisk.

It's just that I always feel that between my eyebrows, there is an unlucky frustration lingering.

Maybe it's too much.

After five or six hours of continuous marching, Shengrui City finally appeared in front of him.

Ogasawara Motomasa breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of the final outcome, at least once you enter the castle, you can enjoy a bath filled with warm water and hot rice cakes made from pure white rice, and if the war is not so urgent, you may be able to secretly take a sip of scalding sake and find a young girl to relax.

Even if the Ming Dynasty is going to die in battle, it will not hinder today's enjoyment.

As a martial artist living in troubled times, he should be ready to die generously anytime and anywhere, do you still expect to die well in the hospital bed in your seventies and eighties?

Thinking like this in his heart, Ogasawara Motomasa felt a little excited, quickened his pace and walked to the city gate, raised his torch high, and shouted to the gatehouse: "I am Ogasawara Motomasa, in the name of the lord, leading the soldiers to reinforcements!" Please come and open the door! ”

In the dark of the night, he only held a torch and moved as freely as day.

The five wealthy families of the country went on the road together, and there was no subordination and domination relationship between them. But along the way, Ogasawara Motomasa is the cleanest and neatest in doing things, and he is vaguely regarded as the leader.

This is due to the fact that he has been on duty at Shengrui City for many years, and has carried out countless night patrol duties. This field with a radius of several hundred steps is as familiar as your own bedroom.

Ogasawara Motomasa shouted three times in a row, and then he no longer spoke, but stood quietly and waited patiently.

Immediately, there was a rapid movement of fire in the city, accompanied by a slight noise of human voices. But after a long while, there was a voice that was out of breath: "Is it Ogasawara Temple?" Please wait a moment, I will send two people down to verify their identities before I can open the door. I have to be extra careful at night, please forgive me! ”

"It's okay! It's okay! And rightfully so. Of course, Ogasawara Motomasa was very clear about this set of procedures, and calmly replied to the guards on the city wall, and then turned around and waved his hand to the team behind, explaining: "It is estimated that it will take half an hour to enter the city, everyone should rest in place first, and if you are hungry, you can eat some dry food first." Just don't lie down on the grass and fall asleep! You can't break away from your own team, and the heads of the team must take care of the soldiers! ”

"Good, good!"

"I've been in a hurry this way, and I'm tired enough to choke ......"

"Oh, that's it."

This order was fully implemented.

So the military appearance, which looked like that in the marching stage, completely collapsed in an instant.

The good Miyoshi in good spirits sat down in groups to chat by the firelight, and when they were not in a good state, they took naps with each other back to back. Most of the leaders and group leaders have no motivation to maintain order, and let the soldiers act recklessly.

At this time, if someone deserts and flees back to their hometown, it is estimated that they will not be discovered.

Ogasawara Motomasa felt that it was inappropriate when he saw this, but he was embarrassed to take back what he had just said, so he could only hope that his colleagues in the city could speed up the progress a little bit, complete the work as soon as possible, and take all the big guys in to make up for sleep.

But......

Since Shinohara Nagabo was killed, and his comrades were either degraded or exiled, the efficiency of the officials of the entire Miyoshi family has dropped by several grades, and he knows this in his heart.

I only fought with myself in a sullen mood, and I wanted to stand up and clean up a few times on the way, but I wanted to stop talking.

has no official name, and does not have the prestige of the past, I am afraid that this head is not to bring shame on yourself.

I waited like this mess for about a quarter of an hour.

During this period, Ogasawara Motomasa seemed to hear some movement in the river on the side, but he thought it was his own delusion and didn't pay attention to it.

A quarter of an hour later, three well-dressed samurai came down from the city through the ropes, identified the five wealthy families, and examined the necessary pleadings and the family crest on the banner.

Only then was he released.

At this time, a few sharp-eyed people came over and waited to enter the city, and some chatted nonsense that the gods didn't notice, and some fell to the ground and snored.

Ogasawara Motomasa felt embarrassed in front of the people of Katsurui Castle, and kept shouting at the top of his voice, running back and forth with torches, and letting the other samurai follow suit, so he gradually pulled the soldiers up.

In the middle of the night in early spring, it was freezing cold, and I was sweating profusely.

But I was finally able to enter the city.

Now Ogasawara Motomasa only thinks that it is good to be able to enter the city smoothly, and everything else is full of food and things to make up for sleep, and then he doesn't want to care about it even if the sky falls.

However, things often don't go as expected.

Just as he walked to the door, there was a sudden noise in the team behind him.

At first, I didn't think it was worth mentioning, but after walking for a while, I felt that it was getting more and more intense.

Ogasawara Motomasa frowned: "Damn, just now I was grinding and chirping for a long time and refused to move, and now I am rushing to go first?" What kind of famous ......"

As soon as he turned around, he was about to insult, and he was suddenly stunned.

Something doesn't seem right.

Under the light of dozens of torches, I felt—

The number of soldiers seems to be hundreds more out of thin air?

And the few fresh faces rushing to the front don't look like they're in a hurry to squeeze into the city to get a good bunk, but more like a painting style that wants to attack the city.

Could it be ......

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

Before Ogasawara Motomasa could fully figure it out, he heard a colleague next to him shouting nervously.

Before he could make any movements, he felt a sudden rush from the feet of a samurai of unknown origin rushing towards him.

Then Ogasawara Motomasa couldn't react and was knocked to the ground and rolled over.

The torch couldn't hold it and took it off, flew a few steps away, and before it came across something, it immediately burst into flames.

Then someone began to shout in battle:

"The end of the Miyoshi family is coming! Let's not follow the funeral, take this city, capture the three good Changzhi alive, and give it to the Tieshou Punishment Department, which can be exchanged for a thousand taels of gold! ”

What? What's going on?

Was it an enemy attack or a rebellion?

Ogasawara Motomasa was so stunned for a moment that he even forgot to turn over and get up.

Swords clashed, flesh and blood flew, and screams began to come from all directions.

Although I don't know who is attacking whom......

Suddenly, a city guard began to shout and give orders: "It was Ogasawara Motomasa who brought the enemy in!" He must have defected, and most of the people who came tonight have problems, so shoot and kill! ”

"That's right, that's right! Give up Wai Guo and stick to Ninomaru! ”

"Ogasawara Motomasa, this bastard, Lao Tzu has already seen that he has a problem!"

This?

This......

How did it come to this?

"I'm not! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense! Ogasawara Motomasa subconsciously launched a trifecta of denial. But the cowardly voice was completely buried by the background of the fighting.

The most desperate thing is......

Somehow, under this chaotic battle situation that is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me, I suddenly saw that the old colleague Oya was resettled and his soldiers, and inexplicably appeared on the side with a surprised look, and sighed: "Ogasawara Hall, there is such a great courage, I didn't see it before!" ”

Ogasawara Motomasa blushed, desperately trying to squeeze the words out of his throat, but he couldn't say anything, only subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife on his waist, and didn't know whether to pull it out.

The big house didn't see this, but turned around and laughed twice, bowed, and said in a loud voice: "Such a good deal, please be sure to take me one!" In fact, Lao Tzu has long been very fucking disgusted with the three good families! ”

Ogasawara Motomasa was dumbfounded, speechless, and didn't know what expression to use at this time.

Perhaps, as long as hehe.

A deaf and clear-eyed soldier came over and said, "My lord, it seems that there are torches and lanterns on all sides outside the city, and it looks like there are at least two or three thousand people, and they are shouting slogans loudly, saying something like 'The protectors of the Pingshou army are coming against the law, and those who surrender can be exempted', let's ...... What the hell are we going to do? ”