Learning is not the same as imitating something, but mastering techniques and methods.

- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)

"Lord Shimura, please go to the military tent next door with Lord Rokuta to rest for a while. Tiantong, who was difficult to choose, first glanced around the military tent, and then said with a vague attitude: "This is not a trivial matter, we will discuss it together before we can give you an answer." ”

"It's nature. "Mitsuyasu Shimura and Yunari Rokuta, led by a Ashgaru general, left the military tent.

"Brothers, you have all heard what Lord Shimura said just now, either fight to the end with the determination to die, or rescue your family and surrender to the Yanhuang army outside the city; ”

"Tiantongjun, I think it may not be a good choice to surrender to the Yanhuang Army outside the city after rescuing my family......

Before the ashigaru general could finish his words, a short-tempered ashigaru general rudely interrupted him and said, "Aooka-kun, you are betraying the family! Dedicating our family's Hasedo Castle to the Yan Huang Army is not a way to live, but a betrayal of the family and the family governor!"

"If this is a war between our Mogami family and the Yanhuang family, then I, as the family's ashigaru general, I will definitely lead the soldiers under my command to fight for the family until the last moment!" Aooka retorted not to be outdone: "But now this war is the war of our Mogami family? It is the despicable and shameless Uesugi Jinghu who dragged our Mogami family into this war with conspiracy and tricks!"

"No matter what, our Mogami family is already in a state of war with the Yanhuang family, which no one can deny. Another Ashigaru general interjected, "Even if we take the initiative to sacrifice Hasedo Castle now, it is impossible for the Yan and Huang Army to give up their invasion. ”

"Abe-kun, do you mean that we should obey Uesugi Jinghu's orders and become cannon fodder in his hands?" Another Ashigaru general said in an unkind tone: "It's okay if you want me to be loyal to my family, but it's impossible for me to work hard for the Uesugi army!"

"That's it!" Some of the Ashigaru generals who were already full of resentment against Uesugi Jinghu and his Uesugi army under his command expressed their attitudes: "Uesugi Jinghu, this bastard, killed my father when he forced my family to go south, and asked me to die for him, I would rather surrender to the Yanhuang army!"

"Those brutes of the Uesugi Army, plundering my family, killing my relatives and friends, destroying my homeland, this revenge is not avenged, and it is not a man!"

"To say that this Yanhuang Army is indeed a benevolent and righteous army, the grain in a town in my hometown has been robbed by the Uesugi army, and seeing that my villagers are about to starve to death because of this, it is my villagers and elders who have been relieved by military rations, and we must not forget this kindness. ”

"If there is a grudge, we have to take revenge, and if there is a favor, we must also repay the favor, this is an iron law that we must abide by as samurai!"

"Inoue-kun is right! As glorious samurai, we can settle our grievances!"

"Isn't the glory of a samurai sworn allegiance to his lord to the death?" In a heated discussion, the previous general who opposed the surrender of the Yan and Huang Army raised his voice and said: "What glory is there for a samurai who betrayed his lord?!"

"Muto-kun, are you sure that you are loyal to your lordship, not Uesugi Jinghu and his Uesugi army?" Qingoka sneered and asked, "Becoming a tool in the hands of Uesugi Jinghu and triggering a war between the family and the Yanhuang family, is this your loyalty?"

"I started a war between the clan and the Yanhuang clan? Qinggang-kun, do you think anyone will believe this kind of words?"

"It doesn't matter if anyone believes it or not, the important thing is that as long as we defend the city, it will inevitably lead to a war between the family and the Yanhuang family!" Qinggang said categorically: "No matter how benevolent and righteous the Yanhuang army is, it is impossible for us to be indifferent to the joint defense of the city with the Uesugi army. ”

"Aooka-kun, according to what you say, half of the soldiers in the army that attacked the Yanhuang Army the day before yesterday were our top soldiers, doesn't that mean that we are already enemies of the Yanhuang Army?"

"Therefore, we need to reach an agreement with the Yanhuang Army through Shimura-sama to dedicate the city, and we can't pin our own and our family's net worth and life on the benevolence of the Yanhuang Army. Qinggang, who had a clear mind, immediately won the approval of most of the generals in the military tent.

Tiantong, who was hidden as the head of the generals, suddenly spoke: "Qinggang-kun, how do you want to agree with the Yanhuang Army to dedicate the city?"

"The Yan and Huang armies must promise us that no matter what changes may take place in the tide of the war, they will not force us to be enemies of the lord in any form, and in addition to this, our families must also be properly arranged, and each family must be paid no less than fifty yuan for settling. ”

"Fifty Guan?!" As soon as Qinggang's words were finished, many generals exclaimed in surprise on the spot, and the other generals who did not exclaim in surprise were also full of shock, after all, it was fifty Guan!

"Aooka-kun, you're too whimsical, aren't you?" A general who was good friends with Ashigaru said with a wry smile: "Our army now has nearly 20,000 ashigaru, thousands of wounded, and the total number is about 24,000, and if each person is 50 kan, that's 1.2 million kan." ”

One million and two hundred thousand, as soon as this number appeared, the generals in the military tent all smiled bitterly, and even Tiantong Trust couldn't help but question Qinggang: "Qinggang-kun, do you know? ”

"Aooka-kun, our Muto family has been managing the finances of the Mogami family for generations for two hundred years, and as far as I know, even the Mogami family at its peak will not have a total annual income of more than 300,000 kan, do you know what 1,200,000 kan means?"

"The fact that the Mogami family can't take it out doesn't mean that the Yanhuang family can't take it out either. Aooka still insisted on his opinion.

"Qinggang-kun, this is not a question of whether the Yanhuang family can take it or not. Tiantong trusted and persuaded him: "But even if the Yanhuang family has such a huge amount of money, it is impossible for them to spend it on us prisoners of war, because this money is enough for them to raise an army of 100,000." ”

"It's not just an army of 100,000. Muto added: "Our Mogami clan pays each ashigaru a constant salary for three months, and the peasant soldier's salary is a symbolic amount when it is levied, and 1,200,000 yuan is enough for our Mogami family to build an army, you can think for yourself." ”

"Tiantong-kun, Muto-kun, and all the gentlemen, don't you know that there is a kind of bargaining called asking for a bargain?"

"Qinggang-kun, if you want to use this way to bargain with Yan Huangjun, I don't think it's very likely. Tiantong didn't have as much thought as Qinggang, and he said bluntly: "The generals of the Yanhuang Army are not fools, they can't give us too many choices." ”

"If we don't even try, won't our surrender of the city seem too cheap?"

"This ......" After hesitating for a moment, Tendo Trust asked Muto, who was the most opposed to surrender before, "Muto-kun, what do you think?"

"As long as the Yan Huang Army promises not to force us to be enemies of the lord, and each person will be given another ten yuan of settling-in allowance, I have no problem with the dedication of the city. ”