09 met Keiji

(I apologize to everyone first, as I clearly said in the previous chapters, Niwa Nagahide stayed in the "town country" of and did not participate in the Echizen crusade, but when I looked through the materials yesterday, I found that he actually participated, and he was also the main person in charge of the negotiations with Ichimune.) I can't ignore his existence, so I had to paradoxically write him into Oda Nobunaga's military council, which caused a mistake in the structure of the story before and after...... In short, it's all my fault, and I will write rigorously in the future and never make such a low-level mistake again! ）

After the Battle of Echizen, Oda Nobunaga conferred a total of 750,000 koku of Echizen Kaga Prefecture with Shibata Katsuie, and appointed him as the guardian of Echizen, and expanded Kitanoso Castle as a residence castle.

Among them, 30,000 koku of the 50,000 koku in Ohno County were distributed to Kanamori Nagakin, and 20,000 koku were distributed to the former Nagayori, and these two people were subordinates of Shibata Katsuie, and 100,000 koku in Echizen Fuchu were given to Maeda Toshiie, Sasa Naimasa, and Fupo Koji, and it is said that 33,333 koku per person was equally distributed.

After the battle, the Oda army returned to their respective territories, but Oda Nobunaga left behind the leaders of the army, the vassal daimyo of the Oda domain, and his family, the lord of the old castle.

On November 4th, Oda Nobunaga led these people into Kyoto to meet the emperor, and Oda Nobunaga's "great deeds of royalism" were highly praised by His Majesty the Emperor, and the great head of state, His Majesty the Emperor Shokinmachi, officially ordered the appointment of Oda Nobunaga as the great minister of the three shosan,

On November 7, Nobunaga thanked the Emperor for his gratitude, and the Emperor returned the favor with the Imperial Cup. On this day, Nobunaga also served as the right general from the third, and his sister-in-law Oda Nobutada was also appointed as the Akita Shirosuke from the fifth.

In short, the most powerful name in Japan at the moment is undoubtedly Oda Nobunaga, and people with a little insight have a faint premonition that the future of Japan will be the world of Oda, although there are still Uesugi Kenshin, Hojo Clanmasa, Takeda Katsuyori, Date Terumune, Mori Terumoto, Shimazu Yoshihisa, these powerful daimyo of more than one million stone did not surrender to him, but except for Uesugi Kenshin, there are few who can really affect the Oda family's "world Bubu" cause.

However, these major events have nothing to do with me for the time being.

Right now, I'm riding a few guards through the forest by Lake Biwa.

I did well in this Echizen raid, and I received a rare compliment from my father, so he allowed me to relax and unwind around Sakamoto Castle for a few days.

Today, I took Hosokawa Tadashi out hunting.

Unlike in the TV series, the samurai chase the prey with a knife or bow and arrow, in fact, the "superior people" are very particular about hunting in the suburbs, and they generally use the falcons or hunting dogs to hunt the prey, and they don't have to do it themselves, because the hands of the samurai are noble, they are used to kill the enemy, and they are too "cheap" to deal with rabbits or pheasants, of course, if it is a tiger, a bear or a wild boar and other ferocious "big guys" is another matter.

Personally, I'm an exception, I've always disliked "Takashiri" or "Inu-Hunting", preferring to do it myself, so that I can also test whether there is any regression in martial arts.

Autumn is indeed not a good season for hunting, in spring and summer, animals will run out to play or mate, in winter, non-hibernating animals have to brave the snow in order to survive, when under the white snow, their every move can not escape the eyes of humans. Only this autumn, the flowers withered, the animals went to "rest", and the whole forest was only a burst of slaughter, less life.

After a long morning, I only caught two pheasants and a snake, and this "stupid snake" still swam to my feet on its own.

"Big brother," Hosokawa Tadashi looked a little frustrated, which was completely in contrast to the excitement when he came out, "I've been fighting for a long time, and I haven't got anything, let's go, I'm hungry." ”

I was a little disappointed, and handed the bow and arrow to one of the guards, and said to him, "It seems that this is the only way to hide, take the things, and let us go back to the town near here, and find a hotel to eat." ”

That's right, this guard's name is Ke'er Caizo, and he is now my flag guard as Ashigaru Shogun, he is 21 years old this year, and he learned spearmanship in his youth at the Treasure Temple in Nara.

One day, when I was looking through the roster of the wise family and other retainers, I unexpectedly found the name of the famous "Bamboo Stick Caizang" in the future.

It turns out that the Kerr family is a genealogical retainer of the wise family, and his father, Kera Seemon, has been faithfully following his father since the Mino era.

Well, I now remember that when I watched football in my previous life, there was a saying that said: The strongest person is in the formation!

So, I asked my father for Ke'er Caizang, and he agreed without much thought.

Ke'er Caizang took the bow and arrow, and said to me happily: "Young master, I know that there is a Huashan town near here, and there is a tavern called 'Inudaya' in the town, and the game there is quite good, so let's give these prey to them to cook." ”

"Okay, good, good," Hosokawa Tadashi immediately looked like a monkey when he heard that there was something delicious: "Big brother, let's go to Inudaya." ”

"Alright, let's go." I was a little hungry when they said that.

Just when a group of us "foodies" were going to "eat a pound", there was a sudden roar of a tiger in the forest, and the birds perched on the big trees heard the roar of the tiger, and instantly spread their wings and fluttered and flew into the distance, I heard a burst of tiger roars in the woods, and my face became solemn.

Tiger Roaring Mountain Forest!

"I didn't expect there to be a tiger on the shores of Lake Biwa," I waved my hand, "and look!" ”

We are all people with martial arts, especially Ke'er Caizang, so we don't look scared at all.

The group followed the sound of the tiger's roar, and although they had not seen the tiger yet, they could already feel the oppression contained in the tiger's roar coming from the woods.

Its roar caused a sound of scolding in the woods, and the animals hiding in the woods fled in all directions, towards safety.

Suddenly, my pupils shrank, and I suddenly saw a tiger appear in front of me.

The tiger was huge, with limbs like cylinders, a very large round head, and two eyes like brass bells. The tiger's body is covered with black or dark brown horizontal stripes that extend to the thorax and abdomen, and a large king character protrudes from the round skull.

The tiger stood in the woods, and a momentum spread from the tiger.

In front of the tiger, there was a young man dressed in a shabby blue feather weave, he was about 1.7 meters tall, about the same as me, he did not keep the moon on his head, but tied his hair in a bun, and a blood-red spear in his hand, because he was facing away from me, so I couldn't see his appearance.

"Lao Tzu has lived for more than twenty years, and he has never eaten tiger meat," although the young man was murderous, his tone of voice was quite casual: "Beast, count yourself lucky, Lao Tzu will appetize you today!" ”

The young man roared, his body was like a roc spreading its wings, and he jumped up violently, and at the same time the spear held in both hands shrank back violently, and then the spear in his hand was like a dragon going out to sea, a cold light flashed from the tip of the spear, and then the spear instantly stabbed towards the tiger.

Burst! Burst! ”

The cold light flashed, and the sharp tip of the spear left a blood-red mark on the tiger's body.

"Whew... Whew......"

The tiger was stabbed by the spear in the young man's hand, and suddenly hissed and roared.

The young man turned around, and it was only then that I could see his appearance clearly, the young man was extremely handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose, thin lips, and a handsome appearance, the image of a beautiful man with a good demeanor, but at this time, when the young man held the spear in his hand, he exuded a fierce and brave breath, and the spear crossed two arcs in the air.

The tiger was stabbed by a spear, screamed, and pounced frantically at the youth. However, although the tiger's huge body looked terrifying, it did not hurt the young man in the slightest, and he did not even touch the corners of the young man's clothes, which made the tiger more and more crazy, and the copper bell-like eyes became blood-red.

The young man frowned, looked at the tiger that jumped and killed again and again, revealing a solemn look, and the spear in his hand began to rotate rapidly, and a huge wind spread out from the spear, and between the tip of the spear sliding, only the tip of the spear was heard piercing the air, making a chirping sound like a phoenix's roar.

"So fast!" I heard the marksmanship expert Keer Caizang next to me exclaim.

The spear finally pierced the tiger's body!

Quickly pulled out, and the youth took a few steps back.

The tiger let out a mournful roar, and streams of blood flowed from its body, and it struggled to run towards the youth, but finally fell to the ground helplessly.

Seeing that the tiger was dead, the young man also sat on the ground as if he had lost his strength, panting for breath.

I walked briskly forward.

"Hey, hey, who are you?" The young man seemed to have just noticed me, "Don't be so shameless, I killed this tiger." ”

He actually took me for prey.

I was about to speak, but Ke'er behind me rebuked sharply: "Rude! In front of the young master of the wise family, what are you! Dare to hunt in the territory of the wise family! And talk like this to the young master! ”

During the Warring States period, it was entirely reasonable for lords to massacre civilians at will in their territories.

"Uh......" I thought the atmosphere was a little bad, "Strongman, you misunderstood......"

The young man stood up "suddenly", as if his strength had been restored, and said with a murderous aura; "Wise young master! Bah!!! ”

He spat heavily on the ground; "Don't say it's the young master, even if Wise Mitsuhide comes, I'm not afraid!" As he spoke, his spear, which was stained redder with blood, pointed at me.

"Can you two let me finish my sentence?!" I was also a little angry, "This strong man, I didn't plan to rob your prey, this tiger was hunted by you single-handedly, we saw it with our own eyes." ”

"Oh," his face slowed a lot as I said this, "then excuse me for the faux pas." ”

"The strong man is really skilled in spear and brave in martial arts......" I complimented on my lips, and I was also planning to take him for my own use!

"Your Highness has said so much, do you want to let him go out?" He wasn't stupid either, and quickly guessed my intentions.

"Yes," I said in a rather polite tone, "I fell in love with the talents of the strong man at first sight, and hoped that the strong man would lend me his strength." ”

From his clothes, I can tell that although he has martial arts, he is not a samurai, but a ronin.

"Well said, well said!" The young man agreed, "But it only needs to be approved by my father, Your Highness, please follow me to the Humble House." ”

"Good!"

"By the way, my name is Keiji Maeda! Please give your Royal Highness a lot of advice."

"It's Mr. Maeda...... Yes! I exclaimed, "You just said...... What's your name? ”