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Generally speaking, the Japanese samurai travel mode, most of them are horseback, there are a few exceptions, now Kawa Yoshimoto likes to learn to sit in a sedan chair, of course, this will kill him in the end, if he is on a horse, then it will not be a problem to escape.

In view of this, Oda Nobunaga has always strictly forbidden his generals to go into battle in sedan chairs.

However, after banishing Ashikaga Yoshiaki and becoming the "first person in the world", as the more contacts with the minister, the greater the impact, he himself even liked this tune more and more, and now every time he goes to Luo, he is no longer wearing armor and riding on a horse, but sitting in the official sedan chair in court clothes, although it can't be compared with the official minister, but it is already like a god.

As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked (this word doesn't seem to be used very well, hehe), and those of us below were also influenced by him, except for the more old-fashioned ones like Shibata Katsuie, many generals used the sedan chair as a means of transportation when there was no war.

This time I went to Luo with my father, I was wearing an armor, wearing a navy blue color Wei belly roll, covered with sea blue array feather weaving, wearing a bellflower pattern hanging pocket, riding a horse at the head of the line of three hundred people, on my left, wearing a crimson color wei belly roll, covered with red array feather weaving, wearing a double dragon fighting helmet is Maeda Keiji, on my right, wearing a gold leaf binding foot, covered with orange array feather, wearing a gold salamander helmet is Keer Caizang.

This time in Shangluo, my father didn't bring a single retainer except me, because Oda Nobunaga's succession was an internal matter of the Oda family, except for the secretary of state who needed to go to the court, the local wealthy daimyo and low-level retainers generally had no reason or qualification to witness.

These 300 people are the elite flags I have carefully selected, all of them have good combat effectiveness, and with me, Ke'er and Maeda, the three "fierce generals" are pressing, and my father sitting in the sedan chair should be at ease.

At this time, had almost been pacified by Oda Nobunaga, and although there were still small groups of bandits or robbers in the area, there was no longer much climate.

"Da Da", a "spider herald" with a command flag all over his body, rode to the front of the team.

"Your Highness the Young Lord! The lord (commoners or low-ranking samurai call the lord lord or your highness) needs you to go! ”

"Got it." I turned around and came to the middle of the line.

The father in the sedan chair lifted the curtain, "Kogoro, where are you?" ”

"Father, I have arrived in the territory of the mountain city."

"Well," said the father, pleased with the progress, "where can we be tonight?" ”

"I think I'll be able to enter Atago." I roughly estimated it.

"So there's no problem passing through Atago?"

"That's definitely no problem," I asked, "Is my father going to visit Atago Shrine?" ”

Father nodded, "Let's rest at Atago Shrine tonight, you don't have to rush." ”

"Got it," I nodded, and then shouted loudly, "Brothers, work hard, you can rest at Atago Shrine tonight." ”

"Oh~" Everyone collectively responded, and they heard my words.

Actually, Atago Prefecture is less than five miles from Kyoto, so everyone worked overtime to rush forward, and they could have arrived before dinner, but I didn't ask about this question, and my father should have a reason for what he did.

Atago Shrine is located on Mt. Atago, the highest point of the western Kyoto mountain range, with an altitude of about 900 meters, and was built by Emperor Saga, the 52nd emperor of Japan, so it is also called Saga-jinja. In the Heian period, incense was also very prosperous here, but in the samurai era, it was not good, and it has been reduced to a second-second-rate and third-rate shrine.

However, the situation changed greatly after Oda Nobunaga's arrival, and before the fall of the Ashikaga shogunate, Nobunaga himself generally chose to stay here more often than many of the major temples in Kyoto, and Atago Shrine became more and more famous.

"Keijiro," I said to Keiji Maeda, who was riding on a horse and looking at a small book with a small book, "I'm in a good mood today, so let's go to Atago Shrine in the evening to play a game of chess." ”

"Okay," the young master said to himself, even if he didn't slip away, he had to agree, Keiji Maeda put down the book in his hand, "I got a new game from the chess player in the town yesterday, let's break it one by one." ”

After returning to Sakamoto Castle, Keiji Maeda and I played a few more rounds, and the number of wins was too small. In order to kill his sharpness, I "invited" my father out.

Father's chess skills are really not covered, Maeda Keiji's hand is useless in the face of his father, after his father stabilizes the back game, he plays steadily, and from time to time sneaks up on a few hands, Maeda Keiji not only did not get any cheap, on the contrary, he lost his territory again and again, and finally admitted defeat to his father at the end of the game.

Since then, Keiji Maeda has become much more modest, and every day when he comes home, he locks himself in his room to play music, and from time to time he "invites" me and some chess players in the town to practice, and he has made great progress, and I basically can't win against him now.

"Ah~"

There was a scream in the distance, and all of our attention shifted there.

"What's going on?" This is what is on the mind of each of us.

Then, the sporadic sound of weapons colliding was heard.

"There's an accident up front!" The three of us looked at each other and came to this point of view.

"What's wrong?" Even my father, who was sitting in a palanquin with his eyes closed, heard it.

"Father, there may be some situation ahead, it is estimated that it is within the bandit country," Kyoto is now the territory of Oda Nobunaga, and naturally no wealthy family will dare to use a knife here. "Do you want me to go ahead and have a look?"

"Well," the father nodded, "you take fifty people to the front to reconnoitre, and if it's a local private fight, try to adjust it, and if they don't listen to you, show the identity of the lord, and if they are still obsessed...... Kill on the spot! ”

"Yes!"

After riding into the forest and heading forward for five hundred meters, I finally knew what was going on.

Bandit robbery!

There were about 30 of these bandits, all dressed in rags, holding worn-out knives, rusty iron forks, wooden sticks, bamboo guns and other weapons. Among the bandits, only a thin middle-aged man with a helmet of the oblique moon arch on his head and a military fan in his hand was wearing a complete gray bucket and a full gray barrel of the robbers, and at the same time, a strong man covered in armor and holding a bright knife in his hand was dressed a little better.

Leaders and Strategists.

"Kill, kill, kill, kill !!" The leader howled, "Kill all the men!" The woman stays, and everyone can be happy tonight! ”

The people who were robbed were dressed in colorful clothes, not like ordinary people, but similar to the Kabuki I had heard in the castle. At this time, the adult men in the song and dance troupe were killed one by one, and all that was left were some women and children, women were to be taken to vent their animal desires, and these children only had to die!

The rise of the bandits did not notice our arrival in the slightest.

I took the bow and arrow from my back, "This is really a slap in the face of Nobunaga, he boasted that there are bandits and evil parties in the peaceful and prosperous world, I really don't know what kind of expression it will be?" ”

At this moment, the leader brandished a knife and walked towards a woman with a lewd smile on his face.

This woman was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a beautiful appearance and a pretty face, probably because of her profession, and her eyes seemed to be infinitely charming.

It's a pity that the scene in front of her made her eyes nothing but fear or fear.

"Poof!" Just as the leader was less than five steps away from him, a mouthful of blood rushed out and spilled onto the woman's emerald yellow dress.

The leader's body shook, and he fell to the ground, dead!

Only then did everyone notice that there was a white feather arrow stuck in his back!

"Bold !!" I shouted loudly: "The mountain city country is at the feet of the Son of Heaven!" How dare you do evil! Grass Kan human life! Don't hurry up and die! ”

As I spoke, I pulled out an arrow and shot it at the advisor.

The military advisor instinctively wanted to use the knife in his hand to block, but his martial arts were obviously not at home, and the long arrow pierced him through the cold without hindrance!

"Officers and soldiers are coming! Run~~" I don't know who shouted, and then this group of bandits who were still showing off their might just now fled in all directions, their ability to bully the little people is okay, but it is not good to deal with the soldiers in front of them with bright armor, besides, the man in the blue armor just now shot the leader and the military advisor with two arrows!

Without waiting for my order, the bannermen behind him jumped off their horses and slaughtered the bandits with their swords in hand.

For a while, the situation reversed, and blood burst out of the bandit's body, and a miserable scream resounded throughout the forest. The more they killed, the more excited they became, the bandits in front of them were not opponents at all, and in the screams and fear, their numbers became smaller and smaller, and they were soon killed by the banners.

"Alright, it's okay." I pulled the knife back from its scabbard, "Just clean up here, everybody." ”

I rolled over and dismounted and walked up to the group of singers and dancers, "Don't be afraid, we are from the Oda family. ”

I thought that in my present savior appearance, they would kowtow to me with joy.

But this was not the case, and when they saw my "kindness" again, instead of being happy, they collectively began to cry.

Of course, I know that it's not because of how scary I am, it's just a thrill of escaping death.

I walked up to the woman just now, and the reason why it was her, in the final analysis, was because she was so beautiful that it completely attracted my attention.

"Who are you? How could they be targeted by this group of bandits? ”

"We're not locals...... the woman stopped crying and said in a somewhat stiff Kyoto accent, it turned out that they were from Izumo Province in Kansai, and it was Izumo Taisha Shrine, a fairly famous song and dance troupe in Izumo.

"Izumo Taisha?" The name was a little familiar, and I asked, "Dare to ask the girl's name." ”

"The little woman Izumo Akoku."

Sure enough, it was her! I exclaimed in my heart.

Ah Guo and the others were originally invited by a certain minister in Kyoto to come to Kyoto to perform a strange dance, but at the foot of Mt. Atago, they encountered this group of bandits, and the adult men in the group were almost all killed, leaving only these old and weak women and children.

"Miss Ah Guo, I wonder what else you have planned at the moment?"

didn't mention it, but when he mentioned it, Ah Guo cried again, "The head of the regiment and they are all dead, where else can our group go?" ”

"We're going to go to Atago Shrine to rest, so if you don't dislike it, come with us." I felt some pity, the main thing is that, as a man, I don't want to see a beautiful woman suffer like this in the future.

"That'...... Is it appropriate? She stopped crying and asked hesitantly.

(The first beauty in the book finally appeared, and everyone applauded!) By the way, give more recommendations and collections)