Chapter 2 Diverting the Tiger from the Mountain
Time is turning back to the present, and after Soji learns the whereabouts of the bandits, he immediately sets out to find Kuroda Iekane, who is training Ashigaru. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Mabei, have you done what you handed over to you some time ago?" Soji asked. Kuroda Iekane replied, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates have made more than 10 Yamada family flags, which is completely enough to implement that plan."
"Very good, Mabei, if this happens, I will marry my maid Nanako to you as the lady of the main room," Soji said to Mabei with a smile. "Is that true?" Kuroda Iekan couldn't believe his ears, when the previous family governor clan was in power, Kuroda Iekan had a vague like the clan clan proposed to marry Nanako, but the broken Tsugawa family is only such a maid, if you marry the retainer again, then there is no maid in the castle tower to take care of the family's daily life, so the clan refused to Zhenbei.
However, Zongzhi, who knows that if you want the horse to run, you have to let it eat first, deeply understands the importance of winning people's hearts, just a maid, and not a beautiful woman who looks like a country. Well, after two months of edification, Soji's heart has begun to look up to the people of the Warring States period.
"Of course, if this operation is successful, then I will hold a wedding for you in the castle tower of my family" Soji replied affirmatively, "Go and prepare, start acting tonight, and everything will go according to plan" "Yes, my lord" The Kuroda family is also obligated to take over the task for the sake of the sister! "Nanako, can we finally be together?"
The Kusaki River is a tributary of the Kakurai River, and the water flow is not large, and it flows through Iwatani Township and merges into the Kakujian River of Rokugo. If you want to say that there are the most in the RB Warring States period except for the local tyrant village chiefs everywhere, the bandits should be one of them. As the largest bandit in the Kakrakan River basin of Nansenbei County, Waga Shigeji said that he was a big Yali Mountain. It's not easy to be a big brother these days, although he has a little brother, but if he can't let his subordinates see the "money road" now, maybe tomorrow morning, he will not be the leader.
He Shigeji, who was born in the Mutsu Hao clan and the He family, was not surprised that He Shigeji could at least be a samurai in his own family. However, everything changed dramatically on his wedding night.
Mutsu and He Yisheng were invited by their family to attend the wedding of a junior, but he refused at first. However, when he heard that the bride was actually the daughter of the head of the village next door, he was furious!
It turned out that before and He Yisheng sent someone to the head of the next village, asking him to send his daughter to Iwasaki Castle, and he wanted to accept her as a side room. I thought that a woman from the countryside was taken by the samurai master, and she didn't immediately give in, but who knew that the head of the village was also tough, so she just didn't do it!! Out of consideration for public opinion in the territory, He Yisheng originally planned to wait for a while for the rumors to pass and grab it back directly. Unexpectedly, today I learned the news that I was going to marry the son of his retainer, and I was immediately furious! That night, he took the ashigaru general and He Chongzhi's family to arrest.,Only He Chongzhi escaped alone.,Finally, after learning that his wife committed suicide.,After the news that the whole family was executed.,Angry and He Chongzhi wanted to find He Yisheng desperately.,But after recognizing the reality, He Chongzhi gave up this idea of looking for death.。。 In desperation, he took refuge in a group of bandits.
After a period of hard work, with extraordinary force, He Shigeji successfully became the leader. However, He Chongzhi encountered the joint suppression of several local wealthy families. Waga Shigeji, who couldn't get along, could only take his bandits and wade through mountains and rivers to Senhoku County in the west, intending to return to Mutsu to avenge this big revenge after it developed!!
Due to the large number of wealthy families in Nanxian North County, especially in the Jiaojian River basin in the west of Nanxian North County, there is no particularly powerful force, and the strength of each wealthy clan is not much different. Therefore, in a short period of time, after annexing several bandit forces one after another, he became the largest bandit force in the Kakujian River Valley. Several wealthy families in the surrounding area, including the Tsugawa family when the Tsugawa clan was alive, were all harassed by Waga Shigeji.
He Shigeji had a very good time during this time, because he had just arrived at Kadotsugawa's Kadoyama Castle and looted 20 stone grains, which was enough for dozens of people under his command to eat this winter. But who has too much food? Due to the unusually smooth operation in Kakuyama Castle, the complacent Waga Shigeji started the idea of the Rokugo Yamada family.
However, Shigeharu Waga, who thought that the dispatch of troops would be as smooth as before, encountered the stubborn resistance of Yamada Yoshinobu under the Yamayama Castle, which was newly built by the Yamada clan in Rokugo. After a battle (weapon fight), the two sides were tied, and 3 people were killed and more than 10 were injured. The Yamada family also died, and more than 10 people were killed and wounded. He had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the old nest of Kusakigawa.
"It seems that I can only rely on miscellaneous grains to get through this year, alas, but it's okay, it's better than being hungry" Just as He Chongzhi was thinking a lot, suddenly there was a shout outside. "It's on fire, put out the fire". "Enemy attack. Tell the Chief, "What?" Enemy attack? Who dares to openly provoke me?
Shigeji Kazuga walked out of the door and happened to bump into a bandit who had come to report to him. He asked Shigeji Kazuga, "Tell me quickly, what's the situation?" Who would dare to attack us? The bandit panted and said, "Report to the leader, it's too dark to see clearly, but I can vaguely see those people carrying the flag of the Yamada family on their backs."
"What? People from the Yamada family? Yoshinobu Yamada is so bold, I should have been secretly happy if I didn't go to him to settle accounts, and he dared to take the initiative to provoke me. What's going on now? Did the enemy rush in? Waga Shigeji yelled angrily. The bandit wiped his sweat and said, "Chief, it seems that the other party does not plan to attack the cottage directly, but only set fire to the periphery of the village."
Waga Shigeji became even more annoyed after hearing this. "This group of rats don't dare to go head-to-head, they can only do this kind of thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs, it's really a shame for the samurai!" With that, He He Chongzhi turned around and returned to the room to pick up a sword, ran out and continued: "Ordering the brothers to attack, I must let them know that we grass, trees and rivers are not easy to mess with. ”
Outside the cottage, a dozen or so Ashigaru with the Yamada clan on their backs were setting fire to it. At this time, an ashigaru ran up to a tall ashigaru and said: "Kuroda-sama, the bandits are estimated to rush out soon, let's withdraw" Tall Ashigaru, that is, our Kuroda family, looked around, and said to the ashigaru: "Our task is complete, let's leave it to the lord, let's run towards Motoyama Castle now, be careful not to run too fast to let them know where we are running, and throw a few more flags on the road"
"Yes, my lord" more than ten ashigaru can hardly hide the excitement in their hearts, if this mission is completed, the city lord has promised us a reward of 5 buckets of mixed rice each, which is enough for a family of five for half a month.
But he said that He Chongzhi left a few bandits to fight the fire in the cottage, and chased out with other bandits. Looking at the banner on the ground and He Chongzhi, he said to the thieves behind him: "It seems that it should be the Yamada family who came to attack us tonight." Brothers, the Yamada clan looks down on us too much, it seems that the lesson we gave them last time was not painful enough, and today we have suffered this great humiliation, should we return it? ”
"Should!" "Let's give them some color and see!" The bandits all said that they would return a tooth for a tooth and that they must return it. He Chongzhi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, then let's set off, target Benshan City, capture the city, everyone will share the spoils equally, and everyone in the city will pick and choose when the time comes!" Let's go! When the thieves heard the rich reward, they immediately burst out with a strong morale.
On the road between the Kusakigawa River and Motoyama Castle, Tsugawa Soji watched Kazuga Shigeji lead the bandits majestically and with high spirits. Killing towards Motoyama Castle, he finally smiled and said to Kuroda Iekane next to him: "It seems that the plan is going to be carried out in advance, I thought that Kazuga Yoshikatsu would wait until at least tomorrow to find trouble with Yamada Yoshinobu, but I didn't expect to go tonight." Looking at the number of bandits brought by He Chongzhi, it should be poured out, even if there are only a few people left, now we have gone to raid their hometown."
Kuroda Iekane said: "Yes, I didn't expect Waga Shigeji to be in such a hurry to send troops, due to lack of preparation, we only mobilized more than 10 ashigaru in a hurry today. However, if there are only a few bandits left, they can still fight. "Okay, okay, let's talk about nonsense later, the top priority now is to occupy the bandits' lair, recapture the grain that was looted before, you send someone back to organize people to come to transport grain, Caomu River is at least half a day's journey away from this mountain castle, we still have one night to act, hurry up" Soji interrupted Kuroda Iekane's words, and then turned to the more than 10 recruited Ashigaru behind him and said: "Everyone, whether you are hungry or full of food this winter, it depends on tonight, everyone come with me" "Huh" The ashigaru people are also eager to try. After saying that, Soji took this ashigaru team and quickly ran towards the bandits' lair.
And whether it was Shigeharu Waga, who was on his way to Motoyama Castle to take revenge, or Yoshinobu Yamada, who was sleeping in Motoyama Castle, they didn't know that the big drama that would be staged tonight had already begun. The script has already been written, the actors are in place, and everything is so silent and natural. And that's just the beginning......