127 The Sword Heroes of the Hosokawa Family (Part I)

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The monkey wants his father to help?

Did Oda Nobunaga agree?

"What do you mean? Say yes or no? ”

"The inner government has not yet made specific arrangements, and the city of Milan, where my father-in-law is located, is an important stronghold connecting the Saikoku Avenue, and at the same time, it can also play a role in deterring the wealthy family, and it is also an invisible pressure for Honganji, and if this pressure leaves suddenly, I am afraid that Sakuma Nobumori's life will be a little difficult."

"No wonder the lord can't make up his mind for a while, this matter really has to be carefully considered."

After eating, I talked for a while.

"Speaking of war, there's one thing I've always wanted to ask you."

"Oh?"

"When did you improve your art of war so quickly? I don't know. ”

"Hehe, it's a long story at this time......"

(The following is Mr. Hosokawa's own statement, and I am responsible for the complaining work)

In late autumn, November, which is the busy season for the harvest in the fields of Japan, is as cold as winter in Tamba.

However, despite this, the generals on horseback and the ashigaru people walking on the road with weapons still felt extremely hot after a long journey.

It was early afternoon and the sun was shining.

Tanba's guardian Hosokawa Fujitaka raised his whip on horseback and said, "At this speed, tonight, you can reach Milan City." Let's do it harder! ”

Although his expression was serious, but in fact, the old man Hosokawa was in a very bad mood, from last year to now, he organized an army, and fought several battles with Akai, Hatano, Isshiki, and the three allied forces, and because he himself was not familiar with the battle path, the results he fought were miserable.

There's no way around this, can't I even fight after Hosokawa Yoriyuki?

(What do you think?) Since the Onin Rebellion, few people in your family have been able to fight at all, right-_-|||)

Thanks to my lord's carelessness, I was able to stay at the Oda family without being punished...... Forget it, let's wait for His Highness Akechi to return from Kyoto.

When the war was started with the enemy in the north, there were not many people around Hosokawa Fujitaka, and the San'in DAO Legion was transferred to Ishiyama to fight Honganji, and he himself hastily gathered more than 5,000 people, and there was a "ragtag army" composed of local wealthy clans, in the eyes of the other party, it was not enough to see at all, and the defeat was deserved.

Now, there were only a hundred people left around him, which really made him feel an indescribable sense of shame, and the dignified Tamba guardian had fallen into this step.

"Father doesn't have to be discouraged," that is, in front of him and Akechi Mitsuhide, Hosokawa Tadashi, as a son, will be a little more serious, "If the battle is defeated, you can fight again, didn't the general say it, next spring, let the family follow the father-in-law to send troops to regain the lost territory." ”

Seeing his son's "optimist" appearance, it was rare that Hosokawa Fujitaka did not scold him, but instead felt a sense of relief in his heart.

I've been with Ichiro for so long, and I've grown up, so it's time to entrust him with some things.

("Hey!") It can't be that you are boasting about yourself, how can you hear Ling Zun's heart? ”

"Shut up! Hear me out! ”)

"Yoichiro, you're more optimistic than your father, is this because of your youthful relationship? Is it old for the father? ”

"Yes, I think so too." In the end, it is cheap, Hosokawa Zhongxing who revealed his true nature in three sentences said with a big grin: "Father, since you are old and can't do it anymore, just hand over the Hosokawa family to me, I will definitely carry forward the Hosokawa family......"

"Roll !!"

At this time, a sound of hooves was heard, and several horsemen galloped on the road, and the people on the horse said loudly:

"Your Excellency, is Hosokawa Warbe Daisuke Takashi Mr.?"

"Who are you?" Because of the distance, it was impossible to tell whether the enemy was friend or foe, so Hosokawa Tadashi vigilantly guarded his father's body.

"Under is Lord Yoshiaki Naito, Ikei Castle Ikei Hachiya." Ikei Yaya looked at Hosokawa and his son with burning eyes, "Judging from the family crest of the flag, it is true that Your Excellency is Hosokawa-sama. ”

"What does Nani have to do? His Highness Ikei? ”

Ikei Hachiya suddenly pulled out the knife pinned to his waist.

Hosokawa Tadashi's face changed: "It's not good! ”

Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't change his face, and smiled calmly: "You want my head, right?" His Highness Ikei? ”

Ikei Hachiya laughed, "It is said that His Royal Highness Hosokawa is a wise man, and when I saw him today, if this is the case, then I will solemnly tell you here, what I want is you!" But don't worry, although the fallen warrior can get a lot of money, if I give you or hand it over to Hideji Hatano, I should get more...... So as long as your Highness Hosokawa is obedient, I won't let anyone hurt you until I meet Hideji Hatano. ”

"Hehe, no matter how I say it, I am also the guardian of Tanbo, wouldn't it be too embarrassing to surrender to you like this? If you have the ability, give it a try...... "......

Hosokawa Tadashi panted and leaned against a large tree.

After running so far, there shouldn't be any more people from Ikei, right?

"Yoichiro, the enemy seems to have more people than us, and if we continue to fight like this, we will definitely be defeated, so you get out of here quickly......"

"Nani?! Did the father want his son to escape? I'm not going to do that! ”

"Who said you should escape, I have something for you to do!"

"What's the matter?"

"This is only thirty miles away from Yoshiaki Naito's Kameyama Castle, you hurry up and ask him for help, only he can help me!"

"Yoshiaki Naito? No way? Father, isn't this Ikei Hachiya Naito's person, how can you ......"

"No, Yoshiaki Naito is an undying enemy with Hatano and Akai, and his son is still a hostage in Milan, so I believe he has nothing to do with this matter, it's just Ikei Hachiya's own actions."

"But if ......"

"There is no 'if' at all, if Naito Yoshiaki really rebelled, it means that the death of our father and son has indeed arrived, haha......" laughed twice, Hosokawa Fujitaka said: ", there is a 'Lanruo Temple' near here (Lanruo Temple, I feel that something bad has entered), I will retreat there later, and wait for your reinforcements...... Come on! ”……

"I really didn't expect to encounter such a thing as 'Fallen Warrior Hunting'......" Seeing that there was finally no one nearby, Hosokawa Tadashi finally settled down, and then grief welled up in his heart: "Father, you must hold on......"

"What, your father is dying?"

Suddenly, a man's voice came from beside him.

When did it appear? There was no one around here just now!

Hosokawa Tadashi, who was startled, raised his head to look.

I saw a young man, dressed in coarse cloth, standing beside him, smiling slightly at him, but Hosokawa Tadashi noticed that he had a katana pinned to his waist.

Hosokawa Tadashi stood up and made a gesture of drawing his sword, "Who are you, are you from Ikei?" ”

"Ikei? Who's that, isn't this area the territory of Kameyama Castle Lord Yoshiaki Naito? ”

"Cut! It turned out that it wasn't from Ikei, it was just a ronin, and it scared me a lot. Hosokawa Tadashi, who had relaxed, felt a sense of powerlessness all over his body, and he sat on the ground on his stomach.

"Hey, I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat there?"

"Yes," it seems that he is indeed a ronin, anyway, there is still a lot of leftover dry food, so it doesn't matter if he eats a little, so Hosokawa Tadashi took out a rice ball from his body and handed it to the young man.

The young man looked clear-eyed and polite, but probably because he was hungry, he completely ignored the image of the beautiful man, and directly held it in his hand and devoured it.

"Anything else?" One rice ball seemed insufficient, and the young man looked at him again with some pitiful eyes.

Hosokawa Tadahei was now worried about his family and couldn't eat anything, so he simply took out a few rice balls and rice cakes on his body, and said in an impatient tone: "It's all for you to eat!" Don't bother me anymore! ”

"Thanks!" The youth was overjoyed.

When Hosokawa Tadashi turned around, the scene in front of him startled him again.

"Are you a human or a ghost? You ate it so quickly! ”

"No way, I haven't eaten for three days," the young man smiled embarrassedly, "so I might be eating faster." ”

"How can this be said to be 'faster'? It's scary, right! Hosokawa Center suddenly tightened his heart, "I don't have time to talk nonsense here with you, I'm going to Kameyama City quickly!" ”

Sometimes, when people are lucky, it's terrible.

Hosokawa Tadashi had only walked less than a hundred meters away when a voice came.

"Look! The little ghost of the Hosokawa family is there! Catch him! ”

Seven or eight figures appeared, sword in hand, and rushed towards him.

"Damn! Fight! Hosokawa Tadashi drew his sword and turned to meet the enemy.

Originally, he had also been on the battlefield to kill people, and he still had some sword kung fu, but in the face of seven or eight people besieging together, these kung fu were completely insufficient, and after knocking down two people, he was kicked to the ground by one of them.

"Damn, my art of war is so bad......"

"Haha, that old fox in Hosokawa, relying on Lanruo Temple, blocked us, now threaten him with his son, see what he do?!"

"It must be obediently open the temple door and surrender, haha, ah-"

The man's laughter ceased abruptly, followed by a terrible scream.

At this time, everyone noticed that at some point, a plainly dressed young man stood behind them with a grim face, and in his hand, he was holding a knife dripping with blood.

This person is so fast, he can get close to everyone unconsciously, and he successfully kills people.

"Who are you? Why shoot at us! ”

"Who am I? You don't need to know this! The young man's murderous eyes made several samurai shudder, "Let this man go, he gave me a full meal just now, so I want to repay him now." ”

"What a megalomaniacal fellow! This little imp is worth enough for you to eat for a lifetime! How could we hand it over to you? ”

"It's okay, killing a few of you anyway will achieve my goal." The young man struck a pose,

"So, please! Please! Please! Please go down to the Yellow Spring! ”