Whoosh... A bolt of fire was shot down from Bentenzan Mountain.

After landing on the ground, there was a pop and went out.

"Lord Kawakami, it has just rained, and the ground is damp and waterlogged, so there is no lighting." A junior samurai reported to Tadashi Kawakami.

"Well, I know, this kind of weather is the most suitable for raids, always be vigilant, pay attention to the situation in the lower rock and the canyon!" Tadashi Kawakami tried to look around Shimoishi, and it was pitch black below due to the overcast night sky.

"Yes!" The subordinates are under the orders of the leader.

Stompe... Stompe... Grunt... In the night, a group of people pushed carts and walked on the muddy road.

"Slow down... Slow down... Be quiet... Quietly... Push to the bottom of the mountain roots..."Each cart has a Hosokawa Ashigaru hiding behind the cart, responsible for directing the location of the transport, and... Follow-up.

"Whew... "Matachiro pushed the cart and ran on the road, and Hosokawa promised them that every time they made a trip, they could get a reward of money and three liters of rice!"

This is a generous reward, the so-called "people die for money, birds die for food", when you are full of food and drink, you naturally want to get more, this is the nature of people.

Grunt... Now their first task is to transport the contents of the cart to the bottom of Bentenzan Mountain. Each cart had a large wooden barrel stuffed to the brim, and a lead wire was exposed.

Tonight, the night is dark and the wind is high, and on the Benten Mountain, the observers squint their eyes and try to look down, but it's a pity... I can't see my fingers, it's too dark.

"Listen... There seems to be some movement. A man next to him listened with his ears sideways, and although he couldn't see below, he heard a faint sound.

"Shoot a round of fire and see what's there! Iron cannon ready! "Although there is water and silt underneath, there is still room for light in the moment before landing.

Whoosh... Arrows of fire shoot down.

"Look! There are enemies! In the light of the fire, I saw some retreating people, who threw down their carts and their barrels.

Of course, there was also Hosokawa Ashigaru left behind, and they began to light the fuse.

"Shoot!" Spotting the target, the Tsugawa defenders immediately opened fire.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! A salvo.

Poof! "Uhhh Some of the retreating men were shot in the back and fell to the ground.

"Oops!" Matachiro also fell to the ground, he was shot in the leg, and looked at the people around him, only the dead were left on the ground, and the living people had long since disappeared.

"Hey!" The hope of life made Matachiro stand up again, carrying his injured left leg, limping back.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The second salvo sounded.

biu… biu… A few buckshots hit Matachiro's side, and now the fire is gone, and the people above have lost their aim and just fired blindly.

"Fire Bolt! Fire Bolt! Shoot! Shine a light on below! "It's too dark down there, and there has to be lighting.

Whoosh! Like a rainbow, the fire bolt shoots down in a parabola.

"Huh? What about people? "When the light was underneath, there was no one left, only barrels emitting black smoke.

"What's going on? Did the enemy launch a night attack? Kawakami Tadashi rushed to hear the news and climbed onto the lookout.

"Yes, just now the enemy was only harassing on a small scale, and now it has been evacuated." A junior samurai said.

"Evacuated? So easy? Are you sure it's harassment? Shoot another round of fiery arrows, and I'll see it with my own eyes. Tadashi Kawakami leaned on the railing, looking down as much as he could.

Whoosh... A volley of fire bolts shot down in a line.

"Huh? What's that? Although there was no one left, Kawakami saw some idle carts, and the barrels on them were still emitting black smoke.

"I don't know, they dropped this thing and ran away." The low-ranking samurai also felt strange, but he didn't take it to heart.

"There's movement down there!" The observer has been keeping an eye out for every move below.

"One more round of fire bolts!" Kawakami Tadashi didn't return the order.

Whoosh... It was another round of fire arrows, and the attack of the Hosokawa army was very timely, picking this kind of night that had just rained and was overcast, which was an excellent cover for the combat intention.

"The enemy is on the attack! Shoot! Shoot! Stop them! This time, Tadashi Kawakami saw clearly, and another group of people, covering the wheelbarrow, rushed into the valley through the dilapidated Shimonoshi gate.

"Whew... "Hei Saburo pushed the trolley, this was his second trip, and when he came, he saw the injured Matsuchiro, lying on the ground and receiving a generous reward: money is consistent, rice three liters.

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"Lord, look at them, they were all people who were afraid of death, but now they are like warriors, and they wish they could run two more life and death passes." Motomasa Asai looked at the people who came and went, and he was moved.

Now the Hosokawa army is assembled and ready to set off at any time, breaking through the Abukuma Gorge and forcing the Bentenshan Mountains.

"Yes, when I attacked the Maori family on the Western Front, I offered a reward of Qian Baiwen, one liter of rice, and built an embankment to flood Takamatsu Castle. At that time, it was really a scene of people collecting firewood, even children and women participated. This time it turned out to be money consistently... Hahaha... Father is so generous, this is really life-saving money! Hosokawa Senomaru rode on his horse, waiting for the order to march to the army.

"yes... It's the money that sells for your life..."Motomasa Asai also looked at the busy people and muttered to himself.

"Shoot! Shoot! The fire bolt continues to shine! "Bentenzan was completely in a state of battle, and iron cannons were fired frequently, killing all those who dared to break into the valley.

"Whew... Call... Phew..."Heizaburo gasped and returned to the Hosokawa position, and the second trip to carry him back alive. Pity... He Xiaowu is dead...

"Isn't there any? The villain pulls again! "Heizaburo really gave up his life for the sake of heavy rewards.

In those years, the standard of living of the peasants was very poor, and the system of dividing the fields in the Riryū era was 2 anti (720 tsubo, 2,400 square meters) for men, two-thirds of the male (480 pyeong) for women, and 1 anti-nakata produced 1.3 koku per person, almost 2.6 koku per person per year.

Even if the tax rate of four gongs and six people will be taken away by 1 stone, and the remaining 1.6 stone is not enough to even have their own rations (5 hemi rice a day = 1.75 stone a year), how can they feed their families? As a result, leftover rice is usually sold for necessities such as salt, turnips, clothing, etc.

The staple food is cheap weeds (a weed that resembles rice, fodder for horses), and then go up the mountain to find some wild fruits and mushrooms and dig up some wild vegetables to satisfy hunger. Moreover, the peasants do not own the land, the owner of the land is the samurai master, and the peasants just work for them, so if the samurai lord asks you to pay more taxes, it is to look up to you, and you can only bear it, because your land does not belong to you in name.

Therefore, in their spare time, the peasants either went to work as peasant soldiers to earn extra money, or went to work as a civilian to do some manual work.

Minfu helps to move something, you can earn ten or twenty wen a day, a little bit of technical content but do not contribute to the type of work can earn fifty wen a day, and the manual work related to construction such as big workers, bricklayers, sawyers is different, you can earn a hundred wen a day, if you can mix with the samurai uncle to carry a sedan chair, two hundred a day is not a dream.

And how much is the price of rice? According to an average of 1 stone and 1 stone, 5 rice per day is also the level of 5 Wen, which is equivalent to saying that working for ten days and a half a month a year can bring a very happy life, of course, the premise is that you have to be technical, and the part-time job will obviously delay farming, so people who are not skilled and lazy to farm the land are also very willing to be a handyman who only eats all-you-can-eat, after all, the opportunity to get ahead in troubled times is everywhere, Kinoshita Toyoshiro is an example. If you love it, how can you not pay attention to this or the hot online article, and chat about the online article together~