I lovingly reached out and patted Gold's neck, and my hands were stained with a handful of wet rainwater. It snorted in understanding, and turned back to rub my leg. It's been so hard all these years, from a distant and warm hometown to such a ghost place! Luckily, its body has always been strong and has not been sick.

In the light rain, my troops were heading towards Yagami Castle, surrounded by the former army Maeda Keiji and Yamanaka Kanosuke, with the Hatano brothers and their troops of less than 800 men. The 2,000 troops led by me were 1,000 men from Gamo Fuxiu, 1,500 from Ko'er Caizang, 1,000 from Tsuda Ichisu's iron artillery team, and 2,500 from Yoshiei Takaya.

The northern and northwestern parts of Tamba are rolling mountains, so I gave the task of capturing them to Kusunoki Mitsunari who came later, and it should be enough to have his 1500 Zhuxing special reserves! Progress went most smoothly in the south, where most of the wealthy families adopted a cooperative attitude under the attack of Nagano father and son. Now that the situation has basically stabilized, with the exception of Ruyamori continuing to consolidate the border, Nagano Yoshimasa has come with Yoshitsugu Otani to join me. At this time, I am really convinced, Tamba's surname is Zhuxing!

Needless to say, the troops of Urakami Sokei were also crushed under the repeated pursuit of the armored cavalry. Although he did not suffer any losses when he was in Sanqichuan, he was no longer able to fight when his fighting spirit was exhausted, and at first he was afraid to reflexively respond to the battle, but when he was attacked, he dropped a "tail" like a gecko, and when he escaped from the territory of Tamba, there were less than 2,000 men. It's just that the Ukita Naoya hasn't encountered anything, and I really don't know how the whole infantry can run so fast?

The rain had been falling intermittently for three days, but because there was no measurement but the ground was wet, and the flash flood neither broke out nor cut off the road, so it did not cause us much difficulty, but the air was a little overcast and cold, and the bedding was wet when we slept at night. We were walking on a large road, and there was no resistance nearby. From time to time, groups of prisoners of war passed us and walked in the direction we came.

"Lord, please dismount!" We came to a small town, and in front of a wide courtyard the guards took my horse. The people here fled to the mountains to escape the fighting, and we have not yet had time to reassure the people. Shinhachiro had already led someone to search this place carefully and carefully before, and we will stay here tonight.

"Take good care of it and feed more black beans and barley!" I gave a word to the guards who had taken over the horses, and walked into the courtyard surrounded by the crowd, and by this time the men who had stood in front had already arranged the meal. "Sit down and eat too!" The accompanying generals rushed back to their troops after taking a look, while the half-guards stayed at the previous station yesterday to arrange for the acceptance of the hostages. I felt a little lonely in front of the table full of dishes, so I said this to Shinhachiro and Ayuki.

"Thank you, lord!" The two men sat down, and they and I didn't need to be polite.

"Should I eradicate the Hatano family completely?" It was not easy to get fish in the war-torn hinterland, so dinner was prepared with roasted wild geese. I picked up a piece and chewed it in my mouth, and I didn't look at them when they asked.

"It's ......" Ah Xue seemed to want to say something, but looked at Shinhachiro and shut up again.

"I don't know!" Shinhachiro's answer was quite casual. "The strength of these guys is very poor, and even if they toss, they can't make any big waves. If anyone dares to make trouble, we will destroy him, and it will not be much waste. Of course, if you don't like it, it's not a big deal to keep it! ”

"Xue, what do you think?" I have no comment on Shinhachiro's opinion.

"My opinion is very immature...... she muttered timidly.

"It's okay, I won't make a decision so easily!" In fact, I have discussed this issue with Nagano Yoshimasa and Takenaka Hanbei for a long time, and I also have a certain belly plan.

"That'...... Then I'll be daring! Ah Xue calmed down for a moment and said, "The Hatano clan has been in Tamba for a long time, and many wealthy clans are their branches. In a sense, only eradicating them is the best policy for long-term peace and stability, but it will undoubtedly arouse the suspicion of many middle and lower-class forces. So I think the best effect is to take out the Hatano family, but without causing turmoil! As for how to do it, I didn't think of a good way to do it. ”

"Hmm......" I nodded. It's good that she can think of this, at least better than Shinhachiro. I was about to praise her when a jumble of voices came from afar.

"Report to the lord, there is a commotion among some prisoners of war near the left!" Before I could ask, a flag book came in to report on the situation.

"I'll take a look!" Shinhachiro put down the bowl in his hand, wiped his mouth and stood up.

"Go and arrange the access control, and just leave the matter of the bullet pressure to them and hide them!" I admonished, otherwise he would have made a fuss about himself.

"Got it!" He answered without looking back, and staggered out the door with a waiter who served the food.

"It seems that people's hearts are really still floating......" I sighed in my heart, this situation cannot be avoided when the dynasty changes, even if it is only a partial change of dynasty." Anything else? "I noticed that the flag was still standing there.

"Yes, there is one more thing for the subordinates......" He stepped forward, as if he had something important to reply.

"Be careful, lord!" At this time, Ah Xue let out a loud shout, and at the same time pulled out the knife on his waist. Under this reminder, I realized that under the tray where the waiter was serving, half of the snowy blade was exposed.

"Huh?!" Years of riding have trained some quick reactions, and I left the table with a backward roll, and at the same time reached out and grabbed "Dai" who was leaning on the side.

The assassin disguised as a chamberlain was still three steps away from me at this time, and the original plan was for the "flag book" to take some of the people in the house and attract our attention at the same time, and then he disguised himself as a one-hit kill, but he didn't want to be drunk out of Xingzang due to Ah Xue's caution. Now that he was exposed, he simply gritted his teeth and threw away the tray in his hand, and his figure scurried over the dining table in front of me, and the dagger in his hand stabbed me head.

"There are assassins! Protect the Lord! Seeing that the situation was critical, Ah Xue rushed towards me with a knife while shouting, but was stopped halfway by the "flag book". This person also has a few brushes under him, and he has practiced this small kung fu, Ah Xue couldn't win quickly in his eagerness, and a layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on his forehead.

The knife was drawn in his hand, and the dagger was close to the back of his head. As a last resort, I had to hold the handle of the knife in one hand and the scabbard in the other, turn around and knock it hard. Just listen to "Bang! With a bang, I straightened up and sat back down. Fortunately, I fell next to a pillar, and I hurriedly crawled around the pillar to hide.

Seeing that he could not get his hands for a while and there was a noisy sound outside, the "attendant" reached into his arms and grabbed a handful, and shook his hands and rained down on me, but it did not work because of the blockage of the pillar. "Ahh Just as he wanted to continue firing a second one, he suddenly fell to the ground with a scream. It turned out that Ah Xue threw the knife in his hand in a thousand moments, stabbing him to the heart.

"Ahh "Ah! Just when I wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, I didn't want to let out two more screams. It turned out that the two flags who were guarding the door had already run into the house when they heard the sound, but they were suddenly stabbed down from behind, and then two black-clad masked men armed with daggers rushed in through the door. Ah Xue was about to come to the rescue, but she had lost her weapon, and was forced by the "Qiben" to stab her twice, and she could only watch the new assassin come to me at this moment.

"I'm dying!" Looking at the two sharp blades and the four cold gazes that were already close at hand, I closed my eyes helplessly.

"Click!" A crisp cracking sound woke me from my dream, and a white figure ghostly appeared behind the two murderous assassins, and at this time the head of one of the assassins on the right was hanging limply, his eyes dilated out of his sockets, and his broken neck was held in a small hand with iron claws.

The operation had failed, and the experienced people immediately made an accurate judgment! The assassin on the left leapt to his feet, throwing his dagger as if nothing was already in his hand. At such a close distance, it was difficult to resist either the Mirage Fox that shot at me or the Mirage Fox who had just saved me.

At the moment of life and death, I saw a smile on the face of the little fox of the mirage, it was a naughty smile with confidence, just like the fox looked at a rabbit that dared to launch a counterattack against her, and then stood there with his hands folded after knocking off the oncoming dagger with his hand. "She's so gracious!" I had such a thought.

"Whew!" The assassin's weapon failed to strike, but it fell like a broken pocket, slamming into the old floor with a muffled thud. Behind his back are three throwing knives in the shape of "Pin", which are three finger-long, willow-shaped knives, without hanging tassels, and each handle has a golden handle like a matchstick at the end.

"Whoa!" The door collapsed along with the door frame, and a large number of samurai armed with swords swarmed in. Shinhachiro blocked the door with the "Shura's Fury" horizontally, and a "meat screen" instantly formed on my side.

The only remaining assassin had already stopped, and Xue took a knife but did not continue to attack. It is impossible for a ninja's martial arts to beat a samurai under normal circumstances, and obviously there are ninjutsu masters on our side, and it seems that the ghost tricks are also being targeted. Facing the more than 100 cold swords around him, the assassin disguised as Qiben hesitated!

"Lay down your arms!" I commanded to the sole survivor. "As long as you explain the mastermind behind it, I will spare your life!"

His eyes scanned to his side for a week, and a ray of despair rose in his eyes. He suddenly turned his dagger and stabbed it down his throat. "Dang!" A nearby ninja came out with a knife and knocked, but it was still a step too late, and the dagger brought up a blood flower.

"He's still alive, but he won't last long!" The ninja touched the assassin's neck and told me that he was Sunjuro Ogawa, the leader of the nearby battlefield intelligence.

"Work harder and see what else you can dig up!" I let everyone who had nothing to do with. Of course, it is necessary to further strengthen the guards!