16. Out of battle

"Smack!" Oda Nobunaga threw the folding fan in his hand and widened his eyes as a sickly flush rose across his face.

"Bring the armor!" Nobunaga shouted at a few of us who were in a daze. "Go! Herald! All the pro-soldiers gathered in the courtyard! ”

A few of us ran outside in a panic.

"What poem are you reading? His Highness seems to have been invigorated all of a sudden! Hasegawa Hashisuke caught up with me in the hallway.

"Confessions of an Idiot!" I didn't stop.

"What a strange name! What are you talking about? Fujihachi Sato, who was following behind, asked curiously.

"It's a declaration that an idiot encourages other idiots to hit their heads against stones!" At this point, I was in the equipment room.

"And such poems?!" Hasegawa Hashisuke and Sato Fujihachi looked at each other and froze at the door together. What two naΓ―ve fools!

Light leather armor, forehead guards, leggings, small bamboo hats, a spear and a knife (according to the information I have at hand, there are two main types of knives and knives. Fighting knives are used in foot combat, and Taidao is used in horse warfare, with the exception of small knives. ), a full set of field equipment, and an additional white ground and black "papaya" flag on the back.

I put it on carefully and checked it twice. I felt that it was still not safe, so I quietly stuffed a small bronze mirror into the clothes at the heart position.

When I came to the courtyard, there were already a lot of people gathered here. Everyone is dressed up very neatly, and at this time, I am afraid that no one knows what it is for!

"I'm so excited to play with my life! True...... It's really poisoned by personal heroism! "Seeing the reddened faces and shining eyes, I felt a little crying and laughing.

It will be gathered in a while. Although there are only 200 people in the pro-soldier team, they are densely lined up, which really makes people feel a momentum of guns and flags.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga walked out surrounded by several attendants. He wears a hornless black lacquered Nanban helmet with a plum-sized pure gold "papaya" emblem embedded in the center. He was wearing a set of black lacquer and purple feet, and he was covered with a purple ground sprinkled with golden plum blossoms. A long string of large silver prayer beads was half-wrapped around the left arm and half lifted in the hand. A huge sword hangs from his waist, and the black and shiny scabbard is decorated with gold flowers. Maybe that's the "press cut"!

An attendant led him through the "black cloud".

"You! Remain! Oda Nobunaga, who was about to get on his horse, suddenly turned his head and said to Hidamori Yamaguchi, who was following him.

"My lord! I ......"

"As soon as you hear the news of our army's defeat, immediately set fire to Cheongju City!" After saying that, Nobunaga turned over and shouted at us, "Pull out! ”

We followed him and ran out of the castle tower courtyard in a neat line.

"Quack, quack, quack" With the rotation of the winch at the head of the city, the gates of the inner city were pushed to both sides by the squeaky of the gatekeepers.

Outside the door, by the drawbridge, a samurai riding a tall maroon horse stood quietly in the bright moonlight.

"The abandoned minister Maeda Toshiya is willing to go out with His Highness!" Dressed in red armor and holding a scarlet spear, Maeda Toshiya shouted like a god. He wore only a forehead guard and no helmet, and the look in his eyes was as calm as water.

Oda Nobunaga's body shook violently on the horse's back, and then he waved his right hand forward and said, "Dog! Walk! ”

The procession crossed the drawbridge, and the sound of neat steps resounded through the streets of the outer city. The patrols and sentries alike looked at the force in amazement.

"The lord is out of battle!"

"The lord has already led the team out of the city!"

It wasn't until we were gone for a long time that they ran to the mansion of the important ministers with a shout as if they had just remembered.

We went out of town, and the night breeze was blowing under the stars. Although it is already early summer, I still can't help but feel chills, which is cold from the heart!

We ran up a hill when suddenly there was a rattle of horses' hooves behind us.

"Who?" Oda Nobunaga asked as he reined in his horse and pulled back.

"Shibata Quan Rokukatsu led 120 horses to go out with the lord!" A loud voice sounded from behind.

"Keep up!"

After walking for a while, there was another voice behind me.

"Who is it?"

"Niwa Nagahide led 160 spearmen to accompany him!"

"Keep up!"

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The force is constantly expanding......