"Your Excellency......" A voice called softly from a very distant place.

"Hmm......" I instinctively responded.

"My lord......" In a trance, the voice sounded persistently again.

"Hmm!" As my consciousness cleared, I slowly opened my eyes. It wasn't dawn, it was still dark, and only the moonlight cast a faint glow through the white paper on the door. Probably feeling my movements, the Xianzhi in his arms moved slightly but did not wake up.

"Your Excellency!" Another bang, behind my back.

"Huh?" I was really surprised, it was clear that someone was calling me, but how could there be anyone else here? Turning my head suddenly, the warbler stood behind me, her face flushed as if she was about to drip blood. "Ahh Why are you here?! ”

"I'm embarrassed to ask me! You haven't woken up after everyone has been screaming outside for so long, who else can come in and call you except me?! Ying said angrily. Then she seemed to remember something, and urged anxiously: "Get up quickly! Sumamata Castle reports: There is a team of Saito troops coming this way! Everyone is going to prepare, just waiting for you! ”

"Good...... Thanks, I'm coming! Oh...... Could you please go out first! I said with a wry smile.

"Ahh After a soft call, the figure of the warbler dispersed like a wisp of smoke, and I saw her clever figure again.

I gently pushed Senzhi awake, but she showed an unusual composure. After getting dressed, I told Xianzhi to stay in the house and not go out. Although I was still embarrassed, I still found Nanmu Ying and asked her to follow Xianzhi every step of the way.

"Xingsheng, how's the situation?" As soon as I left the door of the inner courtyard, I ran into Kanosuke Yamanaka, who was directing the removal of weapons from the warehouse.

"Don't worry, adults!" Yamanaka Kanosuke seemed to be calm and composed, and this kind of thing was completely a small case for him. "The report says that the number of the Saito army is about two thousand, and our 200 soldiers are already on guard at the front gate! The villagers of Shanghe and Xiahe villages are entering the carp hall one after another, and we have enough weapons to organize a garrison of hundreds of people! ”

"That's good!" I hurried to the front door, where I saw my lords pouring in in droves through the open gate. "How many people have already entered the carp house?" I asked Sadakatsu Murai, who was maintaining order by the door.

"Returning to your lordship!" He looked a little nervous. "The people of Shanghe Village have already arrived! Xiahe Village has not yet come to Qi because of the distance, but there are more than 100 people, and others are on their way here! ”

"Will you be able to get there in time?" I continued to ask uneasily.

"Thank you Your Highness for your concern, there should be no problem!" It was Tokuzaburo Tokuzaburo, the head of Shimokawa Village, who spoke, and I noticed that he and Motosuke, the head of Kamikawa Village, were standing next to Sadakatsu Murai.

"You're here, then I'm relieved!" I let out a sigh of relief. Both of these people are the heads of their respective villages, so they should have a clear idea of the specific situation. I went up to the wall again, and I saw Nagano and his son, Maeda Keiji, Shima Katsutsu, Kage Caizo, and the 200 ashigaru all ready to fight. "Any news on this?"

"The latest situation is that the 2,000 people of the Saito Army have arrived 10 miles away, and the flag should be Saito Toshizo!" Nagano answered my question. "To be on the safe side, Hayato personally went over to reconnoiter the situation!"

"Good...... Okay......" I replied as I leaned against the wall and looked in the direction of the Sumamata to the west, but I couldn't see anything, probably because of the cover of the trees. As the minutes ticked by, I felt more and more nervous, and the palms of my two hands were already full of sweat. I should say that at least the one in which Sumamata was in a much more critical situation than the one I have fought in is much more critical than it is now, but even I can't tell why, but now it is more tense than ever. Although I kept cheering myself up in my heart that it wasn't a big deal, it just didn't work! The muscles were so stiff that they trembled repeatedly, and they even felt an urge rise in the depths of their hearts to tear everything apart.

"Look! Hayato is back! Just as I was about to collapse, Shimakatsu gave me a soft shout that brought me to my senses, and I looked hard to see a faint dark cyan figure speeding towards the carp house. It's really thanks to Shima Shengmeng's eyesight that he can see such a hidden target in the night.

"My lord, I'm back!" Kusunoki Hayato jumped up the wall and came to me. "Good news!"

"What?!" I grabbed him by the wrist.

"Your Excellency is like this...... "Kusunoki Hayato said solemnly, "The 2000 Saito Army is advancing here at a normal speed, and they are not hiding their whereabouts with torches. I followed some distance closer, and overheard their commander commanding the herald to give instructions to the front team. It turned out that they were ordered to reinforce Iwamura Castle because Nobunaga Hall had recently transferred troops to Higashimino Castle! ”

"That's going to be ......," I muttered to myself.

"Look! Here it comes! Nagano Yemori suddenly pointed to the front and shouted. Sure enough, one torch after another circled a hill and appeared in our sight.

I leaned against the wall again, staring in that direction. As the long string of "fire dragons" slowly approached, I felt as if I was going to suffocate. Finally, the "fire dragon" turned around at the intersection 4 miles away from the carp hall and took the road to Higashiminon. "Alright, let's go rest! But leave enough people to guard it, and don't take your weapons back, just put them on the wall! "I watched the Saito army disappear and gave me a weak order, and then slowly walked down the wall, but here I saw a scene that shocked me.

Hundreds of old people, women and children gathered together in each other, their faces full of fear, panic and helplessness! On their periphery, a group of young men are guarding! Resolutely guarded!

"Ahh I understand! "I finally figured out why I was so nervous. In the past, no matter how urgent the situation was, I was fighting for Oda Nobunaga, as long as I did my duty, but today is different, I am fighting for myself! Behind me there is Xianzhi, there is everything I have in this world! In the past, I always valued wealth more, but today I know that I was wrong! This is a world where no one respects the wealth and rights of the weak, and no one has time to pity the loser! Oda Nobunaga understands this truth better than I do; Keiji Maeda understands this truth better than I do; Even the farmers in front of me know this better than I do! But since I understand it today, no one should try to take away what belongs to me again! I want to have power, too! "Zhensheng! Come here! I stood in the courtyard and took a deep breath, and all the retainers stopped behind me.

"Yes! What do you command, my lord? Murai Sadakatsu took a few steps.

"You go buy gear! I'm going to turn these 200 ashigaru into cavalry! ”

"Cavalry!" He exclaimed. "A horse costs more than thirty times, and a good one needs fifty times! A set of cavalry armor costs more than 10 times! The swords and spears used are also more expensive than ordinary ashiza light weapons, so it takes seventy or eighty times to equip a cavalryman! ”

"I'll give you 150 guan, a total of 30,000 guan! Remember! I want the best! All the best! ”

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