Tainosuke is a contented person, even when his five sons and three daughters were still young, and he and his wife worked hard to raise them, everyone saw a smiling Tainosuke.

Twenty years ago, at the end of the "Ten-Year Land Inspection Order", known as the "Eternal Virtue Rule", Tainosuke had opened up a small piece of land in Chikuzen's hometown, and the whole family could still live a life without worrying about food and clothing after paying the Ueda tax. Looking at a large group of grandchildren, granddaughters, grandchildren, and granddaughters, Tainosuke, who was over seventy years old, smiled with satisfaction, what else did he have to complain about? Compared to his comrades who died in the war as a teenager, his luck was truly enviable.

"Grandpa, will you tell us a story?" A little grandson climbed onto the belly of Tainosuke, who was chilling under the big mulberry tree, and begged with a milky voice and big watery eyes.

"Okay, what do you little tricks want to hear?" After taking a nap, Tainosuke felt in good spirits, and hugged his little grandson and asked tolerantly.

"Yay!" Hearing a story, a dozen grandchildren who had been scattered around were all coming up. "Tell me a story about the war! Be intense! A "clever ghost" about ten years old, slightly older than the other children, suggested.

"There are a lot of stories like this, but the most intense one is that one!" Tainosuke sat up straight and rubbed the edge of the large fan in his hand against his forehead, as if to dig out some dusty memories in it. “…… That happened more than 50 years ago, when I was 16 years old. Shortly after His Royal Highness Kobayakawa Takakei entered Kyushu, I was drafted as an ashigaru. The war with the Otomo family didn't last long, so much so that it ended before I even went to war! But I and many of my brothers immediately got on the ship, and it wasn't until two days after we sailed out that I learned from the rumors that we were going to Tango to attack His Highness the Stars......"

"Your Highnesses the Stars?! Is it a general? The grandchildren, who knew a few words, exclaimed, and the other children were all terrified when they heard him say this.

"Of course not! At that time, the general had not yet been born, and even the previous general was only a child. Tainosuke comforted the children. …… At that time, the 'Highness of the Stars' in the world referred to as the 'Ryuzan Upper Hall' is commonly referred to now, but at that time he was only a guardian daimyo under Oda Right Admiral......

"Oh!" The children breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time they were even more confused as to why anyone would attack such a virtuous person.

"It was the dawn of the sun, and we were called up earlier than usual by the samurai master. I rubbed my eyes and walked out after getting dressed, thinking that I had eaten dry food for a few days in a row and starting to lose my appetite......" The smile on Tainosuke's face gradually disappeared at this time, and the heavy tone signaled that something big was about to happen. "Suddenly! With a loud thud, the hull of the ship tilted sharply, and I was knocked out of the door by the men behind me and threw myself on the deck, and before I could figure out what was happening, there was a shouting all around. That's when I realized that we were under attack! ”

"Did you take up arms and go to fight?" A childish voice innocently asked.

"No, the first thing that came to my mind was how to escape!" Tainosuke answered this extremely naïve question with great solemnity. “…… A very old sailor once said to me: when the ship is about to sink, you must jump into the water first, otherwise if you let the ship take you down, there will be no hope at all! We were attacked suddenly, and although I didn't know what it was, it was very violent, and I miraculously remembered it in the blank of my mind. I squeezed to the side of the boat with a lot of people and jumped without thinking about anything......"

All the little ones clenched their fists and stared at Tainosuke's face with wide eyes.

"Buddha bless! I was an exceptional swimmer, and I was out of the chaos before several big boats capsized around me. "Speaking of the urgency at the time, Tainosuke still seems to have lingering palpitations." I managed to climb onto the beach, and the big boats behind me sank one after another, and many people were swept to the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool of the wreck, leaving only a few bubbles on the surface of the water to dissipate. Now you all know why I want each of you to learn to swim! Maybe it'll ...... sometime."

"What happened? Are you out of danger? Hearing that they had actually forked the road at the critical moment, the little ones shouted one after another.

"Oh! How can it be so easy......" Tainosuke touched his beard and picked up the topic just now. "Soon after I came ashore, His Highness Kobayakawa and a few other adults arrived in a small boat, and many people came one after another. With the maintenance of the samurai lords, we finally have the appearance of an army again, and it seems that we still have to fight. Until this time, we have not been attacked against, and probably not very badly. At this point I even regretted a little that my spear had been thrown away when I fled from the ship! Because I was the first to go ashore, I was on the periphery of the crowd, and then I accidentally forgot to glance into the distance, and I couldn't help but scream......"

"You...... What do you see? A timid but curious child shuddered slightly, which immediately attracted the eyes of the other listeners.

"What do you see? It was the most shocking sight! "Although many years have passed since I mentioned this matter, Tainosuke still can't help but shudder when I mention it again." At that time, a group of cavalry stood in a large line in the distance, just watching us from such a distance! They rode on horses twice as large as usual, and each of them could reach the roof. On their chests were a large piece of silver iron plate, but elsewhere it was a basket of cloth made of strange material, black trousers, long leather boots, and a fur hat of a strange shape. Everyone has a curved big knife in their hands, and they just rest the head of the knife on their shoulders so casually! It really frightened me at the time, because these horsemen not only had all kinds of colorful hair, but also had a big nose like an eagle's beak......"

"What! Isn't that the Southern Barbarian? There are a lot of them on the streets of Hakata, which I have seen! The clever ghost who proposed to tell the story of the war seemed to have some insight, and said proudly at the moment.

"Not bad! It was indeed a Southern Barbarian, but not many of us knew about it at the time. Even those of us who have just become ashigaru have heard of the reputation of the Star Armor Rider, and we were really frightened at that time......" Tainosuke also laughed to himself, at this time the southern barbarians were not new, and a group of people moved in not long ago from the place across the two ridges. "Not only us, but also the well-informed samurai adults are panicking! They shouted loudly to organize us Ashigaru to form a resistance, and finally we picked up the sword and gun again with our weak hands. At this time, those southern barbarian cavalrymen began to urge their horses to rush towards us, not only holding their broadswords high but also in their mouths, 'Ula, Ula!' The ground shouted, and the sand and mud brought up by the horses' hooves splattered everywhere. Just crashed into our queue without any scruples, as if we were all papier-mâché......"

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Everyone was shocked to see such a terrifying army, and even Takakei Kobayakawa, who was known for his calm and composed, saw and heard the radio, fell into a state of weightlessness that he had never seen before. No matter how much he tried to find a point of convergence, he couldn't connect the army in front of him with the legendary "armored horseman", and the gap between the two was too big! Although he did not see it with his own eyes.

"Protect His Highness Kobayakakawa!" The loyal Iida Motokin's eyes were red, and he drew his saber and rushed forward shouting, followed by dozens of banners and personal soldiers who had followed Kobayakawa Takakei for many years.

"Don't!" Kobayakawa Takakei stretched out his hand to stop it but grabbed it, his voice sounding so insignificant in this chaotic environment. He could only watch as Iida Motoqin and the others turned into flying flesh and blood between the sword light and the horse's hooves, and the place as far as the eye could see had become a slaughterhouse.

A loyal warrior leaped to his feet after avoiding the impact of a warhorse, swinging his sword towards the knight's waist, which was already the best he could because of the huge difference in height!

"Huh!" The knight showed enough contempt for this level of attack, and the curved gauntlet saber drew a graceful arc in midair. Without any elaborate selection of entry points, the blade slashed into the helmet to separate the skull and continue downward.

"Whoa!" The corpse, which had been accurately divided into two pieces, fell to the ground, and the internal organs scattered in a large pile, and various bodily fluids quickly seeped into the sand. It's not a duel of similar strength, and it can't even be called a duel.

The cavalry numbered less than two thousand, but no one present at this time thought that the disparity in numbers would be a problem. Can a thousand ants defeat an anteater? The answer is very clear and unambiguous.

Takakei Kobayakawa looked at all this in front of him with a blank expression, because he couldn't cry anymore! He himself was not usually very well dressed, and he had lost his horse print when he had abandoned the ship just now, but he had not noticed the cavalrymen who had been chasing the "decent man" for so long.

"It can't go on like this!" Kobayakawa Keitaka knew that if he didn't make a decision, the retainers and troops of more than 10,000 people would all fall in a pool of blood in a moment. If such an outcome materializes, the Maori family will fall like a giant with a broken leg. Brutal killings may put the enemy in trouble, but it is not the Maori who benefit. "Shout! We all surrender! He commanded the people around him.

The only thing Kobayakawa wanted now was that the devil cavalry would understand their shouts, but he wasn't sure about that, because he couldn't understand a word of the words that occasionally popped out of the mouths of these people. "O Buddha......" Kobayakawa Takakei prayed with unprecedented devotion.

Perhaps some of the gods heard his prayer, and the horsemen's hooves gradually stopped with a mournful trumpet in the distance......