As the sun rose over the treetops nearby, Akai Teruko raised her spear, and she herself slowly stopped on the seaside road with a total of thirty horsemen behind her. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to Akai Teruko's previous orders, they should have followed this road all the way east, to Echigo Kasuga Mountain Castle, and asked for help from the Kanto Governor.

At this time, the distance from the crowd was only ten miles, and it was far from safe, why did the leader suddenly order it to stop?

Everyone carried out the order with doubts, and Narita Kai, who had always been close to Teruko, had already asked:

"Auntie, why don't you continue the march?"

At this time, Akai Teruko turned the horse's head, facing the west, and was distracted.

She was pondering a question.

Since Sasa Narumasa had already calculated that someone would provoke a stir as the remnant of Shiina and asked her to form this new riding team, the mission of her riding team was not as simple as asking for help from Echigo.

What kind of action does it take her to gather twenty or thirty horsemen to help Sazo Chengzheng complete?

Teruko couldn't figure it out for a while.

Seeing that Teruko didn't react, Kai asked again:

"Auntie?"

Keiko woke up from thinking about it, and noticed that everyone was in the same doubt, so he said:

"We have thirty horsemen, and it is impossible for all of us to go to Echigo to report the news. Because, the messenger only needs one person! ”

On the surface, Keiko's words were very logical, but after everyone thought about it, they all felt a little chill in their backs.

Let only one person go to Echigo to report the news, the implication is ......

Not to mention that it is a long way to go to Echigo, even if it is a fast horse, it will take two days, if there is another interception on the road, I am afraid that I will not be able to enter the spring mountain castle by one person.

And the remaining 29 people, if they do not go to Echigo, they will only have to return to the battlefield in Vietnam.

But with only twenty-nine horsemen, what good can they do in war?

For a while, everyone hesitated, and looked at the leader Akai Teiko, who just asked:

"Is there any warrior who is willing to go to Kasuga Mountain Castle and report the war to His Highness the Commander?"

She glanced around among the knights, and everywhere she looked, the proud samurai of the past bowed their heads, but Narita Kai glared at her, but did not speak. Keiko felt a slight regret in her heart, but she was quickly relieved, and said loudly:

"I know that going to Vietnam is a life of death, and it is more dangerous than staying in Vietnam and China to participate in the war. You don't have to be discouraged, I'll go to Echigo alone! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but exclaim, only to see Huizi say again:

"My niece, Narita Kai, is young but gifted in military law, and after I'm gone, you can take her as the leader for the time being, and go to Seigyetsu to meet Lord Sasa-"

"Nope! You can't go to Echigo! Narita interrupted her abruptly, "You are the leader of this riding team, how can you leave it alone?" ”

"No...... As a retainer of Lord Sasa, it is my mission to protect the lord! ”

Keiko retorted without hesitation, so fast that even she was a little surprised.

It turned out that I don't know when it started, and the man who gave her a "little lark" with a smile had already entered her heart.

"Wrong! As the leader of the 'Knights of the Roses', it is your mission to lead your subordinates to survive in this troubled world! We Kanto people are not retainers of the Sasa family, aunt, don't be deceived by that guy Sasa Chengmasa! ”

Narita Kai's voice was quite high-pitched, and after everyone heard it, they all changed color, and they looked at each other in twos and threes, and exchanged their inner thoughts with their eyes.

Teruko Akai was silent.

Seeing her aunt like this, Narita Kai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although she kept claiming to be a Kanto person, she actually didn't have any ill feelings towards Sasa Naruma, just for the safety of Akai Teruko, and didn't want her to work for Sasa Seimasa.

But Keiko soon clenched her fists, and her eyes, which were originally slightly confused, became clearer and clearer, and her eyes became firm.

Compared with the high-pitched tone of Kai, Keiko said calmly:

"What you said is true, I am indeed from Ueno, and I am not a retainer of Lord Sasa, I am just a hostage, a hostage who lives in the Sasa family in Hokuriku for the sake of my family. And it's the kind of hostage who betrayed the Uesugi family and could lose his life at any time. In this regard, I don't think you're any different from me. ”

The crowd changed color.

They are all from the Kanto Daimyo and Minor families, and most of them are members of the family or important ministers, and although their lives in Hokuriku in the past two years have been good, they do not mean that they can do whatever they want.

The most important point is the fact that they are hostages.

"Sasa-sama doesn't restrict everyone's freedom much, but hostages are hostages, and even if they want to escape, they can't escape the big net that the Uesugi clan has laid in Hokuriku and Kanto. I'm sure you all agree with me on this point. ”

Akai Teruko said again, her eyes gradually becoming cold.

"As hostages, we have a sad fate, I do not deny it. However, this is not to say that we, as hostages, are doomed to live like caged birds, and never have the opportunity to fly high. Uesugi Terutora, the leader of the Kanto region, has a long-cherished wish to support the world and restore the prestige of the shogunate, while Sasa-sama has the ambition to contain the universe and annex the Eight Desolations. What Sazo has done to help Chengzheng over the years, you must have seen it in your eyes. The tens of thousands of stone territories of the Kanto Sect family, to be honest, were not taken to heart by Lord Sasa. What Sasa Narimasa wants is the whole of Japan! ”

Hearing that Keiko broke Sasa's ambition, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

Many of them have seen some of the market, but all they want is a city, and the more ambitious ones want to take the heir to inherit the family governor, and the land of a country is already the limit of their ambitions, but Sasa Seimasa actually looks at usurping the whole of Japan?

"When the eagle flutters its wings and flies high, it will not think about harming the life of the sparrow, and the birds will be able to see a wider world as long as they follow the eagle!"

"Now, this opportunity is in front of you."

The battle intent in Akai Teruko's eyes gradually ignited, like a fire in the prairie fire, and in an instant, she became radiant.

"I'm a hostage from the Yura family of Ueno, and I'm the leader of this Knights of Women, but I'm also a samurai of Sasa's Uchizosuke Seimasa! In the name of Akai, I promise that as long as you act with me, after this battle, I will apply to Sasa-sama to remove you from your hostages. At that time, whether you want to return to the clan or continue to stay in Echichu to serve Lord Sasa, I will not stop you! ”

Narita Kai on the side was surprised at first, then puzzled, and finally faintly realized Teruko's thoughts, and shouted angrily:

"Why! Why is it that demon! ”

In an instant, Teruko Akai felt her scalp tingle, and a tremor of her soul quickly rippled.

Although Kai's question was vague, Keiko keenly caught what she really wanted to ask.

Narita Kai was obviously asking her, why did she fall in love with the demon of Sasa Narimasa?

"Because, I'm his Ji samurai. It is my mission to give my heart for him! ”

Teruko Akai seemed to respond, and seemed to be talking to herself.

Immediately, she turned her horse's head and raised her spear.

"Knights who are willing to join me, please follow me!"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded dullly, and then faded away, and Narita Kai shook off his tears vigorously, and galloped his horse to the northeast.

At this moment she knew that her aunt might never pampered her out of the quilt again, and her aunt was no longer hers. (To be continued.) )