It wasn't until ten days after serving as this standing instructor that Chiba Mochizuki saw this special "iron cannon" for the first time.

At first glance, it looks like a typical iron cannon, about eighty centimeters in length, but instead of a fire rope, a strange transmission structure is installed...... According to Suzuki Bush, this thing is called a "trigger".

How do you light a fire without an arquebus?

In order to answer Mochizuki Chiba's doubts, Suzuki Shrub filled himself with gunpowder and shot once, but Chiba still couldn't see any clues.

"I don't understand it, I can't understand it!"

Fill the soil laughing.

In addition to the difference in the way of ignition...... This iron cannon was also equipped with a blade.

The outside of the barrel of the iron cannon was designed with an elaborate card slot, and the blade itself was drilled in the second half, which was originally installed close to the chamber. But with a click, he removed the blade, moved it forward less than two feet, and put it back on.

Chiba Mochizuki couldn't help but be surprised.

Because the iron cannon at this moment has become a short naginata!

Suzuki Shuto held the front and back parts of the iron gun body with both hands, shook it vigorously a few times, and found that the blade was honestly fixed in the card slot, and there was no riveting tightness, so he couldn't help but laugh:

"Haven't you seen it, this thing...... The lord invented it, called the bayonet! ”

"Bayonets?"

"That's right! Your guess is completely correct, this hundred-man team is indeed an iron artillery team, but they are not pure marksmen without melee ability, once the enemy gets close or runs out of ammunition, they will load their bayonets and fight the enemy head-on. Your mission...... It was as the deputy of this lord that he taught them the art of fighting bayonets. ”

Mochizuki Chiba's face was calm, at this moment, he didn't even have the surprise of Fang Cai, but his face was calm, but his heart had already set off turbulent waves.

…… Not only is this unheard of iron cannon that can shoot without ignition, but there is also this method of warfare that combines iron cannon with a sword.

This standing branch of Zuo Zuo Chengzheng, once it is born, it is shocking.

As for him...... Will he still be able to see the moment when this reserve unit shines on the battlefield?

Thinking of his mission to come to Echigo, Mochizuki Chiba slowly clenched the fist in his sleeve, and Junxiu's face was a little tight.

"I really don't want to be an enemy of this adult......

After the day's training, Mochizuki Chiba picked up his Notai knife and walked alone on the way back to the city.

The soldiers behind him gathered together in twos and threes, loudly boasting about how they were, and Suzuki Bush was among them, as if they were complacent.

Chiba doesn't listen, doesn't watch, let alone brag and fart with them.

He just walked alone on the street, his slender figure cast a long shadow by the slanting sun.

Suddenly, there was a commotion behind him......

Chiba also stopped at this point and leaned to the side of the road.

As far as the eye could see, a faint cloud of dust rose between the mountains to the south.

It's hard to tell the dust because it's far enough, but ...... There is no wind in the heat today, how can it raise dust?

Chiba fell on the grass and listened to it, and couldn't help but be surprised.

It turned out to be a horse riding team?

The sound of horses' hooves clattering became louder and louder, and finally merged into a muffled thunder that galloped like a torrent through the street in front of Chiba Mochizuki.

Look at the flag...... It's Ueno Kohata's house, these nearly 100 riders are all red armor, could it be the famous Kohata Akabi in Kanto?

His Royal Highness Nobuyo's plan has been activated, the peace of Ueno Kazukuni has been broken, and Kanto should be in chaos, right?

It's just that...... As part of His Highness Shinshi's plan, how should his side, or Sasa Seimasa's side, progress?

While Chiba was pondering these questions, Kohata Akabi had already slowed down outside the castle town of Sakado Castle and walked in.

The knight at the head was lean and capable, and his gestures exuded a fierce momentum, but his armor and feet were covered with a thick layer of dirt ash, and he thought that he had been in a hurry for days and had no time to clean.

Looking at the castle tower of Sakado Castle not far away, the knight shouted:

"Nobusada Ueno, I want to see Uzumusuke-sama!"

In less than a quarter of an hour, Nobutada Kohata hurriedly stepped into Sakado Castle Honmaru.

The people who watched the lively town began to talk about it.

"Lord Kohata is really big-faced, in the past, Lord Uchizosuke had to wait, but this time he went so soon, could it be that they had a good relationship before? But...... I heard that Uchizosuke-sama is a native of Owari? ”

"Hey! A year ago, Master Neizosuke was fighting in the Kanto region, and you forgot about it? Lord Kohata and Master Uchizosuke are good brothers who stepped on the sword mountain and the sea of fire together. It's just that...... Kohata-sama also has a great reputation in Ueno, and if their Kohata family ranks third in Nishi-Ueno, probably no one dares to call it second! ”

"What about the first?"

"The first, of course, is the Nagano Yemasa of Minowa Castle."

"Oh...... But since Lord Kohata is the second in Shangzhou, why did he come to Ueda? ”

The merchant sitting beside Chiba Mochizuki asked, twisting a wisp of goatee on his chin.

After arriving at the castle town, Mochizuki Chiba did not go immediately, but found the most lively izakaya and sat in.

Of course, it is not only because of the liveliness of the mountain people in Ueda, the mountain people are basically self-sufficient, and when they have nothing to do, they will be requisitioned by the lord to serve or fight, so how can they have the leisure to drink?

Most of the people who came and went here were samurai, ronin, merchants, and monks.

Today, there is a large number of samurai who come here to drink.

The hems of these samurai clothes were covered with mud, and they were obviously on the road, and they all had thick palms and calloused mouths, which showed that they were not only samurai, but also battle-hardened samurai.

"Why did you come to Ueda? If it weren't for Nagano Yemasa, that old thief...... How can we be reduced to the point where we have no home to return! ”

A rather athletic samurai took a sip, anger evident in his tone.

Not bad...... This group of samurai is none other than the Akabi brought by Nobusada Kohata from Ueno.

It's just that...... Nobusada Kohata went north to Echigo, they had a home and it was difficult to return, and what did it have to do with Nagano Yemasa?

"I heard that Nagano Yemasa-sama is fair-minded and popular in Nishi-Ueno, and the Kohata family is one of the most wealthy families in the country, so how can it be Nagano-sama's fault in your situation?"

Because of the Kanto war a year ago, some people in the brewery still have a good impression of Ueno Nagano Yemasa, isn't it said that Nagano Ye is the pillar of Ueno, why would he do such a self-destructive thing?

"That old man Nagano always wants to monopolize Nishiueno! A few days ago, rumors were spreading in the Minowa Castle area that our Kohata family had been rebelled against by the Takeda clan...... That old man believed it! While we were waiting for the lord to go out hunting, another puppet governor was set up and occupied Xiaowan City! ”

"In this case, won't it be difficult for us to return home?"

"What do you believe it is? Do you really think Nagano is that stupid? In my opinion, he simply used this as an excuse to deliberately encroach on the territory of our Kohata family. ”

"That's right! That's it, Nagano Lao'er should be killed! ”

Chiba Mochizuki, who was sitting in the corner, slowly picked up a glass of wine and covered his face.

…… Sure enough, the angry Kohata Akabi blamed Nagano Yoshimasa for the culprit, but ignored the person behind the matter - Takeda Nobuyoshi!