(The ancient Japanese name covered in this chapter: Iron Cannon, commonly known as arquebus)

When the morning sun once again sprinkled Panxi Village, this simple village was no longer quiet and peaceful, with decaying courtyard walls, burned rafters, collapsed houses, and even corpses, all over the place......

Long Shaocong and his party returned here again, the war had long ended, and at this time he had borrowed a long coat from others, which was loosely put on his body, looking nondescript and extremely funny.

Seeing the bloodstains and broken limbs all over the ground, Long Shaocong couldn't care about his appearance, and he was disgusted for a while, showing embarrassment......

The village, which was still full of life yesterday, is now like a hellish version of dead silence, except for the soldiers with papaya-patterned dao flags behind them, walking back and forth, there is no sense of life. They were cleaning up the battlefield and gathering the corpses one by one...... Those who are still alive will come to collect and return the corpses for burial, while the bodies of the ownerless will be piled together and cremated collectively.

Hiroshi Tsukino's sneak attack ended in a complete failure, he underestimated Miyamoto Wuji's combat effectiveness, underestimated the tenacious will of the villagers of Panxi Village, and did not expect to kill the Oda family halfway, and the later reinforcements were still the terrifying "Warring States Storm" Oda Nobunaga.

As a result, when he was fighting as a trapped beast, he raised his spear, urged his horse, and rushed towards Oda Nobunaga, but the other party took out an iron cannon and hit him in the head, killing him instantly.

Although Yefu was almost completely wiped out, the losses in Panxi Village were even worse, with only thirteen villagers left, and most of them were wounded. Long Shaocong stood there, hearing the sound of wailing endlessly, he couldn't help but tears almost came out of the basket, he felt for the first time that life in this era is so fragile, in one day, blood splattered on his neck, yin and yang separated......

Compared with Long Shaocong's grief, the villagers of Panxi Village showed a kind of silence about the departure of their relatives, and they were looking for the bodies of their relatives in the grief of pain, and they didn't see too much despair.

Perhaps, they were born in this era, witnessed too many battles and killings, experienced too many life and death partings, and life is too pale to this world, like fallen leaves, which can drift down with the wind at any time and return to dust forever......

Yoshimaru and Yamaguchi saw Long Shaocong, their faces showed a hint of joy, the three of them were in great trouble and did not die, and they had a feeling of reunion after the catastrophe. Long Shaocong hid his experience without mentioning it, and immediately asked about the development of the battle after he left......

It turned out that after Long Shaocong and Meizi were taken away by Jiutian, the villagers gradually fell into disadvantage, seeing that the defeat was irretrievable, but a team of people and horses came from outside the village, all wearing armor, excellent weapons, and exquisite martial arts.

Although in terms of numbers, they are still in a weak position compared to Ye Fu, but these people are quite strong in combat effectiveness, and they can fight one against three without falling behind, especially when they capture the thief and capture the king, and directly kill the other party's leader, so that the rest of Ye Fu is suddenly scattered.

When Yoshimaru and Yamaguchi talked about this, they instantly forgot the grief of bereavement, and rushed to say with excitement on their faces, "Hey, I said Ohno......"

"What Ohno? Now it's called Long Shaocong. ”

"Dead fatty, don't interrupt." Yoshimaru glared at Yamaguchi fiercely and continued: "Long Shaocong, do you know who came later, who is he? That's a big deal. ”

Before Long Shaocong could answer, Yamaguchi hurriedly said, "That person is Minister Taizheng, Nobunaga Gong." ”

"Talkative, I didn't let you say it!" With that, Yoshimaru kicked Yamaguchi's ass.

Yamaguchi pursed his lips, not daring to squeak again.

While the three of them were talking hot, a hatashi wearing a carcass and a pointed dome hat ran over and said, "Hey, you three, Oda-sama asked you to come over." After speaking, without waiting for the three of them to respond, they turned around and ran back to their own formation.

As soon as Yoshimaru and Yamaguchi heard that Oda Nobunaga was going to be invited, they pulled up Long Shaocong and followed behind the flag head Ashigaru......

When the three of them came to Oda Nobunaga, the old and young Cong found that Master Miyamoto Muji was actually standing in the queue, looking at him with a smile, and there was an old man Aizawa standing next to him, and at this time, Meizi also arrived next to her grandfather.

When the three of them saw Oda Nobunaga, they should have immediately knelt down and saluted. But this time, it was Long Shaocong, and after Yoshimaru and Yamaguchi knelt down one after another, he slowly knelt under the urging of the eyes of the master and the old man Aizawa.

Fortunately, Oda Nobunaga was originally a person who sought innovation, and when he was young, he also despised etiquette and behaved perversely, and was nicknamed "the great fool of Owari" because of his unkemptness. Besides, it is normal for people in the countryside to not understand etiquette.

Therefore, Oda Nobunaga did not blame, but turned his head and asked, "Old man Aizawa, these three are what you said, the only young people left in the village. ”

The old man's eyes were slightly red, and he bowed down and said, "My lord, it's the three of them." After speaking, he sighed deeply.

Oda Nobunaga sighed secretly and said, "You three are flat, if you have any requirements, just mention it to the widow." ”

The three of them stood up, and Long Shaocong realized that this famous historical figure was five feet tall, and his dress was out of place with everyone present.

I saw Nobunaga in front of him, wearing a black velvet silk coat in the style of the 16th century in Europe, which was close to the body, creating a long figure; Wearing a round-edged European-style wide hat, with three white feathers inserted on it, and a Japanese-style fan diagonally inserted at the waist, the handsome face is angular, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, revealing the cold light of the years after war and killing; The deep nasolabial folds under the eye sockets, obliquely framed on both sides of the bridge of the nose, and the delicate short beard under the forehead, always give people a sense of intimidation without anger and self-authority.

Looking at this dress, it should be a casual trip, not for the thieves in Bangxi Village. When Yoshimaru and Yamaguchi heard that Oda Nobunaga was going to give a reward, they were overjoyed and hurriedly said, "We want to be loyal to you." ”

"Okay, the widow has seen just now, you two young people are very brave in battle, Hori Hidemasa!"

"Yes, my lord!" Hidemasa Hori immediately went out of the team and bowed down.

"These two young people, just arrange them under your subordinates, be a banner, and if you have meritorious service in the future, you will be rewarded separately."

Hori Hidemasa nodded yes and led Yoshimaru and Yamaguchi back to his home camp.

Oda Nobunaga looked at Long Shaocong again, looked at the young man in front of him with interest, and asked, "What do you want?" ”

Long Shaocong had not yet recovered from the great changes, and was stunned for a while, not knowing how to answer. Seeing this, Master Miyamoto immediately cast a urging gaze, and even the old man Aizawa reminded in a whispered anxiously: "Long Shaocong, hurry back to Lord Oda's words!" ”

Long Shaocong took a step forward, bowed down, and said, "Go back to my lord, I'll ...... I don't know. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but smile slightly, carefully looked at the young man in front of him again, and said, "What you said made it difficult for the widow. ”

As Oda Nobunaga, who is implementing the "world martial arts" and seeking hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, it can be said that he is right, ordering all the people to surrender, and controlling the imperial family in applause......

But the young man in front of him lowered his eyebrows and his face sank like water, so that Oda Nobunaga couldn't see that he had any **, as if he hadn't even entered his heart, I don't know if the countryside people hadn't heard his name, or didn't put him in his eyes.

The current Long Shaocong is far from what Oda Nobunaga thinks, the short life of ten days has not yet allowed him to truly integrate into the current era, the kind of pursuit of fighting on the battlefield, begging for money, and glorifying the ancestors, he has no concept in his heart, and he has no direction for how to develop his life next.

The conversation between a country folk and a man of the hour froze there like this, making everyone present feel tense and a little out of breath. You know, Oda Nobunaga has always been known for his short temper, starting a fire, killing people like hemp, and was once given the notoriety of "Buddha enemy" and "Sixth Heavenly Demon King" by Ichizo for burning Enryakuji Temple.

Just when everyone was worried about Long Shaocong, suddenly one person came out of the team and knelt down to salute: "Father, the son has something to ask for." ”

The voice that came was a little immature, Long Shaocong turned his head to look, it turned out to be the purple-clothed young man who saved him yesterday, and at this time, the other party was also secretly looking at Long Shaocong, with a cunning look on his face.

"Wu'er, what do you have to say?" Oda Nobunaga looked at his fifth son, kneeling in front of him, and smiled.

At the moment, Oda Nobunaga has passed the position of family governor to his eldest son, Oda Nobutada, and he moved to Azuchi Castle to concentrate on the great cause of "the world's martial arts". In private, Oda Nobunaga has shown his love for this son to outsiders more than once, and has praised him many times: This son is bold and heroic, and he is the most like me!

This time Panxi Village was not exterminated, the first credit goes to this Genzaburo, it was he who followed his father to send his sister Hideko to marry, and turned to Gifu Castle in the middle, halfway to see black smoke in the distance, the fire was soaring to the sky, and he did not send anyone to investigate, so he concluded that there must be a killing, so he took the lead and ran over.

As a result, he really let him guess correctly, but as soon as he killed him, the people and horses behind him naturally followed closely in order to protect the young master, so the entire team of relatives was abducted by him to the foot of Mount Yuyue.

The villagers of Panxi Village were finally saved because of Genzaburo's impulsiveness, but his brother-in-law Tsutsui Dingji lost his life in vain because of his brother-in-law's recklessness this time. Originally, for the sake of safety, Oda Nobunaga did not let this prospective son-in-law participate in the battle, but temporarily avoided a forest to protect Princess Hideko, but he deserved his bad luck, and he actually ran into the big demon wine day, and he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, so he stepped forward to challenge, and died tragically on the spot.

broke into such a big scourge, but Oda Nobunaga didn't have the slightest sense of reproach for this son. When Oda Nobutada, who received the message and rushed from Gifu Castle for reinforcements, reported the incident to his father after the war, and was worried that he would not be able to explain to Tsutsui Seiji's adoptive father, Tsutsui Shunkei, the guardian of Yamato Kingdom, this "Sixth Day Demon King" only replied lightly: I know, I will deal with it for my father.

In Oda Nobunaga's heart, he never put Tsutsui Shunkei in his eyes, but this time he underestimated the other party, and the hasty handling of this matter laid the groundwork for future disasters.

Seeing that his father was not angry, Genzaburo continued: "The son has the courage to implore his father to give this person to the son. ”

"Why are you doing that?" Oda Nobunaga was amused by his son's actions, thinking that his son's behavior was always unexpected, and he really looked like a widow when he was young.

"Erchen Xiang accepted him as a ......retainer" Genzaburo wanted to say that he would accept Long Shaocong as a retainer, but he suddenly thought that he had not yet served and was not allowed to have a retainer, so he immediately changed his words: "Do it...... Be a companion to my son. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people present were immediately shocked, they had heard of accepting people as retainers and doing with power, but they had never heard of accepting people as companions, what is the companionship? No one knows.

In fact, even Genzaburo didn't know what a companion was, he just wanted Long Shaocong to stay by his side and wait for his dispatch, so he temporarily thought of such a title.

What's even more unexpected is that Oda Nobunaga actually nodded his head happily in agreement, and applauded his son's sudden idea.

Long Shaocong saw that the wood was already in the boat, so he could only kneel down and salute, and after thanking Oda Nobunaga, he followed Genzaburo into the team.

Successfully recruited Long Shaocong to his subordinate Yuan Saburo, and at this time, he glanced at the bamboo and wood Xiaojiao behind him, with a smug look on his face; Inside the sedan curtain, Oda Hideko flicked her cherry lips and smiled, casting an appreciative look at her younger brother.

Once the affairs here were settled, Oda Nobunaga decided to return to Azuchi Castle. Originally, Oda Nobutada had to persuade his father to temporarily stay in Gifu to rest for a few days, but Oda Nobunaga flatly refused.

Before leaving, Long Shaocong did not forget the entrustment of Dalimaru when he died, and took good care of his mother Yui. It's just that he, Yoshimaru, Yamaguchi, and Meiko searched the entire village, but they didn't find Yui, so it can be said that they can't see anyone alive or dead.

Later, they heard that Yui and a group of women were driven to the mountains and forests west of the village by a few wild ambushes, and the four of them followed the guidance to find the way, and indeed found several women's corpses, Naye Yezi and Miki were also among them, but there was no mother of their own.

On the way back, they found the body of the field in a ditch, apparently he was killed by someone reflexively when he was chasing Ye Fu, and Xiao Chuan also died in this battle, none of them were adults, but in the face of killing, none of them chose to retreat, they all fell on the way to charge.

Now, among the playmates in Panxi Village, there are only four of them left, the cruelty of fate makes the road to the future full of too many variables, Long Shaocong really doesn't know what awaits him when he walks out of this closed small mountain village, this strange country, and strange times.