Heavy dark clouds wrapped in a strong wind, and the sky over Takara Castle, a fortified castle that the Luo clan leaders were proud of, had resisted the invasion of the Otomo family several times. Below the castle, a few dry cherry blossom trees that have been scraped off their bark whined in the wind.

In the morning, Nagaken Samuta, who had been shot in the forehead with a spear, walked out of the tent, and when he realized that he was being supported by his subordinates, he felt the ground tremble violently under his feet.

"Plank!" I don't know who shouted, but it sounded far away.

"Not necessarily!" Samuta is tough and stubborn, "leading the horse to ......"

Blood blurred his vision, and although his eyes were open, he couldn't see anything, only the face of the other general's spear still clearly appeared in front of him.

"Ha Lu Ha Ha ......" was helped to walk five or six steps, and Samuta Nagajian suddenly laughed loudly. Fifty years of life, just halfway through, Samuta Nagajian stood in front of the ghost gate. Although everyone dies once, once they really face death, infinite sadness suddenly wells up in their hearts.

"Hahaha......" he laughed again. People, it's really unbelievable. If you don't understand it in your heart, you have to recite Nam Mu Amitabha Buddha with your mouth, and you will be confused and struggling between the lord and the Buddha...... But that wandering and confusion was so pale in the face of this gun. Even so, he did not have the slightest hatred for the enemy generals. He also gave the other party a heavy blow, and he didn't regret it, but he didn't expect the other party to die on the spot. And as long as the enemy general is alive, he Samuta Changjian can't die, otherwise he will lose, how can he Samuta Nagaken fail?

"Plank!" The subordinates shouted again, but at this time, Samuta Nagajian could no longer hear it. The plank was lifted, and two attendants lifted it.

"The horses are here." The retinue said in the ear of Samuta Nagaken. He stared at the sky with wide eyes. Holding the reins tightly in his hand: "Dead...... Dead? ”

"Yes...... Be. The enemy will be dead. ”

"Lead the horse to the lord. Go to him. ”

This is the person Samuta Nagaken wanted to see in the last moments of his life. He also has an old mother at home. But his old mother was a strong and competitive middle school husband. When Kai Jin's army was approaching Takao Castle, he was persuaded by Kai to surrender and hesitated, but it was his mother who prompted him to make the decision to surrender. If she knew that Samuta Nagaken had swallowed her breath before the enemy general, she would undoubtedly swallow her tears and reprimand: "He is not my son." So without will. ”

When the entourage noticed that Samuta Nagajian's breathing was getting harder and harder, he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

"Lord Samuta Nagaken asks to see you." Nabeshima Naoshige reported loudly. Masahiro, who was visiting the wounded, turned around.

The dying Samuta Nagaken was carried in front of him.

"Samuta Nagaken!" Masara strode towards Samuta Nagaken. "How did you get hurt?" He asked aloud, but Samuta Nagaken was already staring straight at the sky, motionless.

Masara hurriedly opened Samuta Nagaken's eyelids. I tried his pulse again. He's not dead yet. I just don't know what I'm thinking. Masarashi shook his body violently: "Samuta Nagaken! ”

Suddenly, Samuta Nagajian made a voice: "Lord! Samuta Nagaken killed the enemy general and returned triumphantly. ”

"Good!"

"Tell my mother...... My mother...... I'm brave ......" is the last sentence left by Samuta Nagaken. He grunted, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his head hanging limply.

Masarashi quietly raised his hand and bowed to Samuta Nagaken, but did not close his eyes. The dead Samuta Nagaken, the living Masahiro, both eyes seemed to contain all the hatred, glaring at each other angrily.

No. Samuta Nagaken admires Masahiro, and Masahiro loves and protects Samuta Nagaken. Nevertheless. Zhengliang had to let his retainers fight bravely to kill the enemy and go to death, and the retainers had to take the initiative to send them to death. For a long time, Masato raised his eyes to the sky and wiped away the tears in his eyes. The crows of crows rang out all around, and the wind before the storm was blowing the surface of the Chikugo River glistening like broken silver.

"Listen. Samuta Nagaken died after his triumphant return. Tell his mother so. ”

"Yes."

"Okay, carry him back and bury him properly. His son took my surname, and his mother and wife took care of the land for the time being, and then returned it to his son after his son was served. ”

The people lifted the planks and retreated backwards.

Masato watched them walk away, and then continued to visit the other wounded and the retainers who had died in battle.

At this time, two more door panels were lifted in front. "Who's hurt?" Masara asked.

"Tomohisa Oishi and his lieutenant Kamachi Ken."

"How's the injury?"

"Lord Tomohisa Oishi was seriously injured and unconscious, and the majority of people in Kamachi Jian have lost their breath......"

"Stop, I want to pay tribute to Puchi Jianguang." Masara asked the archery cloaks covering the corpse to be removed.

One man seemed to have been stabbed in the flank, and the blood that flowed out had turned black and was about to freeze. His right hand clutched dirt and armor tightly, his eyes were closed, his beard was long, and his lips were twisted to reveal a row of white teeth. If his parents saw it, they would probably never forget this face for the rest of their lives.

"This is Tomohisa Oishi." Masara recognized the wounded.

Later, Masara saw the body of Kamachi Kenhiro. Masarashi quietly folded his hands and recited scriptures to the corpse. Masarashi then placed his cloak over Kamaike's body. The faces of Ju Ji and Tang Wang Marushiro suddenly appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help asking, "Does he have a child?" ”

"Three sons."

"All of them were accepted as my little surname, sent to the Luo Academy to study, and after the Yuan service, the eldest son inherited his original position and territory."

After saying that, Masara motioned for Ashigaru to carry the two away, and then walked towards the other corpse next to him. The corpse had already attracted flies, and one of the flies hit Masayo's lips and flew away. Gently lift the cloth covering the deceased's face. The man's slightly open eyes had turned white. The slash from the shoulder cut through the armor tie, and it was hard to imagine how it could have been cut like this, revealing the crimson flesh like cherry blossoms. This is a fierce general who is personally with the cloaks of the team, and it seems that he has been following Masashi since he made his fortune in the first place, but he didn't expect to experience so many big battles, but he died in a mistake of Masaliang.

The crow of crows sounded again in the nearby bushes, and Masarashi looked at the deceased's face again. The corpses bathed in the morning light were particularly miserable. That's life...... An impulse suddenly surged in his chest, and he wanted to shout, this is not life!

"Does he have children?"

"Two." A cloaked crowd behind him replied.

"Bury him. The two children, both male and female, are admitted to the Roche School until the Yuan service, and all expenses are borne by the family. The territory was temporarily administered by his wife. ”

The cloaked crowd behind him obviously also knew the dead cloaked crowd, so after hearing Masahiro's arrangement, he put his forehead on the ground and began to cry, he thanked Masayo for his thoughtfulness on behalf of the deceased.

The door panel was lifted again. As if he had forgotten everything around him, he quietly watched them walk away. Life and death are the paths that all people must walk. But it was he who caused the retainers to embark on this path early. Thinking of this, Masahiro's heart trembled. Am I too vulnerable today? I have to be responsible for my self-righteousness and self-righteousness.

"Lord, please get on the horse!" Seeing that Masayo's expression was very different from the past, Yoshiro Kawada behind him strode over. But Masa-liang did not answer.

"Lord, several military advisors and important ministers in the family have been waiting in the city for a long time, and now the family needs you to preside over the overall situation." Honda Masanobu on the side also spoke.

"Don't worry, Yahachiro. It was as if for the first time I had seen the most precious thing in my family. ”

"The most precious thing?" Masanobu Honda, Naoshige Nabeshima, Yoshihiro Shimazu, and Yoshiro Kawada, who had been following Masara, couldn't help but look at Masarashi suspiciously at the same time.

Masara seemed to have fallen into deep thought at this time, and after a long time, he spoke again: "The daimyo in various places have their own unique and valuable family treasures, but this family has an even more important family treasure, that is, there are a group of retainers who are willing to give their lives for them no matter what the circumstances. They are the most precious family treasures for Zaixia. ”

As soon as Masarashi said this, all the nearby retainers, including the four Honda Masanobu, couldn't help but let out an "ah".

"Lord, this is indeed the most precious family treasure!" I don't know who shouted first. So the surrounding retainers suddenly sighed loudly.

Masayo's words soon reached the ears of a cadre of retainers in Takara Castle. The morale of the people, who had plummeted because of the attack they had just encountered today, suddenly rose again. With the spread of these retainers and soldiers, Zhengliang's words also quickly spread to the Luo family's territory, which moved the Luo family.

From then on, the retainers had secretly made up their minds to live and die with their young lord. On the battlefield, they will never retreat, and no matter what kind of enemy they encounter, they will fight to the rear. Later generations praised the spirit of the retainers of the Luo family who never flinched and swore to defend the lord to the death as the soul of the Luo family. (To be continued......)