Chapter 172: Letters
On the morning of October 2, the ninth year of astronomy. A neatly arranged line was marching on a mountain trail.
After spending the night under the cliff of the beach, after Onishi Kuniji led Ashigaru to take over, Masara officially led his army in the direction of Yuansheng Castle. There's a family infighting going on on the other side of the river, and Masato decides to go there and wait and see.
Masayo's pony was given to Masanao Kinoshita, who was injured. In this regard, Kinoshita Masanao was unwilling to accept death, and finally under the mandatory order of Masayo, he climbed on the back of the horse with gratitude.
Su Natong and Ming Feng Xiuzheng played the role of loyal servants, closely guarding Zhengliang's side. And Yoshida Shigemasa, who was still hesitant to serve Masayo, was much more active, and he was running to the front of the team at the moment, looking at the scenery everywhere.
Masahiro looked at these newly acquired retainers and was overjoyed. Needless to say, as one of the four heavenly kings under the command of Ryuzoji Takanobu, Wu Yong is not a problem, although he is still relatively young, but as long as he builds and exercises a little, he will inevitably become a general.
Ming Feng Xiuzheng has received a pure bushido education since he was a child, and he is also good in martial arts, and more importantly, Masato found that his internal affairs level is also very good, and he also knows a little about medical skills, which is what Masato values the most. At present, in the territory, only the monk Xuanru knows how to heal, and occasionally the master of Xuanzhi will come to visit, but there are still too few medical talents. Especially during the march, there was a shortage of medical personnel. Monk Xuanru is obsessed with medical research, and he will definitely not follow the army, and when Zhengliang has a headache for the question of the candidate for a doctor, Mingfeng Xiuzheng just appeared. Zhengliang had already thought about it, and after he went back, he asked Mingfeng Xiuzheng to study hard with Monk Xuanru, and then officially awarded him the position of doctor.
As for Yoshida Shigemasa, who has not yet officially surrendered, Masaro is determined to let him stay. The future founder of Yoshida Yuryu, at least archery is very good, with him. The archery skills of the archers of the territory will definitely be improved a lot, and the power of the bow and arrow formation will be much greater.
After last night's exchange, Zhengliang also figured out the details of these people. The first is Shigemasa Yoshida. He was originally a retainer of the Hexagon family. Because he was asked to teach the young master of the Rokkaku family the family archery, he ran out in anger. According to records, Yoshida Shigemasa did run from the Rokkaku family, and after wandering for a while, he came out of the Hancang family. A few years later, he returned to the Rokkaku family and taught the family archery skills to the head of the Rokkaku family (the original young master). After running away from the Rokkaku house that day, Yoshida Shigemasa came to Kyoto to prepare for a break, but there he met Kinoshita Masanao, who was preparing to go out for training and then mixed with a good background. The two hit it off. I decided to go around and get around.
So the two wandered around Japan together, and came to Kyushu two months ago. After a tour of Bungo, I came to Higo and Hizen, and I was about to go to Hakata on a boat that day, but I met Gosuke's group of pirates halfway through. Of course, the two of them fought back, and almost made Gosuke suffer a big loss. But after all, the two are on a ship, and their kung fu on land cannot be used, and they are under the siege of pirates. Both went into the water. As a result, Masanao Kinoshita, who will not be watery, was captured. And Yoshida Shigemasa is water-based and escaped by luck. When the pirates succeeded, they killed all the men, leaving only a few young women. And Kinoshita Masanao is the only surviving man, because his initial resistance has made the pirate leader lose face, and the pirate leader is ready to take him back to torture him.
That day. Hidemasa Mingmine, who was exiled from fat, also happened to be on the boat. He was in a state of grief before he could figure out what had happened, and he was thrown off the boat. When resurfaced. I found out that I had encountered a pirate robbery, considering that I was in the water. And he didn't have a weapon on his body, so he couldn't attack the pirates, so he had to swim and escape alone. As a result, he met Shigemasa Yoshida, who also escaped from the shore. As soon as the two talked, they realized that Lu Dao was a victim of the end of the world at the same time, and after thinking about it, the more they thought about it, the more angry they became, Yoshida Shigemasa felt aggrieved, and a dignified archery master was robbed; Ming Fengxiu blamed himself for not being angry and unable to protect what he wanted to protect. So the two decided to attack the pirates at night to see if they could rescue the pirates. …,
Later, they happened to encounter Gosuke, who was defeated by Masarashi and fled, and killed Gosuke without the slightest knowledge, causing the rest of the pirates to mistakenly believe that they had been ambushed and chose to escape from the sea, which ultimately contributed to the victory of the Luo family against the two groups of pirates, Imamura and Ikeda.
It seems that he has been really lucky lately, thinking of the opportunity he has seized recently, Zhengliang can't help but say to himself in his heart.
"Your Highness," a voice rang in his ears at this time. Masato was annoyed for a while, why is it that you kid bothered every time he fell into deep thought recently.
"Your Highness, Lord Kizo Shigetuda is here," said Su Natong, bowing his head. Since it was with his head down, he didn't notice Masayo's face.
"Loyalty?" Hearing this, Masashi looked up and saw a man riding a pony coming quickly towards this side, and the person on the horse was Kizo Shigetada.
Seeing such a scene, the political conscience suddenly became nervous, and it must be an urgent matter to be able to get the official of the family, Kizo Shigetadada, to come and report the news in person. But what else is urgent now? Could it be that there is an abnormality in the Sashi family? Or is there a new change in the civil strife in the Yomiko family?
"Your Majesty to meet His Highness" Just as Masato was thinking about it, Kizo Shigetuda had already dismounted and walked in front of Masayo.
"Chongzhong, why did you come to me so urgently?" Masara asked.
"Your Highness, this morning the Hirado Matsuura family sent this letter, and repeatedly emphasized that it must be forwarded to His Highness today, so that His Highness can carry it out according to the letter" After speaking, Kizo Shigetada took out a sealed letter from his bosom and respectfully handed it to Masayo.
"Oh? Hirado Matsuura family? Masarashi didn't expect it to be Hirado's news about the Matsuura family, so he took Kizo Shigetada's letter, tore open the seal, and read it carefully.
After a while, Masarashi raised his head, looked at Kizo Shigetada with an expressionless face, and asked, "Shigetada, is this letter indeed from the Hirado Matsuura family?" ”。
"Your Highness, the person who came to deliver the letter was the person in charge of the Hirado Matsuura family who was in charge of communicating with the family, and this letter was indeed from the Hirado Matsuura family" Although I don't know why Masara Michido asked like this, Kizo Shigetada quickly replied truthfully.
"Humph! What a breath! Masato snorted angrily, threw the letter on the ground, and turned to look at the mountains on the side of the road, as if thinking about something.
All the people around were startled by Masara's sudden anger, and even Kinoshita Masanao quickly slid off his horse and knelt on the ground.
"Your Highness, this... This is? Kizo asked cautiously tentatively.
"Look at what the letter says." Zhengliang said without looking back.
Hearing this, Kizo Shigetada immediately picked up the letter on the ground and read it carefully. Slowly, his hands holding the letter began to tremble, and he said angrily, "It's just too deceitful! (To be continued......) ……,