The Dono family occupies a flat land formed by the alluvium of several tributaries of the Zauchi River. To the southwest, on the banks of the Nachigawa River, stands the Ojo Castle of the Fields, which is where the main castle of the Dono family is located. To the northeast, Yuno O Castle sits next to one of the largest tributaries of the Zauchi River, and the current lord of the castle is Kijiro Dono.

Along the trail through the dense deep forest, across the river, you finally saw Yuno O Castle on the other side. Standing by the river, Togo Heiji lowered his head and looked at the wooden box in his hand again. The wooden box contained a bandit head that had been treated with lime. "It must be successful!" , Togo Heiji muttered to himself.

As a lowly outcast, Togo Heiji was not qualified to meet the lord of the city directly. So he found an acquaintance who lived in the castle town, Taro Hirasa. When Hirasataro was a wandering samurai a few years ago, he was robbed by bandits on a mountain road, and he injured several bandits by relying on his own skills. In a fit of rage, the bandits gathered more than a dozen people to besiege Hirasataro, and the so-called two fists were difficult to defeat with four hands, and Hirasataro lost without suspense. Since he couldn't beat it, he had to run away. The bandits had already been beaten to the point of holding their breath, and they were willing to let Heisataro go, so they chased after them.

You've been chasing me and escaping.,Just when I'm exhausted.,Inadvertently Hirasataro found Komakicho at the foot of Nodakayama.,There's really no other way.,Hirasataro had to rush into Komachi.。 As the head of the village of Komaki Town, Togo Heiji saw the attack of the bandits and immediately organized the townspeople to defend themselves. In the end, he drove away the bandits, and at the same time saved the life of Hirasataro.

A year later, Hirasataro became a samurai of Kijiro Dono, and gradually became Kijiro's confidant through his outstanding performances. On the way home, he happened to meet Togo Heiji, who had come to Yunoo Castle to raise food in the castle town due to the food crisis in the town, and both of them were surprised by this chance encounter, and Heisataro even dragged Togo Heiji to his home as a guest. After talking about it carefully, after learning about Togo Heiji's suffering, he immediately used the strength in his hand to help Komaki Town tide over this difficulty. Since then, whenever Komaki has difficulties, Hirasataro will try to help as much as possible.

On this day, after learning of Togo Heiji's intention, Hirasataro immediately reported to Kijiro Dono.

After briefly hearing what happened, Kijiro couldn't help but feel a burst of joy, he had always wanted to annex Komaki Town, which was only a few miles away from the mountain road, after all, the land there was no worse than that of Yunoo Castle. And the most important thing is to be able to show in front of my father, maybe my father will consider abolishing the eldest brother and appointing himself as the heir to the family governor.

In the Japanese wealthy families of the Warring States period, the son-in-law would generally serve as the heir to the family governor, while the other sons could only choose to become a monk or be stationed in other cities as city guards so as not to hinder the development of the son-in-law. Kijiro Dono has always thought that he is better than his eldest brother, and he is the best candidate for the governor. So I'm always looking for opportunities to show my good side. Now the opportunity has come, in the past, considering the large number of filthy people in this group, it was not easy to start, and now it has suffered heavy losses, isn't this an opportunity given to me by God? Kijiro couldn't help but get more excited the more he thought about it.

"Okay," Kijiro looked excited, "Taro, gather your men immediately, and we'll go to fight off the bandits right now." ”

Looking at Kijiro's excited face, Hirasataro didn't know what he thought, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In this way, how to compete with the eldest prince for the position of family governor.

"Your Highness, do you plan to take the opportunity to annex or exterminate the filthy people there?" , Hirasataro was in no hurry to object.

"Yes, if I take it, my father will definitely look at me differently," Kijiro said with a look at Hirasataro and then excitedly.

"Your Highness, do you know why the Daoist Master hasn't taken it all the time?" , Hirasataro continued to ask. …,

"Huh!? Oh, yes. It's easy for my father to annex it. Can just a few filthy people stop the attack of two or three hundred people in their own family? Thinking of this, Kijiro himself couldn't figure out why his father didn't do that.

"Your Highness, even if we successfully annex there, how can we directly face those bandits?" , Hirasataro continued to ask.

"Shhh , Kijiro suddenly recalled his memories of last year, and his whole body shuddered. Last year, bandits attacked Yunoo Castle, although they did not capture the castle rock in the end. But they plundered the towns under the castle. Thinking of the scene of those bandits killing people and setting fires, he couldn't help but ooze a layer of cold sweat all over his body. But when I think about it, if I succeed this time, maybe my father will summon me back to live in the city, and then I won't have to face the bandits directly. Thinking of this, I can't help but think of the scene of being damaged by bandits last year because of the attack on the territory, being scolded by my father, and being ridiculed by my eldest brother. A wave of anger immediately surged up all over his body, and he said to Heisataro in a cold voice, "Hmph, a few bandits are not to be feared. ”

"Yes, Your Highness", Hirasataro saw that Kijiro was angry, and he didn't dare to oppose directly, "But, Your Highness, even if we can resist the bandits, the Teraura family in the upper reaches of Yunoo Castle and the Kamikura family in the lower reaches have always been eyeing the city, and once we are negligent in dealing with the bandits, resulting in the castle being seized by these two families, then how can we explain to the family master?" ”

"Huh!?" , This sentence completely hit Kijiro's weakness, and the courage he had just mustered was leaked at once, "Then, Taro, what do you think I should do?" ”

"Your Highness, in fact, the head of the family has not annexed Xia, just to build a protective wall between us and the bandits, so that those filthy people can resist the bandits, or at least prevent the bandits from frequently attacking their own family. Therefore, not only will we not be able to annex them this time, but we must give them appropriate support, otherwise they will be wiped out by the bandits or relocated to other places, and the city will be threatened from three sides," said Hirasataro, taking the opportunity.

"Shall we send troops to help them repel the bandits? After all, according to what they just said, they have reached the end of the mountain, and I doubt that they will be able to withstand the bandits," Kijiro said worriedly.

"No, Your Highness. We don't have to send troops. They still have a certain amount of combat power, and this time they brought the heads of the two bandits, which shows that they can still resist the bandits, and it is not easy to explain to the head of the family if they send troops. We just need to give them a little food and weapons", what are you kidding, it was not easy to persuade Kijiro not to send troops, how can he let him send troops again, what if he really exterminates that gang of filthy people when the time comes, and whether he can destroy them is another matter, he has seen them fight with the bandits with his own eyes before, so Heisataro hurriedly advised.

"So, how do you think they should be funded?" , Kijiro agreed to Hirasa Taro's proposal.

"Your Highness, there are still some miscellaneous grains left over from the previous year in our warehouse, all of which are relatively old, about 100 stones; Also, we can give them 5 spears a little bit. And they're willing to pay 17 guan. In this case, once the owner of the house finds out, we will say that the rice has been bored, and we will have to sell it to these filthy people at a price of 17 yuan. And the spear said that it would be okay to damage it", Hirasataro said the method that he had already thought of.

As soon as he heard that there were 17 times, Kijiro's eyes lit up. In order to fight against the eldest brother, he has been paying attention to secretly preparing for his own power in the past few years, but due to financial troubles, the development has been very slow. Now there are only 17 mosquitoes, but the mosquitoes are at least meat. …,

"Well, then that's it, hurry up and let them give the money, and you can arrange the rest of the work", Kijiro Dono was completely caught up in thinking about how the upcoming 17 kan should be spent, and waved his hand to signal that Hirasataro could leave.

"Yes, Your Highness," Hirasataro bowed, then turned to leave. Ay! It seems that there will be a civil strife in the dispute between the family and the governor, and I hope it will not be swallowed up by other powerful people. Forget it, no matter how much you think about it, it won't help. Well, I'll have to tell Heiji-sama about the food as soon as possible. Thinking of this, he immediately quickened his pace and walked towards the castle town.

At this time, Heiji Togo was anxiously waiting at Taro Hirasa's house. He was ready to cry in front of the city lord, pretending to be miserable to fend off the bandits.

"Heiji-sama, Heiji-sama", hearing a shout outside, Togo Heiji immediately pushed the door and walked out, just in time to see Heisataro push open the wooden door of the fence and walk in.

"Well, is it now time to meet the lord of the castle?" , Togo Heiji asked anxiously.

"No, the lord of the castle is not going to see you", Heisataro said solemnly to Togo Heiji.

"What?" , Togo Heiji felt a thunder rise out of thin air, and recalled his promise to the lord before leaving, and couldn't help but feel ashamed, especially when he thought of the townspeople waiting for food in the town, his heart was even more twisted.

"Ha Lu Ha Ha", seeing Togo Heiji's sad face, Hei Sataro suddenly laughed, "My lord, in fact, the city lord has already promised to give food, so there is no need to meet the city lord." ”

"Ahh , Togo Heiji felt a thunder in his brain again, but this time it was a thunderbolt, "You...... This...... Taro, why are you still acting like a bohemian all years ago? Really." Thinking about it just now, it was clear that the guy in front of him was deliberately making a fool of himself, and he couldn't help but scold angrily and funny.

"Ha Luha, Heiji-sama, I've done my best this time. There are about 100 koku of miscellaneous grains in total, but they are all left over from the previous year, which are a bit old, and there are also 5 standard spears. For this, you need to pay the castle lord 17 kan", Hirasataro saw that the joke was almost open, and told the final result truthfully.

"Huh!?" Dongxiang Pingji couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, 100 stones, although old, but as long as you can still eat it. Even if the lord gathers all the filthy people south of the town, it will be enough to sustain them for two months. And there are 5 spears, and if you add up the 17 in the territory, you can temporarily organize a 22-person spear ashigaru team. After all, there is still a difference between real weapons and wooden weapons, at least when facing bandits, they are much more confident.

"Heiji-sama", seeing that Togo Heiji gradually calmed down from his state of excitement, Heisataro said sincerely again. "Do you really stop thinking about it?"

"No, Taro, thank you for your kindness. But I'm not going to leave the townspeople. When I was chased and killed by the enemy with my wife and daughter, I have been fleeing until now, and if it wasn't for the townspeople taking me in, I guess it would have become a pile of loess on the side of the road by now," Togo Heiji looked sentimental, paused for a moment, and then said resolutely, "So, Taro, I won't leave the townspeople." ”

"Hey!" , As if he had already known the answer, Hirasataro sighed secretly.

In fact, this is the fifth time that Hirasataro has invited Togo Heiji to settle here. Because both he and Togo Heiji saw the idea of the Dono family and the Tahara family using these filthy people to resist the bandits, so since he settled down, he felt that Togo Heiji had saved his life at the beginning, and invited him several times, hoping that his family would settle under Yunoo Castle, at least under his own care, the life of Togo Heiji's family would be much better. Of course, I can only say sorry to other townspeople Heisataro, and with my current ability, I can only barely take care of the Togo Heiji family. Although Togo has repeatedly refused, but now seeing that Machiko has gradually weakened and shrunk under the constant attack of bandits in recent years, Hirasataro couldn't help but invite again. But the end result is still the same. …,

"Well, Heiji-sama, it's probably too late to rush back now (starting from Komaki Town, it takes half a day to walk through the mountains and forests of several miles of road, and when Togo Heiji arrived at Heisataro's house, it was already close to evening). And it will take some time for the food to be ready. Let's take a break at my house in the evening", seeing that Togo Heiji was so resolute, Heisataro had no choice but to give up, and said with a smile after the most reluctance.

"Ah, then please Taro", Togo Heiji also knew that he had rejected Heisataro's kindness, and hurriedly apologized in return.

"Ha Luha, Lord Heiji, Xiao Ju Ji has grown taller again, right?" Seeing that the life-saving benefactor was full of apologies, Hirasataro didn't want to make the atmosphere too cold, so he quickly changed the topic and asked.

"Well, yes, I've grown taller", hearing Heisataro mention his daughter, Togo Heiji replied with a loving face. At the same time, he also remembered his son-in-law, the lord of the current territory. In fact, it was not entirely because the town was busy at the time, and at any cost, he used his daughter as a bargaining chip to leave Luo Zhengliang. At the same time, he is also leaving a way back for his daughter. The best thing that the town can keep, if it can't be saved, even if he fights for his life, he has to stop the bandits, create conditions for his son-in-law to take away his wife and daughter, and have a samurai son-in-law who is a swordsman, at least he can ensure that his wife and daughter can survive in this troubled world

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