Chapter 843: Rookie Out of the Fight (2)
The winter of the first year of Koji was a dry winter. Since there had been no rain or snow for several days, the weeds and trees on the roadside looked listless.
And the team of Tang Wangmaru and Mei Ji and others, who officially set off from the castle town of Gakufu, gradually became calm from the excitement at the beginning. For them, such a long-distance march was already familiar. Because whether it is Tang Wangmaru and his attendants, or Mei Ji's female guards, they will participate in the regular training of the reserve of the Hizen Kunino Takayama Recruit Camp at least three times a year, and among the training, there is a long-distance marching training across the borders of the two countries and even the three countries in the Luo family's territory. Therefore, they did a very good job in the distribution of materials, camp construction, and vigilance during the march this time.
The skillful marching performance of the people made Sen Kecheng and the main hall of Cave Ze Shengxiu, who traveled with everyone for the first time, both surprised. You must know that Lu Dao, this time, both of them are ready to be "nannies". Now after seeing everyone's performance, I am much more relieved in my heart about this trip, and I am also deeply shocked by the Luo family's training and education methods for the next generation.
On the night after everyone left, Mihime's letter left in the boudoir was discovered by her mother Matsumiko, so Tang Wangmaru and Miki and others left home to participate in the rebellion and pacify Chikuzen Province was finally known by everyone, and the city of Gakufu immediately fell into a chaos of chickens and dogs barking. But at this time, the only person who can call the shots in the academy city is the fortunate help who is the acting city lord. At the request of many of Masara's wives and concubines (one of whom was his sister), Kosuke had to send several groups of people to pursue him, in an attempt to invite Tang Wangmaru and Mihime and others back to Gakufu Castle.
But because Masashi was away from home for a long time. And these wives and concubines of his are usually too doting on Tang Wangmaru and Mei Ji and others. It has long caused Tang Wangmaru and Mei Ji and others to be a bit lawless. In the entire academy city, almost only Masashi, Dongxiang Heiji and others can suppress these guys, but at this time, it coincides with the absence of Masashi and others. Therefore, all the people sent by Kosuke failed.
In desperation, Masahiro's wives and concubines had no choice but to quickly rush to Zhou Fangguo to inform Masahiro who was fighting there, and on the other hand to inform the local agencies in the territories where Tang Wangmaru and Mei Ji and others passed along the way to pay attention to the safety of Tang Wang Maru and Mei Ji and others, and even asked them to send local peasant soldiers who had already recruited good Lu to escort Tang Wang Maru and Mei Ji and others.
As a result, when Tang Wangmaru and Mihime finally arrived at the rebellion in Chikuzen Kunimune-gun, their team had increased to more than 200 people.
Chikuzen Kunijunior High School at this time. The areas where the riots occurred were mainly concentrated in the eastern part of Chikuzen Province, which was directly under the Soka family, the Aso family, the Akizuki family, and the Ouchi family, while the western part of Chikuzen Province, which had been occupied by the Luo family for a long time and had already been pacified by a temple and shrine riot, was very stable at this time.
In Zongxiang County, the person in charge of receiving Tang Wangmaru and Mei Ji and others was the head of the local internal affairs cabinet, Zhanbu Shangan. At the beginning, due to his too rigidity, when the Luo family's army attacked Zongxiang County, he was stunned to resist Zhengliang's army outside the western portal of Zongxiang County, and almost brought extinction to his family. Fortunately, his brother-in-law Tachibana Michiyuki and his sister-in-law Zhanbu still decisively forced him to step down, and took the initiative to surrender Kaicheng. to avoid a catastrophe. Afterwards, in order to avoid being held accountable by the Luo family. Chambe Shang'an, who was dismissed from the position of governor by his son-in-law and retainers, also chose to live in seclusion with interest.
After thoroughly conquering the eastern part of the Tsukuzen Kingdom, in order to quickly take over the local territory, the Champbe family not only kept the local territory in Sogan County, but also served as the deputy general of the Luo family, and the Chambe Shangan was also invited again to serve as the head of the local internal affairs cabinet of Soxiang County.
Although this riot is not directly related to him, after all, there is a riot within his jurisdiction, and he has some responsibilities, so during this period of time, Zhanbu Shang'an has been using his own influence in the local area, in addition to trying his best to persuade the temples and shrines participating in the riot, he also assisted the Luo family military pavilion to carry out a blow against the riot.
However, after receiving the task of receiving the young lord of the family and the princess who came to quell the rebellion, Zhanbu Shang'an almost secretly scolded the retainers directly under the Luo family in the military pavilion to death. In his opinion, these young masters and princesses are just here to join in the fun, and they can't succeed at all.
Of course, even if he thought so, but for the sake of his family, he had to honestly do a good job of reception. However, to his surprise, the young master, who did not seem to have a Yuan suit, not only refused the invitation to enter his family's Zhuangzi to rest, but also set up a military camp outside the village, and invited several local officials, including him, to the military camp.
What surprised Shang'an even more was that the young lord did not immediately shout to them to immediately go out to quell the rebellion, but instead learned from them in detail about the local rebellion. The Empress even took the initiative to propose to them that since this time his entourage was all first-time fighters, he hoped to choose a rebel force that was easier to deal with to attack.
After this conversation, the local officials, including Zhanbu Shang'an, immediately looked at the young master of this sect in a different light. At such a young age, not only is he not young and frivolous at all, but he is calm and analytical, and he formulates strategies realistically, which has to be admired.
In fact, Zhanbu Shang'an and others also knew that because he had been studying by Zhengliang's side since he was a child, and since he was sensible, Tang Wangmaru had participated in every evaluation meeting in the school city, so he had already learned his father's methods and principles. In addition, after every major battle of the Luo family, there would be a series of post-war analysis meetings attended by all the retainers in the Luo Academy, and he also participated in them without leakage. Finally, in the training of the Nogaoshan Reserve Training Camp held regularly every year, there were also combat exercises that simulated reality, and in this kind of exercise, he put into practice what he had mastered, which is why he has achieved the performance he has today.
After determining the location of the position, the next day. With Tang Wangmaru as the general general. Three local officials, including Shang An of the Occupation Department, served as the army. Mihime, Nohime and others were adjutant generals, with a total of more than 200 troops, and began to march to a nearby area called Sutada. At the same time, several groups of local troops from various places began to march to other nearby areas.
Everyone walked all the way and found that many farmlands and houses along the way had been destroyed, and from time to time, they also saw the corpses of some local leaders.
"I didn't expect those mobs to be so brutal. Even ordinary people are not spared. Tang Wangmaru also saw such a scene for the first time, and couldn't help but be angry.
"The young master didn't know that what instigated the people's rebellion was the power of several local temples and shrines, and they used their own monks, soldiers and gods to gather some local believers to form a huge mob force. When the young master and others encounter them, please be sure to pay attention to your own safety. Zhanbu Shang'an next to him reminded carefully. Compared with those mobs, at this time he is more concerned about the safety of the young master, otherwise the young master will have three long and two short. His head is about to move, and his family will be implicated because of it.
"Hmph. These abducted temples and shrines are hard to believe that my father had suspended the policy of confiscating the territories of temples and shrines in these areas in order to appease these areas, and as a result, they still invited their rebellion, which is really damned. "It is estimated that he has been influenced by Masayo since he was a child, and Tang Wangmaru also has a deep hatred for these temples and shrines that are not controlled by the Luo family.
"Young Lord, as far as your subordinates know, it seems that a group of suspicious people secretly told these temples and shrines that the family was about to confiscate their territory, which eventually led to their riot." Occupant Shang Anyu reports.
"Hmph, the family's intelligence cabinet will naturally investigate this matter, and what we have to do now is to put down the riot as soon as possible, so that it can't affect my father's strategy in the western region." Tang Wanmaru said. His serious expression suddenly made people automatically ignore his age of not yet fifteen.
Speaking of which, this time out of the battle, for everyone including Tang Wangmaru, Mei Ji, and Nonghime, it was the first time in their lives that they really had the first battle. And it's the first battle that is completely under your control.
"Report, a large number of mobs have been found in the village ahead!" At this moment, the detective in charge of the investigation in front came back on a fast horse to report.
"Set up and move slowly." Tang Wanmaru immediately ordered. At a young age, it shows its old side at this time. And not long after Tang Wanmaru gave the order, a large mob poured out of the front, and judging by the situation, there were at least more than a hundred people.
"Young master, the more than 20 monks wearing monk's robes at the front are the monks and soldiers of the nearby Yuantong Temple, and the monk at the head is the Huijing monk of the Yuantong Temple. Those behind them should be the local believers. After seeing the person who came clearly, Shang An, who was with the army, immediately introduced.
"Order, set up a formation on the spot to meet it!" After learning about the other party's situation, Tang Wanmaru gave the order again.
"Report, Her Royal Highness Princess Meiji of the Left Formation has requested to be the first move." At this time, Cheng Fu Maoan, who was a temporary herald, came to report. At this time, Mei Ji can be regarded as knowledgeable, and she knows that on this occasion, she must be full of appearances and not attack her brother's prestige.
"Yes, but they can only shoot from a distance, not close combat." Even if he refused his sister Meiji's request at this time, Tang Wanmaru, who would be rejected by his sister afterwards, had to agree. And this time, when he set off, Tang Wanmaru divided the army of more than 200 people into three formations: left, center, and right. Among them, the main player on the left will be her sister Meiji, and the main force is the women's guard under her command. In order to strengthen the character of this formation, he concentrated almost all of his archers in the left formation. At this time, it is also very reasonable to let its left side attack first.
The middle formation is dominated by Tang Manmaru, his attendants and some samurai. On the right side are the retainers of the Zhanbu family as the main generals, and the main combat force under his command is the peasant soldiers who have been temporarily recruited.
"Dismount and get ready to shoot!" After receiving Tang Wanmaru's order, Mei Ji on the left shouted loudly.
"Brush!" The women's guards, who were originally samurai on horses, jumped off their horses in unison. Such a beautiful action immediately dazzled the eyes of the people around him. This was especially true for the samurai peasants who had been temporarily redeployed to the left side. Originally, they felt that it was very shameless to be led by a woman and fight with a group of women. If it weren't for Her Royal Highness the Princess who would be a daimyo, they would have run back to the other two formations a long time ago. Seeing this situation now, the perception of the local area has changed dramatically.
The mob on the other side, who were running quickly, became more and more happy when they saw such a situation. The head of the Hui Jing monk Da Lu smiled and said, "See? They are gone, and now even women have to go out. Guys, take them down, those women and weapons and other things are yours. ”
At this time, ......the female escorts wearing red helmets, red leather armor, and red cloaks were indeed very conspicuous, and they were all women, and for those mobs, it was undoubtedly a good hormone catalyst, so they immediately howled like wolves.
Seeing such a scene, the standing members of the women's guard became a little nervous, including Nohime, Takahashimi, Sagara Chiyoju and others. The mood is still normal, and there are only two people left, Yuanjiu Bhikshuni and Mei Ji.
"Don't be afraid, just treat them like the bastards we usually kill in training." Mei Ji, who found that everyone in the women's guards who came to the battle for the first time was a little unstable, immediately shouted loudly.
The bastards Mei Ji is referring to here are those who have been convicted of treason to death for violating the laws of the territory, or who have been captured by the rebel clan due to the power of hostilities. In boot camps, in order to make the recruits see blood and increase their courage to fight on the battlefield, these prisoners or prisoners will become their training tools. Therefore, in the hands of Tang Wanmaru and Mei Ji and others, they actually took a few such lives with their own hands. Although this is a bit cruel, after all, this is the Warring States period, and it is necessary in order to quickly train qualified battlefield soldiers and avoid them becoming a burden and cannon fodder on the battlefield. And for them, before they killed someone and didn't, it was completely different. Sure enough, after Mei Ji's reminder, everyone in the women's guard immediately calmed down.
"Everyone, draw the bow and prepare!" Seeing that the mood of the women's guards had finally stabilized, Mei Ji immediately ordered.
"Get on the arrow!" At this time, the mob was already less than thirty meters away from the front of Luo's house.
"Aim!" The mob came within twenty meters of range.
"Shoot!" (To be continued......)