Chapter 142: The Battle of the Barrel Narrows (2)
The news of Oda Nobunaga's departure from the city soon spread, and those retainers who were loyal to him and whose net worth and interests were already tied to the Oda family did not hesitate to bring their subordinates and soldiers and chased after them. By the time Oda Nobunaga arrived at Atsuta Jingu in the early hours www.biquge.info of the morning, there were already more than 500 people around him.
Just when the guards were escorting Oda Nobunaga and preparing to enter the shrine for a while, they suddenly found that not far from the Atsuta Shrine, there was a team of hundreds of people stationed, these guards were startled, and thought it was Imagawa Yoshimoto's army, and hurriedly pulled out their katana to meet them.
"We are merchants from Daming!" Yang Guang's voice came out of the darkness, and he shouted and asked, "Don't come any closer, or we will shoot with firearms." ”
Oda Nobunaga's only enemy at this time was Imagawa Yoshimoto, and a conflict with others here was tantamount to self-defeat, although he didn't quite believe Yang Guang's words in his heart, he still spoke out to stop his own guards from rushing over.
"How did the merchants of the Ming Dynasty come here?" At the behest of Oda Nobunaga, one of his guards stepped forward to ask questions. The rest of the guards kept Oda Nobunaga in the shadows, lest Yang Guang's side suddenly attack.
"When we were in Jiegang, we had a conflict with the Miyoshi family, so we had to continue to the east to see if we could do business in other ports." Yang Guang's words were half-true, but he deliberately revealed his identity.
"Akito? Boundary Harbor? Oda Nobunaga quickly remembered the information he had received not long ago, and he suddenly asked, "But the 500 soldiers of the Miyoshi family were routed with firearms, and the group of Ming people who were important ministers of the Miyoshi family were killed?" ”
"If you're talking about that incident a few days ago, that's right, it's us." Yang Guang admitted this without hesitation.
After hearing the affirmative reply, Oda Nobunaga was ecstatic in his heart and said loudly: "I am willing to hire you with a lot of money, you have come all the way from the Ming Dynasty, aren't you just to make money?" I can give 1,000 taels of gold, and you fight for me, how about it? ”
Japan's gold is cheap and expensive, 1 tael of gold can be exchanged for 4.5 taels of silver on average, and no more than 5 taels of silver, but if these gold are brought back to the Ming Dynasty, it is an exchange ratio of 1:7.5, and 7500 taels of silver are 100 cents, which is also a good income.
"We can make so much money in business, and it's not that dangerous." Yang Guang's current identity is a mercenary businessman, of course, it is impossible to agree to the other party easily. Moreover, Yang Guang was going to give all this money to Ye Zongman's subordinates, so it was always good to be able to ask for more.
"2,000 taels of gold!" Oda Nobunaga did not hesitate to increase the weight, in his opinion, no matter how much money he had, it would be very beneficial to have the legendary Ming Dynasty firecrackers who could easily defeat 500 well-trained soldiers.
"Deal!" Yang Guang knew very well that this money was already a lot, and if he asked for it further, Oda Nobunaga would definitely agree to his conditions now, but it was difficult to say whether he would regret it after the war, so he agreed.
Getting a strong reinforcement out of thin air made Oda Nobunaga's mood very comfortable, in his opinion, God still favored him, otherwise he would not send an armed caravan from the Ming Dynasty to him.
Hearing that Oda Nobunaga actually opened such a high weight, one of his guards lowered his voice and said in his ear: "My lord, we don't have so much gold!" ”
Oda Nobunaga whispered back disapprerovingly: "Stupid, Imagawa Yoshimoto brought 25,000 people, can't he make up the money?" ”
After resting for more than an hour at Atsuta Castle, several hundred people came after him from the side of Kiyoshu Castle, bringing Oda Nobunaga's army to more than 1,000 people. These are almost all the power he can trust and be willing to die for him.
The reason why Yang Guang chose to wait for Oda Nobunaga here at Atsuta Jingu was not entirely because modern time and space history developed in this way, he carefully reconnoitred the current situation of the war, and knew that Imagawa Yoshimoto's army was in a "one" shape from northwest to southeast, and Atsuta Jingu happened to be on his flank, and if he wanted to launch a surprise attack on Imagawa Yoshimoto's main camp, this was the best and only assembly point.
Since Yang Guang's side arrived here half a night early, under Yang Guang's orders, they had already rested sufficiently to ensure that their physical strength and energy could cope with the next cruel war. Seeing that the army on Oda Nobunaga's side was not in good shape, Yang Guang asked people to send the food and water that had been prepared long ago, these friendly troops could resist in front for a while longer, and Ye Zongman's subordinates would naturally suffer fewer casualties.
In the wee hours of the morning, Oda Nobunaga once again led his army on the road, aiming directly at Imagawa Yoshimoto's main camp in Tsubashima. From time to time, the ninjas of the Oda family came back to report the situation, perhaps because the army of the Imagawa family was too strong, but instead produced a paralyzing and careless mentality, not thinking that Oda Nobunaga would come to send him to death, so that Oda Nobunaga's army approached the destination relatively smoothly.
Yang Guang had been keeping an eye on the weather, and in the history of modern time and space, it had almost fallen at this time, which covered up the whereabouts of the Oda family's army, and also caused the roads to be muddy and hindered the retreat of Imagawa Yoshimoto, so that the latter finally died on the battlefield.
But now that the starry sky is clear, it doesn't look like it's going to rain anyway, Yang Guang feels that since this history has been advanced, there will definitely be something different from the history of modern time and space, and it may even be the result of Oda Nobunaga's failed sneak attack.
However, since he has intervened, the five-peak gun brought from modern time and space may not be worse than God giving Oda Nobunaga a plug-in, just as he said to Ye Zongman: "If the sky doesn't want it, I will take it myself!" ”
Oda Nobunaga ordered the army to take another short rest, and many Ashigaru soldiers took out the food provided by Yang Guang and ate it with a large gulp.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Oda Nobunaga gathered all his retainers together and convened an extremely short military meeting, and Yang Guang, as the leader of the hired "foreign aid", was naturally among them.
"Listen up, everyone! Ignore the others, our goal is Yoshimoto Imagawa! After Oda Nobunaga said this, he gave the battle order: "Go!" ”
When the other retainers left to prepare for battle, Oda Nobunaga bowed deeply at Yang Guang and said, "Everything is up to you!" ”
"You'll understand what it's like to stand in line to be shot!" Yang Guang bowed his head slightly and returned the salute, and replied in a sentence from modern time and space.