Chapter 27: Tiger Hunting in Koya
As Katsuhisa and his entourage walked through the path in the dense forest, a river flowed through the slopes of the mountains, and they could faintly see the outline of a small castle in the distance.
Kanosuke took out the map and looked at it, and then said to Katsuhisa:
"My lord, the city in the distance should be Koya Castle, let's continue along the river to reach Baekje Temple, but Baekje Temple is on the south bank, we have to cross the river."
"If there is a city, there must be a ferry, let's go to Koya Castle first!"
"Oh!"
When Katsuhisa and the others came to Koya Castle, all the roads had been set up, and more than a dozen ashigaru stood behind the wooden fence with two guns in hand, and a leading samurai came out and shouted at Katsuhisa and the others:
"Who are you? Traffic is prohibited here. ”
Katsuhisa watched those ashigaru slowly surround him, and when he saw that everyone had the Oda family's papaya finger behind him, he was relieved:
"We are the Nunzi Army, and on the orders of His Royal Highness Oda Nobunaga, we went to Catie Castle to participate in the battle, and this is a letter from His Royal Highness Nobunaga."
The samurai took it and looked at it for a long time and didn't seem to understand, when did the Oda family have a nun army? He did not dare to let him go easily, so he asked people to carry the horses to prevent them from rushing, and he ran to Koya Castle with the book.
I don't know how long I waited, but Yasachiro was already impatient and yelled in front of the gate, and the rest of the generals also looked displeased.
At this time, several samurai rushed out from Koya Castle and came to the front of the pass, and the strong man led by him dismounted and smiled at Katsuhisa and the others:
"Which one is His Highness Katsuhisa Niko?"
"Exactly down there."
The samurai carefully handed the letter to Katsuhisa, who knew that it was a monogram written by Nobunaga himself, and then laughed:
"In Shimobu Taizaemon Koji, I am ordered by His Royal Highness Niwa to guard Takaya, and welcome all the members of the Niko family to come to help in the war."
He also asked his men to lift away obstacles such as horses.
Seeing this, Katsuhisa put away the pleadings and asked:
"My lord, can I cross the Inouuegawa River here?"
"At present, the water in the Inougami River has just reached the belly of the horse, and there is no need for a boat at all, and the river will increase in summer."
Bupo Koji looked at the samurai who were all leading horses behind Katsuhisa, and asked with some curiosity:
"Is His Highness Katsuhisa bringing so many people?"
Katsuhisa heard what he said, but he still replied frankly:
"I received a military order from His Highness Nobunaga on the road, so I didn't have time to prepare."
Seeing this, Bu Guangzhi no longer dwelled on this issue, and hurriedly laughed:
"Please, I'll arrange for someone to show you the way."
"I'm tired."
Katsuhisa and his entourage passed through the barrier, and only then did they notice that the roadside was full of bamboo cages, and it seemed that people were being held inside.
Seeing that everyone was staring at the bamboo cage curiously, Bu Po Guangzhi smiled and said:
"These are the remnants of the Hexagonal Party who tried to escape during the fighting a few days ago, and they were captured by the people and handed over to me to receive the reward."
At this moment, a cage rolled violently, and the guard Ashigaru quickly pressed it when he saw this, followed by continuous hitting and stabbing with a wooden stick.
"I'm not a Hexagon...... I'm just passing by, my lord, ......! ”
Well?
Katsuhisa looked at the man in the cage, and then at Mitsuji Buru.
Bu Po Guangzhi sneered:
"Each of these arrested guys said that they were not from the Roxagonal family, and His Highness Katsuhisa didn't have to pay attention to it."
Then the warrior dragged the warrior out, and directly punched and kicked, the warrior couldn't resist because he tied his hands and legs, so he could only curl up in pain, but he didn't beg for mercy or wail, just kept shouting:
"Under is small... Ogasawara Naganobu ...... Under is Ogasawara Toranosuke Nagashin, not a member of the Rokkaku family. ”
"Humph! He also stiffened his mouth and cut out his tongue. ”
Oh!
Then a footlight pressed his head, and another man pulled out a short knife to cut out his tongue, and he could only close his teeth and glare at them.
Katsuhisa still didn't beg for mercy when he saw that the samurai was covered in bruises, and at this time, he stubbornly made the ashigaru people unable to open his mouth.
This person is a good man, so he pleaded to the unbroken light rule:
"His Highness Guangzhi, can you stop, let me ask."
If you don't break the light rule, it can be considered to give face, and wave your hand to let your subordinates retreat.
Katsuhisa squatted down and whispered to Ogasawara Naganobu'er:
"As long as you tell me the information about the Hexagon Army that you know, I will take you away, and with me speaking for you in front of His Royal Highness Nobunaga, I will definitely be able to clear your identity as a traitor, not only can I save my life, but I will also accept you as a retainer, this is your only chance to live!"
After hearing this, Ogasawara Naganobu opened his eyes and looked at the expression of the person in front of him who seemed to be smiling, he didn't know which important minister of the Oda family it was, but seeing so many samurai around him, his status should not be low; But... I'm not a hexagon! What information do I have?
Katsuhisa saw that he hesitated, so he sneered in his heart; But then Ogasawara Nagasagawa's words made him stunned.
"In Shimo-Ogasawara Toranosuke Naganobu, the son of the old Ogasawara Takanobu of the Shinano Ogasawara clan...... In the 21st year of Astronomy, Tajo was captured by the Takeda Army, and I went into exile in Echigo for a long time with my lord Ogasawara, and in the second year of Eiroku, I came to Kyoto with Nagashi to teach the archery of His Royal Highness Shogun Yoshiki, and lived in Miyoshi's house;
During the civil strife in the Miyoshi family, I parted ways with His Highness Nagaski due to disagreements over where to go, and I was about to return to Echigo to serve His Highness Uesugi when I strayed into a war zone and was surrounded by dozens of people and fell into a trap, and fell here; Swear in the name of your family, and there is no lie. ”
Katsuhisa looked at Ogasawara Naganobu with a resentful expression, eighty percent was true, so he stood up and said to Mitsuji Bupo:
"His Highness Guangji will hand him over to me!"
"This ...... If this person lies, I will not be able to explain it to His Royal Highness the General Changxiu. ”
Katsuhisa saw that he did not break the light and pressed him with Niwa Nagahide, and said with a smile:
"If anything goes wrong, I'll ask His Highness Nobunaga."
Bu Po Guangzhi pondered for a while, less of this one is nothing more than less reward, even if it is misplaced, it will not have any effect, it is better to sell Nizi Shengjiu a favor.
"Alright! Since His Royal Highness Katsuhisa is willing to be a guarantor, I have no opinion and let him go. ”
"Oh!"
His subordinate Ashigaru untied the rope for Ogasawara Naganobu, who was now covered in bruises, his forehead and face were blue and purple, and he almost couldn't stand steadily; Obviously, there is no shortage of hardships.
Katsuhisa hurriedly supported him, and Masasei said:
"I hope you didn't lie to me, live well!"
Ogasawara Nagasagawa fell to his knees with a thud, and he felt like crying for the rest of his life:
"Takeda is not extinguished, and he dare not die; In the lower Ogasawara Toranosuke Nagaletter, the grace of saving lives cannot be repaid! If His Highness does not dislike it, he will follow His Highness from now on. ”
Katsuhisa helped him up here, and Evil Hachiro also ran over to help, and he said with a grin:
"Hehe, worship the boss also comes first and comes, you will listen to me in the future, I Hachiro is the most righteous to my brothers, don't mix with stupid deer and their hypocrisy."
"Bastard Hachiro, who do you say is a stupid deer."
Kanosuke heard Hachiro's words and pretended to be angry and shouted.
"The deer that came out of the clouds! Now I have a tiger, and I'm afraid of you in the future? ”
"A tiger who can't stand still!"
"Haha......"
Others followed suit.