The sky was already bright, and the newborn morning sun rose from the snow and mist of the Rising Sun Mountain in the distance.

The nearby Umemei River meanders down until it is the same source as the Rhikawa River again, in the mist, the Rising Sun Mountain looks like it is covered with a thin layer of silk, but the river is still covered with a thick fog, and the Echigo army on the opposite side is faintly visible, but the area from the depression to the river is still a vast desert white mist.

Since Shaotian Chonggao entered the camp, he has looked left and right along the way, and he is very curious about this simple but well-prepared camp.

The Imagawa army's battalion was evenly set up, using the more common standing camp, digging trenches around the perimeter, and using multiple 'roundabout' fences to isolate the camp into multiple independent areas, so that even if a fence fell, it could retreat to the rear, and hang rolling logs high on steep slopes, and if the situation really reached the point of no return, it could also cut the ropes, let the rolling logs fall, kill and wound the attacking enemy soldiers, and buy time for the defenders to regroup or flee.

It can be said that in addition to the lack of fixed yakura and walls, this temporary camp can be said to be very well built.

Because of the snowfall last night, he only saw about half of the soldiers participating in the patrol, the rest were resting in the camp tent, he came just in time for a team of miscellaneous soldiers to change the guard, the whole process was simple and fast, and there was no unnecessary noisy conversation, which can be called orderly, and I can't help but secretly think in my heart, if my side braves the snow to attack, there is a little chance of winning.

But I didn't expect that the miscellaneous soldiers in Pingshan Township were doing the drudgery of opening roads and building roads, camping and patrolling.

After turning around two and a half times, avoiding several barracks one after another, Shaotian Chonggao finally came to the Chinese army's tent under the guidance of the guards and miscellaneous soldiers.

Hayato Hasegawa and Manjiro Kitano stepped forward with a flag book, stopped him, and asked him to unload his armor and untie his sword.

Shao Tian is thirty years old, his face is white, his face is thick, his appearance is handsome, he is not as tall as Hasegawa Hayato, his momentum is not inferior, he retreats half a step, holds his head high and presses his sword, and faces the head of the soldiers who even fought against his four samurai yesterday, and replied without humility or arrogance, "Since I followed Jinghu Gong to start the army, the armor has never left my body, that is, when I go to bed at night, I also sleep on my pillow. Why? It is precisely because 'the sword is the weapon of the samurai' that I have been ordered to come to meet the messenger of your lordship, so I should not give way quickly! ”

'The sword is the weapon of the samurai, so defend the body! This was first said by King Shirakawa's favored retainer Taira Tadamori. King Baihe was deaf in his later years, and the thieves of Wuqi and the Seven Dao were swarmed, and Ping Zhongsheng was appointed to inspect the non-disobedient envoys, and he served black hunting, held a knot, chased thieves, supervised the county, and killed those who did not obey the king's order with the military law of the town guard, and shocked the county.

The priest of Echizen Kunihiyoshi Shrine killed people and died, and was robbed by the monks of Enryakuji Temple on the way to the inspection hall, and Heitada led troops to surround Enryakuji Temple and capture the priest who killed and died, together with the monks who robbed the prisoners, so he was promoted to the temple and was hated by the Fujiwara Minister at that time, and planned to kill Taira Tadamori at the Five Festival Meeting.

After Ping Zhongsheng learned about it, he wore a wooden knife with silver foil to the palace, and the ministers did not dare to do it because they were afraid, so they framed him for carrying a knife to the palace and plotting against him. to refute false accusations.

Hasegawa Hayato is illiterate, where do you know that there is such an allusion, Kitano Manjiro has some impressions of it, and recognizes that it is the person who was frightened back yesterday by the gun thrown, and slandered in his heart, "What you say is much worse than the few who died in battle yesterday." ”

Yesterday and the Echigo army fighting, the miscellaneous soldiers may be insensitive, Hasegawa Hayato was beaten in public to parry, almost killed, has long been holding back a belly of anger, today a defeated general also dares to take a big here, arrogant and rude, only to listen to the sound of 'boom', Hasegawa Hayabusa and several banners will be half drawn out of the sheath, pressed forward, scared the other party, reprimanded, "The person sitting in the tent, the court guard judge Lang!" According to the system, meet the six officials of the imperial court, disarm and remove the knife! ”

According to the old practice, the county soldiers Cao is analogous to the six subordinate soldiers of the guard office, but now there is only a false name, and the status of the soldiers in the various daimyo armies is only distinguished according to the number and elite degree of the subordinates.

Shaotian Shigegao glared angrily, held the hilt of the knife tightly, and said loudly, "Last year, the envoy of the shogunate came to Kasuga Mountain Castle to ask to see Jinghu Gong, I was from the left and right guards, and the armor soldiers were with me, and I didn't hear that the shogunate envoy ordered me to disarm and remove the sword, not to mention the mere six pinlang officials?" Could it be that the Lang official of the sixth rank is more noble than the envoy of the shogunate! ”

This time, even Beizhuang Manjiro was furious, and he was about to step forward to teach the other party a lesson, when Gao Shisheng in the tent said, "It's a guest from afar, and invite this samurai to come in." ”

Shaotian Shige stepped forward with his head held high, and under the angry gaze of Hasegawa Hayato, Kitano Manjiro and others, he swaggered and let people lift the curtain, and just like that, he brought a sword and armor and stepped into the camp.

There were few people in the tent, and Gao Shisheng sat on the main seat, accompanied by Aoki Daizen, Nagata Mori, Oi Mori and a few ordinary samurai.

Shaotian Shigegao looked around, there were not many furnishings in the tent, except for a few braziers for heating in the corner, the most conspicuous thing was the map hanging in the center, although the painting was sloppy, many places were not marked, and it was roughly possible to see that this was the map of Shinano country, and he did not bow down, only slightly bowed to the master, and said, "The armor is on the body, and I can't worship with a big salute!" ”

refused to disarm and remove the knife, first belittled outside the tent, and refused to bow after seeing Gao Shisheng, even if the two sides were hostile, there were really some people in their eyes, and Aoki Daizen and others all showed anger on their faces.

Gao Shisheng asked quietly, "Are you the envoy of the Echigo Army?" ”

Shaotian Chonggao's voice was loud, and he said loudly, "Exactly, yesterday, my family Shaotian Changlusuke was ordered by the Zhengjing Gong Army to chase down the Takeda thieves who invaded Shinshu, and he didn't investigate for a while, and admitted that your department was wrong, and he regretted the strike last night, so he specially ordered me to come to settle the dispute!" With that, he took out the paperwork and said, "This is the order for me to send a letter to the adult!" ”

After listening to this, everyone in the tent showed a sarcastic look on their faces, the flags of the Takeda and Imagawa armies are different, how can they admit their mistakes, but Gao Shisheng has not yet expressed his position, but no one dares to open his mouth at will.

Oi Mori got up from the table, came to the front, took the document from the other party's hand, and handed it to the upper seat.

Gao Shisheng opened it and read it, there were not many words on the document, just a few words.

After reading it, Gao Shisheng remained silent, handed the letter back to Oi Shengchao, and motioned for him to pass it on to everyone to see.

The enemy general's document is very simple, divided into two parts, the first few sentences of the document first simply expressed his apology to Gao Shisheng, and once again said that he would mistake him for the Takeda Army, so he would launch an attack, and after the polite greetings, it was a straightforward and straightforward request, hoping to spend money to redeem the corpse of the fallen soldier yesterday.

After reading it, Nagata Mori first replied on his behalf, "What Shoda Tsunekisuke said is a good deed with immeasurable merit, and my family will naturally not refuse, but I don't know how much sincerity!" ”

Although they were hostile, it was not uncommon for one side to demand the ransom of the corpses of its own soldiers during the course of the fighting.

Even if the other party did not take the initiative to ask for the corpse, in line with the Buddhist Sect's compassionate Pudu, the winning side of the joint battle would often entrust the black shovel people closest to the battlefield to transport the corpses back to the deceased's village, of course, the corpse transportation fee often had to be paid by the deceased's family to find a way to scrape together money, but in this case, the daimyo would not be able to take the opportunity to ask the enemy for money.

This time, the Imagawa army asked for four samurai in a row, plus a banner rider who was hanging from the car, and did not redeem the corpse for burial, which is really unreasonable, and if Shoda Tsunerisuke does not want to bring the corpse back, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain to Nagao Masaki.

However, the samurai head is not an ordinary miscellaneous soldier, and it is necessary to go through the ritual of 'inspecting the head' before the battle merit can be recognized. The samurai head that was redeemed without going through the 'head inspection' is tantamount to denying the merit of obtaining the head, and the Imagawa army is difficult to recognize.

But there are always exceptions to everything, as long as the money for redemption is enough, out of respect for the samurai who died in battle, it is not non-negotiable, so Nagata Mori will speak, wanting to see how sincere the other party is.

Shao Tian Chonggao opened his mouth and said, "Chang Lu Jie is willing to ransom your army with 300 Wen per person, only Xiao retrieves the corpse, our troops will withdraw immediately, and I will never come to be your enemy again, if we meet on the battlefield in the future, I will definitely not hope for today's feelings!" ”

When everyone in the tent heard this, except for Gao Shisheng, a soldier, they all sneered, really thinking that they were uninformed miscellaneous soldiers, not to mention the five samurai heads captured, that is, to take about thirty ashigaru corpses and hand them over to the Takeda Army, and more than this money, they wanted to send away the army with a light sentence, I am afraid that they have not woken up yet, and as for the coming day, they don't believe it at all.

Nagata Mori spoke again and said, "Chang Lu Jie is kind, my family is an adult, I really appreciate it, your army is a defeated general under my department, how can you say anything in the future?" Hearing Lord Shaotian's boasting, it really makes people laugh, if it is not for the fact that alcohol is not allowed in the army, it is enough to be a big deal! ”

"This statement is ridiculous and very wrong." Shaotian Shigegao immediately retorted.

"What's wrong?"

Shaotian Shigegao didn't say it first, waited and looked at everyone present, and then asked the name of Nagata Sheng, and said, "Dare to ask the name of the Zun Clan?" What is the current position in the army? ”

"Certain, Nagata Quan no Sho Sheng, the current position of the military commander of the pen."

"You author, the chief clerk. The foot is not only for the pen, but also the responsibility should be in the inspection of various types of documents. Moreover, you pen, Cao Xia knife pen officer! I have never heard that the little officer of the sword and pen dared to replace the judge Lang from the six lower guards, and the court ordered the secretary to decide the major affairs in the army without authorization. Yes, I said that this statement is absurd and very wrong! ”

Previously, he also ridiculed the six rank officials for not being worth mentioning, and now he took it out again to belittle Youbi Ling's humble status, Shaotian Chonggao was sent to lobby, and he was able to speak well, so he continued, "And, as I said, our army suffered a small setback yesterday, but the way of the military law and the army formation, how can there be a person who is always victorious and undefeated." Can Takeda Michiki and Sanada Second Army Division be called wise generals? Why did he lose several times at the hands of Jing Zhenggong, and the turtle shrank in the chestnut field city like a lost dog, panicking all day long, and what to do. ”

Nagata Sheng was unmoved, and said with a smile: "Although the talent of my family's soldier Cao is not as good as the two military advisors of the Takeda family, it is more than enough to defeat the nobodies under the command of Zhengjing Echizen Guard!" Lord Shaotian's rhetoric here, what does it have to do with the redemption of the first level? It is also the duty of my little official to record the valve reading, and the matter of coming to redeem the purchase must also be recorded in the book, and it will be compiled as a military record for future generations! ”

The two of them were arguing with each other, and after debating for a long time, they talked farther and farther, deviating from the topic.

Gao Shisheng stroked the case, his smile remained unchanged, and only at this time did he say, "The price of three hundred Wen is really low, which is unacceptable, if this is Chang Lujie's sincerity, then there is no need to mention arrogance!" ”

Shaotian Chonggao replied when he heard this, "Everything can be discussed, Lang Guan thinks that the price is too low, you might as well increase the price, if I think it is too high, then reduce it." ”

Gao Shisheng said noncommittally, "Each ashigaru is at least five hundred wen, and each samurai is ten kan, as for the envoy who has the car to be suspended, it will be sent to Kurita Castle to report his merits, and he cannot be returned to your department, this is the condition I prescribed." "This price is not expensive, after all, a samurai head sent to Kurita Castle can be exchanged for five or six yuan, if there is a person with a name and surname, it is not surprising that the reward is doubled.

Shaotian Chonggao thought for a moment, and replied, "The price of the adult is too high, and it is really unacceptable!" However, he changed his words and said, "Quan Bingwei is my nephew of Chang Lusuke, and if he can return the corpse, it is not impossible to agree." ”

Gao Shisheng nodded in agreement, but raised the samurai's ransom money to a higher level, and the price of sitting on the ground was fifteen, and if the copper money was insufficient, it could also be offset with grain.

Shaotian Shigegao didn't hesitate too much this time, so he nodded happily, and agreed to send someone to bring money later, as for the belongings they carried, neither of them mentioned it, such as armor, money, and military rations are all seized, unless it is a family treasure with a special meaning, it will be allowed to be redeemed with the corpse.

After Shaotian Shigetaka left, Nagata Mori immediately said, "Bing Cao, that Shaotian Changlusuke has no intention of redeeming the corpse, and he must have sent someone over to spy on the reality of our army!" ”

Gao Shisheng thought deeply about this, if it was really just to redeem the corpse, how could the attitude of the whole person be condescending, so he asked people to investigate.

After a short time, the curtain of the tent door was opened, and Manjiro Kitazhuang returned from the investigation, and reported back, "As Bing Cao said, the other side of the river is constantly moving, but unfortunately the snow and fog are too big, even if you stand on a high place and watch, it is difficult to see the specific movement for a while, but it is probably the transfer of troops." ”

Gao Shisheng did not have ninjas with him, and he did not dare to send people across the river to check the reality at will.

Since this was the case, the Chinese army tent immediately issued an order to the whole army to be on guard against the enemy's attack, and the teams of miscellaneous soldiers immediately began to change their guards, so that the soldiers who had just been guarding the camp returned to the camp tent to warm themselves by fire and seize the time to eat.

Tadaaki Ono and others began to seize the time to reinlay the outermost wooden fence with iron nails and reinforce it in order to deal with a possible surprise attack by the enemy.

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