In the middle of the night, the wind and snow covered Heiankyo.

In the palace of the general of Shangjing Zhengyi, it is still brightly lit.

Twenty years old, but has been in the Ashikaga shogunate for nearly ten years as the general of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiki, the Toei sword-strong general, wearing a clean white background gold bamboo pattern robe kneeling above the main hall to close his eyes and meditate.

"Report!"

The short and loud footsteps of clogs on the cypress floor brought Ashikaga Yoshiki a sense of foreboding like a bleak wind and cold rain.

"General Qiyu."

The doorman knelt down at the foot of the hall and reported in an effortless but frightened tone: "The envoy to the south of the enemy chieftain, Shin Nao-kun, and his party were brutalized by the enemy outside the enemy camp. The head has been sent outside the city, and the accompanying Baidi Tanbo Shangnin is nowhere to be found......"

Ashikaga Yoshiki frowned imperceptibly, and then waved his hand expressionlessly to retreat.

The doorman got up and bowed down and walked out of the main hall in small steps.

Ashikaga Yoshiki opened his mouth and slowly exhaled a long turbid breath, and said lightly: "The technique of hiding the sword in the fish intestine is a small way after all, and it is difficult to achieve anything. ”

At the right time, the thin and flower-haired old man sitting on the left side of the main hall responded in a low voice: "What the general said is really the voice of the ministers. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiki slowly opened his eyes and looked at the old man with the flower hair calmly: "Yuan Kui Sang Su dominates the Western Kingdom with his wisdom, and has many battles with the thief army. ”

The flower-haired old man stroked his beard, and bowed his head with a shameful face: "The ministers are ashamed, although the retainers and samurai of the Maori clan have united with the army of Nizi to besiege and block the thief army many times, but they are all about to collapse at the touch of a button...... It's only to blame that Tao Qingxian, the rebel minister who killed the lord, was too arrogant and underestimated the enemy, and missed the best opportunity to investigate and kill the enemy chieftain, and finally caused this catastrophe! ”

This flower-haired old man is none other than the male of the Western Kingdom who has been defeated by Yang Ge, the Daimyo of the Maori clan.

Ashikaga Yoshiki watched the old dog's colorful and tearful performance without saying a word, and there was no wave on his face, but in fact, he was so angry that he wanted to pull out a knife and slaughter this old dog: "Tao Qingxian is a waste, isn't your Maori Yuan a waste?" ’

Mao Li Yuan sensed the murderous intent surging under his gloomy eyes, and said with a wry smile: "But in retrospect, it is not really ignorant, according to the report of Gui Yuancheng, the general of the Wu Maori clan, every time the thief army is in a dilemma with the combined forces of Wu Maori and Nizi, there will be a golden armor demon descending from the sky, waving an endless number of famous swords to open the way for the thief army, and the thief army is because of the help of this golden armor demon, so that it can capture more than ten cities of the Wu Maori clan...... For today's plan, the only way to do this is to ask the Tsukahara Sword Saint and the Kamiizumi Sword Saint as soon as possible to rush to Heiankyo as soon as possible to help the general get rid of this demon and cleanse the universe. ”

Hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshiteru suddenly twisted up two rigid thicknesses, straightened up with his sword, and said angrily: "Why did you only say such important information at this time? ”

Mao Liyuan hurriedly bowed his head and shouted hoarsely: "General Rongyu, there is a saying in Shenzhou's "Art of War": 'Soldiers, treacherous ways', unconfirmed, how dare the subordinates use this to disturb the general's hearing and hearing with false rumors? The subordinates are loyal and brave for the general's plan, the general Junjian! ”

He shouted this verbally, but what he thought in his heart was: 'If I let you win the battle, what face will my Maori clan have in the future to stand among the great powers in the world?' ’

Based on his understanding of the gang of thieves, he expected that Ashikaga Yoshiteru would not be able to invite those two sword saints who had traveled around the world to Heiankyo to help before the thieves attacked Heiankyo!

If Heiankyo is broken, his Mori clan will have a chance to recover!

Ashikaga Yoshiki stared intently at the old dog, the flames in his pupils that seemed to incinerate his emaciated body to ashes.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind poured into the main hall, stirring the lights flickering, Ashikaga Yoshiki's eyes suddenly turned like spring breeze and rain, put down the sword in his hand and sat back on his heels, and chuckled lightly: "It turns out that I blamed Yuan Sang, so that Yuan Jisan knows, before Yuan Sangsang entered Beijing, I have sent a right-hand man with my name to meet Tsukahara and Kamiizum, and received a reply from the two teachers a few days ago...... Counting the time, the two teachers should arrive in Heiankyo tomorrow. ”

Mao Liyuan, who bowed his head, was stunned, and he only felt a little cold in his vest, but he quickly calmed down, and pretended to be happy and sincerely kowtowed: "The general takes precautions and calculates no last resort, and the wisdom of the subordinates is like a firefly to the bright sun compared with the general. ”

A character who can become a hegemon in the shogunate era of endless attacks and wars, whether old or young, how can there be a simple character?

Ashikaga Yoshiki picked the corners of his lips sarcastically, but there was not much relief in his eyes...... Even if there were two sword saints to resist the golden-armored demon who killed people, the 84,000 demons who had turned cholera into a barren land in the western country were still a big problem.

At present, there are only more than 30,000 troops in Heiankyo that he urgently recruited from the land of, once the demons break through Heiankyo...... The consequences will be dire.

"Report ......"

Just when he was frowning, suddenly a doorman trotted inside, and the sound of clogs trampling on the cypress floor was as crisp as a deer jumping, which was delightful.

Sure enough, as soon as the doorman entered, he knelt on the ground with a happy face, and reported loudly: "General Qiyu, the three kingdoms of the Tokaido Jiaxiangjun have decided to form an alliance and send 90,000 troops to help Heianjing!" ”

"The Triple Alliance?"

Ashikaga Yoshiki was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, his face was cloudy, as if he was worried and happy.

The so-called Triple Alliance of Koshoha, refers to the alliance of the three daimyo of Kai Province, the Hojo clan of Sagami Province, and the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province, which are the strongest in Tokaido......

More importantly, at present, the Triple Alliance Army sent 90,000 troops in the name of rushing to the aid of Aniankyo, and legitimately marched into the land of, and after successfully repelling the thief army, would they really surrender Heiankyo and take the initiative to retreat to Tokaido?

Isn't there an old saying in Huaxia: It's easy to please God and it's hard to send God?

But at the moment, if he refuses the support of the Triple Alliance, with the 30,000 troops of Heiankyo alone, can he really stop the 80,000 demons of Tajima?

If he refuses the support of the Triple Alliance, once Heiankyo is broken, his Ashikaga clan will surely become a sinner of Fuso through the ages, and will be reviled by the nations!

Just as Ashikaga Yoshiteru was undecided, two more doormen walked in.

From the sound of their light footsteps, Ashikaga Yoshiteru could tell that what they were sending was good news and bad news.

"The Great General of Kaiyu, Owari Guardian Oda Nobunaga led an army of 8,000 to the Suzaku Gate and asked the General for tactical guidance."

"General Qiyu, the thief chief sent a war letter, and it was agreed that Tanigawa would fight it out in seven days!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki suddenly got up, smashed the short table in front of him with a palm, and said angrily: "The thief chief deceived me too much, immediately prepare a war letter, respond to the thief chieftain, and should have been fighting!" ”

"Someone, Oda Nobunaga, the head of the tail of life, will enter the mansion immediately to meet you!"

……

Lead clouds cover the top, wind and snow for days.

Yang Ge sat in the warm military tent, sipping a bowl of hot meat soup in one hand and flipping through a lone ancient book in the other.

Outside the tent, the sound of heavy footsteps, the muffled sound of armor colliding, the angry Dongying local dialect shouting and scolding, and the sporadic wails outlined a picture of the depressing beast tide.

But Yang Ge turned a deaf ear, and focused on tasting the soup in his hand and flipping through the books in his hand...... I just felt a little noisy outside the tent.

Not long after, Zhou Fu entered the tent with a cold air.

Hearing his footsteps, Yang Ge picked up the meat soup and motioned to him without looking back: "It's just in time, try my craft...... Rats, come in and drink a bowl of meat soup to ward off the cold. ”

"Yes, Second Master!"

The rats outside the tent answered, lifted the curtain and rushed in, surrounded the steaming iron pot on the charcoal stove, and skillfully took out the dishes and chopsticks and scooped the soup one by one.

The originally spacious military tent was squeezed in thirteen people at once, and it suddenly became a little narrower, and they didn't even have a place to sit.

But with the popularity, the tent was also much more lively, and the cold moon treasure knife on the tent had stopped.

Only Zhou Fu, whose lips were blackened from the cold, stood in the center of the tent and looked out of place.

He looked at the leisurely Yang Ge for a while, and the twelve earthly branches chatting in a low voice, and he couldn't understand how these people could still sit still.

He didn't understand, so he asked, "Second Master, why can you still sit still?" ”

Yang Ge turned his head to look at him strangely: "Why can't I sit still?" ”

Zhou Fu's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to say something, but before he could say anything, he saw the rats and them all looking at each other, and the volume suddenly decreased: "Don't you feel it?" It's almost time to roar! ”

Yang Ge tried to pull the corners of his stiff mouth: "Isn't this the one you running around the camp and reprimanding those vicious dogs?" Besides, this hasn't been cooked yet, what kind of fame can they make? ”

When Zhou Fu heard this, he couldn't say for a while whether he should feel honored or feel Alexander, and shouted: "Second master, it's not that my old Zhou should be humble, but do you think too highly of my old Zhou?" I'm a sheep herder at best, where can I stop these vicious dogs who eat people and don't spit out bones? ”

The corners of Yang Ge's mouth went up again, and the stiff smile in his eyes softened much.

He beckoned to Zhou Fu: "Come and sit down!" ”

Zhou Fuyang stepped forward and sat on the edge of the charcoal stove.

Yang Ge put down the book in his hand, scooped a bowl of hot meat soup from the pot with his own hands, and stuffed it into Zhou Fu's hand: "You are leading the troops, you know more about military affairs than me, what method should be used to deal with the Xiao camp, you know better than me?" ”

Zhou Fu took a bite of the sticky meat soup, and said vaguely: "I didn't ask you to go to the camp with me...... I mean, can we attack the city in advance? As long as Heiankyo is captured, won't everything be solved? ”

"Besides, there is a cloud in "The Art of War": "Soldiers, tricks", we have agreed with Ashikaga to fight a decisive battle in seven days, but what kind ......of faith is it about on the battlefield, and now we can catch them off guard."

Yang Ge waved his hand: "I didn't ask you about the art of war, I asked you, how to deal with the Xiao camp, did you really use it all?" Is there really no way to do it? ”

Zhou Fu thought about it, nodded hesitantly: "There are still ways, but they all treat the symptoms but not the root cause, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that if it doesn't survive the decisive battle, this group of vicious dogs will have to rebel in the nest." ”

Yang Ge: "You don't care if they are in the nest or not, you just have to use what you have learned in your life and use all means to suppress Xiaoying, of course it is good to be able to suppress it, but you also tried your best if you can't suppress it, right?" ”

Zhou Fu was stunned, and suddenly reacted: "You expected that the servant army would want to roar the camp?" ”

Yang Ge: "I'm not the half-immortal who can pinch and count, how do I know if they are screaming or not?" ”

Zhou Fu's brain was about to be bad: "Then you ...... What does it mean? ”

Yang Ge glanced at him, pondered for a moment, and replied, "I'm just not afraid of them. ”

The more Zhou Fu listened, the more confused he became: "Why aren't you afraid of them howling the camp?" ”

Yang Ge asked rhetorically, "Why should I be afraid of them? ”

Zhou Fu opened his mouth and wanted to answer, but before the words came out, he suddenly opened his mouth and said in a lost voice: "Yes, this ice and snow, even if they howl the camp, where can they go?" Do they dare to raise a knife at you? ”

Yang Ge clapped his hands: "Look, haven't you figured it out?" ”

Where did Zhou Fu figure it out, he only felt that his brain was even more difficult: "Then why do you keep asking me to suppress the Xiaoying?" ”

Yang Ge replied inexplicably: "Isn't this for your good?" ”

Zhou Fu: "For my good...... It's really for my good! ”

Halfway through the words, he figured everything out, silently picked up the meat soup and swallowed it in a big gulp.

Yang Ge picked up the book again: "It's good to figure it out, try your best to do whatever step you can, such a good opportunity doesn't come often." ”

Zhou Fu whispered speechlessly: "Next time this kind of thing, can you inform me in advance?" I've been sleeping with one eye open for the past few days, lest when I wake up, it's already a beacon fire outside the tent......"

Yang Ge: "Let me tell you in advance, are you still willing to rack your brains so much?" You've been doing very well in the past few days, and the next time you encounter this situation, won't you be able to know what to do and reach out? ”

Zhou Fu was convinced, waved his hands and said, "You are awesome!" ”

Yang Ge picked the corner of his mouth again: "Okay, don't learn, learn from Boss Yang's sassy words!" ”

Zhou Fu drank all the remaining meat soup in the bowl in one gulp, and then said: "It's only the fourth day today, even if these vicious dogs have nowhere to go and nothing to do, this cold and hungry will affect their combat effectiveness after all, do you really want to delay it until seven days later?" ”

Yang Ge said without looking back: "It doesn't have to wait until seven days later, but now...... It's definitely not time yet! ”

Zhou Fu put down the bowl: "Cheng, you have a number of successes in your heart, I will go to patrol the camp again." ”

Yang Ge beckoned: "Go ahead...... By the way, you just reminded me, let the brothers of the embroidered guards keep their eyes open, we don't want to steal our opponent's chicken, but we can't let our opponent steal our chicken. ”

Zhou Fu woke up: "I'll go and send more people!" ”

He turned around and hurriedly walked out of the tent, and when the twelve earthly branches saw this, they hurriedly put down the bowl and bowed their hands to Yang Ge to follow Zhou Fu's steps.

Yang Ge put down the book, slowly put away the dishes and chopsticks they left behind, and muttered to himself in a low voice: "The fire is not ready......

(End of chapter)