Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 165 Mikawa Raid ([-]) Naomasa Ii and Masashiro Nakayama

On the night of June 6th, the city of Tahang was lit like daylight by torches. Thousands of soldiers with Erziwen flags behind their backs were cleaning the battlefield. Items that can be valuable.

The Xiu family ordered the attendants to pack up the supplies in the city in Tagua City, and planned to take people back to the east bank of Jingchuan after the battlefield under the city was cleaned up.

·At this moment, a samurai wearing red Juzu was carried to the Xiu family by several people. The man's body was covered with blood, the straw sleeve of Juzu's left arm had come off, and the wound on his shoulder was bone-deep. Blood kept flowing from the wound.

There also seemed to be a wound on his back, and there was blood gurgling, making the whole stretcher red with blood. This young boy was panting heavily, and blood kept flowing out of his mouth.

"Who is this person? Which family's samurai suffered such serious injuries?" The Xiu family asked in surprise.

Judging from this person's injuries, even in the later generations with advanced medicine, he was on the verge of life and death. If he did not undergo surgery in time to remove the bullets and stop the bleeding, this person would definitely have no chance of survival.

At this moment, several warriors arrived carrying a corpse.

The reason why it is called a corpse is because this person has been tidied up a bit, the blood stains on his body have been cleaned up, and there is no reaction at all during the process of being carried.

Hideka took a closer look and saw that it was Nobumasa Nakayama, the captain of Akasaka's preparations. Hideka covered his mouth with his hands in disbelief.

As a middle-level samurai of the Uki family, he owns a territory of 3200 koku in Akasaka County. Before the reform of the military system, he was one of the people who dominated Bizen.

After the reform of the military system, the military power of his territory was incorporated into the direct control of the Daoxiu family, and he was also promoted to be a battalion general, and in the subsequent military expansion, he became the captain of the Akasaka Army, which was jointly organized by the two counties of Akasaka and Kojima.

Just this afternoon, the Xiu family was still furious at his poor commanding ability, claiming to depose him after the war, who would have thought that after the battle, he would be separated from heaven and earth.

Xiujia noticed that there was a gunshot wound on his abdomen, and he must have been stabbed to death by the opponent in a hand-to-hand combat with the opposing samurai. However, he had already reached the level of the captain of the equipment, so why did Zhongshan Xinzheng end up in the hand-to-hand fight? ?

Just when Xiu's family was puzzled, Gao Shan's clan walked over with a tired face.

He took off the helmet on his head, saluted the Hide family, and then said, "The Tokugawa vanguards have been defeated. Sakai Chuji fled back with more than a thousand people. Master Nishio chased after the enemy's reinforcements." After retreating, the enemy's follow-up reinforcements stayed at Nisshin Village to recuperate and did not dare to go forward, Master Nishio met Master Akashi Zento who restrained the enemy's Suruga Army, and they have already returned to Taka together, waiting outside the hall."

Xiujia nodded after listening to Gao Shan Clan's statement, pointed to the red armored warrior who was still alive on the ground and asked, "Who is this? Why didn't you send him for medical treatment when he was injured? Why did you bring him here?"

Takayama Clan looked at the red-armored warrior who was put on the ground and said, "He is Tokugawa Chibei's general Ii Naomasa, the guy who almost shot through Akasakabei before, and you found him alive in the pile of corpses, you know him It was the enemy general who wanted to bring him to the military doctor for treatment, but the military doctor said it was meaningless, he wanted to see you before he died, so I presumptuously brought him here."

While speaking, Naomasa Ii, who fell on the ground, raised his right hand with difficulty, as if calling Hideo to approach, he had something to say.

Xiujia leaned close to him to hear what he was going to say clearly, but could only hear the sound of air bubbling through the blood, and the words could not be connected into sentences.

Xiujia was suspicious and wanted to get closer, knelt beside him and leaned forward.

At this moment, Shimizu Xingya who was beside Xiujia quickly grabbed Xiujia's back collar and pulled him up, exclaiming "His Royal Highness, be careful".

At the same time, Asma, who had been acting as a bodyguard beside Hideka, kicked Naomasa Ii, kicking him off the stretcher and rolling to the ground.

It wasn't until this time that everyone saw a small knife that he was pressing under the stretcher with his body. If Yuki Shimizu hadn't seen the reflection of the blade and grabbed Hideka in time, Hideka would have gone west with Naomasa Ii by now.

This small knife does not look like a rib, but it looks like a knife used by doctors and nurses. It is presumably a weapon that he stole while the doctor was not paying attention in the hospital.

Naomasa Ii, who was overturned on the ground, was stabbed from the back with a knife by several samurai waiting on the side. This time he was dead and could not die again.

The Xiu family still had some fears, and after calming down for a while, they saw that there were two musket holes behind Kiyoi Naomasa, and it seemed that he would not live long. He always died with Hideo, and his loyalty to Tokugawa Ieyasu was moving.

"My minister is guilty. I failed to detect Ii Naomasa's tricks in advance and almost harmed my lord. Please punish my lord." After confirming that Ii Naomasa was completely dead, the Takayama clan fell to his knees and pleaded guilty to the Hide family.

In any case, it was he who agreed to carry Naomasa Ii from the hospital to the Xiu family, which put the Xiu family in danger. Regardless of whether the Xiu family was injured or not, his guilt can be cleared.

With the support of Shimizu Yukiya, Hideka sat on the mat and took a big sip of tea, which made Takayama clan stand up and asked about Ii Naomasa and Nakayama Nobumasa.

It turns out that after Naomasa Ii decided to launch a desperate charge against Ukita's army, the chosen target was Akasaka Bei under Nakayama Nobumasa.

Akasaka Bei was once again punched by Ii Naomasa, and suffered heavy casualties in an instant. He had already caused heavy losses due to his command error before. Nakayama Nobumasa desperately wanted to restore the trust of Hideka, so he personally led to intercept Ii Naomasa.

In the end, the two met in the formation. Naomasa Ii was extremely brave and killed many warriors under Nobumasa Nakayama's command in succession, as well as his eldest son Koneng Nakayama. Only then did Nobumasa Nakayama, who was full of blood, end up fighting with him.

After the two notified each other of their names, they started fighting. As a result, Nakayama Nobu was pierced through the abdomen with a red spear by Ii Naomasa, which was unexpected and expected.

Seeing that he was about to lose, who knew that Nobumasa Nakayama let the spear penetrate his body and let it continue to penetrate his body, while he ran in front of Naomasa Ii, and slashed Naomasa Ii's left arm with the sword in his hand above.

This can also explain the origin of Nakayama Nobumasa's abdominal wound and Ii Naomasa's left arm cut.

After injuring Ii Naomasa again, Nakayama Nobumasa also lost his strength and fell to the ground. The samurai and ashigaru from Akasaka Bei swarmed up and wanted to kill Ii Naomasa, not only to capture his head and gain merit, but more importantly, to serve Take revenge on your own captain.

The samurai retainers of the Ii family naturally tried their best to protect their lord. This is the only seedling of the Ii family. In the end, Naomasa Ii's family, the old Mumata Shoukatsu, gave up his horse and tried to escape from the battle under the cover of Kondo Hideyuki.

Just when everyone thought they had escaped and ascended to heaven, the firearms battalion of Ukita's army fired projectiles at them. 500 muskets fired in two salvos. The dozen or so people who escaped fell one after another, including Naomasa Ii.

Seeing his lord fell off the horse, the surrounding samurai wanted to surround him to cover Naomasa's escape, but they were finally surrounded by Ukita's army.

It was not until all the Chibei horse-riding warriors were killed that the Ukita army found the dying Ii Naomasa from the sea of ​​corpses, and took him to the hospital for treatment.

Xiujia looked at the two lying on the ground in front of him, and felt a little silent. He never thought that the two would meet and end in such a relationship.

What surprised Hideka even more was Naomasa Ii's perseverance and loyalty in the face of desperation. Hideka couldn't help boasting, "He is truly a unparalleled loyal general."

Then he said to the people below, "I want to recruit a warrior, put Ii Naomasa's body in full and send it to the Tokugawa Senate in Otagawa Castle, and tell the story that happened here and the Tokugawa Senate clearly. Who is willing to take the risk? Go to Datianchuan City to complete this time?"

The Xiu family's voice fell to the ground, and they patrolled around, but no one came forward to agree immediately. After all, this is a matter of entering the enemy's camp alone. If you are not careful, you may be trapped in the enemy's camp and never come back.

Just when Xiu's family was a little disappointed, a voice broke the silence, "I'll see you off."

Everyone followed the voice and saw that it was a young general in black armor. He was not very old, he should only be in the teens, but his face was full of determination.

"Wanzhisuke, are you going?" Shimizu Yuki also saw the person coming, and said nervously.

Hideka didn't know who the visitor was, so he turned to Hanbei to confirm the message of the visitor.

Shimizu Yuki also introduced, "This person is the grandson of Captain Nobu Masabi Nakayama, the eldest son of Zhongshan Guangneng, Masanari Nakayama Wannosuke, who is a member of the 2nd Squadron of the [-]rd Squadron of the Lord's Attendants."

Hearing Shimizu Yukiya's introduction, everyone was surprised that Nakayama Masamari took the initiative to take the task of returning the murderer who killed his father and grandfather to the enemy and praised his military exploits. It stands to reason that he should be full of resentment towards Naomasa Ii.

Even Xiujia confirmed to him, "Wanzhisuke, are you sure you can send the complete information to Datianchuancheng?"

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, even if I run away to death, I will send Mr. Ii to Otagawa Castle in its entirety before Tokugawa's transfer to the town tomorrow, and tell Mr. Tokugawa Councilor about his deeds verbatim."

"Why did you take the initiative to take on this task?" Xiujia asked with some uncertainty.

"Master Jing Yi is a true warrior. After hearing his story, I admire him very much. I think that's why my father and my grandfather are willing to fight with him."

"It's an honor for Mr. Jing Yi to win. I have nothing to criticize. I think my father and they also hope that I can personally send Mr. Jing Yi for a ride." Zhongshan Zhengcheng replied with a serious face.

Xiujia was a little moved when he heard about it. Is this the simplest way of a warrior in the Warring States Period of Japan?Is it the sympathy between the warriors?

Immediately the Xiu family lifted him up, flicked the dust off his body with his hands, and said, "I will give you my mount Baiyun, and you ride my white cloud to Datianchuan City, holding up the family's Erziwen flag along the way, and transporting The Hashiba family’s Sawajiri and sword blade patterns are inserted on the carriage of the corpse of the repair doctor Ii Naomasa, and the image of the main family must not be misunderstood.”

"When you're in the Tokugawa Senate, if you answer questions in a humble manner, you must not miss the image of a samurai in your family."

"Yes, I will not fall into the prestige of the lord and Yu Xi's family." Zhongshan Zhengcheng replied seriously.

Hideka said that all, nodded and said, "Go, I'll wait for your good news in Kariya City."

Zhongshan Masanari got the order to stand up and prepare to leave. The warriors who had carried Ii Naomasa put his body on the stretcher again.

Of course, Naomasa Ii's body can't just go to see Ieyasu Tokugawa just like that. Hideka has already said that he should take good care of his appearance, so he will be sorted out by a special military officer in Tsukake Castle.

To tell the truth, there are quite a few heads sorted by Junmufu, and it is the first time to sort out a complete corpse now, so it took a little more time, and the corpse was not handed over to Zhongshan Zhengcheng until midnight, and let him take it to Otagawa River city.

And within the Honmaru of Kutakake Castle, Hideya is rewarding Shimizu Yukiya and Sarutobi Asma for saving their lives just now.

Yukiya Shimizu was the first to be rewarded, and Xiujia said first, "Although you have not been in my house for a long time, you have been serving me conscientiously, and now you have saved my life. You issue a certificate."

"My Yuki family will remember this kindness in my heart from generation to generation. As long as my Yuxi family stays together, there will be a day with the Qingshui family. This is my Xiu family's promise."

Shimizu also heard about it, Fudi said, "How can I give such a generous reward to my minister, I just did what I should do!"

Xiujia smiled and shook his head and said, "It's not enough, I decided to give you the name Yukidamao, and the name Xingya is not very nice, why don't you change your name?"

Everyone present, including Shimizu Yukiya, was taken aback when they heard that Xiu's family had bestowed Miao characters. This is really the first time for an old lady to get on a bridal sedan chair.

Although Ukita Hideichi was given the character of Ukita Miao before, but the family is originally a clan, and the change of Xiaozong's surname to Dazong was originally an internal matter of the family, and it was not up to everyone to comment, at most, they could only say a few words in private.

Now the Xiu family has directly bestowed Yuxiduo Miao character on a person who is far from being able to reach him. This is the posture of directly promoting this person into a group. With his only 17-year-old grade, he will definitely have a bright future in the future.

After rewarding Shimizu (Ukita) Nobuya, Hideya turned to Asma Sarutobi and said, "I promoted you to be one of the deputy leaders of the Ninja Army, and I gave you 200 shi of Akasaka knowledge, and I hope you can continue to cooperate with Tsusue Sanzhicheng Work for the family."

"Ah? Your Highness, you want to bestow knowledge on me?" Sarutobi Asma said in surprise.

"Yes, you will be a warrior from now on." Xiujia replied affirmatively to his question.

You must know that the ninja was never given to Guo Zhixing before Tsusue Sanzhicheng, and even Tsusue Sanzhicheng was only given 200 stones, but now Asma Sarutobi, who is his subordinate, is directly on the same level as him, becoming As a member of the samurai, he has completed the leap in class, how can he not make him feel grateful.

Therefore, after hearing Xiujia's confirmed reply, he shed tears of excitement and solemnly bowed his head to thank Xiujia.

After dealing with the rewards of the two, the Xiu family looked at Gao Shan Clan who was standing aside.

Undoubtedly, he deserved the first credit for winning this battle, but after the battle, he did not ask me for instructions, and he agreed with Ii Naomasa's request privately, and carried him to Tsukaku Castle, putting himself in danger. He really needed to beat him. Realize your own mistakes.

So Xiujia said to the Takayama clan with great sincerity, "You are not to blame for the matter of Naomasa Ii, but you are the one who issued the order after all. If you are not punished during the post-war evaluation, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, so even though you made the order Great achievement, but the post-war rewards should not be too much, you have to be prepared."

The Takayama Clan, who almost put Xiu's family in a dangerous situation, can't control the rewards or not. Thank God for not being prepared for punishment. If Yu Xi's family misses the hero because of his fault, he can foresee that he will be punished by other retainers. The scene of the samurai raw tearing up.

The Gao Shan Clan immediately said, "I dare not take credit for it, Your Highness's safety is the most important thing."

Seeing that the beating was finished, Hideka gave an order to the Takayama Clan, "After the battlefield is cleaned up, bring the dead bodies of the Tokugawa army to Kusaka Castle. Our army should withdraw from Kusaka overnight before midnight and retreat to Kariya Castle."

"While you were fighting bloody battles at Tsukake Castle, Lord Sakuma sent news that Kariya Castle had been captured, but the Mizuno family's army surrounded Kariya Castle in turn, and they were waiting for me to go to the rescue."

"Our time is very precious. When we return to Kariya Castle, we will naturally give you a refreshment. Go down and send an order to prepare."

(End of this chapter)