Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 7 Yuchai fell for the second time last month

Hachiro and Kanka studied at Kojinji Temple for several months, and the time slowly came to the end of autumn. The people of Bizen had just finished their autumn harvest, and the monks of Kojinji Temple were collecting grain from the tenant farmers in their territory.

Suddenly one afternoon, a group of full-staffed warriors came out of Guangzhen Temple. Hachiro looked down the mountain from the mountain gate and saw a three-star flag raised in the middle. On the sides are a red three-headed right-handed pattern and a Dibashibinger pattern. This is the flag of Ukita Tadashi's family and a Sanyaoer character flag that Hachiro has never seen.Behind the Erzi flag are the flags of the powerful families.

Hachiro looked at the Qishan Yuhai at the foot of the mountain, and someone understood in his heart. It seems that history still happened. The Hashiba family took away Shangyue City again, and the force was not small. The Yuki family still invited reinforcements from the Mori family according to history. , that red three-headed right chin pattern should be Takakage Kobayakawa.

Balang carefully looked back at the formation flags at the foot of the mountain, but he couldn't find the Jianpianqi flag of his father's Zhi family. You must know that this flag can only be used by the heads of the Yuxi family, and most of the branch families use the Er character flag.This flag also represents the authority of the clan.

Not long after, a few warriors came down from the mountain. They seemed to be here for simultaneous interpretation, but they rode straight to the mountain gate and saw Hachiro and the leader of the Quan family standing at the mountain gate. Only at this moment did Hachiro realize that the person who came was Shigeya Hatoyama, the head of the Zhijia Banner Group, and there was another Banner next to him carrying a set of armor and pulling the Quanjia to the other side.

"Kaga Shou, what's wrong with you? Why didn't I see my father?"

"Young master, listen carefully. No matter what happens, don't be curious to come out to check. No matter what the situation is, stay in the temple and study with peace of mind."

Shigeya Hatoyama carried Hachiro to the inner hall of the temple and saw Xuanzhu and a few monks who were accompanying Koxingin in meditation, put Hachiro down and put his palms together and saluted, "Master Kokoin, I, Ukido, are about to join the battle. The battle will determine the fate of our family, and the Patriarch specially invites you to come to the Dharma Conference." At the same time, he saluted to Xuanzhu and said, "Please also ask the guard of Yuzhou to take care of the young master Balang, and don't let the young master go to the front hall. Don't, very much Thank you." After speaking and handing Hachiro to Master Xuanzhu, he hurriedly dragged Guangxingyuan to the front temple.

Not long after, the sound of armor rubbing against each other was heard outside the hall. Hachiro poked his head and saw that it was the Sheng family of Jin Guangsaburo, one of his father and mother's clothes, and behind him were two Qiu Shang Jiu's family with banners and armor.They came to the inner hall to pay homage to Hachiro and Master Xuanzhu, then turned over and closed the door.And made a silent gesture.Hachiro and Monk Xuanzhu haven't figured out the situation until now, and they want to ask but are afraid of causing some misunderstanding.

From the current point of view, it should be the Hashiba family who has more than 2 soldiers to recapture the city of Shangyue. Facing the powerful army of the Hashiba family, the Ukita Nao family still asked the Mori family for reinforcements as in history.

According to records, this Maori reinforcement army has a total of 5 people.In addition, 1 people from the Yuxi family formed the unparalleled army of the Western Kingdom.It’s just that I don’t know if Shangyue Jingzhen can forgive the curse of history and whether he has followed Hachiro’s suggestion and retreated from Shangyue City. He is a loyal warrior anyway.And Hachiro was puzzled that even if it was true that Zhijia was seriously ill like history, he had to let Zhongjia take command.

But why do you want to hide yourself from the crowd? How can I say that I am the young master of the Yuxi family, one of the future heirs (Hachiro didn't know at this time that the Ji family had accepted the fate, and the city was established to guard the Yuxi family, Sanyaoer The character flag is the flag of Uki Taki's family) There is no reason for the army to go out, and your family is afraid of you like a tiger?
And Master Xuanzhu, who had experienced the dispute of Nizi's family governor beside Balang, felt nervous. After living for half a year, Xuanzhu already fell in love with this eccentric child, Balang, and even took care of him as his own child.

But today's situation couldn't help but make his heart tense, and he remembered the rebellion of the governor of Nizi's family more than ten years ago that caused the prosperity to decline.Looking at the face of the 6-year-old boy Hachiro, there was a little more pity, and he secretly made a promise to the Buddha that he would do his best to protect Hachiro this time.

The troops of the Uki family and the Mori family came and went quickly. After praying for a sign of great victory, the samurai of the two families vented their courage with thunderous roars.And then quickly left the whole army.But Qiu Shangjiu's family and Jin Guangsheng's family in the hall did not leave, and kept guarding the door.Until the end of Hachiro's lunch class, Hachiro stepped forward to pour water for the four of them, and the four of them took a rest.

The Quan family left until night, and Hachiro found out that he had been with Hachiro for many years.The younger brother Quan Jia, who attended classes together and caught Zen together, did not come to eat dinner in the temple, so Hachiro realized that something was wrong.Walking to the covered bridge, he asked Qiu Shangjiu's family and Jin Guangsheng's family what happened to the family while he was away.At this time, the two had already taken off their armor and were wearing samurai uniforms with swords on their waists, leaning on the porch and talking.

It turns out that Hideyoshi Hashiba of Harima, who returned to Ishiyama after Ukido returned to Ishiyama and Hachiro was sent to Kojinji Temple, received 8000 troops, money and food from Oda Nobunaga, and promised to rely on himself. The reserve team is here to go to Shangyue City.

Because the Oda family arrived too quickly, last month Jingzhen didn't even have time to inform the peasants and soldiers in the field, so they could only gather as many young men as possible in the neighboring villages. In the end, only 600 people entered Shangyue Castle and were killed by Hashiba The forward of the army was surrounded by Hachisuka's home economics. Fortunately, the envoys who asked for reinforcements successfully arrived at Ichinose Castle, Tenjinyama Castle, and Ishiyama Castle.

Since Jingzhen only saw 3000 forwards last month.Therefore, there are only information that the number of people reporting does not exceed 5000. Takeuchi Hisamori Ichinose and Oka Toshiya Tenjinyamajo first organized military support last month.

When the 5000 soldiers of the two families (Okali's family is the head of Dongbizen's flag and has the right to integrate Dongbizen's army) arrived at Dafu Mountain, 10 miles outside the city last month, the road explorers in front of them came to report to the enemy The military camps are all over the mountains and plains, and the banners behind Yu Chai's army are like new forests filling up the mountain road under the city of last month'.

Only then did the two know that there were more than 5000 enemies coming, maybe there were tens of thousands of them.So the whole army retreated to Jiangjian to continue to search for information, and soon sent accurate information to Shishan that the enemy had exceeded 2 people.

After thinking about it, Yuxi family finally decided to ask Maori for reinforcements, but because Maori reinforcements take time, and it is already midsummer, they sent ninjas to Shangyue City to order them to defend.

The Maoli family quickly returned the information to the Yuxi family that they would come to support after the autumn harvest, and the Yuxi family could only prepare enough supplies at this time.Due to too much work, the stomach disease recurred and fell ill not long ago.Therefore, when the Maori family reinforcements arrive, they can only send loyal family leaders to accompany them on the expedition.

"How is Father's health? Have you asked a doctor to see it?" Hachiro gradually felt relieved after listening to the stories and history told by everyone, and asked about Zhi's condition.

"My lord can only eat fluids every day, so Mrs. Fukunomo prepared gruel mixed with dried fish and meat to feed my lord. I received acupuncture twice in the morning and evening, and my complexion was much better before we left." Jin Guangsheng's family returned.

When Hachiro heard the news that Zhi's health had improved, he asked again, "Where is Shangyue City? Does my family still control Shangyue City?"

"Not long ago, there was news from Meizuo Shou that Shangyue City had fallen, and Master Zuo Matou was missing." Jin Guangsheng's family calmly announced to Hachiro the news that Yuxi's family had lost Shangyue City.Even though last month's man Nizi's house was broken last time, with the support of the strong 'father', Shangyue City was recaptured.When Hachiro heard the news that Jingzhen disappeared last month, he thought of Zuo Matou with a simple and honest smile on his face, and his loyal deeds of not betraying his family despite many difficulties.

"In addition, the young master of the An family seems to have been called away by Mr. Zuo Jingliang to join the team." Qiu Shangjiu's family interjected from the side.

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After finishing evening class, Hachiro tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep, worried about his father Naoka's health, and also worried about the situation on the front line.Hearing the whispers between Akigami's family and another person outside the door, Hachiro couldn't bear it anymore, "No, I'm going to see the battle situation." Hachiro, restless in his heart, stood up from the mattress and opened the door to see Akigami Jiujia and another mother who were on duty outside the house.The two were a little surprised that Hachiro hadn't rested yet.

"Is the young master going to wake up at night? I will hold the lamp for the young master." said the mother.After finishing speaking, he took out the fire book and lit an oil lamp as a gesture to show Hachiro the way.

"I think" Hachiro didn't know how to speak, and he didn't know if the samurai would agree to Hachiro's request after he made his own request, "What's your name?"

"In the lower Hatoyama Qingsheng, my brother is the Hatoyama heavy family who is the head of the flag team. The young master can call me the fifth left guard." Zhang Deng's mother said.

"Fifth Left Guard, can you call Master Xuanzhu for me?" Hachiro asked tentatively.

"Alright young master, do you need to wake up Cai Nu?" Cai Nu is the general name of Jin Guangsheng's family.

"Not for the time being, I'm sorry." Hatoyama Qingsheng said he understood and left. After a while, he took Monk Xuanzhu to Hachiro's room and left the oil lamp in the house.

"Shifan, I'm worried about the situation on the front line, I want to go and see." Hachiro waited for Xuanzhu to sit down and immediately expressed his thoughts.Hatoyama Qingsheng, who had just walked out of the door, heard Hachiro's thoughts and looked at Hachiro in surprise, "Young master, the lord told you to stay at Guangzhen Temple. Now the elite of our family have gone out last month, and it is very dangerous inside the collar." of."

"I see, don't say it, you understand what you mean, Yijosuke!" Hachiro's tone became heavier with Hatoyama Keimori's words again and again, and he almost called Qiu Shangjiu in a roaring tone. After the family's name, Qiu Shangjiu's family stepped forward and knocked Hatoyama unconscious, and finally made him shut up temporarily.

"Is Master Balang really planning to go to Shangyue?" Master Xuanzhu looked at Hatoyama who was lying at the door, and asked calmly. "After all, Izuku and I used to be retainers of the Niko family. It is said that the Oda family behind the Niko family sent 2 troops."

"Master Xuanzhu, you and Yijou will guarantee my safety, right?" Hachiro didn't ask the question of recovering Xuanzhu directly, because what Xuanzhu said seemed to be a calm expression, but the meaning behind it was "You Hachiro is not afraid." Shall I dedicate you to the Nizi family and the Oda family? 'This kind of threatening meaning.

To be honest, Hachiro's heart was a little soft at the time, but the words had already been spoken. If he was soft at this time or even more extreme, he called to come to Jin Guangsheng's house, but Master Xuanzhu didn't have that kind of intention, then everyone would be very embarrassed.Moreover, during the past six months, Hachiro had long regarded Master Xuanzhu as a kind uncle, and felt that Xuanzhu would not use Hachiro to win a future.So Hachiro chose to avoid the question and sent a rhetorical question to Xuanzhu and Qiujia Jiujia.

Master Xuanzhu stared at Balang and turned around, as if he was experiencing quick thinking, "There are very few people who can be as smart as Balang's benefactor at his age. Xuanzhu is fortunate to be able to see the benefactor's courage and concern for the country again today. In the heart of worrying about the people, I feel supreme pride. Then I will leave the rest to my subordinates." After speaking, he bowed his head and saluted Hachiro.

"Blesser Balang is too conspicuous at this age to go to Shangyue with adults. If Lord Balang really wants to go to Shangyue City, and wants to go in and observe, he needs to be forced to give Master Balang a little bit." He said. He got up and looked for something, and after he couldn't find what he wanted in Hachiro's room, he looked at the Qiushang Jiu's house at the door. "Yizhang, please lend me some money."

Hachiro looked at Xuanzhu who was gradually walking in with his ribcage in his hand, and the uneasiness in his heart rose to his throat again. He turned his head and saw Qiu Shangjiujia who was like a door god at the door, and swallowed the thought of shouting in fear.The light from the oil lamp shone on the blade of Richai's blade.Xuanzhu walked up to Balang and said to Balang, "Balang benefactor, offended."

(End of this chapter)