Pillars of the Wu family

Yarokuro Kawakami caught sight of the dozen or so men visibly shaking their bodies, and suddenly raised their heads to look at him. The next moment, these people shrank back to their original expressionless expressions. Yarokuro Kawagami coughed and said, "Let's eat first. Let's chat again."

The fresh experience of three meals a day brings more than just an extra meal to the people of Echigo. The white rice, white noodles, golden potatoes, corn, and fragrant white rice shipped from Echigo are delicious. Soup cakes, a wide variety of noodles, stewed potatoes, corn soup and other dishes.

Not to mention that farmers have never seen these things, even Vietnamese Chinese who are used to eating pickled radishes and miso soup are also attracted. According to rumors in the market, Kira’s family has invested heavily in the support of Yuezhong and asked for money. If you want money and food, you can try your best to meet it except not giving soldiers. The only requirement is that the Yue Chinese must firmly defend Xinchuan County, and they cannot let Yue Zhong Yi Yi Kui get closer to the back half a step.

Yarokuro Kawagami didn't know if it was true or not, and he didn't want to think about it. After a few mouthfuls of noodles in the big bowl, he took the empty bowl and added another bowl of fragrant noodles, poured red chili oil on it, and served with garlic vinaigrette Sprinkling some green vegetables is simply a delicacy in the world. The folk husbands smashed together like hungry wolves, and ate the soup and rice voraciously.

Picking up the bowl and snoring and eating up the noodles in the bowl, a middle-aged woman with a bamboo basket came over to take away the bowls and chopsticks, and attracted a few old bachelors to tease them. The rammed goods", those guys didn't mind, they were joking and taking advantage of their mouths.

"A bunch of ignorant farmers!" Kawagami Yarokuro cursed secretly, stood up and walked back to the construction site to rest.

More than two months ago, he was still a powerful countryman in Fusha County, owning fertile land for hundreds of towns.There are five hundred soldiers under him.In Yuezhong, he is also considered the No. [-] figure.Unexpectedly, the sudden appearance of Etsuchu Ichikui disrupted his peaceful life. The farmer voted for Takashi, Ashigaru voted for Takashi, and finally even his retainers also voted for Takashi.

The castle was overrun by the rebellious retainers. Yarokuro Kawagami's old father died at the gate of the city in order to cover him. He had no choice but to flee with more than 50 trusted family members. The [-] to [-] troops that have always rushed over overwhelmingly did not give the Hao family a way out.If you don't surrender, you will die. Regardless of whether you surrender or not, the land, food, and women will still be taken away. The spies who have always been consistent have already found out the details of the rich people in Yuezhong, and they have not given them a chance to choose.

Yarokuro Kawagami didn't want to fight against Ichikui at first, but he had to avenge the killing of his father and destroy his family. He was burdened with blood and blood. He wore old clothes and smeared his face with mud. Slowly arriving in Xinchuan County, he discovered that most of the Chinese people in Xinchuan County had gone to the Shiina family's territory.Then followed the large team to Shiina collar.

The Shiina family simply gave up all the territories in the south of the early Chuan, and moved all their armed forces to the north of the early Chuan.The local farmers also rushed here upon hearing the news. In addition, the refugee army where Yarokuro Kawagami belongs has more than [-] people. With the ability of the Shiina family, it is obvious that such refugees cannot bear it. When it is about to turn into a disaster, the Kira Navy Bringing a large amount of supplies to support saved the defeat.

After returning to Dobori, he heard light footsteps just after a while. Yarokuro Kawagami opened his eyes immediately, and saw a middle-aged man jumping down from the slope. I have already contacted those two families, and it is said that there are seven or eight aristocratic families in Yuezhong hidden among the refugees, and there are acquaintances from our county and Sheshui County, everyone is waiting for this opportunity!"

"Sun Sanlang, tell me, we've waited so long, can we really see Mamoru Yamamoto Sado?" Kawagami Yarokuro said hesitantly: "I really regret it a bit, if I reveal my identity earlier, it will save everyone from suffering with me For the sake of our fellowship, the Shiina family will not embarrass us."

Sun Sanlang on the river said anxiously: "No, my lord! Didn't we take the humiliation and fled overnight to avenge our family business? We have no soldiers, no food, and we drag our families with us. Split them up and make them the retainers of their family, my lord, look at who else, besides the people from Xinchuan County, is willing to vote for the Shiina family!"

"Uncle is right!" Yarokuro Kawagami struggled and said, "But we can't see Sado Mamoru Yamamoto, so how can we vote for the support of the Town Hall? We can't just stay here and be a servant!"

"Let me go down! I must find a way to see Yamamoto Sado Hall!" Kawagami Sun Sanlang got up, turned up and broke through and disappeared.

Tokiko Yamamoto had just returned to the city from the construction site of the Ascension Mountain Castle, and the city lord Kobata Kusuke set up a banquet to entertain him. This person is the elder of the Shiina family's genealogy family, and he has a lot of voice in the Shiina family. In the past two months After several contacts, I also knew the ability and influence of Yamamoto Tokiyuki. Under his flattery, a banquet ended with the joy of both guests and hosts.

Tokiyuki Yamamoto will inspect the Ascension Mountain City for three days, mainly to check the completed defense facilities and supervise the speed of construction. In order to build a solid fortress group, Tokiyuki Yamamoto has worked day and night for the past two months so that his mental state is not very good Well, when he first came to the exquisite house prepared for him by Kohata's house, Tokyuki Yamamoto felt a sudden discomfort in his chest, and he lay on the tatami mat holding his heart and panting heavily.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Numata Yumitsu quickly searched his luggage, took out the secret pill that Nagata Tokumoto had prepared for him, helped him up and took it in a hurry with warm water. It took a while for Tokyuki Yamamoto to recover, and said with a wry smile: " Hey! As I get older, it’s even more useless to be flustered and short of breath! Fortunately, Shiliuwen Qiandian prepared pills for the old man, otherwise..."

Xiao Xing came over with a wooden basin filled with hot water, and unbuttoned Tokyuki Yamamoto's clothes to wipe his body. Yumitsu Numata persuaded: "Master, you rest first! Shiliuwenqianden said that your illness needs to be recuperated, so don't worry about it." Don't overwork, these apprentices who build the city will be spared, and you can let the apprentices practice!"

"...That's good! The young eagle that has always been hiding under the wings will never be able to fight in the sky. You are 21 years old this year, and it is time to let you go to beat and practice." Yamamoto Tokiyuki nodded gratified.

If this little disciple of his is not as smart as Ji Liangyishi, he is not as good as Ben Duoshi in terms of strategy, and he is not as victorious as Dao Shima in terms of generals.But there's one thing he's really good about.Modesty and prudence can correct mistakes, and is very good at learning from other people's experience.In the past few years, he has followed him from the most basic copywriting records, and gradually participated in all aspects of execution, military affairs, and government affairs in five or six years. It is impossible to say that he has not exercised at all. What he really lacks is independence. experience of.

In the next few days, Numata Yuko was busy up and down, sometimes went to the first-line construction site, sometimes broke into the castle tower to discuss issues with the city lord, and didn't care how ugly the relatives of Xiaobata Jiusuke's relatives were. result theory".I am used to using strong means to make myself appear more active. What Chinese people think is a secondary issue.

"It is an indisputable fact that the Kira Navy dominates the second half of Hokuriku. Every day, a steady stream of food passes through Toyama Bay, and is transported to Matsukura Castle through Uozu Castle and Saatsuki River by the sea. Our battle is to repel Ichikui Army, at the very least, we must defend the front line of Zaoyuechuan from being breached, otherwise everything we have done will be in vain. It is better to retreat to Echigo and block Echigo with the help of relatives, ignorance, and natural dangers. Can I understand what I mean? "

"Yes, yes, yes! I can definitely understand! What I mean is very good. We must defend Saatsukigawa and Matsukura Castle! But if Etsuchu always chooses to attack Uozu Castle, give up Matsukura, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. What should we do about the city?" Xiao Banjiu made an unexpected rhetorical question while appearing harmless to people and animals.

After several years of knowledge and experience, Numata Yuguang's temperament became stronger and sharper. When he heard this question, he didn't hesitate, and asked: "This is impossible. Uozu Castle is backed by the sea, and the other side is Zaoyue. Chuan represents the problem! I bet that Etsuchu Ichikui would never do this, if he does this, he will face the powerful navy of my Kira family, does Kohata understand what I mean? Kira navy!"

"That's how it is... Then, we only need to defend Matsukura Castle. It is impossible for the Ichikui army to be so stupid as to give up the two cities and go straight to Echigo. Any attempt by He Chuan will have to pay a price, I understand! Please rest assured Sado Hall and Numata Hall, there will be absolutely no problem with the ascending mountain castle!"

Leaving the Shōgata Castle Castle Tower, Yumiko Numata turned back to the shrine without stopping, and just halfway there, he saw a middle-aged man dressed as a servant looking in the shack. Seeing this, Yumiko Numata was furious, pulled out his sword with a clang, and shouted: : "Who dares to trespass into Shengxing Mountain City, come and take down the thief for me!"

This loud roar immediately attracted seven or eight warriors, one after another, surrounded the middle-aged man with gleaming swords, and the man stubbornly raised his hands to indicate that he was unarmed, and then shouted: "Wait! I have something to say Tell me! I am a samurai in Etsuchu Fushi Prefecture, and I have something important to ask to see Sadoden!"

How could Numata Yuguang believe his rhetoric? When he saw several guards looking at him, he immediately shouted: "Why do Chinese people sneak into the city secretly? You can see Sado Hall whenever you want! Catch me and talk!"

"I'm really a samurai in the county. If you don't believe me, you can ask the wealthy family in the city. You must know me Sun Saburo Kawagami! My master Yarokuro Kawagami hides in the refugee camp with his relatives, and there are more than ten families. The people of the country are in a similar situation to us, they all want to go to the town hall! Let me go, let me go..."

Watching Kawagami Sun Saburo being thrust down, he turned around and saw Tokiyuki Yamamoto standing in the small courtyard looking over, Yumitsu Numata stepped forward to support the old man in three steps in two steps, and said worriedly: "Why did Master come out! Didn't you just take a rest? Did you drink the medicine at noon? I asked Xiao Xing to cook a pot of chicken soup to nourish your body at night."

"You don't need to support me, the old man is not that weak, and it will be much better if you take a few doses of medicine for that little problem." Tokyuki Yamamoto stared at him with clear eyes: "Let me ask you, who was that person who was caught just now? Why were you arrested?"

"It turns out that Master was woken up by him! No, I must have woken up Master by yelling!" Numata Yumitsu patted his head angrily, and told the whole story in detail, until the end He still didn't forget to sneer: "If the nobles of the Yuezhong family hide their heads and show their tails, wouldn't it be easy to go directly to Songcang City? If you want to deceive me by this means, do you really think I'm a fool?"

Tokiyuki Yamamoto pondered: "So that's the case, if this is the case... what he said may not be a lie."

"What? He's not telling lies? How can it be impossible! How can a Chinese hide among refugees for several months? It's absolutely impossible!"

Seeing that Numata Yuguang still didn't understand, Tokiyuki Yamamoto asked with a smile: "The old man clearly heard that man talking about going to the town government hall just now. Do you know the difference between going to my Kira family and going to the Shiina family?"

"The difference? One family is the Etsuchu guard generation. The other is the shogunate royal family. The difference is too big to count... Could it be that Master means that they are unwilling to take refuge in Shiina Yasushi and hide among the refugees just to serve us?" Numata Youguang was a little confused, and said with a puzzled face: "This is not right! Then they can also join Songcang Castle first, and then switch to my Kira House!"

"Do you think that after becoming Shiina Yasushi's retainers and then transferring to my Kira family, in your opinion, would the master of the museum accept them as retainers?" Tokyuki Yamamoto couldn't help but mention his disciples, every era has One's own rules must not be messed up to cause trouble.

The Shiina family is the leader of the people who are pro-Echigo, and they have extraordinary influence in Etsuchu, especially in Xinchuan County.Don't look at how he can't keep his mouth shut now, once he takes actions that harm his interests in the future, if he can't guarantee that he will turn his back on the water and change his flag tomorrow, he will be an upright and upright general. With his size and influence, no matter how stupid a monk who has always been is He didn't dare to move. After all, this Shiina family is waiting for the price, and whoever offers the highest price will mess with whoever. Now he is optimistic that Echigo does not mean that he will be tied to Echigo's chariot forever.

If the cake on Shiina's plate was touched before the victory of this battle was decided, who knew how dissatisfied he would be, even if it would not turn into a situation of rebellion.Just dragging their feet behind and making small moves or something will make them unbearable, and the anger in their hearts is a small delay that delays the main task.Tokyuki Yamamoto could not allow this possibility to happen.

The Shiina family is not a wealthy family who eats dry food. The nominal master is still busy fighting the civil war in Noto. Hatakeyama Yoshizuna, he took refuge in Echigo because Echigo is stronger and more profitable, not because of any "loyalty". It doesn't matter if the Chinese who have not joined the Shiina family come, the Chinese who have joined the Shiina family cannot be accepted casually, at least not without a justifiable reason.

The Shiina family cannot be provoked or cannot be provoked for the time being. This is the established strategy of the Kira family. To stabilize the western front and try to deal with the powerful enemy on the southern front, it is necessary to implement the strategy of defending the enemy from outside the country, and it is also necessary to keep the stalls in Xinchuan County from being unscathed. Being smashed will lay a good foundation for future management and strategy. Their burden is very heavy and they have to be careful.

"It turned out to be like this..." Numata Yuguang took a deep breath, and then realized that he was still too immature to understand the reason, and shook his head and said, "It seems that I still have a lot to learn, so I will release it now." he."

Two days later, Kawagami Yarokuro led his family into Shakata Mountain City. The news that Kawagami's family saw Sado Yamamoto spread like wildfire. Within two days, more than 3000 Chinese people poured out of the refugee camp. There are thousands of people. As the saying goes, pull out a carrot and bring it out of the ground. There are so many people from the country who have relatives and servants from the old places, and the old relatives bring a lot of people.

Hearing that a group of Etsu Chinese voted for the Kira family, Yasunon Shiina's smiling face immediately turned cloudy. In his opinion, Etsuchu is the Jimbo clan of Tonami County and the Shiina clan of Shinkawa County. The family can't even manage their own affairs, so how can they interfere with Yuezhong's affairs.

This time Jinbo Chief did not play cards according to the rules to pull the Ichigoku of Echu and Kaga to invade and plunder the wealthy and villagers, which made Shiina Yasunon both worried and happy. He can be sure that Jinbao Chief will regret it now His intestines were green, and Yuezhong always knew that he was playing Shen Baojia.

Didn't Jinbao chief want to take advantage of the three counties of Yuezhong by taking advantage of his usual Dongfeng?The monks who have always been Yikui thought about it carefully. Anyway, this Yikui army has a bad reputation. As long as the army moves, it will sooner or later offend the local lords.

Simply robbing the people of Yuezhong, getting real profits is more real than real money, everyone is happy after dividing the land and getting benefits, let’s talk about what the emperor general is thinking about in the future, so many officials Why follow them to fight a joint battle? It's not because the money and food are distributed and there are benefits.

Even if there are any problems in the future, it doesn't matter. No matter how many problems there are, it is not their fault. At worst, the responsibility will be shifted to the head of Jinbao. Does Yikui have hundreds of thousands of mouths?Does Jinbao Chief dare to offend Kaga Isago Ichikui?Do those Yue Chinese people really dare to come here to make trouble for Yiqiu?

It is obvious that they dare not and cannot do this. Hokuriku only has always been looking for trouble for others, and there is no time for others to look for him.

The head of the Shenbao thinks he is extremely smart.As a result, the authorities tried their best to trap themselves in it.How many Chinese people in the three counties of Fusheng, Sheshui, and Xinchuan were plundered indiscriminately by the Kui army.But Nao's wife and children were scattered and their families were ruined. They first hated the cruel Yi Yikui, and the second was their turn to be the head of the Shinbao.

Shiina Kangyin should have good luck when the job of Shenbao chief is bad luck. This time, it is rare that the job of Shenbao chief is missed once. How can we not make him excited. In the past two months, he has always dared to do stupid things to offend a large number of people in the country, and then he fled. The turmoil spread to most of Etsuchu, and in the end, it was the Kira family who spared no effort to support him. It is no wonder that he caught up with all the good things by himself, smiling from ear to ear all day long.

The situation now is not the same as before.It is not a good sign that the Vietnamese people get together to serve the Kira family, and soon he found that the people who joined him began to turmoil. Masashige Doi became the guest of Yamamoto Shikiya in two days, which greatly stimulated many Chinese people and opened a very bad example.

Soon, the natives from Xinchuan County who had come over to the Kira family switched to the Kira family. The powerful Chinese such as Yokota and Yokoyama ran over without even saying hello, and the less powerful local servants of the wealthy clan would even pretend to say hello. Then he walked away swaggeringly, and left a letter thanking the Shiina family for their support.Waiting for many times to return to the land to set a reward for Yunyun, almost fainted Shiina Kangyin.

However, Kang Yin, the vertebrae, was suffering and couldn't tell.He can't go to Tokyuki Yamamoto and yell at him for being immoral. The people of the country ran over by themselves, not the Kira family who snatched it from him.It's done. Saying anything is useless and it will only make people laugh, so I just pretend to be dumb and pretend I don't know how to pull it down.

Tokiyuki Yamamoto returned to Matsukura Castle within a few days. As the residence of the Shiina clan of the Shinkawa County Commander, almost every generation is expanding. The scale is far less spacious than Kasuga Mountain Castle, but it is still possible to squeeze in 5000 people. As soon as he returned to the city, Tokiyuki Yamamoto rushed to the castle tower non-stop, and took the initiative to find Yasuno Shiina to discuss the military expansion plan.

"Does Yamamoto Sadoden mean to gather 3000 people, and then gather 3000 people from the country to join the [-] elites of the Kira Army? It's a good plan, but the family really can't afford so many soldiers! Sadoden I also know that recently many people from the country have joined the Kira family, and my life in the Shiina family is not easy!"

Shiina Kangyin kept complaining, how difficult it is for this guardian to be a disobedient retainer, and the people of the country ignored him, as if he, the guardian of Vietnam, would soon become a bare-handed commander. Will take it out, you Kansuke Yamamoto can't do anything to me!

"I see...I didn't expect that Shiina Hall would have so many difficulties, so I'm a little reckless." Yamamoto Tokyuki flashed a bright light in his single eye, and immediately laughed: "Since Shiina Hall has difficulties, then we also You can’t force it! For example, how about lowering the standard? It should be no problem for Shiinaden to bear [-] military service!”

"This is really..." Shiina Yasushi just wanted to refuse, when he suddenly saw Yamamoto Tokyuki's meaningful expression, he suddenly changed his tone of voice: "I have to discuss it with my vassals before I give it to you." An answer, after all, this is not a trivial matter!"

Yamamoto Tokiyuki nodded thoughtfully: "That's right! Then I will just wait for the good news."

"Oops! Why did I say this..." Shiina Yasushi regretted it!I can't wait to slap myself: "Is there any deceit in his expression? I heard that Kira's family is used to deceit. It seems that I have to be careful!"

Tokyuki Yamamoto is not in a hurry, Etsuchu has always had no constraints from a general, and they are inconsistent with each other. Support, this huge and chaotic army is greedily plundering the resources of various counties, and it will not be able to reach Songcang City in a while.

Shiina Yasushi was busy discussing countermeasures, which did not affect Tokiyuki Yamamoto's plan. Soon, he recruited [-] soldiers in the name of assisting the defense of the city. They were also moved upon hearing the news, this time tens of thousands of people unexpectedly poured in to sign up.

Numata Yumitsu was in charge of the selection work. His method was very smart, straightforward and strict. He wanted to select 14 strong soldiers with certain combat experience. These few rules alone drove away half of the refugees who joined the fun, and those who were less than 4000 years old Don't, don't be thin and disabled, don't be surprised by fighting, and there are more than [-] people in the final selection, [-]% of them are from the local Chinese system, and the remaining [-]% ​​are experienced azures.

Tokiko Yamamoto handed these 4000 people over to Yuguang Numata for training. Since Sakamoto was accepted as an apprentice, he has been studying with Chenguang for five or six years. He has long been familiar with this military training technique. The convinced Chinese people have a corresponding set of methods to deal with them. After seven or eight days of training with the new army, they can easily pick out dozens of mistakes. Tortured these 4000 people to death.

In less than half a month, these 4000 people were tidied up, and then they were led to practice frequently against [-] new troops. In the evening, sometimes after dinner, or in the middle of the night, the army would be sent out for special training, and Matsukura Castle would be overwhelmed every time, but the samurai of the Shiina family seemed to turn a blind eye to it, and instead often patronized their training. Out of deep envy.

When the news reached Shiina’s ears, it was another feeling. Shiina Koyin threw several vases angrily, and complained loudly: “The Echigo samurai are really deceiving people. They ran to my house to recruit soldiers. What do you do at home! I'm the dignified guardian of Etsuchu, not the descendant of your Kira family!"

"There is also military training, and all kinds of messy tricks are used to practice every day. This is a naked show of force, and it is an attempt to compare with my Shiina family! Its heart is sinister and ruthless!" fanning the flames.

"In my opinion, the Kira family's visitors are not kind, and most likely they want to stay in Etsuchu! Our Matsukura Castle is almost becoming the Kira family's stronghold. If this continues, my Shiina family's influence in Etsuchu They were all taken away by him!" Hosokawa Sojuro yelled with righteous indignation, shaking his huge head.

This person's name is very bluffing, one of the "Five Generals of Yuezhong", it is a group of Yue Chinese people who are idle and bored and make up people who look very good and have good martial arts. , After a few small battles, I felt that I was so bullish, and then I named myself a general, and then I became one of the five generals of Vietnam and China.

Hosokawa Sojuro's origin is unknown, and he has always boasted that he is superior in martial arts and can fight against the three armies. When the Kira Army first arrived in Matsukura Castle two months ago, this person ran to the Kira Army to show off his skills, mocking them as A group of soft bastards with no hair, claiming that it is no problem to pick ten or eight of you with a big gun, but the big talk is slapped on the face, and the three Kira ashigaru use combined strikes to beat even his mother. , and he has kept this hatred in mind ever since. (To be continued..)