Warring States Eagle

Tokaido, Enjiang Country, outside Utsuyama Castle, in a tavern on the shore of Lake Hamana.

As it was close to the pier where the passenger ship picked up and dropped off guests, and it was approaching noon, the wine house was already very lively at this time.

The large lobby of the tavern is now full of seats, wanderers speaking slang from all over the world, chatting about the rumors they have seen, some of them boasted about their past bravery, in order to make others think highly of them.Some people also talk about the emotional part, thinking of the master who was defeated in the past, the master who committed seppuku, and his own hard life of wandering, and suddenly can't help but shed a few tears of the so-called samurai heroes.

And more wanderers sat silently in front of the wine table, holding the wine pot in frustration, with a plate of dried radish, drinking sake in small sips.

At this time, the curtain at the entrance of the restaurant was suddenly pulled open, and a ragged ronin limped in with a Taidao.After entering the tavern, he took off the blindfold of one of his eyes with his right hand, then scanned the situation in the tavern, and finally his eyes fell on the only empty wooden table in the tavern.

"Deng, thump..." He limped to the table again, leaning on the Taidao.The guy in the tavern seemed to be familiar with this person for a long time.As soon as the person sat down, the clerk smiled and put a bowl of sake and a small bowl of dried radish in front of the person, and then walked away quietly.

The one-eyed man put the sword by his leg, then gently picked up the bowl of sake and took a sip.

"Hot and sour!" This was the only taste he felt from the sake.Just like everything he had experienced since he was born, it was equally hot and sour.

Cyclops was born in Yamamoto Village, Mikawa Fuji County, formerly known as Yamamoto Gensuke.His father is Sadyuki Yamamoto.He is the elder of the Makino clan, the lord of Mikawa Ushikubo Castle.Because he is the second son of the Yamamoto family.In addition, he was blind in his left eye when he was young.His right leg is disabled, and his father is going to let him become a monk.In the end, at the age of 15, he was adopted by Sadaji Obayashi Kanzaemon, who was also the elder of the Makino family, and changed his name to Obayashi Kansuke Sadayuki. Was abolished.Since then, he wandered in many places to learn swordsmanship and military science, and changed his name to Yamamoto Kansuke again.As a ronin, he has traveled all over the world and is proficient in the conditions of each country.Good at astronomy, art of war, spear, fortification, espionage and other work.

A few days ago, he asked Umeyake Seiyoshi (also known as Imagawa Yoshimoto), the No.11 governor of the Imagawa family, to become an official, but was rejected by the Imagawa family because of his appearance.

Lost, sad... all kinds of emotions came one after another.At this time, Kansuke Yamamoto felt that the future was extremely bleak.He drank wine slowly, ate dried radish, and lowered his head in thought.

"Whoa!"

At this moment, the curtain of the wine room was pulled open again.Two more ronin walked in.After entering the tavern, the ronin in the lead also scanned the situation inside the tavern, and finally fixed his eyes on Kansuke Yamamoto's table.

He smiled, and nodded to his companion who seemed to be an entourage behind him.After the latter understood, he immediately turned and left the bar.The remaining ronin came directly across from Kansuke Yamamoto's table and sat down.

"Please bring three bowls of sake."

Ronin said to the owner of the tavern.His voice sounded a bit rough.During this period of time, the ronin was running around, and sometimes he didn't even have time to take a sip of water. Today was a rare opportunity to take a rest, so the ronin naturally wanted to enjoy it.

"Hey, did you hear that? The guardian of Sanhe gave birth to a son-in-law, who was named Takechiyo." Said a ronin next to him.If Masara was here, he would know that this child called Takechiyo was the future Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"It's too late for you to get the news? The first son of the Songping family was born at the end of last year."

"Speaking of which, last year the Oda family, the Imagawa family, and the Matsudaira family fought fiercely in Azuzaka."

Last year, Oda and Imagawa were evenly matched in the battle of Azukazuzaka.Daisuke Yoshimoto, who came all the way from Junfu, fled into Okazaki Castle in a very embarrassing situation.On the surface, it seems that the Oda Army won the victory, but the Oda Army failed to take Okazaki Castle in one fell swoop. Instead, it was attacked by Matsudaira Hirontada and retreated to Anxiang Castle in a panic.Imakawa Yoshimoto saw that the Oda Army had withdrawn in Okazaki Castle, so he packed up the remnants and returned to Junfu.Oda Nobuhide, the tiger of Owari, also left Sun Saburo Shinmitsu in Anxiang, and withdrew early to the ancient ferry of Owari.Imagawa Yoshimoto's expedition ended in failure, but Oda Nobuhide also lost troops and lost his generals, and did not get any benefits.If there is anything left from this war, it can only plant a deeper hatred between the two armies.

Both Kansuke Yamamoto and the ronin sitting opposite Kansuke Yamamoto listened carefully to the ronin's discussion about the Battle of Shodozaka last year.

The reason why Kansuke Yamamoto listened carefully was because he happened to be away from Mikawa last year and knew very little about the situation of that battle, so he just took this opportunity to learn more.The Ronin is for gathering information.

"Hey, the battle between the Takeda family and the 'Four Great Generals of Shinano' in Shinano last year was also very fierce?" Seeing that many local ronin from Mikawa and Yuanjiang were bragging about the bravery of the local samurai in the Battle of Azumazaka, some from Shinano, The ronin of Kai quit immediately.

It turned out that in June of the tenth year of Tianwen (1541), after Harunobu Takeda exiled his father Nobutora, the news spread to Shinano immediately.Suwa Yoshigetsu and Ogasawara Nagashige of Shinano immediately sensed an opportunity, and decided to take advantage of Takeda's eventful autumn to take advantage of the fire to rob them. So that month, the two families gathered 1 troops and marched into Kai's territory in a hurry. Takeda Harunobu calmly deployed, The 6000-strong Takeda Army set up an orderly formation at the Shiokawa River, and launched the Battle of Nirazaki with the Allied Forces led by the Suwabe. Hastily returned to Shinano.

However, in the spring of the 11th year of Tenmon (1542), Murakami Yoshiki of Kita Shinano also began to move around, and Suwa Yoshigetsu and Ogasawara Nagatoki, who were defeated in Nirasaki, were not reconciled to the failure caused by Harunobu's trick. The powerful Kiso Yoshizane of Chikuma County was attracted, and the four families known as the "Four Great Generals of Shinano" formed a coalition force of nearly 8000 people, and entered the Kai territory in a mighty manner.Takeda Harunobu put on a defensive posture of accumulating grain and building fortifications to confuse the enemy's secret operations.But on March 1000th.On the morning of the [-]th, he led a rapid march of [-] people from the Takeda Army to Laobiaoyuan in Setze.The Shinano Allied Forces immediately made some hasty preparations for the Takeda Army to start the war. After repeated tragic tug-of-war, the Shinano Allied Forces finally retreated, and the Takeda Army captured more than [-] heads of the enemy, including the well-known enemy generals Dangnohara Chenosuke and Tsuyama Supervisor.Setozawa's rush battle, although experienced a lot of danger, ended in the victory of Takeda Harunobu.

The reputation of Takeda Harunobu, the Tiger of Kai, was gradually known by the surrounding tycoons.

Able to win thousands of heads in one battle.It is indeed a big victory.The ronin who described the achievements of Kai Zhitora became more and more excited, and finally even talked about the heroic deeds of Kai Zhitora who participated in the war when he was seventeen or eight years old and scored several heads.

As soon as this remark came out, it was the turn of the ronin from Echigo to quit.

"Nagao Kagetora of Echigo. Have you heard his name?"

"Hey, he is only 14 years old this year, but he has already become the lord of a city. He has even repulsed enemies that are several times his size many times, and even subdued a large number of wealthy families."

The ronin are talking about Kenshin Uesugi.Because Nagao Haruki, who inherited the position of Nagao's family governor and the position of Echigo's guardian, is weak and has no talent as a general, he is despised by other forces in the country.In order to alleviate my predicament, it is just this year.Qingjing tried to let the 14-year-old Nagao Jinghu (that is, Uesugi Kenshin) who had just entered the service to help strengthen the ruling power and settled in Tochio Castle in the central part of Echigo.While ensuring the Nagao family's territory in the central part of Echigo, at the same time contain the hostile forces such as the head of the house, Irobe Katsunaga, and Nakajo Fujiko.At first, the wealthy families in the vicinity didn't take this little boy seriously.But after Kenshin arrived in the city, he received assistance from his mother's family, Koshi Nagao, Tochio Joshiromoto Nagao Kuyobasho Shino, and others. This year, he repelled the hostile forces many times, and he will soon return to the city. Yasuda Changhide, Hojo Takahiro, Xiaohe Changzi and other powerful families were put under the tent.Kenshin Uesugi, the dragon of Echigo, has also embarked on the road of "Military God".

"Haha, the person you just mentioned is not as good as the one I'm about to mention." Just as the ronin from Mikawa, Shinano, and Echigo were bragging about the celebrities in their birthplaces, a burly ronin suddenly stood up. Get up and shout.

This person is another ronin who just followed the ronin sitting opposite Kansuke Yamamoto into the winery.Not long after entering the tavern, he went out.But at some point, he returned to the bar and sat at another table to drink.

The many ronin in the tavern were immediately attracted by the sudden behavior of this burly ronin.

"Hehe!" Seeing that he finally attracted the attention of everyone in the tavern, the burly ronin smiled complacently, and then said, "Kyushu, have you heard of it?"

After everyone heard the words, some ronin nodded their heads to express their understanding, while others were a little dazed at first, and then quickly reacted, and hurriedly called the people around who knew about Kyushu.

"I just came back from there, and recently there has been a very good person there." Kuiwu picked up a bowl of sake and took a sip before continuing, "Have you heard of Xiguo Shuangying?"

Among the ronin who originally expressed their knowledge of Kyushu, some immediately nodded.But at this time, the number of ronin who know this title is less than one-third of all the ronin in the tavern.

There is no way to do this. In this era, there is a lack of convenient means of transportation. The average ronin only knows some information near their own location. As for the information of places farther away, they really don't know anything.

Of course, Kansuke Yamamoto, who visited Kyushu a few years ago, is absolutely familiar with it.It's just that it's the first time he's heard of the title of "Double Heroes of the Western Country".Could it be that many heroes have appeared in Kyushu in the past two or three years?So, the news about Kyushu about the burly ronin in the middle of the bar immediately aroused his interest.

(Thanks to the book friend "baobao1125" for the gift of Haoyue mooncakes and the two rewards today; thanks to the book friend "Lu Mia" for the reward; thanks to the book friends "boring, ing~" and "13817224513" for voting monthly; thanks The evaluation vote of the book friend "Xiaoyehu". Congratulations to the book friend "baobao1125" for becoming the deacon of this book.) (To be continued..)