A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Xiaoping Tailian said he didn't dare: "After the materials are delivered, I will ask His Highness to write a quick reply letter. Your Majesty will have to go back and get your orders back."

Kendou Uesugi nodded: "This is the right thing to do. Young Master can write an answer quickly."

Nagao, the housekeeper next to him, immediately wrote a good article in four parallels and six chapters. Uesugi Kendang picked it up and read it. Sure enough, he quoted the classics and made it catchy. So I didn't waste any time and signed and monogrammed it right away.

Then Xiaopingtai said calmly and casually: "Now we are short of copper materials. I hope the leader will sell some to my family."

Nori Uesugi took matters into his own hands, and the retainers had no objections. So he gave Xiao Pingtai a feather tie and wrote down his name: "I will give you a thousand catties first (it's really a bit tough), and you can send someone to buy the rest. You can have as much as you want. It will all be delivered to you in stock.”

After coming out of Pingjing City, Xiao Pingtai felt a layer of white hair on his back. After all, it was his first time to deceive, and he deceived a group of big guys. Fortunately, he didn't cheat. He repeatedly sighed that he was lucky and went back to find Koichiro.

Let him take all the strong men he cheated into the city, and then guide the warriors in charge of the house to receive various supplies. Xiaopingta himself quickly changed his clothes and took a hot bath to relieve his mood.

Xiaoheita knew that Hojo would be chasing him soon, so without further delay, after all the supplies were delivered to the housekeeper, the two of them lay down restlessly.

Koichiro also knew the seriousness of the situation. The Hirai area was about to turn into a war zone. The two of them could only look at each other in silence, anxious and impatient. They just stared at each other with their eyes open all night, probably because they couldn't sleep. It's a situation.

The next day, the two of them got up early with dark circles under their eyes. They didn't even eat breakfast. They hurriedly went to Pingjing Castle again. First, they borrowed a few horses and carts from the city, and then spent the last one hundred taels. They used gold as a deposit, coaxed, lied, and said good things, and they took away nearly 20,000 kilograms of copper from Guan Ling's family.

For a while, they couldn't take the two of them away, so they dragged them all to the covered bridge bit by bit. Then, on the covered bridge where there was a lot of noise, they hired the townspeople who were about to flee to carry shoulder bags, and people pulled horses to drag them to Jilun. direction to escape.

At the same time, Nagano Yamasa in Minawa City was also panicked. He walked back and forth in the house, and several of the retainers around him also looked bitter. Except for the veteran Kamizumi Ise Mori Hidetsuna, who was relatively calm, the others were almost constantly making small moves. The eyes of the principals and ministers were full of anxiety and boredom, as well as a hint of panic. Son-in-law He Tian Yefan seemed to want to say something, but his mouth opened and closed, closed and opened again, and he couldn't say a word.

In the Battle of Kamirukawa, the leader of the clan, Nagao Keihide (headquarters), five generals, and eleven ashigaru generals, General Hatamoto, were killed. More than fifty named samurai were killed, and four thousand were killed by miscellaneous soldiers. The remaining people. The retainer warriors brought into battle by Guan Ling were almost wiped out, and the Guan Ling family was actually destroyed. Facing the people fleeing in panic outside the city, it seems that it is difficult to even protect the country and the people.

When Koheita and others followed the fleeing crowd to Minawa, they found that the road was blocked and the Higashi Ueno area was overflowing with people who were trying to escape. The cries and wails of women and children, the heavy breathing of old men, and the voices of men and women were mixed together, making it difficult to look straight at them.

Maybe it's because you see the crowds gathering here. After all, humans are social animals. Seeing many of the same kind together gives you an indescribable sense of security. The crowd of refugees who were originally tied to a tight rope stopped. Once you are relieved, it is difficult to bring it up again. Once you sit down, you will find that you have actually run out of strength a long time ago and can no longer run.

Xiaoheita couldn't encourage the hired people to continue running to Azuma's place in the north. These people had collapsed on the ground, drinking water, stretching their necks, their eyes were wide open, and their mouths were too long. It was a bit scary. appearance. I was really afraid that they would suddenly die on the ground like this.

So Xiaoping was so determined that he supported the bold ones to death and starved the timid ones to death, and prepared to enter the city to meet Nagano Yamasa.

When I arrived at Minawa Castle, I didn’t even bother to dress up. I reported directly to the Fujiwara Kita Family Kanin-ryu, the Sanjo Kosen branch, the regent left minister Tadahira, the last descendant of Prime Minister Zikoji, the grandson of Zikoji Nakano, and Major General Zikoji Kingo. Concubine, Zi Xiaolu Gang's family came to visit him.

This list of very bluffing names also made Nagano Yemasa a little confused, but the background of this name was not small, so much so that Xiao Pingtou was able to be received by Nagano Yemasa. So Koheita declared his identity and continued to lie to Nagano Yemasa that he was an envoy of the famous Yamauchi family in Minami Shinshu. He gained Nagano Yemasa's trust in the name of supporting the house leader's family and with the monogram of the house leader's hand.

Then he explained to Nagano Yesumasa in an awe-inspiring manner: "I believe that a large amount of materials will be needed immediately to support both the Yakatōden (Guardian) and the Cage Castle. Shinano Mamoru (Nagano Yesumasa is also Shinano Mamoru, and one official in the imperial court sells more) must have the intention." Here. Although the problem of soldiers is to immediately detain the young people who are fleeing from the city, but the weapons cannot be prepared quickly. "

The anxious look on Nagano Yamasa's face has not completely faded: "It is inevitable to support Oyakata-den (that is, the leader), but there is indeed a shortage of soldiers, horses, and armaments. Most of them were lost in the Kamirukawa River along with Yakatai-den. It’s really hard to deal with the current situation.”

Xiaoheita said so much, and it was Nagano Yamasa who told lies and pretended to be more difficult to handle.

He quickly put on a worried and sympathetic expression: "I am willing to pretend to be a merchant of the Yamauchi family and go south to purchase the weapons captured by the Hojo Army. All I need is Shinano Mamoru to provide some money."

There is no doubt that Nagano Yasumasa was willing to take the risk, so he gave Xiaoping Tai five hundred kanmon. "I leave everything to you!" Nagano Yasumasa was very sincere and solemn.

Koheita then placed the copper in Minawa Castle Town, and then he and Koichiro took the packhorse and flew south.

The chaos along the way is beyond description. Almost all villages, towns and towns collapsed and turned into ruins under the burning fire. Those fires and lights seemed to be mixed with all kinds of terrible wailing sounds. The word "hell on earth" may be the most direct description of the moment, and other words are redundant. People and soldiers lying in various dead shapes were lying on the road. The rebels searched and looted along the road, and the soldiers of the Hojo Army captured people everywhere and sold them into slaves.

If it weren't for the protagonist's halo, Xiaopingtai would hardly be immune. By the time Koheita and Koichiro arrived at the south bank of the Kamiryu River, part of the Hojo army had already gone north to clear out the defeated troops of the governor, and some remained to collect the dead. After all, if one of the four to five thousand corpses was not good, a major epidemic would easily occur. (As a digression here, in addition to the burial activities of the warring parties, some local temples and shrines will also be involved in the disposal of the deceased. There is also a more professional team called black spades. These black spades will screen The status of the dead and injured, quick disposal of corpses, and simple bandaging of the injured, is a group that is hired by major celebrities)

After revealing their identities as Yamauchi merchants, many ashigaru in the Hojo army changed the ferocious looks they saw along the way. They all greeted him with smiles and sent him all the weapons and armor they had captured.

Not long after, more ashigaru and even some low-level samurai who heard the news also brought their own teams to deliver the captured weapons and armor to him.

Due to Koheita's Shinano accent, the Hojo soldiers had no suspicion at all and immediately believed that Koheita was a merchant of the Yamauchi family. After all, in ancient times, the dialect was the most difficult thing to change. As evidenced by a famous saying, when a young boy leaves home and his boss comes back, his local pronunciation remains unchanged and his hair on his temples fades away. A dialect is the best ID card, there is no need to think too much about it.

Although both parties have different accents, there is still no problem in communicating. Pretending to check the quality of the knife and the complete condition of the armor, Xiaopingta found out through a casual test that no big businessman had entered the market, so he offered him a lower price without hesitation, and soon the four pack horses were filled to the brim. Yes, the backpacks on their backs were also becoming difficult to carry.

As a last resort, Xiao Pingtai had no choice but to stop, saying that he had no more space to place weapons and armor. He bowed his hands and apologized to the Hojo soldiers.

Seeing that Koheita was no longer engaged in the acquisition, these Hojo soldiers reluctantly prepared to leave. Before leaving, they asked Heita if any of his accomplices had come to continue the acquisition. Xiao Ping Tai was sure to come as soon as he opened his mouth. He has been lying every day recently, and his face has stopped blushing and his heart has become unhappy. Just make nonsense of the fact that there are other businessmen who will be here soon, so let this army go away quickly.

Under the current situation, Koheita felt that it was unrealistic to go north to escape directly, but he estimated that it wouldn't be long before Hojo merchants from Sagami Izu and other places would swoop in like flies smelling blood. So I calmed down my emotions first and walked along the shore of the Kamiryu River, waiting for the opportunity to blend in with the merchants of the Hojo clan.

Sure enough, God did not keep the protagonist Koheta waiting too long. Only one day later, the Odawara businessmen who came under the orders of Hojo Ujiyasu and his son, Hojo Ujimasa, finally entered the scene. Xiaoping secretly went to resell the news again, telling them that the prices of weapons and armor had been suppressed by him, and asked them not to pay high prices to purchase them.

Those Odawara businessmen all have an expression on their faces. They are young and quite mean, but I admire you very much. Then they also took action together, and as expected they bought a lot at very low prices. Xiaoheita also relied on this news to get involved with the Hojo businessmen.

In this way, they mixed with the merchants who came from Sagami Izu to sell food and herbs. After the Hojo army finished handling everything on the battlefield, they turned around and quickly arrived at Hirai.

I came to Hirai again, only a few days apart, but I felt like things were different. Except for the continuous Hojo military camps outside the city. The leadership team had already taken action against Hirai.

Sure enough, the generals of the Guanling family, who were defeated every year, had some rules for defending the city. In just a few days, the towns outside the city had been burned to ashes. The young and the strong were either voluntarily or forced to enter the city to help defend the city, and the old, weak, women and children rushed in. Go into the mountains and seek blessings for yourself. Fences and wooden thorns covered the open space outside the city, the city walls were all covered with mud, and the wells outside the city were all blocked. However, with no reinforcements outside and panic inside, I didn't know how many days they could hold out.

There is a chapter of more than 3,000 words. I don’t want to say anything. I see that I will soon fall out of the 3,000th place, dear brothers.