A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 13 Kiso Horse

After a night of silence, Shinkuro slept extremely soundly. During this night, he had completely integrated everything in his original body, whether it was memory or strength. It was absolutely impossible for him to be his nominal father now. Easy to see through.

The only thing that needs to be considered is that the current Shinkuro and the original Shinkuro will definitely have many differences in their behavior, but this can also be explained.

He encountered monsters at the beginning of the battle, and accidentally obtained the inheritance of Abe Seimei after narrowly dying. After this series of encounters, it is only natural that changes will occur.

At the same time, he also roughly sorted out the power of his spells. Although the time was too short, his total magic power was still very scarce, but because of the Hidden Yellow Dragon, as long as he stepped on the ground, he could continuously replenish his energy. It also makes up for this shortcoming to a certain extent.

Since Huang Long is best at earth spells, the first ones he chooses are earth spells.

At present, he has initially mastered several spells. The first one is the earth blade technique that he showed to Tsurun Miyabe before, which adds the power of spells to weapons to enhance the lethality and sturdiness of the weapons.

The second spell is called Earth Armor. It is very similar to Earth Blade in the principle of spells. They both condense energy into entities and then attach them to their own equipment. The only difference is that one is used to strengthen attacks, and the other is used to Just to strengthen the defense.

In fact, not only earth spells, but also other fire, wind, water and other spells have similar effects. Although they are only entry-level spells, they actually have a greater effect in combat. It's not too low and can last a long time.

The third one is the art of trapping. After you become proficient in the spell, various traps will appear on the earth according to your thoughts. This will be particularly advantageous when dealing with large numbers of cavalry units.

With Shinkuro's current mana, he can probably use two spells at the same time. Any more will not work, but in conjunction with what Miyabe Tsurujun ordered last night, it can still have a certain effect.

However, Shinkuro's good mood turned slightly depressed after seeing the breakfast carefully prepared for him by his cheap apprentice.

Rice balls, miso soup, pickled radish, and two little fingers long bacon, that's all.

Not only does it have nothing to do with the abundance, but the total amount and the chef's skills are not complimentary. However, Shinkuro doesn't get angry because he knows that the other party is definitely trying his best. When he was in Ichino City, he, the young master, usually ate It's even worse than this.

On the other hand, the little Saburo next to him devoured it and was extremely happy.

Although he is Shinkuro's attendant, and he is also a lower-level samurai with his own surname, but in fact, the annual salary of lower-level samurai is only a few dozen dan. In addition to eating and other things, they have to spend a large part of it to maintain their own health. Armor and long sword.

Although the katana is extremely sharp, because the blade is relatively thin, it is easy to have various chips or simply break after continuous fighting. Once such a thing happens, it means that he is going to bleed profusely.

Even a samurai sword made by an ordinary unknown blacksmith would cost him at least one or two months' salary to afford it.

It can be said that apart from his much better status, his real living standard is not much better than that of ordinary ashigaru. There will never be a time like now where he can open his stomach and eat rice balls casually.

In fact, this is also the current situation of most middle and low-level samurai, but they are much better than ronin or farmers. You must know that although many farmers grow rice in their fields, they cannot eat more than a few mouthfuls in their lives.

Since rice is relatively nutritious among grains, it needs to be handed over to samurai masters as wartime rations. The remaining portion is often not enough to feed the peasant family, so they will sell it all and exchange it for cheaper millet, etc. This is also It must be said that it is a kind of sadness.

Thinking of this, Shinkuro couldn't help but secretly make up his mind. He wanted to get greater power and a higher status. He didn't just play a hegemony game to fulfill the wish of that damn ghost, even if it was just to have better food. This reason That’s enough!

Soon, Miyabe Jijun also prepared the troops he prepared for Shinkuro. He probably sincerely wanted to show his strength, so in addition to the forty monk soldiers and five musketeers he mentioned yesterday, , there were fifteen monk soldiers armed with inferior bows and arrows, and about a hundred ashigaru.

In addition to carrying an iron cannon, he himself carried a large naginata that was more than two meters long.

This weapon, which is somewhat similar to the Kanto, but much narrower, was widely used to guard homes and institutions as early as the Heian period. Although it has been gradually replaced by the more convenient-to-use samurai sword in recent years, it is still A favorite of many monk soldiers.

The main reason is that the armies of each daimyo are now composed of temporarily recruited farmers. The daimyo will hardly prepare decent weapons for them. A sharpened bamboo spear is good, even the metal spear head is very good. Rarely.

Under this circumstance, the naginata, which required more costs in both manufacturing and maintenance, naturally slowly withdrew from the stage of history.

Nowadays, probably only the monks and soldiers of the temple and the women of the samurai family use them.

The former is because of ancient customs and wealth, and the latter is because women are usually not allowed to wear samurai swords in this era.

Although it is definitely not light in weight and cannot be wielded by ordinary ashigaru, it is also very powerful. Being able to use this weapon also proves the brute strength of Miyabe Tsurujun.

Looking at the cheap apprentice with dark circles under his eyes but full of excitement on his face, Shinkuro knew that he must have done a lot of research last night. Unfortunately, no matter how talented he was, he would not be able to learn Onmyoji in such a short period of time.

Unless he has a special encounter like his, it will most likely take more than half a month for him to gather the first trace of mana. If he goes slower, it is not impossible to do it in two or three months.Looking at the monk soldiers who were not very powerful, but they were big and round and energetic, and looking at the ashigaru who were cowering next to them and hiding in the corner, Shinkuro felt a little embarrassed.

Although the weapons in their hands are almost the same and the equipment is about the same, there is a huge difference in their mental outlook.

Now the only person who can support his appearance is Xiao Sanlang, who was also entertained by delicious food and drinks last night.

Sure enough, Ashigaru cannot be relied on. If he really wants to compete for hegemony in Nippon, he still needs professional soldiers.

This idea arose in Shinkuro's mind, and then it was firmly engraved there, but he didn't have time to deal with it yet.

The great names in Nippon also knew the benefits of professional soldiers. However, the Warring States Period lasted for hundreds of years, but no one had ever formed such an army. There was only one fundamental reason for this, and that was that supplies were too scarce. To put it simply, they were poor.

Although Shinkuro has many plans to make a fortune in his head, none of them have officially started yet, and he can't do anything about it in a short time.

At this time, the tall and round monk soldier captain from last night also trotted over with two war horses.

When he was still far away, he hurriedly nodded and bowed towards Shinkuro, his attitude was extremely humble. It seemed that he was now fully aware of Shinkuro's current status.

He is not only the young master of the Asai family, but also Shinkuro-sama whom the entire Miyabe Castle is loyal to!

At Miyabe Jijun's signal, Shinkuro was not polite and directly took one of the more majestic black horses and turned over.

After riding his horse for a few laps, he felt even more satisfied.

"Jijun, is this an improved Kiso horse?"

Probably due to climate and geographical reasons, the pedigree of the local war horses in Nippeng was not very good. It was not until some special war horses were introduced from the neighboring Cathay Empire a few years ago that this situation changed slightly.

However, those improved war horses are expensive and cannot be owned by ordinary warriors. In addition, long-term wars have led to a shortage of supplies in Nepal. Many middle- and lower-level warriors are not rich at home, and raising horses is expensive, even more expensive than human food. There are much more.

This led to a very interesting phenomenon. Although many warriors claimed to have horses in name, they actually just rode horses to the battlefield. After arriving at the battlefield, they dismounted and fought on foot, because they were not considered war horses at all.

However, the black steed in front of him has a thick body, solid limbs, and a shoulder height of more than 1.5 meters. It is indeed a very qualified war horse, and can even be used as a family heirloom for many warriors.

After all, the average lifespan of a horse is three to forty years, and at least half of that time can be used in battle. In the war-torn Nibon, many farmers may not live as long as them.

A real war horse is worth more than five cattle used for plowing. A farmer may not be able to afford a war horse with all the wealth he has accumulated in his lifetime, but the value of a good war horse will only be higher.

In a sense, this high-quality war horse presented by Miyabe Tsurujun can be regarded as a very precious gift.

Hearing Shinkuro's question, Miyabe Jijun straightened his chest immediately and looked extremely proud: "Yes, Master, this is the colt that my disciple bought back from Kai Country at a high price. Now it is just a gift to Master like you, an outstanding person." warrior."

Even Shinkuro was a little surprised now.

"This is the Takeda family's war horse? But how could it be?"

In Nippon, many well-known samurai have various titles, and the contemporary governor of the Takeda family is Takeda Shingen, known as the Tiger of Kai, who rules a large area of ​​Kai.

He and the Naga-tailed Kagetora, known as the Dragon of Echigo, who later became the God of War, Uesugi Kenshin, were mortal enemies. They are also currently recognized as the two most powerful forces in Nippon with the largest number of cavalry.

But even the Takeda family cannot all have war horses of this quality. You must know that the average Kiso horse is only about 1.3 meters high at the withers. How did Miyabe Tsugujun obtain such an excellent foal?

Even though Shinkuro knew that this guy was doing quite well in a certain parallel world, and his territory at his peak was even larger than the entire Asai family, the current situation still surprised him.

This guy can truly be considered to have great powers. Could he be the illegitimate son of Hieizan's host?

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