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

Chapter 216 Hanbei’s hidden worries
"Your Highness, the Yilong Army has formed an army two miles south of the Nagara River and is currently mobilizing the small boats they prepared before. It seems that he plans to lead the army directly across the Nagara River in one go!"

Although the Nagara River is not a small stream, but a river about tens of meters wide, the Yilong Army has crossed the river before to defeat the Dosan Army. They have had this experience, and they are already familiar with the battle across the river this time. .

What's more, there are bridges on the Nagara River, and they have prepared some boats before. The river seems to have become much gentler in recent days. Everything seems to be very beneficial to them, so this river cannot really stop them for long. .

However, since ancient times, fighting across the river has been extremely risky. Even though he saw that his own side had already set up the formation first, and Naosuke Endo and others led the follow-up troops, Yoshiryu still insisted on crossing the river to attack. He underestimated it. Do you want to build your own army, or do you just want to rely on the power of monsters?
But I am not Saito Douzan, the Asai family's army, let alone those haphazardly pieced together ashigaru under Dosan's hands!

Asai Nagamasa sneered and gave the order directly: "Shima Sakon, Endo Naotsune, and Asai Ryo personally obeyed the order and ordered you to continue to maintain the formation, especially at the bridgehead. Once the Yilong army crosses the river, they will attack head-on. Today we will Let them truly see the power of our professional army!"

Although he defeated the Rokkaku family in the Battle of Noragada and his reputation initially spread, for many daimyo around him, the Asai family may still be the weak force in their memories, and they just won the victory by luck.

Even within the family, I am afraid there are still many warriors who have more or less similar thoughts in their hearts, so he has to use actual combat again and again to tell everyone that his victory is no fluke.

However, I don’t know if Yilong will give him this chance.
Everyone agreed, especially Miyabe Jijun the loudest.

On the one hand, it was because he already knew that in the coming battle, the Iron Artillery soldiers he led would definitely show their might.

On the other hand, after this period of training, the number of iron artillerymen under him has also increased. Some of the iron artillerymen who first followed him have gradually been promoted to captains, and they also want to Use the blood of your enemies to achieve your own merits!

"By the way, Your Highness, Ning Ning also saw a small number of people from the Yilong Army. They were in the southeast of their main formation, constantly carrying the wounded and corpses, and there were also some huge, completely covered cages. They It seems to be used for something."

"It's just that there are more guards and ninjas there, so we didn't alert them. Brother Danzo is continuing to keep an eye on them."

"But Ning Ning is almost certain that quite a few of those ninjas are not human, because both Ning Ning and Brother Duan Zang smelled the disgusting stench. Although it is not the same, some of them are just like that time. It’s the same as the one in Qingzhou City!”

"Foul smell? It's really a Skaven ninja!"

Asai Nagamasa had made some guesses before, but now he has completely confirmed that Yilong is suspicious. The rat men who tried to kidnap Ashi that day were probably sent by the other party, right?

From this point of view, Yilong, who has always been shrouded in the shadow of his father, has indeed spent a lot of effort to completely get rid of this shackles.

It's a pity that he chose the wrong direction. He really shouldn't have taken the initiative to create monsters with human flesh and blood. They wouldn't be controlled like Onmyoji's shikigami!
But besides the rat men, are there any other beasts?
It seems that before using spiritual stones and magic to transform humans, Yilong seemed to have done other experiments in advance.
"Let Duan Zang continue to monitor the other party while ensuring his own safety. If possible, destroy those corpses and rescue the injured among them."

"As for the animals in the cage, don't touch them for now, leave them to me."

Those samurai's own strength is second to none, but with their personal testimony, they must be able to play a desired role in the next Mino Raiders.

No matter how loyal they are to the Saito family, how much loyalty can they still maintain when they learn that they were almost transformed into monsters?
"Okay, Ning Ning knows!"

The little girl happily responded, and then ran away in a hurry, with a white light flashing faintly on her legs, which is the specific embodiment of the entry-level spell of Yin-Yang Jutsu-Light Action.

Although she looks carefree on the surface, she is actually very serious in her practice, and the guardian spirit on her body, the Kindhearted Bailing, seems to have extra blessings on wind or speed-related spells. In addition, in recent days, Her spiritual energy has revived, and her progress is truly visible to the naked eye.

After calculating the time, Asai Nagamasa raised his hand, and a line of flames shot into the sky, flying hundreds of meters into the sky, and then exploded, forming a huge pattern of flames within a radius of ten miles. It is clearly visible that it represents the family crest of the Asai family.

Not only did he want to send a message to Qiaoji who was already ambushing upstream, but he also wanted to send a message to the people of Sichuan.

According to his previous orders, when the battle begins, it will be time for Hachisuka Koroku and others to go into battle.

Even if Yilong really sent out an army of monsters, but when they fought in the turbulent river, how much better than the kappa boys?
In the last battle of Nagara River, Dao San was defeated. What would be the result if it were him this time?

On a bank on the southwest side of the Nagara River, when he saw the huge pattern in the sky, Hachisuka Koroku, who was lying in a grass nest and was very bored, immediately jumped up.

"Hurry, Changyasu, hurry up and inform the brothers, haven't they been clamoring to become real samurai? Now it's time to serve Lord Asai!"

Maeno Nagayasu immediately nodded fiercely, then turned around and ran away.In fact, after hearing about the Asai family's military regulations, it wasn't just the brothers who thought about it, he himself thought about it too!
Although the Kawabi Squadron galloped across the Kiso Mikawa River, their gains were considerable and their status was extremely special. Especially after the boss accepted Lord Asai's advice and changed from simple robbery, the Kawabi Squadron's status increased dramatically. rise.

But after all, they are still water bandits in essence, and they can't be compared with real warriors. Even when walking in the wild, they have to worry about being cut off by passing warriors, and then exchange them for rewards.

Especially after the Saito family and the Oda family have shown their malice towards the Kawabizhong recently, their lives have become increasingly difficult.

But now, the legendary "Dragon of Omi" Asai-sama has given me and others a chance, a chance to truly be a new person and become a better person. What reason do I have not to seize it?
Looking at Maeno Nagayasu who was quickly walking away, Hazosuka Koryu couldn't help but chuckle: "This kid is really impatient."

Then he whistled hard and shouted in the direction of the river: "Little boys, get ready for war!"

The next moment, hundreds of ferocious and thick carapace suddenly appeared on the seemingly calm river surface, followed by hundreds of ugly faces, which were kappas.

Maybe for ordinary people, the increasing number of monsters is a very scary thing, but for some people with special status, such as Hachisuka Koroku, this is a huge opportunity!

At the same time, a few miles away on the south side of the Nagara River, among the Yilong Army who were temporarily resting, many samurai saw the family crest appearing in a special way.

Even though they had heard more or less before that the opponent they were going to face in this battle was the legendary Onmyoji who inherited the power of Abe Seimei, but when they actually saw the family crest made of flames in the sky, they still It is inevitable that I feel a little uneasy in my heart. Is that really a force that mortals can resist?
But the general in the formation, wearing a pitch-black mask that covered his entire face, couldn't help but snorted: "Asai Nagamasa, are you demonstrating against me?"

"It's just an onmyoji. Just wait, I, Saito Yoshiryu, will tell you what the real power is!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at a camp in the southeast, some distance away from the team.

There, there were many warriors who had been killed or seriously injured in previous battles. Taking them with them actually slowed down the marching speed. Some warriors complained about this, but they didn't know that he actually had other uses.

As long as they give themselves some more time and wait for themselves to complete a ritual, at the critical moment, they can exert more power than before!
But even though Yilong was full of confidence, there were still many samurai and ashigaru in the Yilong army who were shocked and amazed. Legends and seeing it with their own eyes were different after all.

Even Mamoru Ando, ​​the leader of the three men in Mino, is no exception.

"Hanbei, that is the power of Onmyoji, is that the enemy we are about to face?"

Looking at the dazzling pattern that lingered for a long time, Takenaka Hanbei sighed in his heart. Since the day we parted, His Highness Nagamasa's power has been increasing day by day. Even the teacher sighed more than once, saying that he was indeed possessed by a dragon. By.

In contrast, he is still wasting his time here.

When he heard his father-in-law's sigh, he casually responded with a few words, then turned to look in the direction of the general with a slightly worried look.

In fact, since he left Bodhi Mountain City and came to participate in the battle here, his mind has been a little uncertain, a little regretful, and even a little vigilant.

But not to His Highness Nagamasa, but to his lord Yoshiryu.

Because he noticed that after the previous battle, while treating the injured warriors, some ninjas were collecting the bodies of the warriors, and they probably not only wanted to bury them, because there were even corpses of other warriors among them.

Looking at the flags on their backs and the family crests on their bodies, there are clearly samurai from the Oda family, Matsudaira family, and even the Imagawa family.
How could the Lord think of collecting the bodies for them?He has never been such a kind person, but if it was just used by samurai to judge their merits, cutting off the opponent's head would actually be enough.

Moreover, some ninjas with strange whereabouts and extremely mysterious origins appeared very unexpectedly next to Lord Yilong.

Although they were well hidden, following the breeze, Hanbei was still keenly aware of a fishy smell. It didn't seem to belong to a human being, but more like it belonged to some kind of beast.

Although it was very unbelievable, but combined with the many rumors in Mino and even the entire Nibon in recent days, as well as the many disharmony in Mino before, he quickly made a judgment: Lord Yilong, maybe he is cooperating with monsters Bar!

Perhaps those seriously injured people and corpses were given as payment to the other party?
After all, the legend of monsters eating people has been circulating for too long. Maybe the corpses of warriors are collected because they contain more energy?
Although this is still just a guess, as long as you observe carefully next, you will soon come to the truth.

But if this guess is truly confirmed, how will he deal with it?Do you want to stand by Lord Yoshiryu's side and confront His Highness Asai?
Not to mention the possibility that monsters were involved, even if there were no monsters, how could he swing his sword at His Highness Asai, who was kind to him?
After thinking about it, Hanbei decided to reveal part of it to his father-in-law, Ando Mamoru, and also inform His Highness Asai as soon as possible. If the facts are really as he expected, both parties should be prepared in advance.
(End of this chapter)