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

Chapter 241 Rat Man Changes
The winter snow fell, and Asai Nagamasa returned from Izumo smoothly. He was very satisfied with the current progress of Huanglong and Aguo.

Although Huanglong is not very bright and looks silly most of the time, it also has two advantages. One is that its talent and foundation are really good.

With the blessing of faith and incense, its power is constantly recovering at a high speed, and now it has re-condensed an earth-type dragon avatar. Although it may look slightly inferior to itself now, it is still enough to suppress a city and a country .

And it is conceivable that its speed of becoming stronger in the future will definitely not be inferior to Asai Nagamasa, or even stronger.

Because Asai Nagamasa cannot run around looking for monsters to kill every day, but the power of faith and incense is endless.

The other one is that it is very honest. It has firmly kept in mind what Nagamasa Asai told it before, including how to develop believers, strengthen the piety of believers, and many other aspects, and it has been implemented in Izumo.

Coupled with the assistance of Aguo, the former chief shrine maiden of Izumo Shrine, everything is going very smoothly now.

At the same time, its generosity is exactly the same as Asai Nagamasa. Now its biggest contributor, the chief miko Aguo's magic power has become extremely powerful. Even in Abe Seimei's era, without three and fifty years of hard work, it would never have been able to reach this level. degree.

Similarly, some young witches at Izumo Shrine have also received some rewards and can practice magic. In addition to the earth magic that Huanglong is best at, there are also some basic spiritual skills.

They don't want to kill the enemy, they just want them to show the brilliance of their magic to boost the morale of the samurai and ashigaru.

Since they are all women, their strength is naturally weaker than that of men, so in order to defend themselves, they also practice bows and arrows. Currently, Huanglong is studying how to apply basic spells to arrows to cause more damage to demons. Damage, and it has made some progress, it named it the Demon-Breaking Arrow.

Now Aguo often takes them to the countries near Izumo to fight against monsters, which shows some strength.

Of course, whether it is the current strength or future potential of such mass-produced miko, they are definitely not as good as the little miko Kaga who was carefully cultivated by Asai Nagamasa, but they are better in numbers.

Even Asai Nagamasa is considering whether to popularize it on a large scale in the Asai family to boost the morale of his subordinates.

After all, it is impossible for him to go to the battlefield in person every time to cast spells, but as long as there are a few little witches accompanying him, as long as they can set off a few spells to act as fireworks, even if they don't kill any enemies, it will definitely have a negative impact on morale. There will be some positive impact.

Due to the activeness of A Kun and other shrine maidens, many nearby daimyo have extended olive branches to them more than once. It seems that the people who tried every means to take back the land of Izumo Shrine in the past were not like them at all.

However, they never received any positive reply, or even an invitation to enter the main hall of the shrine, because the current Izumo Shrine is no longer what it used to be.

There are no traces of the main god of Okuninism in the entire Izumo Shrine. Instead, there are only yellow dragons. Even the many statues and various symbols inside the shrine have been quietly replaced, and now they have become a line flying in the wind. Shenlong.

Just to avoid attracting too much attention, they have not changed the name of the shrine, and their faith is limited to Izumo country, which is what Asai Nagamasa had warned it before.

But now it and Izumo Shrine have become very strong, and they will be able to expand rapidly by next spring.

Those monks who only know how to collect incense money, no matter which sect they belong to, can never be their opponents, because they truly have the power to defeat demons.

At this time when the Nippon gods have disappeared without a trace, the earth is full of demons, and the people are miserable, the faith of Izumo Shrine, which possesses the power of the yellow dragon, will surely expand at an incredible speed.

At the same time, in the headquarters of Izumo Shrine, there are nearly a hundred more elite warriors who possess the power of the earth element to serve as the guards of Huanglong and Aguo.

When he first saw them, even Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but be a little surprised.

After all, even if there are only a few dozen Chuye Yazu who have been inherited for thousands of years and were born specifically to defeat demons, Huang Long has trained such a large number of powerful people just a few months after he came to Izumo. samurai?
But he soon discovered that Huang Long was cheating.

Their power does not entirely belong to themselves, but is temporarily lent to them by Huang Long. They can only possess and use these powers while maintaining their devout faith in Huang Long, otherwise Huang Long can take away the power at any time, or even backhand Use these powers to take their lives.

It can be said that while accepting these powers, their life and death are only a matter of Huanglong's thoughts, so it does not have to worry about their betrayal.

All these things made Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but sigh several times, it was indeed Huanglong who claimed to be the fifth spirit after the four spirits!

Then he stayed in Izumo for two days and had a good exchange with Huanglong to decide what to do in the future. After all, in this world, it was the first partner who was so close to him.

After thoroughly grasping all Huang Longxin's tricks, and communicating some future directions, as well as the crises that the world may encounter, especially the turmoil in Netherworld, Nagamasa Asai discovered that his naval general, Beesu, He Xiaoliu came back with a large amount of gold, silver and grain, and it seemed that he had gained a lot.

In addition to the original many kappas and a small number of shrimp soldiers, crabs, generals and turtle prime ministers sent by Hashihime, there were also many water-type monsters around him, which expanded his monster army to a considerable extent.

When demons are rampant on the land of Nibon, of course the sea will not be calm, but because of Huanglong, not only did his fleet not suffer any damage, but he can get a lot of water monsters as his subordinates once he goes to sea.

In fact, with his strength alone, although he was able to recruit some little demons, it was definitely not that smooth. The reason why he was able to do this was more because of a piece of magic given by Huang Long that was forged with its scales and blood essence. A magic weapon.

Although the Yellow Dragon belongs to the earth, it is also a head dragon after all. How could a real dragon have no control over water and the little monsters in the water?

After hearing this, Asai Nagamasa once again expressed his gratitude to Huanglong, because he knew the preciousness of Shenlong's essence and blood. Even if he got all the spirit stones in Lushan City, the concentration of dragon's blood in his body is only [-]%. , every drop of dragon blood is precious.

When Asai Nagamasa returned to Otani Castle, he wanted to immediately start using Huang Long's many powers to further strengthen his subordinates. After all, Huang Long had already worked so hard, how could he fall behind?
But the ninjas who came soon after hearing the news reported to him a piece of news that was not very good.

"Your Highness, there is something unusual happening in the Hida country. A large number of Nezumi ninjas are dispatched collectively, and they frequently attack on the border between Hida and Vietnam. Many Ashigaru, civilians, and even samurai were killed in the Uesugi family."

"After they were killed, most of their bodies disappeared, and what was left were bones full of tooth marks."

While speaking, Duanzang Kato's face was full of anger. If they only had this suspicion before, now they are absolutely sure that those ratmen do feed on humans!

In comparison, Oda Nobunaga, who originally fled to Mino because of his rebellion, now saw that the situation was not good and took the city to surrender to his nephew Nobunaga, which was not an important matter.

The little kunoichi next to her also had a bulging face: "Your Highness, please allow us to join the battle and kill those nasty rat men!"

Asai Nagamasa's expression was not very good either: "What are the ninjas from the Uesugi family doing?"

The little kunoichi couldn't help but sigh: "Because the Nezumi had a targeted large-scale sneak attack before the actual action, which resulted in heavy casualties among the Xuanzaru clan loyal to the Uesugi family, so the Uesugi family does not have many ninjas available now."

What she sighed was that the Xuan Yuans are relatively well-known ninjas in Nippeng, and their lair must be heavily guarded, but they never expected to be attacked by those ratman ninjas instead. These ugly big rats are really good at this aspect. talented.

Kato Duanzang also sighed: "Although the Ratmen are evil, we have to admit that their strength should not be underestimated, and it is still winter." He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present knew what he meant .

In order to facilitate movement, ninjas never wear armor, just to move as lightly and covertly as possible.

It's okay in normal times, but in winter, they will suffer. Even if they are specially trained, they will not be able to withstand the severe cold for a long time.

In comparison, the rat men with thick fur in the sky are much better in this regard.

"So impatient, and even unwilling to cover up too much, do these hateful rat people want to take advantage of our inconvenience of sending troops in winter, and want to rapidly expand their group in a short period of time?"

The gestation period of mice is very short, only more than half a month. They can give birth many times a year, with 5-10 babies each time. These mice will become mature in three to two months and also have the ability to reproduce.

The Skavens, whose prototype comes from mice, also have the ability to reproduce in the same line, and they even have a special kind of giant female mouse specially used for reproduction.

Compared with human beings who are pregnant in October and take at least ten years to grow up, they undoubtedly have too many advantages in reproduction. What really limits the number and combat effectiveness of the Ratmen will always be food.

This is also the reason why many rat warlords never have to be timid in fighting, because defeating them will obtain a large amount of food. Even if they fail, they can reduce a large amount of food consumption for the rat tribe, and their Corpses can also be turned into food.

Even though Kato Danzo and Ning Ning didn't know so much inside information at the same time, they were still familiar with rats, and even just by looking at the expressions of their highnesses, they knew that things were definitely not optimistic.

Then Ning Ning seemed to suddenly remember something: "Lord Nagamasa, one more thing, Ning Ning suspected that the missing corpses were not only used as food, but were more likely to be made into ghouls, just like Saito Yoshiryu. That’s what we did back then!”

Asai Nagamasa suddenly frowned: "If this is really the case, it seems that we can't wait until spring."

Although the name contains the word "rat", there is actually a big difference between rat people and the endless beastmen that emerge in the wild today. The biggest difference lies in their different wisdom.

You must know that in this world, the rat people have used spirit stones, or dimension stones, to develop super weapons such as guns, Gatling, mortars, and even nuclear bombs!
Although the number of these weapons is extremely rare and highly unstable even among ratmen, it can be seen that the upper limit of ratmen's intelligence is really not inferior to humans at all.

Moreover, there are also rat mages in their tribe who are good at using plague and other elements. Even if the people who come to Nibon now should be clans specializing in lurking and assassination, if they can really learn Yilong's spells, Asai Nagamasa will also I won't feel any particular surprise.

"What should Uesugi Kagetora do?"

Although both parties have some good feelings for each other, the two families have not concluded any form of alliance at present. If they take action rashly, it will appear that they are a little too attentive.

"Due to the heavy casualties suffered by the Xuan Yu clan, she has no choice but to lead her family's samurai, military advisor Usami Sadamitsu, and the family's most powerful general, Kakizaki Keie, into three teams to attack the evil ratmen separately."

"But the border between the two families is too long, and their numbers are seriously insufficient. Although the warriors fought bravely, the overall situation is like a drop in the bucket. So far, thousands of people have disappeared or died."

Ning Ning also sighed: "I really didn't expect that the famous Echigo no Dragon was actually a Hime Samurai, and Takeda Shingen didn't even make this information public."

"Probably because of his pride. If the Dragon of Echigo is a Hime Samurai, then no matter whether he wins or loses, the legend will not sound good."

The little kunoichi thought for a moment and found that it was indeed the case.

If you win, people will say you just won over a woman, there is nothing to brag about.

If you lose, people will say you can't even win against a woman, which is really embarrassing.

So Takeda Shingen probably just ignored it. After all, he and Uesugi Kagetora fought many times. When he discredited the other party, he was also discrediting himself. Only the stronger the opponent can make him appear to be stronger in disguise.

As for why no similar news has spread within the Uesugi family, it is actually easy to understand, because the Uesugi family is not essentially a power with concentrated power like the Asai family. They are more like a loose alliance, under the leadership of Uesugi Teruhu. Fighting here and there.

Except for Uesugi Teruatora, the Uesugi family has no powerful samurai at all. For the sake of land and food, even if Uesugi Teruatora is a princess warrior, the city lords and leaders of wealthy families don't care. Anyway, as long as they can win. Got it!
Kato Danzo next to him suddenly felt a little embarrassed. After many days of investigation, he also knew the gender of the other party, and finally understood why his original submission was so strongly resisted by the other party. The other party did not directly smoke him in the first place. Cutting him with a knife would be considered very generous.

Fortunately, it was because of this misunderstanding, otherwise I would not have been able to meet His Highness again and show off my talents in my family.

Although he said it very casually, after a little calculation, Asai Nagamasa could probably imagine Uesugi Teruhora's current predicament.

Although Hida Country has very little land that can be cultivated, and the stone height is only tens of thousands of stones, its area is not small, but most of the places are barren mountains and deep forests.

But this kind of terrain creates an excellent opportunity for the rat people. They can make full use of the terrain there to avoid large-scale pursuit.

When encountering Uesugi Teruhu and others personally leading the team, the ratmen will retreat immediately, and when encountering scattered samurai or ninjas, they will attack in groups.

Although this tactic looks despicable, it is extremely effective. Even if it is replaced by the professional infantry of the Asai family to deal with it, it will feel very tricky.

After all, the mountains and forests are no better than the plains. It is difficult for the infantry to effectively form their best spear array to deal with the enemy, and the complex terrain is particularly beneficial to the rat people.

After a brief silence, Asai Nagamasa suddenly asked: "Didn't the Takeda family respond?"

The little kunoichi shook her head: "No, the Takeda family is very quiet. There is no news from Shinano Kiso Fukushima Castle, which is closest to Hida Country."

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but sneer: "It seems that the so-called Tiger of Kai is also wary of my family."

As old enemies who have been fighting for many years, when the Uesugi family faces such a crisis, even if the Takeda family cannot send troops, they should at least take corresponding deterrent actions.

But he seems so calm now, which means that he is probably preparing other actions and has no time to take care of the Uesugi family for the time being. For example, setting up a siege network against the Uesugi family!

The two ninjas couldn't help being surprised at the same time, but before they could speak, Asai Nagamasa had already waved his hand: "Ning Ning, I would like to trouble you. Go to the Uesugi family to express our goodwill. I intend to form an alliance with them."

"In addition, Danzo, don't slack off on the training of our ninjas, otherwise you will fail to live up to the martial arts from Cathay taught by Demon Sword Princess."

"As for those nasty rat men, leave it to me to deal with them myself!"

(End of this chapter)