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

Chapter 60 The weird robber

Maeno Nagayasu couldn't help but be even more surprised when he saw a pair of fearless men and women kill the bandits at the front as quickly as they cut through the waves, but their speed was hardly affected at all.

He boasts that he is not an ignorant country warrior, especially after following his elder brother, he has seen a lot of things, but he has never seen such a skilled warrior.

After a brief moment of surprise, he gritted his teeth, held on to his tired body, turned back, and joined the battle together. The blood of his brothers must not be shed in vain!
After a few minutes, this small-scale battle was completely over. Even if he didn't use spells all the time, Asai Nagamasa was still a very good samurai, not to mention Axiu, whose physical strength and force were somewhat scary.

There were about thirty bandits present, and except for one bandit who was deliberately kept by Asai Nagamasa, all the others died in their hands.

If you don't count spells, Axiu can kill several percent more robbers. When fighting monsters, Axiu's power is not too extraordinary, because monsters are also very powerful. In most situations, she can No one can have a clear advantage.

But when she uses this power to fight mortals, it becomes a little scary. Often with a swing of the giant scythe, the weapons and corpses of three or four bandits will be cut into two pieces in an instant. These dozens of bandits can't stand it at all. Not enough for her to kill alone.

As for Maeno Nagayasu, who was the last to follow, usually there were no living bandits before he reached any place, so in the end he only cut off the head of one bandit, which was barely enough to get some revenge. The solution was that Asai Nagamasa and the others were killing too fast.

But after killing all the bandits, Asai Nagamasa didn't have much joy on his face. He squatted down and carefully inspected the corpses of the bandits.

When he inspected the fourth corpse, he simply stopped because he found that after death, the bodies of these corpses began to grow faint golden fuzz, and without exception, their eyes began to look like The feline-like vertical pupils are changing.

As for the corpses of the other robbers, there won't be much difference.

He then looked at the last survivor who didn't let out a wail of pain even though his hands and feet were cut off. He just kept moving on the ground and seemed to be trying desperately to bite him. He couldn't help but frown more and more.

With a slight sigh, Asai Nagamasa swung his knife to end the other party's pain. He had figured out that there was no need for the other party to live anymore.

At first, he thought that when he killed someone for the first time, he would feel some resistance in his heart, so he did some mental preparation beforehand, but in fact it had no effect at all.

When he killed the No. 1 bandit, there was no wave in his heart. It didn't seem like he was killing human beings, but rather like he had cut a straw.

Because the other party only looks like a human being, but in fact he is no longer of his own race.

"Axiu, did you also find something wrong?"

Axiu, who was wiping the weapon, nodded. Of course she discovered something was wrong, otherwise she wouldn't have rushed over and killed him so readily.

Of course she would show no mercy to monsters, but to humans, even robbers, she would not attack them so harshly in normal times.

The reason why she just carried out the brutal killing was entirely because the bandits in front of her were no longer real humans.

Although they all covered their faces with black cloth and could not see any expressions, when they got closer, she quickly heard that they had no heartbeat at all, and they were already dead!
"Is it another monster? And it doesn't smell like the ghost girl Momiji at all."

In addition to the weird eyes and fluff on their bodies, these robbers all have the same mark on their left arms. At first glance, it looks like the mark of a stick pressed directly after being burned by flames, but it also looks like some kind of large animal. At the same time, there are traces of demonic energy escaping from it, proving that it is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

The only good thing is that these breaths are completely different from the bloody breath of the ghost girl Hongye. They should be made by different monsters, and the other party is probably some kind of beast monster.

Coupled with the cherry tree demon and the green bamboo tube that appeared inexplicably in the wild, Asai Nagamasa felt that the things behind this were becoming more and more interesting.

Could it be that I happened to catch up with the era of spiritual energy recovery, so these monsters and monsters appeared one after another?

However, the other party was not a human, which made Asai Nagamasa slightly relieved. After all, there were only a few monsters wandering in the wild, and they could only be encountered but not sought. But if he could gain strength by killing humans, he felt that it would be harmful to his conscience. It is an extremely heavy test.

Once something starts, it's not that easy to undo it, just like how he stopped Xiaohong from eating human flesh.

Maeno Nagayasu, who had just roughly bandaged the bleeding wound and was walking over to say thank you again, was stunned when he heard this: "A monster, a monster?"

Asai Nagamasa sheathed his sword: "Yes, it's a monster. Didn't you notice anything unusual when you were fighting these bandits before?" When I came to Meinong this time, in addition to traveling, I wanted to In addition to meeting some celebrities from the Nippon Warring States Period, Asai Nagamasa also had another purpose, which was to try to recruit some outstanding samurai or ronin as retainers.

Maeno Nagayasu, a guy who could barely be considered as capable only with his physical strength, had a name in history. He was not just a sidekick who could be easily killed, but it was still not his main target.

Maeno Nagayasu, who belongs to the Kawaubi Clan, is not alone. He also has an elder brother, the leader of the Kawabizhong-Haisuka Koroku.

Strictly speaking, that man was not the best in the world in terms of force, military strategy, or intelligence and politics, but what was commendable was that he was involved in all aspects, and he was pretty good at them. He was a rare all-round general. He is almost an enhanced version of his family's other all-around talent, his cheap uncle Asai Ryouchika.

This is no small matter for Asai Nagamasa, who is extremely lacking of capable subordinates at this stage. Once the other party joins him, no matter where he is placed, given the other party's ability, he will definitely be able to do a good job.

Hoshisuga Koroku and his Kawami clan, who have been wandering on the Kiso Mikawa all year round, are also very good at water warfare. If they can successfully recruit each other, this will definitely become a water battle for Asai, who currently has no water army at all. A big boost.

After they all brought the boats into Lake Biwa, Asai Nagamasa was able to play a lot of tricks. On the other side of Lake Biwa, the Rokkaku family also had no navy to speak of.

But the more important thing is that Haizuka Koroku is now just the leader of the people of the country. He is just a local tycoon, not a samurai class. There are even rumors that he occasionally doubles as a bandit or water bandit, plundering passing caravans and so on. .

This shows that he has a need for money and does not think too highly of himself.

Compared with a distinguished samurai like Hanbei, he is more likely to be recruited. He is Asai Nagamasa's real target.

Although the other party was also a master who would not let go of the eagle before seeing rabbits, he had been swinging between the Oda family and the Saito family for more than ten years, and had never officially joined either family. He was obviously waiting for a price.

But if he could meet in person, he could further confirm the possibility of recruiting the other party.

Even though he is just a young master, he has something that others cannot give him, which is the many inheritances from Abe Seimei. Isn't Miyabe Tsurujun the best example?
"Abnormal?" Maeno Nagayasu was stunned, and then he began to frown and recall the very beginning.

"I only know that they are crazy. They don't care that we are from Chuan Bingzhong, and they don't give us a chance to negotiate. They just attack at all costs, and they are too brave to fight."

"Obviously they are just bandits, but they look braver than ordinary warriors."

Generally speaking, robbers are more fierce, but they will not be so desperate. After all, even if they get the money, if the person dies, there will be nothing.

"Yes, that's it," Asai Nagamasa nodded in agreement, "Not only were they extraordinarily brave when fighting, but no one asked for mercy or turned around to escape until the end. Even when they were burned by the flames of my spell, they No one ever cried out in pain.”

It is precisely for this reason that Asai Nagamasa completely determined their identities.

Generally speaking, if there are no samurai to supervise the battle team, the 100-person ashigaru + peasant soldiers may be demoralized if three or five people die, and may completely collapse if ten people die.

After all, as the lowest-level infantry, fighting is just a task issued by the superior warriors to them.

If they fail, there will be no loss for them and they can save their lives. On the contrary, even if they fight desperately and finally win, they will not gain much benefit, because the real benefits are those land and The wealth all belongs to the warriors and lords.

As the lowest-level infantrymen, the most they could do was try to find some trophies on the corpses of the defeated side, which were usually pitiful because most of the dead were ashigaru or peasant soldiers.

So now that the two professions of Ashigaru and peasant soldiers have been around for hundreds of years, because of the long historical experience in the past, except when fighting a smooth battle, they will not work too hard most of the time because it is simply not worth it.

And because of the special rules of war passed down from Nibon for a long time, even if one of the samurai lords completely failed, it was basically impossible for them to be killed by the victors. At most, most of the wealth would be confiscated. The original farmers If we use it as usual, no lord will have trouble with land or food.

These bandits who are licking blood from the tip of their swords all day long, even if they are robbing for their own benefit, so their fighting will is stronger than ordinary ashigaru and peasant soldiers, but it is completely impossible for them to fight to death, right?

"The most important thing, from beginning to end, did you ever hear any of them speak?"

(End of this chapter)