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

Chapter 72 Dao San’s kindness?
Early the next morning, after eating a breakfast carefully prepared by Saito Dozo, but still very shoddy in the eyes of Asai Nagamasa, he bid farewell to the other party.

Although he didn't understand the secrets of Lushan City at all, after the shock the other party gave him yesterday, he didn't want to stay here any longer, even if the other party hadn't shown any hostility until now.

Yesterday he was not hostile, and today he is not hostile, but who can guarantee that he will not be hostile the day after tomorrow?

If you lose the assistance of the guardian spirit, your strength will definitely decline severely. In addition, this is the opponent's lair. Once Saito Dōsan sets some despicable trap, maybe ten or eight elite warriors will come randomly. , can easily take his own life.

This is too dangerous for Asai Nagamasa. He doesn't want to put his life and safety entirely on the goodwill of others, not to mention that the other party is Saito Douzan, who has the reputation of "Viper".

However, he roughly figured out how he got tricked, and it must have something to do with those barbecues.

At that time, he felt that those barbecues were a little too fragrant, and since it was his first time meeting Saito Douzan, he took away the barbecues that the other party had baked by his own hands without any hesitation, and even gave some to Axiu next to him. , probably when he smelled the fragrance, he had already been tricked, right?

Regarding Asai Nagamasa's request, Saito Michizan readily agreed without any reservations. He just asked him to send a greeting to Asai Nagamasa. We met once, but we haven't been able to meet again until now.

Asai Nagamasa naturally agreed, but the unexpected joy of the other party inevitably made him a little suspicious: Has this old poisonous snake been waiting for him to take the initiative to say goodbye?
Even thinking about it the other way round, Saito Douzan deliberately scared himself secretly once, but did not mention anything related to it. Did he do this on purpose in order to make himself take the initiative to leave?

Asai Nagamasa suddenly had the urge to scratch his head. Why did he always like to think too much? If only he could be as simple as Axiu.
But this was just a silent exclamation, he knew that when he came to this world in that way, he was destined to work harder than ordinary people.

Although I don't know what kind of thoughts Saito Dozo is holding, but now Nagamasa Asai is completely sure that there is indeed something Saito Dozo doesn't want him to see in Lushan City, and it must be an extremely important secret. It's so important that Saito Dozo even hesitates to expose his special abilities.

But even though he had guessed this, Asai Nagamasa had no intention of staying on any more excuses. Although he was curious about the secrets on the mountain, compared with the safety of his own life, that secret became nothing.

Tokichiro also said goodbye to Saito Douzan, claiming that he would definitely bring him more spiritual stones next time, and if there was anything else, Saito Douzan could also give him instructions as much as he wanted. In short, he took a good photo Flattery.

As for the reason, you can tell just by looking at his bulging backpack. Saito Douzan paid him a lot for the spiritual stones.

Probably to make some compensation, Nagamasa Asai also gained something. Michizan Saito praised him as a young hero, so he opened his collection of weapons to him, allowing him to choose the weapons he liked.

Asai Nagamasa was not polite. He went up and got a spear and a bow and arrow. This could be regarded as a little compensation for what happened to him yesterday. Although neither he nor Saito Michizan mentioned this matter, They both know each other well.

Picking up the spear, which was about two meters and a half long and made of a long wooden shaft and a metal tip, he shook a few gunshots randomly and tested the flexibility. Nagamasa Asai felt very satisfied.

The Nipeng warrior family has three treasures: spears, knives and longbows.

The gun user is simple and easy to learn, easy to get started but the power is not low. In addition, it has a long handle, so it is very suitable for novices to use in large-scale battlefields. Even if they just poke forward randomly, they will often gain something.

When the war broke out, those Ashigaru and peasant soldiers who were temporarily recruited by the daimyo often used weapons such as bamboo spears. They could be thrown into the battlefield after training for half a day or not at all. Go up and kill the enemy, and in the hands of warriors whose profession is fighting, spears can often exert greater power.

Compared with spears, long swords are slightly more difficult to use, but they are also widely used by all kinds of people, including samurai, ashigaru, ronin, traveling merchants, bandits and bandits, etc.

Even Tokichiro, who claimed not to be good at martial arts, had a samurai sword hanging from his waist for self-defense. Even Hanbei Takenaka, who was born weak, had specially studied swordsmanship with famous teachers in order to strengthen his body.

At the same time, the long sword is the weapon most appreciated by various martial arts schools. Among the many martial arts schools in Nibon, at least [-]% or even [-]% of them mainly practice sword skills.

For example, the Innocent Shinden Kaori Shinto-ryu that Hanbei worshiped majored in swordsmanship.

It is worth mentioning that Hanbei was unable to display outstanding swordsmanship due to his physical weakness, but there was a super strong master in his sect, Tsukahara, who was known as the Sword Master. Divination.

Finally, there is the bow and arrow. As a warrior, you need to learn some bow and arrow shooting techniques.

The longbow in front of you has a completely different appearance and power from the Nibon bow and arrow. It is made of metal and animal sinews, and is accompanied by auspicious cloud reliefs. This is an extremely rare real bow and arrow from Cathay, and it is also a Zhai bow. Fujimichi showed the most precious weapon among Asai Nagamasa's many weapons.

If you want to make a good bow and arrow, materials such as animal tendons and horns are often indispensable. However, due to the lack of large animals in Nippon, there is no channel to obtain animal tendons and other materials on a large scale, and craftsmen often do not have enough resources. Technology, bows and arrows are basically bamboo bows.

Compared with animal horn bows, the production process of bamboo bows is much simpler, and the time consumed is also greatly reduced. However, compared with animal horn bows, the shortcomings of bamboo bows are also very obvious, that is, their maximum power is often different. several times.

The maximum range of ordinary bamboo bows will basically not exceed 30 meters, and the effective range is usually less than 50 meters. Only extremely rare treasures made by famous craftsmen can reach [-] meters.

Moreover, because local materials such as bamboo and wood are not easy to deform, they can only support a larger deformation range and rebound by making them longer and larger. Yes, it is not very convenient to carry. The soldiers of the Cathay Empire can hang their bows and arrows obliquely on their bodies or on their saddles, but the soldiers of Nibon can only carry their own bows and arrows.

Even though famous craftsmen have been working tirelessly in this area for hundreds of years, the results achieved are very few, which makes many famous craftsmen unable to let go until their death.Of course, Asai Nagamasa knew that future famous craftsmen would no longer need to dwell on this issue, because long-range projectile weapons that were more advanced and more powerful than bows and arrows had already appeared in Nibon, and that was the iron cannon.

Even though Nippon's technology for forging iron cannons is not yet mature, during the battle outside Miyabe Castle, Asai Nagamasa noticed that the maximum range of those iron cannons easily exceeded 200 meters, and their effective damage was also 50 meters. -80 meters or so, completely crushing ordinary bamboo bows. In the future, Japanese craftsmen no longer need to study bows and arrows. They can skip this technology and study iron cannons.

According to Saito Douzan, as long as Asai Nagamasa has enough strength, the maximum range of this Xiangyun Longbow from Cathay can easily exceed 300 meters. This is the difference between it and ordinary bamboo bows.

So after accepting these two things, Asai Nagamasa was still somewhat satisfied, especially when he noticed Saito Douzan's painful expression, he became even happier.

Axiu next to her also didn't return empty-handed. Saito Douzan didn't know if he had discovered something, but he actually gave her a pack of chili peppers. This kind of condiment from the southern barbarians is worth a lot of money. Just one pack is worth at least dozens of dollars. Two silver coins.

It's a pity that his kindness didn't receive any substantial reward, because Axiu couldn't speak at all, and even because she was wearing a helmet all the time, Saito Michizan couldn't even see her expression, he could only see that she was a little cold. nodded in greeting.

However, Saito Douzan did not feel dissatisfied at all because of this. Instead, he smiled even more, because this time he was more and more sure that the other party was Asai Nagamasa's woman, and she was also a woman who was overly favored. Otherwise, how could the other party dare to do anything to him? Why are you so bold in front of me?
Although he had to admit that Asai Nagamasa had very good abilities, he even took a woman with him when traveling and was so tolerant of women. This was a very, very fatal weakness at certain critical moments.

For a qualified warrior, women can be enjoyed like wine, but they cannot be coveted.

However, if that's all, it doesn't seem to be enough. We need to find a suitable opponent for him.

If there is a conflict between Asai Nagamasano and Oda Nobunaga, my stupid son Yoshiryu, you must not miss the opportunity.
Saito Douzan's mind was racing, and then he said as if casually: "By the way, Shinkuro, I have thought carefully about what you said yesterday, and there is something careless about you."

"Oh? I'd like to hear about it."

Although Asai Nagamasa appeared to listen respectfully on the surface, in fact he was somewhat unconvinced in his heart. Although he was affected by the other party's special ability yesterday, the words he said definitely came from the heart.

With the blessing of later generations of history, and using the results to infer the process and antecedents, he did not think that he would be wrong in any aspect.

Saito Douzan couldn't help but smile more and more: "You value Nobunaga, which is different from most people. You can see your wisdom, but you underestimate Owari."

"Imagawa Yoshimoto is known as the Million Stone Daimyo and controls the three lands of Suruga, Toe and Mikawa, and he also captured part of Owari from the Oda family. However, according to the investigation of the ninjas under my command, the total of the four lands is only more than [-]. Stone. Although he is still a powerful vassal in the world, the gap between him and Owari is not as great as people think."

"Because Owari is not only a world-famous fertile area and a major grain-producing land, but there is also more than 50 koku of land there."

Although the Mino area of ​​the Saito family has almost 50 koku of land, a considerable part of it is barren land. The yield is very different from the fertile land of Owari. This is why Saito Michizan had to compete with " The father of "Owari the Big Idiot" was one of the important reasons why the previous generation of Oda family governor signed a peace treaty and married his daughter to Nobunaga.

Even if he gains a temporary upper hand, he may not be able to defeat the opponent if they continue to fight for many years. If it drags on for too long, it will take advantage of other famous names around him.

Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but change his color slightly when he heard this.

Because the battle that made Oda Nobunaga famous in later generations - the Battle of Okehazama, the strength of the two sides was extremely disparate, so he always believed that the strength of the two daimyo was also extremely disparate. In the history of the parallel world, Oda Nobunaga all Victory is achieved by sneaking in and killing the opponent's general general. It can probably be compared to Zhan Yanliang in the Battle of Feishui or the Battle of White Horse.

But he never expected that if the facts were as Saito Dozo said, the actual gap between the two warring parties was much smaller than he imagined.

This was when Oda Nobunaga had just calmed down the riots in his territory. Too much power had been consumed, so he seemed very empty for a while.

If you give him a few years to get rid of his younger brother, uncle, etc., and allow him to truly unify Owari, I'm afraid the Battle of Okehazama may not be a surprise attack, but a head-on confrontation, right?
Seeing Asai Nagamasa fall into a brief contemplation, Saito Douzan couldn't help but feel more and more proud: Nobunaga, haven't you always thought that you are lonely?

Maybe there is still a big gap between the Asai family and the Oda family at the moment, and Asai Nagamasa has not ascended to the position of family governor like you, but it won't be long before he will definitely become a very good opponent.

Yilong, I also hope you can seize this opportunity. If you are still at a disadvantage when these two powers compete for hegemony in the future, or you cannot seize the opportunity at all, then you and your son really have to help them. It’s a horse.

I don't have time to worry about you or the Saito family, because I have more important things that I have to face.
Less than two breaths later, Asai Nagamasa came back to his senses. He bowed his hands to Saito Dosan: "I'm sorry, Master Dosan, I'm rude, but in this case, I want to go as soon as possible. I went to Owari and met Oda Nobunaga."

But what on earth is this, a kindness from Saito Douzan?

He didn't think the other party would really be so kind. Was he encouraging himself to become an enemy of Oda Nobunaga?
Saito Douzan was still nodding and smiling. At this moment, he didn't look like the Mino Viper rumored by the outside world at all. Instead, he just wanted to be a kind old man next door, but everyone present knew that this was just an illusion.

The so-called "Meinong Viper" is best at biting people in the back!

　Sorry, no more today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)