Warring States Eagle

The Dono family occupies a flat piece of land formed by the alluvial flow of several tributaries of the Zuauchi River.To the southwest, on the bank of the Neichuan River, stands Tianyewei Castle, which is the main city of the Dono Clan.To the northeast is Yuno Castle, which stands next to the largest tributary of the Zauchi River. The current owner of the castle is Dono Keijiro.

Walking along the path through the dense forest, across the small river, I finally saw Yuno City on the opposite side from a distance.Standing by the small river, Dongxiang Heiji looked down at the wooden box in his hand again.The wooden box contains the heads of bandits treated with lime. "It must be successful!" Togo Heiji said to himself.

As a humble refugee, Togo Heiji is not qualified to meet the city lord directly.So he found an acquaintance living in the castle town, Hirasa Taro.When Hirazataro was a wandering samurai a few years ago, he was once robbed by bandits on a mountain road. Relying on his own skills, he injured several bandits.In a fit of rage, the bandits gathered dozens of people to besiege Hirazataro. The so-called two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and Hirazataro lost without any suspense.Since he couldn't fight, he had to run away.The thieves had already been beaten to the point of suffocation, and they were willing to let Hirazataro go, so they chased after him relentlessly.

You have been chasing me and running away, just when he was exhausted, Hirasataro accidentally discovered the small pastoral village at the foot of Ye Gao Mountain. There was really no other way, so Hirasataro had to rush into the small village.As the head of Xiaomu Village, Dongxiang Heiji saw the bandit attack and immediately organized the villagers to defend themselves.In the end, the bandits were driven away, and at the same time, Hirasataro's life was saved.

A year later, Hirasa Taro became the samurai of Dono Kijiro, and gradually became Kijiro's confidant through his outstanding performance.Once on the way home, he happened to meet Togo Heiji who came to the castle town of Yunojo Castle to raise food due to the food crisis in the village. Both of them were amazed by this chance encounter. .After talking in detail, after learning of Dongxiang Heiji's difficulties, he immediately used his strength to help Xiaomu Village overcome that difficulty.Since then, whenever Komaki Village has difficulties, Hirazataro will try his best to help.

On this day, after learning of Togo Heiji's intentions, Hirasataro immediately entered the city to report to Dono Keijiro.

After briefly hearing the whole story, Kijiro couldn't help being overjoyed. He had always wanted to annex Xiaomu Village, which was only a few miles away from the mountain road. After all, the land there was no worse than that of Yuno Castle.And the most important thing is to be able to perform in front of the father, maybe the father will consider abolishing the eldest brother and making himself the successor of the family governor.

In the wealthy Japanese family in the Warring States period, the general son will be the successor of the family governor, while other sons can only choose to become a monk or be stationed in other cities as city guards to avoid hindering the development of the son.Donno Jijiro has always thought that he is better than his elder brother, and that he is the best candidate for the family supervisor.So I always look for opportunities to show my best side.Now the opportunity has come. In the past, it was difficult to strike because of the large number of these filthy people. Now that the losses are heavy, isn't this an opportunity given to me by God?Kijiro couldn't help but think more and more excited.

"Okay," Kijiro looked very excited, "Taro, gather your people immediately, and we will go to fight off the bandits right now."

Seeing Kijiro's excited face, Hirasa Taro couldn't help but sigh inwardly, not knowing what he was thinking.Just like this, how to compete with the eldest son for the position of family governor.

"Your Highness, do you intend to take the opportunity to annex or eliminate the filthy people there?" Hira Sataro was not in a hurry to object.

"Yes, as long as I win there, my father will definitely look at me differently." Kijiro glanced at Hirazataro, and then said excitedly.

"Your Highness, do you know why the Patriarch has not taken it there?" Hirazataro continued to ask.

"Huh? That's right. If Father intends to annex there, it's a piece of cake. Can just a few filthy people stop the attack of 300 or [-] people from our family?" Thinking of this, Kijiro himself couldn't figure out why Father didn't do that .

"Your Highness, even if we successfully annex there, how can we face those bandits directly?" Hirazataro continued to ask.

"Hiss!" Kijiro suddenly recalled his memories of last year, and his whole body shivered.Bandits attacked Yunoo Castle last year, although they failed to capture the castle rock in the end.But they looted wantonly in the towns under the city.Thinking of those bandits murdering and setting fire, he couldn't help but seep out a layer of cold sweat.But after thinking about it, if he can succeed this time, maybe his father will call him back to live in this city, and then he won't have to face the bandits directly.Thinking of this, the scene of being scolded by his father and ridiculed by his elder brother because his territory was damaged by bandits last year could not help appearing in his mind.Immediately, anger surged up all over his body, and he said to Hirasataro in a cold voice, "Hmph, a few bandits are nothing to be afraid of."

"Yes, Your Highness." Seeing Kijiro's anger, Hirasa Taro dared not directly object, "But, Your Highness, even if we can resist the bandits, the Akasaka family upstream of Yuno Castle and the Tateishi family downstream have always been eyeing the castle. Once we are negligent in dealing with the bandits, resulting in the capture of the city by these two families, how should we explain to the Patriarch?"

"Ah?", this sentence completely hit Kijiro's weakness, and the courage that had just been summoned was vented all at once, "Then, Taro, what do you think I should do?"

"Your Highness, in fact, the owner of the family has not annexed there, just to build a protective wall between us and the bandits, so that those filthy people can resist the bandits, and at least prevent the bandits from frequently harassing our family. So this time we Not only can they not be annexed this time, but they must be given proper support, otherwise they will be wiped out by bandits or moved to other places, then the city will face threats from three sides," Hirazataro said taking the opportunity.

"Then should we send troops to help them repel the bandits? According to what they said just now, they are at the end of their ropes, and I doubt whether they can resist the bandits," Kijiro said worriedly.

"No, Your Highness. We don't need to send troops there. They still have a certain combat power, and this time they brought the heads of two bandits, which shows that they can still resist the bandits. Besides, it is not good to send troops. Explain to the head of the family. We just need to give them some food and weapons." What a joke, I finally persuaded Kijiro not to send troops, how can I ask him to send troops again? What to do if the unscrupulous people are eliminated, and whether they can be eliminated is another matter. I have seen them fighting the bandits with my own eyes before, so Hirazutaro quickly advised.

"Then, how do you think they should be funded?" Kijiro agreed with Hirazataro's proposal.

"Your Highness, we still have some miscellaneous grains left over from the previous year in our warehouse, which are relatively old, about 100 shi; in addition, we can provide them with 5 spears for a while. And they are willing to pay 17. In this case, once the When the owner found out, we said that the rice was rotten, so we had to sell it to these filthy people at a discount of 17 guns. And the long gun just said that it was damaged.” Hirazataro said the method that he had thought of a long time ago.

As soon as he heard that there were 17 kan, Kijiro's eyes lit up.In order to fight against his eldest brother, he has been paying attention to secretly preparing his own forces for the past few years, but due to financial difficulties, his development has been slow.Although there are only 17 sticks now, mosquitoes are at least meat.

"Well, that's it. Hurry up and ask them to give you the money, and you will arrange the rest." Dono Keijiro was completely caught up in thinking about how to spend the 17 kans he was about to get, and waved his hand to signal that Sataro Hirao can leave up.

"Yes, Your Highness," Hirasataro bowed and turned to leave.Why!It seems that there will be a civil strife in the battle for the governor of the family. I hope that it will not be annexed by other powerful powers.Forget it, no matter how much you think about it, it won't help.Well, I need to tell Lord Heiji about the food as soon as possible.Thinking of this, he immediately quickened his pace and walked towards the castle town.

At this time, Dongxiang Heiji was anxiously waiting at the home of Heizuo Taro.He had already prepared to cry in front of the city lord later, pretending to be miserable because he resisted the bandits.

"Heiji-sama, Heiji-sama", hearing a shout from outside, Togo Heiji immediately pushed the door and walked out, just in time to see Hirasatarou push open the fence wooden door and come in.

"How is it? Is it possible to meet the city lord now?" Togo Heiji asked anxiously.

"No, the castellan doesn't intend to see you," Hirasa Taro said to Togo Heiji seriously.

"What?" Dongxiang Heiji felt a thunderbolt rising out of thin air, recalling his guarantee to the lord before he set off, he couldn't help but feel ashamed, especially when he thought of the villagers waiting for food in the village, his heart was ashamed.

"Hahaha", seeing Togo Heiji's sad look, Hirasa Taro suddenly laughed, "My lord, in fact, the city lord has already promised to give food, so there is no need to meet the city lord."

"Ah!", Dongxiang Heiji felt a thunder in his brain again, but this time it was Xilei, "You... this... Taro, why are you still the same as before, and still look like a bohemian? Really".Then thinking that it was clear that the guy in front of him was trying to make a fool of himself, he couldn't help cursing angrily and amusingly.

"Haha, Master Heiji, I have tried my best this time. There are a total of about 100 shi of miscellaneous grains, but they are all left over from the year before, and they are a bit old. There are also 5 standard spears. For this, you need to pay the city owner 17 Seeing that the joke was almost done, Hirazataro told the truth about the final result.

"Ah?" Dongxiang Heiji couldn't help but be very pleasantly surprised, 100 shi, although it is old, as long as it can be eaten.Even if the lord gathers all the filthy people from the south of the village, it is enough to last for two months.And there are 5 long spears, add up the 17 in the territory, then you can temporarily organize a long spear ashigaru team of 22 people.After all, there is still a difference between real weapons and wooden weapons, at least he has a lot more confidence when facing bandits.

"Master Heiji", seeing Togo Heiji gradually calm down from the state of excitement, Hei Sataro said sincerely again. "Are you really going to stop thinking about it?"

"No, Taro, thank you for your kindness. But I will not leave those townspeople. At the beginning, I was hunted down by the enemy with my wife and daughter, and I have been fleeing to this point. If the townspeople didn't take them in, I guess I would have become a roadside by now. pile of loess", Togo Heiji looked sad, paused for a moment, and then said firmly, "So, Taro, I will not leave the townspeople."

"Hey!" Hirasa Taro sighed secretly, as if he already knew the answer.

In fact, this is the fifth time Hirazataro has invited Togo Heiji to settle here.Because both he and Togo Heiji saw the idea of ​​the Dono family and the Tahara family using these filthy people to resist bandits, so since he settled down, he felt the kindness of Togo Heiji for saving his life, and proposed several times. Invitation, I hope that the idea of ​​his family settling down under Yuno Castle, at least under my care, the life of Togo Heiji's family will be much easier.Of course, he can only say sorry to the other villagers, and with his current ability, he can barely take care of the Togo Heiji family.Although Dongxiang refused repeatedly, but now that the village has gradually become weaker and smaller under the constant harassment of bandits, Hirazataro couldn't help but extended the invitation again.But the end result is still the same.

"Then, Mr. Heiji, it may be too late to go back now (starting from Xiaomu Village, crossing the mountain forest for several miles, you need to walk for more than half a day, and it was almost evening when Togo Heiji arrived at Hei Sataro's house). And food is still needed It will take a while to get ready. I will make it at my house at night." Seeing that Togo Heiji was so determined, Hirasa Taro had no choice but to give up, and finally said with a smile.

"Ah, then please Taro," Togo Heiji also knew that he had rejected Hirasa Taro's kindness, and quickly apologized back.

"Haha, Heiji-sama, Kikuhime has grown taller again?" Seeing the apologetic expression on the face of the savior, Hirasa Taro didn't want to make the atmosphere too deserted, so he quickly changed the subject and asked.

"Well, yes, I've grown taller," Togo Heiji replied lovingly when he heard Hirasa Taro mention his daughter.At the same time, he also thought of his son-in-law, the current lord of the territory.In fact, Togo Heiji didn't use his daughter as a bargaining chip to keep Masarato Roshi at all costs because the village was busy.At the same time, he is also leaving a way out for his daughter.It is best if the village can be kept alive. If it cannot be kept, even if I risk my life, I will stop the bandits and create conditions for the son-in-law to take away his wife and daughter. A warrior son-in-law who is a swordsman can at least guarantee that his wife and daughter can live in peace. Survive in this chaotic world.