Now that he has decided to take action, Mekada Tsunayoshi is also a ruthless person. After much deliberation, retainers cannot be involved. So he decided to take four of his bannermen and find the evil party group that supported him to do it.
In the recent years of war, there have been many wild warriors without support. The ronin recruited by each family are willing to kill people for a meal, and they don't care who they kill. The Mekada family has dozens of these evil gangs.
Magada Castle is located on an important trade route, and the income from the castle town belongs to the owner. Naturally, he has to find other sources to make up for the losses. Supporting evil parties to extort caravans has become a secret that cannot be told.
As a local snake, he knows which caravans can be offended and which ones cannot be offended. And by controlling the time of entry and exit of the pass, the evil party's extortion can be easily grasped and secured.
Nothing is ever done. He was too harsh and cut off the trade route. Not only did he lose his long-term income, but the income of the castle town collapsed and he had to kill this stupid dog Mokarada.
As time went by, everyone formed a tacit understanding. The caravan also makes money by being friendly. If it can ensure that there is no trouble on this road, just pay the money. The wool comes from the sheep, and it is just added to the cost when it arrives in Kyoto.
Mekarada learned this trick from the Master Rokkaku family. During the years when the Rokkaku family was severely beaten by the Ashikaga family, they would go to the mountains south of Omi to fight guerrillas from time to time.
That is the territory of the Koga clan. Twenty-one of the fifty-two Koga families have been canonized by the Rokkaku family, but it is also a feat to turn the business of a regular customer for many years into a monarch.
The Mekada family is a loyal hexagonal dog, and this habit has also followed the owner's family. To be honest, the evil party south of Lake Biwa is the most arrogant in her family, and there are really people in her family.
The retainer system of the Wu family is stable, but it is too expensive to maintain. The minimum salary for a Ji warrior to become an official is thirty years' salary. The war continued endlessly, and every family was in poverty.
The evil party will feel comfortable using it. In normal times, they only have to eat and don't starve to death, but in wars, they throw money at them, and some of them are wild samurai who don't want their lives.
His professional ability to kill people is not necessarily worse than that of the Ji warrior at home. He is afraid of death, cannot fight against the wind, and runs away when the momentum is not right. There are also some wallflowers who collect money from both sides and rebel before the battle, and some Wu families are tricked into extermination without knowing it.
If these two shortcomings were not so serious, the retainer system would have been replaced by the mercenary system. It's just that the price advantage is too obvious, and everyone is now using half and half.
Mekada Tsunayoshi did this with the belief that he would never fail this time. The four flags have been following for many years, and their loyalty in martial arts is guaranteed. The evil party brought twenty people with them, all of whom were capable wild warriors.
Then find a familiar mountain stream to ambush, block the front and rear, and catch the turtles in the jar without letting go. The opponents are only twenty-three peasants and soldiers, one sick woman, and one guard. This matter is safe.
As for Sibo Yiyin himself. What's the use of a man? Don't cry and pee your pants when the time comes. I also wanted to taste it before killing it, for fear of nausea. After all, he was the legitimate son of the famous Shiba family, and Mekada Tsunayoshi felt excited just thinking about it.
The preparations here in Mujiada are complete, but the Yi Bank and his party have been away for two days over there.
It's funny to say that the two girls, Hosokawa Akechi, who had been enjoying themselves as if on an outing before departure, now became wary. And because Yoshigami relaxed after Hosokawa Fujitaka's words, he was talking and laughing in a relaxed and comfortable manner.
In addition, because of Yiyin's non-rejecting attitude, Otani Yoshitsugi, who was a little grateful in his heart, secretly hesitated and couldn't bear the misfortune of this aristocratic young man who treated him like a human being.
The world is full of people eating people, and Otani Yoshitsugi has long seen it clearly and figured it out clearly. But who would have thought that after several years of enlightenment at home, he would meet Yiyin, a stranger from another world, just after leaving home.
Some things are carried in the bones. Even if the skin is peeled off, the tendons are cramped, the bones are shaved off, and the world is changed and a person is reborn, he will still be incompatible with this world.
Yoshigan really treats everyone equally, no matter you are an Ashikaga general or a roadside village woman, you are all an ancient fool.
In addition, the gender outlook is opposite. He does not rely on women, is independent and considerate of women.
Think about how the male society has produced a version of a strong woman who is not only self-reliant and self-reliant, but also understands the hardships of men. How can such a person not attract attention.
As the saying goes, a man won't shed tears easily, but he hasn't reached the sad point yet. When you meet the right person, men are also made of water.
Reverse this situation, and this is Yiyin’s current situation. Whether it's Oda Nobunaga, Maeda Toshiie, or Maeda Yoshie and other samurai who are familiar with him, it's really getting weirder and weirder, and quite attractive.
It's not that Otani Yoshitsugi lived an impenetrable life, it was just that he met the wrong person at the wrong time. Seeing the iron-clad feelings in her daughter's heart, she couldn't hold herself any longer.
They were still joking, but suddenly Maeda's smile disappeared and he suddenly raised his head to look at the mountains on both sides.
"My lord, something is wrong, there is murderous intent."
Yiyin's face was stunned for a moment, then became serious.
Interest is a natural warrior. Not to mention martial arts and strategy, this keen intuition is also her bread and butter.
Along the way to Kyoto, apart from the time when Guo Xin's boat capsized, he never made a mistake, so Yiyin couldn't help but believe it.
Turn on insight mode, glance ahead twice, and turn it off. No response, maybe this situation is not considered a battlefield recognized by the system, so it cannot be displayed.
The pause took too long, and Hosokawa Akechi rode forward behind him.
"What's wrong?"
"There's an ambush."
Yiyin made his judgment on interests categorical, he believed in interests.
"Ahead is Mukada Castle. The owner of the city, Makada Tsunayoshi, is a die-hard loyalist of the Rokkaku family. It may be here. Further ahead is the core territory of the Rokkaku family. It is not convenient to attack there."
A few words from Hosokawa Fujitaka made Yiyin nervous. Otani Yoshitsugi lowered his head and his eyes wandered.
"What do you mean? Didn't Mr. Hosokawa say before that he came out this time to be an envoy, and there are still people who want to attack us?"
Yoshiyin was confused, and Akechi Mitsuhide on the side spoke.
"There is something wrong with the environment here. At the beginning of spring, there are no traces of birds flying in the forest in front, and not a single caravan has been seen on the road.
Further ahead is the mountain stream valley. The road in the valley is narrow, and it is difficult to fly if it is blocked on both sides. "
Yoshigan looked at the two girls Hosokawa Akechi and asked.
"The two adults are not surprised at all. Did they already know that we were going to be attacked?"
Hosokawa did not answer him directly, but just looked at Yoshitsugi Otani.
"The Rokkaku retainers are strong and the envoys of the shogunate have a distinguished status. How could they send a sick woman to protect them? And these twenty-three peasant soldiers are so slack. Doesn't this force the shogunate to be angry?"
"You don't know, I'm just following orders."
Otani Yoshitsugi raised his head and looked at Hosokawa Fujitaka.
"Of course you don't know, because you are also an insider who will be stabbed. Only when everyone here is dead can the news of the Rokkaku family's attack on the envoy be concealed, but they missed something. I, Hosokawa Fujitaka, am here .”
Hosokawa Fujitaka had a smile on his face, as if he was holding a pearl of wisdom.
Yiyin had no time to watch her show off, he was weighing the information he now knew in his mind. The Rokkaku family wanted to kill him. Although he didn't know why, he couldn't just sit back and wait for death.
"Profit, take the flag."
As soon as Yiyin spoke, everyone felt that his aura had changed.
After all, he had the foundation to kill eleven Ji warriors in a row on the battlefield. Yiyin was confident in his cheat and showed his murderous intent.
"Otani Yoshitsugi, I know you have something to hide. You and your peasants and soldiers should go. There is an ambush in front of you. There is no need for you to accompany us to die."
Yoshigami spoke to Otani Yoshitsugi gently. This sick girl is already pitiful enough, and he doesn't want to continue to deceive her.
Otani Yoshitsugi swallowed and asked.
"What about you, Master Shiba?"
"Me? I want to go to the front to ask for an explanation."
With a sudden sound, profit waved away the crumpled white flag of Ashikaga, reflecting Yoshigami's handsome face.
He has a cold eyebrow and a cold look, but he is not angry and has authority.
