Looking at the desolate small city in front of him, Kyogoku Gaomasa felt very happy.
He originally thought that the new banker would provide him with a good place to stay, but looking at the village in front of him that could be blown down by a strong wind, Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly felt confused about his trip to Takashima County.
"Lord, I have traveled all the way to help the new villagers, but the new villagers have given us such a small village. Isn't it too humiliating for me?" Beside Kyogoku Takamasa, Matsunaga, who has just joined the team, Lai was the first to express his inner dissatisfaction.
Kyogoku Takamasa sighed and said helplessly in a slightly sad tone, "The new banker is also helpless. After all, apart from the new banker's home city, Xinzhuang City, there is only one city under the new banker's control. ”
After disembarking last night, the head of the Xinzhuang family, Xinzhuang Naohuan, warmly received Kyogoku Takamasa and his party in Xinzhuang City. After the two sides had a good meal and drinks, they began to discuss the next war. In the end, Kyogoku Takamasa proposed that he wanted to get a temporary garrison site, so Shinjo Naohuan waved his hand and handed over the Hakotsu Mountain Castle, which is located on the west side of Hakotsu Mountain. It fell into the hands of Kyogoku Takamasa.
Hegguan Mountain City is said to be a city, but it is actually a very small village. The whole city was built against the mountain. Apart from a row of wooden fences used as city walls, there were only a few cabins in the middle of the walled city, not even a castle guard.
In fact, when Kyogoku Takamasa set foot on the land of Takashima County, he discovered that the new villagers' life was even worse and more difficult than he imagined.
Let’s first look at the position of the new dealer.
The new village's territory is mainly a small area between the Ishida River and the Azuma River in the northern part of Takashima County. To the south is the territory of the Takashima family, to the southwest across Inari Mountain is the Kuchiki family, to the north is the Tagaya family, and to the northwest is the Wakasa Takeda family.
Due to Inari Mountain and many other mountains, the new banker could not get the support of his only good friend in the Kosai region, the Kuchiki clan. The north is facing the pressing pressure of the Asai family, while the old rival Takashima family in the south is also taking advantage of the situation at this time.
Just when Kyogoku Takamasa and others had just left Shinjo Castle and had not yet arrived at Hakotsuyama Castle, they had already received a piece of unfortunate news - Shinjo Castle, the home of the Shinjo family, was unexpectedly attacked by the Takashima family, and the lord of the city, Shinjo Naokan, led his people to flee north. Almost all the territory south of the Ishida River fell into the hands of the Takashima family. If Kyogoku Takamasa hadn't been lucky, he might have been blocked by the Takashima family.
For Kyogoku Takamasa, this is completely a hellish difficulty!
"The current situation is extremely unfavorable for us. The sudden attack by the Takashima family caught us off guard. Now that the new banker has been defeated, we may not be able to recover in a short time, so we will not be able to get anything for the next period of time. The support of the new banker." When he said this, Kyogoku Takamasa's mood was obviously a little lonely.
After all, I think things are too simple.
I thought that everything would be fine after arriving in Takashima County, but reality gave Kyogoku Takamasa a hard slap in the face.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s talk about food.
Originally, Xinzhuang Naohuan promised to send food to Kyogoku Takamasa and others in three days, but now that Xinzhuang City has fallen, it is unclear whether Xinzhuang Naomasa can have enough to eat. Where will the food be given to Kyogoku Takamasa?
"I am very familiar with Omi. Although Hakotsuyama Castle is not large in scale, its location is extremely important." At this time, Yamazaki Hiroyuki finally found his sense of presence.
Ever since he learned the true identity of Kyogoku Takamasa, the Yamazaki Hiroshi family shamelessly approached him. If he hadn't considered that he was in urgent need of manpower, Kyogoku Takamasa would not have accepted this guy.
After all, no matter how you look at it, this guy is unreliable!
"In fact, the purpose of the original construction of Hakodate Mountain Castle was just to serve as a customs. The mountain road we are on now is the only place that leads from Omi to Wakasa, and there are countless merchants passing by. In the past, new villagers wanted to collect business taxes, so That’s why we built the Xingguan Mountain City here and stationed troops there.”
"Our current rations can still last for five days. If a grain merchant happens to pass by here within five days, then the problem will be solved." Yamazaki Hiroyuki vowed.
"What if no grain merchants pass by? Will nearly a hundred of us just sit here and wait to die?" Among the crowd, Matsunaga Nagayori, who was worried that he would starve, continued to shout.
The Yamazaki Hiroshi family did not panic at all and continued to answer, "The mountain road that goes northwest for twenty-five miles from here is the territory of Wakasa Country. Although it is also a remote country, there are many villages. There are not many of us, only more than a hundred People, as long as you have money, it’s easy to collect enough food for one or two months.”
"Why is Zuobei so familiar with this place?" Kyogoku Takamasa asked curiously.
Yamazaki Hiroshi scratched his head in embarrassment, "I ran away from home for a while two years ago. In the past two years, I have been living in Wakasa, Omi, Tango, Echizen and other places, so I am very familiar with the customs and geographical environment of these places. .”
"If that's the case, then I'm completely relieved." If this is true as Yamazaki Hiroshi said, then there is no need to worry about the food problem. The most important thing now is to take over this box-shaped mountain city and get in touch with the escaped Xinzhuang Naohuan to discuss the next plan again.
Obviously, the strong entry of the Takashima family disrupted all the results of the discussions between the two parties last night, and everything had to start all over again.
With a lonely look on his face, Kuchiki Takazuna packed up and saluted, put his luggage on his back and walked slowly towards the gate of Hakotsuyama Castle with heavy steps.
"Haha, Genzaemon is actually the joke of the Kuchiki family! Fortunately, I have taken good care of him during this period. If I had known that he was the illegitimate son, I would have been willing to be friends with him!"
"Who says otherwise! It is said that after the death of Kuchiki Minbu Daisuke, he was expelled from the Kuchiki family by the new head of the Kuchiki clan, Kuchiki Minbu Shaosuke. Unexpectedly, he came to our place to pretend to be the uncle!"
"snort!"
The sarcasm coming from beside him penetrated Kuchiki Takazuna's self-esteem like a sharp sword. The disgusting looks from his companions around him made Kuchiki Takazuna wish he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
For a moment, Kuchiki Takazuna really wanted to look up to the sky and scream!
What happened to the illegitimate child!
Did I eat your rice?
Kuchiki Takatsuna is the son of Hide Kuchiki, the former head of the Kuchiki family in Omi Kuchiki Valley. Originally, this identity might give him a status advantage. Unfortunately, Kuchiki Takatsuna's mother is just a geisha, which is nonsense.
When Hide Kuchiki was still alive at the beginning, he treated Takazuna Kuchiki very well, and he was considered a person who would accept his fault even if he put on his pants. Although there is a lot of criticism about Kuchiki Takazuna in his family, Kuchiki Hide still does his best to protect Kuchiki Takazuna.
A few years ago, Kuchiki Hide may have known that he was not going to die soon. Perhaps he was afraid that Kuchiki Takatsuna would be bullied at home after his death, so when Kuchiki Takatsuna entered the Yuan Dynasty, he specially invited Kyogoku Takahiro to be the bride's bride. As Kuchiki Takatsuna's Yuanfu name, he attempted to use the reputation of the Kyogoku family to stabilize Kuchiki Takatsuna's status in the family.
Not long after, Kuchiki Hide died.
