Tianya Meimasa took the lead.
Behind them were Tagaya Akimasa's banner team and his sidemen.
"In front of us is the Takashima family's main formation. You all will go out with me today and fight bravely to be the first to get the enemy's head with a reward of hundreds of dollars!" Tanaya Akimasa knew that Takashima Takamochi's team was equal in strength to his own, so he wanted to The only way to defeat Takashima Takamochi is through the combat effectiveness of one's own troops.
As the general general of his own team, Tanaya Akimasa does not think that his own team will be any better than Takashima Takamochi, so at this time he can only work on morale.
The reward of Baiguan may not seem like much, but for a wealthy family like the Tianya family, it is already a huge sum of money.
Do a simple calculation.
Normal money can buy three kilos of rice in Omi. One kilo of rice in this era is about 150 kilos in modern pounds (no matter how many different answers readers have in mind, this is the setting of this book).
Nowadays, the general bulk rice in supermarkets costs about 2 yuan per kilogram, 150 kilograms (one stone) of rice is 300 yuan, and three stones of rice is 900 yuan, which means that the usual price is about 900 yuan (just a simple comparison reference ). So 100 yuan is 90,000 yuan.
Even in modern times, 90,000 yuan is still a lot of money for an average family, let alone today.
To put it another way.
Take the salary of a samurai in the Kyogoku household as an example. Generally, the salary for a year is 20 koku (about 7 kan). The salary of an ordinary samurai is 30 shi (10 kan) per year. General retainers such as Akao Kiyozuna, For those like Hatayama Chonobu, the annual salary is about fifty koshi (16 kuans).
100 guan is the salary of an ordinary samurai for ten years, which is roughly equivalent to the salary of an ordinary white-collar worker in modern times for ten years, and is about the same as a fully paid house in the suburbs of a first-tier city.
Therefore, as soon as such a generous reward was announced, the entire Tianya Meimasa's team suddenly burst into a shocking roar.
Seeing that the morale of his subordinates had been mobilized by him, Tianya Akimasa showed a confident look on his face as if he had a chance to win.
Tagaya Akimasa rode his war horse at the front of the team. The Takashima family's main formation was getting closer and closer. Tagaya Akimasa could even see Takashima Takamochi's figure under the opponent's flag.
"Full speed ahead!"
Tianya Akimasa knew that instead of slowing down at this time, he should speed up and rush over. If he was lucky, he could break up the enemy's formation with just this charge.
However, Takashima Takamochi was well prepared for this, and he waved the military equipment in his hand just as Tanaya Meimasa's team began to accelerate.
"Fire the arrow!"
A group of well-prepared archers immediately stepped forward and came to the forefront of the Takashima family's team, pulling the bow strings in their hands as quickly as possible.
"put!"
brush! brush! brush!
Two or three of the Tamaya family ashigaru who were rushing in the front row fell instantly. The ashigaru behind them unconsciously slowed down when they saw the enemy firing arrows, and the charging speed finally slowed down.
The Takashima family's archers only had time to fire a round of arrows before retreating, because the Takashima family's troops were already in their faces. If the archers were attacked by the enemy, the situation would not be good.
The two armies finally collided with each other. For a moment, everyone turned their heads and thought they had made a mistake. For a moment, the two sides were four or five meters apart and started the "schoolboy fight" mode.
Of course, the above-mentioned situations only occurred among the ordinary peasants and soldiers in both sides' teams. In fact, the real main forces of the two sides (Hatata + Side + Samurai) were already engaged in a fierce fight.
The battle between warriors is much more distinctive than the single attack method of peasants and soldiers. At this time, personal bravery will be fully reflected. If there are several or even a dozen brave warriors at this time, Then there is no suspense about the outcome of the joint battle.
Tanaya Meimasa joined the battle group under the protection of more than a dozen flags. The sword in his hand was swung down from time to time, but he also won over several samurai. Although Tianya Akimasa was rushing forward with all his strength, he kept looking around from the corner of his eye.
What is Tianya Akimasa looking for?
Naturally, it was the "Courage!" sent from the direction of Ii City a quarter of an hour ago!
"The new dealer promised to go out of the city to attack the Takashima family's rear. The time is now, why haven't we seen anyone yet!" At this time, the Tayaya family has already pressed forward with all its troops, and Tayaya Akimasa has also used all his cards. Now if he wants to get a big victory Victory can only depend on the new dealer's military strength.
Naturally, the new banker's military strength will not come, because the new banker has planned to protect itself from the beginning and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. The person who promised to send troops like Tianya Meimasa was actually not Shinjo Naohiro, let alone Shinjo Naomasa, but Kyogoku Takamasa.
In order to enable the Takashima family and the Tagaya family to fight, Kyogoku Takamasa took great pains. He specially asked Matsunaga Hide to quietly enter Ii Castle, and then sent letters to the Takashima family and the Taya family respectively in the name of the new banker, promising to send troops to harass the enemy's rear when the battle was ongoing.
The letter was dictated by Matsunagahide and written by Shinjo Naohiro himself. It also had Shinjo Naohiro’s monogram on it, so everything was “true” and Takashima Takamochi and Tagaya Akimasa had no doubts.
And now, it's time for them to pay the price.
On a hillside behind the Takashima family's main team, a flag seal with the Satoba flag, the crest of the Shinjo family, suddenly appeared, followed by a dozen flags with the same pattern also appeared on the hillside the next moment.
The flag appeared behind the Takashima family, so Tianya Akimasa noticed it immediately.
"Sure enough, the new banker didn't lie to me!" Tianya Mingmasa was extremely excited at this moment. He pointed at the hillside and said loudly, "The reinforcements are coming. The enemy is defeated now. You guys, follow me and kill!"
The arrival of reinforcements from Tagaya Meimasa particularly boosted the morale of the Tagaya Ashigaru family on the battlefield. On the side of the Takashima family, Takashima Takamochi also pointed behind the Tagaya family and shouted excitedly, "The new dealer has already attacked, defeat the Tagaya family." The time has come, let’s kill!”
As soon as Takashima Takachi finished speaking, a force that also carried Zutoba's flag slowly appeared behind the Takashima family.
The difference is that behind the Takashima family is Kyogoku Takamasa, while behind the Takashima family is Shinjo Naomasa.
The same thing is that neither Takashima Takamochi nor Tagaya Akimasa seemed to notice that they had been fooled!
"What's going on? Why is there a new banker's army behind me!"
"Asshole, why would the new banker attack my family!"
The first person to be fooled was Takashima Takamochi, because he found that a new banker's army suddenly rushed out from behind his house, and was wielding a butcher knife at the Takashima family.
The opposite Tianya Akimasa was still happy at first, but soon he couldn't laugh anymore, because the same situation happened to the Tianya family!
What the hell is going on?
Could it be that the new banker wants to eat up the Tagaya family and the Takashima family in one fell swoop?
This appetite is too much!
It was precisely because both the Takashima family and the Tagaya family ignored the new banker, coupled with the low profile of Kyogoku Takamasa's trip, that both Takashima Takamochi and Tagaya Akimasa made fatal mistakes. He was really good at digging a hole.
But by the time the two of them realized something was wrong, it seemed that it was too late!
