Before the other ninjas could reply, the courtyard inside the house was illuminated by a burst of fire.
"Although our place is ugly, it is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want!"
Looking for the sound, there were dozens of ashigaru holding bows and arrows standing on the roofs around Kaijin Palace. The first young samurai was looking at Yamaoka Inuhachiro and others with a smile on his face, but in the eyes of Yamaoka Inuhachiro and others, this man's smile contained murderous intent.
"It's a great honor for you to visit our place late at night. However, since several rare guests are here, it's better not to leave in a hurry. How about staying in our place for a while longer?" Kyogoku Takamasa raised his right hand. He stood up, and the twenty or thirty archers lying in ambush around him also pulled their bowstrings in response to Kyogoku Takamasa's movements.
Yamaoka Inuhachiro and others did not expect Kyogoku Takamasagi to do this, and were caught off guard for a moment.
Fortunately, he was a person who had experienced strong winds and waves. Inuhachiro Yamaoka tried to calm down and took a step forward to the middle of the courtyard.
"Your Excellency must be Sakyo, the young master of the Kyogoku family who has become famous in Omi recently. I have always heard of you, but I didn't expect to meet you at such an embarrassing time."
"Inuhachiro thinks he is being cautious tonight, but he doesn't know how Lord Kyoto discovered us, and how he saw through our plan to burn the granary and rescue the hostages secretly?" Yamaoka Inuhachiro was stalling for time. In my heart, I was thinking about whether there was still a glimmer of hope.
Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly laughed, then took out a few copper coins from his arms and threw them at Yamaoka Inuhachiro, "Even if you don't remember me, Kyogoku Takamasa, you should recognize these coins!"
"That day in Xiongchuan Township, I ordered people to deliver the money to the crooked-neck tree in Xiongchuan Township!"
"How is it? Do you remember anything?"
"It's you!" Yamaoka Inuhachiro was suddenly startled. Just now, he thought Kyogoku Takamasa's voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't see Kyogoku Takamasa's face clearly in the darkness. Now that Kyogoku Gaozheng has been exposed, everything has come to light.
"I never thought there would be such a coincidence in the world. There are tens of millions of copper coins in the world, so how can Master Jingji determine our identity with just these few coins?"
"You don't need to say anything. Even if you get wings tonight, you will definitely not be able to escape. Put down your weapons quickly and be captured, otherwise don't blame the random arrows for having no eyesight!" Kyogoku Takamasa didn't want to talk nonsense to these ninjas.
As a time-traveler, I don’t see too many scenes where I died from talking too much.
Looking at the archers who were waiting all around and the arrows that might be shot at any time, Yamaoka Inuhachiro completely admitted defeat.
"Sanbei, Shishiro, today I, Inuhachiro, was not thoughtful enough to let you fall into this danger with me. I am really sorry!" Yamaoka Inuhachiro turned around and cast an apologetic look at the other four ninjas.
The other four ninjas also smiled freely and said, "As ninjas, we have already realized that even if we don't die today, there will be disaster in the future."
"Okay! Even if I die today, I won't regret having a few like-minded friends!" As he said that, Yamaoka Inuhachiro threw away the weapon in his hand, puffed out his chest, and looked like he would kill with his neck.
See death as home!
Die generously!
What a Yamaoka Inu Hachiro.
However, it seems a little confusing
"Hey, hey, hey! You guys are almost done, and I didn't say I wanted to kill you!"
"Take it away, take it away, it's so late at night!"
With that said, Jia Arashigaru stepped forward and captured Yamaoka Inuhachirou and others. Kyogoku Takamasa jumped off the roof and turned around to leave. As for how to deal with Yamaoka Inuhachiro and others, we will leave it to him later.
Wait, changing the date doesn't seem right either.
Well, let’s talk about it later!
Early the next morning.
As soon as Kyogoku Takamasa got up from the tatami, a maid who had been waiting for a long time came forward to help Kyogoku Takamasa put on his clothes.
"My lord, Lord Matsunaga is back!"
Just as he put on his clothes, before Kyogoku Takamasa could tie up his hair, Mitsui Torakaka's voice came from outside.
"Oh? Yanrokuro is back. Ask him to wait in the front hall, and I'll follow him!"
"ha!"
Matsunagahide returned to Joheiji Castle after Kyogoku Takamasa captured Tagaya Castle.
The main purpose of sending Matsunagahide back was to warn the retainers of Sakata County to pay attention to the movements of the Asai family and prevent Asai Ryomasa from causing trouble. At the same time, Matsunaga Hide also had another mission, which was to go back and see if nothing major happened in the area.
Nowadays, Kyogoku Takamasa is not here, and Kyogoku Takahiro is far away in Kyoto. Although Kyogoku Hidetsuna, Asami Kuniyuki and others are there in Sakata County, Kyogoku Takamasa is still not at ease.
With Asai to the north and Rokkaku to the south, the Kyogoku family's life was not comfortable being caught in the middle.
"I've met my lord!"
Matsunaga Hide, who had been waiting in the front hall for a while, saluted quickly when he saw Kyogoku Takamasa coming in.
"Hikorokuro, how is the situation at home?"
"Nothing major has happened at home yet, but the south side has been a little uneasy recently." Matsunagahide replied.
"To the south?" Kyoji Gaomasa looked attentively, "Is there something strange happening in the Rokkaku family?"
"That's right!" Matsunagahide nodded, "According to what Kami Sosukeden (Kyogoku Hidetsuna) said, ever since Nagato Shoden (Kyogoku Takayoshi) went to Kannonji Castle, the Rokkaku family has always had supporters. Nagato guards the palace and sends troops northward."
"This time the Rokkaku family suddenly gathered troops in Guanyin Temple City, and they seemed to be planning to send troops."
Hearing this, Kyogoku Takamasa couldn't help but show a solemn expression.
Compared to the Asai family, the Rokkaku family is Omi's real boss.
Speaking of which, Kira had to spend a few words.
Many readers said in the book review area that the book is too early in history, there are no nb characters (such as Oda Nobunaga? Takeda Shingen? Hojo Ujiyasu? Kinoshita Hideyoshi?), and the protagonist is not difficult at all.
This is wrong, and very wrong.
In fact, this era is the era when real bosses are rampant. It is undoubtedly a hellish difficulty for a nominally shabby family like the Kyogoku family.
Let’s not talk about the two big bosses of Sanin and Sanyo, Ouchi and Nizi. We can also ignore the Hosokawa family, the recent hegemon. Let’s talk about the Omi Rokkaku, Mino Toki, and Echizen Asakura at the door of the Kyogoku family. nb coaxing existence.
Even the inconspicuous Wakasa Takeda family next door cannot be underestimated.
In history, the Wakasa Takeda family sent troops to Luo several times. Thousands of elite ashigaru were dispatched, and their equipment was so sophisticated that all the parties involved in the war envied it.
Let’s talk about the Rokkaku family, they are a strong backbone who can single-handedly withstand several attacks by the Ashikaga Shogunate. Sitting on the territory of Minami Omi with hundreds of thousands of stones, the Iga and Koga ninjas are even more used by the Rokkaku family, and their strength can be at least ranked among the top five daimyo in the world at this time.
A country bumpkin like Takeda Shingen from a remote area of Kai and Echigo, a military god who relied on his own blows, could not be compared with the Rokkaku family at this time. Not to mention Oda Nobunaga and his ilk.
To put it bluntly, if Oda Nobunaga had been born twenty years earlier, he would have only been playing in the mud in the countryside of Owari.
Don't ask me why, it's just the way it is. If I really want to elaborate, I can talk about thousands of words. Book friends who have objections can join the book friends group and talk to me privately and slowly, so I won’t go into details here.
Back to business.
Okay, that’s enough words for this chapter, let’s talk about it in the next chapter
