Northern Shinano.
On an unknown mountain road, Kyogoku Takamasa, Hatayama Chonobu and others were sweating profusely while walking hard.
Being accustomed to Omi's flat road, Kyogoku Takamasa was really uncomfortable with suddenly walking on this rugged mountain road.
"My lord, ahead is Mochizuki Castle, the residence of the wealthy Mochizuki family in Shinano."
"After Wangyue City, walk north for two hours and you will reach Leyan Temple. I have already inquired about it and Yafang of Leyan Temple is currently in the temple!"
Nagasaka Nobumasa quickly ran over from the front and reported the information he had just obtained to Kyogoku Takamasa.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, then stood up from the ground, "Without further delay, go to Leyan Temple immediately!"
"ha!"
"My lord, wait a minute!" Just as Kyogoku Takamasa was about to set off, Nagasaka Nobumasa grabbed Kyogoku Takamasa, "My lord, when I returned, I found two groups of people fighting in front of me. I think it's better to go around. Better."
"Is there any other road around here that can lead to Leyan Temple?" Kyogoku Takamasa asked.
Nagasaka Nobumasa hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "This is not clear, but for the sake of safety, it is best for the lord not to step forward at this time."
Onoki Kunishige on the side also nodded and said: "It's still early anyway, how about we wait until the previous battle is over before setting off?"
"I happen to be a little hungry, why not eat first?" Hatayama Asanobu also took out a few rice balls from his bag at this time, and then handed one of them to Kyogoku Takamasamichi.
Kyogoku Takamasa silently took the rice ball, then nodded and said: "Hikogoro goes to the front to watch the movements of the battlefield. If the battle is over, come back and report immediately."
"ha!"
Looking at Nagasaka Nobumasa's back, Kyogoku Takamasa could only continue to sit where he was and slowly eat rice balls.
After waiting anxiously for half an hour, Nagasaka Nobumasa has not returned, and Kyogoku Takamasa is also a little impatient.
It is impossible for any large-scale battle to break out in such a place, because the terrain here does not support such a joint battle at all. Therefore, the scale of the battle ahead will not exceed a hundred people, and half an hour has passed, but the battle is not over yet, which makes Kyogoku Takamasa a little curious.
"What's going on ahead?"
"Come on, let's go take a look!"
With that said, Kyogoku Takamasa led Hatayama Chaobu and others towards the front.
After walking for about a mile, Ruoyouruowu's shouts of killing could be clearly heard by Kyogoku Takamasa and others. It seemed that they were almost near the battlefield.
At this time, behind a big tree on the roadside, Nagasaka Nobumasa was observing the situation on the battlefield intently.
Suddenly, Nagasaka Nobumasa felt as if there was someone behind him, and he quickly grabbed his saber and turned around. However, after seeing that it was Kyogoku Takamasa and others, Nagasaka Nobumasa breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lord, why are you here?"
Kyogoku Takamasa said expressionlessly: "I haven't seen any movement after waiting for a long time, so I came here to check on the situation."
"Who was the person who broke out in the fight in front?"
Nagasaka Nobumasa quickly said: "It seems that a caravan was attacked by bandits. The battle should have ended a quarter of an hour ago. But just now a few young ronin ran out of nowhere and helped the caravan. It’s hard to tell the difference between the two sides now.”
"oh?"
Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly became interested. Could it be that his luck had come and the legendary halo of the protagonist had begun to take effect?
Are talents starting to appear?
Looking in the direction Nagasaka Nobumasa pointed, I saw twenty or thirty people fighting in the middle of the mountain road. In the middle of the mountain road, there were more than a dozen civilians lying on the ground and wailing. A pile of goods was scattered on both sides of the mountain road.
On the mountain road, several young people who were fighting bandits caught the attention of Kyogoku Gaomasa.
"Hikogoro, are those people you are talking about?"
"Not bad! Although fighting is still a little immature, it is already very good to have such a military technique. If you practice it a little bit, you will definitely be an outstanding battlefield warrior in the future!" Nagasaka Nobumasa said with some appreciation on his face.
Kyogoku Takamasa touched his chin, thinking about something in his mind.
"Let's go help!"
"Okay!" After watching the battle here for so long, Nagasaka Nobumasa had already felt itchy in his heart. Now that he got the order from Kyogoku Takamasa, he immediately drew his sword and rushed out.
Hatayama Asanobu, Onoki Kunishige and others who were following Kyogoku Takamasa had not fought for a long time. They couldn't help it when they saw such an opportunity. Before Kyogoku Takamasa could say anything, they rushed out with Nagasaka Nobumasa. .
Everyone ran very fast, but Kyogoku Takamasa fell to the end.
...
Iinuma Sonshichiro was very depressed.
As the leader of a bandit gang that was committing crimes all over Shinano, Iinuma Sonshichiro increasingly felt that business was a bit difficult during this period.
In the past few years, there have been constant wars in various parts of Shinano. The various wealthy families have been fighting all day long, and no one has paid any attention to bandits like Iinuma Sonshichiro.
So in these two years, Iinuma Sonshichiro made a fortune.
However, since last year, Shinano and other places have gradually returned to a state of harmony. The wealthy families looked back and saw that bandits were infested in their territories, so they stepped up their crackdowns on bandits.
A bandit like Iinuma Magoshichiro only has twenty or thirty people under his command. Except for a few wild samurai who were in charge of the place, the others were just refugees.
Faced with the encirclement and suppression by the Shinano people, Iinuma Sonshichiro had no power to fight at all, so he could only run around and live a precarious life.
Today I happened to meet a group of traveling merchants. Iinuma Sonshichiro couldn't help but sigh that God had opened his eyes, and quickly ordered his younger brother to kill them.
This caravan was just a caravan composed of a few traveling merchants, with no guards at all. Iinuma Sonshichiro and others quickly took advantage.
However, just when the caravan was about to be defeated, a few short-sighted boys jumped out of nowhere and intervened.
The key point is that these guys are very powerful thieves, and the few wild warriors under him actually fell into a disadvantage for a while.
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the caravan that had been beaten to the north began to stabilize its position. For a while, the more than ten refugees under Iinuma Sonshichiro did not dare to move forward.
The battle thus reached a stalemate.
However, Iinuma Magoshichiro did not panic at all, because he could see that these young men did not have much combat experience, and they would be unable to hold on if they fought for a while longer.
Looking at the goods scattered on both sides of the mountain road, Iinuma Sonshichiro was already sighing that he could finally live a good life for a few days.
However, fate seemed to have played a huge joke on Iinuma Sonshichiro.
I don't know when several men with sharp knives appeared behind me. What the hell is going on?
"Made, why are there so many stupid young people today? The key points are all found by me!"
"unlucky!"
"You guys, stop the people behind me!" Iinuma Sonshichiro quickly said to the two wild samurai beside him.
Two wild samurai quickly rushed towards Nagasaka Nobumasa with four or five refugees.
Seeing this, Iinuma Magoshichiro showed a look of disdain, "I've got these goods, it's useless for anyone to come!"
"I, Sunchiro Iinuma, am so confident!"
