No matter where they are, the disobedient warrior class is a force that causes headaches for rulers.
Even for the countries on the west coast of the Rigal continent that lack a standing army, if the militiamen drafted during a war have seen blood, they will survive and become powerful bandits. And if the long-trained knight class and their subordinate sergeants have different intentions, it will be even more troublesome.
Because they are professional warriors who are good at fighting, it is difficult to deal with them solely by relying on the local security forces and the like. We can only mobilize troops and mobilize a lot of manpower and material resources, and send professional troops to solve the problem.
If the opponent's melon seeds are not good enough to jump out and challenge the powerful, it would be fine if he bumps into him like a dazed man and is solved by the superior army. The most terrible thing was when the rebels fled into the mountains and forests, began to fight guerrilla warfare, and began to rely on robbery to survive, fleeing here and there, with no intention of fighting the regular army head-on.
The final result of this situation is that the suppression of bandits often becomes ineffective. Because the dispatched troops consumed an extremely large amount of manpower and material resources, the Soushan battle made people exhausted. If they were not completely eliminated, they would start to multiply like cockroaches and rats in a year and a half.
"Unless the harm is really serious, we won't send troops to kill them all." I don't know when, those in power had to succumb to this fact and choose to compromise.
The security forces often make loud noises but little rain. When they rush out, they only drive away the bandits instead of killing them all. There seems to be some kind of tacit understanding between the two parties. As long as the bandits don't cause too much trouble, the higher-ups will not take action against them.
The big shots turned a blind eye, and the bandits had the good sense not to make the matter too big. On the one hand, I have a little bit of trouble in my heart, and on the other hand, I need to behave with my tail between my legs. Although not peaceful, peace was achieved with a potential agreement between them.
Therefore, the people suffering from this unspoken rule are naturally the people below. In the Moon Country, which has been peaceful for thousands of years, the same things are increasing instead of decreasing.
This is a very simple truth.
If a war breaks out, then wherever there are thorny and disobedient aristocratic warriors, the superiors can marshal them together and send them out to die as cannon fodder.
While depleting the enemy's strength, it also evaporates these subordinates who will become a serious problem in the future. Although it is cruel, it must be implemented in order to maintain the unity of the region and the country.
But the Kingdom of the Moon has not had any major battles or long-lasting border wars for thousands of years.
There will be various overt and covert struggles among the samurai, but they basically stay at the political level. They will lose their family property, family name, land and mansion in various battles, and become landless wanderers. The most terrible thing is--
After this situation, they had become a burden to Xinjing and the lords everywhere just by being alive.
He is poor, but he can't spare his body to become a farmer and farm well; he has no money in his pocket, but he is full of self-esteem in his heart. With their trained martial arts skills and their belief in the killing spirit, it has become a matter of course that the ronin class is not welcome in the Japanese society.
It is their grave sin that they are still alive.
He lost the land and family name given by the royal family as the son of the Great Moon God, but he couldn't muster the courage to take his whole family and end it on his own. They survived tenaciously and received no praise from anyone. They could only react with disgust and avoidance, as if they were seeing ditch rats, cockroaches, and flies.
In the country of the Moon where classes are strict, if you lose your land and become a wanderer, it will be difficult for you to stand up and rise again. It is even more difficult than becoming a samurai noble for a civilian businessman like the Qingtian family, because you "had it" and lost it. In the world of samurai, if you can't protect what you own, you will be cast aside, so The moment you lose your family name and land, any way forward and hope behind you will also be closed.
It's impossible to go back.
Everyone in society begins to ostracize them, cutting off any hope of ever returning to the old life of plenty, food, clothing and respect.
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They can only go to unpopular places like Swamp Village to use their martial arts skills as security guards - these are those who still have hope and hope to gain recognition and regain their status by performing law-abiding actions. And those who gave up the struggle simply became outlaws and made a living through violence.
The past about bandits and ronin told by Qingtian Qiao to the group resonated with the Rigal people such as Mira and Galeva to a great extent.
Although there are differences in culture and language barriers, people are still human after all. In a society composed of people, many places still give people a serious sense of déjà vu.
Although the words used are as rude as ever, the observations about society and people's hearts revealed in the words of this tall and thick-mannered Huxiang scholar also prove that he is also a character with both civil and military skills in a sense.
Perhaps just like the cowardly look of the Lord of Qingtian City, the Qingtian family members are very good at hiding their true nature, pretending to be harmless to humans and animals and not being taken too seriously by others.
All in all, the reason why Joe discussed this topic was naturally because of their procrastination for half a day and night yesterday. At this time, when they set off again in the early morning, they would not be able to cross this dangerous area in one go as planned.
Let Henry and others understand that these rogue bandits are desperate and extremely vicious people who have been trained for a long time. Through the explanation, it is also to enable the group of people to be vigilant and not regard the other party as a low-life thief.
Even though the equipment is relatively backward and lacks maintenance, the ronin still possesses the family's armor, spears and swords, as well as the accompanying martial arts.
They are professional soldiers, and even to some extent, because of their ferocity, they are more frightening than regular warriors who are well-equipped but lack combat experience.
The sound of dense footsteps continued one after another, the scenery behind him was fading away, and the end of the rocky path in front was approaching step by step.
As the team became more harmonious, Narumi also asked the barbarians behind to take out their hunting bows and stay vigilant as they advanced. He still won't send samurai to protect him. First of all, the samurai are only responsible for protecting the young master Yajiro, and maybe Henry and his party. Second, consider the relationship between numbers. If the warriors are evenly distributed around the entire team for protection, there will be a lack of effective forces in the front, and it will be difficult to break through if they are surrounded.
Yesterday's rain seemed to have been planned. It rained from noon until the early morning when the group was about to set off. But even though they were traveling as soon as the rain stopped, Narumi and the other senior samurai's expressions remained gloomy.
A team of one hundred people with ten pack oxen carrying loads of supplies. It was impossible for such a team to move around as lightly as the wind. The moment they entered the mountain, they must have been spotted by the bandit spies hiding somewhere. Because the environment in the mountains is complex and changeable, it would be difficult for them to detect their opponents if they were well hidden in the bushes.
Therefore, Narumi planned to rush on the road non-stop from the beginning, leaving the area before the bandit spies returned to inform and the bandits gathered enough people to surround them.
That is to take advantage of the time difference between the opponent's team gathering and directly leave them behind.
Unfortunately, the rain prevented their movement. Although the other party was still unable to travel, they could slowly gather people in the base camp to formulate a plan, and wait until the rain stopped to ambush in front.
"Maybe, maybe they won't show up, you know, it's raining and the roads are slippery or something..." The timid young missionary Aggie said this with the intention of comforting himself, but he also Knowing that such a reason was unconvincing, my voice became smaller and smaller towards the end, and all I got was silence.
Half of the hundred-man brigade were old and weak Yi people with little fighting ability, and they also carried baggage and pack oxen. Such a team is impossible for the bandits to let go. Even if the warriors in front are brightly armored and have weapons in their hands, as long as they can assemble superior forces, they will definitely jump out to win this Pen.
It's not okay to let your guard down.
Bandits who make a living by robbing are like man-eating sharks swimming in the sea, sharp and quick. Don't let your guard down because you think you are not being targeted.
"Master, you go to the left; Old Qiao, I'll leave the right to you." The narrow rocky mountain road finally ended, and everyone stepped back on the dirt road full of water. This place has become relatively wider, so Narumi immediately issued an order to divide the troops and no longer adopt a single column.
The tallest among the Kazuto samurai, about 1.78 meters tall, the sergeant named Ogami in black armor nodded silently and led a group of people out from the left wing. Joe, who was wearing green armor, led another group of people to the right wing.
There was a certain distance between them and the ten men of the main formation led by Narumi. They spread out in a fan shape in front and used the mobility of the cavalry to form an early warning scout force.
Although they also carried spears, the warriors took out their riding bows this time. Kazuto's samurai are heavily armored horse archers. Although they are not as mobile as the horse archers of the Absera Grassland and their protective capabilities are not as good as Rigar's heavily armored knights, they take into account defense, mobility, and long-range projection capabilities. , has achieved a good balance in the three aspects, and is a unit that is extremely at home in the mountainous terrain of the Moon Country.
The mountain roads are difficult to travel, and overly heavy equipment will cause them to be restricted by the terrain; and the environment on the mountain is changeable. Sometimes the enemy soldiers will be at a distance and difficult to hit with melee weapons; sometimes when they turn a corner, the opponent will immediately attack them. Stopped in front of you.
Therefore, long-range weapons and armor are both must-haves. It is true that you can run faster if you are completely light-armed, but it is only suitable for prairie with a vast field of vision and flat ground. If you run into enemy infantry in complex terrain, you will lack armor protection. Under such circumstances, even relying on the impact of war horses to break through would not be possible, because people would be directly stabbed to death with random spears and arrows.
All in all, even if the part about actual combat experience that Henry poked before is indeed their weakness, it cannot be generalized to say that all Kazuto samurai are garbage.
The professionalism they displayed was no less than that of the red-armored rebel warriors who had forced the sage and his party to huddle in the shrine before. Their long-trained skills made the warriors' team as orderly as the geese soaring in the sky.
"Spear team, move forward, double rows." Narumi then asked the ashigaru to pull away from the pack oxen. He led the remaining ten mounted samurai to stay in the main formation, while the ashigaru were A queue was formed, holding spears and standing at the front of the team.
"It's completely an early warning assault formation." Our Luoan girl, who was watching all this from behind, immediately understood Narumi's intentions.
The dispersed left and right wings used highly mobile horse archers as advance warning, and then focused their forces at the front of the team, obviously not intending to stay long. If he encounters an enemy, he plans to directly rely on his superior force to attack and tear open a breach and then escape directly.
Indeed, this is the bandit's home ground. If they stay in the fight for a long time, the other party can call in reinforcements, but they can't. What Narumi did was right.
But the problem was—Mira glanced at the Yi tribe behind her.
Even if there is no problem with the forward breaking through, whether the people behind can keep up is a big problem.
Narumi didn't look back, he probably knew this problem. However, the plan was delayed due to heavy rain. Yesterday, he planned to complete the walk in one go and was unable to achieve it. Now he can only save the important parts.
If the Yi people couldn't keep up, then Narumi would probably abandon them.
It may be said that he is cruel and cold-blooded, but if he wants to protect the entire team with the strength of the soldiers in his hands, considering that all the Yi tribes are on foot and there are many old and weak people, even though most of them are healthy and hard-working hunters, It will also inevitably slow down the cavalry and lead to a dilemma of being surrounded from all sides.
This is a last resort choice, and from Narumi's point of view, this is probably what happened.
"Dong dong dong dong -" the sound of galloping horses came from far away, and the rapid sound of hoofbeats seemed to be announcing something, making everyone's expressions become solemn.
"Wha—" Qingtian on the right and the great master on the left both returned to the team and spoke almost at the same time:
"There is indeed an ambush!"
