Chapter 12 island city
The waves facing the wind were turbulent and shocking. If you didn't move quickly, the waves would fall from your hood, and not only yourself, but also the vine purple would be soaked.Kusuke rushed ashore in a hurry.
"call!"
He put down the vine purple.
The temperature was frighteningly low, and the flying snowflakes stuck to Jiusuke's wet pants, and immediately froze, and his legs lost feeling in the ice board, unable to move freely.
"Amazing!"
Hisasuke stomped vigorously to promote blood circulation, but Fujishi was more worried about the tide splashing on the package.
"Hurry up, carry that on your back!"
"Ok!"
Jiusuke squatted in front of the package, picked it up and hung it on his back, but his frozen hands couldn't tie a knot on his chest.
Fuji Zi stomped anxiously: "Hurry up!"
"No way, my hands are frozen!"
"This doesn't look like you, tsk!"
Fujizi went around in front of him, reaching out to help him tie the knot, but he was furious when Fujizi tucked his tongue, and he burst out with energy, saying "don't bother", but the knot was smoothly tied.
"Let's go!"
At this time, the wind and snow became more severe, and the flying snowflakes blocked the entire line of sight.Jiusuke supported Fujishi with one hand, standing still in the whirling dense snow-white whirlwind.Behind them, the boat they had just been in was lifted up high into the waves and capsized with a screeching sound, but they couldn't see it.Anyway, the boat was out of use.
When the wind weakened slightly, Jiusuke picked up Fujishi and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as you run to the house over there, you will be comfortable!"
He ran fast, but his speed was not fast, he staggered, and within ten feet, he was hit by strong wind and heavy snow again.
He stopped still, gasping for breath. When the wind weakened slightly and he was about to start running again, he suddenly found four men in armor standing in front of him.They were all carrying long guns, the tips of which were shining white.
"what!"
Hisasuke gasped, thinking he had encountered a robber.He thought that the only thing Fujishi could rely on was himself, and his courage immediately increased, and he looked at the other party without fear.
"Yeah! What do you want to do? Do you think I'm afraid of you? There's no door, let's get out of the way!"
Just as he was about to draw out the dagger at his waist, he saw the man on the other side pick up a spear and swing it towards his feet. There was a stabbing pain in his calf, and he fell to the ground. Because of the weight of the burden on his back, he lay there unable to move. , struggling with limbs like a flipping turtle.
"hateful!"
"Asshole! Don't you know we're port guards?!"
Two of them lay on top of Hisusuke, snatched his dagger, and untied the bundle from his back.
Jiusuke originally wanted to be a hero, but he ended up like a bear, his momentum was greatly weakened, and he desperately defended: "I don't know! I thought it was a robber who robbed, I really don't know..."
"Shut up, look how sneaky you are, if you have anything to say, talk about it later!"
They turned Hisusuke over and tied him up.
The other two walked towards Fuji Purple.Fuji Zi knew that it was useless to resist, and these people should undoubtedly be port guards, so she let them be tied up obediently.
The guardhouse is the building where Jiusuke encouraged Fujizi to say that he would be comfortable running there.Inside the house is a spacious earthen hall, with a large wooden brazier in the middle, and the charcoal fire is as high as a mountain. Toutou was a fat man in his thirties, with a round flat face, squinting eyes, and short limbs that didn't match his figure, he always felt like a pig.Under the two big nostrils, there is a slightly curly sparse beard.He was sitting on the floor with his legs stretched out by the fire-barrel to warm himself. When the guard brought the two back, he raised his jaw: "Sit over there!" Fujishi and Hissuke were dragged to Dodo.He lazily listened to his subordinate's report, nodded his head "huh, heh", but he didn't look at Fujishi and the others. After listening, he started asking, still not looking at them. "Where are you from?" "From Echigo, Echigo Guardian Dai went to war with his younger brother. Guardian Dai was defeated, and his younger brother's army attacked Kasuga Mountain. Although we lived in the mansion, we were afraid of being affected by the war, so we fled to your place temporarily, really. " Jiusuke said. That person seemed to know about the battle between Echigo Kasugayama and Nagao's brothers, his expression remained motionless, he still squinted his eyes at the fire barrel and asked, "That guy is right?" "It's exactly what my husband said!" Fujishi answered with lowly words on purpose, but did not intend to hide her beautiful voice. The guard turned his head and looked at her with wide eyes.With a look of surprise on his face, he stared for a long time and asked, "Are you husband and wife?" Jiusuke rushed to answer: "We are a husband and wife, a small businessman in Fuchu Town. I can do a little wrestling. My wife is good at playing the piano and other skills. She often goes to Fuchu and Kasugayama to perform in the rich mansions and earn some living expenses. Really. .” Hissuke felt uneasy about the other party's gradually brightening eyes, and kept adding explanations. The man seemed to understand, but he pointed to the burden placed in front of them and ordered the guards to say, "Open!" The bundle was opened, revealing gorgeous and expensive clothing and accessories. He twisted the mouse whiskers on his lips, asking the guards to spread them out to look at them, then looked at Fuji Zi, and snorted coldly. Jiusuke became more and more uneasy, and said again: "These are all given to us by those masters and wives! Really!" Finally, they gave out gold and silver.Under the dim oil lamp, when they saw the brilliant gold and silver piles like hills, everyone was stunned and just stared blankly. Jiusuke said again: "That's what we have saved for many years, I won't lie to you!" The head's face darkened, "Shut up, don't speak again!" He turned his head and said to the guards: "Throw them into the prison, and put these things away!" He seemed very angry. Soon, this matter was reported to Suzuki Yamato, the lord of Uozu Castle, and Morikoshige. "Arrested two suspicious men and women who claimed to be merchant couples who fled from Echigo Mansion by sea to escape from the war with the Nagao Haruki brothers, but they looked nothing like husband and wife, and they also brought a lot of gold and silver and expensive clothes. Ornamental utensils, very suspicious." Suzuki Kunishu ordered: "Take it into the city tomorrow and talk about it. There may be some inside information in it. Watch it carefully tonight." Not long after dawn, Suzuki ordered people to take the two people caught last night to the white sand in front of the city gate. After a night, the snow has become smaller and falling. After Suzuki sized up the two of them, he returned to the hall without saying anything, and told the guards: "Release the woman, wash it and send it to the inner hall. Be careful not to let her escape. The man should be thrown back into the prison, and all their belongings will be brought here!" "yes!" The guard left the hall, and came back not long after to reply: "Everything has been dealt with according to the instructions, and the things have also been brought." Two servant boys carried in a large burden. Suzuki untied the bundles himself and checked them one by one. Clothes, utensils, gold and silver, etc. were all piled up like a hill. He shook his head while watching.
The wind and snow that hit Yuezhong also blew further and further behind.The snow came late this year, but when it came, it was a heavy snow that was rarely seen in previous years. After several days, the fields and mountains were quickly covered with a thick layer of snow. The war stopped completely. Not long after, the new year came.Tianwen was eighteen years old, and Jinghu was twenty years old. In the first lunar month, the ceremony of assuming the title of Nagao is officially held. Nagao's retainers, nobles and other people gather in Kasuga Mountain City to participate in the grand ceremony.After the ceremony, Jing Hu rewarded his meritorious deeds. In the past, because he had no territory, he could only be rewarded verbally or in writing, which was quite distressing. Now, this trouble can finally be relieved. He distributed the territory without hesitation, and everyone was overjoyed when he received the reward, and once again sighed: "What a big reward!" tolerance!" Regardless of inheriting the ceremony of the family governor and performing the ceremony of reward, Jing Hu has no other purpose in doing so, just doing what should be done, but unexpectedly it brings unexpected results. At the end of February, the snow gradually melted, and the war was about to start again. The number of powerful families who voluntarily joined Jinghu increased day by day.These people were originally on the sidelines and slightly inclined to the three people.But they knew that Jing Hu was in power, he had clear beliefs and rewards, and he was more generous than his father, so they scrambled to serve under his banner. Jing Hu can mobilize more and more troops, and relatively, the three aspects are gradually declining. At the beginning of April, Jing Hu led five thousand troops to attack Santiao.Before this, he had fought with Santiao several times and was invincible, but every time he sat and waited for the enemy, never took the initiative to attack, because his combat power was only enough to defend, and his attack power was still insufficient.Being able to send troops to attack this time, I am deeply moved. Today's Sanjo City is located at the confluence of the Shinano River and the Igarashi River, and both sides of the Igarashi River are very developed.The current Sanjo is the big island on Kawanaka Island in the Shinano River. The big island has a radius of four kilometers and is an irregular rhombus-shaped big island. Sanjo Castle, also known as Shima Castle, is located in the southeast corner of Oshima, where the Igarashi River flows into the Shinano River.The old city site has now been converted into a racecourse.When I went to the scene, the quiet autumn sun was falling on the wide racetrack.Only one jockey gallops around the race course.Standing in the high auditorium, I looked at this scene. I really can't imagine that this place used to be a castle. I imagined that there was a tragic and tragic war here more than 400 years ago. It is a laborious task to make the phantom appear as it is. . Because it is an island in a river, there are no raised highlands. Some of them are probably like the slightly raised land behind the racetrack.Because it is not a high ground, the most powerful defense of the city should be the river.It can be imagined that the water volume of the Shinano River at that time should be more abundant than it is now. The river is wide and deep, and the water potential is also strong. At that time, the city walls had not yet fully utilized stones. Even if stones were piled up at the junction with the water, it was nothing more than an earth wall gathered together, and grass was planted, and trees should have been planted inside the earth wall.There are many red pine trees in Echigo, and various buildings with white walls can be seen between the red trunks of the pine trees and the green leaves. The roofs are made of grass or wooden boards, and tiles were very rare at that time. The fantasies that kept popping up in my mind suddenly overflowed without bounds.
At noon on the second day after Jing Hu led his army to leave Chunri Mountain, the main team arrived at Mishanling.He ordered a break for meals.He quickly finished his meal and headed towards the tail root of Mishan Medicine Hall. The left and right samurai immediately stopped eating and followed behind Jing Hu. "You don't have to follow, I want to be alone!" Hearing this, the warrior had no choice but to retreat. Going down the slope to the middle of the mountain, there is a forest with endless birdsong.Jing Hu stopped from time to time, listened to the birdsong, and walked slowly along the tail root path. He was carrying a five-foot-long staff with a T-shaped head, and four or five inches below it was a non-slip handle wrapped with a rope, and a knife was hidden inside. Soon, he stood facing the northeast, looking into the distance.Although the weather was sunny, the distant mountains were covered with thin clouds, blurred, and the vision was not good.He stopped to wait and see for a long time, then turned back to the position and notified the whole army. "Because of deep thought, we will stay here for a few days. Each team will set up camp on the spot. It's okay to move the camp a little, but we must keep in close contact with the nearby teams to prevent emergencies." The vanguard had already descended and reached the fields on the bank of the Ugawa River, and the rear guard only reached the village of Heiyan, which was about to go uphill.Jing Hu ordered people to send instructions. Then, he instructed the camp: "From today onwards, I will live alone in the Yaoshitang for four days, and return to the camp on the morning of the fifth day. During this period, everything will be directed by Kenji Sugihara! No one is allowed to approach during the Zen residence!" Hearing this, the soldiers were all stunned, and Yataro Oni Kojima and his wife waited for the horse to return to the warriors' shock. They rushed to Jing Hu hand in hand. Jing Hu preemptively said: "Don't stop me, I have fully considered it!" "No, no, we're not trying to stop you, we just want to at least follow you and protect you!" "Thank you for your trouble. If there are idlers, the anger will be easily dissipated. Regarding this war, I want to ask the Tathagata Medicine Master. You step back so as not to disturb me." What he said was so decisive that all the warriors didn't know what to do for a while, so they had to retreat. Soon, Jing Hu picked up a big bag, left the camp with a cane, walked along the previous Ogen Road, turned left at about 12 meters, and went down the valley along the slope. In fact, going to the Yaoshitang Zen residence to fast is just an excuse, he intends to observe the topography of Sanjo.Although he stayed in Tochio and visited Sanjo a few times when he was a boy, his memory is already blurred. He only remembers that the castle was built on an island in the middle of the Shinano River, surrounded by water, so he couldn't use normal tactics to attack.Of course, he also sent spies to investigate carefully, but he was not confident in the various tactics he had formulated, so he decided to conduct reconnaissance himself. When he left Chunri Mountain, he had already decided to stop the army halfway to survey the three terrains himself, so he brought camouflage tools with him, one of which was the hidden knife and staff. He walked into the forest, took off his battle robe and armor, wrapped it with his saber, and hid it under a big rock.He unwrapped the package he brought. It turned out to be a wooden box with feet that monks carried when they traveled around. Inside it were slightly dirty Taoist clothes, headscarves, gloves, leggings and brand-new straw sandals. He quickly put on his upper body and hung up a large string rosary.
Although the Mahui warriors headed by Oni Kojima Yataro and his wife temporarily obeyed Jing Hu's order and retreated, they couldn't feel at ease anyway, and soon got together again by coincidence. "This is unusual." "It is not wrong for the Lord to believe in gods and Buddhas, but it is really unusual to do so before the war." "What does Medicine Master Tathagata have to show for war?! He is the god of medicine, how can he care about war?" Everyone said something to me, and the conclusion was "this matter is too unusual", so someone suggested: "In any case, let's go and have a look. As long as the lord doesn't see him, he won't be disturbed. At this juncture, his life is too important. If the three aspects take action, it may cause serious damage. Irreparable damage. We will hide around Medicine Master Hall to protect him, and we will not hinder him at all." The others felt that it made sense, so they made a decision immediately and walked on the One Road hand in hand. Under the warm spring sun in the afternoon, a group of people were sweating a little after walking, and suddenly one person exclaimed: "Hey! What is that?!" Everyone turned their heads when they heard the sound, "What?" He pointed to the bottom of the valley: "Well, there it is!" On the hillside is a forest that has just sprouted green buds. Near the bottom of the valley is a dense fir forest. At the bottom of the valley, part of the fir forest is interrupted, and then it goes straight to the opposite mountain.Between the cedar forest and the cedar forest, the stream was flowing white, and a person was walking downstream along the road beside the stream. "It's a monk!" "Why is it there?" "Probably came back after paying homage to the Pharmacist Hall!" Everyone speculated for a while, and then looked carefully, Songjiang suddenly shouted: "It's the master! You are all blind with your eyes open, and it's okay if others can't see it, but you can't see that it's a monk dressed up." My lord, really! I saw him dressed up like that in the deep mountains of Hida before, and I didn’t forget it! Man, you’re all stupid!" She didn't stop talking, and she was already sliding down the steep slope while running. "It's really the lord!" Everyone immediately followed downhill. Dust kicked up on the green slope, and small stones slid down the slope.The stones between the slopes gradually became steeper, and it was not easy for people to stand firm, but they seemed not to notice, and kept rushing straight down. When they ran through the cedar forest and reached the stream, the Jinghu people had already circled the top of the mountain and disappeared.But he was right to go downstream, so everyone continued to chase downstream. Going around three mountainsides, the bottom of the valley gradually widened, and when we came to a place with strips of paddy fields on both sides, we finally saw the man in white in front of us. "Hey! Hey!" Everyone ran and raised their hands to call. Jing Hu turned his head and saw that the suits on the suitors were shining against the sun, and they all looked like insects with thick carapaces on their backs.When he saw Songjiang in the front, who was wearing a red armor and a white cloth head, he immediately knew that it was his own people who were chasing him. He shook his head and smiled wryly, sitting on a stone beside the road and waiting. After the crowd caught up, they immediately knelt at his feet, everyone was panting from running, and couldn't speak for a while. Jing Hu thought to himself, if it would be troublesome to let them speak first, it would be better to explain the words first. "I knew you would come after me. I am really grateful that you care so much about me. I have thought about whether I should tell you clearly, but 'to deceive the enemy first deceive me' is a famous saying in the art of war. I hope you can understand it. I am completely familiar with the three terrains. I don’t understand, if you want to go to the field to investigate, if there are too many people, it will be dangerous, so I plan to go alone, you already understand, you can go back!” Everyone's breathing has returned to normal, and they are scrambling to express their opinions, but everyone understands Jing Hu's plan, but it is too dangerous to go to the enemy's territory alone, at least two or three people must be brought. Jing Hu had already seen the situation clearly, if he didn't think of a way, these people would not go back obediently.He immediately decided: "Okay, I will only take one person with me. If there are too many people, I won't accept it. If you refuse to accept it, you can all go back to me." Hearing the words, everyone immediately corrected their postures, raised their heads and chests, with an imposing and capable expression, hoping that they would be selected. Jing Hu thought it was funny when he saw their appearance, but he held back his smile, fixed his eyes on the crowd and said, "You are all warriors with both wisdom and courage. I really don't know which one to choose. This time, I don't want to have direct contact with the enemy. I hope to come and go quietly, so it seems better to be accompanied by a woman, I will take Matsue, Yataro, do you have any objection?" "It's okay! It's okay!" Yataro looked slightly regretful. The others were even more disappointed, and wanted to say something, but Song Jiang proudly said to everyone: "Don't say anything. It's because of me that you know that the lord is here. If it wasn't for me, you would still be guarding around the medicine hall! It's only natural for me to go with the lord. Don't say anything! Go back I will go with the lord, but it will only be four days, don't worry, everyone!" Everyone was dejected and had nothing to say.
In the afternoon of the next day, Jinghu and Songjiang crossed the three Igarashi rivers one mile to the east.Songjiang changed into peasant women's clothes, wrapped her hair in a dirty cloth, and drove a big black cow with bare feet.She walked side by side with Jinghu dressed as a wandering monk, driving cattle leisurely under the warm spring sun.It looked as if a nearby peasant woman had just met the wandering monk and they happened to be walking together. For two days in a row, sometimes they were close to the city, and sometimes they were far away from the city. They circled the three cities and fully saw the terrain. The deployment of the three military forces is not too scattered. Once the situation is unfavorable, it is not easy to provide military support in some places, but a considerable number of troops are deployed in important places, and it is easy to communicate with each other. Jing Hu thought to himself, he really deserves to be Zhao Tian, although he is a traitor, his wisdom is extraordinary after all. After Jing Hu observed the terrain, he also made an attack plan, so he went back to the camp. Across the shallows of the upper reaches of the Shinano River, there is a small village.They walked to the village, and heard the noisy voices of drunk men in front of them. According to the reputation, there are two horses tied under the tree in front of the gate of a slightly larger house four or five feet away, and several spears are placed under the eaves.The noise of drunkenness came from this private house, probably because the guards in Sanjo City or nearby areas forced to drink while patrolling. The two of them were not particularly nervous, talking in a rustic voice following the slow-moving cow with sticky white saliva.At this time, a person walked out of the room, and as they had guessed, he was a soldier in armor.His face was flushed, he staggered, blinked fiercely, and kept rubbing his fists. He didn't pay attention to Jing Hu and the others, and went directly to the wall to pee, but suddenly turned around while walking, and walked towards them with great interest. "Hey! Woman, you are in good shape! Come drink with the uncle, we have a lot of wine, but we don't have a woman to accompany us!" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Songjiang's wrist. "Forgive me! Master Jun, I have to go home, the child is still waiting for me hungry!" Songjiang replied with a smile. "This is not right. You come to drink with the uncle. When you go back, I will give you a lot of wine and let the ox carry you back. Your husband must be very happy. Come on!" He pulled Songjiang hard. Songjiang was very angry, but still smiled: "I'm really sorry! My husband doesn't drink, and alcohol won't make him happy." Although Song Jiang deliberately smeared some mud on his cheeks to make him look dirty, but when he looked closely under the sun, he still couldn't hide his natural beauty.Her eyes are different, her skin is white and tender, her eyebrows are beautiful and her nose is beautiful, and she has a beautiful and well-proportioned curve from her neck to her chest. The drunk soldier also noticed, "Oh! What a beauty, how could I let you go!" He wanted to pull Songjiang into his arms. Songjiang endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back anymore, and angrily reprimanded: "What do you want to do!" I saw the soldier's body flipped into the air, and then fell to the ground, splashing a cloud of dust.As soon as Song Jiang's foot stepped on his back, he spit out his tongue and spurted blood, and died without a sound. All this happened in a very short period of time, and Jing Hu secretly screamed that something was wrong.Probably Songjiang's anger just now alarmed the soldiers in the room, and several of them rushed out hand in hand. Song Jiang snatched a spear that was under the eaves, and Jing Hu also took out the knife hidden in his stick. The soldier was shocked: "Ah! Spy!" "Run!" Jing Hu called Songjiang and ran to the horse.A soldier leaped up with a knife, Jing Hu swung his knife and cut open, and then quickly cut the reins of the two horses.Other soldiers want to attack Jinghu, but Songjiang won't let them. "Look at the gun!" The gun went away, and the two fell to the ground. "Get on the horse!" Jing Hu rode one by himself, and led another to Songjiang, "Get out of here first!" Songjiang got on the horse, leaned over and hugged the horse's neck, and galloped like a gust of wind with Jinghu.
The guardhouse is the building where Jiusuke encouraged Fujizi to say that he would be comfortable running there.Inside the house is a spacious earthen hall, with a large wooden brazier in the middle, and the charcoal fire is as high as a mountain. Toutou was a fat man in his thirties, with a round flat face, squinting eyes, and short limbs that didn't match his figure, he always felt like a pig.Under the two big nostrils, there is a slightly curly sparse beard.He was sitting on the floor with his legs stretched out by the fire-barrel to warm himself. When the guard brought the two back, he raised his jaw: "Sit over there!" Fujishi and Hissuke were dragged to Dodo.He lazily listened to his subordinate's report, nodded his head "huh, heh", but he didn't look at Fujishi and the others. After listening, he started asking, still not looking at them. "Where are you from?" "From Echigo, Echigo Guardian Dai went to war with his younger brother. Guardian Dai was defeated, and his younger brother's army attacked Kasuga Mountain. Although we lived in the mansion, we were afraid of being affected by the war, so we fled to your place temporarily, really. " Jiusuke said. That person seemed to know about the battle between Echigo Kasugayama and Nagao's brothers, his expression remained motionless, he still squinted his eyes at the fire barrel and asked, "That guy is right?" "It's exactly what my husband said!" Fujishi answered with lowly words on purpose, but did not intend to hide her beautiful voice. The guard turned his head and looked at her with wide eyes.With a look of surprise on his face, he stared for a long time and asked, "Are you husband and wife?" Jiusuke rushed to answer: "We are a husband and wife, a small businessman in Fuchu Town. I can do a little wrestling. My wife is good at playing the piano and other skills. She often goes to Fuchu and Kasugayama to perform in the rich mansions and earn some living expenses. Really. .” Hissuke felt uneasy about the other party's gradually brightening eyes, and kept adding explanations. The man seemed to understand, but he pointed to the burden placed in front of them and ordered the guards to say, "Open!" The bundle was opened, revealing gorgeous and expensive clothing and accessories. He twisted the mouse whiskers on his lips, asking the guards to spread them out to look at them, then looked at Fuji Zi, and snorted coldly. Jiusuke became more and more uneasy, and said again: "These are all given to us by those masters and wives! Really!" Finally, they gave out gold and silver.Under the dim oil lamp, when they saw the brilliant gold and silver piles like hills, everyone was stunned and just stared blankly. Jiusuke said again: "That's what we have saved for many years, I won't lie to you!" The head's face darkened, "Shut up, don't speak again!" He turned his head and said to the guards: "Throw them into the prison, and put these things away!" He seemed very angry. Soon, this matter was reported to Suzuki Yamato, the lord of Uozu Castle, and Morikoshige. "Arrested two suspicious men and women who claimed to be merchant couples who fled from Echigo Mansion by sea to escape from the war with the Nagao Haruki brothers, but they looked nothing like husband and wife, and they also brought a lot of gold and silver and expensive clothes. Ornamental utensils, very suspicious." Suzuki Kunishu ordered: "Take it into the city tomorrow and talk about it. There may be some inside information in it. Watch it carefully tonight." Not long after dawn, Suzuki ordered people to take the two people caught last night to the white sand in front of the city gate. After a night, the snow has become smaller and falling. After Suzuki sized up the two of them, he returned to the hall without saying anything, and told the guards: "Release the woman, wash it and send it to the inner hall. Be careful not to let her escape. The man should be thrown back into the prison, and all their belongings will be brought here!" "yes!" The guard left the hall, and came back not long after to reply: "Everything has been dealt with according to the instructions, and the things have also been brought." Two servant boys carried in a large burden. Suzuki untied the bundles himself and checked them one by one. Clothes, utensils, gold and silver, etc. were all piled up like a hill. He shook his head while watching.
The wind and snow that hit Yuezhong also blew further and further behind.The snow came late this year, but when it came, it was a heavy snow that was rarely seen in previous years. After several days, the fields and mountains were quickly covered with a thick layer of snow. The war stopped completely. Not long after, the new year came.Tianwen was eighteen years old, and Jinghu was twenty years old. In the first lunar month, the ceremony of assuming the title of Nagao is officially held. Nagao's retainers, nobles and other people gather in Kasuga Mountain City to participate in the grand ceremony.After the ceremony, Jing Hu rewarded his meritorious deeds. In the past, because he had no territory, he could only be rewarded verbally or in writing, which was quite distressing. Now, this trouble can finally be relieved. He distributed the territory without hesitation, and everyone was overjoyed when he received the reward, and once again sighed: "What a big reward!" tolerance!" Regardless of inheriting the ceremony of the family governor and performing the ceremony of reward, Jing Hu has no other purpose in doing so, just doing what should be done, but unexpectedly it brings unexpected results. At the end of February, the snow gradually melted, and the war was about to start again. The number of powerful families who voluntarily joined Jinghu increased day by day.These people were originally on the sidelines and slightly inclined to the three people.But they knew that Jing Hu was in power, he had clear beliefs and rewards, and he was more generous than his father, so they scrambled to serve under his banner. Jing Hu can mobilize more and more troops, and relatively, the three aspects are gradually declining. At the beginning of April, Jing Hu led five thousand troops to attack Santiao.Before this, he had fought with Santiao several times and was invincible, but every time he sat and waited for the enemy, never took the initiative to attack, because his combat power was only enough to defend, and his attack power was still insufficient.Being able to send troops to attack this time, I am deeply moved. Today's Sanjo City is located at the confluence of the Shinano River and the Igarashi River, and both sides of the Igarashi River are very developed.The current Sanjo is the big island on Kawanaka Island in the Shinano River. The big island has a radius of four kilometers and is an irregular rhombus-shaped big island. Sanjo Castle, also known as Shima Castle, is located in the southeast corner of Oshima, where the Igarashi River flows into the Shinano River.The old city site has now been converted into a racecourse.When I went to the scene, the quiet autumn sun was falling on the wide racetrack.Only one jockey gallops around the race course.Standing in the high auditorium, I looked at this scene. I really can't imagine that this place used to be a castle. I imagined that there was a tragic and tragic war here more than 400 years ago. It is a laborious task to make the phantom appear as it is. . Because it is an island in a river, there are no raised highlands. Some of them are probably like the slightly raised land behind the racetrack.Because it is not a high ground, the most powerful defense of the city should be the river.It can be imagined that the water volume of the Shinano River at that time should be more abundant than it is now. The river is wide and deep, and the water potential is also strong. At that time, the city walls had not yet fully utilized stones. Even if stones were piled up at the junction with the water, it was nothing more than an earth wall gathered together, and grass was planted, and trees should have been planted inside the earth wall.There are many red pine trees in Echigo, and various buildings with white walls can be seen between the red trunks of the pine trees and the green leaves. The roofs are made of grass or wooden boards, and tiles were very rare at that time. The fantasies that kept popping up in my mind suddenly overflowed without bounds.
At noon on the second day after Jing Hu led his army to leave Chunri Mountain, the main team arrived at Mishanling.He ordered a break for meals.He quickly finished his meal and headed towards the tail root of Mishan Medicine Hall. The left and right samurai immediately stopped eating and followed behind Jing Hu. "You don't have to follow, I want to be alone!" Hearing this, the warrior had no choice but to retreat. Going down the slope to the middle of the mountain, there is a forest with endless birdsong.Jing Hu stopped from time to time, listened to the birdsong, and walked slowly along the tail root path. He was carrying a five-foot-long staff with a T-shaped head, and four or five inches below it was a non-slip handle wrapped with a rope, and a knife was hidden inside. Soon, he stood facing the northeast, looking into the distance.Although the weather was sunny, the distant mountains were covered with thin clouds, blurred, and the vision was not good.He stopped to wait and see for a long time, then turned back to the position and notified the whole army. "Because of deep thought, we will stay here for a few days. Each team will set up camp on the spot. It's okay to move the camp a little, but we must keep in close contact with the nearby teams to prevent emergencies." The vanguard had already descended and reached the fields on the bank of the Ugawa River, and the rear guard only reached the village of Heiyan, which was about to go uphill.Jing Hu ordered people to send instructions. Then, he instructed the camp: "From today onwards, I will live alone in the Yaoshitang for four days, and return to the camp on the morning of the fifth day. During this period, everything will be directed by Kenji Sugihara! No one is allowed to approach during the Zen residence!" Hearing this, the soldiers were all stunned, and Yataro Oni Kojima and his wife waited for the horse to return to the warriors' shock. They rushed to Jing Hu hand in hand. Jing Hu preemptively said: "Don't stop me, I have fully considered it!" "No, no, we're not trying to stop you, we just want to at least follow you and protect you!" "Thank you for your trouble. If there are idlers, the anger will be easily dissipated. Regarding this war, I want to ask the Tathagata Medicine Master. You step back so as not to disturb me." What he said was so decisive that all the warriors didn't know what to do for a while, so they had to retreat. Soon, Jing Hu picked up a big bag, left the camp with a cane, walked along the previous Ogen Road, turned left at about 12 meters, and went down the valley along the slope. In fact, going to the Yaoshitang Zen residence to fast is just an excuse, he intends to observe the topography of Sanjo.Although he stayed in Tochio and visited Sanjo a few times when he was a boy, his memory is already blurred. He only remembers that the castle was built on an island in the middle of the Shinano River, surrounded by water, so he couldn't use normal tactics to attack.Of course, he also sent spies to investigate carefully, but he was not confident in the various tactics he had formulated, so he decided to conduct reconnaissance himself. When he left Chunri Mountain, he had already decided to stop the army halfway to survey the three terrains himself, so he brought camouflage tools with him, one of which was the hidden knife and staff. He walked into the forest, took off his battle robe and armor, wrapped it with his saber, and hid it under a big rock.He unwrapped the package he brought. It turned out to be a wooden box with feet that monks carried when they traveled around. Inside it were slightly dirty Taoist clothes, headscarves, gloves, leggings and brand-new straw sandals. He quickly put on his upper body and hung up a large string rosary.
Although the Mahui warriors headed by Oni Kojima Yataro and his wife temporarily obeyed Jing Hu's order and retreated, they couldn't feel at ease anyway, and soon got together again by coincidence. "This is unusual." "It is not wrong for the Lord to believe in gods and Buddhas, but it is really unusual to do so before the war." "What does Medicine Master Tathagata have to show for war?! He is the god of medicine, how can he care about war?" Everyone said something to me, and the conclusion was "this matter is too unusual", so someone suggested: "In any case, let's go and have a look. As long as the lord doesn't see him, he won't be disturbed. At this juncture, his life is too important. If the three aspects take action, it may cause serious damage. Irreparable damage. We will hide around Medicine Master Hall to protect him, and we will not hinder him at all." The others felt that it made sense, so they made a decision immediately and walked on the One Road hand in hand. Under the warm spring sun in the afternoon, a group of people were sweating a little after walking, and suddenly one person exclaimed: "Hey! What is that?!" Everyone turned their heads when they heard the sound, "What?" He pointed to the bottom of the valley: "Well, there it is!" On the hillside is a forest that has just sprouted green buds. Near the bottom of the valley is a dense fir forest. At the bottom of the valley, part of the fir forest is interrupted, and then it goes straight to the opposite mountain.Between the cedar forest and the cedar forest, the stream was flowing white, and a person was walking downstream along the road beside the stream. "It's a monk!" "Why is it there?" "Probably came back after paying homage to the Pharmacist Hall!" Everyone speculated for a while, and then looked carefully, Songjiang suddenly shouted: "It's the master! You are all blind with your eyes open, and it's okay if others can't see it, but you can't see that it's a monk dressed up." My lord, really! I saw him dressed up like that in the deep mountains of Hida before, and I didn’t forget it! Man, you’re all stupid!" She didn't stop talking, and she was already sliding down the steep slope while running. "It's really the lord!" Everyone immediately followed downhill. Dust kicked up on the green slope, and small stones slid down the slope.The stones between the slopes gradually became steeper, and it was not easy for people to stand firm, but they seemed not to notice, and kept rushing straight down. When they ran through the cedar forest and reached the stream, the Jinghu people had already circled the top of the mountain and disappeared.But he was right to go downstream, so everyone continued to chase downstream. Going around three mountainsides, the bottom of the valley gradually widened, and when we came to a place with strips of paddy fields on both sides, we finally saw the man in white in front of us. "Hey! Hey!" Everyone ran and raised their hands to call. Jing Hu turned his head and saw that the suits on the suitors were shining against the sun, and they all looked like insects with thick carapaces on their backs.When he saw Songjiang in the front, who was wearing a red armor and a white cloth head, he immediately knew that it was his own people who were chasing him. He shook his head and smiled wryly, sitting on a stone beside the road and waiting. After the crowd caught up, they immediately knelt at his feet, everyone was panting from running, and couldn't speak for a while. Jing Hu thought to himself, if it would be troublesome to let them speak first, it would be better to explain the words first. "I knew you would come after me. I am really grateful that you care so much about me. I have thought about whether I should tell you clearly, but 'to deceive the enemy first deceive me' is a famous saying in the art of war. I hope you can understand it. I am completely familiar with the three terrains. I don’t understand, if you want to go to the field to investigate, if there are too many people, it will be dangerous, so I plan to go alone, you already understand, you can go back!” Everyone's breathing has returned to normal, and they are scrambling to express their opinions, but everyone understands Jing Hu's plan, but it is too dangerous to go to the enemy's territory alone, at least two or three people must be brought. Jing Hu had already seen the situation clearly, if he didn't think of a way, these people would not go back obediently.He immediately decided: "Okay, I will only take one person with me. If there are too many people, I won't accept it. If you refuse to accept it, you can all go back to me." Hearing the words, everyone immediately corrected their postures, raised their heads and chests, with an imposing and capable expression, hoping that they would be selected. Jing Hu thought it was funny when he saw their appearance, but he held back his smile, fixed his eyes on the crowd and said, "You are all warriors with both wisdom and courage. I really don't know which one to choose. This time, I don't want to have direct contact with the enemy. I hope to come and go quietly, so it seems better to be accompanied by a woman, I will take Matsue, Yataro, do you have any objection?" "It's okay! It's okay!" Yataro looked slightly regretful. The others were even more disappointed, and wanted to say something, but Song Jiang proudly said to everyone: "Don't say anything. It's because of me that you know that the lord is here. If it wasn't for me, you would still be guarding around the medicine hall! It's only natural for me to go with the lord. Don't say anything! Go back I will go with the lord, but it will only be four days, don't worry, everyone!" Everyone was dejected and had nothing to say.
In the afternoon of the next day, Jinghu and Songjiang crossed the three Igarashi rivers one mile to the east.Songjiang changed into peasant women's clothes, wrapped her hair in a dirty cloth, and drove a big black cow with bare feet.She walked side by side with Jinghu dressed as a wandering monk, driving cattle leisurely under the warm spring sun.It looked as if a nearby peasant woman had just met the wandering monk and they happened to be walking together. For two days in a row, sometimes they were close to the city, and sometimes they were far away from the city. They circled the three cities and fully saw the terrain. The deployment of the three military forces is not too scattered. Once the situation is unfavorable, it is not easy to provide military support in some places, but a considerable number of troops are deployed in important places, and it is easy to communicate with each other. Jing Hu thought to himself, he really deserves to be Zhao Tian, although he is a traitor, his wisdom is extraordinary after all. After Jing Hu observed the terrain, he also made an attack plan, so he went back to the camp. Across the shallows of the upper reaches of the Shinano River, there is a small village.They walked to the village, and heard the noisy voices of drunk men in front of them. According to the reputation, there are two horses tied under the tree in front of the gate of a slightly larger house four or five feet away, and several spears are placed under the eaves.The noise of drunkenness came from this private house, probably because the guards in Sanjo City or nearby areas forced to drink while patrolling. The two of them were not particularly nervous, talking in a rustic voice following the slow-moving cow with sticky white saliva.At this time, a person walked out of the room, and as they had guessed, he was a soldier in armor.His face was flushed, he staggered, blinked fiercely, and kept rubbing his fists. He didn't pay attention to Jing Hu and the others, and went directly to the wall to pee, but suddenly turned around while walking, and walked towards them with great interest. "Hey! Woman, you are in good shape! Come drink with the uncle, we have a lot of wine, but we don't have a woman to accompany us!" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Songjiang's wrist. "Forgive me! Master Jun, I have to go home, the child is still waiting for me hungry!" Songjiang replied with a smile. "This is not right. You come to drink with the uncle. When you go back, I will give you a lot of wine and let the ox carry you back. Your husband must be very happy. Come on!" He pulled Songjiang hard. Songjiang was very angry, but still smiled: "I'm really sorry! My husband doesn't drink, and alcohol won't make him happy." Although Song Jiang deliberately smeared some mud on his cheeks to make him look dirty, but when he looked closely under the sun, he still couldn't hide his natural beauty.Her eyes are different, her skin is white and tender, her eyebrows are beautiful and her nose is beautiful, and she has a beautiful and well-proportioned curve from her neck to her chest. The drunk soldier also noticed, "Oh! What a beauty, how could I let you go!" He wanted to pull Songjiang into his arms. Songjiang endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back anymore, and angrily reprimanded: "What do you want to do!" I saw the soldier's body flipped into the air, and then fell to the ground, splashing a cloud of dust.As soon as Song Jiang's foot stepped on his back, he spit out his tongue and spurted blood, and died without a sound. All this happened in a very short period of time, and Jing Hu secretly screamed that something was wrong.Probably Songjiang's anger just now alarmed the soldiers in the room, and several of them rushed out hand in hand. Song Jiang snatched a spear that was under the eaves, and Jing Hu also took out the knife hidden in his stick. The soldier was shocked: "Ah! Spy!" "Run!" Jing Hu called Songjiang and ran to the horse.A soldier leaped up with a knife, Jing Hu swung his knife and cut open, and then quickly cut the reins of the two horses.Other soldiers want to attack Jinghu, but Songjiang won't let them. "Look at the gun!" The gun went away, and the two fell to the ground. "Get on the horse!" Jing Hu rode one by himself, and led another to Songjiang, "Get out of here first!" Songjiang got on the horse, leaned over and hugged the horse's neck, and galloped like a gust of wind with Jinghu.