Chapter 20 raise the flag
Everyone looked at her not because she was shy, and stepped up to persuade her.
"The war is about to begin. The opponent is a strong enemy. No one can predict what will happen. It may be you, or Yataro's luck is exhausted, or it may be the two of you. Instead of dying in regret, Why don't you make your long-cherished wish now, if you want to wait until your hair grows back, you might have to go to Yan Luo Palace to get married, don't you think so?"
Some people also persuaded: "Of course women don't like to get married with bare heads, but you are a hero among women, why should you stick to this? And you wear a cotton cap when you salute, who can tell if you have hair?"
Everyone showed their tongues and wanted to talk about Songjiang. The situation was quite interesting.
Songjiang was still unmoved by what other people said about life and death, but when he heard about the cotton cap, he asked a little temptedly: "Really? At the wedding of the Wu family, the bride should wear a cotton cap?"
Everyone was a little moved by seeing her, and persuaded her even more vigorously: "Yes! You need to wear a cotton hat."
"From the top of the head to the tip of the nose, all you can see is the mouth and chin!"
"Very charming!"
Everyone was chattering and attacking in turn, Song Jiang was finally moved by the persuasion, and his bald head turned red with shame.She covered her head with her sleeves: "Then let's do this! ... Oh! It's so embarrassing!"
Everyone laughed excitedly, and Songjiang still reminded him from behind his sleeve: "Don't forget the cotton cap!"
"I know, I know."
Everyone laughed again.
The wedding proceeded quickly, and Usami was supposed to be the matchmaker, but he was a widower, so Honjo Keihide was appointed in the back hall of the main village.
At the wedding banquet, Jing Hu, Usami, Xinbei and others were all present. Matsue, wearing a cotton cap and the wedding dress worn by Honjo's daughter when she was young, looked more and more charming.
Tokura and Hachiro, who were fascinated by watching, quietly said to Akiyama Genzo next to him, "I want to ask for a wife too."
"me too."
Matsue is indeed an amazing bride.After the wedding banquet, enter the bridal chamber.When only the newlyweds were left alone in the room, Songjiang said, "If I take this off, you will definitely laugh at me."
Although Yataro felt that the woman's heart was unreasonable at this time, he instinctively wanted to take a good look at the woman in front of him like a wolf dog barking at the moon, and then sleep peacefully together.
"I won't laugh at you, you better take it off! Otherwise, I seem to be sleeping with someone who has nothing to do with it."
"You mean another woman?"
"yes!"
"I don't want it! Hmph!"
Songjiang suddenly pulled off the cotton cap.
The cotton hat was made of pure cotton, wide and wide, and it was a must for the bride to wear at the wedding of the samurai family at that time, in order to prevent idlers from seeing the bride's face, but most of the people who used this ceremony were low-status samurai.Generally, the samurai of the daimyo castellan rank mostly marry the daughter of the court minister, so the samurai etiquette law formulated by the Ashikaga shogunate according to the etiquette law of the minister was adopted, and has been followed to this day.
Because it is made of pure cotton, although it is lined with seaweed, Songjiang's hair stands on end, which may reveal her original shape, so she also wrapped white silk cloth under the cotton hat.
"That's all right!"
Sweat dripped from her face, her head was wrapped in snow-white silk cloth, and she had a refreshing beauty.She smiled and said, "It's so comfortable! I haven't worn a cotton hat in the deep winter in Hida. I put it on my head just now, and I always feel that the top of my head is stuffy and sweating..."
Yataro was already restless, his muscles and bones were weak, and the tingling sensation rushed from his lower abdomen to his limbs and top of his head.
"Songjiang..."
He whispered like a mosquito, suddenly blew out the lights, and hugged Songjiang tightly.
Within a few days, Santiao heard the news that Jinghu was rebuilding the ancient city in Tochio and preparing to raise troops.A year ago, Hanoi Guye, who was ordered to take pictures of Jinghu's head to sacrifice the flag, but he escaped skillfully, heard about this. He was surprised at Jinghu's wisdom that did not meet his age, and even more surprised that he came up with such a bold idea so quickly. "You brat who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, how dare you pluck the hair from the tiger's mouth! See if I don't kill you, you won't leave a piece of armor!" He was eagerly preparing to fight. Tochio did not neglect its defense, and continued to send spies to investigate the military situation.Usami Sadokyu also sent people to build a stronghold on the mountain at the entrance of Sanjo leading to the Tochio Basin as a cooperation. A few days later, the two generals of the Junjing faction each led 250 men as vanguards. They cautiously approached the entrance of the basin, and they couldn't help being taken aback when they saw the defense village. That village can be described as shabby.On the other side of the small river in front of you, there is a wooden fence and a wall made of natural cliffs, about five feet above the ground, with huge logs across it, and a wooden hut built inside the wall, which can only accommodate thirty people at most. "It's nothing special!" "Courage is commendable. I thought that this stronghold would be able to stop us." "It's a serious matter!" The crowd laughed and watched for a while, but there was no movement in the village, only the lonely sound of the flag on the flagpole fluttering in the evening wind. The two generals felt suspicious and dismounted to gather businessmen. "The appearance of this village is really suspicious, what do you think?" "I think it's just pretending, there's no one inside." "I think so too. Maybe they originally wanted to occupy the stronghold and fight, but when they saw our army arriving, they ran away in fright." "I think so too." The two had the same opinion and decided to take the village.They got on their horses, turned around and shouted at the soldiers: "The enemy has already lost their conscience, take this village!" With the sound of shouting and killing excitedly, the two teams rushed forward, jumped over the small river, and pulled up the wooden fence.It was the end of autumn, the river was only halfway up to the calf, and they could move freely. They immediately pulled out the wooden fences, went to the bank and began to demolish the gate of the village. There was no movement in the village, only the lonely sound of flags fluttering in the wind.The three soldiers moved forward courageously, cheering and cheering, they tore down the gate and threw it into the water to open the way. When they reached the wall of the village, some people climbed up the rock, and some went around trying to find the entrance. Climbing, only two generals and more than 20 mounted guards did not follow.Those soldiers climbed up hey hey hey hey hey hey hey, in the afternoon sun, they meandered up like ants of various colors. When the ant team's head was seven or eight feet away from reaching the top, suddenly a few well-equipped warriors jumped out of the giant tree.The two generals looked at it and shouted secretly: "It's not good!" At the same time, the guards took the big wooden boulder and began to throw it down.The tragedy just began. The ant column was pushed and beaten by huge trees and boulders, wailing everywhere, and fell down.Falling from such a high place, it is inevitable to be seriously injured, coupled with the fall of wood and stones, it is really either death or injury, and the ground is full of blood. The general shouted desperately: "Come back quickly, the enemy has a trap!" Even if they didn't give the order, the soldiers on the rock wanted to retreat, but the situation was not so easy, so they had to hide under the slightly protruding rock.For the defenders, it was more like catching birds with a net. "There's one over there, throw it away!" Among the guards who were desperately throwing stones and logs down, there was a particularly conspicuous person.He was wearing a battle suit embroidered with red leather, and his head was wrapped in white cloth, which made him stand out.He lifted the giant wood and boulders that usually require three or four people to lift with one stroke.Not only is the strength amazing, but the shooting is extremely accurate, even people hiding in remote locations can hit it with one shot.He is not burly, but his movements are dexterous, running lightly like a bird on the giant log on the high cliff.Soon, he found two generals watching the battle anxiously by the small river, so he raised his hands in greeting. "Hey! The two generals over there, if you want stones or wood, you choose yourself!" It was a woman's voice. "It's a woman!" The generals were all shocked, and upon closer inspection, the man's face was indeed paler. "Hurry up and choose! If you don't say anything, I have no choice but to throw it all to you!" The woman yelled again, and at the same time she kept dropping huge boulders and logs, hitting the ground and sinking deep into the ground. The general gathered the retreating soldiers and crossed the small river to catch his breath.There are still many soldiers left on the cliff, and many of the soldiers who returned had bruises in their hands and feet, and there were many casualties at the bottom of the cliff.The defenders of such a small village made them suffer so much damage, and there was no way to retreat. If they abandoned the soldiers on the cliff, it would be tantamount to dying, and their reputation might be ruined.So the two met again to discuss. "Go around the back mountain and shoot arrows!" They selected six good shooters from the guards, and when they were about to give orders, the home team led by Junjing arrived. Junjing is a master tactician. After listening to the report of the two, he frowned and said, "It's okay to ignore such a small stronghold. As long as the Tochio Castle is flattened, these people will naturally flee away, but you go attack it." However, he suffered such heavy casualties, instead, he destroyed his prestige first, and strengthened the enemy's momentum, so it's fine now, let's do it according to the decided method!" After finishing speaking, another archer was selected from the samurai under the banner, a total of fifteen people.
The fifteen selected archers were ordered to set off in the direction of the back mountain.At the same time, Junjing ordered the whole army to concentrate on shooting arrows in the village to divert the attention of the defenders. In the faint afternoon sun, the arrows shone brightly and gathered towards the village like a swarm of feather insects, but no one came out.The guards remained hidden, but erected their shields and began shooting back.Because of the small numbers, the resistance seemed weak.On Junjing's side, his fighting spirit was high, and he let out threatening roars from time to time, and fired more arrows. Suddenly, on the mountain behind the three armies, there was also a battle cry.Jun Jing turned his head in surprise and saw that there were two to three hundred red and blue army flags standing among the treetops on the wooded mountain, which was neither high nor steep. "Attention everyone!" Junjing divided the army into two groups, and before they could deploy, the military flags lined up on the mountain had already appeared neatly, with blue flags on the right and red flags on the left. In an instant, the flags were divided into two groups, each at a distance of 50 meters. Although Junjing knew that his opponent had sufficient intentions, he couldn't tell which move the opponent was going to use. This was the first time he had encountered such a wonderful tactic, so he pursed his lips and did not move.He felt confused, and the soldiers didn't know what to do. They forgot to attack the stronghold, and just opened their eyes blankly.Suddenly, there was a loud noise of killing on Tochio Road, and a group of people rushed straight over. Dust billowed on the narrow road, and swords and guns were flying. The three troops were timid.Junjing suddenly realized that his side was in danger, and if he showed any sign of fear, the whole army would collapse immediately. "Don't retreat, the enemy is only a few people! There are less than five hundred horsemen! Shoot them with bows and arrows, take bows and arrows!" He tried his best to motivate the soldiers and stabilize their positions.He set an example by personally taking a bow and arrow and shooting, and the warrior riding in the lead immediately rolled off his horse. "Wow--" The whole army immediately regained their fighting spirit and stabilized their positions.The man with the bow on his body squatted down and drew the bow to shoot, but at this time the guards appeared on the village again, also drawing the bow and releasing the arrow.Although they were few in number, five or six of them fell down because of their condescending position. Junjing yelled: "Leave them alone, just shoot the one in front!" Although the soldiers concentrated their arrows on the oncoming troops, the arrows from the upper right interfered greatly.Moreover, the men and horses in front were also brave and fearless, and they didn't shoot back. They just tilted their helmets, blocked arrows with their armor sleeves, and rushed towards them, hissing and shouting like madmen. The three armies began to waver again.At this time, the blue flag on the right side of the mountain quickly descended, as if intending to block their retreat.When the three armies saw it, they were even more frightened and chilled. If there was no way out, wouldn't they be dead without a place to die?They were frightened and frightened, and the whole army collapsed in an instant. Almost at the same time, the Tochio assault soldiers rushed to the front, stomped on their horses, swung their knives and spears, and beheaded the three armies.Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the village followed suit. One of the female warriors dropped the bow in her hand, untied the rope around her waist, and danced a long-handled sword and leaped wildly.She crossed the creek, rushed into her own formation, and joined the fight. "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Regardless of whether it was the enemy or me, she rode her horse and drove forward until she ran to the side of Oni Kojima Yataro who was standing at the head of the team. "Honey, I'm coming!" Wearing a black leather battle suit and a helmet with antler emblem on his head, Yataro rode a chestnut horse and brandished a spear to kill the enemy. "Oh! Here you come!" Without saying a word, the couple slashed left and right side by side, brave and invincible.Santiao's 2,000-strong army was defeated and fled away one after another. Even now, no matter how wise Jun Jing is in command, it is difficult to reverse the decline. The soldiers have already lost their morale and are scrambling to escape for their lives. The Tochio army pursued closely, beheading men and horses, killing them and killing them again, but Jing Hu, who was watching the battle on the mountain, saw that the time was almost there, and he called back his troops and stopped chasing and killing.
Jun Jing who fled back to Santiao in a panic after leaving the school was very resentful, but he didn't think it was the extraordinary ability of the fifteen-year-old Jing Hu. "With such a detailed design, it must be Usami's command. It is indeed a mistake for our army to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly." He immediately ordered the powerful clan of the same party to send troops, and specially sent his confidants to go to Puyuan County to inform Akita Changlusuke.The army assembled in Sanjo one after another. Akita sent his sons Kuroda, Izumi Morokunistada and Kanetsu Izu Morokichi each to lead a thousand people to arrive. He also led the army and came after him. On the other hand, everyone on Jinghu's side was amazed at his extraordinary ingenuity and strategy, and his fighting spirit was high, but he did not dare to neglect his defense to prevent the enemy from attacking again.They had camps at all the entrances to the basin.Of course, Jinghu also sent people to report to Usami that he had won the first battle, begged for reinforcements, and sent envoys to Kasuga Mountain to bring rescue troops.Jinghu thought to himself, "I'm afraid Qingjing won't obediently accept his request. The cowardly Qingjing will definitely get angry at me for being troublesome and plant a seed of trouble." So he also sent someone to Uesugi's place in the mansion hall, Explain the whole story in detail, and ask Dingshi to help persuade Qingjing.In addition, proclamations were issued to wealthy families from all over the country who intend to seek refuge. Usami was the first to arrive with 500 troops; followed by the nobles who hated Junjing but were still watching the situation. Seeing that Jinghu had won the first battle, they immediately rushed to support, but the number of troops was only 300, and the rest were only one or two hundred people. However, Jing Hu did not recruit many soldiers. On the other hand, there are still many powerful families who rushed to support Junjing for the lure of conferring territory. Jinghu sent people to spy on him from time to time, and the rewards were more and more unfavorable every time.Everyone felt very anxious, and Xinbingwei and others couldn't hold back anymore. They met Jinghu together and said: "Based on this situation, even those who finally join our side may change their minds, so send someone to inform Lord Qingjing! Just send one of us!" But Jing Hu refused. "If we don't have Chunrishan's support, can we not go on fighting? Even if we lose, at most we'll just die, so don't think too much about it! So as not to tarnish our usual prestige!" After Xinbei and others retreated in anger, they turned to the Usami camp to appeal. Usami smiled and said: "You go to talk to Master Jinghu about the war, which is equivalent to playing tricks! Even I admire his good fighting skills. Fighting is not about the number of people, but about wisdom and courage. Haven't you seen it with your own eyes? What else? What about those who are not at ease? Don’t worry! Just follow his orders!" Even so, Xinbei still can not feel at ease.Although Jinghu won the big victory with a clever strategy, Junjing is a wily general after all. Not only will he be more careful this time, but he will come here to avenge his shame, and he should not repeat the same mistakes. Not long after, the news came that Qingjing had finally set off for the battle. Everyone cheered excitedly, but when they heard that he had only brought five hundred soldiers, they were both surprised and disappointed. Things are indeed full of obstacles as Jing Hu expected.When Qingjing received the news, she was furious: "This bastard doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and makes troubles like this without consulting me. If he is defeated, he will gain the power of others. I won't fight for him like this hateful thing!" He refused to send troops, and Uesugi decided to persuade him with kind words: "It will damage your reputation to sit and watch your flesh and blood brothers be killed! In short, the first battle has been won, and he is only fifteen years old, so he is so amazing. Guardian, if you don't go to the formation, what will people think? They will think you are afraid of Jinghu!" Uesugi's words were effective, Qing Jing listened to it, and reluctantly led five hundred people to leave Kasuga Mountain. The recruit guards were still dissatisfied, "There are 15,000 enemies, and there will be 20,000 soon. The guards go out to battle, but they only bring 500 people, which is too little!" Jing Hu said: "As long as the eldest brother is willing to come, let alone five hundred, it doesn't matter if he doesn't bring a single soldier. As long as Qing Jinggong goes to battle in person, I will use this name, as many soldiers as I want. Can be recruited!" "Yes!" Xinbingwei finally agreed with Jing Hu. Everyone was amazed by Jinghu's growth. Although he often admired his keen military vision during his tours around the world, this time he was able to use the amazing tactics of freely manipulating the enemy's heart in the palm of his hand, which made everyone even more amazed: "This gentleman is really a natural born general!" Their admiration is similar to religious beliefs. After they withdrew from Jing Hu, they were still addicted to this excitement for a while. "His wisdom is beyond our ladder!" "You are so courageous at the age of fifteen!" "What kind of person will you become in the future?" Everyone praised each other with one word and one word, and Xinbingwei suddenly remembered something, "Do you know that Master Jinghu is the son of Bishamon God in Kasuga Mountain Village?" Everyone responded immediately: "That's right! He is the child that Mrs. Kasaw went to Bishamen Hall to pray for a hundred days rain or shine!" Everyone may think that Jinghu is the incarnation of Bishamon Tenjin in their hearts, but no one said it. They were moved by a sense of piety as if paralyzed all over their bodies, and everyone kept silent with their own thoughts.
On the day Haruki arrived in Tochio, the wind was very cold early in the morning, and the first snow of the year fell. Jing Hu heated up the bath water, scalded the wine, lit a blazing campfire, and waited for the sunny weather to arrive.He sent sentries at various points along the road to report urgently at any time, so it was estimated that he would arrive around two o'clock in the afternoon.It was almost time, and he walked out of the city gate to wait, but there was still no one. The sentry came to report, and Qingjing and his party rested and warmed up on the way. "Mr. Qingjing's favorite servant boy is very weak, and he froze immediately, so he rested first and warmed up before leaving." Jinghu was furious, and he suppressed his anger and asked, "Is it the servant boy from Kyoto called Yuan Saburo?" "The subordinates don't know, but they only know that he is outstandingly beautiful, prettier than women!" "Without further ado!" Jing Hu roared, and immediately regretted it, he thought he shouldn't show his dissatisfaction with Qingjing in front of the people below.But the anger was uncontrollable, so he got up, walked around, and finally calmed down. A little before the day, Kasugayama and his party finally arrived.Probably because of the several breaks on the way, the group of people did not look tired, and they all looked relaxed, probably because they saw the master fooling around, so they followed suit. Qingjing was in the middle of the ranks, riding a chestnut horse with tassels on the forehead and white hind legs, wearing a cloud leather armor, a yellow woolen battle robe with sleeves, and a large cotton cap dyed black. Look at Genzaburo again, following behind Qingjing, riding a white horse, wearing a shattered cherry armor, a scarlet shawl embroidered with Nagao family's Jiuyaoba pattern with gold thread, and a long golden sword. Wears a cotton cap dyed a beautiful purple.His delicate skin was pale and his cheeks were purple. Jing Hu greeted him with a solemn salute. "Your Lao Qing Jinggong set off in this kind of weather, and I am sincere and frightened." Qingjing didn't even look at him, and looked at Genzaburo worriedly, then dismounted and said, "Hey, hey, thank you for your hard work!"
Within a few days, Santiao heard the news that Jinghu was rebuilding the ancient city in Tochio and preparing to raise troops.A year ago, Hanoi Guye, who was ordered to take pictures of Jinghu's head to sacrifice the flag, but he escaped skillfully, heard about this. He was surprised at Jinghu's wisdom that did not meet his age, and even more surprised that he came up with such a bold idea so quickly. "You brat who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, how dare you pluck the hair from the tiger's mouth! See if I don't kill you, you won't leave a piece of armor!" He was eagerly preparing to fight. Tochio did not neglect its defense, and continued to send spies to investigate the military situation.Usami Sadokyu also sent people to build a stronghold on the mountain at the entrance of Sanjo leading to the Tochio Basin as a cooperation. A few days later, the two generals of the Junjing faction each led 250 men as vanguards. They cautiously approached the entrance of the basin, and they couldn't help being taken aback when they saw the defense village. That village can be described as shabby.On the other side of the small river in front of you, there is a wooden fence and a wall made of natural cliffs, about five feet above the ground, with huge logs across it, and a wooden hut built inside the wall, which can only accommodate thirty people at most. "It's nothing special!" "Courage is commendable. I thought that this stronghold would be able to stop us." "It's a serious matter!" The crowd laughed and watched for a while, but there was no movement in the village, only the lonely sound of the flag on the flagpole fluttering in the evening wind. The two generals felt suspicious and dismounted to gather businessmen. "The appearance of this village is really suspicious, what do you think?" "I think it's just pretending, there's no one inside." "I think so too. Maybe they originally wanted to occupy the stronghold and fight, but when they saw our army arriving, they ran away in fright." "I think so too." The two had the same opinion and decided to take the village.They got on their horses, turned around and shouted at the soldiers: "The enemy has already lost their conscience, take this village!" With the sound of shouting and killing excitedly, the two teams rushed forward, jumped over the small river, and pulled up the wooden fence.It was the end of autumn, the river was only halfway up to the calf, and they could move freely. They immediately pulled out the wooden fences, went to the bank and began to demolish the gate of the village. There was no movement in the village, only the lonely sound of flags fluttering in the wind.The three soldiers moved forward courageously, cheering and cheering, they tore down the gate and threw it into the water to open the way. When they reached the wall of the village, some people climbed up the rock, and some went around trying to find the entrance. Climbing, only two generals and more than 20 mounted guards did not follow.Those soldiers climbed up hey hey hey hey hey hey hey, in the afternoon sun, they meandered up like ants of various colors. When the ant team's head was seven or eight feet away from reaching the top, suddenly a few well-equipped warriors jumped out of the giant tree.The two generals looked at it and shouted secretly: "It's not good!" At the same time, the guards took the big wooden boulder and began to throw it down.The tragedy just began. The ant column was pushed and beaten by huge trees and boulders, wailing everywhere, and fell down.Falling from such a high place, it is inevitable to be seriously injured, coupled with the fall of wood and stones, it is really either death or injury, and the ground is full of blood. The general shouted desperately: "Come back quickly, the enemy has a trap!" Even if they didn't give the order, the soldiers on the rock wanted to retreat, but the situation was not so easy, so they had to hide under the slightly protruding rock.For the defenders, it was more like catching birds with a net. "There's one over there, throw it away!" Among the guards who were desperately throwing stones and logs down, there was a particularly conspicuous person.He was wearing a battle suit embroidered with red leather, and his head was wrapped in white cloth, which made him stand out.He lifted the giant wood and boulders that usually require three or four people to lift with one stroke.Not only is the strength amazing, but the shooting is extremely accurate, even people hiding in remote locations can hit it with one shot.He is not burly, but his movements are dexterous, running lightly like a bird on the giant log on the high cliff.Soon, he found two generals watching the battle anxiously by the small river, so he raised his hands in greeting. "Hey! The two generals over there, if you want stones or wood, you choose yourself!" It was a woman's voice. "It's a woman!" The generals were all shocked, and upon closer inspection, the man's face was indeed paler. "Hurry up and choose! If you don't say anything, I have no choice but to throw it all to you!" The woman yelled again, and at the same time she kept dropping huge boulders and logs, hitting the ground and sinking deep into the ground. The general gathered the retreating soldiers and crossed the small river to catch his breath.There are still many soldiers left on the cliff, and many of the soldiers who returned had bruises in their hands and feet, and there were many casualties at the bottom of the cliff.The defenders of such a small village made them suffer so much damage, and there was no way to retreat. If they abandoned the soldiers on the cliff, it would be tantamount to dying, and their reputation might be ruined.So the two met again to discuss. "Go around the back mountain and shoot arrows!" They selected six good shooters from the guards, and when they were about to give orders, the home team led by Junjing arrived. Junjing is a master tactician. After listening to the report of the two, he frowned and said, "It's okay to ignore such a small stronghold. As long as the Tochio Castle is flattened, these people will naturally flee away, but you go attack it." However, he suffered such heavy casualties, instead, he destroyed his prestige first, and strengthened the enemy's momentum, so it's fine now, let's do it according to the decided method!" After finishing speaking, another archer was selected from the samurai under the banner, a total of fifteen people.
The fifteen selected archers were ordered to set off in the direction of the back mountain.At the same time, Junjing ordered the whole army to concentrate on shooting arrows in the village to divert the attention of the defenders. In the faint afternoon sun, the arrows shone brightly and gathered towards the village like a swarm of feather insects, but no one came out.The guards remained hidden, but erected their shields and began shooting back.Because of the small numbers, the resistance seemed weak.On Junjing's side, his fighting spirit was high, and he let out threatening roars from time to time, and fired more arrows. Suddenly, on the mountain behind the three armies, there was also a battle cry.Jun Jing turned his head in surprise and saw that there were two to three hundred red and blue army flags standing among the treetops on the wooded mountain, which was neither high nor steep. "Attention everyone!" Junjing divided the army into two groups, and before they could deploy, the military flags lined up on the mountain had already appeared neatly, with blue flags on the right and red flags on the left. In an instant, the flags were divided into two groups, each at a distance of 50 meters. Although Junjing knew that his opponent had sufficient intentions, he couldn't tell which move the opponent was going to use. This was the first time he had encountered such a wonderful tactic, so he pursed his lips and did not move.He felt confused, and the soldiers didn't know what to do. They forgot to attack the stronghold, and just opened their eyes blankly.Suddenly, there was a loud noise of killing on Tochio Road, and a group of people rushed straight over. Dust billowed on the narrow road, and swords and guns were flying. The three troops were timid.Junjing suddenly realized that his side was in danger, and if he showed any sign of fear, the whole army would collapse immediately. "Don't retreat, the enemy is only a few people! There are less than five hundred horsemen! Shoot them with bows and arrows, take bows and arrows!" He tried his best to motivate the soldiers and stabilize their positions.He set an example by personally taking a bow and arrow and shooting, and the warrior riding in the lead immediately rolled off his horse. "Wow--" The whole army immediately regained their fighting spirit and stabilized their positions.The man with the bow on his body squatted down and drew the bow to shoot, but at this time the guards appeared on the village again, also drawing the bow and releasing the arrow.Although they were few in number, five or six of them fell down because of their condescending position. Junjing yelled: "Leave them alone, just shoot the one in front!" Although the soldiers concentrated their arrows on the oncoming troops, the arrows from the upper right interfered greatly.Moreover, the men and horses in front were also brave and fearless, and they didn't shoot back. They just tilted their helmets, blocked arrows with their armor sleeves, and rushed towards them, hissing and shouting like madmen. The three armies began to waver again.At this time, the blue flag on the right side of the mountain quickly descended, as if intending to block their retreat.When the three armies saw it, they were even more frightened and chilled. If there was no way out, wouldn't they be dead without a place to die?They were frightened and frightened, and the whole army collapsed in an instant. Almost at the same time, the Tochio assault soldiers rushed to the front, stomped on their horses, swung their knives and spears, and beheaded the three armies.Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the village followed suit. One of the female warriors dropped the bow in her hand, untied the rope around her waist, and danced a long-handled sword and leaped wildly.She crossed the creek, rushed into her own formation, and joined the fight. "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Regardless of whether it was the enemy or me, she rode her horse and drove forward until she ran to the side of Oni Kojima Yataro who was standing at the head of the team. "Honey, I'm coming!" Wearing a black leather battle suit and a helmet with antler emblem on his head, Yataro rode a chestnut horse and brandished a spear to kill the enemy. "Oh! Here you come!" Without saying a word, the couple slashed left and right side by side, brave and invincible.Santiao's 2,000-strong army was defeated and fled away one after another. Even now, no matter how wise Jun Jing is in command, it is difficult to reverse the decline. The soldiers have already lost their morale and are scrambling to escape for their lives. The Tochio army pursued closely, beheading men and horses, killing them and killing them again, but Jing Hu, who was watching the battle on the mountain, saw that the time was almost there, and he called back his troops and stopped chasing and killing.
Jun Jing who fled back to Santiao in a panic after leaving the school was very resentful, but he didn't think it was the extraordinary ability of the fifteen-year-old Jing Hu. "With such a detailed design, it must be Usami's command. It is indeed a mistake for our army to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly." He immediately ordered the powerful clan of the same party to send troops, and specially sent his confidants to go to Puyuan County to inform Akita Changlusuke.The army assembled in Sanjo one after another. Akita sent his sons Kuroda, Izumi Morokunistada and Kanetsu Izu Morokichi each to lead a thousand people to arrive. He also led the army and came after him. On the other hand, everyone on Jinghu's side was amazed at his extraordinary ingenuity and strategy, and his fighting spirit was high, but he did not dare to neglect his defense to prevent the enemy from attacking again.They had camps at all the entrances to the basin.Of course, Jinghu also sent people to report to Usami that he had won the first battle, begged for reinforcements, and sent envoys to Kasuga Mountain to bring rescue troops.Jinghu thought to himself, "I'm afraid Qingjing won't obediently accept his request. The cowardly Qingjing will definitely get angry at me for being troublesome and plant a seed of trouble." So he also sent someone to Uesugi's place in the mansion hall, Explain the whole story in detail, and ask Dingshi to help persuade Qingjing.In addition, proclamations were issued to wealthy families from all over the country who intend to seek refuge. Usami was the first to arrive with 500 troops; followed by the nobles who hated Junjing but were still watching the situation. Seeing that Jinghu had won the first battle, they immediately rushed to support, but the number of troops was only 300, and the rest were only one or two hundred people. However, Jing Hu did not recruit many soldiers. On the other hand, there are still many powerful families who rushed to support Junjing for the lure of conferring territory. Jinghu sent people to spy on him from time to time, and the rewards were more and more unfavorable every time.Everyone felt very anxious, and Xinbingwei and others couldn't hold back anymore. They met Jinghu together and said: "Based on this situation, even those who finally join our side may change their minds, so send someone to inform Lord Qingjing! Just send one of us!" But Jing Hu refused. "If we don't have Chunrishan's support, can we not go on fighting? Even if we lose, at most we'll just die, so don't think too much about it! So as not to tarnish our usual prestige!" After Xinbei and others retreated in anger, they turned to the Usami camp to appeal. Usami smiled and said: "You go to talk to Master Jinghu about the war, which is equivalent to playing tricks! Even I admire his good fighting skills. Fighting is not about the number of people, but about wisdom and courage. Haven't you seen it with your own eyes? What else? What about those who are not at ease? Don’t worry! Just follow his orders!" Even so, Xinbei still can not feel at ease.Although Jinghu won the big victory with a clever strategy, Junjing is a wily general after all. Not only will he be more careful this time, but he will come here to avenge his shame, and he should not repeat the same mistakes. Not long after, the news came that Qingjing had finally set off for the battle. Everyone cheered excitedly, but when they heard that he had only brought five hundred soldiers, they were both surprised and disappointed. Things are indeed full of obstacles as Jing Hu expected.When Qingjing received the news, she was furious: "This bastard doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and makes troubles like this without consulting me. If he is defeated, he will gain the power of others. I won't fight for him like this hateful thing!" He refused to send troops, and Uesugi decided to persuade him with kind words: "It will damage your reputation to sit and watch your flesh and blood brothers be killed! In short, the first battle has been won, and he is only fifteen years old, so he is so amazing. Guardian, if you don't go to the formation, what will people think? They will think you are afraid of Jinghu!" Uesugi's words were effective, Qing Jing listened to it, and reluctantly led five hundred people to leave Kasuga Mountain. The recruit guards were still dissatisfied, "There are 15,000 enemies, and there will be 20,000 soon. The guards go out to battle, but they only bring 500 people, which is too little!" Jing Hu said: "As long as the eldest brother is willing to come, let alone five hundred, it doesn't matter if he doesn't bring a single soldier. As long as Qing Jinggong goes to battle in person, I will use this name, as many soldiers as I want. Can be recruited!" "Yes!" Xinbingwei finally agreed with Jing Hu. Everyone was amazed by Jinghu's growth. Although he often admired his keen military vision during his tours around the world, this time he was able to use the amazing tactics of freely manipulating the enemy's heart in the palm of his hand, which made everyone even more amazed: "This gentleman is really a natural born general!" Their admiration is similar to religious beliefs. After they withdrew from Jing Hu, they were still addicted to this excitement for a while. "His wisdom is beyond our ladder!" "You are so courageous at the age of fifteen!" "What kind of person will you become in the future?" Everyone praised each other with one word and one word, and Xinbingwei suddenly remembered something, "Do you know that Master Jinghu is the son of Bishamon God in Kasuga Mountain Village?" Everyone responded immediately: "That's right! He is the child that Mrs. Kasaw went to Bishamen Hall to pray for a hundred days rain or shine!" Everyone may think that Jinghu is the incarnation of Bishamon Tenjin in their hearts, but no one said it. They were moved by a sense of piety as if paralyzed all over their bodies, and everyone kept silent with their own thoughts.
On the day Haruki arrived in Tochio, the wind was very cold early in the morning, and the first snow of the year fell. Jing Hu heated up the bath water, scalded the wine, lit a blazing campfire, and waited for the sunny weather to arrive.He sent sentries at various points along the road to report urgently at any time, so it was estimated that he would arrive around two o'clock in the afternoon.It was almost time, and he walked out of the city gate to wait, but there was still no one. The sentry came to report, and Qingjing and his party rested and warmed up on the way. "Mr. Qingjing's favorite servant boy is very weak, and he froze immediately, so he rested first and warmed up before leaving." Jinghu was furious, and he suppressed his anger and asked, "Is it the servant boy from Kyoto called Yuan Saburo?" "The subordinates don't know, but they only know that he is outstandingly beautiful, prettier than women!" "Without further ado!" Jing Hu roared, and immediately regretted it, he thought he shouldn't show his dissatisfaction with Qingjing in front of the people below.But the anger was uncontrollable, so he got up, walked around, and finally calmed down. A little before the day, Kasugayama and his party finally arrived.Probably because of the several breaks on the way, the group of people did not look tired, and they all looked relaxed, probably because they saw the master fooling around, so they followed suit. Qingjing was in the middle of the ranks, riding a chestnut horse with tassels on the forehead and white hind legs, wearing a cloud leather armor, a yellow woolen battle robe with sleeves, and a large cotton cap dyed black. Look at Genzaburo again, following behind Qingjing, riding a white horse, wearing a shattered cherry armor, a scarlet shawl embroidered with Nagao family's Jiuyaoba pattern with gold thread, and a long golden sword. Wears a cotton cap dyed a beautiful purple.His delicate skin was pale and his cheeks were purple. Jing Hu greeted him with a solemn salute. "Your Lao Qing Jinggong set off in this kind of weather, and I am sincere and frightened." Qingjing didn't even look at him, and looked at Genzaburo worriedly, then dismounted and said, "Hey, hey, thank you for your hard work!"