A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

There is a bit of coolness in Jingzhiyuekou at night, and a few wisps of plum rain appear from time to time. However, the ground inside the mountain pass became increasingly dry due to the slightly cold wind, and the pitted mud ponds disappeared early in the morning.

"Basically, judging from the current situation, I can resist for two or three hours at most tomorrow, and it will be impossible for more than that."

Kanai Meigoro saw that there was no one around, so what he said was true. He looked at Xiao Pingtai's slightly thoughtful face and couldn't help showing a little bitterness.

Lords and daimyo naturally care for their own people, but the people they care for are only those above the "human" level, and those below are just numbers in their eyes.

Koheita is different, since he is in charge of the appointment and implementation of the Yamauchi clan, taking the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor. What Xiao Pingtai loved was the tens of thousands of people in the entire valley, regardless of high or low.

The terrain of the river valley and plains is flat and wide. The evacuated people carrying their hands and shoulders, supporting the old and the young, may have only reached the foot of Gaoyuan City now. As soon as Koheita retreats, the Takeda army will become a tiger among the sheep.

What's more, apart from Xiaopingtai who feels that he has the ability, he should also save the people. The two generations of the Yamauchi family, father and son, took off their clothes and pushed them to eat, and they were bound by kindness and righteousness. He treated Xiao Pingtai almost like a half-son and brother. People's hearts are full of flesh and blood. If you receive a favor, you should naturally repay it.

"Alas, Meigoro, four generations of my family have served the Yamauchi family and have been blessed by the country. My late father died at the hands of the Takeda clan. I have both a sense of gratitude and a desire for revenge."

Xiaopingtai stood up, looked at the shining wheel in the sky, and clasped his hands together.

"I, Heita, hereby swear to the moon god that even if I suffer all kinds of hardships in this life, I will protect the Yamauchi family!"

After saying that, Xiaopingtai knelt down on his knees and bowed respectfully to the moon in the sky three times.

Seeing Xiaoheita like this, Kanai Meigoro stopped talking. He was born in the Kuragano Kanai clan, with dozens of members of the same clan, serving daimyo such as Uesugi, Nagano, Hojo, and Takeda. It cannot be said that he is not loyal, he is just forced to seek refuge in various places to maintain his family name, and then fight each other.

"Since I am determined to do this, I will help you seek kindness and gain kindness."

After saying this, Kanai Meigoro turned around and left. He also wanted to encourage his ashigaru. He tended to their injuries and tried to help his soldiers.

"Chen San, come here." Xiao Pingtai called Chen San, who was looking down at his armor and weapons and taking care of them.

"Tanzheng, what's going on?"

"How many years have you been with me?"

"It must have been quite a few years."

"Time flies so fast, and you're so old in a blink of an eye. Thank you for being a servant for so many years."

"I should be grateful to Tan Zheng for saving me from the prison."

"If you don't mention this, I have nothing to give you now. Let's do this. I will promote you as my tachichichi now and give you my family name. From now on, you can change your name to Hebian Kachen."

"Thank you for correcting it!" Chen San knelt down on one knee, bowed his head respectfully, and took a tachi from Xiao Ping Tai's hand.

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Koheita, who had stayed up all night, personally distributed rice balls to every ashigaru, patted their shoulders, shook hands, and tried to get to know every ashigaru who could still fight.

There was silence behind Changyuan, except for the extremely fine sounds of chewing and swallowing. Occasionally, there are a few shrill bird calls from Mount Jingzhi, which is a bit scary.

On the other hand, the Takeda camp opposite was bustling with people and horses. Everyone has heard the good news about the commotion in the mountain and is unable to resist. As long as they break through Mount Sutra, they can plunder for three days. From the warriors to the warriors, everyone looked happy and high-spirited.

In addition, there is no rain today, the weather is rarely sunny, and even the ground is quite dry. No matter how dangerous Jingzhiyue Pass is, it will never be able to withstand the thunderous strike of thirty thousand armored troops, and the outcome has already been predetermined.

"Dianwu, let Shiro take the lead today. We should let these young people also make meritorious deeds."

Yesterday, Takeda Nobushige tested the attack and hit the low wall directly. The combat effectiveness of the A army and the weakness of Xiaoheita's defense were clearly found out. The credit for breaking through Koheita's defense today goes to Suwa Katsuyori. It's normal for a father to build his son's reputation.

"What the elder brother said is that it should be like this." Takeda Nobushige has a special status. As the younger brother who competed with Takeda Harunobu for the position, he can still tolerate this matter.

"Kansuke, you first select 500 capable Suwa people to assist Shiro." Takeda Harunobu nodded and looked at Yamamoto Kansuke.

"Shiro, you will take the Wuchuan clan and your father's iron cannon clan, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Suwa Katsuyori agreed with a loud voice, as if a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

The distribution plan is complete, and there is no more nonsense in the Takeda army. After the whole army had breakfast, each team was neatly dressed, mounted and armed with guns. Soldiers and horses lined up in layers holding the banner of "I am the only one in the world", Takeda Harunobu personally sent troops to observe the formation.

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"Let it go!" "Let it go!" "Let it go!"

Tatsuzo, who had just been promoted to a samurai, personally commanded a group of iron cannons and stood without fear, not caring that his tall figure of 1.75 meters was actually within the range of the Takeda army's iron cannons.

Xiaopingtai stopped holding a gun and a knife. She sat quietly under the golden bamboo leaf horse sign, holding up the bamboo stick and closing her eyes.

The soldiers of the Suwa Corps were like a tide. Hundreds of them carried about a dozen bamboo rafts and attacked Nagagaki. Years of fighting have made Army A's coordination very good. The iron cannons behind the bamboo bunkers stopped firing, but the bow and arrows were still flying all over the sky.

The soldiers of the Suwa and Wukawa soldiers have all seen big scenes. They can take a few bullets and kill a few people without affecting them at all. In particular, Yamamoto Kansuke and Suwa Katsuyori personally supervised the formation, with flags and horses behind them, and the soldiers were even more encouraged.

After Koheita's iron cannons fell into close combat, they were forced to fight with white soldiers of the Takeda Army with knives and guns. Thousands of people fought fiercely near this long wall, which was only a hundred meters long. Every moment, people wailed helplessly.

Even Imai Meigoro, who was strong and energetic, was out of breath from slashing and the speed of swinging his sword slowed down. Not to mention the others, they are just breathing heavily now.

"Tanzheng, we can't wait any longer!" Pingliu looked at Xiao Pingtai anxiously while holding the iron cannon.

Last night Ogasawara Nagamasa sent a cart of gunpowder and kerosene, and Iida also had to prepare for city defense, so he barely squeezed out this little bit to give to Heita.

This little material was a drop in the bucket, but with some fuel and gunpowder Xiao Pingtai had here, Xiao Pingtai secretly dug a shallow ditch outside Changyuan overnight. The kerosene and gunpowder were buried shallowly, and as long as the hidden match was lit, it would explode.

Of course, this can only be used once, once it is used it is gone.

"Okay!" Xiaoheita opened his eyes, and the nearest Takeda army was already trying to pull out the fence.