A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Xiao Pingtai looked at the bloated Xiaohe pack team and told Xiaohe to follow the instructions of Pingliu. Originally there were only twenty or thirty ox carts with a hundred pack horses, but now there are probably not three or four carts and horses. Hundred.

This group of locusts swept through Yuanguang Temple, broke into two villages in succession, and washed away four or five villages. But don’t get me wrong, it’s really just a once-over wash, and everything is washed clean except the people.

This group of people are still considered "king masters". They don't kill anyone. They don't kill anyone who enters Zhuangzi. They tie them all up. Those who can redeem themselves are the best, and they pay money to let them go. Those who cannot redeem themselves are sold to traffickers. The rules are very strict.

As for the village, the wood materials are very average, and the thatched roof is made of bamboo frames, which is not even valuable. I didn’t even think about demolishing it. I stopped caring about it after taking away the valuables, grain, crops and livestock.

"Uncle made a lot of money, didn't he?" There were at least forty or fifty things in Xiaohe's load that belonged to Uncle Tsunliang.

"It's not much. If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, it's just a supplement of one or two."

Xiao Pingtai didn't try to expose the fact that the abbot of Yuanguang Temple was wearing a fine silk cassock. He sold the monk and stripped off his clothes. He was so ruthless.

"Tanzheng, the villager I just washed has two deerskins, which can be used to make two skin bags for your iron cannon. I see that your cloth bags are soaked by the wind, so I decided to hide them for you."

Heita Xiao looked at Heiroku with shrewdness in his eyes. He was indeed a man who could cause trouble!

"I won't do this next time. Help me give the original owner dozens of dollars. Don't steal other people's things in vain."

"Don't worry. I wonder how you, an honest and upright person, could take things from your subordinates for nothing. I have already given you 30 yuan."

Although the so-called original owner was just a soldier who participated in the robbery, Pingliu also helped Xiaoping deal with it. It is really a blessing to have such a shrewd subordinate who understands the rules, has clean hands and feet and just wants to climb up.

Everyone knows about the march of the army. It is impossible for five thousand people to swarm on a five-meter-wide road. Only two or three people can walk abreast, leaving a gap of more than one meter or two meters to facilitate the commander's delivery of orders.

Today's starter is Iwase Motomasa, a samurai who has been carrying a gun for ten years. He has experience and military exploits, and can control the situation.

The reserve teams of hundreds of people in the following sections, Xiao Pingtai's two thousand people are mainly his own standing team, and Ping's six thousand people's Xiao He Tuo team. After Houjie handed it over to Uncle Tsunaliang, he felt relieved.

Xiao Pingtai thinks there are no omissions in this arrangement. The front team and the back team are connected, and they can adapt to situations when encountering problems.

"Urgent report!" One of the first envoys rushed to Xiaoping Tai's team on horseback.

Aji stopped him, took the letter, and opened it to read. The wooden bridge over the Hayami River in front was dug up and broken. Iwase Motomasa was trying to cut bamboo to make a temporary repair so that the soldiers in the rear could walk slower.

It's a normal thing. When Xiaopingta calls in, it's strange that there is no reaction at all. Probably mainly to delay Xiaopingtai's advance and give them more time to gather a crowd.

If there is no human sea tactic, it would still be called Yixiang Yikui!

"Reply Tojiro and ask him to speed up the repairs. The army will meet the Kawashita camp early today!"

Shi Fan mounted his horse and ran back. Xiao Pingtai announced that the army would stop and rest for a quarter of an hour, since there was no way forward anyway.

The leader of the team also loudly announced the order to rest for a quarter of an hour. The team did not disperse, and the soldiers just sat down in place. Those who brought water bottles drank water, and those who had dry food took out a few bites.

But it didn't take long for the vanguard and the front team to report again. All the large bamboos in the field had been cut down. Hatou County is generally a plain and hilly terrain, with no big forests nearby. For a while, they couldn't find any suitable materials to repair the broken bridge and allow the army to move forward.

"Ouch, Xiangzhong has grown his brain this time!" Xiao Pingtai finally encountered some obstacles.

"Xiao Ping Tai, Xiao He Tuo has prepared wooden planks, please send them over." Uncle Tsuna Liang came over immediately, and he also heard the report.

"Aji, you take thirty people to protect Xiao Hetuo and go to the front line." Several bullock carts drove out, loaded with some spare shovels and many wooden boards.

"Don't rest anymore. We'll set up camp at the edge of the morning river. I'm afraid we won't be able to leave today."

After listening to Uncle Tsuna's words, Koheita looked at the sky. It was still very dry and cold in the early spring afternoon. Now that it was blocked by the broken bridge, it was really difficult to cross the river quickly.

"Okay, what uncle said makes sense!"

The army rolled forward and set up camp by the Hayaki River. It was the flood season. The heavy snow in the mountains melted and the water volume increased greatly. Xiao Pingtai asked. The middle of the river can be flooded up to a person's chest, so the army cannot pass. Even if the army passed, the food they carried was not distributed.

While setting up camp, we repaired the bridge. A Japanese-style ordinary wooden bridge is very simple, just use logs to drive piles, go deep into the water, then brace diagonally on both sides, and lay wooden boards on top.

The vandals were in a hurry and only removed all the wooden boards, leaving the wooden piles in the river.

Now that we have suitable thick boards, repairs can be made quickly. Koheita always couldn't understand that today's Ashigaru soldiers are really good at everything except fighting. As long as it is a skill that is useful in life, basically everyone can do it.

In addition to farming, weaving baskets and mats, repairing thatched roofs in rainy days, and making water nets and fishing rods in summer. Basically everyone has two unique skills. They are all versatile and very powerful.

"How long will it take to repair it?" Koheita looked at the progress, then turned to ask Iwase Motomasa.

"You can do it before nightfall. Don't worry, you won't miss tomorrow's trip."

"That's good! After the repairs are completed, Tojiro, your reserve team will camp at the bridge on the other side of the river to guard the beach."

"As you command!"

When night came, Xiaoheita inspected the camp, and after asking someone to ask Motomasa Iwase on the other side to be careful, he was about to go back to the tent and lie down.

"Attention, I saw fire in the upper reaches of the river earlier!" Chen San opened the curtain and reported back.

Several other generals also left the team and rushed to Xiao Pingtai to investigate the situation together.

"Two brave and careful people without night blindness can go upstream to check!" Xiaopingta ordered.

"Attention! Send a few more teams to investigate separately."

The investigation on this side of the cabin has not yet yielded any results. In the wilderness on the other side, there are actually various flickering lights of fire. Dotted like a handful of beans scattered on the ground, there is no pattern.

"Night attack?" This routine is too bad, but the Yikui people have the organizational power to launch a night battle?

Xiaopingtai thought to himself, not understanding what the trick was. It's not that I'm looking down on Yi Yi Kui, it's just that fighting at night is something only a giant can do.

"At that moment, there are people and horses and lights outside the Xiao Hetuo team in the rear camp!" Pingliu also came to report.

Oops! It’s interesting tonight!

After listening to Shiro visiting his mother in the middle of the night, he raised his eyes and it was almost dawn.