Civilization Guardian Front

They are Nobuna's body guards, the elite of Oda Magui... Ikeda Hengxing and Sasa Narumasa.

The two were summoned to the Honmaru Castle Tower early in the morning, and after receiving the order personally delivered by the lord Oda Nobuna, they rushed to Furuno Castle without stopping.

However, this speed is too fast...

The oncoming strong wind slapped on his body, and the warrior on horseback had to lower his body and squint his eyes to ease the discomfort caused by the wind and sand.

"Hengxing..."

"..." Ikeda Hengxing didn't hear the shout from her companion behind her, she held some kind of long cloth package in her hand, and focused on speeding up on her own.

"Hengxing!" Sasao Chengzheng had to increase his voice, his icy face almost collapsed from shouting with all his strength.

"Huh?" Hengxing finally reacted, pulled the rein back slightly, and slowed down the horse.

When he turned his head, Sasao Chengzheng had recovered his indifferent expression. In Hengxing's eyes, the coldness of his colleagues at this moment was even better than before.

"Why are you calling me, Cheng Zheng, you look so bad?"

"You're so fast that your companions can't keep up."

Hearing Cheng Zheng's short answer, Heng Xing shifted his gaze to his companions behind him.

In order not to lose her, the well-known Oda Ma Huizhong couldn't even maintain their formation, their clothes and hair were blown by the wind, and they didn't look like the Daimyo's personal guards at all. It would be more convincing to say they were wild samurai or bandits.

"Ahaha... I'm sorry, everyone..." Ikeda Hengxing apologized with a dry smile, and quickly manipulated the horse to return to the speed of ordinary horseback riding.

(What the hell am I doing...) The girl sighed with a complicated state of mind, and lowered her head in depression.

Sasaka Chengzheng drove forward a few steps and was side by side with Hengxing. The companions in the rear consciously opened a small distance to leave room for them to talk.

"Is there any trouble..."

Facing his friend's question, Heng Xing nodded slightly, and moved his eyes down to the long cloth parcel in his arms.

She reached out and untied the tether on the long cloth package, revealing half of the red handle.

For Hengxing, the knife in her hand is ten thousand times more precious than her life...

Pressed and cut Hasebe, the beloved sword of Owari Kingdom Lord Oda Nobuna who can't leave his body easily, as a token, he can call the army in the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Nobuna and recruit civilians to fight.

"Chengzheng, I don't understand." Hengxing looked at the knife for a while, then tied the tether again, and hid the lord's favorite knife under the cloth bag.

"Her Royal Highness is not sick, why let the rumors spread and watch Lord Xinsheng rebel?"

"..." Hearing this, Naruma Sasao lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

If she hadn't met Nobuna earlier, she would never have known about Oda Nobukatsu's rebellion.

According to the usual practice, it would take at least one to two days for news of any movement in Mosen City to be sent back.However, it was rumored that His Royal Highness Nobuna, who was recuperating from illness, almost foresaw every move of Sumori Castle, including the attack on Nazuka Castle.

"A trick to lure the enemy..."

After piecing together the clues, Cheng Zheng expressed her thoughts in a cold tone:

"Lord Xinsheng has not been punished for repeated crimes, and he has preserved his strength. He is a great threat to the lord, and he cannot continue to let it go."

Hengxing, who understood the meaning of his friend's words, paused slightly with the hand holding the rein.

"You mean, Her Royal Highness is trying to lure Mr. Shinkatsu to send troops..."

Cheng Zheng gave a "hmm", ignored the astonishment on Hengxing's face and continued:

"Because of the news that the lord fell ill, Mr. Xinsheng dared to rebel and sent troops to the village. The reason..."

"Because you are worried about the Imagawa army?"

"If the Chuan family sends troops today, and Lord Xinsheng rebels again, the lord will not be able to take care of it." Cheng Zheng looked into the distance, and the outline of Guye City, which was located on the plain, loomed faintly.

"There should be no big movements in Qingzhou City for the time being, lest the enemy notice it and retreat back to Momori City... That Guye Castle is not far from Mingzuo Village, crossing the river from the upper reaches of the Duoi River, just blocking the retreat path of Momori's army."

"At that time, they will be in a dilemma." Hengxing suddenly understood the meaning of Her Royal Highness's order.

"Destroy this army, and weaken the defense and morale of Mosen City. The day of suppressing the rebellion is near." Cheng Zheng nodded.

Hengxing listened to the methodical analysis of his friends beside him, and then thought about himself, feeling inexplicably lost.

"Chengzheng has a good mind, and she's still a beauty, not like me."

Even the cold-tempered Cheng Zheng was taken aback by Heng Xing's sudden compliment, speechless for a few seconds before replying:

"The advantage of Hengxing is seriousness."

"It's not enough to be serious..." Heng Xing leaned his chin on the grip of Hasebe, and murmured.

......

In front of the famous tomb village.

Several rounds of volleys from the defenders on the wall of the village caused considerable casualties to the Suemori Oda Army, especially the first row of soldiers who charged forward, almost fell down half of them.

"Kill!"

Suemori Oda Army Ashgaru finally came under the gate of the village, and the tops of the five climbing ladders were directly against the wall, and the samurai and Ashgaru climbed up the ladders.

It didn't take much time for the soldiers to climb the four-meter-high wall, but dozens of spears protruded from behind the wall, stabbing the restricted climbers.

puff!

After finally dodging the baptism of the arrows before, now he can no longer dodge the stabbing of the spear quilt.In front of the climbing ladder, people kept falling down the wall of the wall. After a brief scream, the person who fell to the ground quickly lost his voice.

Their sacrifices were not worthless. In order to deal with the enemy troops who ascended the village, the arched foot on the wall had to retreat, and the gun foot light stepped forward.

The arrow rain's offensive weakened a lot at once, and the follow-up troops of the Suemori Oda Army took advantage of this opportunity to speed up and climb up the wall of the wall one by one.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the start of the battle, nineteen ladders had already been set up on the wall towards the gate of Mingzhongzhai, and there were almost one ladder within three steps of each other.

The pressure on the defenders increased sharply, and the movement space on the top of the wall was limited. The Ashgaru who was facing the climbing ladder held a knife and cut down the enemies who occasionally climbed up. The people on both sides stabbed the enemies who were climbing with spears.

"Don't underestimate people!"

A samurai of the Suemori Oda Army reached out and grabbed a long spear that was stabbing at him, and with a strong pull, he slammed the gun off the wall.Taking advantage of the defenders to fill the gap between the people, they climbed up the wall of the village in one breath.

Ahead, the ashigaru holding the sword in both hands slashed towards him. The samurai swung the sword upward to seal the frame. The moment the blades intersected, they exerted force to relieve the opponent's strength, and then pierced the ashigaru's throat with a knife.

Azuki clutched the wound on his neck in vain, blood gushing out, shattering his last delusion of survival.

Whoa whoa!

The scene of someone climbing to the top of the wall and beheading the defenders greatly boosted the morale of Suemori Oda's army, and the climbing speed became faster.

The samurai occupied a space on the top of the wall, and had already beheaded three ashigaru who were attacking him with his sword. He knew that his duty was to hold this place and let more soldiers from his side climb up.

slap...

A sound of running from far to near attracted his attention, and every time he stepped, he could feel the vibration of the wooden floor, which showed that the person coming must be fully armed.

The samurai's thoughts lasted only for a moment, and the next second, a general in full armor stepped out from the defenders, his face was covered by a blue ghost mask, and he carried a large sword with a length of more than 1.5 meters in one hand.

"..."

General Ghost Face didn't say anything, the big sword was raised from his shoulder, and he slashed towards the wall-climbing warrior with a simple and clear stroke.

The samurai raised his sword and faced it again, intending to use the technique of unloading force.

brush!

The silver-white light of the knife crossed the knife, passed through the helmet, and finally stopped at the center of the warrior's head.

The last thing a samurai hears is a hoarse, low voice:

"waste..."

Chapter 50? Poignant as cherry blossoms

That Furuno City.

The hill city structure built on a gentle slope beside the field, with the stone wall as the base and the screen wall on top, forms a city wall with a total height of [-] meters. On the highest point of the slope, the tallest keep overlooks the whole city.

In the past, the residence of Oda Patriarch Nobuhide is now the most important city in Owari Daimyo Nobuna's precinct besides Kiyosu Castle.Just as Kiyosu Castle received funds from Tsushima, Atsuta, not far from Naguno Castle, is the key to the good development of Naguno Castle Town.

After Nobuna inherited the family governor and unified Owari, his residence was moved to Kiyosu City, and the samurai and their families followed the daimyo to move away, which made the place less lively with fresh clothes and angry horses.However, Nobuna did not forget the land where he was raised. The [-] defenders and [-] members of the Oda Mahui were stationed here. Although it is not as good as Kiyosu Castle Town, it is already quite large compared to other castles in Owari. Rare prosperity and peace.

Ten Oda horses, including Ikeda Hengxing and Sasasa Narumasa, consciously slowed down when they entered Nafuro Castle Town, so as not to dodge and hurt the people.They looked around the familiar streets with nostalgic expressions on their faces. Most of the members of the Mahui Congregation had followed His Royal Highness Xinnai since childhood. The innocent years of living in Furuno City were deeply rooted in their hearts and they will never be forgotten.

"Hey, isn't this Lord Hengxing?"

"Really... It feels like I haven't seen him for a while, but he looks like an outstanding samurai."

"Master Cheng Zheng hasn't changed much."

"Of course, that's the frost that never melts for thousands of years..."

As the horses marched, in the houses and shops on the left and right, there were always people who recognized them, some talked about them privately, and some greeted them directly.

Ikeda Hengxing and other members of the Mahui group greeted their acquaintances on both sides of the street with a smile from the bottom of their hearts. The always sharp eyes are also softened a lot.

The connection between people and a piece of land lies not only in the soil and climate, but also in the people who also live here.

Passing through the streets of the castle town noisily, they came to the gate of Sannomaru of Furuno Castle. Naomasa Naomasa, the gatekeeper of the castle gate, is an elite of the Oda Horse Hui. It is not a problem to identify his colleagues, so he immediately opened the gate and let people pass. .

Naomasa Naomasa climbed down the ladder to the oar at the city gate, and came before Hengxing Ikeda and the others.

"Hengxing, Chengzheng, shouldn't you follow Her Royal Highness?"

Ikeda Hengxing and Sasa Chengzheng looked at each other, and the next second, Chengzheng took half a step back and asked Hengxing to answer.

"I'm here at the behest of Her Royal Highness the Princess." Heng Xing untied the tether from the long cloth strip, and cut Hasebe's bright red handle scroll and black lacquered Jinxia scabbard to shine brightly in the sun.

"This is...Hasebe, Her Royal Highness's favorite knife!"

Naomasa stared blankly at the knife in Hengxing's hand. How could she not recognize the knife after following Nobuna for quite a while, and when she came back to her senses, she immediately half-kneeled in front of the knife and shouted respectfully:

"Ma Huizhong Fantou Zhizheng, follow the orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Seeing that the other party has no doubts about the authenticity of this knife, Heng Xing immediately put away and cut Hasebe. The lord's favorite knife is not a tool for her to show off her prestige.

"Call all the generals and prepare to go out!"

……

Thanks to Nobuna's trial implementation of the "separation of soldiers and peasants" system in Kiyosu and Naguno, the defenders in the city are all paid standing ashigaru, and there are no military conscripts who conscript farmers.

Soon after the order to go out was issued, the army of one thousand troops quickly received their equipment, and the soldiers who were about to go to the battlefield gathered in the originally empty Sannomaru Castle.

The main generals in charge of leading these Ashgaru are [-] members of the Mahui Congregation, half of them are from Naguye City, plus colleagues who came with Hengxing and Chengzheng.

"Last night, the traitor Oda Nobukatsu rebelled and sent rebels to attack Mingzuo Village..."

Wearing the black lacquer body of a samurai who is above the rank of Mahuizhong, the cherry-colored haori, and the braided helmet in his hands, Ikeda Hengxing stood in front of thousands of people and announced the news of Oda Nobukatsu's rebellion.

"What... treason again?"

"My lord has forgiven him so many times, but I don't know what to do!"

"There are only 500 people in Mingzuo village, can we hold it?"

"It should be fine, after all, the guard is that Sakuma University!"

In Nakono Castle, which is adjacent to Suesori Castle, the defenders ranged from samurai to Ashgaru, and the number of times they sent troops against Oda Nobukatsu's army may have been more frequent than against Imagawa's army.

It is not so much surprise that Xinsheng rebelled again, it is better to say that they feel worthless for the lord's kindness being trampled on, and they are a little concerned about the battlefield.

"Quiet."

Zuo Zuo Chengzheng said that he was neither serious nor serious, and the noisy voices in the room immediately subsided.

"As everyone said, Her Royal Highness's kindness was exchanged for the shameless betrayal of Mosen City..." Heng Xing clenched his right fist. As a member of the Ma Hui group who grew up with Nobuna, the Lord's sadness is their pain , when the lord is angry is when their swords are unsheathed.

"As a subject of Her Highness the Princess, how should I deal with this traitor?"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Thousands of ashigaru and samurai all raised their spears high and roared.

"Our mission is to pass through the upper reaches of the Tapin River, detour to the southeast of Mingzuo Village, and block the retreat of this rebel army. Now..." Hengxing turned on his horse and waved his hand to the east:

"Everyone, follow me!"

More than a thousand Oda troops left the gate of Sannomaru City, left Nakono Castle in an orderly manner, marched eastward as far as Shinagawa, and marched against the direction of the river.

The reason for the detour is that the road between Furuno Castle and Suomori Castle is blocked by the Mingzuo Village, except for the Tashina River.If they marched along the road, the Oda army could only rush to support from the back of Mingzuo Village, and the enemy still had a way to retreat.Such a result is not what Xinnai wants.

Blocking the news is not necessary. Oda Nobukatsu has never paid much attention to the intelligence capabilities of ninjas, and the west of Nazukazhai belongs to Nobuna's territory. If there are no outstanding ninja activities, it will be very difficult for the news of Furuno Castle's dispatch to the battlefield to spread quickly. The Oda Army only needs to arrive at the target location before evening.

By then, even if the Mosen rebels were aware of it, it would be too late.