On April 10th, Yu Qiupei led 400 soldiers and 20 cavalrymen of Jobanbei to leave Kuroda Castle and began to go south to Mikawa. He was accompanied by Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko as guards. Although the latter was just 13 years old
He was a little girl, but she didn't know why she was particularly interested in military matters, so she had to serve as Yu Qiuping's bodyguard. Yu Qiuping couldn't defeat her, so he agreed to be Honda Tadakatsu's deputy.
This time, Amakihira's astonishing marching speed once again shocked the entire Owari. Amakihira did not ask Oda Nobunaga to prepare auxiliary troops for him to wait for him in Qingzhou City, but asked the auxiliary troops to go directly to Furuno Castle.
Waiting for him, he said he would arrive today! This request caused an uproar in the military camp at the foot of Komaki Mountain. Shibata Katsuie and others were very angry at Ame Qiupei's arrogance, and Oda Nobunaga also had a fun mentality.
Soldiers were sent directly from Qingzhou City to Naguye Castle.
However, to everyone's surprise, on April 10th, Yu Qiuping led Tokiwa Bei to march 80 miles a day half an hour before sunset and arrived at the Furuno Castle - even faster than the auxiliary troops that set off from Qingzhou City.
We had to enter the city earlier. After the next day, Kaminjōban's name immediately resounded throughout Owari.
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In the early morning of April 11, Yu Qiuping woke up from his sleep. Tokiwa Bei was temporarily stationed in the barracks outside Furuno Castle. Yu Qiuping felt a little thirsty. Although it was not time to get up, he struggled to get out of the comfortable bed.
I climbed up and went to find some water to drink.
As soon as he walked out of his bedroom, he saw two small figures practicing sword skills in the open space in the center of the barracks. Yu Qiuping took a closer look and found that it was Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko. Honda Tadakatsu
Every time he made a move, Ryuko immediately imitated it carefully. Although the strength and speed were far from those of Honda Tadakatsu, it was still somewhat interesting.
"You're up so early to practice," Yu Qiuping waved to them and walked over, "Why don't you take a little more rest?"
"I have to travel all day today," Honda Tadakatsu replied to Yu Qiuping, but he did not dare to show any slightest care in the movements of his hands, "If you don't practice in the morning, you won't have time."
"It doesn't matter if you don't practice for a day. You will be very tired from traveling today," Yu Qiuping said with a smile.
"It won't work if you don't practice for a day." Honda Tadakatsu shook his head firmly and said, "These starting moves will become useless if you don't practice for a day."
Yu Qiuping looked at Honda Tadakatsu's hard-working look and smiled helplessly. Yes, he has always been so hard-working, that's why he is so strong. He turned his attention to Ryuko, the girl with a ponytail.
"Ryuko, why are you working so hard! Didn't you sleep in with your wife before?"
Kaede Imagawa really likes to sleep in, and she often sleeps until midnight, which makes Yu Qiuping have to be very gentle when getting up to avoid waking her up. When Yu Qiuping went on an expedition, Ryuko quickly contracted the disease.
Due to this bad habit, Kaede and Imagawa often slept together during breakfast time.
"Nanosuke-nii will return to Mikawa in a few days!" Ryuko whispered with some reluctance, "I want to learn more skills, and it will be Ryuko who will protect His Highness from now on."
As soon as Ryuko spoke, Yu Qiuping also reacted. Honda Tadakatsu had said before that he would return to the Matsudaira family in the year after tomorrow, which is the sixth year of Eilu. Yu Qiuping happened to come to Mikawa this time, so Honda Tadakatsu probably
I'll just let it go.
"I will hold a banquet for you then, and all the brothers will be here," Yu Qiuping tried his best to smile towards Honda Tadakatsu and said: "Thank you for your contribution to Yu Qiu's family in the past few years. If you are willing, I will
I can also give you a piece of paper red leaf as a souvenir."
When Tokiwa prepared to expand his recruitment, Yu Qiuping still retained the previous tradition and personally folded two hundred paper red leaves and distributed them to the new subordinates. Among the old subordinates, many of the paper red leaves were damaged, so they all exchanged them with Yu Qiuping.
Got new ones.
"No need, Your Highness," Honda Tadakatsu shook his head, "I am a retainer of the Matsudaira family and will not wear the red leaves of Tokiwa Bei."
"That's such a pity," Yu Qiuping whispered awkwardly.
"Besides, I probably won't go back this time." Honda Tadakatsu responded while meticulously practicing the starting position.
"Ah?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and a hint of joy flashed in his heart, "Why don't you leave?"
"Many of my clansmen have participated in the rebellion," Honda Tadakatsu said in a low voice with a worried look on his face: "My clansmen at home wrote to say that His Highness Matsudaira is very suspicious of the Honda family. Isn't it right for me to go back now?"
when."
Yu Qiupei suddenly realized this! Historically, Tokugawa Ieyasu's famous strategist Honda Masanobu, because he was a devout follower of the Ichiki sect, seemed to have joined the Honganji side in this Ichikiku incident and opposed the Matsudaira family. The Honda family
Many members of the clan also responded and rebelled against the Matsudaira family. This made the Honda family's position very embarrassing and aroused the suspicion of the main family.
"Then let's wait until the limelight has passed," Yu Qiuping said with relief: "When His Highness Matsudaira forgives those rebellious tribesmen, Nanosuke can go back."
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On April 11, the army continued to set off. However, with the auxiliary soldiers carrying food, grass and armor, the speed of the team inevitably slowed down. Yu Qiuping rode on the white horse pipa presented by Asai Nagamasa, rhythmically playing with the knuckles of his index fingers.
Tapping the scabbard of the katana Chidori, listening to the sweet sound, my thoughts drifted far away.
Although Tsukiwabei has the reputation of being a god, when he actually comes to the battlefield, it is impossible for him to leave the auxiliary soldiers and act alone. It is not necessarily possible for the soldiers to do everything like cooking, cutting firewood, setting up camp, and transporting supplies, right? That's not the case.
Waiting for others to fight, you will be exhausted.
However, if he brings auxiliary troops, Tokiwabei's marching speed will be slowed down. He can only implement high-speed tactical maneuvers on the battlefield, but cannot achieve fast marching at the strategic level.
Unless I also provide the auxiliary soldiers with full-time ashigaru? Let them receive strict training together and create strict discipline so that they can keep up with the speed of the combat soldiers?
But this obviously requires a lot of money! Will everyone agree that I specifically support the auxiliary soldiers?
Yu Qiuping thought about it, and before he knew it, the army had already arrived at the Fengzhu River. The sun was setting to the west, and the auxiliary soldiers were complaining. Yu Qiuping looked at the sky and decided to camp on the spot.
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Yu Qiuping originally planned to have a good night's rest tonight and enter Sanhe territory tomorrow. However, he never thought that an uninvited guest would arrive in the camp that night.
"Your Highness, we have something to do!" After the announcement, Aesama Nobuyoshi strode into Yu Qiuping's tent.
"Sesaku? So fast?" Yu Qiuping frowned, "Isn't this still in Owari territory? Is the Ichigo clan's Sesaku so arrogant?"
"Yes, we have already surrounded the camp. Your Highness, would you like to go take a look?" Nobuhiro Aesama asked with a smirk as he spoke. Although Yu Qiuping noticed that Nobuhiro Aesama's smile seemed a little strange, he still followed him.
Arrived outside the camp.
Only a dozen members of the equestrian team, led by Xiaoban Jiesheng, dismounted and formed a circle, seeming to surround a few people. After seeing Yu Qiuping coming, everyone consciously stepped aside.
, allowing Yu Qiuping to see the situation in the circle.
I saw a woman in her twenties, holding a spear in one hand and holding a swaddling baby in the other. The baby in the swaddling baby was crying loudly. Beside him, kneeling was a man with more than a dozen arrows inserted all over his body.
, there were also several deep wounds on his body that were bleeding slowly, and he could not survive.
"Isn't this a family of three!" Yu Qiuping suddenly became furious, "What are you doing! Why did you attack this family of three!"
"Your Highness, calm down!" Xiaobanjie explained hurriedly: "Your Highness! That man was not injured by us. He was already scarred when he rushed to the edge of our camp! We saw that they were coming unknown, so we surrounded them
Get up!"
"And that woman, she's so skilled!" Nobuhiro Anesama exclaimed, "Just now we saw them charging towards our camp on horseback with guns, so we shot three of their horses to death with arrows! As a result, that woman
He actually jumped down with a somersault and not only hugged the baby, but also caught the husband!"
However, before Nobuyama Anoyama could tell the truth, the woman holding the gun interrupted in a deep voice: "He is not my husband!"
"Then who is he?" Maeda Keiji asked with a pipe in his mouth, "Who are you?"
"What does this have to do with you!" The woman held the gun and turned slightly to protect the baby behind her.
"Now this is close to the war zone, we need to be wary of any strangers," Yu Qiuping explained as gently as possible: "What's more, you rushed towards our camp with a gun and a horse, threatening the safety of our army, so we must understand you clearly
identity of."
"What if I don't tell you?" The woman frowned and turned her gaze to Yu Qiuping.
"If I don't say anything, I will have to take you down." Yu Qiuping whispered dissatisfiedly, "I don't have time to play with you in this kind of drama. The safety of the entire army comes first!"
"Take it! Let's interrogate!" Yu Qiuping waved, and Nobuyuki Anesama rushed forward with a few people. Yu Qiuping thought that he would see the woman being captured alive on the ground right away, but he didn't expect that this woman was so powerful and protected the baby with one hand.
, with the other hand he danced the spear so powerfully that Anesama Nobuyoshi and the others couldn't get close for a long time.
"Keiji, can you capture him?" Yu Qiuping was actually a little amused by the scene in front of him. Nobuhiro Aneyama and the other grown men couldn't capture a woman.
"Okay," Maeda Keiji snorted nonchalantly, "I just don't know, does His Highness want to die or live?"
"Of course I want to live, let's interrogate him carefully." Yu Qiuping glared at Maeda Keiji angrily, "If you want to die, I will just call Charlie over. Why are there so many things?"
"Ah~~" After hearing this, Maeda Keiji first looked at the woman, and then looked at Yu Qiuping with a knowing look, "Your Highness can't help but want to live, and also wants a weak person."
A powerless woman, and then you can interrogate her by yourself at night?"
As soon as Maeda Keiji finished speaking, the surrounding cavalry riders couldn't help laughing. Nobuyuki Anayama shouted anxiously: "Keiji! What do you mean! I saw this woman first!"
"Shut up!" Yu Qiuping cursed angrily and amusingly: "Am I that kind of lecherous person? Even if I am, my wife is a hundred times more beautiful than her."
Seeing that several men around her were actually making fun of her chastity, the woman blushed with anger and stared at Yu Qiuping fiercely.
Chapter completed!