On the morning of February 17, the reinforcements from the Tohoku Beinohao clan arrived at Inabayama Castle. Due to the urgency of Saito Ryuuxing, they did not have time to assemble all the troops, so they had to lead a part of their cronies and standing troops to arrive at Inaba.
Yamashiro is regarded as a mission for Saito Ryuuki. Saito Ryuuki had no plan to use their troops. As long as their head of the family arrived and could witness the atrocities of the Ando family - fewer people would reduce the number of Ando family members.
concern.
Among the 5,000 people under Saito Ryuuki's direct jurisdiction, 3,000 people left Inabayama Castle today and headed west. Their mission is to monitor the movements of various wealthy families in Simino. If anyone is heading towards Inabayama Castle, they must report it immediately.
In order to sell a flaw and lure Ando Mamoru and Takenaka Shigeharu to seize the city, Saito Ryuuki used his remaining 2,000 direct jurisdiction to ambush various strategic locations of Inabayama Castle. And Ando Mamoru's 15,000 troops have been stationed in
In the barracks in the castle town of Xicheng. The heads of wealthy families who came from Tohoku and North America were placed in the barracks in the northwest of the city by Ryuuki Saito.
In order to prevent the ambush plan from being leaked and alerting the enemy, Saito Ryuuki did not inform the vast number of direct-controlled soldiers about his plan. He only informed his immediate family elders, direct-controlled lieutenants, generals, and trusted samurai with generals and above, so that
They were ready to command the troops at any time. At the same time, he also ordered Inabayama Castle to be under martial law, and anyone entering or leaving must carry Saito Ryuuki's command arrow.
These ordinary ashigaru were inexplicably led to ambush in Inabayama Castle, and everyone was completely confused. However, everyone was not a fool, so naturally they had a vague feeling that their opponent might be the Ando family.
Everything is ready, Saito Ryuuki is just waiting for Ando Mamoru to get hot-headed and rush into the city. Then he immediately sends the ambushed troops in the city to attack and defeat Ando Mamoru. At the same time, in the name of crusade against rebellion,
Heading towards Simeon.
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At the same time, inside the prison of Inabayama Castle.
As his death day gradually approaches, Yu Qiuping is no longer as scared as before. After all, this is not the first time that he has been locked up in prison waiting to be executed. The dozen jailers who have been living together day and night, see
But when he woke up, he was more anxious and worried than Yu Qiuping.
However, Jiro, who should have arrived at work today, has not come to the prison for a long time, which makes Yu Qiuping a little worried.
"Eemon, why hasn't Jiro come today?" Ame Qiupei asked a jailer who always chatted with Jiro.
"Your Highness," Youemon replied respectfully, as if Amakihei in the prison was his immediate superior, "Jiro's mother seems to be sick, and Jiro may be taking care of her at home."
"That's it." Yu Qiuping sighed slightly, "If he doesn't come for a day, will he be punished?"
Before the other jailers could reply, there were sudden sounds of rapid footsteps from the other end of the prison. Immediately afterwards, Jiro was seen running towards this side. He fell down along the way, and he didn't even realize it.
He got up and continued running.
"Brothers, please save my mother!" Jiro rushed to the crowd and knelt down. "My mother is infected with the wind and cold! The wind and cold are so severe that many people in Inabayama City are sick! My mother is infected with the wind and cold.
As I get older, my body is already weak, and I am about to be unable to survive! They said that the medicine to treat the disease is only available outside the city, and you must take it three times a day. But now the whole city is under martial law and no one is allowed to enter or exit the city. Only people with connections are allowed.
It’s so expensive to transport the medicine in and fry it! My brother, I don’t have enough money at home, brothers, can you give me some help?”
"What a great kindness, I will never forget it!" After Jiro finished speaking, he lay on the ground and kowtowed to everyone hard. These jailers usually get along day and night, and they are all good brothers who are loyal and loyal.
He took out a lot of broken silver and copper coins from his arms and stuffed them into Jiro's hands. Jiro thanked him hurriedly, but Yu Qiuping could see from his eyes that the money might still be far away.
not enough.
Yu Qiuping softened his heart, smiled suddenly, turned around, and rummaged in the straw under him. After a while, he found a few taels of gold that he had hidden here before.
"Jiro, I still have some money here, take it." Yu Qiuping smiled and held the few taels of gold in his hand and handed it to Jiro, but the guards around him were stunned. Those few taels of gold can be worth
That’s more than a dozen of them’s salary for several years!
"This... this!" Jiro, who had never seen so much money at once, was speechless. "How can this happen! How dare you take so much money from Your Highness! My mother can't even use so much money to treat her illness.
ah!"
"I'm about to die anyway, so what's the use of keeping money?" Yu Qiuping shook his head and smiled with relief, "After you deduct the money for medical treatment, the remaining money will be averaged among a dozen of you.
Divide it and take it home to buy some new clothes for your family and buy some delicious food. I would like to thank you for taking care of me over the past ten days."
After Yu Qiuping finished speaking, he opened Jiro's hand, put the few taels of gold into his hand, and then clasped his fingers to let him hold the gold. "Okay, hurry up and buy medicine for your mother.
," Yu Qiuping smiled at Jiro, "Don't delay your mother's illness."
However, after Yu Qiuping said these words, Jiro did not move his body. He just looked at Yu Qiuping blankly, tears began to sway in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment, and cast tentative eyes on his companions around him.
After being stunned for a moment, they all nodded decisively.
Then, before Yu Qiuping could react, the jailers immediately began to fumble for the keys on their bodies. Some began to help Yu Qiuping open the shackles, some helped Yu Qiuping open the handcuffs, and some were about to open the key to Yu Qiuping's prison.
door.
"What are you doing!" Yu Qiuping asked loudly in surprise.
"Your Highness, a good man like you shouldn't die here in vain!" Jiro did not raise his head, but lowered his head and worked hard to untie Yu Qiuping's shackles, "We will let you out now, you must find a way to escape from Dao
Yeshan Castle!”
Jiro's words were unanimously approved by more than a dozen jailers around him. Without saying much, they untied all the shackles on Yu Qiuping's body, and surrounded Yu Qiuping as he walked out the door. No matter how Yu Qiuping tried to stop him, they could not stop him.
Ignore it. Yu Qiuping saw that the situation was about to get out of control. In desperation, he yelled:
"Everyone stop it!"
Yu Qiuping's loud shout immediately calmed the dozen jailers, and all the movements of their hands stopped. Yu Qiuping turned around silently, averting his eyes so as not to let the jailers see that he was moved.
And the slightly red eyes.
"Are you crazy?" Yu Qiuping shook his head and scolded softly: "A heavy criminal like me is not a little thief who steals and robs secretly. He must be strictly monitored. If I run away, none of you will be able to eat.
Just keep walking, the Saito family won't let you go!"
"Don't be afraid if you are young!" Jiro said in a proud voice upon hearing his chest.
"Aren't you afraid? What about your family?" Yu Qiuping frowned and whispered dissatisfiedly: "Remember! You are not living alone in this world. You still have your mother, you still have your wife and children.
, they are all counting on you!"
As Yu Qiuping spoke, he looked around at the dozen jailers. After a pause, he continued: "Jiro, it's not just you, but you too! If I leave, you and your families will be implicated! Maybe it will be.
The whole family died! Are you crazy!"
After that, Yu Qiuping squeezed back from the stunned jailers, silently walked back to his cell alone, sat on the ground, and began to handcuff himself.
In fact, why don't I want to leave? But even if you let me leave the cell, how can I escape from the heavily guarded Inabayama Castle? In the end, I will just lose the lives of your whole family in vain.
"What are you doing standing there, lock it up for me!" Yu Qiuping awkwardly put on the shackles and shouted to the jailers, "And Jiro, hurry up and buy medicine!"
However, the stunned jailers still did not move. After a while, low sobbing began to sound in the cell. Gradually, it spread to the whimpering of a dozen big men with red eyes.
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled a little self-deprecatingly, but there was a little pride and peace of mind in his smile.
They have obviously made up their minds to abandon their good intentions and fall into the deepest darkness to achieve their goals.
But in the end, I still chose to be that bad good person. Because after all, I still can’t bear to see those innocent people suffer because of me. Over the years, I may still have not grown at all, and I am still the same as Nagamasa and Qingran.
The foolish boy who vowed to use "bright justice" to rectify the world.
Your Highness, Family Governor, did I make the right choice?
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On the afternoon of February 17, the influenza in Inabayama Castle was so serious that even a young samurai temporarily living in the city accidentally contracted the disease. He was the younger brother of Takenaka Hisaku and Takenaka Shigeharu. At this moment, he was lying in bed in a samurai house.
Inside, he kept coughing. The two Saito family samurai who were originally responsible for monitoring him saw that he was seriously ill, and carefully stood outside the door to avoid being infected by him.
At this time, inside the Inabayama Castle Castle Tower.
"What?" Saito Ryuuki was still a little unbelievable after hearing the report from his subordinates, "You said that Takenaka Shigeharu asked to enter the city at the gate, saying that he wanted to deliver medicine to his brother."
"Yes," the guard reported honestly: "Previously, His Highness ordered the entire city to be under martial law. His Highness's arrows and seals are required to enter and exit the city gates. Therefore, Mr. Takenaka would like to ask Your Highness to temporarily lend His Highness your arrows and seals.
To make it easier for him to travel to and from the city to buy medicine for his younger brother."
"Is Takenaka Kusaku sick?" Saito Ryuuki was stunned for a moment and asked the ninja leader beside him.
"Your Highness, that's exactly what it is," the ninja leader replied honestly: "He has also contracted the cold this time, and it is true that he needs herbs from the mountains outside the city to cure him."
"How many people did he bring?" Saito Ryuuki hurriedly asked.
"Your Highness, there are seventeen people in total." The guard reported back in a low voice after recalling it.
"Seventeen people?" Saito Ryuuki was stunned again, then chuckled disdainfully.
"Does he want to capture Inabayama Castle with seventeen men?"
Chapter completed!