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Taro Wada is an ordinary auxiliary in the Ming Dynasty Army. This time he was recruited to go on an expedition with the Red Leaf Army. However, this expedition was a little different for him - because his younger brother Wadajiro was also recruited this time.
It's just as a civilian husband. However, they only met once before the expedition. The Hongye Army has strict military discipline. All auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands must stick to their posts on weekdays, and it is impossible to sneak out to find their younger brother.
At noon on November 18th, beside the official road of Echizen Tahara, Wada Taro was waiting for the civilian workers to transport today's food and grass, and they, the auxiliary soldiers, would carry the food and grass and move with the soldiers. Snowflakes as big as goose feathers kept falling.
The ground was falling, and Taro Wada's felt hat was already covered with snow. Just shake his head and a few snowballs would fall. He rubbed his hands and breathed hot air into his palms, but his legs still couldn't stop shivering.
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"This snow is too heavy." Wada Taro covered his eyes with his hands to block the snow, but the heavy snow made the visibility horribly low, and he couldn't even see beyond 200 meters. A gust of cold wind blew the snowflakes towards Wada Taro's face.
It blew up and made him shiver several times.
"Today's food is going to be late again." Taro Wada muttered, "These peasants have never been on time since two days ago."
"The snow is too heavy, what can be done?" Taro Wada's good friend Takimaru Tachibanaya comforted him from the side.
Just as the two were complaining, a group of figures vaguely appeared in the snow and fog on the official road in the distance. The auxiliary soldiers immediately looked over there, and saw that the figure was getting bigger and bigger, and it was theirs who came.
There was a burst of cheers from the civilian husband and auxiliary soldiers formation immediately, and many people stepped forward to greet them, helping the civilian husbands drag their heavy sleds and carts.
"elder brother!"
At this moment, an excited shout rang out from the crowd. Hearing this familiar voice, Wada Taro hurriedly turned his head and saw that there happened to be his younger brother, Wada Jiro, in the group of civilians.
"Jiro!" Wada Taro stepped forward to meet him, and at a glance he saw his younger brother's ears that were red from the cold. He stretched out his hand to check, and found that there were already a lot of chilblains on his ears.
"Don't you civilians have any hats?" Taro Wada remembered that when he went on an expedition, the Yuqiu family's perfect logistics system provided everyone with a hat - something that ordinary daimyo families would never even think about.
"There were originally some, but the wind was too strong yesterday and they were blown away." Wada Jiro laughed a few times embarrassedly and twisted his head to prevent his brother from touching them.
"Then why don't you want another one?" Wada Taro glanced at his brother with some distress, hurriedly took off his own hat and put it on his brother properly. Wada Jiro struggled for a few times, but finally accepted it honestly.
Brother's kindness.
"Where are the hats among the supplies? The food can no longer be transported." Wada Jiro complained angrily, pointing to the snow-covered official road, "This road is too difficult to walk, and it is broken every day.
How many vehicles do you know? Didn’t you see that we even used sleds? The food is blocked in Omi and cannot be transported. Now we can only guarantee three meals for you, the organized soldiers, and our food has begun to decrease.
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"How can that be done? It's such a cold day, if you don't have a full stomach and work outside, something will happen!" Taro Wada was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly groped around on his body, and finally found half of a morning meal in his belt.
For the uneaten dry food, "Here, eat some quickly."
"Thank you, brother." Wada Jiro seemed to be really hungry. He wolfed down the frozen and hard rice balls and asked vaguely, "Brother, is the road ahead of you more difficult?"
Is it difficult to walk? The road we transport is the one that you auxiliary soldiers have plowed, but there is still a lot of snow. So how can you walk at the front?"
"What? Basically all the remaining soldiers of the Oda family in the Etsuchi-mae country came out to help us shovel the snow, so we could barely pass." Taro Wada shook his head and sighed, and said in annoyance, "This is the way you are taking now.
The road was plowed just this morning, and now it's piling up again, which is really annoying."
"Now we have just walked to Echizen. Aren't you going to Noto Echichu? This matter is just over Kaga." Jiro Wada crossed his fingers with some concern and whispered, "Right now, the food supply is running out.
It’s coming up, let alone when you get to Echuchu and Noden.”
"The samurai gentlemen on the North 6th Road have all taken out their food reserves, but there are tens of thousands of us. We don't have enough food, so we still have to transport it from Omi." The more Wada Taro thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but cursed,
"This damn heavy snow is really causing trouble. On normal days, our Hongye Army can travel fifty or sixty miles a day. If it hadn't been for this snow, we would have already reached Weishan Yufang. Now it's good, this heavy snow
As a result, we can only grind twenty miles a day, which leads to insufficient food."
"Why not collect grain along the way?" Jiro Wada asked breathlessly as he moved bags of grain from his cart to Taro Wada's car, "Wouldn't that save a lot of trouble?"
"Our Highness has said that we will not take anything away from the common people." At this point, Taro Wada suddenly laughed a little proudly, "This year's heavy snowfall has made life difficult for the common people, so we won't make it difficult for them."
"Over there, are you ready? Stop chatting!" The auxiliary captain in the distance saw Taro Wada and Jiro Wada and urged him a few words loudly. Taro Wada apologized hurriedly and followed Wadajiro to quickly pack the bags.
"No more chatting, be careful because you get cold." Taro Wada gave one final warning to Jiro Wada, and then turned around and left with the cart.
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However, Wada Taro's crow's mouth cursed himself. Because he gave his hat to his brother, he caught a cold on the way back to the camp. Soon he developed a high fever and could not even walk.
"Sorry to trouble you." Taro Wada thanked Takimaru Tachibana who carried him on his back to find the medical officer.
"It's okay, brother." Tachibana Takimaru laughed nonchalantly, and he also let out a runny nose, "We'll be there soon. If you keep erect, it's really scary to have a fever like this all of a sudden."
After arriving at the medical tent in the Hongye Army, the warm air made Tachibana Takimaru and Wada Taro feel comfortable. The medical tent was located in the Hongye Army. Each tent inside was burning firewood and hot water.
Let the sick with cold and fever rest here. Now there are problems with the food supply, but Yu Qiuping still works hard to ensure the transportation and supply of dry firewood and ensure that the medical tent can take care of the sick soldiers.
"Why are there so many people?" Tachibana Takimaru sniffed the strong smell of Chinese herbal medicine, "When we came yesterday, there were only a few dozen people, but now I'm afraid there are hundreds."
"I'm getting more and more sick, what a damn weather it is." Taro Wada sneezed a few times and muttered weakly.
"You should rest well here, and don't do anything forced. We are in the transport team." Tachibana Takimaru put down the bedding that Taro Wada had left in a place, patted the snow on his body, and looked at him.
The doctor waved his hand and then told him, "Don't go out to work again before you recover from your illness."
"I know, thank you." Taro Wada forced out a smile. The burning in his head made him a little dizzy, "You too, it seems you are a little cold, so pay more attention."
"I'm going to ask for a cup of hot water before I leave to warm myself up." Takimaru Tachibana House gestured to Wada Taro and walked towards the tent where the hot water was heated. As soon as he walked out of the tent, he came from the warm room.
Outdoors in the freezing snow, Takimaru Tachibana felt a little uncomfortable, with the heavy snow and cold wind blowing straight into his neck. Unfortunately, he suddenly met Yu Qiupei, Takenaka Shigeharu and others who came over for inspection.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty!" Tachibana Takimaru saluted hastily, but he suddenly sneezed at Yu Qiupei and Takenaka Shigeharu.
"I'm very sorry!" Tachibana Takimaru bowed repeatedly in embarrassment. Yu Qiuping smiled and patted his shoulder and said it was okay. After waiting for Tachibana Takimaru to leave, he whispered to Takenaka Shigeharu: "The weather is too
It's cold, there are too many sick people. You sick man, be careful, don't catch the cold, go back and rest early."
"I will also arrange the transportation of these wounded soldiers. It's freezing and snowy. They must be properly transported to nearby villages or towns, otherwise their lives will be in danger." Takenaka Shigeharu frowned and glanced at the tent.
The patients inside said, "Your Highness, please go back first."
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Unfortunately, Takenaka Shigeharu also fell ill that night. Yu Qiuping suspected that it was the patient's sneezing at close range that caused the already frail and sick Takenaka Shigeharu to suffer. It didn't take long for Takenaka Shigeharu to develop a high fever.
"It's probably the flu." Yu Qiuping sat aside and watched the doctor help Zhuzhong Chongzhi diagnose his pulse and prescribe medicine. He sighed and said, "Everyone has similar symptoms...it may be contagious."
"Your Highness, Mr. Zhuzhong has a serious fever." The doctor whispered to Yu Qiuping after checking Mr. Zhuzhong's pulse, "It's better for Mr. Zhuzhong to go back and rest quickly. It's too cold here and we can't afford it."
"No, Your Highness, I'm not going back." Takenaka Shigeharu tried his best to speak forcefully with his weak bluntness when he heard this, "My health doesn't matter, I know it in my heart. As a samurai, how can I shrink back just because of a minor illness."
"Your health is not good to begin with, and I can't tolerate you messing around." Yu Qiuping shook his head very firmly and patted Takenaka Shigeharu's quilt, "I'll send you to Beizhuang City to recuperate for a while, and wait until you feel better.
Then go back to Kinki."
"No." Takenaka Shigeharu used a more firm word of rejection, "What will happen to the army if I go back?"
"Aren't I here? Can't you trust me?" Yu Qiuping laughed and teased after hearing this, trying to suppress Takenaka Shigeharu by going online.
"I can't believe it." However, Takenaka Shigeharu didn't mean to give Yuqiu face, and said unceremoniously, "The last time we faced Takeda Shingen, I was absent due to illness, and the entire army almost suffered a disaster. This time my opponent is Uesugi Ken.
I believe, and the weather is so bad, how can I trust Your Highness to face the enemy alone?"
"Your Highness, please stop talking." Takenaka Shigeharu gritted his teeth and raised a hand, "I will join the army even if I risk my life. If Your Highness still treats me as a retainer, then I will agree to my request.
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Chapter completed!