I saw Yoshikawa Kyouke shaking the money bag in his hand, looking at the begging look in the thief leader's eyes, he sighed deeply and said: "You must know that your sin is not small! According to the laws of the Maori family, you should be punished.
!!”
"Ah! Sir! Have mercy on me!" The thieves from the Vulture Party immediately knelt down and kowtowed to their heads. Some of them bled, and some cried and cursed: "I told you not to do it.
The business done last time is good now! I’m getting angry!”
At this time, Yoshikawa Kyouke's ears twitched: "What?! What did you just say? That guy over there wearing a bamboo hat with one eye, repeat what you just said."
"Souma!!" The thief leader yelled angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! Be careful!" He was about to rush forward!
But he was immediately grabbed from behind by Toshihiro Kumagai, who had a strong body, and then he hit hard! He immediately fell to the ground on his back.
Yoshikawa Kyouke picked up the thief named Soma and asked sternly: "Go on, if you dare to play tricks, you know the consequences!" After speaking, he meaningfully pointed with his chin to the man whose head was beheaded by Toshihiro Kumagai.
The big thief.
The thief named Souma was immediately frightened and urinated: "Sir! Please forgive me! I will tell you everything."
It turned out that in addition to petty theft and stealing property on the side streets of the city, this group of thieves had recently engaged in a human trafficking business and abducted and trafficked the children of many families in the city.
Yoshikawa Keike carefully asked where their children were abducted and who the buyer was, and then gave the leader a hard look and said: "Humph! For the crime you committed, two deaths are enough! But
Seeing that you will tell the truth and hand over the stolen money, I will spare your life now! You will be exiled to the army instead!"
"Ah? Confessing troops?" The large group of thieves stared at each other, not knowing what to say. A few of them looked dissatisfied and were still whispering.
"What? General Yoshikawa has forgiven you, what else do you have to say? Do you want to go to the gallows?" Hiroyuki Yoshikawa threatened from the side, and made a gesture of wiping his neck.
The thieves immediately stopped daring to cause trouble and followed Yoshikawa and others out of the temple obediently. At this time, they saw that the few people who had escaped earlier were blocked by people waiting at various intersections, and they followed dejectedly while being escorted by soldiers.
come over.
"Remember these people, I'll starve them tonight! Let's see who dares to play tricks under my nose!" Yoshikawa Hiroyuki has always dealt with people in the world, and he also knows how to make them submissive.
"Boss, you are really smart. You can kill two birds with one stone by eliminating harm for the people and recruiting soldiers!" Kobayakawa Hideaki quickly picked up weapons for Yoshikawa Kyouke. Unexpectedly, Yoshikawa Kyouke's tachi was longer and heavier than ordinary swords. He immediately became excited.
His face was red and he looked like he had bruises all over him.
Seeing his virtue, Xiong Guli immediately stretched out his hand and took the weapon: "You look like that, and you still want to take the boss's weapon? Save it! Or go back and recruit new soldiers who are dishonest!"
The thieves were very reluctant. After marching for a while, they began to complain that their feet hurt. Some simply sat down on the roadside and stopped moving.
At this time, only a few loud whips were heard! I saw Yoshikawa Kyouke personally holding a whip soaked in water and aiming it at the lazy guys who were sitting down, and whipped them violently! Those who were beaten immediately howled.
He shouted and stood up.
"Next time you show me, it won't be as cheap as two whips!" Yoshikawa Kyoue suddenly became extremely fierce at this time! He understood that each of these thieves were used to being lax. If they were at the beginning
Give them some color to show, and it will be difficult to discipline them in the future.
At this time, Kumagai Toshinao also came from the end of the team. He shouted in agreement: "Did you hear that? General Yoshikawa said that if anyone disobeys the order again, he will be beheaded immediately!"
In this way, Yoshikawa Kyouke found a way to recruit soldiers, which is somewhat similar to Oda Nobunaga's aggressive recruitment of thieves in Owari. The soldiers he recruited were all kinds of people, and he would almost always recruit thieves from that place.
, the local ruffians, hooligans, and idlers were swept away.
His team also began to grow unknowingly, and suddenly one day, Hideaki Kobayakawa, who was responsible for managing military supplies, discovered that at this rate, they could complete the task assigned by Terumoto Mori in half a month.
However, because the recruited personnel are too complex, their management is also very difficult. Since most of the army is composed of thieves, robbers, hooligans and the like, petty thefts and fights occur almost every day in the army.
Xiong Guli, who was in charge of military discipline, was so anxious that he yelled and wanted to hit them all one by one with his axe, but he couldn't bear to part with it after picking up the axe--even though it was rotten.
It's like mud, but after all, it's a human being, an army, and it can do business. Besides, he believes that there is no one who cannot be trained by Hiroyuki Yoshikawa.
Yoshikawa Hiroyuki's martial arts skills are only slightly better than Kobayakawa Hideaki among several people, but he has his own unique skill, which is that he often gets involved in various situations and knows how to tame and train people, so Yoshikawa Kyouke ordered him to take charge
The daily training of these fucking soldiers.
As a result, on the first day, he made these weak-minded guys cry like ghosts and howls, and several of them fainted immediately. Fortunately, Kobayakawa Hideaki knew some medical skills and pulled them all back from the hell.
Only then did these miscellaneous people realize that it would have been better for them to have been killed by a knife.
At this time, Yoshikawa Kyouke's army had expanded to more than 800 people, and military supplies were somewhat insufficient. Due to the limited daily rations, these soldiers with rough backgrounds would inevitably engage in petty theft. In this case, Yoshikawa
Jing Jia and others also turned a blind eye and had no way to prevent it. They only tried their best to control them to do things that would cause great anger among the people.
Unknowingly, there were only twenty days left in the month, and the troops were almost recruited, so they began to return home.
At this time, it had entered the depth of winter, and the winter in Aki Province was very cold. Within a few days, heavy snow began to fall in the sky. Because cotton clothes were not delivered in time, all Yoshikawa Kyouke's soldiers were so cold that they were almost turned into popsicles.
Soldiers fell down one after another involuntarily on the march. Yoshikawa Kyouya was very anxious because they were in a place with no village in front of them and no shops in the back, so they couldn't buy cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold.
What's even worse is that Kobayakawa Hideaki, who is in charge of military supplies, is also sick. Due to his illness, the trivial matters of military supplies have to be taken over by Toshinao Kumagai. That guy is good at fighting and killing people. As soon as he does these detailed tasks, he becomes dumbfounded.
The military supplies of the entire army were in a mess.
Yoshikawa Keike had to manage it by himself. He saw more and more sick soldiers and the marching speed became slower and slower.
Suddenly, he understood that if this army did not get out of the predicament quickly, they would probably die here! So he ran to the front of the army in the cold wind, stood on a high ground and shouted to the soldiers with all his strength.
: "Brothers! Listen up! We are not far from our city Ginzan Castle now! There is the most famous and comfortable hot spring in Japan! It was originally only used by nobles and wealthy businessmen. I promise you here that if we fall into the trap,
If you go anywhere these days, I’ll treat everyone to a hot spring bath for free!”
"What! Are you talking about Fuchuan Hot Spring?"
"That is the best health resort in the world!"
"Yes, my biggest wish in this life is to go to a hot spring somewhere."
The soldiers' bodies, which were about to freeze, suddenly became excited! Each step became more vigorous. They imagined the comfort of soaking in the hot springs, and couldn't help but become full of vitality!
"Follow me, let's run together!" Yoshikawa Kyoue shouted loudly, leading Yoshikawa Hiroie and Kumagani Toshi to run straight to the front.
Under their leadership, the soldiers also started running one by one! Everyone was huffing and puffing as they ran, their stiff bodies immediately became more flexible, and their steps became lighter and lighter.
They finally arrived at Fuchuan Hot Spring in Chuanshui before sunset, where they took a relaxing bath in the hot springs.
The hardships suffered along the journey seemed to be dissolved in the warm spring water
"Boss, we have completed the recruitment task ahead of schedule this time. Your lord should let us participate in the next battle now?" Kumagani Toshiro smiled and came closer. His bare upper body was covered with flesh and bristle-like hair.
"Don't get so close to me!" Hideaki Kobayakawa beside him stopped: "Your hair pricked me!"
At this time, Yoshikawa Hiroyuki's eyes turned around again: "Oh! Kobayakawa! Your skin turns out to be as white as a woman's, and it's quite tender!" As he said that, he grabbed Kobayakawa Hideaki's butt so hard that it hit him hard.
The monster screamed and ran out of the pool.
The crowd burst into laughter, but Yoshikawa Sutra was thoughtful and spoke little at this time.
"What's wrong, boss? Why don't you seem happy at all that we have completed such a difficult task?"
"This small amount of troops can't change the situation. Along the way this time, we saw ten rooms and nine empty houses. Thieves were rampant. Even the merchants who originally supported our family avoided us one by one.
I'm afraid it's not a good thing! I think it will take a long time for our Maori family to recover from the depletion of human resources caused by the war in recent years."
Yoshikawa Hiroie nodded after hearing this, but then shook his head: "Recovery? There is time there! My lord, isn't it necessary to prepare to use troops against the four countries again? This is normal, after all, we are rich in the fallen territories of the four countries.
The iron mines, the population are relatively dense, and there are several developed commercial towns and commercial ports. If it falls into Du Fei's hands, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance the strength of the hostile forces! It will make the situation we will face in the future even more severe!
"
"Hey." Only then did Yoshikawa Sutra understand what "one wrong step leads to the next wrong step." He wanted to change everything on his own, but he didn't know where to start.