Naomasa Ii looked at Yoshiyoshi Shiba blankly and shook his head.
"Otaisuo, I don't understand."
Yiyin smiled bitterly and said.
"You don't understand, and neither will the Kamao clan.
You don’t understand what is the comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, body, art, and labor, what is the outlook on life, morality, and values.
The education you have received since childhood is that family name comes first and family property is the most important."
Yoshigami glanced at Kamaojigo and Ii Naomasa. They tried hard to understand their master's meaning, but their eyes were filled with confusion and they smiled bitterly.
In this world, everything Yiyin insists on is always a wink for the blind.
No one can truly understand him. Just like the historical articles written five hundred years ago, it is difficult for modern people to understand the persistence of the ancients.
he sighed.
"You don't need to understand, maybe this is my moral principle."
Hearing the word "righteousness", the Ji warriors present nodded silently. At least they could understand this word.
Although their righteousness is completely different from Yoshigan's so-called righteousness, at least they have a reason to convince themselves.
Yoshigan drank the warm water in one gulp, handed the bowl to Ii Naomasa, and said softly.
"Give me another bowl."
"Hi!"
While Ii Naomasa was carefully filling the water, Yoshigami said to Kamaojigo next to him.
"Hime Kamamao, go and call Mr. Kawada Nagasaki and the others. I have something to say."
"Hi!"
Kamojigo stood up and walked out, suddenly stopped for a moment, turned around and bowed to Yoshigan.
"Otai Suo, although I don't understand what your moral principles are.
But I will always stand by your side and work with you to uphold your principles until death."
After saying that, she walked out quickly.
Yiyin was stunned for a moment, then laughed again. This kid is also an idiot.
When the people from Kamao Clan came back, the Shiba Yoshigan in front of them had transformed back into the majestic Odaisho, Shiba Kenshin.
After a group of Ji warriors bowed respectfully, Yiyin motioned for them to sit cross-legged on the ground, and then said.
"I have made up my mind. I will choose twenty warriors from each tribe, one person and three horses, to gather all military supplies and follow me out of the mountains to break out of the encirclement.
The rest of the group will follow Mr. Ema Huisheng to Hida Country to take a road back to Shinkawa County."
The Hime warriors headed by Kawada Nagauchi were stunned for a moment, then fell silent, pondering what Shiba Yoshigan meant.
Shiba Yiyin explained.
"It was a critical moment for the Echichu battle. Ichibuki's offensive had collapsed. All we had to do was wait for the arrival of Uesugi Jinbo's coalition forces to subdue the Ichibuki clan.
I cannot leave at this time. I must go back to Jinbo's old territory. I will cooperate with His Highness Uesugi and His Highness Jinbo to deal with the aftermath to prevent unforeseen events.
But the war horses are in short supply, and we don’t need so many people to break out and return, so we might as well divide our troops and go back.”
Kawada Nagahime bowed and asked.
"Otai Institute, how should the specific personnel be allocated?"
"Brothers from Pusheng clan will bring five fellows to accompany me, and you can nominate the rest."
Kawada Nagauchi looked back and made a decisive decision.
"I, Yoshie Ziken, and Osaka Nagami will lead the elite troops to follow the actions of the emperor."
Yamamotoji Takacho also bowed.
"I will take the elite members of my family and act together with the imperial office."
Uesugi Teruhora is about to arrive, and neither the Omi faction nor the Yamamotoji family can withdraw at this time, making these days of hard work in vain.
A person who travels a hundred miles is half a mile, and then fights ten days of bloody battles and persists. If he runs away at the end, it will be a failure.
Ji warriors serve the public with swords and guns, but they must also learn to show their faces in front of their lord. No one is more accomplished than the savior. They save the lord's sweetheart, so they are no worse than the savior, right?
This is a good time to show your face. Whether the rewards after the war will be rich or not depends on the last fight.
Sibo Yiyin glanced at the ladies and saw that the morale was high and the military morale was ready, he said.
"Regulate your troops and gather your war horses and military supplies. Have a good night's rest and follow me out into battle tomorrow morning."
"Hi! The military fortune of Yutai is prosperous!"
"My concubines, may your military fortunes be prosperous."
Yiyin was a little tired, but he knew he couldn't rest. Jiangma Huisheng still needed to coordinate and arrange the Ji warriors who took the road back.
He glanced at Ii Naomasa who was silent beside him, especially this child, he had to make arrangements.
———
The next day, outside Lihe Village.
Shiba Yoshigan looked at the Jiangma family's military force heading north along the river, and Naomasa Ii and others who followed him, and was in a daze.
Jiang Ma Huisheng set off first with the army, followed by more than 60 people eliminated from the cavalry, and a few war horses.
They would first go out of the mountains and attack the local Ichikoku sect in Higashiyamami Village to attract the enemy's attention. Then they would go south along the Sho River and return to Hida Country.
And Shiba Yoshiyin will take the twenty remaining Hime warriors, one man and three horses, to break out to the west and circle back to Jinbo's old territory.
It wasn't until the army disappeared from sight that Yiyin turned back and spoke to Zhu Ji.
"Let's go too."
"Hi!"
———
Higashinojiri Village.
Yoriteru Shimoma lives in a temple next to the village, waiting patiently for her prey to take the bait. What she is most worried about now is that Yoshigan Shiba will go south along the Sho River to Hida Country.
Hida Kingdom is still controlled by the samurai family. Although the local samurai family has long been independent of the shogunate, they still respect the direct descendants of the Genji family in Kawachi.
If Yoshigan Shiba goes there, Yoriteru Shimoma's arrangements here will be all in vain. Ichigo Sofang no longer buys her account and can no longer organize a new offensive to enter the old territory of Jinbo.
She could only watch helplessly as the Uesugi Jinbo Allied Forces came to their senses and were about to retaliate against the Ezhong Ichikai clan, but there was nothing she could do.
For this reason, she could only take a gamble.
I bet that Shiba Yigen would not go deep into the mountains and take a road he was not familiar with to get to Hida Country. The mountain road was steep and there were no locals to guide him, and he had a narrow escape.
———
Shimoma Yoriteru didn't know that Ema Terushiro had come to support him, nor did he know that Uesugi Teruhora's light cavalry had arrived at Masuyama Castle.
The defenders of Masuyama Castle are the remnants of the retreat of Kaga Ichimatsu.
Both the Yuezhong Zonghuan and the Shiina army in the Mitani area are alienated from them. They don't know that they have been massacred and the city has changed hands.
Of course, Sibo Yiyin didn't know either. So, he chose to take a detour.
Viewed from the sky above Tonami County.
At the entrance of the mountain in the upper reaches of the Shogawa River, two groups of troops marched out of the valley. One group shouted and fought and headed north to Higashiyamami Village. The other group stopped quietly and headed east toward Inami Town.
In the Mitani area across the Shogawa River from Higashiyamami Village, Shiina's army was being raided by people from the north. Yamamotoji Sadada was determined to use Shiina Yasuin's head in exchange for his family's future.
Further north, outside Masuyama Castle on the east bank of Shochuan River, a cavalry army of nearly 600 people had crossed the river and advanced into Tonami County.
To the west of the Shogawa River and in the southwest of Inami Town, the Shizong army had been preparing a strong formation to resist the horse fence and block the road to the southwest of Shiba Yoshigan.
In Higashinojiri Village in the northwest, Yoriteru Shimoma gathered the largest force he could muster, and a total of 4,000 people set up pockets at Shiritarizaka, betting that Shiba Yoshigan would come to attack.
If the sky had eyes, from a bird's-eye view of the earth, one could see that the armies of all parties were getting closer and closer, some had already collided with each other, and some were about to spark.