Chapter 1,300 A group of traitors have appeared in your tribe!
The sunshine in July shines brightly on the snow-capped peaks of Mount Yotei. Viewed from the bottom of the mountain, this nearly 2,000-meter-high white volcano standing in the southern part of Ezo Land looks like a volcano from the north.
Mount Fuji is therefore also called "Ezo's Mount Fuji" in awe by Japanese.
"Mount Fuji in Ezo is really a magical mountain, inhabited by the ancient spirit of the mountains in the north! The people of Ezo call it 'Mt. Fuji' and the adjacent Mount Shiribetsu 'Mt. Female'. There are two mountains, one male and one female.
, just like in the legend of the Ezo people, the ancient gods who protect them divided the vast Ezo land into two, making it impossible for us to cross the border..."
A Japanese camp stands at the foot of Mount Yotei. The scale of this camp is actually not large, but the location is very particular with its back to the mountains and the water. The south of the camp relies on higher mountains and is very easy to defend; the north is
The Shiribetsu River flows diagonally to the west, blocking the enemy's southward attack; to the east is a river valley that is conducive to cavalry running, and is connected to the gentler east slope, which is convenient for cavalry to go around to the right and attack from behind...
From this simple camp, it can be clearly seen that General Kazuto has rich military experience and has obviously fought many battles.
At this moment, Yoshihiro Uyizaki, who is in his thirties, is wearing an iron armor that symbolizes the identity of the coach. He is standing on a high place behind the camp, looking up at the snowy top of "Ezo Fuji". Around him, there are more than a dozen people of the same type.
The retainer of Uyizaki who was wearing a trousers, and a veteran who was wearing a light trousers. They looked at the snow-white volcano, and also at the young young boy, their expressions were relatively relaxed.
Well, the heavy armor is not suitable for the vast Ezo land in the north, and the Uyizaki clan is relatively poor and does not have two large armors. Besides, against the Ainu tribe who can't even get enough leather armor, the Tōmaru is enough.
, it is also convenient for quick pursuit after defeating the enemy...
"Blessed by Hachiman Bodhisattva! Blessed by the spirit of the ancient mountains! May He bless my father, restore his health, and endure as long as the mountains..."
Yoshihiro Uyizaki looked up for a moment, prayed quietly for a while, then turned to look at the veteran beside him, and asked with emotion.
"Mr. Kudo, tell me, why can't we grow rice after passing this volcano? All Japanese villages can only be built south of Mount Ezo Fuji. Donan Twelve Halls, no
One can cross this line, cross this dividing line drawn by the gods!…”
"So, even if we defeat the northern Ezo people again and again, collect tributes from them, and obtain property... we can't really occupy these northern territories! ... Could it be that the power of the guardian god among the Ezo people is...
Do they really exist? Are they perched on this magical mountain, watching us?..."
"..."
Facing the young master's question, the veteran Kudo Shigeyasu was silent for a while, seeming to be thinking about how to answer. The surrounding Oyezaki warriors all lowered their heads slightly and their expressions became serious. It was obvious that this gray-haired "old man of the Kudo family",
His prestige in the military is much higher than that of the young Uyizaki Yoshihiro.
After a while, veteran Kudo Shigeyasu shook his head and replied in a serious voice.
"Young Master Yoshihiro, the affairs of the gods belong to monks and priests. I can't answer your question. I only know how to fight... When the army is out on an expedition, even if it collects tribute from the Ainu, it must be treated as
It’s the same as real war! So, please don’t say anything that is not good for the morale of the soldiers. Warriors cannot be disturbed by the possible existence of gods. They must firmly believe in their own strength and bravery, so that they can truly be strong and brave on the battlefield!"
"Um…"
Hearing this implicit reprimand, Yoshihiro Uyizaki was startled. Looking at the serious family elder, he couldn't help but laugh.
This time, they only came to collect the tribute from the Ainu tribe, and they were not really fighting to the death. The force deployed by the Oyezaki clan also completely crushed these weak Ainu tribes. Not to mention the four hundred
The warriors of this tribal ally, among the two hundred Oyizaki warriors alone, fully half of the armored warriors wearing tōmaru, plus ten archery horse warriors, are enough to easily defeat hundreds of warriors in a frontal field battle.
Beiyu Hanbin Department!
However, even with such an advantage, veteran Kudo Shigeyasu was still cautious, carefully surveyed the surrounding terrain, and built the camp in such a location that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but not convenient for getting water and wood. For this kind of situation all the time
Although he was extremely cautious, Yoshihiro Uyizaki had experienced too few battles, so he was a little disapproving of it. However, out of respect for the eldest family member, he still bowed his head slightly and apologized to the other party.
"Mr. Kudo, what you said makes sense! I should not be arrogant and confused, and be deceived by the myth of the evil spirits of the Ezo people... May the Buddha grant me clarity, and may you stay awake for a long time to help me complete my father's mission.
The mission is to bring back the tribute from the North that the Uyizaki clan urgently needs!"
"Young Master Yiguang, I will definitely assist you and successfully complete this expedition!"
The veteran Kudo Shigeyasu lowered his head and bowed seriously in return. The surrounding samurai retainers also followed suit and saluted the young master Uyizaki Yoshihiro. From this spontaneous follow-up action, we can see the status of the veteran Kudo Shigeyasu.
And prestige in the Oyizaki clan's army!
In fact, Kudo Shigeyasu's real name was Kudo Kuro, and he was highly qualified and ranked first among the retainers of the Oyizaki clan. He was one of the five men who initially followed Nobuhiro when Takeda ran away from the Wakasa Takeda clan forty years ago.
1. In the past forty years, he followed the family master all the way, from the Wakasa Takeda clan to Furukawa Kikata, then to the Ando clan and the Nanbu clan, and finally came to Ezo to work hard, participating in almost every battle and battle!
Now, sixty-year-old Kudo Shigeyasu, as the youngest member of Wakasa Goro's party and the only one still alive, can be said to be the elder with the richest military experience and the most reliable loyalty. This time he marched north.
Although Takeda Nobhiro nominally appointed his legitimate son Yoshihiro as the commander-in-chief of the army, it was the veteran general who served as deputy commander who was actually responsible for the specific military affairs.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The elder of the Kudo family is the pillar of the family and the real military commander of the tribute team! ...The head of the family was really cautious in letting this old man come out to lead the troops.
To the extreme, it also paved the way for the young master’s succession, and he did it to the extreme!…”
Looking at the two commanders, one with white hair and one with black hair, bowing to each other, the retainers who served as low-level commanders couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
This time going north to collect tribute, the Uyizaki clan mobilized two hundred warriors, brought with them a hundred pairs of Tamaru armor, and even ten cavalry! This almost mobilized all the reliable direct descendants of Katsuyamakan, and they were also armed.
The extreme is the limit of the Uyizaki clan's military power. In fact, if it weren't for the large quantities of military supplies that the big businessman Morino Kiyoshi has continuously shipped in the past two years, and with the financial resources of the Uyizaki clan, these one hundred pairs of Tōmaru armor would have been impossible anyway.
Not enough!
The reason why the Oyizaki family went out of their way to do so was not only to obtain the Ainu's properties and deliver them to Morino Kiyoshi's caravan to pay off the large debts owed... but also to repay the debts owed to Takeda Nobuhiro.
When he is alive and able to suppress the inside and outside, let the young master Yuzaki Yoshi subdue the Ainu tribe through extensive expeditions, establish military achievements, and establish prestige among the allies of the Kazuto Minami Twelve Halls and the Ishikari tribes!
In other words, this is all to pave the way for Uyizaki Yoshihiro to ascend to the throne, and to pass on the dominance of the Uyizaki family to the Donan Twelve Halls... And there is only one reason why the Uyizaki clan is so grand and impatient... and that is its great reputation.
, Takeda Nobuhiro, the "evil eagle of the south" who has been feared by the Ainu tribes for forty years, is really going to die soon!...
At the foot of Mount Fuji in Ezo, Kazuto's camps are neatly organized and tight, reflecting the white snow top, and even flashing the iron color of Tōmaru. As for the camps of the Ishikari clans, they are separated by two miles, in a loose and chaotic area.
Built on a flatter river bank with easy access to water.
On the river bank, two Ishikari tribe scouts were hurriedly crossing the river and rushing towards the clan camp. Then, the originally loose camp suddenly became noisy like a boiling stone pot. A chief of the Ishikari tribe,
He personally led a few warriors and ran quickly to the hillside camp of Kazuto's allies, and brought a piece of shocking news that he had just received.
"The power of the guardian spirit of the black bear! The despicable Beiyu Hanbinbu, on the surface, bowed their heads and knelt down, saying that they would surrender and pay tribute, but in fact they kept delaying it. They said they would take time to prepare the tribute, but they secretly did it.
Prepare for war with us!…”
"Witness the power of our ancestors! They asked for reinforcements from the Hoiyu Hannuma tribe in the north! Our scouts saw a large number of tribal boats on the seaside of the northern Ishikari territory, all loaded with warriors from the Hoiyu clan, heading south like a swarm of salmon.
! And counting the time of the scout's report, at this moment, their reinforcements must have arrived at Beiyu Hanbin's tribe! The Hanbin tribe's stronghold was already well-built and very difficult to fight, and now there is such a group more
How could the tribal reinforcements be defeated?...And what made me even more angry was that I was shaking all over. It was unbelievable..."
"Among these reinforcements, there are actually three large ships! Three large ships that only your Kazuto tribe has, and four or five small boats, all loaded with armored Kazuto warriors!... Damn it! Young chief of the Oyezaki clan! You guys
A group of traitors appeared in the Heren tribe and colluded with the Beiyu tribe!!..."