Chapter 1,309 Negotiation! The unreasonable conditions of the 'Shan Tao people'
The sun traveled hundreds of miles in a blink of an eye, from the Hokuyukanhama region where celebrations and weddings were held, to the foot of Mount Ezo Fuji in the south, and to the fortified camp built by Kazuto. On the camp, the flag of the Uyizaki family fluttered feebly, like a broken willow branch.
Kazuto's warriors retreated hundreds of miles south in one breath. They were all disgraced and dejected, and many even lost their weapons and flags.
However, what is more despairing than losing their weapons and flags is that they lost their old general and the honor of their samurai, but they also had the profound shame of being "defeated by the Ezo people"! Under such a shameful reputation
, everyone's future and future appear to be in jeopardy, like a lame hound facing an uneasy future.
"O Great Bodhisattva Hachiman! Without the elder of the Kudo family, who can reunite the samurai and boost the morale of the family at this time? I'm afraid there is no one else except the legendary Lord Nobuhiro, right? Even if it's his
Not even my son, right?..."
The retainers of the Uyizaki clan were shrouded in the dark clouds after the defeat. Even the most delicious military rations, the precious rice balls wrapped with plums, had lost their original fragrance. What was even sadder was their coach Yoshihiro Uyizaki.
. He did not immediately revive his military morale, nor did he have such prestige, experience and ability. He just raised his head in confusion, looked at the white snow top of Mount Ezo Fuji, and recited an ancient line from the "Man'yoshu"
Waka.
"The world is empty, the sky is empty, the time is clear, the time is clear, and the time is sad..."
"I truly feel the emptiness and impermanence of the world, but I feel even more sad..."
Yoshihiro Oyizaki recited the poem and couldn't help but burst into tears. At this moment, he thought of the casualties of the Oyizaki clan warriors and his political future that collapsed in the first battle, and his heart was truly as sharp as a knife!
In this battle, although the main force of the Uyizaki clan still existed, they lost thirty of their direct samurai, including the ten most elite Yabusame horses. These Yabusame horses were all mid-level samurai of the family and were the core retainers.
regiment. The most serious loss in this battle was that the most senior Kudo family leader, who was in charge of the army, was also killed in the wilderness of Ezo!
As for the material losses, not to mention the weapons lost by the warriors who fled, the military rations lost after the Uchiura warriors were defeated...even the mount given to him by his father Nobuhiro, the precious Jurchen elk hair, was frightened and fled into the shrimp
The mountains and forests of the Yi people. At this moment, the rare "Jurchen horse" in the Han Dynasty has probably been caught, slaughtered, roasted and eaten by the barbaric and cruel Shantar people, right?...
Compared with these heart-wrenching losses, Ishikari's allies were completely defeated, and hundreds of tribal warriors were injured or killed, which seemed inconsequential. For the increasingly powerful Ishikari tribes, the Oyezaki clan had already planned to provoke clan disputes and let the
They consumed each other's thoughts. The ten Matsumae samurai who were forced to take the rear were actually the same. They were all unreliable side forces, and they suffered casualties...
"Merciful Buddha! How could the Ezo tribute collection, which was originally smooth sailing, turn into such a disastrous defeat? How could more than a hundred armored Yamata soldiers suddenly appear and suddenly join the hostile Ezo clan?
What? And why do these cruel and brave Shantao tribes have the evil firearms used by Yuan Kou, the thunder that is the key to victory or defeat?..."
"Could it be that, just like the last words left by the Kudo family elder, behind this Shantao armored soldier is really a large Shantao tribe that invaded from Huatai? And the origin of this large Shantao tribe is also related to the Yuan invaders who invaded two hundred years ago.
, has an inexplicable connection?…”
Thinking of this confusing and inexplicable fiasco, Uyizaki Yoshihiro had a severe headache. He still didn't know where this sudden "mountain tribe" came from, and what the relationship between them and the Beiyu clan was.
What kind of relationship.
But he clearly understood that after this defeat, the Ishikari tribe would probably never dare to take action against the Northern Yu tribe in a short period of time. And the power of the Oyizaki family alone would never be able to defeat such a powerful Shantao tribe.
!
Unless the Shantar people continue to invade the south, it will endanger the survival of the entire country. As the guardian of the upper country, the Oyezaki clan has to ask for help from the main family in the south, the Andong clan, and the powerful Nanbu clan! It has been like forty years.
The same thing happened before during the Battle of Hu She Mayin...
"Asking for help from the clans across the Tsugaru Strait, asking for reinforcements from the master family and the Nanbu clan... Buddha, this is what my family does not want! My father has finally established control over the Twelve Halls, and he is now old.
And once new clan warriors arrive, the forty-year legend of my father in Ezo, and the replacement of family heads and heirs of the Oyizaki clan... won't it happen again?..."
Yoshihiro Oyizaki was silent. Although he was not good at military affairs, he was a good political player under the patient guidance of his father Nobuhiro Takeda. This sudden defeat had shaken the foundation of the Twelve Halls ruled by the Oyizaki clan.
.The more serious consequence is that as the person directly responsible for the defeat, his shaky reputation as a warrior, and the danger of losing his inheritance rights!
"O Great Bodhisattva Hachiman! How should I explain to my sick father? This tribute collection that should have been foolproof has ended up like this... No, I can never go back and fail like this! I have to do something, even if
Just stay here, waiting for things to turn around, waiting for the possible attack of the Shantar people! Then, rely on the strong city to defeat the Shantar invaders... Only by making a justifiable achievement, even if it is just against the so-called 'Shantar allies'
, I can only explain to this family the military exploits of the Ezo Hokuyu clan!…”
Yoshihiro Uyizaki bit his lip fiercely, once again letting political choices overwhelm military considerations.
Soon, he announced to all the samurai that the Uyizaki clan was defeated by a sneak attack by the despicable and powerful "Santao tribe", rather than at the hands of the cowardly and helpless Ezo people. At the same time, he also sent envoys to the entire Ezo tribe.
Yi Di, reported the news of "Shan Tao invaders", and at the same time asked Katsuyamakan's father for reinforcements!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Father, my most respected Mr. Nobuhiro! Once the 'Shanta people' really go south, even if it has to delay the farming work in Ezo, give up this year's
In order to harvest the harvest, we must recruit all the farmers and soldiers and arm them into hundreds or even thousands of ashigaru!"
After sorting out all this, Uyizaki Yoshihiro put on the tamaru again and personally inspected the defense of the mountain camp. The fence of the camp was re-strengthened, and bamboo sticks were inserted in the original trench. The samurai took out Japanese bows.
, prepared to defend the camp and fight to the death with the "Shantars".
However, another three days passed, and they neither received news from the Shengshan Pavilion in the south, nor did they receive the expected large-scale invasion of the "Shan Tao Tribe" southward. Only an envoy with the appearance of a Shan Tao man came with him.
With two Ezo warriors and translators, as well as a living Oyezaki samurai, they arrived at the strong camp at the foot of Mount Ezo Fuji.
"What! The Kudo family is still alive, but they were captured by you?! There are still thirteen samurai alive, and you captured them and demanded ransom for fourteen of us?!..."
"Blessed by the great gods of ocean and thunder! The great shaman chief sent me here to exchange your tribe's captives for your tribe's supplies!..."
The messenger of the Shantar people recited a strange prayer. Then he shook his head, looked at the Haizaki prisoner next to him who was hanging his head in shame, and counted his fingers seriously.
"No. Chief Kazuto, you miscounted! We have fourteen captives, but this prisoner is given to you for free as a sign of sincerity... So, we only ask for ransom from, um... thirteen people!"
"There are thirteen samurai from this clan alive, including the old Kudo clan?..."
Uyizaki Yoshihiro's eyes widened and he immediately looked at the returning prisoner Uyizaki. The other party nodded with difficulty and answered in a low voice.
"Young master, when my elder committed suicide, he was shot in the palm and dropped his knife... He is still alive. The Shantar people did not treat my elder harshly. They repeatedly tortured me about my family's information, and I gritted my teeth and said nothing.
!…”
Hearing this, Yoshihiro Uizaki looked moved, and felt ecstatic in his heart. Of course, he was not happy for the loyalty of the samurai, but he was happy that the "Kudo family elder" was still alive, and for this great news for him!
As long as Kudo Shigeyasu is redeemed, the battle with the Yamato people will only result in the loss of thirty samurai. Although the loss is still huge, the general is not lost. Then the severity of this defeat will be
Especially the political influence will be completely different. There is also no doubt that as long as the Kudo family elders can come back, they will help him bear the responsibility for defeat and become his most important supporter! And with the other party's weight in the family
, the negative impact of this battle on his inheritance rights can also be minimized...
Within a few seconds, Yoshihiro Uyizaki figured out the serious pros and cons. The rest of the samurai would redeem as much as they could, but Kudo Shigeyasu must be preserved! He restrained the excitement and trembling in his heart and seemed calm.
asked.
"Speak! Messenger of the Shantao Tribe! Tell me, what are your conditions?...Copper coins? Ironware? Cloth? Or your favorite rice wine?..."
Hearing this, the "mountain envoy" representing the kingdom, the deer hunter Deer Sly Fox, blinked slyly. Then he took out a piece of bark paper full of writing from his arms and handed it to Kazuo in front of him.
Chief.
"Here! All the requirements of the great chief are on this piece of paper! I don't recognize the words on it, but this is written by your family, you must recognize it!..."
Yoshihiro Uyizaki took the paper and read it nervously. He glanced at ten lines and looked at the familiar handwriting of the Kudo family elder. The trembling brushstrokes clearly showed that when the elder Kudo family wrote these contents, he was in a very uneasy state of mind.
What exactly happened... Fortunately, although there are many conditions above, they do not damage the prestige of the family. Asking for hostages of the Wu family and women of the Wu family are conditions that the family cannot agree to. They are just asking for property and livestock...
“Twenty large baskets of ironware, twenty large boxes of rice wine, twenty stones of rice…twenty mares, ten pairs of donkeys, ten pairs of oxen, ten pairs of sheep, ten pairs of pigs, and twenty pairs each of chickens, ducks and geese?…
"
Uyizaki Yoshihiro looked confused. What kind of weird conditions are these? Although the other party asked for a lot of ironware, rice wine and rice, he could understand it. But asking for these horses, donkeys, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese? What's this?
What is it for? Will the nomadic mountain Tatar tribe be short of these livestock and poultry?…
Yoshihiro Oyizaki was full of confusion, but he still read it patiently to the end. But when the final condition appeared, his expression changed directly, and anger finally appeared on his face.
"Ten senior blacksmiths, ten senior carpenters, ten senior shipwrights, ten senior potters? And a hundred farmers who know how to farm?..."
"Buddha! This is impossible. This is a condition that our family cannot accept! Even if you go south and break our Katsuyama Hall and the twelve halls in the entire Kazuto area, you still won't be able to find so many senior 'craftsmen' and