On May 19th, the third year of Eiroku (1560), at the beginning of the first quarter of the year, Owari Province, Okezama.
"Sir!" A messenger hurriedly ran to a young man with a shawl full of red leaves on his shoulders. "The Oda Army has begun to leave Nakashima Village."
The young man raised his head and looked at the ever-changing dark clouds in the sky and the increasingly gloomy sky.
"I can't remember it wrong, May 19th, I can't remember it wrong." The young man murmured.
"Pap." A black spot suddenly appeared on the dark yellow soil in front of my feet.
Immediately afterwards, there were more and more black spots around, and the drizzle of light rain wet the armor of the Ashigaru. It became heavier and heavier, and gradually turned into a heavy downpour. The young man looked at the sky and let the rain fall on his face. , and could not hide the excited curve of his mouth.
"It's raining, no problem. Send messengers to Lord Asahina, Uden, Sena, and Katsurayama to say that everything is as planned!" the cloaked young man said in a low voice.
"My lord knows things like a god," another black-armored warrior beside him said softly. Another young man beside him picked up a poncho and gently put it on the young man wearing a red leaf shawl.
The young man wearing a shawl looked back proudly. Behind him, six hundred soldiers lined up neatly. Each of them had a red leaf on their helmet. He raised high the general's flag that had been placed on the ground and waved it excitedly. .
"Heavy rain is coming on the afternoon of the 19th!" the young man shouted, "Inspiring Oda to attack!"
"Go to the high ground and face northwest! Arrange in formation!"
"Hey! Hey! Oh!" After the six hundred ashigaru shouted neatly three times, they immediately became silent. Braving the heavy rain, they quickly marched to various dangerous places on the highlands. The young man in the shawl will plant the flag on the ground. Look confidently to the southwest, where heaven and earth meet.
On the hillside between the barrels, a seemingly defenseless army was stationed. The flag of the governor of the Imagawa family, the red bird flag, stood listlessly in the rain. The surrounding soldiers were in groups of twos and threes, hiding under trees or shelters from the rain. There were not even basic sentries set up in the tent.
On the east side of this hillside, there is also a camp erected at the foot of the mountain. On the other side, the red bird flag flying high in the wind is erected here. Two thousand soldiers have solemn expressions, lined up neatly, and are ready to go. Behind them, tens of thousands of heavy troops are coming and going. The camp's defenses are being repaired.
To the southwest of the hillside is the youth's unit. They have also quickly completed their formation.
In the heavy rain, two thousand troops with red papaya flags were heading east to wait for their trap, which was still waiting for them. Under the flag of the general in the formation, there was only one man in black clothes and black armor, with two unusually sharp lips. Under his mustache and strong sword-shaped eyebrows, his falcon-like eyes shone with an indescribable excitement. He ignored the Imagawa family's two-in-one military flags found on both sides of the road next to him, and just rushed straight towards Okezama. , the field of life and death that will soon determine the fate of the world.
The fateful meeting is about to unfold, and the wheel of history is slowly rolling forward.
The time goes back to the first year of Yonglu (1558) two years ago.
Yu Qiuping has a secret, a secret about his own life experience. He doesn’t know where to start with this secret, and no one tells it. This is the inevitable sadness and loneliness of a time traveler.
The coordinates where he is located are Sunfu Castle in Suruga, Tokaido, Japan, in the spring season of the first year of Eiroku (1558). In other words, it is the most magnificent Warring States Period in Japan. Sunfu Castle is the headquarters of the Imagawa family.
, is also a strategic hub of Tokaido. As a developed commercial city, it also gathers a large number of farmers and craftsmen, with a population of up to 25,000.
Yu Qiuping couldn't cheer up for these things.
He comes from the 21st century, and was a first-year high school student in China before time traveling. He still hasn't figured out why he slept in the wilderness after sleeping, or was it more than 400 years ago in the wilderness of Japan -
—That was more than a month ago.
He spent the first two days in panic and random thoughts, and also ate all the beef jerky he carried. He began to realize that instead of worrying about his parents finding him, how to avoid starving to death was the most important thing at the moment.
A more realistic question.
Yu Qiuping originally thought that with his rich historical knowledge, reading, literacy and calculation skills in the Internet information age, he could easily get a job with no worries about food and clothing in ancient times when the literacy rate was less than 5%. If not, he could still rely on
His strong body, which is nearly 1.8 meters tall, supports itself.
But he was indeed forced to live on the streets as a beggar.
The reason is simple, he doesn't speak Japanese.
A weirdo with strange clothes, a tall figure, and a language that no one else understands would naturally be unable to find a job. In fact, in Japan at that time, Chinese was still a very important language, especially among the upper echelons such as the samurai palace ministers.
In the group. But the problem was that the Japanese Chinese at that time was still China’s southern accent, and it seemed impossible to communicate with Yu Qiuping’s Mandarin.
Without a job, there is no source of income, there is nothing to eat, and one is about to die.
However, Yu Qiuping, who grew up in a family that attached great importance to legal education, has never been able to make up his mind to make a living through illegal theft. His only property is a maple leaf pendant made of rubies hanging around his neck, which his father gave him.
The mother's token of love was also passed on to Yu Qiuping, who would give it to their future daughter-in-law in the near future. It was not that Yu Qiuping had never thought about pawning it, but when he thought of this pendant that had been with him for more than ten years,
The special meaning of it - this is the only connection between him and his parents who have been separated forever. When he was just born, his mother hung the pendant around his neck, so he has been particularly interested in red leaves since he was a child.
When he was old enough to remember, he would go to Xiangshan in Beijing once a year to see the red leaves. The various notebooks at home were all decorated with red leaves. Unwilling to part with the pendant, he chose to live on the streets and become a beggar.
Fortunately, his first begging customer understood Chinese characters.
The noble prince named Asahina Taiheng was really a warm-hearted and good man. After learning through Chinese characters that Yu Qiuping was a homeless man from the Ming Dynasty, he offered to take him in as a servant and ensure that he had enough food and drink. And his
The reason is, "I have never hired a servant from the Ming Dynasty. I think you are very interesting."
Although Amakihei didn't know much about the history of Japan's Warring States Period, he vaguely remembered that the Imagawa family, the ruler of the Suruga region, seemed to have two pillars, the Okabe family and the Asahina family. The Asahina son in front of him was probably one of the big families.
It turned out that his guess was right. Asahina Taiheng was the son of the former head of the Asahina family, Asahina Taino, and the younger brother of the current head of the Asahina family. In the increasingly corrupt Suruga, the powerful and wealthy Asahina family was a member of the family.
The young master is naturally qualified to recruit a large number of servants to accompany him in his pursuit of pleasure.
However, Yu Qiuping, who was born in a society of equality and freedom, felt aversion to the life of being dependent on others and did not want to become the slaves of others and lose the freedom of life.
"Thank you very much for the kindness of this young master," Yu Qiuping bowed, but regretfully refused without hesitation, writing on the paper: "But I have no intention of selling myself, so I can only live up to the kindness of the young master."
Yu Qiuping still clearly remembers that when he refused Asahina Taehyung, the followers around him were first stunned, and then glared at him, and some even pressed their hands on the handles of their swords. That posture really frightened Yu Qiuping
When he first came to Japan, he didn’t know that his etiquette, behavior, and words just now were a great disrespect for Asahina Taiheng. In the samurai period when the concept of masters humiliating their subjects and dying was prevalent, the master’s samurai had every reason to treat a
The civilians were killed on the spot.
Fortunately, Asahina Taehyung is also a weirdo. This can be seen from his reaction to Yu Qiupei's disrespectful behavior.
"Hehe," he said mockingly, turning back and smiling at the attendants on his left and right, "I am willing to be a beggar but not willing to be my servant. How can I be so miserable!"
He turned and stared at Yu Qiuping, "And that attitude that is neither humble nor arrogant. If you don't know, you might think I have met the young master of our Imagawa family." As he said that, he lifted Yu Qiuping, who weighed nearly 160 kilograms, almost as if nothing had happened.
He grabbed the collar with one hand and pulled it up, then easily put the frightened Yu Qiuping back on the ground. "I recognize you, my little brother!" He patted his chest boldly, and then patted Yu Qiuping's chest.
He punched him hard and said, "Whoever dares to bully you in this Junfu City from now on, just call my brother to deal with him!" "Quick, call me brother!"
"Young man, don't be afraid, our master is so rude when he recruits his younger brothers." Another follower next to him added with concern.
As a result, Yu Qiuping inexplicably recognized an older brother, and his older brother helped him open a shop on the South Street of Sunfu City to settle accounts for various shops. Not only that, Taehyung Asahina, who spent a lot of money, also returned
Yu Qiuping installed a set of furniture in the back room of the shop, which gave Yu Qiuping a place to stay in Japan. In order for Yu Qiuping to adapt to Japanese as soon as possible, and for him to communicate with the businessmen who came to settle accounts, he also arranged
He hired a waiter named Yasso Kondo who knew Chinese to act as his translator.
After roughly learning Japanese, Yu Qiuping also came up with an explanation for his origins. He was the son of an overseas Chinese businessman. He was shipwrecked when he went to sea and drifted to Japan. As for his strange clothes and untied hair, Asahina Taehyung did not
If you ask more questions, you won’t say much.
Everything seemed to have settled down, and life was peaceful again. Although he still dreamed of the past world in the dead of night, the helplessness and sadness when he woke up allowed him to gradually calm down and accept the reality of his time travel, and no longer bothered about his parents, relatives and friends.