Can we understand the joys and sorrows of human beings? Different people will naturally give completely different answers to this enduring question.
However, if someone had been to Maple Leaf Mountain City in Hanoi Kingdom in the early morning of June 12, the 10th year of Tianzheng (1582), and had seen with his own eyes the 500,000 citizens wearing sackcloth and mourning, he would definitely answer in the affirmative.
Fifteen years ago, Maple Leaf Mountain Castle was still called Imoriyama Castle. It was just a Kinki city that was extremely ordinary in its vast history - it was destroyed by the war, leaving only ruins and tens of thousands of eyes.
The hungry people are about to survive the cold winter. Such a city is not special in Kinki, which is prone to wars. Countless cities have been destroyed by wars throughout the ages - but Maple Leaf Mountain Castle has become special - because this city is not special.
After meeting that special person, it developed from a ruin to a prosperous and magnificent city. Tens of thousands of precarious citizens have now expanded to a population of 500,000, making it the veritable first city in the world.
These half a million citizens come from different places, have different experiences, and are engaged in different livelihoods. They can be said to be completely different people. After gathering in this city, they have only one thing in common - homelessness. For nearly a hundred years
The troubled times in Kinki, the most densely populated area, gave birth to countless refugees, running from town to town in exile, just to avoid the war and the subsequent random arrests and plunder, and to save what little family property they had. For a hundred years,
, in the huge Kinki, which city has not been affected by the war? The samurai who live behind the city wall may survive a tough battle to defend the city and celebrate the family's inheritance and hard-won victory - who
Would you care about what happened to the innocent people in the castle towns outside the city?
Yu Qiuping cares.
Fifteen years ago, that good man who cared about all of this suddenly appeared. He announced in front of tens of thousands of citizens who had lost all hope and hope for life that he would keep the city intact - this was almost an unreasonable promise in Kinki.
, but the good man's reputation of "a promise worth a thousand dollars" made many people have expectations for him. The good man did not let them down. He built tall city walls to protect all the people within the city walls. From then on, the city walls no longer existed.
The earth and rocks that recorded the resentful eyes of the people before they fled in despair became their support. He organized and trained the most powerful army in the world, and used bloody battles to keep all enemies far away from Maple Leaf Mountain City.
The people of Maple Leaf Mountain City have never seen those rebels again - the rebels who in the past made them frightened just by seeing them from a distance.
He promulgated an unprecedented benevolent government and implemented light corvee and thin taxes that were more generous than the most humane martial arts that had ever existed in the world. However, he never stopped providing relief to the victims, aid to the homeless, and subsidies to the poor.
None of the warriors in his family dared to be arrogant or show off their power in front of the people - because even as the head of the family, he never had any airs of superiority and always walked in the streets and alleys of Maple Leaf Mountain City like an ordinary person, caring and caring.
The good man has done almost everything he should do. His benevolent policies have also attracted more and more homeless people.
People gathered in this city and exchanged their efforts and sweat for the food and clothing of their families. The city got bigger and bigger, and there were more and more people, but the warrior never changed.
The common people in troubled times are the most timid. Even if they hear the sound of horse hooves, they will be scared to sleep at night. Even if they see the smoke, they will be frightened. Even if they meet the warriors who use strong words and bully others, they will never dare to complain. But they
He is also the most sensible, and will keep even the slightest favor in his heart——
Because in troubled times, favor is really too luxurious - let alone a favor that lasts for fifteen years.
There are 500,000 completely different people in Maple Leaf Mountain City, but they all understand the same truth - everything that is hard-won in front of them is given by that good man. They can never repay the kindness of this good man despite countless reincarnations.
All.
But that good man who had been doing good all his life was now killed by evil people in dirty ways. The evil man also led a rebel army that the people of Maple Leaf Mountain City had not seen in the past fifteen years and attacked Maple Leaf Mountain City. He issued an unprecedented order.
He wanted to destroy everything here and erase all traces left by his good man.
In troubled times, good people are not rewarded, and the better people end up in a worse place. These people, who are wise enough to protect themselves in troubled times, should have silently accepted this truth in the ravages of time, but at this moment, there is only one thought echoing in their minds.
Thoughts - How can this not make sense...
Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.
This hatred and hatred are irreconcilable.
People who are bullied by others will also be angry one day.
For the five hundred thousand people in Maple Leaf Mountain City, that day is now. They want to repay their kindness, to protect the good man's city, and to protect his wife and children. They want to take revenge, to seek revenge for their benefactor.
.They also do it for themselves, to preserve everything they have hard-earned in troubled times.
They want to fight, fight for the good guy.
"For His Highness Hongye!"
People taking to the streets chanted.
"For His Highness Hongye!"
The people who flocked to the temporary recruitment point shouted.
"For His Highness Hongye!"
The people who spontaneously donated their family savings shouted loudly.
"For His Highness Hongye!"
Half a million citizens wearing sackcloth and mourning throughout the city waved their fists and roared with deafening voices.
"For His Highness Hongye!"
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Standing on the roof of the burned-down castle tower, the important members of the Yuqiu family looked at the white ocean all over the city with tears in their eyes.
"In all these years, I have traveled most of the world, but I have never seen such a heroic scene." Sanada Masayuki looked at everything in front of him and murmured to himself.
"It's more than just a few decades of experience in life. Even throughout history, there has never been such a popular sentiment..." Sena Shiyoshi held on to the railing and exclaimed with the same shock.
"This is the result of your father's lifelong struggle, and it is also the future that he has risked everything to create." Imagawa Kaede stood behind his two children, putting his hands on their shoulders as if entrusting him, but also encouraging them.
"Now, it's up to us to protect it."
"Leave it to us." Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You said solemnly in unison, tears falling from the eyes of the two brothers. It was not until today that they truly understood the meaning of their father's life.
"Your Highness, should we inform more about how many defenders we have?" Uchiha Aooka took a step forward and saluted Yu Qiu Shang respectfully.
"Fifty-two thousand people." Yu Qiu Shang replied without hesitation. This exaggerated number made Uchiha Aooka look surprised on his face, waiting for Yu Qiu Shang's explanation.
"1,200 Nirvana war preparation troops, 6,000 garrison troops, 3,000 urgently demobilized veterans, and 5,000 new recruits." Yu Qiu Shang said these words to Uchiha Aooka, and then turned to look at the sea of ​​people in the city:
"There are still more than 150,000 young and strong citizens who volunteer to join the army, and 350,000 old and weak women and children who are willing to sacrifice everything for the defense of the city."
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Yu Qiu Shang's words were not just rhetoric. The general staff and bureaucracy of the Yu Qiu family completed the establishment of the city's defense forces within almost the limit of time, and devoted all the city's strength to the city defense battle. Want to protect Maple Leaf
It is impossible to build a huge city like Shancheng with long city walls without 100,000 people.
The 1,200 officers and soldiers of Nirvana Bei have become the backbone of the city defense force because of their complete organizational structure and command system. Every Nirvana Bei soldier, 3 demobilized veterans, 5 recruits and 6 guardsmen form a temporary garrison.
The city squadron consists of 150 young and strong citizens who support the army, and the total number of each squad is 165. The general commander is a Nirvana soldier, 3 demobilized veterans are adjutants, 1 recruit is a herald and flag bearer, and the remaining
The 4 new recruits and 6 garrison soldiers serve as squad leaders and each command 15 citizens. Every 10 squadrons form a brigade of more than 1,650 people, and the captain is served by the Nirvana squad leader; every 5 brigade forms a wing of more than 8,000 people.
The captain is the Nirvana Bei platoon leader; each five regiments form a city wall garrison of more than 40,000 people. The captain is the company commander or deputy company commander of Nirvana Bei. One city wall garrison team is responsible for defending one city wall. Each city wall garrison team maintains
Four regiments are on the city wall, and one regiment is left as a reserve for deployment in the city to support each other. There are more than 160,000 defenders in the city, who will defend the four walls. Yu Qiu Shang himself took the remaining 200 Nirvana guards.
Soldiers, together with the Military Intelligence Department, Crow's ninjas, and guards, servants, and guards from various families in Maple Leaf Mountain City, formed an elite reserve team of nearly 2,000 people stationed at the castle tower, ready to deal with various emergencies at any time.
The remaining 350,000 people were also divided into thousands of different logistics groups by the district security officers and public security officers in Maple Leaf Mountain City. Each group was divided into thousands of different logistics groups.
Leaders are responsible for all logistics support. All tasks such as treating the wounded, material transfer, and food supply are completed by them to ensure that the combat troops can devote themselves to the battle. Even the elderly and children are assigned
Work to the best of your ability.
All this preparation was completed in just one day and one night. The mobilization system left behind by the Yuqiu family's bureaucrats' hard work for more than ten years shocked the Yuqiu family themselves.
At the same time, the factories in Maple Leaf Mountain City are working overtime to produce ordnance, producing muskets, swords, bows and arrows, armor and other usable tools in a streamlined manner and sending them to various city walls. Workers work day and night.
We work hard and produce equipment with an efficiency that is unimaginable to ordinary people - now we don't need to have high quality, we need to pile up the quantity first.
In the evening, Sakai Town also sent a batch of valuable ordnance supplies. Yu Qiuguang, who had not yet officially served as Yuan Yuan, received the order from Yu Qiuyou and took up the important task of taking charge of the confiscation and supplies of all the traitors' properties in Sakai Town.
transportation work. Finally, on the eve of the Oda Army's arrival at Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, all the materials from Sakai Town were transferred. The piles of ordnance were sent to the military camp on the inside of the city wall in batches. The soldiers and garrison troops of the Maple Leaf Army
We are trying our best to teach those volunteer citizens some battlefield skills.
In the early morning of June 13, the tenth year of Tianzheng (1582), the reconnaissance force reported that the world army led by the Oda family had invaded the borders of Hanoi. Maple Mountain Castle began to block the four gates, and the Maple Leaf Mountain Castle defense battle, which was crucial to the survival of the Yuqiu family, began.
Chapter completed!