On the morning of August 8th, the ashigaru of Tokiwabei started training as usual under the early morning sun. Rows of ashigaru stood upright in military postures, and even the cavalry had to undergo these basic drills.
However, today, Ame Qiupei came to the training ground uncharacteristically early - usually he would sleep with Imagawa Kaede for a while. Just when Tokiwabi's ashigaru were curious about why their majesty Momiji came so early,
Yu Qiuping took the lead to explain their doubts.
"You have been training very hard recently. Will you feel dissatisfied if you answer me loudly?" Yu Qiuping asked, riding on his horse, smiling at his ashigaru.
At all times and in all countries, no matter what kind of army it is, at this time, it is customary to shout "Satisfaction" to the leader to cater to the situation. Of course, Tokiwabi is not an inexperienced person. Everyone took a breath and prepared to shout "Satisfaction" to the leader.
The energetic "satisfaction" satisfied Yu Qiuping.
However, the Yuqiu family has never been short of thorns.
At the moment before the big guy opened his mouth, Maeda Keiji suddenly held his breath and concentrated in his dantian. He almost used the greatest strength in his life and shouted "no"!
Tokiwabei's ashigaru did not react, and subconsciously followed "no" with a shout of satisfaction. So, listening together, it was an extremely coherent "dissatisfaction".
After everyone heard the shouting effect, everyone was holding back their laughter and their faces were flushed. They looked at Yu Qiuping's embarrassed expression and couldn't help but want to laugh. However, according to Tokiwa Bei's military regulations, if you do extra things during training
If he did something "such as laughing", he would be punished by doing push-ups. For a while, the situation was very embarrassing.
"What a great Qingci!" Yu Qiuping was made unable to get off the stage for a while, and he laughed and scolded, "You are the only one who thinks the practice is very tiring? I don't think anyone is complaining, but you are the only one who is complaining!"
"Your Highness, that's not the case!" Maeda Keiji said sternly, "The only ones who don't feel tired are those training freaks who came from the Imagawa family with you. We Owari people are all very tired!"
"Really?" Yu Qiuping snorted and glanced at the ashigaru below - everyone was indeed tortured by this training, and they all looked at Yu Qiuping without saying a word.
"That's it..." Yu Qiu smiled heartily, "Okay."
"Tokiwa Bei listens to the order!" Yu Qiuping ordered loudly, "Since it is the autumn harvest and it is impossible to summon the auxiliary troops in the territory, it was decided that the construction of the castle tower would be completed by Tokiwa Bei's soldiers."
As soon as Yu Qiuping said this, the faces of the ashigaru below were filled with expressions of admiration. Although building the castle tower will definitely be tiring, it will definitely be much better than Tokiwabei's devil training!
"However, in view of Keiji's statement just now, I decided to let all Owari's ashigaru continue to train! All the ashigaru who came from the Imagawa family will give me a day off to build the castle tower!" Yuqiupei said with a smile, satisfied.
Looking down at the ashigaru from Owari, he cast an angry look at Maeda Keiji - he must have had a bad day today. Ame Qiupei originally planned to only let the reliable veterans of the Imagawa family build the castle tower, Maeda Keiji
That performance just gave him an opportunity to use the topic to his advantage and prevent the newly recruited Owari soldiers from participating in the construction of the city without arousing suspicion.
"Your Highness! You can't do this!" When Maeda Keiji saw that something was seriously wrong, he hurriedly shouted with a sad face: "I was just talking casually for fun! You want to punish me!"
"Do you think you can still run?" Yu Qiuping gave a bad smile, "Did I order you to speak just now? It's against the training rules. Go do 30 push-ups!"
"All the veterans who followed him from the Imagawa family, come out!" After Yu Qiuping shouted, more than 120 people stood up. The veterans who followed him all the way from the Imagawa family were still there.
There are only more than 120 people left in the military system. The rest either became judges or acting officials because of injuries, or were killed on the battlefield. However, Yu Qiuping will treat all the ashigaru who died in the battle.
The paper red leaves given to them were taken back and stored carefully to express their remembrance.
Yu Qiuping led the veterans of Tokiwabei out of the military camp outside the city and entered the main compound of Sumama Castle. Before arranging the troops for construction, Yu Qiuping first asked all the people to line up and assemble, and then walked up to the group of people in person and spoke with
He whispered in the smallest volume that everyone could hear: "To be honest, the reason why I only let you build the castle is because it involves confidentiality. I can only rest assured that people I trust can build the castle tower."
"No matter what you find wrong while building the castle tower, don't tell anyone about it, not even to your closest family members. You don't discuss this matter on weekdays so as not to hear it through walls, because it is related to military secrets." Yu.
Qiu Ping looked at his subordinates whose expressions were gradually becoming more solemn and gave instructions in a low voice.
"Disband."
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The construction of the castle tower should have been in full swing, but because of Yu Qiupei's previous instructions, Tokiwabei's ashigaru were now facing a formidable enemy. They were divided into more than a dozen squads, and they were assigned according to Yu Qiupei's orders.
After drawing out the plan, carefully take the sand and tamp the soil embryo.
Uji Hidetaka was an ashigaru who was building the city at this time. Although he was not one of the more than 200 slaves in Chirit Castle, he was also one of Uji Hidetaka's old subordinates who joined Tokiwa Bei when he first expanded his army. As a iron cannon under the Kitahata Kei family
A member of the platoon was naturally very familiar with gunpowder. At this moment, while he was casually rolling the sand mixed with straw with a shovel, he vaguely sensed some familiar smell.
That's the smell of gunpowder.
He rolled it over with the shovel again in disbelief. After looking at it carefully for a few times, he immediately realized something was wrong.
The sand he was shoveling was mixed with a high proportion of gunpowder. At this concentration, it would burn and explode immediately if it encountered an open flame.
With some fear, he turned over several piles of sand around him and found that there was also a large amount of gunpowder mixed in it. Sooner or later, the surrounding Tokiwa shoguns also noticed this problem. Everyone looked at each other and started sweating.
Oozing from forehead.
"Sir," Uji Hidetaka, who was feeling uneasy, couldn't help but whispered to Kitahata Kageie beside him, "what is your highness doing by mixing so much gunpowder into the soil of the castle tower?"
"I don't know." Kitahata Kageya was also sweating profusely, and the movements of his hands were a little stiff, "It's possible..."
"What's possible?" Uji Hideka asked in a low voice.
"Maybe His Highness feels that Sumamata Castle cannot be defended... He wants to blow up the castle tower when the Saito family comes in and give them a fatal blow."
"Hey! You two!" Fukushima Yasunari, who happened to walk behind the two of them, heard the whispers of Uji Hidetaka and Kitahata Keie, and reminded him in a low voice with some dissatisfaction: "His Highness said not to discuss this matter.
You two, pay attention!"
"But Brother Yasunari," Kitahata Kageie took a deep breath and said with some worry: "His Highness's move... is really hard to figure out."
"This is not something we should care about." Fukushima Yasunari shook his head firmly, "We just need to obey His Highness's orders. How has His Highness ever failed us? Trust His Highness's judgment."
"Yes, Big Brother." Kitahata Kageie and Uji Hidetaka felt reassured by Fukushima Yasunari's comfort.
"Keep working," Fukushima Yasunari warned, "If you encounter other people who are panicking, please advise them to trust Your Highness."
After Tokiwabei's ashigaru men discovered the gunpowder in the sand, they hesitated for a while, but continued to work in a muffled voice - which made Yu Qiuping very happy. These old subordinates who had followed them all the way and experienced life and death, indeed
It's reliable.
The Sumamata castle castle tower was not designed to be particularly large. It was just a small castle tower with a height of three floors and a small area. Therefore, the construction task was not too troublesome. The preparation work was completed quickly, and it was sufficient.
The ashigaru warriors began to ram the soil while holding bricks to wrap the outer and inner layers of adobe. However, Yu Qiupei requested that the inner bricks be stacked loosely to create an appropriate space. Although the ashigaru warriors of Tokiwabei
I don’t quite understand, but I still obey it obediently.
Of course, the project could not be completed in one day. In the evening of the same day, Tokiwabi's ashigaru people stopped working and went back. Since the Honmaru was always closed, other ashigaru training outside were very curious about the project. Maeda Keiji couldn't bear his temper.
, was the first one to come up.
"Nakahide," Maeda Keiji decisively found Omaezaki Nakahide, who usually talks the most, and wanted to get some information out, "What's going on with your fortification? It's so mysterious, and you even sealed the honmaru?"
Fukushima Yasunari, who was walking a few steps behind Omaezaki Nakahide, frowned, fearing that Omaezaki Nakahide would reveal the matter as soon as he opened his mouth. Just as he was about to interrupt, Omaezaki Nakahide smiled first.
Said: "What can we do, Keiji? Why don't we just build the city? But, this city building! It's much more comfortable than training!"
Omaezaki Nakahide's ridicule immediately made Maeda Keiji blush with embarrassment. He forgot about inquiring about the information and shouted in a loud voice: "How could I have known that His Highness would be so cruel! I feel so embarrassed today.
We were scolded to death by our Owari brothers!"
"What can I do? Who told you to be arrogant?" Ogawa Yudong quickly followed up and said in support: "Looking at your pity, I reluctantly treat you to a drink tonight!"
"Okay, okay!" Before Maeda Keiji could answer, Shinaki Nariyo interrupted with a smile: "I have a lot of dishes to go with the wine, let's all have a big meal at once!"
Fukushima Yasunari saw that the three brothers did not leak anything, and then nodded with relief. These guys are usually not big or small, but they still seem to know the importance of things when they have serious business.