"What? I haven't seen you?" On October 15, after receiving a reply from Uchiha Aooka, Yu Qiuping asked in surprise: "Why doesn't Hatakeyama Takamasa want to see you?"
"Hatakeyama Takamasa sent someone to tell me that since Your Highness is the guardian of Kawachi, you are the retainer of his Kawachi guardian. If you want to discuss important matters, you should go to see him in person as a retainer. It is inappropriate to send a ninja to make a request to him.
"Who does he think he is?" Yu Qiuping, who has always been good-tempered, was inevitably angry when he was treated like this: "Hasn't he been manipulated as a puppet by the Sanhao family for several years? How dare he be so awesome?"
"To be honest with His Highness, His Highness Hatakeyama is so arrogant even when faced with Miyoshi." Sanada Masayuki explained from the side, "There is no need for His Highness to be angry. This is not directed at His Highness."
"'The Hosokawa family can only be equal to me, why do you, a retainer of the Hosokawa family, speak to me like this?' If I remember correctly, this is the conversation that was circulated in the Kinai where His Highness Hatakeyama angrily criticized Miyoshi's repairs."
Sanada Masayuki imitated an arrogant tone seriously, making everyone present laugh.
"I'll go. I'm his retainer, and I'm on an equal footing with the Hosokawa family." Yu Qiuping shook his head and couldn't laugh or cry, "His Majesty Hatakeyama, did he live more than a hundred years ago? He thought he was still the Muromachi shogunate.
Is the third-in-charge during the period?"
"I have seen him before, and it can be said that he is a very stubborn person." Uchiha Aooka nodded, agreeing with Yu Qiuping's statement: "Once he has identified a principle, no matter how many practical interests he will sacrifice, he will never
Will be shaken."
"If he had been willing to cooperate with the Mihaoshi family earlier, he might have been able to get an official position, and he would definitely be no worse than Araki Village. For the sake of his influence, he might even be able to command the army in Hanoi.
." Masayuki Sanada smiled bitterly and added: "But he must insist that he is the guardian of Hanoi, and he must be the leader of things in Hanoi, so he has always refused to surrender to the Miyoshi family, and ended up homeless."
"That's really troublesome. If you are such a person who is ignorant of current affairs, it will be even more difficult to persuade him to cooperate." Yu Qiuping sighed, and then shook his head vigorously to expel the powerlessness in his heart, "
But I can't sit still and wait for death. Since he wants me to see him in person, I will go and see him. Going there in such a humble manner can be regarded as giving him face. I hope he can cooperate with me."
"Your Highness?" Amano Kagetoku frowned upon hearing this and whispered: "To go from here to Kii, you have to pass through the territory controlled by the Miyoshi family. You cannot move with a large army. How can your safety be guaranteed?"
"I'll just go there in casual clothes. I have elite guards around me. Ordinary people can't do anything to me." Yu Qiuping glanced at Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko who were standing behind him, and said very confidently: "We are now surrounded by enemies on all sides.
, it is impossible to break the situation without taking some risks, and I have to go this time. If I can get the help of His Highness Hatakeyama, all the wealthy families in Hanoi will be on my side, and the situation will be promising."
"While I'm away, you continue to intensify your troop training and train those auxiliary soldiers into qualified spearmen as soon as possible." Before Yu Qiuping left, he asked Takenaka Shigeharu, "When Jihei Wei comes, you will hurry up and Sakai
Town communication
Let’s see if we can spend money to buy food and building materials, and first find a way to help these hungry people survive this severe winter.”
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That afternoon, Yu Qiuping took a group of guards and Charlie, disguised as a Sakai merchant, and drove a carriage loaded with goods toward the south. The reason why he took Charlie with him was because he was the most reliable person in Tokiwa Bei's army.
Although his longbow was too conspicuous and he did not carry it, Charlie himself brought an iron cannon as a substitute.
After the Battle of Kyoto, Charlie completely changed his view on iron cannons. During the defense battle of Nanzenji Temple, iron cannons played a much higher role than bows and arrows. Whether it was lethality, accuracy at close range, or the preservation of physical strength.
They were all much higher than archers. Although Charlie believed in bows and arrows, he actually had no objection after learning that Yu Qiuping was going to replace all the archers with iron gunners - Yu Qiuping originally thought that Charlie would come and make a big fuss.
"These archers of Tokiwabei are far from the quality and ability of our English archers. For them, iron cannons may be a better choice." Charlie used this excuse to answer Yu Qiuping, which could be regarded as comforting himself. He
He is also sensible and knows the power of iron cannons. He is not like the British royal family, who has always refused to install muskets in the army for the glory of archers. He knows that Tokiwa Bei is in crisis in Maple Leaf Mountain City and cannot do it for his personal beliefs.
and preferences will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.
After that, Charlie himself also practiced iron cannon for two days. But genius is genius. After only two days of practice, Charlie's marksmanship had surpassed that of Tokiwa Binai's original sharpshooter Kitahata Keie.
"This thing is much simpler than bows and arrows. The lower limit is high, but the upper limit is low." Although Charlie did not object to replacing bows and arrows with iron cannons for the needs of the team, he still seized every opportunity to spare no effort to belittle the iron cannons, "Just need
Two days of training is enough.”
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At noon on October 16, Yu Qiuping and his party crossed the Gaowa City where the Mihaoshi family had the most tight control. Along the way, Yu Qiuping found that the defenses of the Mihaoshi family were very loose. It was probably because of Mihaoshi Yixing, Mihaoshi and others.
The troops were still in Settsu and fighting the rebellion in the Harima area, so they had not returned to Hanoi and Izumi. So Yu Qiupei immediately sent one person to turn around and go back, informing Takenaka Shigeharu and others who were left behind that the Miyoshi family did not have many troops in the Wakae area, so let him
Act cheaply.
In the evening of the same day, the group had arrived at the border area between Hanoi and Kii. As one of the three leaders, Hatakeyama Takamasa had close ties with the important people in the Kii area - Neraizu. Neraizu had done it many times before
Supporting the war between Hatakeyama Takamasa and the Miyoshi family can be regarded as a loyal supporter of Hatakeyama Takamasa. And the territory of the Nerai clan is close to the south of Kawachi and Izumi. Therefore, the security on the border is quite tight.
After a lot of effort, Yu Qiuping and his party finally took advantage of the night to bypass the blockade of Miyoshi's family in the mountains, and arrived at Takanoguchi in Kii early the next morning. Kii country is now occupied by many people.
Among them, the Zahe people led by the Suzuki family are the most respected. The alliance of these Chinese people has loose control over the local area and has no enmity with the Yuqiu family, so there is no need to worry about them attacking Yu Qiuping and his party.
Yu Qiuping and others, who had been nervous all the way, finally relaxed and began to march quickly and swaggering on the official road. Little did they know that danger was secretly watching them.
On Mount Koya next to Koyaguchi, a group of ninjas were looking down at Yu Qiuping's carriage team.
"Is it Yuqiu Hongye? You guys admit it right?" A man in gray clothes was wiping the iron cannon in his arms excitedly. He was obviously young, but there was already some vicissitudes of life on his face.
"Don't worry, Sugitani-sama, you will never admit your mistake." A ninja following him whispered: "I have seen Yuqiu Hongye before. Even if I admit him wrongly, the blond foreigner next to him will definitely not admit his mistake!
He is the famous archer Charlie of Tokiwa!"
"Oh? Archer? That's interesting!" The man in gray, not to be called Mr. Sugitani, is the second son of the Sugitani family, one of the fifty-three families of Koka, Zenjubo Sugitani. He is a famous iron cannon killer in Kinki.
.In the history of the previous life, he once sniped at Oda Nobunaga in Chigusa Mountain, hitting the hem of his clothes, and almost took Oda Nobunaga's life. Oda Nobunaga became furious after capturing Sugitani Zenjubo
, buried his whole body in the soil, with only his head exposed, and asked everyone passing by to cut his neck with a saw. He died tragically after three days - which shows how deeply Oda Nobunaga resented his assassination.
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After learning that there was a sharp archer in the team, Sugitani Zenjubo twisted his body a little restlessly, "I wonder what it would be like to shoot against him and then shoot through his heart!"
"Lord Sugitani, don't forget that the target of this mission is Amaki Momiji." A ninja beside him reminded him, "His Royal Highness Rokkaku said that it was this Yuqiu Momiji who ignored the orders of the public hall and forcibly attacked and destroyed
He killed our Rokkaku family! Originally, the Rokkaku family had made an agreement with Gongfangden to join the Shangluo army, but they were attacked by him unexpectedly and ended up like this. Our Koga Fifty-three family has been greatly favored by His Highness Rokkaku, His Highness Rokkaku
I have been told a thousand times to take this man’s life as revenge!”
"I know, I know." Sugitani Zenjubo muttered impatiently, put the iron cannon behind his back, and slowly stood up: "I will definitely kill Yuqiu Hongye. But that sharp archer, hehe
..." He laughed twice as he said, "You want to have fun with me! It's been a long time since I met an evenly matched opponent. Let me experience the awesomeness of shooting!"
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Not long after, at the foot of Mount Koya.
"I'm so exhausted." Yu Qiuping didn't sleep last night and woke up in the early morning and drove for a long time. "Let's go to the foot of the mountain to find a place to rest."
As he spoke, he got off his horse, pulled the loaded carriage and walked towards the tree on the side. Several guards behind him dressed as men also followed Yu Qiuping and walked towards the roadside. And the one dressed as a little maid
Long Zi jumped onto the carriage and lay comfortably in the pile of goods.
"Longzi, it's dirty in there, lie down outside." Yu Qiuping smiled and pulled Longzi out reluctantly. However, before he could stand firm, Charlie on the side suddenly pushed Yu away.
Qiuping. Immediately afterwards, a burst of smoke rose over Mount Koya, followed by the roar of a salvo of iron cannons.
Yu Qiuping and Long Zi were pushed out by Charlie for four or five steps, and then they realized that the place where they were standing was full of bullet holes. Before they could recover, Charlie on the side still quickly lit a fire in his hand.
The iron cannon that had been loaded long ago was fired back with one shot.