In the evening, Yu Qiuping led the guards on horseback to the position in the east of the city. He was worried that Sen Changke's temper would kill all the prisoners directly, so he prepared to personally supervise the release of the prisoners. However, he found a rock in the distance. There is still smoke rising over the village, and fierce fighting is still going on. Looking at the flag, it is Tsurumaru of the Mori family.
"What? Before, the awesome Todoroki said that 5 days would be enough. Now he has been fighting for a day without even defeating a single rock fortress. The sun is about to set. At this speed, he can't fight until the Chinese New Year?" Asahina Taiping couldn't help laughing when he saw this, "I thought our vice-captain's younger brother was so awesome!"
"My brother-in-law is really..." Sen Kelong also had a dull face and didn't know what to say. A strong army like the Red Leaf Army could capture the city before noon, and they could slow down in order to reduce losses. Under the circumstances, the normal troops would be able to defeat the city by the afternoon. After all, they were just besieging small towns with thousands of people. On the entire battlefield, the Yamauchi Army and the Hori Army had already withdrawn their troops and returned to their camps. Only The forest army is still fighting. This speed is the weakest level no matter what.
However, the finishing work of the Sen family's attack on the Yanzhai was quite fast. By the time Yu Qiuping and others arrived at the Sen family's military camp, the Yanzhai had been controlled by the Sen family, and the Sen family's troops began to return to the camp one after another. The leader of the battalion was Mori Changke. He was riding a horse carelessly, holding the iron cross-shaped spear on his shoulder, tilting his head, and the tip of the cross-shaped spear was still dripping with blood. And on his There was a very long rope hanging on the saddle, and on the rope were tied round and bloody heads. Ordinary warriors would tie the heads they asked for with a rope and hang them on the saddle. ——But Morinagako, this is too exaggerated. It is estimated that 20 heads were hung on the rope during his stringing, and they were dragged on the ground by the slowly advancing horses, dyeing the path trampled by the horses' hooves red.
When Sen Changke saw Yu Qiuping, he didn't mean to say hello, but just smiled disdainfully at him.
"The bravery of an ordinary man!" Taihei Asahina said angrily when he saw Morinagako being so rude, "You are just trying to get your own head, but the war is so protracted that you didn't capture the castle until night?"
"Yes, it's a little delayed." Sen Changke grinned as if he heard something funny. He waved the innocent man in the world casually, and the blood splashed on Yu Qiuping's face. The place where the tip of his spear passed was two other castles with Tsurumaru flags flying.
"Only three cities were captured in one day, so it was indeed a bit slow."
Only then did Yu Qiuping and others realize that the fierce battle they had just seen was just the Mori family's last stop today. While each force was conquering one city, Mori Changke actually led his team to conquer three cities in a row. No rest.
When he said it could be done in 5 days, he was definitely not bragging...
"Did you do this in a day?" Yu Qiuping pointed at the more than 20 heads dragged behind Mori Nagakoma's buttocks, and pursed his lips in disgust. Yu Qiuping has never liked to do anything to the remains, so the Red Leaf Army Beheadings are rarely counted when calculating military merit, and the Hongye Army is also required to treat the remains of the enemy kindly. It has been a long time since he fought side by side with friendly forces, and seeing so many heads, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but feel a little sick.
"This is only one-third." Morinagako misunderstood the meaning of Yu Qiuping's words, but continued to laugh, "And what is this? It's just 22. When we fought on Changdao, I killed 27 in one battle.
Head!"
"Do you know this gun?" Sen Changke turned the gun sideways and brought it to Yu Qiuping so that he could see the inscriptions on the ten-character gun. "Human World" was engraved on the front and "Boneless" was engraved on the back.
"This is what my lord engraved on me back then. In front of my gun, the enemy is so weak that they don't even have bones. Kill as many as you want, just chop them off at will." Chief Mori cleaned it with his blood-stained hands.
With disheveled hair, he boasted triumphantly.
"Whether it's Changdao or Shishan, the people you kill are all common people." Yu Qiuping frowned and reminded, "Don't take pleasure in indiscriminate killing."
"What kind of indiscriminate killing? They all picked up knives to fight against us, why can't they kill?" Sen Changke was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Yu Qiuping with the eyes of a freak, "Are you really a samurai?"
"What is a warrior?" Yu Qiuping asked in a low voice.
"A samurai is a warrior who kills enemies on the battlefield and performs meritorious deeds!" Morinagako suddenly raised his Jumonji Gun high and shouted at the bloody setting sun, "Fight, fight! If you kill others, you will survive.
If you die when someone else kills you, you are a samurai!"
"Have you released the prisoner?" Yu Qiuping suddenly realized something and asked coldly.
"It's all over." Sen Changke turned his head and stared at Yu Qiuping, speaking in a deep voice, syllable after syllable, and watched with satisfaction as Yu Qiuping's face turned into a scowl.
"It is an order to release the prisoners." Yu Qiuping took a deep breath and tried to calm down his anger.
"I don't accept it." Morinaga shook his head nonchalantly, "Just kill the enemy. My life is as simple as that."
"Kelong, you are going to be Lord Mori's supervisor. Starting tomorrow, you will supervise that he must release the prisoners." Yu Qiuping took off his Chidori sword from his waist and handed it to Mori Kolong, "This sword is my nickname.
"
"Yes." Sen Kelong responded, and then rode his horse to the Mori family's troops. Those retainers all recognized the eldest son of the Mori family, their former young master, so they naturally saluted and said hello in a hurry.
"Is there something wrong with you?" Seeing this, Chief Mori became completely furious and shouted into Yu Qiuping's ears, "Put back the prisoners who could have been killed effortlessly? Then let them kill our people again?"
"War is not just about killing people." Yu Qiuping shook his head, and then rode away with the guards, leaving Sen Changke looking at Yu Qiuping's back with disdain.
"Brother." After a long time, Mori Nagako suddenly said to Mori Kotaka on the side, "I really don't understand why dad wanted to save this kind of waste back then? The kindness of a woman doesn't look like a samurai at all.
"
"I didn't understand it at first, but I understood it later." Sen Kelong held Yu Qiuping's Chidori and replied in a low voice.
"So you have also become weaker." Mori Nagako swung the Jumonji gun called Human Boneless in a circle and smashed it back onto his shoulder, almost injuring the guards following him.
"No matter what you think, you must obey the military order tomorrow." Mori Kolong slightly pulled the sword out of the scabbard. Hearing the sound like a bird's song when he took it out of the sheath, he stared at the inscription on the Chidori Sword and sighed.
He said, "Otherwise I will kill you."
"That's right." Sen Changke snorted coldly, "It's up to you. Anyway, if you put a few back, I can kill a few more!"
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On November 15th, the seventh year of Tensho (1579), the siege battle continued. As a supervisor, Mori Kotaka sat in charge of the main battle, looking at the battle situation on the front line and watching the samurai Ashigaru fighting with his own flag, risking his own life.
I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
He has been following Yu Qiuping as a bodyguard for several years. He has become accustomed to the red leaf flags and maple bird horse seals, and subconsciously regards these flags as "his own flags." The first moment he saw Tsurumaru, his reaction was unexpectedly
It felt a little strange. However, the thoughts and memories that arose after that could not be restrained. He still remembered the way he followed Mori Katsunari and a group of retainers and warriors to fight with the Tsurumaru flag on his back. He also remembered that he was in the Mori family
Day and night, I still remember the father who was known as the "Three Attackers" and the father who always took the lead in charging.
Everything was so familiar that he even wanted to pick up two Tsurumaru flags and stick them on his back, and rush to the front line to fight side by side with the Mori family's troops. But at this moment, its identity was Yu Qiupei's bodyguard, and it was Yu Qiupei's bodyguard.
He couldn't do this to the supervisor sent by him. He never regretted his choice back then, nor did he regret that he gave up the inheritance of the family governor and came to serve as Yu Qiuping's bodyguard. Because by Yu Qiuping's side, he understood
The meaning of a warrior.
At this moment, he suddenly heard the announcement that "His Royal Highness Hongye has arrived." He hurriedly stood up to greet him and found Yu Qiuping leading his horse towards this side.
"Why is Your Highness here?" Sen Kelong asked hurriedly upon seeing this.
"Let's see how Chang Ke fights." Yu Qiuping said with some worry, "Looking at how hard he fights, I'm afraid something will happen to him."
"Your Highness." Sen Kelong felt a sore nose after hearing this, "My younger brother rushed to His Highness several times, but Your Highness..."
"After all, he is the son of Senior Sen. How could I not take him to heart?" Yu Qiuping replied without thinking. He took out the telescope from his arms, adjusted the focus and began to search for Sen on the battlefield.
Chang Ke's figure. He didn't find him under the Mori family's horse seal outside the city, he didn't find him in the middle army, and he didn't find him in the group of mounted warriors.
"No way..." Yu Qiuping had a bad premonition in his heart. Sure enough, he moved the telescope up and began to observe the ladders erected on the city wall. He immediately spotted the figure of Sen Changke on the ladder on the far right.
.He was carrying the Boneless Man on his back, holding a shield in front of him, and climbing up like crazy. Yu Qiuping looked at Sen Changke with fear, who had already inserted several arrows into his shield.
No iron cannon came to greet him.
However, the soldiers guarding the city seemed to have also seen this madman. Two people carried a large rolling stone and threw it down the ladder. Yu Qiuping's heart suddenly tightened. This large rolling stone was definitely unbearable. He subconsciously
I went to estimate the distance between the ground and the ladder, wondering if Mori Nagako would be fatal if he fell. At this moment, Mori Nagako suddenly grabbed the right handrail of the ladder with his left hand, jumped out of the ladder, and hung on the ladder.
He escaped the disaster, but the rolling stone hit him from where he had just jumped, knocking down two or three soldiers behind him. Mori Nagako suddenly pulled the handrail, and the body hanging outside the ladder was hard.
He spun around in a circle and was pulled back onto the escalator - this was a move you can only see in gymnastics.
The few believers on the city were obviously dumbfounded. They occupied the position of the archer, making it impossible for the archer to continue shooting arrows. Mori Nagako spotted the fighter plane at a glance and threw his shield upwards, knocking out the only possessor.
The archer in the shooting position. Then, he quickly climbed up on his hands and knees, leaping before the believers could avoid them. At the same time, he pulled out the human bones from behind with both hands, and at the moment he put his feet back and landed on the battlements.
, it was a powerful and heavy slash aimed at the enemy behind the battlements. Several believers were unable to dodge, and were knocked down by Mori Changke with a single shot, causing blood to fly.
Then, Morinagako unexpectedly did not jump off the battlements, but ran sideways along the battlements, slashing the human bones along the way. The archers and iron gunners behind the battlements did not expect that a lunatic would move on the battlements like a single-plank bridge. In an instant,
After everyone was chopped down by random swords, the soldiers of the Mori family were able to rush into the city. However, Mori Changke leapt again without hesitation, jumping directly into the pile of enemies where no friendly forces could be seen at all.
Yu Qiuping's sight was suddenly blocked when he looked at him, but after a moment, a large area of ​​​​blood dance splashed where Mori Changke was. Mori Changke forcibly opened the Jumonji Gun that was not conducive to close combat and danced
Because of the tiger's power, he cut down all the people around him in three strokes, and one person made the city a mess. The soldiers of the Mori family took the opportunity to capture the entire city in large numbers, and followed Mori Changke to kill them all.
Towards the inner city.
Watching Sen Changke's figure gradually disappear from the field of vision, Yu Qiuping put down the telescope in disbelief. What he just saw seemed to be a bloodthirsty berserker who lived only to fight and did not care about life or death. Yu Qiuping
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