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- Toyonaka
It is a small mountainous area between Osaka Castle and Tajima.
Originally, this small mountainous area has been deserted. Although there is a mountain path in the dense bamboo forest, there are basically no pedestrians every day.
But today is different. There is a long queue marching on the bamboo forest path that was originally deserted.
These people were mobilized by Tajima and Shanbo, and after merging together, they prepared to attack Zhao Hongyu and his crusade.
The first thing that appeared was a group of Ashigaru wearing black pointed hats with a small white butt behind the hats. They moved very fast, almost all at a trot.
Some generals in the queue shouted loudly from time to time, and everyone had a solemn expression on their face.
Under the loud scoldings of the generals, these ashigaru were running huffing and puffing, and they were all exhausted.
You know, after they joined forces on the Tajima side yesterday, they immediately sent out troops without any delay.
It can be said that they have not had a rest from yesterday until now.
Otherwise, how could they have crossed Toyonaka so quickly and entered the Osaka area directly.
In the bamboo forest, the mountain wind blows, and the bamboo body shakes, making a "rustling" sound. The wind blowing on the body is very cool.
But the foreheads of these Ashigaru people who were walking on the path in the jungle were covered with sweat, and they didn't even have time to raise their hands to wipe it.
Behind the ashigaru queue are the elite Hatamoto samurai.
These elite Hatamoto samurai are all wearing black Japanese armor and helmets.
No need to look at anything else, just looking at their armor and equipment, you can tell that they are much more sophisticated than those Ashigaru.
After all, in the Japanese country, the elite Hatamoto warriors existed as a defensive force for the lord, and were basically no different from the Imperial Guards.
Therefore, every daimyo will try their best to make their own elite warriors very sophisticated.
And the salaries of these people are also the most generous.
After all, when they encounter danger in the war, they will definitely fight to the death and not retreat.
And these elite Hatamoto warriors are all very brave.
Basically, they are all warriors selected from the kendo halls in each lord's territory.
So, each of them has some unique skills.
The class of samurai refers to people like the Hatamoto samurai.
Of course, going up a level, there are also the generals who lead the Ashigaru and other arms. They are also considered members of the samurai class.
But their status is much higher than that of the Hatamoto samurai.
¡°After all, these people have reached this status and want to be equivalent to ¡®civil servants¡¯ in this era.
The weapons used by the Hatamoto samurai are all well-forged katana swords, which are longer than ordinary samurai swords.
Because this will make it easier for them to fight on the battlefield.
Behind these Hatamoto warriors, there is a small flag.
On the flag, the family crests of the daimyo to which they belong are printed.
Speaking of family emblems, we have to mention some funny things about the Japanese, because during the Warring States Period, some famous people even used copper coins as their family emblems.
I don¡¯t know if that guy was born a businessman, otherwise how could he use copper coins to make his family crest.
There are two groups of Hatamoto samurai. One group is wearing black armor and carrying a small black flag.
??The flag is printed with a mark made of three stones, which is the family emblem of the Takahashi family, the local daimyo of Tajima garrison.
After the black Hatamoto samurai, there was a group of Hatamoto samurai wearing three-color armor. Behind these samurai, they also carried a small red flag.
The small red flag is not printed with chrysanthemums, stones or even copper coins that are commonly used in Japanese countries, but the family emblem of a centipede.
Needless to say, this must be the family emblem of the famous Fengshi general who guards the local area in Shanbo.
Speaking of the ancestors of the Fengshijiangjian family, the Rise and Warring States period are also very legendary.
The ancestor of his family was originally a wandering doctor in Shanbo, and he was a barefoot doctor in China during the Ming Dynasty.
And the way his ancestors treated people was to feed centipedes.
?According to the ancestor of the Feng Shi family, eating centipedes can cure diseases.
 "It's just that there is no way to verify whether this is true, but it is an indisputable fact that his ancestors experienced a series of adventures and rose to become a small wealthy family during the Warring States Period.
Especially during the Sekigahara War, his family's ancestors succeeded in political speculation, which allowed their family to officially become a member of the daimyo.
It is commonly known as ¡®Advancing to Immortality¡¯.
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That¡¯s not a bad thing. Being an official at that time was considered a ¡®god¡¯.
"You can have whatever you want to eat, and women can sleep wherever they want, and they don't have to farm."
This is not what a ¡®god¡¯ is.
Look, the dream of the Japanese diaosi in this era is so simple.
¡°In fact, they don¡¯t know that even the daimyo¡¯s life is actually not much better than theirs.
¡°That means you don¡¯t have to work, and you have more wives.¡±
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??If you insist on saying that the dishes are outstanding or something, then it is completely nonsense.
At this time, the Japanese people basically ate salted fish and white radish soup mixed with a bowl of rice.
Even the emperor is no exception.
Without him, there were very few meat products in Japan at this time, so raising pigs would be even more nonsense.
Having fish to eat is already very good for them.
But no matter what, in the Ishida shogunate, whenever you see someone using a centipede as their emblem, it goes without saying that it must be someone from the Kazushi family.
After the two families¡¯ flag warriors, there were teams of cavalry.
To be honest, the horses under these cavalry are not very good.
It is not as strong as depicted in later Japanese movies, and is only a little bigger than the Mongolian ponies.
At best, it¡¯s like riding on a mule.
The reason why the Japanese performed so well in later movies was just to glorify their ancestors, and they were all fake.
Movies come from life and are higher than life.
In fact, anyone with a brain knows that it is false, and they don¡¯t think about the geographical environment of Japan in this era, and the environment of their country, how could it be possible to cultivate such a tall horse.
Although the Japanese did breed fine stallions in later generations, they were bred by Japanese merchants who spent a lot of money to buy stallions from Europe and the United States.
As stallions, regardless of male or female, they have nothing to do with the local horses of Japan.
So, despite the shameless bragging of the Japanese, the blood of those horses is actually the blood of European and American horse breeds flowing in their bodies, and it has nothing to do with the Japanese.
Of course, the Japanese have always been shameless. They always want to brag to the outside world about the greatness of the Yamato nation.
This is understandable.
After all, when it comes to blowing skills, the Japanese are far inferior to the sticks.
At the very least, the Japanese still have many advantages to offer, and this must be acknowledged.
It doesn¡¯t matter if you don¡¯t admit it, because those are objective facts. It¡¯s not that you selectively pretend that you can¡¯t see them, and those advantages don¡¯t exist.
Fortunately, Zhao Hongyu didn't see these cavalrymen on war horses, otherwise he would definitely have a stomachache from laughing.
The Japanese of this era are not as strong as the people who drank milk after World War II.
Therefore, in the Japanese country at this time in the early seventeenth century, the height of the Japanese people was really not flattering.
Basically, once Zhao Hongyu stands in front of them, he is a ¡®giant¡¯.
And because Zhao Hongyu traveled through time and space, his age has changed. Now he looks like he is fifteen or sixteen years old, and his body has begun to grow again.
At the same time, because he is still too young, his height is only about 1.78 meters without opening at all.
In later generations, such a height would be average.
It is also very common in Japan.
After all, after drinking milk, the Japanese people did increase their height a lot.
But in this era, Zhao Hongyu¡¯s height is definitely considered ¡®giant¡¯.
In addition, he has sufficient nutrition, so he looks rosy.
It¡¯s not like the Japanese, who look malnourished and skinny.
But in any case, these Japanese who have some status or are soldiers, their faces are much better thanThose ordinary farmers are much better.
You must know that the Japanese farmers in this era had to pay the tax rate of "eight public and two private" when they farmed their own land.
Under such a tax rate, if the farmers of the Japanese country were all satisfied with their meals, they would be really evil.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????In the middle of the queue of Hatamoto's elite warriors by two colors of armor, there are two guys riding war horses who are very conspicuous.
Both men were wearing black and three-color armor, but their helmets were inlaid with large marks. Needless to say, it must be someone with status who would have had marks on their helmets.
Thinking about it this way, these two people must be the famous names of Shanbo and Tajima.
The helmet of the guy wearing black armor is inlaid with a golden word "fierce", as if to prove how powerful and brave he is.
Logically speaking, a guy with a helmet with the word "fierce" in it must be a big, round, and bear-like man.
"It's a pity that this daimyo from the Takahashi family in the Tajima area is a skinny guy.
Although this guy is sitting on a war horse, you can also see that his height is definitely not 1.5 meters What, you said he is a child?
Have you ever seen a child with a beard?
??And whose child not only has a beard, but also has a middle-aged face.
The black armor worn on Takahashi's body looked uncoordinated at all.
With the prospect of the war horse under his crotch, the black armor on his body is always swaying.
It took a long time because his armor was too big.
Next to Takahashi is a relatively normal-looking young man wearing three-color armor.
"However, if you saw the front of this young man, you wouldn't think so.
It turns out that this young man has a cross-eye, which is also commonly known as a cross-eye.
This young man¡¯s helmet is inlaid with a golden martial arts symbol, making him look like he is carrying a lightning rod.
It can be seen that this descendant of the Feng Shi family has never forgotten his family origin.
¡°Takahashi-kun, how long does it take for us to reach our destination?¡±
During the march, the cross-eyed Feng Shi asked.
Hearing this, Takahashi raised his right hand, waved the 'banana fan' unique to the Japanese country, and replied: "In half a day, we will be able to reach the foreigners' campsite. At that time, we only need to launch an attack , we can defeat those foreigners, and this crusade is completely effortless for the two of us."
Takahashi looked confident and indifferent.
"Takahashi-kun, should we be more careful?" Feng Shi had a different opinion, and he looked thoughtful. "I heard that Osaka Castle's shogun Ichiden Ishida Aido once led five thousand Osaka soldiers to attack, but they were all defeated by those foreigners. Even after he escaped back to Osaka Castle, only a few soldiers were left with him. There are more than 400 flag guards, so it seems that these foreigners are not easy to deal with."
Takahashi, who was thin but ambitious, showed a disdainful expression when he heard this.
"Ishida Aido, that's a waste. It's actually not surprising that he was defeated by those foreigners." It seems that Takahashi looks down on Ishida Aido.
Feng Shi didn¡¯t want to dwell too much on this issue. He just wanted to remind Takahashi to be careful about those foreigners.
After all, with the example of Ishida Kaido's defeat, he didn't want them to make the same mistake again.
But it was obvious that Takahashi didn¡¯t care about this issue at all.
But think about it.
The two of them joined forces, and their strength reached almost 10,000.
And these soldiers are the most elite in their territory.
It can¡¯t be compared to the soldiers under that good-for-nothing Ishida Kaido.
Therefore, Takahashi is full of confidence in this crusade.
He simply didn¡¯t think that he would fail, like Ishida Aido.
In Takahashi¡¯s view, the failure of Ishida Aido is not surprising at all. Ishida Aido, this big loser, has succeeded in everything he did.
¡°If Ishida Kaido was not the son of the general and the younger brother of the current general, then he would definitely not be able to survive.
It¡¯s not without reason that Takahashi looks down on Ishida Aimichi. When Takahashi was young,??He once lived in Edo, so he knew Ishida Aido.
As children, there will be conflicts more or less when they meet each other. The hatred between Liang Zi and Takahashi Ishida was forged at that time.
¡°And Takahashi has always been cautious. He still remembers clearly what happened when he was a child.
So, of course, when he mentioned Ishida Aido, he would not have anything nice to say.
?? Dou Chong glanced at Takahashi, feeling a little uneasy and frightened.
Because after continuous marches, the soldiers' physical strength has been greatly exhausted.
¡°If we follow Takahashi¡¯s statement, they will launch an attack immediately after they arrive at the foreigners¡¯ campsite.
Can the soldiers bear it?
Anyway, the combat effectiveness is definitely reduced.
Thinking of this, the cross-eyed General Feng couldn't help but feel uneasy. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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