Chapter 150: If Thousands of People Are United, Even Mount Tai Can Be Shaken!

"I will lead the army to take the first step, Qu Wan, you ask the Japanese pirates behind to speed up for me." Zhao Dahai, who was riding a mule and horse, really couldn't stand the dwarfs of these marching mothers, and couldn't help but yell, "If we don't do it before dark If they can’t get to Toyooka City, I won’t teach them a lesson.”

Qu Wan was also constantly complaining about these Fuso Ashigaru who had just been forcibly recruited.

A soldier who lacks training cannot go to the battlefield at all, let alone these farmers who have just made weapons.

A sharpened bamboo spear in each hand was the best equipment the Saga family could provide to the Ashigaru. It was incomparable to the steel knives in the hands of the Shuntian camp soldiers. As for the muskets, these country bumpkins had never seen them before.

Under Qu Wan's constant urging, the 500 ashigaru who came to help finally slowly picked up the speed, but even so, they will not arrive at Toyooka Castle until noon tomorrow at the earliest.

"Brothers, speed up a little. You can rest when you get to Toyooka City." Qu Wan kept motivating the 500 ashigaru with words.

"Sir, we really can't stand it anymore. Can you take a break? Let us rest for a while." At this time, Ashigaru bumped to the side of the road, holding his waist, and sat down with his butt on the ground.

Before Qu Wan could say anything, he stopped the ashigaru behind him.

"Your Excellency Nobuo, we have to go to Toyooka tonight, so it's better not to make things difficult for Mr. Zhao." Qu Wan knew this person, Nobuo Oyama, a retainer of the Saga family. The two were on the same level, and it was not easy to shout at them. .

"What are you talking about? When the general issued the military order that day, I was there." Nobuo Koyama glanced at Qu Wan with disdain, then took a bottle of wine from the young maid next to him, and started drinking "Gulu Gulu" .

"Wonderful! Your drinks in Keelung are really good, much better than the sake at home."

Nobuo Koyama was talking to himself, completely unaware of the murderous intent in Qu Wan's eyes.

He had to bring a maid with him when he went on an expedition. He was like a useless person who failed to achieve anything but failed. I didn't know how he could get him to help out at Saga's house.

"Go and tell Zhao Ying that Nobuo-sama is tired and doesn't want to leave."

Seeing Qu Wan sending someone to notify Zhao Dahai, Xiaoshan Nobuo also panicked a little. He pushed away the maid beside him and walked to Qu Wan's side.

"Master Qu, it doesn't have to be like this. Master Zhao wants to go on his way, so just let him go first. Let's go slowly. I guarantee that we will arrive with our army tomorrow."

Nobuo Koyama smiled and handed the jug to Qu Wan's hand, but found that he didn't accept this at all.

"That's what Zhaoying's military order is. If you can't do it," Qu Wan snorted coldly, "I don't need to tell you what the military order is."

You dare to get close to me, you are wishful thinking, he really looks down on Fuso men.

Why is it that the Fusang woman is as gentle as water and obedient, but this man is a loser and completely useless.

"Huh, I'm the son-in-law of the Saga family. Even if Mr. Zhao comes here, he can't do anything to me." Seeing Qu Wan not eating the toast, Nobuo Koyama immediately showed off his "noble status."

"Furthermore, the general's military order yesterday ordered us to arrive at Toyooka Castle tomorrow. It's reasonable for me, so there's nothing to be afraid of!"

Nobuo Koyama raised his head proudly, immediately attracting a burst of admiration from the ashigaru behind him.

"The foreign military orders will be ignored!" Suddenly, a loud roar came from the woods in the mountains.

"Those who disobey military orders will die!"

In an instant, Zhao Dahai led a dozen cavalrymen to rush out of the forest and stopped in front of Nobuo Koyama. Before he could defend himself, the sword flashed and his head was cut off immediately.

When the head fell to the ground, Nobuo Koyama's eyes were filled with surprise and disbelief.

Before the ashigaru could react, Zhao Dahai raised the butcher knife towards them again.

"Anyone who cannot catch up with the troops will be killed."

The cold military orders resounded throughout the forest like the god of death. As long as there were those who did not move forward vigorously, the cavalry's steel swords would fall on their heads.

No matter how hard they begged for mercy, the butcher's knife would not stop.

It wasn't until they caught up with the Shuntian camp in front that Zhao Dahai rode away.

Qu Wan was left to lead the group of ashigaru, "What's your name?", after he noticed a young man who was the fastest runner.

"Sir, my name is Dalang Dalang, I am from Xiachuan, and I live here."

"Wait a minute." Qu Wan immediately interrupted the guy who wanted to chatter and assigned him a task to count how many people were left.

After a while, Dalang Dalang replied, "151 people."

Be good!

Lao Zhao is really cold-blooded. Before the war started, two-thirds of these Fuso Ashigaru were dead, and they died at the hands of his own people.

"Don't be too sad. As long as you keep going, Mr. Zhao won't kill anyone again." Qu Wan put his hand on Paddy's shoulder and persuaded him kindly.

"Sir, I'm not sad at all. Those of us who were born into farmers' families are born to work hard. We don't have much ability, we just have good physical strength."

To his surprise, Paddy was not sad but happy about the dead people. He opened his trousers and patted his strong thighs, "Those who died were all thugs raised by the hill. They usually acted arrogantly, but they can We suffered a lot and they deserved to die."

Qu Wan didn't expect that the anger in Da Tian's heart was so great, and he couldn't help but think of a sentence he learned in the Army Academy.

"It's not about being too big to be resentful, it's about being afraid of others. If you are carrying a boat and overturning it, you should be very cautious."

Nobuo Koyama died but no one stood up to avenge him, which shows the evil he did and the resentment he received.

Today Qu Wancai really understood.

After recovering from his shock, he looked at Inada again. It seemed that this young man had his own shadow. "Serve the general well, and you will have wealth and honor in the future."

"Ha Yi!" Inada straightened up and saluted with a standard army salute.

That night, when they were about to arrive at Toyooka Castle, the scouts sent out reported that Toyooka Castle had been captured by the Kumamoto family.

"What do you mean by capture? This is clearly a surrender of the whole city!" At the temporary meeting of the camp by the campfire, Zhao Dahai looked into the distance in disappointment, "If it was captured, how could there not be someone to deliver the letter."

The Fuso devils are really trash!

After a day of rapid march and the late sky, it was impossible to recapture Toyooka Castle. Zhao Dahai immediately ordered the garrison to rest and fight again tomorrow.

The next day, early morning.

"Officer of the Keelung Anti-Rebellion Vanguard Camp." A red and gold flag fluttered provocatively in Kumamoto's monocular telescope.

Then he saw a huge word Qin, like a huge wedge, nailed in his eyes.

On the land five miles away from the city, more than a thousand soldiers kept changing their formations at the sound of the officers' copper whistles, either practicing their weapons or carrying sandbags and earth bags.

"Who are the soldiers from Keelung on the opposite side? Who is the commander?" Kumamoto asked casually, holding the eight-pound bronze cannon he had just bought from the Dutch.

A confidant of Kumamoto looked around and began to report the military situation on the opposite side to Kumamoto in front of his colleagues with a proud look on his face.

"Reporting to the master, according to the flags and the spy's investigation, the troops on the opposite side are the third battalion of Shuntian Camp, which is a real elite force and should not be underestimated. There are also 300 so-called baggage soldiers who do some service work such as carrying food and grass, repairing bridges and roads, which are coolies. In addition, there is a team of 300 foot soldiers of the Saga family. Among them, the Shuntian Camp in Keelung is a direct line, so they are all equipped with firearms and wear bamboo armor. As for the Saga foot soldiers, they are equipped with bamboo spears and have no helmets or armor."

"One thousand iron cannons!"

Kumamoto and the surrounding brigades couldn't help but take a breath, with very complicated expressions in their eyes, envy, greed, and fear.

"In addition, according to the observation of the spies, their troops are set up according to armor, team, and battalion. One armor has twelve people, and the armor leader and the assistant armor leader have ten soldiers. One team has ten armors, one hundred and ten people, including the team officer, guards, flags, drums, cooks, etc. Then there are ten teams in a battalion, more than a thousand people."

"Have you seen the big gun?"

"Not yet."

Hearing this news, most of Kumamoto's worries disappeared instantly.

"Send down our bamboo armor and swords and guns!" Kumamoto looked at his subordinates in front of him, "Everyone must concentrate, this time the enemy is not a farmer in the field, they are all real warriors."

As the head of the Kumamoto family, his ambition far exceeds his status, which is why he asked the shogun to volunteer to fight in the front.

Use such an opportunity, seize the strength, and provide gun support for his ambition!

The opportunity and strength, as he wished, were seized by him!

As long as he can delay the Keelung Army this time, his mission will be completed.

It would be even better if they could be annihilated. Kumamoto had this plan when he led his army to the expedition. It was worth it that he sent dozens of boxes of gold and silver to the lord of Toyooka Castle.

When he thought of the lord of Toyooka Castle being sent to the water dungeon by him, Kumamoto felt happy unconsciously.

Thanks to that stupid and greedy guy, he was able to enter the city without any effort.

With the advantage of the terrain, he could be invincible.

Ten meters away from Toyooka Castle, there were hundreds of ragged farmers, all of whom were driven here by the Kumamoto family.

Standing tiredly outside the city, using a simple rammer, he laboriously drove wooden stakes into the mud, and then used a knife and an axe to sharpen the flat head of the wooden stakes as an obstacle to block the advance of the Keelung army.

If Kumamoto's ears were long enough and there was no noise from the waving flags, he should be able to hear the low curses and discussions of the Fuso people he forcibly conscripted.

"Brother Hirata, if the enemy attacks, will we be sent out to die?" Many people gathered together and asked the most burly man among them.

Hirata Takeji looked around and saw that the Kumamoto supervisors who were holding bamboo strips and looked like ferocious monsters were far away from here. He whispered, "I heard that the Saga family has surrendered to the general, the general of Keelung."

Hirata Takeji patiently explained to everyone where Keelung was and how powerful the general of Keelung was and how strong the army was.

"If you believe me, when the enemy army comes, just squat on the ground with your hands on your head, and then wait for the army to register your household registration book, and then you can get land, work in the factory, and exchange money to buy refined salt and other good things!"

"Brother Hirata, we are all Fuso people, but we are the Japanese pirates in the eyes of the Han people! Can they be so good to us?"

Hirata Takeji didn't know whether the news was false, but he had already boasted. If he changed his words now.

Do you still want the reputation of the Hirata Ninja Family!

"Don't worry! My family is a ninja family, so we naturally know much more than you do. Just follow me!"

While the people below the city were calculating their own plans, the Kumamoto man on the city wall did not stop.

"Have you prepared enough gunpowder for the big barrel? And how effective is it?"

"Master, the gunpowder is enough for the cannon to fire more than 30 times, and the farthest range can reach the woods." The gunner who answered was half-baked and didn't know how to count, so he had to point to the woods in the distance to indicate the distance.

"So far?!" Kumamoto was shocked.

The retainers around him were also overjoyed and began to talk about it.

Kumamoto looked at the bronze cannon affectionately, and he was already thinking that after the battle was over, he must ask the Dutch to buy more cannons.

It was really blind not to use such a sharp weapon.

"You are all people of the Kumamoto family. You must do your best in this battle. If you can defeat the enemy, whether it is gold, silver, treasures, maids from various vassal states, or promotions, the Kumamoto family will not treat you unfairly."

As soon as these words came out, it was like a bucket of cold water poured into a hot oil pan, instantly igniting the atmosphere of the whole scene.

"Kumamoto will win!"

Just as everyone was cheering and celebrating the victory, a discordant voice sounded from the side of everyone.

"Master Kumamoto, it is said that Keelung's troops have sharp firearms and fierce soldiers. It is better to be careful."

Faced with the discordant voice, a person from the Kumamoto family immediately jumped out and scolded the person who made the discordant opinion: "Who are you? Is it your turn to speak here?"

"You have a say here." Kumamoto roared, and the people around him felt the coldness of ice in an instant.

Then he unexpectedly slapped the retainer who just jumped out, and angrily said: "This is the shogunate's magistrate Matsudaira Nobutsuna, when is it your turn to make decisions."

The retainer immediately curled up when he heard that it was from the shogunate.

Kumamoto did not intend to let him go, and kicked him one after another, "Bagayaka, Bagayaka".

Matsudaira Nobutsuna seemed to see that his reminder just now made the future Kyushu guardian feel uncomfortable, and was blaming him indirectly.

"Master Kumamoto, I have also delivered the general's military order, so I won't talk about it here." Matsudaira Nobunaga thanked him and said goodbye, "I wish you a victory and long-lasting military fortune."

"Hahaha! Thank you for your kind words, I will definitely defeat the enemy in this battle." Hearing others complimenting him, Kumamoto laughed unconsciously, and his face was completely different from the cold face before.

Gusts of forest wind blew, bringing the singing from the opposite side. It was vague, and although it was not very real, the majestic meaning in the singing was clear.

"Ten thousand people are united, Taishan can be shaken!

Only loyalty and righteousness, the spirit is like a bull.

The commander loves me, better than parents;

If I violate the military order, I will not be free.

The orders are clear, the rewards and punishments are faithful,

I dare not delay when I go to the water and fire?"

The singing, accompanied by the forest wind, made Kumamoto feel a little cold, and he tightened his cloak.

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