When the surface of the Akami Naokai shakes

Yonglu Second Year (1559) Late January Takashima, Omijiang County Decaying Wood Valley Decaying Wood City Takerumaru

The two years of Yonglu began peacefully. As always, Pine Noir is a New Year's greeting and celebration. A thank-you note for sake and shiitake mushrooms was received from Hitoi, Aunt Eye and Yoshihui from Kyo. Yoshihui wrote that I miss decaying trees. There is a lot of confusion in Kyoto. I seem to miss the Decaying Wood Era when I was a vagrant but free-handed person. That and the letter of thanks said that I was to marry my sister in front of Kingsguard. Yoshihui's mother is also out of the Kingsguard. Foolish will connect with Kingsguard for two generations.

Each of the seven Takashima heads is secretly ready for battle. Decaying trees are mercenary subjects in the separation of soldiers and farmers, but others are battles using peasants. I can't do this during the agricultural season, and I hate New Year's Eve. That's why Matsuuchi was peaceful and safe, but as soon as Matsuuchi dawned, they moved. He has sent a messenger to Decaying Tree in the Six Joint Family. The story the messengers brought is that they are suffering terrible trouble because of decaying trees. Arranging their statements in a contemporary fashion looks like this:

"You're not lowering your tax rate on your own, you bokenas!

'Because of you, we're laying down bad government, they're saying we're abusing residents, you mess. It would be reputational damage!

"Residents are running away, you cunt! What are you doing? This! Although depopulation would reduce tax revenues! The military is down, too! If we stay like this, other cities will force us to merge! They're gonna kill us, aren't they? Can you take responsibility? You're selling me a fight?

"All the merchants would have gone to your place and stopped coming to us. Thanks to this, prices have risen and it's a hell of a thing. Don't you know the word" coexistence and co-prosperity "? Seriously, I'm gonna kill you if you do something like that just for yourself?

"I'm not worried about getting thieved in the morning court. This is the problem with the seven heads of Takashima. I'm not tickling you in the morning."

I don't know, Decaying Tree is a really terrible guy. For a moment, but I thought so. Well, I guess that's the truth from them. They asked me to compensate them for the damage they suffered. The amount of compensation is one thousand pieces for each of them, for a total of six thousand pieces. Naturally, but I said no. Be polite.

"Our management policy is novel, but it is extremely legitimate and we do not do anything to touch the law. I'm sorry, but I find your request unfounded. Therefore, there will be no obligation or liability at all that the Company will have to pay you. Thank you for your time today. Welcome home with care '

Well, here's the thing. They went home pumped angrily. I gave him a souvenir for once. It's a three-piece set of roasted tea, brown rice tea and Gennoshoko. Roasted tea and brown rice tea have a great reputation in the morning court and the shogunate. The fragrance is delightful. Drink this and calm down a little, that's the place.

Modern society will see you in court from now on. But now it's a warring age. Court arguments are troublesome and time consuming. Let's make a quick decision on the battlefield and beat each other up. I don't know, I had a fresh surprise that war starts like this. You don't know that in history class.

So now I'm ready for the war, but I'm rubbing it a little bit.

"Dear Young Maru Takeshi, please take some of us to war"

“Some" and “some” raise their voices. I started with Plum Maru and my last names. He came to my room and complained.

"No. They're in the castle."

You can't even look unhappy. He's about ten years old at his average age, can you take him?

"My lord is also in front of his former uniform."

I'm good because I'm a lord, I almost said so and swallowed it in a hurry. The kids need to understand.

"I am the master of decaying trees. We have an obligation to see the ministers beyond sending them to the battlefield. And I'm the one who built the artillery squad. We have to see how effective it is. That would be so, Goro Weimen."

Goro Weimen snorted reluctantly.

"To be honest, one cannot agree to the appearance of the lord. But what the Lord says makes sense."

Do you understand me?

When I pressed my eyes, the surnames snorted reluctantly.

"But, my lord, do we fight in that outfit?

"Uhm."

Goro Weimen looked up. All I'm wearing is a torso and a shin.

"What about the machete?"

"I don't need it, just the sidelines are fine"

Don't exhale, geezy eyebrows. I'm a kid, so I can't help it. If it's heavy, I can't move. Most of the horses I use are still ponies. What if the horse crumbles? In case you don't get away with it. Besides, a machete can't work for me as a samurai, it just gets in the way, I don't need it.... Do you want to go in plain clothes?

"Lord Takenaka Maru, I'm coming in."

Aya Mama came in. Kiri is with me. It's a rarity, Aya. I can't believe Mom came to my room. Both my last names are stunned. We all welcomed each other with a correct posture. Aya Mama is beautiful today. Gezigezi eyebrows, Aya Mama doesn't see them.

"How are you, Mother?"

"I heard you were going to war."

Oh, I wonder if you'll be worried. I'm a little happy for you.

"Yes."

"I heard they're more than quadrupled."

Ayama looked at Goro Weimen with a worried face.... you idiot, say something, geezygeezy eyebrows. Aya Mama will be anxious.

"Rest assured, Mother. Decaying trees are unbeatable. That would be so, Goro Weimen."

"… of course"

"But"

No, I'm not convinced. Gezigezi, you give it a moment.

"I say more than quadruple, but the U.N. crowd, there is no fear. I'll knock you out."

Aya Mama leaned down a little and exhaled.... was counterproductive?

"... praying for good luck, Lord Takenaka Maru"

"Yes, thank you"

When Ayama and Kiri left, there was still subtle air in the room. Goro Weimen coughed. Oh, my God, that sounds like a wasp.

"My lord, show not to you a little weakness. Your Highness is a little too strong."

"What do you mean, Goro?"

"A creature called Mother is relieved to see her child weak. I think she needs herself. But my lord..."

You don't think you need yourself because you don't show weakness......

"... Goro Weimen, I am the Lord of Decaying Woods. I can't even look weak. But I heard what he said. Keep it in mind."

Goro Weimen bowed his head deeply. Me, I'm eleven this year, but I have fifty men in me. You can't help not being childish......

Yonglu II (1559) Shadow Kurono, Rocky Valley Rocky Castle, Takashima County, Omi, early February

"There were about a thousand and two hundred enemy troops gathered at Shimizu Mountain Castle, but they said they began marching towards the decaying trees. My hands have contacted me."

When I reported it, the Great Hall went out of its way. From Shimizu Mountain Castle to Decaying Wood will come about two and a half miles, at the earliest.

"Surprisingly few. I thought it was a little more."

Your hiding place tipped your neck.

"The enemy has become a suspect ghost. Especially since I don't believe in Takashima."

When I answered, there was a laugh coming from the other side. The enemy is four times less, but the air in the hall is bright.

"You're right to ask. The enemy, though quadrupled, is not worthy of fear, the people of the Union. Tell the soldiers about it. If you fight with your heart in one piece, you'll win."

“Oops," he said in the great hall.

"The weather is nice but windy today, it's a little cold. Give the soldiers a grip of rice and hot miso soup. In a moment, we're going out. Don't forget the temperatures."

My voice rose again. Several left the Great Hall.

Goro Gate, Left Gate, Soldier again.

"Ha."

Near Hitachi Goro Weimen Line, Hitachi Left Gate Jeongchung, and Tazawa Yutai Zhang Man stepped out in front of the palace.

Goro Guard, the artillery team obey my life.

"Ha."

Goro Weimen lowered his head.

"Left Gate, when it comes to coming forward, it's not about winning or losing. Chasing down on the enemy is the role, and until then, you must not step forward. Wait for my life."

"Ha."

"Soldier, if the battle starts, let the archers keep shooting the bow. When I stop, I give my life. Don't stop until then."

"Ha."

My lord looked at me after I saw the three of them bow their heads.

"Heavy storage, have you arranged for an example?

"Ha, enough"

My lord nodded satisfactorily. If the enemy loses, rumors circulate under the six-headed castle, all over the castle. When they attack and destroy more than they have disobeyed the lives of the public. My lord doesn't even think that decaying trees will lose. I believe I will always win. His Highness is in plain clothes as we all consolidate ourselves in armor in the evidence. No more armor is needed than a samurai can work. That seems to be the case. I don't even hold a machete, I just wore a single sidebar.

The samurai brought grilled rice and miso soup to the large hall. Receive to each one and start eating. Kiri was carrying a meal in front of his lord. Looks like you're doing well. They carried it before me, too. Eat this and go. The grilled rice with aromas is delicious. And hot miso soup. It could be my last meal. I ate slowly thinking so.

Yonglu II (1559) Takashima, Omijiang County, early February, Takashima Valley Takerumaru

Unlike modern times, roads are not paved in these times. There is a tendency to think that evil roads are better not to be attacked. The road that leads to Decaying Wood Valley is never called an evil road, but whatever it is, it is the road that leads through the valley. The width cannot be said to be narrow and suitable as a military road. It is due in large part to this terrain that decaying trees have always been safe.

There are two hundred Takashima Shigemitsu assembled on the road. It's roughly five hundred meters from here. In this era, the five towns, that kind of place? Seeing from the other side, Decaying Tree Momentum would be a strange army. Two hundred of the three hundred decaying trees are artillery. And fifty bowmen, fifty spears. There are no horseback riders. The commander is the only one using the horse. Most of the horses are connected in one place, so they are all on foot. Extreme firepower bias. The artillery squad is divided into three squads, seventy, seventy and sixty.

I think I can win. We can't expand the army to the side here. I mean, we can't take advantage of the army. There is no first siege. It would be a frontal breakthrough, a pushing battle. In this case, it's speed and persistence that determines the battle. Gain momentum and hit enemies, confusing them with their physical impact, breaking through, or crushing them. Means of communication are poor in this day and age, once confused, it is not easy to fit them in. If you can sustain your impact, you get a win. This is Theory.

But in this day and age, a weapon emerges that renders its impact ineffective. It's an iron cannon. There appears a way to fight defense by fire, that is to say, cutting that impact force by fire before it hits you, making it nil. That is the battle of Nagashino. The centralized operation of Nobunaga Oda's artillery crushed Takeda's thrust, which also boasted the strongest level of impact in the warring countries.

That's what's about to start. Destruction of enemies on less than a tenth of the scale but through centralized operation of artillery. It's a battle that doesn't use thrust. An obstacle is placed on the front of the army just in case. It's an obstacle like an average platform made of a combination of round thicknesses. It will slow down somewhat. And the wind is blowing from decaying trees to Takashima. This is the wind. The enemy will fight across the street. Except for the fact that the enemy is four times bigger, it's not a bad condition as a first line.

"Young Maru Takeshi, it's hard to attack."

"Guess who's rubbing ahead"

"The first line should be honorable..."

"I heard rumors. They're all afraid to pull the poverty tag."

Your grandfather roared “Hmm." The trouble is, I wish I had left a message at the castle and said I wanted to see the effect of the cannon. Heavy zoo was nibbling. That'll help, Eight Gates.

There was movement in the enemy formation. What came out was a fourth-knotted flag, round inner nail piercing......

"Did you move, Takashima and Tanaka?"

Takashima came out to lump everyone together. But it is difficult for Takashima alone to give credit. That's why Tanaka came out. I guess that's the place. Until then, Goro Weimen, who watched the enemy formation without moving, moved his body in a blurb. Is the warrior trembling?

"My lord."

"Um, if the enemy approaches two towns, let them shoot in the first and second rows."

"Ha, after that"

"In the third row I give direct instructions. Goro, prepare the first and second rows for a second shot."

"Ha."

I got a tremor. I'm shivering too. Relax, I think I can win.

The enemy has moved out. He shouted and began to speed up a little bit. The frontal battle power reaches about one hundred and fifty or the ground sounds here. The boulder is powerful. It's an intensity you can't taste with TV drama. The lead is a foot with a spear, followed by a horseback martial artist. There are no horseback squadrons in the enemy, horseback samurai would be commanders like this one.

"Let go!"

Another soldier shouted loudly. An arrow flies to the enemy with it. Distance, about four hundred meters. An arrow descended on the enemy, but the enemy approached without fear. Well, naturally. If you don't cut a hundred meters, you won't get fatal injuries. And only fifty arrows. But I can hurt you, and it's a chase. You might be able to expect some.

"Gun squad, stand down!

An artillery squad set up on one knee on the order of Goro's guard. Arrows continue to descend. The enemy is approaching. 300, 250, 200...

"First row, let go!

A roar sounded and the enemy fell flat. The horse is standing up and shaking off the samurai. Did you defeat about fifty people? Excellent. Your grandfather groaned.

The enemy is stunned. You must have been surprised by the sound, but all of a sudden fifty people fell. I guess I was shocked. But now we've lost propulsion.

"Behind the first row! Second row, forward! Let go!"

There was another roar and the enemy fell to pieces. About forty people this time?

There's something wrong with Tanaka.

"Uhm."

Funny. Tanaka's mess is terrible. Takashima can't even move because of it. I don't think so...

"Grandpa, Tanaka Kubotai, Seiji, are you dead?

"Maybe."

"My lord!"

"Wait a minute, Goro Weimen. See how Takashima comes out. Ready for the first and second columns?

"A little now!

"Hurry!"

"Ha!"

Goro Weimen raised his voice, "Hurry up with the balls!" Arrows pour down on Tanaka's forces in a state of disruption, obviously Tanaka's forces are strange. Loss of will. What do we do? Takashima Echinaka.

I heard voices. It's a voice close to an anger. One horseback rider is screaming. Takashima Momentum moved to meet it.... Is that Takashima Echinaka?

"Column three! Target that horseback rider.... Let go!

Boom, scream, confusion, and Takashima power crumble. Tanaka also escaped. And Nagata, Hirai, Yokoyama and Yamazaki, who were in the rear, also escape. Even though the battle is still to come, you have a weakness in the collection, let the left gate chase you...

Yonglu II (1559) Shadow Kurono, Kuroki Valley, Takashima County, Omi, early February

"So Echinaka was alive?

"Um, it seems that it was the horse that made that underling. My servants saw it and thought Echinaka himself was dead."

"Oh, my God."

My lord and I are talking. There was nothing strange about you hiding in such a tone.

The battle ended with the victory of Decaying Tree Momentum. No damage was done to your allies, and the enemy was defeated without doing anything. It's a one-sided victory. Senior General Tanaka, Chief Tanaka Kubai, is dead. He died eating a second shot when his son was shot in the first shot and confused. Tanaka's confusion was terrible because of it.

"Maybe I misjudged the horse and the other side."

"I don't know if I can tell."

Your lair shook his head to the side.

"... Your grandfather is terrible"

"You're worse."

The two laughed face-to-face.

"What do we do now?

"Heading to Shimizu Mountain"

"You want to take it?

"I wish I could. And Tanaka Castle."

"Right."

He nodded contentedly.

"Grandpa, let the public and hexagonal messengers out. Harmony with Nagata, Hirai, Yokoyama and Yamazaki. I want to ask for that arbitration."

"Is that harmony?

It seems a little unfortunate that you are hiding.

"Um. Shimizu Mountain, if you get Tanaka, the decaying tree territory will expand exceptionally. You can't fight until you're ready for battle. You can't even protect him."

"Right. Okay, then Noon returns to the castle."

My lord called me when your lair left.

"Something?

"That's not the end of it."

……

"I still need you to work. I'll take Takashima."

My lord's eyes looked sharply at me.