Swallow Back

Although Liu Yun was quite envious of those villainous male protagonists when he watched Xiang Lifan under hypnosis in his previous life...

But there is a righteous conscience deep in his heart, and he deeply understands that this kind of behavior is extremely evil.

Even if he got the "power of bewitching", Liu Yun was very cautious, never abused it, and never used it to bully innocent girls.

However, if it was unintentional and unknowingly affecting Miss Jinghe...

So what?

It's a very troublesome problem. You must take responsibility for the peach blossom debt you owe.

Specifically how to be responsible... um... I can talk about it later, but in short, the attitude must be firm and cannot be shaken.

Liu Yun thought about it for a long time alone in the room, and then Miss Jing He appeared in front of him again.

At this moment, there is still a little red glow on her face, and her whole person is a little cramped and shy. Compared with her usual heroic and sassy attitude, she is closer to the ordinary girl of this era.

For some reason, Miss Jinghe was a little too respectful, even a little awe-inspiring, and said carefully and softly: "Master Sasaki, all my team members agree to accept your employment, especially Rinko, Hosaki and Xiao Zi are very happy. So I decided to take their advice."

Liu Yun asked with a bit of doubt: "So, don't you think Miss Jinghe is not willing to do it yourself?"

Miss Jinghe's eyes wandered suddenly, her expression was very embarrassed, she coughed forcefully before returning to normal, holding her head high, and said in a firm tone: "Master Sasaki, you are not only willing to pay for employment, but also allow me At the nearby mountain gate of the Tiantai Sect, I can only be grateful, how could I not be willing?"

Liu Yun asked again: "This shouldn't cause you to have any conflicts with other 'Buddhist Baathists'?"

Miss Jing He's momentum fell a little, and she shook her head sadly: "The so-called Ba'ath Party is nothing but a mob. They do not belong to each other."

Liu Yun finally felt relieved.

He immediately summoned everyone in the family and informed him that in the future, an elite mercenary would help guard the homeland, so there was no need to worry about the monster's attack.

In this regard, Iori accepted it calmly, with an expression that seemed to have been expected, and was not surprised.

Saeko was standing beside her, waiting for her, as if she had some kind of aura of the same enemy, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The retainers responded in different ways, but they were generally somewhat surprised and vaguely contradicted, but they did not dare to refute due to Liu Yun's prestige.

Hayami Kiyobei ​​asked, "Excuse me, my lord, these... um... these elite mercenary ladies, what did they do in the past?"

Liu Yun revealed: "I used to be a subordinate of Hieizan Enryakuji Temple in the past, but this time is different from the past. Now it is a friend rather than an enemy."

Hayami Kiyobei ​​stopped talking.

Then Eguchi Sukezaemon hesitated for a moment, then questioned: "Since it is the helper that the lord recruited, it must be trustworthy. It's just that these girls are really elite force?"

Liu Yun shook his head and said, "Don't worry about this! With six or seven of them working together, even I will be exhausted."

Eguchi Sukezaemon had no opinion after seeing this.

Liu Yun asked Miss Jing He to introduce the team members in detail.

In order of seniority and strength, first is the oldest woman with short hair and a bun, with a gentle and kind face, Shiranui, who can summon thunder and lightning, and then a female swordsman with a single ponytail, who looks a bit iceberg and has mastered the secret technique of teleportation. Rinko.

The two were impressed.

The boyish Sui Xi and Xiao Zi, who was once rescued by Liu Yun, also have a relationship.

Shiranui's daughter and Ashaji's sister are also members of the group, but it seems that they have practiced, so it is not a group of relatives and friends.

There is also a woman who is good at healing and a girl who uses fire escape.

Including the captain of Miss Jinghe, there are nine people in total.

All of them are attractive women, Huan Fei Yan is thin and different, standing together will make people wonder whether the selection criteria for the organization of Demon Ren is based on strength or appearance.

Their attitude is also a bit strange, it seems that everyone is more or less admiring Liu Yun.

But this is obviously unreasonable, Liu Yun thinks that it may be an illusion caused by feeling too good about himself.

Probably so...

Liu Yun remembered all the names, and concluded with a smile: "Then I will leave Sasaki Village's safety in the future. The monthly commission is [-], and I hope you will not think it is too small."

Miss Jinghe hurriedly denied: "Thirty kangaroos are enough for us to live when we returned to Mount Hiei. Not to mention that you also provided basic accommodation... I just think the amount is too high, and I'm worried about causing trouble to you."

Generally speaking, Tsui Mo Ninja is a group of women who have lived in the upper class for a long time and don't quite understand that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

Otherwise, Miss Jing He would not say "worry about causing trouble", but would be surprised by Liu Yun's generosity.

Hayami Kiyobei, Eguchi Sukezaemon, old monk Xinghe, and young monk Suifeng were all stunned when they heard this number.

According to the five-year tribute, the price of one stone of grain is [-] yuan, and the monthly commission of [-] yuan is equivalent to [-] shizhixing.This size of land is enough to support twenty lower-level warriors, or hundreds of peasants and soldiers.

And this is still an ideal state. In fact, due to various natural and man-made disasters, the income on the land is unstable.

The Sasaki family's territory controlled by Liu Yun was only a little over two thousand stones in total.

He is now able to issue this salary, purely based on the bounties and gifts he has received over the past few months, which add up to several hundred taels of gold and silver, which is as much as four or five hundred.

But that's only enough for one year.

The vassals exchanged glances, and Junior Brother Suifeng asked, "The people you recruit must be reliable. It's only 360 per month, that's [-] per year... it will be a big burden for the territory, right?"

Liu Yun is not in a hurry and is very optimistic: "Don't worry, there will be a solution in this regard soon."

It is time to fulfill the ten thousand stone territory that Nobunaga promised.

Chapter 125 Siege of Xiaogu City

"After burning Mt. Hiei, I experienced another big event in person." As a history buff, Liu Yun felt a little excited.

The city with the flag of the Asai family has become a completely isolated stronghold, surrounded by tens of thousands of legions, and its death is probably only in the blink of an eye.

Jiafei's Takeda family has completely returned to the court, and they have dealt a heavy blow to Tokugawa Ieyasu, but they were not completely defeated.

It has been rumored that the reason for the withdrawal of troops is the death of Takeda Shingen.The Takeda family did not admit this, insisting that it was "recuperating from a serious illness", but the public was convinced.No way, it may be human nature to believe and spread rumors.

The Asakura family in Echizen still sent reinforcements after a delay of several months, but it was obvious that they had missed the best opportunity and were defeated by the Oda army, who was at the peak of morale.Seeing that more than half of the retainers turned against each other, Yoshijing Asakura himself was killed by the younger brother of the same family.

Of course, this does not mean that the Oda family won the Echizen, and the traitor defected just to devour the corpse of the old master. How could there be so much loyalty?

In addition, in the southwest, the three people of Miyoshi, Liujiayudang, Song Yongjiuxiu and others were either defeated and fled, or were forced to surrender.

Oda's siege network can be said to have fallen apart.Oda Nobunaga was finally able to free up his hands and mobilized an army of [-] to besiege the last hard bone, Nagai Asai of Kotani Castle.

……

Kotani Castle is built on the peaks of Mt. Ibe, and is a typical "mountain castle" that ignores economic effects in order to strengthen defense.

Between Mount Ibe and Lake Biwa, there is a vast plain of about [-] square kilometers. The land is fertile and the transportation is convenient. The army of the Oda family is stationed here.

Liu Yun also brought his own small team to the battle.

With the protection of the Demon Ninja at home, you can leave with peace of mind.

At first, the villagers didn't believe how powerful the group of beautiful and good-looking young ladies and sisters could be.It wasn't until one day that two vicious dogs and demons as strong as buffaloes were beheaded by them, and they all looked at each other with admiration.

For more than a year, Sasaki Village has been given many preferential policies for tribute and military service by Tokichiro Kinoshita, so it quickly regained its vitality, attracting many refugees, and there is no shortage of manpower.

So this time, Liuyun brought more than 20 rich peasants who were able to prepare their own armor and weapons, and more than 20 "miscellaneous soldiers" from poor families with simple equipment. logistical support.And the only samurai on horseback, Eguchi Suzaemon.

The five little monsters entrusted by Hugo before his death—I heard Miss Jinghe and Shigeji Takenaka say that the scientific name should be called Shanjing—also followed.

The five small mountain spirits have limited intelligence, and regard Liu Yun as the leader of the clan, and obey them unconditionally. Other than that, they are only acquainted with Xianzi, and cannot listen to other people's orders.Liu Yunming specially made suitable armor and weapons, and asked Saeko to take five small mountain elites as personal valet.

Today is the first time that Liu Yun has been serious like a small lord in the feudal era, responding to the call of the upper-level monarch and bringing soldiers to participate in the battle.

According to the common sense in this world, the daimyo will make demands on the number and types of troops provided by the retainers.Every time the retainers arrive at the designated gathering place, they must be counted by the army, and after verifying that the quantity and quality are correct, they will issue a "arrival certificate".

The "receipt" acts like a receipt, and is an important proof that the parties have indeed performed their due obligations.

However, Oda Nobunaga has always attached great importance to efficiency and neglected legality. He felt that it was too troublesome to count the number of soldiers of all retainers one by one. With a wave of his hand, this step was omitted.

In Nobunaga's view, results are the most important.

As long as you can play, it's okay to have fewer players, and you won't be accused of "empty pay".Conversely, the vassals who are ineffective in fighting will be scolded as trash, even if they bring enough troops every time.

Therefore, Liu Yun came over today, and just had a face-to-face with Nobunaga's subordinates Sasuke Seima and Wujing Xi'an. It was a report, and then he was assigned to a station, and he was given two bags of food and grass, and it was over.

As for things like being harassed by small officials, it is even more impossible.

On the other hand, there are quite a few colleagues who come to Liu Yuntao to approach him.

Mainly, the people of the country with low status near Omi, probably want to have a relationship with "Xinxing" in order to gain a firm foothold in the Oda family.There are also some who have no interests and just join in the fun or like to make friends.

However, Liu Yun didn't have time to pay attention to these people.

Because soon he was called by the messenger to the main formation of the central army.

With such a powerful force as the Oda family, it is said that senior samurai with at least [-] to [-] stone territories are eligible to participate in the military council.Liu Yun can be called over, it can only be said to be an exceptional promotion.

This made his colleagues even more eager to make friends with him.

Many people didn't leave at all and stood at the door of Liu Yun's tent waiting.

……

Passing through countless military camps and stepping into heavy curtains, at the deepest core of the formation, Oda Nobunaga sat in the center, with seven or eight important officials on each side.

The little surname who brought Liuyun briefly introduced it. On the left are Sakuma Nobuyoshi, Shibata Katsuya, Niwa Nagahide, Takigawa Ichimako, Saito Nagaryu, Kinoshita Tokichiro, Naozheng, Ikeda Hengxing; on the right is Mitsuhide Akechi, Masahiro Isano, Shunxiu Muto, Shouju Andeng, Ryotong Inaba, Kenxiu Kamo, Jinglong Yamaoka.

These two rows of important officials, some exude a very obvious "powerful spirit", and one can see that their strength is extraordinary.There are also no bright spots, and they look no different from ordinary lower-level samurai.I don't know how to arrange the seats.

Fifteen or sixteen names, suddenly taken out, it is really difficult to correspond with the appearance one by one.Liu Yun only memorized the most famous ones in history.

There was also a gentle young man who came in with Liu Yun.

Oda Nobunaga has always been impatient, so he said at this time: "Otani Castle is within easy reach, only one thing is still difficult to decide, the result of the competition between the two of you will be decided!"

Liu Yun didn't understand what it meant.

The gentle young man beside him was also confused.

Fortunately, the guards of the Oda family had become accustomed to this scene and immediately stood up and explained it.

It turned out that when the siege was allocated, there was a special task, and both Akechi Mitsuhide and Kinoshita Tokichiro wanted to take over, and there was a little competition between the two.

It's not about vying for the vanguard position that's easiest to make.

What they are fighting for is to go around the back of the mountain and accept the task of a certain nobleman going out of the city.

And that noble person is Oda Nobunaga's sister, named Aichi.

At that time, the Oda family formed an alliance with the Asai family, and Aichi married Asai Nagamasa.Now the relationship is shattered, and the Asai family is looking at the impending doom, but Nobunaga still attaches great importance to this sister, and has arranged an internal response in the city, hoping to send a team of people who can fight and are clever to sneak around to the back door, The inside should work together to pick up the sister.

To perform this task, there is no chance to establish the credit of the slashing general and capturing the flag, but it can be closer to the lord, and two smart people, Akechi Mitsuhide and Kinoshita Tokichiro, can't wait to recommend themselves.

Nobunaga said, both of you are both capable of fighting and clever, and you can't decide who to send for a while, so it's better to send one person from each side to test your martial arts, and whoever wins will get this chance.