1006 Episode 1,0005 - Guarding the Sword

Side: Kazuma Kudo

Kikumaru-san came to Owari. He said he met with Chokei Miyoshi and went around the Kinai area.

He said he was preparing to attack Tamba, which is Hosokawa Harumoto's territory, which is changing from the historical facts. It doesn't have much effect on us at present, though. I don't know what will happen.

"The tide of the world and the tide of Owari are changing more and more.

Again, we hear about the trip, but as Kikumaru says, the world is still a turbulent place. The gap between the two is only getting wider. I can see it in Rokkaku and Kitabatake, who are trying new things. It's hard to wait for the new trials to pay off.

I've seen them do it. We can't slow down the pace of reform. We have to do the best we can with what we have time to do in our lifetime.

That's right. Let's give Daimaru and Nozomi their swords for protection. I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot of people who are interested in this. They're pretty good short swords.

My companion, Yoichiro, held out two daggers wrapped in cloth.

I don't know much about swords, but these two swords must have been famous in history. But these two swords must have been famous in history. I'm sure they were stolen by Matsunaga Danjo during the Eiroku War?

This is great.

I'm sorry to receive it, as you can imagine: ......

It's a sword that can't be pushed around. It's not something that money can buy. Julia, who is also on maternity leave, is looking at it, and it is the best proof that she is looking at it as if she is looking at it.

"Don't worry about it. I still have more swords.''

She looks at Julia to see what she should do, but Julia wants to say that if it's okay with her, it's okay with her, Kikumaru-san. She doesn't seem to mind too much either.

'Besides. I've become a warrior and traveled with my master, and I've come to realize that people's lives are short. A man's life is short. The Ashikaga family has many swords and Chinese objects. The Ashikaga family has many swords and Chinese artifacts, but even if you own them, you cannot take them with you to the bottom of the mountain once you are dead. Then it's better to use them to protect your children in the next life.

Shogun Ashikaga Yoshito and the martial artist Kikumaru. Two faces in the same person. It's not as simple and straightforward as the period drama in the original world.

But in the end, they are just one person.

Thank you very much.

I can't pay it back. It's impossible for me to pay it back in the first place because of my status.

Maybe it's ironic. I've changed as a shogun by becoming a single martial artist. But ......, maybe this can help us transition to an era where not much blood is flowing.

Side: Spring

I'm sorry. Tarosaemon-dono. I was here for your military exploits.

Don't mind me. A man is still a novice in his own right, but he is ready to learn.

It is good that he joined up with the young man, but it was Mochizuki Tarozaemon-dono who took the blame for his unplanned participation in the campaign. Since I had hoped to leave the Kuon family's army to him and give him a chance to show his military prowess, I ended up depriving him of it.

He doesn't seem to mind it that much, but I feel sorry for him.

We took up a position where we could see the Nagano castle. Nagano seems to be holed up in a castle. This time it was the battle of Kitabatake. I feel comfortable. It is much more difficult to attack than Kameyama Castle.

We left it to autumn, but this time we came in summer and winter with me. In winter, I went to help the medics, and in summer, I reorganized the military officers we brought and those brought by Wakadono.

I'm discussing future matters with Tarosaemon-dono.

He said, "The enemy castle has between one thousand and one thousand five hundred warriors that can fight, and even women and children who cannot fight have fled. Even women and children, who cannot fight, seem to have fled to the castle. There may be as many as three thousand of them. They don't have much food, and they will surrender in a month at most. There is a path to the west that leads to the gate of the city.

Is there anything else I can do?

The Kouga boys will do just fine elsewhere. We are used to the mountains. But it will be difficult for you to take the guns with you.

If we're going to use the wooden gun, we'll have to take it on the regular mountain trail. In this case, a roasting ball is more convenient.

"The other side doesn't seem to have any intention of doing a thorough job of fighting back. There is no reason to forcefully attack them.

I'll come up with a plan to drop it, just in case, but Prime Minister-dono doesn't plan to attack right away. The soldiers on our side are more or less exhausted. But since I lent them a gel, they will be able to protect themselves from the cold of the morning and evening.

They are watching each other and looking for the right moment to attack. Well, it's the war of this era.

Also, Kitabatake's soldiers have been meddling with us: ......

Well, it's no use.

It's not all about the enemy. There is also a difference in the operation of Kitabatake's soldiers and Oda's soldiers. Oda's troops are the same as those of the army. When they finished, they were paid more money than the amount of service, and after they were mobilized, they were provided with food. So there are very few people who are on their own. A quarrel is common.

However, Kitabatake's soldiers had to be looted and taken away to earn money. I heard that Prime Minister-dono forbade it because Oda didn't do it, but it was a bad move.

Of course, Prime Minister-dono is also making an effort. The Kitabatake family prepared food and distributed it to the miscellaneous soldiers. This alone is revolutionary for this era. However, .......

The food is different too. This one has fish and liquor as well, so ......

Kitabatake only distributed rice and miso. However, in Oda, meals are not distributed in bulk, but cooked and distributed in bulk. There were dried fish, wild plants and vegetables. They even served liquor and sweetmeats instead of looting.

Some of Kitabatake's soldiers noticed the difference and started to make a fuss. Oda's troops don't go so far as to pick fights, but when they are sold a fight, they buy it.

Cooking efficiency and sanitation issues. Even clean water and fuel can be hard to come by. It's only natural for us.

But Oda's soldiers seem to look at Kitahata's soldiers and think they don't want to be like that. ...... There's no one who would oppose their lives.

Looting hadn't been zero in the war so far. There were a few who sneaked out of the camp and tried to take it, but they were disposed of each time.

This time, he must have had some thoughts about Kitabatake's troops. How could Oda's soldiers be more docile than usual?

''Prime Minister-dono must have a headache.

In history, there are records of looting even during the Osaka campaign, the last battle of the Warring States period. That was the normal course of events in those days. It is difficult to change this with ordinary efforts.

Nevertheless, Oda's military discipline is getting better and better, or Kitabatake's doing whatever he wants and doing whatever he wants. It's easy to see which is better for the people of this era. It's not just the fact that Kitabatake is a true nobleman and public official, he must be having a hard time.

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Spring, twenty-two years later. In the spring of the year 22, Ashikaga Yoshito gave him two daggers, Fudo Kuniyuki and Yakken Toshiro, as recorded in the "Record of the Kuon family".

The daggers were intended to protect Daimaru and Kimi, the sons of Kazuma, who were born the year before.

In the Ashikaga Gito Ichidai-ki (Record of the First Era of Ashikaga Gito), it is written that Gito, under the name of Kikumaru, was traveling under the guise of a samurai warrior, and that he often visited the Kuon family.

He often visited the Kuon family, and it is written in the "Record of the First Era of Ashikaga Gito" that he often visited the Kuon family during his travels.

The Fudo Kuniyuki and the Yakken Toishiro are known as the Twin Swords because they belonged to Obumaru and Nozomi, and are designated as important cultural properties belonging to the Kuon family.