Chapter 26 28. Returning Safely to the Mountain with a Full Load

Kobayata had to stay at Hirai Castle temporarily, preparing to observe the situation before making the next plan. The Hojo soldiers who were fighting in Higashi-Ueno also gathered at Hirai Castle one after another.

In addition to the 25,000 Hojo main force, the Ueno thugs also brought 2,000 to 3,000 people, looking like servile. Hojo's thighs are really easy to hug, and it's a waste of food to collect these small fish.

Kobayata watched this battle that decided the life and death of the Kanrei coldly. In theory, the total number of troops participating in the battle has reached 100,000, which is also a famous battle in history. Kobayata was able to experience it personally, so it was not in vain to take the risk.

After all, you can fight, anyway, you can't hit Kobayata. Kobayata just wants to see if he can get some advantage, or if there is any war money to make.

The Hojo soldiers who were captured and returned to the camp were all wealthy, with big and small bags, leading the living (people) and pulling the pack animals, and the atmosphere of victory and joy filled the entire camp. In Kobayata's view, these were all moving piggy banks.

Kobayata, with the vulgar idea of ​​not taking advantage of the opportunity, bought two pack horses from the soldiers who were chasing in the early stage, and continued to buy weapons at a low price. The soldiers were also happy to cash in the spoils, after all, money did not take up too much space and was easy to carry. If you have cash, you can take it home to make new clothes for your wife and children, or buy yourself some wine.

For a moment, Kobayata was a little carried away. He found that he had collected too many things, and it was too late to buy animals to carry them. He had to buy more than 50 civilians at the price of 60 coins for men and 30 coins for women. Let them do labor and carry the various materials collected for themselves.

As for Kobayata and Koichiro, they could only take care of 50 or 60 living people. In fact, it was very simple. They were not afraid of them running away. Now half of Ueno was filled with Hojo's army. If they ran away, they would be caught and sold. Besides, Kobayata's two thin meals a day would not starve to death. He also specially picked those with families, both big and small, for easy supervision.

So Kobayata waited for two days, picked a gap, and left the Hojo camp with a large group of people. There was no imagined obstruction at all. After all, the Hojo were now trapped under the Hirai Castle and had no magic way to attack the city. The Hojo army seemed to be ready to concentrate its forces to attack from all sides, striving to conquer the city and kill the governor quickly regardless of sacrifice.

Kobayata secretly kept some of the best swords, guns and bows and arrows, (Nagano Yezheng and I are not very familiar with each other, please don't mind if I black you a little) and sent dozens of armors and more than a thousand various weapons into Minowa Castle.

At this time, Minowa had settled down a little. Foot soldiers patrolled the city from time to time. The originally turbulent crowd was also calmed down. Most men had been forcibly conscripted as soldiers, and women and children were dispersed to various villages. The roads were no longer in a mess. Only the figures of the long-legged people running back and forth to communicate appeared from time to time.

Nagano Yoshimasa's ability was undoubtedly demonstrated. When Kobayata entered Minowa, he encountered foot soldiers who were on guard and checking. There were several waves before and after. I believe that no matter what urgent situation, he could report and respond quickly.

Communicating with Koichiro about what he had seen and heard in the past few days, Koichiro was quite knowledgeable. He was two years younger than Kobaya, and he analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Hojo and the Kanrei. He was also very good at analyzing the sentiments and opinions of the people. He helped Kobaya a lot in the past few days.

This made Kobayata also determined that there are heroes among the grassroots. There is no need to think about collecting 800 Taiko Risshiden character cards when traveling here. Many people who have not left their names in history just lack the opportunity to show themselves.

Let's not talk about it. This time, Kobayata did not need to give his name when entering Minowa Castle. He found Nagano Yoshimasa's residence in this hilly city with ease.

As soon as Nagano Yoshimasa saw Kobayata, he greeted him enthusiastically: "Kobayata, you have helped me a lot. Come and sit down, come and sit down."

"No, no, just a little thing. Shinano no Kami is too kind." Kobayata said quickly.

Kobayata's batch of weapons and armor came at the right time. Nagano Yoshimasa had already evaluated Kobayata as a righteous and loyal person.

In order to express his gratitude to Kobayata, he gave Kobayata a black lacquered side barrel five-piece torso that he had used. Although it was just a set of common armor, it was a token of his love after all, and what’s more, Kobayata himself had no way to buy the Nanbando that he wanted to buy. So he happily accepted it, thanked him again and again, and left the city.

In addition, because of the bargaining on the battlefield, Kobayata still had more than 100 kan of cash left. So Kobayata and Koichiro attacked from all sides and bought all the goods of the small merchants who were stranded because of too many goods. Relying on various carriages and horses borrowed, cheated, and bought, they filled three carts. After selling them with tears, those small merchants also ran away with the insignificant money.

Kobayata and Koichiro led the horses and drove the carriages, and also brought a group of people they bought. Although it was speculated that the Hojo army would not attack Nishijono this time, the war was fierce and dangerous, and they did not dare to gamble with their lives. They quickly set off to return to Minamishin, and in order to avoid danger, they detoured north to Numata Agatsuma County.

Ten days later, when he finally walked back to the mountain, Xiao Pingtai, who had only brought two horses and 500 kan with him, had changed a lot. There were eleven pack horses, six carts loaded with goods, and more than fifty men and women carrying goods on their shoulders. The huge team made people think it was a large merchant caravan.

Before he had time to go home, Kobayata brought all the people and goods to the city. He went into the city to report to Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, who had heard about the arrival of his team. He didn't say much nonsense and asked directly about the gains of this trip. Kobayata reported the various materials and goods he had obtained, and also reported the battle between the Hojo and the Kanrei. Because of the detour, the news of the Kanrei's defeat also arrived in Minamishin one step earlier than Kobayata along with the fleeing crowd.

Sure enough, after defending the city for two or three days, someone helped the Hojo army to open the gate, and Hirai Castle fell quickly. Uesugi Kento's whereabouts were unknown. His three underage sons, the eldest and second sons were found and killed one after another, and the whereabouts of the youngest son were unknown.

The second most famous Kanrei Uesugi family in Kanto collapsed, most of the retainers died on the battlefield, and the rest were scattered, which was a pity. However, Xiao Pingtai knew that this Kanrei was not dead. It would not be long before he would rely on another mountain and lead an army of 112,000 people to beat the Hojo family half to death, pinning them to the ground and making them unable to take care of themselves.

But there was no need to tell this to Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, because no one would believe it anyway. As for the debt owed to the Kanrei family, borrowing the Kanrei family's carriages and horses, hahahahaha, bite me!

Three thousand two hundred, big brothers, please give me the face to enter the three thousand, thank you.