Chapter 299 32. Murakami Yoshikiyo Captured Alive

"Head? It's here. It's just the head of Murakami Jirobei. What's wrong?"

Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu called a servant to bring a wooden box. The head had been slightly cleaned and tidy. It was indeed the head of a very young man in his twenties.

Uesugi Terutora took a look and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brother."

If it's not the head of Murakami Yoshikiyo, then there's nothing to pay too much attention to. Murakami Yoshikatsu said that he was the second son of Murakami Yoshikiyo, but what's the use? It's just adding a stroke to the credit book.

At this moment, the sky was getting dark, and the sun in the distance had completely set. The wild fields of Kawanakajima were gradually filled with mist, and the soldiers were in the excitement after the great victory.

Many people were scattered on the expanded battlefield with torches to search for spoils, while others set up pots and pans, lit fires, and cooked the captured food. Cheerful laughter was heard from east to west.

Heiroku finally arrived at the battlefield with the first batch of food and fodder. In addition to the necessary cooking utensils and food, he also brought a lot of wine. The soldiers in the camp were very happy and excited.

In addition, Heiroku also brought an unexpected person.

At the last moment, Murakami Yoshikiyo led dozens of cavalry to charge the Uesugi army. First, more than half of them were killed by the counterattack of Kakizaki Kageie, and then they were slashed by the main force of Uesugi Terutora. Soon, only four or five cavalry were left, and the flags and horse marks had been lost.

Originally, Murakami Yoshikiyo thought that killing one would be enough, and killing two would make a profit. He was ready to continue to charge back at the Uesugi army, but he didn't know where a stray arrow shot from, with great force, and hit him in the chest.

Murakami Yoshikiyo cried out, without a cry, and was about to fall off his horse. Several hatamoto rushed forward and grabbed him. Crowded on the horse, killed a few miscellaneous soldiers, and ran away quickly.

These Murakami hatamoto thought very carefully. The most dangerous place is the safest place.

Where is the most dangerous? Going north means going to Echigo, which is definitely not possible. Going west, to Fukashi Castle in Chikuma County, is the direction of the Yamanouchi family. Now that the Yamanouchi army has arrived, the west is the safest.

Dare to think and do it. They ran west along the road with the unconscious Murakami Yoshikiyo. They planned to run south halfway and return to Katsurao to regroup.

They were also very lucky. They avoided the Yamanouchi army. After running for a while, they happened to meet a small pack team of the Yamanouchi army.

There were no samurai or guards. Kitabatake University had only a hundred or so foot soldiers in addition to the Lianchuan River Maintenance Team (Mizuguzu) whose combat effectiveness was worrying.

At first glance, the Murakami hatamoto saw that there were only one or two hundred military servants and a dozen miscellaneous soldiers. However, there were thirty or forty pack horses and a lot of food and fodder. The horses under their crotches were already exhausted. If they robbed these pack horses, the process of running away would be much easier, and they were also hungry.

Five Murakami hatamoto left one to look after Murakami Yoshikiyo, and the remaining four rushed forward, which really frightened the small pack team that killed the inner army.

Seeing that they were about to collapse, Hei Liu, who happened to be in the team, had a good habit of carrying two iron cannons because he had zero martial arts skills. He raised one and pulled the trigger, and killed one at a distance of more than ten meters.

The remaining three Murakami hatamoto were shocked and still stunned. Hei Liu fired another shot, and another hatamoto fell down. Now the enemy and I have changed, two against two hundred.

The eyes of the sergeants who had just started to panic and run away began to glow green. They have done a lot of things to hunt warriors, or they are very good at it.

Now two hundred fight two, and they don’t even need Hei Liu’s orders. This group of people immediately showed their "Warring States nature". They rushed up, this time even sticks and bamboo poles were used.

The two Murakami hatamoto had been fighting for a long time, and they were tired and hungry. They were just about to eat the chickens, but they didn't expect that there were too many chickens and they would pile up to death. They turned their horses and wanted to run, but there was no way to escape.

Heiroku said, "One head is worth ten stones of rice!" and the fate of these two was doomed.

The remaining Murakami hatamoto who was guarding Murakami Yoshikiyo not far away wanted to run, and Heiroku, who had already loaded his gun, somehow became so powerful that he shouted, "Samurai also have compassion, and surrender will not be killed!"

He shouted and fired directly. With the sound of the gun, the Murakami hatamoto, whose momentum was taken away and whose heart and liver were broken, actually fell off his horse in shock.

Since then, two of the five Murakami hatamoto were killed by iron cannons, and two were beaten to death by servants. I dare not look at the appearance of their corpses. The last one was captured alive, and now he has also been killed by the Buddha in the West.

Originally, Murakami Yoshikiyo on horseback should have been killed with one sword, but Heiroku was a meticulous man. Seeing that he had five cavalry guards and was wearing good armor, he estimated that he was a general, so he ordered people to tie up Murakami Yoshikiyo's feet, throw him on the ox cart, and bring him into the Yamanouchi camp.

"Danzheng, we met a few scattered Murakami cavalry on the road, and I decided to kill them for ten stones of rice per head." "Oh, okay, I'll tell the university for you, and I'll reimburse you from the public treasury."

Although Heiroku served the Yamanouchi family, he was still a vassal of Kobayata. After entering the camp to place supplies, he came to report to Kobayata.

"We also captured one, who was shot by an arrow. I didn't have time to treat him, so I threw him on the cart outside." "Congratulations, you have made a name for yourself. Who is this from the Murakami family?"

Kobayata flipped through the booklet handed over by Heiroku, checking whether the things he brought were correct, and then he had to go and check with Yamanouchi Yoshiharu.

"I don't know, I don't know him." Heiroku shook his head. He had never seen the samurai from the Murakami family, so how could he know who he was.

"Okay, I got it. Check the account for me and we'll talk about other things." Xiao Pingtai didn't care much about this.

"Xiao Pingtai, why is there a dead person at your door?" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu came in to ask for the fine feed for the warhorse. The horsepower was consumed during the day, and the beans he brought were eaten up.

"Shinshu, wait a minute, I'll give it to you after I finish the calculation with Hei Liu. Do you know the one at the door? Hei Liu was captured on the way, and he's not dead yet." Xiao Pingtai put down the pen.

"Why don't you find a living person to ask? Come to eat quickly after you're done. Father will have a military meeting soon and will move troops tomorrow. Brother Yi will also transfer troops to Kanto." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu looked at the people on the cart.

"Old man, don't pretend to be dead." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu seemed to find that the people on the cart moved.

Xiao Pingtai poked his head out when he heard this and walked over.

"Get a bucket of water and pour it on him to wake him up." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu ordered Chen San.

Chen San responded and quickly brought a bucket of water from the trough.

"No need, I'm the village's defense officer."