$ Chapter 619 25. Kai Fei’s Sword Hunting Order

If you don’t see it with your own eyes, it’s hard to understand what it’s like to be a dead child of fourteen or fifteen years old, holding a hideous head covered in blood, jumping and flying among the dead.

Honda Tadakatsu captured and killed Itagaki Nobukari, after all, he was originally a general of the Takeda clan, so his contribution was naturally not small. Moreover, military merits in the Warring States period depended on the head, and it was based on ability. He was naturally very excited to capture Itagaki Nobukari, after all, he was still a child.

The Kai Ikki suffered dozens of artillery shells and were attacked by the army. If Koheita’s heart was blown up, it would be over!

The old and the young, the Ikki were like catkins in spring, scattered everywhere, like mindless flies, running around. These were not the experienced Kai army after all. In the past, when the Kai army was defeated, the experienced ones would hide in the ravines, and you couldn’t catch them at all, like mountain monkeys.

The Ikki today was much worse, strung with straw ropes and sent to Kofu. The rich asked their families to pay for the ransom, and the poor sent them to the Kai Kurokawa Gold Mine to contribute to the Yamanouchi family's finances.

"Heihachi! Don't hold the head all the time. Just wait until His Majesty arrives and then present it." Kobayata couldn't bear it any longer. The dead kid held the head like a big treasure, giggling there.

"How long will it take to get to the palace?" Reluctantly putting the head down, Honda Tadakatsu's face flushed with excitement.

"It's almost there. Have you seen Kobayata?"

"He seems to be chasing Aonuma Sukebei. I saw him abandon his horse and go into the mountains." Although the dead kid was talking to Kobayata, he kept staring at the head he had asked for, as if he was afraid that he would run away.

"Why didn't you guys go after him together?"

"He said I asked for the head, but he didn't, so he didn't allow me to fight with him!" The child looked up and recalled.

"So he went alone?"

"My uncle Shuma (Sakakibara Nagamasa) caught up with him."

It shouldn't be a problem if his father goes with him. Otherwise, if something happens to that dead kid, Kobayata will be heartbroken.

Why does this sound ambiguous?

Forget it, shake his head, Kobayata led a group of Takeda Reneda to meet Yamauchi Taro.

The Yamauchi army slowly passed through the Suwaguchi Pass. Some of the reserve troops had dispersed and began to search for the collapsed Ikki. Only the main force and Koharu were still holding their posts and did not leave.

The last bit of the essence of Kai was lost in the mountain pass of Sasao. It is basically impossible to organize any Ikki in the future. The rest is to appease the people slowly and cultivate with the people. After a few years, Kai will completely change its surname to Yamauchi.

Entering the Yamauchi main camp with flags flying, everyone nodded to Kobayata. After all, luring the snake out of its hole was the final decision made by Koyata. Now everyone with a discerning eye can see that this time it has been completely successful.

"What a great victory! Danzheng." Isshiki Miyauchi greeted Koyata with a smile.

"It was all thanks to your highness's divine troops that defeated the uprising like a whirlwind. I only contributed a little."

A second small stool was set up below Yamauchi Taro, waiting for the heads of the reserve troops to be inspected and the report on the capture of the uprising. In addition, the thousand hatamoto under Koyata's command also had to rejoin the team and return to Yamauchi Taro's command.

The joyful cheers of victory echoed in the mountains on both sides, infecting everyone in the team.

The dead kid Honda Tadakatsu was the happiest because he finally had the opportunity to present the head he had obtained. Heiroku was right next to him, and he didn't care about the dirt. Seeing his son's extreme excitement, he didn't even know to clean the head and tidy it up first. I had to help him deal with it temporarily in a hurry, so as not to be unsightly when it was presented.

"Is Heihachiro the sword of uncle Tansho?"

"Yes, he is also the adopted son of Hamamatsu Sobu-sama Kawabe Uebei."

"Kawabe Uebei? He must be the Kawabe Heirokuro who captured Murasaki's defense alive during the Battle of Kawanakajima." Isshiki Miyauchi seemed to remember something.

"He also shot Itagaki Suruga-no-kami with a cannon at the Battle of Uedawara, and his official position as Uebe Second Lieutenant was personally recommended by the former Kofu Gengenin-dono."

"That's really a good father and a good son!" Isshiki Miyauchi nodded repeatedly.

After all, it was an old story from nearly ten years ago, and many people present didn't know it at all, such as Yamauchi Yoshiyasu and Yamauchi Taro, who could only learn about it through oral narration.

"Honda Heihachi was awarded fifty taels of gold and a letter of appreciation for taking the head of the Itagaki family." Isshiki Miyauchi glanced at Yamauchi Taro, weighed it, and announced the reward.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Honda Tadakatsu smiled happily after receiving the gold on the wooden tray and the letter of thanks written by Isshiki Miyauchi and signed by Yamauchi Taro.

After that, the rest of the heads were delivered one by one, and Sakakibara Yasumasa finally ran back with a face full of mud. Aonuma Sukebei failed to escape after all and became his dead soul.

As for Takeda Nobuo, he was also very heroic. Seeing that the defeat was inevitable, he found a ravine and committed seppuku. The retainer who escorted his head back to his hometown was captured by the army, and the head naturally became a trophy.

"This time the Takeda clan was pacified in one fell swoop!"

"I think that in order to completely avoid future troubles, we might as well take another approach!"

"Well?" Yamauchi Taro tilted his head and looked at Kobayata.

"Issue a sword hunt in Kai!"

"Order all residents of Kai, including farmers, guards, temples, shrines, and Eta, to hand over all swords, guns, bows and arrows, cannons, and armor. The Yamanouchi clan will exchange them for rice at half the market price."

"The meaning of the dansho is to completely eliminate the possibility of the Kai uprising!" Isshiki Miyauchi is an old politician.

"That's right! First use some grain to exchange, and if they don't obey, then forcibly confiscate it! The prosecutors go to the countryside and check every household! Don't let Kai have a single weapon in the wild!"

Fujiwara Danjo is using a plan to wipe out the whole family!

Now it is just to ensure that even if there is another uprising in Kai, those who rebel can only cut wood as weapons, raise a pole as a flag, or even fight the government army with bare hands. In fact, it is to lay the foundation for the Yamauchi clan to exercise strong direct rule in Kai in the future.

Now that the Kai uprising has been quelled, the Yamauchi army has gathered in Kai. The few troublemakers have already anointed the blade of Yamauchi. If the sword hunting order is not implemented at this time, when will it be implemented?

"It is indeed a good plan for long-term peace!" Kitabatake University was the first to express his approval.

The generals of the team agreed one after another, and Yamauchi Taro immediately ordered to erect wooden signs everywhere in the streets of Kai. All residents of Kai, even those who were previously military servants of the Takeda clan, were ordered to surrender all their weapons first. They would be dealt with after the Yamanouchi clan had completely stabilized Kai and reorganized the military.

This order took effect immediately and required all of them to be handed over to the governors of each county within five days. After that, the governors and prosecutors would go to the countryside to conduct inspections. Those who disobeyed the order would be thrown directly into the Kurokawa gold mine!