$ Chapter 159 1. Take over Ejiri as a Castle Representative
While riding on his horse, Kobayata carefully recalled Yamamoto Kansuke's expression at that time. There were no loopholes, no nervousness at all, that kind of self-assured look, graceful behavior, and a faint smile (it would be better to cry than laugh!).
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Kobayata, a time traveler and Kitabatake University, was fooled by him. It was so easy!
But there is nothing strange about this. The human heart is the most difficult to see through. To put it bluntly, Kobayata is still a young man in his twenties. He has seen a lot of dead people, but he has not seen many living people with ulterior motives.
Moreover, Kobayata has always been a weakling in specific tactics. He just needs to know shame and then be brave. This time, Kobayata is the first time to lead troops independently. At least he did not make any mistakes during the battle, and he fought well.
What's more, Yamamoto Kansuke is already over fifty, and Kobayata is only over twenty. He has been eating more than Kobayata for more than twenty years, so he must be much better than Kobayata.
As for who will win or lose in the future, it is still unknown!
Xiao Pingtai tore the letter into pieces and threw it into the air. The scraps of paper flew with the wind and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The army rolled back to Yamanouchi. The soldiers who won the battle and got a lot of money happily came to receive the rewards from Yamanouchi Yoshiharu (although it was not much, but the samurai could get the territory, and the soldiers could not think of the land, but a few coins and a few liters of rice were still okay.), and the families of the soldiers who died in the battle also received some compensation.
In the Warring States Period, which was accustomed to the separation of life and death, life had to go on. The dead had no choice but to admit that they were unlucky, and Yamanouchi Yoshiharu actually reaped a lot this time. So he opened the treasury, encouraged the three armies, and eliminated any anti-war sentiment as soon as possible.
After the ordinary soldiers were settled, they hurried back to their hometowns to participate in spring plowing. After all, bad battles can be fought all year round, but if spring plowing is not done well, they may starve for a year.
The samurai didn't have to rush back to the countryside to plant rice. What they were waiting for was of course the grand celebration banquet. This was what all the samurai and the public servants were looking forward to the most. They fought bravely on the battlefield for the inheritance of the Chixing territory and the chess pieces and gold that exuded the glory of the musicians.
Kobayata alone killed several Kai samurai and was listed in the Yamanouchi Ichiban Gun of the Uedahara Battle. He was actually full of expectations. He went home with his uncle Tsunayoshi to change into the Wufu. When the family heard about the great military exploits of the uncle and nephew, they were even more delighted.
After entering the city, the drums and music were loud, and the specially invited Tian music band danced Tian music happily. The samurai toasted and washed away the blood and dust of the battle with fine wine.
After Yamanouchi Yoshiharu toasted, the most exciting reward came.
Kobayata was promoted to the Ejiri Castle Lord with an annual salary of 320 kanmon and the Ejiri garrison supervisor for his great merit in the Uedahara Ichiban Gun. At the same time, as the general of the Ejiri Department, he was given an additional 800 kan of knowledge and exercise to help the Yamanouchi family keep an eye on the Ejiri territory.
Tsunayoshi's uncle was given an additional 500 kan of knowledge and exercise, becoming a small name master of 852 kan of knowledge and exercise, and took his hatamoto group of people to serve as Kobayata's deputy general and force. At the same time, he was also changed from the head of the hatamoto general group to the general of the attendant, becoming the commander of the Ejiri 500 Cavalry.
As for the newly acquired Ina County, it was moved to Isshiki Miyauchi Shosuke, which was a matter of course. His qualifications and prestige could suppress others. It was not this kind of old general who could not make the troublemakers in the new territory stop, and when he straightened out all the local snakes and made them all official, Upper Ina and Lower Suwa were completely pacified.
Uncle Tsunayoshi is now serving as Koyata's deputy general, and his mentality has adjusted very quickly. Koyata has risen rapidly in a few years, but it is all due to his military achievements, not the kind of lucky villain who makes people jealous.
As for why he is so happy, in addition to being promoted and getting rich, his concubine is pregnant (it is not uncommon to have only one daughter after marrying a wife for 20 years), and not only that, his beloved daughter Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's concubine Matsunono is also pregnant. He is going to be a father and a grandfather, how can he not be happy. (In fact, it is easy to understand. In winter, let alone at night, you can't do anything even during the day. Outdoor activities are too difficult, and there are few indoor entertainments. So it seems normal to get pregnant in winter, right? It makes a lot of scientific sense.)
Finally, he met with several hatamoto samurai belonging to Uncle Tsunayoshi's hatamoto security team. This time, they were classified as Koyata's and their forces together with Uncle Tsunayoshi. In addition to Murakami Yoshimitsu, who was just promoted to the hatamoto and came to report early, there are also two hatamoto who have served the Yamanouchi family for generations.
The family is the Iwase family with 180 kan. The father, Iwase Kojuro Mototaka, is currently serving in the government. He has a very good family background. He is a descendant of Hachiman Taro Yoshiie and a branch of the Kai Takeda clan. He settled in Shinano Iwase-sho two hundred years ago. However, Mototaka is 52 years old this year and is unable to do his job. Although he is still serving in the government, he has already reported to Yamanouchi Yoshiharu, and his son Fujijiro Motomasa is ready to take over. Motomasa is young and strong, and has a good spearmanship. He is only 28 years old and very brave.
The other family is the hatamoto Ogasawara family. Ogasawara and Shiro Nagamasa are branches of the Ina Ogasawara clan. Apart from being called Ogasawara, they have basically no blood relationship with the Shinano guardian Ogasawara Nagatoki. He is 22 years old this year. He was sent to Kyoto to learn martial arts from the Daizen Daifu Moritada because of his surname Ogasawara. His father died two years ago, and now he has returned to inherit the family business. Their family is a local snake in the Yamanouchi area. They have been working with the Yamanouchi family for three generations, and the family business is already 270 kanwen. And this person has also seen the world. A few years ago, Miyoshi Nagayoshi and Hosokawa Harumoto fought back and forth in Kinai. He also participated in the war with his master and witnessed a large-scale battle of more than 100,000 people.
The above three are all hereditary retainers of Yamanouchi Yoshiharu who have served for generations. The last one, Kanai Aigoro, surprised Kobayata. Although Imai is not a well-known family name, there are many people with this surname. Uesugi Terutora's family has Imai Kogenta (assigned to the Langqiao clan), Takeda Harunobu's family has Imai Zenpachi (Nishi-Ueno Shogunate clan), and Hojo Ujiyasu's family has Imai Shinzo (only appeared once when attacking Minowa Castle). They all came from the Ueno Kuragano Kanai clan, one of the top local bosses in Ueno. It was Hosokawa Harumiya who wrote a handwritten letter to recommend him to the Yamauchi family, saying that he was a good swordsman and was temporarily under the command of his uncle Tsunayoshi as a hatamoto with 80 kan.
Koyata looked at these people and found that it was not the Edo period when samurai were rampant and worthless. Each of them had some killing skills, so he was quite relieved to take them with him on the road.