.Full River Country Song Port

Hamamatsu Port, which has been turbulent these days, is now a terrible abandonment.

Muddy paths, interlaced river forks, blue-gray distant mountains... In the gray morning mist, the ruins of the ruined villages and towns were faintly visible. There was no trace of smoke rising in the villages and towns, but the unburned dead trees were still emitting wisps of black smoke.

Large areas of empty fields were all deserted, and unharvested rice rotted in the fields, and dense artemisia grass grew wildly on the fertile soil. The faint blue phosphorus fire flashed out of the artemisia grass from time to time, and at the same time it carried the stench of rotten corpses.

In the deserted fields where people could not be seen at first sight, a cold gun that suddenly passed by the "trumpet" suddenly shocked a large number of crows and water birds flew over the people's heads in panic, making waves of ominous rattle.

There are also countless floating resentful spirits, pulling out dark blue tracks in the gloomy sky, spreading faint sobs, making everyone feel goose bumps all over their bodies gathering on their backs.

When Feiri led his army to land in the safe port closest to Okazaki Castle, and was still nominally loyal to the frontier stronghold of the Kamakura authorities, and the Toe River Port, what he saw was such a miserable scene.

As early as after the Kyoto mutiny in August, the vast countryside of this area fell into an extremely chaotic anarchy. Bandits were rampant, bandits were everywhere, and trade routes were cut off... The extremely hungry and poor farmers were incited by those who were interested and attacked the manors and mansions of the rich, robbed rice shops and granaries, resulting in the once prosperous streets and towns being ruined. The wanton spread of plague further accelerated the speed of population decline.

Under such a crisis, the rare number of old shogunate and garrisons of various vassals could only hide in a few important towns, and there was constant internal strife. As the situation became increasingly corrupt, the conflict between the old samurai warriors and the new chaebol private soldiers became increasingly serious. Some old samurai warriors even secretly colluded with the downward forces in an attempt to get into the crowd.

Kibu in Mino, Nagoya in Ohari, and Okazaki in Mikawa, these famous and solid cities on Tokaido were all captured by the Akatsuki group or other "anti-government guerrillas" in the chaos during the internal strife of the defenders.

The Hamamatsu Port, which Feili has landed in the Tonori country, was originally abandoned by frightened soldiers who violated military orders and fled to the Shin Mansion City of Suruga, further east. The remaining Tonori country and the old-school samurai warriors quickly established a maintenance meeting, drafted a letter of loyalty, and collected a reward for the troops, preparing to wait for the imperial army to change the gang as soon as it arrived.

Unfortunately, the imperial army had not arrived yet, and the edicts that abolished the shogunate banner and the "thief vassal" samurai were abolished, and all the territories were confiscated for free. According to the guidance of this edict, except for the "king-supporting righteous men" who had defected to the court, the other landlords would be slaughtered and distributed to the meat as fat pigs... for distribution to the poor and scared Kyoto ministers, as well as the "rebels" fighting for the great cause of "retrograde kingship". Even which territory was specifically distributed to someone had been determined in the form of an edict or official document.

When he found that his ancestral property had become a prize designated by others, he felt deeply deceived Yuanjiang, the soldiers of Sanhe Township immediately became a furious and tore up the letter of loyalty that had not yet dried up, reorganized the Maintenance Association into a security team, and seized the time to dig trenches and build fortifications in his hometown, intending to fight with the court's Eastern Expedition Army to protect the ancestral territory... At the same time, he sent letters of help, letters of loyalty and letters of repentance to Kamakura, requesting that the army be sent as soon as possible to assist the war.

——Under the indiscriminate high-pressure violence of Emperor Renko, the Kanto samurai and Osaka chaebol who had already fallen apart, the centrifugal Kanto samurai and Osaka chaebol were once again forced to unite.

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Therefore, when Feili took his small fleet of ten merchant ships and four fast cruisers to land in Hamamatsu Port in the Far River Country, he was warmly welcomed by the local elders and presented her treasured white rice and wine as rewards. Because he heard that "Western ghosts" like to eat beef, even the plowing ox in the field were led out, and the "food" untouchables who were good at slaughtering were cleaned up and contributed to the "foreign masters" to enjoy.

Feili naturally accepted these condolences with joy and ordered the followers to start a fire near the dock to cook immediately, so that the soldiers who suffered from the bumps could have a good meal before the battle... Of course, he did not forget to hold a small kitchen and a tooth-beating ceremony according to the military rank.

"...Ordinary soldiers each gave a serving of braised beef and rice was poured with rice. The rice was filled. Officers above the second lieutenant can supply sake with grilled steak. Remember to pick the best meat, not too fat. Finally, cook a few pots of pepper beef soup to make everyone sweat."

In this way, the officers and soldiers of the Giant Bear Legion, who were originally crowded with canned sardines, were so fragile that their legs and feet were weak and their limbs were weak, quickly recovered their spirits in the aroma of beef. Everyone's mouth was soon greasy and shiny, and even their belly became bulging.

However, around this well-fed and well-dressed picnic site, the sight of the traces left by various disasters such as war, famine, riots, and plagues. Most of the buildings in Hamamatsu Port were burned by the rioters in the rice storm half a year ago. After that, they were looted by thieves, only the docks and trestles were left. The rest were covered with charred ruins and messy garbage. In some dark corners, there were even unburied corpses and white bones, lingering with a lingering terrible smell of rot.

In the wilderness in the suburbs not far from the city, there was a scattering of smoke, as if the entire village was burned. In fact, the local tyrants were organizing people to restrain and burn the bodies of farmers who died of plague. The plague broke out with the outbreak of war. Due to the collapse of Buddhism, there was no place to treat it. It spread violently everywhere. Often, the people in the whole village and town died for several days. Then, the desperate refugees broke into the empty village where the plague died of plague and plundered food to fill their hunger. Then they advanced to the next goal and spread the disease there...

In addition, there was the most significant trauma of war, which made the land look particularly desolate. When Major General Feri Taylor enjoyed a barbecue meal with satisfaction, walking on the dilapidated city streets with his mouth and picking a toothpick, he suddenly noticed the ruins of Hamamatsu Castle not far away, which seemed to be hit by a giant meteorite and was almost about to turn into a crater. He couldn't help but be stunned.

"...What's going on with this castle? There's still a fire in the air? Could it be that the Western Army's forward has attacked this city?"

"...Oh, this is a total accident, sir."

The highest-level official in Hamamatsu Port, a certain port and force (adjutant), hurriedly nodded and explained, "... Since it was raining a few days ago, the ground was very wet, and we were worried that the gunpowder collected in the city would be soaked in the cellar and deteriorated, so we piled up more than 40 barrels of gunpowder on the driest top floor of the Tianshou Pavilion. The bronze statue decorated on the roof was struck by lightning late last night, igniting the gunpowder lead... The entire Hamamatsu Castle was instantly blown away due to this big explosion, and it even killed more than 50 people and injured more than 100..."

"This...that is to say, can't we replenish any ammunition and weapons for our army anymore? It's really a headache..."

Feili immediately raised her hand and rubbed her temples with a distressed expression.

In his opinion, in order to seize the opportunity, the expedition was very hasty and all preparations were not complete. Moreover, due to insufficient ships and limited cabin spaces, he had to bring a full set of rough equipment such as field artillery, iron cockroach golem, pack horse, and baggage truck. Therefore, although he had made the maximum use of the cabins of each sailboat, he was squeezed like a slave ship, and could only carry two thousand veterans at a time.

By the way, let me explain it again. After Emperor Kumazawa, the orthodox descendant of the Southern Dynasty royal family, and after Kamakura Tsuruoka Hachimangu officially ascended the throne, two courts appeared in this island country. The powerful warlords and factions also took the sidelines and hung in one of the courts. According to the geographical locations of Kamakura and Kyoto, the former was collectively called the East Army, while the latter was naturally the Western Army.

However, so far, there has not been any war between the East and West armies as if they were decent. Because the East Army... that is, the Giant Bear Army of Feiri and a small number of former Edomachi urban management teams, they had just crossed the sea from Kamakura to the war zone and had not had time to take a breath. As for the Western Army, which had already entered the war zone... Well, these days, they are busy encircling their pioneer, the Akatsuki Group.

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"...The Chibao Group has been using the slogan of "The court's moral government, exemption from annual tribute" in recent months to mobilize poor peasants in the countryside in Tokaido to rebel. But now Kyoto is insatiable and does not intend to fulfill its promise of exempting taxes. Instead, from top to bottom, they are all thinking about how to collect excessive taxes and make a living. So the Chibao Group, which had previously promoted moral government for them and attracted people, became a stumbling block."

During the break after the meal, Renee took a stack of sorted intelligence materials and talked with Feili about the current combat situation.

"......The little guy who came to ask for help had already said these things when he was in Kamakura... Alas, this young man named Saga Zuosuke was really amazing. He actually got out of the city from the smelly sewer, sneaked through the besieged enemy camp, and ran thirty miles at night, ran to the beach to grab a small boat, and didn't know how to sail. He knew that he was rowing eastwards desperately along the coastline, and was finally rolled up to the shore by the giant * caused by the tsunami. It was so great that he could reach Kamakura smoothly."

Feili leaned on a table spliced ​​with an empty ammunition box, and while carefully observing the military map with a magnifying glass, he said casually, "...Those nobles and nobles who eat nothing are really good. If you go back on your word, just go back on your word, just like a crow in the world. Everyone plays politics. What's wrong with saying a few lies occasionally? When you become a politician, you have to be invulnerable and shameless. Don't play politics without this basic condition.

But these guys were unable to hide their face, and were reluctant to take the taxes seriously, and gave kindness to the people. As a result, they falsely accused the advance team of Chibao Group, which had outstanding achievements, as a rebel, and thought that this would be able to defeat the "mortal moral politics" promoted by Chibao Group into a random bragging of bandits, and then wiped out... It's ridiculous like this kind of practice of stealing the bell. Apart from the nobles and nobles themselves, who can be fooled by it? Don't reduce the IQ of others to the same level as you."

"...what is this? There is something even more ridiculous."

Renee curled her lips and said with a sneer, "...The East Army's useless nobles and nobles have almost the same political intelligence as idiots. Not only can they not fight, manage government, or impart people, they even do things like framing friendly forces and murdering loyal ministers. They are all in a mess - lure the Akatsuki Group Chief Chang Xiangle General San out of his army, and get it to the Nagoya Base Camp and kill it. But how will the aftermath be cured next?

Neither sent a small group of dead soldiers to deceive Okazaki Castle and control the key points of the city defense; nor did they send troops to raid the headquarters of the Akazaki team, who had not received the news, and they beat them unexpectedly, and did not design to trick the Akazaki team out of the city. Instead, they sent a few well-dressed messengers, holding the head of Xiangle Zongsan's death with bamboo poles, and walked all the way to Okazaki City with gongs and gongs to demonstrate and intimidate, fearing that others would not know that internal strife broke out.

Finally, he spoke wildly, ordering the "rebels" in Okazaki Castle who pretended to be the righteous army to consciously disarm themselves, and surrendered themselves, and killed them, but he didn't even think about preparing for the pardon order that only investigated the main evil and did not investigate the remaining party... Alas, how stupid this is, isn't it equivalent to asking for a slap in the face?"

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After sighing about the stupidity and dementia of his opponent, Fili and Renee focused on today's camp.

Although there are no signs of enemies in Hamamatsu Port for the time being, and the nearby tycoons are willing to help, they are devastated after all, with houses in the streets and towns being dilapidated and plagues broke out, which is not very suitable for military garrison. Moreover, this place is too far from the real front line and is nearly a hundred miles away from Okazaki Castle, which is wanted to rescue this expedition. It is not convenient to grasp the enemy's dynamics in time, but also stretch the army's attack distance too long, which may cause soldiers to consume too much physical strength on the road or delay valuable fighter jets.

In fact, there was a more convenient route to march, which was to go up Yasaki River after entering Sanhe Bay and land directly near Tachi Island. This is the intersection of Yasaki River and Oki River, which is only three miles away from the besieged Okazaki Castle. It can directly disperse the east army that sieges the city with naval guns. However, although Yasaki River is still quite wide, it seems that it can accommodate sea boats to barely enter. But Feili did not have hydrological information on the river, and in desperation, he could not find a suitable navigator. In order to prevent the fleet from being stranded and paralyzed in the river, he finally gave up this bold adventure plan.

However, the locals seemed to have been prepared for this issue. When Feili tentatively discussed this matter with them, an old man with kindness immediately stood up and patted his chest to say that everything had been arranged and he was just waiting for reinforcements to settle down.

So Feili left the fleet and some people to continue unloading goods at the port, and then took a thousand soldiers who had enough wine and meals to follow the old man. Halfway through the way, Feili learned that the old man was actually a branch of the common people of the Mitsui family, and in terms of seniority, he was the uncle of Miss Ryuki Mitsui. The station arranged for them this time was also a manor under the name of the Mitsui family, and he was the head of the village.

As we left the port and went deep into the inland, several groups of suspicious people were peeping at each other. However, seeing such a large group of fully armed soldiers on an open plain where there was no ambush and killing, there were no unopposed guys who dared to attack. By the time of dusk that shrouded the earth, a thousand troops had already arrived at the destination of the trip.

Overall, this station is pretty good.

This place is about 60 miles away from Okazaki Castle, and is just on the spacious official road. It is called a manor, but it is actually a vast town surrounded by tall walls and an artificial river with live water flowing.

The town is full of rivers and bridges. Most of the houses are built according to the water, with houses of various heights lined up, and the streets are filled with signs of various shops, from inns to pawn shops, and there are even specialists selling foreign wine and cigarettes. It is obviously a very prosperous commercial center.

However, due to the spread of unrest and the disappearance of business travel, the town is quite deserted now. Except for the long queues at the door of the only rice shop that is open all day long, there is no sign of anger in the rest of the place, so there are many empty houses available for requisition, and more than enough to accommodate thousands of troops. The bulky vehicles, artillery, mules and horses also have special warehouses to store.

Before Feili's army arrived, the town had already recruited residents to prepare hot water and hot rice, cleaned the house, and welcomed all the "Western reinforcements" to move in. Even in order to inquire about the enemy, the security team of the town hired several gangsters to do it for their own work, so there was no need to bother the scouts of the Giant Bear Legion who were not familiar with the place and ran around like a flies.

So, as soon as he settled his subordinates, Feili sat in the house where the manager of the village was waiting for dinner, while the old man summarized and filtered the latest news he had found in, and then reported it to himself.

The latest military information report he received was as follows: the hundreds of "Mission soldiers" of the Akatsuki team continued to defend Okazaki Castle, and they defended them tenaciously and violently, and there was no sign of falling. The main force of the East Army had left the Nagoya camp of Okabaya and moved forward to the territory of Sankawa. A small number of troops were siegeing Okazaki Castle for a long time, and most of them were scattered like pepper. They fought houses and robbed houses and set fires in the name of "grain collection". Some of them were particularly brave and wandering, and even went deeper into the Torii Kingdom further east. Yesterday, they were ambushed by the Qianlianzhuang security team organized by several local tyrants and easily annihilated in a nearby village.

Finally, the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army, Tokaido Governor, Lord Fujiwara Meguku, seemed to be too idle. He neither went to Okazaki City to supervise the battle nor did he coordinate the tens of thousands of "tiger and wolf army" under his command. Instead, he moved his formation to a beautiful place famous for hot spring hotels, and recruited many girls, dancers and musicians. He held banquets with a group of guests and staff around him, chanting poems and singing, which was really elegant.

As for the location of the Tokaido Governor’s main lineup (command)… the old manager took out a map and reached out to click on a place with the words “Fujimi” written on it.

Feili also leaned over her head and glanced at the map for a few seconds, and couldn't help but be stunned.

"...Wait, this old man, do you say that yesterday, your farms jointly organized an ambush and annihilated a small enemy. Where is it?" He asked with a strange expression.

"...See you in Fuji." The old manager blinked inexplicably and pointed out another location on the map.

But Feili's mind became more and more dizzy, and she felt like she was about to be messy in the wind.

"... Then, what's the name of the town we are in now?" He continued to ask with a trembling voice.

"... Also called Fujishi," the old manager raised his hand and hugged his arms, answering with a look of course.
Chapter completed!