Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 130 The persimmon seems too soft
Yuanye was quite satisfied with the armed landing operation. They passed through the dangerous area quickly without any loss of combat effectiveness. Even though some unexpected minor problems occurred in the middle, the timely response of junior officers and soldiers did not cause chaos and the landing plan was successfully completed. The whole process was always orderly, which was in line with his personal aesthetics.

This was a practical attempt. The Chita Peninsula is high in the middle and low around, a standard hilly terrain. A large amount of mud is washed back by the sea water all year round. There are not many beaches but many tidal flats. As long as he can overcome the impact of this harsh terrain, he can boldly say that the Chita Peninsula is his back garden. He can come and go as he pleases, and no area can stop him from landing.

He stopped the timer on "Boat No. 1" and thought that he had done very well in this test. He picked up his helmet and put it on, then said to Ah Qing, "Okay, let's go ashore too!"

The fully armed Ah Qing said nothing, and with two gendarmes following behind him, they got off the boat one by one through the net rope, crossed the mudflat and reached the solid ground.

Aman was born with a stubborn streak and couldn't sit still. He ran to the shore early and contacted the "trainee ninja" who had sneaked into the nearby area disguised as a merchant. When he saw him, he said, "There is no movement from the Takeda family for the time being."

Yuanye nodded slightly. Landing operations are dangerous even in modern times. According to the worst-case scenario, he was prepared for a counterattack during the landing process. However, it seemed that the Takeda family didn't care about the seaside at all. It was almost an hour, and he had successfully sent all the soldiers ashore, but he didn't even see a single foot soldier.

The persimmon seems too soft...

But this is not bad either. It is comfortable to pinch a soft persimmon, which is suitable for training through fighting.

He nodded to Ah Man: "Then I will lead the group out first!"

After saying that, he continued to lead Ah Qing forward. Not long after, the small flag officers who were sitting and drinking water and eating stood up in unison at the shrill sound of bamboo whistles. They transformed into a marching formation as required in the training and headed straight for the predetermined target. They were going to block the road and seek a battle, while also allowing the team to successfully complete the additional goal of this actual combat training, which was to kidnap human resources.

Aman is in charge of the kidnappings. Now there is no independent general around Yuanye, so she has to take on the role temporarily. Her subordinates are the three small flags that were responsible for clearing the way through the mudflats. Together with several "trainee ninjas" under her and some military police, there are almost forty people in total, which is more than enough to take over a small village.

A-man watched the main force leave, and ordered the three small flags that had been rolling like mud monkeys to quickly re-arm themselves. He then ordered Yu Da to lead the armed sailors to guard the landing point, and then, under the guidance of the "trainee ninja", headed for the nearest small village.

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The landing point was chosen in that unfortunate place. In addition to training and running-in the new army, it was also to facilitate the rapid loading of the captured manpower onto the ship. So Aman led his men to find the village after walking a few miles.

The target village had no time to react before they found themselves surrounded. There were small groups of enemies to the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. Some people tried to escape into the mountains by force, but were shot at with bows and cannons. Although no casualties were caused, the huge roar of the cannons scared the villagers. Except for a dozen or so who were captured directly, the others fled back to the village.

This small village was similar to Hibizun Village. It had some defensive capabilities, but at most it could only deal with small-scale bandits. It had no way of fighting against the regular army. After barely shooting a few rounds of light bamboo arrows, they found that they didn't even hurt the enemy. Then no one planned to defend anymore. They all fled back home, lowered their heads, and began to hope that the other side would kill fewer people and steal less food.

There's no point in resisting anyway. If we cause too many casualties to the other side, they might get angry and burn down the village, which would be even worse. It's better to just be honest.

Moreover, the other party did not look like a thief. Perhaps the Takeda family was finished and the owner of this place was going to change. It would matter whoever he paid the annual tribute to. There was no need to sacrifice his life in vain.

A'man felt a little regretful that the "enemy" failed to resist stubbornly. She had always wanted to try bullying men and women, but she couldn't find the opportunity. Yuanye disagreed, and now looking at the performance of these cowards, she thought there was no hope again. However, her family was very poor now, and she was very clear that she had to go out and grab some money to make up for the loss. Only the adults were generous enough to forgive these ignorant common people. After all, her status was different now. She was a noble upper class person, and she had to have some style.

She first shouted, asking everyone to gather at the entrance of the village, and promised that no one would die as long as they did not resist or run away, but there was no response after she shouted. She waited for a while and was not surprised. She just waved her hand and left a small number of people to monitor outside to prevent anyone from escaping in the chaos because they did not understand what she said. Then she sent the rest of the people into the village to help the villagers "move" and forced them to move to Wanjin to live.

Pots, pans, and stone bodhisattvas still act together, wearing domaru, holding katana, wearing battle hat and soma, and are responsible for entering the village to invite people - soma is an iron mask, which is a combination of "half head" and "half cheek" facial protectors. Because Hara went to the Oda army for "further training" last time, he found that many people were shot by arrows in the face when counting the wounded. After careful observation, he found that being shot by arrows in the face is very likely to cause casualties on the battlefield, so he used inferior iron materials to equip each spearman with an iron mask.

After all, the facial nerves are relatively rich, and being hit by an arrow here is different from being hit by an arrow in the arms or legs. Most of the former will feel so much pain that they lose their combat effectiveness on the spot and become a burden on the battlefield. Some will even panic and run around everywhere, becoming the source of chaos. The latter will be fine, and even if the arrow is broken, they can continue to fight bravely.

Now the five-man group of Pots, Pans, and Stone Buddha only had their arms and legs exposed, with all their vital parts protected. As soon as they entered the village, they shouted at the nearest thatched cottage, asking everyone inside to come out and gather at the village entrance. If there was no response, they would break into the house as ordered and personally help them "move".

There were only three people in this family, a young couple and a child. When they saw them breaking into the house, the man turned pale and held a bamboo spear in his hand, protecting his wife and son behind him. His wife was also very scared, but she forced herself to remain calm and pointed to a ceramic jar filled with grain, indicating that the grain was there and they could take it away directly and there was no need to kill them.

"Well... we are not here to rob. You can carry the food... away by yourselves, or you don't have to take it. Our superiors said that you will be given rations when you arrive at the new place. Anyway, we won't let you starve to death." As the deputy flag bearer, Nabetaro spoke the lines as required, but he was also very nervous, even more nervous than when he was a foot soldier and went to rob. He didn't know why, but he felt very guilty.

But after a moment he knew why he felt so guilty. He turned his head to look at Wan Jiro and saw that he was staring at the wife of the young couple. He had a feeling of "He has only been a soldier for three years, and the sow is as beautiful as Diao Chan", or a kind of jealousy that "I work hard and get beaten every day but I don't have a wife, why do you have one?"

Guo Tailang understood instantly. No wonder he felt guilty. It turned out that no one cared when he robbed before, but if he robbed again now, he would lose his life.

He did not hesitate, and immediately turned the blade around and yelled at Wan Jiro, "Fool, in two years you will have more than ten kan, you can marry as many wives as you want, don't go crazy now and cause trouble for everyone! Think about Article 87!"

Rape of women is a serious crime within the scope of the "Eighty-Eight Beheadings". If the military police find out afterwards, every one of the flags will be buried with Wan Jiro, the pervert. So don't blame him for being cruel as the eldest brother. If Wan Jiro dares to untie his belt, he will be executed on the spot and his head will be used as a war report. This is better than killing the whole team!

The words "eighty-seven" instantly made Wanjiro's eyes clear. He quickly looked at his companions and found that Hyosaburo and Bonshiro's eyes were also not right, and the blades were already facing him. His eyes immediately became clearer. He quickly stepped back a few steps to show his innocence and quickly explained: "I just think she looks a bit like my sister-in-law... No, it's my eldest sister. Yes, this sister-in-law looks like my eldest sister, so... I looked at her a few more times, there's no other meaning."

Guo Tailang kicked him angrily and cursed: "You'd better not have any bad intentions. If you do it again, we will castrate you first!"

"Understand! Understand!" Wan Jiro became completely obedient. He only stared at the man and did not dare to look at the woman again, otherwise he would be reported to the gendarmerie. According to the beastly character of the gendarmerie chief, he would at least be beaten severely - that Lady Aman was really an old beast, without any humanity at all. Anyone who could be stuck in the regulations, even if he was just a little bit involved, was more or less suspicious, would be skinned alive by her if he fell into her hands.

On the contrary, Lord Nohara has a good temper. He even praised him last time, which made him happy for several days. It's a pity that the lord doesn't pay much attention to military discipline, otherwise military service would be a lot easier.

After eliminating Wanjiro, the "destabilizing factor", Guotaro turned around and sighed to the young couple, "Don't waste your time. If you wanted to kill or rob us, we would have done it a long time ago. If we really start a fight, you will only die in vain. You'd better gather at the village entrance quickly, otherwise you will attract Baigun... uh, it will be bad if you attract other people! We used to be similar to you. We could talk to each other properly, but those people will really beat people to death!"

The young couple was stunned, they had never seen such a robbery of a village, then they looked at the five sharp swords in their hands, their strong bodies, brand new iron armor and cold-blooded iron noodles, and thought about what Nabe Taro said, hesitated for a moment, and finally calmed down, taking the initiative to pack up the buckwheat beans and other things.

They didn't know what was going to happen or what they wanted to do by gathering together, but they wanted to stay with the food, which was their lifeblood.

The pots and pans were not stopped, and the Stone Bodhisattva even took the initiative to help. After putting all the little food in bags and carrying them on his back, he drove the family of three out and asked them to gather at the village entrance. He also repeatedly reminded them not to run away on impulse, as it would not harm them. It would be a big waste if they ran around and got beaten to death.

They sent the family of three away and were about to knock down the door of the next house when a mother and daughter who had also been driven out tried to avoid them and fell down due to exhaustion from carrying the food on their backs, causing the beans and taro to spill all over the ground.

The pots, pans, and bowls were startled, but the usually dull Stone Bodhisattva reacted quickly this time. He hurried over to help the man up, and even squatted down with great effort to help pick up the beans and taro. Guo Tailang hesitated for a moment, and also went over to help with the pots and pans - they were not in a hurry, they had a combat briefing before setting off, and they were roughly aware of the mission purpose and execution time. They knew that the main force had already taken the initiative to seek engagement, and their detachment had most of the day to transport all the villagers back to the boat, so there was plenty of time.

They had good intentions, but the mother and daughter were so frightened that they hugged each other and huddled together and began to cry. At this time, a military policeman who was patrolling along the main road saw them "doing evil" from a distance and immediately became alert. He habitually pulled out a short white painted wooden stick and shouted, "What are you guys doing?"

The pots and pans jumped up instinctively, and began to feel pain all over their bodies as a conditioned reflex. Guo Taro, who was fulfilling his duty, reported quickly with sweat on his forehead: "Sir, they fell down, we are helping them pick up beans!"

The military police approached cautiously and took a closer look at the "crime scene". He found that it did not seem to be a violation of military discipline and had nothing to do with robbery or rape. His expression eased slightly. He took another look and asked, "Where are the men in this family? Why are they carrying food?"

"I don't know!" Guo Taro answered firmly and forcefully, not wanting to be beaten at all.

The military police were also confused. They asked the mother and daughter a few questions and found that they could only cry. They were also scared for a moment and didn't know what to do. After all, Yuanye had repeatedly emphasized before setting off that all the villagers who were "invited" would be their own people in the future, and military discipline must be maintained. There must be no burning, killing, looting, and if necessary, people could be beheaded to shock the morale of the army. Everything should be done strictly, severely, and quickly without any hesitation. He also reminded them to be as kind as possible to their future friends and to beat and scold them as little as possible.

Since they had to be more friendly, this was not easy to handle. It was not convenient for him to take the lead in disobeying orders and scold the mother and daughter to stop crying, or simply kick them a few times to make them sober up and answer.

There are also disadvantages to having too strict military discipline. As a military policeman, he did not dare to touch the mother and daughter, for fear that he would be unable to explain himself later, which could result in someone being killed. He could only stand there and look around. Finally, he managed to catch a family passing by and asked about the situation - the man in this family had just died this month, and these two women were left.

The two men were useless. Not only could they not be considered labor, they could even be considered a burden. The military police was hesitating about what to do when the stone bodhisattva had already picked up most of the taro beans on the ground and put the bag on his back, saying unawarely, "Sir, I'll take them over!"

Guo Tailang didn't even notice that he was still squatting and busy. When he heard him say that, he quickly winked at him, telling him to be honest and not to cause trouble. However, the military police did not scold Shi Bodhisattva for this. After hesitating for a moment, he walked along the road without saying a word.

He figured it out. As long as they didn't violate military discipline, it was none of his business. It was up to the soldiers themselves to decide whether to send them away or not. It was none of his business.

When Shi Pusa saw the military police leave, he thought he had obtained consent, so he didn't even say hello to Pots and Pans. He carefully helped the mother and daughter up, helped them carry their bags and left, which made Pots and Pans very angry - they didn't beat this new recruit enough, as he dared to act on his own. He must give him a good beating later.

The pots and pans just looked at each other for a while, and did not order him to come back. Finally, they turned around silently and went to smash the door of another house.

It took more than two hours of hard work to finally find all the more than 300 people in the village and gather them at the entrance of the village. There was a small chaos in the middle. Suddenly, there was a dense sound of cannons in the distance, which once again scared the villagers who had never seen cannons. Fortunately, the distance was far enough and the impact was not great. The chaos soon subsided and the team set off as planned.

More than two hours later, the new residents of Wanjin got on the boat in a daze and swayed all the way to Wanjin.

(End of this chapter)