Chapter 204 203. Manpower shortage

"Then according to the original plan, form a team of rogues, with trustworthy personnel as supervisors, and send them to patrol outside the village. The Ming countryman, Lan En, will be the leader."

Kuro said carefully.

This is their method of using ronin. Most of the Hirata clan's combat power will be sent to the frontal battlefield to assist Ashina's family in their fight against the inner palace.

Even if the rogues sent outside the village rebel, they pose no threat in terms of intelligence and destructive power. Moreover, they can indeed contribute in the defensive battle.

"Understood, I will inform Mr. Nogami Gensai of your arrangements later."

Madame Butterfly nodded, indicating that she had received the instruction.

"But what about the supervisor?"

"How about Inosuke?"

After Jiulang thought for a while, he said tentatively. But Madam Butterfly frowned.

"That is your chamberlain. He will protect you at critical moments. It is unwise to send him outside the manor."

Kuro smiled and waved his hands.

"It's okay, I still have [Wolf] with me."

After the word 'wolf' appeared from Kurang's mouth, a not tall figure appeared in the shadow behind his seat.

He is about 1.7 meters tall, the height of an ordinary samurai. He wears an orange blouse and a short ponytail.

He half-knelt on the ground respectfully and raised his head slightly.

The indifference and dullness in those eyes were exactly the same as Madame Butterfly and the burly Owl.

This is also a ninja, and a ninja who specializes in protecting his master.

In other words, he is the best among the best.

However, the burly ninja in the room interrupted at this time.

"Miko-sama, the wolf has other uses. Now that the imperial government is about to mobilize troops, the ninjas on the opposite side must have infiltrated here. I am going to send the wolf to the surrounding area to investigate the situation."

The burly ninja sat cross-legged, with his hands fisted on the ground on both sides, and his body bowed slightly.

"Please understand that most of Ashina's ninja sect, the Yoyo Sect, under my command, have been sent to the frontal battlefield, leaving only two or three people around me who are not very capable. As for the work of exploring the surroundings, they are not elite.

Not feasible."

After saying that, Xiao Xiao raised his head slightly and looked at Yu Zi and the wolf behind him.

"The transfer order cannot be changed lightly. The matter has come to this. Only the old man, Butterfly and Wolf can be said to be successful in the way of tolerance in Pingtianzhuang. Now only the position of the wolf can be transferred."

"I have confidence in him. The wolf is enough to complete the surveillance of the Rongers while carrying out the exploration mission."

As the object of discussion, the wolf's eyes are always lowered. It seems that it is just a tool waiting to be used. After confirming the user's wishes, it will be executed without compromise.

The user's wishes and concerns are not his concern.

"I see."

Yuzi pursed his lips and nodded with difficulty. He knew that the inner army was powerful, but now he felt it a little more real.

An attack that was not too big for the Imperial Army made Ashina extremely nervous.

The opposite side may have just sent a ninja team, but here they have to send out all the ninjas in order to maintain parity in the number of ninjas on the frontal battlefield, so that even the ninjas of the Hirata family's house are not enough.

"Then, let's recall Inosuke, let the wolf complete the mission, and monitor the Ronin team at the same time."

Miko modified his order.

The wolf, on the other hand, accepted the master's order without hesitation.

"As commanded."

Detecting the infiltration of enemy ninjas represents a thrilling fight between ninjas, and at the same time, it must also take into account the surveillance of a group of ronin patrols. The ninja named [Wolf] has no psychological fluctuations in this, and only thinks about it.

Complete the task.

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As night falls, the Pingtian Manor begins to light up.

In ancient times, fuel was a precious resource.

Therefore, among the castle towns where civilians live, only one longhouse is still shrouded in light. Vulgar shouts can be heard constantly.

Lan En lives in this longhouse with a group of ronin. This longhouse will become the settlement base of the ronin group while they are employed by the Hirata clan.

When the night was still dark, the "live chicken" promised by the host as a reward was delivered.

Originally, when Lan En heard that Genzai Nogami only rewarded a live chicken, he was still wondering whether the ancient Japan was really lacking in products, or maybe the Hirata family's family tradition was not very generous.

A live chicken was fed to a total of thirty men with knife heads licking blood. Wouldn't each of them be fed a shred of meat?

But when the Hirata clan's reward came along with his appointment, he twitched the corners of his mouth and realized the value of the 'different world'.

If you raise your neck, you will see that the chicken is 1.7 meters tall!

Can this be considered a poultry? This is obviously a “head”!

A chicken!

This chicken looks stronger than most civilians, with dark feathers all over its body and a bright red comb on its head. Its skeleton and biological characteristics look like ordinary poultry, but its size is truly extraordinary.

At a rough glance, it weighs over a hundred kilograms. No ordinary sheep has such a physique.

"There is definitely something wrong with this place Ashina!"

Lan En is now sitting cross-legged in the main seat of the longhouse hall, with a piece of roasted chicken leg on the plate in his hand. He looks left and right, wondering whether to eat or not.

His military prowess has been proven in front of everyone, and the appointment of Hirata gave him an official guarantee. He sat in the main seat, and most people had no objections.

But most of the meaning is that some people don’t think so.

Lan En looked around with his plate in the bustling longhouse, and finally ate the piece of chicken leg.

After all, these Ashina natives have reproduced for dozens of generations, and each generation eats and uses the local water and soil, which seems normal.

And this big chicken is really fragrant. It's tender and chewy, rich in fat, and not bad at all.

And while Lan En was slowly chewing the chicken, Kotaro bent over and came to him to give him some food.

It was Kotaro who led him to Hirata Manor.

The Hirata clan will not let the ronin act alone, and few masters will completely trust the ronin group whose bottom line is worrying.

The Hirata family seemed to think that Kotaro and Lan En were familiar with each other, so he organized dozens of ashigaru including him into Lan En's ronin group, and gathered fifty people.

"Sir, the younger ones in Heihachiro's group just saw that they were looking at you in a bad way!"

Kotaro looked around very obscenely and spoke in a low voice to Lan En, as if he was revealing a huge secret.

Lan En took the multigrain rice that he had added and thanked him first.

"Thank you very much. Kotaro, could you please stop calling yourself 'little'? It makes me very awkward!"

"No, sir!" Kotaro was shocked that Lan En was actually struggling with such a trivial matter at this time. This is because someone under his command has a bad eye on the position of leader!

Lan En continued to taste the strong chicken carefully.

It was very noisy in the longhouse, and the wanderers were not the ones who followed the rules.

But this kind of noise was not enough for Lan En to ignore the sounds that were about five meters away.

He whispered calmly while continuing to pull the chicken.

"A group of friends can't stand the idea of ​​a foreigner becoming an official. I can understand that. But..."

"You want to take advantage of the chaos to kill me and take away my sword Wu. Where did you get the courage?"

Kotaro shuddered unconsciously, and at that moment, he looked into those cat eyes.

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