Chapter 15 Chapter Thirteen

Staff Officer Chen galloped on a bay red horse in the cold wind, accompanied by the burly Xiong Xiaoxian.The bay red horse has not yet recovered from the exhaustion of several days, and is a little out of breath under the weight of two people. With the ups and downs of the horse's back, Chen's heart also fluctuated like the tide of the river and sea.Since meeting and working together, Staff Officer Chen always felt that Yu Wancheng was too kind and too weak deep down.A hunter who can really deal with wild beasts should be cold-blooded and ruthless, regardless of gains or losses.And Yu Wancheng was always worried about his soldiers, generals, and even his former lover while he was soaked in blood.Staff Officer Chen felt that Yu Wancheng would be what he would be if he hadn't left the army to work in the military command.

The rope hanging around Li Ergou's neck during the Battle of Taierzhuang and Li Cunzhuang's last song Xintianyou (see details), which sang like crying, never left Chen Quan's dream.Dragons have reverse scales, and people have hidden pains, both of which cannot be touched.That's why Chen Quan lost control instantly in front of Yu Wancheng, and the beast-like explosive power at the moment of losing control even made Chen Quan feel afraid in retrospect, but Yu Wancheng faced it calmly without a trace of flinching. My long-frozen heart also trembled. It's a feeling I haven't felt in a long time.Staff Officer Chen felt like he was a piece of ice, but Yu Wancheng was burning with fire.I thought that the ice could freeze the fire, but now I feel that when the flames burn more and more intensely, not to mention a piece of ice, the entire herd of beasts may be incinerated by the fire.

I have also felt this way before, and I have felt the unparalleled power that burst out when I cared about others and wanted to protect others. But really forgot for a long time.I thought that in the cruel and cold reality, this power had disappeared for a long time.But among the surviving soldiers of the 51st Division, Staff Officer Chen saw that this power gradually condensed under the influence of Yu Wancheng, like a huge shell ready to go.Whoever stands in front of this force is in danger of being pulverized. It's a pity that the cannon will shatter itself after being fired, and Staff Officer Chen doesn't want to see this kind of situation where they all die together.Now the fire in Yu Wancheng's heart has burned to a blaze, maybe only the girl Abe Xiuning whom she only saw in the photos is a clear spring that can extinguish the flame.Staff Officer Chen was full of curiosity, what would it be like in reality to turn a strong man like Yu Wancheng into a soft Japanese woman?Staff Officer Chen believes that she will calm Yu Wancheng down after she enters the city, so that his long-planned plan will not be affected by the shells fired by Yu Wancheng.

After thinking about it, Staff Officer Chen and Xiong Xiaoxian had already been stopped by Japanese soldiers outside the city gate. Staff Officer Chen managed to suppress the jealous Xiong Xiaoxian, and took out the leaflet that Inuyangzaki sent to the city, declaring that he wanted to see the troops outside the city Supreme Commander.The day camp outside the city was waiting for the news of the surrender of the Chinese soldiers. Staff Officer Chen and Xiong Xiaoxian were immediately taken to the temporary command tent of the Japanese army, but they did not expect that the murderous demon king Inu Yangsaki, whose hands were stained with the blood of Chinese soldiers, would look like this.

Inuyangzaki is over fifty years old, with black and white hair, tall and thin, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and not wearing a military uniform, but a white kimono.Generally speaking, he looks like a gentle teacher, and in Gaoli, he looks like a Confucian general in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Who would have thought that he was actually an executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of Chinese soldiers.When Staff Officer Chen and Xiong Xiao entered the tent, Inuyangzaki was looking at the leaflet that the Japanese soldiers had sent in earlier. When he saw the two of them coming in, he put the leaflet on the table, stood up and greeted him: "May I ask your surnames?" Do you have any position in the 51st Division?" Although he speaks fluent Chinese, his words are not perfect, his tone is not smooth, and he stops every sentence, like a wooden man without emotion.

Before Staff Officer Chen could speak, Xiong Xiaoxian said carelessly: "I am the commander of the cavalry battalion of the 51st Division, surnamed Xiong. This is Staff Officer Chen of our division. This time, I am here on behalf of our Division Commander Yu. You should have known your name for a long time, right?" Inu Yangzaki snorted, then ignored Xiong Xiaoxian, and said to Staff Officer Chen: "Mr. Staff Officer, I have something I don't quite understand and would like to ask for advice. Since he came here with a leaflet, Mr. Yu should be ready to turn to the light. But on the other hand, Master Yu’s comments are so unfriendly. Then, may I ask whether the two representatives, Master Yu, are here to surrender, or are they here to issue a decisive battle letter?”

Staff Officer Chen didn't speak, and looked at Xiong Xiaoxian.Before Xiong Xiaoxian left the city, he had already finished his speech with Staff Officer Chen, and he still rushed to talk: "We are not here to surrender, nor are we here to fight. We are here today for no other reason than to bring our daughter-in-law back to Mr. Yu. Have a look." Inuyangzaki said: "What? I don't understand what you mean." At the end of the sentence, the voice did not rise, and there was no doubt at all.Xiong Xiaoxian became impatient: "What's wrong with this? It's that little Japanese girl! Our teacher is a passionate seed, and we don't want to live until we see her."

Inuyangzaki heard that Xiong Xiaoxian was a fool, so he ignored him, and still said to Staff Officer Chen: "Mr. Staff Officer. Can you translate what Mr. Xiong said." I feel that Commander Xiong speaks very clearly and there is nothing to translate." Xiong Xiaoxian laughed loudly: "You old Japanese boy sounds like you learned Chinese from a wooden man, has your brain become wooden, and you can listen to such simple words? I don’t understand.” Inuyangzaki said lightly: “No. Take these two people down first and lock them up.” The Japanese soldiers came up and wanted to pull them away. Xiong Xiaoxian hurriedly complained to Staff Officer Chen and said: “Look, look, if I can’t tell you, you have to Pull me here, this is good, I became two big fat pigs delivered to the door of the butcher's house!" Staff Officer Chen said with a smile: "When did I pull you, it's not that you insisted on coming here because you said you couldn't see the sad face of the teacher. Is it a post?"

Xiong Xiaoxian said: "Yes. They accepted the invitation but turned their backs and refused to accept it. Forget it, anyway, before the teacher came, he held my hand, tears and snot, and said that he didn't want to live if he couldn't marry a wife. I didn't see the little Japanese girl for an hour, so I set fire to the city of Saud and set myself on fire." Inuyangzaki waved his hand to stop the two soldiers who were pulling Staff Officer Chen and Xiong Xiaoxian away, and said, "Wait a minute. Sinology is extensive and profound. , I don’t speak Chinese well, and I don’t understand, so please continue to teach me.”

Xiong Xiaoxian sat down on the chair and shouted: "Why is there no tea?" Inuyangzaki motioned for the soldiers to serve tea, expecting Xiong Xiaoxian to go on first, but unexpectedly Xiong Xiaoxian picked up the tea bowl and became more gentle, taking a sip slowly Sipping tea without speaking, suddenly opened his mouth, Quanyang Qi's ears perked up, unexpectedly Xiong Xiaoxian just opened his mouth and spit out a tea leaf, then bowed his head to drink tea. Inuyangzaki looked at Xiong Xiaoxian calmly for a while, then turned to Staff Officer Chen: "I don't know what you two just said about the invitation letter. I met you two for the first time, and I didn't quite understand what you two said. Where have I seen any invitation letter?" Post." Xiong Xiaoxian spit out the tea in his mouth with a pop: "Is this a human word? What do you mean you didn't see it? What did you just put on the table?" With a glance, he said, "It's a flyer." Xiong Xiaoxian said, "Isn't this what it is? Without our teacher's comment, it's called a flyer, but with our teacher's comment, it's called an invitation letter. If you accept it, Shaode will still be Stone City. If you If you don’t pick it up, Saud will turn into charcoal immediately, is that clear?”

Inuyangzaki shook his head, Staff Chen smiled slightly, and said, "Actually, we are here this time for Miss Abe Shunin." As soon as Inuyangzaki heard what Staff Officer Chen said, he looked at Xiong Xiaoxian, who knew that Xiong Xiaoxian didn't interrupt this time, As a result, he couldn't hear the first few words clearly, but he stood up after hearing the words "Abe Xiuning" and said, "Abe Xiuning? Do you know that Abe Xiuning is in my military camp?! "It was Japanese, with ups and downs in tone. Staff Officer Chen also stood up, and also replied in Japanese: "Don't underestimate the ability of us Chinese to spy on intelligence. We know that Abe Xiuning is in your division now, and we also know that she came to China to enter and leave Shaod City two years ago." " Inuyangzaki sat down slowly, gave a thumbs up, and still said in Chinese: "Excellent. But since you know so much, you should also know that although Shuning Abe is now in our division headquarters, he does not belong to the Japanese army. Fang Zhizhi, I have no right to decide whether she will stay or not." Staff Officer Chen also sat down, took a sip of tea and said, "That would be even better. Miss Xiuning should be in charge of her own affairs. Please ask the commander to let Miss Xiuning come out. Let's listen to her opinion." " Inuyangzaki shook his head and said, "No. I don't even have the right to let Shunen Abe meet with you." Staff Officer Chen coughed, and Xiong Xiaoxian shouted: "Then there is no need to talk. You don't want to keep us for dinner. We have to rush back to Saud to watch the fireworks." Inuyangzaki said: "What fireworks are you watching?" Xiong Xiao first made a gesture with his arms raised: "Set fire to Saud. Before we came, our teacher was in every corner of Saud City A lot of gasoline was poured into it, and a lot of explosives were buried, saying that if you don’t see the little Japanese girl alive, you will have a ghost marriage as a firework. Turn back and light the fire to ensure that the thief will look good, and half the sky will be red. gone." Inuyangzaki said indifferently: "Can I understand this as a threat? Yu Wancheng and I are both soldiers. Soldiers should face up to their own victory or defeat. Using despicable means like burning the city to destroy the joy of the winner's victory, I don't think so. Is it an insult to the honor of a soldier?" Xiong Xiaoxian sneered and said, "30,000 to 8,000, four people will be equal to one, and you can't enter the city after a month, and you have the face to talk about the honor of a soldier, only you Japanese can pull it off Put on this face!" Inuyangzaki said: "If you insist on being such a scoundrel, I will withdraw my promise to Shuning Abe to give Yu Wancheng a way to survive, and there will be no gaps in Shaode's east gate." Staff Officer Chen and Xiong Xiaoxian looked at each other, Staff Officer Chen said with a smile: "Your Excellency, in our Chinese language, a reminder that you can't do it is called a threat, and a reminder that you can do it is called a warning. Why on earth would you give 51 Everyone knows the opportunity for the division to withdraw from Shaod, and there is no need to say it as if it gave us a big favor. As for whether Miss Abe Xiuning's entry into the city is good for both parties, everyone should know better, so I don't need to say more Bar?" Inuyangzaki pondered and said: "It turns out that you already know so much. Soldiers don't need to waste time on words. If you insist on seeing Abe Shuning, I will take you to meet two people first. As long as you can persuade them, I think your goal can be achieved." Xiong Xiaoxian shook his head and said: "I don't believe it. Is there anyone in the army who can surpass the commander?" Inuyangzaki showed respect: "Don't talk about the commander of the theater, even the Minister of Army of the General Staff Headquarters Serving for His Excellency the Emperor." Staff Officer Chen's eyes flickered: "Those two must be related to the Japanese imperial family like Miss Xiuning, right?" Inuyangzaki stopped talking and made a gesture of invitation.Sure enough, there was a tent in the barracks that was much more spacious than Inuyangzaki's command post.The curtain was lifted, but there were several cabins separated by wooden frames covered with cowhide. Staff Chen and others opened the curtain and entered the largest main room in the tent. A giant tallow candle was lit, illuminating a huge master's bed, on which lay an old man with fat hanging from his whole body. The old man looked like a sumo wrestler, at least 1.9 meters tall.The chin was folded four or five times, covering the neck, as if he couldn't wear clothes that fit well, so he simply wore a pair of wide samurai loincloths (a kind of cloth with only a strip of cloth in the front that goes all the way to the back) ass, Japanese panties tied around the legs).It is estimated that there is too much fat to keep out the cold, and the whole body is still steaming hot in this early winter. He kept smiling at Xiong and Chen, and there was a small cloth bag next to him, just like Maitreya Buddha descending to earth. Sitting cross-legged on the ground side by side with the old man was a thin and lean man wearing Japanese ronin kimono geta.There is a Japanese samurai sword across his knees, and the strange thing is that his eyes are covered with a piece of black cloth, and a white heart character is embroidered on the black cloth.It was impossible to tell if someone had come in, but he looked blank and said nothing. Inuyangsaki spoke to the two in a low voice, and the fat old man shook his head while laughing, obviously not agreeing.Inuyangzaki spread his hands regretfully to Xiong and Chen: "There is no way, the two of you disagree with seeing Miss Xiuning, so please come back." Seeing that Xiong Xiaoxian hadn't spoken, Staff Officer Chen said with a smile: "Let me guess Guess, these two should be the Budai monk and the god of war Bishamonten in the Seven Lucky Gods?" The thin and capable man suddenly grabbed the samurai sword in front of his knees and asked in half-baked Chinese: "How do you know the Seven Lucky Gods?" His voice was so loud that it shook everyone's ears.The fat old man was proficient in Chinese, and he said with a grin: "Shou old man must be talking too much in your hands, right?" Staff officer Chen smiled and said: "Not many words, just one sentence, willing to admit defeat. An hour ago, old man Shou and I Competing acupuncture in Saud City, the loser committed suicide." The skinny samurai said sharply, "You're lying. Elder Shou is the chief physician of the imperial family. His acupuncture skills are Japanese. No, the world is unparalleled. How could he lose to the Chinese?" The fat old man also lost his smile, and pondered: "I I don't believe that someone can have such ability to make our Seven Lucky Gods suffer shame in terms of skills." Staff Officer Chen said with a smile: "Old man Shou was as conceited as the two before losing the bet. But I don't know why the two think they are unparalleled in the world. Unlearned?" The fat old man grinned, picked up the small cloth bag on the bed, and found two chess bowls, a chess board, and black and white chess pieces in disorder.Without looking at it, he fiddled with the chess pieces with one hand, and the chaotic chess pieces were immediately divided into two piles of black and white, and said with a smile: "My Budai monk is the number one chess player in the Japanese Imperial Palace. If you can also be like the old man Yingshou If you win a game of chess with me, I will let you see Abe Shuning." Staff Officer Chen said with a smile: "It's so simple?" He looked at the thin warrior.The skinny samurai's voice was like that of Hong Zhong: "I, Bishamonten, am the chief instructor of the royal family's swordsmanship. Who can win the sword in my hand (a samurai sword is a Japanese sword). If you want to see Shunen Abe, I guarantee that no one will stop you." .” Staff Chen thought quickly, and asked Xiong Xiaoxian behind him in a low voice: "What are your chances of winning against that Bishamonten with a samurai sword?" Seeing that Bishamonten's eyes were about to burst into flames, as if he was about to rush towards him, he quickly pulled him and said in a low voice: "Don't get excited, if you don't win these two now, you won't be able to take Abe Xiuning away. It's rare They have already been stimulated by me to succeed, so don't make any more complications." Unexpectedly, although Xiong Xiaoxian was furious, he shook his head and said, "If you want to bet on you, I won't follow you." Staff Officer Chen almost couldn't believe his ears, and asked, "What?" Xiong Xiaoxian still shook his head: "I have a 10% chance of winning with him. No, I don't gamble." Hearing Xiong Xiaoxian's voice, Bishamonten sneered: "It turns out that you are defeated. I didn't expect your life to be so serious. Your horse tastes very good, and it is very delicious to make our Japanese raw meat dishes." Xiong Xiaoxian gritted his teeth There was a rattling sound, but he still shook his head: "I won't bet with him, his swordsmanship has reached the level that no one can use. I'm not afraid of death, but I will lose if I try my best. For the sake of the brothers in the city, we again You can't lose. You have to find another way." Staff Officer Chen murmured: "It seems that his eyesight is not flexible. Can you really say that his sword skills are as good as you said, making you so afraid?" Xiong Xiaoxian nodded and said, "It's amazing. I'm afraid." Although Staff Officer Chen and Xiong Xiaoxian kept their voices to a minimum , but Bishamonten's hearing ability is surprisingly good, and he sneered: "You are very self-aware. A real swordsman does not need to use his eyes to watch his opponent's moves. Don't use your eyes to see, your flashy Chinese swordsmanship The false tricks that are well used are flowers in the water and the moon in the mirror, which are useless, and how can they stop the most vigorous and swift Uesugi Wushen-style swordsmanship in our big Japan." Xiong Xiaoxian's face was ashen, but he did not refute.A few days ago, Xiong Xiao led the cavalry to escort the American journalists out of the city. When he finished the mission and turned back, there were still four cavalry under him, and even he was the four brothers.It turns out that Xiong Xiaoxian was a martial arts teacher before joining the army, and he inherited the martial arts gym from his father and master. Because he worked together to kill the provocative Japanese wanderers, all the brothers had to abandon the gym and abscond, wandering around the world.Later, when they joined the army, they were reluctant to part with each other. They were all incorporated into the cavalry, and their feelings were as deep as brothers. Although the cavalry is the most dangerous unit in the army, none of them died after giving up their lives to support and rescue each other for so many years.Seeing that the city gate was in sight, a group of Japanese samurai holding samurai swords and wearing samurai costumes appeared to block the way. Xiong Xiao, who was in the second place, yelled at the elder brother who rode his horse in the first place: "Haha, I actually met someone who came to kick the gym here again. Work harder, elder brother, I think you can kill them all by yourself." kill them!" The elder brother shouted: "Come on! Watch me take their heads and go to the city to ask Hong Yi and that bald donkey to perform a ritual ceremony to pay homage to the dead brothers!" As soon as the rein was lifted, the steed rushed forward and fell into the middle of the Japanese warriors.Xiong Xiaoxian laughed loudly, his blood froze suddenly, and he saw the head of the senior brother flying out of the crowd. A group of samurai spread out, and Bishamonten, who was blindfolded with a cloth strip, was sitting on the ground with his legs crossed and his sword crossed.As if not daring to snatch Bishamonten's prey, the warriors lowered their sword points to the ground one after another.Xiong Xiaoxian and the three of them also reined in their horses with red eyes.Bishamonten stood up slowly, the samurai sword in his hand was dripping with blood flowing down the blade to the tip and fell to the ground.Xiong Xiaoxian shouted: "Who are you?" Bishamonten replied coldly: "It is not necessary for a dying person to know my name." Xiong Xiaoxian stared at the figure of Bishamonten, and Bishamonten seemed to have sensed Xiong Xiaoxian's gaze, and slowly held the samurai sword with both hands up to his neck, with the blade facing Xiong Xiaoxian's direction.The two juniors immediately behind Xiong Xiaoxian glanced at each other, and when he lifted the reins, Xiong Xiaoxian had no time to stop them. The two had already charged not far from Bishamon Heaven, one of them leaped into the air on the horse's back, and slashed straight at the Bishamon Heaven Spirit Gai with his saber. , One of them got off his horse and used the momentum to perform Yanqing Eighteen Rolls, cutting Bishamonten's legs horizontally.These two are twin brothers, they share the same heart and mind, this move is a well-practiced stunt of the two, it is called Heaven and Earth Interaction, it is seldom used on the battlefield, it was originally created for the fighting between martial arts masters. Apparently, the two also saw that their opponent was by no means an ordinary soldier, but a Japanese martial artist with unique skills.It's a pity that he guessed his identity correctly, but he didn't guess that Bishamonten's skill is so unparalleled.Bishamonten stood still, until the wind brought by the upper and lower knives had already blown the topknot and the hem of the kimono, and suddenly bent over and turned to one side, unexpectedly, in a split second, he flipped on the back of the cavalry who was attacking his lower body. past. The cavalry below were about to stand up straight and throw Bishamonten off their backs when suddenly their knees softened and they fell to the ground. It was the moment Bishamonten was on the cavalry's back that he handed over the swords he was holding to his right hand and his left hand. Pulling out a small Taidao from his waist, he stabbed straight into the back of the cavalry under him, nailing the cavalry firmly to the ground. Seeing his brother die, the cavalryman who was chopping down in the air felt great grief in his heart, and the grief condensed in this shocking chop made it even more powerful.Unexpectedly, after Bishamonten killed the knight under him, he didn't catch the saber from above, but lay down with the corpse of the fallen knight. Arm length, the tip of the knife slashed from the tip of Bishamonten's nose at the distance of a little finger, and slashed all the way to the groin through the clothes, but no blood could be seen.Bishamonten lay down and stabbed the samurai sword upwards vigorously, picking up the cavalry like straw bales on the tip of a spear. Before he could drop the corpse, he suddenly heard the hooves of the horse galloping like a thunderstorm. come. It was Xiong Xiaoxian who took advantage of the good opportunity created by the sacrifices of the two senior brothers. With red eyes, he ran straight into the horse without raising his knife, and only hoped that he could use the speed to drive the momentum to smash the tendons and bones of this rare enemy.At this time, Bishamonten had just stood upright, if the blade tip was tilted downwards, the aura would be exhausted, and if he abandoned the samurai sword and only used the katana, Xiong Xiaoxian's power would not be able to be stopped.The Japanese samurai all around exclaimed and raised their swords to help, but Bishamonten yelled loudly, clenched his toes, clamped the wooden clogs tightly, and rushed towards the galloping Xiong Xiaoxian with the samurai sword carrying the corpse. While Bishamonten was running, the sharp samurai sword cut open the corpse on the sword and passed through, and the corpse fell behind Bishamonten.But at this time, the dark cloud of Xiong Xiaoxian's black horse had already rushed in front of Bishamonten, and the heavy horse snorted on the hair of the short Bishamonten warrior.Bishamonten didn't give way, and just raised his sword straightly and rushed from the horse's head to the horse's tail, and then stopped five meters away from the horse's back. The black cloud horse was still running forward, one step, two steps, blood dripping from the five internal organs under its body, flowing into a river, suddenly hissed, and fell to the ground, Xiong Xiaoxian, who was so frightened on the horse's back and held on to the rein, followed along He fell down, hit his head heavily on a rock and passed out, but his lower body was firmly pressed by the corpse of his beloved horse, and his whole body was stained with horse blood.Bishamonten withdrew his sword and turned around. He was very satisfied with his performance of chopping the galloping horse, and signaled to all the warriors to carry the black horse's body away for roasting. The samurai cheered for joy, but no one carefully looked at Xiong Xiaoxian whose body was covered with internal organs and blood, only thought that he was also smashed to pieces by Bishamonten's ruthless blow, and avoided it in fear.Only in this way did Xiong Xiaoxian escape with his life, and after waking up, he fled back to Saud City in the dark.This encounter was the only humiliation Xiong Xiaoxian had in his life, but he knew that his skills were not as good as others, and he might not be able to practice Bishamonten's swordsmanship in this life. Speaking of it would damage the prestige of the three brothers who died, so Even Yu Wancheng didn't tell.But the move of Bishamontian crossing the horse was Xiong Xiaoxian's nightmare every night in Saud City.Unexpectedly, the day camp is so big, and finally met the devil in the dream. Although Staff Officer Chen didn't know what happened to Xiong Xiaoxian, his heart gradually sank seeing Xiong Xiaoxian's expression.A contest with old man Shou had already let him know that there are no mortals among the Seven Lucky Gods.But Staff Chen has always been full of confidence in Xiong Xiaoxian's good martial arts, but he never expected that Bishamonten's swordsmanship is so powerful, and it has shocked Xiong Xiaoxian before he even started.Staff Officer Chen looked up at Monk Budai, who was grinning as he touched Go with his forehand, and suddenly said, "Young man, do you think your chess skills are better than Yu Wancheng's?" Staff Officer Chen was surprised and said, "Your Excellency, have seen our Master Yu?" Monk Budai shook his head and smiled, "I haven't, I haven't. I haven't seen him, and he hasn't seen me. Chess. Eleven years ago, Yu Wancheng lost a game of chess to me in Dongying, so he didn’t get Abe Xiuning. Eleven years later, you came to play against me again, and you still want to get Abe Xiuning. Hehe, hehe. The Chinese just don't learn their lesson." Cold sweat dripped from Staff Chen's forehead, and he forced a smile and said, "Aren't your words contradicting yourself? Since you and Mr. Yu have never met, how can you play chess together?" Monk Budai pointed to Bishamonten. The black cloth covering the blind eyes: "Hehe, haven't you heard of blind chess? We played chess in a closed small black room, so of course we couldn't see the appearance of our opponents." Staff Officer Chen was stunned, knowing that something was wrong.In Shaode City, Staff Officer Chen chose to trick Yu Wancheng into a routine because he knew that Go was a step behind Yu Wancheng.And blind chess in Go relies entirely on mental arithmetic, and there is no room for opportunism in terms of chess strength.Since the opponent can defeat Yu Wancheng, how can he grasp the victory?Actually, Staff Officer Chen didn't know the origin of the cloth bag monk at this time, if he knew, he would be even more desperate. In 1928, when the 14-year-old Chinese Go prodigy Wu Qingyuan, the future Showa chess master, went to Japan, he had already attracted the attention of Budai monk.But at that time Budai monk was the number one chess master of the royal family, and his identity was hidden and respected. Even the Japanese 9-dan Go master at that time rarely had the chance to play against him.Naturally, no one will arrange for him to compete with Wu Qingyuan, a novice who has not yet advanced to the fifth dan.But in 1933, Wu Qingyuan created a revolution in the new layout of Go. He used the taboo ghost gate layout of "Three Three, Star, and Tianyuan" to fight the number one player in Japanese Go, the nine-dan master Shuya. They worked together to study the countermeasures together, and it took three months to finish the chess game with a narrow victory, causing a sensation in Japan.In order to protect the face of the Japanese national art Go circle, the Japanese royal family arranged for Budai Monk to play against Wu Qingyuan in secret in 1935. As a result, after a day and a night of competition, Wu Qingyuan narrowly defeated Budai Monk with a black eye, and respectfully called this unknown opponent the only strong enemy he has encountered since entering the Weiqi world.In order to maintain the national system, the Japanese imperial family concealed this game, and Budai monk regarded this failure as a great shame and humiliation, and retreated for a year in order to re-enter the customs and fight Wu Qingyuan again. Unexpectedly, due to physical and mental exhaustion and strong mental pressure, Monk Budai suffered from binge eating disorder. Excessive eating caused the original figure of Crane Gu Xianfeng to become so obese.Following bulimia comes mania, the rage is too high, and even a little cover-up will cause rage, and it can only be shown naked like this, not to mention the unexpected crazy behavior under strong stimulation.In this way, although the cloth bag monk himself is full of confidence and feels that he has the chess power to find Wu Qingyuan as a revenge, but since Wu Qingyuan has become a Japanese citizen in 1936, defeating Wu Qingyuan has no political significance.Coupled with Budai monk's unstable mood, the Japanese government is unwilling to arrange this game anyway, for fear of stealing chickens and losing money, and making a fool of himself in the international chess world. But as far as Budai monk's attainments in Go are concerned, it is a real Japanese national treasure level, and no one dares to underestimate it.It's just that he was clamoring to fight Wu Qingyuan every day, and the Japanese royal family was also troubled by him. Originally, the Seven Lucky Gods' plan to go to Saud had nothing to do with Budai Monk, but for the sake of peace, the Japanese royal family simply sent him here, but they didn't want to It happened to play a key role in guarding the gate, blocking Staff Chen's way to welcome Shuning Abe into the city. The situation of Bishamonten is roughly similar to that of Budai Monk. He is also a master above the 9th Dan of Japanese Kendo.Bishamon Ten's original surname is Uesugi, and his single name is a single character. He is the descendant of Uesugi Kenshin, the well-known military god of the Warring States Period in Japan.Bishamonten was originally the Buddhist god of war, and also the family god worshiped by the Uesugi family. The position of Bishamonten among the Seven Lucky Gods who protect the royal family has always been hereditary by the Uesugi family.And the Uesugi family is also very respectful to the royal family. Basically, every generation will produce a swordsmanship wizard, and they have never disappointed the Japanese royal family.When he arrived at Uesugi Hill, he was hailed as the brave reincarnation of Uesugi Kenshin. But Uesugi Kenshin has a benevolent and righteous character, which Uesugi did not inherit, but is cruel and bloodthirsty by nature.The reason why the Japanese imperial family sent him with the army was because Shaod City had something to gain, and they were afraid that the guns would be blind, so they wanted Uesugi to select brave men from the army and form a cold-armed soldier group to cooperate with the search purposefully after the city was broken.And Uesugigang firmly believes that only blood and killing can train true warriors, so Xiong Xiaoxian's cavalry team has been targeted by him for a long time. It's just that the cavalry team was erratic, and it was not until the last moment that they confronted the armed forces of Uesugigang's new group.Seeing that the rest of the knights were all masters of martial arts, Uesugi took it upon himself to go into battle, which led to the tragic death of Xiong Xiaoxian and his brothers.Although Staff Officer Chen didn't know the origins of the two of them, he clearly understood that this bet was impossible, so he suddenly turned his head to Inuyangzaki and said with a smile: "Commander Inuyang, we Chinese pay attention to winning two out of three games. There are only two rounds, if you draw, you will have to start all over again. Or, you also come to gamble?" Inuyangzaki still shook his head expressionlessly and said: "I don't know how to play chess or use a sword. I only like fishing and hunting. I have nothing to gamble on." Staff Officer Chen said with a smile: "The commander is really elegant, so we can compare fishing and hunting." It's not bad." Inuyangzaki said lightly: "If you win these two, you will have a chance in the future." Bishamonten said: "Don't wait for the future, if you win one of the two rounds and lose the other, you will win , You can go to see Abe Shuning." Staff Officer Chen applauded: "Happy! Okay, since it's so cheap, we gamble." Xiong Xiaoxian was surprised, and Staff Officer Chen smiled: "It's okay, Xiaoxian, do your best, anyway, we have one person Just win." Xiong Xiaoxian wryly smiled and said: "Well, I am not going to take my life. But you must win, my good staff officer, and bring the little Japanese girl back to Shaode alive." Staff officer Chen smiled and said: "Actually, I want to ask Your words are the same as yours." Inuyangzaki bowed: "In this case, I will wait outside the tent." Turning around, he left the tent.Budai monk was about to speak, when Xiong Xiaoxian suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh no, no, if I'm going to die, I haven't brought what my master told me to the Japanese old boy!" Ignoring Staff Officer Chen's surprised gaze, he chased him out, and I don't know what Kazuyozaki muttered, his voice was so low that even Bishamonten couldn't hear it.When he came back after a while, Staff Officer Chen and Monk Bu Dai were gone, Xiong Xiaoxian looked up at Bishamon Tianyi: "Come on, tell me, how to fight?" Staff Officer Chen was staggered by Budai monk to a hut in the tent and sat down. There was only one candle burning in the room.The Budai monk put the Go pieces in the bag into the chess bowl, and asked Staff Officer Chen, "Are you holding black or white pieces?" Staff Officer Chen said with a smile, "I was just going to ask you. When the candle goes out, how do you divide the black pieces from the white ones?" The monk giggled and said, "Don't worry. This game of chess is a treasure given to me by the emperor. It is a treasure brought back from the Old Summer Palace by us Japanese warriors in the Eight-Nation Allied Army. So many Go pieces are all made of a whole piece. Black and white millennium ancient jade is chiseled and ground. It is said that this jade fell at the boundary between ice and fire in the heart of Kunlun Mountains before it was unearthed. The black side faces the ground fire, so it is warm and moist in all seasons, and it will not become cold even if it is placed in ice water .And the white side has been accumulating ice for thousands of years, and it will be cold to the touch at any time, even if it is placed in the fire, it will not be hot. You touch it." Staff Officer Chen took the bowl of sunspots handed over by Monk Budai, and it was warm to the touch. He nodded and smiled and said, "I've learned a lot."Hastily picked it up, and heard a soft beeping, said with a smile: "This sound is weird." Budai monk said with a smile: "This chessboard is made of iron heart wood. If it touches jade, even if it is removed, it will rub against it. Make a sound. This way, you don’t have to worry about someone taking advantage of the darkness.” Staff Officer Chen shook his head and smiled, “It’s really a villain’s heart to judge a gentleman’s belly. So, you have to remember the location of Luozi completely by heart?” Monk Budai nodded, He blew out the candle, and said with a smile, "Since you are a guest from afar, I will let you be the third son." It turned out that Monk Budai chose to play blind chess against Yu Wancheng back then, and now against Staff Officer Chen, not because he wanted to show off his chess skills, but because he really had to.When his mania is exhausting his brain, he will be upset when he sees light, and he can only meditate in the dark.At this moment, Xiong Xiaoxian and Bishamonten, who were staying in the big tent, looked at each other's eyes with sparks in the bright candlelight.Bishamontian sneered and said, "What weapon do you use? Do you want someone to bring you a saber?" Xiong Xiao shook his head first, then pulled out the thick candlestick on the ground, and waved it twice: "It's still better to use it to beat wolves. The stick fits best!" Surprise flashed in Bishamonten's eyes: "Have you heard of Miyamoto Musashi and the Battle of Yanliu Island?" Xiong Xiaoxian grinned: "I don't understand what Japanese fart you are letting out." Bishamonten Sneered silently.It turns out that Japanese swordsmen have always admired the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi the most.And the battle of Miyamoto Musashi's fame was the battle of Yanliu Island against the famous Sengoku swordsman Sasaki Kojiro.At that time Sasaki Kojiro had been famous for a long time, but Miyamoto Musashi was just an unknown young man.No one thought that a miracle would happen to protect Musashi from defeating Kojiro.However, Miyamoto Musashi went down the rapids in a boat. On the boat, he cut the oars into a huge heavy wooden sword over two meters in length. Holding the wooden sword, he jumped off the boat. Knocked down Kojiro and became famous. Xiong Xiao first draws the iron candlestick to Bishamonten's samurai sword, which is exactly the style of Miyamoto Musashi Yanliu Island back then.Xiong Xiaoxian really didn't know about this most brilliant scene in the history of Japanese kendo duels, but he acted instinctively. Bishamonten felt that he might have underestimated this seemingly reckless Chinese man.And Xiong Xiaoxian's supernatural power was amazing, he slammed down the iron candlestick and slashed his head, unexpectedly, halfway through the arm, the slash turned into a stab, but what he used was the tattoo technique in the normal recruits' stepping practice, and stabbed directly at Bishamonten's chest . Bishamontian sneered at the corner of his mouth, thinking that he still overestimated this reckless man.It turned out that after Bishamonten first came into contact with Chinese martial arts since the Meiji Restoration, he deeply felt that although Chinese and Japanese martial arts have the same origin, Japanese swordsmanship is far inferior to Chinese swordsmanship in terms of flower skills.This can be seen from the shapes of swords cast by China and Japan. The Japanese sword is more like a knife, with a crescent-shaped body, suitable for holding with both hands. Only fierce slashing moves can exert maximum speed and power.而中国的剑却是直剑，适合单手持握，适合施展轻灵的削刺招式。日本剑术讲究实效，所以才有走极端的拔刀流术的出现。全身劲力就聚合在拔剑出鞘的一瞬间，务求奏效伤敌，再不考虑其他。而中国剑术往往十招九虚，令人眼花缭乱。同等级的日本剑客遇见中国剑客，不难以实破虚，但要是遇见中国顶尖高手，实在不容易保持敏锐的观察力。 在和中国高手几番较量后，苦思冥想下毘沙门天悟出了心眼之法。即不用眼睛观察对手的出招，只用耳朵倾听风声，加上用感觉来判断对方全身的气流走向，这样自然可以不被对手的虚招迷惑。但是只要有眼睛在，就是蒙住布条，也会情不自禁地闭合眼部，使判断产生细微的延迟障碍。要说日本人的忍道，即为了追求目标不惜放弃一切的决心，实在不是盖的。毘沙门天为了证实自己的心眼之术确实可以无往不利，居然自戳双目。但凡事有失必有得，这目障一去，毘沙门天的剑术更上一层楼，将上杉家家传剑术风、林、火、山四字诀更能发挥得淋漓尽致。 毘沙门天胸有成竹屹然如山不动，听熊孝先刺出的烛台风声由细变粗，由远及近，再也没有换招的余地，方才出手如风，一剑砍在烛台烛头，就如打蛇打三寸一般，轻巧的武士刀居然将厚重的烛台荡了开去。 暗室里布袋和尚却内心紧张。他和陈参谋的对弈已经开始，自古围棋有艺不如态、态不如心的说法。自古下围棋不但讲究棋艺高低，还要看棋手围弈的时候姿态是否从容，心态是否了无牵涉。但布袋和尚却有着自己的独特见解。 布袋和尚认为围即歼，歼即灭。围棋之道即为歼灭之道。围弈之艺不光要分胜负，更要决出生死。中日文化皆推崇宋词大家苏东坡，而苏东坡号为坡仙，为人是极其洒脱的，对围棋的一句“胜固欣然败亦喜”更是常被棋道中人称赞。但就是这位不计胜负的坡仙，一生棋艺总在二三流徘徊，当真是天天见喜无欣然。反之抱着胜即生败则死之想的布袋和尚在日本围棋界纵横驰逸，所向披靡，更是坚定了自己的信念。 但引以为豪的领悟在遇见吴清源后，无情地土崩瓦解。吴清源在下棋前，总要通读一遍，领悟无为无我、无欲居下、清虚自然的思想。很多日本围棋高手败在吴清源手下都会感慨：就棋艺而言，并不觉得吴先生比我们高到哪里去，但就精神因素而言，未开局就已经注定了我们的失败。言下之意正是吴清源排除了贪胜之心带来的干扰，心境澄明，才发挥出了最好的水准。当年布袋和尚对吴清源的挑战，不仅是国界尊严之争，也是两种思想火花的碰撞。结果对布袋和尚而言，果然不是胜生败死，简直是败得生不如死。 自古围棋分为六境。第一境界曰入门，艺微心喜，偶有妙作。第二境界曰登堂，落子熟稔，骁勇无谋。第三境界曰入室，谨小慎微，细腻灵动。第四境界方为高手，能做到重势轻子，弃子夺势。第五境界称为国手，刚柔并济，运筹帷幄，浑然大家之风。布袋和尚早得国手之妙，但就是达不到最高的第六层境界——圣手境。古人云：成圣手者运子行云流水，以拙胜巧，于柔弱处见千钧之力，为人所不为，行人所不行，所谓大巧不工，以无胜有。便如此刻陈参谋出手，片刻后便是自裁之局，实在是令人匪夷所思，在棋谱上再也找不出先例。 围棋中虽有“倒脱靴”这样以败求胜、置之死地而后生的招数，或是“海底钩”这种伤敌一千、自损八百的路数，但那毕竟也是有迹可寻的。陈参谋这般入子，便如未入门的顽童胡乱入子，东一块西一块，既不是“金包银边草肚皮”的传统下法，也不是“大雪崩内拐”的新布局风格，往好里说是“羚羊挂角”，无迹可寻。往坏里说就是胡下乱入，自己作死。可是你要说此人棋艺太差不懂装懂吧，黑屋之中，他落得棋子却也徐徐有风，一子没落到棋枰外面去，显是对围棋中最难的盲棋也不陌生，心算脑记能力更是惊人。 难道这就是圣手境界的所谓行云流水不拘一格，为人所不为，行人所不行？可是中国真有这样的大行家，怎么从来没有听说过？围棋和其他博艺不同，讲究的是天赋，所谓二十岁不成国手则终身无望。所以吴清源才能在七岁败高手，十四岁东渡横扫日本。但是博闻如布袋和尚却知道唯中国北宋有一个无名棋圣中年顿悟的特例。当年北宋开封城里有一中年儒生，一日行至茶社遇人对弈。因不懂围棋随口说了句错话被人耻笑，气愤之下盯着棋枰看了三天三夜不眠不食，忽然点点头，若有所思地说，这不就是河洛书吗？随后横扫棋坛，终仁宗一朝再无人能与其并肩。 莫非自己真的如此不走运，在日本本土遇见吴清源，到了中国又遇见一个新时代的无名棋圣？布袋和尚百思不得其解的时候，熊孝先和毘沙门天的战斗却已经到了来不及思考的险境。熊孝先完全是凭本能在避挡毘沙门天逢坚必摧的利剑。而日本剑和中国剑的不同不光在于剑形，更在于剑坯。 中国剑乃将熟铁在一千度以上的炉温下冶炼成钢，采取的是高温炼钢法。高温炼出的钢材较软，易打造成型，但成型后的剑是不能在坚硬的石铁材料上做长时间的砍劈动作的，否则剑身容易变形。而日本刀的材料钢，被称作和钢或玉钢，是在不超过一千度的炉温下炼成的，乃一种低温炼钢法。 低温炼钢法炼出的钢材较硬，较难打造，但相对高温钢而言品质更纯良。所以日本武林里有斩石龛的传说，即剑术高强的剑客能用武士剑斩断神庙前的石灯。 砍断石灯，用中国剑是万万完成不了的，一剑下去剑身就弯曲了。因为日本的石灯，不是中国小巧的煤油灯，而是将蜡烛点在足有一人合抱粗细的空心石塔里，只有低温炼钢法炼成的玉钢剑身能抵抗这种反作用力。 毘沙门天的上杉武神流剑术，走的是刚猛快疾的路子，在青年时就能连斩两座石龛。熊孝先手中的烛台虽然是生铁铸造，到底也是空心的，毘沙门天下手又是极准，出手便是连招，招招都砍在烛台的同一处，几下便如切黄瓜一般将烛台节节削断。不一会儿，熊孝先手里只剩下尺把长的一根铁棍，情知不好，随手将铁棍对着毘沙门天掷出，顾不得体面一个懒驴打滚儿。呼地一下毘沙门天劈开铁棍，一剑擦着熊孝先的后背劈过，冰冷的刀风在熊孝先背后激起颗颗鸡皮疙瘩。