Chapter 7 Linen shirt
When people talk, they mostly talk about irrelevant topics, and they just make the atmosphere of the conversation harmonious in the pleasantries between you and me, and then lead to the topic.
However, Yataro Oni Kojima doesn't know this at all, he can say whatever is on his mind.He listened to Jiadan's proud words just now, and he didn't know how to say something to socialize, but just stared at the other party silently, thinking deeply.
"Since he dares to say that he will understand after trying it, he is obviously not bragging. Mr. Jing Hu has been unstable recently, and it is not bad to have one or two such people to help, so I recommend him!"
Seeing that he didn't speak, Cadan thought he didn't believe it, so he said, "If you doubt it, you can try it on the spot."
"No need, I don't think you will lie, okay! I'll recommend it for you, but I don't guarantee the result!"
Jiadang was full of joy, and hurriedly said: "Thanks to the recommendation, I am very grateful. If I can be hired, it will be like a dog's work."
"Of course, if the person I recommend doesn't do a good job, will I still have a foothold? I'm going to the city now, and I'll mention your matter immediately. Mr. Jing Hu is probably very happy! Maybe I will see you right away , do you want to go into the city with me? Or wait in an inn or a humble house?"
"It's too troublesome to ask someone to send a message, so I will go to the city with you!"
Yataro was dressed and left home immediately.
After entering the city, he asked Jiadang to wait at the samurai standby station, and went to Jinghu's room by himself.
Jing Hu sat in front of the window and looked at the picture. He propped his chin and stared at the picture. When he heard Yataro's voice, he said, "Come in!" He folded the picture and turned around.
"Today is late!"
"There was a visitor when I went out, so it was a bit late."
"Toast your hands! It's been very frosty this morning!" As he said, he put his hands on the stove himself.
"Thank you!"
Yataro walked forward on his knees, put his thick hands on the hand stove, rubbed them together and said, "An Iga ninja named Kato Kusaku wants to help you, please let me introduce him."
"Is that your visitor this morning?"
"Exactly, he has a nickname of Phegadam."
Yataro repeated what Kaga boasted that morning.
"That means he claims to be a master Luo."
"Yes! He also said that if in doubt, you can ask Hattori Xuangui."
Jing Hu's face moved slightly, and he asked, "Does he know Xuan Gui?"
"He said he just heard his name for a long time. Xuangui left his hometown a long time ago, and the two of them have never met. But Xuangui probably knows about him and his martial arts."
Jing Hu's eyes, which didn't match his childlike fat face, darkened. He was lost in thought, and after a while he smiled slightly and said, "Very interesting guy, do you want to see him?"
"You can see what he is capable of."
"That's right, you can't take his word for it, take him to the shooting range and tell everyone to come!"
"yes."
Yataro exited the room happily.
Jing Hu was carrying the gun himself, and the guards were holding the black lacquer gunpowder box, and walked to the shooting range together. Yataro brought Kadang, Honjo Keishiu, Jinjin Shinbei and other generals also gathered. Jing Hu strenuously walked towards Jiadang.Kadang knelt on the ground, Yataro was about to introduce, Jinghu shook his head, and said directly to Kadang: "I want to see your ability, if it is as you said, I will use you, if I am satisfied, you can Give you a salary of a thousand stones!" Jia Dan was a little startled by his straight-forward statement, but quickly said with both palms: "You're making a fool of yourself!" "Let me see the jumping ability where the nickname comes from first!" "yes!" Gadang stood up, looked around, walked towards the target, and stopped about twelve meters away. The weather was fine that day, and the earthy reddish courtyard was filled with bright sunlight, and the frost pillars all over the place were half-melted and steamed. "I'll perform the horizontal jump first!" After finishing speaking, he stuck the vajra staff on the ground and jumped up without any preparation. His persimmon-colored sleeves were filled with wind and lifted up like bird's wings, and immediately his feet fell together in front of him.The landing point was indeed about seven meters away from the Vajra Staff. The crowd of onlookers exclaimed. "With a pole, you can jump ten meters." After he finished speaking lightly, he changed the position of the vajra stick, and jumped with the stick, and it was indeed more than ten meters. "If there is sound, you can jump about two meters more, but our work cannot have sound." Then he showed off his ability to jump high.He walked to the red pine next to the shooting range hut and stopped, and saw that when he looked up, his body had already floated up slightly, and his feet were standing on a branch eight meters away from the ground.Everyone guessed that he might have turned over with both hands, but no one could see clearly, only that he flew from the ground to the branch lightly like a bird. Everyone sighed again. Jia Dang landed lightly, "If you use a staff, the distance can be doubled!" Saying that, he picked up the vajra stick and wanted to try again. Jing Hu stopped him: "Okay, it's amazing, you really don't disgrace your name, you deserve to be commended." Jiadang put his hands on the ground and bowed, "Thank you for the reward!" "I still need to look at other skills. I heard you said that you can't be hit by a gun twenty meters away, right?" Jiadang nodded silently, walked to an appropriate distance automatically, and inserted the vajra stick. "It's exactly 20 meters to this place, anyone can do it, I can try it when I'm ready." He quickly took off the linen shirt on his body and hung it on the head of the staff, then took off his rosary and tied the linen shirt to the staff.After that, he stood three steps away.The sun was warm, and smoky water vapor rose from the frosty ground. "Okay!" Caden said with a smile showing his white teeth. "You come!" Jinghu handed the gun to Yataro and lit the matchlock. "Yes!" Yataro posed through the matchlock, feeling uneasy after aiming, put the gun back on his lap, and said to Kadang, "Is there any problem?" "No problem, just try to aim!" His expression remained unchanged. Yataro blew on the match, and made a good pose again.Everyone held their breaths in silence, looking back and forth between the muzzle of the gun and Gadam.The sun is getting brighter and brighter, and in the silence, there is a bird singing somewhere. Yataro fired. Everyone held their breath.Gadan seemed to move only slightly, flashed subtly, and stood where he was just now with his expression unchanged. "Really missed it!" He said with a smile. Everyone was shocked.Yataro was surprised and surprised: "Wonderful! I thought I would hit it!" "Good skill! It's admirable, but it's too mysterious, can you try again?" Jing Hu said. "Okay, try until you are satisfied." He smiled confidently. This time, Jinghu asked Sone Pinghei to shoot, and the result was the same.Others found it difficult to understand and rushed to experiment, but Jing Hu said: "I can't keep trying like that, I just try again." After finishing speaking, he reloaded the gunpowder, took a good posture, and asked, "Is it all right?" "Can!" Jiadang stopped talking, and Jing Hu's gun had already been fired.There was only a scream like a howling wolf, and Jiadan only jumped about four meters before falling heavily to the ground. Everyone was half-kneeling and watching, but now they stood up unconsciously. Jing Hu was very calm. He blew on the muzzle of the gun that was emitting white smoke and said, "Go and have a look, it should have hit him in the chest." Everyone rushed over immediately. Jiadan fell on his back on the frosty and muddy ground, his sharp-edged face, which had been cut like a rock, was still slightly surprised, but he had lost his breath, and his chest was bloody. Jing Hu walked over slowly, and everyone suddenly stopped talking, just looked at Jing Hu with inexplicable eyes. Jing Hu untied the rosary beads tied to the head of the vajra stick, and took off the hemp shirt for Yataro. Yataro shook off the hemp shirt, only to see two big holes on the back, the sides of the holes were burnt black, and they were indeed bullet marks. Jing Hu said: "It's just a trick, nothing surprising!" Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, he further explained: "It's just a trick to make people see the opposite of themselves. At first I didn't understand it, but I just thought the linen shirt was suspicious. I took a closer look and started to look at it." After the gun, his chest will emit a faint smoke. Since I am not injured, there is no reason for the smoke. Therefore, I found that when we saw him, we saw this linen shirt, and when we saw this linen shirt, we saw it. He, so I aimed at the hemp shirt and shot, that's how things are, as long as you put your heart into everything, you won't be easily deceived." After listening to it, everyone admired Jing Hu's wisdom and wit even more. Jing Hu was not happy, and said: "I think this guy and Xuan Gui have the same purpose. They are fellow villagers, and they have extraordinary skills. Since they are not enemies, how can there be any reason why they don't meet for interviews when they come? Obviously they are. A dog of a feather, but says he knows his name but doesn't know his person, can he hide it from me? Haha..." Jing Hu's reasoning at this level is half right.At first, Jia Tang and Xuan Gui came for the same purpose, but after Xuan Gui's death, his mood changed and he sincerely wanted to join Jing Hu.However, at this moment, Jing Hu doesn't have that kind of leeway to think carefully.
Having sent people to assassinate him twice, Jing Hu has reached the limit of his tolerance for Qing Jing.He felt that it was necessary to talk to Usami.But as soon as he was about to go out, the spies placed in Santiao reported that the movement in Santiao was unusual, and that the wealthy families who assisted Santiao had frequented Santiao recently. In fact, this is not difficult to understand. The three sides have been eyeing their side all the time. It should be known that there is a gap between Tochio and Kasugayama for the sake of the Shibata brothers. It is natural to take advantage of this situation. "How to deal with it?" Jinghu's first thought was that, in terms of the current situation, Tochio would never get military support from Kasugayama.Worst of all, they might join forces with Qingjing to attack.This might not be possible in normal times, but now that the brothers have had frequent quarrels, and Qingjing doesn't understand the overall situation, and doesn't know right from wrong, maybe a few nice words can move him, so we have to be careful. While Jinghu was on guard, he sent envoys to Pipa Island to deliver the letter. "Your Excellency must have known that there has been sudden movement in the three aspects recently. Due to many accidents, there is a sudden gap between the Kasuga Mountain and the Kasuga Mountain. If the Kasuga Mountain comes out, the anxiety will increase. If you only guard against the three aspects, it will be easy. In case of Kasuga Mountain Bewitched by Gan Yan, and joining hands with Santiao to attack, there is no doubt that you will be attacked by the enemy, and I hope that you will be able to stop the Chunri Shanbing at that time!" The envoy came back the next night and brought Usami's reply letter: "I also feel the same about what you said. Regarding Kasuga Mountain, I can leave it to my subordinates to take charge. I will definitely not allow any of them to cross Mt. Mishan! Please respectfully Be at ease!"
One morning a few days later, it was also frosty.Jinghu received a report that the three armies had been dispatched, with Jinjin Guoji as the main general, and several wealthy men as deputy, totaling 5,000. Jing Hu said with a smile: "I haven't seen Jinjin Guoji's ability, but I have experienced his brother Kuroda Guozhong's ability, and it is nothing special. It seems that Guoji may not be better than Nai brother!" With Usami blocking Kasuga Mountain for him and relieving the anxiety behind him, Jinghu is not afraid of the enemy coming from the front, and even wants to hit him head-on. He summoned all the generals to announce the matter, and everyone was also high-spirited, ready to fight a big battle. After Jing Hu arranged the crowd properly, he took his gun alone and climbed up the back mountain on the frost pillar.He stood on the slope of the mountain overlooking the terrain, rehearsing tactics.He calculated the method of the enemy's attack. As far as the terrain is concerned, they may still attack from the front door and the back door as last time. However, if they repeat the old plan this time, Tochio will be in trouble because of insufficient soldiers.Last time there were reinforcements from Usami, Ueda Fukei, and Kasugayama, totaling 3,000 troops, but this time there were only 200 troops from Shibata Sobusuke, totaling only 1,200 troops, and they had to meet more than 5,000 enemy troops. The proportions are quite disparate. If we divide the attack into two groups, it will reduce the combat power even more. We must find a way to let the enemy troops concentrate on one side to attack. Tochio Basin is a vertically long triangle, and the innermost vertex is Tochio.There are two roads to enter the basin from three directions: one is the route taken by the enemy during the first battle, and it comes from the narrow road in the mountainous valley area on the west side of the basin. Once this road exits the valley, it is outside the village of Tochio; the other is the first road. During World War II, the enemy troops traveled along a tributary of the Kariyata River. It is not so difficult for them to choose one, as long as they gather the people and erect false flags along the mountain road.This trick made the enemy suffer a lot in the first battle.The problem is what to do after entering the basin. He doesn't want the enemy to attack back and forth like last time. Looking at the winding paths, forks, riverbanks, and mountains surrounding the basin in the basin, he said to himself, "It seems that we still have to use false flags." If this strategy is adopted, the southeast jungle where we are standing at the moment is the best place.It would be best if two or three hundred civilians were placed there to support more flags, so that the enemy would mistakenly think that there were more than a thousand people and give up attacking the rear gate. Of course, this trick can't rely entirely on the common people, there must be 20 to 30 real soldiers showing their faces, so as not to be seen through.As long as they attack all the way to the main city gate, they will fight directly, and don't resort to tricks of false flags, lest if they are seen through, they will mess up their own positions. After careful consideration, Jinghu was about to go down the mountain. At this time, Honjo Qingxiu and Jinjin Xinbingwei came up the mountain. Both of them were wearing light armor, and the battle clothes reflected the dazzling light in the sun. The two bowed their knees in front of Jing Hu. "I have something to report." "Sit over there and talk!" Jing Hu sat on a rock, and when they both sat down, he said, "Speak!" "I was notified just now that the Kakizaki Kei family has also dispatched troops." Jinghu originally thought it was Kasuga-san who sent troops, and his chest tightened, but when he heard that it was Yajiro Kakizaki, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Kakizaki Yajiro had joined Sanjo when Toshikage Nagao was still alive, Toshikage died in battle, and after Akita Hitarusuke led Sanjo, Kakizaki still served Sanjo and became Akita's son-in-law at the same time.In order to win over Kakizaki, Akita adopted a beautiful woman as his adopted daughter and married Kakizaki.However, Kakizaki has never played for Sanjo. He has always been in Kakizaki Castle, watching Kasugayama. Although Jing Hu knew that Shizaki was not to be underestimated, he remained calm and said, "Really? I have admired Shizaki's martial arts for a long time, and now I have the chance to experience it." Seeing Jinghu's confident attitude, the two comforted themselves, but they still suggested: "Kakizaki is an invincible brave man, we have to prepare countermeasures in advance." "I will." After Jing Hu answered briefly, he looked up at the sky.There are soft white clouds floating in the blue sky.After looking at it for a while, he said: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go down the mountain!" After finishing speaking, he walked down the mountain with big strides.
After noon the next day, the three armies attacked. Like last time, they entered the basin along the road along the tributary of the Kariyata River and approached the road along the eastern mountain range.The road meets the Kariyata River one kilometer from the city.There they split into two groups, one crossed the river and went straight up the embankment, and the other crossed the river and stopped.The former aimed at the rear city gate, while the latter waited for the former to enter the appropriate place, planning to jointly attack the city at the same time. According to the predetermined plan, Jinghu placed thirty soldiers and two hundred farmers led by Yataro Oni Kojima and his wife in the woods on the mountainside of the back mountain stretching eastward, but the flag has not yet been erected. Yesterday was fine, but today is cloudy, with the air freezing to the bone and the thick clouds covering the sky that look as if they are about to shed flakes of snow.The 2,000 enemy troops coming along the embankment of the Kariyata River gradually approached with beating drums. Jing Hu stared intently for a long time, and when the time came, he immediately raised his gun and fired a shot into the air.The boom was a signal.The Yataro couple and others who were ambushing in the forest immediately raised their military flags and shouted to kill with all their might.Each of them holds three or four flags with Usami's three vases printed on them.Although the city guards knew it was a fake, when they saw the thousands of flags waving, they mistakenly thought that there were really thousands of troops around to help them. The enemy troops marching along the Kariyata River stopped, as if shaken. Jing Hu fired another shot. Immediately afterwards, Oni Kojima and his wife shook the military flag vigorously and moved towards the entrance of the forest.These people are real warriors, they appeared outside the forest, lined up with horses' heads, watching the enemy from the sidelines. In the country of Echigo, almost everyone knows that Usami is good at fighting. The situation in front of him has the momentum that Usami will attack the city as soon as the siege army crosses the river.The enemy army seemed to be greatly shaken, and the messengers rode forward and exchanged messages continuously. After a while, they seemed to give up attacking the rear gate, and the army turned their horses around and joined another road. "great!" Jing Hu was satisfied, but without smiling, he walked slowly towards the main city gate.In fact, he was sweating profusely from tension. About an hour later, the battle at the main city gate started.The enemy is divided into three teams: vanguard, center and defender, and advance together.Once within range, erect the shield, release arrows from under the shield, and slowly push forward.At first, the defenders' arrows always hit the shield, but as the distance approached, they were almost sure to hit, especially Tokura and Hachiro, who shot every arrow.He didn't wear a battle helmet, and took off the sleeves of his helmet. He stretched his bow and waited. As soon as there was a slight gap under the shield, he immediately shot arrows and shot down twenty people in an instant.As a result, the enemy's formation was thrown into disarray, avoiding the positions of Togura and Hachiro, and deflecting to the two sides. This is the opportunity. "kill!" Jing Hu ordered the flag to wave, Honjo Qingxiu, who was waiting for an opportunity inside the city gate, led two hundred men to open the door, because the enemy army was in chaos, Honjo killed the enemy's center in one fell swoop. The center forward will be Kanetsu Kunukichi, who spreads out the two wings of the formation calmly, preparing to encircle Honjo.The enemy's army is two thousand, and the village has two hundred troops. Naturally, they cannot be surrounded.The Benzhuang army retreated immediately, but instead of fleeing back into the city, they crossed the gate westward. The Jinjin army chased after them, and the formation was also in chaos. Before this, Jing Hu had led his horse back to the gate of the city with three hundred warriors. He galloped forward and attacked the Jinjin army's side.Although the number of Jing Hu's soldiers was small, they were all brave men who stood up to ten, and immediately defeated the Jinjin army.Among the retreating Jinjin Army, 30 warriors arranged by Jing Hu in advance mixed in, but no one from the Jinjin Army found out. Yajiro Kakizaki, who served as the rear guard, couldn't help being furious when he saw that his army was defeated by the enemy. "It's all useless things that don't know how to fight. I'll show you what war is!" After finishing speaking, he pulled the horse over, got on the horse, and shouted: "Boys, follow me!" Then he rode the horse forward with his long spear sideways. He wore a shiny golden sickle-shaped helmet and a crimson battle armor. He straddled a black horse, like a thunder god riding a dark cloud. "See Yoshihei Niketora in Shimokizaki and Izumi Mamoru!" He danced and turned his horse while shouting, and kept waving the spear in his hand. Wherever he went, he fell or fell, as easily as a thorn. Jinghu avoided confrontation with Kakizaki, and shouted after fighting for a while: "Back! Back!" He turned his horse around, and the Tochio army followed suit. "Don't run away! That man in the red spike armor is Jing Hu, kill him! Kill him!" Kakizaki was the first to chase after him. As soon as his army came up, the forward and center also recovered their strength and turned back to join the pursuit.However, when they passed the city gate, Jinjin Xinbingwei and Shibata Sabusuke, who were waiting inside the gate, led 500 troops to rush out, cut off the enemy's back route, and opened fire. As soon as he heard the gunshots, Jing Hu's army, who had been fleeing desperately, stopped immediately. Jing Hu shouted: "The enemy has caught the trick, and we have won! Hurry up and pursue the victory!" The army responded immediately.The Honzhuang army also turned around and attacked the enemy's side in a roundabout way.At the same time, the people led by Yataro and his wife, who had entered the city through the back door a while ago, set up the Sanping flag in the city, and the sound of killing shook the sky. The three soldiers were shocked and stood still.Not to mention Jinjin Kunuki, even Kakizaki was startled and suspicious, and stopped his horse to look around. This was the opportunity that the Tochio warriors who had sneaked into the Jinjin army were waiting for. They cut off the enemy general's horse's legs by surprise, and shouted: "There are rebels! Be careful!" The situation became more and more chaotic, the three armies scrambled to retreat, the Tochio army took the opportunity to pursue from three directions, and the three armies were completely routed. However, Kakizaki was extremely brave after all. Even at this time, he still led the thirty guards in the rear to block Tochio's pursuit.
Seeing the retreat of Kakizaki Yajiro, Jinghu knew that it was useless to pursue him, so he recalled his pursuers.As soon as the Sanjo Army was in shock, they were already near the entrance of the basin about five kilometers away from Tochio Castle. The days were short, and it was almost dusk, so they each built their formations and set up camp. At dinner, all the generals gathered at Jinjin Guokichi's place, and Kakizaki was so heartbroken by the defeat that he didn't even drink much of his favorite wine. "Useless things, why don't you make people angry!" He refills the drink.At this time, the guard on guard came into the tent and whispered, "Xinbatian Saobujie, please see me." "Who?" "The brother of Xinfatian City Lord..." Jinwei's voice was even lower. Kakizaki was 70% drunk, seeing Konoe's low-pitched appearance, he didn't feel furious. "Why are you so quiet? Speak clearly! The younger brother of the city lord of Xinfatian, Sabusuke, is here, right? Sabusuke used to be my friend, but now the enemy and us are different. Why are you here? Forget it, old friend, no To drive people back, let him come in!" He purposely yelled loudly. Saobesuke, dressed in light armor, entered quietly. "Saobusuke, what a place to meet! Hahaha!" Kakizaki greeted Sabusuke with a hearty smile. "Your Excellency is in good spirits!" Saobusuke smiled and sat down.
Jing Hu was carrying the gun himself, and the guards were holding the black lacquer gunpowder box, and walked to the shooting range together. Yataro brought Kadang, Honjo Keishiu, Jinjin Shinbei and other generals also gathered. Jing Hu strenuously walked towards Jiadang.Kadang knelt on the ground, Yataro was about to introduce, Jinghu shook his head, and said directly to Kadang: "I want to see your ability, if it is as you said, I will use you, if I am satisfied, you can Give you a salary of a thousand stones!" Jia Dan was a little startled by his straight-forward statement, but quickly said with both palms: "You're making a fool of yourself!" "Let me see the jumping ability where the nickname comes from first!" "yes!" Gadang stood up, looked around, walked towards the target, and stopped about twelve meters away. The weather was fine that day, and the earthy reddish courtyard was filled with bright sunlight, and the frost pillars all over the place were half-melted and steamed. "I'll perform the horizontal jump first!" After finishing speaking, he stuck the vajra staff on the ground and jumped up without any preparation. His persimmon-colored sleeves were filled with wind and lifted up like bird's wings, and immediately his feet fell together in front of him.The landing point was indeed about seven meters away from the Vajra Staff. The crowd of onlookers exclaimed. "With a pole, you can jump ten meters." After he finished speaking lightly, he changed the position of the vajra stick, and jumped with the stick, and it was indeed more than ten meters. "If there is sound, you can jump about two meters more, but our work cannot have sound." Then he showed off his ability to jump high.He walked to the red pine next to the shooting range hut and stopped, and saw that when he looked up, his body had already floated up slightly, and his feet were standing on a branch eight meters away from the ground.Everyone guessed that he might have turned over with both hands, but no one could see clearly, only that he flew from the ground to the branch lightly like a bird. Everyone sighed again. Jia Dang landed lightly, "If you use a staff, the distance can be doubled!" Saying that, he picked up the vajra stick and wanted to try again. Jing Hu stopped him: "Okay, it's amazing, you really don't disgrace your name, you deserve to be commended." Jiadang put his hands on the ground and bowed, "Thank you for the reward!" "I still need to look at other skills. I heard you said that you can't be hit by a gun twenty meters away, right?" Jiadang nodded silently, walked to an appropriate distance automatically, and inserted the vajra stick. "It's exactly 20 meters to this place, anyone can do it, I can try it when I'm ready." He quickly took off the linen shirt on his body and hung it on the head of the staff, then took off his rosary and tied the linen shirt to the staff.After that, he stood three steps away.The sun was warm, and smoky water vapor rose from the frosty ground. "Okay!" Caden said with a smile showing his white teeth. "You come!" Jinghu handed the gun to Yataro and lit the matchlock. "Yes!" Yataro posed through the matchlock, feeling uneasy after aiming, put the gun back on his lap, and said to Kadang, "Is there any problem?" "No problem, just try to aim!" His expression remained unchanged. Yataro blew on the match, and made a good pose again.Everyone held their breaths in silence, looking back and forth between the muzzle of the gun and Gadam.The sun is getting brighter and brighter, and in the silence, there is a bird singing somewhere. Yataro fired. Everyone held their breath.Gadan seemed to move only slightly, flashed subtly, and stood where he was just now with his expression unchanged. "Really missed it!" He said with a smile. Everyone was shocked.Yataro was surprised and surprised: "Wonderful! I thought I would hit it!" "Good skill! It's admirable, but it's too mysterious, can you try again?" Jing Hu said. "Okay, try until you are satisfied." He smiled confidently. This time, Jinghu asked Sone Pinghei to shoot, and the result was the same.Others found it difficult to understand and rushed to experiment, but Jing Hu said: "I can't keep trying like that, I just try again." After finishing speaking, he reloaded the gunpowder, took a good posture, and asked, "Is it all right?" "Can!" Jiadang stopped talking, and Jing Hu's gun had already been fired.There was only a scream like a howling wolf, and Jiadan only jumped about four meters before falling heavily to the ground. Everyone was half-kneeling and watching, but now they stood up unconsciously. Jing Hu was very calm. He blew on the muzzle of the gun that was emitting white smoke and said, "Go and have a look, it should have hit him in the chest." Everyone rushed over immediately. Jiadan fell on his back on the frosty and muddy ground, his sharp-edged face, which had been cut like a rock, was still slightly surprised, but he had lost his breath, and his chest was bloody. Jing Hu walked over slowly, and everyone suddenly stopped talking, just looked at Jing Hu with inexplicable eyes. Jing Hu untied the rosary beads tied to the head of the vajra stick, and took off the hemp shirt for Yataro. Yataro shook off the hemp shirt, only to see two big holes on the back, the sides of the holes were burnt black, and they were indeed bullet marks. Jing Hu said: "It's just a trick, nothing surprising!" Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, he further explained: "It's just a trick to make people see the opposite of themselves. At first I didn't understand it, but I just thought the linen shirt was suspicious. I took a closer look and started to look at it." After the gun, his chest will emit a faint smoke. Since I am not injured, there is no reason for the smoke. Therefore, I found that when we saw him, we saw this linen shirt, and when we saw this linen shirt, we saw it. He, so I aimed at the hemp shirt and shot, that's how things are, as long as you put your heart into everything, you won't be easily deceived." After listening to it, everyone admired Jing Hu's wisdom and wit even more. Jing Hu was not happy, and said: "I think this guy and Xuan Gui have the same purpose. They are fellow villagers, and they have extraordinary skills. Since they are not enemies, how can there be any reason why they don't meet for interviews when they come? Obviously they are. A dog of a feather, but says he knows his name but doesn't know his person, can he hide it from me? Haha..." Jing Hu's reasoning at this level is half right.At first, Jia Tang and Xuan Gui came for the same purpose, but after Xuan Gui's death, his mood changed and he sincerely wanted to join Jing Hu.However, at this moment, Jing Hu doesn't have that kind of leeway to think carefully.
Having sent people to assassinate him twice, Jing Hu has reached the limit of his tolerance for Qing Jing.He felt that it was necessary to talk to Usami.But as soon as he was about to go out, the spies placed in Santiao reported that the movement in Santiao was unusual, and that the wealthy families who assisted Santiao had frequented Santiao recently. In fact, this is not difficult to understand. The three sides have been eyeing their side all the time. It should be known that there is a gap between Tochio and Kasugayama for the sake of the Shibata brothers. It is natural to take advantage of this situation. "How to deal with it?" Jinghu's first thought was that, in terms of the current situation, Tochio would never get military support from Kasugayama.Worst of all, they might join forces with Qingjing to attack.This might not be possible in normal times, but now that the brothers have had frequent quarrels, and Qingjing doesn't understand the overall situation, and doesn't know right from wrong, maybe a few nice words can move him, so we have to be careful. While Jinghu was on guard, he sent envoys to Pipa Island to deliver the letter. "Your Excellency must have known that there has been sudden movement in the three aspects recently. Due to many accidents, there is a sudden gap between the Kasuga Mountain and the Kasuga Mountain. If the Kasuga Mountain comes out, the anxiety will increase. If you only guard against the three aspects, it will be easy. In case of Kasuga Mountain Bewitched by Gan Yan, and joining hands with Santiao to attack, there is no doubt that you will be attacked by the enemy, and I hope that you will be able to stop the Chunri Shanbing at that time!" The envoy came back the next night and brought Usami's reply letter: "I also feel the same about what you said. Regarding Kasuga Mountain, I can leave it to my subordinates to take charge. I will definitely not allow any of them to cross Mt. Mishan! Please respectfully Be at ease!"
One morning a few days later, it was also frosty.Jinghu received a report that the three armies had been dispatched, with Jinjin Guoji as the main general, and several wealthy men as deputy, totaling 5,000. Jing Hu said with a smile: "I haven't seen Jinjin Guoji's ability, but I have experienced his brother Kuroda Guozhong's ability, and it is nothing special. It seems that Guoji may not be better than Nai brother!" With Usami blocking Kasuga Mountain for him and relieving the anxiety behind him, Jinghu is not afraid of the enemy coming from the front, and even wants to hit him head-on. He summoned all the generals to announce the matter, and everyone was also high-spirited, ready to fight a big battle. After Jing Hu arranged the crowd properly, he took his gun alone and climbed up the back mountain on the frost pillar.He stood on the slope of the mountain overlooking the terrain, rehearsing tactics.He calculated the method of the enemy's attack. As far as the terrain is concerned, they may still attack from the front door and the back door as last time. However, if they repeat the old plan this time, Tochio will be in trouble because of insufficient soldiers.Last time there were reinforcements from Usami, Ueda Fukei, and Kasugayama, totaling 3,000 troops, but this time there were only 200 troops from Shibata Sobusuke, totaling only 1,200 troops, and they had to meet more than 5,000 enemy troops. The proportions are quite disparate. If we divide the attack into two groups, it will reduce the combat power even more. We must find a way to let the enemy troops concentrate on one side to attack. Tochio Basin is a vertically long triangle, and the innermost vertex is Tochio.There are two roads to enter the basin from three directions: one is the route taken by the enemy during the first battle, and it comes from the narrow road in the mountainous valley area on the west side of the basin. Once this road exits the valley, it is outside the village of Tochio; the other is the first road. During World War II, the enemy troops traveled along a tributary of the Kariyata River. It is not so difficult for them to choose one, as long as they gather the people and erect false flags along the mountain road.This trick made the enemy suffer a lot in the first battle.The problem is what to do after entering the basin. He doesn't want the enemy to attack back and forth like last time. Looking at the winding paths, forks, riverbanks, and mountains surrounding the basin in the basin, he said to himself, "It seems that we still have to use false flags." If this strategy is adopted, the southeast jungle where we are standing at the moment is the best place.It would be best if two or three hundred civilians were placed there to support more flags, so that the enemy would mistakenly think that there were more than a thousand people and give up attacking the rear gate. Of course, this trick can't rely entirely on the common people, there must be 20 to 30 real soldiers showing their faces, so as not to be seen through.As long as they attack all the way to the main city gate, they will fight directly, and don't resort to tricks of false flags, lest if they are seen through, they will mess up their own positions. After careful consideration, Jinghu was about to go down the mountain. At this time, Honjo Qingxiu and Jinjin Xinbingwei came up the mountain. Both of them were wearing light armor, and the battle clothes reflected the dazzling light in the sun. The two bowed their knees in front of Jing Hu. "I have something to report." "Sit over there and talk!" Jing Hu sat on a rock, and when they both sat down, he said, "Speak!" "I was notified just now that the Kakizaki Kei family has also dispatched troops." Jinghu originally thought it was Kasuga-san who sent troops, and his chest tightened, but when he heard that it was Yajiro Kakizaki, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Kakizaki Yajiro had joined Sanjo when Toshikage Nagao was still alive, Toshikage died in battle, and after Akita Hitarusuke led Sanjo, Kakizaki still served Sanjo and became Akita's son-in-law at the same time.In order to win over Kakizaki, Akita adopted a beautiful woman as his adopted daughter and married Kakizaki.However, Kakizaki has never played for Sanjo. He has always been in Kakizaki Castle, watching Kasugayama. Although Jing Hu knew that Shizaki was not to be underestimated, he remained calm and said, "Really? I have admired Shizaki's martial arts for a long time, and now I have the chance to experience it." Seeing Jinghu's confident attitude, the two comforted themselves, but they still suggested: "Kakizaki is an invincible brave man, we have to prepare countermeasures in advance." "I will." After Jing Hu answered briefly, he looked up at the sky.There are soft white clouds floating in the blue sky.After looking at it for a while, he said: "Thank you for your hard work, let's go down the mountain!" After finishing speaking, he walked down the mountain with big strides.
After noon the next day, the three armies attacked. Like last time, they entered the basin along the road along the tributary of the Kariyata River and approached the road along the eastern mountain range.The road meets the Kariyata River one kilometer from the city.There they split into two groups, one crossed the river and went straight up the embankment, and the other crossed the river and stopped.The former aimed at the rear city gate, while the latter waited for the former to enter the appropriate place, planning to jointly attack the city at the same time. According to the predetermined plan, Jinghu placed thirty soldiers and two hundred farmers led by Yataro Oni Kojima and his wife in the woods on the mountainside of the back mountain stretching eastward, but the flag has not yet been erected. Yesterday was fine, but today is cloudy, with the air freezing to the bone and the thick clouds covering the sky that look as if they are about to shed flakes of snow.The 2,000 enemy troops coming along the embankment of the Kariyata River gradually approached with beating drums. Jing Hu stared intently for a long time, and when the time came, he immediately raised his gun and fired a shot into the air.The boom was a signal.The Yataro couple and others who were ambushing in the forest immediately raised their military flags and shouted to kill with all their might.Each of them holds three or four flags with Usami's three vases printed on them.Although the city guards knew it was a fake, when they saw the thousands of flags waving, they mistakenly thought that there were really thousands of troops around to help them. The enemy troops marching along the Kariyata River stopped, as if shaken. Jing Hu fired another shot. Immediately afterwards, Oni Kojima and his wife shook the military flag vigorously and moved towards the entrance of the forest.These people are real warriors, they appeared outside the forest, lined up with horses' heads, watching the enemy from the sidelines. In the country of Echigo, almost everyone knows that Usami is good at fighting. The situation in front of him has the momentum that Usami will attack the city as soon as the siege army crosses the river.The enemy army seemed to be greatly shaken, and the messengers rode forward and exchanged messages continuously. After a while, they seemed to give up attacking the rear gate, and the army turned their horses around and joined another road. "great!" Jing Hu was satisfied, but without smiling, he walked slowly towards the main city gate.In fact, he was sweating profusely from tension. About an hour later, the battle at the main city gate started.The enemy is divided into three teams: vanguard, center and defender, and advance together.Once within range, erect the shield, release arrows from under the shield, and slowly push forward.At first, the defenders' arrows always hit the shield, but as the distance approached, they were almost sure to hit, especially Tokura and Hachiro, who shot every arrow.He didn't wear a battle helmet, and took off the sleeves of his helmet. He stretched his bow and waited. As soon as there was a slight gap under the shield, he immediately shot arrows and shot down twenty people in an instant.As a result, the enemy's formation was thrown into disarray, avoiding the positions of Togura and Hachiro, and deflecting to the two sides. This is the opportunity. "kill!" Jing Hu ordered the flag to wave, Honjo Qingxiu, who was waiting for an opportunity inside the city gate, led two hundred men to open the door, because the enemy army was in chaos, Honjo killed the enemy's center in one fell swoop. The center forward will be Kanetsu Kunukichi, who spreads out the two wings of the formation calmly, preparing to encircle Honjo.The enemy's army is two thousand, and the village has two hundred troops. Naturally, they cannot be surrounded.The Benzhuang army retreated immediately, but instead of fleeing back into the city, they crossed the gate westward. The Jinjin army chased after them, and the formation was also in chaos. Before this, Jing Hu had led his horse back to the gate of the city with three hundred warriors. He galloped forward and attacked the Jinjin army's side.Although the number of Jing Hu's soldiers was small, they were all brave men who stood up to ten, and immediately defeated the Jinjin army.Among the retreating Jinjin Army, 30 warriors arranged by Jing Hu in advance mixed in, but no one from the Jinjin Army found out. Yajiro Kakizaki, who served as the rear guard, couldn't help being furious when he saw that his army was defeated by the enemy. "It's all useless things that don't know how to fight. I'll show you what war is!" After finishing speaking, he pulled the horse over, got on the horse, and shouted: "Boys, follow me!" Then he rode the horse forward with his long spear sideways. He wore a shiny golden sickle-shaped helmet and a crimson battle armor. He straddled a black horse, like a thunder god riding a dark cloud. "See Yoshihei Niketora in Shimokizaki and Izumi Mamoru!" He danced and turned his horse while shouting, and kept waving the spear in his hand. Wherever he went, he fell or fell, as easily as a thorn. Jinghu avoided confrontation with Kakizaki, and shouted after fighting for a while: "Back! Back!" He turned his horse around, and the Tochio army followed suit. "Don't run away! That man in the red spike armor is Jing Hu, kill him! Kill him!" Kakizaki was the first to chase after him. As soon as his army came up, the forward and center also recovered their strength and turned back to join the pursuit.However, when they passed the city gate, Jinjin Xinbingwei and Shibata Sabusuke, who were waiting inside the gate, led 500 troops to rush out, cut off the enemy's back route, and opened fire. As soon as he heard the gunshots, Jing Hu's army, who had been fleeing desperately, stopped immediately. Jing Hu shouted: "The enemy has caught the trick, and we have won! Hurry up and pursue the victory!" The army responded immediately.The Honzhuang army also turned around and attacked the enemy's side in a roundabout way.At the same time, the people led by Yataro and his wife, who had entered the city through the back door a while ago, set up the Sanping flag in the city, and the sound of killing shook the sky. The three soldiers were shocked and stood still.Not to mention Jinjin Kunuki, even Kakizaki was startled and suspicious, and stopped his horse to look around. This was the opportunity that the Tochio warriors who had sneaked into the Jinjin army were waiting for. They cut off the enemy general's horse's legs by surprise, and shouted: "There are rebels! Be careful!" The situation became more and more chaotic, the three armies scrambled to retreat, the Tochio army took the opportunity to pursue from three directions, and the three armies were completely routed. However, Kakizaki was extremely brave after all. Even at this time, he still led the thirty guards in the rear to block Tochio's pursuit.
Seeing the retreat of Kakizaki Yajiro, Jinghu knew that it was useless to pursue him, so he recalled his pursuers.As soon as the Sanjo Army was in shock, they were already near the entrance of the basin about five kilometers away from Tochio Castle. The days were short, and it was almost dusk, so they each built their formations and set up camp. At dinner, all the generals gathered at Jinjin Guokichi's place, and Kakizaki was so heartbroken by the defeat that he didn't even drink much of his favorite wine. "Useless things, why don't you make people angry!" He refills the drink.At this time, the guard on guard came into the tent and whispered, "Xinbatian Saobujie, please see me." "Who?" "The brother of Xinfatian City Lord..." Jinwei's voice was even lower. Kakizaki was 70% drunk, seeing Konoe's low-pitched appearance, he didn't feel furious. "Why are you so quiet? Speak clearly! The younger brother of the city lord of Xinfatian, Sabusuke, is here, right? Sabusuke used to be my friend, but now the enemy and us are different. Why are you here? Forget it, old friend, no To drive people back, let him come in!" He purposely yelled loudly. Saobesuke, dressed in light armor, entered quietly. "Saobusuke, what a place to meet! Hahaha!" Kakizaki greeted Sabusuke with a hearty smile. "Your Excellency is in good spirits!" Saobusuke smiled and sat down.