74: Black Sky Eight Tigers
On the right side of Sanada Takibing, there was also a column of nine people. At the head of the group was an old man with a white beard, and although he was in good spirits, he wore an eye patch on his face that covered his right eye. At the same time, he still has a cane at hand, and the appearance of his right leg is also very unnatural. Not only is he half-blind, but he is also lame.
But Sanada Takibing would never dare to have even half a contempt for this old man because of this. Because in fact, under the seemingly ordinary and harmless surface, this old man secretly hides a ferocious method like a jackal, a poisonous heart like a poisonous snake, a cunning wisdom like a fox, and a domineering spirit like a lion. He is like black sky.
At that time, Toyotomi Taiko started as a commoner, and eventually unified Fuso and became the king of Fuso. The experience is legendary. But just like Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, there are also Xiao He and Zhang Liang around him. Toyotomi Taiko's side also has two wise men. It is precisely by relying on these two wise men to give advice at various critical moments that Toyotomi Taiko was able to achieve his legendary life.
Of these two wise men, one was named Takeuchi Senbei. The other is the black sky like water.
Strictly speaking, the importance of Takeuchi Senbei is more reflected in the early years when Toyotomi Taiko had just started his business. Because of his unfortunate untimely death, in the process of Toyotomi Taiko's full-fledged war to truly unify the whole of Fuso, he actually relied entirely on the wisdom of the black sky and water.
Although the black sky Ruoshui has repeatedly offered strange schemes, he has made great contributions to the unification of Toyotomi Taiko and the whole of Fuso. But it was precisely because in the course of the war that the wisdom and methods he showed were too sharp, so although Toyotomi Taiko admired him, he was also very jealous of him.
When Toyotomi Taiko unified the whole of Fuso and rewarded them for meritorious deeds, other generals whose merits were far inferior to those of the black sky were richly rewarded. Only the reward received by the black sky and water can only be described as "meager".
It is rumored that this is because Toyotomi Taiko is afraid of the black sky and water, and is afraid that after he becomes stronger, he will rebel against him. So deliberately give only a small reward.
And that's not all. There are even rumors that there was a casual conversation with Toyotomi Taiko's cronies. Comment on the various princes and daimyo of Fuso. When it was his turn to say that Kurotami Ruoshui, Toyotomi Taiko suddenly said in a very positive tone, saying that when he died, only Kurotami Ruoshui had the best chance to replace him and become the second king of Fuso.
Admittedly, this is just a joke. But there is also truth in the joke. How much does Toyotomi Taiko value the talent of the black sky Ruoshui, and at the same time how much is he afraid of him. Just look at these two short stories, you can already see it.
In fact, Kurotami Ruoshui did not become the king of Fuso. After Toyotomi Taiko, the title of King of Fuso was inherited by his son. But in fact, it is the "ruling power" Ishida Shisei who controls the power of Fuso.
In order to seize the power of Fuso, and sit firmly on the throne of power. After Ishida Shicheng came to power, he paid a lot of benefits to envelop those old courtiers of Toyotomi Taiko. Therefore, the strength of the Black Sky Family today is much stronger than when Toyotomi Taiko was still alive.
But as Toyotomi Taiko's most favored minister in his later years, Ishida Shicheng's fear of the black sky and water has not diminished at all. So this time, Fuso raised the army of the country to invade the Central Plains in the west, and Ishida Shisei not only asked the Black Sky family to send troops, but also arranged the Black Sky Ruoshui, who was over 70 years old, in the middle of the army, and let him serve as the deputy of Sanada Taki.
is already so old, Heitian Ruoshui could have refused to go out of the battle. But I don't know if I want to play a handful of residual heat at the end of my life, but Hei Tian Ruoshui happily agreed to fight. and dragged his disabled and aging body to the Central Plains.
Of course, Heitian Ruoshui did not come to the Central Plains alone. In addition to the military horses under his command, he also brought eight important ministers and brave generals of the Black Sky Family. These eight important ministers are also known as the "Black Sky Eight Tigers" in Fusang.
The head of the Eight Tigers is the most senior inoue house of the Black Sky Family. As a retainer of the Black Sky Family, the Inoue family has served the Black Sky Family for four generations.
The second place among the Eight Tigers is Kuriyama Li'an. He has a taciturn personality and has saved the life of the dark sky on the battlefield many times.
In addition, there are four people, including Heitian Yicheng, Heitian Ligao, Heitian Lize, and Heitian Naozhi, all of whom are children of the same clan as Heitian Ruoshui.
But in terms of fame, the remaining six people in the Eight Tigers combined are not as good as the last two Goda Taibei and Muda Matabei. The two of them are collectively known as the Black Sky Twin Beauty. Whether it is military strategy or martial arts, they have extraordinary attainments, and they are all famous in the whole Fusang.
However, Goda Taibei was more inclined to command the army and be a handsome man with 10,000 enemies, while Meda Matabei was more inclined to charge into battle and behead the generals who climbed the flag. The two are just different.
After the death of Toyotomi Taiko, Fuso remained stable for thirty years. The Black Sky Eight Tigers have also been idle for thirty years. Now that they are on the battlefield again, these eight tigers are not young.
But as a Fuso samurai, he was born for war. Therefore, the Black Sky Eight Tigers are old, but the fighting spirit in their bones has not diminished at all. And as the years go by, whether they are leading troops to fight, or the martial arts of swords, guns, bows and arrows, their attainments are only more profound. Whoever dares to despise them because of their age will definitely suffer a big loss.
The Sanada family and the Black Heaven family, the combined strength of these two families accounted for seventy percent of the 30,000 people in the army on the front road. So this way, although Sanada Taki is a general, but Kurota Ruoshui is also very respectful as a deputy general. If Kurotama Wakasui has something to say, Sanada Takibing must also respect his opinion.
At this moment, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the atmosphere is serious and gloomy. Sanada Takibing found a captain of the ashigaru who had escaped and returned to the remnants, and asked him to tell him the story of the loss of Tanjiazhuang.
After the ashigaru captain finished speaking, Sanada Takibei waved him down. He glanced at everyone in the seat and said in a condensed voice, "This is the situation right now. What do you think should be done? ”
Sanada Ten Blades' second seat in the fog hidden sun and moon, and the ape flying thousand army are close friends. When he heard that his friend had died in battle, he couldn't bear it anymore. Therefore, before Sanada Takibing's words fell, Wuyin Sun and Moon immediately couldn't wait to stand up and said loudly: "What other way is there? Of course, it is to send troops immediately and recapture Tanjiazhuang." Then cross the river and attack Jiangjiazhuang to avenge the Ape Fei Thousand Army!
Obviously, the person with this kind of revenge is by no means the only one who is hidden in the fog. Therefore, in an instant, the remaining eight people in the Ten Blades all raised their arms with enthusiasm and shouted: "Revenge! Revenge! The blood shed by a Fusang person will be repaid with a hundred Central Plains people! Lord, please give an order! Our swords and guns are already eager to drink the blood of the Central Plains people!"
In the midst of the excitement of the crowd, Houtian Taibei, one of the Eight Tigers of the Black Sky, owed a debt and opened his mouth to advise: "Lord Sanada, you must not! "The Art of War" has clouds, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles.
But now, we don't know anything about the Central Plains generals who attacked Tanjiazhuang. In this case, the chances of winning are extremely low. It's just a sacrifice of soldiers in vain, it's definitely a good idea!