Chapter 120: The Child Fights
Tokugawa Hidejo looked at the lush woods and stepped on this island with both feet, and his heart was both excited and a little inexplicably afraid.
The excitement was due to the fact that the Toei army had finally set foot on the island, and after no less than ten unsuccessful returns, Shogun Qiao finally fulfilled the promise he made to the shogunate when he left his homeland - to conquer the Ryukyu Island.
The panic was because of Zheng Chenggong, and he was a little unsure whether the first swordsman in Dongying, Sakata Gintoki, and the chess saint Kobayashi Koichi would really be able to keep Zheng Chenggong.
Although Zheng Chenggong looks like a cynical hanger on weekdays, he is like a mountain pressing on the heart of Tokugawa Hidejo, because he forced Sakata Gintoshi to write the "invincible" letter, and privately called the hidden master Kobayashi Koichi from the shogunate, he has endured too many doubts and criticisms, and is the nominal number one master in Dongying Sakata, in fact, Kobayashi is the killer of the shogunate.
But even so, he felt that Zheng Chenggong would still appear, and he would appear at a critical moment, ruining his good deeds in one fell swoop.
Before going to the island, he deliberately glanced back at the calm sea, afraid that the horse master would come from the place where the sky and the sea were connected with a look of indifference.
He vaguely remembered that when he first entered the capital of the Central Plains, he had just finished feeling that the Central Plains was rich and full of gold, when he saw an angry young man walking towards him on the other side of the street, holding a long and thick stick in his hand.
He also remembered that after he was beaten and recuperated from his injuries, he saw the Central Plains Emperor for the first time. The emperor tried his best to stop laughing when he saw that he was missing two front teeth, and the ministers above the court whispered timidly in private.
These have become hatred in his heart, but some of them have evolved into admiration. It's fantastical, but it's also infuriating.
As long as he was able to occupy Ryukyu Island, he would be able to ensure that the Toei samurai raised by the narrow sea land would be able to defend the island even if they faced the Central Plains army, which was dozens of times more numerous.
The team moved on. Tokugawa Hidejo took out the detailed map of Ryukyu Island, and pointed to a point not far away, and it only took a moment to save himself to occupy the center of Ryukyu Island.
I am secretly rejoicing. Tokugawa Hidejo suddenly had a sense of danger, the sound of hula was continuous, and the surrounding suddenly shouted to the sky, and the fire was full of fire. And the sound of colliding with each other is not noticeable. It seems that there are tens of millions of people around.
"It's not good, I've been ambushed!" Tokugawa Hidejo shouted, and with a wave of his hand, the Toei army slowly retreated in an orderly manner.
The firelight of the island reflected the sky, the shouts became louder and louder, and the Dongying army retreated faster and faster, Tokugawa Hidejo was frightened in his heart, could it be that Zheng Chenggong had expected to attack the island tonight. So I prepared in advance and waited for myself to fall into the net. This is a trap carefully arranged by the powerful horse master!
But with the retreat of the army, Tokugawa Xiucheng frowned, the fire in the distance was full of fire, the voices were boiling, but the real figure of a soldier was not seen, although the Central Plains army was rushing to Ryukyu Island, but the Central Plains court, which has always called itself the Celestial Empire, has always been arrogant, thinking that Dongying is a small land, and does not have the courage to attack the island, so the march is not fast, I heard that the general Zhennan who led the troops who sheltered the prince of Yue also brought his family with his family, and enjoyed the good scenery along the way.
Slowly stretched out his arms, the retreating army stopped collectively, Tokugawa Hidejo's face changed non-stop, and finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, took the lead, stopped the retreating trend, and led the army to advance slowly.
After waiting for the thick woods, the eyes were open, and Tokugawa Hidejo looked at the aborigines in front of him with broken copper and iron and shouting at the top of his voice.
The smug expression had not yet rippled on his face, Tokugawa Hidejo's heart tightened, a heart rose to his throat, and in the shadow of the firelight, a figure that could not be more familiar stood there, and the person was holding a cute little girl.
Tokugawa Hidejo swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, his calves began to tremble, this figure no longer knows how many times he appeared in his dreams, every time he was in a cold sweat, he couldn't sleep when he woke up, and he was haunted by himself like a nightmare, and his brother Oda Nobunaga, who always coveted his position as a general, often made fun of himself with "haunted dreams".
Not only him, but the Dongying army began to be afraid, they vaguely remembered that hundreds of warships rushed to Ryukyu Island, just saw the outline of the island, and before they had time to sing a native folk song "Chrysanthemum and Knife" to express their feelings, they saw that the horse master used a bamboo pole to overturn a battleship, setting off countless storms and waves, and his general fell into the sea like a chicken in the soup.
The heavily armed Dongying army, which numbered no less than 10,000 people, took three steps back.
Tokugawa Xiucheng was scared and wanted to retreat, but after thinking about it, with Zheng Chenggong's character, if he saw his first reaction, he would definitely stride over with a meteor, not to mention a fat beating with a head and face, but Zheng Chenggong, who was standing in the shadows today, was too calm, so that person was not Zheng Chenggong at all, but someone faked.
Tokugawa Xiucheng's face became cold, one hand pressed on the scimitar at his waist, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a mocking smile, waved his hand, and someone handed him a torch, he walked forward alone, and when he saw the expression of the person in the shadows, he was in a good mood: "Hello Princess Xiucheng!" ”
Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was dressed in Zheng Chenggong's clothes, saw that the matter was revealed, and hid Xiao Zheng Tuo behind him without a trace, without the slightest panic on her face: "Tokugawa Xiucheng, you'd better listen to my advice and retreat quickly, otherwise when my husband arrives, you will be miserable." ”
I don't know why, the word "husband" in the princess's mouth, like a sharp long needle, deeply pierced Tokugawa Hidejo's self-esteem, it was he who came to the Central Plains with a spring face and a halo one step ahead of his brother, but suffered the biggest insult in his life, like a dog and fled back to Dongying, being sneered at.
"Your Highness the Princess. Today's general trend has been decided, as long as Xiucheng gets the princess mother and daughter, let Zheng Chenggong have the ability to reach the sky. I won't make an out-of-the-ordinary move if I think about it, Ryukyu Island is still my Tokugawa Hidejo! He clenched his hands fiercely, and there were some darker things that he didn't say, just buried in his heart.
The princess's eyes darkened visibly, but then they began to shine, her eyes shining, and the corners of her eyes were slightly bent. The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, revealing a bright smile, and Xiao Zheng Tuo, who was holding his mother's hand, had a slightly upturned nose. Also began to laugh, with a sweet voice and a constant giggling sound.
The inhabitants of Ryukyu Island also began to smile, and they put down their hoes and other iron guys in their hands. The heart is indescribably happy and proud. There was not a hint of nervousness or panic.
Tokugawa Hidejo's self-esteem was once again greatly traumatized, as if he was a clown like a jumping beam in the eyes of this group of people, it was ridiculous, his tone became more and more cold, his face became more and more hideous, and his pretty face became a little terrifying: "Your Royal Highness Princess, Hidejo has changed his mind, and he will occupy Ryukyu Island." Slaughter the entire inhabitants of the island and make Ryukyu Island remember that day forever. And my name of Tokugawa Hidejo will also be written on the history and will be remembered through the ages. ”
He thought that his words were already cruel, but the person on the other side was still laughing, laughing more and more happily.
At this time, the Toei samurai behind Tokugawa Hidejo had withdrawn far away, and the horse master Zheng Chenggong was standing behind Tokugawa Hidejo with a smile, listening to the other party's "bold words" with his ears sideways, picking up a stone casually, and gesturing at Tokugawa Hidejo's head, shaking his head, as if he felt that the stone was too small, and picked up a larger stone, and first turned it upside down in his hand, the weight was just right, and the most important thing was that there was a sharp bulge on it, which looked playful and cute.
Zheng Chenggong made a gesture of covering his eyes at Xiao Zheng Tuo, he didn't want his daughter to see the bloody and brutal scene, leaving a shadow in his little heart, but if he didn't beat this pretty general today, he was even more unhappy in his heart.
Xiao Zheng Tuo obediently covered his eyes.
Tokugawa Hidejo was a little crazy and shouted, but then he closed his mouth, he seemed to think of something, but before he had time to think deeply, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, his eyes were dark, and he was paralyzed, and in the process of being half awake and half unconscious, he vaguely saw a footprint coming towards the front door, and at the moment when the last trace of consciousness disappeared, he was so absurd that he saw the perennial snow-covered Mount Fuji on the top of his homeland and a large area of cherry blossoms, as well as his two front teeth.
The Toei army sent a hundred warships to attack Ryukyu Island, but they returned in vain, and the shogun Tokugawa Hidejo was beaten again by the horse master, and the fight was very bad, and the two masters of Toei were also seriously injured.
When the general Zhengnan arrived at Ryukyu Island, the master was basking on the beach with his daughter, and Xiao Zheng Tuo was holding a wooden sword that had been newly bonded in his hand, jumping and laughing, so unhappy. The wooden sword was forcibly left by Sakata Gintoki under the coercion of Zheng Chenggong and used as a toy for his daughter. Sakata Yinshi saw Xiao Zheng Tuo holding a wooden sword to knock on the earth, the corners of his eyes jumped, he turned his head, and couldn't bear to look at it again.
Kobayashi Koichi, who doesn't have good eyes, likes Xiao Zheng Tuo very much for some reason, stares at Xiao Zheng Tuo, and finally proposes to learn to play chess as Xiao Zheng Tuo's master, and he won't go back to Dongying. Zheng Chenggong slapped the table and was furious: "Where to go back and forth, don't be an eyesore here." It's already hard to learn the piano, and you still have to learn chess?! Absolutely not! ”
Xiao Lin Guangyi thought about it, and felt that it was right, there was a horse master, and he couldn't hold the table as a half-hung chess player, but when he thought of Zheng Chenggong's temperament, he always felt that the little girl's good talent would be delayed, so he could only sigh and leave the chess board left to him by Master Xiuce and the three hundred and sixty chess pieces carved by himself to Xiao Zheng Tuo, and told him not to ride the chessboard as a big horse, Xiao Zheng Tuo nodded, the chessboard was intact, but the next day the chess pieces were lost by Xiao Zheng Tuo.
Before leaving, Sakata Gintoki and Kobayashi Koichi specially visited the door and had a simple meal, and the two used the Central Plains etiquette to thank the sea and the full moon night for not killing. Zheng Chenggong waved his hand impatiently: "I said that learning martial arts is used to deal with the kid who abducted my daughter in the future, not to kill people, let's go, I'm going to coax my daughter to sleep." ”
Not far from Zheng Chenggong's sunbathing in the harbor, there were more than fifty warships parked in the harbor, which were all trophies, and Tokugawa Hidejo reluctantly left them with a pig's head.
The general of Zhengnan did not bother the father and daughter, but he couldn't help sighing, and then he couldn't stop smiling, and wrote a letter to go to the capital, exaggerating that the heroism and fearlessness of my Central Plains army, and the courage of the horse, I Zhengnan General fully assisted, annihilated the Dongying army, and captured more than 100 warships.
During this period, there was also a "child brawl incident", Xiao Zheng Tuo and the son of the general Zhengnan had some children who had a knot, Xiao Zheng Tuo beat the little boy with a wooden sword, and it was quite miserable, lying on the bed without moving. The princess knew about this, and scolded Xiao Zheng Tuo harshly, and asked her to go to the punishment station, mosquito bites, and she was miserable.
Zheng Chenggong quit, and shouted a few words to the princess majestically, and then collapsed, and stood in the corner of the punishment station with his daughter. Xiao Zheng Tuo said: "Dad, it's me who is wrong, I shouldn't hit someone." Zheng Chenggong shook his head and said, "It's my father who is not good, and he didn't protect you." Xiao Zheng Tuo said: "It's my mother who is too strong." Zheng Chenggong nodded, indicating acquiescence, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
General Zhengnan, who came to apologize, saw the backs of one big and one small, secretly retreated, and returned home to pull up his son who was lying on the bed, regardless of his wife's dissuasion, even if the lady with the official title of second-grade lady persecuted with his life, General Zhengnan still carried his son into Zheng's mansion, scolding and beating: "You unfilial son, you unfilial son, see if I don't kill you!" ”
The princess hurriedly came out to stop her, protecting the little boy who was already blue and swollen, and said a lot of things with guilt, it was all my little Zheng Tuo's nonsense, and the general didn't need to be like this.
The general of Zhengnan burst into tears and cried: "It's all used to the family, and it doesn't hurt to teach the son, but I collided with the county lord." Fortunately, the county lord Hui Zhilan has a bodhisattva heart and helps educate him, otherwise this child will be ruined. ”
Zheng Chenggong and Xiao Zheng Tuo looked at each other, and they both saw a meaning in each other's eyes: "This is too fake!" ”
Hearing that he won a complete victory on Ryukyu Island, His Majesty the Emperor of the capital was suddenly arrogant, first recovered the fifty states of Guanshan, and then repelled the Dongying barbarians, I am invincible to the gods, overlooking the world, the only fly in the ointment is that it is Zheng Chenggong's kid who has done so many feats, and it makes me depressed to think about it.
However, the daughter had been away from Beijing for more than two years, and the little granddaughter was still in infancy, and the more the emperor thought about it, the more he missed it, so His Majesty the emperor decided to go to Ryukyu Island.
("The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" is a book, not a ballad!) I love this episode so much, write another chapter! (To be continued......)