Ryuzoji Takanobu is as strong as a bear, a pair of eyes are as narrow as a poisonous snake, and his clothes are extravagant, standing on the edge of the viewing platform, he has a heroic demeanor, and his bearing makes the hundred samurai kneeling in the audience dare not look up.

Ryuzoji Takanobu stood there, scanning the kneeling samurai under the stage one by one, and after a while, he stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of please, and a penetrating voice sounded above the heads of the samurai, "In the two-day competition for life and death in the ring, you are all standing at the end, and you are qualified to straighten your waist in front of this father!" Get up, this prince gives you the honor of not kneeling when you see the father, and when you see the prince in the future, you don't need to kneel! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

When the hundred samurai heard that Ryuzoji Takanobu had rewarded them with the honor of not kneeling before the public, their faces flushed with excitement.

"Waiting for the performance of this ring, my father saw it in his eyes and was very satisfied! Life once, but only for decades, the past is like a dream, there is life and death, if you passively accept the arrangement of fate, you will always be just a miscellaneous soldier! Only by working hard can we shine and live without regrets! ”

Ryuzoji Takanobu's magnetic voice resounded above the heads of the samurai, instantly boiling their blood.

"The purpose of this competition in the ring is clear, right?!" Ryuzoji Takanobu looked at the samurai with a burning look.

"Back to Your Highness, I'll wait clearly. Select the elite, cross the Ming Dynasty to the west, spy on the Ming Dynasty, reconnoiter the route, and prepare for the army to plunder the Ming Dynasty. Matsuura Sanbanro and other samurai replied in unison.

Ryuzosi Takanobu nodded slightly, and then glanced at everyone again, "This time to the west of the Ming Dynasty, only one hundred of you and fifty warriors under the command of this duke, only one hundred and fifty people, are you afraid?!" ”

"Don't be afraid!" Matsuura Sanbanlang and the others said in unison.

"Roar! In the eyes of the coward, the army of the enemy can often be seen; And in the eyes of the brave man, what he sees is always the way forward! Although the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, because it has been a dominant country for thousands of years, there is no family and country around it that can compete with it and serve as a sharpening, so it grows savagely alone, and now it has more branches, and it has grown crooked, and the trunk is empty and rotten! Now that it is weak, it is a godsend to pluck its rich, sweet fruit! Wait for this trip, although the road is long, but the road is under your feet; Wait for this trip, although the road is full of thorns, but the katana is enough to cut through the thorns! Ryuzoji Takanobu spoke impassionedly to a group of samurai.

"Your Highness, look at our performance, and you will not disappoint Your Highness!" Matsuura Sanbanro and other samurai were blushing and thick-necked by the agitation, and said excitedly.

"Good! If you wait for this trip, what are the requirements, even if you mention it, my father will definitely meet it! Ryuzoji Takanobu nodded with satisfaction and asked them.

"Nope! One boat, one knife, enough! Matsuura Sanbanro and the other samurai replied with a conceited expression.

Seeing this, Ryuzoji Takanobu nodded with a satisfied face, and said approvingly, "You live up to the name of a samurai!" ”

"Nao Nabeshima, come here!" Ryuzoji Takanshin called to the fifty samurai of the Ryuzoji family who were standing aside.

"Lord!" Fifty samurai, including Nao Nabeshima, came to pay their respects.

The Nabeshima family is the hardcore owner of the Ryuzoji family, Nao Nabeshima is the third son of the Nabeshima family, Nao Nabeshima was served by the family for ten years when he was ten years old, and the six-year-old Ryuzoji Takanobu can be said to have grown up wearing a pair of pants. Nao Nabeshima is known for his martial arts, and even his brother Naoshige Nabeshima is not his opponent. However, although Nao Nabeshima is brave, he is not good at strategy, and he is as straight as his name, so he is not as famous as his brother Nabeshima Naoshige.

"Nao Nabeshima, from now on, you belong to the commander of Matsuura Sanbanlang until the return of the Ming Dynasty."

Ryuzoji Takanobu ordered Nao Nabeshima.

"Nani?!" Nao Nabeshima heard that Takashi Ryuzoji had ordered them to belong to Commander Matsuura Sanbanro, and thought he had heard it wrong. They are the generals of the Ryuzoji Temple, the representative of the Ryuzoji family, and the Matsuura family's samurai Sai Thorn Daming, they should be the masters of the Ryuzoji family, and the lord actually made them belong to the commander of the Matsuura family's generals?!

"Why, don't you listen to my father's words?!" Ryuzoji Takanobu narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

"Don't dare to disobey the lord's order, the straight man takes the order!" Nao Nabeshima bowed to the leader's order, and then bowed to Matsuura Sanbanro and said, "Sanbanro, please advise!" Nao Nabeshima will obey your orders! ”

"I can't do it, I can't do it, I also ask His Royal Highness to take back his fate, the straight man is known as the sword hero, and the three men are not able to beat the horse, and they are qualified to command the straight man. This trip to the Ming Dynasty in the West, full of dangers, although the Ming official army is weak, but there are many people, there is no shortage of warriors, only the most brave people can lead the crowd to break through the Ming Dynasty official army to chase and intercept, complete the task. Therefore, the straight man is the best choice for the commander! ”

The governor of the Matsuura family stepped forward anxiously, waved his hand again and again, and insisted on asking Ryuzoji Takanobu to withdraw his order and reappoint Nao Nabeshima as the commander of the Western Thorn.

"Your Highness, yesterday, I had a discussion with General Nao Nabeshima, and I was a defeated general under General Nao Nabeshima. Today, His Royal Highness ordered me, the defeated general, to command the straight male general, and Sanbanlang was shameless to receive the order, and asked His Highness to surrender the crime! ”

Matsuura Sanbanro knelt down and bowed to his head.

"You, alas. That being the case, then for the time being, let Nao Nabeshima take the trip to the West Thorn Daming, and Sanbanlang you will be the deputy marshal. Straight man, you listen well, although you are brave and brave, but not good at strategy, this trip to the West Thorn Daming, although you are the commander, but you want to consult Sanbanlang for everything, follow Sanbanlang's advice. ”

Ryuzoji Takanobu sighed in embarrassment under the advice of the governor of the Matsuura family and Matsuura Sanbanro, retracted his fame, and reappointed Nao Nabeshima as the commander, and specially told Nao Nabeshima to follow Matsuura Sanbanro's advice.

"Yes!"

Nao Nabeshima and Sanbanro Matsuura and other samurai received orders.

"Good! After this official statement, please Matsuura-sama to train him. Ryuzoji Takanobu turned his head to look at the Matsuura family governor.

"Your Highness's words are very kind, I won't continue to mink." Governor Matsuura waved his hand and excused himself.

"That being the case, then you go down to familiarize yourself with it, and when the auspicious time comes, set sail for Daming!" Ryuzoji Takanobu nodded.

About the time of tea, a retainer of the Matsuura family came to say, "Your Highness, the auspicious time has arrived!" ”

Ryuzoji Takanobu and Matsuura Governor glanced at each other, got up at the same time, and summoned Nao Nabeshima, Matsuura Mibanro and others, and each of them rewarded them with a glass of wine, and the two of them held the wine glass together and saluted Nao Naoto Nabeshima and others, "After this glass of wine, you will set sail." The sea is vast, the Ming is rich and vast, and everything is under your feet. We are in front of Fei, waiting for your triumphant return, and in the future, the army will plunder the Ming Dynasty, and you will be the biggest hero! ”

"Please wait for our return, Your Highness!" Nao Nabeshima, Sanbanro Matsuura and others drank it all.

Moments later, two Japanese ships set sail outside Hirado Port

(End of chapter)