Chapter 294: The Four Great Ninjas

Kill one person in ten steps, and don't stay for a thousand miles. ----------Tang Dynasty. Li Bai "Chivalrous Journey"

It is said that the queen of the Yamatai Kingdom is humiliated, only twenty years old, born with a flower and moon appearance, red lips and white teeth, and a graceful figure, a brute waist and a snow neck, a bun on her head, a bright moon pearl in her ears, a white face in the pear vortex, Lian Juan swept her eyebrows, especially a pair of charming eyes like autumn water, she is even more immortal and invincible, and the bright color is not under Zhen Mi. It is said that as long as she looks at her a few times, even if she is a high-ranking monk, she will move her heart, and countless men will bow down under her pomegranate skirt.

Himiko has practiced light skills and flattery since he was a child, and he is even more skilled in dancing. Her dances, who are lucky enough to see them, are all shocked and deeply obsessed. After growing up, he added a skill, he could communicate with ghosts and gods, and he could confuse the public with evil words, so the people of Yamatai were established as queens. After ascending the throne, there were as many as 1,000 maidservants and maidservants, and only one man delivered food and drink and passed on words. The residence in the palace room, the building and the city gate, are all guarded by soldiers, and the law is strict.

The glamorous queen Himiko is holding a triangular edge beast mirror in her hand and is straightening her makeup. This triangular edge beast mirror is a precious gift from the Han Dynasty and represents the supreme imperial power of the Han Dynasty. The introduction of metal products led to a rapid improvement in the smelting skills of the Yamatai Kingdom. At that time, Yamatai could not be satisfied with the small amount of bronze mirrors imported from China, and began to make them by themselves, so they used Chinese mirrors as a model plate to produce domestic "Japanese mirrors", that is, imitation mirrors, and the inflow of iron knives undoubtedly promoted the production of Japanese ironware, and only then did they have the world-famous Oriental sword.

Himiko groomed herself in the mirror as she listened to a report from a man who was the only one who could deliver her food and news. The man's name was extremely strange, called Humble Dog Gu Zhi Dog, and later became the official name of this character.

After listening to the report of the humble dog Gu Zhigou silently, Himiko had no intention of looking at the beautiful makeup in the mirror again, frowning his thin silkworm eyebrows, and thinking about it. For the situation in the Central Plains, Himiko has always been extremely sensitive, and has long sent many spies, disguised as the people of the Han Dynasty, and infiltrated Obifang County.

At this moment, Himiko felt the bloody atmosphere before the Great War in the Central Plains, and couldn't help but put down the bronze mirror and pick up a steel knife he carried with him. That knife is like a flood of autumn water, it is a short knife given by the Han Emperor, and the regulation is like the seven-star knife in Wang Yun's hand. This knife represents the highest military technology of the Han Dynasty, and the Yamatai Kingdom cannot be built, and the queen Himihu has long had the ambition to go to the Central Plains to secretly investigate, how to obtain these high-tech that makes people look up to the mountains.

Himihu made up his mind and said to the humble dog Gu Zhigou: "Go and find the strongest man with the highest martial arts of the three hundred, prepare a strong sea ship, and follow me to the Central Plains." I want to take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to visit the scenery, seize the blacksmiths, and even establish a regime, or set up a puppet. ”

The humble dog Gu Zhigou was shocked in his heart, but he knew that Himiko had always said the same, so he didn't dare to disobey. The most powerful warrior in the Yamatai Kingdom is called a ninja, a master who engages in a special profession, not only outstanding in martial arts, but also comes and goes without a trace. "Ninja" means "hidden", and the simple explanation is that in ancient Japan, a special combat killer and special warfare spy who had received special "ninjutsu training" from a special institution produced a special "ninjutsu training", and was famous in history, such as Cai Jinjiang ninja.

The official name of ninja was established in the Edo period, and ninjas were trained in ninjutsu and mainly engaged in espionage. Like the Japanese samurai's bushido, ninjas follow a set of specialized norms that they are proud of. Ninjas usually wear dark blue or dark purple clothes. Because of the close color of the night sky, dark blue and dark purple clothing can make ninjas less likely to be spotted. In the ninja world, there are four basic precepts: do not abuse ninjutsu (it can only be used on official business), give up all self-esteem (it is important to run for your life), you must keep your mouth shut (even if you lose your life for it), and you must never reveal your identity (this is the most fundamental one).

Ninjas are further divided into upper ninja, middle ninja, and lower ninja. "Shangnin", also known as "think tank ninja," specializes in planning the overall combat steps. "Middle ninja" is the commander of the actual battle, of course, ninjutsu must also be transcendent. "Shimoshinobi", also known as "body ninja", is equivalent to a special operations unit, and is an actual ninja who fights on the front line. There is a hierarchical relationship between the three, which can be described as distinct.

The three hundred strong men brought by the humble dog Gu Zhi Dog, in addition to the boatman and miscellaneous servants, were accompanied by a hundred ninjas. Among them, there are 80 lower ninjas, 16 middle ninjas, and 4 upper ninjas. These four shinobi all have supreme authority in the Yamatai Kingdom, but their identities are extremely secretive, and they are only loyal to Her Majesty Queen Himiko. Even the humble dog Guchi Dog only knows the nicknames of these four people, namely Hattori Onizo Ninja, Sarutobi Yusuke Ninja, Wind Demon Ninja, and Sanada Ninja.

Hattori Ghost Ninja,Good at stealth,Hidden in the waist with a scythe with an iron chain tied to the tail,You can hold the handle of the sickle in close combat when fighting,Suddenly use the iron chain to throw the sickle out to assassinate the opponent,Unpredictable,Firmly ranked first among the four ninjas。

Ape Fei helps the ninja, a light skill across the evil horse platform, tossing and turning in the jungle, quickly into the ape, so it is called Ape Fly. The name of the dart is called "Bafang Shuriken", and it can be hit by a hundred shots. After the Ape Flying Shuriken is thrown, it rotates at high speed in the air, the trajectory is stable, and the accuracy is extremely high at close range, mainly relying on sharp horns to kill and injure the enemy, and with the poison, it is an extremely dangerous weapon. Sarutobi Yusuke also relied on the Hagikata shuriken to rank second among the four ninjas.

Wind Demon no Sato Ninja, from the famous ninja school Wind Demon Village. This person is usually gentle and elegant, but once he goes crazy, he is like a crazy demon, and his strength is not under Ape Fei. Its weapon is called the ninja knife, which is very blunt, and is attached to a rope about three meters long, which can be used as a stepping tool when climbing over the city wall, and then used the rope to recover; The scabbard is ventilated up and down, and can be used as a ventilator in potential water in case of danger. This person is usually inconspicuous and ranks third among the four ninjas.

Sanada Nine Ninja is known for his cunning and viciousness, and his subordinates have countless lives, so they are called Nine Degrees. Jiudu is good at blowing arrows, which is actually a poisonous needle, hidden in the bamboo flute; He usually dresses up as an entertainer, so he has to practice his flute skills. Sanada nine degrees of a bamboo flute blows like fairy music, who knows that he hides a needle in the flute? Although he is at the bottom of the four ninjas, even the boss Hattori Onizo respects him.

The rest of the ninja equipment, such as Saling, Ninja Staff, Hand Armor Hook, Water Spider, Bow and Arrow, Kunai, Wenjin, Ping Cone, Ask Wai, and so on. The four ninjas received the order to protect the queen to visit the territory of the Han Dynasty, some were happy, some were eager to try, and some were uneasy, but they were all characters who were not afraid of heaven and earth, and they were all ready.

Himiko waited for the east wind to come, and finally set sail to the west, driven by a magnificent black fusiform sea ship. The big sea ship was fluttering and swaying, and after dozens of days of hardship, it headed for the coast of Qingzhou.

Press the humble call to lead the four ninjas to the Central Plains to make waves for the time being, our protagonist at the moment, he doesn't know these many changes, and he is still focused on the big battle between Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao.

In 198 AD, Gongsun Zhan led 200,000 troops, the soldiers were divided into two routes, one way was his own commander, his son Gongsun Xu was the deputy marshal, Guan Jing was the military division, Tian Yu and Yan Gang were the deputy generals, leading the 150,000 troops, and went south to break through the weak Jizhou defenders, and went straight to the long-awaited Cangzhou Koji Yi. On the other hand, Sun Fan was the main commander, Tian Kai and Shan Jing were the deputy generals, and Li Shao was the military advisor, leading 50,000 troops, and went straight to Zhending Mansion along the official road. Several important towns in the north were guarded by veterans such as Zou Dan, Sun Yan, Zhang Ji, Ji Yong, and Wang Men, and the troops were empty. Liu Guanzhang, who was known as a strong martial artist, was left aside, and only led more than 3,000 stragglers from his headquarters to live in the desert on the outskirts of Zhangyuan County, eating the sand and dust that came with the wind on the desert all day long.

Gongsun Zhan sent troops to Jizhou this time, determined to fight to the death with Yuan Benchu. In March 198, 100,000 Liaoxi soldiers, mixed with Wuhuan's troops, went south out of the Red Mountain in Youzhou, first attacked Rongcheng, and then captured Lutai. So far, most of the counties in Youzhou were captured by the Liaoxi Army. Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan, saw that Youzhou was in an isolated and helpless situation, so he ordered the general Yuan Xingqin to lead 7,000 cavalry, herd horses to the north of Shanbei, and recruit the Shanbei army to meet the Khitan; He also appointed the cavalry general Gao Xingqi as the assassin of Wuzhou (now Xuanhua, Hebei), and planned to be foreign aid to protect Youzhou. The Jin general Li Siyuan was ordered to divide his troops to patrol and conquer the Eighth Army behind the mountain; After chasing the Yan general Yuan Xingqin to the Guangbian Army (north of Huailai County, Hebei), after eight battles, Yuan Xingqin was repeatedly defeated and forced to surrender. Soon after, Li Siyuan captured Ruzhou (present-day Yanqing County, Hebei). At this point, the states behind Yanzhishan were also occupied by the Jin army.

On April 27, the Jin general Liu Guangrong captured Pingzhou (Lulong County, Hebei), and Zhang Zaiji, the Yan assassin, was captured. In May, he captured Yingzhou (west of Qian'an County, Hebei), and assassinated Yang Jing to surrender to Jin. On the first day of the first month of June, the king of Jin sent Zhang Chengye, the superintendent, to Youzhou to discuss with Zhou Dewei about entering Youzhou. Liu Shouguang sent an envoy to Jinying to meet Zhang Chengye and ask for the surrender of the city, but he did not agree. In September, Liu Shouguang led his troops out of Youzhou by night and captured Shunzhou; On the first day of October, he led 5,000 people out of Youzhou at night, planning to go to Danzhou and open up the passage to the Khitan in the north. On the second day of the first month, Zhou Dewei led the troops from Zhuozhou to attack, broke the Yan army, captured 850 people including General Li Liu, 150 horses, Liu Shouguang only led more than 100 cavalry to flee back to Youzhou, and his soldiers saw that the general trend had gone, and those who surrendered to Jin continued one after another. Liu Shouguang was trapped in the lonely city, helpless, and asked the Khitan for help, but the Khitan was untrustworthy with his words and did not save him; begged Jin to surrender many times, but Jin suspected him of fraud and did not allow it.

In May, Liu Shouguang ordered more than 10,000 soldiers to fight, in the southeast of Youzhou City, Longtougang, and Zhou Dewei's department fought fiercely for two days, the main general Shan Tingqi was captured, 3,000 people were annihilated, and morale was greatly lost. In the first month of the third year, Zhou Dewei led his army to capture Yanshunzhou (now Shunyi County, Hebei) and Ke'an Yuan Army (now Jixian County, Hebei), forcing Yan Shou General Cheng Xingyan and others to surrender. On February 23, Li Cunhui, the deputy general of the Jin Dynasty, conquered Danzhou (now Miyun County, Hebei) and assassinated Chen Qu to Jin.

In November, the king of Jin appointed Zhang Chengye, the superintendent of the army, to preside over the affairs of the military government, and he lived in Youzhou himself, and rode to the city alone to ask Liu Shouguang to go out of the city to meet. Liu Shouguang couldn't push it. On the 24th of the same month, Li Cunxuan led all the armies to attack from all sides at the same time, and the ladder carts marched together to capture Youzhou City. Captured Liu Shouguang's father, Liu Rengong. Liu Shouguang fled with his wife and children, and in December, Liu Shouguang and others fled to Yanle (now 70 miles east of Miyun County, Hebei), and were arrested by Tian's father Zhang Shizao and sent to Jinying. Liu Rengong and Liu Shouguang father and son relied on Li Ke's efforts to manage Youzhou for 19 years since the second year of Qianning (895) of Tang Zhaozong, and finally were destroyed by Li Cunxuan.

In December, Li Cunqiao, the king of Jin, sent Zhou Dewei, the head of the Han Mabu Domain, to lead 30,000 troops to attack Yan to save Yi and Ding. In the first month of the second year, Zhou Dewei's troops arrived in the outer city of Youzhou, but Liu Shouguang refused to defend and sent people to Houliang for help. Later, the Liang army was blocked by the combined forces of Jin and Zhao and was forced to return south.

The Central Plains War is imminent, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition.