Three days later, Zhang Shixing and Ba Zhi led 3,000 troops and horses to Shanbei Kingdom, and halfway through, they suddenly encountered a group of Zhongshan soldiers fleeing from the opposite side, disheveled, and lost their armor, obviously losing the battle.

Zhang Shixing hurriedly stopped a soldier and asked, "What's going on, what about Huaizhong, the governor of the Chinese army?" ”

The soldier said with a sad face: "Back to the general's words, we followed the Huaizhong Governor to the Shanbei capital Guiren City, surrounded the city, and when the attack was on, suddenly from behind the killing of a group of Japanese robbers, they were armed with long knives, strong martial arts, our army was caught off guard, was killed to the ground, scattered and fled, I was lucky to escape with my life, only to get here, I don't know where the Huaizhong Governor is?" ”

After Ba Zhi heard this, Aiko was so angry that he whipped the soldier fiercely and reprimanded: "Useless things. Then he picked up the war horse, ran down, looked around along the road, looking for Huaizhong, Zhang Shixing led the team, followed closely behind.

They finally found the unkempt Huai Zhong in another group of defeated soldiers, Ba Zhi hurriedly jumped off the horse, stepped forward to hug him, and said distressedly: "Huai Zhong, what is going on, you and I will talk carefully." ”

When Huaizhong saw Ba Zhi, he couldn't help crying, and whimpered: "Father, I arrived at the city of Guiren, the capital of Shanbei Kingdom, repaired for a day, and was leading the troops to attack the city, and I was about to succeed, and I don't know where a group of would-be robbers suddenly came out, each of them seemed to be vicious, and cut our people to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables. It's a pity that my life-saving BMW ran halfway to exhaustion. ”

When Ba Zhi heard this, he was furious and said: "Don't be afraid, Huaizhong, I am here with your uncle, and I will definitely avenge you." Let's go, you lead the way, and we will kill and return to Rencheng together. ”

That Huaizhong was a little cowering, and Ba Zhi whipped him in the face and scolded bitterly: "Guy who has no future." He immediately jumped on his horse, drew his bright sword, and waved forward: "Warriors of Zhongshan Kingdom, follow me to Quy Nhon City, and when the city is broken, the treasures in the city will be taken." ”

As soon as the soldiers of Zhongshan Kingdom heard this, they were immediately indignant and clamored forward, and even the defeated soldiers turned around and followed the army forward, and after a long day of hurried march, they came to Quy Nhon City.

Zhang Shixing reined in the war horse, ordered the soldiers to line up in formation, looked up and watched the situation, only to see that the Quy Nhon city was built on a hill, facing the sea on three sides, one side of the steep slope, the city was several zhang high, like a tiger, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Suddenly, a cannon was heard in the city, the city gate was opened, and hundreds of people rushed out, and came to the front of the formation, and in front of them was a group of Japanese robbers, wearing iron helmets, wearing bamboo armor, pedaling clogs, holding long knives, and screaming.

The first person pointed a knife at Zhang Shixing and the others: "The traitor of the Zhongshan Kingdom, you are the defeated generals of my subordinates, and you dare to come back?" ”

Zhang Shixing listened to the familiar voice, and looked at it, the person opposite seemed to be Hosokawa Goro, so he asked loudly: "Is the person on the other side Hosokawa-kun?" ”

The widow was stunned for a moment and replied, "Are you Zhang Sijun?" ”

Zhang Shixing replied: "It's down." With that, he took off his helmet and showed his face.

The Japanese on the other side also took off his helmet, and sure enough, it was Hosokawa Goro.

Zhang Shixing jumped off the horse, stepped forward quickly, held Hosokawa Goro's hand, and said with emotion: "Hosokawa-kun, you and I are really fated to meet here again." ”

Hosokawa Goro also smiled: "I didn't expect that after many days, you were a down-and-out person, and you became the governor of Zhongshan Kingdom." ”

Zhang Shixing's face turned slightly red and said: "It's just a coincidence, how can you fight for the king of Shanbei here." ”

Hosokawa Goro smiled bitterly and said: "There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and the king of Shanbei, Pan'an, paid a lot of money to ask my lord to help, so I brought someone to help him." ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "I didn't expect that one day, we would be able to meet on the battlefield and fight." ”

Hosokawa Goro let out a sigh of relief and said, "This is the will of heaven, come on, you quickly draw your blade, you and I will fight each other." ”

Zhang Shixing shook his head and said, "You are not my opponent, you should go back to Japan quickly." ”

Hosokawa Goro said angrily: "Receiving favors from others, being loyal to people, it's a big deal that my life is here today, you can do it quickly." With that, the cold light of the knife in his hand flashed, and he slashed at the top of Zhang Shixing's head.

Zhang Shixing knew that he was making a false move, so he stood in place and did not move at all.

Hosokawa Goro said angrily: "Do you look down on us Japanese samurai, draw your sword quickly." With that, he rushed over with his sword.

Suddenly, a person flashed out behind him, grabbed him, and said in a low voice: "Hosokawa-kun, you stand down for the time being, let me come." ”

Hosokawa Goro looked back and saw that the person who came was Iga Ersai, the second sword of the Hosokawa Domain, and saw him dressed in a long robe, barefoot, holding a double knife, and coming angrily at Zhang Shixing.

When Zhang Shixing saw that it was Iga Ersai, he didn't dare to hold it up, so he hurriedly gestured backwards, and when Naba Zhi saw this, he stepped forward and handed the steel knife in his hand to Zhang Shixing. Zhang Shixing set up a door and said to Iga: "Iga-kun, I haven't seen you for many days, and it's always been good." ”

Iga said expressionlessly: "You dared to deal with me empty-handed last time, why did you use a knife against the enemy this time?" ”

Zhang Shixing said with a straight face: "Last time, Iga-kun didn't mean to kill me, so I dared to fight empty-handed, this time you have a lot of murderous energy, I don't dare to take risks easily, so I use the blade to protect myself and compete with Iga-kun." ”

When Iga heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and there was a sense of desolation in his laughter, and said: "I see, I have to fight with my life in exchange for you to hold a sword against the enemy, it seems that you still don't take me seriously." ”

Zhang Shixing reversed the handle of the knife, clasped his fists with both hands, and said with a deep salute: "Mr. Iga's two swords are unparalleled in the world, and I dare not be disrespectful." It's just that I have the king's order with me, and I can't play on the battlefield, so please forgive Iga-kun. ”

Iga looked up at the sky and stood still, as if thinking about something. Everyone felt strange, and Iga thought for a long time, then sighed and said, "You won, I have neither practiced the arm strength of a one-handed sword, nor can I find a flaw in your martial arts." ”

Zhang Shixing was about to be modest, when he suddenly saw a flash of the knife, and the short knife in Iga's left hand was inserted into his abdomen, and his body was weak and he fell to the ground.

Hosokawa Goro was startled by the side, hurriedly stepped forward to hug him, and asked tremblingly, "Iga-kun, why are you like this?" ”

Iga's face was like gold paper, he gritted his teeth, and said in a trembling voice: "I can't live up to the trust of the feudal lord, and I'm willing to die." ”

Hosokawa Goro said with tears in his eyes: "If you fight to the death, you may not lose." ”

Iga smiled miserably and said, "Stalking will ruin my reputation as a second sword." ”

Zhang Shixing stepped forward to bow down and said with tears in his eyes: "Mr. Iga was martyred, and he admires him so much." ”

Iga turned to Hosokawa Gorou and said, "Hosokawa-kun, it's enough to compensate them with my life, you don't have to give your life for no reason, go back to Japan quickly." With that, he screamed and passed away.

Hosokawa Goro hugged Iga's body and cried loudly.

Zhang Shixing watched Hosokawa Goro and his party go away by boat, and was full of emotion, after all, this is not his hometown, and one day he will have to leave, he doesn't want to die in a foreign land like Iga fighting for others. Even if you want to die, you have to die in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so is his hometown in the grassland or in Ningbo? He couldn't tell.

After Hosokawa Goro and the others left, Ba Zhi no longer had any scruples and ordered the siege of the city, but Quy Nhon Fortress was difficult and well garrisoned, and the arrows on the city rained down, and they attacked for several days in a row, and the city remained unmoved.

Ba Zhi had no choice but to order the city to be surrounded, preparing to besiege it for a long time, the city had enough food and grass, but he was not panicked, and the two sides confronted each other like this, holding each other for several months.

On this day, Zhang Shixing was discussing with Ba Zhi in the camp, and a small colonel came in to announce that Zhang Dudu's senior brother had visited.

Zhang Shixing hurriedly went out of the camp to greet him, and saw Huang Zhan standing outside the camp, although he was wearing a monk's robe, he was still beautiful, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "How did the senior brother come here, is there something wrong with the master?" ”

Huang Zhan said with a smile: "Master, everything is fine, but his old man heard that the war here is stalemate, and he is very concerned about you, so he specially ordered me to come to help." ”

Zhang Shixing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I see, I thought there was something wrong with his old man." This is not the place to speak, please come with me. With that, he introduced Huang Zhan into the camp.

When he came to the Chinese military tent, Huang Zhan clasped his hands together, saw Ba Zhi, the greetings between the guest and the host were over, and Huang Zhan explained his intentions.

Ba Zhi was quite surprised and asked, "Master Empty Seal also knows the art of war?" ”

Huang Zhan smiled slightly and said, "The art of war is nothing but the hearts of the world. The poor monk said it in vain, the general listened to it in vain, and the Ryukyus were too peaceful, and it was enough to wish. ”

Ba Zhi made a gesture of invitation and said, "Master, please speak." ”

Huang Zhan cleared his throat and said: "Quy Nhon City can resist the king's master, and those who do not descend for several months are nothing more than sufficient grain, grass and fresh water, and its water source must be a spring or a deep well. This is one of them. You have been unable to attack Quy Nhon City for a long time, and the three divisions of Yudi, Nago, and Guotou of Shanbei Kingdom are eyeing you behind your back, and once you show your flaws, they will cooperate with the enemy army in the city and attack you, and the overall situation will be in danger. Therefore, you should coerce and induce these three to subdue the division, and remove the wings of Pan'an, so that you can win the battle, and the second is also. Quy Nhon City has been besieged for months, and the people in the city are panicking, so you should take this opportunity to rebel against the enemy and reap the miraculous deeds. ”

After hearing this, Ba Zhi patted his thigh and said: "Master Kongyin is reasonable, if Quy Nhon City is taken, I should honor the master as the national teacher of the Ryukyus." ”

Huang Zhan said: "I don't dare to be, the poor monk only hopes that the general will unify Ryukyu as soon as possible, and the people of Li will be happy, and he will make a great merit." ”

Ba Zhi immediately called Huaizhong and ordered him to send someone to search for the water source in the city, waiting for an opportunity to dig it up, and then sent Cheng Fu to bring a gift to say that the three presses of the feather land.

After a few days, Cheng Fu said that the matter of surrendering was done very smoothly, and the three divisions agreed to surrender, but Huaizhong was quite uneasy to find a water source, and dug a few places, but did not dig the spring on the mountain.

Ba Zhi inevitably reprimanded Huaizhong a few more words, and Huaizhong was angry. Huang Zhan persuaded: "If you don't find a spring, don't worry, just keep this situation, and let out the words, which will make the city panic." ”

Ba Zhi nodded and said, "It's all about now." It's just that I don't know how to find it? ”

Huang Zhan said: "This is easy. The three divisions of the feather land must be familiar with the personnel in the city, and since they are willing to surrender, let them submit a letter of surrender and be responsible for plotting against the people in the city. If not, they will be a false surrender, and the general can justifiably destroy them. ”

After hearing this, Ba Zhi nodded again and again and said, "Good plan, good plan, just do it." ”

On a high platform in Quy Nhon City, the king of Shanbei Pan'an was bowing to the top of a human-shaped strange stone, and after bowing three times, he stood up and muttered to himself at the strange stone: "Divine stone, divine stone, can you tell me whether my Shanbei country can escape this great calamity this time?" ”

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him: "Great King, our country will definitely be able to win a complete victory this time, destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom, and unify the Ryukyus." ”