Chapter 448 Ninja

However, Feuerburg's ideals are plump, but the reality is quite skinny.

Looking at his men, who had not been able to hold out for long, Feuerburg was furious.

Four hundred Japanese ronins, plus nearly a hundred musketeers, just without fighting, collapsed in a battle?

"Quick! Close the door! Block the passage! ”

Before the remnants of the soldiers had fled back, Fairburg screamed bitterly, "Musketeers, shoot!" Resist me! ”

Seeing that the army was defeated, a large number of fierce Franco-men had already attacked the round fort of Utlicht, and Fairburg had to order the passage to be closed and the main fort to be defended.

At the moment, his only hope left was to rely on the strong walls and complex structure of the main fortress to hold on until tomorrow.

Fortunately, after the capture of the round fort, those Franco-machine men also stopped, and the battlefield fell silent for a short time.

It seems that the Chinese have no intention of expanding the results immediately for the time being.

Fairburg finally calmed down a little, and immediately began to count the remaining numbers and reorganize the defensive firepower everywhere.

After some inventory, Felburg's heart felt like it had been stung by something, and there was a sharp pain.

The Japanese who attacked were almost completely wiped out - more than 400 people, and less than 50 people were lucky enough to pick up a life.

Even the hundreds of musketeers, less than thirty of them fled in disarray, and with the large number of artillery killed by the bombing, the more than 800 main mercenaries of Fort Feull lost a small half at once.

Fortunately, to Fairburg's lack of joy or anger, Captain Aldorp and the samurai dog Yojiro did not die, and even escaped with a crawl.

"Adult ......"

Aldorp, who was in shock, stood tremblingly in front of Fairburg, with a pleading look, and Inukaijiro on the side looked even more like a mournful woman, hanging his head.

"Forget it......"

After staring at the two for a long time, Felburg sighed lightly and waved his hand weakly, "Go, check the defenses......"

At this point, what else can be done, the most important thing at the moment is to appease them, and count on them to defend the castle.

"Yes, my lord......"

Aldorp was relieved, hurriedly called a few guards, and ducked to the side.

"Dog Sang, you organize some people and strengthen night patrols,"

Felburg called the dog and hesitated, "Hmm...... Your subordinates...... Isn't there still a team of ninjas, tell them to be energetic tonight and strictly prevent the Chinese from sneaking up at night. ”

"Hai...... My lord. ”

"Well, go ahead, hard work."

Feuerburg nodded, looked at the gray-faced and depressed men around him, barely pretended to be calm, and walked in the direction of the governor's palace with heavy steps.

Along the way, all he saw were numb faces and desperate and helpless eyes......

Fairburg let out a long sigh and silently returned to the Doge's Palace.

These of his subordinates, who are usually extremely arrogant, have actually been out of battle for a long time, and they are naturally overwhelmed by such a heavy blow suddenly.

The matter of the night patrol had to be handed over to the low-key and insidious Japanese ninjas......

Speaking from the heart, this fiasco is not to blame Felburg, let alone his subordinates, as soldiers of this era, they have done their best.

It's not that Fairburg is incapable, and his musketeers are by no means a rabble, this force, which is in the transition to military modernization, is actually not weak, at least not worse than the Franc machine on the other side.

However, as soon as they came up, they were blinded by Lin Xiao's artillery fire, and before they came to their senses, the team of men and horses who were desperately attacking were hit by a devastating blow!

Although these Dutch soldiers are all veterans, they have never seen such a tragic situation.

The shock to them was too great, and they were on the verge of collapse.

……

Outside the city, Qinchuan Hou Linxiao got an unexpected surprise.

Originally, the murderous Franc machine was killing and barely left a living mouth, but when Situ Zheng took the fireteam fighters of the special operations team to take over the defense, he accidentally captured a musketeer.

Situ Zheng was overjoyed, and hurriedly escorted the only live mouth to the command headquarters, and Lin Xiao immediately interrogated this person.

This musketeer, named Roddes, was a retired Germanic sergeant.

Just when the two sides were in a scuffle, he deserted, secretly hid in a ruin, and waited until the battlefield was silent, knowing that he had nowhere to escape, he took the initiative to come out and surrender.

Sergeant Rhodes was very honest, and with the help of the interpreter Xiao Li, he quickly revealed the secrets of the fortress, and even explained in detail the tricks of the Europeans to capture this kind of fortress.

Looking at this "professional" who was attentive and took the initiative to flatter, Lin Xiao secretly laughed in his heart.

In fact, even if he is not familiar with the terrain inside the castle, his special operations team can fight without much effort, of course, this person's guidance is always beneficial, at least to minimize casualties.

However, in the information that Roddes confessed, there was a situation about the Japanese in the city, which aroused Lin Xiao's vigilance.

Ninja, Lin Xiao has not only heard of it, but also learned about it in detail before.

Although, in the 21st century, this mysterious killer organization unique to Japan has almost disappeared, he knows that in history, this mysterious group raised by Japanese aristocrats has left a lot of fame.

Ninja, originally just a term for "ninjutsu practitioner", is said to have originated in the Genpei period of the 11th century, and after the development of the Sengoku period, it was officially called ninja until the Tokugawa shogunate period, and often performed some unsightly secret missions for daimyo and even shoguns.

Because, at that time, in Japan, the city-states were divided and independent, and there was chaos everywhere, and the war was extremely fierce, and all sides urgently needed intelligence.

However, the so-called orthodox samurai did not bother to engage in such sneaky things.

The samurai generally believed that this kind of hard-working and faceless thing should be done by those who were inferior.

Moreover, at that time, Japanese martial arts were only suitable for two people who agreed to stand up with each other and cut off each other's heads, which is basically the way that everyone can see now in Japanese kendo.

The kind of ambushes in the mountains, eclectic battles in various terrains, are not suitable for them.

Therefore, this special kind of work was done by the lowest class of Japanese society at that time, ninjas, came into being.

For a long time, they specialized in covert activities such as intelligence spying, sabotage, and assassination.

Due to the influence of martial arts and the facialization narrated in movies, many people have the impression that every time a ninja goes on a mission, he will appear in a black-clothed and masked posture.

In fact, a true ninja who usually sneaks into an enemy's castle or mansion on a new moon or cloudy night will have a more prominent silhouette if they are always dressed in black.

Therefore, the basic color of their clothing is actually dark blue, and they often change to gray or brown clothing when the moon and stars are scarce.

As for the panties, of course, it is a traditional Japanese crotch cloth, but the ninja's crotch cloth is also different from the average person, it is quite long.

They usually wrap the crotch cloth from the neck to the crotch and finally tie it around the waist, so that the crotch cloth can be pulled out from the back of the neck at any time and used as a bandage or rope for emergencies.

Their jackets had many pockets, and they often kept some gunpowder, sewing needles, and emergency medicines (including sleeping pills and poisons) that could not get wet, and some hidden weapons were usually hidden in their gloves and leggings.

Ninjas, like spies, are organizations that belong to the "special operations level", and some ninjas, like modern intelligence agents and spies, often disguise themselves as beggars, monks, jugglers, roadside vendors, samurai, ronin, charlatans, and other social roles, so as to blend well into the general population and use them as a cover for their identity.

However, the reason why ninjas are famous all over the world, in addition to the basic training of general spies, the most different thing is that there is a special training - "ninjutsu".

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