Mr. Lu Xun said in his famous article "On the Slow Movement of 'Feieporai'" in his book "The Grave": "As for 'beating the water dog', it is not so simple, it should be determined by how the dog is and how it falls into the water."

From my current point of view, I must beat the water dog of Konishi Yukicho until it hurts and is afraid to achieve the desired effect in my heart.

Mo's intelligence group continued to send the front line reports back to our department, and Konishi Yukicho led more than 7,000 remnants of the army to desperately shake off the pursuit of the Ming army, and no longer fled in the direction of Longshan, the established target, but directly moved in the direction of Fengshan, where Otomo Yoshitomo was stationed, in an attempt to join forces with him, and then plot the next step of advance and retreat.

For this situation, Ye Sizhong and I have discussed countermeasures before, and our ideas are highly unified, which is exciting.

The final decision is that we must completely defeat the remnants of Konishi Yukicho before the division of Konishi Yukicho and Otomo Yoshitomi, otherwise if he is allowed to join forces with the more than 6,000 living forces of Otomo Yoshitomi, I am afraid that our 4,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry will be in a hurry to get down, and they will be surrounded by the enemy!

After repeated deliberation on the map, our strike site was finally selected in the narrow canyon ten miles northwest of Fengshan!

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At night, Konishi's headquarters completed the gathering of the remnants of the army and reached the western end of the Nameless Gorge, where he had walked the nearest passage between Pyongyang and Wangjing. The only difference is in the state of mind - the last time I came was when I was in high spirits to attack Pyongyang, how could I have thought that I would flee here in such a hurry today?

Thinking of this, Governor Konishi couldn't help but sigh, tugged on the reins, and prepared to enter the valley. When the horse's hooves reached the mouth of the valley, they suddenly remembered something, so they sent someone to hold the reins, stop the horses, and stop to look into the valley.

The black canyon is like a black path to hell, and there is no end in sight. Governor Konishi's heart was in a panic for no reason, as if this canyon had turned into a long snake, and he was smiling and opening his bloody mouth, ready to swallow his seriously injured elephant in one bite!

Governor Konishi couldn't help but tighten his shirt, looked back at his subordinates, and his hoarse voice sounded as harsh as drinking sulfuric acid: "Where are the troops of Otomo Yoshitomi?" Is it in Fengshan? ”

The subordinate general behind him immediately nodded yes, and Governor Konishi couldn't help but be angry and scolded: "Bastard! Why not send troops to the rescue at such a close location! I'm going to the Lord to sue him! Sue him! ”

The subordinate general only promised, did not dare to say more, and said in his heart that the matter between your high-level leaders should not be told to us hard-working coolies, and we don't want to listen to this, it is harmful to hear too much.

Konishi Yukifu spontaneously started a fire for a while, probably feeling bored, so he turned his head to look at the valley, pointed to the valley with his horsewhip, and said, "Go!" Contact Otomo Yoshitomi and ask him to quickly raise troops to join me, there must be no mistake! ”

The captain of the scouts under his command naturally agreed, and led several scouts to the valley mouth. Looking at the deep valley, he gritted his teeth, and finally beckoned forward, and several people and horses hurried towards the depths.

Captain Konishi's troops dismounted, leaving scouts on all sides, and began to eat and rest.

Governor Konishi took the rice balls heated with body temperature from the kneeling Xiao surname, and the other hand was holding a water bladder made of leather to prepare for the meal, and just as he was about to bite the rice ball into his mouth, he heard the sound of cannon fire from the other side of the valley!

This surprise is not light! Originally, he was also a brave and resourceful capable general, but since the defeat of Pyongyang, he is no longer as confident as before.

Especially on the way to escape, it can be said that the wind is loud, the shadow of the cup bow and the snake, and the slightest wind and grass make him tremble, and in this vast dark night, he is full of grass and trees!

"How...... What's going on? "Governor Konishi was frightened and bit his tongue all at once! In pain, he threw the rice balls on the ground and shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Who is firing the cannon?" Check it out! ”

The generals are still like this, let alone the soldiers? Hearing Governor Konishi's question, his subordinates simply pretended to die.

The fugitive general was immediately furious, and with a "Kala" sound, he pulled the Toyo sword out of its scabbard, and pointed to the head of the ashigaru closest to him and shouted, "You! Take your people inside and have a look! Just go! "After saying that, pick up your weapon, turn over and get on your horse, no matter what, it's easy to act.

When the foothead received this order, he only felt a buzzing in his head, and suddenly his head was several big, and his legs were like being filled with lead, and he was bald when he walked on the flat ground.

But when I saw the eyes of President Konishi who wanted to eat people, I knew that if I didn't go, I was afraid that I would soon become the chicken in the famous idiom "killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys".

The chirping ashigaru was about to lead his troops to investigate, but he heard the sound of galloping horses' hooves from the deep valley!

Everyone raised their eyes to look at the sound, and saw a war horse rushing madly in their direction. Ashigaru said in his heart that the information you want is here, and he is relieved, and when he is secretly happy, he doesn't know that Konishi Yuki's heart has already made a mess!

Everyone raised their weapons to face the comer, and when they got closer, they saw through the moonlight that it was a person of their own, wearing the scout armor inside the Yushiba Hideyoshi army, and then they were relieved.

I saw that the scout was covered in blood, and when he galloped to the fifteenth step in front of Governor Konishi, he fell off the horse with a "poof", rolled on the spot a few times, and struggled to get up, but after a few unsuccessful efforts, he crawled back to the ground again!

"Pull him up! Pull him up! Governor Konishi pointed sharply with his horsewhip, and the head of Ashigaru who had been assigned to investigate the situation knew that this was a good opportunity to perform, just to make up for his mistakes and offset his cowardice, so he immediately led someone forward, lifted the fallen scout, and put it in front of Governor Konishi!

"Who are you! Tell me, what's going on over there? Governor Konishi didn't care whether the scout was alive or dead, and asked sharply, "What about my people?" Why didn't they come back? ”

The scout was panting and foaming blood, and he was choked and coughed when he wanted to speak, and Konishi Yukinaga's head was sweating, but he knew that he couldn't force it at this time, so he could only shout: "Give him water!" Give him water! ”

Ashigaru immediately took the water bladder, and the scout took a few sips of "Rang Knock" before he breathed down and said hoarsely: "Lord Settsu Mamoru!" Please send troops quickly to rescue Yoshitomo Otomo! ”

When Konishi heard this, his body on the horse shook slightly, apparently caused by dizziness under excitement. Stabilizing his mind, he lowered his voice and shouted at the scout, "Tell me clearly, what's going on?" What about my people? ”

The scout burst into tears, so pitiful: "Lord Settsu Mamoru, my family was about to send troops to help you yesterday, but unexpectedly, an enemy army turned south of Fengshan, and it was the army of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Taking a breath, the scout continued: "Several fellow scouts sent by the Guijun side were attacked by the Ming army sentry in ambush on the road, and when they arrived at our department, they were already seriously injured and died. Otomo-sama sent me to bring someone to report to you, and then he led his army to come, but I was also ambushed, and I was left with a group of people! As for ...... over there."

The scout pointed in the direction of Fengshan, and suddenly stopped crying, but shouted to Xiao Xiyuki in a pleading tone: "The Ming army discovered the movement of our department, and immediately fired ten thousand cannons!" Now it is estimated that Lord Otomo has been suppressed in the mountain pass and cannot come out, please send troops quickly to save Lord Otomo from fire and water! ”

Governor Konishi wanted to ask something, but the scout couldn't say a word, just coughing up blood. After coughing for a long time, he suddenly seemed to return to the light, broke free from the support of the people around him, staggered a few steps towards his war horse, turned back to Konishi and said firmly:

"Anyway, I'm going back to my family! Even if I die, I won't lose the honor and courage of my Toei samurai! I went! ”

After speaking, he staggered over and got on his horse, and with a whip, the war horse neighed and ran to the depths of the canyon!

The figure on the horse swayed from side to side, obviously coming to the end of his life, but his figure was infinitely magnified in the eyes of the people, it was so majestic, so lofty!

Governor Konishi sat on his horse, vaguely feeling that the sweat on his forehead was about to fall. Compared to this scout who fought to the death, did his behavior seem inferior? Turning his head to look at the generals around him, he vaguely read an emotion in the eyes of these subordinates—contempt—which made him feel as if a fierce fire burned in his heart!

I am a glorious samurai! In the name of the sword! How can you make a turtle with a shrunken head?

Thinking of this, Governor Konishi sat up straight on his horse, drew his weapon again with a "Kala" sound, waved it into the canyon, and shouted: "The whole army is assaulted!" Target Fengshan and crush the enemy artillery! After saying that, he took the lead and rushed to the valley with a few personal soldiers.

The soldiers under his command were also infected by the scouts of Fang Cai, and one by one they roared angrily and raised their weapons, and followed Konishi Yukichang towards the canyon!

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Tucked away in the grass at the top of the canyon, I was condescending, looking down on the situation at both ends of the canyon. The Otomo Yitong Department on the other side of Fengshan was blinded by the sudden artillery bombardment, and he must have subjectively thought that it was the Ming army hidden in the forest that attacked him, which saw that he was not fooled and had to attack the mountain.

Therefore, although the artillery fire under the mountain was continuous, and his camp was also seriously damaged, he had a condescending advantage, and in the middle of the night, he did not know the geometry of the enemy, he would never rush down the mountain.

And at the other end of the valley, it was our main target this time, Konishi Yukinagabu, who was also cautious, entrenched in the valley and did not move, but sent scouts to ask Otomo Yoshitomo for help.

It's a pity that God can't help him, his scouts are already under my control, and the corpses should be buried by now. But that suit and armor are easy to use, no, in the canyon below the mountain, a horse "clicked" and ran past, who is Mo who I sent to make up the enemy scouts?

When Mo passed through my position, he deliberately drew his scimitar and slashed three times into the air, which was the code we agreed on - it meant that the enemy army was likely to be fooled and ready for battle.

Hehe, it's a good job, my intelligence director is still an excellent actor and a powerful player, and it is by no means comparable to those traffic small facial paralysis characters.

Sure enough, after a while, people in the canyon began to shout and neigh, and it seemed that the headquarters of Konishi Yukiho had begun to pass!

Wait a while, don't rush, wait a minute, wait until most of them are in the canyon......

Finally, I looked down and saw that about seventy percent of the enemy army had entered the canyon, and the ones behind were still bustling into it, and I knew that the time had come, so I gestured to the Nine Ghosts Masataka.

With a wave of his hand, the three archers mounted the arrows and lit the arrows of the fire ball, and raised the arrows high into the air!

"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!"

Three sharp chirps rang out in the night sky!