Chapter Twenty-Nine: Another Attack
After Sakaku and the others followed Mura Sadakai into the Kyoto Office, they saw boxes with iron cannons piled up under a wooden shed on the side. Murai Sasakatsu first sent his daughter Murai back to the house, and then ordered the samurai in the commission to open the box. The samurai gathered around and watched as the brand-new iron cannons were taken out of the boxes.
Mingshan, who was standing behind the Burning Sky, was also very rude, and the moment he saw the iron cannon, he was taken a brand-new iron cannon from the Burning Sky. Although the burning sky has no opinion on this, at this time, Fuyu Mingjiro suddenly said in a loud voice: "Mingshan Shamen, your trip is a bit rude!" ”
Ming Shan, who was originally stroking the chamber of the iron cannon, was stunned for a moment, and then immediately handed the iron cannon into the hands of the burning sky, and knelt on the ground, and said to the burning sky: "The lord is rude, I hope the lord will forgive!" ”
Burning Sky originally regarded Mingshan as a younger brother, and after seeing Mingshan's behavior, he just nodded and let Mingshan get up. Wasuka Masakatsu looked at the behavior of the burning sky, his sharp eyes didn't know what he was thinking, and the people around him fell into embarrassment for a while. Seeing this situation, Burning Sky hurriedly said to the warriors: "This is the younger brother of the Buddhist Sect, who loves iron cannons very much, if there is any rudeness, I hope you will bear with me!" ”
In order to alleviate this embarrassing situation, Murai Sadakatsu also opened his mouth and said to the burning sky: "That is the case, I will send an iron cannon to Mingshan Shamen in the next place!" ”
Then Murai Sadakatsu shouted to his attendants: "Former guard, go and bring the iron cannon that the Nanban sent me the day before yesterday!" ”
Looking at the back of the attendant turning around, Burning Sky hurriedly said to Murai Sadakatsu: "Lord Murai, it doesn't have to be like this!" I hope you will take back the iron cannon! ”
While listening to the words of the burning sky, Murai Sadakatsu walked up to Mingshan and said to Mingshan who was excited and panicked: "Mingshan Shamen, the world thinks that the iron cannon is the most vicious thing, but in the next opinion, how can there be a murder weapon in the world?" Swordsmanship, spearmanship, naginata, etc., are originally self-defense techniques, but the hearts of the people in the world are evil, so they have become murderous techniques. ”
After listening to Murai Sadakatsu's words, Burning Sky immediately understood what Murai Sadakatsu meant. In the face of Murai Sadakatsu's pretending to be 13 behaviors, Burning Sky said directly at the moment when his words stopped: "One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a demon, good and evil are in one thought, Mingshan, you can understand what Lord Murai means!" ”
As soon as Murai Sadakatsu took a breath, he heard the words of the burning air, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to echo: "That's what I meant!" ”
While everyone was talking, the attendant had already taken out a delicate wooden box in the shape of a long strip, and Murai Sadakatsu took the wooden box, and then took out a very delicate iron cannon. Everyone's eyes were instantly attracted by this iron cannon, which was an imitation of the Japanese form of iron cannon by the Southern Barbarians, which was completely different from the iron cannon they had made before.
After Mingshan saw this iron cannon, he was even more excited, and hurriedly thanked Murai Zhensheng, who smiled slightly and said to Mingshan: "The thought of good and evil, I hope that Mingshan Shamen can keep it in mind." ”
Then everyone counted the number of iron cannons, put together one hundred and fifty iron cannons, and handed them over to the burning sky and his party to transport. Murai Sadakatsu prepared two rickshaws and 20 coolies for the company, and the coolies who pulled the carts were slaves from various countries that were sold to Kyoto (the country here refers to the ancient Japanese seasonal system, and the most famous slave trader in the Warring States period was a certain "Bishamonten").
Because Yokoyama Castle was in danger of being attacked by the Asai family at any time, Murai Sadakatsu had prepared various orders early, and after receiving the iron cannon, Burning Sky and the others were about to embark on the road back to Yokoyama Castle after only a little rectification. Out of politeness, Kanku wanted to say goodbye to Hidetaka Kawajiri before leaving, but saw Sadakatsu Murai and Jie Murai who had exited from the house in front of Hidetaka Kawajiri's house.
Burning Sky first went up to greet the two, and then said to Kawajiri Hidetaka who came out to see off the guests: "Rokubei, return to Yokoyama Castle first, and it is better for Rokubei to return to Gifu Castle early after repairing in Kyoto." After hearing this, Kawajiri Hidetaka said to the burning sky: "I will leave for Gifu City tomorrow, then I wish Ming Shamen martial arts prosperity!" ”
After saying goodbye to everyone in a hurry, he set out on the road back to Yokoyama Castle with Wasuka Masakatsu and others. On the way, Bee Suga Masakatsu talked to Burning Sky alone about his attitude towards his subordinates, and Wasuka Masakatsu educated Burning Empty about excessive tolerance, and told Burning Sky: "I have heard a lot about the things that go down to the top, and I hope that Ming Shamen will pay more attention, and the scale between forgiveness and indulgence will be handled by Ming Shamen himself." ”
After listening to Wasuka Masakatsu's words, Burning Sky began to think about whether his "21st century" idea was feasible in the current era, and Fushiwa Akijiro also suggested to Burning Sky, hoping that Burning Sky could strictly restrain his subordinates.
Just as everyone hurried to the vicinity of Antu Village, suddenly the coolie pulling the cart was pierced through the throat by an arrow, and the coolie fell to the ground and made a "whining" sound with his broken and leaky throat. Then Burning Sky shouted: "Pay attention to concealment! ”
Fushiwa Akijiro fended off the flying arrows as he flipped the wooden cart over. The box with the iron cannon on the car fell to the ground, but because it had been reinforced beforehand, the iron cannon did not fall out. The peasant soldiers of Jiashan also immediately removed the rattan bow from their backs and fired back in the direction where the arrows were fired. Suddenly, two ninjas dressed in black and blue came out of the ground covered with a layer of fallen leaves near the burning sky, holding long black knives in their hands, and rushed towards the burning sky that commanded everyone to dodge and counterattack.
Burning Sky was stunned, and was slashed by the ninja, who immediately abandoned the large naginata knife in his hand and rolled backwards to avoid the blow. The ninja slashed through the air and immediately dropped white mist powder into the place where the burning void was. Sensing that something was wrong, Burning Sky immediately said to Wasuka Masakatsu, who was commanding the Ashigaru formation, "Lord Wasuka be careful of the ninja!" ”
As soon as the words of the burning sky fell, he heard a miserable scream coming from the direction where Wasuka Masakatsu was, and the burning hollow was startled, and immediately pulled out his knife and ran in the direction where Wasuka Masakatsu was. I saw two ninjas fall to the ground in front of Wasuka Masakatsu, and their heads were cut off by Wasuka Masakatsu. Burning Hollow calmed down a little, and then Wasuka Masakatsu got up and shouted loudly: "Hold on here, don't act rashly, the enemy ninjas may have set traps!" ”
Sure enough, the enemy ninja saw that his trap had been recognized, and rushed out after a brief hesitation. This made Burning Sky also wonder a little, how could these ninjas plan not to leave after defeat, but to continue the attack? But seeing that the ninja has rushed out, Wasuka Masakatsu and Burning Sky will not let them go easily, and the ninja will hide in the shadows, why do you still want to compete with the Oda family's semi-professional Ashigaru.