"Chapter 173: Persuading Hanzo to Surrender"
If you're trying to win someone's favor, be careful not to say no outright. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 You can give him a vague answer, maybe the person who asks for help may not need your help later, or it may provide you with a good excuse when the situation changes, or even worse, many people will be stupid enough to be fooled and manipulated by a few words.
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Hakumine, who returned to Sanhe Castle, did not go to his mansion immediately, but took Thales and his samurai to a cell in Sanhe Castle, where three retainers of the Tsugaru family were also imprisoned.
Hattori Yasuki and Ogasawara Nobuki, they are two of the most capable ministers of the Tsugaru family, and with the departure of Tsugaru Nobu, their original loyalty has no meaning to exist, and the Aicai Bai Feng naturally will not let them stay in the cell for the rest of their lives.
In fact, what Hakuho really wanted to persuade this time was not Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobuki, but another Tsugaru family prisoner held in the cell, and his special identity was the key to Hakumine's direct heading to the cell as soon as he returned to Sanhe Castle.
Hattori Hanzo, who was captured by Ivan outside the Nangang Imperial Palace, was not only the eldest son of Hattori Yasujo, but also the best of the Iga-ryu ninjas, and such a talented shinobi just gave Bai Feng the opportunity to develop the ninja power of the Yanhuang family.
Samurai, ninjas, monks, and geisha, these are the four special beings with the most characteristics of the Yamato Empire, especially the ninjas and geisha, their assassination ability is not much inferior to the shadow killers of Rome, and in some respects they can even be better.
The reason why the shadow killer under Ivan can crush the ninja under Hattori Hanzo is not because the ninja's assassination ability is not as good as the shadow killer, but because the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, and the ninjas have no ability to resist at all.
If it is a contest of equal strength, the Shadow Killer may not be able to slaughter the ninja in a crushing posture, and more importantly, the number of Shadow Killers is extremely limited, and the number of recruits in Rome City is only thirty per month, which limits the size of the Shadow Killer.
In comparison, the size potential of ninjas is much stronger, as long as the Yanhuang family can get the full support of a ninja school, then the Yanhuang family will have a large number of ninjas, which is more than enough to make up for the lack of shadow killers in Rome City.
Once the powerful Shadow Killer and the large number of ninjas form a high-low combination, supplemented by the intelligence support of the battlefield ghosts, the Yanhuang family, and even the city of Rome, will have a powerful special force that can be used outside the battlefield.
Although Hakumine only took Thales to the cell, Thales was followed by a full hundred samurai, and after the group arrived at the cell where Hattori Yasujo was being held, Izumiyama Masayoshi led his fifty samurai to directly take over the defense of the entire cell.
All the ashigaru members of the southern standing army in the cell were temporarily cleared out of the cells by the samurai under the command of Izumiyama Masayoshi, and Thales led the samurai under the command of Nanbu Toshinao to escort Hakumine into the depths of the cell and to the place where the prisoners were held.
"Hattori Hanzo?" Seeing the young man in the cell in a black power suit, Bai Feng judged his identity at a glance.
"You should be the governor of the Yanhuang family, I advise you to release me as soon as possible, otherwise our Iga-ryu ninjas will not give up;
"Haha! Sure enough, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers! I don't believe that you, the lord of Iga-ryu, would choose to be the enemy of our Yanhuang family for the sake of your little ninja; even if he chooses so, do you think Iga-ryu has the strength to be the enemy of our Yanhuang family?"
"How can the strength of our Iga-ryu be understood by you as a local hero? Moreover, the strength of our ninjas is not reflected on the battlefield; assassination is our means, can you retainers of the Yanhuang family evade endless assassinations?"
Hearing Hattori Hanzo's almost threatening words, Bai Feng's face also became solemn, the truth is as Hattori Hanzo said, the retainers of the Yanhuang family can't avoid the assassination of the ninja, and being hostile to Iga Ryu is a choice that outweighs the loss.
"Since you've said so, then I won't waste any time, I'm here today to make you Hattori Hanzo work for our Yanhuang family......"
"Impossible! I'm a ninja of Iga-ryu, and it's impossible for me to serve your Yanhuang family!" Before Bai Feng could finish his words, Hattori Hanzo, who looked impatient, interrupted Bai Feng's persuasion and directly rejected Bai Feng's persuasion.
"You're a ninja of Iga-ryu, but you're also the son of Hattori Yasujo, and the Tsugaru family has been expelled from Mutsu Province, and your father, Hattori Yasushi, will be a retainer of our Yanhuang family in the future, shouldn't you serve the Yanhuang family for your family?"
"I repeat, I'm a ninja of Iga-ryu, I can't work for any clan without the permission of the Ryu Lord, this is the rule that every ninja in Iga-ryu must follow, and ninjas who violate the rules will be punished by the Ryu Lord. ”
"Iga-ryu's ninjas, after all, will also leave Iga-ryu and choose a powerful family as the object of allegiance, I don't need you to stay in the Yanhuang family now, I just need a promise from you, a promise of allegiance to our Yanhuang family in the future. ”
"Why?" As a shinobi, Hattori Hanzo's mind was still very clear and flexible, and he quickly questioned Bai Feng's approach: "Why do you want me to serve the Yanhuang family? There are so many ninjas in the empire, you don't need to bother so much. ”
"Because our Yanhuang family needs a ninja army of its own, and this ninja force must be commanded by the strongest ninja, and you, Hattori Hanzo, are the most talented ninja in my eyes, and may even be the most powerful ninja in the Yamato Empire in the future. ”
"The most powerful ninja in the Yamato Empire?" Hattori Hanzo repeated Bai Feng's words in a puzzled tone, and then a strong desire suddenly erupted in his eyes, this is a desire for extreme desire for strength, and it is also the desire that a strong man should have!
"What do I need to do, and what do I get?" was silent for a long time, and Hattori Hanzo used his attitude to indicate his choice.
"You can't be the only ninja in our Yanhuang clan's ninja army, so when you return to Iga-ryu, I will give you a sum of money that you can use as you like to recruit ninjas for our family in Iga-ryu.
No matter how many ninjas you recruit, all of them are under your command, and you are the commander of our Yanhuang family's ninja army, and in addition to your position, your father Hattori Yasushi will become the head of our Yanhuang family, and that's what you can get. ”
Faced with this condition that could not be refused, Hattori Hanzo naturally became a member of the Yanhuang family, and later, Bai Feng took Hattori Hanzo to persuade Hattori Yasushi and Ogasawara Nobuyumi to surrender, and these two did not refuse the Yanhuang family's solicitation.