Chapter 198 Darkness Chen Cang

Time is passing little by little, and the defenses in Aragami Mountain Castle have not been rearranged because of the large number of troops leaving, and in the opinion of Rokkaku Yoshiken, the army led by Yamazaki Katake and Mikumo Narito will return in less than two hours, so there is really no need to make another move.

However, he didn't expect that it was because of his carelessness that this attack failed.

Ishikawa Goemon saw that the time was ripe, so he didn't wait any longer, he carefully avoided the loose patrols in the city, and went straight to the granary, this time, although the Rokkaku family did not send many troops, but the hoarding of grain and grass was a lot, because the warehouse was too small, so the grain and grass were all outside the warehouse.

I saw dozens of grain and grass two meters high and two meters wide, neatly stacked outside the warehouse, if all these grain and grass can be burned, not to mention that the Hexagonal family is going to withdraw from the army this time, I am afraid that in a short period of time, it is also hopeless to go out of the army.

In the Aragami Mountain City, there were more than 200 people in Ashigaru who were originally responsible for guarding the grain and grass, and on average, every four people guarded a grain stack, which can be described as a tight defense, but after a large number of transfers just now, there are now only seven or eight people left in the ashgaru guarding the grain and grass, and they also feel that it is impossible for anyone to come to sneak attack, so they seem very leisurely, and they are seen leaning on the outermost three grain stacks to nap.

Seeing this, Ishikawa Goemon was overjoyed, only to see him shuttle lightly through the grain stacks, and came to the back of the grain stacks far away from the guards, took out the fire twist, blew lightly, and handed it directly to a grain stack covered with straw.

After Ishikawa Goemon set fire to three stacks of grain and grass in a row, ten ninjas wearing steel ninja helmets and chain-type steel armor came out of the grain stacks in different directions, and they didn't pay attention to the few ashigaru guards in charge, but like Ishikawa Goemon, they quickly took out the things that ignited the fire and set fire to the front grain stacks.

With the smoke rising from the grain stacks, Ashigaru, who was in charge of guarding it, was finally awakened, and not only them, but all the Ashigaru and samurai in the city looked there.

Of the seven or eight people who were already frightened, one of them was the first to come to his senses, only to hear him shouting loudly.

Under his shout, the other ashigaru also eased up, but more than half of the grain stacks had already been ignited by the fire in front of their eyes, not to mention just a few of them, even if everyone in the city was gathered, it would be difficult to extinguish the fire. Moreover, they saw that in the gap between the grain stacks, there were more than a dozen figures shuttling in them, and as they kept moving, more grain stacks were ignited.

The ninjas did not stop because the enemy noticed their movements, and they continued to set fire to the grain stacks, hoping to set fire to a few more grain stacks before the enemies all arrived, so that the chances of the enemy extinguishing the disaster would be much smaller. Aside from Ishikawa Goemon's retreat order to stop them, nothing else could interfere with them.

Ishikawa Goemon set fire to the grain at the same time, but also to pay attention to the enemy's every move, lest he only care about setting fire, the enemy made dumplings, when he ignited another pile of grain and grass, seeing that the Ashigaru in the Aragami Mountain Castle has gradually approached, and seeing that most of the grain stack has been ignited, it is expected that there is no possibility of being extinguished.

After seeing him throw the fire fold of the Codex towards a grain stack in the distance, he immediately took out a small silver ball the size of a thumb from his bosom and threw it into the sky, and the silver ball exploded in mid-air and turned into a red mist.

After the remaining ten ninjas saw the signal, after igniting the grain stack in front of them, they threw the fire folds in their hands to the grain stack in the distance, and quickly moved closer to the direction of Kawagoemon.

After the ten ninjas came closer, they only heard Ishikawa Goemon say lightly: "The task has been completed, exit Aragami Mountain Castle as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes, my lord," the ten ninjas replied, and quickly galloped towards the east.

However, Ishikawa Goemon did not leave in a hurry, but immediately hid his body and slowly advanced in the direction of the castle tower. The reason why he didn't go out of the city with the ninjas was because he found that the Rokkaku samurai and Ashigaru were all coming in the direction of the granary, but Rokkaku Yoshiken was nowhere to be seen. He couldn't help but see, if the Rokkaku Yoshiken was also rushing here, then it would be fine, but now that both the samurai and the ashigaru in the city have arrived, wouldn't there be no one to defend the pavilion that day, why don't he take advantage of this great time to get it in exchange for a higher merit? ,

Although Rokkaku Yoshiken is now only a retainer of the Rokkaku family, after all, he was the head of the family before, if he can really get him, the blow to the Rokkaku family will undoubtedly be huge. And for himself, it is definitely a great achievement.

What's more, maybe because of this matter, I will also be as famous as my master. As a close servant of the lord, there are not many opportunities to obtain meritorious deeds, and this time he came to Omi with the lord, if he hadn't met the Asai family and the Rokkaku family, let alone assassinated the former governor of the Rokkaku family, even if he came to Aragami Mountain City to set fire, he had to seize the opportunity.

After all, Ishikawa Goemon was young, so he thought that he was going to do it, but he no longer hesitated, and after avoiding the sight of the Rokkaku samurai and Ashigaru, he cautiously thought about the direction of the castle tower.

Rokkaku Yoshiken stood anxiously on the observation platform at the top of the castle tower, constantly looking in the direction of the granary, and beside him there was a young attendant staring intently.

When Rokkaku Yoshiken saw ten ninjas rushing out of the grain stack in all directions, and the retainers of the Rokkaku family and the ashigaru family wanted to extinguish the fire as soon as possible, so they could only give up besieging these ninjas and concentrate on fighting the fire.

Seeing this, the roots of the teeth of the hexagonal Yixian couldn't help but itch, the grain and grass were destroyed, and the arsonist retreated, how should he explain this to the family governor? Although he is the father of the current governor of the family, Rokkaku Yoshiji, but because of his carelessness, the family suffered such a big loss, he has already thought of his own results, although the lord is not enough to let himself apologize, but the fate of being exiled cannot be escaped.

Rokkaku Yoshiken couldn't help but sigh, when he just turned around and wanted to go to the castle tower to direct the firefighting, at this moment, suddenly a figure flashed in, although Rokkaku Yoshiken is not the governor of the family now, but there is still no one in the family who dares to approach him without informing, I saw him hurriedly pull out the knife on his waist to guard, while shouting loudly: "What person"

As soon as the words fell, the attendant beside him also turned around, drew his knife in his hand, and took two steps up the wall to block in front of the lord.

Ishikawa Goemon pulled out two short knives behind his back and said lightly, "The one who came to take your life, take your life." As soon as the words fell, he walked quickly towards the two of them.

"Presumptuous, by my little peace, don't want to hurt the Lord...... Ah" Before he finished speaking, he saw that Ishikawa Goemon had already walked in front of him, and after easily dodging Xiao Heiji's slash, he took a short knife in his right hand, and wiped his neck with a slight wave, like this close attendant, Ishikawa Goemon didn't pay attention to it at all, so to speak, to deal with this kind of small role, one move is enough.

"There is an assassin" Rokkaku Yoshiken shouted loudly as he used his sword to resist the attack of Ishikawa Goemon.

However, now that all the people in the city, whether it is samurai or ashigaru, are concentrated near the granary, how can anyone hear his shouts?

Ishikawa Goemon smiled disdainfully and said, "Don't waste your efforts, prepare to die." After speaking, I saw the two knives in his hands cross the city and cut directly towards his neck.

Although Rokkaku Yoshiken is lacking in other aspects of ability, but he was also a daimyo with more than 400,000 stone territory before, and the swordsman master has not been invited, so this swordsmanship is very good, when he saw the assassin, after a moment of panic, he regained his composure, and saw that the weapon in the assassin's hand was a double sword, if he only used a sword, it would be too much of a loss, so after blocking the first attack of Ishikawa Goemon, he hurriedly pulled out the ribs around his waist.

Now, Rokkaku Yoshiken has not taken this ninja in his eyes, after all, he has received formal swordsmanship training, and how can he be compared to a ninja who has not even solved the problem of food and clothing. Rokkaku Yoshiken thought that he would win this battle, but after two or three rounds of fighting, he was not as easy as he had at the beginning, and he had to admit that the martial arts of the ninja in front of him had surpassed him, and if he continued like this, he would definitely be the one who fell to the ground.

However, Rokkaku Yoshiken's actual combat experience is much richer than Ishikawa Goyu's, and it is precisely with his previous combat experience that he can hold on to the present even though his martial arts are inferior to the other party. However, he has no intention of fighting for a long time, and must find a way to rush outside, only in this way can he save his life.

Thinking of this, Yoshiken Rokkaku took advantage of the fact that he could still hold on, and while fighting with Ishikawa Goemon, he slowly moved towards the entrance of the observatory.

Ishikawa Goemon now regrets a little in his heart, if he hadn't wanted to see how his martial arts were just now, he would have appeared to fight him head-on, otherwise this Rokkaku Yoshiken would have died under his secret weapon.

Now that he obviously has an advantage, but he can't hurt the other party, Ishikawa Goemon can't help but start to be a little anxious, and seeing that the other party plans to escape, the offensive in his hand can't help but be a little faster.

And the hexagonal Yixian suddenly felt that the opponent's move was suddenly much more powerful than just now, and he couldn't help but panic, and the pressure increased a lot, in order not to be stabbed by the opponent's short knife, so he could only stop, and he didn't dare to move in the direction of the door, for fear that he would be accidentally taken by the enemy.

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