When the pirates arrived, it was at two o'clock in the second half of the night, and by this time I was already dressed and sitting on the steps in front of the church, right across from the small square in the village. As soon as their ship appeared on the surface of the sea, a ninja came to inform me. Although it is not necessarily necessary to do this, who made me agree that Sorokuro Mizuki would come forward to take charge!

There is indeed a bit of a discrepancy with the information sent by Hachiro, and the total number of pirates in this group should be about three hundred. It's not a serious problem, though, and I could have laid them all down on the beach if I wanted to!

There were 50 of the bravest flagmen standing beside me, each of them pressing the hilt of their swords firmly and calmly at the entrance of the village in front of them, and the shaking figures were already faintly visible in the direction of the moonlight. Whether you're facing hundreds of rabble pirates or thousands of Takeda clan's world-famous Akabi, I don't think it's any different from these flags, which are to slash the enemy in front of you to pieces, or be chopped to pieces by the opponent after my command. There will be no emotional or conscientious problems in them, and in fact, there will be no less than one reinforced platoon of human lives in the hands of each of them!

Another 50 ninjas were hidden in the darkness around them, holding ninja swords upside down in their left hand and a large handful of hidden weapons in their right hand. No one would come within 20 feet of me without alerting them (even if Hyakchi Tanba came), and at any angle that could be attacked by a ranged weapon, there were more than two flags with their bodies in the way.

These pirates are professional bandits, they know that they will have the greatest gain from a surprise attack on the village, so they sneak in, enter the village from the three entrances by the sea, and do not rush into the houses on the periphery but directly touch the center of the village, everything seems to be quite professional.

These pirates were not even amateurs in military skills, and as soon as they came ashore, they hauled four boats to the beach in a mess, so that they could carry the looted goods and go to sea at the high tide at dawn, but the only thing was to cut off their own way back. Before entering the village, there was no reconnaissance of the woods on either side (where 100 cavalry were on standby), nor did I first make a survey of the village (there were people in ambush in every house, and I was sitting on the edge of the square). Sending out top soldiers, this quality makes my evaluation of them plummet!

"Lord, can you give the order to begin?" Seeing that the figures on the other side had changed from a few to a large group, Goto Matabei whispered in my ear.

"Leave everything to Hidemasa-sama Hori!" I took out the Tai Chi Tuan military fan and played with it lightly in my hand, since I had granted Hori Hidemasa the opportunity to make a decision, I shouldn't be hindered anymore.

"But just now, Hori-sama sent a message saying that everything is under control, and the lord can use this to leave them with an extremely 'deep' memory!"

"Oh!" I looked back at him in some surprise, and he nodded gently at me. "Everyone, light the torches!" In that case, I shouldn't let down Hidemasa's kindness, and I ordered to the flags gathered around.

With a slight clatter, 50 torches soaked in pine oil burned, each of which may not be very bright, but together it was definitely a shocking light source in the dark night. In the light of the fire, you could already see very clearly on the opposite side, a large group of people dressed in various costumes and holding various weapons were huddled together in a disorderly manner. Because of the light source, I think we must have seen it more clearly, and they obviously panicked when they saw such a regular samurai appearing all of a sudden, until they saw that there were only a few dozen people, and they calmed down a little, but they still stood there suspicious, not knowing what to do.

I felt amused when I saw them, raised my hand and called the rough-looking Ishikawa Sadatomo, leaned over and whispered a few words to him. Corresponding to his appearance, he also has a loud voice like a bell.

"Listen to the Awaji pirates on the other side, His Royal Highness My Family's Star Yuzhou has been waiting here for a long time!" At my command, he straightened up and shouted to the other side. “…… My Royal Highness has long heard that you have been coming and going on the coast of Izumi in recent years, and you are very casual in what you give and what you want. As the saying goes, 'long-term guests are half masters', my Royal Highness is the first palm of Hequan, and I don't want to spoil everyone's previous friendship, so I set up a banquet here, please just come over and don't have to be polite! ”

After a moment of silence, there was a buzzing sound from the other side, like a swarm of bees building a nest, and it was clear that they were not in agreement. The dozen or so men at the front moved uneasily, taking a few steps forward and then back, as if they were struggling between great fear and temptation. At this time, I was still about twenty feet away from the other side, and they were too disheveled to tell who the leader was, so I only got a sense of disorder and chaos.

"Oh!" I sighed silently, it would be more accurate to see it as a burlesque than a battle. Maybe Niwa Nagahide is to blame for this in the end, because they have been so stupid for a few years, and they haven't figured out the situation until now, so they must at least make an effort to escape (although they may not be able to escape)! I pulled Shihe Sadatomo and whispered a few more words to him.

"What's wrong! Aren't you the samurai under Miyoshi, the daring Awaji Navy? Why are you so cringe? Ishikawa shouted louder, and even shook the torch in his hand to the other side. My Royal Highness is a 'highness man' who has been personally praised by His Majesty the Emperor, and in the previous battle, he was caught and released by His Royal Highness Miyoshi, released and arrested (in fact, just once), and even Takeda Shingen did not dare (absolutely exaggerated) face it! Now, my Highness is here......" he said, shaking his torch again. "As long as you take down Your Highness of my family, no matter where you are, you can exchange it for a lifetime of glory and wealth! How about it, dare to come up?! ”

I'm still underestimating the stupidity of these pirates, they really started to move towards me, and I don't know if Ishikawa's words were a thrill or a temptation, in short, they intended to take my head! I don't know if it was to embolden themselves, they waved their weapons in mid-air while shouting hoarsely, but the steps under their feet seemed hesitant, and the original formation showed signs of loosening.

"Ahh When I reached the center of the square, that is, ten feet away from me, an arrow flew from the nearby house and hit the pirate in front. The sharp arrow entered from the left temple, and when it came out again, it was already the back of the right head, and the screams were only half out before falling silent. It was only then that the pirates turned from doubt to real fear, squeezing back and forth, adding to the level of chaos.

However, there were some surprises again in the development of the matter, and the massacre caused by the bow and arrow did not become a fact, and the arrows stopped after killing and injuring dozens of people in front of them, and then dozens of big men rushed out of those houses to kill the pirates. If the light and shadow weren't so flickering, perhaps the pirates would have noticed that most of these sudden enemies had bloodshot eyes.

The samurai in the distance did not take any action, and there were so many people in front of them who were alone to block the attack, and these people in the equipment seemed to be not much different from themselves, could it be that this was just a few wild samurai hired by the villagers to bluff? Seeing that no new enemies continued to appear, this thought gradually took over in the minds of the pirates. Overcoming all the uneasiness in their hearts, the pirates reflexively began to fight, and gradually recovered some organization.

Hidemasa Hori and Sorokuro Mizuki have mastered the scale quite well, and the alcohol has brought these country samurai to the best state of euphoria. They slashed their swords with great vigor and slew at their enemies, many times their size, forgetting all fear. What is a lot of people? Heads can only be exchanged for more gold, wine and women!

"Kill!" The Mizuki clan who was running at the front shouted and slashed his knife at an enemy, blood spurting from an artery in his neck splattered his face. Because of his strength, his knife was slightly heavier than usual, but it was not very well built, so it got stuck in the opponent's cervical vertebrae. He kicked the body out of the knife and slashed the head off with his hand. "First level! I got the first level! He shouted excitedly as he raised his head, not paying any attention to the blood on his face, nor noticing the sharp slash coming from his left side.

"Bastard! It's a war! Then Mizuki Sorokuro, who caught up, snatched out a knife to solve the crisis for him, and scolded fiercely at the same time.

The huge disparity in numbers was objective, and although they were hit head-on, the pirates quickly divided and surrounded their opponents, four or five, or even six or seven people surrounded and attacked an opponent, as if this was a battle that would be resolved quickly.

The battle lasted for a long time, and not only did it not show the slightest sign of ending, but it intensified, and not only was not a single opponent killed, but the pirates themselves were already lying on the ground. At this time, a few clever guys have already discovered that as long as the critical moment of the final blow comes, a cold arrow will fly from somewhere, and then the companion who was about to kill the killer will fall to the ground. Gradually, the more the pirates fought, the more light they felt around them, could it be that the sky was dawning early? They peeked around and couldn't help but feel a chill from the depths of their hearts.

At some point, a large group of spears appeared on both sides of the village street, dressed in neat equipment and holding spears, watching the battle in the field with cold eyes. Behind them were a number of samurai with swords under their armoured armour, holding torches to light them up. There are also many ashibashi who patrol around with bows and arrows, ready to solve some "small problems" for the people in the field.

I don't know who was the first to let out a frightened shout, the pirates hula and scattered and ran out of the village, not all the troops had the courage to see death as home, they sent their lives here and couldn't even get the bereavement of the Miyoshi family. The wild samurai who had been fighting continued to chase after them, but on the contrary, Ashigaru and the samurai on the side were still standing there without the slightest movement.

Because the Mizuki people were already quite tired after fighting for a long time, and there were only more than 50 people, most of the pirates managed to escape from the village after hard work. They looked back with trepidation, but the ashigaru and samurai still didn't move, just continued to look at them coldly......