Chapter Forty-Three: The Scarlet Mountain City Changes

On the road leading from Fanyuchuan to Scarlet Mountain City, Gangcheng Jiezhong has been beating horses and galloping, and today he went to the lord's camp to discuss military affairs, he was afraid that something would happen to the camp of Scarlet Mountain City, so he didn't even eat dinner and hurriedly wanted to return to the camp. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Where Scarlet Mountain Castle still is, a village not far outside the city has been turned into a camp, and a huge wooden fence encloses the camp to this small village. Six hundred elite macro reserve troops are stationed here, but the entire Scarlet Mountain City has been terrifyingly quiet. Even at night, I couldn't see a little fire in the city, as if it was a dead city, but the troops of the Hiroshi Reserve knew that this city was actually full of murderous opportunities, and yesterday there was a sentinel who got too close to Ashigaru who was shot by shurikens and arrows, and lost six people.

The night is terriblely gloomy, Scarlet Mountain Castle has always been controlled by the Harayama clan, and after surrendering to the southern family, he is now a retainer of Hachihe Masaei, but the time to take refuge in Hachihe Masaei is still shallow, and it is not loyal at all.

"What's going on?" An Aigen family ashigaru patrolling around the village suddenly saw a dark shadow flashing, and he walked behind the bushes with a torch and was relieved to see that it was a small dog trembling all over.

"What's going on?"

Several people on the same team saw him leave the team and asked, "What's wrong with Koshiro?" ”

"Ahh Sorry, it's okay, it's a dog. "Let's go, keep up."

Koshiro hurriedly replied, "Yes!" He looked at the dog, then left, turning to walk towards the group.

Suddenly, a dark shadow covered his mouth, and a cold, sharp short blade slashed through his throat, and then his whole body was lifeless, and his eyes were staring with horror.

The patrolling ashigaru saw someone who was also wearing the Igen family's ashigaru pill walking over.

"Koshiro, does the stinky boy want to be beaten with a military stick? So slow? ”

The footlight head saw Koshiro coming over and bowing his head and not saying a word, he walked over angrily and patted the man on the shoulder, the man still lowered his head, he didn't see the cold gaze under the hat.

But Ashigaru saw a little blood on the clothes, and he reflexively retreated vigilantly, but it was too late, and the man had already stabbed the short blade into his heart, and suddenly a large group of men in black appeared around the patrol, and all kinds of strange weapons quickly harvested their lives.

"Scatter!"

The man in Koshiro's clothes raised his head and gave an order, and everyone immediately scattered, showing that he was well-trained.

The entire village and camp were eerily quiet, and there was no sound except for the guards and patrols.

Groups of people dressed in black with scarves approached the village in all directions in the shadows.

The man in Koshiro's light suit also climbed over the wooden fence and entered the village in the dark night, and he walked to the middle general's room.

Maybe it's because the siege has been too long, or maybe it's because Gangcheng has not yet returned, and the camp patrols are a little less than usual.

Now the entire Hongqian Bei is under the command of Yuzhong's deputy, Hou Teng Shiben, who arranged the task of monitoring the ghost town of Scarlet Mountain City early this day, and then returned to his room to rest.

He always had a bad premonition, so he got up to drink water, his room was just opposite Gangcheng Jiezhong, because the general was not there today, so there was no guard there, and he could see the general's room in the distance from the window.

Suddenly, he saw a ashigaru head there, and he was in a strange shape. He picked up his saber and walked out.

"Isn't it there?" The man muttered to himself, a little disappointed in his words.

"What do you do? I didn't rest in the middle of the night and left the account without permission. ”

The man's figure stopped, and suddenly he flicked three darts in his arm and headed towards the door behind him.

Goto was startled, and hurriedly turned his figure to avoid the hidden weapon. He sensed the danger, someone could actually break in, he immediately blew the bamboo whistle, and the sharp voice remembered. The gong on the tower of the camp also sounded immediately.

I saw that the man raised his head and smiled slightly. The scar on his face that crosses the bridge of his nose is particularly sinister.

"Quick! Someone attacked the camp! "Quick, protect Goto-sama."

“……”

After all, the Hongqian Reserve Army is the elite of the base, so they immediately assembled, and many people have already come to the Houteng Division itself to protect him.

Suddenly, a large number of black-clothed people appeared on the roofs of the surrounding houses, holding crossbow arrows.

Burst! Burst...... Igen Ashigaru was shot and killed.

"Fire!" "The granary is on fire!"

"Damn it!" Hou Teng Shiben, at this time, the heart of seppuku was gone, the grain and grass were burned, and the camp was also beaten by the enemy's surprise attack.

"Kill them! Not a single one is left. Hou Teng Shiben roared with anger in his eyes. With a sword in both hands, he rushed towards the man first, and the other ashigaru men also yelled and attacked.

"First! Need to leave? Several men in black jumped off the roof and came to the man.

I saw him shake his head and smile cruelly: "The Yiyuan family is just like this, I can easily pass through their guards like this." Let's teach them a lesson! ”

"Yes!" After speaking, seven or eight black-clothed men waved their respective weapons to meet them, and for a while, the two sides fought together.

In a moment, more than a dozen members of the Yiyuan family fell to the ground and wailed.

"Alright, we have more important things to do."

Swell! Swell! Swell! There was a puff of white smoke around.

Goto covered his mouth and nose and waited for the smoke to clear, and the enemy was empty.

"Ninja?" Goto Shimoto felt a lingering palpitation for a while, and the corpses and wails of his own soldiers were all over the ground.

"My lord! My lord! ”

Just when Goto Shimoto was still coming back to his senses, a group leader hurriedly ran over in a panic.

"My lord, Scarlet Mountain Castle, Scarlet ......"

Goto Shimoto hurriedly looked up in the direction of Scarlet Mountain Castle, only to see that the sky-high fire illuminated the sky red. Except for the sound of the fire burning, the night sky remained silent.

When Goto Shimoto led the army to rush up the mountain, the fire had weakened, and Goto Shimoto was shocked, and the other party actually burned the city for days, and then attacked himself?

He didn't order the fire to be put out, first, because it wasn't necessary, and second, because it didn't have a lot of water for such a big fire.

"My lord, several corpses of the Yuanshan clan were found at the side door." A team leader came running over with a dark face.

"How can you be sure it's from the Harayama clan?" Goto Shimoto asked with some surprise. Didn't the Yuanshan clan just attack the camp? Even if they set fire to the city and retreat, they won't kill their own people!

"My lord, the Yuanshan clan has a mountain tattoo on their necks, you can see it at a glance."

Goto Shimoto carefully observed the corpses carried by his subordinates, and indeed none of them had mountain lines on their necks, and then a terrible thought appeared in Goto's mind: The original mountain clan was wiped out unknowingly while he was besieging the city? It wasn't the original mountain people who attacked him, so who were those ninja people?

"Impossible, impossible!" Goto Shimoto blurted out that unless there were still many corpses in the city, it would not be possible to determine whether the Harayama clan had retreated or whether everything would only be known after the fire was extinguished.

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