readx;?“ Thank you, sir! The fellow hurriedly took the silver coin into his bosom and kowtowed twice before retreating. Cheng De asked in a low voice www.biquge.info "Mr. Yoshida, what do you think?" ”

"That's right!" Yoshida Okiji said with a smile: "It's a Fujianese, the leader is thirteen or fourteen years old, and his surname is Zheng, and he is the son-in-law of a guerrilla general, how can there be such a coincidence in the world?" ”

"But there are thirty or forty people around him, and there are only nine of us!" When Cheng De said this, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and the meaning of his words was already very clear.

"It's okay, in my opinion, it's better to listen to the opinions of the audience first!"

After a while, the other eight people in the group all entered the room, filling the small room, and Yoshida Okinoji repeated the information he had obtained from his fellow to everyone, and said in a deep voice: "As Mr. Cheng said, there are thirty or forty guards around Zheng Damu, and there are only nine of us, and the disparity is huge; Moreover, the Zheng family is a powerful man in the southeast, rich and rivals the country, Zheng Zhilong will definitely stay with his sister-in-law, and he will definitely be a temporary choice, and he will be the hero of ten thousand people. Whether it is advance or retreat, please discuss it! ”

When everyone heard this, they didn't speak for a while, especially the four Japanese masters, who just exchanged glances and didn't say a word. Yoshida Okiji didn't urge, just sat there quietly and waited, and after about half a sound, he was the first to speak: "Although there are more cattle and sheep than wolves, they are always preyed upon by wolves. Although the Zheng family has many guards, they are just a flock of sheep, unlike us and others who are all battle-hardened warriors, so what is there to be afraid of? ”

"Not bad!" Wei Lan said with a smile: "That Shanhua Temple is only five or six miles away from here, and we have a guide, so it is better to set off by moonlight and attack the thieves at night." Although there are many of them, what is the use of being caught off guard at night? ”

"That's what you two said!" Xue Huaien smiled: "I still have a way, we can attack with fire, and then surround the three missing one, and everyone will wait outside the gap." ”

Hun Apu was a taciturn man, and he often rarely said a word at the end of the day, and when he heard this, he pulled out the short knife at his waist and slashed downward, his attitude was self-evident.

Yoshida Okiji was very satisfied with his subordinates' statement, and he turned his gaze to Yuji Yamada on the side, compared to the first time he appeared in Manila, this young man has grown half a head taller, and his body is much stronger, he has a short sword inserted in his waist, and he is also wrapped around his usual lock sickle, and his somewhat childish face is full of expectation: "Your Highness, please give orders!" ”

"Okay, you think the same as me!" Yoshida Okiji smiled: "A man is born in the world, how can he live in poverty? If you capture the son of the Zheng family today, you can be rich. Even if the Shanhua Temple is a tiger's den, we will enter it! Speaking of this, his gaze swept over the eager faces of everyone: "If things are not harmonious, you should only judge yourself, and you must not fall into the hands of the Zheng family and implicate the main family, do you understand?" ”

"Understood!" Everyone responded in unison, and although they had already lowered their voices, it was still like thunder in this small room, and it was shocking.

"Mr. Cheng!" Yoshida Chongji smiled at Cheng De and said: "Then you don't have to go to Shanhua Temple, you will stay here tonight and wait for news, if there is no news from us at noon tomorrow, it will be a failure, you will quickly flee back to Yangzhou, and tell Lord Xu and your master about the situation here!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Cheng De's face was already pale, and he gritted his teeth: "Mr. Yoshida, you must be careful when you go!" ”

"Thank you!" Yoshida Okuiji nodded, turned around, and the smile had all disappeared, leaving only a murderous look on his face: "Go back and pack your things, and set off in a quarter of an hour!" ”

Shanhua Temple is located next to a small river in the northwest of the town, surrounded by willow trees and bamboo forests, with beautiful scenery. Because of the prosperity of the textile industry, there are many wealthy households in this area of Songjiang, so the incense of this Shanhua Temple is very vigorous, in addition to the Daxiong Treasure Hall that ordinary temples often have, pagodas, monks' rooms, incense soup kitchens and other buildings, there are seven or eight courtyards in the second half of the temple, for the entourage of the big families who come and go to the incense to live. Due to the quiet scenery, the houses are clean, and they all have separate kitchens and toilets, and it is not far from the town. Therefore, in addition to the pilgrims who came to offer incense, there were also wealthy gentlemen and merchants who traveled abroad, and these courtyards originally attached to the monastery were more suitable for the tastes of these wealthy travelers than the noisy and dirty inns. Of course, they also pay the temple a large amount of incense money as a reward.

Yoshida and his party arrived at Shanhua Temple at the ugly time, although it was night, but the moonlight that night was very bright, and the guy was also very familiar with the road, and they did not take a long detour along the way, so they arrived in the bamboo forest next to the temple. From the mouth of the captive husband, Yoshida Okiji determined the courtyard where Zheng Damu was located. It may be because of the large number of people, the courtyard where Zheng Damu and his party are located is located in the southernmost corner of the temple, next to the river embankment, which makes Yoshida Chongji very satisfied, because although there are some willow trees on the river embankment, but compared to the bamboo forests on both sides, it is very sparse, do not worry about blocking the shooter's sight, he will Hun Apu, Wei Lan, Xue Huaien, and Yexian Tugan four people are arranged in the hidden place next to the river embankment, just forming a fan, the center of the circle is the back door of the courtyard, and the distance from the river embankment to the backyard gate is only forty or fifty steps, I just make use of the power of the horn bow. After the arrangement was stopped, he let the people eat some dry food, drink a little water, and find a small boat to lean against the shore as a way out. Although it was in the south of the Yangtze River, the cold wind blew from the river, bringing bursts of moisture, and the cold people shivered, and everyone put their bows on the strings, wrapped in robes and squatted in the leeward, and got up from time to time to move their hands and feet, waiting for the dawn to come.

In order to prevent the light from being too dim and accidentally injuring Zheng Damu, Yoshida Okiji set the time of the attack at the time of ordinary day (about three to five o'clock in the morning), when he saw a little fish belly white on the horizon, he immediately issued an order, Yamada Yuji immediately took the two of them to the east, west, and north of the courtyard to set fires, because a large amount of clear oil had been prepared in advance, and there were a large number of flammable materials in the building at that time, and soon saw that the east, west, and north sides of the courtyard were raised flames and smoke columns, and there were also panicked shouts in the courtyard, apparently the people who lived in the yard had already found it on fire.

Yoshida nodded to his subordinates, and they first covered their faces with white cloth, revealing only their eyes, and tied a strip of white cloth to their right arm in order to distinguish between friend and foe in the battle that would follow. He looked back at the embankment, and was satisfied to see that Hun Apu, Wei Lan, Xue Huaien, and Yexian Tugan had all hidden themselves well, and then he turned around and ordered the four subordinates: "As long as Zheng Damu comes out later, I will open the way to kill in the front, and the three of you will protect my two sides respectively, and Yuji is in the middle." Then Yuji, you hold it with a lock sickle, and then I will turn around and kill it and retreat to the river embankment, and the three of you will break it off for us, do you understand? ”

"Got it!" The four of them responded in unison.

At this moment, the door of the backyard was opened, and the servants rushed out of the courtyard, and with the help of the faint morning light, Yoshida Okiji could see that the first person was a big man, holding a sword in his hand, shouting loudly at the door, and waving his arms constantly, as if urging his companions to come out. Suddenly, an arrow pierced his throat, and the duck's tongue-shaped arrow severed his aorta and trachea, and the blood immediately spurted out, splashed on the door panel, and immediately turned red, and Yoshida still remembers the scene decades later.

"Good archery skills, really worthy of Lord Xu's personal guard! It's a pity that it's early! Yoshida Okiji couldn't help but regret a little, he should have told Zheng Damu and his party in advance to let Zheng Damu and his party go out of the courtyard and come to the open area in front of the river embankment to release arrows. If Zheng Damu was hiding in the courtyard, there was really nothing he could do about them. But soon Yoshida Okiji found that the situation did not develop in the direction he feared the most, the fire spread quickly, and the people in the yard had to choose between being burned to death and rushing out. Soon, a new figure appeared at the back door of the courtyard.

Hun Apu, Wei Lan, Xue Huaien, and Yaxian Tugan quickly showed their superb archery skills in front of Yoshida Rushi, almost every enemy who rushed out of the courtyard gate did not survive three breaths, most of the arrows were in the throat or head, plus most of the arrows they used were shovel-shaped arrows or duck tongue arrows, few people could take two arrows, and the corpses soon piled up near the courtyard gate.

The guards of the Zheng family also quickly discovered the horror of the enemy, they carried two Eight Immortal Tables out of the courtyard, used them as shields, and escorted Zheng Damu to rush out of the door, leaving more than ten people behind, and the rest of the guards Zheng Damu retreated west along the courtyard wall, wanting to stay away from these terrible archers. However, this was expected by Yoshida Rusho: the first purpose of these guards was to ensure the safety of the young master, so in the case of unclear enemy situation, they would definitely choose to cover Zheng Damu's retreat instead of rushing up the river embankment and fighting with the ambushers, and the road to the east was too close to the bamboo forest, and these guards should be veterans and would definitely not choose this road. So he placed the ambush next to the road to the west.

Seeing that the enemy was only a dozen steps away, Yoshida Okiji could clearly see the anger and fear on the faces of the first few people, a middle-aged man in his forties was holding a Japanese knife in one hand, holding Zheng Damu's right hand in the other, and looking back from time to time to see if the pursuers were coming. Obviously, apart from Zheng Damu, this person has the highest status among the enemies. Thinking of this, Yoshida Okuiji clasped the three kunai in his left hand.

"Phew!" Yoshida Oki shouted, jumped out from behind the stone, the person was still in mid-air and threw out the three kunai in his hand, the target was the middle-aged man who was holding Zheng Damu's right hand, after firing the kunai, he didn't look at whether he hit the target, so he held the handle of the knife with both hands, and a Tang Zhu (Japanese kendo when the head was split) when the head was chopped, the Hu Cong was caught off guard, and could only subconsciously stretch out his right hand to dang, the sharp blade cut off the muscles, chop the bones, not only cut off his right hand, but also cut off most of his neck, Blood spurted out suddenly, and Yoshida Okiji didn't dodge, but directly pressed his shoulder against the body of the person who was slashed and pushed forward. The man behind him only saw his companion trying to lean over to his side, and he was at a loss for a while, and reached out to help, but he only felt a pain in his abdomen, but it was Yoshida Okiji who pulled out a small knife with his left hand and stabbed him in the abdomen.

Yoshida Okiji has a long knife in one hand and a short knife in the other, his swordsmanship is extremely proficient, and he wears a lock curtain on his body, and many dangerous moves in the swordsmanship (that is, armor swordsmanship) have been used, and he killed several people in a row for a while, and rushed to the front of Zheng Damu. I saw that the middle-aged man was hit by two kunai in his chest, and his injuries were extremely serious, and he couldn't live. Zheng Damu held a knife in one hand, stood in front of the middle-aged man, and shouted: "I am Zheng Damu, the son of Zheng Zhilong, the guerrilla general of the Fujian Five Tigers, who are you bandits, and you dare to come to attack me!" ”

Yoshida Okiji saw that Zheng Damu was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, and he was not afraid of this bloody battlefield, and he shouted loudly, not to mention anything else, just this courage is absolutely unusual. He didn't say much, he shouted, and pounced with a knife, and two guards had already stepped forward to block it, and Yoshida Okiji pretended to show weakness, and took two steps back to the side and back, leading the two guards away a little, so that Yuji Yamada behind him could attack. Zheng Damu had to take care of the wounded behind him, and he didn't dare to come forward to help the battle, so he could only watch the battle situation, very anxious.

Suddenly, Zheng Damu felt a cool breeze blowing, and then his right hand holding the knife was cold, and when he looked down, he was entangled in an iron chain. He reacted very quickly, and as soon as his right hand was released, he had already taken the saber in his left hand, and slashed at Yuji Yamada who rushed over with his backhand. But I don't want this lock sickle to be extremely difficult to practice, but the plumb hammer in the left hand and the sickle in the right hand can be far or near, soft or hard, and can also lock that, winding and other multiple uses, which can be described as the nemesis of a single knife. Yuji Yamada saw Zheng Damu slashing with a knife, and pulled his left hand hard, Zheng Damu was driven into shape, and the knife in his left hand was off. Yuji Yamada slammed the hilt of his right hand on the back of Zheng Damu's head, and Zheng Damu's eyes went black and he passed out.

"Succeed, withdraw!" Yoshida Okiji saw that Yuji Yamada had already taken Zheng Damu, and he was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly issued an order. He jumped backwards, raised his left hand, and the two people who fought with him had already seen his ability to launch hidden weapons, and instinctively flashed to the side and back, but when he saw Yoshida Okiji retreating backwards, he knew that he had fallen into a trap and hurriedly chased after him, but after all, he was still afraid of the other party's hidden weapon, and he didn't dare to force it too tightly.

Yoshida Okiji and his party withdrew to the vicinity of the river embankment, and there were still seventeen or eighteen guards of the Zheng family who followed behind. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the guards could see clearly that there were only five robbers who robbed their young master, and their courage suddenly rose, and they shouted and chased after them, and one of the leaders shouted: "I lost Da Lang, and I died again, and I will die when I go back, it is better to fight to recapture Da Lang, and my lord will definitely not be disadvantaged!" ”