"Listen to the people inside, I am the general of this operation, Zhang Ziyun of the Ming Kingdom, what can you talk to me about?" I couldn't think much of it, so I immediately shouted in Japanese. Although Yuruo's mouth is unforgiving, she can be regarded as helping me a lot, and besides, she is still the daughter of the old man Lingyun, and she is half of my junior sister, so I have to find a way to rescue her no matter what, and that Jing, I can't let her experience another nightmare.

The door opened with a "squeak", and Masao Ando walked out slowly with two of his subordinates, although this bastard had just experienced a fiasco, but in the face of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were eyeing him around, he had no fear at all, and sure enough, he was a veteran who had experienced the Battle of Sekigahara, and he didn't have any fear on his face when he got to this point.

"Are you the general Masao Ando?" I glanced at the old man.

The old man also looked at me, as if he didn't expect me to be such a strong general, and then hugged his fists and said, "It's the general Ando Masao below!" "It's a fluent Mandarin!

"I see! I didn't expect that Ando-sama was also proficient in Chinese, which is really rude! "I didn't expect this guy's Chinese to be so good, it's really unexpected.

"I was born in Kyushu, where there are many maritime merchants from the Ming Kingdom, and I have been working as a coolie in the Ming State merchant's family since I was a child, so naturally the Ming language will not be bad!"

I know a little bit about this, in Japan's Warring States Period, that is, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although the imperial court promulgated a policy of banning the sea, but at that time, people in the southeast area continued to go to sea, ignoring the government, at that time there were two large groups of Chinese maritime merchants, one concentrated in Southeast Asia, controlling the spice trade on the southeast coast, and the other was in the Kyushu region of Japan, where there was the business foundation left by the sea merchant Wang Zhi during the Jiajing period, mainly smuggling some prohibited items, such as arms and tea and spices, etc., It is said that Wang Zhi was later controlled by a maritime merchant named Li Dan, who not only had close contacts with the Spaniards and Portuguese, but also had frequent contacts with the Tokugawa family in Japan, and according to some historical sources, Li Dan even supported the Tokugawa family and sold large quantities of arms to the Tokugawa family.

"Since Lord Ando is familiar with the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, why did he go to the coast of my Ming Dynasty to plunder!"

Ando smiled slightly: "The coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty is extremely lax, and the imperial court can't even manage the merchant ships of its own country, how can it manage the merchant ships of other countries!" So if I want to complete the great cause of the curtain down, I naturally want to find a base here in Daming! It's just that I never thought that Daming and a wise and brave general like Your Excellency, dared to venture to the island to fight, this battle was lost in the next is convincing, but although we were defeated, but fortunately, we still have a few trump cards in our hands! ”

"I thought that the way of the samurai was to die in battle with honor, but I didn't expect that there would be a person like you, who was reluctant to steal his life, if Lord Sancheng saw such a despicable retainer in the spirit of heaven, I don't know how he would feel?" I glanced at Ando with a sneer.

"I heard that ninja say that you know everything about our country's affairs, and I didn't believe it at first, but when I saw it today, it was really worthy of your reputation. I don't know how you did it. But I still want to tell you that most of the samurai lords who have been exiled here have already died in Osaka, and since there are no more lords, we naturally don't need to follow the way of the samurai! After Ando finished speaking, he looked at me again, and at this moment, he suddenly made an incredible movement, he knelt on his knees, put the samurai sword in his hand in front of him, then took off his helmet, bowed deeply to me, and the two samurai behind him also knelt on the ground in the same way.

The soldiers around me were stunned for a moment, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows why this wolf leader made such a choice.

"Your Excellency Zhang Ziyun!" Ando raised his head, having regained his dignity and firmness as a samurai, he looked at me, and then said solemnly to me in Japanese: "Our master has died in Osaka, and we samurai should have died in Osaka, but unfortunately we survived, we have no land, no lord, came to Ming to be a pirate, and today we were defeated by Your Excellency, it is really providence, we know that there is no way to live, I only hope that Your Excellency will not embarrass the children inside, they did not do anything to slaughter, Your Excellency!" If you can show mercy to these children inside, we are willing to exchange our lives for it, and as for the women inside, we will return them unharmed! So please, Your Excellency! ”

"Please!" Ando and the two samurai behind him immediately bowed deeply, and their faces were almost completely on the ground.

There were still children, no wonder they didn't see a single woman with children when they were searching the village just now, it turned out that they were gathered in this last room, no wonder their resistance was so stubborn.

"Your Excellency!" Seeing the reversal of the situation, Lao Wan immediately came over and said, "What are these people talking about? What do they want to do? ”

"There are children in there, and both girls are in there!" I sighed, I didn't expect this group of pirates to lick calves, I thought that the samurai were already completely emotionless killing machines.

"Ando-kun!" I looked at the samurai in front of me who maintained the last dignity, and calmly spat out one Japanese word after another: "Your Excellency and your men slaughtered countless unarmed Ming people, so I will never let Your Excellency leave this island alive today, but those children are innocent, I will not hurt women and children, I promise you, my subordinates will not embarrass them." Besides, I won't kill you, I'll give you the same way as a samurai. ”

Ando immediately raised his head and stared at my face tightly, I knew that it was a great respect for them to keep them dead like samurai at this time.

"Thank you enough! I am grateful for Mr. Zhang's kindness! Ando immediately kowtowed a few times, and replied to my respect in Chinese: "I will explain to our wife and children, so that they will be grateful for your kindness from generation to generation!" With that, he immediately stood up and walked into the door without looking back.

"Why did he kowtow to you, my lord?" Lao Wan, who was baffled by Ando's move, was completely confused, and he suddenly rushed in front of me and said loudly: "My lord, you don't plan to let this group of dogs-mothers go, do you?" ”

His words immediately attracted the attention of all the soldiers, and everyone looked at me, waiting for my answer, in their hearts, they could not forgive these robbers from foreign countries in any way, and of course, they would not understand the last choice of these samurai robbers.

"There's no way I'm going to let these bastards go! There's no way they're going to leave this place alive today! But their women and children have nothing to do with this battle! ”

Lao Wanleng paused, and then the door opened slightly, and a woman with a face covered in black charcoal led a girl about three or four years old, and a baby who looked like she was only a few months old wrapped in a cloth bag on her back, she staggered to me, bowed to me slightly, and then whispered in Japanese: "Thank you, sir!" ”

This woman was followed by one woman after another who were holding children, the eldest of them was five or six years old, and the younger one seemed to have just been born, and each of them had their faces painted black, and their clothes were in tatters, and they tried not to make themselves conspicuous, and everyone would stop and salute in front of me when they came to me, and then thank me, while I, standing there coldly, motionless. Try to control my emotions as a conqueror.

The last to come out were Ling Yuruo and Jing, the two of them supported a woman in a gorgeous kimono, not very old, about fifteen or sixteen years old, combing the hair of a traditional Japanese woman, wearing socks and walking out, with a thin layer of fat powder on her face, a pair of beautiful eyes looked at these completely unfamiliar soldiers on the left and right, and Jing looked at her with a look of respect, presumably it was the princess of the Maori family she had been looking for.

The three of them came to me, Yuruo was completely no longer arrogant at this time, and the relationship with Jing seemed to be much better, she looked at me, bowed her head without saying a word, like a little girl who had made a mistake. She was the way she looked, and the idea of blaming her immediately vanished.

"Are you alright?" I took a closer look at Yuruo, but fortunately, the clothes on my body and my hairstyle were not messy, but my face was a little haggard, and there seemed to be a few guidelines left on my right cheek.

"Woooooo Yuruo's mouth deflated, and then he threw himself into my arms with both hands, and then cried loudly.

"Alright, alright! Don't cry, don't cry! I patted Yuruo's head and comforted softly, this girl didn't expect to have such a fragile side, she usually looks very sharp, but she turned out to be a girl!

Jing just looked at me expressionlessly, and then helped the woman next to me to leave, but Yuruo in my arms suddenly jumped out of my arms, and then grabbed Jing's hand: "I'm sorry, Sister Jing, I blamed you, I'm too willful, if you don't come in to save me this time, you won't think of those sad things!" Zhang Ziyun, what are you going to say? Don't let Sister Jing go, okay? She grabbed the corner of my coat and pleaded hard.

I looked at Jing and was about to speak, but Jing turned around and saluted me, and said solemnly in Japanese: "Thank you Your Excellency the General for helping me rescue the princess, and the Maori family is grateful!" ”

That's why you don't want to talk to me! I smiled bitterly, since this is the case, I don't have to be reluctant, but I can be regarded as fulfilling my original promise! It's not a breach of trust!

"Yuruo, you take Jing and this young lady to our temporary Chinese army!" I glanced at Yuruo and touched her head with a smile. Yuruo thought that I had moved, so he nodded vigorously, took Jing's hand and was about to leave.

Jing took two steps, suddenly smiled at me, and said softly in Japanese: "Yamamoto-kun, I hope you still remember me as a ninja, Jing!" ”

My heart suddenly felt like something was grabbing me, and the feeling in my heart seemed to be mixed. She was still smiling, then she turned around and disappeared from my sight with Yuruo, and she left me with one last smile as if deliberately!

After the rain and quiet, no more women came out of the door, and I knew that the next thing was time for these widows to commit suicide.

"Sir, aren't we going in yet?" Lao Wan's knife has been pulled out, and it is estimated that as long as I give an order, he will be the first to rush in, but I know that there is no need anymore, this house has been surrounded by us on all sides, and their women and children are under our control, and they have never thought of escaping.

"Your Excellency?" Lao Wan looked at me with a puzzled face, as if he didn't understand why I was still so calm now.

"Wait!" I said sharply, since I promised Ando, since they let everyone go, then I want to give them the samurai's way to die, naturally I can't attack it now.

Lao Wan didn't know what I was waiting for at all, he just looked at the second battalion commander sitting on the ground, the whole person almost didn't jump up, and all the soldiers didn't know what was going on, just holding their guns, and the black muzzles and bright bayonets were aimed at the gate.

The door opened with a "squeak", all the soldiers immediately became alert, Lao Wan also clenched the knife in his hand, only I knew that I didn't need it, Ando slowly walked out of the door, the samurai knife in his hand was stained with blood, apparently he had just cut off the heads of other people when he was acting as a mistake.

I motioned for the soldiers standing on either side of the door to come in and check if there were any alive openings, and the two soldiers rushed in one from the left to the right.

Ando slowly walked in front of me, the guards behind me immediately blocked in front of me, and I pushed away the soldiers in front of me, Ando did not speak, he stood in front of me and bowed deeply to me.

After a while, the soldier in charge of the inspection came out with a gun on his back.

"How?" Lao Wan was more anxious than me, so he immediately asked.

The two soldiers looked puzzled, and didn't seem to know how to explain what they saw, or one of the soldiers reacted more quickly, and immediately reported: "Report to the general, all the widows in the room have committed suicide, and their heads have been cut off!" ”

Lao Wan's eyes immediately widened, and he looked at me incredulously, he only then understood why I was so calm just now, but he couldn't understand why these would-be self-punished by me in a few words.

"Your Excellency, we have fulfilled our promise, and I hope Your Excellency will not break your promise!" Ando looked up at me.

"Since I promised you, I will never break my word! You can rest assured! I nodded indifferently, now that he has fulfilled his promise, then I will no longer embarrass these women and children, and there is no point in embarrassing these women.

"Thank you, sir!" Ando then bowed again, then he looked up, looked at me, and said, "I have one last request, I hope you will agree!" ”

"Say it!" As a winner, I've been generous enough. Since it's the last, I think it's better to be generous!

"Your Excellency, you are not only heroic, but also very righteous, I admire you very much, you can die in your hands, you are a kind of luck, you are not talented, I hope you can take my fault!" After Ando finished speaking, he flipped his hands and handed the bloody samurai-sword in front of me.

I hesitated for a moment, and I knew what I was doing if I was familiar with Japanese history, but could I really kill someone? I sighed deeply, still unable to overcome the fear of murder.

"I'm sorry, I've never killed anyone with my own hands!" I slowly replied to Ando in Japanese.

Ando immediately raised his head, looked at me incredulously, and then said with a smile: "It's really an honor to be able to try this first knife for adults!" ”

"Didn't you understand what I said? I've never killed anyone with my own hands! I yelled loudly in Japanese, my eyes staring at Ando.

"Did Your Excellency kill fewer people today?" Ando still looked at me calmly, and there was no trace of the fear of a defeated person on his face. "Your Excellency is not here to kill for revenge...... Ah, no, to protect some people? If you don't kill people, and some people want to kill people close to you in the future, won't you kill people with your life? ”

I was immediately stunned by Ando's words, yes, in this era, I am a soldier, and if I am a soldier, I have to fight and kill, because as a soldier, I have to protect the people I should protect, and no matter what, I must overcome the hurdle of killing, otherwise there will be a situation like last night, and it will not only be me who will die, but maybe there will be those who care about me and take care of me.

I slowly took Ando's samurai-sword, Ando nodded with satisfaction, and then sat cross-legged on the ground, very calmly took out the ribs for seppuku from my waist, and I, slowly walked behind Ando, as a mistake, what I had to do was to swing the knife and cut off Ando's head after Ando's seppuku.

Ando slowly pulled out the ribs, the bright blade glowing coldly in the sun, and under everyone's gaze, he pressed the rib blade against his abdomen.

"Thirty-nine years of glorious dreams, only to repay the grace of the king in the next life!" Ando chanted his words of death very calmly, he raised his head, forgot about the East, sighed deeply, and then his hands were violently forced, and the sharp blade immediately cut open his abdomen, and then he pulled it to the side, and blood suddenly gushed out of his abdomen.

I knew it was time for me to strike, and I didn't know what to do when I looked at Ando, who had already slit open his abdomen and was enduring severe pain, and the samurai-sword raised high in his hand never fell.

Hesitating, tangled, everyone looked at me.

"Ah!!!!!!!!h I slammed it hard, and the samurai-sword swung down with the sound of the wind breaking through the air. Ando's head fell from his neck with the blade, and the major artery in his neck that had been cut immediately spurted out a column of blood, splashing blood all over my face.

"Clean up the battlefield and withdraw your troops!" I thrust my samurai sword into the ground and gave the final order to retreat.

It's over, it's over! Slimy blood covered my face, and I could even imagine that I was covered in blood all over my body, and the pungent smell of blood made my stomach tumble and my eyes seemed to be covered with blood.

Is this war?

Looking at Ando's head on the ground, I couldn't hold back any longer, and my whole body immediately softened, and my consciousness gradually blurred.