Under the dark sky, the county seat of Koga is like a giant beast that chooses people and devours people, quietly crouching in the wilderness.

Piles of bonfires were lit on the wilderness around the city, the officers and soldiers of the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty were in groups of three or five, sitting around the fire and talking and laughing, several Yi Ji were singing and dancing in the center of the circle around the fire, and from time to time there were bold Central Army soldiers who jumped up, twisted their waists and hips with Yi Ji, and immediately attracted a burst of laughter.

There are military tents scattered next to the fire, if someone approaches the tent, they can still hear bursts of blood-pumping moans from time to time, as well as the heavy gasping of men, needless to say, the carnival party of the Ming Central Army is far from over, and they are still venting their infinite energy on this woman.

Compared with the surrounding fire, the center of the camp of the Ming Central Army was pitch black.

In a dense bush several miles away from the outskirts of the Ming Central Army camp, there were more than a dozen pairs of eyes staring at the brightly lit Ming army camp in the distance for a moment, and the owners of these dozen pairs of eyes were none other than Abe Tadaaki, Tsuida Masamori and several ninjas under them.

With the bright light of the Ming army's camp, Abe Tadaaki saw the reality of the Ming army at a glance.

In Abe Tadaaki's opinion, the barracks of the Ming Central Army are really bad, and he can't even imagine what kind of idiot the chief general of this Ming army is? Hasn't this guy read the Art of War? Why didn't the army camp even a protective fence? Tens of thousands of troops drill into the tent and it's over? What if the enemy army strikes in a big way?

However, Masamori maintained his usual caution and said in a low voice, "Abe-kun, the situation is a little abnormal. ”

Abe Tadaaki spat out the grass stalk in his mouth and asked in a low voice, "What's abnormal?" ”

"The people of the Ming Dynasty have always been known for their cunning, and the army of the Ming Dynasty will not be slackened like this, right?" Could there be some conspiracy in between? ”

"Intrigues?" Abe Tadaaki said disapprovingly, "What kind of conspiracy can there be?" But there must be an object for all the tricks, but at the moment, it is impossible for the people of the Ming Dynasty to know about our existence, so who do they use tricks on? Is it to deal with an enemy that may appear at any time? ”

Masamori has nothing to say, what Zhongqiu said is not unreasonable, if you don't even know who the enemy is, then what's the point of setting up a clever conspiracy?

"So this can't be a trick of the Ming Dynasty." Abe Tadaaki said confidently, "The people of the Ming Dynasty are arrogant, they don't take us personally!" These damned Ming Dynasty people, I swear in the name of Alawasu that they will pay the price for their hubris. ”

"But ......" Tsukuda Masamori thought about it, but he was still a little relieved, and said, "Abe-kun, you see that the center of the camp of the Ming Dynasty is dark, what kind of situation will it be inside?" ”

"What can happen?" Abe Zhongqiu said coldly, "You see that the camps around are only infantry tents, and there are no artillery and baggage camps at all, so the central camp must be stacked with firearms, ammunition and grain and grass of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Okay." "As long as we can blow up the firearms, ammunition, grain, and grass of the Ming Dynasty this time, we will win this battle, and none of the Ming Dynasty people who set foot on our land will be able to return to China alive!" ”

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In the distance, on the periphery of the Ming army camp.

A sentry of the Central Army stood like a javelin under an old tree, a blazing torch was stuck obliquely in front of the sentry's feet, and a shadow of the old elder was pulled out behind him, dozens of steps behind the sentry was the lively Ming army camp, but the sentry was dead silent around him, so quiet that he could even hear the sound of the night wind blowing the dead grass.

Amid heavy footsteps, a young officer hurried towards him, surrounded by a group of guards.

This young officer was none other than Li Dingguo, the chief officer of the Central Army, who came to inspect the outpost.

Seeing that it was Li Dingguo checking the sentry, the sentry horn raised his gun side by side, raised his right hand flat on his chest, and said proudly: "Salute!" ”

Li Dingguo replied to the standard military salute and said in a deep voice: "Is there any suspicious situation?" ”

The sentry said proudly: "General Hui, everything is normal. ”

"Hmm." Li Dingguo bowed slightly, "Raise your vigilance and continue to be vigilant." ”

"Yes!"

The sentinel roared in agreement.

Li Dingguo nodded with satisfaction, and then led the guards to turn to another sentinel, and the moment he turned around, Li Dingguo's eyes glanced at the old tree intentionally or unintentionally, this old tree looked a little old, the crown was very large, although it would be winter, but its leaves had not yet withered.

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The bright moon rose from the eastern sky, and then sank from the west, time passed quietly in the night, and finally came to the darkest time before dawn, and it was also the time chosen by Abe Tadaaki to do it, the time before dawn was not only the darkest time, but also the time when the Ming army sentries were the most physically tired and prone to let their guard down.

Just listen to the sound of "whoosh", Abe Tadaaki rushed out of the bushes, most of the night lurking and a few degrees below zero cold did not bring much discomfort to his body, because this guy was born in a low-level samurai, not only superb martial arts, but also learned an excellent ninjutsu, it is by virtue of this good martial arts, Abe Tadaaki has made great achievements, and then has been appreciated by Sakai Tadayuki to gradually become a famous daimyo of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Compared with Abe Tadaaki, Digita Masamori is much worse, and after drilling out of the bushes, he moved for a while before he dredged his qi and blood.

Under the night sky, Abe Tadaaki whistled, and the shogunate samurai, who had already secretly lurked in the woods, bushes, and grass, came out one after another, these shogunate warriors had undergone severe training to maintain combat effectiveness in the harshest and harshest natural conditions, and the dark night did not have much impact on their assembly.

Soon, the 2,000 shogunate samurai had already completed the formation, and all 300 ninjas were gathered behind Tsukata Masamori, whose task was to storm the Ming army camp to cause chaos, and the other 1,700 elite samurai were all gathered behind Abe Tadaaki, whose task was to blow up the firearms, ammunition, and food and grass in the center of the Ming army's camp.

In the bitter cold wind, Tsukada Masamori pulled out his katana and pointed it forward, and three hundred ninjas quietly forced over to the Ming army camp under the cover of night.

At this time, the carnival party in the camp of the Ming army had already ended, and the young stallions in the tent had already exhausted their excess energy and had fallen asleep, only the sentries around the camp were still standing up like javelins, and their vigilant eyes were constantly searching the dark wilderness around them.

The ninja's stealth skills are indeed not covered, although the sentries of the Ming Central Army have been very vigilant, but the two ninjas still quietly sneaked under his nose, at a certain moment, the Ming Central Army seemed to have found a trace of abnormality, and when he was about to blow the whistle to warn, a sharp crossbow had ruthlessly shot through his throat.

A hissing inhalation sounded in the throat of the Ming army sentry, he desperately wanted to shout, but he could no longer make a sound, the young life was rapidly fading from his body, and in less than a moment, his eyes began to dilute, and then the whole person fell straight back.

Two black shadows quickly emerged from the dark surface, one on the left and one on the right, supporting the Ming army sentry who was about to fall to the ground.

Less than a few dozen steps away from this sentry, there is another Ming army sentry, if there is too much noise here, it is likely to alarm that sentry, if that is the case, the ninja's sneak attack will be wasted, and the night surprise attack that Abe Tadaaki and Hikuda Masamori want will become a strong attack, which of course the two ninjas cannot tolerate.

However, the world is not as good as it should be!

Just when the two ninjas were able to hold the Ming army sentry who was about to fall to the ground, a crisp gunshot suddenly sounded under the silent night sky, and one of the ninjas who was holding the Ming army sentry immediately fell, and a scorching lead bullet shot into his eyebrow, lifting his heavenly spirit cover away, blood and brain paddles splashed all over the ground.

The other ninja was taken aback, but the ninja was not panicked, and reflexively shot a dart at the big tree not far away, and a muffled snort sounded from the canopy, and a black shadow fell from the tree with a clatter, and there was a dull sound after falling to the ground.

It's a pity that the dark sentinel, if the rifle in his hand can be fired continuously, with his marksmanship, the two ninjas can't escape his killer even if they have high martial arts and ninjutsu, but it's a pity that the rifle in his hand needs to pull the bolt every time he shoots, and this pull bolt makes him die under the dart of another ninja.

That's enough, though!

The crisp sound of gunfire had already alarmed the entire Central Army battalion, and the night emergency detachment on the outskirts of the battalion was loaded with guns and ammunition and was waiting for the rest of the day, quickly woke up from its slumber without making a noise, without hesitation, and without the slightest panic, it quickly rushed out of the tent with the tactical movements of the usual training, and assembled a firing queue in the shortest possible time.

Outside the camp of the Ming army.

Hearing the gunshot, Abe Tadaaki knew that the ninja's sneak attack had failed, but he didn't take it to heart, in his opinion, it would be better for the ninja to succeed in the sneak attack and create chaos in the Ming army camp, but if the sneak attack failed and failed to create chaos in the Ming army camp, it was nothing, because in tonight's battle of Koga, the shogunate army had already taken a surprise advantage!

Abe Tadaaki did not believe that with the arrogance and laxity of the Ming army, he was able to quickly organize an effective counterattack even when he was attacked suddenly and did not know the reality of the enemy army! Without any hesitation, almost at the moment when he heard the gunshot, Abe Tadaaki drew his katana, held it high above the top and shouted, "Kill the ......"

(To be continued)