Chapter 150: The Assassin (32)
"Mongolian Prime Minister Hao Ren sent an envoy and said that he would return the deposed emperor." Lu Baifeng said as he handed the letter to Zhao Qian.
Zhao Qian didn't understand the meaning of 'abolished emperor' when he heard the pronunciation. When I took the letter and read it, I chuckled in my heart. How did Zhang Shijie do it, how did his stepson Shuntiangong be captured by the Mongols! Just as he was about to ask, Lu Baifeng had already explained, "Prince, the abolished emperor is the son of Empress Quan who was sacrificed by Xie Daoqing when Lin'an surrendered. β
"Uh......, it turned out to be him." Zhao Qian remembered that there seemed to be such a thing, and without waiting for Zhao Qian to ask again, Lu Baifeng said again: "When Shuntian Gong was in power, the official family had already issued an order to reduce the deposed emperor in the hands of the Mongols to civilians. β
In the sentence "Oh ......" appeared at the same time three emperors who were now alive, and Zhao Qian was a little unaccustomed to Lu Baifeng's accurate description.
Lu Baifeng also made preparations before he could be so concise. Looking at Zhao Qian's slightly confused expression, Lu Baifeng himself felt a little helpless. The young people of the Great Song Dynasty, who had not experienced the desperate moment of Lin'an's surrender, did not know that there was such a deposed emperor in the history of the Great Song Dynasty. When Lu Baifeng inquired about his baby's studies, he found that his baby even thought that Zhao Jiaren would succeed him after Duzong's death, and the group of Great Song nobles who surrendered to Lin'an were all killed by the Mongols. When Lu Baifeng told the babies about that period of history, it was the babies who asked where the surrendered emperor had gone, and Lu Baifeng remembered that there was such an existence. When he saw the word 'abolished emperor' in the letter of Mongolian Prime Minister Hao Renxin, he remembered who the abolished emperor was referring to in a few seconds.
The sense of existence of this deposed emperor was too weak, and it took Zhao Qian a while to get used to it, "Minister Lu, are the Mongols trying to negotiate peace?" β
"Probably."
"Will they recognize the territory map of our Great Song Dynasty?"
"......, I don't know what the prince thinks."
"Diplomacy is decided by the officials."
Hearing this humble and observant answer, Lu Baifeng took his leave and left. When reporting the matter to Zhao Jiaren, Lu Baifeng saw that Zhao Jiaren obviously didn't remember who the abolished emperor was. Lu Baifeng hurriedly reminded Zhao Jiaren that he finally remembered this imperial grandson. To Lu Baifeng's surprise, Zhao Jiaren said directly: "If the Mongols want to negotiate peace with us, they must first recognize the territory we have set out. β
Lu Baifeng replied in a relaxed mood: "Official, are you waiting for Mongolia to propose peace first, or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mention it first?" β
"Of course, wait for them to mention it first."
"Yes."
Back at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before his ass was firmly seated, the section chief of the Wakoku Section hurriedly ran over and shouted happily: "Minister Lu, Heira Yoritsuna raided the Ashikaga family." The Wa Kingdom is fighting! The joyful voice and joyful face did not show that the section chief of the Wa Guo Section was not at all worried or disappointed in the war, Lu Baifeng sighed secretly, if the news had arrived earlier, he would not have to make two trips.
Zhao Qian was asking his father about Mongolia, when he saw Lu Baifeng come again. After listening to the report, Zhao Jiaren said: "Let them fight first." β
"We don't do anything? Will it affect silver trading. β
Zhao Qian imagined how he would respond if it was his own words. It is good to wait and see what happens, but what Lu Baifeng said cannot be ignored. The silver of the Wa Kingdom was too important to the finances of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Qian felt that he could not be regarded as a failure to see it no matter what.
"There will inevitably be an impact in the short term, but in the long run, it will only promote the flow of silver into the Great Song Dynasty."
Even if the Zhao official family was so clichΓ©d, Lu Baifeng did not put forward his own opinion. With only three islands and a population of more than 10 million, the country is considered a 'big country' in a sense. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously believed that civil strife had broken out in the Wakkan and that the Ashikaga family, which belonged to the shogunate, would take the initiative to oppose the Hojo family, who controlled the shogunate. As a result, the Hojo family's internal manager, Taira Yoritsuna, attacked the Ashikaga family first. Such a basic prediction was wrong, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that it is necessary to look at developments again.
At this time, if Ping Laigang knew the views of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Song Dynasty in the Japanese military camp, he would definitely have the same mood as the hero. However, Ping Lai Gang did not know the opinion of the Great Song, and at this time Ping Lai Gang was watching the accompanying warlock who was busy preparing the divination equipment. Today is the full moon day of November in the Song calendar, and the warlocks are performing a divination for the upcoming war. The book "The Art of War" has long been introduced to the Wa Kingdom, but what all the generals of the Wa Kingdom learned was pre-war divination.
Ping Laigang himself didn't believe it, he sat on the horse, thinking about the importance of the next battle. The Ashikaga family is a great and powerful country. After the demise of the Anda family, he became a representative of the 'outside'. The Kamakura shogunate's subordinates of the Wa Kingdom were divided into two categories: 'imperial family' and 'outer'. The royal family is a direct subordinate of the Hojo family, and those who eat the Hojo family and drink the Hojo family only serve the Hojo family. The 'outer' was a powerful man who belonged to the Kamakura shogunate. Their turf granges were received from the shogunate, and they were given allegiance to the Kamakura shogunate in exchange for a reward for their loyalty.
There was a large silver mountain in the Iwami area, and the Hojo family set up a special position for Iwami exploration in the hope of completely controlling the minerals in the Iwami area. In recent months, three Iwami detectives have died in succession. Two were hacked to death and one was poisoned. Although there is no evidence to prove that it was the hand of the Ashikaga family, the Ashikaga family made frequent moves at this time, and there were signs of resisting the unification by force. If you go outside, you must first settle inside, and Heira Yoritsuna can only choose to take the lead and take the initiative to attack the Ashikaga family. The war did not go well, and the Ashikaga family did not intervene when Taira Yoritsuna eliminated the Anda family in the Frost Moon Riot. When the Anda family is finished, the head of the Ashikaga family is forced to commit suicide. This time, the Ashikaga family resisted with all their might, and other local heroes were watching. The strength of the Hojo family alone could not completely overwhelm the Ashikaga family. Heira knew that if he wanted to let those wait-and-see heroes join the side of the Hojo family, he could only rely on victory on the battlefield.
The sun went down and the sky turned blue-black. As the huge full moon rose in the east, the warlocks began to knock on the magic weapons, chant the scriptures, and circle around the magic circle laid out in front of the Chinese army's tent. The lengthy ceremony began.
In the military camp of the Hojo family, Ichiro Ada was wrapped in a sackcloth robe, and a dozen samurai dressed as the Hojo family marched in the direction of the Chinese army's big tent. The man who guided them took the token and calmly passed through the barracks. When they reached the vicinity of the circle, they paused for a moment and watched as the guide was making the final clearance negotiations. Ichiro only felt a slight stinging pain from the scar on his forehead, and reached out to touch it. Complaining in my heart about the forging master of the four countries, didn't he just steal their two weapons, and he was guilty of being ruthless as soon as they met?
Thinking of Shikoku, Inoichiro quickly remembered his wives. God knows how the Ashikaga family knew about it, and not long after escaping from the Daisa Hospital in Kamakura, Eiichiro met the messenger of the Ashikaga family. The Adachi family and the Ashikaga family were no exception, and the head of the Ashikaga family pretended to talk about his friendship with the Adachi family, and then proposed a plan to assassinate Heiyoritsuna.
Inoichiro did not refuse, and one of his two enemies was Taira Yoritsuna. Relying on Eichiro's personal strength, he probably has no hope of succeeding in his life, and with the support of the Ashikaga family, Inichiro at least has a chance to really get close to Heiyoritsuna. However, Yin Ichiro didn't agree stupidly, he made a request, and the Anda family couldn't be left behind. The assassination of a character like Ping Laigang is a matter of nine deaths, or even ten deaths.
The Ashikaga family was also happy, and immediately married a pair of sisters in their family to Inoichiro. A few months passed, and both sisters became pregnant. Instead of letting the two stay at the Ashikaga house, Eiichiro took them to Shikoku. Entrust the two to his master. The Ashikaga family gave enough money, and Eiichiro told the two sisters that if he died in the assassination, the two sisters would be able to choose to live their own lives after the child was born. Just leave the child to Inoichiro's master.
As for Nichiro himself, he went to the knife casting master again. While paying off debts, you also want to buy the best gear. I didn't expect the dead old man to pick up the guy and cut it, if Yin Ichiro is not good, a small wound will not be fine.
Holding the spear decorated with a magic weapon in his hand, Inoichiro breathed slowly, trying to expel distracting thoughts. If you want to see your wives again, you have to go back alive. If you want to go back alive, you can't think about anything. At this moment, the conversation between the guide and the guard ended. Yin Ichiro and the others were all led to wait in an open space outside the circle, and Heira Raitsuna was not free to see them until after the ceremony was over.
The moon was getting higher and higher, and as the chanting of the scriptures grew faster and faster, a man walked to the center of the circle. The leader of the assassination gang gestured to the others. According to the divination process they knew, the one standing in the center now was the onmyoji who presided over the divination, and it wouldn't be long before Ping Lai Gang would go to the center of the circle.
Several of the Assassins stood up and followed the guide to the guards, wondering what they were saying. All of Inichiro's attention was on the circle. Seeing the onmyoji dancing and casting spells, the posture is really a little better than the dancing gods of the mountain people of Shikoku. It didn't take long for a man in gorgeous clothes to walk towards the center of the circle. Although he has killed Hei Yoritsuna many times in his heart, Yin Ichiro really doesn't know this person, but he has only seen his portrait. Today's full moon was exceptionally bright, and Inoichiro tried his best to keep in mind all the physical characteristics of this guy who was supposed to be Hiraitsuna. Nine times out of ten in the past there will be a chase and kill, remember all the characteristics of this person, but don't kill the wrong person.
After a few muffled grunts, the assassin suddenly attacked and killed the guards in front of him. Inoichiro and the other Assassins stood up and walked towards the circle with the Assassins in front of them. After walking for a while, someone shouted: "Stop, how dare you harass divination." β
As if to say this, the Assassins sped up. When they walked into the periphery of the circle, the warlocks hurriedly stepped forward to stop them. Even Ping Laigang couldn't help but turn his head to look at it.
The Onmyoji didn't want to perform such a laborious divination again, so he said to Ping Laigang, "My lord, please don't look around. Ping Yoritsuna turned his head to look at the Onmyoji.
Inoichiro didn't know that there was such a good thing, they had already pushed the warlock and rushed towards Heiraitsuna in the center of the circle. Seeing that this was wrong, the guards shouted, "There are assassins!" At the same time, he rushed towards the formation.
Ping Laigang saw that it was wrong, turned his head and ran in the direction of the guard. Inoichiro forcefully removed the strips of cloth that wrapped the spear, which decorated the spear like a magic weapon. Seeing that he had already chased after Ping Lai Gang, Ping Lai Gang was running for his life at this time, and he was about to rush into the guard pile. Inoichiro slowed down slightly, waved his arm and threw the spear. Although the guards shouted, "My lord, be careful! "But Ping Laigang didn't have long eyes behind him, he just tried his best to speed up his pace. I saw that the sharp tip of the spear easily pierced Ping Laigang's back and pierced deeply. Ping Laigang threw himself forward, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The Ashikaga clan sent all the dead soldiers, and immediately rushed forward to fight with the guards of Heira Yoritsuna. Yin Ichiro saw that the two of them rushed forward regardless of their own life and death, and struggled to make up for the harm of the fallen Ping Lai Gang. Before the two were hacked to death by the guards, each of them was stabbed at least five or six times.
Yin Ichiro had no interest in desperately trying to die, so he saw that at this time, the Onmyoji and his warlocks were screaming and running away, and he also ran away with them. If it is Ping Laigang who falls to the ground, Ping Laigang is dead. If it wasn't Heira Yoritsuna who fell to the ground, Inoichiro wouldn't have been able to find and kill him in this huge military camp. All he had to do at this point was to get out alive.
After running a few steps, suddenly a large number of soldiers poured out around the big tent to surround the circle, all of them holding torches, and the circle was illuminated. The escaped Onmyoji and Warlock fled to the vicinity of the soldiers, and the soldiers killed them without saying anything. Nichiro paused, knowing that something was completely wrong. The previous action was too smooth, and it had already made Inichiro feel faintly uneasy. There's nothing more to talk about now, it's a huge trap.
Instead of breaking in, Eiichiro leaned towards the assassins of the Ashikaga family. only to find that the assassins of the Ashikaga family had ended a death match with the guards who had just been favored. is worthy of being a dead soldier of the Ashikaga family, and he actually killed all the guards. Originally, there were only five of the dozen people left standing in place, and under the light of many torches, all of them were covered in blood, and it was not known which ones were enemies and which ones were Ashikaga family assassins.
Six people gathered, standing back to back. Inoichiro grabbed the spear on the ground and looked around, trying to find a breakthrough. But when he saw that there were many people in one place, he pointed in that direction and shouted: "Where to rush!" β
"Why?" An assassin asked, puzzled.
"There must be a big man over there! Anyway, it's all dead, if you can capture the big guy over there, you may be able to escape! Nichiro shouted. This is the truth that his master taught him, and as for whether it is right or not, he has never had a chance to try it before. There's no way to escape now, and Eichiro can only try this way.
"Let's go!" With a shout, the blood-stained spear rushed out in that direction. The other Assassins knew that they would not be able to escape if they were surrounded by hundreds of people, and with Inoichiro in the lead, they rushed after him.
Immediately, soldiers came to resist, and the shaking of Inoichiro's spear stabbed the three of them in an instant. These soldiers are too weak, and the speed power is very average. This gave Inoichiro some confidence in his heart, as Shikoku Island laughed at the Honshu Island Army, and those who eat grass still want to compare with those who eat meat?