Chapter 227: The Golden Silk Mask

When Akai Jialong said these three words, Gong Jue, Tian Ji and Ling Zhihan may not have realized that there was any difference, and Feng Cheng and I glanced at each other in surprise, Jinyi Wei belonged to the guards of the Ming Emperor, and the dispatch must have the emperor's will.

If it was Jinyiwei who rushed to aid Jinxi at that time, he could repel the Japanese sea disaster and keep one side safe, such a great victory, there should definitely be a record in the official history, but I have the ability to never forget, I am very sure that in any Ming history, there is no record of the Jinyi Guard's aid to Ningjin's rebellion.

"Since it is your ancestor's opponent, do you know the name of the Jinyi Guard who commanded the army?" Feng Cheng asked.

"This question not only makes the ancestors wonder, but even I, I have been studying the ancestors' past, from the letters left by the ancestors, this opponent does not want to say his name, until the end, I haven't even seen what he looks like."

"Fighting on the battlefield, your ancestors didn't even see what their opponents looked like?" Tian Ji was a little unconvinced.

Akai Yoshitaka nodded, when mentioning this brocade guard, I found that his body involuntarily straightened up, with an inexplicable respect, the water on the stove was boiling, and he steadily poured a cup of tea for each of us, telling the story of what happened later.

Akai Nobunari at the last moment, encountered the Jinyi Guard's rush to help, originally three years of strong attack is the end of the crossbow, I wanted to conquer Jinxi in one go, but I never expected that without warning, by the Jinyi Guard's counterattack, all the way to lose armor and be driven back to the pirates.

Although Akai Nobunari was greatly injured in this battle, he still had an advantage in numbers, and after a short break, Akai Nobunari made a comeback.

"The ancestor mentioned in his family letter that he had fought countless battles in his life and encountered many strong enemies, but he never had an opponent who he admired and admired, but in Jinxi, even the ancestor had to admit that the commander of the Jinyi Guard was the strongest opponent he had encountered in his lifetime, even if it was an enemy who fought for life and death, but it was also the only opponent that the ancestor respected in his life."

Akai Yoshitaka buried his head slightly, there was no pretentiousness in his words, but he was from the bottom of his heart to this, the ancestor he had never met was overflowing with respect, he told us that although the Jinyi Guard was well-equipped and well-trained, but after all, the number of people was not dominant, and Jinxi was attacked for three years, the city was seriously damaged, and he had lost the opportunity to defend.

But even so, under the leadership of the commander of the brocade guard, he did not retreat, did not give up an inch of land, and stubbornly resisted several times as many Akai Yoshitaka under the city, so helpless, Akai Nobunari even sent a large number of ronins and ninjas to try to assassinate such an opponent, but he never succeeded.

After this group of Jinyi guards arrived in Jinxi, they did not hesitate to protect the coastal defense without losing an inch of land, and Akai Nobunari lost his troops and retreated.

"It's strange......" Feng Cheng frowned when he heard this, and looked at the Daming coastal defense map on the table. Regardless of who these Jinyi guards are, although Jinxi is an important coastal defense town in the land of projectiles, even if it is lost and falls into the hands of the Japanese invaders, it does not matter in a strategic sense, and the inland defenders of Liaodong have to defend against foreign enemies and hoard 100,000 troops. ”

"I also thought of it this way, at that time, the strategic defense of the Ming army, once the war eased, waving the army south would directly let Akai Nobucheng face the enemy, Jinxi is not a complete supply place at all, why Akai Nobutari will attack for three years and not give up, and that group of Jinyi guards also fight without retreating, these two people, why do they have to do everything to fight for Jinxi?"

"I also wondered about this matter for a long time, until I found the family letter of the ancestors, and I didn't understand the reason." Akai Yoshitaka unhurriedly picked up the teacup. "I never want to admit that the ancestor attacked Jinxi was a strategic mistake, after being defeated by the Jinyi Guard, he had the opportunity to withdraw to Dongying, but the ancestor insisted on going his own way, and he wanted to take Jinxi at all costs, and his biggest obstacle was not the Ming defenders who regrouped, but the mysterious commander of the Jinyi Guard, the ancestor wrote in a letter to his family, that person stood on the ruined city, like a Ming banner that will never be cut, as long as he is there, in addition to looking at the city and sighing, the rest is despair......"

"The late Ming Dynasty is very tragic, I didn't expect there to be this person, I really want to know who this hero is." Tian Ji's blood boiled when he listened.

"Don't interrupt, listen to him." Ling Zhihan listened attentively.

Akai Yoshitaka's expression was full of regret and regret, after all, he didn't drink the tea hovering over his mouth, and after putting it down, he continued to say to us that Akai Nobunari was in the end, and the remaining troops were no longer enough to support him to launch a frontal large-scale siege.

But finally let him wait for an opportunity, he made a desperate risk, divided the few remaining troops, divided the troops into two ways, and used it all the way to attract the attention of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, in order to make the strategy effective, Akai Nobunari did not hesitate to use more than half of the main force as bait, after all, in his heart, as long as there is no person in Jinxi, the remaining defenders are not enough to worry about.

I didn't expect the strategy to be really useful, the bait successfully lured the person away from Jinxi, and Akai Nobunari finally saw the last hope, but he also knew very well that this would be his last battle, and if he didn't succeed, he would become a benevolent, so before waving the army, he handed over a letter to his henchman and a portrait and one thing, and told him to return to Dongying with these things anyway and hand them over to the descendants of the Akai family.

"What portrait?" Gong Jue asked curiously.

Akai Yoshitaka picked up a scroll from the side and carefully unfolded it in front of us, his body straighter, his hands pressed on his kneeling thighs, buried his head in a reverent attitude.

Our eyes fell on the yellowed scroll, and we were all shocked when we saw it, which showed a man in a brocade guard wearing a yellow flying fish suit, wearing a black cloak, and a gold-inlaid embroidered spring knife in his hand, but unfortunately we couldn't see the appearance of this man.

He wears a gold silk mask on his face, and under the official hat, he only sees a pair of chilling eyes, even if it is a portrait, we can vaguely see the arrogance of looking at the world from these eyes.

Presumably, this is the opponent who can make Akai Nobunari cooperate and respect, Dongying is still martial, and can make Akai Nobunari actually bring the portrait of the enemy back to Dongying, which shows the weight and awe of this person in his heart.

No wonder Akai Nobunari has never known what his opponent looks like, it turns out that this Jinyi Wei commander is wearing a mask, which makes what happened here hundreds of years ago seem particularly confusing, why there is a Jinyi Wei who conceals his appearance, but there is no record of even the slightest record in literature and history.

"I have checked the documents of the Central Plains Ming Dynasty history books, and there has never been a record of Jinyi Wei rushing to aid Jinxi, which shows that this army that suddenly appeared was not normally dispatched, and to some extent, this group of Jinyi guards was completely only obeyed by this person." Akai Yoshitaka's gaze looked at the scroll respectfully.

"And then? After your ancestor's plan was successful, this man was transferred, and what happened next? I asked eagerly.

"As the ancestors expected, finally break through Jinxi, and then ......" Akai Yoshitaka shook his head slowly. There is no then, it was the last battle of the ancestors, after Jinxi broke the city, the ancestors and the remaining subordinates were like evaporating from the world, and suddenly disappeared and disappeared. ”

"Since you finally broke through Jinxi, why did you suddenly disappear?" Gong Jue asked.

"In fact, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there is no record of Jinxi being breached, something must have happened in the middle, and it seems that there are many things that make no sense when you think about it." Feng Cheng said thoughtfully. "Judging from the strength of Akai Nobunari at that time, even if he broke through Jinxi, it would be useless, once the transferred Jinyi Wei returned, he would become a turtle in the urn and difficult to fly, he ...... He tried everything possible to attack Jinxi, and there should be other reasons. ”

"Since Akai Nobunari is not to occupy the fortress, then he attacked Jinxi for a momentary need, and he will enter Jinxi at the cost of losing his troops......" I frowned and thought about it for a long time, muttering to myself. Could it be that there is something in Nishiki Castle that Akai Nobunari wants? ”

"The Northern Rat Eats the Moon and chases the Firefox!"

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We were stunned at the same time, looking at the calm Akai Yoshitaka opposite, this is a rumor of the Ji family's treasure, although it is no secret now, but from his mouth, it still surprises us.

"This is the reason why the ancestors stormed Jinxi." Yoshitaka Akai told us bluntly. "Most of the things about the ancestors I learned from that letter, in which the ancestor mentioned this sentence, and clearly said in the letter that there is a magical treasure in Jinxi."

"It's just rumors, and no one has found it for hundreds of years." Tian Ji said.

"Three years, 47,000 soldiers......" Akai Yoshitaka raised his head and looked at Tian Ji, and said very calmly. The ancestors were the overlords in Dongying, not greedy for money, and they did whatever it took to attack Jinxi, do you think that a man who can almost dominate Dongying will gamble just for a rumor? ”

"The treasure of the Ji family really exists, and Akai Nobucheng still knows where the treasure is, so he will attack Jinxi, but will a treasure be spared anything?" I asked with a deep breath.

"As I said, even if the ancestor is in China, it is not a lack of wealth, and the ancestor mentioned in his family letter that it is not an ordinary treasure, and it contains the secrets and power that can make the Akai family rise again."

Akai Yoshitaka carefully placed a letter in front of us, the Japanese on which we could not read, but there was a striking sign in the bottom corner.

Three-eyed unicorn!

"The ancestor recorded the origin of this treasure in detail in this family letter, I am not interested in any treasure, with my research over the years, I speculate that after the ancestor entered Jinxi, he should go directly to this treasure, as long as I find the location of the treasure, I may be able to find the whereabouts of the ancestor." Akai Yoshitaka said to us very calmly.

"Since you already have a clue, why bother to ask someone for help, according to the content of this letter, can't you find it?" I asked coldly.

"This letter should have two pages, but unfortunately when the family will bring it back, the second page was soaked in water, and the text on it was blurry and unrecognizable, but the clue to the treasure was on the second page, so I couldn't determine the location of the treasure."

Hearing this, I breathed a sigh of relief, at least Akai Yoshitaka is not an advantage over us, I don't care about the treasure, but it is the symbol of the three-eyed unicorn, I really want to know, what is the relationship between the three-eyed unicorn and the treasure of the Ji family.

There is another thing that makes me faintly uneasy, why did Akai Yoshitaka on the other side not hide it, and tell us who just met us about such an important matter, since he is a person who is very deep in the city, he is so fearless, the only explanation is that he is sure that we will not leak it out.

But I can think of only one way to keep it a secret......