The group of Assassins was forced to launch a surprise attack due to Eli's killing of the two, and they had planned to use up a few guards before they could do so, but unfortunately they wanted to get rid of one of the guards who had fallen first, and they ended up in a foreign appearance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Cut off the head of the driver of the horse, and the bounty will be fifty times!"

The voice, though indistinct from the chaotic shouting, made Emmiway aware of it. There were about twenty bandits rushing down the hillside on one side, and there were only twelve guards and four horsemen on this side.

The two sides couldn't help but start fighting directly, and Kujo's side was a group of samurai guards who didn't want to die for their masters, fighting the katana in their hands, and they had the momentum of killing ten people. The bandits on the other side were just robbers and hooligans hired by a lot of money, and when they already had the money, why bother to take hostages, and when they heard the bounty of fifty copper coins, they were eager to rush into the carriage immediately and cut off the heads of the owners of the cars inside.

Several of the guards were slightly injured to varying degrees because they did not draw their knives in the first place, and one of them was unlucky enough to be smashed in the head with a hoe by the bandits.

The dozen or so katanas really beckoned over, and the bandits who rushed to the front realized that their brains were funny, and they couldn't stop.

Five bandits fell in a pool of blood in one round of indiscriminate slashing, and they had to sigh at the strength of the Kujo family's foundation, even if it began to decline, it was able to make the subordinate samurai equipped with high-quality swords.

With the tragic death of several people, this forty-person scale weapon fight finally turned into a close combat, these two groups of fatal collisions together, the natural scene is extremely bloody and violent, and those who don't know each other are cut down when they see them in the melee.

Tsunesuke Yamada stood by the carriage and slashed down one or two witty bandits who wanted to make a handful of them to the ground. Unlike those guards, Yamada Tsunesuke is a samurai trained by the Kujo family, and he has a good eye for swordsmanship.

"Ahh As for the groom who shouted indiscriminately, he was stabbed to death by a masked man at the first time.

"Come and protect your lordship. Yamada Hengsuke's shouts were naturally useless, although the bandits were not very strong, and they were in the midst of being slashed by one-sided, but the guards couldn't spare the energy to retreat. So the situation became that Yamada Tsunesuke faced nine masked assassins who pounced on him. No matter how you think about it, you are a strong man with a mantis arm as a car.

For Yamada Tsunesuke, at this time, even if he knew that he was dead, he had to buy time for his master to get out. "Lord Hyoshin, go quickly. I'm blocking it here. ”

Even Tsunesuke Yamada would not have thought that the nine masked assassins were all disguises, but the premeditators did not expect that the guards of the Kujo family would all be attracted by the bandits.

At the moment when the people in the carriage came out, the groom finally showed his fierce appearance and stabbed him straight to the point.

It's a pity that what came out was Kujou Takanobu's coat, and the knife was waved in the air. When the groom was surprised, Emmivi stabbed the groom in the neck with a dagger, and the blood rushed out several meters away.

What the conspirators thought was the best move was, in Emmiway's eyes, a bad move to expose herself.

"Who's coming, why are you attacking the carriage of the Eagle Division?" said Emmyvi to the masked men, who were visibly stunned. They obviously came to intercept and kill Kujou Takashin's carriage, how did they become the Eagle Division's family?

In the era of cold weapons, it was a momentum, and if the nine masked people rushed up directly, they might really be able to meet Kujou Takashin, but they hesitated for a moment, as if they were watching their companion's next move.

Tsunesuke Yamada didn't care what the enemy was up to, and he didn't listen to what Emmyvi had to say, holding a katana, and slashed a masked man to death with a single sword.

At this time, the masked people reacted, and the woman who came out of the carriage was tricking them, and hurriedly launched a siege on Tsunesuke Yamada. Emmivi didn't dare to leave the carriage either, and if something happened to Kujou Takanobu, it would be in vain. But with Yamada Hengsuke alone, no matter how good his swordsmanship is, there is only one knife, and after cutting down the third person, he was also stabbed, leaving a long blood mark on his right hand.

The most terrible thing is that the katana is very cool to cut people, and the blade is sharp enough, but it is not easy to get bloody. In particular, Tsunesuke Yamada has cut five people so far, and the blade seems to have been covered with a layer of red paint. When he tried to change the knife, the sharp-eyed masked man slashed Tsunesuke Yamada into the left chest.

Luckily, Elias rushed back in time, and a long-range throwing knife injured the masked man.

"I'll leave it to me. ”

Elias wasn't a samurai, so he didn't have the idea of slashing people with a katana at all, so after rushing up and cutting one of them, he stuck the knife in the opponent's body. Drawing the dagger, he quickly circled the back, and killed a masked man with a standard throat wipe, and by the way, he used the man's body as a cover to dodge the attacks of the remaining enemies.

In just ten minutes, there were only four murderous masked people left, and those who wanted money and didn't want to die began to be afraid. Almost at the same time, the four masked men turned and ran, without looking back.

On the other side, three of the guards died, ten of the twenty or so bandits died, eight were wounded, and all were captured.

The frightened Kujou Takanobu walked out of the carriage and saw a corpse, and the people who had gone out to see the big scene like this were also a little frightened. Expecting the bandits to know what to spare, Kujou Takanobu simply did not give the order and let his guards be the bad guys.

Tsunesuke Yamada was injured in his right hand, and several of his guards were also slightly injured, so it would be more than lucky if there was another surprise attack. He took Kujou Takashin back to the carriage, "Lord Koshin, we're fine, don't show up, safety is the most important thing." ”

said that he was fine, but the white cloth that tied the wound was slowly oozing blood, and even Emmiwei felt that her head was big when she saw it. The remaining two grooms knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak, and none of the suspects could be spared. When Emmivi and Elias also turned around, the guards began the final "cleanup".

Half of them were injured, and they only went out of Settsu for more than ten miles, and God knows if Kujo Takashin killed each other's parents to attract so much hatred.

The only good news is that the horses are still there, and they have not received the slightest damage, if you don't want the goods brought by Kujo Takashinobu, 4 horses are enough to take a few guards and run away first. The defeat of a surprise attack that the opponent is bound to do, it is unlikely that it will be organized again in a short time, and not a minute of time can be wasted.

But Kujou Takanobu couldn't ride a horse, and he didn't seem willing to leave three truckloads of goods, and insisted on asking everyone to hurry up. In the end, it was Elias who made a reasonable choice for Kujo Takannobu.

"How far are we from our destination?"

"170 miles. The original plan was to go to Hanoi tomorrow evening. ”

"The guards are divided into two teams, and they take turns driving the carriage, and it is not advisable to stay here for long. ”

Kujou Takanobu didn't expect the enemy to be in a hurry to take his life, and after returning to the carriage, he seemed uncertain, and he was not even in the mood to sort out the chess pieces scattered in the carriage.

"Is it safe to walk at night?"

This was asked to Elis, and Kujo Takashin himself understood the situation, in case he was ambushed again, whether he could live or not would depend on the number of days.

"The chances of being ambushed at night are very small, so I can only hope to avoid it by taking a different route. ”

Before returning, Elias carefully examined the belongings of the two masked men, and found a paper talisman that had been burned in half and stuck to the masked man's trouser leg. Other than that, there is nothing useful.

The rune paper was handed over to Konobu Kujo and Tsunesuke Yamada, but the two of them couldn't say what this rune paper was used for, and the material was common oiled paper, probably because it was damp and only half of it was burned.

"Neither I nor Yamada-kun have ever seen this thing, and we don't recognize the ghost characters on it. ”

"Look at it, Emmyway. ”

Elith handed the rune paper to Emmyway, and she was the only one present who had a touch with the occult.

"This half of the paper is not creased. Emmivi saw the abnormality at a glance, in the obvious half, there were no creases, if it was complete, it was about ten centimeters wide and thirty centimeters long, it was obviously inconvenient to carry it on the body, in order to keep it, normal people would fold it one or two or three folds.

Everyone immediately thought that this rune paper should be packed in a letter fold, and it was very securely kept. When it was used up, it was burned by the masked man on the spot, and for some unknown reason, half of it stuck to one of the trouser legs.

Thinking about it this way, this piece of rune paper is a letter paper for delivering orders.

"But who can read what is written on it. ”

In the fifteenth century, there were a few literate civilians in Japan, and even the samurai class was a large number of uneducated hooligans, and a cultivated samurai like Yamada Tsunesuke could count them on their fingers. Thinking of this, Emmivi guessed what it was for, since words can't convey information well, then the most primitive method is - sound.

Emmivi used her magic to erode the rune paper, and as she guessed, there was a chattering voice, the content was not important, the important thing was to know that the other party burned the sound with the rune paper.

It's not a scientific thing to think about, but since in Japan, it's easy to get involved with a mysterious profession.

"Do you have a group of people in Japan called Onmyoji? This piece of paper is probably what they made up. ”

The paper quickly turned to black ash under the magic, and Emmivi got a second useful piece of information from it. There was still a small piece of paper in the paper, because it was only half useless, but it obviously contained a spell such as curse killing, and Emmiwei's magic could detect the mutilated malice contained in it.

Thinking of this one-ring raid and assassination, Emmiwei understands the enemy a little, she is a thoughtful onmyoji, and her yin-yang skills should be very powerful. The other party is prepared to destroy the letter in advance in case of leakage, and by the way, it disgusts the person who grabbed the letter.

"I guess even if we get to Kyoto, it won't be peaceful. After listening to Emmiway's analysis, Elias sighed and lay down on the side to rest.

As he said, the other side has invited the help of the superb onmyoji, and the Kujo family can have a few hole cards to continue this competition. Whether Kujo Takashin's head is worth anything or not, Emmivi and Elias don't know, but it is conceivable that the other three cars have very valuable things hidden in them, enough for the other party to send more than fifty people to "welcome" Kujou Takanobu's return home.