Chapter Forty-Eight: The Warriors
Qi Xuansu didn't stay too long in Yoshida City and continued on his way.
This made him somewhat regain some of the feeling when he walked the rivers and lakes back then, the difference is that his realm cultivation was low, and he didn't know that Qi Niang was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, so he walked with difficulty, as if he was rolling in a quagmire. Today's Qi Xuansu is only one step away from the immortals, the cultivation of the heavens and the immortals, the half-immortals in their hands, and the celestials who meet the immeasurable stage can also fight, so they naturally have to be too calm, even if they are in the ghosts, they can also take a leisurely walk.
Because Duhui County is the sphere of influence of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Duoqi County is the sphere of influence of the Divine Palace, so these two counties are the places where the battle is the most miserable, and they are also the places where the resentment and yin are the heaviest.
Qi Xuansu casually rescued a samurai on the way, but this time it was not a delicate little girl, but a man with five big and three thick.
After talking, it was learned that this man's name was Wuzuo, who also had no surname, and had studied swordsmanship in the New Yin Stream.
This new Yin Stream is different from the New Yin Stream of Yagyu Somasa, whose full name is Yanagi New Yin Stream, which is an independent branch of the New Yin Stream, so he is not a member of the Yagyu family.
What's more, this person turned out to be a Taoist scholar.
This was somewhat unexpected by Qi Xuansu, but Qi Xuansu did not kill him, but decided to use it as a cover-up. The shrine's guide, plus a companion of the Venerable Sect, who would doubt his identity?
As for Qi Xuansu, he still claims to be a Taoist and was born as an onmyoji of Harima Stream.
I didn't doubt it, as a samurai, he couldn't tell the difference between Taoism and Yin-Yang at all, so he knew a "nine-character cut", and in his cognition, as long as he could draw "nine-character cut", he must be the onmyoji of Harima Flow.
The two walked together, and along the way, they naturally talked about the current battle in Fenglinzhou.
I was very indignant, but it was a little unexpected for Qi Xuansu, he hated the Toyotomi Prime Minister more than he hated the Daomen, and he was more afraid of the Daomen.
Heavy cavalry, flying boats, firearms, and frontal battlefields are invincible. new
Qingwei Zhenren, who represents the Daomen, severely injured the sword hero Gui Shanxing, stabbed more than ten celestial assassins, killed Jiahe Shangnin, and coupled with the achievements of the Daomen, it shocked Fenglinzhou.
If there is only a back and forth, it will only make the Japanese people burst out of their tenacious side. But if it's one-sided, it will make them turn to submission.
Of course, there is no shortage of fanatical diehards within the Zun Sect, but it is impossible to avoid the fluctuation of people's hearts.
Faith is the most precious thing, and the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion quickly rallied after the Daomen personally ended. On the contrary, after the Zun Sect personally left the Daomen, the confidence was severely damaged and negative emotions grew.
For this reason, several leaders of the Zun Gang faction were very worried and decided to hold a general meeting in Ichishi County to boost morale.
As for how to boost morale, it is difficult to say that it is difficult to say, and it is easy to say that it is simple, and that is to get a big victory.
How do I get a big win? The frontal battlefield is unbearable, and the sword can only go sideways, that is, assassination. In their words, it is called "Heavenly Punishment." As long as you successfully assassinate a high-ranking figure of the Daomen, you can boost morale.
The failure of the assassination of Qingwei Zhenren last time made them realize that it was not feasible to assassinate Qingwei Zhenren, so they could only retreat to the next best thing and make a fuss about other people.
I was going to participate in the conference, so I ventured alone through the ghost-filled wilderness, encountered danger, and was finally rescued by Qi Xuansu.
Because Qi Xuansu is his savior, and there is a road guide certificate issued by the shrine, I will tell him bluntly.
Not only that, but I also invited Qi Xuansu to participate in this conference together, as if I wanted to develop Qi Xuansu into a Taoist scholar.
Qi Xuansu didn't want to make any extraneous branches, but he couldn't resist my enthusiastic invitation, if he sternly refused, maybe it would cause me to be vigilant and add variables. Qi Xuansu thought about it again, it didn't hurt to take a look, it should be to have an in-depth understanding of the Zun Zheng faction, know yourself and know your opponent, so that you can survive a hundred battles.
However, there is a small meeting before the conference, after all, the Zun faction is a huge force that divides Fenglin Continent with the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion.
Naturally, there were various factions within the body, and before the conference, it was natural for the small groups to ventilate in advance and retreat together.
Under the leadership of my work, the two came to an abandoned shrine, at first glance, it was unremarkable, but in fact, it was heavily guarded, and the joints were in code, even if I was the guarantor, the gatekeeper still took Qi Xuansu's handcuff away, and kept it for the time being.
After all, Qi Xuansu was born in the Qingping Society, and he was already accustomed to this kind of battle, and the Qingping Society was even stricter than this.
Entering the shrine, there have been a lot of people gathered here, Wu Zuo and Qi Xuansu found a corner to sit down, and after a while, dozens of people came one after another, mostly down-and-out lower-class samurai, there are also monks and priests, as well as ronins and ninjas, in the words of the Central Plains, it is three religions and nine streams, mixed with fish and dragons. Qi Xuansu, the onmyoji, is mixed in and is not conspicuous at all.
After the participants arrived, the door of the society was closed, and a special person was responsible for watching the wind.
A young priest stood up, looked around the world, saluted the people, and then said, "The kings have been summoned here for one thing, and that is to honor the great cause of the king. Now that the mountains and rivers have changed drastically, the world is faint and turbid, the Prime Minister has surrendered to the Daomen, and the sword on my waist is here, and we will definitely create another Lang Lang Qiankun."
As soon as the words fell, someone immediately chimed in: "That's right, the prime minister's incompetence, the injustice of the Daomen, the encroachment on my land, the destruction of my homeland, the killing of my relatives, will be repaid with blood!"
This person is a down-and-out nobleman, and his ancestor is a vassal lord, and he belongs to the key target of the Daomen.
In fact, the entire samurai class is the weakened object of the Daomen, with the protection of the Daomen, Fenglinzhou does not need so many samurai, and now, the so-called 80,000 horsemen of the flag have long been unable to support, so a large number of samurai are unemployed, become ronins, and become the source of chaos.
For these down-and-out samurai, whether they respect the king or not, whether they are in a hurry or not, are secondary, and the key is not to let them suffer, otherwise they will rebel. After all, the sword at my waist is here, and this is not an ornament.
The other down-and-out warriors clamored one after another, and for a while they were furious, and they immediately drew their swords to find someone in the Daomen to fight.
The young Divine Palace pressed down with his palm, signaled everyone to be quiet, and said, "All the kings have the same hatred for the enemy, and if the Son of Heaven can know it, he will be very pleased. However, after all, the Daomen army is powerful and difficult to defeat head-on, so if you want to hold the Dao, you must think long-term."
"I wonder what your plan is?" A samurai with one arm bared asked.
The young priest said: "On that day, the army of the Prime Minister's Mansion was menacing, but as soon as Toyotomi Hideji died, the army of the Prime Minister immediately collapsed and could only retreat.
Another monk said: "On that day, Lord Jianhao Shanxing gathered seventeen people with lofty ideals, a total of eighteen people, to assassinate Li Qingwei of the Daomen, but except for Lord Shanxing, none of them were spared, but Li Qingwei was unscathed, even if he was Lord Shanxing, he was also seriously injured by Li Qingwei, and now he is still being chased and killed by the eagle dogs of the Daomen. How can we do great things with us?"
The shrine suddenly quieted down, for them, the sword hero Gui Shanxing is a god-like figure, Gui Shanxing is defeated, what can they do?
The young priest raised his voice slightly: "You don't know, Lord Shanxing has escaped from the pursuit of the Daomen Eagle Dog and is recovering from his injuries, it won't be long before Lord Shanxing will be able to recover as before."
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the samurai were lit up again, and there were voices in the shrine again.
Qi Xuansu secretly thought in his heart: "This Gui Shanxing is a disaster, the realm cultivation is still secondary, the key is its appeal and prestige, it is far above the Kaga Shangnin, if you can kill it and hang your head above the city gate, then the blow to the Venerable Sect is huge."
Someone sighed and said: "Although the fortunate Lord is safe and sound, the ministers in Xiujing City who are dedicated to the Son of Heaven have been slaughtered by Li Qingwei, and the inner Ying that we have placed in the Prime Minister's Mansion has also been cleared, and Li Qingwei lives in the camp outside the city, where there are Taoist priests and spiritual officials from the Daomen, who are heavily guarded, needles cannot be inserted, water cannot be splashed, and even Li Qingwei's whereabouts cannot be determined, so how can he talk about assassination?"
Someone else added: "Even if you know, it won't help, some time ago, the Sarufei family in Koga County was mourned, and it is said that the head of the family was separated, and it was Li Qingwei's sword that died
The auspicious palace of the Divine Palace almost suffered an accident, and the sword master's disciple Shinfunosuke-sama was also killed by the Taoist priest. Now it is rumored that Li Qingwei is already an immortal, so the good luck of Lord Shan and the head of the Ape Fei family will fail, even if he can get past the heavy guards and come to Li Qingwei, how can he kill him? Who can match the immortals?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone talked about it, and they all showed pessimism.
Seeing this, the young priest had no choice but to raise his voice: "Gentlemen, gentlemen, please listen to me, it is naturally very difficult to assassinate Li Qingwei, since we can't kill Li Qingwei for the time being, then we might as well take a step back and assassinate his subordinates." Now that the Daomen are on the offensive and are no longer huddled in the camp, these Daomen high-level leaders cannot gather in one place, but are scattered all over the place, leading their own troops, which gives us the opportunity to break through one by one."
As soon as these words came out, the pessimism in the shrine was really dispelled.
The young priest hit the railroad while it was hot: "Even if Li Qingwei has the power of an immortal, it is impossible to do everything himself, if we regard the Daomen as a person, Li Qingwei is the head, and the others are the limbs, we only need to amputate the limbs, no matter how hard this head is, what is the use?"
After saying this, everyone was demoralized.
The samurai began to clamor again, singing "There are a million soldiers in their chests, and ten thousand cherry blossoms will be scattered when they die."
Qi Xuansu secretly disdained it in his heart.
Assassinating other Daomen high-level people, to put it lightly, is it really a soft persimmon for other Daomen? Not to mention anything else, in addition to Qingwei Zhenren, Fenglinzhou also has a Pingzhang Dazhen of the Daomen. Moreover, the Daomen is not a stake that you can't fight back, and you won't keep trying until the assassination is successful, and you will definitely take the initiative to attack.
This is just to deceive these simple-minded low-class samurai.