Chapter 576: Killing with a Knife, the Emperor's Desperate Gamble
"Failed, what do you say? How could it be defeated so quickly? How many losses did the Central Plains people have? ”
Emperor Toei overturned the desk in front of him.
The messenger cringed and said, "The Central Plains have landed, occupied the surrounding land, and seem to be waiting for the next group of armies, and then continue to attack. ”
"It seems! Seem! Seem! I give you so much money every year, you dare to say it! ”
Emperor Dongying angrily wanted to lift the table, but the desk had already been overturned, so he could only throw his hand and smash it on the head of the messenger, and the head of the smash broke blood.
Marching to fight and gather information, how can the messengers call the shots? He's just here to deliver a message.
It's just that at this time, he can only kneel on the ground and think that he has fallen into the frieze, and it is good luck to be smashed, and if he is unlucky, he has been pushed out and cut down.
This kind of thing, it's the same everywhere!
Lao Zhu didn't do this kind of thing back then!
"Get out!"
Emperor Toei drove the people away in a huff.
The messenger soldier hurriedly ran away, and said that he would become a monk after leaving the palace, and that he would eat fasting and recite Buddha in this life, and he would no longer ask about the affairs of the world, and only hoped to live for two more years.
In some respects, especially in terms of precepts, the Dongying Buddhism is ten times more lenient than the Central Plains Buddhism.
For example, they can get married and have children.
Some temples in Dongying are actually hereditary.
To be a monk in the Central Plains, according to the precepts, you need to eat fasting and chanting Buddha, cloth clothes and monk shoes, and have a pure heart and few desires.
As for the monks who do not keep the precepts......
Du Temo has already broken the rules and precepts, what does it make if he is a monk anywhere? It's all an obstacle!
Emperor Toei let out a long sigh, a treacherous and cunning glint flashed in his eyes, and he was not so angry.
Not only is it not angry, but it is even a little happy.
The situation in Dongying and Central Plains is different.
The Central Plains was reunified more than 20 years ago, and after more than 20 years of recuperation, the Eastern Ying group rose together, and many heroes fought for themselves, and the emperor could not control everything.
Now that the Ming army has arrived, whether it is to keep the territory under its command or for the sake of interests, the big families from all over the east have gathered in the court and sent the elite forces of the family to unite and cooperate to resist the Ming army.
This is the emperor's best chance.
He wants to use a tragic defeat to make the people who are watching stop having luck and obediently hand over the soldiers and horses.
He wants to use the huge meat grinder of war to destroy the family that is not obedient to him, and kill people with a knife.
As for the Ming army......
There are too few people from them to occupy the entire territory of Dongying, and even if they can occupy it, who will be in charge of Dongying if the two sides are separated by such a large sea area?
The emperor of the Central Plains, not afraid that his subordinates will support the army and respect themselves?
According to Emperor Dongying's analysis, most of the Ming army took the opportunity to make trouble, forced Dongying to submit, paid tribute every year, and occupied at most one island.
Emperor Toei didn't care about any of that.
He even had some expectations for this, and wanted to use this as an excuse to send envoys to learn the advanced culture of the Ming Dynasty.
It is too slow to let a Toei ninja steal, or a merchant to buy books quietly, and it is difficult to learn the essence of culture without the master's teaching.
If you can let the literati of the Ming Dynasty teach......
Wait!
Sooner or later, there will be times when you will regret it!
Emperor Toei waved his sleeves, and the lights of the entire palace were extinguished, plunging into darkness.
The hazy moonlight shrouded down, and the palace was like a beast that chose people to devour, giving people an endless chill.
……
"Whew!"
Shen Lian wielded his spear through the warriors of a certain family, repelled the Dongying coalition army, and asked people to count the casualties.
When he returned to the military tent, Tang Shunzhi was looking through the information, and when he heard Shen Lian's footsteps, he didn't even raise his eyelids, and waved his hand to signal Shen Lian to sit down.
"Old Tang, whose soldier is coming this time?"
"Mainly the samurai of the Fujiwara family."
"The Fujiwara family?"
Shen Lian was a little surprised in his heart.
"No, if it's the Fujiwara family, how can it be so weak? It's like they're here to die. ”
Tang Shunzhi nodded: "That's right, these people are here to send them to death, you should understand." ”
Shen Lian said with a smile: "Not only do you borrow a knife to kill people, but you can also use it to consume our ammunition and arrows, our supply line is too long to withstand long-term wear and tear."
When our division veterans are tired, Emperor Dongying takes the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive, not only to defeat us, but also to clear the daimyo from all over the country, and use the prestige of protecting the land to firmly control Dongying, which is the best expectation.
Even if he doesn't defeat us, as long as the elite soldiers in the hands of those daimyo are destroyed by us, he will be able to take the opportunity to occupy more territory, and his power will be a little greater.
The next step is to kneel down and say goodbye.
No matter if you win or lose, you don't seem to suffer.
At worst, it is a complete rout.
At that time, the strategy had lost its meaning, no matter how it was calculated, it was better to go crazy once!
- Bet with everything you have!
- Bet on how far we can go! ”
Tang Shunzhi handed a piece of information to Shen Lian: "This is the most valuable part I found after analyzing the information sent by Jinyiwei, I agree with your thoughts, the emperor of Dongying is very, very good at forbearance." ”
"How far do you guess he can endure?"
"There are four large islands in Dongying, if we succeed in occupying one, he will be very anxious, if we occupy two, he should not be able to bear it."
"I think he can handle it."
"Don't talk about this, old Shen, if Miyamoto Musashi comes to the door, can you stop it? Miyamoto Musashi is not only a samurai, but also a clever ninja, this guy has no dignity as a master, and likes to be treacherous the most. ”
Miyamoto Musashi is not a rude warrior who slashes wildly with a katana, but a famous soldier in Toei, who is both a blade and an art of war.
According to Jin Yiwei's information, he wrote works such as "The Preface to the Taidao of the Five Directions", "The Book of Five Wheels", "The Thirty-five Solid Strips of the Art of War", and "The Mirror of the Way of War".
There are elaborations on a variety of weapons, detailing how to use katanas, spears, and spears, as well as strategies on the art of war, on how to march and fight, for which the art of war is inseparable.
Miyamoto Musashi fights with others, never stressing any fair duels, but making full use of his advantages.
If possible, he would like to agree on an open duel arena in advance, and then fire a salvo of arrows to shoot the enemy into a hedgehog, or drive a chariot to trample to death.
In fact, Shen Lian was also very willing.
It's just that the blade that Shen Lian is looking forward to is missiles.
If there are no missiles, let's use fists and halberds!
For Dongying's martial arts masters, Shen Lian had already had many ideas, and immediately said: "Unless all the masters of Dongying rush up, I can also win if I come to three or five, or even three or five families." ”
"At present, there are four families who want to surrender, and two families have surrendered to the letter, should I accept it?"
"Uh...... Military affairs are not something that a rude and reckless man like me can understand, you think about it slowly, you can do whatever power Your Majesty gives you. ”
"Is there any deviance?"
Tang Shunzhi is obviously not pedantic and stereotypical.
He wanted to know how whimsical Shen Lian's brain was, and what strange ideas he had.
Shen Lian said with a smile: "I heard that there was a Jianghuai inspector during the Wuzhou period, who said that he had the right to inspect the Yangtze River, and then he patrolled to the ......."
"Where are you?"
"The birthplace of the Yangtze River, Tanggula Pass."
"It's a stroke of luck that he wasn't cut."
The two looked at each other, all without saying a word.
Many official positions have a very flexible degree of operation.
For example, the Jianghuai inspector, theoretically speaking, is to inspect the Jianghuai region, such as Yangzhou, Huai'an, Hefei and other towns, if you have to get to the bottom of it, it means that you can inspect the entire Yangtze River, from the Yangtze River Delta all the way to the Tanggula Pass, then it depends on luck.
If he can make a big enough meritorious service, and the emperor has enough favor for him, this matter can pass.
If stealing chickens does not lead to rice, and self-pretending to be clever leads to countless disasters, the head will definitely not be saved.
This kind of thing is also not uncommon.
For example, Di Renjie, a famous minister of Wu Zhou, often jumps left and right on Wu Zetian's psychological bottom line, recruiting An Neiwei as a student today, and adopting a thief as a niece tomorrow.
……
Shen Lian never cared about the march and battle.
Tang Shunzhi is an all-rounder among all-rounders, whether it is the attack and defense of naval warships, or the command of land battles, or surveying the terrain and drawing maps, there is no Tang Shunzhi who can't learn, even if he can't, he can learn.
Emperor Toei's calculations are wonderful, but it is impossible to hide them from everyone, and who can divide one side is not a famous hero? How can you be led by the nose by Emperor Toei? Each has its own way of coping with it.
In the face of such a strong enemy as the Ming Dynasty, Dongying was in the vertical and horizontal, and Tang Shunzhi made a wanton layout, stirring up the wind and clouds in various places, attacking the city, and being invincible.
The battlefield is invincible.
Martial arts are also invincible.
Shen Lian does not refuse to challenge those who come, and he will defeat as many as he comes, and the heads of the nine ninja families in Dongying have three families, who are hung on the flagpole of Yuanmen.
Those Shinto Yin and Yang magicians are good at vicious and evil spiritual secret techniques, and can easily attract the spiritual impact of all desires and negative emotions, and they are broken by Shen Lian's roar, and the tiger roars and shakes the sky, slaying demons and subduing demons.
Feng Siniang raised her sword and stood up, and the bloody battles were repeated.
Relying on high-intensity battles, you can quickly regain the state you were in when you were in the middle of the rivers and lakes, and give full play to your potential.
If you fight against the Water Moon Sect again, even if you don't have Zuo Shi's bow and arrow to help, you can still win the battle.
Zuo's poems are the most calm.
Unless the ninja uses the earth escape to explode a surprise attack, or uses the stand-in method or the substitution technique to escape instantly, Zuo Shi will hardly participate in the battle, and there is nothing to worry about.
What is there to worry about?
Will they be able to break through Shen Lian's absolute defenses?
Since the start of the war, there have been so many warriors, and no one has been able to make Shen Lian perform three moves and activate the transformation of King Kong.
The Dongying samurai have a good advantage, that is, they are not afraid of death, and the more they face a strong enemy, the more they dare to draw their swords and fight with them, seeking a breakthrough in battle.
Dongying martial arts does not pay attention to accumulating heritage, but emphasizes actual combat, breaking through in battle, and wielding a sword to kill the enemy.
Many famous sword gods and sword saints have comprehended the sword technique in the fight again and again, and when they form a complete system of sword skills, they will be able to open a sect.
Although Shen Lian's killing was ruthless, it could not scare the Dongying warriors, and there was an endless stream of people who came to challenge.
On this day, Shen Lian was discussing the next march plan with Tang Shunzhi, thinking of not being a grain transport officer, but a pioneer general.
Outside the barracks, there stood a Toei samurai.
His clothes are not luxurious, just ordinary coarse linen clothes, rough hands and feet, weathered, not like a family inheritance of warriors, but like a farmer.
He had a treasure knife hanging from his waist.
The sword was not unsheathed, and the murderous aura that was inspiring had been constantly hitting his mind, making people feel that a river of blood had appeared in front of him, and there were many corpses floating on it.
This is the soul of a wronged person who has fallen under the sword.
Every time you kill someone, the sword will be sharpened by one point, and the evil qi will also be strengthened by one point, if the concentration is not enough, the moment you hold the scabbard, you will be swept away by the evil qi.
Such a blade, it stands to reason that it will not recognize the master, only generations of users, they can use the knife, can use the evil energy of the blade to defeat strong enemies, but can not achieve the unity of human and sword, perfect control of this magic knife.
The old peasant-like warrior in front of him let the magic knife that had killed countless people obediently surrender in his hands.
Other samurai are just knife racks, but the old peasant is the real master of the soldiers, perfectly controlling the magic knife, making you sharp, swinging the knife to cut steel, letting you be gentle, you are gentle, and cutting through the willow leaves without hurting the leaves.
He stood quietly in front of the barracks, obviously not urging any tricks, and the extremely murderous aura was extremely strong, but it condensed into a demon and floated over the barracks.
Master!
A true master!
This person's martial arts are by no means fancy, they are all polished step by step from actual combat, stepping on the corpses of countless Dongying warriors and climbing the peak of sword skills.
"Report your name."
Shen Lian's eyes flashed with a faint green light, like a fierce tiger that chooses people to devour, and his qi is like a heavenly river hanging upside down.
"Yanagi a sword."
Liu Sheng Yijian is very calm, he neither pursues high power nor fame, the reason why he came to challenge Shen Lian is to compete in martial arts.
He wanted to see the highest peak of sword art.
He wanted to make the final breakthrough in battle.
The warrior of Dongying can't satisfy Yanagi's sword.
Weaker than him, kill in one slash.
Those who are similar to him draw their swords and die together.
Those who are stronger than him either live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, or prefer to be treacherous rather than face to head.
Yanagi Yijian was eager to face each other head-on, so he even broke into the Yanagi family alone, defeated all the masters of the Yanagi family, and changed his surname to "Yanagi".
"Shen Lian, you are an excellent opponent, I hope to have a fair duel with you, if I die under your Tiger Roar Emperor Fist, it will be my honor, if you are unfortunately killed by me, I will always remember you."
Yanagi Yijian's tone was very stiff, but it didn't seem arrogant, and he even took the initiative to bow.
"Shen Jun, please help."
"You just poured too much killing intent, there is a deficit in the true yuan in your body, you can't go all out, there is a high mountain not far from here, I will wait for you at the top of the mountain tomorrow."
"What time?"
"Whatever you want, I'll be free all day."
"Shen Jun, thank you!"
Yanagi bowed with a sword and left quickly.
The spies lurking not far away heard what Shen Lian had just said and immediately recorded this information.
- The Ming army, it will not attack tomorrow!
This is very important intelligence.
If we don't attack tomorrow, it means that we won't attack this afternoon, tomorrow, and the morning after tomorrow, and we will be able to make a lot of preparations with two days of rest.
The spy was worried that Shen Lian would find out, so he didn't continue to spy on Shen Lian, nor did he leave this place, and endured it for more than two hours, confirming that no one found him, so he quickly returned and informed his lord of the information.
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"Old Shen, what do you think of ninjas?"
"It's fucking enduring!"
"Huh?"
"There are a few stalkers outside, and in order to hide their tracks, they have installed three hours of wooden people."
"How do you know?"
"I watched him for three hours!"
Tang Shunzhi: You're so fucking boring!
"Old Shen, how much information have you leaked?"
"I told that tough ninja that we won't attack tomorrow until noon the day after tomorrow."
"So what?"
"On the march to fight, General Tang is in charge!" (End of chapter)