Chapter 20: The City

Two days later, on the border of Musashi Province, less than twenty kilometers from Koizumi Castle, the village was noon.

"Trouble, it seems that there is really no way to get around."

Link carefully studied the rudimentary map and found that it was an extremely thankless task to bypass Koizumi City and go directly to the cliff where the Dragon Bone Spirit was sealed.

Beginning in the 7th century, Japan was inspired by the concept of a walled city introduced to China at that time, and by the order of Emperor Tenchi, a large number of fortresses and settlements were built that served as both military and administrative bases, and in the past 1,000 years, countless large and small castles have sprung up in Japan.

In the Warring States Period, it became even more intensified, with mountain castles in the mountains, water castles in the water, Heijo castles in the plains, and some hybrid Hirayama castles, which cut all regions of Japan into castles, and it can be said that all the wars in the entire Warring States period could only end in siege warfare.

Because if you don't capture the city, there is no way to occupy the territory and pass normally.

Koizumi Castle is a water city, judging by future generations, it should be named Shanshui Castle, the location is near the sea, against the mountain, it can be said that it is close to the mountains and rivers, the geographical location is excellent, and it is stuck on the edge of Musashi Province, no matter in and out of the mountains in the distance, the nearest is through Koizumi Castle.

It's not that Link can't jump into the sea to go around, or go over the mountains and mountains from the other side, but even with the strength of his feet, it will be delayed for ten days and half a month, not to mention that the address given by the underworld is through such a vague position as three hundred miles north of Koizumi City, if he deviates from Koizumi City, he will not know when he will find it.

The main thing is that he has no ability to fly, so he will naturally be limited by the terrain.

Of course, if you are willing to spend time, you can indeed find the dragon bone spirit by taking a detour, but why should Link go far and wide? Didn't he abandon modern society and come to the Warring States Period just to live freely?

"The birds of paradise that have been following me are gone." He looked up, and when he passed through the territory of the Bird of Paradise in the past few days, the Bird of Paradise tribe did not attack him, but only sent his companions to monitor him from afar, and disappeared after entering the area under the jurisdiction of Koizumi City.

"It always feels like something is wrong, the smell of conspiracy ......"

Link's instinct from the multi-system bonus felt very wrong, "Who's going to target me?" Demon wolf clan, no, demon wolf clan doesn't have that IQ, Bird of Bliss? Birds of Paradise are even more brainless, humans or Naraku? ”

In the Warring States Period, people and monsters were not so distinct, and creatures with intelligence, even if they were of different races, would naturally collude with each other over time.

As soon as Link thought about it, the astonishing wisdom in his head decided to let the invincible flesh solve the impending conspiracy.

After throwing away the messy thoughts in his head, he packed up his things, lit the bonfire, and began to roast his lunch, which he had long been accustomed to the prying eyes of the nearby villagers, and completely ignored it, and ate and drank to his heart's content.

After noon, before he had slept enough, he heard the dense sound of horses' hooves approaching in his dream.

Link turned over and sat up, the complicated popularity and killing intent suddenly washed away the sleepiness in his head, and his nose twitched slightly, "A lot of people are leaning over." ”

"Shoot the arrows!" There was a roar, and arrows rained down from all directions.

"It's not easy to trim the fur to fit it like this." Link was not angry, he was besieged by the human army, for the first time in his life, he was full of novelty to knock off the arrows around him with a wooden stick, and looked around at the human army that attacked him inexplicably.

The first was standing on the roof of the village in the distance, a man in red full-body armor, and beside him stood two tall warriors who were in charge of raising flags, and more than a dozen horsemen were guarding under his house, which was the source of the sound of horses' hooves just heard, and these knights were also wearing full armor and carrying spears in their hands.

In Japan, especially during the Warring States Period, horses were rare, and war horses were even more so, and if they could send more than a dozen horsemen, they must have been troops stationed in Koizumi Castle.

Then there are the archers who don't know when to surround Link.,There are hundreds of them.,To be precise, these archers should be called Ashigaru.,The armor is very simple.,Only the carcass that protects the chest and the straw fold that protects the lower body similar to a skirt.,The head wears an iron peeping hat like a hat.,The armor is printed with a light green blooming I don't know what pattern.,It's the family crest of the Koizumi family.。

However, if you look closely, you can see that most of the ashigaru people are vegetable, their bodies are not strong, and a few bows and arrows are crooked and skinny.

In the end, standing in the distance, dozens of samurai who had already drawn their swords and were ready to charge, their armor was neatly dressed, and they all looked relatively healthy, and they were all considered macho men in this era.

"Iron Cannon!" Another command, with the waving of the flag, Ashigaru was responsible for the rapid retreat of the archery, and those who did not have time to retreat were kicked down by the friendly troops, and then another row of Ashigaru with muskets took more than a dozen steps forward, all of them were already less than a hundred meters away from Link, and even ran to a position of fifty or sixty meters.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

After the musket was fired, it didn't cause any trouble to Link, the power was indescribable, and the accuracy was ridiculously poor, occasionally a few hit him, and only broke the fur coat on his body, and there was no way to leave a single white mark on the skin, but the smoke in the sky was quite choking.

"Cast the net!" The ashigaru people threw the nets out with all their might.

"It's boring." After the novelty passed, Link quickly lost interest, and with a wave of his palm, he tore the fishing net in front of him with a wave of his hand, and kicked the ground with a slight amount of strength under his feet, and the whole person turned into a streamer, ruthlessly breaking through the simple front built by Ashigaru.

"Hah!" A samurai with a moon head and a national character face shouted loudly with his senses and slashed at Link.

"Ding~poof~"

The knife broke instantly, the tip of the knife rebounded back, pierced through the center of his eyebrows, and fell to the ground on his back.

The samurai did not back down because of this, and bravely stepped forward, trying to interpret their bushido with the swords and flesh in their hands, but they couldn't stop Link's progress at all, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen samurai who tried to use their arms as a car were slammed into a puddle, making the samurai who didn't have time to step forward feel cold and frightened in their hearts.

"Whew~" With a strong bloody aura, Link stood opposite the red armored man, because the speed was too fast, he was not stained with a trace of flesh and blood, and the beast fur coat that was shot out of holes behind him was raised high, and he smiled and said, "Can you tell me, why did you kill me?" ”

Looking at the monster that suddenly appeared in front of him, the red armored man was cold all over his body, he was condescending, and naturally saw clearly, the powerful warriors who had been killed by hundreds of people in the past were not able to survive a second, and the road filled with flesh and blood showed the strength of the other party, he ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to escape death.

"Die, youkai!" He roared, pulling out the iron cannon from his waist as fast as he could in his life.

With a "bang", the angry face turned several times towards him.