During the Warring States Period in Japan, when talking about "Feng Lin Shan", people would naturally think of Takeda Shingen. After all, he hung these four words on his own military flag as a symbol.
The origin of these four words, I think many people know, is from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, "It is as fast as the wind, its speed is like the forest, its invasion is like fire, its motion is like a mountain, it is difficult to know Like Yin, moving like thunder", that is, the six metaphors of "wind", "forest", "fire", "mountain", "yin" and "thunder" constitute this complete concept.
Tonight, the members of the "Joint Assassination Team" who came to assassinate Nobunaga were wearing masks of six different colors, dividing the personnel into six branches: wind, forest, fire, mountain, yin, and thunder. The team attacked.
Among them
The white devil mask represents that the members of the Fengfeng Team are basically ninjas. Their main duty is to clear out the guards around the Flower Palace as quickly as possible. strength.
The green Nuo mask represents Lin Lin’s team, which has the largest number of people. The composition of the team is also complex, ranging from ronin to thugs to killers. Their duty is to cover the actions of other groups. They will go wherever manpower is needed to support them.
The red Tengu mask represents that the members of the Fire Squad are mostly warriors and strong warriors. They are responsible for launching frontal assaults on the enemy's most heavily guarded places.
The golden Jiyue mask means that there is only one person wearing this mask. He is the number one expert in this joint assassination team. With him, it is equivalent to having a "trunk card" in charge.
The black street mask represents that the members of the Yin-Yin team are all magicians, street performers, and even thieves. They are not many in number, but each one possesses several unique skills and is good at attacking the enemy unprepared. Win by surprise.
The last blue dance mask represents that the members of Lei Lei’s team are mainly lower-level warriors. Most of these people come from declining aristocratic families. All of them are good at martial arts and want to rely on their skills. Their abilities are outstanding, their numbers are medium, their combat power is comprehensive and solid, they can be said to be the real main force of this assassination operation.
After seeing this, some people may be curious about who is the mastermind of this operation. If he can arrange the people from the ten forces in such an orderly manner, he must be no ordinary person.
Let’s not be too careful here. Anyway, it’s not difficult to guess that the person is Ma Shanjuzo.
It is worth mentioning that Juzo actually had some selfish motives in taking on this "action planning" responsibility. We all know that Juzo was originally supposed to be working with Gengoro, Ae, and Three of Xiaosuke's subordinates came to Kyoto to participate in the mission together. However, after experiencing various accidents, Gengoro died and Achie was seriously injured. Although Xiaosuke was fine, he was still a child after all, and was not suitable for such a difficult mission. Juzo certainly didn't want his subordinates to die in vain.
Therefore, he took the initiative to stand up during the preparation stage of the mission, proposed this plan called "Fenglin Huoshan", and tried to obtain on-site command of the operation.
One other personThinking that Juzo is from Takeda, and Takeda is one of the strongest among the ten forces, or maybe even none of them; plus the plan proposed by Juzo sounds really good, and the command position is both a credit position and a Taking the blame, there are certain risks. After weighing the various factors, everyone agreed that Juzo should lead this operation.
Na Chongzang unceremoniously took over the command, and arranged for Azhi and Xiaosuke to only "warn" for movements in the city a few streets away; he himself Then he joined the "Wind Squad" and was responsible for commanding the overall situation from a high place outside the imperial palace.
But as the saying goes, there are no coincidences. Perhaps because of the tacit understanding between jounin, the observation location chosen by Juzo tonight was the same one chosen by Xiaomei during the day.
So, just as the six teams started operating at the same time and the Flower Palace was in chaos, Juzo happened to be on a roof near the palace and faced Xiaomei Feiyuan.
Ping
After a sneak attack from behind was blocked, the two of them each jumped back ten feet to regroup.
Under the moonlight, Juzo immediately saw Xiaomei’s face clearly. Although Xiaomei only saw a person wearing a white mask, after the sword exchange just now, he had actually guessed who the other person was. who.
"It's really unexpected that we can meet again here." After a brief surprise, Xiaomei spoke first.
But Chongzang did not speak or take any further action.
"Now that I think about it" Xiaomei figured out a lot of things in just a few seconds, "So you and your subordinates came to Kyoto just to do this."
< p>Chongzang was silent for a few seconds, and then said in a solemn tone, "If you were me, what would you do now?""Well" Xiaomei pondered, and then said, " You're wearing a mask."
This sounded like a nonsensical answer, but Juzo instantly understood what the other person meant.
"That's right." Chongzang said.
"Then I probably haven't seen your appearance." Xiaomei said.
“I didn’t see it.” Chongzang said.
"Then I leave here now, and no matter how you end up tonight, what do you think about forgetting this conversation between us?" Xiaomei continued, "Can you also forget that I appeared here? "Yeah."
"Okay." Chongzang was also very satisfied with Xiaomei's proposal.
Obviously, neither of these two people is sure that they can defeat the other. Moreover, they have no grievances, so taking a step back now is indeed the best choice.
Some people may want to ask, does Xiaomei not care about the life and death of Sun and Huang after leaving?
Harm, isn’t this nonsense? Even if he wants to, he has to take care of it. ah.
The previous raid on Tuanxingzong was a chivalrous act. At that time, they were in the dark and the enemy was in the open. They had the upper hand and could advance or retreat. Only then was it worth fighting; but now they This person was accidentally involved in a political assassination incident, and the two gangs in the Imperial PalaceThey have already entered a fighting state. If Xiaomei rushes in to save people now, the people on both sides will regard him as an enemy, and I am afraid that Shuangxie will have to rescue him.
So, Xiaomei might as well retreat now and pray that Shuanghe can survive this disaster on his own.
"Oh, by the way." But before leaving, Xiaomei still left a message, "Sun Sang and Huang Sang are also at Oda's banquet now. I think I should tell you about this." , See you later."
After that, he quickly left without waiting for Chongzang's reply, as if he was afraid that the other party would change his mind.
But Juzo felt his heart tightened by what he said
He was not worried about what he said at the beginning: "If I have the opportunity in the future, I will repay the kindness of the two of you." Will break his promise, after all, this is just a joke; besides, since ancient times, there has been a dilemma between loyalty and righteousness. Just like when he changed his allegiance for the sake of "righteousness", now he can also abandon "righteousness" for the sake of "loyalty". This will not let him There is too much psychological burden.
What really made Chongzang uneasy and frowning was that he had a vague feeling that dual harmony might become a variable or even resistance to this assassination.
And his suspicion came true again
At the same moment, in the banquet hall of the Flower Palace, Shuanghe had easily helped the Oda Army gain the upper hand.
For them, even the assassins of the "Thunder Squad" are just a group of elite soldiers who are more powerful than the soldiers. They are both able to fight and hold weapons with their bare hands here.
The most threatening enemy to Shuang Huong is the guy wearing the black mask, because when this guy was about to be defeated, he simply took off his mask and tried to sprinkle a handful of lime first. powder, and then combined with fire folds and mouth-spitting wine to do a wave of fire-type AoE in the room
Fortunately, Sun Yixie is extremely sensitive to such insidious tricks, and the lime powder in the black mask just made a move, Brother Sun used his small eyes that were basically immune to lime powder attacks to scan what the opponent's hands were doing, and instantly guessed what the second half of the opponent's move was.
It was a little late, but it was fast. At that moment, Sun Yixie lowered his center of gravity, took two steps, and approached the opponent like lightning.
Just as the other party was pouring wine into his mouth and holding up the fire dumplings, Sun Yixie raised his hand and slapped him, slamming and stuffing the fire dumplings into his mouth.
Then there was a "whoosh" sound, and a fire spurt spurted out from the assassin's tongue and went straight to his face.
Brother Sun was still Renyi, and he did not let the other party suffer any more. A second later, he used the "out of nothing" move in the Dragon Dog Boxing technique on the guy's chin. He used a force-like strike with the palm of his hand to close the opponent's chin.
Although the bones of the opponent's jaw were broken at that time, the mouth was indeed closed. When the mouth was closed, there was no oxygen in the mouth, and the fire was extinguished instantly.
As for that guy swallowing high-temperature wine and scalding his throat?It was a very minor problem, because before he could feel the pain coming from his mouth and throat, he was chopped down to the ground by the Oda Army samurai who surrounded him nearby, and died from random sword blows.
Most of the other assassins who broke into the house met the same fate after being knocked down by Sun Huang.
Why are you asking Shuangxie why he is so actively helping Nobunaga to defend against the enemy at this moment?
Isn’t this obvious? As we said in the last book, at the time when these assassins came in, It happened to be that not long after Hosokawa Kisuke personally served Nobunaga's food; that is to say, Hosokawa was near Nobunaga's seat at the moment. The gang of assassins came in to kill anyone they saw, and even approached Nobunaga all the way. If these two harmonies were No matter, Hosokawa will most likely be hacked to death, and then their clues to find the Xuanlong Bi will be lost.
So the two of them have been fighting against these assassins non-stop, so they might as well settle the matter completely.
After getting it done, they were equivalent to selling Nobunaga a big favor, which not only resolved Nobunaga's temptation, but also allowed them to move more freely in the imperial palace.
"Ah uh"
As the last assassin who broke into the house roared his death scream, the sound of slashing and killing in the house finally died down, and the rest was These were the gasps of the warriors of the Oda Army who had not yet calmed down.
At this time, Huang Donglai immediately noticed something was wrong
"The sound of fighting in the yard outside was louder than inside the house just now. Why is there no movement at all now?" Huang Donglai said as this The person with the best ear skills in the room immediately became suspicious.
Hearing this, Nobunaga also showed a hint of nervousness, because he understood that the group of soldiers wearing armor, equipped with long weapons and even muskets outside the banquet hall at the moment, their combat The force is much stronger than the retainers in the room who are not wearing armor and only carry samurai swords, and the number is not large.
In the previous article, we also explained that in ancient times, troops with armor and troops without armor were basically two different concepts. This gap was more obvious in Japan, a place that did not pay much attention to internal strength, or it was closer to The real universe as we know it.
Najuzo’s original plan was to have the troops outside drag down the escort soldiers of the Oda Army, and then have a small group of people break into the house within this time window to complete the assassination. The entire Oda army in the imperial palace was wiped out.
But now, when all the assassins who rushed into the house were wiped out, there was no movement outside the house, which was very strange.
"Brother Huang, why don't you go out and take a look?" What Sun Yixie said was not beyond Huang Donglai's expectations at all.
"You stay in the house to cover me and protect everyone, right?" Huang Donglai didn't even need to ask, he knew that Sun Yixie would definitely use this as an excuse to stay in the house.
"You're right, Brother Huang, it's up to you." Sun Yixie even admitted with a cheerful face.
"Humph" Huang Donglai snorted coldly, and then went out through the big hole in the wall.
He has a saying in his heart:You surnamed Sun, please wait until you die." Although he didn't say anything, Sun Yixie seemed to have heard it and didn't care much.
A few seconds later, Huang Donglai had passed through the hole in the wall. He crossed the corridor again and stepped into the courtyard of the Flower Palace.
At this moment, the scene that greeted his eyes was not much different from what he had imagined.
p>The cold moon shines in the clouds, and the dew is slightly cold on the frosty night.
In the place where the bloody corpses are scattered, you can see the slaughter of people.
The man wearing the golden mask, gently. Holding a long and narrow samurai sword, he stood alone among the scattered limbs and corpses, as if waiting for something.
When he saw Huang Donglai approaching him, he just said coldly. "Is Nobunaga dead?"
"He's dead?" Huang Donglai replied so loudly that Nobunaga himself heard it in the room, "He's really dead. He was chopped into pieces." You won’t even recognize your biological mother when she comes, so don’t recognize her and go back in peace. "
"Ha" Jin Mask could naturally tell that Huang Donglai was lying. He just didn't expect that the other person was as calm as a master, but his words and deeds were so cowardly, which made him smile contemptuously.< /p>
Before the laughter ended, Golden Mask swung out a slash, and an invisible slash immediately flew towards Huang Donglai's throat.
If this move hit. , Huang Donglai will undoubtedly lose his head.
Of course, after seeing these corpses on the ground, Huang Donglai already knew that his opponent was someone who could use such long-distance slashes. He was on guard.
The next second, Huang Donglai easily picked up a ninja sword on the ground with his foot, and quickly moved the not-so-long blade forward to meet his opponent.
锃
After a strange sound, the ninja sword flew sideways and landed again. The slashing attack was neutralized without a trace.
“Oh, I didn’t expect you to be such a master.” In addition to being surprised, Golden Mask’s tone also contained a hint of surprise, “Oh, that’s right, the famous Oda. Nobunaga, it’s appropriate to have one or two people like you around. "He said, finally changing his original relaxed posture and adopting a real attacking posture, "Then you come and have some fun with me. ”
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