Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 368 Keijiro

Since the entire Kyushu has fallen into the hands of the Shimadzu, Shuangxie doesn't have to worry too much about encountering a situation where the two armies are at war before leaving Kyushu Island.

Along the way, under the cover of civilian attire (black hat covering hair, plain sleeved clothes, shin scarf and straw sandals), the two walked relatively steadily.

But when the two passed through Fukuoka and took a boat to Shimonoseki, the atmosphere was not right... because from here, it was the territory of the Mori clan.

Let me mention here again that in this parallel universe, many well-known or slightly heard Japanese Warring States figures, as well as some iconic events, have changed in their birth and death years and the time of occurrence, so in the following documents you It's likely to see many Sengoku Japanese characters or events that shouldn't have appeared in the same era.

Let's talk about the Maori clan, their patriarch at this time is Motozu Motozu, who is known as "the number one wise general in the Western Kingdom" and is regarded by later generations as "the God of Warring States".

After the Battle of Itsukushima, Mao Liyuan swallowed all the territories in the westernmost part of Honshu that originally belonged to Dow, and then turned back to the east, and began to line up with Nizi Qingjiu; The army is fighting hard.

The last thing Yuanjiu wants to see at the moment is: before he and Nizi Haruhisa decide the outcome, the Shimadzu side takes the opportunity to stab him in the back (in the history we know, when Maori and Nizi fought, Kyushu Island At least four or five forces exist, not the Shimadzu family alone).

And Shimadzu's thinking is also obvious. They dominate Kyushu with their backs against the sea, and they have almost no worries. The only obstacle preventing them from expanding to Honshu Island is Maori. If Maori Yuan really annexed Nizi's territory , certainly not a good thing for them.

Therefore, taking advantage of the battle between Maori and Niko, stabbing him in the back is almost the next move that Shimadzu must take. The only question is when to make a move.

In such an atmosphere, the exchanges of civilians between the "two countries" will definitely be greatly affected.

No, as soon as Sun Huang and a group of travelers set foot on the land of Xiaguan, they encountered a group of Maori army ashigaru who came to "routine inspection".

This group of Ashgaru, although they can be considered as regular troops, are basically local low-level samurai composed of miscellaneous fish groups. In Japan in those days, the boundary between many low-income local servants and the civilian class was very blurred. Soldiers, farming in spare time, poor training, poor equipment... Some of them have bad conduct, and they will take advantage of the chaos of the war to do things for themselves.

Take the dozens of ashigaru in front of us as an example, because the higher-ups issued an order to strictly investigate spies and guard against the movements of the Shimadzu army in the area near Kyushu. Civilians conduct so-called "routine checks" and reap benefits in the process.

Those who don’t want to be punished by them should take the initiative to pay some favors. If you have money to pay, you don’t have money to hand over things; If you say that you don't cooperate with the inspection, you will be labeled a spy, and you will be killed if you say so.

And they're not afraid of taking responsibility at all...

We all know that the samurai in the Edo period would find an excuse to "test the sword" when they beheaded civilians for no reason on the street, but in this Warring States period, killing people didn't even need an excuse.

The poverty and famine brought about by successive years of war, and the various bandits that followed have made human life the least valuable thing in this era.

Because the Shimadzu family lives in a corner, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and has a port for foreign trade, their territory has a relatively stable economy and security. But once they set foot on Honshu Island, it is a completely different style of painting up.

"Hey, you two, what do you do? Where are you going?" Finally, an ashigaru came in front of Sun and Huang.

But at this time, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai, although they are dressed as civilians, they are clean and decent overall, and they don’t give people a feeling of poverty; they don’t have much luggage, they don’t look like traveling merchants, There is no samurai sword on the waist, which means that they are not samurai...

Of course, these are not the point, the point is that their demeanor...is obviously different from those obedient civilians around; not only did the two of them show no fear on their faces, but their waists were still straight when they stood there, which made them feel People can't help but suspect that their identities are unusual, so the ashigaru who asked them was more polite.

"We are both blacksmiths, and we went to Kyoto to join relatives." Sun Yixie quickly replied in his Kansai dialect.

This set of rhetoric was obviously discussed by Shuangxie in advance.

First of all, the profession of blacksmith is a type that is difficult to verify on the spot. If you pretend to be a traveling artist or something, they may let you perform a live performance, but blacksmiths can't let you strike iron on the spot.

Secondly, this profession can well explain the calluses left on the palms of the two people due to long-term use of weapons, and their stronger bodies than ordinary people.

Third, Huang Donglai's "Village Good Sword" is still hidden in his luggage. If someone finds such a weapon unique to a big man, it will be troublesome to explain, but if they are blacksmiths and hold This kind of "imported weapons" is not only explainable, it can even prove their identities in turn.

"Blacksmith?" Nashigaru looked the two of them up and down, as if thinking about something.

"Yes, we are both good citizens, please take care of us." At this time, Huang Donglai also spoke at the right time, and without hesitation handed over the copper coins of Tongda.

Some people may ask, why did Shuangxie still use Dazhao's money when it came to Japan?

Harmful, even in the history of our universe, the coins minted by the Ming Dynasty were also hard currency during the Sengoku period in Japan. After all, it is impossible for the latter to have a particularly stable currency system during years of wars.

"Huh?" When Nazugaru took the money, seeing the quantity and style, his eyes lit up immediately.

In the next second, he quickly put the money into his pocket, looked left and right at the same time, and then said: "Oh...so that's the case, then you guys go."

His efficiency is also high enough, he will stop acting after collecting enough money, and he doesn't need to search for luggage, just let him go.

Seeing this, Sun Huang just looked at each other, shrugged, and left.

Originally, they left as soon as they left, but unexpectedly, just after walking more than ten meters away, they heard a woman's scream behind them, followed by a burst of clamor.

It turned out that at the same time as the double harmonies passed the test, on the other side, there was a couple with a child. When they were inspected, because the wife was quite beautiful, the ashigaru who were inspected became malicious, so the Several soldiers gathered around without saying a word, and one of them picked up the woman and turned around and walked towards a nearby thatched cottage.

The woman was arrested and screamed, but her struggle and resistance did not have much effect. After a brief shock, her husband and children stepped forward to reason: "Soldiers, what's going on? Why did you take me away?" wife..."

As a result, before the husband could finish his sentence, he was kicked in the abdomen by another ashigaru and fell to his knees.

"We now suspect that she is a spy. We need to investigate her carefully. If you don't want to be regarded as an accomplice, then shut up!" Judging from the speed of the response, it is obvious that this is not the first time the other party has said this.

"Father...Mom..." The two children, who were less than ten years old, were already sobbing under the shock, and knelt beside their father, crying.

In the surrounding crowd, although some people showed angry expressions, most of them just lowered their heads with sad or indifferent faces. No one dared to speak out, let alone stand up.

In a blink of an eye, the woman was dragged into a thatched hut less than 20 meters away from the port by several ashigaru. Kicked her in the ribs.

"Bitch! It hurts my uncle to death." He said, and touched the small wounds on his back just scratched by a woman.

"It seems that you are very energetic, so come and have fun with us." The other foot next to him said with a light smile.

At the same moment, outside the house.

"This shit..." Huang Donglai stopped in his tracks, and said softly to Brother Sun, "It seems that we just want to keep a low profile."

The implication of his words is also very clear, they have to take care of this nosy business.

"Stop talking, I'm going to save that woman, and you'll deal with the things outside the house." Sun Yixie continued, "Oh, by the way, don't forget to get back the money just now."

"Huh?" Huang Donglai thought for a while, there were only four or five people in the room, and there were more than thirty people outside, so he couldn't hold back at that time, "Brother Sun, your trident is more suitable for fighting outside the room." Bar?"

"No, why do I have to use a trident? I have too many means to deal with this bunch of trash...isn't it?" Sun Yixie said with a twinkle in his eyes.

Just as the two of them were chewing on these few words, suddenly!

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" Suddenly there were three shouts from high above.

As soon as the shouts started, everyone present heard the reputation and looked around, and they could see a vigorous young man appeared on a steep slope of seven or eight meters high adjacent to the port.

This man's head was tied in a big bun, he was dressed in cassock and armor, and he wore black armor and boots, and he was holding a vermilion straight gun in his hand.

"I, Keijiro, can't pretend not to see you villains committing such atrocities in broad daylight!" After the strange man who called himself Keijiro said this loudly, he jumped up, jumped down the steep slope, and followed closely. Then he rushed towards the group of foot light.

In less than five seconds, he approached a few of them, and the latter didn't say anything, while shouting the standard line of Miscellaneous Fish: "Where did you come from, you are looking for death, you bastard!" while besieging Keijiro.

There is a difference between these soldiers here and the main force of the regular army fighting on the main battlefield in the east. They basically don't have weapons that are common on the battlefield, such as spears, matchlock guns, and bows and arrows... What they take is mostly Long sticks and sickles, only a few ashigaru have katana swords of poor quality.

It's okay to use these weapons to bully civilians, but it's not enough to deal with characters like Keijiro.

But seeing Keijiro spread his feet, spread his arms, and raised the red gun sideways above his head, and instantly assumed a posture of opening and closing.

It seemed that he was alone surrounded by five or six people, but in fact these five or six people were caught in the gun formation of him alone.

After one breath, as one of the ashigaru miscellaneous fish roared and raised his sword, Keijiro immediately let go of his left hand and exerted force with his right hand, causing the red spear in his hand to bounce out like a bowstring that had been loosened.

The spear danced, followed by blood.

This bright red red spear, in Keijiro's hands, is like a snake coming out of a hole, like a dragon playing in the water, as his footsteps change, his wrist repeats, and the point of the spear has harvested all the miscellaneous people around him. soldier's life.

Seeing this scene, the rest of the ashigaru people immediately rushed over, wanting to work together to kill this thorny head that came out of nowhere.

Some people may be surprised to see this. Generally speaking, as soon as this kind of "chivalrous man" character in the movie comes out and easily defeats five or six miscellaneous fish villains, the rest of the villains should be panicked and scattered. yes?

Then I have to say, the miscellaneous fish in the movie went up to die one by one in an orderly manner. Before the person in front died, all the others stayed behind and jumped left and right as the background board.

Although the group of ashigaru lost five or six people at the moment, there are still more than [-] people, and it is not now that they want to run away.

Let's talk about the ashigaru who came up after the siege, they undoubtedly saw Keijiro's power, so they didn't rush forward, they just besieged without attacking, consuming Keijiro's energy.

And when Keijiro relaxed a little, someone threw a zipline made of two stones and a rope towards his legs from the blind spot behind him.

Just once or twice, Keijiro can still jump away before the zipline hits or shoot it away with a gun, but the opponent is more than [-] people, and there are quite a few people with ziplines on them. After a dozen or so times, Keijiro His legs were still bound after all.

Although he tried his best to keep his legs apart, so that he was not completely unable to move, his movements were still greatly restricted. At this time, those who were holding long sticks in the foot light came up one after another.

They poked or swiped, keeping a distance, damaging and consuming Keijiro bit by bit...

And Keijiro's expression gradually became tense, it seems that this sudden turnaround was not what he expected.

It was also at this time that a man without a neck entered the killing array.

It was too late to say it, and then it was too late, and there was a continuous sound of "puff puff puff", and four of the twenty or so ashigaru who besieged Keijiro fell down in an instant.

Each of them was hit on the head by a stone flying from nowhere, killing them with one blow.

For Huang Donglai, using hidden weapons to deal with these Japanese miscellaneous soldiers is simply a blow to reduce dimensionality. These people don't even have a reaction to block and dodge.

"It's him! It's the stone thrown by that man over there!" Finally, after seven or eight people fell, finally a sharp-eyed ashigaru discovered that the hidden weapon was thrown by Huang Donglai.

Keijiro noticed this earlier than these miscellaneous soldiers, but because he was afraid of exposing Huang Donglai's position, he didn't take the lead in talking to him just now.

Seeing that Brother Huang had been discovered at this moment, Keijiro shouted at him: "Friends over there, thank you for your help! I'm not good at learning, so please help me, I'm really sorry!"

"It's okay, I wanted to make a move." Huang Donglai felt very relaxed anyway, so it didn't matter to be polite to the other party.

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The words are divided into two parts.

Let's say a few minutes ago, in the thatched cottage...

As early as when Keijiro made a high-profile appearance outside and started fighting with the five or six ashigaru, Sun Yixie, who was working separately from Huang Donglai, had already arrived at the thatched cottage and kicked open the door.

Just as Brother Sun was about to come to the road, he yelled at the injustice, but the scene that caught his eyes made him swallow his words back.

At this moment, it was less than a minute before the woman was arrested.

But there is no one alive in this house.

In the dim thatched hut, the five ashigaru who came in with the woman just now were all dead—since their bodies had been torn apart, Sun Yixie observed for more than [-] seconds. After finding all five heads, he finally Confirmed this.

However, there was no trace of the woman in the whole house.

"What's the situation? Could she still be invisible?" Sun Yixie was sure, except for a small window where adults couldn't pass through the room, there was only one exit, the door, and no one had come out of this exit before he came in. , That's why I said such a sentence to myself.

Unexpectedly, before he finished his sentence, he heard a strange noise above his head, and then, a figure appeared from the shadows as if a curtain had been lifted, and launched a surprise attack on him.