After Yu Qiuping walked out of the tent, he handed the kitten to Ye Gu Suizi without saying a word, and then whispered to everyone.
"Let's go down the mountain separately now." Yu Qiuping said as he pulled off his iconic red leaf shawl, put it into his arms, and ordered in a low voice decisively, "Nanosuke, you take Taiko and half of the guards.
Go down the mountain from the east. The remaining people and I will go down the mountain from the west. After coming down, don’t enter Okafeng Castle immediately, first think of a way to make peace with Liao Yuan Bei and Luo Shu Bei.”
"Yes." Seeing Yu Qiuping's sudden seriousness, Honda Tadakatsu didn't even ask a word, and immediately chose to believe Yu Qiuping's judgment, pulling Yegu Suiko and others who had not yet reacted, and walked towards the other side. He
I understand that there must be a reason for Yu Qiuping's sudden judgment and decision, and time is tight, so there is no time to ask.
And Yu Qiupei did not dare to waste time, and immediately ran towards the mountain road on the other side with Mori Koron, Mori Ranmaru, Asahina Matsuchiyo and others. Asahina Matsuchiyo was not as calm as Honda Tadakatsu.
Before he had walked a few steps, he asked anxiously: "Your Highness, what is your Highness doing? Why do you suddenly split up and run away!"
"Someone may want to assassinate me." Yu Qiuping explained in a low voice to the surrounding guards while running quickly.
"Assassination?" Mori Ranmaru was shocked when he heard this, "Is it the prophecy of the Onmyoji just now?"
"Yes." Yu Qiuping didn't know how to explain it, so he simply didn't explain it. Logically speaking, he never believed in such prophecies of good or bad luck - although the Japanese samurai of this era might believe it. Why was he so nervous this time?
, because the Onmyoji accidentally discovered the year he traveled through. Although the Onmyoji didn't think in that direction, it was enough to scare Yu Qiuping into a cold sweat - is this Onmyoji really so accurate?
?If that’s the case, then it’s probably true that she said there would be a bloody disaster today, right?
Therefore, Yu Qiuping wanted to leave this unsafe mountain without saying a word. As long as he could return to his own army, no one else could do anything to him. The reason why he did not choose to enter Gangfeng City immediately was because he did not know
Who is it that wants to attack him? The Miyoshi family, the Mori family, the Chosogabe family or some secret opponents? No matter what, it is always safest to return to your own army.
At this time, if there were really assassins following Yu Qiuping and trying to ambush him on the mountain, they must have already ambushed them. So Yu Qiuping divided everyone into two teams and evacuated, trying to confuse the ambushers.
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"Damn it, what happened? There's something in that tent!" Komatsu Minosuke, the ninja leader who had been waiting on the mountain for a long time, was angry when he saw Yu Qiupei's people divided into two teams and ran away without looking back.
He was furious. "If he goes a little higher, he will enter our ambush circle!"
"Sir, what should we do now?" A ninja next to Komatsu Minosuke asked in a low voice in a panic.
"Chase, chase in two directions! Send a signal at the same time, let the brothers on the mountain road take action immediately!" Komatsu Minosuke shouted his order loudly, and nearly a hundred ninjas hiding here immediately jumped out from the bushes and woods, and walked along the
He chased me along two mountain roads.
"Sure enough." After Yu Qiuping heard the movement on the mountain, he didn't need to look back.
He also knew what happened, "That Onmyoji is really amazing! Without her, I would probably have to explain where she is today."
"Why are there so many ambushed ninjas in Tosa! Could it be that it was the Chosougabu family who took action!" Matsuchiyo Asahina saw this and said in shock and anger, "Chosogabu Motochin will avenge his kindness!"
"Kill us, the Liaoyuan Bei, the Sake Bei and the cavalry company are leaderless. As long as they are defeated, the entire businessmen of the Tosa Kingdom will be slaughtered." Mori Kolong whispered fearfully, "Could it be Chang?
The Sogabe family has already made peace with the Miyoshi family privately, is this request for help just to lure us away?"
"It's unlikely. It shouldn't be the Changzong's family." Yu Qiuping shook his head and retorted. However, the situation is critical now, and he doesn't have time to explain the reasons and what he is thinking to his subordinates. The Changzong's family is
The goal is to dominate the four countries, while the Miyoshi family's goal is to turn the entire four countries into their own back garden. The fundamental interests of both sides are in conflict, and there is almost no possibility of cooperation. Choso Gabe Motochin is not a person who is greedy for small profits.
, how could he cut off foreign aid just for the sake of temporary gain, and do something that would make the Chosonggabu family lose face?
As long as it's not Chosougabu Motochin, everything can be alleviated. It will be safe if he escapes back to the Momiji Army barracks near Oka Toyo Castle, and we will investigate the cause thoroughly later.
However, before the thought in Yu Qiuping's mind lasted for a few seconds, a large number of ninjas suddenly emerged from the bushes beside him. For a moment, shouts of "There is an ambush!" and "Everyone draw their swords!" rang out all around.
.Yu Qiuping's guards drew their swords out of their sheaths and stood side by side to protect Yu Qiuping behind them, trying to resist the ninja's attack.
In the lightning and flint, two ninjas broke through the interception of Yu Qiuping's guards and came straight towards Yu Qiuping. In panic, Yu Qiuping pulled out a Chidori to meet the enemy, but was blocked by a ninja's block and slashed horizontally.
The other ninja held the kunai in his hands and stabbed Yu Qiuping in the chest. Yu Qiuping could faintly see that the shiny black blade of the kunai seemed to be coated with some purple viscous liquid -
—It’s most likely a highly toxic poison!
broken.
At the critical moment, another figure flashed past. Before Yu Qiuping could react, the figure had already crossed in front of Yu Qiuping and stabbed the attacking ninja in the abdomen. However, the ninja stabbed the kunai with inertia.
, also stabbed into the right abdomen of the figure in front of him.
Yu Qiuping didn't have time to think too much, he lifted up Chidori and struck again, killing another ninja who was frightened by the unexpected incident. It was only then that the surrounding guards reacted in a hurry and filled the gap.
Yu Qiuping stood in the middle.
After the crisis was over, Yu Qiuping finally had the opportunity to take a look at the savior just now - it seemed to be a woman. She was wearing a light samurai uniform, without armor, and her figure was a bit thin and thin. At this moment, because of the man who had blocked Yu Qiuping just now,
After taking the poisoned kunai, he fell to his knees on the ground and vomited blood. It seemed that he would not survive.
"You...who are you and why do you want to save me?" Yu Qiuping hurriedly knelt down on one knee, held the woman's shoulder, and asked incoherently.
"By...order." The woman coughed up a few more mouthfuls of blood, and her body gradually lost strength.
"By order, whose order?" Yu Qiuping didn't understand why someone would send a woman here.
Protecting yourself secretly? And to be able to rush out in such a timely manner, he must have followed you all the way.
The woman frowned when she heard this and shook her head vigorously, indicating that she could not say this.
Yu Qiuping saw that the woman's face was gradually turning purple, and it probably didn't take long before a sudden inspiration came to him. He vaguely felt that the temperament between the woman's eyebrows was somewhat familiar - but he couldn't remember when he had seen her before.
"What's your name?" Yu Qiuping asked anxiously.
"Three... Mishima Riyu... you have fulfilled your mission..." A large mouthful of blood poured out of Mishima Riyu's mouth, and the girl's fresh life also passed away. She used her last strength to speak one word at a time.
He said the words he just said word for word.
"Alas." Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly, placed the girl's body on the ground, and closed her eyes for her. Although he still didn't understand what happened, the current situation did not give him a chance to think wildly. Because
The dozen or so guards around him were not enough to protect him from rushing out - but the hundreds of ninjas coming from the mountain road were almost there. Fortunately, due to Honda Tadakatsu's fighting on the other side of the mountain road, Komatsu
Yonosuke made a wrong judgment and mistakenly thought that Yu Qiuping must have followed Honda Tadakatsu. Therefore, he hesitated at the critical moment when he came to support.
However, when they discovered that Yu Qiuping was on this side, they would definitely rush over immediately. How it would end at that time, Yu Qiuping didn’t know. Thinking of this, he was not only upset about this. Because Amano Jingtoku
Under the secret protection of Crow, Yu Qiuping no longer has to worry about encountering accidents when he is operating in the Kinki area - surrounded by Crow's spies and ninjas, all dangerous situations have been eliminated. This time he came to a place he was unfamiliar with.
In this place, there are not many people here, and there is not such perfect protection. However, Yu Qiuping relaxed because of too many good days, which led to him falling into an embarrassing situation.
Yu Qiuping's only hope now is that the Changzong family or the Hongye Army can come to support quickly. However, there are not many members of the Changzong family in Gangfeng City, and the main force has been sent to the front line. The Hongye Army
The troops are still on their way to Oka Toyo Castle. Even if they arrive at Oka Toyo Castle, if they want to bypass Oka Toyo Castle and go to Kitayama, they must obtain the consent of the garrison warriors of Oka Toyo Castle. If this wrangling continues, I don’t know how long it will be delayed.
, it is probably too late.
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Just as Yu Qiuping was thinking hard about countermeasures, there was sudden movement on the way up the mountain. Yu Qiuping and the guards cast their sights down the mountain one after another, and saw the silver light shining in the sun - it was an armored force coming. However,
They did not wear red leaves on their helmets, and at first glance they were not Yu Qiuping's people. However, when they walked closer, Yu Qiuping discovered that they were not even regular soldiers. Their formation was loose and their steps were messy.
The weapons are also varied - but the equipment is very good.
But no matter who they were, they were on Yu Qiuping's side anyway. After they discovered that Yu Qiuping was surrounded, they immediately rushed over with shouts and rescued Yu Qiuping. Those ninjas were frightened by the posture of these armored troops.
He was frightened. When he saw that the assassination had been discovered and enemy reinforcements were expected to arrive continuously, he hurriedly evacuated, which actually saved Yu Qiuping's life.
Chapter completed!