Chapter 929 Niigata(x) Earth Spider King Nagano Crowten
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More than 8,000 navy troops were left to guard the fleet, and eventually more than 12,000 soldiers landed on the island.
Among them was the firearms camp brought out by the Third Prince and the others.
We even saw six Vulcan cannons being dismantled and reassembled on the beach.
There were thousands of people all over the mountains and plains, and it was endless as far as the eye could see. It was already dawn when we finished landing on the island, and then someone discovered a small temple in a corner of the beach.
There are tributes placed in the small temple, so it is speculated that there must be human activities nearby.
What is enshrined in the small temple is not the Bodhisattva Buddha of the Tendai sect and the Shingon sect, nor the three gods of creation of the Shinto shrine, the Ten no Gochu God, the High Emperor's Spirit God, and the God Emperor's Spirit God, but an evil and dark earth spider.
Unfortunately, this time the route was temporarily diverted to the Japanese island, and there was no guide prepared in Jiangzhou Prefecture who was familiar with the local customs of the Japanese island, and did not know what the enshrined earth spider meant.
"The evil spirit is so high that it looks like a monster and evil barrier at first sight. Today, your evil temple has been destroyed." Some people didn't like it and demolished the small temple.
While the army was taking a break, the scouts grabbed a few Japanese businessmen from nearby towns who knew a little bit of Chinese. After some questioning, they found out that the place they landed on the island was called Niigata Prefecture, located in the Japanese island of Kanzhong. And they were here The shogunate daimyo who undertook the secondary expedition happened to be in Nagano Prefecture in Kanzhong.
They chose the landing site very well this time. Nagano is not far from Niigata and happens to be adjacent to it. This is not because they are lucky, but because the Jiangzhou Navy has been training diligently for many years and is familiar with the surrounding sea areas and currents. weather.
After the third prince verbally praised the Jiangzhou Prefecture Navy, the army, which had rested for a long time, marched towards Nagano with six Vulcan cannons pulled by strong horses, like a long dragon.
There was an episode during this period. When the army marched out and exposed the ruined small temple on the beach, the Japanese merchants' faces were ashen and they all collapsed to the ground in fear. They kowtowed to the small temple and begged for mercy with despair on their faces.
The unusual behavior of these Japanese merchants immediately attracted the attention of several princes.
There are many legends about demons among Japanese people, such as the white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox Tamamozae, who is also known as the three major demons, the demon king Otakemaru, and the demon king Shuten Doji.
Being called the Three Great Demon Gods, their level of terror is naturally far higher than that of Umibozu and Amabo of Tokaido.
The strength of the Demon God Earth Spider King is only ranked below the three major demon gods. Folk legends about Earth Spiders can be traced back to an earlier period before the culture of Japan was born. It is said that after people die in the mountains, they feel unwilling to accept it. , will turn into resentment, and be nourished by the yin energy of the mountains. The filthy resentment will gather more and more, and finally transform into the terrifying man-eating demon god Earth Spider King.
These demon gods feed on the fear of people's hearts. The longer they go, the more widespread they are, and the more terrifying their power becomes.
The Legend of the Earth Spider King has devoured people's fear for so many years, so you can imagine how terrifying it is.
Niigata people are located on the coast and suffer from the summer typhoon season every year. They worship gods in Shinto shrines and temples and have no use for the Buddha statues. So Niigata's seaside villages and towns worship the mountain demon god Earth Spider King instead, praying to the mountain god Earth Spider King to shield them from the coming storm. Storms at sea, good weather.
It is not uncommon for people to believe in ghosts and gods instead of believing in gods and Buddhas. Wild gods and evil spirits are the best at bewitching and deceiving people's hearts, devouring human incense and offering sacrifices to strengthen their practice.
Now that the Third Prince and others have destroyed the temple of the Earth Spider King, the Mountain God Earth Spider King will surely bring great terror and bring destruction and natural disasters to Niigata Prefecture and the conquering army.
"Deceitful words!"
The Twelve Prince drew his sword and slashed two of them, blood spattered five steps. Still, the fear of the Mountain God Earth Spider King among the remaining few could not be stopped, so he simply killed them all and ordered the scouts to find new guides.
When he first attended the Shenzhou Banquet, the impression given to Jin An by the Twelve Princes was that they were civilized, military, and capable as generals. Today was the first time that he saw the Twelve Princes with a cruel side.
No matter how much other princes hide their thoughts, they will still act as teachers of benevolence and righteousness on the surface.
"What mountain god, earth spider king, is just a Yi god of the Yi tribe. Our Kangding Kingdom has a vast territory and tens of thousands of people. How can we take such Yi tribe gods in our eyes?" The twelfth prince swung away the body temperature on his sword. Blood, return the sword to its sheath.
The other princes looked at the blood on the ground with calm expressions. They did not reprimand the 12th prince, but ordered the army to continue marching towards Nagano.
During the march, the old Taoist priest quietly came to Jin'an: "Little brother, do you think that the temple of the Earth Spider King on the beach is just like the drowned corpse of the Uighur girl? It was also a deliberate act by the rebels, hoping to cause us to start a war with the local Japanese demon gods again? "
Jin An didn't know much about the Japanese demon gods, so he didn't jump to conclusions easily. He just reminded the old Taoist priest and Liu Tai to pay more attention along the way. If anything happens, they must follow him closely.
"I didn't pay much attention to the Earth Spider King's temple before, and I don't know who is responsible for demolishing the temple..."
Listening to the old Taoist priest's low murmur, Jin An looked thoughtful.
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Although Niigata and Nagano are adjacent, the army still marched for more than a day before entering Nagano.
The army arrived in Nagano. Seeing that the people here were in dire straits, the fertile fields were abandoned, and the houses were empty, they finally had an intuitive understanding of the brutal massacres of villages and towns mentioned by the shogunate daimyo.
The guide was reluctant to enter Nagano at first, saying that too many people died in Nagano. In addition to the plague, the ghosts of those who died violently, and the corpse mountains and corpse pits and mass graves attracted many corpses, ghosts and demons to live in Nagano. The Shinto Shrine, Tendai Shingon Tantric Sect, Onmyoji, magicians, exorcists... a place abandoned together.
Finally, under threats and panic, the Japanese guide continued to lead the way with a sad face.
The scenes we saw along the way were really no different from hell. In many places, corpses were left exposed in the wilderness without anyone burying them. The fertile fields were overgrown with weeds. Many crows could be seen in broad daylight, and vultures landed in the fields to eat carrion. When the army passed by At that moment, a swarm of crows flew up, like dark clouds covering the sky.
The rebels hiding on the Japanese islands enslaved the Nagano Japanese so miserably.
Plop!
The Japanese guide who was walking in front kept kowtowing to Crow Heiyun and asked him what he was shouting. The Japanese guide pointed at Crow Heiyun and stammered in frightened words in broken Chinese: "Those are the incarnations of Crow and Crow Tengu... Even Crow Tengu is coming, come, come to Nagano!"
"Crow Tengu?"
The expression of despair on the Japanese guide's face deepened: "The Crow Tengu is the subordinate of the Great Tengu and the Tengu. It looks like a crow. It likes to eat people and... rotting corpses! Wherever there are Crow Tengu, there will be... many dead people and plagues. It’s a sign of great misfortune! We can’t go any further, a large plague will definitely break out ahead!”
According to the Japanese guide, this Crow Tengu lives in the mountains and cannibalizes people. Like the Earth Spider King, it is a mountain god that brings disaster. It has terrifying powers and unimaginable evil methods.
Jin An had heard of the folk grotesque that Tengu eats the sun, but this was the first time he heard of Crow Tengu. Riding on a tall horse, he glanced at the Japanese guide. Unfortunately, there were too many people to ask for details.