Xia Xun held Ming'er's little hand and ran as fast as he could. Unfortunately, the sand on the beach was soft, and the few Japanese behind him were barefoot. Because of their short bodies, they ran around like frogs, but their speed was extremely fast.
People can't run fast if they wear boots, especially little girl Ming'er. After all, she's not good at running.【】
A Japanese man excitedly caught up with him, holding a long sword in his hand. He was babbling and shouting something, which probably translated into Chinese was something like "Flower girl, you are so big and beautiful."
Xia Xun saw that the Japanese was pursuing him more and more urgently. He suddenly pushed Ming'er's back and sent her three feet away. She fell down and turned around, sending sand and dirt flying out of her hands.
The Japanese who were staring at Ming'er with salivation saw that Xia Xun was dressed in ordinary common people's clothes and didn't take him seriously at all. These common people could only run for their lives when they saw them, and they had never seen many who dared to resist in anger.
, so he focused all his attention on the flower girl. As a result, a cloud of sand was thrown in his face, his eyes were blurred, and a handful of sand was poured into his mouth.
The Japanese man was so angry that he screamed and danced like a windmill with a Japanese sword in his hand. Before he could blink his eyes and regain his sight, he was severely stamped on his lower back. Although his chassis was very stable, the strength of this kick was
He was stomped down, and as soon as he hit the sand, before he could get up, he was kicked again on the neck. This stomp was so hard that it broke his neck with a "click"
, the whole person sank into the sand.
Xia Xun picked up the Japanese sword and held it in his hand. The quality was really good. This Japanese man at least had some status in the Japanese country. With the sword in his hand, he became bolder. He stood up and walked towards the beach.
Look.
He didn't expect that he was so unlucky. He finally reached the beach and secretly wanted to find a boatman to take him out to sea. However, after wandering around, he found that there were a large number of boats on the beach but no one there. Xia Xun was surprised.
, suddenly saw a group of officers and soldiers running quickly, the soldiers surrounded a general, the general was riding a horse, holding a big sword, and full of murderous intent.
Xia Xun was shocked when he saw this, thinking that his whereabouts had been leaked, he quickly took Ming'er and hid in a patch of weeds. The terrain of this place was a concave bay, with many ships moored in the bay, because the shore extended to a hill.
Therefore, there are small trees and weeds and swamps everywhere, making it easy to hide. This is why Xia Xun was alert and deliberately chose such a beach to look for ships going out to sea. Once discovered by the gangsters, it would be easy to escape.
Xia Xun and Ming'er hid in the grass, and saw the group of officers and soldiers arriving at the beach and setting fire to the ship without saying a word. They couldn't help being surprised: "Aren't the officers and soldiers here for me?"
The officers and soldiers scattered around and set fire to ships, large and small. While they were busy, a group of pirates rushed over from the shore shouting. When the officers and soldiers saw this, they gave up burning the ships and went ashore to fight with them. Xia Xun discovered that these
The pirates' clothing, hairstyle, and height looked very much like Japanese people. Listening to the language they yelled, it turned out to be correct, and I couldn't help but be even more shocked.
The Japanese pirates should have come from the sea. Why did the officers and soldiers rush to the seaside first to burn the boats, and then the Japanese pirates appeared from behind them, also coming from the land direction. What was going on? Then, the Japanese pirates who were chasing me discovered the hiding place.
Xia Xun and Ming'er, who were in the grass, saw the cute little girl. The Japanese pirates who noticed them were very moved and chased after them. Xia Xun had already killed one person and didn't know what was going on here.
What's up.
The other Japanese pirates who were chasing after them became furious when they saw that the Han people had killed one of their own. They gave up on the flower girl for the time being and surrounded Xia Xun. Since Xia Xun had taken action, he had no intention of doing so. Then he walked away, swung his long knife with a suitable weight, shouted loudly, and struck at the nearest Japanese pirate with a move of "Strength Splitting Huashan".
The Japanese pirate was startled. He didn't expect that this man's waist, arms, and sword were so coordinated. This sword was so powerful that it was even more powerful than the top swordsmen there. He hurriedly used his sword to meet Xia Xun. The body turned with the knife, and with a flash of light, the knife changed from chopping to sweeping. With a "pop", the "frog" in front of him was cut in half at the waist. The intestines and internal organs were scattered all over the floor, and blood spattered. It was terrible to see.
Ming'er exclaimed when she saw it, her pretty face turned pale, and she almost vomited.
A Japanese pirate was startled. He did not rush up to take action immediately. Instead, he said something to him in Japanese. Xia Xun said in a daze, "What did you say?"
Only then did he notice that the Japanese pirate in front of him was not dressed like an ordinary Japanese, and he also rarely wore shoes. Xia Xun had dealt with Japanese envoys, and his hairstyle, appearance, and especially his dark teeth seemed to He was a nobleman, so I couldn't help but feel moved.
He glanced at the surrounding Japanese pirates again, because as soon as this man asked, they immediately stopped attacking. Although they were all inexplicably angry because of the death of their companions, their attitudes were extremely respectful, and there was some discipline in their behavior. Yi Dong: "Are they really just ordinary Japanese pirates? Or...Yi Jun is a bandit?"
Xia Xun did not forget that when the Japanese envoys returned, they were teased and humiliated by the pirates of Shuangyu Island. In the end, they were stripped naked and their ship was robbed of everything before they were driven away.
The Japanese pirate was also a little strange and said in Chinese: "Are you from the Ming Dynasty? Japanese?"
"Of course I am from the Ming Dynasty!"
Only then did Xia Xun understand what he was asking. He laughed loudly and raised the sword in his hand again.
Xia Xun's sword technique was learned from Hu Jiuliu. Hu Jiuliu's sword technique is an ancient sword technique with great practical power. Moreover, Xia Xun once witnessed Feng Xihui's two-handed sword technique. Japanese sword technique draws heavily on ancient Chinese sword techniques. Swordsmanship is actually a manifestation of two-handed swordsmanship. The sword Xia Xun uses now is a Japanese sword. It naturally combines the swordsmanship characteristics of Feng Xihui and Hu Jiuliu. The method of using both hands to use the sword and luck to exert force is closely related to the Japanese swordsmanship. The sword techniques are very similar.
The sword he used was the ancestor of Japanese swordsmanship, but the Japanese regarded him as a Japanese. In his case, there should be no one who could use their Japanese swords so skillfully. Seeing that Xia Xun claimed to be from the Ming Dynasty, The Japanese pirate was furious and immediately raised his sword to greet him. Several other Japanese pirates did not neglect him either. The death of their companions did not frighten them, but instead aroused their hostility.
Xia Xun held knives in both hands and started fighting with several Japanese pirates in a daze...
Xia Xun spent a lot of effort to get rid of these Japanese pirates. After the Japanese pirate who was suspected of being a Japanese noble was killed by him, several Japanese pirates around him howled like their dead fathers. A man rushed towards him desperately, with the attitude of exchanging his life for his life. Xia Xun was even more convinced that the identity of this Japanese pirate was not simple, especially after taking away his sword, this man's sword was even worse than the one just now. Well, two Japanese pirates were cut in two by him with his sword, so how could such a good swordsman be a poor pirate?
Xia Xun secretly had doubts in his heart. If given the chance, he would find out about this matter.
The number of soldiers of the Ming army on the beach was much smaller than that of these Japanese pirates. Since they burned their ships separately, they had been scattered and were unable to use their expertise in collective combat. In addition, their individual martial arts skills were inferior to those of these Japanese pirates, so that just now
As soon as they fought, they retreated steadily. However, Xia Xun noticed that the general on horseback was wielding a long sword in his hand, but he was unstoppable. After he solved several Japanese pirates who besieged him, wherever the general on horseback passed,
Dozens of Japanese pirates have been killed.
"What a strong general!"
Xia Xun knew in his heart that although this man had the advantage of horse power and long sword, he could kill many enemies so quickly along the way. His martial arts skills were probably not much worse than his own. At this moment, he saw that
On horseback, the general swayed and hurriedly lifted the reins, but the horse did not jump out. It turned out that the beach was soft and there was mud, and while the horse was jumping, its hoof got stuck in a mud pit and could not be pulled out.
"not good!"
When Xia Xun saw several Japanese pirates taking the opportunity to surround the Ming general, his face changed. The horse general was wearing armor, and his hand was a long sword for horse warfare. Once fighting on foot, he would probably be no match for these nimble and nimble rats.
Japanese people generally scurrying around.
Xia Xun hurriedly glanced around and saw that the Japanese pirates and the Ming army soldiers were fighting against each other. Before he paid attention to them, he said to Ming'er urgently: "Quickly, get under the boat and hide. Don't move around randomly!" After that!
He picked up his feet and ran towards the general whose horse was stuck in the mud.
On the beach, a small boat to be repaired was towed ashore, right in the grass. Ming'er listened to his instructions and hurriedly crouched down to the side of the boat to take cover. At the same time, she quietly poked her head out and followed Xia Xun's direction.
Xia Xun was a step too late. Those Japanese pirates reacted very quickly. When they saw the Ming general who had killed many of them, they immediately swarmed in and attacked like flies that had seen blood.
Ling, you strike with a sword, I strike with a sword, and we fight like a revolving lantern. When Xia Xun arrives, the general's robes are stained with blood.
"kill!"
Xia Xun shouted sharply. A Japanese pirate had just stabbed the Ming general in the stomach with a knife. Before he could draw the knife, Xia Xun carried it over his shoulder and cut it into two halves. This knife in Xia Xun's hand was really a good one.
Xia Xun estimated that the knife was sharp enough to be at least a three-body knife, the kind of sharp knife that could cut off three people's bodies with one blow.
Xia Xun slashed his knife, and the tip of the knife touched the sand. The sand splashed with blood and flew towards a Japanese pirate opposite. When his eyes narrowed, he plunged the knife into the man's stomach until it reached the hilt.
He forced the man to retreat seven or eight steps in a row, took the opportunity to avoid the long swords of several other Japanese pirates, then drew his sword and turned back to fight again.
Ming'er hid behind the boat, covering her mouth with her small hands, looking at Xia Xun in surprise. As Xia Xun fled all the way, it was not the first time she saw Xia Xun take action, but she had never seen Xia Xun kill someone before.
Killing so fast, so accurately, so cruelly!
Seeing his amazing swordsmanship, several Japanese pirates immediately formed a semicircle with a tacit understanding and forced him down.
Xia Xun leaned against the sea, with the sun above his head and the roaring waves at his feet. He held a knife in both hands and stared murderously at the several Japanese pirates in front of him. He was as majestic as a god. His aura did not look like he was surrounded by people, but more like him.
It was like one person surrounded several Japanese pirates.
"So majestic! So airy!"
Ming'er looked at him with a pair of bright eyes, her eyes were suddenly fascinated, her heart was full of love, her pink fists were clenched, and she was so excited that she just wanted to cheer loudly: "Uncle... No! Brother is so majestic! This is a real man, only
You are worthy of being my husband, Xu Miaojin! Ming'er is determined to marry you! Do you know, brother Yang Xu?"
The general pulled out the knife that was stuck on his body. He held his own long knife in one hand and covered his lower abdomen with the other. He wanted to stand up from the ground, but he struggled for several times and couldn't get up. He couldn't help this sudden martyr.
I could only stare at him anxiously and nervously.
Xia Xun was confronting several Japanese pirates in front of him. Suddenly, dust was flying in the distance, and another group of people came running towards them. The fluttering flags were clearly the Ming Dynasty army. He felt relieved and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The Japanese pirates seemed to have heard the sound behind them, and they began to feel a little uneasy, and their eyes were a little wandering. That's when!
The knife in Xia Xun's hand was tilted slightly to one side, and a bright cold light swept across the eyes of the Japanese pirates in front of him. At the same time, Xia Xun pounced on him like a tiger descending from a mountain, and the knife in his hand splashed out a fan-shaped halo of light and blood.
Splashing...
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"My lord! My lord!"
After the Ming army reinforcements arrived, the Japanese pirates saw the Ming army reinforcements in large numbers and began to seize the ships that had not yet burned down to prepare to go to sea.
"Good martial arts, really good martial arts!"
The Ming general was dying. He smiled at Xia Xun and asked, "You...are not from a military household? What a pity. It would be great if you were a soldier of our army!"
It turns out that this Ming general is a member of the Qiancang Guards Station in Xiangshan County, named Yi Shaozong. Starting last month, a large number of Japanese pirates suddenly invaded the coast. At first, they were restrained by the national pirates from Shuangyu Island.
The harassment caused by the people along the coast was not serious yet, but then their power suddenly increased. The bandits in the Shuangyu Islands group were weak and began to withdraw their defense lines. They swooped ashore like blood-sucking mosquitoes and flies.
In previous years, there were also Japanese pirates attacking during this time period, but this year there seemed to be particularly many. Today, a group of Japanese pirates landed here and rushed towards Xiangshan County. After Yi Shaozong heard the news, he immediately ordered his troops and horses to attack.
Seven hundred people accompanied Qianhu Xukaiyang to rescue the county town, while he led three hundred people to search the Japanese pirates' retreat, hoping to burn all the Japanese pirates' boats and completely eliminate their group to avoid future troubles.
Unexpectedly, these Japanese pirates had Ming Dynasty scum acting as spies on the coastal beaches. Before they could reach Yishan County, they rushed back after hearing the news. After a bloody battle, Yi Shaozong lost his momentum and was besieged.
After several stabs, Xia Xun couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw that his face was pale, his injuries were so serious, and he almost couldn't survive.
Yi Shaozong asked Xia Xun to help him sit up. Seeing the many Japanese pirates who had already grabbed the boats and set out to sea, he couldn't help but regretfully said: "The coast is so long that troops cannot be stationed everywhere. No matter how strict the precautions are, the Japanese raids cannot be stopped..."
It is a pity that the ships of our Coastal Guard Station can only sail in the inner lake and cannot withstand the wind and waves of the distant sea. Otherwise, we could go out to sea to suppress the bandits and destroy their foundations. We would not allow them to come and leave as they please."
Xia Xun blurted out: "General, we will have our own ocean fleet sooner or later tomorrow. Our fleet will be an invincible fleet and will be as huge as a moving castle. Everyone will surrender wherever they go! Anyone who is disrespectful will be captured.
His king! What a mere Japanese pirate!"
"I hope... I hope one day..."
Yi Shaozong smiled and exhaled, tilted his head, and fell into Xia Xun's arms. His eyes were still looking at the place where the Japanese disappeared in the distance, with reluctance, hatred and regret in his eyes, but the sparkle in his eyes was no longer there. Threads dissipate...
The soldiers cleaned the battlefield, and Deputy Qianhu Xu Kaiyang and Xia Xun carried Yi Shaozong to the hillside and put him down silently.
Xia Xun couldn't help but ask: "General, since you know that the Japanese pirates have been attacking frequently and in large numbers recently, why don't you ask for more reinforcements? With only the troops of Xiangshan Guards, you will inevitably worry about one thing and not the other."
Xu Kaiyang sighed: "The reinforcements are not local residents. How long can they stay here? What's more, I can't recruit any soldiers recently."
"how?"
Xu Kaiyang smiled bitterly and said: "You little couple came here from Hezhou to visit relatives. You must not have known along the way that King Yan's army has arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and all the imperial navy has been transferred to fight against the enemy."
Xia Xun was startled and lost his voice: "What? King Yan has arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River?"
Deputy Xu Qianhu said: "Yes, the King of Yan is about to cross the river. The officials from all over the country are drafting soldiers to go to Jinling to serve the king. You said that you can't find any relatives who want to defect to Jinling. I guess they will also be drafted to Jinling." Come on, the war is going on now. Don't wander around. Just stay in Xiangshan County for a while and wait until the overall situation is stable. If you have any difficulties, just tell me."
"Thank you, sir!"
Xia Xun and Ming'er looked at each other and couldn't hide their surprise: "King Yan has arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Ji Gang must have sent the news."
When he thought of this, the idea of going to sea had long been forgotten by him. He wished he could spread his wings and fly to the Yangtze River battlefield where the two armies faced each other.
In a messy battlefield with corpses all over the ground, Xia Xun tightened his grip on the three-trunk knife in his hand. He had found the scabbard and wanted to take the knife as his trophy. On the handle of the knife was a The family emblem is a circle with petals in between.
He did not believe that the sudden increase in Japanese pirates this year was an accident. These people must have a close relationship with Shimazu Mitsuo and others who were stripped naked and returned home.
King Yan is about to cross the river, the world is about to change hands, a new era is about to come, and he, he will also have the opportunity to command Qiu and create a lifelong career.
He hoped that one day, he could hold this sharp sword and drive the Ming Dynasty's giant ocean-going ship to Japan in person, bring back the head of the culprit who instigated the Japanese pirates to invade our waters, and comfort General Yi to the people who were suffering in Tianzhiling and along the coast.
He believes that there will be such a day!
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In addition, I was just typing words when a book friend mentioned it to me, which is really depressing! Who among the top few on the old book list has more updates than me?
Others may say 3,000 words a day, or 6,000 words a day, but I average 9,000 words a day. Isn’t that good? I had to change it to 6,000 words a day, for more than half a month, and in the last three days, I “exploded” to 12,000 words a day. "After a while, everyone is happy?"
It’s hard to think too much. I resigned because my body can no longer support fighting on both sides. When coding, especially history books, I need to look up a lot of information and think twice about the rationality of the plot. No matter how much I code, My body can't stand it, but my brain can't. It's very, very tiring.
If the result of my resignation from coding is that the labor intensity is more intense than when I went to work, what am I trying to do? With the amount of updates I can make now, I can face anyone without any shame, right?
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