Seeing that Kato Kiyomasa was deep in thought, Ju Jingren stopped talking and waited patiently.
With his words prepared to this point, he was 80% sure that Kato Kiyomasa would agree to his suggestion.
When the Japanese Rebellion started a few months ago, he kidnapped two princes and surrendered. Kato Kiyomasa, just to show off, went back to the crowd with only a few horses to receive them.
With a character like Kato Kiyomasa who likes to pretend, is arrogant and brave, and who also dares to take risks, it is only natural for him to accept the suggestion of a one-on-one challenge.
For the Japanese soldiers, there was no possibility of defeating the Ming army with 10,000 men against 20,000 to 30,000 Ming troops under normal circumstances. If it was 20,000 to 30,000 men against 10,000 men, it would be possible.
All the Japanese soldiers could do was to defend the isolated city, killing and injuring the Ming army as much as possible, or waiting for the Ming army to run out of food and retreat, but there was still no hope for the future, not even reinforcements.
So even from a rational perspective, it is worthwhile to take a gamble with heads-up.
After Kato Kiyomasa finished thinking, he asked: "Does Lin Tailai dare to agree?"
Ju Jingren replied: "Whether we attack Pyongyang or Hamhung Prefecture, Lin Tianshuai always gets there first. It can be seen that Tianshuai must be extremely vain and adventurous, so why doesn't he dare to fight alone?"
After careful persuasion by the villain, Lin Tianshuai will definitely agree to have a duel with Qing Zhenggong that is full of classical style and will go down in history!"
Anyway, regardless of whether Lin Tianshuai agrees or not, as long as Kato Kiyomasa is willing to let him return to the Ming army camp alive, it will be victory!
So Kato Kiyomasa said: "You can tell Lin Tailai that if you agree to a duel, we will fight three hundred steps outside the south gate of Jizhou tomorrow.
Both sides can bring two guards to raid the formation, plus one general and one long and short weapon.
As for the rest of the troops, they are not allowed to come within 300 steps of the dueling position to prevent accidents."
After looking around again, Kato Kiyomasa said to one of the three chief ministers of the family, Morimoto Rikishi: "Follow Ju Jingren to the Ming camp and meet Lin Tailai in person to negotiate.
You don't have to be groveling, you can use provoking tactics against Lin Tai. If Mr. Lin doesn't dare to fight alone, forget it. Then bring back Lin Tai's reply."
Morimoto Rikishi agreed and followed Ju Jingren out of the city.
After watching Morimoto Rikishi and Ju Jingren leave, Kujiro Iida, one of the three ministers, advised Kato Kiyomasa: "It's too risky, please think again, my lord!"
Kato Kiyomasa stroked the long sword and said leisurely: "The destiny of the samurai is to seek the true meaning of death."
After finishing showing off, Kato Kiyomasa said again: "Now there is no other way but to use some dangerous strategies to survive.
Kujiro, please call over those ninjas who are accompanying the army, I have some instructions!"
But he said that Ju Jingren brought Morimoto Rishi to Mingying Camp and asked Morimoto Rishi to wait outside. Ju Jingren first reported to Lin Tianshuai alone.
At this time, Lin Tailai was discussing the siege of the city with the generals at the column level. No matter how hard it was to crack, he still had to crack it.
"One-on-one?" Lin Tailai was stunned for a while when he heard this word, and couldn't help but sigh: "You Ju Jingren are quite good at deceiving."
The generals were also surprised by this. When the two armies were fighting, there were several fierce men from each side fighting in front of the formation. This was also the case in this era.
But this kind of situation where the leader is facing off in a one-on-one battle definitely only exists in novels. Who would be a serious leader who would take this risk? The kind of Li Shimin who rushes into battle personally with his bodyguard is already the limit.
Ju Jingren licked his face and said: "Anyway, Tianshuai said that as long as the villain can spy on the Japanese soldiers and come back alive, he will be the president of the Hamjing Dao Maintenance Association.
It can be inferred from Kato's tone that the Japanese soldiers' rations can last at least a month, and they should have three thousand koku."
After sending Ju Jingren away temporarily, Lin Tailai smiled at the generals and said: "This is the deep-rooted habit of the Japanese. They are like gamblers, always dreaming of making big gains with small things.
It was the same with the last night attack, and the same is true with this one-on-one challenge. They are essentially gamblers' mentality."
When the generals heard Lin Jinglue's teasing, they laughed softly.
Ma Gui, the commander of the second corps, said: "If this Japanese pirate dares to risk his life to fight for his way out, he is quite capable."
Lin Tailai laughed and said, "You think so, Lao Ma? It means you don't have a deep understanding of Japanese pirates. Please write a thousand-word review and submit it within two days."
Ma Gui: "."
Then Lin Jinglue analyzed everyone and said: "There is another level of Japanese habits. Even if they are brave and brave on the surface, there must be despicable and shameless tricks secretly.
Then they will be complacent and think that this unscrupulous trick is a kind of wisdom and strategy.
So Kato Kiyomasa seems to be going for a one-on-one fight, but he will definitely use tricks."
Ma Gui, who was having a headache just thinking about a thousand-word review, said again: "No matter what tricks he has, just don't accept it. There is no reason for a one-on-one duel."
Lin Tailai let out a long sigh and said: "If we can reduce the casualties of the officers and soldiers, why would we risk our lives!
As long as there is an opportunity to reduce the casualties of the officers and soldiers, the headquarters will give it a try!"
All the generals said together: "Jing Lue loves his soldiers as much as his sons, I can't wait to do that!"
Lin Tailai waved his hand and said calmly: "Convey the words of the Headquarters to the whole battalion, so that every officer and soldier knows the dedication that the Headquarters has made for them!
The headquarters does not care about some false reputation, but mainly to boost morale! After all, the army is on an expedition, and morale is very important. Without morale, it is just a ball of loose sand."
Generals: "."
Then Lin Tailai glanced at several tall generals and asked: "The Japanese envoys brought by Ju Jingren are still waiting. Who pretends to be the headquarters to receive the Japanese envoys?"
Someone asked in confusion: "Why didn't Duke Jinglue meet him in person?"
Lin Tailai explained: "The Japanese custom does not eat much meat. Even if Kato Kiyomasa is known to be tall and majestic, how can he compare with me?
No matter in terms of congenital genes or acquired meat intake, Kato Kiyomasa cannot be taller or stronger than me.
Therefore, I am worried that if the Japanese envoys see my physique, Kato Kiyomasa will not dare to come to a duel.
Therefore, I will send you to come forward on my behalf to deceive the Japanese envoys."
After looking around carefully, Lin Tailai pointed at the guerrilla game and said, "You can imitate me."
He was as excited as if he had won a big prize, and it seemed that he was very excited to be able to play a strategic role.
Just by hearing this person's name, you can tell that he is a "great general". This person is also one of the "Xuan Da Four Generals", or in other words, most of the four mighty generals are great generals.
He is over 1.8 meters tall, and it is barely enough to pretend to be Lin Jinglue in front of strangers.
Afterwards, Lin Jinglue didn't care about how to meet the Japanese envoys.
Anyway, the conversation between each other cannot be understood directly, and a general manager is needed to translate, so Lin Jinglue is not worried about exposing his secrets because of the vulgar language.
However, I later heard that the Japanese envoys were quite provocative in their words, and I was so angry that I almost killed him on the spot.
But in the end, an agreement was reached for a duel tomorrow, and the location would be "three hundred steps outside the south gate" proposed by Kato Kiyomasa. This is a very reasonable place.
In this position, it is difficult for the long-range weapons of both sides to cause substantial damage. If an unexpected problem occurs, they should be able to run back in time.
The next day, when Lin Tailai put on the eighty-pound heavy armor after a full meal, he asked his left and right: "Has my dedication to fighting for the safety of all officers and soldiers today been conveyed to the entire battalion?"
Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan watched Lin Junmen put on his armor, and advised with some worry: "Single combat is different from being the first to attack. We also need to take into account both flexibility and durability.
Wearing 80 kilograms of heavy armor is not suitable for single combat. If you fight on horseback, your horse power will be too much, and if you fight on foot, your body will be slow and it will be difficult to defeat the opponent."
The reason is very simple. If the opponent dodges or distances himself, he can't catch up even wearing eighty kilograms of heavy armor.
Lin Jinglue replied with a good attitude: "Safety comes first when traveling in the world, and we must first seek a foolproof way to save our lives!
The Japanese must have some tricks to greet them. There is no need to chase the Japanese and fight them. You can just wear thick armor and wait for the Japanese to come to your door.
After all, in this duel, it is the Japanese who are eager to win, not the Honbuin.
If you can kill the Japanese general, kill him; if you can't kill the Japanese general, just retreat with your life intact."
Dong Yiyuan praised: "Junmen's words are very good! We don't seek merit, but seek safety."
Finally, he put on his bronze helmet and faceplate, and provided all the arm guards, leg guards, and neck guards. Lin Jinglue's entire body was protected to the extreme from top to bottom.
The eighty-pound heavy armor is extraordinary. It has two layers of armor, both inside and outside. It can be stabbed several times at close range without breaking the armor.
After thinking about it, Lin Tailai brought another large cloak and put it on, covering it over the armor.
This appearance seems to be obvious and nondescript, which is incomprehensible to everyone.
Even if you wear a large cloak, others can still see that you are wearing armor. Why is it necessary to wear an extra layer?
Lin Tailai further explained: "I just don't want my opponents to notice the thickness of the armor. I tend to think that my headquarters wears light armor, so I have a trump card."
All in all, Lin Jinglue's idea for this one-on-one challenge is to put on the thickest armor without letting the opponent see it.
In this way, Lin Jinglue got on the carriage and headed towards the agreed duel location. The carriage also carried a tea set and a small stove.
When Ma Gui saw this scene, he secretly thought, could it be that Mr. Jin Lue planned to invite the other party to drink tea and then poison the tea?
Only in this way can we explain why Mr. Jing Lue’s thoughts are entirely on defense. After successfully poisoning the opponent, the most important thing is to save his life.
When we were about six or seven hundred steps away from the south gate of Jizhou, we could vaguely see someone waiting at the city gate.
So Lin Tailai asked the other officers and soldiers to stop and got on his horse. In addition, he only took two of the four fierce generals, Jiesheng and Pogui, and a Japanese general to continue forward.
The situation on the other side was similar, a group of four people also rode towards each other.
When the distance was only a few dozen steps, Xie Sheng and Pogui stood still, rushing behind them.
Lin Taili, carrying a spear and an iron whip, and the general carrying a tea set and a small stove continued to move forward.
When he got closer, Lin Tailai could see clearly that the person coming across from him was only three or four inches shorter than him. He was definitely a giant among the Japanese. He was definitely Kato Kiyomasa!
And just as he expected, Kato Kiyomasa is several times thinner than himself, and in his eyes he is just tall and thin.
Although Kato Kiyomasa's torso is wrapped in crotch balls, so it's hard to tell how majestic he is, but we can still tell from the thickness of his arms.
So Lin Jinglue felt more at ease, believing that the science was indeed correct. With the genes and meat intake of the Japanese, how could they be more majestic than himself?
However, Kato Kiyoshi on the other side stopped standing still when the distance was about the same. However, after seeing the appearance of the person coming from the opposite side, he subconsciously froze.
This Ming warrior who came to challenge him was obviously taller and stronger than himself. Compared with the warrior who was known as the most majestic in Japan, he actually looked "thin".
Baga! Yesterday Rikishi Morimoto went to the Ming army to explore the camp, and the information he brought back was not like this!
Lin Tai saw Kato Kiyomasa standing still, so he also stopped and continued to look at his opponent.
There was a lot of hair on the top of the helmet, and a pair of horns for decoration. The body was also covered with two layers of clothes outside the armor.
The inner layer of clothing is buttoned diagonally like a cassock, and the outer layer is a common haori with half sleeves - like an extended and fatter open waistcoat.
At the lower end of the cassock and the feather fabric, the lower body armor that looks like a "miniskirt" is exposed.
Whenever he saw the Japanese general's armor, Lin Tailai could not help but think of the four words "weird shape". The overall shape always looked like a standing frog.
In Lin Jinglue's eyes, which looked like he was looking at a "rare animal", Kato Kiyomasa finally came to his senses.
He took a deep breath, tightened his grip on the long knife, and secretly encouraged himself!
A strong person is not only strong in body, but also in mind and wisdom! I didn’t fully expect to win with force!
Now that I have reached this point, there is no way out, I can only move forward bravely and defeat the powerful enemy!
Being weak is not scary. As long as you have a will ten times or a hundred times stronger than your opponent, you can create miracles!
As long as he defeats the person in front of him, he will be unquestionable and truly the best warrior in the world!
"Your Excellency, are you the General of the Ming Army, Lin Tailai?" Kato Kiyomasa was the first to speak, trying his best not to be humble or condescending: "I have admired your reputation for a long time, and today I see that it is well-deserved!"
Lin Tailai's eyes were still full of curiosity and thirst for knowledge, and he said a lot to Tongshi.
Then I heard the general translator say: "Master Tomorrow would like to ask Kato Kiyomasa, what does your outfit mean?
Seeing that you are still wearing a half-length cassock and extremely simple keto pills, are you deliberately imitating your country's famous general Takeda Shingen?
I heard that Kato, you also believe in your Buddhism, so you should imitate Uesugi Kenshin more? Or do you admire Takeda Shingen more?"
Baga! Kato Kiyomasa was so angry that he almost vomited blood. How much do you, Lin Tailai, despise others?
Could it be that in your eyes, Lin Tailai, you are just a "foreign curiosity" used for research and appreciation?
This is a duel, please take it seriously!
Seeing the opponent's stronger body, Kato Kiyomasa tried his best to control his violent temper, calmly asked his assistant to put down a small table and tea sets, and lit firewood to boil water.
Then he said politely to Lin Tailai: "Before the duel, I invite you to taste our country's tea ceremony, and to accompany this grand event with elegant things for future generations to praise!"
Lin Tailai was stunned for a moment, and then asked his assistant to take out the tea set and small stove from the basket on his back.
Kato Kiyomasa: "."
Why do you still want to get together? Could it be that the other party also has some conspiracy?