Giants from the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom fought a life-and-death duel in front of the battle array for the safety of tens of thousands of soldiers.
This should be a duel with classical beauty that may be famous for future generations and become a legend. It must have a sense of ceremony.
At the same time, it must be full of details, so as to provide enough material for the legends of later generations, and can be used for secondary creation, at least this is what Kato Kiyoshi thinks.
As for Lin Tianshuai, he didn't seem to take this duel too seriously and was only thinking about how to save his life.
Both parties brought tea sets in unison, but neither party was willing to accept the other party's very suspicious tea, so they could only drink their own tea, making the scene slightly embarrassing.
Kato Kiyomasa was more fully prepared for this duel, pretending to be proud and spoke first:
"My tea powder comes from a famous garden in Uji, Kyoto, our country, and was given by Guan Bai himself.
Uji has been growing tea in this place for hundreds of years, and it is the number one tea in our country. I would like to invite Mr. Lin to visit one day."
Ah? Want to talk about the tea ceremony? Lin Tianshuai was not well prepared for the cultural exchange session, so he could only respond passively:
"You said tea has been cultivated in Uji for hundreds of years? Looking at the time point, tea seeds were probably stolen from the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty, and then cultivation began?"
Kato Kiyomasa: "."
Can we still chat? Do we still need a sense of ceremony?
Lin Tianshuai felt that his performance had to be decent, so he put away his cynical attitude and communicated seriously:
"The tea leaves of Honbuyuan are not very particular, they are just randomly picked from Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake, Suzhou Prefecture, my hometown.
Do you know how big Taihu Lake is? It is said that there are 36,000 hectares of waves, which is roughly equivalent to the area of your entire territory.
Do you know what the stone height of the entire Suzhou Prefecture is? According to our estimation, one Suzhou Prefecture is approximately equivalent to the total stone height of your country.
I also heard that your country always likes to use Tianxia to refer to the whole country. For example, Toyotomi Sekihaku thought of himself as a member of the world. Isn't it a bit like looking at the sky from a well? Tianxia and Tianxia are really not that small."
While translating, the minister of the Japanese state was so nervous that he was sweating on his forehead. He was afraid that Qing Zhenggong would become angry, so he drew his sword and cut himself.
Kato Kiyomasa stared at Lin Tianshuai, silently reciting "A small impatience will ruin a big plan" eighteen times in his heart, and slowly put down the teacup.
Then he took out another piece of paper and said in a deep voice: "I heard that you are the best poet in the Central Plains. This is the haiku I wrote for today's duel. I hope you can also give me some verses."
Exchanging poems? Is this the next cultural exchange link? Lin Tianshuai was still unprepared, so he first asked his own general to translate the other party's works.
The general took Kato's manuscript paper and read: "The vegetation outside the city is barren. I heard the singing of Huangquan in Jizhou. Today is the winter solstice."
Lin Tailai: "."
What a classic three and a half sentences. As a poet of the Ming Dynasty, he really doesn’t know how to evaluate haiku, a text that focuses on the stream of consciousness.
After being silent for a while, Lin Tailai asked Tongshi to translate and said: "Tian Shuai's poems were not written for Japanese people, and they do not need Japanese people to appreciate them."
Kato Kiyomasa was filled with unbearable anger and scolded: "Your Excellency is so rude and has no Chinese grace at all! I am greatly disappointed!"
Lin Tailai sometimes really couldn't understand the thinking mode of the Japanese and complained:
"How can a Buddhist like you, who enjoys killing people in Korea and creating a no-man's land in Jizhou, have the dignity to talk about it?"
Kato Kiyomasa suddenly regained his composure and asked, "Could it be that you are using a strategy to provoke me before the duel?"
Lin Tailai, who was already very impatient with the cultural exchange session, responded: "You are worrying too much. If the headquarters beats you, it is really not enough to use tricks."
In this winter, is it comfortable to hang out in armor? Work early and finish work early!
Kato Kiyomasa's face darkened, arrogance is the original sin, Mr. Lin, you have a way to die!
He raised the tea cup again and said to Lin Tai: "I should have had wine to cheer up today, but now I can only have tea instead of wine. After drinking, it will be a matter of life and death!"
Lin Tailai also picked up the tea cup, gestured to Kato Kiyomasa, and then bowed his head slightly to drink tea.
But Kato Kiyomasa didn't drink the tea and directly threw the tea cup to the ground!
Anyone who often acts as an ambush attacker at banquets and gatherings knows that this is called throwing cups!
Lin Tailai, who was drinking tea with his head slightly lowered, was a little surprised when he heard the sound. Where could there be an ambush in this plain?
It was too late, but soon, two streams of soil mist suddenly rose behind Lin Tailai! Two pits were instantly revealed, and two thin figures jumped out of the pits!
Both of them were wearing tight clothes and covering their faces with turbans.
One of them quickly rolled on the ground and quickly swept away the weapon Lin Tailai had placed beside him!
While the other person jumped out of the pit, he threw several darts at Lin Tailai's back in one breath!
Seeing all this, Kato Kiyomasa showed a cruel and proud smile on his face.
You ignorant and arrogant Ming people probably don’t know that there is such a profession as ninja, right?
Last night, the ninjas were instructed to dig a pit at the expected duel site and ambush it before dawn.
I just pretended to be shocked and stopped just to choose the best position!
There are two ninjas, one is responsible for taking away the weapons, and the other is responsible for shooting the poison darts!
The handsome man tomorrow, the first warrior of the Ming Dynasty, are just meat on the chopping board in front of his own peerless ingenuity!
Let me, Kato Kiyomasa, personally take your head and show it off to the whole world!
And your skull can be made into a heirloom of the Kato family!
Fanatic thoughts kept coming to his mind, and Kato Kiyomasa's expression became more and more crazy, but his movements were not slow either!
Almost at the same time as the ninja threw out the poison dart, Kato Kiyomasa began to draw the sword as quickly as possible!
He used the sitting position Iaijutsu, also known as Batojutsu!
His sword is also a specially made Iai sword. The arc is specially designed to match the Iaijutsu! The enemy will be killed the moment the blade is unsheathed!
With a flash of cold light, the blade struck Lin Tailai opposite with endless killing intent!
Clang! Then there was a sound of gold and stone, accompanied by sparks flying!
The blade was forcibly blocked halfway!
This unexpected situation made the unprepared Kato Kiyomasa subconsciously a little confused, and the evil smile on his face immediately froze!
In his field of vision, he only saw Lin Tailai stretching out a fist, and he blocked the blade abruptly!
How is this possible for a mortal body to directly block the blade? Kato Kiyomasa was greatly shocked and looked at Lin Tailai's fist in disbelief.
But I saw a strange thing wrapped around my fist. It was made of steel and cast iron, as if four iron wrench fingers were put together, and there were four spike-like protrusions on it.
However, the blade that he had just pulled out using the Iaijutsu was stuck between two spikes and could not go any further.
With a clanging sound, the poison darts shot at Lin Tianshuai also fell to the ground one after another. It seemed that their only effect was to pierce Lin Tianshuai's cloak and expose the armor plates inside.
The ninja responsible for throwing poison darts was also stunned. How thick is this armor?
None of the poison darts broke through the defense, but this ninja's heart had already broken through the defense first.
Soon enough, just when Kato Kiyomasa had just seen the fist blocking the blade, Lin Tailai suddenly turned his shoulders sideways and flew towards Kato Kiyomasa with his whole body!
The two of them were sitting opposite each other drinking tea before, so the distance between them was not that far.
Later, when Kato Kiyomasa performed his sword-drawing technique, he took a big step closer in order to kill, causing the two people to get even closer.
Therefore, Lin Tailai's swift swoop was like a cannonball, slamming into Kato Kiyomasa with his shoulder and back!
Lin Tailai's weight plus the 80 kilograms of armor has reached 320 kilograms!
Kato Kiyomasa's center of gravity was unstable due to his height, so he could not withstand such a heavy impact.
Then he was knocked to the ground abruptly, and his whole body was smashed to pieces!
Kato Kiyoshi, whose mind was buzzing, was lying on the ground. While subconsciously waving the knife randomly, he used the last bit of clarity in his mind and shouted: "Can you tell me what the iron weapon in your hand is?"
As long as Lin Tailai answers a few words when he is proud, he can win a chance to breathe! This is the resourcefulness of Kato when he faces a desperate situation!
But Kato Kiyomasa, who was a little dazed after being thrown down, forgot for a moment that he was speaking Japanese, and Lin Tailai couldn't understand it.
Although I don’t know what Kato Kiyomasa said, Lin Tailai also shouted: "The villain dies from talking too much!"
At the same time, he stood up and without hesitation, he used all his strength to swing an iron fist as big as a sand bowl and hit Kato Kiyomasa hard in the face!
Kato Kiyomasa's pupils suddenly shrank, and he watched helplessly as the spiked iron-fingered tiger got closer and closer to his face, feeling extremely frightened!
He had thought about fighting patterns countless times in advance, but he never thought about being pushed to the ground and beaten with his fists!
Now he finally understood that Lin Tailai might not have wanted to have a serious duel from the beginning!
The plan is to make full use of your weight and strength advantages, attack at close range first, and then use your fists to solve the problem!
Relying on biological instinct, Kato Kiyomasa still swung a knife to fight back.
But firstly, since he couldn't use any strength while lying on the ground, and the angle couldn't be found well, secondly, Lin Tailai's nails were too thick, so cutting Lin Tailai's body was worse than scratching it.
Lin Tailai's arms already had the strength of a thousand pounds, coupled with the hardness of the Iron Finger Tiger and the sharpness of the spikes. After Kato Kiyoshi was hit in the face, his nose and cheekbones were instantly shattered and his flesh and blood were blurred.
He can no longer see his true appearance, nor can he tell whether he is dead or alive.
To make sure, Lin Tailai punched Kato Kiyomasa twice hard in the face!
After three punches, Kato Kiyomasa's skull was completely dented, and he was definitely dead.
The two ambushed ninjas howled in fear and ran away without looking back!
Everything happened in the blink of an eye, Kato Kiyomasa threw a cup, ninjas jumped out of the earth hole, Kato Kiyomasa drew his sword skills, Lin Tailai blocked with his iron fist, Lin Tailai flew and hit, Lin Tailai held down three punches, everything happened.
The process only takes a few breaths!
Two guards from both sides rushed over from dozens of steps away, and they were already separated before they arrived!
Iida Kujiro, who came to raid the formation from the Japanese side, could hardly believe that the lord he thought was invincible actually died like this!
The lord who was not only brave but also wise, died like this!
And never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined that his lord did not die heroically by swords, spears, bows and projectiles, but was actually beaten to death by fists!
Xie Sheng and Po Gui, who followed Lin Jinglue to raid the formation, were also dumbfounded. They were both fierce generals and were a little excited before.
I thought I might be witnessing history, and the gorgeous scenes only seen in books would appear in reality, but I didn't expect it to be like this.
Fake military commanders duel - horseback riding, several rounds of fighting with spears and swords! Or on foot, several rounds of fighting with swords, lights, swords and shadows!
A real one-on-one duel between generals - first put the opponent down on the ground, hold it down and then punch the opponent randomly.
Lin Tailai picked up Kato Kiyomasa's tachi, looked around and shouted: "The enemy is ashamed, let me take off his clothes! Kato Kiyomasa has been asked for by me, Lin Tailai!"
After logging in three times, I finally got the achievement of killing generals!
As for the Japanese general Omura Kizen who was beheaded at the top of Pyongyang City last time, he was not up to the standard of "beheading a general".
The translator collapsed on the ground and shivered, realizing that he could not understand the Chinese language Lin Jinglue was speaking.
At this time, Iida Kujiro was filled with grief and anger, and he rushed to Lin Tailai on horseback, risking his life. Lin Tailai ducked around the body of Kato Kiyomasa.
So Iida Kujiro was forced to rein in his horse, and was stabbed by Xie Sheng and Pogui who came over at the same time. He immediately fell off his horse and fell to the ground.
Another Japanese general who raided the formation, Kato Kiyohei, turned his horse and ran away. Fearing that he would be shot by the Japanese soldiers with their muskets, Xie Sheng and Pogui stopped pursuing him.
The army pressing up in the distance burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
They couldn't see clearly what happened, but they knew that Duke Jinglue had killed the enemy general with his own hands. This was the invincible Duke Lin Jinglue!
Everyone knows that in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, Duke Jinglue will not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars to fight against the enemy generals!
Lin Tailai immediately ordered to Xie Sheng and Po Gui: "Attack the city! According to the advance deployment, quickly begin to attack the city with all our strength. Jizhou will be captured within today!"
Then he looked at Kato Kiyomasa's body and ordered: "Let's not behead him yet. Hang Kato's body and armor on a wooden frame and show it to the Japanese soldiers guarding the city!"
If there is no suitable wooden frame, put it up on a cloud ladder so that the Japanese soldiers can clearly see it!"
The main reason is that Kato Kiyomasa's face was smashed by a hammer. If his head was cut off and displayed, he wouldn't be able to identify who he was.
The army with high morale roared past and charged towards the city walls and gates.
Lin Jinglue's personal bodyguards also gathered around and looked at Kato Kiyomasa's body.
The right protector Zhang Wu pointed his finger and said: "Sit here, according to our military merit standards of the Ming Dynasty, the head must be clearly visible in order to be counted.
You are unqualified, your face is ruined, and you will definitely fail the verification."
The traitor Ju Jingren stood on the outside with an extremely complicated expression.
The murderous Kato Kiyomasa was already a tiger-like figure in his eyes, which made him feel fear from the bottom of his heart.
But Kato Kiyomasa, whose nickname was Tiger, was beaten to death by Lin Tianshuai.
The image of terror that Kato had tried so hard to create through repeated massacres of civilians was like a joke.