In the afternoon, dark clouds covered the sun in Edo Castle, and the weather suddenly turned cloudy.
At this time, in the lobby of the city lord's palace, a guard came quickly to report: "Sir, it's bad, the Kansai Allied Forces are less than ten miles away from the west gate!"
Tokugawa Hidetada looked grave and said: "Instruct General Honda Tadakatsu to prepare to go out of the city to fight!"
A moment later, outside the west city gate.
The Kwantung Allied Forces lined up in formation and were ready. The front row was a shield formation, followed by elite spearmen, which could prevent the enemy from rushing into the formation and making a sneak attack. In the middle were many generals of the Allied Forces. The leader was a fierce general with a rough face and left
With a short beard and no anger, he was Honda Tadakatsu, the most powerful general of the Warring States Period. Both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Oda Nobunaga once praised his bravery. Alongside him were Yagyu Munenomi, Tomita Shigemasa and other powerful swordsmen.
Not long after, the sound of neat horse hooves suddenly sounded, and the ground shook violently, like an earthquake, which showed the number of invading cavalry.
After a while, Ling Feng's 5,000 cavalrymen arrived first as the vanguard. Due to the lack of war horses in Dongyi Kingdom, the number of cavalry under the command of major names was very small, and 5,000 cavalrymen was already an extremely terrifying number. If it weren't for Ling Feng's victory over the Eight Kingdoms
, even though they had captured the cavalry of various daimyo, they could not reach this number.
When cavalry was fighting against infantry, Qingzu had a crushing advantage, but Hu Tie and Zhou Tong, who were leading the troops, did not rush to attack Honda Tadakatsu, but formed a defensive formation several miles away.
Honda Tadakatsu did not take the opportunity to attack, because the opponent was a cavalryman who was extremely fast and could advance and retreat freely, so he could not take any advantage.
Afterwards, Ling Feng personally led most of the troops to arrive and quickly arranged their formation, using the shield formation as the front to guard against the enemy's attack.
At this time, Honda Tadakatsu rode out and said loudly: "You thieves, how dare you fight with me!"
Han Lei pretended to be Horio Yoshiharu glanced at Ling Feng, then glanced around and said: "Which one of you is willing to fight?"
Before Ling Feng could speak, an Onmyoji in a yellow uniform cupped his fists and said, "Qingchuan is willing to fight!"
Ling Feng glanced at him. He was an Onmyoji from the Himihu family and had a mid-term martial arts level. He then told him, "Be careful to use magic to defend the enemy from a distance, and don't engage in close combat."
At this time, the army has come from afar and is exhausted. It is not suitable for the whole army to attack immediately. Therefore, fighting in front of the battle is also a good entertainment program, just to test the level of the most powerful general in the Warring States Period.
Immediately, Qingchuan also rode out into battle.
"The traitor shall die!"
Honda Tadakatsu's slightly dark face showed a smile, and he immediately charged at him on horseback with a long spear, Dragonfly Kiri.
Qingchuan activated the magic formula to summon the shikigami and released a ball of black energy. The black energy quickly solidified and turned into a dark monster with a dog head, a sharp beak like a raven and jet-black wings.
, holding a vajra. This monster is the famous monster Crow Tengu in Dongyi Kingdom. It is usually a subordinate of Tengu and Big Tengu. The monster's power is not weak, and it has reached the peak of the early stage of the fourth level.
This crow tengu held a vajra in his hand, jumped suddenly, and hit Honda Tadakatsu.
At this moment, Honda Tadakatsu suddenly swiped the dragonfly cutter in his hand. This dragonfly cutter is one of the three famous guns of the Dongyi Kingdom and a fourth-level top-notch magic weapon. How can this vajra be blocked? It breaks instantly and the sharp edge of the dragonfly cutter
Without slowing down at all, he quickly moved towards the Crow Tengu's neck.
Crow Tengu was horrified, and just as he was about to dodge, a sharp spear intent invaded the sea of consciousness, shocking his soul and making him stunned for a moment. Immediately, Dragonfly cut off his head with a quick stroke.
"The demons and ghosts in the mountains can be slaughtered by a certain gun. You and the evil sorcerers help the tyrants to persecute you, and you will die!"
Honda Tadakatsu laughed and said, riding a horse and holding a gun to take Qingchuan's head.
Qingchuan was shocked. This crow tengu was his right-hand man, but he was killed by the opponent with one shot. He still dared to fight. However, he was worried about losing the first battle, losing morale, and being defeated by Ling Feng. He was suddenly in a dilemma.
How can one be distracted when masters are competing with each other? The speed of Honda Tadakatsu's BMW was so fast that it arrived in an instant, and the dragonfly in his hand stabbed at him as fast as lightning.
Qingchuan was about to dodge, but it was already too late. His mind was captured by the gun, and he was stunned on the spot. He was about to end up like Crow Tengu.
At this moment, a copper coin came quickly and hit the tip of Dragonfly's spear.
With a bang, an extremely cold sword intent erupted from the copper coin and invaded Honda Tadakatsu's sea of consciousness, causing him to stagnate for an instant.
At this time, Qingchuan quickly seized the opportunity, turned the horse's head, and retreated quickly.
After a while, Honda Tadakatsu regained consciousness, only to find that the enemy had quickly returned to the enemy formation and was out of pursuit. He focused his true energy on his eyes, looked at the enemy formation in the distance, stared at Ling Feng, and felt a shiver in his heart.
.This man is really powerful. A mere copper coin can actually block my full blow. No wonder he can kill the three top sword masters such as Tsukahara Fuden, Kamiizumi Nobu, and Zhongmuan Jizai, Yagyu Sogan, and Hattori Hanzo.
The great swordsman died unjustly!
At this time, Qingchuan dismounted and knelt down and said: "Qingchuan failed in the first battle, please punish me, my lord!"
There was a reason why he took the initiative to plead guilty. Firstly, he could get a better impression. Secondly, since Ling Feng wanted to save him, he would not kill him and would definitely give him a chance to make atonement.
Sure enough, Ling Feng said coldly: "I think this is the right time to employ people, so I will fine you three years' salary. I hope you can fight bravely and make up for your mistakes."
Ling Feng made the decision on behalf of "Horio Yoshiharu", which was said to be out of line, but no one thought it was wrong. In fact, by this time, Ling Feng's generals and many famous figures almost understood that Ling Feng was Horio Yoshiharu's backstage.
They don't care about this, whether it's Ling Feng or Horio Yoshiharu who makes the decision, as long as their interests are guaranteed.
Immediately, Ling Feng rode out into battle and said, "My marksmanship is good. If you can take three of my moves, I will spare your life!"
Honda Tadakatsu's face was solemn, and he was determined to withdraw his troops, but if he turned around and ran away without taking a single move, the blow to morale would be huge, and Tokugawa Hidetada couldn't explain it. Therefore, he was prepared to take a few moves, if he was defeated.
He retreated in time. Therefore, he rode his horse and attacked Ling Feng with a spear, and said coldly: "The thief will stop being so rampant, watch the spear!"
Ling Feng looked calm and motionless.
Honda Tadakatsu was secretly overjoyed when he saw Ling Feng's support. He immediately concentrated all his true energy and soul power on the tip of Dragonfly Cheri's spear. In an instant, he rode his horse to Ling Feng, and quickly pierced Ling Feng's chest with the two-foot long spear in his hand.
, which coincides with the essence of Zhongping Qiang.
At this moment, Ling Feng suddenly drew his sword, and a flash of bright sword light flashed instantly. A bright red streak appeared at Honda Tadakatsu's throat, but no blood flowed out.
seal up.
Qingchuan was secretly shocked when he saw this. Honda Tadakatsu was already at the level of a peak swordsman. He could kill his own shikigami with one sword, but he couldn't make a single move in the hands of his lord. At this time, he admired his ancestor's skills immensely.
Decision. Perhaps in the eyes of the two major demon-suppressing families, Kagura and Tsuchimikado, the Himihu family has lost face by surrendering to foreign enemies and is not worthy of holding the imperial power of Dongyi. But in his view, the way to survive is to rely on the strong and strengthen oneself.
, so he took the initiative to ask for a fight just to show off in front of Ling Feng.
At this time, above the city gate, Tokugawa Hidetada's face was livid. With Yagyu Munen and Hattori Hanzo dead in battle, Honda Tadakatsu was already the pillar of the Tokugawa family, but he was killed by the opponent's sword. It really made him
He was extremely angry. However, remembering Abe Seimei's plan, he still sent an order to withdraw his troops.
Immediately, the coalition forces retreated like a tide, but the formation at the front remained undisturbed.
Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, Ling Feng did not order a chase. Instead, he took out the blood jade bottle and absorbed the blood essence from Honda Tadakatsu's body. During this time, he had already used the blood jade bottle to transform his human water spirit bloodline into an intermediate level.
The blood essence in it was exhausted, so he just collected some. Then, he put the dragonfly slices into the Qiankun Ring, and said: "The enemy is waiting for work, but we are working on an expedition. It is not appropriate to send troops at this time. The entire army will camp and rest in place!"