Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi went to the stable to get their horses. Shi Yi said as they walked: "How did the Japanese pirates discover us? It's really strange. We were exposed before we entered the city. Did Cheng Da, the bastard, betray us?"
Mou Rongtian said: "The problem must be with Cheng Da, but it's hard to say if he didn't betray us."
When they arrived at the stable, Mou Rongtian stamped his feet anxiously and saw their two horses lying in a pool of blood. They had been dead for a long time.
Previously, Taro Honda was afraid that they would escape, so he killed their horses first.
Mou Rongtian said: "Oops, how can we return to Hirado Town without a mount?"
Shi Yi said: "Don't we still have two legs? This horse is not much faster than my legs."
Mou Rongtian smiled bitterly and said: "It's not much faster than you, but it's much faster than me."
Shi Yi said: "No, I will carry you on my back."
Mou Rongtian asked: "Can you carry it?"
The two people were chatting and laughing while leaving the Zhao family's old store and heading west.
When it was time to light the lamp, another group of Ashugaru came to the Zhao family's old store, and they carried away the bodies of Taro Honda, two Ashigaru generals, and the Ashigaru soldiers.
Ashigaru carried Honda Taro's body to Tokugawa Ieyasu's residence, Edo Castle Honmaru Castle. Tokugawa Ieyasu took one look at the body and said, "Send him home."
So the Ashigaru carried Taro Honda's body to the residence of the Central Minister Daisuke. The then Central Minister of the Edo Shogunate was Honda's father, Heihachiro Honda.
When Heihachiro saw his son's body, he couldn't believe his eyes. He grabbed his son's arms and lifted him up, roaring: "This is not true, Taro will not die. Taro, wake up, you are the real one."
Son of Hachiro Tahei, you cannot die."
The four ashigaru knelt on the ground and did not leave.
Heihachiro Honda shouted: "Who killed him?"
An Ashigaru said: "It was Mou Rongtian, the Jinyiwei spy from the Central Plains, who killed General Taro Honda."
Heihachiro Honda looked up to the sky and roared: "Mo Rongtian, I want to kill you, kill you!"
At this time, Honda Taro's wife heard the news and came over. Chiyoko threw herself on her husband's body and cried bitterly.
In the castle tower, Tokugawa Ieyasu sat cross-legged in the room, and his third son, Tokugawa Hidetada, who was also the future successor of the Edo shogunate, sat beside him. At this year, Tokugawa Ieyasu was already over seventy years old, but his spirit was strong and he was not at all
There is no senility.
Tokugawa Ieyasu paid homage to the general who conquered the barbarians in Edo and established the shogunate in Edo, so the Tokugawa shogunate was also called the Edo shogunate.
In Japan, the shogunate is a central government agency with authority over the emperor. Its highest authority is the Shogun, also known as the shogun. The emperor has long been just a decoration, a spiritual symbol, without real power.
Edo Castle is the capital of the Tokugawa Shogunate and consists of the Honmaru, Ninomaru, Sannomaru and Nishimaru. In the Honmaru, there are the Honmaru Palace and the Castle Tower. The Honmaru is equivalent to the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, and the Castle Tower is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty.
Imperial Palace.
In addition to the Tokugawa father and son, there is also an amazing figure kneeling in the room. He is one of the Four Tokugawa Kings, Yagyu Tajima Mamoru, known as the Sword Saint of Japan. This man's name is not only well-known in Japan, but also
Almost everyone in the martial arts community in the Central Plains is well-known. If the martial arts people in the Central Plains don't know that there is such a famous figure in Japan, they will definitely be laughed at and ignorant.
Yagyu Tajimamomo's weapon is a sword, but he is called a sword master. Many martial arts people in the Central Plains who don't understand Japanese culture are very puzzled by this. They don't understand why?
In fact, the reason is very simple. The swords in Japan are different from those in the Central Plains. In Japan, a sword is a sword, and a sword is a sword. There is no distinction between swords and swords.
Yagyu Tajima Mamoru's father, Yagyu Itto, was even more remarkable. His fighting prowess was comparable to the Four Saints of the Central Plains martial arts. Yagyu Itto was originally named Yagyu Ishishu. In order to pursue the highest level of swordsmanship in defeating the enemy with one sword, he changed his name to Itto.
Itachi Yagyu was both a martial arts prodigy and a martial arts fanatic. His greatest hobby in life was to challenge others in martial arts.
The masters of swordsmanship in Japan are called swordsmen. When Yagyu Itto was young, he visited the great swordsmen in Japan and challenged them. If he couldn't beat them, he would join the opponent's sect and learn their swordsmanship.
He successively studied swordsmanship under Toda Ittousai and Kannatori Shinjuro, and then challenged the old Japanese swordsman Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, but failed, so he studied under Nobutsuna again to learn Shinin-ryu swordsmanship. This set of swords
The sword is Kamizumi Nobutsuna's special skill. After he mastered it, his swordsmanship improved greatly.
Yagyu Ittō integrated the Kashima Shinto-ryu and Toda Ittō-ryu he had previously learned into the Shinin-ryu, taking the essence and discarding the dross, and created the Yagyu Shin-in-ryu swordsmanship. From then on, it was invincible and unrivaled in Japan.
The son of Yagyu Tajima Mamoru, Yagyu Shinbei was also very impressive. His sword was as fast as the wind, so he was called the Hayate Swordsman.
Itto Yagyu, Tajima Mamoru Yagyu and Shinbei Yagyu are known to the world as the Three Tengu Yagyu. This so-called Tengu refers to the Karatengu, also known as the Crow Tengu. It is a legendary monster in Japan because it has the appearance of a crow.
It got its name from the same pointed beak and jet-black wings.
The Karasu Tengu can not only fly, but also has godlike swordsmanship. The Japanese people think that the swordsmanship of Yagyu's ancestors and grandson is as high as the Karasu Tengu, so they call it Yagyu's three-legged dog.
This time Tokugawa Ieyasu summoned Yagyu Tajima Mamoru in order to let him deal with Murei Tian.
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "Yagyu, have you heard about Taro Honda?"
Yagyu Tajima Shou said: "I heard about it."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "Are you surprised?"
Yagyu Tajima Shou said: "I'm not surprised."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "Why?"
Tajima Yagyu said: "Because the opponent is Mou Rongtian, and he is Mou Ying's son."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "Don't forget, Taro Honda is the son of Heihachiro Honda, the most powerful general in Japan. Isn't Heihachiro Honda inferior to Mouying?"
Tajima Yagyu said: "That's not what I meant. If Mou Rongtian died at the hands of Taro Honda, I would not be surprised either."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "Do you still remember the assassination of Toyotomi Hideyoshi by the three elite guards?"
Yagyu Tajima Shoudao: "Of course, it was a battle that would be difficult for a lifetime."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "Luo Sigong is trying his old trick again. I don't know why he is doing this. Could it be that he already knows my ambition and wants to strike first to gain advantage?"
Yagyu Taimashou said: "I am doubtful about the information my lord has received. I don't think Mou Rongtian is here for my lord. He must have other motives."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "I also have doubts about the intelligence, but I can only treat it as true, otherwise if I make a wrong judgment, the price will be too high."
Yagyu Tajima Shoudao: "My lord, what I did is right, it should be done like this."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "We can't let Mou Rongtian leave like this. Yagyu, go and bring him back."
Tajima Yagyu said: "Does the Lord want me to capture Mou Rongtian alive?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "You can die, I just want to see him."
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