After leaving the Zhao family's old store, Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi walked westward until they reached the moonlit sky, when they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind them.
Mou Rongtian said: "It may be the enemy's pursuit, let's hide."
There was wilderness on both sides of the road, and the weeds were low and difficult to hide from. Fortunately, there was a big tree with thick and leafy branches not far from them, which was a good place to hide.
Mou Rongtian hid behind a tree. Shi Yi jumped up onto the tree, stepped on the branches, and looked eastward through the dense branches and leaves.
In a short time, three cavalrymen appeared in Shi Yi's field of vision. These three cavalrymen were the second group of pursuers sent by Yagyu Tajimamomo Sakai Toshio, Watanabe Takahiro and Okubo Hidematsu.
Shi Yi was very happy to see that it was not a large group of people. He thought: "That's great. I was worried about not having a horse to ride, so I sent it here."
He saw the other person carrying a knife, but he didn't care at all. He didn't take the three people who came here at all. He didn't fear anyone who he loved. It wasn't how powerful he was, but because Mou Rongtian was the backbone.
Shi Yi took out two free-hand darts, holding one in each hand. When the three riders passed by the tree, he raised the darts and shot them separately.
He had a good idea. He caught them off guard with a dart and knocked them down. The horse was in hand, and the remaining one was also lost with one dart. But things were not as simple as he thought. He underestimated the skill of the person coming.
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The two darts Shi Yi hit were Sakai Toshio and Watanabe Takahiro, because these two ran relatively far forward, and Okubo Hidematsu was behind them.
Toshio Sakai heard the bad wind and turned his head to look. He saw a white light coming. He pulled out his sword and struck it with lightning speed. The blade struck the tip of the dart and sent it flying.
Watanabe Takahiro's methods were not as good as Toshio Sakai's. When he saw the dart coming, he did not dare to fight with his knife, fearing that he would miss and hurt himself, so he quickly leaned back. The dart flew past his nose, and he smelled the dart.
The smell of metal was the smell of death to him, and he was almost sent to see Amaterasu by this dart.
Experts stretch out their hands to see if there are any. When Shi Yi saw Toshio Sakai slashing the head of the dart with a knife, he knew that he was a powerful character. He also knew that he was in trouble and should not act rashly.
Mou Rong stomped his feet angrily, thinking: "Yanzi, why did you take action without consulting me? It's my fault, I just told him in advance. Isn't this nonsense? Isn't it just a matter of hiding away if you have nothing to do?"
Why did you get it?"
Sakai Toshio reined in the reins and shouted: "Who is attacking me in the tree? Hidden-headed and exposed-tailed rats and thieves are nothing. If you have the ability, come out and compete openly."
Watanabe Takahiro and Okubo Hidematsu also stopped their mounts and looked up the trees.
Shi Yi thought to himself: "We've all been discovered, why are we hiding?" So he jumped down, stood not far from the other side of the three cavalry, and shouted from behind the tree: "Brother Tian, come out, they have discovered us,
Stop hiding."
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "Without you, would they have found out? You really failed more than succeeded." But the matter has reached this point, and it is useless to talk more. We can only kill them before leaving, otherwise they will attract more pursuers.
He came out from behind the tree and stood next to Shi Yi.
Toshio Sakai and the others were not cavalry, and fighting on horseback was not their specialty, so they dismounted and stood opposite Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi.
When Toshio Sakai saw that the other party was two tall men, there was no such breed in Japan. He must be from the Central Plains without asking, but he was not sure whether it was the Mou Rongtian he was looking for, so he asked in Chinese: "
Who are you? Are you Mou Rongtian?"
Toshio Sakai's Chinese has a Henan flavor, because his Chinese teacher is from Henan.
Toshio Sakai's father, Tadashi Sakai, was a senior official of the Tokugawa family. This man had very high demands on his son. He not only asked his son to practice martial arts, but also asked him to practice essays. Learning Chinese was an important subject in Toshio Sakai's essay writing. Therefore, Toshio Sakai's
Speaks Chinese quite fluently.
When Mou Rongtian heard his question, he immediately made calculations in his mind and thought to himself: "Since they don't know me, there is no need for me to admit it. I will lie to him first, and then I will say that I am not Mou Rongtian, I am a tea dealer from the Central Plains. I
My name is Niu Rong. Maybe these three guys are stupid and can be deceived, so there is no need to do anything."
He made up his mind and was about to speak, but Shi Yi said first: "Yes, this is Mou Rongtian." He pointed at Mou Rongtian and said: "It was Mou who killed your bullshit general Honda Taro.
How about it, if you are afraid, get out of here as soon as possible, I have a good life and can spare you from death."
Mou Rong chewed his teeth and thought: "Yanzi, your mouth is too fast."
Sakai Toshio told Watanabe Takahiro and Okubo Hidematsu in Japanese that the person opposite was Mou Rongtian.
Then he said to Mou Rongtian: "Mou Rongtian, we were worried that we couldn't find you, but we didn't expect you to come to our door yourself. Before killing you, we have to let you die clearly."
"My name is Sakai Toshio, and they are Watanabe Takahiro and Okubo Hidematsu. We are both disciples of Yagyu Tajima Mori.
"Mo Rongtian, it is your honor to die by our sword."
Mou Rongtian said: "It is your honor to die by the sword of a certain family." He pulled out the tiger head embroidered spring knife, showed a field hidden sword style, and said: "Those who are not afraid of death, just come here."
Toshio Sakai shouted: "Mou Rongtian, you must die." He drew his sword and stepped forward to chop. Mou Rongtian swung his sword to parry. Watanabe Takahiro followed closely and joined the battle group, and attacked Mou Rongtian together with Toshio Sakai.
When Shi Yi saw the opponent playing a rogue two-on-one, he pulled out his small sword and was about to step forward to help, but was stopped by Okubo Hidematsu's sword, and the two immediately fought together.
Mou Rongtian not only heard about Yagyu Tajima Mamoru, but also saw Tajima Mamoru's swordsmanship. When he was more than eight years old, he knew that the Yagyu family's new Yin-ryu swordsmanship was very, very powerful. His childhood memories made him familiar with the Yagyu family's swordsmanship.
I am wary of my swordsmanship, and I feel unsure when it comes to fighting.
Sakai Toshio and Watanabe Takahiro are Tajima Mamoru's proud disciples. They have learned Tajima Mamoru's true inheritance. Yagyu Shinin-ryu swordsmanship is proficient, and they have studied together since childhood. They have a tacit understanding of each other for a long time, and they surround Mou Rongtian.
The attacks were staggered, and Mou Rongtian was unable to fight back but could only parry.
Even so, Mou Rongtian should feel lucky because he did not encounter the first group of pursuers sent by Yagyu Tajimamoru. Otherwise, he would be in even greater trouble if he was attacked by Yagyu Shinbei and Honda Jiro.
Shi Yi was also very passive. After more than a dozen rounds, he realized that his swordsmanship was no match for Okubo Hidematsu. If he continued fighting like this, he would be finished sooner or later. So he decided to use a hidden weapon to win.
He shouted: "You are no match for me, let's just leave." With a feint of his sword, he turned around and ran. As he ran, he looked back out of the corner of his eye and saw Okubo chasing after him.
I thought to myself: "You're going to be in trouble." He put his hand into the dart bag, took out a free-hand dart, turned around, and shouted: "You kid, stay here!" He raised his hand and the dart flew.
This dart flew towards Okubo Hidematsu's throat as quickly as an arrow from a string. Shi Yiman thought that this dart would knock down his opponent, but he did not expect that Okubo's sword was swung and he easily shot down the dart.
Shi Yi's heart dropped, and he thought to himself: "Damn, this kid is pretty awesome." He turned around and ran away again.
Okubo's lightness skills were far inferior to Shi Yi's. Seeing Shi Yi about twenty meters ahead, he stared and couldn't catch up.
Shi Yi wanted to get rid of Okubo as if for fun, as easy as picking something out of a bag, but he didn't do that. If he ran away, Okubo would go back to deal with Mou Rongtian, and Mou Rongtian would be useless if he beat him three times.
Shi Yi deliberately controlled the distance between them to about 20 meters, so that Okubo Hidematsu could see them but not chase them. In addition, this distance also made it easier for him to detect hidden weapons.
Shi Yi returned the small sword to its sheath, freed his right hand, and drew out a free-hand dart. He turned to one side of his body and raised the dart with his hand. The speed of the dart was obviously faster than last time, but he still failed to hit, and was knocked away by Okubo with his sword.
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Shi Yi thought to himself: "You are quite naughty. You can't even hit the dart with your right hand. I don't believe this." He ran for a while, turned around and flew the dart again, but still missed.
He ran eastward for more than three miles in one breath and fired two more darts, but they failed to hit Okubo. He was so angry that he said to himself: "Shi Yi, Shi Yi, you are really useless, your swordsmanship is not good.
Hidden weapons are not good either, light and light skills are useless.
"It seems that the only plan for now is to hold this kid back. After Brother Tim has clicked those two, he can then help me to click this kid."
Shi Yi thought well, but Okubo suddenly turned around and ran back, not chasing him anymore.
Okubo was stupid before and kept chasing Shi Yi, but later he finally figured out that Mou Rongtian was their target. Shi Yi could just run away, and it didn't matter if he ran away. Anyway, Ma Shou asked them to take Mou Rongtian back, and then
They were not allowed to take Mou Rongtian and Shi Yi back together.
How could Shi Yi be willing to enlarge Kubo and go back to attack Mou Rongtian? He took out a free-hand dart and flicked it towards the back of Okubo's head.
Okubo was running when he suddenly heard the evil wind behind him. He quickly turned his head to the side and dodged the dart. When he turned around, he saw Shi Yi standing twenty meters away, waving to him.
Shi Yi said: "Grandson, why are you running away? Come back, I will fight you for another three hundred rounds."
Okubo pretended to raise his sword and ran toward Shi Yi. After Shi Yi turned around and ran away, he turned around and ran westward.
Shi Yi ran a few steps, looked sideways, and saw Okubo running back again. He thought to himself: "Little Potato, you are quite cunning. There is no way you can go back to help. Can I let you go back? No way."
He took out four free-hand darts, held two in each hand, rushed forward, raised his hands, and the darts split into four directions and struck Okubo Hidematsu.
Okubo heard the bad wind behind him again, and knew that Shi Yi must have fired another dart. He suddenly dodged to the side. There were too many darts, and he failed to dodge them. One of the free darts was nailed to his right buttock, which hurt.
He screamed and jumped up so high.
Seeing the success, Shi Yi felt happy. He reached into the dart bag to take out the dart, thinking that he would try again and nail Okubo to death with one dart. He touched his hand in the dart bag, but couldn't find anything. He looked down and saw that the dart bag was already there.
Empty, not a single one of the twelve free-hand darts was left, they were all used up.
Shi Yi stamped his feet anxiously, thinking: "I wish I had carried two dart bags."
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