Almost at the same time, on the high mountain that Charlie just pointed to, the Zaga clan's general, Okaji, was walking through the mountains with a ninja from Koga, looking for a suitable sniper spot for her.
"Miss, can you shoot that far? This is...more than a hundred feet." Gangji glanced at the thin girl behind him and whispered worriedly.
"No problem." The female ninja shook her head and gently touched the long bow on her back with her right hand - this bow was almost bigger than her. "I'm okay. Please take my place.
Find a high point with a tailwind."
"Okay." Okayoshi nodded doubtfully, looking at the female ninja in front of him - she was from the Minami-Omi Koga ninja clan, and she seemed to be the daughter of Sugitani Zenjubo who failed to assassinate Amakihei.
His name is Sugitani Wen. In recent years, due to the strength of the Oda family, the suppression of Koga ninjas loyal to the Rokkaku family has become more and more severe. Many ninjas cannot survive and are forced to surrender to the Oda family. The Sugitani family
It was one of them. It seemed that Sugitani Wen didn't want to serve the enemy, so he left the ninja with a group of retainers and became a rebel ninja, and came to Jiyi to assassinate Yu Qiuping.
It was she who proposed to the Suzuki family the idea of ​​asking Yu Qiupei to come out for negotiations and then take the opportunity to assassinate him. Suzuki Shigei had such an idea in the first place, but suffered from the fact that many people in the family wanted to surrender and could not speak out. Seeing that there were outsiders.
He made suggestions, agreed without saying a word, and started to make arrangements.
However, at the request of the main peace faction Suzuki Shigekane, the Suzuki family also left a way out. The Zahezhong were only responsible for firing cold shots in the mountains and forests to build up their momentum, but they also wanted to rush forward to assassinate Yu Qiuping or snipe Yu Qiuping.
The people brought by Sugigu Wen will be responsible for the work. In this way, if the assassination fails, the Zahezhong can pass all the responsibility to Sugitani Wen, giving themselves a room for maneuver.
Not long after, Gang Yoshimasa took Sugiya Wen to a place downwind on the top of the mountain. Here, you could clearly see the depression where Yu Qiuping was hiding. The surrounding small highlands were all controlled by the Red Leaf Army.
But the mountain further away was unattended.
Suzuki Zhongyi had long expected that the person Yu Qiuping sent to negotiate must be a substitute. Therefore, the feint attack on the substitute was just to observe the deployment of the Hongye Army and judge Yu Qiuping's position. Yu Qiuping was worried about being shot by a cold gun in the forest.
, he will definitely hide in this absolutely safe depression - however, this is within the range of the longbow.
Sugigu Wen slowly took off the long bow on her back, and took out a sharp arrow from the quiver. Then she straightened her arms and raised both of them high above her head, and bent the bow and nocked the arrow above her head.
The arrow pointed directly at the sky. Immediately afterwards, she exerted force with both hands at the same time, swinging one hand down and pulling back with the other. The bow string was pulled out in an exaggerated arc. At the same time, the bow was also thrown straight down 100 degrees from the direction pointing to the sky.
He aimed at the depression in the distance.
She knew that she only had this chance. Once the arrow missed, Yu Qiuping would definitely become vigilant. And once the arrow missed, she might never have another chance to prove herself to her father.
She wants to prove that even in the era of iron cannons, bows and arrows are still the most powerful long-range weapons. As for why, she has not figured it out yet. She just feels that once she holds a bow in her hand, she can do anything.
Holding her breath and concentrating, feeling the breeze blowing her hair on her temples, Sugigu Wen followed the direction of the wind.
The change in wind force slowly changed the angle of the bow and arrow. At such a long distance, even a slight change would cause the arrow to fly in a completely different direction. She had no chance to do it again.
His eyes gradually focused in the distance, focusing on Yu Qiuping, who was standing next to a white horse, not knowing what he was saying. He also didn't know that in the next moment, he would die under an arrow.
Sugigu Wen slowly closed her right eye and used her left eye to take final aim. She had already made up her mind that when the next strand of hair was blown by the breeze, it would be the time to loosen the string.
It's unmistakable...just like countless times before, this arrow will definitely hit the target.
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However, just before Sugitani Wen let go of the string, he suddenly spotted a flash of cold light on the high ground next to the depression, and the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air was clearly audible even from such a distance.
In that short moment, there was no time for anyone to observe. But just by using the full screen instinct, Sugitani Wen also judged that the direction of the sharp arrow was towards herself. And she dared to point towards it from such a distance.
When shooting a bow on the mountain, the archer must have extraordinary skills, and the arrow will definitely not be empty. If he doesn't avoid it immediately, he will be shot immediately.
The most terrible thing for an archer is to be distracted before shooting. If his mind is confused, the accuracy of the arrow will have to be left to fate. Sugitani Wen suddenly widened his eyes, trying to suppress the panic in his heart, and he was stunned to hold the arrow against the huge pressure.
The arrow shot out, and then she suddenly dodged to the side. As soon as her front foot left the high point, an arrow shot straight towards that position with her back foot, and it was nailed to the rock behind it.
However, when Sugigu Wen poked his head out from behind the stone and observed the results of his shooting, he found that his moment of distraction still caused the arrow to lose its accuracy. His target was standing there perfectly, and a man beside him
The guard fell beside him.
"..." Sugigu Wen pursed her lips and shook her head. The sadness on her face could not be suppressed, but she knew that she had no chance to try again. The Hongye Army in the low-lying area quickly took action and made a group of people in front of Yu Qiuping.
The wall firmly protected Yu Qiuping from behind. At the same time, there were dozens of cavalrymen galloping towards the mountain, seeming to want to block them on the mountain.
"Miss Sugitani, retreat quickly!" Seeing that Sugitani Wen failed, Gangjizheng hurriedly pulled her to leave, but Sugitani Wen just shook her head. The operation she had planned for so long failed, and she felt that life was meaningless.
. She sat numbly on the top of the mountain, watching the development of the battle in front of her.
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There were a large number of ninjas lurking in the mountains and forests. After the battle broke out, they immediately went to the east gate of Zahe City to support them. With their help, the Red Leaf Army on the east gate of Zahe City blocked the attack of the Zahe Zong and successfully held on.
When the Ming Dynasty reinforcements arrived, they took control of the east city gate.
On the frontal battlefield, Takenaka Shigeharu, who was relieved to learn that the Zaga people made the first move, commanded Tokiwa Bei and Hosoragi Bei to attack Zaga Castle, while Ikeda Henghe's troops went around to the south to block the possible escape of the Zaga people. The Red Leaf Army
With the internal and external cooperation, the defenders of Zaga Castle could not resist for long, and the gates of Sannomaru fell one after another.
"Damn it!" At this moment, Changba Changchang and his brothers were fighting hard in the alley between Ninomaru and Sannomaru, resisting the advancing Red Leaf Army. Their firepower was fierce, and they were fighting each other.
With their tacit cooperation, the Chinese people like Zahe Zhong, who were fighting on their own, were defeated and completely unable to unite.
"The gates were lost too quickly." Chang Chang glanced at the west gate and north gate, which were already covered with red leaf flags, with lingering fear. Satake Yoshimasa, who was responsible for guarding there, was accidentally injured at the beginning of the battle, leaving the defenders without a leader.
was quickly defeated.
Chang Chang climbed up to the roof of the mobile thatched house, fired a shot at a group of attacking Red Leaf Army pikemen, and immediately jumped off the roof. Sure enough, the Red Leaf Army iron gunners on Sannomaru immediately fired randomly.
Say hello to him. If he had been slower to hide, he would have died.
"Sir, we can't stand it over there!" A subordinate covered in blood rolled and crawled through the alley, shouting towards Chang Changchang from a distance, "Send some help quickly!
"
"Where are there people?" Chang Changchang put the pipe into his mouth and hurriedly cleared the chamber of his iron cannon. "It's broken, it's broken, everything is over. I'll send everyone here."
Won’t come out!”
"Then..." The subordinates were a little unsteady when they heard this. Many of them were trapped there. If no one went to reinforce them, the whole army would be destroyed.
"Then there's no need to fight!" At this moment, a Hatamoto samurai from the Suzuki family suddenly appeared behind them, holding an arrow and shouting at them, "The leader has an order, and everyone everywhere should stop resisting immediately. We are going to
Make peace!"
"Negotiating a peace, what are you talking about?" Chang Changchang scolded him with disdain, and blew a puff of smoke into the face of the Hatamoto samurai, "The Yuqiuzhi Department negotiated a peace with us before, but we were beaten by our iron gunners.
, do you still expect others to come again?"
"Just carry out the order, no need to ask any more questions."
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Seeing that Zaga City was about to finally fall, Suzuki Shigeken suddenly announced that he had placed Suzuki Shigei and Suzuki Shigehide and his son who were leading the battle under house arrest, and sent envoys to make peace with Yu Qiuping. He declared that Zaga City was now under his control, and decided to
Negotiations were resumed with Yu Qiupei. Moreover, the previous attacks were caused by the collusion between the Koga ninjas and some of the main war factions among the Zaga clan, and had nothing to do with the Suzuki family. If Yu Qiupei wanted to pursue the case, he was willing to hand over those masterminds.
"Did he really rebel and put his father and younger brother under house arrest?" Yu Qiuping did not give a direct reply to the envoy, but retreated into the back tent and asked Amano Jingde.
"No, it's just a foolproof plan that the Suzuki family has thought of in advance." Amano Keitoku shook his head coldly, "Suzuki Shigekane is the one who did the dirty things in their family. He will protect the family even if he bears the stigma."
"Then do you have any suggestions? What are you going to do now?"
"Agree to their conditions." Amano Kyoude thought for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"Did you actually give such a suggestion?" Yu Qiuping was stunned when he heard this, "I thought you would definitely demand that the root cause be eradicated."
"If there were no businessmen in Congress, and if we didn't need to carry out large-scale reforms in Kii, I would suggest eradicating the roots." Amano Keitoku sighed and looked down at the soil at his feet, "But things are different now."
"Then what's the benefit of leaving such a belligerent thorn who appears to be loyal to Honganji?"
Chapter completed!