Although the prisoner was almost torn to pieces by the angry villagers in the end, all the information that needed to be said was tortured out, and the warriors gathered in the house to discuss.
Gorobei was the first to speak: "According to the prisoner, their walled city..." "That's not a walled city." "Yeah, just like Yohei's pants, there are holes everywhere!" "Since it's easy to penetrate...
..." "Night attack, I will go for the night attack." "The opponent has forty people, so we should kill a few of them first."
Kazuyo Sorayama remained silent, watching the discussions among the warriors. Regarding the war, he knew very well how lacking he was and always kept silent.
Kanbei rubbed his hair as usual and pressed his hands down. Everyone fell silent, waiting for him to make a decision.
"Well... we can kill, but we can't lose one person, otherwise it won't be cost-effective to kill five of them." Kanbei hesitated. "Then we have to gamble on luck. Three people can kill ten!" Jiuzang said decisively.
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"Rikichi, how far is the foothills of Lushan Mountain where the bandits are from the village?" Kanbei asked. Rikichi was a little eager to try, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Kanbei: "We have to go for a day."
Kikuchiyo was lying on the floor, supporting his head with one hand, and pointed outside: "We can use the bandit's three horses!" "It only takes half a day to ride a horse. I am familiar with this road, and I can lead the way!" Liji hurriedly replied.
Kanbei lowered his head in thought, and everyone looked at him with hope. In addition to setting up defenses and training farmers these days, he also had to endure the evasive and suspicious eyes of the villagers. As a samurai, he would rather die in battle than shrink in the village.
They are very quiet, so almost everyone wants to take the opportunity to go out and kill them!
"Let's go!" Kanbei made up his mind and looked around: "If you drive at night, you can arrive before dawn. Let's defeat the bandits first! But, who is going?"
Almost as soon as Kanbei finished speaking, Kuzo was the first to stand up with his sword in hand without even looking at the crowd. It seemed that he was still brooding over Kazuyo Sorayama's killing of three bandits alone.
Hayashida Heihachi was the second one. Among all the samurai, except Sorayama Kazuha, he was the second most laid-back. Everyone had their own tasks, but Hayashida Heihachi made almost no contribution.
In terms of military strategy, he is not as good as Kanbei and Gorobei; in terms of rich war experience, he is not as good as Shichiroji; in terms of martial arts, he is not as good as Sorayama Ichiyo and Kuzo, and even Kikuchiyo is worse than him in training farmers and harmonizing with them. of dealings.
Apart from making a battle flag to boost morale, it seemed to him that it had no effect! It was equivalent to eating the rice provided by the farmers in vain these days.
Kazuyo Sorayama calmly stood up, inserted the captain's hair into his waist, and said in a hoarse voice, "Heihachi, you stay, Kuzo and I are enough." Hayashida Heihachi suddenly turned around, regardless of Kazuyo Sorayama's strength.
With a strong aura, he stared at him closely and said: "Master Kongshan, why! Is it because I have low martial arts skills?"
When Jiuzang heard this, he also stopped taking steps and leaned against the door to watch the scene. In fact, in his heart, he also hoped to partner with Sorayama Kazuha instead of Hayashida Heihachi, who had mediocre martial arts.
There is no luck in war. In this small-scale duel with cold weapons, superb skills play the most critical role in victory.
Kazuha Sorayama was never good at explaining. Of course he thought that Hayashida Heihachi's martial arts was low and not enough to kill the bandits to the maximum extent.
The most important thing is that he killed two bandits and captured one bandit last time, which completely opened up his desire to fight in his heart, and he happened to take this opportunity to test his skills.
Just as he was about to say the words that were destined to hurt others, Kanbei said: "Heihachi, you can stay this time. There is only one chance for a sneak attack, so you must try your best! Sorayama-sama and Kuzo are the two people with the highest martial arts skills among us.
, they are more sure to go."
Hayashida Heihachi sighed unwillingly and sat down without saying a word. Kikuchiyo let out a weird cry, "Uh-huh", jumped up and winked at Hayashida Heihachi and said: "Stay here and watch how Uncle Kikuchiyo kills the bandits! Haha, you
You laugh at me for riding the same broken horse, but only I can ride it! Count me in and it’s decided.”
Everyone burst into laughter, and Hayashida Heihachi couldn't help but laugh: "How can I repair it, you are the guy who eats the most! My share of the bandits is also yours, so don't let the bandits chop off your head!"
What Kazuha Sorayama and the samurai didn't know was that if the original movie plot was followed, Heihachi Hayashida was killed in the attack on the bandits. Heihachi Hayashida was snatched away from the task by Kazuha Sorayama, which was equivalent to saving Heihachi Hayashida's life.
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The sky was getting dark, and everyone got ready, mounted their horses, and galloped away into the distance under the expectant eyes of the villagers.
Kazuyo Sorayama was no stranger to the matter of horseback riding. This was due to his duel with a British fencing master when he entered the world.
This guy with a noble title invited him to race a horse after the competition. When he learned that Kazuyo Sorayama had never ridden a horse, the polite Englishman taught him carefully and then competed with him.
Of course, Kazuyo Sorayama, who was invincible in swordsmanship, was completely defeated in the equestrian competition, finally allowing the stingy noble to regain his place, but with his control over his body, he still learned to skillfully control the horse to gallop in a short period of time.
Although it was far from being able to draw a sword and fight on horseback, it was more than enough as a tool for traveling. He believed that it would not be worse than Biji, a farmer who had only ridden a horse.
The faint moonlight illuminated the mountain path. The four of them rode horses one after another and arrived near the bandit's village just before dawn.
Kikuchiyo was panting and kicked his thin horse that was lying limp on the ground, and said bitterly: "Baga! You beast is about to break my waist. How can you still have the strength to kill the bandit later! Just go back.
I'll kill you and put you in the pot."
Liji pointed far away and whispered: "The bandit's stronghold is ahead." Jiuzang nodded. Kanbei was not around, so Jiuzang, who had experienced the most wars, automatically became the leader of everyone.
He calmed down his breathing and said to Kazuyo Sorayama, whose face was still calm: "It's still early, rest for half an hour to recover your strength. After the fight, you still have the strength to escape."
Although Sorayama Kazuha doesn't care about this little rest time due to his physical strength, not everyone is like him after all. Hearing this, Kikuchiyo almost sat down on the ground, took out the bamboo tube on his horse, took a sip of water, and wiped the
He opened his mouth and said to Li Ji: "Take out the rice balls, I'm going to starve to death!"
Liji hurriedly distributed the rice balls prepared for everyone to everyone's hands. The rice balls were made of polished rice and even contained two salted plums. The unique sweet taste of rice made people want to eat.
Kikuchiyo almost swallowed the two rice balls in his stomach instantly, and looked at the other rice ball in Rikichi's hand that he had not had time to eat.
Jiuzang looked at Kikuchiyo seriously and said: "It's not advisable to eat too much before the war!" Kikuchiyo said angrily: "I'm different from you. If I don't have enough to eat, I won't have the strength to kill thieves. Stingy farmers don't know how to eat more.
Prepare some!”
"Kikuchiyo", Kazuyo Sorayama threw a rice ball in his hand: "Eat it, here it is." Kikuchiyo caught it blankly, glanced at Jiuzou and Kazuyo Sorayama with a guilty conscience, and murmured in a low voice: "Thank you...
..." This time he did not wolf down the food, but tasted the hard-won food with a happy face. "Enjoy delicious food before killing, and drink fine wine after killing. This is what makes you happy!" Kikuchiyo sighed.
"Shut up!" Jiuzang shouted: "Save your energy!"
Everyone stopped talking and closed their eyes to meditate. When the deep darkness gradually faded away and a ray of light appeared on the horizon, Ichiyo Kuyama was the first to open his eyes, stood up and said, "Jiuzang."
Jiuzang nodded and motioned for everyone to tie the long knives at their waists behind their backs so as not to affect their actions. After packing up, Liji led the three warriors and slowly approached the bandit's village along the cold mountain stream.