Chapter 705 Thunder and lightning, here it is! 【5300】
Mount Koya, somewhere in the back mountains
"Master Gao Qing, the sedan chair is ready."
"Yes." Gao Qing looked at the sedans in front of her and nodded gently, "Very good."
"Takaharu-sama." At this time, another Iga ninja came and ran towards Takaharu quickly, "Yoshihisa-sama has successfully transferred Miss Toyotomi."
After hearing this report from the ninja, Gao Qing's face, which had been tense, finally relaxed a little at this moment.
"Did you transfer her successfully... That's good."
Although both Yoshihisa and Takaharu were ordered by Toyotomi Nobuhide to immediately transfer the people imprisoned in the cell, their specific tasks were slightly different.
Toyotomi Nobuhide requested that Yoshihisa himself move his sister away in person to ensure that Lin's transfer would be flawless.
If the situation requires it, Mr. Hasegawa and the others don’t have to take her away, but my sister must be taken away no matter what. This is Toyotomi Nobuhide’s original words.
Therefore, under Toyotomi Nobuhide's strict orders, Gao Qing couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Lin had been successfully transferred.
Due to their different identities and importance, the place where Lin was imprisoned was not only different from the place where Hasegawa and others were imprisoned, but was also separated by a long distance.
Therefore, after receiving the order to transfer the prisoners from Toyotomi Nobuhide, Yoshihisa and Takaharu separated into two groups.
Jijiu went to transfer Lin.
Gao Qing went to transfer Hasegawa and others who were imprisoned in the "ordinary prison".
Gao Qing divided his men into two and one group was responsible for entering the prison and bringing Hasegawa and others out.
Another group of people went to gather the sedan chairs used to move Hasegawa and others.
At present, all the sedans that can be mobilized have been mobilized.
All they had to do was bring Hasegawa and others over.
Gao Qing raised his head at this time and looked at the mountains in the distance.
I saw waves of fire billowing on the mountaintop in the distance, as if they were going to burn the sky as well.
A large amount of black fog stirred up by the burning of trees and buildings shrouded the mountains like dark clouds.
Even from a distance, Gao Qing could smell the disgusting burnt smell, and his mouth was filled with a bitter taste as if he had just eaten Coptis chinensis.
Gao Qing glanced at the fire that was spreading faster and faster, and then looked up at the sky above her head.
Looking at the sky above his head, worries slowly emerged from Gao Qing's eyes.
"But please don't let it rain now..."
Since the temperature has warmed up, the daily weather has begun to change.
It was obviously a sunny day with the sun coming out this morning, but after noon, the wind suddenly started high in the sky. Under the guidance of the wind, thick dark clouds surged in from the sky from west to east.
In less than half an hour, the sky over Mount Koya was filled with thick clouds made of gray dark clouds.
The cloud pressure is extremely low, the temperature is rising, making people feel breathless, and the clouds above our heads exude a cold atmosphere.
Before joining the Toyotomi clan and serving for Toyotomi Nobhide, Takaharuhara was a warrior from Ryukyu. He lived by the sea since childhood and lived by the sea.
When Gao Qing was young, living on the sea with his family, Gao Qing unknowingly developed the ability to watch the weather...especially "watching the rain".
How much rain it will rain, how long it will rain, whether it will be a storm or a thunderstorm, Gao Qing can tell by just looking at the clouds in the sky.
It was precisely because of his ability that when dark clouds began to appear in the sky, Gao Qing couldn't help but gasp. According to his prediction, by this afternoon at the latest, there would be a thunderstorm with alarming rain.
It is not unusual for thunderstorms to occur in this season. Now is the season of frequent spring rains, and thunderstorms will fall every three days.
Gao Qing had already faintly seen lightning dancing among the clouds.
From just now, Gao Qing has been praying secretly in her heart that the raindrops would not fall so quickly.
They are now using mountain fire to hinder Ogata Ittosai's actions.
If a thunderstorm falls now and extinguishes the mountain fire, then all the fires they lit just now to stop Ogata Ittousai will be in vain.
In addition, Gao Qing was also worried that the falling thunderstorm would affect their next voyage.
Having lived by the sea since childhood, he understands better than anyone how terrible "bad weather" is on the sea.
Even if the ship they are traveling on is one of the most advanced warships of this era, there is no guarantee that there will be no unexpected situations when sailing in bad weather.
The increasingly dense clouds made Gao Qing more and more worried that their future voyage would be affected, which made Gao Qing feel more and more impatient.
I heard him ask the adjutant beside him in a strong and impatient tone: "Have the people who went to escort Hasegawa and others not come back yet?"
"Not yet." The adjutant, who was a little frightened by Gao Qing's harsh tone, replied, "I haven't received any news of their return yet."
The look of impatience on Gao Qing's face became more intense.
Just when he opened his mouth to say something to the adjutant, he suddenly seemed to realize something, and his open lips froze.
After a long while, Gao Qing's open lips slowly closed.
He pursed his lips slowly, and a look of thought slowly emerged between his brows.
"...Everyone, follow me!"
Gao Qing waved his big hand to everyone around him, and then strode towards the prison where Hasegawa and others were detained, not far from here.
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Koyasan, somewhere
"Cough, cough!"
Ogata, who held a wet cloth with his left hand and covered his mouth and nose, looked at the road ahead that was blocked by the burned down tree, and his face couldn't help but darken.
"Is there no way to get through here..."
Ogata turned back and looked at the way he had just come.
"Do I have to turn around and go back to find a new way..."
He reached into his arms with his free right hand and took out a simple map.
"Tsk... Now the terrain here has been completely destroyed by the fire..." Ogata's brows wrinkled uncontrollably, "The map Miss Isshiki drew for us... is already difficult to use..."
After seeing fires burning in the back mountains of Mount Koya, Ogata immediately understood what the Toyotomi clan was planning to do.
They have no intention of sending any troops to deal with him.
Now they just want to use fire to prevent him from getting closer to Mount Koya.
Why did he not hesitate to capture Mount Koya and prevent him from getting any closer? Ogata could only think of one possibility: the Toyotomi clan planned to abandon their carriage to protect their commander and abandon this place.
Ogata, who was aware of the Toyotomi clan's current intentions and knew that they seemed to have been defeated by the Toyotomi clan, yelled "Get out of here quickly" to the "goatee old monk".
He rushed into the back mountain which was being eroded by fire at an extremely fast speed.
Before rushing into the fire, Ogata got a piece of cloth soaked in water to make it easier for him to move in the fire later.
It is spring now, the weather is dry, and this place happens to be a large mountain with a lot of flammable materials. Ogata guessed that in such weather, the fire would spread very quickly, but he did not expect that the speed would be so fast.
To this extent.
Only about twenty minutes have passed since Ogata discovered the mountain fire, and the scope of the mountain fire has immediately expanded more than ten times.
The fire that continued to devour and destroy everything it touched had transformed the surrounding terrain beyond recognition.
The roads were either surrounded by fires or blocked by fallen trees.
Ogata, who had to change his route several times due to the fire, was spinning so hard that he almost felt dizzy.
It would be nice if it rained earlier...
Ogata raised his head and looked at the sky above his head, which was already covered with dark clouds.
When he first arrived at Mount Koya, he had already noticed that the sky was getting dark and a heavy rainstorm seemed to be coming soon.
Ever since he saw the wildfires, Ogata had been looking forward to heavy rain falling early to extinguish the wildfires.
However, I have been looking forward to it until now, but I haven't seen even a drop of rain fall.
This time... let's try to go there and see if there is a passable road.
Ogata stuffed the map that Isshiki Hana had given them back into his arms, and ran towards a forest to the northwest that was less affected by the flames.
And just when Ogata had time to take a few steps in that direction,
"Ho, ho, ho..."
A series of old breathing sounds sounded from behind Ogata.
Turning his head to look, Ogata couldn't help but be surprised when he saw clearly who the owner of these old gasping sounds was.
"Sir...?"
The person who made this old gasp was the old monk with the goatee who just held the Buddha statue and argued with Ogata.
I saw him still holding the wooden Buddha statue, ignoring the tongues of fire raging around him, running towards Ogata out of breath.
"Sir, what are you doing here?" Ogata couldn't help but exclaimed at the old monk with the goatee, "Didn't I tell you to get out of here quickly?"
The "old monk with a goatee" quickened his pace and rushed to Ogata, despite his rapid breathing that made Ogata feel that he might die suddenly at any time.
"You...ho...just...said...ho ho...Master, he...ho...is a thug...do you have...what...ho ho...other evidence?"
Looking at the old monk who rushed into the fire to find him regardless of the danger just to ask this question, Ogata didn't know what expression to put on...
"I currently have no other evidence on hand to prove that Master Xianyuan is a thug." Ogata said quickly, "Sir, you should listen to my advice and leave here quickly! If you continue to stay here, you will die.
deal!"
After leaving these words, Ogata, who had no time to take care of the old monk anymore, turned to leave.
However, Ogata just turned around
"Ho... that direction you go in... ho ho... it's useless... there are... ho... a lot of dead trees there... that direction... must... ho... it's all on fire..."
The words of the old monk with the goatee made Ogata's figure and expression tremble.
Immediately afterwards, an old monk with a goatee was heard asking Ogata with a stern face:
"Are you...going to find...the Master now?"
"...I have no plans to go find Master Sengen right now." Ogata replied, "I only plan to rescue my companions and friends' families who are being held captive by thugs lurking in Mount Koya."
"...then...ok." The "old monk with goatee", whose breath became much smoother, tightened the wooden Buddha statue in his hand, "I have lived in...Koyasan...for decades."
"I am very familiar with this area..."
"I'm here to help you... show you the way... and tell you... which places are... not easily affected by fire..."
"I just need you...to take me...to the back mountain..."
"I want...to use my eyes...to witness..."
"Is there really evil hidden in the Holy Land...?"
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Mount Koya, where Hasegawa and others were imprisoned
Hasegawa dragged his temporarily disabled left hand and held the knife he snatched from the slender-eyed young man in his right hand, leading Isshiki Naoshu and others through the passage of the prison quickly.
There were no guards visible in the passage, so Hasegawa and his party were able to proceed unhindered.
"Chief, Hasegawa-sama." Naoshu's daughter-in-law, Isshiki Shimizu, who had never seen any trouble, asked in a timid tone, "Do you know how to get out?"
"I don't know." Hasegawa shook his head directly, "But don't worry, I will definitely take you out."
"There is no need to rush out immediately."
"Now try to find my subordinates who were also arrested."
"As long as I find my subordinates, my chances of escaping will be greatly increased!"
Hasegawa, who has always loved his soldiers as his own son, would rather die than "abandon his subordinates".
Toyotomi Nobuhide had previously told him that his subordinates were now well fed and well fed. Hasegawa believed that his words should be credible.
According to Hasegawa's observation and judgment, Toyotomi Nobuhide should really want to take him under his command.
Since he really wanted to win over Hasegawa and take him under his command, then unless Toyotomi Nobuhide was a mentally ill person, it would be impossible for him to do something like "kill Hasegawa and his subordinates".
Hasegawa can only hope that his subordinates are also imprisoned in this place.
In fact, regardless of Hasegawa's compassion, from a practical point of view, Hasegawa and his subordinates must be saved.
Although Hasegawa is quite confident in his skills, he also knows that he is already an uncle who is almost 50 years old.
Physical strength, etc., has declined seriously in recent years.
In an unfamiliar place, dragging an old body and leading three people to escape from a dangerous place alone is extremely risky no matter how you think about it.
Rather than taking such a risk, it would be better to rescue his subordinates first and try to reunite with them.
Military training is one of Hasegawa's most proud strengths.
Under his training and tempering, all members of Huo Fu Thief Kai's command have extremely high combat effectiveness and organization.
This time he brought 23 of his subordinates from Mount Koya.
Although among these 23 people, there are some newcomers who have been specially brought to gain experience and improve their qualifications, the vast majority of these 23 people are still experienced veterans.
If all 23 of his subordinates can be rescued, the chances of escaping from here will undoubtedly be greatly increased.
How big is this place...?
Hasegawa, who was unfamiliar with this place and had to lead Naoshu and others around in the narrow passage like a headless fly, couldn't help but feel this way in his heart.
According to Hasegawa's observation, this place should be an underground prison transformed from a cave.
After connecting the various caves and repairing each cave, a beautiful and spacious underground prison was born.
Hasegawa is actually not afraid of the size of this underground prison.
He was only afraid that his subordinates were not locked up in this place...
After turning into an unknown number of narrow passages, Hasegawa finally heard the faint sound of conversations coming from ahead.
After raising his hand to signal Naoshu and others behind him to stop, Hasegawa held the knife, lowered his center of gravity, and moved forward bit by bit in a posture similar to squatting on the ground.
The sounds of small conversations came from behind the corner in front.
Hasegawa carefully walked to the edge of the corner, pressed his body against the rock wall of the corner, and then poked half of his head out of the corner.
The moment he glanced around the corner and saw the scene behind the corner clearly, a relieved smile immediately appeared on Hasegawa's face.
"Finally...I found you..."
Hasegawa strode away from the corner where he was hiding and walked out.
Behind the corner is a huge prison cell.
This cell was probably transformed from a natural rock cave. The space is extremely spacious. It should not be a problem to accommodate more than thirty people. A wooden fence is built between the cave and the passage. A spacious cell is just like this.
Done.
I saw more than twenty people imprisoned behind this cell.
And these twenty or so people, without exception, are all very familiar faces to Hasegawa.
After Hasegawa appeared from behind the corner, the "residents" in the cell were stunned for a moment, and then they all rushed to the cell door with expressions of ecstasy.
"Hasegawa-sama! Why are you here?"
"Hasegawa-sama, I finally meet you!"
"Hasegawa-sama, where exactly is this place?"
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Facing these words of "Hasegawa-sama", Hasegawa said helplessly while taking out the bunch of keys he just got from the slender-eyed young man:
"Everyone calm down first."
"Let's escape from here first."
“I’ll talk about these things in detail later.”
After finishing speaking, Hasegawa took out one of the keys from the bunch of keys he picked up from the slender-eyed young man, and inserted it into the large iron lock that tightly closed the cell door of his subordinates.
There are 13 keys in this bunch of keys.
It only takes less than half a minute to try each key.
But after trying every key, Hasegawa was shocked to find that none of the keys matched the lock of the cell.
"Tsk... Damn... it's a waste of my time." After whispering a curse word, Hasegawa threw the bunch of keys at his feet like trash, and then waved to Naoshu behind him, "Mr. Isshiki,
Please give me an iron cannon."
"Ah good!"
Naoshu quickly handed the iron cannon on his back to Hasegawa.
"All of you, stand back."
After roaring like this at his subordinates who were crowding around the cell door, Hasegawa raised his flintlock gun and pressed the muzzle of the gun against the short, thin lock tube, the weakest part of the iron lock.
boom!
Gunshots and ear-piercing crackling sounds exploded at the same time.
The locked barrel that had been shot had dense cracks like broken glass.
After throwing away the empty musket in his hand, Hasegawa grabbed the iron lock and broke it hard. With a "click" sound, the iron lock was finally opened on the physical level.
"Come out quickly." Hasegawa opened the door and waved his subordinates to come out of the cell. Then he turned to Naoshu and the others and shouted, "Mr. Isshiki, please distribute the iron cannons you brought to me.
's subordinates."
Zhizhou: "Yes."
The subordinates were successfully rescued, and none of them were missing. This made Hasegawa's big stone that had been hanging in his heart from just now finally fall halfway.
However... the big stone in his heart had just fallen halfway, and the sound that suddenly reached Hasegawa's ears made the big stone rise back to its original position.
Blah blah blah...
Hasegawa heard a very dense number of footsteps approaching quickly not far away.
His expression suddenly changed, he raised his arms and shouted:
"Hide, find a place to hide!"
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