Chapter 220 219. Lone Shadows-Seventeen Yizi
“Wu is much easier to deal with than expected.”
Lan En dropped the mace in his hand, moved his wrist and whispered With.
He originally thought that this was at least an opponent on the level of Gregor Clegane. Although it's not very difficult, you have to at least use a few tricks.
But if the body of a top warrior is controlled only by a child-like mind, it will be very easy to deal with.
Lan En suspected that if he threw a candy on the ground, he would squat down and pick it up.
The large troops behind followed, and Kotaro moved the unconscious Taro soldier aside who was drooling on the ground.
After crossing the bridge, there are two arrow towers built on both sides of the bridge.
If the archers among the bandits were not eager to plunder, but instead stayed here, Lan En would not be able to bring people over directly.
But this also further proves the destructive power of the traitor.
These two arrow towers did not play any role in preventing the bandits from breaking in.
"Lead people to guard, I don't want us to be swept away again."
Lan En grabbed the shoulder of a short bow ashigaru and asked him to go up to the arrow tower. At this bridgehead, he left a reasonable number of people and arrangements based on shooting angles and close combat defense considerations.
If it were just an ordinary bandit, then it is estimated that hundreds of people would not be able to rush over.
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On the high ground of Pingtian Manor, two ninjas wearing purple and black striped costumes were overlooking the growing fire in Pingtian Manor.
A ninja dressed in the same attire as them suddenly jumped up from below using the [Light Body Technique] and half-knelt behind them, obviously lower.
"Sir, the ashigaru and ronin of Hiradaso Castle Town have organized a counterattack, and now they have eliminated 80% of the bandits entrenched there. Those troops are moving towards the main house."
"Oh?" A lonely figure who was watching the fire turned around. "Didn't that owl promise us that the distribution of his troops would make it impossible to regroup?"
"Humph, he's just a country ninja. How much more can you expect him to do things beautifully? ”
"That's true. But it doesn't matter." Gu Yingzhong, known as 'Zhengjiu', shook his head. "Those bandits are just garbage to be discarded, so we only wanted to be quick and did not clean up the areas we had already conquered."
"So, Tadashi. If we want to destroy the Hirata clan, we only need to Just kill the remaining young master Hirata, nothing else matters. Who among Ashina's retainers will trust them if they fail to protect their master and let him die at the hands of bandits? "Death."
"But didn't that owl say that Young Master Hirata must be captured alive?"
Zheng asked the companion next to him, and received an indifferent chuckle.
"He said? He defected to the inner government. How could he let the country ninja negotiate terms with us? Okay, no more. These bandits die casually, but Anaconda Juzo, I It's quite satisfactory. I'll remind him to withdraw as soon as possible."
Zhengji nodded slightly.
"I remember, he called you 'Brother Zheng'? You are really familiar with him. Then I will lead my people and cause some trouble for this group of samurai who have gathered again. Don't come back until Master Hirata The master hasn’t been found yet, but they are catching up.”
“Very good, let’s start working.”
As soon as the words fell, the silhouettes of Gu Yingzhong were like black eagles blending into the night. He rose suddenly and then fell down.
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Lan En was leading a group of people towards the inner house, and they crossed another bridge on the way.
One has to lament the steep terrain of Ashina Country. Even though the manor has been built on as flat a place as possible, the fragmented terrain and water flow still require various means to connect the terrain.
While leading the team forward, Lan En took the time to look down. He found that there were also large brocade carp in this small tributary of Longquan River.
If he can pass tonight, he will definitely come back and look for these 'jewelry suppliers'.
The armor plates and weapons on a group of people and horses jingled as they ran.
The door to the inner house was already in sight. Lan En didn't hear any movement at all from the front, but a panicked shout suddenly came from the team behind him.
"Dead! There are enemies!" The shouts caused a small commotion, and the team's progress stopped.
Lan En frowned and walked back, what he saw was an ashigaru's limp body.
On his unprotected neck, a sharp iron stick similar to the size of a sweater needle pierced his neck, and blood flowed from the wound.
Lan En had seen this kind of throwing object in the "Lone Shadow Ninja Technique Book", and its name was 'Qianben'. The slender and sharp shape is not only difficult to observe during flight, but the wind noise it makes is almost inaudible.
In other words, they are Gu Yingzhong!
"It's a ninja! Circle formation! The one with the wooden sign stands on the outside and holds up a shield!"
Lan En calmly ordered, and everyone who had experienced his perfect command immediately followed it subconsciously.
And just when the Mupai soldiers had just set up their formation, they heard "dong dong dong" three times in a row.
Three iron picks were inserted directly into the wooden sign. Judging from the impact point, at least three more people will fall if they take one more late step.
Lan En's eyes narrowed slightly.
He didn't hear or smell it just now. Just looking at the opponent's silence and breath-holding technique, his proficiency is not at the same level as that of the guy being chased by a wolf!
Suddenly, Lan En thought of the miscellany revealed in the "Lone Shadow Ninja Techniques Book".
"The Guying clan are the most trusted ninjas in the imperial court. Their leader, Masatsuna Oribe, has seventeen adopted sons, all of whom are highly skilled."
One of the seventeen adopted sons?
"Kotaro."
"Sir, I'm listening!"
Standing in the middle of the circle, Lan En's height and softly reflected silver hair made him Like standing out from the flock.
He made no move to dodge, and the other party didn't seem to have any intention of attacking him easily.
"A lone ninja here can only delay time. Maybe their plan is nearing completion, or maybe he has invested new troops behind us. But we cannot watch him complete his plan."
< br>The pair of slightly bright cat eyes scanned the bamboo forest and the shadows between the houses under the dim moonlight and firelight.
"I will go out directly. He cannot ignore my influence, and he will follow. Now you need to return to the arrow tower just now to prepare for the enemies that may come from behind. Understand?"
Lan En stared seriously at the short man in front of him who had just lost his mother.
His cringing and funny face suddenly became serious, and his cheeks clenched and bulged.
It seemed that he was extremely excited to be entrusted with a task by Lan En.
"Sir, we will definitely repel the enemy!"
"Just do it."
Lan En smoothed back the scattered silver hair from his forehead. He stood up, pushed aside the ashigaru who was maintaining a circular formation in front of him, and walked outside.
As expected, the ninja did not attack ordinary soldiers again.
More than half of the combat power of this small corps is concentrated on Lan En alone. If he does not want this huge variable to interfere with the mission, the ninja must stop the lone demon hunter.
As for ordinary soldiers, they are not a problem at all in comparison.
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