Chapter 705 Thunderbolt, Here We Come! [Five Thousand Three Hundred]

The latest website: Koyasan, somewhere in the back mountain——

"Master Gao Qing. The sedan chairs are all ready."

"Yeah." Gao Qing looked at the sedan chairs in front of her and nodded slightly, "Very good."

"Master Gao Qing." At this time, another Iga ninja came running towards Gao Qing, "Master Yoshihisa has successfully transferred Ms. Toyotomi."

Hearing the ninja's report, Gao Qing's tense face finally relaxed a little at this moment.

"Have you successfully transferred her... That's good."

Although both Yoshihisa and Gao Qing were ordered by Toyotomi Nobuhide to immediately transfer the people imprisoned in the cell, the specific tasks of the two are slightly different.

Toyotomi Nobuhide asked Yoshihisa to transfer his sister in person, so as to ensure that the transfer of Lin was foolproof.

If the situation requires, Mr. Hasegawa and the others can not take it away, but only my sister must be taken away no matter what-this is the original words of Toyotomi Nobuhide.

Therefore, under the strict order of Toyotomi Nobuhide, Gao Qing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after learning that Lin had successfully transferred away.

Due to different identities and importance, the place where Lin was detained was not only different from the place where Hasegawa and others were detained, but also separated by a long distance.

Therefore, after receiving the order from Toyotomi Nobuhide to transfer the prisoners, Yoshihisa and Takaharu split up.

Ji Jiu went to transfer Lin.

And Gao Qing went to transfer Hasegawa and others who were imprisoned in the "ordinary prison".

Gao Qing divided his subordinates into two - some of them were in charge of entering the prison, and brought Hasegawa and others out.

Another group of people went to gather the sedan chairs used to transfer Hasegawa and others.

Right now, all the sedan chairs that can be transferred have been transferred.

All he had to do was bring Hasegawa and the others over.

At this moment, Gao Qing raised her head and looked at the mountain in the distance.

On the hilltops in the distance, waves of fire were churning, as if they wanted to burn the sky with them.

A large amount of black mist aroused by the burning of trees and buildings enveloped the mountain like dark clouds.

Even from far away, Gao Qing could still smell the disgusting burnt smell, and her mouth had a bitter taste as if she 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 her head, worries gradually emerged from Gao Qing's eyes.

"Don't let it rain now..."

Since the temperature has warmed up, the daily weather has begun to change.

This morning was clearly sunny with the sun coming out, but after noon, a wind suddenly blew up in the sky, and under the guidance of the wind, thick dark clouds rushed from the sky from west to east.

In less than half an hour, the sky of Mount Koya was covered with thick clouds made of gray dark clouds.

The cloud pressure is extremely low, and the temperature is rising, which makes people feel breathless, and the clouds above the head exude a gloomy and cold atmosphere.

Before joining the Toyotomi Clan and working for Toyotomi Nobuhide, Gao Qingyuan was a samurai from Ryukyu. He lived by the sea since he was a child, relying on the sea to eat the sea.

During her childhood, living with her family living by the sea, Gao Qing unknowingly developed an ability to watch the weather... especially the ability to "watch the rain".

How much rain is going to fall, how long it will rain, whether it is a storm or a thunderstorm, Gao Qing can tell just by looking at the clouds in the sky.

It is precisely because of his ability that Gao Qing couldn't help but be speechless when dark clouds began to appear in the sky—according to his prediction, there will be a thunderstorm with an astonishing amount of rain by this afternoon at the latest lower.

It is not uncommon for thunderstorms to occur in this season. Now is the season of frequent spring rains, and thunderstorms will fall every two days.

Gao Qing had faintly seen the thunder light dancing between the clouds.

From just now, Gao Qing has been secretly praying in her heart that the raindrops would not fall so quickly.

They are now using wildfires to stop Ogata Yidaosai's actions.

If the thunderstorm falls now and extinguishes the mountain fire, then the fire they lit just now to stop Ogata Yidaosai will be considered useless.

In addition, Gao Qing is also worried that the thunderstorm will affect their next voyage.

He has lived by the sea since he was a child, and he understands more than anyone else how terrible the "bad weather" is on the sea.

Even if the ship they are on is one of the most advanced warships of this era, there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents when sailing in bad weather.

The denser and denser clouds made Gao Qing more worried that their subsequent voyage would be affected, so Gao Qing became more and more impatient.

He asked the adjutant next to him in a strong and impatient tone: "The people who went to escort Hasegawa and others haven't come back yet?"

"Not yet." The adjutant who was stuttered by Gao Qing's harsh tone replied, "I haven't received any news of their return yet."

The expression of impatience on Gao Qing's face became more intense.

Just as he opened his mouth to say something to the adjutant, he suddenly seemed to realize something, and his opened lips froze.

After a while, Gao Qing's opened lips slowly closed.

He slowly pursed his lips tightly, and a thoughtful look slowly appeared between his brows.

"...Everyone follow me!"

Gao Qing waved her big hand to everyone beside her, then strode towards the prison where Hasegawa and others were held not far from here.

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Koyasan, somewhere—

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Holding a wet cloth in his left hand, Ogata covered his mouth and nose, looking at the road ahead blocked by the burned down tree, his face sank.

"Is it impossible to go here..."

Ogata turned back to look at the way he had just come.

"Do you have to turn around and find a new way..."

He reached into his bosom with his free right hand and took out a simple map.

"Tsk... now the terrain here has been completely destroyed by the fire..." Ogata frowned uncontrollably, "The map that Miss Isshiki drew for us... is already difficult to use..."

Ogata immediately understood what the people from the Toyotomi clan were planning to do after seeing the fires burning everywhere in the back mountain of Koyasan.

They had no intention of sending their troops against him at all.

Now they just want to use fire as a weapon to prevent him from approaching Koyasan again.

Why do you want to stop Koyasan at the expense of pointing him away? Ogata only thinks of one possibility: the people of the Toyotomi family plan to abandon the car to protect the commander and abandon this place.

Aware of Toyotomi's current intentions, Ogata, who knew that they seemed to have been given to the anti-general by Toyotomi, shouted "Get out of here quickly" to the "goatee old monk" In one breath, he rushed into the back mountain that was being eroded by the fire at an extremely fast speed.

Before rushing into the fire, Ogata got a piece of cloth soaked in water by the way, so that he could act in the fire later.

It's spring now, the sky is dry, and this place happens to be a mountain with a lot of flammable materials. Ogata guessed that under such weather, the speed of the fire would spread extremely fast-but he didn't expect the speed to be so fast. So fast.

It has only been more than 20 minutes since Ogata discovered the mountain fire, and the scope of the mountain fire has immediately expanded by more than ten times.

The fire, devouring and destroying everything it touched, has completely changed the surrounding terrain.

The road was either surrounded by fire, or blocked by burned down trees.

Ogata, who had to change the road several times due to the fire, was so dizzy that he turned his head.

——It would be nice if it rained sooner...

Ogata raised his head and looked at the sky above which was already covered with dark clouds.

When he first arrived at Koyasan, he had already noticed that the sky was getting dark, and heavy rain seemed to be coming soon.

Ever since he saw the wildfire, Ogata had been looking forward to the early rainstorms to extinguish the wildfire.

However, I have been looking forward to it until now, but I didn't see even a drop of rain falling.

——This time... Let's try to go there and see if there is a passable road.

Ogata stuffed the map that Isshikika had drawn for them back into his arms, and ran towards a forest in the northwest that was less eroded by the flames.

And just when Ogata had time to run a few steps in that direction——

"Ho, ho, ho..."

Daodao old gasps sounded from behind Xufang.

Turning his head to look, Ogata couldn't help being surprised after seeing who the owner of these old panting sounds was.

"My lord...?"

The person who breathed out this old panting was the old monk with the goatee holding the Buddha statue and confronting Ogata's theory just now.

I saw him still holding the wooden Buddha statue, ignoring the raging flames around him, running towards Xufang out of breath.

"Sir, what are you doing here?" Ogata couldn't help but exclaimed to the goatee old monk, "Didn't I tell you to leave here soon?"

"Old monk with goatee" was breathing so fast that Ogata felt that he might die suddenly at any moment, and quickened his pace to rush to Ogata.

"You... ho... just now... you said... ho ho... the Venerable Master is... ho... a thug... do you have... what... ho ho... other evidence?"

Looking at this old monk who rushed into the fire scene to find him regardless of the danger just to ask this question, Ogata didn't know what expression to put on...

"I don't have any other evidence to prove that Master Xianyuan is a thug." Ogata said quickly, "Elder, you should listen to my advice and get out of here quickly! If you stay here, you will die deal!"

After leaving these words, Ogata, who had no time to care about the old monk, turned around and wanted to leave.

However, just as Ogata turned around——

"Ho... that direction you go... ho ho... useless... there are... ho... a lot of dead trees... that direction... must... ho... it's all on fire..."

The words of the goatee old monk caused Ogata's figure and expression to pause.

Immediately afterwards, the old goatee monk asked Ogata with a sullen face:

"Are you... now... are you going to find... the Venerable Master?"

"...I'm not planning to go to Master Xianyuan right now." Ogata replied, "I'm only going to rescue my companions and friends' family members who are being imprisoned by the thugs lurking in Mount Koya."

"...Then... good." The "old monk with goatee" who breathed much more smoothly tightened the wooden Buddha statue in his hand, "I have lived...in Koyasan...for decades."

"I'm all too familiar with this neighborhood..."

"Let me help you...show the way...tell you...which places...are not easily affected by fire..."

"I just need you...take me...to the back mountain..."

"I want to... use my eyes... to witness..."

"In the Holy Land...is there really evil lurking...!"

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The place where Koyasan, Hasegawa and others were imprisoned——

Hasegawa dragged his left hand, which was temporarily disabled, and held the sword he snatched from the narrow-eyed youth in his right hand, and led Isshiki Naoki and others to quickly shuttle through the prison passage.

No guards could be seen in the passage, so Hasegawa and his party were able to pass without hindrance.

"Naga, Hasegawa-sama." Naoki's daughter-in-law Isshimi, who had never seen any storms, 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 be able to take you out."

"Now there is no need to rush to escape immediately."

"Now try to find my subordinates who were also arrested."

"As long as I find my subordinates, the chances of escaping will be greatly increased!"

Hasegawa, who has always loved soldiers like his son, would rather die than do such a thing as "abandoning his subordinates".

Toyotomi Nobuhide told him before: His subordinates are now being fed with good food and drink. Hasegawa believes 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, unless Toyotomi Nobuhide was a person with a bad mind, it was unlikely that he would do something like "kill Hasegawa and his subordinates" no matter what.

Hasegawa can only hope that his subordinates will also be locked up in this place.

In fact, even regardless of Hasegawa's compassion, from a practical point of view, these subordinates of Hasegawa must be saved.

Although Hasegawa is quite confident in his skills, he also has self-knowledge - he is already an uncle who is almost 50 years old.

Physical strength and so on have declined severely in recent years.

In an unfamiliar place, dragging an old body, and leading three people to escape from the dangerous place alone-this kind of thing is extremely risky no matter how you think about it.

Instead of taking such a risk, it would be better to rescue his subordinates first and try to join his subordinates.

Military training - this is one of Hasegawa's proudest strengths.

Under his training and tempering, all the members of Huofu Thief Kai have extremely high combat effectiveness and organization.

He brought Koyasan's subordinates this time, a total of 23 people.

Although among the 23 people, there are some newcomers who have been specially brought out to gain knowledge and experience, but experienced veterans still account for the vast majority of the 23 people.

If all 23 of his subordinates can be rescued, the chances of escaping from this place will undoubtedly be greatly increased.

——How big is this place...?

Hasegawa, who was not familiar with this place, had to lead Naosuke and others to scurry through the narrow passage like a headless chicken, and couldn't help expressing such emotion in his heart.

According to Hasegawa's observation, this place should be an underground prison transformed from a cave.

Connecting the various caves, and then 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 imprisoned in this place...

After turning into an unknown number of narrow passages, Hasegawa finally heard the small voices of conversation coming from ahead.

After raising his hand to signal Naoshu and the others behind him to stop, Hasegawa held the knife, lowered his body's center of gravity, and moved forward bit by bit in a posture similar to squatting on the ground.

The bursts of small conversations came from behind the corner in front.

Hasegawa walked carefully to the edge of the corner, pressed his body against the rock wall of the corner, and poked half of his head out of the corner.

After sweeping his gaze to the corner——the moment he saw the scene behind the corner clearly, a smile of relief appeared on Hasegawa's face immediately.

"Finally... found you..."

Hasegawa strode away from the corner where he was hiding and walked outside.

Behind the corner is a huge prison cell.

This prison cell was probably remodeled from a certain natural cave. The space is extremely spacious. It should not be a problem to accommodate more than 30 people. A wooden fence is built between the cave and the passage. A spacious prison cell is like this It's done.

I saw that at the back of this prison cell, there were more than twenty people being imprisoned.

And these twenty or so people, without exception, were all faces that Hasegawa was quite familiar with.

After Hasegawa appeared from behind the corner, the "residents" in the cell were stunned for a moment, and then all rushed to the cell door with ecstasy.

"Master Hasegawa! Why are you here?"

"Master Hasegawa, I finally saw you!"

"Master Hasegawa, where is this place?"

...

Facing the sentence of "Master Hasegawa", Hasegawa took out the bunch of keys he just got from the young man with narrow eyes, and said helplessly:

"Everyone calm down first."

"Let's escape from here first."

"Let's talk about these things in detail later."

After speaking, Hasegawa took out one of the keys from the bunch of keys picked up by the narrow-eyed young man, and inserted it into the big iron lock that closed the cell doors of his subordinates.

There are 13 keys in this bunch.

It only takes less than half a minute to try every key.

But who knows—after trying every key, Hasegawa was shocked to find that none of the keys matched the iron lock of this cell.

"Tsk... Damn...wasting my time." After swearing in a low voice, Hasegawa threw the bunch of keys at his feet like throwing trash, and then waved to Naoki behind him, "Mr. Isshiki, Please give me an iron cannon."

"Ah good!"

Naoki hastily handed the iron cannon on his back to Hasegawa.

"Stand back, all of you."

After a low growl at the subordinates crowded by the cell door, Hasegawa raised the flintlock and pressed the muzzle of the gun against the most vulnerable part of the iron lock - the short and thin lock tube.

boom!

Gunshots exploded at the same time as piercing cracks.

The locked barrel of the gun, like broken glass, had dense cracks.

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 a physical level.

"Come out quickly." Hasegawa opened the door and greeted his subordinates to come out of the cell, then turned his head and shouted to Naoshu and the others, "Mr. Isshiki, please give me the iron cannons you brought. subordinates."

Zhizhou: "Yes."

The subordinates were successfully rescued, and none of the subordinates was missing-this made Hasegawa's big rock that had been hanging in his heart since just now finally fell half.

However... the boulder in his heart had just fallen halfway down, and at this moment, the voice that suddenly entered Hasegawa's ears made the boulder rise back to its original position.

Crash la la la...

Hasegawa heard the sound of extremely dense footsteps approaching here not far away.

With a sudden change in his expression, he raised his arms and shouted:

"Hidden, find a place to hide!"

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