Chapter 706 Ogata's Tactics: Woodpecker Tactics (Part 1) [5300]

The latest website: After shouting the phrase "concealment", Hasegawa took the lead in throwing himself behind a rock wall protruding out of a large piece beside him. Forgot to bring Zhizhou and others along.

The high-level organization of Huofu Thief Gai, who was trained by Hasegawa himself, was revealed at this moment.

Following Hasegawa's order, these subordinates of Hasegawa scattered in all directions, looking for and hiding in suitable hiding places like Hasegawa did.

Just as Hasegawa and the others hid their bodies, they saw a large group of people gushing out from the end of the corridor directly in front of them, like a spring bubbling out of a spring.

And it was Gao Qing who led the team.

Seeing that the people who went to escort Hasegawa had not returned for a long time, after realizing that this matter was unusual, Gao Qing immediately took all the troops he could lead—6 Iga ninjas and 18 musketeers to the place. underground prison.

After coming to the cell where Hasegawa was originally held, Gao Qing saw the corpses all over the floor that Hasegawa had killed.

Knowing that her bad premonition really came true, Gao Qing didn't dare to neglect or hesitate any more.

Regarding the famous "Ghost Ping", Gao Qing had heard many deeds related to him a long time ago.

He solved a case that ordinary officials couldn't solve after a month of tossing about it in three days.

What is it that the mother of a certain official who was reformed by Huofu Thief was seriously ill, and he used his private money to advance money for that subordinate.

If it was that "Guiping", he would definitely not just abandon his subordinates just like that—Gao Qing, who speculated in her heart, led the troops and went straight to the place where Hasegawa's subordinates were imprisoned.

Sure enough—the current situation witnessed by his eyes was exactly the same as his speculation.

Although Hasegawa and the others hid in the obstacle quickly, Gao Qing still caught the moment when Hasegawa rushed behind the stone wall in time.

— Tsk... Damn it... add trouble to me at this time!

Gao Qing's cheeks were bulging outwards due to clenching her teeth vigorously.

At the moment when she is in a hurry to transfer from Koyasan, Hasegawa's actions have made Gao Qing's current mood...he wants to kill very much.

But—even if my heart is full of killing intent now,

But Gao Qing suppressed her resentment, and said loudly to Hasegawa in as gentle a tone as possible:

"Mr. Hasegawa. Don't hide! I've seen you!"

"You are Lord Toyotomi's guest!"

"We don't want to hurt you!"

"Please put down your weapons and come out!"

"If you are afraid that we will take you to some terrible place later, then you can rest assured!"

"We are just transferring everyone in this cell, including you, for some reason!"

"I assure you! Everything I said just now is the truth!"

For Gao Qing, the best result right now is naturally to successfully persuade Hasegawa to surrender with her mouth.

Not only because Hasegawa is a guest of Toyotomi Nobuhide, but also a talent that Toyotomi Nobuhide is eager to earn under his command. If Hasegawa is accidentally injured or killed, it will be difficult to explain to Toyotomi Nobuhide.

It is also because Hasegawa and the others are now holding a number of weapons that cannot be underestimated.

Gao Qing not only captured the moment when Hasegawa and the others hid in various obstacles just now, he also witnessed the hands of Hasegawa and the others, holding a large number of muskets.

Although the number of muskets owned by Hasegawa and others, according to Gao Qing's visual inspection just now, is less than the number of hands, and the number is far less than that of him who currently has 18 musketeers under his command, but muskets are muskets after all.

If there is a firefight with Hasegawa and others in such a narrow place, even if they win, they will definitely suffer a lot of casualties—this is not what Gao Qing wants to see.

Of course, Gao Qing is not a naive fool.

Naturally, he would not foolishly put all his hopes on persuading him to surrender.

Having prepared with both hands, while loudly persuading Hasegawa to surrender, he gestured to all the subordinates around him to be ready to fight at any time.

"Tsk..." Hasegawa secretly poked half of his head out of the rock wall at this time to observe the strength of Gao Qing's troops.

Due to the angle and terrain, it is difficult to tell the exact number of Gao Qing's troops. The only thing that can be confirmed is the number of muskets, and Gao Qing's side has the upper hand.

——Troublesome...

Hasegawa turned his head and looked at the subordinates beside him.

Due to the lack of weapons, more than half of the subordinates are unarmed.

And those who had weapons only held flintlock guns that they had never seen before and were not familiar with at all.

"Master Hasegawa."

A subordinate next to Hasegawa, who was lucky enough to get a flintlock just now, asked Hasegawa in a low voice.

"How do you use this iron cannon? Why doesn't it even have a matchlock? There isn't even a matchlock, so how do you shoot it?"

"I don't know." Hasegawa said in a low voice, "But the iron gun seems to be able to fire as long as the trigger is pulled. Be careful, don't let it go off."

"Master Hasegawa." Another person lowered his voice and asked Hasegawa, "What are we going to do now? Are we going... to rush out and fight those people outside?"

"..." Hasegawa didn't respond to his subordinate's question.

I saw him sullen, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"...You just said: now for some reason, we are going to be transferred. Dare I ask what the reason is?" Hasegawa asked Gao Qing outside in a calm tone.

While asking Gao Qing such a question, Hasegawa quickly turned his gaze, scanning everything within his field of vision.

In the end - Hasegawa's eyes fixed on the prison cell behind him from which his subordinates had just come out.

To be precise, it is the large wooden planks that are fixed on the floor of the cell, one person long and half a person wide.

These large wooden boards, no more, no less, totaled 23 pieces, which was exactly the same as the number of subordinates who were imprisoned here.

Presumably these boards are the beds of the subordinates these days.

"Sorry." Gao Qing answered Hasegawa's question at this time, "Please forgive me for not being able to answer this question."

As soon as Gao Qing finished speaking, Hasegawa hurriedly asked a new question:

"Where is that going to move us?"

While asking this question, Hasegawa turned his head frequently, using his eyes to repeatedly confirm the location of the cell, as well as the location of Gao Qing and others.

After confirming that due to the angle, Gao Qing and the others would never be able to see any movement in the cell, Hasegawa fixed his eyes and made two very simple gestures to the two subordinates beside him.

He compared the large wooden boards in the cell not far away with his fingers. Then hold up 3 fingers.

Then he retracted his fingers and compared himself with these two subordinates.

The two subordinates beside Hasegawa happened to be old subordinates who had followed Hasegawa for many years.

Even Hasegawa didn't say a word to them.

Even Hasegawa only made such two extremely simple gestures.

The two of them were still able to immediately understand what Hasegawa's "sign language" meant.

I saw the two of them nodded vigorously with dignified expressions, then bent down, and walked back to the cell they just came out of with gentle movements that made no noise as much as possible...

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"Where is that going to move us?"

Listening to this latest question from Hasegawa, the impatient look on Gao Qing's face became intense to the extreme.

"...East." Gao Qing replied, "We will move to the east next time. Exactly where we want to move to the east, please forgive me for not being able to answer this."

"Master Hasegawa. Please stop wasting your time and mine."

Time is urgent, and Gao Qing, who doesn't want to waste any more time here, sternly said in a very serious tone.

"I am now giving the last warning: please put down Wu as soon as possible..."

"Okay!" Before Gao Qing finished speaking, Hasegawa's voice suddenly sounded and interrupted Gao Qing, "I see, we'll come out right away."

"Please ask your subordinates to pay attention later, and don't accidentally pull the trigger of the iron gun when we come out."

Hearing Hasegawa's words, Gao Qing was taken aback for a moment, then relaxed.

"As long as you obediently put down your weapons and come out, we will never do anything to you. After all, you are Lord Toyotomi's guest."

"That's it... then I... don't worry!"

Hasegawa's last sentence "Don't worry", suddenly raised several degrees.

And after he shouted the phrase "Relax" in a tone almost roaring, he suddenly rushed out from behind the rock wall where he was hiding.

He didn't rush alone.

Those who rushed out of the hiding place together with him were the two old subordinates who were ordered by him to go into the cell to get the wooden planks just now.

Hasegawa and his two old subordinates are now each holding a tall wooden plank just brought from the prison cell, and they launched a real "wall charge" to Gao Qing and others side by side!

The more dangerous the job, the more he must take the lead—this is Hasegawa's long-standing insistence.

It is precisely through this persistence that he has won the love and support of his subordinates.

So he will never let anyone take away his position of "charging ahead with a wooden shield".

Three large wooden boards lined up can just cover almost the entire passage.

"Come on!"

"superior!"

"Follow Lord Hasegawa!"

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In Hasegawa, holding a wooden plank, he took the lead, and the rest of Huo Fu Thief Kai's tribe followed closely behind.

Seeing this, Gao Qing's pupils shrank suddenly, and then she quickly raised her hand to give an order:

"Fire!"

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom……

The sound of bullets exploded like popping beans.

Rows of bullets roared and hit the large wooden board held by Hasegawa and others, and sawdust flew.

Although the wooden plank in Hasegawa's hands is large, it is not too thick, only about as thick as the head of a thumb.

In front of the flintlock, the only role played by a board of this thickness is probably to slightly reduce the potential energy of some projectiles.

The barrage fired by Gao Qing's side instantly turned the wooden board that Hasegawa and the others used as a shield into a hornet's nest.

The projectile penetrates the board and concentrates on Hasegawa and others behind the board.

"Ahhhh!"

"Ugh...!"

"Ugh—!"

...

There were 7 people who were shot.

Among them, Hasegawa was also included.

Hasegawa now only feels pain in his left leg like a fire.

Looking down - there is a small hole in the left leg.

But fortunately, the projectile didn't hit too deep because of the wooden board blocking it.

Enduring the pain, Hasegawa continued to rush forward with the plank in his hands, and shouted loudly:

"Iron cannon forward!"

This is the order they Huo Fu thieves changed.

After the order was issued, the members of Huofu Thief Kai who were armed with flintlock guns immediately stretched out the barrels along the gaps in the wooden boards.

"Fire!"

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom……

Hasegawa and the others endured a round of shooting from Gao Qing and the others, and after closing the distance between the two sides, they launched a counterattack. The closer the distance, the higher the hit rate of Hasegawa and the others. Among Gao Qing's 6 subordinates, although the firepower is not as good as Gao Qing's side, it also brought a lot of psychological shock to Gao Qing's side.

After the two sides shot each other for a round, like two tides, they collided head-on in this not spacious passage.

Hasegawa threw away the big wooden plank in his hand, held up the sword in his hand, and slashed at the enemies in front of him. Those who had flintlock guns in their hands held the flintlock guns upside down, using the muskets as blunt weapons.

The two sides launched the most primitive battle.

You punch, I kick.

You swing the musket, and I will grab your musket.

The result of street fighting in such a not-so-spacious place - one can imagine.

At the beginning, the two sides were fairly orderly, but in the blink of an eye, there was no order at all.

The two sides wrestled together, you squeezed me, I squeezed you, and it became difficult to even turn around.

Looking at the chaotic battlefield in front of him, although Gao Qing had a bad expression, his expression was by no means heavy or ugly—even though the scene of "fighting with Hasegawa" that he least wanted to see happened, he was not too afraid Yu and Hasegawa go shopping.

After all, they are the dominant side.

In terms of numbers, they are almost the same, but in terms of weapons, Hasegawa's difference is too much.

More than half of Hasegawa and the others are unarmed, while he has a weapon on his side.

At the same time, in terms of training, the musketeers of the Toyotomi Clan are not inferior to the officials of Huofu Thief.

The difference in combat power brought about by the gap in weapons was soon reflected - Hasegawa's side fought extremely hard, and the number of people who fell was obviously more than Gao Qing's side.

The one with the ugly expression was Hasegawa.

Looking at this scene, Hasegawa's face was gloomy, and he was secretly anxious, with an extremely ugly expression.

He suffered a gunshot wound to his left leg, and now his strength has been greatly reduced, and it has become extremely difficult to deal with an enemy.

——We have to kill that guy who looks like the commander first!

After glaring at Gao Qing viciously with sharp eyes, Hasegawa shouted:

"Everyone, rush forward with me!"

Hasegawa personally made the arrow of the sharp arrow and charged in the direction of Gao Qing.

Hasegawa could think of catching the thief first--of course Gao Qing could think of it too.

"Stop them! Surround them!"

As Gao Qing gave the order, she quickly stepped back to the back of her subordinates, and retreated to a place some distance away from the battlefield.

The musketeers and Iga ninjas formed a thick human wall to block Hasegawa's side, making it difficult for Hasegawa's side to get close to Gao Qing.

The enemy's commander is clearly right in front of him, but he can't make any progress on his side - this feeling of aggrieved and anxious makes Hasegawa's expression more dignified, and his teeth are clenched tighter and tighter.

—Damn it... if only my leg hadn't been shot...

If the leg is not shot, Hasegawa is confident that he can charge to Gao Qing with his own skills.

At this time, Gao Qing showed an expression completely opposite to Hasegawa's - looking at Hasegawa's group who were suffering from fighting with his subordinates, his expression showed more and more relaxed smiles.

While looking at Hasegawa and the others who were struggling in his eyes with great interest, he looked carefully at every movement on the battlefield, to guard against Hasegawa's tricks again.

However, at this moment——

--Ok?

Gao Qing suddenly saw a lot of people headed by Hasegawa, and suddenly looked at him with dazed eyes.

No.

It was looking behind him.

When Gao Qing was about to turn her head to look behind him——

"Ahh... finally met someone."

An old male voice sounded from behind him.

Gao Qing, whose pupils shrunk to the size of a pinhole, hastily turned her head to look behind her.

And he just turned his gaze behind——

Whoosh!

Like a shooting star, a shuriken cut through the air at an extremely fast speed and hit Gao Qing's eyebrow.

Gao Qing didn't even see who the person who shot the shuriken was, and her vision was shrouded in darkness.

When his consciousness was about to dissipate due to death, the last set of words Gao Qing heard in this life was a word of praise and a word of humility.

"Exquisite technique." The old male voice just now did not hesitate to praise in his tone, "Hatsumitsu, it is quite rare for you to be able to practice Iga-ryu's shuriken throwing technique to this level at this age. .”

"Thank you for the compliment." A cold female voice replied.

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——Who are these people...?

Hasegawa looked at the group of people who suddenly appeared behind Gao Qing with astonished eyes.

This is... a group of people with a very complicated composition.

There are men and women.

There are old people and young people.

The leader is a Dato and Wakizashi who should be between 60 and 70 years old and wears a dark red handle and scabbard on his waist.

Just as Hasegawa noticed the uninvited guest, a change appeared just like that—a beautiful woman standing behind the old man suddenly shook her small hand, threw a shuriken, and shot Gao Qing's head precisely. burst……

Immediately afterwards, the old man, as well as the rest of the people behind the old man, all moved.

They pulled out their respective weapons and rushed like hungry tigers towards the Toyotomi tribe who were wrestling with Hasegawa and the others.

This battle... no, this is no longer a battle.

It can only be regarded as a one-sided massacre.

The old man and the others are almost all killed with one knife.

Every time a knife is thrown, one person must be killed.

The rear was suddenly attacked, and the people who attacked them were still such a group of masters—Gao Qing's remaining subordinates immediately became chaotic.

But they didn't panic for long - because in the blink of an eye, they were flanked back and forth, and they had nowhere to escape, so they no longer had the ability to feel flustered emotionally.

From the appearance of the old man and others, then joining the battle, to killing all the Toyotomi tribe including Gao Qing - only a few seconds passed in total.

"Back! Back!"

When the old man and the others broke into the battle, Hasegawa began to hastily command his subordinates to retreat. While regrouping, he opened the distance from the old man and the others.

Looking at this group of uninvited guests who killed Gao Qing and the others in just a blink of an eye, the vigilance in Hasegawa's eyes was intense to the extreme.

"I am Huofu Thief Changed to Commander: Hasegawa Heizo!"

Hasegawa held the knife tightly and asked loudly.

"Who are you?"

"Hasegawa Heizo?" Hasegawa saw the old man mumbling like this, his expression became strange.

At this time, a male voice that was quite familiar to Hasegawa came from behind the old man:

"Mr. Hasegawa? Why are you here?"

A tall and strong man walked out not far behind the old man.

Hasegawa's expression became weird this time:

"Makimura-kun?"