Chapter 875 Bloody Jeolla Road (18) [Partly Foreshadowing]

Expose the final hole card in advance, head-to-head, take advantage of Yoshihiro Shimadzu's carelessness, take the initiative to leave the main force, and kill him one-on-one.

To be honest, there is no such store after this village, and it will be difficult to find such good opportunities in the future.

Exams with this level of difficulty kill a famous name that will be recorded in history, and there will be a comprehensive post-examination evaluation.

Either take the initiative to give in, act according to the plan, and then hold on to Yoshihiro Shimadzu for a while, let the cavalry charge head-on for a while, and make a show on the battlefield.

In doing so, two strategic goals can be achieved:

Consume the vitality of the Satsuma army.

Give the Japanese the illusion that there are many soldiers in Nanyuan.

The latter, after killing Onishimazu, can also be achieved, and the effect will be even better...

Thinking of this, Lu Li had already made a decision.

He shrunk the protection covering his body little by little.

Almost at the same time, Yoshihiro Shimadzu noticed that the golden pill-like thing was condensing at an imperceptible speed.

Obviously, the monster inside couldn't last long.

For such a strange and sturdy monster, maybe after its death, its blood essence could be refined into a high-quality elixir by Buddha fire.

It is used to nourish the body, and the effect is excellent.

Thinking of this, Oni Shimadzu, who was over sixty years old, showed a fiery look on his face, and became more and more patient, holding a wakizashi, sitting cross-legged quietly, waiting for the nourishing good product to take shape.

But Lu Li didn't know that the old pirate would have such a weird idea, which just happened to do what he wanted.

In order to prevent Yoshihiro Shimadzu from discovering the clues and lower his vigilance, Lu Li condensed extremely slowly, showing the state of exhaustion and barely holding on.

After about an hour, it can shrink to an inch, the size of a soybean, completely paralyzing Oni Shimadzu.

million miles away.

A seaport.

Determined to put all his eggs in one basket, Toyotomi Hideyoshi slowly boarded the warship. In previous years, when he first conquered the peninsula, he originally intended to go out in person, but later his retainers persuaded him with various reasons.

Now, for the inheritance of the Toyotomi family for generations, Hideyoshi finally embarked on a journey.

According to the course of history, he should have died of illness in Fushimi Castle, causing the commanders of the major armies who fought hard on the front line to choose to give up everything and retreat back to the mainland.

Now, history has turned a big corner.

"Yihisa, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Hideyoshi leaned on the side of the boat and looked to his side.

"It is the honor of the Shimadzu family to fight for Taiko-sama."

A spirited old warrior answered.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu, who bears the title of Oni of Satsuma, has an older brother named Yoshihisa.

He had no son, so he married his daughter Kamejuhime to Shimadzu Tadahiro, the second son of his younger brother Yoshihiro Shimadzu, and designated him as his heir.

Prior to this, when Japan had not yet been unified, Yoshihisa had served as the head of the Shimadzu family and led the troops to fight against the Toyotomi army.

Later, when he saw the situation clearly, he became the first one among his brothers to surrender. The reason was: Wouldn't it be unfilial to destroy a famous family of four hundred years at my hands?

Ever since, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi led the army to Taihei Temple in Satsuma Sendai County, Shimadzu Yoshihisa took the initiative to shave his family in the snow window yard of Bodhi Temple in his mother, and brought the five ministers who "see through the red dust" together, and his daughter as a hostage, Go to Taiping Temple and formally request surrender.

In addition, because he had never met Toyotomi Hideyoshi before, Yoshihisa did not understand his style of dealing with people.

However, I heard that when Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Bichu Takamatsu Castle, he offered the lord of the castle Shimizu Soji to cut seppuku in exchange for the forgiveness of the lives of the soldiers in the castle.

Therefore, Yoshihiro Shimadzu is ready. If necessary, he will perform seppuku at Taihei Temple to beg Toyotomi Hideyoshi to pardon the Shimadzu family and allow the Shimadzu family's incense to continue to be passed on.

However, this vicious His Royal Highness Guan Bai is extremely enthusiastic about him——

During the meeting in the garden, Master Hideyoshi was sitting in the house. He had just been ordained, and he, who was called "Longbo", led his subordinates to kneel on the white sand outside the garden, with a frightened face and did not dare to look up.

Yijiu was already ready to accept all kinds of humiliation, but what came into his ears was a warm and polite greeting:

"Come! Come! Come!"

Without knowing it, he got up silently and approached Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The whole process seemed extremely careful, like a woman.

At this time, he had shaved his hair, was dressed in black black clothes, and held a string of rosary beads, allowing His Royal Highness Guan Bai to look at him.

The adult stared at him for a long time, then suddenly showed his face, and asked with a smile, "Aren't you lonely with nothing around your waist?"

In Japan, every samurai will wear two swords, one long and one short, one long sword and one wakizasa around his waist.

However, if I choose to become a monk, I am no longer a warrior, let alone wear a sword. Facing this question full of laughter, I can only bow my head and answer:

"yes."

After the words fell, hearty laughter resounded through the temple.

His Highness Guan Bai stood up, took the initiative to untie the samurai sword on his waist, and handed it over in person:

"The name of the sword is Bizen Baohei, and the name of the wakizawa is Takanosu Zongjin. Take it carefully."

Bizen Baohei, a supreme craftsman who was active at the end of the Heian period, the sword he forges is usually inscribed with the word Baoping, which is called together with Tongzi:

East and West two yokozuna.

The Eagle's Nest Sokin, forged by the famous craftsman Sanjo Sokin, is considered by him to be an insurmountable masterpiece just like the famous sword Mikazuki Sokin.

The Sanri Yuezong is known as one of the five swords in the world. As its twin brother, the Yingchao Zongjin will naturally not be inferior.

When they met for the first time, the lord rewarded the ministers with his belongings, which meant that he had let go of the past and pardoned the Shimadzu family, and would regard the Shimadzu family as his subordinates from now on.

Yoshihisa Shimadzu, who regained his status as a samurai without becoming a monk, and got two famous swords, remembers crying loudly and shouting:

"Thank you, Your Highness Guan Bai!"

"From now on, I am willing to die for His Royal Highness Guan Bai!"

Now, His Highness Guan Bai has become Lord Taige, with gray hair growing on his temples, and he is over 60 years old, but he still has the ability to fulfill his promise.

When he heard that Hideyoshi was about to personally go on an expedition to the peninsula, he immediately led the warship of the Shimadzu family docked near Fushimi Castle to serve in order to repay the kindness of the pardon and the gift of the sword.

On a warship across the ocean.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi seems to have returned to the past, when the momentum of unifying Japan rose, and he raised his voice:

"Set off!"

Under the sunshine, Yoshihisa Shimadzu, who was standing by the side, looked at the gradually disappearing coastline, and thought of the deadly poem that he had realized in the past and set in advance:

"The rice in the world is exhausted, and the water is exhausted, and Nirvana is greeted."

"Drain all the rice, food and water in the world, and welcome Nirvana after all kalpas."

Such a poignant and beautiful death poem, no matter how fierce the enemy is, it will be touched by it.

Looking at the water waves, Yoshihisa fantasized about the scene where he died like a cherry blossom in order to be loyal...

However, he never imagined that his stepson, nephew and son-in-law Tadahiro Shimadzu had already taken it out and used it in advance before he died because he was uneducated and unable to compose a fatal poem.