Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 117 Ronin's Plan, Crossbow and Arrows

In a seaside fishing village, in the most prosperous village chief's house, more than ten people were sitting on both sides in the living room.

The left column has people with strange topknots, wearing loose kimonos and samurai swords at their waists. They are obviously ronin who are roaming around this coastal area.

The people in the right column are all dressed as Ming Dynasty warriors and are local powerful people.

The two sides stood opposite each other, both silent, with no common ground at all.

At this time, an old man dressed as a samurai walked out from the side. He had a dignified look on his face. He was the head of the Yagyu family in Japan.

Yagyu Tajima Mamoru!
"The reason we gather here today is, needless to say, to fight our common enemy, the Giant Whale Gang!"

Although he is a Japanese, there is almost no Japanese accent in the way Yagyu Tadama-no-kami speaks.

"As you all know, ever since an inexplicable force killed the Giant Whale Gang leader and supported the young leader Mai Zihao to take the throne, our lives have become increasingly difficult."

"Yes, that man is hateful!"

The leader of the left column said in extremely lame words: "He killed the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, framed us, and even issued a bounty... Mai Zihao! Must be killed!"

The people on the right were silent, but their eyes were filled with murderous intent, and it was obvious that they all had the same opinion.

The Giant Whale Gang's actions this time seem to be targeting the Japanese ronin, but in fact they are taking advantage of this and targeting both the ronin and the local tyrants at the same time.

While eliminating the ronin, many powerful people who hindered the Giant Whale Gang were also eliminated.

And they were destroyed by Ronin.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that those ronin were actually members of the Giant Whale Gang in disguise.

Therefore, all the other local tyrants were terrified that the Giant Whale Gang was coming to them.

They didn't even dare to expose this matter because they did more things by pretending to be ronin!
Once this matter is exposed, it will attract reporters from Jianghu Monthly and Southern Newspaper, or even some nosy knights in the martial arts world. After an investigation, they will probably lose their reputation in the end.

At this moment, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami came to invite them to cooperate in dealing with the Giant Whale Gang, which led to what happened today!
Yagyu Tajima said, "According to my latest news, Mai Zihao, under the protection of several experts, appeared in Fuzhou and helped to resolve the disaster of the Fuwei Escort Agency. He also brought Lin Zhennan and his family on board the boat. I'm afraid they are going to take them back to Taihu Lake!"

Everyone was quite puzzled when they heard this.

A man on the right said, "May I ask, Master Yagyu, when did you say this happened?"

Yagyu Tajima no Kami said, "This happened only recently. You all received the letter a few days ago, so I'm afraid you don't know."

Then he briefly explained the matter.

The people on the right couldn't help but frown when they heard this.

"Although the Fuwei Escort Agency doesn't have many experts, it has ten branches and covers six provinces. If such a force joins forces with the Giant Whale Gang... I'm afraid the Giant Whale Gang is planning to land from the sea and expand its land power."

Yagyu Tajima nods: "This time, the Giant Whale Gang's young leader is personally present, probably for this very purpose!"

"hateful!"

The forces and territories on land are already fixed.

The Fuwei Escort Agency is just an escort business, but the Giant Whale Gang is a real big gang.

If you want to advance into the land, you will definitely invade the forces on land.

Thinking about the recent period of time, the Giant Whale Gang has taken action many times, disguised as ronin, and eliminated countless local tyrants. I am afraid that this is just a preparation for now.

His sinister intentions are obvious!

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami said, "If the Giant Whale Gang continues to grow, it will not be a good thing for us warriors or for you.

Therefore, we must take action and kill Mai Zihao when he goes to Taihu Lake!

This way, although we can't change the Giant Whale Gang, we can at least make those people working in the dark lose the puppets that can openly control the Giant Whale Gang!"

"That's right! That's exactly what we should do!"

"Fortunately, the head of the Yagyu family had the foresight to gather us together beforehand, otherwise I really don't know what to do today!"

Both the ronin on the left and the warriors on the right reached a consensus.

"Master Yagyu!"

At this time, a warrior on the right stood up and asked, "How many guards does Mai Zihao have?"

Yagyu Tajima no Kami's eyes flickered, and he said, "The power behind this thinks highly of Mai Zihao, and has arranged four innate warriors to protect him.

In addition, there are nearly 300 members of the Giant Whale Gang, including three innate warriors."

"So, that means there are three hundred people and seven innate warriors?"

Everyone was delighted and started laughing.

"We have gathered nearly four hundred Ronin here, and the servants and guards from each family add up to two hundred people, which is twice as many as them!"

"Innate Warriors, there are twelve of us in total!"

"And the head of the Yagyu family is a master!"

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami said, "In this case, can you all rest assured?"

"Don't worry! Of course I don't worry!"

"This time, I'll make sure Mai Zihao dies without a burial place!"

Yagyu Tajima no Kami smiled and said, "Alright! In two days, the Giant Whale Gang's ship will pass by here. Please command your men and prepare to intercept and fight!"

"Yes!"

Everyone left the room.

In a few minutes, the warrior who was leading the left column turned back and knelt on one knee: "Master!"

It turns out that this man, who looks like one of the ronin leaders, is actually a samurai of the Yagyu family. He was secretly inserted into the ronin forces by Yagyu Tajima-no-kami to control the ronin's subordinates.

"If this plan goes smoothly, we will be able to develop deeper cooperation with these land families!"

Yagyu Tajima no Kami's face was gloomy. He said, "When we fight in two days, be prepared in advance. Don't charge in front of the enemy. Be ready to escape at any time!"

"What?" The subordinate was shocked.

Yagyu Tajima said: "I just concealed some information. The four people around Mai Zihao are not ordinary Xiantian warriors, but four warriors who have reached the realm of Xiantian perfection!"

"Hiss! The power behind Mai Zihao is so powerful?!"

He couldn't help but be surprised.

The martial arts of Japan are far less prosperous than those of China. Since the Yagyu family has a master like Yagyu Tajima no Kami, they are qualified to become the general's teacher.

In the coastal areas of the mainland, martial arts are far less prosperous than in the heartland of the Central Plains.

It is also rare to see a Grandmaster.

They had planned this operation several days ago. At that time, they estimated that Mai Zihao had only four or five innate people around him at most.

Unexpectedly, the number did not change, but it was not an ordinary innate one, but a perfect innate one!

What kind of force is behind that kid that makes him so generous?
"Even so, with you here, it shouldn't be a problem."

"Humph! I said before that the Fuwei Escort Agency has invited a master to rescue us. Do you really know the level of that master's cultivation?"

"Could it be...could it be..."

"Yes, it's the Grandmaster!" Yagyu Tamon said, "Now this Grandmaster has also boarded the boat with Lin Zhennan!"

The subordinate was speechless for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Even so, we still have a chance of winning!"

"Baga! Even if we have a chance of winning, what good is it? Can we deal with the power of these powerful people at will?"

"Hi!"

The subordinate bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "If that's the case, do we still need to fight this battle?"

"Fight! But be sure to instruct your men in advance, and place our men at the rear of the battlefield!"

"Yes!"

The men left.

A trace of helplessness appeared on Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's face.

Mai Zihao has powerful backing, and so does he. This plan is the directive of the person behind the scenes, and he can't just say no to the fight.

Moreover, he was able to obtain accurate intelligence about what was happening in Fuzhou thanks to the person behind the scenes.

But the other party only sent intelligence but no other orders.

The attitude is already very obvious.

From the above, it can be seen that although Mai Zihao has a grandmaster and four perfect innate people by his side, there are also three innate people in the Giant Whale Gang.

But now Yagyu Tajima is guarding here, and there is also a master, twelve innate warriors, and six hundred ronin and powerful servants.

All in all, the gap in strength is not that big, so this battle is still worth fighting.

As for Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's own thoughts, the higher-ups naturally wouldn't care too much about them.

So he has to fight this battle even if he doesn't want to!
You can only prepare for escape in advance. If the battle goes well, you can continue to fight. If it does not go well, you can withdraw immediately.

Two days later.

night.

The giant whale gang's ship came sailing over.

Hundreds of small boats had already been waiting on the sea, calculating the other side's sailing time and distance. Until nightfall, the two sides did not encounter each other.

Then night fell, and the sky and the earth were pitch black. These small boats, under the cover of darkness, gradually approached the tower ship.

"They're coming."

In the second-floor room, the windows were wide open, and the moonlight shone in, illuminating several figures.

Mai Zihao stood up and said, "I'll have someone fight back right away."

"No rush, let them get closer."

Jinjiu said, "This time, we're going to eliminate the most influential leaders among the sea wanderers. The same goes for those local tyrants who oppose the Giant Whale Gang. And... huh? Interesting!"

"What's wrong?" Taoist Mu stepped forward.

"Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami is really cunning. He only lets others go forward while he hides at the back. I'm afraid he's going to run away."

"Oh?"

Taoist Mu channeled his true energy into his eyes, and black and white light appeared in his eyes. He immediately saw the sea surface in the distance in the darkness.

On the sea, many small boats were approaching rapidly, but the last group of them had a considerable distance from the boats in front.

"This...why not pretend to be defeated and lure them closer?"

Jin Jiu waved his hand. "No need. They're in a small boat with no supplies. If they want to escape, they'll have to flee to land. Otherwise, they'll starve to death in the vast ocean. Once they escape, we can just let the people on land intercept them."

Mu Dao Ren frowned slightly. "Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami is also a master, and the vodka, bamboo leaf green, and absinthe we left on the shore are all perfect innate. It will be difficult to stop him."

Jin Jiu said, "Who would have thought that this person would be so afraid to fight at a time like this? Man proposes, God disposes... Even if we can't stop him, at least we can hold him back for a while."

As he said that, he took out the Tianji card.

far away.

"Master, it's time for us to march. The distance is too far."

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami pondered for a moment and said, "Retreat!"

"what?"

"Withdraw troops!"

"……Yes."

On the big ship.

"Hmm? You're the head of the Yagyu family, after all, so why are you so timid?"

Jinjiu was speechless when he saw the Yagyu family's actions, and then he said, "Bring the bow!"

Everyone was puzzled, but still took out bows and arrows.

Jinjiu drew his bow and arrow, thinking to himself: Overlapping projections!

He directly projected a crossbow in the space onto the bow and arrow in his hand.

Ancient crossbows often required multiple people to operate and use, and their range could reach 1,500 meters.

Of course, at this range, there is basically no need to consider accuracy.

In this world, with the help of magical mechanical technology, the most outstanding crossbow can shoot up to three thousand meters!

However, that can only be made by the master of mechanism of Qin Gongshujia. The ones made by ordinary mechanism masters can only barely reach a range of two thousand meters.

But it also exceeds the normal ancient times.

Zhou Ming learned mechanical engineering from Yue Qing of Luban's Divine Axe Sect, and used his unique abilities to create a bed crossbow. Although the range did not reach the maximum of 3,000 meters, it also reached 2,500 meters!

In the overlapping projections, Zhou Ming can also control the weight of the projections.

This means that what he projects with the crossbow can be shot far beyond the range of a normal crossbow.

Gin aimed at Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami in the distance and shot an arrow, then without saying a word, he took out another arrow and shot it directly.

This process was repeated, and in the blink of an eye, five or six arrows were set.

The arrow flew into the darkness, but no response came.

Mu Daoren was surprised: "Didn't hit?"

"Let the arrow fly for a while."

It does take a while to fly a distance of several thousand meters.

The retreating Yagyu Tajima-no-kami heard the rustling sound of wind in the air and felt a chill in his heart. The next moment, two screams were heard from the boat next to him.

There was a sound of water, as if the ship had capsized.

General Yagyu Tajima focused his energy and looked, and sure enough, there were two corpses floating on the water, with holes in their chests the size of half a fist pierced by something unknown.

The next moment, the same sound was heard again in the air.

"Jump ship!"

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami's face changed drastically. He shouted softly and jumped directly into the water. The men around him did not suspect anything and jumped down immediately after him.

With a bang, one third of the wooden boat they were riding on was shattered.

This time, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami saw it clearly.

It was an arrow.

There's nothing special about it, just an ordinary arrow.

But it shot from an unknown distance in the darkness and hit the boat he had just been on, smashing the place it hit into pieces.

What kind of arrow is this?

How could there be such enormous power? !
In the midst of doubt and surprise, two more arrows were shot nearby, but they missed the target and went directly into the water. However, they were so powerful that it was unknown how far they penetrated into the water.

Suddenly, my hair stood on end. Another arrow shot towards me from the darkness. Judging from its direction, it seemed that it was going to hit me.

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami grabbed his men and put them in front of him, shouting, "Concentrate your Qi!"

His subordinate was a powerful man in the Gangqi realm. He looked panicked at the moment, but was unable to break free from Yagyu Tajima no Kami. He had no choice but to obey the order and condense his true qi into Gangqi.

The arrow flew over and hit his subordinate, but was blocked by the defensive energy, as if it had hit a steel plate.

However, the terrifying force carried by the arrow was enough to penetrate even steel plates, and it directly penetrated the subordinate's energy and shot him through.

Fortunately, this way, the arrow finally lost all its kinetic energy and got stuck in the man's body.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami threw away the corpses of his men, turned around and dived into the water. His posture was like that of a big fish, swimming freely in the water, obviously he was very good at swimming.

Without notifying anyone else, he just held his breath and swam underwater towards the land.

(End of this chapter)