The Sword of Smiling and Proud

Chapter 167 Killing

When Guan Yuan and Xiang Danian found the ferry and crossed to the north bank, they didn't know where the Japanese pirates had gone.

They could only start from the footprints on the tidal flat and follow them.

Chasing from day to sunset, we finally saw the group’s campsite as night fell.

This group of thieves stopped on the east side of a hill, built a bonfire and ate dry food.Further west from this hill is a market. It seems that they plan to rest for a night and then go directly to the market in the morning to rob it.

In the wilderness, such a large group of people suddenly gathered. A few farmers saw it from a distance and did not dare to come over. They avoided it early.This made the Japanese pirates burst into laughter, shouting something in a noisy manner, probably mocking the people of the Ming Dynasty for being timid.

Guan Yuan and the others took advantage of the darkness and quietly approached the Japanese pirates' temporary camp.I saw that their clothes were scruffy and slovenly, but they were all short in stature and ugly in appearance. Occasionally, some of them had regular facial features, but they were invisible against the backdrop of their half-bald hairstyles.

Although they don't look amazing, they all hold sharp knives. Even when they are eating dry food and taking a rest, they never leave their hands with the knives. They are indeed a group of brave people.

Guan Yuan was a little strange. This group of people seemed to speak Japanese, and there was no Ming guide like Izumi Ichiro mentioned before.

The leader seems to be a samurai of considerable status, because he is the only Japanese pirate with a regular samurai sword in his hand and a Tsukiyo head.Sitting cross-legged on a boulder, holding the samurai sword in his arms with his hands in his arms, his expression solemn, as if the noise around him did not affect him at all.

The Japanese pirates under his command offered him food, and he waved slightly, putting his frustration aside, as if he was on alert for the entire team, and explored the surroundings.

The samurai circled around, looked at his men who were devouring their dry food, and sighed slightly, "It's pitiful for me, the proud samurai of Satsuma Domain, to be reduced to such a situation, to stay away from home for the sake of livelihood."

"These juniors are indeed suffering in Kyushu. They have swords in their hands but no status at all."

"When I come to the Ming Dynasty this time, I, Shigeo Yoshioka, will definitely get back the glory and wealth of the past! Those treacherous Ming dogs, really think that we can't move without their guide? Where are the wealth and abundant products in the Ming Dynasty? Robbery is not robbery!”

He stroked the long knife in his arms with his right hand, as if caressing his lover's arm. He tightened the belt around his abdomen, picked up the dry food that he thought was unpalatable and extremely rough, and planned to take a bite.

At this moment, the Japanese pirates on guard shouted loudly, as if they had discovered something.

Guan Yuan and the other two were so nervous that they thought they had been discovered spying, but it didn't seem to be the case.

It turned out that the bonfire lit by this group of Japanese pirates in the dark night attracted the attention of the surrounding farmers. After all, the farmers' farmland was next to it. The villagers plucked up the courage to come and see who had settled here.

The leading samurai, Shigeo Yoshioka, greeted the Japanese pirates to get up, intending to kill the farmers first and then rest.In their view, a group of unarmed country peasants could be slaughtered in just one stick of incense.

The common people who summoned several nearby farmers to come together to discuss the matter did not know what kind of inhumane beast they were facing. They were still walking this way with torches in hand.

Seeing this situation, Guan Yuan and the two looked at each other and stood up.The original plan was to wait until the large force of the Wuyue Sword Sect arrived before taking action together.The situation was pressing and we had to take action in advance.

"Hurry up and capture, you are already surrounded!" Regardless of whether the other party could understand the Ming Dynasty Mandarin, Guan Yuan and the others shouted slogans, went around left and right, and charged into the enemy group from both sides.

The group of Japanese pirates were still paying attention to the farmer holding a torch in the distance, but they did not notice two evil stars shooting out of the darkness nearby.

Guan Yuan's luck arm reaches directly to the tip of the sword. The ordinary long sword is like a peerless magic weapon, cutting into the crowd like cutting melons and vegetables, without any enemy.By the time this group of Japanese pirates realized there was an enemy attack, Guan Yuan had already killed five of them, and Xiang Danian had also killed two.

Yoshioka Shigeo was quite experienced, so he hurriedly called for everyone to gather together and let the Japanese pirates armed with bamboo spears and naginata form a rough formation to block the two of them.

Guan Yuan naturally asked himself whether he could break in with the sharp blade blessed by his innate skills, but Xiang Danian found it difficult, so he stepped aside first.

With the loss of nearly ten people, this group of Japanese pirates really defended themselves in front of Guan Yuan.

When the thieves got used to the light in the darkness and saw clearly that there were only two of the incoming enemies, Shigeo Yoshioka suddenly couldn't accept it.

How could the heroic and invincible Satsuma warrior be frightened by these two Ming people!

He hurriedly scolded everyone and came forward, intending to kill Guan Yuan on the spot.

As soon as the formation moved, Guan Yuan immediately saw the flaw, took a mouthful of innate energy, and drank it fiercely.

This Taoist spirit-driven lion's roar skill is no less powerful than the original version, and the principle is the same anyway.A loud noise was like spring thunder on a rainy night, and the vision of the Japanese pirates on the opposite side was darkened. Some of the Japanese pirates who were very close were even so scared that they collapsed to the ground and twitched.

The farmer who was coming from a distance was frightened and stopped when he heard such a loud noise.I originally thought there were some passing traders taking a rest, but the people in front of me were shouting and killing, so that didn't seem to be the case.

Guan Yuan took advantage of the opponent's confusion, raised his sword and jumped into the crowd.

There are very few sword moves in group battles in Huashan Swordsmanship. After all, most battles in rivers and lakes are one-on-one.Guan Yuan imitated the "Night Fighting in All Directions" sword technique that was widely circulated in the world. He waved his long sword and killed several people in a row, directly disrupting the formation of the Japanese pirates.

But no matter how brave Guan Yuan was, he was still surrounded by 40 to [-] people. The Japanese pirates had never seen such a brave opponent and did not dare to step forward for a while.

Shigeo Yoshioka pulled out his samurai sword and waved it in the air one after another, shouting some slogans such as "for glory", forcing everyone to surround him.The weapons of the Japanese pirates were of various lengths, and there were even a few holding bows and arrows, aiming at Guan Yuan.

Guan Yuan used his technique again and roared again. This technique was perfect for a group battle like this.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese pirates were unstable and even dizzy, Guan Yuan singled out several Japanese pirates holding bows and arrows and stabbed them to death with one sword.

At this time, this group of Japanese pirates were also aroused. They formed small groups and attacked from all directions in waves.Although they were all sent to death, Guan Yuan could stab him to death with three strikes, five divided by two, but this kind of ferocity that was not afraid of death also opened his eyes.

Moreover, this crazy atmosphere also made Guan Yuan secretly wonder if he had any deep grudge against these Japanese pirates before.

Sure enough, in the island country, the samurai ronin who relied on fighting to make a living had such bloody courage that the military households in the Ming army were obviously no match for them.

Historically, it was not an exaggeration to say that only a few dozen Japanese pirates could roam the south of the Yangtze River.

(End of this chapter)