Chapter 10 Iga Ninja
Before he finished speaking, Qi Xuansu punched the elder.
The elder collapsed instantly, and a thin layer of smoke rippled around him, as if he was leaking air, and then turned into a thin human skin wearing clothes and fluttered to the ground.
Han Yongfeng rushed forward, picked up the human skin and looked at it, his face changed drastically. This was not a skin membrane that had been nitrated long ago, nor was it artificial leather, but it was just peeled off from a person, bloody and blurred.
This was also the reason why Qi Xuansu decided to take action, he was extremely sensitive to the smell of blood.
At this time, countless flying needles shot out like a puff of mist and rain.
Qi Xuansu took a step forward, pushed his palms, and a wall of air appeared out of thin air, blocking all these flying needles.
Two more Japanese swords stabbed out from the ground. Qi Xuansu didn't even look at them, stood on one foot, and then kicked left and right, directly breaking the two Japanese swords in the middle.
Then he stomped on the ground hard, and the huge house shook violently, and the ground under his feet was actually oozing blood.
Obviously, someone had just used the earth escape technique to sneak attack from underground, but was killed by Qi Xuansu.
The person who sneak attacked with a hidden weapon saw that Qi Xuansu was so terrifying, so he didn't dare to continue to entangle him. A black shadow flashed and disappeared.
Qi Xuansu didn't chase him, and told a few people: "Everyone check around, be careful of traps."
Everyone responded and dispersed.
Han Yongfeng went to the inner room and came back to report after a while: "Deputy Hall Master, there is a body inside, and it has been completely skinned. I think it is the owner of this human skin."
As he said, he pointed to the human skin before.
Lu Yuting checked the tea boiling on the hanging stove: "Deputy Hall Master, this tea is highly poisonous. This group of Japanese pirates is quite scheming. They are playing hard to get with us. They first rejected our request and asked us to leave quickly, and then reluctantly agreed to let us relax our vigilance and subconsciously think that they will be fine. If we are not careful, we will really fall into their trap."
Qi Xuansu said: "It seems that they are in a hurry. If it weren't for the extremely subtle smell of blood, it would be hard to say what the result would be."
Qian Daren sighed: "It is said that the Japanese pirates are cunning and cruel. Today, I see that it is true."
On the other side, Li Mingshan carefully picked up a flying needle. These flying needles are sharp at both ends, which is different from many hidden weapons in the Central Plains.
"Deputy Hall Master, please look." Li Mingshan raised the flying needle.
Qi Xuansu asked, "What's the saying about flying needles?"
Li Mingshan said, "In Fenglinzhou, hand-held hidden weapons are collectively called 'shuriken'."
Han Yongfeng sneered, "The Japanese really call everything swords. They call swords even knives. Now hidden weapons are also swords. There are swords everywhere, but there is not a single real sword."
Li Mingshan continued, "This shuriken is divided into stick-shaped shuriken and chariot swords. Stick-shaped shuriken have single-pointed ones, commonly known as flying needles, and double-pointed ones, called senbon. Chariot swords are commonly known as ninja darts, which are generally called meteor darts in the Central Plains. They have multiple points, and generally have eight-sided shuriken, hexagonal shuriken, cross shuriken, triangular shuriken, and swastika shuriken."
Qi Xuansu looked at the flying needle in Li Mingshan's hand and said, "So, this is the so-called senbon."
Li Mingshan nodded and said, "Stick-shaped shuriken It is easy to carry and simple to make, but it is difficult to use. It requires long-term practice to use. The level of skill directly affects the distance and accuracy of the shooting range, so most people don't use it. "
Qi Xuansu said: "To put it bluntly, this kind of thing called Senbon has some thresholds. Not just anyone can use it. What do you think these people are?"
Li Mingshan said with certainty: "Iga Ninja."
Qi Xuansu said: "I have heard of ninjas. They seem to be professional spies, scouts, and assassins."
"That's right. In Iga, there is a temple called 'Iga Forty-nine'. This is the origin of Iga Ninjas. There are three major families, Hattori, Momochi and Fujibayashi, collectively known as the three Iga ninja families. Later, Hattori left Iga and became a retainer of Ashikaga Shogun, and Momochi took control of the real power of Iga." Li Mingshan said.
"The earliest Iga ninja was actually a local lord. Before the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office, the Oda clan was the most powerful, and the Toyotomi clan was even a retainer of the Oda clan. The head of the Oda clan called himself the Sixth Heavenly Demon King. The Enryakuji Temple that defeated the Honganji Temple was destroyed by this man. The leader of the Ikko sect, Hideyoshi, called him the 'Buddha's enemy', and the head of the Oda clan called himself the Sixth Heavenly Demon King."
"When the Oda clan was prosperous, they built Maruyama Castle in Kobe and prepared to attack Iga. They were repelled by the Iga ninja and burned down Maruyama Castle. The following year, the Oda clan sent another 10,000 troops to attack Iga, and lost more than half of them. This was called the First Iga Ninja Rebellion."
Qi Xuansu interrupted: "Master Li, is the Kobe you are talking about the Kobe that is very close to Suzuka Mountain?"
"Yes, the two places are only separated by one county, and both are within the territory of Ise Province." Li Mingshan said.
Qi Xuansu nodded, motioning Li Mingshan to continue.
Li Mingshan continued: "The year after the first Iga Ninja Rebellion, the Oda clan solved the problem of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, forcing Honganji to give in and compromise, and finally freed up their hands. The Sixth Heavenly Demon King personally led 40,000 troops to attack Iga, and some people in Iga surrendered. In the end, except for the Hattori family who had left Iga long ago, the other two families perished, leaving only the last 2,000 people to surrender to the Oda clan. Today's Iga ninja is no longer an independent force, but is employed by the lords and daimyo, somewhat similar to our "inn" in the Central Plains. There is also a group of ninjas under the command of the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion, belonging to the Hattori family."
Qi Xuansu nodded without saying much.
Naturally, the crowd could not stay here and continued on the road.
After walking for a while, they passed a small river with a bridge on the river.
Just as several people crossed the river, there were repeated roars in the dense forest on the opposite bank, and fire and smoke rose.
The people in the Taoist sect were very familiar with this situation. It was clear that someone was ambushing in the dense forest and attacking with fire guns. They were not surprised by this, and since their injuries had recovered a lot, they all dodged. Tang Yongshui even drew out his hand gun and took the opportunity to fight back.
Qi Xuansu did not dodge, and let the bullets fall on him, as if he was indestructible.
This reminded Qi Xuansu of the time when he met Marshal Tianpeng of the "Heavenly Court" in Jinling Prefecture. The "Shenlong Hand Gun" could not do anything to him. Now he is much stronger than the Marshal Tianpeng at that time.
When the fire gun stopped for a while, Qi Xuansu shook his robe and many bullets fell to the ground.
Almost at the same time, more than a dozen black shadows jumped out of the water and attacked Qi Xuansu from all directions.
Qi Xuansu remained motionless, allowing the Japanese swords of these people to chop at him. Not only did they not hurt him at all, but they were also shattered into pieces. He took advantage of the situation and punched. Anyone who was hit by his punch seemed to be safe and sound on the surface, but in fact, they were injured in all five internal organs and fell to the ground and died in an instant.
This is the realm of the warrior who can see the gods and not be destroyed. In the past, Qi Xuansu encountered too many masters, most of whom had a higher realm than him, and even a great master like the King of Liao, so it seemed that the word "indestructible" was not in line with the name, but when opponents with lower realms than him met him, they realized that facing the despair of seeing the gods and not being destroyed was really like the indestructible body of diamond.
For a long time, no sound of fire guns was heard.
It seemed that those who were ambushing were also a little desperate.
Such opponents should not be dealt with by them.
Such people should be attacked with cannons, not guns.
This is indeed the case. If it were not for the Yamata no Orochi destroying the flying boat, Qi Xuansu and others would not appear in this place at all.
They did not move, but Qi Xuansu moved instead.
Qi Xuansu's figure flashed and disappeared into the dense forest.
A moment later, the roar of fire and thunder explosions and the sound of shouting and killing rang out in the dense forest, and soon it returned to silence.
When Han Yongfeng, Lu Yuting and others rushed to the dense forest, except for the traces left by the explosion, there was only Qi Xuansu and a body full of corpses.
Still Iga ninja.
It's not that Qi Xuansu doesn't care who sent these people,???????????????It's just that the ninjas will definitely not say that the word "bear" still has some meaning, and Qi Xuansu is too lazy to spend the effort.
He held a long gun in his hand and threw it to Tang Yongshui: "Master Tang, you are from Tianjitang, take a look at this musket."
Tang Yongshui took the musket, checked it for a moment, and said: "The structure is simple, similar to the matchlock gun, the ammunition is gunpowder and steel balls, so it produces very thick smoke. It is not a regular army musket. In our Central Plains, it is just the level of self-defense or mountain bandits."
Speaking of this, Tang Yongshui said softly: "But the smelting level is very high, almost comparable to our Tianjitang's third-class workshop."
Qi Xuansu became interested and asked: "What do you mean?"
Tang Yongshui said: "The most important part of the musket is It is actually the barrel. As long as the barrel is strong enough, it will not explode. As long as it will not explode, the amount of gunpowder can be increased. The more gunpowder, the greater the power and the longer the range. If the material is not up to standard and you want to increase the amount of gunpowder, the caliber must be large. In order to avoid explosion, you can only increase the length of the barrel to obtain a longer projectile acceleration time, or increase the thickness of the barrel wall. In this way, the gun becomes a cannon. These long guns are just ordinary lengths, and they use ordinary gunpowder, but they can be shot from the dense forest to the bridge, all thanks to the strength of the barrel, which is strong enough to load a large amount of gunpowder. "
Qi Xuansu nodded, thinking.
If you want to maintain the strength of the barrel, but don't want to increase the length and thickness of the barrel, the requirements for smelting level are naturally extremely high. Later, steel could no longer meet the conditions of the barrel. For example, Qi Xuansu's "Dragon Painting Hand Gun" is small in size but surprisingly heavy. In order to prevent the barrel from exploding, the materials used are no longer copper or iron. It is called a hand gun, but in fact it is a hand cannon. However, precisely because of the special materials, this kind of fire gun cannot be installed on a large scale.
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Qi Xuansu took the fire gun from Tang Yongshui and used the strength of a heavenly warrior to pinch a fingerprint on the gun barrel: "Such a smelting level is not something that a folk blacksmith can have. These people must have a big force behind them. Which force do you think it is?"
Lu Yuting said: "The Fenglinzhou court or the Holy Court. We allow the Holy Court's merchant ships to trade with Fenglinzhou, and those merchant ships may also bring this technology."
Qi Xuansu sighed: "No matter which possibility it is, it is not what we want to see."