Seeing the thick smoke and the looming fire coming from Xiqulun, Kuchiki Takazuna's heart tightened and he subconsciously quickened his pace.
Through the jaws of Ninomaru and Nishikura, Kuchiki Takatsuna finally saw the granary that was on fire.
"The fire is not big, everyone put it out quickly"
"Ring the bell, ring the bell quickly"
As soon as Kuchiki Takatsuna finished speaking, he rushed forward, and a group of ashigaru behind him followed closely in Kuchiki Takatsuna's footsteps. At present, the granary has just caught fire, and the fire is not big. If the fire is extinguished in time, it is possible to extinguish the fire.
One of the ashigaru quickly came to the guard box next to the warehouse and rang the bronze bell hanging on the box to warn the city.
Once the bronze bell in the granary rings, it is believed that something has happened to the granary. As the most important place in the city, it naturally has a special warning system.
Kyogoku Takamasa, who was anxious outside the Kaizu-den Yashiki, knew something was wrong as soon as he heard the bell. "Sure enough, the enemy has already started to take action. The granary is just the first step. The next step is Kaizu-den located here."
"Hum, do you think this Tianwu City is your backyard?"
"You are so unscrupulous in doing whatever you want, you simply don't take me seriously. Since you want to save people, I will give you this opportunity."
Kyogoku Takamasa was silent for a moment, then turned to Hatayama Chaobu and said, "Naizangsuke, all the retainers have woken up."
"Kami Sasaku, Zenemon and others have begun patrolling the city," Hatayama Asanobu said breathlessly.
"Naizangsuke, you can lead a team of people to support the granary. No matter what happens, nothing will happen to the food."
"In addition, you go and call Zenemon and Mimasaku Mamoru. I will make sure these ninjas who don't know life and death will come back tonight," Kyogoku Takamasa said with a fierce look in his eyes.
In a dark corner of Ninomaru.
Watching the Kyogoku Ashigaru running past him, Yamaoka Inuhachiro had a proud smile on his face.
"Humph, a bunch of idiots"
"The enemies are gathering towards Nishikulun, so Ninomaru Kaizuden must be empty of troops. Now is the time to show its true strength." Yamaoka Inuhachiro patted the dust on his body and was about to stand up when he suddenly noticed something unusual. .
"Eh"
"Where's my money?"
After searching his body carefully, Yamaoka Inuhachiro found that a few copper coins were missing, which was a huge loss.
"That's all, the mission is the most important thing." Although there was a heartache in his heart, Yamaoka Inuhachiro still endured the reluctance and groped towards Kaizu Yashiki in the dark.
Halfway through the journey, another group of Kyogoku family ashigaru came running from the front. Yamaoka Inuhachiro and others quickly ducked behind a wooden pillar on one side and watched the group of ashigaru leave before running out.
"This is already the second team. The Kyogoku family has indeed fallen into the trap. It seems that our task tonight will not be difficult." The short ninja also showed a confident smile.
"To be on the safe side, we'd better be careful. Sanbei, take out the hook and let's go to the roof." Yamaoka Inuhachiro pointed to the tops of everyone's heads and looked at another tall ninja.
The ninja named Sanbei quickly put down the package on his back, and then took out a bundle of rope from inside. There is an iron hook tied to one end of the rope, which is called a swing hook. Its main function is to climb some steep places.
In fact, ninjas are not as naughty and mysterious as the legend says, and it is even less possible for them to fight one against a hundred with various ninjutsu like Naruto.
Ninjas, in layman's terms, can be divided into three categories.
The first category is "intelligence personnel" who are mainly shugenjas similar to ascetics. These Shugenjas circulate throughout the country and have close connections with each other. They have established strongholds in various places and control a huge intelligence network.
Among them, the representative figure is Haguroyama of the Daihoji family in the Dewa-so area.
The second category is aliens with "special skills", such as running fast, being good at disguise, etc. These talented people have received systematic "Ninjutsu" training since childhood.
Of course, these so-called ninjutsu are not fire escapes or fireballs, but training such as "exercising the body" and "enhancing physical strength", but the training intensity is very high.
These ninjas are generally the elite among ninjas and have extremely strong individual combat capabilities. They are often hired during wartime to infiltrate local territories to incite, set fires, and even assassinate enemy generals and leaders.
The third category is independent combat forces.
This kind of ninja is actually no different from an ashigaru. They are soldiers in war and farmers in their spare time. The representatives are the Koga and Iga ninjas.
Historically, the Ashikaga Shogunate conquered the Rokkaku clan several times and even captured Kannonji Castle, the headquarters of the Rokkaku clan. But in the end, the Rokkaku family overturned the situation, and these Koga and Iga ninja troops played a very important role.
Later, Oda Nobunaga went to Luo and sent troops to invade Iga, but he was beaten by ninja bosses such as Santafu Momochi and others.
Ninjas are also ordinary people, not as naughty as they think, so they can only climb over walls and swim when they encounter rivers.
The Kyogoku family's Ashigaru outside seemed to be a little less active, and the movement was not as loud as before, but Kaijinden still didn't dare to fall asleep.
Looking through the crack in the door at the several Ashigaru standing in the yard, Kaijinden clenched his hands into small fists and placed them on his chest, still looking shocked.
At this time, a sudden change occurred.
Haijindian saw through the crack in the door that there were suddenly a few people in the yard.
Immediately afterwards, several Kyogoku family ashigaru standing in the yard quickly raised their spears and rushed towards these people. But in just a blink of an eye, several ashigaru were knocked to the ground.
What are the identities of these people?
Before Haijindian could think about it, he saw one of them running directly towards Haijindian.
"Inside the room is Tsuruchiyo, the daughter of Asai Bizen's guardian temple."
"We are here to rescue you at the request of the former guardian of the temple." Yamaoka Inuhachiro took the lead in revealing his identity.
Poof
The wooden door was pushed open violently.
Haijindian stood at the door with an excited face, his eyes filled with tears, "Is what you just said true?"
"This is the token your father gave us. You can confirm it." As he said that, Yamaoka Inuhachiro took out a cloth shoe from his arms.
Kaijinden remembered this shoe. It was the shoe he had worn when he was a child. It was made by Mrs. Kuraya herself.
Seeing this, Haijindian became even more excited.
"Ushiwakamaru, Ushiwakamaru is still in the next room, please be sure to take Ushiwakamaru with you too," Kaizuden said sobbingly, pointing to another room.
"Don't worry, Madam, if Ushiwakamaru is missing, the commission of the Bizen Guards Office will be reduced by half." After saying that, Yamaoka Inuhachiro turned around and said to the tall and thin ninja beside him, "Sanbei, go get Ushiwakamaru." Wakamaru brought out."
"Jiichiro, Matazaemon, go to the door and see if there is an ashigaru from the Kyogoku family."
"The people have been rescued, get out of the city quickly, don't give the Kyogoku family time to react," Yamaoka Inuhachiro said to the other ninjas.
Before the other ninjas could reply, the courtyard inside the house was illuminated by a burst of fire.
"Although our place is ugly, it is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want."
