Both of them were injured in the previous fight. When they returned to Datou's foothold outside the city, Changsheng took out the medicine and took it internally and applied it externally to each other.
"Sir, this battle was a joyous one," Datou was still immersed in the excitement of the fierce fighting. "This group of Japanese pirates is much more powerful than the rabble at Jinding Villa."
"If you are selected to perform a mission in the Middle-Earth, you will definitely not be a loser." Changsheng's lungs were injured and he could not speak very loudly.
"Whether it's a waste or not depends on who it is. When you meet an adult, they deserve to be unlucky." Datou said.
Changsheng shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate them. We were lucky enough to annihilate our opponents this time. The opponent's purple energy master's sword skills are very powerful. It will not be easy for me to fight against this person."
"No matter how powerful he is, you are still superior to me," Datou said. "Looking at the world, I am afraid that you are the only one who can defeat the master of purple energy with blue energy cultivation."
Changsheng shook his head helplessly, "I've told you so many times, don't flatter me. I know how much I weigh. If I didn't have Hunyuan Divine Skill, I wouldn't be this person's opponent at all."
"In short, we won, and it was a complete victory." Datou said.
Chang Chang took a deep breath and did not answer.
Datou sat next to Changsheng, "But these Japanese pirates are really fierce. They know they are not our opponents but they still rush up desperately. By the way, sir, what are they shouting when they fight us hard?"
"Most of them were curse words," Changsheng said. "A few shouted "Long live the emperor."
"What the hell is the Emperor?" Big Head tilted his head and asked.
"It's their emperor," Changsheng said. "It can be seen that their sneaking into China this time was commissioned by their country's imperial court. The reason why they are not afraid of death is probably because they received a promise from the imperial court before leaving. For example, if they were to fight If they die, the court will reward and support their families and so on. But there is another possibility. The reason why they are not afraid of death is because of some kind of belief."
"What faith?" Datou asked.
"I don't know. In fact, I don't know much about them. I only heard Chen Miao say something about them when I was learning Japanese before." Changsheng shook his head and asked, "By the way, you killed all the prostitutes upstairs? "
"Kill them," Datou nodded, "but we can't let them give birth to bastards for the Japanese pirates."
Seeing Changsheng frowning, Datou hurriedly explained, "Sir, they say that if you take a wife to look after the courtyard and catch the pig to look into the pen, the bastard's calf must be a turtle. The parents of male thieves and female prostitutes will not produce any good babies."
Changsheng did not answer the call.
Da Tou took out the drink Chang Sheng had bought for him and handed it to Chang Sheng. Chang Sheng shook his head but did not take it. Da Tou raised his head and took a sip, then asked with doubts, "Sir, these Japanese pirates are indeed quite strange. They look like women when they see them." They can't walk, but they risk their lives in battle. Who do you think they are?"
"It's hard to say who they are," Chang Sheng said casually. "In the eyes of the world, bad people are extremely evil and have no merit. Good people are perfect and full of merits. In fact, this idea is very unfair, because no matter whether they are things or people, they are all good. There are two sides of yin and yang. Bad people are not necessarily brave, and good people are not necessarily lustful. Honest officials may be in a mess when handling government affairs, while corrupt officials may be in charge. We can neither ignore their incompetence because they are honest officials, nor can we ignore their incompetence because they are in charge. Being organized and ignoring them is a corrupt official.”
"What you said is absolutely true." Datou nodded with admiration.
Changsheng added, "There is no need to explore who the Japanese are. In their view, they are undoubtedly good people, but in our view, they are all bad people, because what they have done is very detrimental to us, the Tang Dynasty."
"They came for the dragon veins and earthly branches," Datou curled his lips and said, "This is no longer against us, but they are going to burn down our home and cut off our roots."
Although Da Tou's words were vulgar, it was indeed the truth. Chang Sheng nodded and said, "So we don't have to worry about who they are, and we don't have to wonder what they are thinking. We only look at what they did. They deserve to die for what they did."
"Yeah." Big Head nodded.
Changsheng took out from his waist bag the map that Da Tou had pulled out from Suzuki earlier. It was a hand-drawn map. He had seen the complete Dragon Vein Continuation Map. The map on Suzuki's body was part of the Dragon Vein Continuation Map, but it was not It was part of the original document, but a part of the map after he had tampered with it, which marked the general area where the mountains, rivers and golden roosters were located.
Even the original is wrong, so naturally this hand-drawn map is also wrong, and the dragon vein continuation map was drawn by the Qin Dynasty. The territory of the Tang Dynasty was four times that of the Qin Dynasty. It is very difficult to trace it backwards. Big, not to mention that the traceable original is not accurate. Not only will it be impossible to follow the map with such a map, but it will also be greatly misled. The Golden Dragon and Earthly Branches should be safe in a short period of time.
After looking at the map, Changsheng wanted to destroy it casually, but after thinking about it, he did not do so. Instead, he put the map away. This wrong map is very useful. It won't be long before the Japanese will know all the people sent to find the golden rooster. If the army is wiped out, the map will naturally fall into his hands. If he does nothing, the Japanese will immediately become suspicious. Why did he do nothing after getting the map? Isn't he afraid that the Japanese will find the Earthly Branches? Why isn't he afraid? Did he know in his heart that the Japanese would definitely not be found?
The correct approach is to take advantage of the situation and send people to search the places where the Golden Rooster may appear according to the guidance of the fake map, or send heavy troops to garrison a certain area to give the other party the illusion that they have found the Earthly Branches in advance and are closely protecting them.
The most direct consequence of this is that the Japanese will think that the map in their hand is fine. The Japanese are unlikely to attack the garrison forcefully, because in addition to the Golden Rooster, there are eleven other earthly branches. They will look for them first based on the map in their hand. Other earthly branches, and there is no doubt that the other eleven earthly branches are within the area marked on the map.
In this way, they will spend a lot of time searching in the area marked on the map, while their own side can take the opportunity to deal with other matters including rectifying the government and filling the treasury.
Putting away the map, Changsheng took out the letter written in Japanese. This letter was not written to Suzuki by others, but was written by Suzuki to others before he could send it out. The title of the superior was His Excellency General Shimizu Shi. The general meaning of the article is that we have arrived in Linxian County and will leave for the west in the near future. If we find any clues, we will notify the headquarters as soon as possible. The signature is Shuichi Suzuki.
Seeing Changsheng's brows furrowing after reading the letter, Da Tou asked cautiously, "Sir, what is written in the letter?"
Chang Sheng said, "The Purple Qi master just now was just General Ashigaru. This letter was written by him to his superior, General Shi. There is nothing important in it. He just said that they have arrived here."
Without waiting for Datou to question, Chang Sheng said again, "The rank of the Ashigaru general is not high, it is about the same as the fifth-grade military attache of the Tang Dynasty, and the rank of general is equivalent to our fourth-rank military attache. According to the regulations of the Japanese samurai, the rank of general cannot be The person who leads the troops on an expedition is at least a subordinate general, which is approximately equal to our third-grade military generals."
"You mean they came with a lot of people?" Datou asked.
"I don't know exactly how many people came, but there are at least a few thousand people." Changsheng said. This 'at least a few thousand people' was Takeda Mayumi's exact words.
"If these thousands of people are all life-threatening masters, it will not be easy to deal with." Datou frowned and shook his head.
"You don't have to doubt it, it must be all of them," Changsheng said, "And an Ashigaru general has a lilac cultivation level. What kind of cultivation level does a senior general have? What kind of cultivation level does a general have?"
Datou also discovered the seriousness of the problem, "There are not many Japanese pirates in total, why are there so many warriors appearing all at once?"
"I suspect that Japan is sending out all its troops this time," Changsheng said. "The samurai sent out are probably selected from across the country in order to win surely."
Da Tou held the jug and frowned and calculated, "One thousand or two thousand certainly cannot be counted as several thousand. Thousands must be at least three thousand or more. We have killed less than fifty people before. If they are divided into twelve groups, it will be divided." There are only six to seven hundred people on the 13th route, what are the thousands of people doing?"
"This is also what I am worried about," Changsheng said. "According to the content of the letter, these fifty people are only responsible for exploring and searching, and are not responsible for dealing with those earthly branches. I once saw an earthly branch whose spiritual energy cultivation level has exceeded It shows that the Japanese are well prepared and those responsible for dealing with the Earthly Branches are the elite."
"It's really terrible," Datou laughed sadly, "Right now, the military governors from all over the country want to separatist forces and rebel. It's hard to say whether the new army raised by the imperial court can defeat them. With such a group of things popping up again, we have something to do. .”
"There are internal and external troubles, and the situation is precarious." Chang Sheng also smiled.
It was already the middle of the night, and the two of them were injured and tired, so they stopped talking and lay down separately, closing their eyes and taking a nap.
At dawn, the two set out on the road to Xichuan.
Linxian is only more than a thousand miles away from Xichuan. The two of them traveled many places these days and never had a good rest. They were already tired and sleepy. They walked more than a thousand miles for two days.
Although the two rushed to Xichuan, their destination was not Xichuan, because Wang Jian, the governor of Xichuan, had rebelled, and the court was sending Long Haotian, commander of 100,000 troops, to crusade. The destination of their trip was a state near Xichuan. County.
The two of them left Chang'an this time under the banner of supervising the administration of officials in the prefectures and counties near Xichuan. What they had done before was all private matters, and they only handled official business when they got here. Changsheng not only had a first-class official residence, but also served as the minister of household affairs and the imperial censor. , with great power in hand, the local officials near Xichuan had received official documents from the court and knew that he would come in person. They had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the two of them arriving, they immediately welcomed them into the government office and treated them hospitably.
Chang Sheng was tired after a long journey, so he turned down all banquets, refused all visits, closed his doors, and fell asleep...
