Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 220 219. Gu Yingzhong-Seventeen Adopted Sons

"Woo is much easier to deal with than I thought."

Lan En dropped the mace in his hand, moved his wrist and whispered.

He originally thought that this was at least a Gregor Clegane-level opponent. Although it's not very difficult, you have to at least use a few tricks.

But if the body of a top warrior is controlled only by a child-like mind, it will be very easy to deal with.

Lan En suspected that if he threw a candy on the ground, he would squat down and pick it up.

The large troops behind followed, and Kotaro moved the unconscious Taro soldier aside who was drooling on the ground.

After crossing the bridge, there are two arrow towers built on both sides of the bridge.

If the archers among the bandits were not eager to plunder, but were holding on here, it would be difficult for Lan En to bring people over directly.

But this also further proves the destructive power of the traitors.

These two arrow towers did not play any role in preventing the bandits from breaking in.

"Take someone to guard it. I don't want us to be swept away again."

Lan En grabbed the shoulder of a short bow ashigaru and asked him to go up to the arrow tower. At this bridgehead, he left a reasonable number of people and arrangements based on shooting angles and close combat defense considerations.

If they were just ordinary bandits, it would be unlikely that hundreds of people would be able to charge over.

——

On the high ground of Pingtian Manor, two ninjas wearing purple and black striped costumes were overlooking the growing fire in Pingtian Manor.

A ninja in the same attire as them suddenly jumped up from below using the [Light Body Technique], and half-knelt behind them, obviously lower.

"Sir, the ashigaru and ronin of Hiradaso Castle have organized a counterattack, and now they have eliminated 80% of the bandits entrenched there. Those troops are heading towards the main house."

"Oh?" A lone figure who was watching the fire turned around. "Didn't that owl promise us that the distribution of troops he arranged would make it impossible to regroup?"

"Huh, he's just a country ninja. How can you expect him to do things beautifully?"

"That's true. But it doesn't matter." Gu Yingzhong, known as 'Zhengjiu', shook his head. "Those bandits are just garbage to be discarded, so we only wanted to be quick and did not clean up the areas we had already conquered."

"So, Tadashi. If you want to destroy the Hirata clan, you only need to kill the remaining young master Hirata. Nothing else matters. The retainer who failed to protect his master and let him die at the hands of bandits, Wei Who in their name would trust them? Without us taking action, they will all die sooner or later."

"But didn't that owl say that Young Master Hirata must be captured alive?"

He asked his companion beside him, and received an indifferent chuckle.

"He said? He defected to the inner government. How could he let the country ninja negotiate terms with us? Okay, no more. These bandits die casually, but I quite like Anaconda Juzo. I Go and remind him to withdraw as soon as possible after finishing the work."

Zhengji nodded slightly.

"I remember, he called you 'Brother Zhengda'? You are really familiar with him. Then I will lead my people to cause some trouble for this group of samurai who have gathered again. Don't find Young Master Hirata when I get back, but They caught up."

"Very well, let's start working."

As soon as the words fell, Gu Yingzhong's figure suddenly rose up like a black hawk blending into the night, and then fell down.

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Lan En was leading a group of people towards the inner house, and they crossed another bridge on the way.

One has to lament the steep terrain of Ashina Country. Even though the manor has been built on as flat a place as possible, the fragmented terrain and water flow still require various means to connect the terrain.

Lan En took the time to look down while leading the team forward, and he found that there were also large brocade carp in this small tributary of Longquan River.

If he can pass this test tonight, he will definitely come back to find these 'jewelry suppliers'.

The armor plates and weapons on a group of people and horses jingled as they ran.

The door to the inner house was already in sight. Lan En didn't hear any movement at all from the front, but a panicked shout suddenly came from the team behind him.

"He's dead! There's an enemy!"

The shouts caused a small commotion and the team's progress came to a halt.

Lan En frowned and walked back, and what he saw was the limp body of an ashigaru.

On his unprotected neck, a sharp iron stick similar to the size of a sweater needle pierced his neck, and blood flowed from the wound.

Lan En had seen this kind of throwing object in the "Lone Shadow Ninja Technique Book", and its name was 'Qianben'. The slender and sharp shape is not only difficult to observe during flight, but the wind noise it makes is almost inaudible.

In other words, they are Lone Shadows!

"It's a ninja! Circle formation! The one holding the wooden sign stands on the outside and holds up his shield!"

Lan En calmly ordered, and everyone who had experienced his perfect command immediately followed it subconsciously.

And just when the wooden soldiers had just set up their formation, they heard "dong dong dong" three times in a row.

Three iron picks were inserted directly into the wooden sign. Judging from the impact point, at least three more people will fall if they take one more late step.

Lan En's eyes narrowed slightly.

He hadn't heard or smelled it just now. Just looking at the opponent's silence and breath-holding technique, his proficiency is not at the same level as that of the guy being chased by a wolf!

Suddenly, Lan En thought of the miscellany revealed in the "Lone Shadow Ninja Techniques Book".

"The Guyings are the most trusted ninjas in the imperial court. Their leader, Masatsuna Oribe, has seventeen adopted sons, all of whom are highly skilled."

One of the seventeen adopted sons?

"Kotaro."

"Sir, I'm listening!"

Standing in the middle of the circle, Lan En's height and softly reflected silver hair made him stand out from the crowd.

He made no move to dodge, and the other party didn't seem to have any intention of attacking him easily.

"A lone ninja here can only delay time. Maybe their plan is nearing completion, or maybe he has invested new troops behind us. But we cannot watch him complete his plan."

Those slightly bright cat eyes scanned the bamboo forest and the shadows between the houses under the dim moonlight and firelight.

"I will go out directly. It is impossible for him to ignore my influence. He will follow. Now you need to return to the arrow tower just now to prepare for the enemies that may come from behind. Understand?"

Lan En stared seriously at the short man in front of him who had just lost his mother.

His cringing and funny face suddenly became serious, and his cheeks clenched and puffed up.

It seemed that he was extremely excited to be entrusted with a task by Lan En.

"Sir, we will definitely repel the enemy!"

"Then do it."

Lan En pushed back the scattered silver hair in front of his forehead, pushed away the ashigaru who was maintaining a circular formation in front of him, and walked out.

As expected, the ninja did not attack ordinary soldiers again.

More than half of the combat power of this small corps is concentrated on Lan En alone. If he does not want this huge variable to interfere with the mission, the ninja must stop the lone demon hunter.

As for ordinary soldiers, they are not a problem at all in comparison.

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