Brocade tears

Meng Kuang walked quickly on the streets of Pyongyang City. She had to ensure a certain speed and try her best to return to the government office before the banquet ended.While ensuring the speed of action, she also kept the entire scene of Pyongyang in her mind as much as possible.

At this moment in the city of Pyongyang, all the civilians have basically escaped, and those who failed to escape in time were basically killed by the Japanese army.The doors of all the houses were open, and all the valuable items inside were snatched up by the Japanese army.The streets were in a mess, the snow was mixed with all kinds of sundries, and there were dead bodies lying on the side of the road that no one collected.On the road, a Japanese army patrol team occasionally passed by. Whenever encountering them, Meng Kuang would walk around these Japanese soldiers to avoid meeting them.Otherwise, once they meet each other and say hello, her inability to speak Japanese will be exposed.

Some of the main forces of Xiaoxi Army and Kuroda Army should be stationed inside the city, and the other part should be stationed outside the city, so that the inside and outside of the city can take care of each other.Meng Kuang's route is in the middle of the city, and it is also the most difficult investigation line. It is surrounded by houses and roads, and the environment is complicated.

Whenever he encountered a patrol team, Meng Kuang would record the number of people. Generally speaking, a patrol team consists of about two teams. Meng Kuang started from the government office at the southernmost end of the city and walked along the middle road to Pyongyang. In the middle of the city, they had encountered three patrol teams, a total of 60 people.

In the center of the city, she finally met a towering building, the Drum Tower of Pyongyang City.She looked up the Drum Tower from a hidden place, and could see Japanese soldiers guarding the Drum Tower.It seemed that if she wanted to go up, she had to use some means.

She found the right time, leaned down, and ran quickly under the rammed earth wall of the Drum Tower in the blind spot of the Japanese army's sight on the Drum Tower.Then she got into the Drum Tower and walked up the stairs slowly and silently. While walking, she took out a slender metal tube from the hairpin that tied her hair and held it in her hand.All the equipment on her was confiscated, and she could only use some tools that would only be used under special circumstances.Thinking of this, Meng Kuang added a task to himself, which was to find their confiscated weapons and equipment.Those are all the treasures of Jin Yiwei, it is a pity to lose them, I am afraid that they will be taken away by the Japanese army and I don't know what to do.

Just when he was about to board the platform with the big drum, Meng Kuang leaned down two steps, pulled down the black cloth covering his face, brought the metal pipe to his mouth, and suddenly yelled at the Japanese soldier who was facing away from him. blow.

"Ah!" The Japanese soldier yelled shortly, and subconsciously touched the place where the back of his neck was pierced, but he didn't feel anything for a long time.Then he rolled his eyes abruptly, and fell to the floor with a plop.

Meng Kuang put the metal pipe away again, stepped forward, dragged him up, let him sit cross-legged against the drum stand, and put him in a sleeping and dozing position.Then she stood on the Drum Tower and looked towards the city.The south is relatively empty. She just came all the way, and she has basically found out that it is probably the personal soldiers of Xiaoxi's army. About two or three hundred people are concentrated in the south, guarding the head of Xiaoxi in the government office.Standing on the Drum Tower, Meng Kuang could clearly see the west and north where the crowds were moving and the noise could not be covered.From a distance, you can see the flag of the Kuroda Army standing in the west, and the flag of the Xiaonishi Army in the north.The Japanese army is really not afraid of being detected, and the flags stand so brightly.

Meng Kuang smiled jokingly, pulled up the black cloth covering his face, and walked down the Drum Tower.She continued to walk north, and after a while, she passed the granary where the Xiaoxi army was storing grain in the city.There are also many Japanese guards here. Meng Kuang hid in an empty North Korean house opposite the granary, looking at the granary opposite through the window, thinking about how to go in and investigate.

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly felt a cold murderous intent hit the back of her neck, almost subconsciously, and Meng Kuang immediately made a move to avoid it.She leapt to the left, rolled over and immediately got up, just rolled into the corner of the room, and leaned on the corner of the wall behind her, facing the room.She saw a man dressed in black with his head covered, who was the one who sneaked up on her just now.But when the knife failed, this person took another step forward and swung the knife again.

At this moment, Meng Kuang didn't have any weapon in his hand, he could only dodge.This person's saber technique is fierce and swift, the saber in his hand is not long, it looks like a Wakizashi saber, more dexterous.In other words, it was a ninja knife.

It's a ninja!Too bad...Meng Kuang's heart trembled. If he was a ninja, then Jin Yiwei's activities in the city might not be hidden.

Thinking of this, the opponent's knife had already slashed at him, Meng Kuang immediately got out of the way, and hit everything on the opponent's wrist. Stop, Meng Kuang snatched the knife away.At that moment, Meng Kuang stretched out his foot and tripped, and at the same time put the knife he had snatched against the opponent's throat, and pressed the opponent directly under the corner of the wall. The blade cut a trace, and blood flowed out.

The countermeasure was completed almost instantly. Meng Kuang lowered his voice and asked this person:

"Ninja?"

"Exactly."

woman?The voice of the ninja's answer surprised Meng Kuang, and the other party seemed to be very surprised by her female voice.

"You can speak Chinese?" Meng Kuang calmed down and continued to ask.

"We have received professional foreign language training." The other party replied, although the accent was very strange and the words were unclear, Meng Kuang could still understand what she was saying.

"Before you found me, did you contact your companion?" Meng Kuang asked again.

"..." The other party didn't answer.

"If you don't contact me, I'll kill you right here. If you contact me, I'll kill all your partners. You can choose if I can do it." Meng Kuang said again, her tone Extremely cold, the two options given to the opponent can be described as cold-blooded and ruthless.

The other party gritted his teeth and still didn't answer.

Meng Kuang waited for a while, first to listen to the movement outside, and second to continue to put pressure on the other party.If she really notified her accomplices, then she will wait here, and someone should come to arrest her in a short while.

"I'm afraid you didn't notify your accomplices. You came in and attacked me alone, wanting to take the credit?" Meng Kuang untied the other party's belt, tied her hands and feet together, and took all the weapons and hidden weapons on her body I searched it out and took it with me.During the movement, Meng Kuang also conveniently lifted off the other party's mask and saw her face.She was a girl with a pretty face, and she couldn't help but think of the other female ninja who fought against her on the sea boat in Kowloon Bay. The two people seemed to have somewhat similar faces.

"Tengdao Shura, I know it's you." After Meng Kuang lifted her mask, the female ninja said suddenly.

"Know me? That's right. Then I don't need to waste my time talking. You should know who I am. Hurry up and recruit me. I'll give you a good time." Meng Kuang's mood didn't fluctuate in the slightest.

"Do you know Bai Yuyin?" The other party asked Meng Kuang unexpectedly again.

Meng Kuang was taken aback suddenly, this woman actually knew Bai Yuyin?

"Sure enough, you know Bai Yuyin. I taught Bai Yuyin's Japanese language. I once lurked in the brothels of the Ming Dynasty for a period of time in order to collect information. At that time, Bai Yuyin was a very powerful brothel girl. The nobleman is flocking to her, and I pretended to be a maid by her side in order to obtain information on various aspects of the Ming Kingdom. I think that you Jinyiwei, as intelligence experts, and the brothel is also the place where your main activities are, must know the existence of Bai Yuyin. "

Knowing is knowing, not only knowing, but she is also my second sister-in-law, Meng Kuang murmured to himself.

"Really? The so-called fact that your father is a Japanese citizen who fled from the country, was caught in Beijing to serve his sentence, and later settled down, married a wife and had children, is all a lie?" Meng Kuang raised his eyebrows.

"Of course... As a spy, I have to have a reasonable identity to sneak in. The so-called father is just my superior." The female ninja said, "Tengdao Shura, you are very famous among us ninjas, yes Our most feared opponent. You spared my sister's life in Kowloon Bay, and I am grateful to you."

"Is that why you are so grateful to me?" Meng Kuang nodded to the handle of the ninja knife in his hand.

The female ninja explained: "I was patrolling outside, and I received an order from my superiors to go back to the government office to gather. When I passed by here, I happened to see you entering this house. I became suspicious. I observed you and found that you had been staring at Looking at the granary opposite, I judged that you were a spy from another country, so I wanted to kill you. I didn't recognize you as Tengdao Shura at first, but I only saw it through your skill when I was fighting with you."

"Oh? You actually know my skills?"

"You have dealt with our people in Tianjin Wei, and you have fought several times. Our people have memorized your moves and characteristics. We have specially trained to crack your moves. It is a pity that my ability is limited. Facing the opponent My master's methods are still too bad. Also... just now I sent an order to invite us back because my superior saw your characteristic weapon in the arsenal - the Tengdao. My superior already knew that Jin Yiwei had entered the city. "The female ninja said immediately.

Meng Kuang was silent for a while, and said, "Just tell me the information like this, okay?"

"Personally, it doesn't matter to me. I am a Kai ninja, but I have to obey the Iga ninja. Oda Nobunaga slaughtered my clan, and my sister and I are left in our clan. We can't help ourselves, but if there is a chance , and definitely don’t want to work for Oda’s retainer Toyotomi Hideyoshi!” the female ninja said through gritted teeth.

"Okay, I've worked hard for that province. Tell me, how many people are there in Xiaoxi's and Kuroda's coalition forces, and how much rations are left?" Meng Kuang asked tentatively.

Unexpectedly, the other party answered seriously: "There are 5000 defenders in Pyongyang, most of whom are ashigaru armed with iron cannons, and there are [-] patrolling cavalry outside the city. There is only enough food for another month. Xiaoxi is planning to seize the granary from other places. .”

"And the artillery? How many artillery do you have?"

"...three gates."

"Just three cannons?"

"Well, and this artillery is already in Pyongyang." The female ninja said.

It was really beyond Meng Kuang's expectation. She thought the Japanese army's firepower was so powerful, but she didn't expect that there were only so many people.The city wall of Pyongyang is only a little more than one foot high. Such a height cannot stop the artillery bombardment of the Ming army. In addition, the number of the Ming army far exceeds that of the Pyongyang defenders, and their firepower is stronger... It seems that the war to retake Pyongyang is probably nothing. suspense.

In this way, things will be easier to handle, and they will have more confidence to negotiate and make deals with Xiaoxi.

"Do you know where the arsenal is?" Meng Kuang asked.

"Of course." The female ninja said.

"Take me there immediately." While speaking, Meng Kuang untied the female ninja, tied her belt again, and tied her hands behind her back. She was covered by a cloth robe, and then escorted her to the west of Pyongyang.According to the female ninja, the arsenal is in the southwest corner of Pyongyang City, next to the government office.

"Tengdao Shura, I didn't expect you to be a woman." The female ninja said.

"I didn't expect that there are quite a lot of women among you ninjas, and you don't need to hide your identity at all," Meng Kuang said.

"You Jinyiwei were recruited. The first selection criteria were men, and they must be very capable men. We are different. We are a family inheritance, and we have been loyal to a lord for generations. Generally, they are also passed on to men. If there is no Only males will inherit it and pass it on to their daughters. My sister and I are special cases, mainly because our father attaches great importance to cultivating us. Because of our father, several big ninja families will allow our sisters to carry out activities as ninjas. My father is very great, but it is a pity that my father ... was killed by Oda..." The female ninja showed a painful look on her face.

"What's your name?" Meng Kuang asked after being silent for a while.

"Yazu Annan, my sister's name is An Hui. Our father is Yazu Nobumasa, and we of the Yazu clan will always serve Shinano Sanada and Takeda Shingen." She kept talking about her father, the family she belonged to, and her family. The master who served, even though the lord of their family had died 20 years ago.For Meng Kuang, this was an incomprehensible emotion, but she felt that it was important for people to have faith, and she could see this kind of faith aroused by hatred in Mizu Annan.

"Where is your sister now? Is she with the Shimadzu Army?" Meng Kuang asked.

"Yes... how do you know?" Mizu Annan was taken aback.

Meng Kuang didn't answer, but instead asked, "Why did your sister become a ninja under the Shimadzu clan?"

"Because Shimadzu is the last force that has not completely surrendered to Hideyoshi so far. My sister joined Shimadzu and even helped Suijiu to resist Hideyoshi. It is a pity that Suijiu was betrayed. My sister chose to return. The Shimadzu clan on this island joined the Korean battlefield, so they abandoned Suijiu." Mizu Annan said.

Meng Kuang felt that it was God helping her, so he said, "Can you get in touch with your sister? I have something important to entrust to you."