Chapter 709: A True Duel (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!)

The giants from Ming and Japan fought a life-and-death duel in front of the battlefield for the safety of tens of thousands of soldiers.

This should be a duel with classical beauty, which may be passed down to future generations and become a legend. It must have a sense of ritual.

At the same time, it must have full details, so that it can provide enough material for future legends and can be used for secondary creation, at least Kato Kiyomasa thinks so.

As for Lin Tianshuai, he didn't seem to take this duel too seriously, and only thought about how to save his life.

Both parties brought tea sets at the same time, but neither was willing to accept the other's very suspicious tea, so they could only drink their own tea, which was a bit embarrassing.

Kato Kiyomasa prepared for this duel more fully, pretending to be proud and speaking first:

"My tea powder comes from the famous garden in Uji, Kyoto, my country, and was given by the Kanpaku himself.

Uji has a long history of growing tea for hundreds of years. It is the first famous tea in my country. One day, you can invite Mr. Lin to visit it."

Ah? Still want to talk about tea ceremony? Lin Tianshuai was not well prepared for the cultural exchange session, so he could only passively respond:

"You said that tea has been grown in Uji for hundreds of years? Looking at the time node, tea seeds were probably stolen from the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty, and then they began to plant tea?"

Kato Kiyomasa: "."

Can we still chat? Do we still need a sense of ceremony?

Lin Tianshuai felt that he had to behave decently, so he put away his cynical attitude and communicated seriously:

"The tea of ​​this department is not very particular. It is just picked from Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake in Suzhou Prefecture, my hometown.

Do you know how big Taihu Lake is? It is said that there are 36,000 hectares of waves, which is roughly equivalent to the area of ​​your entire territory.

Do you know how high the stone of the entire Suzhou Prefecture is? According to the estimation of this department, one Suzhou Prefecture is roughly equivalent to the total stone of your country.

I also heard that your country always likes to use the world to refer to the whole country. For example, Toyotomi Kanpaku regards himself as the people of the world. Isn't it a bit of a sitting well and looking at the sky? The sky and the world are really not that small."

The Japanese interpreter was translating while sweating nervously on his forehead, fearing that Qingzheng would be angry and draw his sword to chop himself.

Kato Qingzheng stared at Lin Tianshuai, silently chanted "small intolerance will ruin big plans" eighteen times in his heart, and slowly put down the teacup.

Then he took out a piece of paper and said in a deep voice: "I heard that you are the best poet in the Central Plains. This is the haiku I wrote for today's duel. I hope you can give me some verses."

Exchange poems? Is this the next cultural exchange link? Lin Tianshuai was still not prepared, so he asked his interpreter to translate the other party's work first.

The interpreter took Kato's manuscript and read: "Outside the city, the grass and trees are barren. In Jizhou, I heard the song of Huangquan. Today is the winter solstice."

Lin Tailai: "."

What a classic three-line verse. As the poet of the Ming Dynasty, he really didn't know how to evaluate haiku, a text that focuses on stream of consciousness.

After a moment of silence, Lin Tailai asked the interpreter to translate, "Tianshuai's poems were not written for the Japanese, nor do they need the Japanese to appreciate them."

Kato Kiyomasa was furious and said, "You are so rude and have no Chinese manners at all! I am very disappointed!"

Lin Tailai sometimes couldn't understand the Japanese way of thinking, and complained:

"How can you, a Buddhist who enjoys killing people in Korea and creates a no-man's land in Jizhou, have the face to talk about manners?"

Kato Kiyomasa suddenly regained his composure and asked, "Are you using a trick to deliberately provoke me before the duel?"

Lin Tailai, who was already quite impatient with the cultural exchange, responded, "You worry too much. The headquarters doesn't need to use a trick to beat you."

Is it comfortable to hang around outside in armor in this winter? The sooner you fight, the sooner you finish!

Kato Kiyomasa's face darkened. Arrogance is the original sin. Mr. Lin, you have already chosen the way to die!

He raised the teacup again and said to Lin Tailai: "We should have had wine to cheer us up today, but now we can only have tea instead of wine. After drinking, we will decide who is better and who will die!"

Lin Tailai also picked up the teacup, gestured to Kato Kiyomasa, and then lowered his head slightly to drink tea.

But Kato Kiyomasa did not drink the tea, and directly threw the teacup to the ground!

People who often act as a swordsman in an ambush at banquets and gatherings know that this is the signal of throwing the cup!

Lin Tailai, who was slightly lowering his head to drink tea, heard the sound and his first reaction was a little surprised. Where did the ambush come from on this plain?

It was said that it was too late, and it was too fast. Two clouds of earth mist suddenly rose behind Lin Tailai! Two earth pits appeared in an instant, and two thin figures jumped out of the earth pits!

Both of them were wearing tights and covered their faces with towels.

One of them rolled on the ground quickly and rolled away the weapon that Lin Tailai had placed beside him!

At the same time, the other man jumped out of the pit and threw several darts at Lin Tailai's back!

Witnessing all this, Kato Kiyomasa showed a cruel and complacent smile on his face.

You ignorant and arrogant Ming people, I'm afraid you don't know that there is such a profession as ninja?

Last night, I instructed the ninja to dig a pit at the expected duel site and ambush it before dawn.

I pretended to be shocked and stopped just to choose the best position!

Two ninjas, one is responsible for taking away the weapons, and the other is responsible for shooting poison darts!

What great Ming general, what Ming's first warrior, in front of my peerless wisdom, is just meat on the chopping board!

Let me, Kato Kiyomasa, take your head personally and boast to the world!

And your skull can be made into a family heirloom of the Kato family!

Fanatic ideas kept coming to his mind, and Kato Kiyomasa's face became more and more crazy, but his movements were not slow!

Almost at the same time as the ninja threw out the poison dart, Kato Kiyomasa began to draw his sword at the fastest speed!

He used the sitting Iaijutsu, also known as the sword-drawing technique!

His sword was also a special Iai sword, and the arc was specially designed to cooperate with the Iaijutsu! The moment the blade was unsheathed, it killed the enemy!

With a flash of cold light, the blade slashed towards Lin Tailai on the opposite side with infinite murderous intent!

Clang! Then there was a loud sound of metal and stone, accompanied by sparks flying!

The blade was forcibly blocked halfway!

This unexpected situation made Kato Kiyomasa, who was unprepared, subconsciously a little confused, and the grim smile on his face froze directly!

In his field of vision, he only saw Lin Tailai stretch out a fist and forcibly blocked the blade!

A mortal body directly blocked the blade? How is this possible? Kato Kiyomasa was shocked and looked at Lin Tailai's fist in disbelief.

He saw a strange thing on his fist, which was cast in steel and iron, as if four iron rings were put together, with four spike-like protrusions on it.

The blade that he had just pulled out using the Iai technique was stuck between the two spikes and could not go any further.

Ding ding dang dang, the poison darts shot at Lin Tianshuai also fell to the ground one after another, and it seemed that the only effect was to pierce Lin Tianshuai's cloak and reveal the armor inside.

The ninja responsible for throwing the poison darts was also stunned. How thick is this armor?

None of the poison darts broke the defense, but the ninja's heart had already broken the defense.

It happened in a flash. Just when Kato Kiyomasa had just seen the fist that blocked the blade, Lin Tailai suddenly turned sideways and slanted his shoulder, and his whole body flew towards Kato Kiyomasa!

The two of them were sitting opposite each other drinking tea before, and the distance was not far.

Later, when Kato Kiyomasa performed the sword-drawing technique, he took a big step closer to kill, causing the two to be closer.

Therefore, Lin Tailai's swift pounce was like a cannonball, and he hit Kato Kiyomasa hard with his shoulder!

Lin Tailai's own weight plus the 80-jin armor already weighed 320 jin!

Kato Kiyomasa's center of gravity was unstable due to his height, so he couldn't withstand such a heavy impact.

Then he was knocked to the ground, and the whole person was knocked unconscious!

Kato Kiyomasa, with a buzzing head, lay on the ground, subconsciously swinging his sword randomly, and using the last bit of clarity in his mind, shouted: "Can you tell me, what is the iron weapon in your hand?"

As long as Lin Tailai answered a few words in his pride, he could win a chance to breathe! This was Kato's wisdom when he was facing a desperate situation!

But Kato Kiyomasa, who was a little dazed by the fall, forgot for a while that he was speaking Japanese, and Lin Tailai couldn't understand it.

Although he didn't know what Kato Kiyomasa said, Lin Tailai also shouted: "The villain dies because of talking too much!"

At the same time, he turned over and used all his strength without hesitation, swung his iron fist as big as a sand bowl, and hit Kato Kiyomasa's face fiercely!

Kato Kiyomasa's pupils suddenly contracted, and he watched the iron knuckles with spikes getting closer and closer to his face, and his mind was extremely terrified!

He had imagined countless battle modes in advance, but he had never thought of being pressed to the ground and punched!

Now he finally understood that Lin Tailai might not have thought about a serious duel from the beginning!

The plan was to make full use of the weight and strength advantages, first attack at close range, and then solve the problem with fists!

Relying on biological instinct, Kato Kiyomasa still swung a knife to counterattack.

But on the one hand, because he was lying on the ground, he couldn't use his strength and couldn't find a good angle. On the other hand, Lin Tailai's armor was too thick, so the chop on Lin Tailai was worse than tickling.

Lin Tailai's arms were strong enough to withstand the blow, and with the hardness of the knuckles and the sharpness of the spikes, Kato Kiyomasa's nose and cheekbones were instantly broken and bloody after being hit in the face.

It was impossible to see his original appearance, and it was impossible to tell whether he was dead or alive.

In order to ensure that everything was foolproof, Lin Tailai threw two more punches, all of which hit Kato Kiyomasa's face!

After three punches, Kato Kiyomasa's skull was completely sunken, and he must be dead.

The two ambushed ninjas howled in fear and fled without looking back!

Everything happened in a flash. Kato Kiyomasa threw the cup, the ninja jumped out of the earth hole, Kato Kiyomasa drew his sword, Lin Tailai blocked with his iron fist, Lin Tailai pounced and hit, and Lin Tailai held down three punches. The whole process took only a few breaths!

The two guards of the two sides rushed over from dozens of steps away, and life and death were decided before they arrived!

Iida Kyujiro, who came to raid the enemy camp from the Japanese side, could hardly believe that his invincible lord had died just like that!

Not only was he brave, but he was also wise, and his wise and brave lord had died just like that!

Moreover, he could never have dreamed that his lord had not died heroically under swords, spears, bows, arrows and bullets, but was killed by fists!

Xie Sheng and Pogui, who followed Lin Jinglue to raid the enemy camp, were also dumbfounded. They were both fierce generals and were a little excited before.

I felt that I might witness history, and the gorgeous scenes that only appeared in books would appear in reality, but I didn't expect it to be such a scene.

Fake duels between generals - riding horses, fighting with spears and swords for several rounds! Or fighting on foot, fighting with swords and swords for several rounds with exquisite moves!

A real one-on-one battle between generals - first put the opponent down on the ground, hold him down and then punch him randomly.

Lin Tailai picked up Kato Kiyomasa's tachi, looked around and shouted: "If the enemy is ashamed, let me take off his clothes! Kato Kiyomasa has been taken by me, Lin Tailai!"

After logging in three times, I finally got the achievement of Killing Generals!

As for the Japanese general Omura Kizen who was beheaded at the top of Pyongyang City last time, he was not up to the standard of "beheading a general".

The translator collapsed on the ground and shivered, realizing that he couldn't understand the Chinese language Lin Jinglue was speaking.

At this time, Iida Kujiro was filled with grief and anger, and he rushed to Lin Tailai on horseback, risking his life. Lin Tailai avoided Kato Kiyomasa's body by avoiding it.

So Iida Kujiro was forced to rein in his horse, and was stabbed by Xie Sheng and Pogui who came over at the same time. They immediately fell off the horse and fell to the ground.

Another Japanese general who was plundering the formation, Kato Kiyohei, turned his horse and ran away. For fear of being shot by the Japanese soldiers' muskets, Xie Sheng and Pogui stopped pursuing him.

The army pressing the formation in the distance burst into cheers.

They couldn't see clearly what happened, but they knew that Duke Jinglue had killed the enemy general with his own hands. This was the invincible Duke Lin Jinglue!

Everyone knows that in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, Duke Jinglue will spend thousands of dollars to fight against the enemy generals!

Lin Tailai immediately ordered to Xie Sheng and Po Gui: "Attack the city! According to the advance deployment, quickly start to attack the city with all our strength. Jizhou will be captured within today!"

Then he looked at Kato Kiyomasa's body and ordered: "Let's not behead him yet. Hang Kato's body and armor on a wooden frame and show it to the Japanese soldiers guarding the city!

If there is no suitable wooden frame, just put it on the ladder to let the Japanese soldiers see clearly! "

The main reason is that Kato Kiyomasa's face was smashed by a hammer. If his head was cut off and displayed, he wouldn't be able to identify who it was.

The army with high morale roared past and charged towards the city walls and gates.

Lin Jinglue's personal bodyguards also gathered around and looked at Kato Kiyomasa's body.

The right protector Zhang Wu pointed his finger and said: "Sit here, according to our military merit standards of the Ming Dynasty, the head must be clearly visible before the merit can be counted.

You are unqualified, your face is rotten, and you will definitely fail the verification. "

The traitor Ju Jingren stood on the outside with an extremely complicated expression.

The murderous Kato Kiyomasa was already a tiger-like figure in his eyes, which frightened him from the bottom of his heart.

But Kato Kiyomasa, whose nickname was Tiger, was beaten to death by Lin Tianshuai.

The image of terror that Kato had tried so hard to create through repeated massacres of civilians was like a joke.