Naturally, you need to submit a certificate to join the partnership, and the requirements put forward by Le Yuan are both simple and difficult, which really makes Tokugawa Ieyasu very entangled.
Le Yuan has two requests. One is to ask Honda Tadakatsu, Tokugawa Ieyasu's only subordinate at present, to compete with him. If this was the case when Tokugawa Ieyasu had many retainers, there would be no problem, but if Rakuan accidentally killed his only subordinate, Tokugawa Ieyasu even doubted whether he would be slaughtered by Rakuan in the next second. .
The second request is equally not simple, that is to ask Tokugawa Ieyasu to hand over a road map of the secret passages of Edo Castle. As the lord of Edo, he must have several passages that can save his life. This is what Tokugawa Ieyasu can do from The main reason for escaping during the original battle.
As the number one general under Tokugawa Ieyasu, Honda Tadakatsu was proud of himself. Although he failed to defend Edo Castle for his lord, it was also due to the general trend and his inability to recover. It can be said that he fought until the end. moment. At this time, facing the competition proposed by Le Yuan, as a warrior, his fighting spirit was already eager to try.
Honda Tadakatsu picked up his weapon, the Dragonfly Kiri, from his side, then turned his head and glanced at Tokugawa Ieyasu behind him.
And Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the eyes of this retainer who had protected him for more than 20 years, and naturally understood his thoughts, but it was precisely because of this that he did not want to put Honda Tadakatsu in danger of losing his life. However, after Honda Tadakatsu's repeated pleas, he finally nodded his head.
The two people who had already arrived outdoors each picked up their own weapons, if nothing else. In terms of physique and weapons alone, Honda Tadakatsu is undoubtedly more advantageous. Once his weapon Dragonfly Kiri [Human Boneless] is used, it is extremely powerful. Ordinary weapons, let alone fighting with it, would probably be cut off by it in one blow. Coupled with Honda Tadakatsu's tall body, he is really a model of suppressive style.
"Ouch!"
The battle had just begun, Honda Tadakatsu suddenly jumped up and sprinted towards Le Yuan from a place more than ten meters away. The dragonfly cut behind him was swung when it reached the highest point of his body. He stood up and hit Le Yuan with the help of gravity.
"锵呲—"
Le Yuan did not stupidly choose to resist the opponent's Dragonfly Cheri, which could be called a heavy weapon. He just caught the sword in his hand and when the Dragonfly Cheri was about to hit him, he gently used the opponent's strength to block it. After the Dragonfly Cut fell, a large crater with a radius of more than one meter was created on the ground. However, Honda Tadakatsu was not happy at all. His blow just now was enough to kill most generals in an instant. Not only did it not pose a threat to Le Yuan, the reactionary Ah Shi Let himself reveal a fatal flaw.
After the dragonfly cut fell to the ground, Honda Tadakatsu's movements inevitably became a little stiff. Although there was no difference at all to ordinary people, it was a fatal flaw in front of an unparalleled general. I saw Le Yuan parrying the dragonfly sword and stabbing forward. The speed was not very fast, but it made Honda Tadakatsu unable to avoid it at this time.
"drink-"
The tall Honda Tadakatsu had no other choice but to release Dragonfly Kiri with one hand, and then his whole body fell backwards, making an iron bridge movement to avoid Le Yuan's stab. After a few rolls, he pulled out Dragonfly Cut and distanced himself from Le Yuan again.
Immediately after Honda Tadakatsu's attack started again, the Dragonfly Kiri in his hand brought up strong winds and waved it like a windmill. The seemingly chaotic waving made his attack power stronger and stronger, and finally reached After a peak, it slammed towards Le Yuan like thunder.
Honda Tadakatsu's attack routine is extremely simple but very effective, that is, it is powerful and heavy. No matter how changeable his opponent's attack patterns are, he will always block the opponent's attacks with his immovable and stable body, and at the same time suppress the opponent with unparalleled power.
This kind of extremely fierce attack is all about momentum, or in other words, this kind of attack can turn momentum into infinite combat power in successive attacks, crushing the opponent's fighting spirit bit by bit. This is what Honda Tadakatsu has done countless times. The secret to victory in battle.
"Defeat me!"
Honda Tadakatsu's momentum has reached its peak in the continuous attacks. At this moment, he vented his majestic fighting spirit. The moment Wushuang Wu started, the thunder armor transformed from fighting spirit strengthened him. It has its own defense power, and can also paralyze the enemy through this kind of lightning.
Looking at Honda Tadakatsu, who had actually reached his peak, Le Yuan smiled faintly. He had been waiting for this moment while defending until now. For him, only an unparalleled general in this state could be worthy of defeating.
Facing the surging attack, Le Yuan's response to Honda Tadakatsu was just a straight thrust with his sword, but such a seemingly ordinary straight thrust brought with it unparalleled destructive sword energy. It is the sword energy that lingers around the sword that makes this seemingly breakable move perfect.
"Qiang—"
Honda Tadakatsu's head-on attack on Le Yuan's neck stopped ten centimeters away from Le Yuan and could not go any further. The tip of Le Yuan's sword had already scratched Honda Tadakatsu's outer armor thorns. Entering his skin, if Honda Tadakatsu hadn't stopped his attack at that moment, Le Yuan would have definitely killed him before his attack arrived.
Taking his sword back, Le Yuan looked at Honda Tadakatsu who was still frightened and said with a smile: "As expected of Oni Hachiro, he is indeed an unparalleled general in the world. It seems that there is nothing wrong with forming an alliance with you, so the infiltration plan will be set in three days." When the time comes, I hope we can cooperate well again."
Not long after Le Yuan left, Honda Tadakatsu, who was standing on the ground and glaring at Le Yuan, suddenly flushed, and blood spilled from the corners of his mouth. Then he half-knelt on the ground with a depressed expression. If not With Dragonfly supporting him, he was probably sitting on the ground by now.
"Zhongsheng, are you injured? Could it be that the demon Le Yuan poisoned you?"
For his beloved general, Tokugawa Ieyasu eagerly checked Honda Tadakatsu's injuries.
Seeing his lord treating him like this, Honda Tadakatsu forced a smile, waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and then stood up with strong support. He looked at the direction Le Yuan was leaving, his face gradually became extremely serious and said: "It seems that I still underestimated the strength of that Le Yuan. Although the battle just now seemed that I could die with him as long as I was ruthless, but this time It's just a facade he put on."
"Illusion? You said the battle just now was an illusion? How is it possible? He should be fighting you with all his strength, right?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't believe that his number one general would praise a person like this, thinking that he could no longer force out his opponent's strength with all his strength.
"Ah, if I hadn't stopped my move just now and my blade still couldn't cut it, I believe that Le Yuan could have blocked my attack. On the contrary, his sword could definitely kill me. For your lord, , Heihachiro must not die here!"
Ignoring the two masters and servants who were talking to each other for the time being, Le Yuan took the next infiltration operation very seriously. Although Liu Bei is not imprisoned here according to the plot, who can guarantee that Liu Bei will be imprisoned as far away as Luzhicheng from the beginning. Moreover, Xing Cai, Yin Ping and Qiling in Le Yuan's team are all looking for their father. The operation codename of Le Yuan's team can simply be called "Where's Dad?"
Although a little surprised, there are two "fathers" in Edo Castle who can be tried to win over. Le Yuan did not let anyone else follow this infiltration plan. The only ones involved were him and the guide opposite, Honda Tadakatsu.
The huge Edo City was covered with a large number of open and hidden sentries under Zhuge Liang's design. Even Honda Tadakatsu, a man who knew a lot about Edo City, felt strange when he looked at it.
Outside an abandoned stone house in Edo Castle, Honda Tadakatsu pointed at this house and said: "This is it. There is a secret passage leading to the small castle tower in the city. The last time the lord was able to escape from the city, it was thanks to This secret passage.”
Looking at this abandoned stone house, Le Yuan's spiritual sense swept it over, then turned to Honda Tadakatsu and asked: "Does anyone else know about this secret passage? Is it possible that it has been exposed?"
Regarding Le Yuan's suspicion, Honda Tadakatsu patted his chest and promised that it was absolutely impossible. The final guarantee for the lord's escape was the secret passage hidden in Edo Castle, not to mention anyone else, not even Tokugawa Ieyasu's family members. The only insider was Honda Tadakatsu, a man who could not betray.
When Honda Tadakatsu took Le Yuan into the underground secret passage, Le Yuan saw a secret passage that could accommodate three or four people walking in parallel. It seemed that the scale was not more than a year or two ago, and it would be difficult to complete it with the labor of more than a thousand people.
Just when the two of them were halfway there and Honda Tadakatsu was about to move forward, Le Yuan suddenly pulled him back. Without waiting for Honda Tadakatsu to ask questions, he squatted down and looked at the empty ground to study.
"How could this pattern appear here? It's impossible that anyone would have bothered to draw this after the secret tunnel was built?"
Looking at such a gossip pattern that suddenly appeared in the dim passage, Honda Tadakatsu was puzzled and at the same time glad that Le Yuan was here, otherwise he would never have thought of anything strange under his feet.
After Le Yuan studied this gossip for a while, he stood up and said to Honda Tadakatsu: "It seems that your secret passage has not been hidden from Zhuge Liang's eyes and ears. Although he did not abandon this place, he also laid a lot of traps." Backhand, it looks like it will take some time for us to get through here."
Ignoring Honda Tadakatsu behind him, he was surprised that Zhuge Liang knew the location of the secret passage. Le Yuan couldn't help but have a headache when he looked at the floor tiles under his feet that were composed of countless Bagua patterns. When it comes to the Bagua formation, he really doesn't have much confidence, but it's not impossible to take advantage of it.
Looking at the Bagua passage that was a hundred meters long, Le Yuan put his hand on Honda Tadakatsu's back. Without waiting for Honda Tadakatsu to ask what he wanted to ask, the two of them traveled through the hundred meters in an instant. Meters away came to the other end of the passage.