"Well … no matter what, Yamada Tsumori is a Daimyo. If he really leaves everything to me, that would be very strange …"
Wu Ming looked at the ninja who was shocked: "What level are you?"
"I'm ashamed, I'm just a Genin …"
Among the ninjas, there seemed to be upper, middle, and lower levels. Among them, the Jonin had the ability to lead a ninja army and even build a village.
But Yamada Tsumori was just a Daimyo, it was already good enough for him to have a Genin under him.
"In that case … Kiji-kun is also your master, right?"
Wu Ming's eyes were sharp: "Now I order you to immediately sneak into the Earth Spiders' lair and protect Kiji-kun's safety before we arrive!"
I'm afraid that this Genin won't be able to bring people out. Even without Shutendoji's presence, I'm afraid that only a Chunin can complete this task.
But sneaking in to protect Kiji-kun was barely possible.
"If you can't even do this, then commit seppuku, otherwise I will definitely kill you!"
A terrifying threat suddenly fell into the ninja's heart.
"Ha!"
Sure enough, with the power of killing Shutendoji, even if it was only a half-order, the ninja had to accept it.
"What a terrifying person … Even the Chief who trained me didn't have such power … Just now, the sword energy seal made it so that I couldn't even use ninjutsu …"
It wasn't until after Wu Ming left that the ninja recovered, patted his chest with lingering fear and disappeared into the night.
But he didn't notice that a magic rune with a faint light flashed on his shoulder and quickly disappeared.
…
Toda Mitsumasa was clamoring to kill the enemy as soon as possible and rescue Kiji-kun.
But after working for most of the night and Ito Keisuke's weakness, they still delayed a lot of time, so they didn't push into the Earth Spiders' village until dawn.
"Ah … This is practically a small city!"
Toda Mitsumasa's mouth was wide open as he said with a tone of disbelief.
"…"
Wu Ming was speechless. It was obvious that this Shutendoji was quite ambitious. Even though he built a stronghold, it was built according to the standards of a city.
Of course, in his eyes, it was just a small mountain stronghold.
"But … there are actually mountain fields around here?"
Wu Ming looked at the surrounding ridges and was a little surprised. "This should be a few hundred mu, right? If we expand it to a thousand mu, it will be a good foundation! "
However, for bandits, this was already very rare.
"Guangzheng!"
Wu Ming nodded.
Toda Mitsumasa's expression was solemn as he strode to the base of the stronghold and shouted, "I'm Toda Mitsumasa, the Lord of Numata City, a warrior under the command of Lord Yamada Hosori. People inside, listen up. Your leader has been captured by our captain! Surrender now! With the honor of a warrior, I guarantee your safety! "
At this moment, there was a commotion inside.
Wu Ming was very clear that they did not need many people. Even a hundred Ashigaru would be enough to make the stronghold surrender unconditionally.
After all, after losing their leader, Shutendoji, and a large number of demon cadres, who among the real humans inside would have the power to rule over the rest?
Of course, the power of the four of them was not enough to make the remaining bandits inside make a choice.
Although he was stronger than a hundred Ashigaru added together, he was not as imposing as an army in formation.
"Therefore, we still need to deter them!"
Wu Ming took two steps forward. Because he had other thoughts in his mind, he didn't use the most destructive Divine Flame Incantation. With a wave of his hand, several golden blades of light appeared and fiercely slashed at the village gate.
Bang!
The golden blade spell left a deep mark on the wooden fence. The entire gate shook, and the Earth Spiders on it were dumbfounded.
Of course, it was not that they had never seen such extraordinary power. After all, their leader was a great demon who often used his demon power to rule his subordinates with fear and awe.
However, for such power to appear on a pure human, it was enough to astonish them.
Perhaps it was true that their leader had been captured?
"Hah!"
But Wu Ming's performance was not over yet.
He rushed forward, and his five-colored robe flashed continuously, as if it had turned into a flaming armor, blocking all the arrows, javelins, and other attacks. He came under the city gate.
Immediately, several Talisman lights flashed. His hands were covered in flames, and like huge hammers, he slammed heavily on the city gate.
Boom!
Amidst the loud noise, the previously destroyed city gate finally could not hold on any longer and collapsed.
Wu Ming leaped onto the city tower, and several Earth Spiders who could not dodge in time were immediately cut in half. Blood stained the sky. "Surrender immediately, or … die!!!"
The terrifying voice even turned into sound waves that reverberated in the air above the stronghold.
The Earth Spiders below were stunned. After some time, the bamboo spear in one of their hands fell to the ground with a clang.
"One man and one sword took over a city!"
Not only the Earth Spiders, but even Toda Mitsumasa was dumbfounded. Next to him, Shota and Kenichi looked at Wu Ming's back with even more fanatical expressions.
…
In the hall of the stronghold.
Wu Ming sat cross-legged on the tatami, listening to Toda Mitsumasa's report. "We have found Kihime-kun. She is in the dark room in the back, and the Lord's ninjas are protecting her!"
"Well, what about the other gains?"
Wu Ming waved his hand and asked about other things.
"A lot!"
Toda Mitsumasa's eyes glowed with excitement. "Because of their fear of the Lord's power, and because there was no leader to resist, most of the people in the stronghold surrendered. A total of 27 men, 56 women, and more than a dozen children were captured …"
In fact, there should be more adult men.
However, Wu Ming had too few people to watch over so many captives, so many of the stronger ones ran away.
"Well! Don't worry about the other places, but let Shota and Kenichi pick a few people to guard the storeroom and granary! Without my warrant, if anyone dares to take it, just kill them! "
Although it had not been acknowledged, Wu Ming had already regarded it as his own. "Are the results of the other supplies out?"
"This batch of supplies has a total of 300 stones of food, 20 high-quality samurai swords, five sets of light armor, bamboo spears, longbows, etc. There are also gold and silver judges worth 1,000 strings of coins, and the copper coins are incalculable …"
It could be said that even Yamada Husei would be tempted if he heard about this wealth. Toda Mitsumasa swallowed his saliva.
Wu Ming did not feel anything.
If it was an ordinary bandit, even if there were hundreds of them, this was too rich.
However, this Shutendoji was a great demon who liked to rob rich human families, so it was normal for him to have such accumulation.
'Even in this stronghold, there is a lot of demon energy hidden … It seems that I have to clean it up again! Also … Shutendoji's real storage must be more than this, maybe there is some hidden treasure? '
Wu Ming thought silently, then said to Toda Mitsumasa, "Go get 400 coins of gold judges, Ito Keisuke 200 coins, you and that Genin 50 coins, and the remaining 100 coins, send it to the Akiyama Kanbei Guard's family!"
"Also, since we have rescued Kiji-kun, escort her back!"
"Ha …"
Toda Mitsumasa agreed out of habit, then suddenly looked up. "Huh?"
"Didn't Mayor Yamada promise that once we rescue Kiji-kun, he will give me an ambush and 300 stones of Knowledge Executor?"
Wu Ming had a smile on his face. "I think this place is very good. You go back and tell him!"
In fact, when he made the decision, he had automatically regarded this place as his territory.
However, if Yamada Husei agreed, this place would be the samurai's hereditary Knowledge Executor, but if he did not, this would be the bandit stronghold, at most in name.
Oh, that's not right, the Knowledge Executor that was supposed to be taken from his own territory could be paid in this way, the other party should still have the advantage.
If he did not even agree to this, then go kill him!
…
In the end, Toda Mitsumasa left with Ito Keisuke with a heart full of worries.
Naturally, the ninja and Kiji-kun from the Yamada family came with them.
Speaking of which, it was fortunate that she was captured and brought here, but because Shutendoji's previous reserves were very rich, she was raised as food, so she did not meet with any terrible misfortune, although she was scared out of her wits.
Wu Ming even specially went to take a look, but she was just a little girl, there was nothing special about her.
After this group of people left, what was left would belong to him.
Wu Ming immediately gathered everyone on the flat ground in the stronghold, looking down from above, his sharp gaze instantly enveloped the entire area.
"I am the supervisor of the Gui family, Guichi Dharma Eye! Now, this is my Knowledge Executor territory! "
He announced so loudly, although it did not have any legal effect, his own strength was the best guarantee!
"I don't care what you did in the past, now, you are all my people. I am not like the previous Shutendoji, who could live safely as long as you work here!"
Wu Ming made a promise. Immediately, he saw the dull eyes of the people below move, as if they were a little angry.
"Shota! Kenichi! "
The two bandits immediately came out and knelt down to pay their respects.
"Hmm … I will accept the two of you as my Gui family's retainers, give you the surname Matsushita, and 50 acres of land outside! In the future, when you achieve meritorious service, I will give you another 50 acres, and officially promote you to samurai! "
"Thank you, sir!"
Matsushita Shota and Kenichi Matsushita immediately burst into tears. After all, this was a real hereditary territory!
Not to mention the possibility of being promoted to samurai in the future, now that they had their own surname, they were not the lowest of the low.
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