Chapter 840: Ninja's Night Attack
That night, a group of troops in night clothes appeared outside the city of Dongying.
"Be careful, don't be careless!" Honda Tadakatsu warned with a serious face.
"Got it, we won't be careless!"
Hattori Hanzo said lightly and waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to worry. When the Ninja Army went to war, there was no need for anyone to worry. As long as they wanted to leave, there was no army in the world that could keep them here.
The ninja army, which is composed of elite ninjas from the Iga, Koga, Fuma and other ninjutsu families, does not care about any opponents.
In fact, this battle was also a test of the Han Empire by many ninja families. Only by demonstrating their own value can their surrender become more meaningful, right?
"The purpose of this battle is mainly to harass, and we must not fight to the end!" Hattori Hanzo's voice fell into everyone's ears.
"Hi!"
"Set off!"
Following Hattori Hanzo's order, all the shadows merged into the darkness.
People are always like this, they will not give up until they reach the Yellow River. Especially the aristocratic militarists in Japan, they will not rest in peace even when they are on the verge of death.
Led by Hattori Hanzo and followed by some of the ninja leaders such as Fuma Kotaro, Mori Ranmaru, Sarutobi Sasuke, Genji, etc., the ninja army directly blended into the darkness and covered up all sounds and breaths.
Although they cannot see each other, they can clearly feel the location of their companion group. This is their direct bond.
Or, it could be said that this was the spontaneous coordination ability of the ninja army. Unfortunately, they came from different places, and now they were able to fight together but they all had their own ulterior motives, making it impossible for their shadow army to make any further progress.
As Hattori Hanzo went deeper into the darkness, he easily passed through the defense line without being discovered by any patrolling soldiers or secret sentries, and then headed straight for the rebel camp that claimed to be orthodox.
After seeing the fighting power of the Han Dynasty, they naturally turned their attention to the weak ones. Although these Japanese soldiers had also been trained by the Han Dynasty and became much more mature, there was still a big gap between them and the regular Han army.
It is just right for surgery and at the same time it can also show their own value.
"Clang, clang!" Just when the Ninja Army was lurking near the camp, the Japanese defenders in the distance began to make distant and orderly footsteps.
This is the cooperation between them, and the frontal troops attract attention, giving the ninja army the opportunity to kill, burn and create chaos.
The chaotic noise quickly caused the entire camp to panic, but no matter what the enemy was planning, at least these patrolling soldiers needed to sound the alarm now.
"What? The enemy is sending out troops?"
After hearing the news, Kenshinko Uesugi even thought he had not woken up yet, but he soon understood the enemy's plan.
No one knows the Japanese way of fighting better than themselves. How could an attack launched in the dark be without those ghosts in the night?
"Send someone to deliver a message to the Han emperor, telling them to be careful of ninjas, and also send more people to protect Her Majesty the Queen!" Uesugi Kenshinko thought for a moment and quickly gave the order.
No matter what the opponent's plan is now, he needs to organize his troops to fight the enemy.
"Could it be a strategy to tire out the soldiers?" Kenshinko Uesugi's brain was working rapidly. He was wondering whether the Japanese would mainly use harassment to make them exhausted, and then the ninjas would kill them with one blow.
"No, with this number, it's not a strategy to tire them out. Are they really planning to create chaos?" Kenshinko Uesugi quickly denied her own guess.
After commanding the legion, he got feedback through the secret technique that the enemy was definitely approaching with a large army, otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them. In other words, the enemy really launched a night attack.
"Hmph, how arrogant!" After sorting out his thoughts, Kenshinko Uesugi instantly understood the other party's plan, and couldn't help but snorted coldly.
In the Han army camp, Zhao Yun, who was on night duty, reported the intelligence to Zhou Yu who was also on duty.
"Don't worry about it. We have to let them suffer a little before they understand why they need to rely on us!" Zhou Yu said with a sneer.
"Also, these people from Japan are really interesting. Do they want to show their worth with a beautiful night raid?"
"Let our soldiers continue patrolling, and send twice as many people to patrol. If we find an attack, we should sound the alarm!" Zhou Yu determined the opponent's true intention in just a few steps, and then made a direct plan.
In order to prevent accidents, he also specially assigned twice as many people to patrol.
On the outskirts of the Japanese camp, Hattori Hanzo and his ninja army have arrived at the side and rear of the Japanese camp.
Next, he didn't need to do anything. He just had to wait for Kenshin Uesugi to send out his troops, then he would go out immediately and deal a heavy blow to the rebels.
But before that, they still need to make some small preparations to make the upcoming battle easier.
"I'm going out for a while, is it okay? The other party is very interesting, and it's the first time I've seen such a secret technique!" A faint black shadow appeared behind Zhou Yu, and the person who came was Wang Yue.
After a long voyage, they finally arrived at the advance base in Japan.
"As you please, but the other party's target is not us, so don't do too many meaningless things!" Zhou Yu nodded.
"Haha, I understand!" Wang Yue nodded, and then his figure disappeared on the spot.
He was very interested in the ninja's secret technique of concealing oneself. At first he thought it was a simple visual concealment, but then he found that it was not that simple.
Actually, Wang Yue had wanted to retire a long time ago, but as he watched the empire grow stronger day by day, his desire to become an official gradually faded, and he wanted to do something for the empire instead.
Like Tong Yuan, he was hired as a technical talent to develop secret techniques. This time he came here to obtain ninja information from Japan to develop some new secret techniques.
Apart from anything else, this light and shadow manipulation is what Guo Hao values most. If the way of conveying information in war can be changed to allow light and shadow to be controlled on a large scale even when it is conveyed, the overall combat effectiveness of the Han Dynasty can be greatly improved.
At that time, they would no longer need to engage in trade. They could just conquer Parthia first, then the Kushan Empire, and occupy all the territories they had been coveting for a long time.
Great unification is the ultimate pursuit of the Han Empire. There are too many countries in the Eurasian continent today, which is not good and does not conform to the aesthetics of great unification.
To be honest, the Han Empire's chariot was already somewhat out of control. Even though Guo Hao and Chen Xi were practicing to slow down, the chariot had already begun to speed up.
As more and more people turned towards militarism and became warmongers, the atmosphere in the Han Dynasty became a bit strange.
The people of the Han Dynasty were no longer afraid of war. Instead, they dreamed of the pre-Qin period and were ecstatic when they heard about war. Some even sharpened their knives and went to the battlefield directly, wanting to kill people to gain merit.
It is said that a country that loves war will perish, but even Guo Hao and Chen Xi cannot suppress this trend of thought.
