The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Seeing Kato Kiyomasa lost in thought, Ju Jingren stopped talking and waited patiently.

With his words prepared to this point, he was 80% sure that Kato Kiyomasa would agree to his suggestion.

When the Japanese Rebellion started a few months ago, he kidnapped two princes and surrendered. In order to show off, Kato Kiyomasa actually came back with only a few horses to accept them.

Kato Kiyomasa, who likes to pretend, is arrogant and brave, and also dares to take risks, accepts the suggestion of a one-on-one challenge.

For the Japanese soldiers, there was no possibility of defeating the Ming army with 10,000 men against 20,000 to 30,000 Ming troops under normal circumstances. If it was 20,000 to 30,000 men against 10,000 men, it would be possible.

All the Japanese soldiers could do was to defend the isolated city, killing and injuring the Ming army as much as possible, or waiting for the Ming army to run out of food and retreat, but there was still no hope for the future, not even reinforcements.

So even from a rational perspective, it’s worth taking a gamble on heads-up.

After Kato Kiyomasa finished thinking, he asked: "Does Lin Tailai dare to agree?"

Ju Jingren replied: "Whether we attack Pyongyang or Hamhung Prefecture, Lin Tianshuai always gets there first. It can be seen that Tianshuai must be extremely vain and adventurous, so why doesn't he dare to fight alone?"

After careful persuasion by the villain, Lin Tianshuai will definitely agree to have a duel with Qing Zhenggong that is full of classical style and will go down in history! "

Anyway, regardless of whether Lin Tianshuai agrees or not, as long as Kato Kiyomasa is willing to let him return to the Ming army camp alive, it will be victory!

So Kato Kiyomasa said: "You can tell Lin Tailai that if you agree to a duel, we will duel tomorrow three hundred steps outside the south gate of Jizhou.

Both sides can bring two guards to raid the formation, plus one general and one long and short weapon.

As for the rest of the soldiers and horses, they are not allowed to come within 300 steps of the dueling position to prevent accidents. "

After looking around again, Kato Kiyomasa said to Morimoto Rikishi, one of the three ministers of the family: "You go to Mingying with Ju Jingren and meet Lin Tailai in person to negotiate.

You don't have to be groveling, you can use provoking tactics against Lin Tai. If Lin doesn't dare to fight alone, forget it. Then bring back Lin Tailai's answer. "

Morimoto Rikishi agreed and followed Ju Jingren out of the city.

After watching Morimoto Rikishi and Ju Jingren leave, Iida Kujiro, one of the three ministers, advised Kato Kiyomasa: "It's too risky, please think again, my lord!"

Kato Kiyomasa stroked the long sword and said leisurely: "The destiny of the samurai is to seek the true meaning of death."

After finishing showing off, Kato Kiyomasa said again: "Now there is no other way but to use some dangerous strategies to survive.

Kujiro, please call the ninjas who are accompanying the army. I have some instructions! "

But he said that Ju Jingren brought Morimoto Rishi to Mingying and asked Morimoto Rishi to wait outside. Ju Jingren first reported to Lin Tianshuai alone.

At this time, Lin Tailai was discussing the siege of the city with the generals at the column level. No matter how hard it is to crack, it will still have to be cracked.

"One-on-one?" Lin Tailai was stunned for a while when he heard this word, and couldn't help but sigh: "You Ju Jingren are quite good at deceiving."

The generals were also surprised by this. When the two armies were fighting, there were several fierce men on each side fighting in front of the formation. This was also the case in this era.

But this kind of situation where the protagonist faces off in single combat definitely only exists in novels. Who serious protagonist would take this risk? Li Shimin's approach of charging into the battle with his guards was already the limit.

Ju Jingren licked his face and said: "Anyway, Tianshuai said that as long as the villain can spy on the Japanese soldiers and come back alive, he will be the president of the Hamjing Dao Maintenance Association.

It can be inferred from Kato's tone that the Japanese soldiers' rations can last at least a month, and they should have three thousand koku. "

After temporarily dismissing Ju Jingren, Lin Tailai smiled at the generals and said: "This is the deep-rooted habit of the Japanese. They are like gamblers, always dreaming of making big gains with small things.

It was the same with the last night attack, and it was the same with this one-on-one challenge. They were all gamblers in nature. "

The generals laughed softly when they heard Lin Jinglue's teasing.

Ma Gui, the commander of the second corps, said: "If this Japanese pirate dares to risk his life to fight for his way out, he is quite capable."

Lin Tailai laughed and said, "You think so, Lao Ma? It means you don't have a deep understanding of Japanese pirates. Please write a thousand-word review and hand it in within two days."

Ma Gui: "."

Then Lin Jinglue analyzed everyone and said: "There is another level of Japanese habits. Even if they are brave and brave on the surface, there must be despicable little tricks and tricks secretly.

Then they will smugly believe that this unscrupulous trick is a kind of wisdom and strategy.

So Kato Kiyomasa seems to be going for a one-on-one fight, but he will definitely play tricks. "

Ma Gui, who was having a headache just thinking about a thousand-word review, said again: "No matter what tricks he has, just don't accept it. There is no reason for a one-on-one battle between generals."

Lin Tailai let out a long sigh and said: "If we can reduce the casualties of the officers and soldiers, why would we risk our lives!

As long as there is an opportunity to reduce the casualties of officers and soldiers, the headquarters will give it a try! "

All the generals said together: "Jing Lue loves his soldiers as much as his sons, I can't wait to wait!"

Lin Tailai waved his hand and said calmly: "Convey the words of the Headquarters to the whole battalion, so that every officer and soldier knows the dedication that the Headquarters has made for them!

The Honbu Institute doesn’t care about some false reputation, it’s mainly about boosting morale! After all, the army is on an expedition, and morale is very important. Without morale, it is just a ball of loose sand. "

Generals: "."

Then Lin Tailai glanced at several tall generals and asked: "The Japanese envoys brought by Ju Jingren are still waiting. Who is pretending to be the headquarters to receive the Japanese envoys?"

Someone asked in confusion: "Why didn't the governor meet him in person?"

Lin Tailai explained: "The Japanese don't eat much meat. Even if Kato Kiyomasa is known to be tall and strong, how can he compare with me?

No matter from the innate genes or the amount of meat he eats, Kato Kiyomasa can't be taller or stronger than me.

So I'm worried that if the Japanese envoys see my physique, Kato Kiyomasa won't dare to challenge me.

So I have to send you to replace me and confuse the Japanese envoys."

After a careful look, Lin Tailai pointed at the guerrilla Bai Sai and said: "You can imitate me."

Bai Sai was as excited as if he had won a prize. It seemed that he was very excited to play the role of the governor.

From the name of this person, you can tell that he is a "Da Jiang". This person is also one of the "Four Great Generals of Xuanda", or in other words, most of the four great generals are Da Jiang.

He is more than 1.8 meters tall, which is barely enough to pretend to be Lin Jinglüe in front of strangers.

Lin Jinglüe didn't care how Paisai met the Japanese envoy afterwards.

Anyway, they couldn't understand each other's conversation directly, and needed interpreters to translate, so Lin Jinglüe didn't worry about being exposed because of Paisai's vulgar language.

However, it was heard later that the Japanese envoy's words were quite provocative, and Paisai was so angry that he almost chopped people on the spot.

But in the end, they reached an agreement to fight tomorrow, and the location was "300 steps outside the south gate" as proposed by Kato Kiyomasa, which was a very reasonable place.

At this location, it was difficult for both sides' long-range weapons to cause substantial damage. In case of unexpected problems, it should be enough for each side to run back.

The next day, when Lin Tailai put on the 80-jin heavy armor after a full meal, he asked his subordinates: "Has my dedication to the safety of all the officers and soldiers been conveyed to the whole camp?"

Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan watched General Lin put on the armor and advised with some concern: "A single fight is different from the first landing. It also needs to take into account flexibility and durability.

General wearing 80-jin heavy armor is not suitable for a single fight. If the horse fights, the horsepower will not be able to bear it. If the foot fights, the body will be slow and it will be difficult to defeat the enemy."

The reason is simple. If the opponent dodges or keeps a distance, he can't catch up even if he wears 80-jin heavy armor.

Lin Jinglie replied in a good mood: "When traveling in the rivers and lakes, safety is the first priority. First, we must ensure that we can save our lives without any mistakes!

The Japanese must have some tricks to deal with us. Our headquarters does not need to chase the Japanese and fight them. We can just wait for the Japanese to come to us with thick armor.

In the final analysis, it is the Japanese who are anxious to win in this duel, not our headquarters.

If we can kill the Japanese general, we will kill him. If we cannot kill the Japanese, we will save our lives and retreat."

Dong Yiyuan praised: "General, this is a good saying! We don't seek merit, but we seek safety."

Finally, he put on the bronze helmet and face armor, and the arm guards, leg guards and neck guards were all available. Lin Jinglie was protected from top to bottom.

The 80-jin heavy armor is extraordinary. It has two layers of armor plates inside and outside. It will not break the armor even if it is cut by a knife or stabbed by a gun at close range.

After thinking about it, Lin Tailai took out a cloak and put it on, covering the outside of the iron armor.

This appearance looks like it is trying to cover up something, and it is out of place, which makes people confused.

Even if you put on a cloak, others can still see that you are wearing armor. Why do you need to put on an extra layer?

Lin Tailai explained: "I just don't want the opponent to notice the thickness of the armor. They habitually think that the headquarters is wearing light armor, which can be regarded as keeping a trump card."

In short, Lin Jinglüe's idea for this duel is to put on the thickest armor, but not let the opponent see it.

So Lin Jinglüe got on the carriage and went to the agreed duel location. There was also a set of tea sets and a small stove in the carriage.

Ma Gui saw this scene and thought secretly, could it be that Jinglüe planned to invite the other party to drink tea and then poison the tea?

This can explain why Jinglüe's mind is completely on defense. Of course, the most important thing after successfully poisoning the other party is to save his life.

When they were about six or seven hundred steps away from the south gate of Jizhou, they vaguely saw that someone was waiting at the city gate.

So Lin Tailai asked the other officers and soldiers to stop and got on the horse himself. In addition, only two of the four fierce generals, Jie Sheng and Po Gui, and a Japanese interpreter continued to move forward.

The situation on the opposite side was similar, and a group of four people also rode towards each other.

When the distance was only a few dozen steps, Jie Sheng and Po Gui stopped their horses and marched behind.

Lin Taili, holding a long spear and an iron whip, and the interpreter carrying tea sets and a small stove continued to move forward.

When he got closer, Lin Tailai could see clearly that the person on the opposite side was only three or four inches shorter than him. He was definitely a giant among the Japanese. It was definitely Kato Kiyomasa himself!

And as expected, Kato Kiyomasa was several times thinner than himself. In his eyes, he was just tall and thin.

Although Kato Kiyomasa's torso was wrapped in a domaru, it was difficult to see how strong he was, but the thickness of his arms could also give a clue.

So Lin Jinglie felt more at ease, believing that science was indeed correct. With the genes and meat intake of the Japanese, how could they be stronger than himself?

However, Kato Kiyomasa on the other side stopped moving when they were about the same distance. However, after seeing the appearance of the person coming from the opposite side, he was subconsciously stunned.

This Ming warrior who came to challenge him was obviously taller and stronger than him. Compared with him, he, who was known as the most powerful in Japan, actually looked "thin".

Damn! Yesterday, Morimoto Rikishi went to the Ming army to scout the camp, and the information he brought back was not like this!

Lin Tai saw that Kato Kiyomasa was standing still, so he also stopped and continued to look at his opponent.

There was a bunch of unknown hair on the top of the helmet, and a pair of horns were used as decoration. The body was also covered with two layers of clothes outside the armor.

The inner layer of clothing was buckled diagonally, as if it was a cassock, and the outer layer was a common half-sleeved jinhaori - like an extended and fat open-chested vest.

At the bottom of the cassock and jinhaori, the lower body armor that looked like a "miniskirt" was exposed.

Whenever he saw the armor of the Japanese general, Lin Tailai always couldn't help but think of the four words "strange shape", and the overall shape was always particularly like a standing frog.

In Lin Jinglie's eyes that seemed to be looking at a "rare animal", Kato Kiyomasa finally came back to his senses.

He took a deep breath, clenched his long sword, and secretly encouraged himself!

The strong are not only strong in body, but also in mind and wisdom! Originally, I didn't completely expect to win by force!

At this point, I have no way out, so I can only move forward bravely and defeat the strong enemy!

Being a weak person is not scary. As long as you have a will ten or a hundred times stronger than your opponent, you can create miracles!

As long as you defeat the person in front of you, you will be the unquestionable and true number one warrior in the world!

"Are you Lin Tailai, the general of the Ming army?" Kato Kiyomasa spoke first, trying his best to be neither humble nor arrogant: "I have heard of your name for a long time, and today I see that it is well-deserved!"

Lin Tailai's eyes were still full of curiosity and thirst for knowledge, and he said a lot of things to the interpreter.

Then he heard the interpreter translate and say: "The Great Ming Marshal would like to ask Kato Kiyomasa, what's the meaning of your dress?

You are still wearing a half-length cassock and a very simple ketone pill. Are you deliberately imitating your country's famous general Takeda Shingen?

I heard that Kato, you also believe in your Buddhism, so you should imitate Uesugi Kenshin? Or do you worship Takeda Shingen more?"

Baga! Kato Kiyomasa was so angry that he almost vomited blood. How much do you, Lin Tailai, despise others?

Could it be that in your eyes, Lin Tailai, I am just a "foreign wonder" for textual research and appreciation?

This is a one-on-one duel, please take it seriously!

Looking at the opponent's stronger body, Kato Kiyomasa tried his best to control his temper, calmly asked his interpreter to put up a small table and tea sets, and lit firewood to boil water.

Then he said to Lin Tailai politely: "Before the duel, I invite you to taste our country's tea ceremony, and use elegant things to accompany this grand event for future generations to praise!"

Lin Tailai was stunned for a moment, and asked his interpreter to take out tea sets and a small stove from the backpack.

Kato Kiyomasa: "."

How did you think of the same thing? Could it be that the other party also has some conspiracy?