Chapter 54: Ninja Assassin
Thank you for the reward from brother Mian Ruo Tao Hua. You are my first reward. I will always remember you. I wish you happiness every day and all the best.
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At the temporary command post of the 10th Brigade, Naofumi Tachimi looked at the sky with heavy snow and was speechless. Could it be that even God did not help the Imperial Japanese Army?
Behind him, Xiao Zhengshu, who had just put on his clothes, said worriedly: "Sir, this weather is very unfavorable for our army's attack. Do you want to suspend the attack?"
Naofumi Tachimi shook his head and said: "Not to mention that I don't know when the snow will stop, even if we suspend the attack, it will not be today. There is not much snow on the ground today. Once tomorrow, the attack will be more difficult. What's more, the assassination team has arrived. Let them take the opportunity to sneak into the enemy camp when our army attacks today."
"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander has a good opinion. I am too superficial. I will go down and convey the order. Mr. Tachimi has not slept all night. Why don't you take a rest first." Xiao Zhengshu stood up and said.
Li Jian Shangwen nodded gently and closed his eyes to rest.
Wei Jichen was lying on the bed. When he heard that the Japanese had started to attack again, he could only say that he was powerless. He handed over the command to Li Yunfei. He believed that with the help of Hu Dianjia, Li Yunfei would not cause any big trouble.
Wei Jichen, who was lying on the bed, heard the soldiers passing by outside the tent talking about him in a low voice from time to time.
"Do you know who lives here?"
"Who?"
"Wei Jichen Wei Zijie."
"No, it's the Wei Jichen who calculated that it would snow today?"
"Of course, do you think there is another Wei Jichen in the army?"
"Wow, Lord Wei is really amazing."
...
These soldiers are really two-faced. They were still sympathizing and laughing at me yesterday, but today they all turned into respect and worship.
Wei Jichen had nothing to do when he was free. In addition to resting, he would go in from time to time to check his prestige value. Seeing that it would increase a little every few minutes, he couldn't help but smile.
The Japanese attack stopped before dinner, just as Wei Jichen had expected.
I don't know what this Lijian Shangwen was thinking. He did it even though he knew it was impossible. It's not like a famous general to do it.
Wei Jichen didn't know that Lijian Shangwen had already set his sights on him.
"Okay, Yunfei, don't praise me to the sky and the earth anymore." Wei Jichen looked at Li Yunfei and others with a headache.
After dinner, these old subordinates came to visit him. Unlike yesterday's impassioned, tonight they flattered him.
Xiao Si's eyes were so bright from laughing that he couldn't see them. He said, "Brothers, you are right. Weiying, you are the star of Wu Qu. You can know astronomy and geography by counting with your fingers."
"Yes, Weiying, I heard that after Liu Shengxiu returned to the camp, he was so angry that he smashed the chamber pot he used at night. I wonder where he will solve it tonight." Even Hu Zi, who usually doesn't like to joke, said this in a muffled voice.
"Weiying, you didn't go to the battlefield today. The brothers of Weiying are all holding their heads high. They see the soldiers of other camps with their eyes looking up at the sky. Why? Because they think it is a blessing to serve under Weiying." Li Yunfei said with a smile.
"The soldiers of other camps are envious, and they only regret that they didn't join our Weiying." Mengzi took over Li Yunfei's words and continued.
Wei Jichen was speechless for a while.
Li Yunfei saw him secretly yawning, and couldn't help but smiled and said to everyone: "Brothers, it's getting late, let's say goodbye and leave, so that Weiying can rest assured to recover."
"Yes, yes, yes, so, we will withdraw first, and hope that Weiying can recover soon and fight side by side with brothers again." Everyone stood up and bowed to say goodbye.
Wei Jichen wanted to get up and see him off, but was stopped by Li Yunfei.
Helplessly, Wei Jichen had to watch everyone leave.
After a while, Wei Jichen heard footsteps coming from outside again, and he couldn't help but secretly wondered who had returned.
Not long after, he saw Nie Cairong carefully walk in with a bowl of soup.
Nie Cairong, who always loved cleanliness, was covered in dust this time, and even her face was smoked black, leaving only a pair of bright eyes.
"Brother Wei, drink this ginseng soup while it's hot." Nie Cairong said as she walked.
"You didn't make the soup yourself?" Wei Jichen couldn't help but ask when he saw her like this.
Nie Cairong nodded, stepped on the small steps and brought it to Wei Jichen, saying: "You were injured today because of me, so of course I have to make soup for you myself."
Thinking of what happened this morning, Wei Jichen was even more moved. Although he was just joking at the time, he accidentally saw Nie Rongcai's brotherly love for him. Now it was even more difficult for him, a young master, to cook for himself.
"Rongcai, if you were a woman, I would definitely marry you." Wei Jichen said with a smile.
"Brother Wei, what are you talking about? We are brothers who are friends for life and death." Nie Cairong said in a slightly flustered tone.
"Okay, okay, I know you are a real man, and I don't like that either, don't worry." Wei Jichen thought he misunderstood and explained repeatedly.
After getting up and drinking a sip of the soup, Wei Jichen couldn't help but secretly take back what he had just said. If he was a woman, he would not marry her either. Can this soup be drunk by people?
Not only was it salty, but it also had a strong bitter taste.
"How is it? Brother Wei, is it delicious?" Nie Cairong looked at him with a pair of bright eyes, looking forward to it.
"Yeah, it's delicious." Wei Jichen saw her expression and had to answer against his conscience.
"If it tastes good, I will make it for Brother Wei every day in the future." Nie Cairong blurted out, and then felt that there was ambiguity in her words, and she couldn't help but shyly lowered her head slightly.
"This, Rongcai, you are a man who does big things, how can you do such small things every day!" Wei Jichen frowned and persuaded earnestly that if I drink this soup every day in the future, I guess my life will not be saved.
"Brother Wei's lesson is that I am too sentimental." Nie Cairong seemed to have suddenly changed into a different person, and immediately returned to the frivolous look when Wei Jichen first met him.
What kind of people are around him? Wei Jichen shook his head speechlessly.
"Warning, warning, a life form with a friendly degree of -15 appears within 15 meters of the host."
Ding Dong's voice suddenly sounded in Wei Jichen's ears at an inopportune time.
Friendly degree warning is a passive function, and Wei Jichen can also cover it. Generally, before going to the battlefield, Wei Jichen will choose to cover it, because there are so many enemies on the battlefield. If this function is turned on, he will be annoyed to death.
But after leaving the battlefield, Wei Jichen will turn it on again for safety reasons. Anyway, it's only one or two seconds, and he won't joke about his life to save this little time.
The higher the level, the farther the warning range. When Wei Jichen was a lower-level private, the warning range was only 5 meters. Now that he has been promoted to a senior private, the warning range has been expanded to 15 meters.
When Wei Jichen heard the warning, he almost reflexively pulled out a pistol from under the pillow, and then threw Nie Cairong to the ground in a daze, and the two of them fell to the ground at the same time.
Nie Cairong's eyes were filled with astonishment, and her heart was in a state of panic and anger. Could it be that Brother Wei had discovered that I was a girl? But I couldn't do that.
What should I do?
Should I shout for help? Or, or, Nie Cairong didn't dare to think any further for a moment.
Wei Jichen covered her mouth with his other hand and whispered, "There are enemies. Let's hide under the bed."
Without waiting for Nie Cairong to speak, he hugged her and gently rolled under the bed.
There are enemies!
Nie Cairong was stunned for a while, and blamed herself in her heart: I really shouldn't doubt Brother Wei's character. Even if Brother Wei knew that I was a girl, he wouldn't be so anxious.
At the same time, she also felt a little disappointed.
As for the enemies that Wei Jichen mentioned, she had long forgotten them. She buried her head gently in Wei Jichen's arms, and Nie Cairong felt very safe.
The enemy hid in the dark, Wei Jichen did not dare to shout loudly, he was afraid that shouting would expose his hiding place and bring disaster upon himself.
Who wanted to kill me? There were only a few people I had offended. Wei Jichen immediately ruled out Liu Shengxiu. Although Liu Shengxiu was a little bit old and ignored the overall situation, he would never destroy his reputation for himself. Once the assassination was exposed, he would not escape punishment.
Apart from Liu Shengxiu, there were only the Japanese. It was obvious that the Japanese wanted to kill me. I believe that Li Jian Shangwen hated me to the core for killing so many of their officers.
Moreover, the Japanese also liked to use insidious means such as assassination. Yuan Shikai was assassinated countless times by Japanese assassins in Korea.
Zhang Zuolin and others in later generations also died in assassinations.
Wei Jichen was motionless, listening to the noise outside the tent with his ears erect. Suddenly, he heard patrol soldiers passing by. Two soldiers were walking and talking about today's battle.
"Why is there a shadow over there?" A soldier stopped talking and suddenly asked another soldier beside him.
"Here," the other soldier was about to reply, but his voice stopped here.
Then, Wei Jichen saw a slight shaking of the tent, and a small hissing sound came into his ears.
If he hadn't been concentrating, he would definitely not have noticed this small sound.
Almost in the blink of an eye, there was another person in the tent. This person was covered in white all over, white clothes, white pants, a white headscarf on his head, and even his face was made pale as snow by something.
With this outfit, Wei Jichen estimated that he was the legendary Japanese ninja.
In Japanese history, Japanese ninjas have always played the role of assassins. Whether it was the Edo period of Japan, the Warring States period of Japan, or the current Meiji period, they were extremely active. As long as the war continues, the inheritance of Japanese ninjas will not be cut off.
As soon as the ninja rolled into the tent, he raised the crossbow in his hand and blew hard at Wei Jichen's quilt, and the steel needles in the blowpipe shot out.
Wei Jichen was about to take action when he saw four or five shurikens suddenly flying at him, aiming directly at the bottom of the bed.
Wei Jichen glanced at another ninja who appeared at some point and looked at him with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
In an instant, Wei Jichen realized that he had been discovered and was playing cat and mouse!
Wei Jichen consciously let his anger begin to burn, and the shuriken was about to hit Nie Cairong's back.
Wei Jichen did not retreat but instead pulled Nie Cairong behind him and let the shuriken hit his chest.
No matter how cunning you are and how good your stabbing skills are, you will not know that I have a bulletproof vest.
With a bang, Wei Jichen raised his hand and fired a shot. The ninja who had just fired the shuriken and mocked him fell down. Seeing this, another ninja rolled over and hid behind the table.
The sound of the gunshot spread far away in the dark night. Outside the tent, the soldiers heard the sound and began to shout loudly.
"There is an assassin!"
"Someone wants to kill Officer Wei."
Various shouts came one after another, and footsteps began to come from all directions.
Two more ninjas suddenly jumped in from outside the door. These two people were obviously on guard outside the door just now, but they heard a gunshot inside the tent, which was obviously a problem with the assassination.
The three ninjas looked at each other, and at the same time pulled back the ninja sticks from their backs, and then threw them forward. An iron chain connected to a five-claw hook was nailed to the bed board at once.
The three ninjas pulled back hard, and with a crash, the bed board broke into pieces, and Wei Jichen and Nie Cairong suddenly appeared.
It was so quick that it took only a dozen seconds from the time the other two Japanese entered the room to the time the bed was lifted.
Although Wei Jichen's personal skill, the angry bullet, was powerful, it consumed his mental strength, and now Wei Jichen was at his weakest mental state. Therefore, after he killed a ninja, he felt a little dazed and wanted to continue hiding under the bed to relax a little.
Who knew that these ninjas were really lingering and would not give up until they achieved their goal.
Wei Jichen, whose body was exposed, had to endure the dizziness and rolled outside three or four times, and then shot again as fast as lightning.
Without any surprise, one of the ninjas was shot in the middle of his eyebrows, and his half-squatting body fell to the ground with a bang.
The reason why Wei Jichen separated from Nie Cairong was that he knew that the Japanese were targeting him, and if he stayed with Nie Cairong all the time, it would only bring danger to her.
With a whoosh, Wei Jichen felt a sharp pain on the back of his hand. It turned out that one of the ninjas shot the back of his right hand with a blow arrow.
The arrow was poisonous, and Wei Jichen immediately felt the back of his hand go numb and out of control. He couldn't hold the gun at all, and the revolver fell to the ground.
Seeing that Wei Jichen had lost his weapon, two ninjas holding ninja swords rushed up with strange cries.
Wei Jichen's situation at this time was not optimistic. He was not only in a bad mood, but also injured in many places. Although the footsteps and shouts outside the tent were gradually approaching, the ninja had enough time to chop him with a knife and leave safely.
However, he, who had always been determined, would certainly not surrender and run away. He knew that he could not outrun the two ninjas with his injuries, and would only die faster.
Wei Jichen picked up a piece of wood with his left hand and threw it over, and then slowly retreated while throwing whatever he grabbed on the ground.
There was also a command knife on the other side of the tent. Wei Jichen wanted to retreat to where.
Ah!
The two ninjas seemed to see through his plan and did not give him any chance. Instead, they shouted and chopped at him at the same time, splitting the wooden boards and other things in half.