Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 454 448. Hit by an Arrow
Feng Xi left more than a thousand soldiers to guard the ships with Xu Sheng's navy to prevent the local Japanese from causing trouble, and personally led the army in the direction pointed by the locals. With nearly 10,000 troops, Kyushu and even the entire Japanese island could be swept across at this time.

In addition, the Shenwu Camp led by Feng Xi was fully equipped with armor, all dressed in white robes, with various weapons in neat order in their hands, swords and spears like a forest, and swords and halberds like rain. It was obvious at first glance that they were not a motley crowd, but were definitely unique on the Japanese island.

Many ordinary Japanese people on the roadside were terrified when they saw Feng Xi's army. They were so scared that they could only lie on the ground with their heads almost pressed to the ground, not daring to look directly at the passing Han army.

"Grand Commander, this place is so desolate, like a village in Bingzhou..."

Bao Yi followed Feng Xi on horseback and frowned at the thatched houses and dirt roads on both sides. The fields here are mainly paddy fields and rice, and other crops are rarely seen.

The horses were naturally also transported on the ship, but due to limited space, only the horses of a few senior generals could be on board, and the other soldiers could only serve as horseless infantry.

"Jiuzhou is a remote place to begin with, and the place where we landed is probably not a prosperous place either, so this is normal."

Feng Xi thought about it. At this time, Wa Island was still in the midst of war. Like the Han Dynasty, the prosperous areas were definitely those in the center of Honshu. The Hizen area where Nagasaki was located did not truly prosper until the Age of Discovery, when it became the first stop for ships from various countries to dock at Wa Island. Before that, it was just a remote place where no one lived.

"It's just a small island, but they dare to call it Kyushu... These Japanese are really arrogant..."

Bao Yi nodded in understanding, but he was a little unhappy with the name of the island. Feng Xi smiled and said that this was nothing. Even now, the Sanyin and Sanyang areas in the west of Honshu Island are still called the Chinese area, which makes people frequently play.

"The cultural heritage of the Japanese islands is not deep, and many place names and even language are borrowed from the Han people. They have lost their original meanings. We just need to go back and correct them."

Feng Xi shrugged. This was one of the purposes of his visit. No matter what, he had to cut off the cultural heritage on the Japanese island first. He had not yet figured out how to deal with the people on the island. He could only take it one step at a time.

After walking for more than ten miles, Feng Xi saw a village with smoke rising from cooking fires in the distance. The village was just like any other village in the Han Dynasty, with the same muddy roads and people wearing ragged clothes and with faces that showed they had been through a lot.

Bao Yidu believed that this scene was taken in a place in the Central Plains after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Feng Xi's group was so powerful and their banners were flying high that they could not be hidden from the eyes of the common people. Of course, Feng Xi did not try to hide it. He and his group came openly. To sneak around would be disgraceful to the Han people.

"Grand Commander, the man just said that their local king is here, but this place is just an ordinary village no matter how you look at it? Have we been deceived?"

Ma Su, who had been looking around without saying a word, now stared at the village in the distance with a suspicious look on his face. In his opinion, even if the residence of the local king was not as prosperous as Luoyang or Chengdu, it should at least be a county-level place. What kind of big shot could there be in a broken village in the wilderness?

"General, I think what General Ma said makes sense. Since he is the ruler of a country, his food, clothing and daily necessities should be the best in the area. It seems that there is nothing here that meets this standard."

Bao Yi squinted his eyes and looked carefully, confirming that there was nothing in the village that looked very luxurious at first glance.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let me see..."

Feng Xi took out his "Clairvoyance" telescope and scanned the village. Then his sight stopped at a certain place and he looked carefully. He put down the telescope and thought for a while, then he said with some certainty:
"That should be right. I think I saw it."

Nowadays, telescopes are no longer valuable items. Ma Su and Bao Yi each have one. However, the workmanship is definitely not as sophisticated as the one in Feng Xi's hand, but it does not affect normal use.

All they could see were ordinary thatched houses or wooden houses, and they didn't see any luxury houses at all.

"Look west, slightly to the right of the well, there is a house with a flag on the roof." Feng Xi reminded the two people, and they looked at the house Feng Xi mentioned. From the appearance, it was only slightly more luxurious than ordinary people's houses. The whole house was still made of wood. Apart from the flag, there was really nothing special about it.

"Grand Commander, isn't this just a family that looks a bit more wealthy?"

Ma Su was a little puzzled, and Feng Xi did not want to spend time talking about the local situation at length, so he directly signaled everyone to camp around this village today.

"Clang clang clang!"

When Feng Xi and his party approached the village, they heard the sound of bells coming from somewhere. It was probably made by the village sentry. However, the Han army was not surprised. It would be strange if such a village had no defensive measures at all.

Soon, nearly a hundred people rushed out of the village, each holding a sharpened bamboo spear in their hands. Most of them were wearing their daily clothes, and a few of them were wearing bamboo armor, which barely provided protection.

"Call out your king."

Feng Xi slightly stepped forward on his horse, picked up the loudspeaker that he almost never left with his right hand, and shouted a few words in authentic Mandarin.

The ordinary people on the opposite side looked at each other in confusion. It was obvious that they did not understand what Feng Xi said, or did not fully understand it.

"Whoosh-"

"Captain, be careful!"

"Xiu Yuan!"

There was a sound of something breaking through the air, and Feng Xi saw out of the corner of his eye that an object was flying towards him. Bao Yi and Fu Rong behind him also saw it clearly and immediately raised their voices to warn him.

Feng Xi even saw clearly that this thing was also an arrow with a sharpened bamboo shaft and a stone arrowhead tied to it.

If it was the Han army's own Shenbi crossbow, Feng Xi naturally would not dare to be so ostentatious, but this kind of crudely made bow and arrow, whose flying speed seemed even still in Feng Xi's eyes, Feng Xi did not take it seriously at all.

"Go!"

Feng Xi lowered his right hand slightly, and raised his left hand with lightning speed, grabbing the "sharp arrow" that was shooting towards his body.

Of course, for Feng Xi, it would be fine as long as he was not hit directly in the face. He was wearing rattan armor under his armor, and ordinary swords and arrows could not penetrate it.

The Han army breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Feng Xi catch the arrow with ease. Although they knew that their commander-in-chief was extremely brave, there was still a big difference between what they heard and what they actually saw.

"Ah! Bakana! Papa to Mono!"

A cry of surprise in Japanese was heard from the rooftops of the village.

(End of this chapter)