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The day of Minamoto no Yorimitsu's dispatch of troops finally arrived, and Hakurin finally met the most famous general of the Japanese era. He was only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, but he was already mature and steady, with the demeanor of a great general. However, the troops he led were hard to describe. He claimed to have eight thousand soldiers, but only a little over two thousand of them were well-equipped and armed (the elite soldiers). The rest were peasant soldiers who had not been trained for long and were not even fully equipped with weapons.

Bai Lin silently shook his head. With this kind of strength, if they weren't living on a remote island, they would have been wiped out by the nomadic tribes long ago.

Fearing that the monk Domo might harm Fujiwara no Michinaga again, Seimei had to remain in Kyoto. However, he had already made his intentions clear to Hakurin: as long as Hakurin remained loyal to him, the Fujiwara clan would provide whatever the Minamoto clan could offer, and even more. Hakurin simply laughed it off.

Bai Lin didn't bring any other mages from the Onmyodo, only Eri to accompany and serve him, which drew a knowing look from Seimei.

Although Minamoto no Hiromasa and Watanabe no Tsuna highly recommended him, the proud and arrogant Minamoto no Yorimitsu did not pay much attention to Hakurin's joining the army. He only arranged for him to accompany the left army and assist Urabe no Suetake, one of Yorimitsu's "Four Heavenly Kings".

Urabe Suetake was tall and muscular, a strong man with immense strength. He was also a follower of "Susanoo" and was known as a warrior capable of defeating ten thousand men. However, in Bai Lin's opinion, he only resembled Li Kui in appearance and was not in the same league as Guan Yu or Zhang Fei.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu didn't take it seriously, and Urabe no Suetake naturally didn't care about Hakurin either. He just treated him as a monk who came with the army to pray for blessings, and let him go with the baggage train.

Bai Lin was relieved. On the fourth day of their march, the army entered the territory of Tanba Province. The daimyo there refused to see them, giving Minamoto no Yorimitsu a cold shoulder. This angered Yorimitsu so much that he almost attacked the city directly. It was only thanks to Minamoto no Hiromasa that he was stopped from starting a fight.

Bai Lin recalled the legend that Minamoto no Yorimitsu encountered a messenger of the gods on his campaign. The messenger gave him a fine wine that was harmless to mortals but deadly to demons. Minamoto no Yorimitsu feigned submission to Shuten-dōji, shared the wine with him, and then poisoned Shuten-dōji before killing him.

However, given the current situation, Minamoto no Yorimitsu had no intention of using any tricks; he simply wanted to fight the demon army head-on. With a wave of his hand, he bypassed the castles of Tanba Province and marched directly towards Mount Ōe.

Watanabe no Tsuna, who was in charge of scouting ahead, returned to report and presented a map to Minamoto no Yorimitsu. After a night of discussion, Yorimitsu decided to divide his forces into three routes, attacking from three directions around Mount Ōe. This strategy implicitly employed a siege tactic, surrounding three sides and leaving one open to deter the enemy from committing a desperate act. The missing side was only a few dozen miles from the sea, meaning escape would be difficult. It also allowed for the interception of any possible reinforcements. If the daimyo of Tanba Province were to attempt a rear attack, Yorimitsu could coordinate with his left and right armies to launch a pincer movement and deliver a crushing blow. This demonstrates that Yorimitsu's reputation was well-deserved and impressed Hakurin.

The problem now is that there are several thousand ghost soldiers from Mount Ooe, and the disparity in troop strength is not significant. The combat effectiveness of the Central Army has become the key to the battle.

As Minamoto no Yorimitsu's vanguard entered the mountains, they spotted the demon army's stronghold in the distance. The demons had built a high wall at the mountain pass. The top of the wall and the ground in front of it were a striking white expanse, quite visible in the sunlight.

But as they got closer to Minamoto no Yorimitsu and his soldiers, they realized that the white bones were clearly those of humans. The walls were lined with neat rows of skulls, and the ground in front of the walls was littered with piles of human bones. Countless flies swarmed around them, and the stench of decay was overwhelming. At a glance, it was clear that at least tens of thousands of people had died and become food for the monsters.

If there is a hell in this world, this place must be the forecourt of hell. Although it was broad daylight, the soldiers felt a chill in the air, and many soldiers were trembling. Before the battle even started, they had almost lost all will to fight.

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Minamoto no Yorimitsu's generals were filled with rage and fury, but Watanabe no Tsuna, looking at the soldiers around him, whispered to Minamoto no Yorimitsu, "General! The soldiers are terrified..."

Minamoto no Yorimitsu roared, "Beat the drums! This general will raze this city wall to the ground!"

Watanabe no Tsuna and the other three generals were startled. Minamoto no Yorimitsu had not personally taken action for a long time, but he had become famous since he was a teenager and was known as the young sword saint. In the past year or two, Watanabe no Tsuna felt that Minamoto no Yorimitsu's strength had greatly improved, but he did not know how strong he had become.

Logically speaking, as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Minamoto no Yorimitsu should not personally lead the vanguard. However, not a single person in the entire army objected, mainly because of their almost religious worship of Minamoto no Yorimitsu's military prowess.

When Minamoto no Yorimitsu put on his magnificent general's helmet, it looked like he was wearing a huge flower. If Hakurin had seen it, he would have found it a bit comical, but in the eyes of the soldiers, this huge flower was like another sun, as if Amaterasu herself had descended. Their morale, which had been low due to fear, suddenly soared to its peak.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu rode a tall horse and charged out of the army formation, his body radiating golden divine light. He was in a divine descent state, with the divine power of Amaterasu filling his body.

He roared, and the golden light became even more dazzling. He rushed to the ground of white bones, and the golden light shone on the swarms of flies and insects, burning them to ashes.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu drew his tachi, Yasutsuna. Although the sword was only a little over two feet long, the golden light attached to it extended for more than a meter. With another roar, which sounded like a muffled thunderclap in the valley, he leaped high off his horse, reaching a height higher than the city wall.

A sword aura nearly ten meters long was unleashed from Minamoto no Yorimitsu's treasured sword, cleaving the terrifying gate in two.

Bai Lin, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, teleported to a nearby mountaintop and looked at the battle situation of the front army from afar. He was immediately shocked by the powerful destructive force of Minamoto no Yorimitsu's sword that cleaved open the gate. Could this really be done by a mortal?

The gates of the ghost town collapsed with a crash, and Minamoto no Yorimitsu's soldiers cheered excitedly, their shouts deafening and echoing throughout the valley.

But before Minamoto no Yorimitsu could land, an extremely powerful pressure surged out from the demon castle, and large swaths of dark clouds drifted over from the other side of the mountain, causing the sky to darken considerably in an instant.

A colossal object swept over the city wall. Minamoto no Yorimitsu had just landed and hadn't even gotten into position when the object came crashing down on his head.

Only then did everyone realize that it was actually a demon head with a gaping, blood-red mouth, as big as a thatched hut. The demon's mouth was filled with gleaming white teeth, and it was biting at Minamoto no Yorimitsu, or rather, it wasn't biting at him, but rather trying to swallow him whole.

The generals in the army were shocked and rushed forward to help Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu remained calm, raised his sword, and a golden sword aura slashed at the demon's mouth. Although he failed to cleave it in two, the demon cried out in pain and flew back.

Suddenly, countless flags were raised on the city wall, which had previously only displayed skeletons. Ghostly figures surged onto the city wall, all of them black and white monsters. Amidst strange cries and the sound of peculiar and noisy musical instruments, the monsters carried a magnificent palanquin out of the city. The palanquin was covered with a yellow silk canopy, making it look like an emperor's procession.

A handsome male ghost with a single horn on his head sat on a palanquin. He was shirtless and held an exquisite bronze wine pot in his hand. While pouring wine into his mouth, he kicked the young girl serving him. The girl was barely clothed and covered in wounds, but it was clear that she was a lady from a respectable family.

Read Chapter 307, "Mounting Troops to Mount Ooe," now to begin your exciting day.