Chapter 665

The Ouchi clan sent out a force.

There were about two hundred men, clad in armor and armed with tachi swords.

Pan Yun had long wanted to test the mettle of their army.

Behind the sea bandits who had invaded the Ming Dynasty lurked the shadows of the Ouchi clan, the Kikuchi clan, and others. The samurai had all received some degree of military training.

She wanted to see just what they had that let them contend with the Ming navy.

Seeing so many people charging in from three sides, Masuda Shinta was thrown into a frantic panic. "Th-this-this... there's no time to notify the family head, and mobilizing troops takes time too..."

Clearly, they had no time to spare.

"Hand your men over to me too!"

Masuda Shinta agreed at once and hurriedly ordered the samurai to obey Pan Yun's commands.

But they did not have many samurai either, only twenty in total.

Including the people Pan Yun had brought, they numbered only forty-eight.

And they had just gone through a bloody battle; their strength was far from what it had been...

Masuda Shinta had no time to watch Pan Yun arrange her forces. He hastily shoved Yamana Hidehichi into the house, taking the two strongest samurai with him.

"Young Master, let them take you out of the encirclement. You cannot die here."

Yamana Hidehichi's blood boiled. Drawing his sword, he said, "Why would I be afraid? Men, charge with me—"

He had only rushed out two steps before Masuda Shinta dragged him back. "Young Master, you are the family head's finest son and the future heir of the Yamana clan. Your safety alone is worth a thousand armies and ten thousand horses, so you must leave!"

Pan Little Black, crouching atop a beam, poked his head down for