I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The children around Aiyaka, while reporting something to Aiyaka, have been curiously watching the two strangers Ogata and Amachi, as well as being caught by Aiyaka. Nekushi and Noosa are behind Ogata's back.

"Lucia?" Ogata frowned. "What happened? Is...Are there Lucians planning to rob your village?"

"No, it's not." Ayaka shook his head, whose helplessness on his face had not disappeared. "Mashima, do you remember what I told you before?"

"A group of Lucias once lived in our village temporarily."

Ogata began to remember.

Soon afterwards, I recalled—Aiyaka did say something similar.

On the night that the cannibal bear was killed, Aiyaka asked Ogata and the others what weapons Susakura and Kasana were, and they told them that he had lived in a group of his village temporarily. After a while, Lucia had seen short guns.

"That group of Lucias who lived in our village temporarily before are here again." Aiyaka said, "I just left 2 months ago, why are they back..."

Ayaka muttered, while leading Ogata to stride towards the village where he lived.

The village where Aiyaka lives is called "Kuma".

When I was still far away, I couldn't see clearly.

Now after approaching the village, Ogata has gradually seen the whole picture of the village.

The architectural style of the Ezo villages is quite different from the architectural style of the Heren villages.

The houses of Ezo are all made of withered hay and wood that Ogata cannot name.

Although the architectural styles are quite different, the rural atmosphere that permeates the air is the same between the two.

After Ayaka led Ogata and the others into the village, they immediately called Ogata and them with curious and suspicious eyes.

Maybe it was the news that "Aiyaka brought two Japanese people back to the village." More and more people showed up and gathered around, looking at Ogata and Amachi with curious eyes.

Aiyaka whispered in Ezo language to the people who approached.

Ogata guessed-probably to explain to everyone who Ogata and Amachi are.

Just as Ogata stood silently behind Ayaka and allowed Ayaka to explain slowly to the people around him, a Japanese with a strange accent suddenly came into Ogata's ears.

"Aiyaka! It's been a long time since I saw you!"

"Ah." Aiyaka followed the prestige, "Vahiri, it's you, it's really been a long time since I saw you."

When this Japanese with a strange accent sounded, Ogata followed suit.

After seeing the voice of the owner, Ogata couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Facial features deeper than Ezo, fair skin, and dressed in very Western-style clothes.

"Lucia..." Ogata whispered in a volume that only he could hear.

A total of three Lucias were walking towards Ogata and the others at an unhurried speed.

The height of the three of them is about the same as Ogata, about 1 meter 7.

The one who said hello to Aiyaka in Japanese and was called "Vahiri" by Aiyaka was the one who walked at the forefront of these three people-a young man with curly brown hair and green eyes.

None of these three people carried any weapons, so they walked up to Ayaka with their hands empty-handed.

"Vahili." Aiyaka asked Vahili the first step, "Why are you staying with us again?"

"The map drawn last time was drawn wrong in many places." The young man named Vahiri by Aiyaka smiled wryly, "So our boss can only lead us back and redraw. Map once."

"Where is your boss?" Aiyaka continued.

"He led some people to the drawing yesterday." Wahiri shrugged. "I won't be here for the time being, but—should be back soon."

After that, Vasily looked up and down Ayaka and Ogata and others who stood beside Ayaka.

Looking at Ogata and Amachi, Vasily couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes.

After looking at Ogata and Amachi several times, Vasily retracted his gaze, and then cast his eyes on Ayaka again.

"Ayaka, I have heard about it." Vasily said, "You went hunting the cannibal bears. How? Did you successfully kill the pair of cannibals? And, what are these two?"

The "two people" mentioned by Vasily naturally meant Ogata and Amachi.

"These two are the guests I invited back."

Ayaka replied without thinking.

"Thanks to the assistance of these two guests, the two cannibal bears are dead.

"The two cannibal bears were killed by these two men. I basically didn't do anything."

"Oh?" Vasily raised his eyebrows, and then looked at Ogata again. The look of surprise in his eyes was much richer than before. "Both man-eating bears were killed by these two men?"

Vasily grinned.

"It seems Ayaka, you have invited a very powerful guest back."

"By the way, I haven't seen a Japanese in a long time."

"Hello. My name is Wahiri. My full name is very long. Just call me Wahiri."

After all, Vasily bowed lightly to Ogata and Amachi, performing Japanese etiquette.

"Hello." Ogata returned. "My name is Majima Goro."

Ah Ding: "My name is Ah Ding."

After greeting the two of Ogata, Vasily waved his hand at Ayaka.

"Aiyaka, I have something to do, so I'll leave first. If I have time, come to our side for a drink."

"Oh? Are you busy?" Aiyaka asked.

"I have been busy keeping accounts today." Vasily shrugged with a wry smile, "You know, I have always been responsible for the finances of our group."

"According to my current speed, I will definitely not be able to finish it until late at night."

"I just heard that you are back just now, so I ran out to look at you in a hurry."

"That's it, I'll go back and keep my account, and see you later."

After speaking, Vasily waved his hand at Aiyaka again.

This time, he not only waved with Ayaka, but also waved with Ogata and Amachi.

While waving his hands, he led the two Lucias behind him away.

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at the same time-

Songqian Castle, the residence of Songping Dingxin—

"Old Master."

Tachibana knelt down on one knee in front of Matsuba Matshin, and announced her respectfully.

"My sirs, all are here."

Songping Dingxin was sitting at a table at this time, writing swiftly.

After Tachibana's voice fell, Matsudaira Matshinbu said in a flat tone:

"Oh, I see."

After all, Songping Dingxin put aside the brush in his hand and stood up after the table case.

At this time, Matsuhira Dingxin did not make a leisurely dress.

Instead, he wore the most formal dress among the shogunate officials-裃.

The white shirt, dark green shoulder coat and hakama are as clean as new without exception.

The shoulder coat is embroidered with the family pattern of the Tokugawa family that ruled the entire Edo shogunate: the three-leaf sunflower pattern.

Tachibana also wears the most formal clean dress just like Matsudaira. The same clover is embroidered on the clothes.

"Tachibana, let's go."

After leaving these words indifferently, Matsudai Dingxin helped the flanks inserted between his left waist and walked out of the room in a stride.

And Tachibana responded with a loud "Yes", and walked quickly to the knife holder in the corner of the room, and took off the knife of Matsudaira Matshinori-Nagasone Tiger Toru from the knife holder.

Then he hugged the long Soone Tiger of Matsuhira Dingxin in his arms, and followed him at a pace a few steps slowly.

After leaving the room, Matsudaira Dingxin asked Tachibana walking behind him without turning his head:

"How are the dishes prepared?"

"It's all ready." Tachibana said immediately, "You can serve food anytime."

"Very good." Songping nodded firmly.

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Tonight, a very grand banquet will be held in this Songqian city.

A banquet for Matsudaira Masanori, Inamori, commander-in-chief of the shogunate, and general generals of various units sent by the Ou domains.

There are a total of 31 feudal states in the Ou area. At the request of the shogunate, these 31 feudal states must send their troops north to Ezo to assist the shogunate in attacking the Ezos who were entrenched in the Red Moon Fortress.

31 feudal states, 31 armies-yesterday, all 31 armies finally arrived at the Matsumae feudal clan.

Because Matsumae Castle is only a small town and cannot accommodate so many troops, the troops are currently scattered in various places in Matsumae Clan.

After receiving the news that all the troops had successfully landed in the Matsumae clan yesterday, Matsudai Dingxin immediately issued orders to the troops:

The generals of the various vassal forces immediately came to Matsumae Castle, and he Songping Dingxin was going to host a banquet in which the generals of the various vassal forces would participate.

This banquet can also be regarded as a reception feast.

On behalf of the shogunate, Matsudaira Masahiro welcomed and thanked the Ou feudal clan for their help.

For this conquest of the Red Moon Fortress, the shogunate planned to send 10,000 troops—5,000 shogunate troops stationed in the north early in the morning, plus 5,000 shogunate troops composed of the Ou domains.

At present, the shogunate’s goal of "sending 10,000 troops" has been satisfactorily achieved-the actual number of troops sent out slightly exceeded the target.

The Ou feudal clan sent a total of about 5,300 troops, so the total force of the shogunate's army currently assembled in the north is more than 10,300.

Among them, the Aizu clan sent the most troops.

The public generally believe that in terms of military power, the Aizu clan is undoubtedly the number one Ou.

Regarding the shogunate's recruitment this time, the Aizu feudal clan did not lose the title of "Ou's first military power feudal clan"-they sent a total of 2,000 troops.

It also brought 90 iron cannons, 2 national collapses, and 13 large barrels of various types.

The Sendai clan was the second most sent troops.

The Sendai clan sent 1,800 troops.

In addition to slightly less military strength than the Aizu clan, the number of firearms they brought was also slightly less than the Aizu clan—they brought only 75 iron cannons, 1 national collapse, and 8 large barrels.

The combined forces of the Aizu and Sendai domains totaled 3,800 people, accounting for more than half of the combined forces of about 5,500.

The troops of the other 29 vassal states formed the remaining 1,500 men.

It is not surprising that the fact that the troops sent by the various feudal vass differed by several days was not surprising.

Due to the different factors of the territories, grain production, industrial conditions and other factors, the strengths of each clan are also very different.

Although there are 31 domains in the Ou region, only the Aizu and Sendai domains can be called the "xiong domain".

Of the 31 domains in the Ou region, there are 16 domains with a total number of stones of only 120,000 stones-accounting for more than half of the Ou domains.

The one that sent the least troops was the "Yonezawa Nitta Clan", which was famous throughout the country for being poor, and everyone in the country knew that the clan was too poor-he sent only 20 soldiers.

Among the 31 feudal armies sent to the north, only 7 units, led by Aizu and Senshu, were equipped with firearms.

These 7 firearms of the feudal army plus the firearms of the shogunate-currently there are 720 iron cannons in the entire army, 12 nationally collapsed, and 81 large tubes of various types.

Among the Ou domains, only Aizu and Sendai had the collapse of the country.

Matsudaira had learned that five days ago, all the firearms of the shogunate and the various feudal armies added up, and there was only so little in total.

When receiving this data, Songping Dingxin's heart was very heavy.

Because of this kind of firepower, it is completely incomparable with the firepower possessed by the shogunate when the Edo shogunate first opened.

In terms of firepower, it may not be as good as the top princes of the Warring States period two hundred years ago.

In the Warring States period two hundred years ago, Oda Nobunaga nearly unified the whole world. When he launched the famous battle with the Takeda family, the Nagao battle, he mobilized more than 3,000 iron cannons.

Matsuhira Dingxin deeply felt how severe the shogunate's power had fallen.

At the same time, I deeply felt the burden on my shoulders as an veteran of the shogunate.

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After passing through the corridors, Songping Dingxin finally listened to the two magnificent paper sliding doors.

Standing in front of the door, after making the final adjustments to his clothes and the flank stuck in his left waist, Matsudaira made a wink at Tachibana behind him.

Tachibana nodded lightly, and then he quickly stepped forward, holding Matsuhira Matshinbu, Nagasone Tiger Toru, and opened the two paper sliding doors for Matsubishi Matshinbu.

As the paper sliding door opened, the scene behind the paper sliding door was revealed little by little in Songping Dingxin's eyes.

Behind the paper sliding door is a huge room.

The floor is covered with clean tatami mats.

The position facing the door is the most noble main seat.

So looking inward along the paper sliding door, you can see the main seat of this room.

There are two places on the main seat-one of them is already seated by Inamori.

The other seat is still vacant-the seat that is still vacant is the seat of Songping Dingxin.

The 31 generals of the vassal armies sat on the left and right under the main seat in order.

When Tachibana opened the sliding door, Matsudaira appeared in front of everyone in the room. Whether it was Inamori, who was sitting on the main seat, or the generals of the 31 vassals, they all buried their heads down and respectfully said Songping Dingxin salutes.

Matsuba Dingxin strode into the room with a meteor, and then took a seat in the position prepared for him in the morning.

According to the shogunate’s appointment, Inamori will serve as the commander-in-chief of this 10,000 army composed of the shogunate and the Ou domains.

Inamori rose again.

From the original general of the 5,000 shogunate who commanded the north and commanded the north, he was upgraded to the general general of the 10,000 allied forces commanding the shogunate and the Ou domains.

But Songping Dingxin only has the power to supervise this army, and does not have any command power.

But-that's just what I said, but no matter who it is, even Inamori, dare not to have any contempt for Matsuhira Dingshin, and dare not to listen to Matsuhira Dingshin's words.

Who would have the courage to not listen to the second-in-command of the shogunate and the powerful Songping Dingxin?

Inamori is the general army of the entire army, and although Matsubishi Dingxin has no command, it is impossible for Matsubishi Dingxin to sit in a position other than the main seat.

Therefore, Matsudaira simply instructed directly—to place his seat and Inamori's seat side by side on the main seat.

"Masters." Sitting on the main seat, Songping Dingxin said to everyone in front of him with a smile, "Thank you for coming."

"On behalf of the shogunate, I would like to thank you."

After saying some routine scenes, Matsuhira Dingxin asked the waiters to bring the food and announce the start of the banquet.

Plates of delicacies were brought up and placed on the table in front of everyone.

Since he took office as the old and new middle school of the shogunate, Matsudaira has been vigorously encouraging the officials of the shogunate and the shogunate to be thrifty and thrifty.

Therefore, the dishes served at this banquet hosted by Matsuhira Teshin are naturally not luxurious. They are just some of the local delicacies that are very common in the Matsumae clan.

In order to add to the fun, Matsuba also invited some kuki and maiko to sing and dance.

The banquet scene gradually became lively amidst the singing and dancing of kuki and maiko.

The solemn atmosphere that originally permeated the air slowly dissipated, and was happily replaced by it.

Matsuba Dingxin was also smiling at this time, talking with familiar people.

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"Master Pu Sheng." Songping Dingxin said with a smile to a young man sitting not far away, "How is Master Huizhou's neck? Will it still hurt?"

As soon as Matsuhira Dingxin's words fell, the young man he called "Master Pusheng" quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and responded with neither humble nor arrogant words:

"Thanks to the concern of Laozhong, the lord recently invited a famous doctor, and under the treatment of that famous doctor, his neck has been much better recently."

The "Master of Huishu" that Matsudaira said just now was naturally referring to the current lord of the Aizu clan.

Matsudaira had a good personal relationship with the lord of the Aizu clan when he was still the lord of the Shirakawa domain in the Ou region, who had not yet become the veteran of the shogunate.

And this young man sitting not far from Matsudaira Sadashin was a well-known fierce general in the Aizu clan—Kamou Jaogo. 26 years old this year.

Pu Sheng's bravery is often heard in Songping Dingxin.

Although his height is not particularly tall, only about six feet three inches (161 cm), but he has extremely high attainments in the use of the sword.

The total length of the sword is generally slightly longer than that of the sword, and it is a sword suitable for swinging immediately.

Regarding the skill of making a sword, Gami has no rivals in Ou-Matsuba Matshinbu has heard such rumors a long time ago.

And Pu Sheng is not a person who has gained a reputation.

As far as Matsuhira Matsushita knows, the "Tai Sword Technique" used by Gamori is a unique technique that can burst out powerfully on horseback.

Kamio had personally demonstrated his martial arts in front of the lord of the Aizu domain: with only one horse and one sword, he defeated a 30-man elite cavalry team and became famous in one battle.

The lord of Aizu not only sent 2,000 troops to help out, but also let his famous and powerful future lead the team-Aizu's loyalty to the shogunate and the positive response to the shogunate's call can be seen.

2000 army-this is more than half of the Aizu clan's army.

After a few enthusiastic conversations with Pu Sheng, Songping Dingxin turned his attention to the middle-aged man sitting next to Pu Sheng.

"Master Shengtianmu, what's the matter? Why do you seem to have no appetite."

"Let's make you laugh." The middle-aged man who was called "Sheng Tianmu" by Laozhong smiled awkwardly. "As people get older, their appetite gradually decreases, and they can't eat as much as before."

After all, the middle-aged man sighed softly.

"I really miss the days when I was young when one fish could eat a big bowl of rice."

Although this middle-aged man is old, even his beard and hair are slightly white, but he is actually a famous fighter just like Pu Sheng.

However, he was not a fierce general of the Aizu clan, but a fierce general of the Sendai clan, the head of the "Senshu Seven Guns", Itoman Goemon.

The current lord of the Sendai domain is a person who loves the art of war and martial arts.

He who loves the art of war and martial arts, imitating the prestigious "Qianyue Seven Guns" that he made in the Warring States Period two hundred years ago, he set up an honorary title of "Xianzhou Seven Guns".

Give this honorary title to the 7 most brave warriors in the army.

Sheng Tianmu is one of these seven people-and still the bravest one.

This year's 43-year-old Shengtianmu, in terms of strength alone, its huge body of nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) high contains the power that is not like a middle-aged person.

Undertook the ancient spear technique-farming flow. Unauthorized use of three guns.

The so-called three guns, as the name suggests, are three guns as long (1 room: 1.818 meters).

Matsuhira Matsuba has never actually seen the appearance of Shengtianmu in battle, but he has heard of it-the appearance of Shengtianmu riding on a horse, wielding three guns, and roaring loudly is enough to recall the famous warrior in history: Tadasho Honda. , So there are some people who call Shengtianmu as "Honto is alive and faithfully".

Tadakatsu Honda was a fierce general under Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first general of the Edo shogunate more than two hundred years ago. He followed Tokugawa Ieyasu's southern campaign and made great contributions to the creation of the Edo shogunate.

Because of his fierce combat, Honda Tadakusa was crowned the Tokugawa Three Masters, Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings, Tokugawa Sixteen Gods Generals, "Japan's Number One, Unique Warrior in Ancient and Modern", Mikawa Flying Commander, Oni no Heihachi, and Japan No. Fei, the first warrior of the Warring States period... and many other titles.

Shengtianmu is called "Tadatsukamoto,"-it can be seen that his martial arts are quite extraordinary.

However, even though the martial arts of Shengtiangou is extraordinary, Matsudaira has heard that he is arrogant and likes to brag about his martial arts-although he does have the capital to brag.

The Sendai clan's response to the shogunate's call was also very positive.

In addition to the 1800 army, 5 of the "Xianzhou Seven Guns" were also sent to lead the team.

Shengtianmu, the head of the seven guns, is one of these five people.

Directly dispatched five of the "Seven Guns of Xianzhou", the pride of the lord of the Sendai feudal clan, which surprised Matsuhira.

Matsudaira knew that a large part of the reason why the lord of the Sendai domain was so arrogant was just to compete with the Aizu domain.

Matsudaira knew it—the Sendai samurai always wanted to prove that they did not lose to the Aizu samurai.

This unwillingness to lose to the Aizu clan made all the samurai of the Sendai clan high in fighting spirit.

Matsudaira was also happy to see fierce competition between the feudal clan.

After all, the competition between the faculty and the faculty can also encourage them to work hard to perform better on the battlefield.

Looking at the next two people, Pu Sheng and Sheng Tianmu, the smile on Matsuba Dingxin's face involuntarily became stronger.

The lineup of strong generals in the army is much more luxurious than he expected.

Inamori, who was sitting next to him now, was also a fierce player out of a million in terms of bravery.

At present, all the luggage, the army, and the generals have all been in place.

—A full-scale attack on the Red Moon Fortress... is about to begin.

Songping said in his heart quietly.

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at the same time-

Ezo Land, Kuma Village—

Gulu Gulu Gulu...

The big pot in front of Ogata and Amachi, the soup in it has been boiled, and bubbles are constantly bubbling outwards.

In the soup, there are two bear paws that are now red.

"...It looks so weird..." Ah Ding mumbled, "This bear's paw is like a human foot..."

Three days ago, Ogata listened to Ayaka’s suggestion, and in addition to bear skin and bile, he also took the paw of the cannibal bear.

Because the paws of the cannibal bear were too big, bigger than a football, if all four paws were taken away, they couldn't take it at all, so Ogata and the others only took two paws.

When Ogata and the others arrived at Kumar Village where Aiyaka lived, it was already almost evening.

At this moment, the sky was already dark.

Currently, Ogata and Amachi are at Aiyaka’s home.

Aiyaka's home is a big family.

Aiyaka himself, his wife, Aiyaka's parents, and his surviving grandmother, a total of 5 people, were all squeezed under the same roof.

Although there are many family members, Ayaka's home is very large, so it doesn't feel crowded.

Aiyaka’s house can accommodate two more people, so Aiyaka invited Ogata and Amachi to stay in his house directly during this period of time.

Ogata and the others did not have any reason to refuse Ayaka's invitation, so Ogami accepted it, carried their luggage with Amachi, and moved into Ayaka's home.

3 days ago, Iyaka, who encouraged Ogata and the others to remove the bear paws, agreed to Ogata and Amachi-let his grandma, who is very good at cooking bear paws, cook a delicious bear paw for them.

And now, Aiyaka kept his promise.

The two paws cooked in that pot are the paws that Ogata and the others removed from the cannibal bear.

The first dinner Ogata and the others ate in this Kuma village was Ayaka's grandma's bear paw cooking.

Aiyaka's grandmother was sitting by the pot at this time, carefully checking the fire.

When Ogata and Amachi were brought into their homes by Ayaka, these family members of Ayaka were surprised at first.

But after hearing Ayaka said that they were the "bear fighting warriors" who had hunted down the two cannibal bears, the attitude of the Ayaka family towards them both immediately softened.

Aiyaka's grandma was sitting by the pot, cooking the bear paw intently.

Aiyaka sat in front of Ogata and them.

His parents and wife are sitting behind Aiyaka.

After hearing A Ding's mumble, "Bear paws are like human feet", Ayakahaha laughed a few times.

"I felt the same way when I first started eating bear paws." Aiyaka said, "The bear paws that have been plucked look like human feet."

"But don't worry."

"Although it looks a bit ugly, the taste will never disappoint you."

"How long will it take to make this bear paw?" Ogata asked.

"Soon. It will be done in a while."

There is nothing to do while waiting for the bear paw to cook successfully.

So Sugan simply asked Ayaka about who the Lucia man named Wahiri he had just met was.

After hearing Ogata’s question, Aiyaka slowly replied:

"That group of Lucias is here to draw."

"According to them, they are just here to map the surrounding terrain."

"I lived in our village temporarily more than 2 months ago."

"Although they are staying temporarily, they are actually camping next to our village."

"Our village is close to the river and is the best place to camp."

"More than two months ago, they left directly after drawing a map of the terrain near our village."

"Unexpectedly, after more than two months, UU reading www.uukanshu.com and they came back."

"According to the Wahiri just now, they made a wrong drawing, so they had to come back again."

"Is that Vasily the leader of the gang?" Ah Ding asked, "I speak Japanese very well."

"No." Aiyaka shook his head.

"That Wahiri is just the second in command of their group."

"Their real boss is a man with red hair. Their boss speaks Japanese well."

"I doubt whether their boss has learned Japanese since he was a child. He speaks Japanese like a human being."

"Although their behavior is rude. But their discipline is not bad."

"More than 2 months ago, when I was temporarily living around our village, I never did anything wrong."

"So we let them stay and draw with us temporarily."