I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Not long after Ogata and the others set off—

Takta Village-

"This, what's going on—?!"

The top stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

This morning, since the sun rose from the horizon, the top has been anxious-not for other reasons, because the Ize and others who were sent to clean up the village of Takta have not returned.

Until the time passed bit by bit and the sun had risen to a position close to 5 o'clock (8 o'clock in the morning), the top finally couldn't sit still.

Ize and the others have not returned, resulting in the entire First Army unable to move forward.

After obtaining the consent of the Tianmen of Life, the most senior relative led more than 20 cavalry to Takta Village to see what happened.

What happened next...it's not hard to imagine.

After returning to Takta Village, Eze was so startled by the sight that he almost fell off his horse.

Izawa, and the soldiers who stayed with Izawa in this village last night, stared round eyes full of horror or dazedness, and stubbornly covered the wound on his body, fell to the ground, his body was cold—this is it. It is the scene that is presented in front of the eyes.

Not only was the top frightened by this scene, the more than twenty cavalrymen who followed the top to the place were also shocked and stared at each other.

"Yes, was it attacked by Ezo?" A cavalry closest to the top clenched the spear in his hand and cast a vigilant look around.

"...No." The top shook his head, "It shouldn't be."

"Look around and see if there are other survivors or suspicious people around the village."

After quickly issuing the order, the top lifted his scythe and got off his horse, and walked slowly towards the corpse of Ize not far away.

After briefly checking Ize's body, the top immediately went to check the body of another soldier.

After seeing all the corpses of all the soldiers on the scene in this way, the top face became serious at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After inspecting these corpses at the top, the more than twenty cavalry he brought with him also happened to inspect the surroundings of the village.

"My lord, there is nothing unusual around the village."

"...Return to camp." The top said in a deep voice, "you have to report the situation here to your uncle as soon as possible..."

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The first army camp, somewhere at the entrance of the camp—

"Old Master, are you leaving?" Sheng Tianmu looked at the Songping Dingxin in front of him with regretful eyes.

At this moment, Songping Dingxin is standing opposite to Shengtianmu. Tachibana and his "expedition team" were waiting behind him.

Matsuhira Dingxin, who was standing hand in hand, showed a faint smile:

"I have to return to the Second Army as soon as possible and join Inamori. Thank you for your hospitality last night."

The 5,000-strength Second Army led by Inamori is now three miles (11.772 kilometers) behind the First Army, not too far, but not too close.

At present, Shengtianmu, who is standing in front of Songping Dingxin, is actually sending him farewell to Songping Dingxin.

It is rare for Songping Dingxin of the world to be in his camp at this time-Shengtianmu naturally wants Songping Dingxin to stay in his camp for a while, and a lot of them are close to him.

It's a pity that Matsudaira, who wanted to go back to join Inamori as soon as possible, didn't intend to stay long in the first army under the command of Shengtianmu from the beginning.

The reason why he chose to come to the camp of the First Army last night was simply to say hello to Sheng Tianmu.

After hearing these words from Songping Dingxin, Sheng Tianmu hurriedly replied:

"Don't dare to be. Being an official is just doing what should be done."

Just when Sheng Tianmu was about to say something, a general suddenly appeared anxiously behind Sheng Tianmu, and then quickly rushed behind Sheng Tianmu, whispering something to Sheng Tianmu.

After the general's whispers, Shengtianmi's face suddenly changed drastically.

Songping Dingxin, who noticed the sudden change on Shengtianmu's face, asked:

"Sheng Tianmu, has something happened?"

The role played by Matsuhira Dingxin in the 10,000 army is similar to that of a "warlord."

Although he does not have the slightest command power, he has the power to interrogate all affairs in the army.

Even without this power in hand, the identity of Songping Dingxin's "old middle school" alone is enough to prevent Shengtianmu from concealing the slightest military affairs from Songping Dingxin.

So after Songping Dingxin's question fell, Shengtianmu quickly replied:

"It's the top one you saw last night. Just now I sent the latest military information..."

"The soldiers responsible for cleaning up Takta Village last night have not returned."

"The top one I sent to check the situation has just returned to camp."

"According to the top report-the soldiers responsible for cleaning up Takta village all died tragically."

"Is it killed by Ezo who came to reinforce Takta Village?" Songping Dingxin frowned slightly.

"No..." Sheng Tianmu shook his head with a sullen face, "Almost all soldiers were killed by a single blow... the people who attacked those soldiers seemed to have extremely high levels of swordsmanship..."

"A person with extremely high swordsmanship?" Matsubaru Dingxin suddenly let go of his slightly frowned brows, and his originally slender eyes slowly widened...

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Pasha, Pasha, Pasha...

The sound of horseshoes stepping on the snow "slapped sand" with a very regular frequency, ringing one after another.

Ogata's group of 5 people and 2 horses moved forward slowly somewhere in the mountains at an unhurried speed.

Because the surrounding terrain is not so good, Ogata and the others dare not let the horses run too fast, they only dared to let the horses go at a "leisure" speed.

Lilata, who was sitting between Acho and Aheli, was able to play with the small windmill Ogata gave her just now because Acho and Aheli were protecting her one after another.

The Ainu don't have a windmill, so this gadget that can be turned with just a light blow has attracted all of Lilata's attention since it was held by Lilata.

Although from Lilata’s state, it’s definitely a long way from her recovery, but her expression is much better than before, at least there is a little smile on her face, and her eyes are no longer like just now. It's so bleak.

Ogata had just been paying attention to Lilata's state.

I found that the effect of the small windmill I had made was much better than Ogata had imagined. Ogata couldn't help but feel like a big rock in his heart fell to the ground.

"Ah, Majima-san, look." At this moment, Aizan sitting behind Ogata suddenly pointed forward, "Is the road ahead blocked?"

Hearing Aizan’s words, Ogata hurriedly took a look forward—there were many big trees lying down on the road ahead, and thick snow was pressed on the trunk of each tree, and Ogata and the others were on the way. It's blocked to death.

"What's the matter with these trees?" Ah Ding stared at the trees blocking their way.

"These trees may have been washed down by avalanches." Ayzan explained, "This kind of thing is very common in the mountains. From time to time there will be avalanches, and then some trees will be washed down."

"It's really troublesome..." Ogata smiled bitterly, "Ma Yue can't get there... It seems that I can only make a long detour."

"I hope this detour will not take us too much time..." Aizan who sat behind Ogata agreed with a wry smile.

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The first army camp, the coach's camp—

All the generals of the First Army are now gathered in the coach's camp.

As always, they sat on the horses, around the sides of the delicate sand table.

Wearing armor would make it extremely inconvenient to sit on the knees, so in the ancient Japanese army, generals would not sit on their knees, but instead sit on small horses.

"Ha..." Kuroda, who was sitting next to Qiuyue, yawned greatly while picking the dirt in his fingers.

After the yawn passed, Kuroda turned his head and asked in a low voice at Qiuyue beside him:

"Qiuyue, let's guess why the military meeting was held so suddenly. I guess it might be another task."

"I don't guess such a boring thing." Qiuyue said lightly.

"It's boring." Although Qiuyue refused to Hikari, Kuroda's face did not show the slightest frustration. He continued to pick the dirt between his fingers to pass the time.

All the people in the camp are silently waiting for the arrival of the purpose of summoning them suddenly.

call-!

When everyone was boring to do their own things and pass the time, the curtain at the entrance of the camp was suddenly opened.

The generals followed the sound and turned their heads-only three figures appeared at the entrance of the camp.

Among the two figures, they are all familiar to everyone and the top of the life.

As for the third person-this person is not wearing armor, just wearing ordinary cloth, which is a bit out of place compared with everyone present.

But after this person appeared, the generals in the camp showed two completely different expressions.

Most people, such as Akizuki and Kuroda, were shocked.

A small number of people are confused.

The man in the commoner who followed Sheng Tianmu and the top one entered the house, it is Songping Dingxin.

Those who are puzzled after seeing Matsuhira Dingxin are those who have not seen Matsuhira Dingxin-but although they don’t know who this person is, they can vaguely feel that this person is not from the texture of the clothes and personal temperament. What an ordinary person.

Since Songping Dingxin and others entered, the people in the account will stand up and salute the two of Songping Dingxin and Shengtianmu who have entered the account.

Songping Dingxin and Shengtianmu walked straight to the main seat, and they sat side by side.

As for the top, it sits on the west side of the sand table, just opposite Qiuyue.

After he took his seat, Sheng Tianmu told everyone in the tent... to be precise, to those who didn't know what Matsuba Matsuba looked like, who was sitting next to him now.

After learning that this gentle-looking middle-aged man was the Matsuhiro Dingxin, the generals who had been puzzled after seeing Msongping Dingxin quickly changed to the look of shock on their faces like Qiuyue and the others. .

As for Qiuyue-he has now eased from the shock, and then began to wonder why Songping Dingxin is here.

Songping Dingxin is now in the barracks of their First Army—Qiuyue knew about this matter last night, but because of his insufficient level, I have not been able to see Songping Dingxin.

As far as Qiuyue knows, Matsudaira should have left their first army barracks just now, heading to the second army behind them, and meeting with General Inamori. Why is he here?

Not only Qiuyue was puzzled, but Shengtianmu was also puzzled now.

Just now, Matsudaira, who had planned to leave, suddenly said that he was not in a hurry to leave after learning that the soldiers responsible for cleaning up Takta Village were killed by people with extremely high levels of swordsmanship, and wanted to participate in this event. A military meeting convened by an incident.

Although Shengtianmu was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask more.

After introducing Matsuhira Dingxin, Shengtian cleared his throat, and then said loudly:

"Top, tell everyone about what you found in Takta Village."

He has always been vigorous and resolute in doing things, without any greetings with everyone, or too much opening remarks, straight to the point.

After being named by Sheng Tianmu, the top responder responded with a "yes" and slowly told everyone on the scene that he had just discovered the shocking change in Takta Village.

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"...I checked everyone's bodies carefully."

"Almost all of the corpses were wounded on the face, throat, and other vital injuries that were not protected by armor. Basically everyone was killed by one blow."

"Judging from the shape of the wounds, these wounds were cut with a samurai sword. Ezo's mountain knives can't cut such wounds at all."

"At the same time, judging from the technique and the shape of the wound, all those soldiers...maybe only one person was killed."

"So I think-the person who beheads those soldiers with a coefficient is very likely to be a person with extremely high swordsmanship."

At the top, use the shortest possible sentences to spit out one by one what he had just discovered in Takta Village.

After the top voice fell, almost everyone had a heavy face.

In the current environment, not everyone in the coach’s account has excellent skills.

But even if they don't have excellent skills, they know how difficult it is to accurately hit the opponent's face, throat, and other parts that cannot be protected by the armor when confronting an opponent wearing an armor.

If it is as the top guessed just now-these 30 heavily armed soldiers were defeated by one person... Then the level of this person's swordsmanship is unimaginable.

"So what's the situation now?"

Suddenly, someone spoke.

The speaker was Tian Dao Kaoru, one of the "Seven Guns in Xianzhou".

Unlike people like Akizuki who look a lot like a samurai, Tiandao is the kind of person who looks...particularly uncomfortable.

Tiandao left a messy Moon Dai head, and on his shaved head there was a long scar from his forehead to the back of his head. It looked like a centipede lying on top of his head, and it looked terrifying.

The eyes are too slender and look like those of a fox.

Obviously he is a famous military commander, but his skin is unusually fair, giving people a feeling that if the sun shines on his skin, he might be able to reflect light.

After Tiandao spoke, everyone focused on Tiandao.

Tian Dao seemed to enjoy the feeling that everyone was waiting for him to speak. After grinning the corners of his mouth to the base of his ears, he continued:

"So—is there a samurai with a very high level of swordsmanship who killed all those soldiers?"

"It doesn't have to be us and the people." The top replied softly, "It may also be Ezo who has learned the swordsmanship of us and people, and used our katana. There has been Ezo who can use our Japanese swordsmanship—this is not. What a curious thing."

"Quack quack quack."

After Tiandao issued a series of his iconic duck smiles, he cast a joking glance at the top.

"Are you sure you are not mistaken? In fact, those soldiers were not killed by the samurai sword, but by Ezo's mountain sword, and those soldiers killed more than one person, but a large group of people."

"Do you think I am the kind of person who can't tell whether the wound was wounded by the samurai sword or by the Ezoyama sword, and the approximate number of murderers?" A dull expression appeared on the top face.

Tiandao shrugged: "I'm just expressing a reasonable suspicion."

The atmosphere in the camp just now between Shang Shang and Tian Dao suddenly became like a tight bowstring.

But at this moment, Qiuyue suddenly spoke:

"...I am more curious about why that'mysterious swordsman' killed all our soldiers."

"Did the'mysterious swordsman' be invited by the Ezos to reinforce the Takta village, or to avenge the villagers of Takta?"

"Or is it that the'mysterious swordsman' just passed by that place by accident, and then killed all our soldiers for some reason?"

Qiuyue's sudden speech eased the already tense atmosphere.

"If that ‘mysterious swordsman’ just passed by that place by accident, why did he suddenly attack our soldiers?" a certain military commander from the Morioka clan asked rhetorically.

This question of this military commander raised the questions in the hearts of many people present.

Anyone with a little brain knows what a person wearing a full armor represents.

It is hard for them to imagine-what kind of person would have the guts to attack the country.

"Could it be simply because of hatred of the shogunate?" Tiandao, who still had an uncomfortable smile on his face, spoke again, "Isn't there a lot of such people."

"For some reason, I hated the shogunate, so after seeing the generals of the shogunate, I couldn't help but attack."

"Before that... Ah, no. Isn't the famous executioner Idosesai that kind of person? That executioner Idosesai is even crazier. The man directly attacked Nijo Castle in Kyoto, and even the Emperor was shocked."

Because everyone was seriously participating in the military discussion, no one noticed that after Tiandao spit out the title "Hanman Ichishosai", the expression of Matsuba Matshin who was sitting next to Shengtianmu changed slightly.

"...Top, did you send someone to investigate the surroundings of the village? Have you found any clues about that ‘mysterious swordsman’?" Kuroda, who rarely speaks at the military meeting, could hardly speak loudly at this time.

The top shook his head: "Nothing was found."

"That's difficult." Kuroda let out a low sneer, "I can't find that "mysterious swordsman"."

"There is indeed no clue at the moment..." Shang Shang said in a deep voice, "but I think-even if there is no clue, you can't just ignore that ‘mysterious swordsman’ like this."

"He killed so many of us, if he just swallows his anger and ignores him, wouldn't it make people laugh generous?"

"And—I think it is extremely necessary to clarify the identity of that ‘mysterious swordsman’."

"It would be fine if he was just a helpless person who only targeted us in Japan for some reason."

"But if he is a member of a group whose purpose is to fight against our Japan... then I think this matter is no small matter."

The top voice just fell, and he has been silent for a while, quietly listening to everyone in the camp expressing their opinions, and finally the Shengtianmu said:

"...It's pretty good at the top."

"No matter what, we can't ignore this man who killed our soldiers."

"Since our general was killed last night, even if he has horses or dog sleds and other vehicles to travel, he can't go too far."

"Look for them now, maybe you can find them."

After speaking, Shengtianmu raised his eyes and scanned the generals in front of him.

"I decided to send someone to pursue the man who killed our soldiers. Who wants to take on this important task?"

As soon as the voice of Shengtianmu came to light, most of the generals in the camp gave generous speeches, selling themselves to Shengtianmu—including Qiuyue.

Compared with the unarmed old and weak women and children, this kind of task that might be able to match the master is the task that Qiuyue is interested in.

But Qiuyue has many competitors.

The top sitting directly opposite Qiuyue is also one of Qiuyue's competitors.

"Master Sheng Tianmu! Please allow me to lead people to track down the thief who killed our soldiers!"

The uppermost voice has always been loud, so his voice directly overwhelmed most of the people in the tent.

"The generals responsible for cleaning up the battlefield have all died tragically, and I have an inescapable responsibility! So please leave this task to me! Give me a chance to commit a crime!"

Sheng Tianmu took the last look deeply: "How are you going to track down the culprit?"

"It's not without clues at the moment!" The Supreme replied without hesitation, "As far as the lower official knows, there is a village called Siwaxi Village in the deep mountains a little bit away from here."

"The official is going to go to that village first to find clues."

"The villagers in that village might know some useful information. The lower officials think it is necessary to investigate."

After the birth of Tianmu was silent for a while, he nodded slightly.

Looking at the action of Shengtianmu, most of the generals in the camp who had been struggling to promote themselves just now changed their faces and secretly said "not good".

And what happened afterwards perfectly met the worst expectations they had just envisaged.

"...Okay." After Sheng Tianmu was silent for a while, he said in a serious tone, you really have to bear some responsibility for those soldiers who were killed. Above all, the task of tracking down this culprit is up to you. "

"I will give you 50 elite soldiers who can ride horses, 10 sets of bows and arrows, and 5 iron cannons."

Speaking of this, Sheng Tianmu raised his head, scanned a circle of battalion generals, and then reported one person after another.

These generals named by Shengtianmu were all generals of other domains except Sendai.

After scoring these names, Shengtianmu said:

"These people I just ordered are in charge of assisting the top culprit in tracking down the culprit."

These people who have just been named have just shown frustration because they have not been able to receive the task, and now the expressions on their faces have undergone a 180-degree change, from frustration to ecstasy.

Although it is only a supplement to the best, it is also tens of millions of times better than leisure in the camp.

Only those who have to continue to spend their leisure time in the camp—such as Qiuyue and Tiandao—continue to have frustrated and...unhappy expressions on their faces.

After quickly assigning the task, Sheng Tianmu realized that the face of Songping Dingxin, who was sitting next to him, seemed strange.

"Old Master Zhong." Sheng Tianmu asked, "What's wrong? Is there any physical discomfort?"

"...Nothing." Songping Dingxin closed his eyes and sighed.

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About a day later—

"Ah, I saw it!" A Ding said loudly, putting a hand on his eye socket, "I saw the smoke!"

Hearing Amachi's words, Ogata let out a sigh: "Is it finally here..."

Yesterday morning, after officially leaving for the Siwasi Village and preparing to hand over the child Lilata to her grandmother who lives in Siwasi Village, Ogata and the others encountered many accidents one after another.

First of all-the road ahead was blocked by trees that were washed down by an avalanche. Had to spend a lot of time to make a long detour.

Then, I don’t know if Lilata is still young and has not been able to remember the way to her grandmother’s village, or because the mental state is not very good, Ogata and others have to walk frequently. Stopping and stopping, Lilata slowly recalled how to get to the Siwasi village.

In the state of riding a horse, it took only half a day to reach Siwasi Village. Due to these accidents, it took Ogata and the others nearly a day to finally see the smoke.

Although it took a lot of time, but fortunately, I finally arrived at the destination smoothly.

Ogata knocked off his horse's belly lightly with his heel, drove the radish under his hips to run faster, and ran straight towards the smoke rising from the front.

After crossing a small snowfield, many Ainu houses appeared within Ogata's vision.

Out of courtesy, when there was still a short distance from this Siwasi village, Ogata and the others got off their horses and slowly walked towards the village ahead with the horses.

After getting closer to the village, the villagers finally found Ogata and others who came to visit suddenly. The young men in the village rushed out of the village with various weapons and stopped at the village and Ogata, etc. Among the people, they looked at Ogata and the others with a wary face.

"Don't be nervous! We are not malicious! (Ainu

Aizan shouted at the villagers in front of him in Ainu language.

"Is Ulape here? (Ainu

Ulapai-Lilata's grandmother's name.

Looking at the faces of the familiar Ainu people and listening to the familiar Ainu language, the villagers of Siwasi village looked at each other.

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"How could this happen...! (Ainu

A mother-in-law who was about 60 years old screamed while raising her hands to cover her face and sobbing.

This mother-in-law is Lilata's grandmother-Ulape.

Ogata and the others are now at Ulape's home.

Just now, Ogata and the others had informed Ulape and the village chief of Siwasi village who were listening to them about what happened in Takta Village.

The village head, who was very concerned about the identity and purpose of Ogata and others, asked to listen to it before Ogata and others had started to speak.

In addition to sending Lilata back to her relatives, Ogata came to Siwasi Village this time. He also had another purpose, to inform the villagers of Siwasi Village by the way—hurry up and take refuge and avoid military disasters. .

Who knows how the shogunate will act afterwards, and which village will be erased from the map?

Ulapei hid his face and cried, causing Lilata on the side to also recall bad memories. While looking down at the windmill with his hands, he cried silently.

Ogata and the others didn't bother them aloud, and let them cry-in the face of such a tragedy, if you don't rely on crying to vent, I'm afraid people will go crazy.

The village head sitting next to Ulape sighed silently, gestured to Ogata who was sitting across from him, made a look, and signaled Ogata to go out with him.

Reading the meaning of the village mayor's eyes and movements, Ogata nodded lightly, then got up and walked out.

And Aizan, who has evolved into an excellent "translation tool man", also went out with Ogata.

After walking out of the home where Wulape lived with the village chief, the village chief asked Ogata impatiently:

"Do you know the approximate number of Japanese troops appearing nearby? (Ainu

"As far as I know-the total strength of the nearby army now is about 3,000." Ogata said bluntly, "and there are about 7,000 people in the subsequent troops."

These information were all asked by Ogata from Izawa before.

After listening to Ayzan's translation, the village chief's mouth slowly opened in surprise.

10,000-This is an astronomical figure for the village chief who has been used to fighting against the world. It takes hundreds of large settlements to remember to gather so many people...

"The village chief, I suggest you take the villagers to hide in the mountains as soon as possible." Ogata continued to say in a flat tone at this time, "If you continue to stay in the village...maybe something bad will happen."

Ogata's words are very euphemistic.

Although euphemistic, the village chief is not a fool. He naturally knows what the "bad things" mentioned by Ogata will be.

"...I understand." The village chief let out a sigh, and then solemnly said to Ogata: "Thank you for sending that child here and telling us that there is news that the Japanese army is nearby. I will Immediately arrange for the villagers to take refuge in the deep mountains immediately. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com (Ainu

"Move as fast as possible," Ogata added, "After all—no one knows what the army will do in the future..."

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The five "Seven Guns from Xianzhou" who participated in this battle have all appeared on the stage. To prevent you from forgetting, I will list the names of these five people. If you can't remember their full names, just remember the last name, author Jun can't remember their full names~~

Ikutenme Yoshiemon

Qiuyue Liqian

Kuroda Genyi

Tiandao Kaoru

Yoshihisa Mogami

ps: Tomorrow is finally "Single player with two swords and two guns, alone in the barracks of 3000 army (final! Finally able to get rid of this title...this title is too long...I am tired of writing...

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