I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Red Moon Fortress (Heyezhe), northwest corner—

The northwest corner of the Red Moon Fortress is a very special place for the residents of the Red Moon Fortress—because this area is the area where the villagers of Kapaxi Village live.

The villagers of Kapaxi Village can be regarded as the most special group in the Red Moon Fortress.

Because—they participated in the "Battle of Kunasilimenesi" that ended with the defeat of the Ainu three years ago...

After participating in this battle, Kapaxi Village was defeated in the battle. In order to escape and revenge, the remaining villagers abandoned their homes and ran hurriedly, and finally fled to the vicinity of the Red Moon Fortress.

Chanup sympathized with what happened to Kappasi Village, and agreed to take them into Heyezhe. So far, the villagers of Kappasi Village finally ended their displaced lives.

If you walk in the area where the villagers of Kapaxi Village live, you can clearly find that compared with other areas of the Red Moon Fortress, the area where the villagers of Kapaxi Village live has two very significant Features:

One: The number of adult males is extremely small.

Two: Among the only males, the disability rate is extremely high.

And these two salient features are all thanks to the tragic "War of Cunassili Menassie"... A large number of males in Capasi Village died in this war, and the men who survived by chance, among them Many people have also become disabled...

At this moment—in the area where the villagers of Kapaxi Village live, a woman is in her house, using a weaving tool to weave cloth meticulously.

When the woman was weaving carefully, a little girl with a look similar to this woman was playing there with their traditional Ainu musical instrument, Mu Kuri.

The so-called "Mukuli" is a kind of musical instrument similar to the harmonica. Because it is easy to use, even a child can play the Mukuli in a style.

"Sister! I brought new firewood!"

There was a loud shout outside the door.

Then, a young man carried a large bundle of firewood, opened the door curtain, and strode into the house.

There are places on this man's body that are particularly eye-catching-he has only one hand, and his left sleeve from his left shoulder is empty.

"Oh, you're here." The woman temporarily put aside what she was doing, and smiled at her younger brother—the one-armed youth.

And the little girl who had been playing with Mu Kuli just now also rushed to the one-armed youth with a smile: "Uncle!"

The one-armed youth put the big bundle of firewood on the ground on his right shoulder, and then stroked the head of the little girl who was throwing at him with the palm of his only right hand:

"Nonoka, I just heard the sound of your piano outside the house, your mukuli is getting better and better."

Nonoka—The girl's name.

After praising his niece, the one-armed youth looked at his sister:

"Sister. I got a lot of good things from my friends today, half a deer, a few fat rabbits, and a lot of mushrooms! I can't finish it by myself, let's finish them together!"

Their siblings have a close relationship, so the women are not hypocritical and nodded bluntly.

"These foods are now in my house." The one-armed young man continued, "There are a lot of prey. I can't move them alone. Sister, please come with me to bring those foods over!"

The woman nodded again: "Okay!"

She told the little girl—that is, her daughter, to take good care of her home, and then strode towards her brother’s residence with her brother.

As soon as the two left the women’s home, the one-armed youth moved his head towards his sister and whispered:

"Nonoka has finally gotten up again recently."

"Hmm..." The woman sighed lightly, "What an uneasy child..."

"Before, when I learned that the kid actually ran to find the man who came to Heyezhe to'avenge', my legs were directly frightened..."

If Ogata sees this woman's daughter named "Nonoka" now, he will recognize it quickly—this child is the little girl who "assassinated" him with a stone before.

Ogata was "assassinated" by the little **** the first night after he followed the villagers of China to Heyezhe.

That night, the little girl yelled "Return my father", while tightly holding the stone in her palm, she ran towards Ogata, who was full of Zhang He's face...

"Fortunately, in the end, no major disaster or major event happened..." The one-armed young man smiled bitterly, then raised his one arm and gently stroked his left arm with only one shoulder left.

"...Sister, you can't actually blame Noonoka for her lack of sensibility and worry."

"I quite understand Nonoka... If I can, I would also like to drive out all the people who enter Heyezhe..."

Speaking of this, the one-armed youth seemed to have some bad memories, frowning and pained.

And the woman walking beside him also looked somber at this moment.

The one-armed young man once threw his head and sprinkled blood in the "Battle of Cunassili Menasi"-his left arm was chopped off by a peacemaker during the battle.

Although he became disabled, he was lucky-at least he saved his life.

His brother-in-law—that is, the woman’s husband and Noroka’s father, died directly on the battlefield without even recovering the bones...

Every family in Kapaxi Village is basically like the one-armed young family—the family is destroyed by the war, and the family is no longer intact.

"Ah, sorry, I seem to have said something too heavy..." The one-armed youth put down his right hand that was stroking his left shoulder and apologized to his sister. "It's all past things. Let's talk. Some interesting things."

"Sister, the mushrooms I got this time are quite fresh, we can feast on them."

"Really?" The woman also put away the gloom on her face at this time and smiled, "Then let's cook the rabbit stew with mushrooms that you and Nonoka love to eat tonight!"

"Sister, do you want to cook rabbit stew with mushrooms tonight?" The one-armed young man grinned, "Then I will cook a little less at noon, so I can save a little stomach and eat more at night."

This is talking to the sister and brother walking down a path, smiling

As the time for lunch is approaching, many houses on both sides of the trail are now emitting smoke and the smell of rice.

Walking on the road, from time to time I can meet children playing around.

Such a quiet and beautiful scene.

However... at this moment, at this moment, a sharp sound that rang suddenly and quickly destroyed this quiet and beautiful scene.

Woo—! Woo—! Woo—!

"What sound is this?!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?"

"It seems to be a voice coming from outside!"

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The vast majority of people in the Red Moon Fortress hadn't had much contact with him, so they didn't recognize this voice.

But—some people recognize this voice.

After the peculiar sound blasted, the one-armed youth was taken aback. Afterwards, the blood on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then he shouted in horror on his face:

"It's the snail! It's the sound of the snail and the army! Why does the sound of the snail sound?!"

It is natural to be able to recognize what the sound is and what the people are. Naturally, they are the villagers of Kapaxi Village where they have had a **** battle with them.

For surviving "veterans" like the one-armed youth, I am afraid that this voice will never be forgotten for a lifetime...

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The sudden appearance of Fasnails made Ah Ting, who had just heard the rare good news, changed his expression greatly.

"Faro...Is the shogunate coming...?" Although he was forced to calm down, Ah Ding's tone still contained extremely obvious anxiety and fear.

Compared with Amachi, whose expression has changed drastically, Ogata's performance is much calmer.

After the sound of the Fasaki horn, Ogata only changed his expression slightly, and then quickly recovered his composure.

"Amachi, wait for me here." Ogata said in a calm tone, grabbing Oshaten who was placed on the right side of his body, "I'll go outside to see the situation, and I'll go back."

"Okay..." Ah Ding nodded and took a deep breath, trying to calm his flustered heart.

After inserting Oshaten back to his left waist, Ogata dashed out of the clinic.

As soon as I got out of the clinic, I saw that many residents left what they were doing and rushed to the south where the sound of the snails sounded.

Ogata ran south with the crowd.

After the southern city wall appeared in the field of vision, Ogata also gradually heard the rest of the sound except for the sound of conch-the rumbling of horseshoes and the sound of human feet treading on the ground...

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Crimson Moon Fortress, south —

"Is this the Red Moon Fortress... it's much smaller than I thought."

After the death of Sheng Tianmu, Gui Zhenghe, who was parachuted into the First Army and served as the new general of the First Army, was standing on a high **** at this time.

Wearing a helmet and holding a military uniform, he fanned his military uniform as a fan while looking at the Red Moon Fortress not far away.

During this period of time, Kuroda, who had been in charge of assisting Katsura Masawa, was standing next to Katsura Masawa holding the knife at his waist.

Gui Zhenghe smiled on his face now, full of spirits.

Kuroda next to him also looked the same, with a smile on his face.

After encountering the "Ogata Ichitosai attack", which could be called a "extraordinary scandal", the reputation of the First Army was greatly affected.

The generals of the Second Army and the Third Army who are in charge of the rear, "playing with the First Army" has become their main after-dinner talk during this time.

They all laughed at the First Army-sitting on 3,000 troops, they were so embarrassed by the single-handed Ogata Ichitosai, and even the Chief General Sheng Tianmu was directly slashed.

The generals of the First Army naturally knew that they were now the object of ridicule.

They felt aggrieved-the generals of the Second Army and the Third Army hadn't understood the horror of Ogata Ichitosai, so they didn't have a backache to talk while standing there.

While feeling aggrieved, they also felt... quite angry and unwilling.

Although the generals of the Second Army and the Third Army made these ridicules of them quite harsh, it is undeniable that they are no match for the single-handed Ogata Ichizasai with a 3,000 army.

In order to restore fame and dignity, the generals of the First Army can be described as vigorous and working hard these days.

After the troops were quickly integrated, the entire army of the First Army, under the leadership of the "awakened" generals, drove to the Red Moon Fortress at a speed far exceeding expectations.

Previously, after investigating by scouts and finding that the road ahead was barrier-free, either Gui Zhenghe or Kuroda thought it would take 4 or 5 days to reach the Red Moon Fortress.

Unexpectedly-it only took more than 3 days before they came to the city smoothly.

"It's a pity that I can't see the expressions of the Ezos in the Red Moon Fortress now." Gui Zhenghe sneered, "If I can, I really want to see how these barbarians are after seeing the army I'm waiting for. What kind of expression will it show."

"What kind of expression can I show." Kuroda shrugged with a smile. "In addition to the expression of shock and fear, what kind of expression can he show?"

As soon as Kuroda's voice fell, Guizheng and Ben laughed.

"Hahahaha! That's right!"

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What Kuroda said is correct.

In order to get a glimpse of what happened outside the city, residents who rushed to hear the sound rushed up the city wall.

Originally—according to the rules, if there is no good reason, irrelevant people are not allowed to climb on the wall.

But because too many people want to rush to the city wall, public opinion is difficult to stop, so the people who are currently standing on the city wall can't stop it, and they can only let these tribesmen who were frightened by the sound of the law to step on the city wall.

Squeezing up the city wall and witnessing this army suddenly appearing at their door, there are only two expressions on the faces of the Ainu people in the Red Moon Fortress-shock and fear.

It was the first time for many people present to see such a battle.

There are many flags and flags of various sizes, curled in the autumn breeze, making a sound of hunting and hunting.

The horn roared like a monster roaring.

Thousands of armored men and people are like a dense colony of ants... How have they ever seen so many people, have seen an army of thousands of people?

The residents who saw this kind of battle for the first time couldn't hide the shock and fear on their faces.

As soon as Ogata followed the flow of people and stood behind the inner wall, he saw the army outside the wall.

Looking at the army outside the city, Ogata's eyes were slightly narrowed subconsciously, and his heart sank.

He had thought before that the shogunate's army might come to the Red Moon Fortress before Ah Ding's body recovered.

But he didn't expect the speed of the shogunate to be so fast...

It was noon, and there was no morning fog or other messy things obstructing the vision.

Ogata took out the binoculars he had previously fought with Vasily and then used the binoculars he won from Vasily to observe the current situation and trends of the troops outside the city through the binoculars.

According to Ogata’s estimates, the total number of troops currently spending outside the city is about 3 to 4000.

They stopped at a place more than a thousand meters away from the wall. They didn't step forward, and only set up a top camp-they were camping outside the city.

At this moment, a surprise shout suddenly sounded from behind Ogata:

"Ah! Chanup is here! Chanup is here!"

This shout immediately seemed to have caused a chain reaction, and everyone turned their heads in response to the sound—including Ogata.

I saw Chanup boarded the inner city wall surrounded by many people.

The position where Chanup is currently standing is just not far from Ogata. So Ogata can clearly see-Chanup's face and expression are very bad now.

He usually doesn't leave his hand with a cigarette. It is very rare that he didn't hold the smoke gun at this time, only his face was calm, and he looked at the army outside the city with a serious face.

However, the arrival of Chanup as the leader still played a little calming effect on the emotions of everyone around him.

It's also a coincidence-when Chanup climbed the inner city wall, in the army outside the city, an armored and woven warrior rode a horse and walked out of the army majesticly. He was followed by hundreds of soldiers. .

The general who suddenly rode out was Gui Zhenghe.

After he led the hundreds of soldiers out of the queue, the sound of Faluo slowly stopped.

Gui Zhenghe rode his horse to a certain distance from the wall of the Red Moon Fortress, then took a deep breath, and then—

"Barbarians! Listen! I'm Gui Zhenghe, I'm here to tell you to wait!"

As soon as Gui Zhenghe's words fell, the hundreds of soldiers standing behind Gui Zhenghe shouted in unison, repeating what Gui Zhenghe had just said loudly.

Hundreds of soldiers shouted in unison, loud enough, everyone on the wall could hear it clearly—though only those who knew Japanese could understand what it meant.

Every time Gui Zhenghe shouted, Gui Zheng and the hundreds of soldiers behind him shouted in unison to repeat what Gui Zhenghe had just shouted.

In order to take care of the Ezos in the Red Moon Fortress, Gui Zhenghe specifically used only simple words without complicated rhetoric or modifications.

"In February of this year, you incited the townspeople of Matsumae Castle and caused riots, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries."

Gui Zhenghe first briefly counted the "crimes" committed by the Ainu people in the Red Moon Fortress, and then the conversation changed—

"You don't observe righteousness and righteousness, do tricks, and provoke yourself. It's hard to explain!"

"We always believe in peace and are willing to have equal and friendly exchanges with all ethnic groups."

"However, since the matter is at this point, it is difficult to give Gu Rong anymore!"

"From now on, the army, with the hope of speeding up!"

Although there are not many Ainu people who can understand Japanese, they are not many—at least many people on the southern wall of the Red Moon Fortress can understand what Katsura said just now.

The expressions on these residents who could understand Japanese changed drastically after hearing the phrase "Let's rise from the army today, in order to speed up the army" just now by Gui Zhenghe.

And Gui Zhenghe's shouting is not over yet.

"Wang Er wait to see the form!"

"If you surrender with nothing, you will surely set you up! It will never hurt the life of any one of you!"

"If you don't change it—please wait and do it yourself!"

After all, Gui Zhenghe raised his right hand high and made a gesture.

Kuroda, who stayed in the military formation and had been paying attention to Gui Zhenghe, immediately waved his military staff after seeing Gui Zhenghe making this gesture: "Blow the snails!"

Woo—! Woo—! Woo—!

The fascicles that had just stopped for a long time sounded again.

As the horn sounded, the generals shouted in unison.

3000 mixed the unison shouts of the soldiers and the sound of the snails, converging into a huge sound, and rushing toward the people who are currently standing on the difficult wall of the Red Moon Fortress.

In the face of this huge noise, many people on the wall couldn't help but shrink their necks. Very few people even almost fell to the ground. The panic and anxiety on their faces were so strong that they could not be added...

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PS1: The "Mukuli" (also translated as Mkli) mentioned in this chapter is not the author, Jun Xia, but a harmonica-like instrument that actually exists in Ainu history.

PS2: The character drawing of Ogata I mentioned to you a while ago has been completed! !

I will post this character painting in the form of an easter egg chapter at the back of this chapter, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com hopes that the review of the easter egg badge can quickly pass the review...

I would like to thank the book friend [Silent Kylin] who asked the painter to draw the picture again, and the painter [Master Yixin]

Because this character painting is based on a certain scene in the book, the author wrote a paragraph for this painting, because the easter egg chapter can’t write too much text, so I put the text on this picture Post here:

[The pulsating flames.

Oncoming heat.

Numerous tongues of fire spewed out from the castle tower, and the charred wooden pillars snapped off.

In the castle tower of Nijo Castle, in this sea of ​​fire, he set up the sword in his hand.

In this age of decay and depravity of the samurai, he is already here, he is already here, for the things that are cherished, drew his own sword.

Furious and indomitable.

"Sakurahara One Sword Style and No-Self Two Sword Style, Ogata Yishi, join in!"]

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