I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

There was a very embarrassing scene in the last chapter...

The author is not good at naming names, so when I name the characters, I often borrow the names of celebrities in reality to save trouble. The name prototype of the new general of the First Army "Gui Yizheng" is the classic work "I"s" and the cartoonist "Gui Zhenghe" I like very much.

Then the embarrassing scene was staged yesterday.

Because the name "Gui Zhenghe" is really deep in my heart, so yesterday when I wrote the story about "Gui Yizheng", I subconsciously wrote it as "Gui Zhenghe"... Those who watched the new chapter yesterday can find out the previous one. "Gui Yizheng" in the chapter is all written as "Gui Zhenghe"... If it weren't for the reminder from a book friend, otherwise I really didn't find it... (Leopard has a headache. jpg)

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These are all performances arranged by Gui Yizheng in advance.

The purpose is to frighten the barbarians in the Red Moon Fortress, let these barbarians see their strength, and see the difference in their strength between them.

Before starting the fight, persuade the enemy to surrender-this is basically one of the practices of various countries.

To measure whether a battle is "fought beautifully", it depends not only on whether it is won-but also on how much it has paid.

Disastrous victory and defeat-the two can be said to have no boundary at all.

Inamori was not a reckless man who didn't understand the art of war. He had previously ordered the first army to fight forwards-after the soldiers approached the Red Moon Fortress, they persuaded these barbarians to surrender.

If these barbarians surrendered in fright after seeing such a large army, they would take the Red Moon Fortress without a single arrow—it would naturally be the best.

If these barbarians are unwilling to surrender-the first army will stick to the spot, waiting for the subsequent second and third armies, and after the 10,000 army is gathered, slowly clean up these barbarians.

The performances such as "screaming in unison" performed by the First Army are all designed by Gui Yizheng.

If you simply shouted "surrender" to the barbarians, these uncivilized barbarians would most likely ignore their persuasion to surrender at all.

So after airborne to the First Army, his ambition was still there, and Gui Yizheng, who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to show off his skills, carefully designed these performances with the purpose of "deterring the barbarians".

These performances have all been approved by Inamori before—and even praised by Inamori. Inamori praised the performances designed by Yoshimasa Gui as good, and they will surely have a deterrent effect on those barbarians.

The performance designed by Gui Yizheng is much more than just "screaming in unison".

The shouts of the generals had not yet fallen, and the two roars that fell like thunder suddenly exploded.

Then, two open spaces between the Red Moon Fortress and the military formation suddenly exploded for no reason. A large amount of snow on the ground was blown up into the sky, and then fell like fine snow.

These two roars of thunder and the two subsequent explosions scared many people on the wall.

"what happened?!"

"What happened?!"

"Why did those two places suddenly explode?"

"Is this a new weapon for people?"

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The vast majority of people in the Red Moon Fortress...speak better, because they have spent too long in a place isolated from the world, so they don't know the world.

To put it harder, they are just a bunch of hillbillies who have never seen the world.

Therefore, many people in the Red Moon Fortress didn't recognize that this was the roar of the artillery, and the two explosions were also given by the artillery.

The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear; the oldest and strongest fear comes from the unknown.

These people who didn't know what the artillery was, even thought it was the power of the gods, and almost sat on the ground in fright.

For example, Otunpuyi was frightened to the ground by this huge explosion.

Otunpuyi can be said to be the first group of people who were attracted by the sound of the fascicles and climbed the city wall.

When the horn sounded, Otunpuyi was just near the southern city wall. After hearing the sound of the Faluo, Otunpuyi, who was frightened by the sound, immediately boarded the southern city wall.

Since stepping on the city wall, Otunpuyi's eyes have maintained the same state-the state of staring eyes almost falling off.

This was the first time he saw Heren's army.

Before this, Heren's army had always existed only in his fantasy.

At this moment, after witnessing the majesty of the Heren Army, Otunpuyi couldn't hide the shock in his heart.

After seeing the Japanese army outside the city, the first thought that came out of Otunpuyi's mind was-too powerful...their Heyezhe fighters can't be compared with...

boom-! boom-!

Two cannons exploded.

Otunpuyi, who was caught off guard, was so frightened that he screamed, his legs softened, and he accidentally slumped on the ground.

His **** fell heavily to the ground, and the pain made Otunpuyi feel that his **** was about to shatter.

But after touching the ground, Otunpuyi didn't care about the pain, and hurriedly got up from the ground, staring blankly at the 2 pieces that had been bombarded by artillery and had snow splashed and turned into small pits. Place—Looking at this scene, Otunpuyi’s jaw dropped straight to the ground as if it had lost the pull of its muscles.

"This is..." Otunpuyi murmured, "Heren's army..."

Otunpuyi himself didn't realize it—his naturally drooping hands, at this moment, he slowly clenched tightly without knowing it...

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For this campaign to conquer the Red Moon Fortress, the shogunate mobilized a total of more than 400 muskets, 9 artillery pieces, and 52 large barrels of various types.

Most of the firearms were concentrated in the Second Army, which was dominated by the direct units of the Shogunate. The First Army had only 2 artillery.

For this expression, Gui Yizheng pulled out the only two cannons of their First Army.

At this moment, Gui Yizheng regrets a little—he should have brought his telescope.

Because he wanted to see the expressions of these unseen hillbillies on the wall after seeing the power of artillery.

With a proud arc of his mouth, Gui Yizheng reined his horse and drove the horse back to the army.

As soon as he returned to the army, Gui Yizheng saw Kuroda approach him.

"I really want to know what the expressions of the Ezos will be after hearing the roar of our artillery." Gui Yizheng, who turned over and dismounted, first said to Kuroda in a delighted tone.

Unlike the joyful Gui Yizheng, Kuroda has only a wry smile on his face.

"Master Gui, the cost of this performance is really too high... it just used 2 shells..."

The shogunate that has lived peacefully for nearly 200 years, the armament situation... can be directly described as "Ferra unbearable".

Firearms are the hardest hit area. Because of the neglect of the development of firearms, not only the technical level of firearms has not been improved in the past 200 years, even the daily maintenance can hardly be called "ideal"...

Their 10,000 army has only 9 artillery pieces—even the number of artillery pieces is so scarce, let alone how many cannonballs they have.

The number of shells of their artillery is not enough to allow them to open up.

For the performance just now, they directly used 2 shells—which made Kuroda not only feel a little distressed...

As soon as Kuroda's words fell, Gui Yizheng raised his hand and patted Kuroda's shoulder:

"These are necessary sacrifices."

"The Art of War: Conspiracy of Sun Tzu" says: "A hundred battles will win a hundred battles, and those who are not good are good; those who defeat others without fighting, those who are good are good.'"

"Although these barbarians are not to be feared, if you fight with them, you will have to sacrifice something."

"If you can rely on these 2 cannonballs to make these barbarians surrender and surrender, then these 2 cannonballs will be nothing but a small amount of money."

Speaking of this, Gui Yizheng turned and looked at the Red Moon Fortress in the distance, sneered:

"Okay... Let's slowly wait for how these barbarians will react now."

"I guess—" Kuroda also sneered at the same time, "These barbarians may have civil strife."

"There will definitely be some people who can't see the situation clearly and will choose to resist."

"Those who want to resist, and those who know the current affairs, might fight directly."

Gui Yi was looking up to the sky and laughing:

"If these barbarians are in direct civil strife, then we'fishermen' should take advantage of the fishermen's profits!"

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Crimson Moon Fortress, Kunoya's Clinic—

Amachi, who had been waiting anxiously for Ogata's return, finally saw Ogata's return.

Seeing Ogata carrying a knife through the door of the clinic and returning to his side, Amachi immediately asked in a hurry:

"A Yi, I seem to have heard the sound of artillery just now! Is the shogunate outside the city bombing the city wall?"

The sound of artillery bombardment covered the entire Red Moon Fortress.

So Ah Ting, who has been lying in the clinic, heard the roar of the two artillery and the two explosions very clearly just now.

The sound of the cannons and explosions naturally made Ah Ding who was unable to get up to go out even more anxious, eager to know what is going on outside.

Ogata did not immediately answer the question that Amachi threw in a hurry.

He carried the knife and walked to Ah Ding's side, and then sat down beside Ah Ding, before he said calmly:

"The Shogunate did fire its artillery, but it was not used to bombard the city wall. Instead, it bombed the ground outside the fortress. It should only be used to scare the residents of the Red Moon Fortress."

Ogata briefly described everything he had just witnessed on the wall in the simplest possible sentence.

After learning about the current situation outside through Ogata Noguchi, Amachi asked:

"Then...how are the residents of the Red Moon Fortress now?"

"Now..." Ogata smiled helplessly, "It's messy outside..."

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"Hey! Asoma!"

Esuma, who was busy, suddenly heard someone calling her.

Look through the sound—a dozen or so teenagers rushed towards her with fear and anxiety.

"Aisuma! I heard that if we don't open the city, the people outside the city will kill us all. Is this true?" One of the dozen teenagers asked Aisuma anxiously.

"Where did you hear these rumors!" Esuma retorted without thinking, "Of course it is false!"

"Yes, but..."

When the teenager wanted to say something more, Esuma said first:

"Don't worry! Our bow is not a decoration! Even if the people outside the city want to hit us, they may not be our opponents!"

Esuma showed a confident bear and patted the bow of her back.

"And father...ah, no, Chanup and the others have started to discuss countermeasures now!"

"They will definitely be able to figure out a way to drive away the Japanese from outside the city!"

"You go home now, don't just listen to rumors that come from nowhere."

The dozen or so teenagers looked at each other.

What Esuma said just now had a little effect-the anxiety on the faces of many of this group of teenagers faded slightly.

Finally, they left Aizuma with different expressions and looks.

Esuma, who watched the dozen teenagers leave, sighed.

Immediately afterwards, the expression on her face changed extremely quickly.

The original confident smile was gone, only tiredness remained.

After Gui Yizheng’s "Persuade Surrender Performance" was over, Chanup, who was standing on the city wall and witnessing the whole process, immediately took action—he organized a small group of people and made them responsible for maintaining the Red Moon Fortress. order.

Esuma is one of the small group of people selected.

Since just now, Esuma has been running around, maintaining order.

Since just now, Esuma has never rested.

Since just now, Esuma has seen all sorts of strange chaos...

These uninvited guests outside the city completely destroyed the stability and quietness of the Red Moon Fortress.

Now no matter where you are in the Red Moon Fortress, all you can see is "chaos."

Some were frightened or wailed loudly.

Someone asked Esoma about what happened.

There was blood surging up, carrying spears and bows and arrows, and shouting loudly that he wanted to fight against the people outside the city.

But the one with the largest number still showed upset like this group of teenagers just now, asking Esuma what they should do next, or verifying whether some of the rumors they heard from nowhere are correct.

In order to appease these people, Asoma had to tell some white lies.

For example, what Esuma said to these Kazuto just now, "Our bow is not to lose to Kazuto", is a white lie...

Under the fighting of Esuma and others who are responsible for maintaining order, although the Red Moon Fortress is now filled with panic, there has not been any vicious incident until now, and the order has not completely collapsed.

Esuma raised her hands, rubbed her cheeks vigorously, and after energizing her, she was ready to continue to devote herself to the work of maintaining order.

But at this moment, from the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw a very familiar figure sitting in an inconspicuous corner not far away.

"Otunpuyi? What are you doing here?"

Esuma walked quickly to this familiar figure—her brother.

At this moment, Otunpuyi was sitting in that inconspicuous corner with a dull face.

It wasn't until he heard his sister's voice that Otunpuyi finally woke up as if he was awakened, and then raised his head in hindsight and looked at his sister.

"elder sister…"

Just now, when the people gathered on the wall dispersed, Otunpuyi walked down the wall along with the flow of people.

However, Otunpuyi had no memories of walking down from the city wall, walking to this place, and then sitting in this inconspicuous corner.

At that time, he was totally immersed in shock...

"Don't sit here foolishly." Asoma said, "You go home first."

Having said that, Esuma raised her hand to Raotunpuyi's arm-but did not pull Otunpuyi up.

Otunpuyi resisted her pull.

"Sister..." Otunpuyi whispered, "Heren's army... is it so powerful... It's stronger than I thought... It even has that kind of weapon... That kind of weapon hits people? On the body, the whole body will be shattered directly..."

Listening to Otunpuyi's words, Asoma not only frowned.

"Don't say such inexplicable things!" Esuma said loudly, "Hurry up and go home!"

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"Retannoe! It's all of you who are obstructing! That's why we missed the opportunity to escape here!" The middle-aged man, who has always been a firm "main fugitive", blushed and said to Yi Lei. The "main battle faction" headed by Tannoe yelled.

After Gui Yizheng's self-directed and self-acted "deterrent performance" ended, the senior officials of the Red Moon Fortress headed by Chanup naturally gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

At the beginning of the meeting, the "main fugitives" blatantly criticized the "main combatants".

The people of the "main fugitives" believe that it is because the "main warriors" were obsessed and obstructed them so much that it caused the bad situation of "until the moment before the soldiers approached the city, they did not decide a final countermeasure". And missed the best opportunity to escape.

The "main battle faction" headed by Retannoe would naturally not be scolded there obediently.

"Huh!" Retanoer snorted coldly, "I still don't dislike you for obstructing us, but you started accusing us first!"

This started at Reitanoe, and the rest of the "main battle" people joined in the scolding battle.

Inside the small house, three forces were immediately divided into the main battle group, the main fugitive group, and the "neutral group" who did not participate in the curse of the two factions and remained silent.

And Chanup is a member of the "neutral faction".

Chanup, like every meeting he attended in the past-smoking a cigarette silently, without saying a word. The expressionless face makes it hard to guess what he is thinking now.

When the "war of cursing" between the two factions was intensified, an unhurried voice sounded abruptly and inserted into the "war of cursing."

"Okay, don't make any noise. Everyone, can you... listen to me, the head of Capasi Village?"

As soon as the voice fell, the two groups of people who were originally cursing quieted down and turned to look at the owner of the voice just now—a middle-aged man with a hideous scar on his face.

The face of the middle-aged man was terrifying, with a scar from his left forehead all the way to the corner of his right mouth.

The people who calmed down, including Chanup, who had been smoking with their heads down, also raised their heads and looked at the middle-aged man.

Looking at the chief of Capasi Village.

This middle-aged man is named Upanu.

It was the head of the village of Kapaxi who participated in the "Battle of Cunassili Menasi".

"...Upanu," Retannoe said first. "It's really rare, you actually want to talk."

Chanup is actually not lonely—he is not the only one who keeps silent in every meeting.

Like Chanup, Upanu rarely speaks at every meeting, smoking cigarettes and keeping silent. Neither war nor flee.

Seeing Upanu taking the initiative to speak at this time, many people couldn't help but become curious. Want to hear what Upanu said.

After everyone's eyes were on Upanu's body, Upanu silently picked up the smoke gun in his hand, took a hard sip, and then said quietly:

"There must be no escape now."

"Heren's army has already reached our door. There is no way to escape if you want to."

"But in fact—even if we escape early, we will definitely not be able to escape."

"With a cavalry, you can easily overtake us."

"In the wild, head-to-head with the Japanese cavalry, there is no chance of winning at all."

Hearing what Upanu said, the faces of the fugitives were as ugly as they had eaten their stool.

As for the "main battle faction" headed by Retannoe, one after another nodded.

However—Retanoe and the others just nodded, and what Upanu said next made the expressions on their faces instantly froze.

"But if you fight to the death with Kazuto, it is also a dead end."

Reitanoe and others cast stunned glances at Upanu.

Upanu ignored the gaze cast by Le Tannoe and the others, and continued to say to himself:

"Retannoe, you people have never fought against anyone."

"You... don't know how strong you can fight against people."

Although Upanu's face remained as usual, his fingers, which was holding his pipe, were slowly tightening at this time.

He raised his left hand, which was not holding the cigarette gun, and lightly touched the big, hideous scar on his face.

"Have you seen how the people in armor and people are standing in line?"

"Have you ever seen what it's like to charge with a human cavalry?"

"Have you seen how terrible it is when Heren's artillery bombards you?"

"You... don't even know how terrifying the Heren army is."

"The army of peace is like a violent fire, like a towering mountain range."

"Even if we have this fortress, we have no chance of winning."

"Faced with the onslaught of tens of thousands of people and the army, I am afraid we can only last for a few days."

"Then what should we do?" At this time, someone screamed, "I can't escape, and I can't beat...What should we do?"

"...In addition to fighting and fleeing, we actually still have a third way to go." Upanu said quietly.

Lifting the smoke gun, UU Read www.uukanshu.com took another strong cigarette, and said:

"The Kazuo who rode out just outside the city... has shown us another way of life."

"Let's... surrender."

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Food, official system, life of all classes...

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