I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Mr. Chanup?" Seeing that Chanup seemed to be stunned, Ogata whispered Chanup's name.

Chanup, who recovered from Ogata's light call, said quickly:

"Sorry, I'm a little lost."

Chanup coughed softly a few times, then said seriously:

"Mr. Mashima, let's assume that you can really break through the shogunate's blockade..."

"If you really break through the blockade of the shogunate army, and then successfully find your friend... Then what do you want your friend to help us? Help us fight back the shogunate army outside the city?"

As soon as Chanup spoke, Xu Jian immediately said in a serious tone:

"certainly."

"Mr. Chanup, you should also know-if you just defend this fortress like this, your chances of winning are extremely low."

Chanup took a deep breath and remained silent.

"Your numbers are too small. Without foreign aid, the only way to repel the shogunate forces outside the city is to drag them until their supplies are exhausted."

"Please forgive me for a nasty remark-your number is too small, it is very likely that all of you will die, and you will not be able to support the day when the shogunate's supplies are exhausted."

"So my plan is simple."

Ogata moved his gaze back to the map in front of him.

"You defend this fortress firmly and resist the shogunate's attack."

"I invited my friend, and the cavalry squad under my friend's command, to launch a surprise attack while the shogunate was paying attention to the attack on the fortress, attacking the weak defensive flanks of the shogunate, with lightning strikes. Fast break and defeat the shogunate in one breath."

Focusing on Ogata on the map, from the corner of his eyes, Chanup, who was sitting opposite him, opened his eyes and opened his mouth so that he could put a fist in.

Ogata kept silent for a while, giving Chanup some time to buffer, who was still immersed in shock.

After all, Chanup is a person accustomed to seeing wind and waves, and he quickly eased his mind:

He did not question what Ogata said just now.

Instead, he closed his brows and cast his gaze on the map spread between him and Ogata.

"...Mr. Mashima." Chanup said, "How long will it take you to bring in your friend's cavalry team?"

Ogata said:

"I found a person who is familiar with the area drawn on this map today and asked him in detail about the details of this map."

"According to that person-along the way from the Red Moon Fortress to where my friend is currently, there are no bears, wolves and other wild beasts."

"Because the terrain is not complicated, there are very few cases where roads are blocked due to sudden avalanches."

"I have estimated that, as long as there are no accidents, it will take about 7 days to ride a horse from the Red Moon Fortress to my friend's place."

"A round trip is 14 days."

"14 days..." Chanup said softly, "including the time it takes you to persuade your friends to help, and the time it takes to rectify the army, it will take almost half a month..."

"In half a month... After such a long time, I am afraid that the follow-up troops of the shogunate will all come together."

"Even if you invite your friend's cavalry squad to come... with less than a hundred cavalry squadrons to attack ten thousand troops... can this really defeat ten thousand troops?"

"can."

Ogata's answer was short—but decisive.

"The elite cavalry team with less than a hundred people and the 10,000 army-the difference in combat power between the two is actually not so great that there is no chance of winning."

"The cavalry squad under my friend's command has a small number but good combat power. The horses used are much better than the horses of the shogunate."

"Although the shogunate has a large number of troops, after all, this 10,000-strong army is not an army of a hundred battles who experienced the baptism of the Warring States period two hundred years ago. Both the combat power and the will to fight are not impossible to shake."

"The flank of the army is the weakest place except the rear."

"As long as you lead a team of elite cavalrymen to attack the flanks by surprise, you will be able to enter the land of no one."

"The high speed and destructive power of the cavalry can make the army unable to organize an effective defense, even if the number is less than 100, it can also defeat the shogunate army."

"When the morale of the shogunate collapsed, it was the moment I waited for victory."

Chanup has been listening carefully.

Ogata had finished speaking, but he remained silent for a long time.

Ogata was not in a hurry, waiting for Chanup to respond.

"...It does sound like a strategy with a much higher chance of winning than simply'defending the fortress'." Chanup said after a moment of silence, "But the problem is-you can be 100% sure of yours. Does my friend lock the place I know on the map now?"

"Just let your friends be there for the first time. Then—Mr. Mashima, how do you convince your friends to help us?"

"Although your strategy has a higher chance of winning than'defending the fortress', it is also extremely dangerous. Even if you succeed in repelling the Shogunate by a surprise attack, the cavalry unit under your friend's command will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

"How do you persuade your friends to help this extremely dangerous favor?"

"No matter what you think, it is extremely difficult to convince your friends..."

"...I know it's difficult," Ogata said softly, "but I can only give it a try."

"If your friend doesn't want to help you... what are you going to do?" Chanup asked.

"Mr. Chanup, you don't need to ask questions with obvious answers." After saying this jokingly, Ogata said word by word, "My friend would like to help. -It's just the difference between a cavalry team attacking the shogunate army, or a single person attacking the shogunate army."

Chanup looked at Ogata blankly.

"...Mr. Majima." Chanup looked at Ogata in front of him with a gaze as if he wanted to see Ogata's body through. The hero..."

After speaking, Chanup took a deep breath.

After I breathe out this deeply inhaled breath slowly—

"Mr. Mashima, are you really sure that you are going to do such a dangerous thing? You are a friend, you can actually try to surrender to the shogunate outside the city..."

"Do you mean to open the gate of the city, and then let my wife and I walk slowly into the military camp outside the city and surrender to the shogunate?" Ogata's tone was full of jokes, "Then how should I go to the shogunate? The soldier explained why the two of us are in this Ainu city fort?"

"In order to check our identities, I'm afraid it will bother me and my wife a lot."

Finally, Ogata silently added in his heart:

—If someone from the shogunate sees a Kazuto whose age, body, and voice look so much like Ogata Ichitosai, God knows what they will do.

Chanup pursed his lips:

"...Mr. Mashima, I understand."

Chanup looked seriously at Ogata in front of him.

"Please be sure to... wish us a helping hand!"

Ogata bowed in return:

"I will do my best."

"Mr. Mashima is so courageous, then I can't be too petty." Chanup straightened his waist again. "Mr. Mashima, if you see your friend later, please tell your friend: If you want to Come and help us. Afterwards, I will give him half...no, two-thirds of our belongings."

"And promised him: If he encounters something that needs help later, we Heyezhe will do our best to help if we can help."

"In this way, your successful bargaining chip to persuade your friend should also be a little bigger."

"Two-thirds of the property?" Ogata exclaimed in a low voice.

"Money is nothing but something outside of the body." Chanup said, "If we can't keep our home, the money will only be cheaper to the pack of wolves outside the city."

"...I understand." Ogata nodded solemnly, "I am grateful. With your two guarantees, I am more confident to persuade my friend to help."

"I should be the one who should say'infinite gratitude'." Chanup shook his head. "You are willing to fight side by side with us at this critical juncture. To be honest-I am so touched that I don't know how to tell you. Thanks..."

"I'm just for me and my wife who can't move yet." Ogata said lightly, "So there is no need to thank me. I and you are only on the same front because of the same interests."

"On the same front... This is the first time I have heard of this term. Haha, this term is quite appropriate."

After all, Chanup raised his cigarette and took a hard sip.

Slowly exhaled a few large eye circles, and turned his gaze back to the map.

"I sorted out your plan carefully-your plan has four major difficulties."

"One: Can you successfully break through the current blockade of the shogunate outside the city and find your friends."

"Two: Can you invite your friends to help."

"Three: After you invite your friend's cavalry over, can you defeat the shogunate army?"

"And... the last'four': can we defend the city fortress until you and your reinforcements arrive..."

Chanup smiled bitterly: "None of these four major difficulties is easy to solve...Any error in any of these four major difficulties will lead to the failure of the entire plan."

Ogata also smiled wryly.

"Although it is difficult, but I can only bite the bullet."

Chanup took another hard cigarette.

"...Mr. Majima. Here... I actually have a helper who can help you break through the blockade of the Shogunate outside the city."

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…

Crimson Moon Fortress, Kunoya's Clinic—

"I'm back." Ogata yelled "I'm back" and walked quickly into the clinic.

Immediately after returning to the clinic, Kunoya's teasing sounded into Ogata's ears:

"Young man, you are finally back. After saying goodbye to you in the'old place' just now, I thought you would definitely be back soon."

"I didn't expect you to come back pretty fast."

"Tell you something interesting-your wife has seen the door of the clinic hundreds of times during the time you have not come back."

"I'm a little worried about whether your wife's neck will be sprained by frequently turning her head to look at the door."

As soon as Kunoya's voice fell, Ah Ding immediately yelled to Kunoya with a blushing face like a kid who was exposed after doing bad things:

"He didn't say what he was going to do, and he never came back. I am worried about this. Isn't it a normal thing?"

Ogata smiled at what Kunoya and Amachi had just said, and then said seriously to Kunoya:

"Kunoya, sorry, can you please leave the clinic for a while? I have something to say to my wife in private."

Kunoya didn't say much about Ogata's "request to leave".

After smiling and shrugging, Kunoya said in a joking tone:

"I feel that my clinic is about to become a private home for your husband and wife."

After joking, Kunoya strode out of the clinic.

When leaving the clinic, Kunoya couldn't forget to take out her smoking gun, and then stuffed tobacco into it.

After watching Kunoya leave, Ogata pulled out Oshaten from his waist, held it with his right hand, and knelt down beside Amachi.

"A Ding, you... listen to me quietly."

Ogata took several deep breaths.

After he had enough energy and made sufficient psychological preparations, Ogata slowly confided his plan to ally with Chanup, and... his boldness of "Chanup defended the city and sucked fire, and he led the cavalry to attack on the flanks." The plans were informed to Ah Ding one by one.

Amachi lay on her back on the floor, quietly listening to Ogata's narration.

Until Ogata's words were finished, Amachi was still silent, looking straight at the roof above, the expression on her face made Ogata elusive.

While Ogata was waiting for Amachi’s reaction with anxiety—

"Your chances of winning this plan... Although at first glance it is indeed a bit higher than the mere "defending the fortress", but it is not much higher..."

"If your plan is successful... it can be described as a'miracle'..."

Abruptly, the silent atmosphere in the house was broken by A Ding's whisper.

Before Ogata had time to respond to what Amachi said just now, Amachi continued:

"All right...you are careful on the way."

Amachi stretched out his left hand and wrapped the right palm of Ogata sitting on his left.

Ogata cast a stunned look at Amachi.

Amachi, who noticed Ogata's gaze, said in a breathless tone:

"Why look at me like this, as if you are surprised to hear my answer like this..."

"I was really surprised..." Ogata nodded seriously, "I thought...you would definitely object to me doing such a dangerous thing..."

"Even if I object, it should be useless?"

Ah Ting showed a bitter smile with a helpless look.

"During the time you have been playing and disappearing just now, I have actually been thinking about how to get you out of here with me right now."

"And I thought about it... I found that you were right... Apart from repelling the shogunate outside the city, there is really no other way..."

Amachi turned his head and looked straight into Ogata's eyes.

"For your plan to repel the shogunate outside the city, you must be fully conscious, right?"

"I have been with you for so long, not only did I recognize which actions are the actions you often do when you lie to me."

"At the same time, I recognized—what kind of look is the look you will show after you make up your mind.”

"You have made up your mind. Even if I obstruct it, I will definitely not be able to stop you."

"In that case—you just let it go and do it."

Amachi slowly tightened his left hand covering Ogata's right palm.

"Do it boldly."

"Go accomplish...what you should accomplish."

Ogata's expression was a little sluggish.

Feeling the strength coming from his palm, Ogata pursed his lips, then nodded vigorously.

"I'll be back when I go," he said.

After that, Ogata paused.

Then-

"A Ding, you just said that if my plan is successful, it can be described as a'miracle'."

He said with a smile on his face.

"Then do you believe in miracles?"

Amachi looked directly at Ogata's eyes seriously.

"...I believe it." Ah Ding nodded softly with a faint smile.

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"Are you grooming your dog?" Chanup said as he walked slowly toward the sled dogs that were squatting in front of him, and groomed his sled dogs.

Tang Shen turned his head and looked at Chinup behind him, "This is my habit. When I comb my dog, I feel calmer unconsciously."

"...Bujingzhai." Chanup said with a serious tone, "I have a way to help you get out of here now."

"Are you interested in listening?"

"It's just that this method is a little bold. You have to be mentally prepared in advance before listening."

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