I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Therefore, Ogata is now in a state of "pure makeup".

Ogata, who was in a "pure makeup" state, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then fixed his eyes on the old friend in front of him.

"Ishikawa...sir...?"

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Osaka, Osaka Castle—

The original Osaka Castle, which was so majestic, its current situation... It can be said that it is extremely bleak.

The four entrances and exits were blasted open by cannons, and the Toyotomi army generals who rushed into Osaka Castle from all directions slaughtered every Tokugawa samurai who appeared in front of them.

To be prepared and unprepared.

The majority beats the minority.

A battle without suspense.

Although the resistance of the Tokugawa samurai who were responsible for guarding Osaka Castle could not be called heroic, in the face of the flintlock guns of the Toyotomi samurai, their resistance was more than heroic and ineffective.

But even so, it took Toyotomi's army a lot of time to completely wipe out Osaka Castle.

After all, the area of ​​Osaka Castle is so large that it takes a lot of time to walk around with your feet.

"Hey, did you find 'Old Middle School' Matsudaira Tadashin and 'Osaka Castle Generation' Horita Masaru?"

In a corridor of Osaka Castle, Zaemon Uemon, who was in charge of leading the troops to attack Osaka, was carrying his daana sword and asked a subordinate who was in front of him with a lot of blood splattered on his body.

"No." The subordinate replied, "We have searched every corner of Osaka Castle, but we have not found any traces of Matsudaira and Masahiro Hota, nor have we found any secret passages."

Left and right guard pouted: "Did you still let them run away... Forget it, the two of them are not important. Anyway, the order from Mr. Toyotomi to me is 'It's best to catch them, it doesn't matter if you can't catch them' ."

"Send an order to everyone - withdraw troops. Evacuate Osaka Castle and gather in the southwest of Osaka Castle."

"Yes!"

"And -- tell everyone, don't let your minds relax because Osaka Castle has fallen."

Left and right guard raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"We still have the big battle of 'destroying Shura' to fight."

"Shura might be even more difficult to deal with than Osaka Castle."

Just now, the left and right guards also received the order to start the "O plan" to encircle and suppress Ogata.

When he received this summons just now, left and right guard, let alone how excited he was.

The task of "capturing Osaka Castle" was far easier and more boring than Yoemon imagined.

Therefore, when they learned that the "Project B" was launched, the left and right guards quickly sent an order: speed up the purge of Osaka Castle, whoever dares to slack off, whoever dares to rectify the law on the spot.

He couldn't wait to join the siege operation against Ogata as soon as possible.

After watching the subordinate leave, the left and right guard raised his big fan-like hand and scratched the back of his head, then muttered in a volume that only he could hear clearly:

"Toyomi-sama is really strange... I demanded that all the facilities and places related to the Edo shogunate, such as the Osaka Fujo, Dojima Yone City, be burned down, but the only thing I asked was to keep the Osaka Castle, and ordered me to ensure the Osaka Castle as much as possible. perfect."

"I really want to set fire to burn this Osaka Castle... Burning such a majestic city, the scene must be spectacular...!"

The guards left and right smacking their lips, with a deep regretful look on their faces.

All of a sudden, very abruptly—

"Saoemon-Eemon-Saoemon-sama."

A cold female voice reminiscent of ice cubes sounded from behind Yoemon.

Hearing the female voice that suddenly came from behind him, Eemon left and right—with a calm expression on his face.

It was as if he knew that there was another person behind him.

Left and right guards turned their heads and looked at the woman who appeared behind him at an unknown time just now, and is now kneeling on the ground.

To be more precise, it was a beautiful woman in an Iga ninja uniform.

"Master Jijiu sent me to remind you."

This female ninja not only had no emotion in her voice, but also had no emotion on her beautiful cheeks, and spoke slowly in her cold voice with no expression on her face.

"After the fall of Osaka Castle, it is important to return every cannon to this formation intact."

"Ah...he's here to remind me to send the cannon back..." Left and right guard pulled down the corners of his mouth, stretched out his fingers and licked his ears, "That guy Yoshihisa is as long-winded as ever..."

"I know these cannons are precious, but do I need to send someone to remind me to send the cannons back to this formation intact..."

"Hey, Numin, you're here just in time. I've just cleared out Osaka Castle."

"You go back to the main formation and tell Yoshihisa: Your reminder, I have known about the left and right guards of Zaemon. Osaka Castle has been cleared, and I will immediately send people and horses to transport these cannons back to the main formation."

After speaking, the guards left and right waved their hands, indicating that the female ninja could leave.

Ninobu bowed her head, bowed to the left and right guards, and slowly stood up.

But just as she was about to turn around and leave, the left and right guard raised her eyebrows sharply.

"Huh? Wait a minute."

The female ninja turned her half-turned body back again.

Left and right guard looked up and down the face of the female ninja in front of him with the eyes of archaeologists looking at archaeological ruins.

"No wonder you always look familiar."

"I remember you."

"You are the first light, right?"

"The child who was picked up and adopted by Jijiu because he was too talented."

"My lord, you actually remember me, I am truly frightened." Female Shinobi... or the first light, said lightly.

If there are "fans" of the first light here, they will definitely be shocked.

The sacred and unattainable "Osaka's No. 1 Artist" in their eyes is now dressed in such a shameless manner.

The upper body is like a sleeveless kimono, exposing all the skin of the arms, and the lower body is like a short skirt, covering only about half of the thigh, tied with black leggings that cover the entire calf, black socks and black straw sandals on the feet— —This is the style of Iga's ninja uniform, and it is also Hatsumi's current dress.

In terms of exposure, Iga's female ninja uniform is not as good as the Shiranui Rina ninja clothing with the entire back and the skin of both arms exposed, but it is still far superior to the ordinary women's clothing of this era.

"The reason why I am so impressed with you is because I remember that Ji Jiu has always been partial to you."

Left and right guard shrugged.

"If I remember correctly, as of tonight, you have been lurking in Osaka's Shincho as a ruki, collecting information for my Toyotomi clan, right?"

"Actually, with your appearance, the most suitable disguised identity and hiding place for you are You Mai and You Kuo."

"Just with your appearance and temperament, you can easily become a popular brand in any tourist establishment."

"From the perspective of the efficiency of collecting intelligence, it is also easier to collect useful information by disguising as a popular travel girl."

"But Jijiu didn't do that."

"He didn't ask you to pretend to be a wandering girl, but to pretend you didn't need to sell your body and wanted to be more relaxed."

"From the current situation, in this grand battle tonight, Ji Jiu still prefers you."

"Since you are here to send me a letter, it means that your task tonight is to serve as a 'messenger'."

"I didn't let you do that kind of dangerous task, but let you do the 'messenger', which is safer in comparison. Ji Jiu's preference for you is evident."

"It's simply overkill for you to be a 'messenger' based on your identity."

Hatsumi's expression was—his face was blank.

She listened blankly.

Between his brows, there was a hint of... impatience.

"Oh? Don't you like listening to this topic?" After noticing that Hatsumi had been expressionless, the left and right guards laughed a few times, "Since you don't like listening to it, I won't talk about it."

Afterwards, the left and right guards waved their hands towards Hatsumi.

"Okay, go back to this formation and convey what I just said to Jijiu completely."

Chu Guang replied in a low voice "Yes", then lowered his body weight and ran towards the end of the corridor behind her.

In the blink of an eye, she completely disappeared in front of left and right guards.

"Okay..." Left and right guards stretched hard, "I'll leave Osaka Castle soon..."

Left and right guards carried his big katana sword and walked towards the southwest exit of Osaka Castle at a leisurely pace.

After passing through several corridors, Yoemon came to a place..."Blood Mill".

It's a corridor full of corpses.

In this not-so-long corridor, there were a full 10 corpses lying.

A small-scale battle broke out here just now.

The Tokugawa samurai who were in charge of guarding Osaka Castle met in this corridor with the Toyotomi samurai who attacked Osaka Castle.

The battle... or the one-sided slaughter, just started.

This unavoidable corridor is the most favorable terrain for musketeers.

The 10 corpses in the corridor are, without exception, the samurai who are responsible for guarding Osaka Castle.

There was still a faint smell of gunpowder and gunpowder in the air.

The blood flowing from their bodies dyed the floor of this corridor dark red.

Left and right guard ignored the corpses on the corridor and the blood on the ground, and continued to walk along the corridor in such a leisurely manner.

at this time!

Just as Yoemon walked to the middle of this **** corridor, a corpse piled behind him moved.

Immediately afterwards, a blood-stained corpse was gently removed.

A pair of eyes with a strong hatred appeared from the shadow between the corpse and the corpse below him.

He stared at the left and right guards who were still walking leisurely.

- he didn't notice me...

- This is a great opportunity...

——Even if I die, I have to pull a thief to back it up...!

A young warrior with a shot in the stomach, his cheeks pale from the blood loss, crept out of the mound.

The young samurai, Ichiro Arii, was one of the guards in charge of guarding Osaka.

In the encounter that took place in this corridor just now, he was unfortunately shot through the abdomen.

But he was lucky - the bullet didn't hit him right where he was, so he wasn't killed immediately.

He has been in a coma.

Been in a coma until now.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the left and right guards who were now strolling along this corridor.

Although he didn't die directly like the other companions, Arui also knew that he was just lingering, and he was bleeding too much, and he could not live long.

Knowing that his death is near, Arai casts hatred on the left and right guards.

Die or die! Even if he dies, he has to pull someone to back him up—in Arui's heart, this is the only thought left.

Left and right guards didn't seem to notice the well that was now creeping out of the corpse behind him, and continued to walk forward on his own.

Seeing that Yoemon hadn't found him, Arii felt more confident.

Breathe slowly.

Grasp the knife in his hand.

At a silent pace, he slowly approached him from behind Yoemon.

- 8 steps... 7 steps... 6 steps...

As he approached Yoemon, he counted the distance between himself and Yoemon.

Every time he took a step closer to the left and right guards, Arii's breathing became heavier.

- 5 steps...4 steps...3 steps...!

There are wells for a meal on both feet.

The anger, fear, and tension squeezed in my heart are pouring out at this moment!

"Thief! Go to hell!"

Arui poured all the remaining strength into his hind feet, kicked the ground violently, and leaped the only 3 steps away from the left and right guards in one breath.

laugh!

The feel of the blade piercing into the flesh spread into Arii's palms.

- Success!

His katana stabbed precisely through the backs of the left and right guards, piercing his vitals, and then poking out from his chest.

A happy smile bloomed on Arui's cheeks - but this happy smile froze for only a moment, and then slowly dissipated.

Because he saw... Left and right guards slowly turned their heads expressionlessly and looked at him with admiration.

"Even if you die, you have to pull another enemy back."

"I admire your courage."

"It's not in vain that I've been waiting for you to rush over."

"Looking at your courage, I'll leave you a whole corpse."

Ai's mouth opened uncontrollably.

His face became even paler than before.

"No...maybe..." Arui murmured, "I should... pierce your vitals... that's right..."

Arui probably didn't think that this sentence of his was actually his last words.

call!

The last image Arui saw in this life... was a huge Naginata that fell from the sky.

puff!

Like slicing a watermelon, Yoemon uses his ogana sword to smash Arii's head off.

The head with the well split from the forehead to the throat, splitting into two neat halves.

"Well... I was pierced by the knife, and it still hurts..."

Right and left, while throwing off the blood that remained on the Great Naginata sword, they pulled out the sword that had penetrated his body.

Immediately after he pulled the sword out of his body, a strange scene that made his hair stand upright appeared on Left and Right Guard's body.

I saw a lot of red bloodstains "growing" from the wound of the left and right guards.

These red blood threads were intertwined, and after a while, the huge penetrating wound on the left and right guards was restored to its original state.

"I didn't expect it?"

The left and right guards threw the drawn sword to the side, and spoke to Arii's corpse in a playful tone.

"Just piercing the key point of my abdomen is not enough to kill me."

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Osaka, somewhere—

"The wound on your leg isn't deep, but it's not shallow either." The old man kneeling beside Ogata carefully looked at the wound on Ogata's leg, "I don't have any medicine on me now. Just a little burlap..."

"Anyway, I'll bandage your wound with sackcloth to stop the blood from your wound."

After all, the old man opened a large package beside him and took out a roll of linen from it.

"You have to find a doctor with good medical skills to treat your injury, otherwise you will leave an ugly scar on your leg."

"Haha, it doesn't matter, anyway, I have more scars on my body." Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "One more scar or one less scar, it doesn't matter to me."

At this time, Ogata had already taken off his original suit that was soaking up the river water.

He's now dressed in clean, dry, but slightly smaller clothes

The drying clothes on him were provided to him by the old man in front of him.

"...Thank you very much, Ishikawa-sama." Ogata thanked the old man in front of him who was bandaging his wound in a sincere tone.

"Hahaha." The old man smiled.

Facing Ogata's thanks, the old man nodded with a smile and said nothing.

Looking at the old man, Ou Fang slowly asked suspiciously:

"Lord Ishikawa, why are you here?"

This old man was the owner of the Ishikawa Kenkan, who competed with Sakakihara Kenkan when Sakakihara Kenkan was still there.

This was the first time Ogata had met someone from his hometown since he left the Hirose Domain.

Although Ogata had a rather unpleasant experience with Toyama and others of Ishikawa Kenkan, Ogata had no ill feelings towards the owner of Ishikawa Kenkan.

Not only did he not feel bad, he still had some respect for Ishikawa soldiers and horses.

Back then, the piles of moths in the mountains were all done with Ishikawa soldiers and horses on their backs.

Ishikawa, who didn't want to make things bigger and troublesome, tried his best to dissuade and reprimand Yuanshan and others not to go looking for trouble, but he couldn't control Yuanshan and others at all.

"Hehehe..." Ishikawa showed an embarrassed smile, "Ogata-kun, before that, can you tell me - have you seen Itagaki? It's that Itagaki Qigoro, do you remember him?"

Ogata: "Itagaki Shichigoro?"

Hearing the name "Itagaki Shichigoro", Ogata's expression immediately froze.

Ogata naturally remembered who Itagaki was.

The first person Ogata killed since he came to the Edo period was one of Toyama's younger brothers.

When Toyama and the others went to Sakakihara Kenkan and the izakaya where Ogata worked part-time to find trouble for Ogata, Itagaki was the one who led the team to the izakaya where Ogata worked part-time.

After Ogata was not found in the izakaya, Itagaki shamelessly wounded the mother and daughter of Asaki and Afu.

After Ogata hit the Ishikawa Kenkan, and avenged the sword club's brothers and sisters, Asaki and Afu's mother and daughter, Ogata took special care of Itagaki and beat Itagaki to half death.

Since then, Itagaki, who was seriously injured, has been recuperating at home. Because of this, after beating Itagaki half to death, Ogata never saw this person again.

"No." Ogata shook his head, "I never saw him again after beating him seriously."

"Is that so... Does that mean he hasn't found you yet..."

Ishikawa's face showed a look that was both regretful and happy.

"Ogata-kun, I'm not afraid of your jokes... I left the Hirose Domain this time to find Itagaki and the others."

"Not long after you left the clan, Itagaki left the clan along with the rest of my swordsmen who also respected Yuanshan."

"On the eve of leaving the feudal domain, they sent a letter to the sword hall. The letter said: We are going to Ogata Yasushi to avenge Senior Brother Yuanshan's revenge. If we don't take this thief's head, we will never return to our hometown."

"When I received this letter from Itagaki and the others... I was quite annoyed..."

Ishikawa smiled wryly.

"I had only one thought at the time: My master was a failure."

"Let Yuanshan stop expanding the dispute - Yuanshan didn't listen to me."

"After Yuanshan was killed in a god-respecting performance because he didn't listen to my advice, I advised Itagaki and the others to stop here and stop doing stupid things—Itagaki and the others didn't listen to me either."

"If I were a master who could discipline his disciples well... maybe this series of disputes and tragedies would not have occurred."

"This series of disputes between you and Yuanshan, from the source, is that Yuanshan was at fault first."

"Because of Yuanshan's fault, one tragedy after another has appeared like a chain reaction."

"I don't want more people to be injured or even killed by this dispute that was at fault in the distant mountains."

"If Itagaki and the others are allowed to be so obsessed, then what my master has done is really a failure."

"So I closed my Ishikawa Sword Museum, left the Hirose Domain, and looked for Itagaki and the others."

"I don't know where Itagaki and the others went to find you, so I can only search for people aimlessly."

"I came to Osaka about a month ago."

"This place is one of the poor people's settlements in Osaka."

Ishikawa stretched out his finger and pointed to the ground under his feet.

"There's a very cheap hotel here. Now, that's the house, do you see it? That house is the hotel where I stayed recently."

Ishikawa pouted towards a two-story wooden house not far away that looked like a dangerous building.

"Because there's not much left in my body, so I've been living in that cheap hotel all this time."

"Now there are fires and gunshots all over Osaka for unknown reasons, so the residents here are scared and flee."

"I didn't plan to escape with the people here, because I observed the location of the fire, and the location of each fire is quite far from here, and the fire may not burn here, so I didn't follow here. Residents leave here together."

"But just now, I found out that I couldn't do it if I didn't run."

"The speed and scope of the fire's spread far exceeded my imagination."

"A certain block not far from here has been affected by the fire~www.wuxiahere.com~ It would be very dangerous to stay here, so I quickly left the hotel and prepared to escape to a safe place."

"As a result, I just left the hotel when I ran into you wet."

"Fate is really a wonderful thing... I didn't expect that I would meet you first before Itagaki and the others."

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This "old man" is Ishikawa soldiers and horses, didn't expect it?

Those who have forgotten the related plots of Ishikawa soldiers, Toyama, Itagaki, etc., can review the first volume. Ishikawa Bingma is the poor pavilion owner who persuaded Yuanshan and others not to do stupid things, but was regarded as fart by Yuanshan and others.

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