I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Matsumae Domain, Matsumae Castle——

The dispatch of troops is imminent, and Matsudaira Sadanobu has been very busy these days.

But Sadanobu Matsudaira was originally a "super workaholic". Not only did Matsudaira Sadanobu not feel hard work, but rather enjoyed the feeling of being so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground.

But he is not the kind of person who is so busy that he even ignores the simple truth of "combining work and rest".

At this time, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who had just finished a lot of work, was standing in front of a window with his hands behind his back, looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

While blowing the wind and looking at the scenery, let your head empty - this is Matsudaira Sadanobu's favorite way to relax.

His little surname stood behind him, blowing the wind with him.

While blowing the wind and looking at the scenery, Matsudaira Sadanobu occasionally chats with Tachibana who has been accompanying him all the time.

Just like now——

"Tachibana." Matsudaira Sadanobu casually asked Tachibana who was behind him, "I heard that Sheng Tianmu and others from the Sendai Domain used to make a lot of noise every day when exercising their martial arts, and they disturbed many people. Is this true?"

"It's true." Lihua immediately replied, "Master Shengtianmu and they all have loud voices, so the noise they made during practice really disturbed many people."

Speaking of this, Tachibana paused, and then asked Matsudaira Sadanobu:

"My lord, do you need to warn them to pay attention to the volume?"

"No need." Matsudaira Sadanobu said, "Leave them alone for such trivial matters."

"I wanted to take advantage of the time someday to see Sheng Tianmu's drills and see what kind of great men the 'Xianzhou Seven Spears' are."

Speaking of which,

Matsudaira Sadanobu showed a slight smile with a hint of helplessness.

"It's a pity that I haven't been able to find time."

Matsudaira Sadanobu only wanted to casually chat with Tachibana behind him.

But while chatting, Matsudaira Sadanobu's thoughts uncontrollably returned to thinking about the business.

During this time, General Gamo of the Aizu Army and General Tenmoku of the Sendai Army stayed in Matsumae Castle, discussing with the generals of the Shogunate Army headed by Inamori about the future dispatch of troops.

Gamo and Sheng Tianmu are the generals of the 2000 Aizu Army and the 1800 Sendai Army respectively, so Matsudaira Sadanobu can ignore the generals of other vassal armies, but these two cannot be ignored.

During this period of time, Matsudaira Sadanobu has been carefully observing and getting familiar with these two generals whom he is not familiar with.

Although the time was short, Matsudaira Sadanobu still had some simple understanding of these two people.

Sheng Tianmu is irritable and has a simple and rough personality.

Moreover, Sheng Tianmu is a bit arrogant, and has too much confidence in his own martial arts and the strength of the Sendai Army.

On the other hand, Gamo is not talkative, doesn't have many expressions, and looks a little gloomy.

A few days ago, Matsudaira Sadanobu heard something related to Gamo.

Matsudaira Sadanobu heard that Gamo's heart is far less "calm as water" than he looks on the outside.

Gamo is actually a person who cares a lot and longs for fame and fortune.

Whether this news is true or not is yet to be studied and discovered by Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Sadanobu Matsudaira now has two things that he cares about very much.

The first place I am very concerned about: how strong are the soldiers of the Aizu Army and the Sendai Army.

The second thing I am very concerned about: whether the Aizu generals headed by Gamo and the Sendai generals headed by Sheng Tianmu are reliable on the battlefield.

Matsudaira Sadanobu knows how the soldiers and generals of the shogunate army are, but he doesn't count the soldiers of the armies of the rest of the vassal states.

The combined armies of Aizu and Sendai have 3,800 people—if the generals of the other feudal clans are stretched, that’s all. For the "Shogunate \u0026 Northeast Allied Forces", that would be a very headache.

Although during this period of time, Gamo and others and Sheng Tianmu and others have discussed with the generals of the shogunate army about the dispatch of troops in the future-but this does not show the pros and cons of the generals.

A person who can't let out a fart in a military meeting for a long time is not necessarily a mediocre general.

People who can speak eloquently at military meetings may not necessarily shine on the battlefield—the most typical example is Zhao Kuo, who successfully left the idiom "talking about war on paper" in the Confucian cultural circle during the Tang Dynasty and the Warring States Period.

Matsudaira Sadanobu really wants to find an opportunity to test the level of generals in Aizu and Sendai.

If you know the strength of the generals of the two feudal clans in advance, it will be much more convenient for many things in the future.

Just when Matsudaira Sadanobu unknowingly turned his thoughts to thinking about the serious matter, the sound of footsteps coming from far to near at a fast speed suddenly sounded outside the room.

"My lord! Report something urgent!"

"Come in," said Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Wow.

The paper sliding door was pulled open.

A young man knelt behind the door with sweat profusely on one knee, and then reported to Songping Dingxinhui:

"My lord! The naturalized Ezo riot in Matsumae Castle! The planned Ezo riot in Matsumae Castle!"

Because the matter was urgent and important, the young official reported twice in a row.

Tachibana standing behind Matsudaira Sadanobu was taken aback.

However, Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression did not change.

It was as if he hadn't heard any important and noteworthy news at all.

"Which places did the naturalized Eizawa riot?" Matsudaira Sadayuki asked in a calm tone.

The young official quickly reported the names of several streets in Matsumae Castle—these streets were all very close to the northwest corner of Matsumae Castle.

"How many naturalized Ezos are there in the riot?" Matsudaira Sadanobu continued to ask.

"As far as we know, there are about 200 people! But there are still more naturalized Ezo who participated in the riots."

"They burned, killed and looted everywhere. The civilians in those streets are under attack, and there are heavy casualties!"

Even after learning of the heavy casualties, Matsudaira Sadanobu remained calm.

With his hands behind his back, after a moment of contemplation, Matsudaira Sadanobu said softly:

"...This is a good opportunity."

At this time, Tachibana, who was standing behind Sadanobu Matsudaira and was serving him with a lot of thoughts, didn't realize that what Matsudaira Sadanobu said was a pun.

The naturalized Ezo uprising in Matsumae Castle is a good opportunity for the two things currently before Matsudaira Sadanobu.

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"Okay! Have you rested enough?!" Sheng Tianmu shouted at Qiuyue and Kuroda, "Let's continue practicing!"

Hearing Sheng Tianmu's words, Qiuyue and Kuroda showed bitter faces.

"Don't make such an expression!" Sheng Tianmu roared, "This war with the Ainu is a rare battle since the opening of the Shogunate!"

"We are honored to participate in this great battle, and we must not give up this great opportunity to make the Sendai Domain famous!"

"We want to let the world know the bravery of our Sendai warriors in this battle!"

"Now that the battle is imminent, both physically and mentally, we must maintain a tight state!"

"Quickly grab your guns!"

Qiuyue and Kuroda, who still had bitter faces, picked up their wooden guns slowly.

But at this moment, a loud notification sounded.

Then, a figure quickly walked in from the entrance of the courtyard.

The figure was that of a young official.

As soon as the young official appeared in front of Sheng Tianmu and others, he reported loudly:

"Master Sheng Tianmu! Master Lao Zhong has an order to convey!"

Seeing that the person who came was the emissary of the elders, Sheng Tianmu dared not neglect him in any way. Hastily put down the wooden spear in his hand, led Qiuyue and Kuroda to kneel down in front of the envoy.

The envoy didn't say much, and directly informed the riots currently happening in the city.

Then he conveyed the order that Matsudaira Sadanobu just issued:

"Let Er and others lead the 'Sendai people' to repel Rong Jin and the thugs of the four entries and two places."

The so-called "Sendai people" refers to the Sendai Fan generals who followed Sheng Tianmu and others to stay in Matsumae Castle.

Sheng Tianmu was slightly taken aback when the order sounded.

Then he said loudly in a tone that suppressed the ecstasy:

"yes!"

After conveying Laozhong's order, the envoy quickly left in front of Sheng Tianmu and others.

After the envoy left, Sheng Tianmu stood up from the ground.

Then he looked up and laughed.

"Akizuki! Kuroda! Call all the soldiers in the castle!"

"It's about to go out!"

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The general of the Aizu Army, Kamo Yuki, is a person who doesn't look like a general.

It is not considered a burly figure, although its height is higher than that of ordinary people. If it is replaced by the length unit of the modern earth, its height is more than 1.6 meters. This kind of height disease is not high enough to make people feel like a giant.

But with such an appearance that doesn't look like a general, he is one of the best generals in Aizu Domain.

During this time, the Tianmu and other members of the Sendai Domain have been honing their bodies and martial arts in full swing every day.

The same is true for Gamo.

However, Gamo's daily practice is much quieter than Sheng's Celestial Eye.

At this moment, Gamo was standing in front of a stake with all its leaves fallen.

Gamo is famous for his "Tai Sword Art".

His favorite knife, Lei Zuo, hangs quietly on his left waist.

Taidao is quite different from the swords used by samurai today.

The two biggest differences are that they are worn differently from the popular era.

When the Da Dao is worn on the waist, the blade faces upwards.

When the tachi is worn, the blade faces downward.

The reason for such a difference in wearing style is mainly because the two knives are used in different types of battles.

Taidao is mainly used in horse fighting, while Da Dao is mainly used in foot fighting.

When riding on a horse, the blade is worn downwards, which can be easily drawn out and quickly put into battle.

Moreover, the blade is worn downward, and the bottom of the scabbard is not easy to poke the horse's buttocks.

Taidao was mainly popular in the late Heian period and the Kamakura shogunate period after hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years ago, when sending envoys to the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty to learn the advanced culture and system of the Tang Dynasty, Japan entered three eras—the Asuka era, the Nara era, and the Heian era.

These 3 eras add up to span exactly 600 years (AD 592-AD 1192).

During these 600 years, the emperor was the veritable head of state and held the power of the country.

Taidao became popular in the late Heian period.

At the end of the Heian era, the samurai group took away the power of the country from the emperor and established the first shogunate in history, the Kamakura shogunate. After that, Taidao reached its peak.

During the period from the Heian period to the Kamakura shogunate era, samurai were particularly popular in single combat.

When fighting, the two sides lined up first, and when they were ready, they fired a dysprosium arrow in the direction of the opposing army's formation.

Following the sharp whistling sound of the dysprosium arrow, the generals of both sides rushed out of the army formation on horseback and came to the open space in the middle.

Next, the generals of the two sides introduced themselves loudly, and the content was nothing more than showing off their families and their bravery.

I am so and so, my ancestor so and so, in which dynasty and generation have fought and won battles, cut off so and so's head and so on. And I am such a powerful warrior myself, I have killed so and so—this was the most mainstream self-introduction content at that time.

After the self-introduction, the generals of the two sides began to fight each other.

This kind of heads-up is called "one-riding challenge".

At that time, everyone basically rode on a horse and used a sword to fight one-on-one.

Riding on a horse and using a sword to fight one-on-one with the enemy is a real man and a real samurai-this is the common view of samurai in that era.

Then their "one-on-one culture" made a lot of jokes when Yuan sent troops to them.

In the late Kamakura period, after the army of the Yuan Dynasty came across the sea, many generals of the Japanese army foolishly planned to play heads-up with the Yuan army.

So at the beginning of the war, you can see this scene:

Wearing gorgeous battle armor and holding a sword, the Japanese general walked out of the formation majesticly, and shouted loudly at the Yuan army's formation, asking the most powerful warriors of the Yuan army to come out and "challenge" him.

The generals of the Yuan army looked at the Japanese generals who came out of the battle out of nowhere and said something inexplicable.

The generals of the Yuan army were moved by the Japanese general's behavior of "sending heads from thousands of miles away".

So he raised his hand and fired a thousand arrows, shooting the general of the Japanese army into a hedgehog.

There are countless Yuan armies fighting fiercely in Eurasia. What war scenes have you never seen? Tell you martial arts?

There are still many paintings depicting this "Yuan-Japanese War" circulating.

Many of these paintings depict quite the content - the Japanese generals in ornate armor were shot into hedgehogs by the Yuan army's random arrows, or the Japanese generals were shot with random arrows and ran away.

After being severely "tuned" by the Yuan army, the Japanese army came to their senses—their "one-riding fight" was useless in a real war.

Therefore, since the "Yuan-Ni War", Japan's "Yiqidou" culture has weakened.

In the future, when Japan fought wars, no matter whether it was an internal or external war, it did not play any "one horse fight".

The weakening of the "one ride to discuss" culture has weakened Taidao.

After the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and the establishment of the second shogunate, the Muromachi shogunate, swords dedicated to foot combat began to appear.

In the Warring States period after the Muromachi shogunate and the Edo period established by the current Edo shogunate, the development of swords reached its peak.

In the current Edo period, the sword worn by every samurai is a sword. The tachi became an extremely rare weapon.

In the Edo period, wearing a tachi instead of a sword was like wearing a suit with sneakers on the feet in the eyes of others.

Therefore, at the moment when Taisao is very rare, Gamo, who possesses a superb "Taisao technique", is as rare as a rare animal.

Gamo stood in front of the stake, like an old pine, motionless.

He had actually maintained this half-squat position for half an hour.

Finally——he slowly put his right hand on the handle of Lei Zuo's knife with the blade facing down and hanging on his waist.

Pulling the sheath open, the left arm continued to hang loosely, and the legs were firmly planted, just continuing to look straight at the wooden stake in front of him.

He adjusted his breathing, and about a while later, Gamo twisted his waist with luck, uttered a cry, stepped and squatted down, the light of the knife flashed, and then the blade quickly retracted into the sheath.

After putting away the knife and returning it to its sheath, the stake in front of Pusheng turned out to be——!

nothing changes...

After putting Leizo back into the scabbard, Gamo stood up straight, then raised his hand and lightly poked the stake.

Click...

With the sound of a small crack.

A slanted knife mark appeared on the stake.

Then the wooden stake slowly fell to the ground along the slanted knife marks.

After the upper half of the wooden stake fell to the ground, a waiter who had been standing respectfully by his side quickly greeted him with a flattering smile while holding a sweat towel.

"Master Gamo, your technique is really amazing the more you look at it!"

In fact, the envoy didn't understand what was so good about Gamo's technique just now, but he just slapped the horse.

Pu Sheng also ignored his waiter, took the sweat towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He was actually practicing concentration just now.

It is not difficult to split the wooden pile with one knife, and keep the wooden pile as it is after being cut obliquely, as long as the knife is fast and stable enough.

The most difficult thing is to maintain the posture of lowering the center of gravity of the body. After being motionless for half an hour, the wooden stake can still be accurately split, and the wooden stake can still remain as it is.

While Gamo was wiping his sweat with a sweat towel, the waiter who had just handed the sweat towel was still flattering.

"Relying on Mr. Gamo's skill, in this war with the Ainu, he will be able to show his might! Let the name of bravery be forever in history!"

Gamo has always been a person who doesn't express much and doesn't talk much.

From just now, she has been putting on a "dead face" as if a relative has just passed away.

But after hearing what the waiter said just now, Gamo's eyes were filled with emotions.

He pulled out the Lei Zou from his waist again, and then erected Lei Zhou so that the tip of the knife pointed directly at the sky.

Because Taidao is a knife specially used for horse fighting, the length of Taidao is often longer than that of Taidao. In order to facilitate chopping on horseback, the arc of the blade is basically larger than that of Taidao.

But this is not absolute, the length and arc of some knives are the same as those of Taidao.

Ogata's Dashitian is the best example.

Although Ogata's Dashiten is a katana, its blade length is 75cm, and the blade has a large arc. It is a typical "knife that is no different from a taichi".

The blade length of Gamo's Raizou is longer than that of Ogata's Dashiten. Converted to modern centimeter units, the blade length of Raizou is about 77cm.

Gamo carefully looked at the love knife with the tip pointing to the sky in his hand.

Under the warm winter sun, Lei Zuo's blade shone with a clear blue light under the light.

Gazing at Aito, Gamo whispered in a low voice that only he could hear clearly:

"It would be great if the name of bravery can be preserved forever in history..."

As soon as Gamo's murmur fell, a loud notification sounded suddenly.

Then came the sound of footsteps from far and near.

The person who came was the emissary of Nakamatsu Pingxin.

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Songqian Castle, somewhere in the northwest corner——

Looking at the scene in front of him, Maca was in a good mood.

The scene in front of Maca Nao is very similar to the hell in Buddhism.

There was blood everywhere, broken limbs everywhere, wailing and screaming everywhere.

Just now, Maca Naoqin led a group of people to raid this street.

In just a moment, Maka Nao and the others used their Ainu's best archery skills to wash the street with blood.

A kind of pleasure of revenge welled up from Maca Nao's heart, and then spread throughout his body.

Looking at the corpses of those people on the street, Maca's mood was so happy that he wanted to laugh out loud until he burst into tears.

Maca Nao was in his father's generation, moved into Matsumae Castle, and became a member of the naturalized Ezo in Matsumae Castle——Makanao was not born when his father led his mother to live in Matsumae Castle .

After staying for a year, they gave birth to Maca Nao.

Many Ainu people who decided to naturalize Heren did so because of one reason - they were deceived by other people's rhetoric, thinking that "Herendi" was a paradise.

Maca Nao's parents are a typical example.

I mistakenly thought that becoming a naturalized Heren would lead a much better life than before, but I didn't realize until I actually moved into "Herendi" that it wasn't the case at all.

The memory of Maca and people is the memory of "being discriminated against".

Even in Kazuto's clothes, Kazuto people think they are still a bunch of barbarians, just a bunch of monkeys in clothes.

Discrimination against these naturalized Ezos is reflected in all aspects.

For example: When the naturalized Ezo walked on the street, he cast a strange look at them.

Another example: I think that the naturalized Ezo is a bunch of lazy and stupid guys who always want to steal when they work, so they don't want to hire the naturalized Ezo.

Over time, due to the delay in finding suitable jobs in the city, many naturalized Eizo decided to go astray, deciding to make a living by seeking wealth and killing their lives.

And these naturalized Ezo who have gone astray have caused the overall reputation and image of the naturalized Ezo to decline again.

It makes people more discriminate against naturalized Ezo.

Thus, a vicious circle was born.

Maca Nao is one of the typical examples of "being discriminated against and going astray".

He used to be an employee in a fabric store.

He was the only "non-heren" employee in that store.

The reason why the owner hired Maca Nao was not because he did not discriminate against naturalized Ezo.

It's because it's cheaper to hire naturalized Ezo.

Many shops are unwilling to hire naturalized Ezo, making it extremely difficult for naturalized Ezo to find a job to do.

This allows each store to have enough leeway to hire naturalized Ezos at low prices—what? You think low? Then go to another house and see if people from other houses are willing to hire you.

Because the naturalized Eizo have no choice, they can only accept such unequal treatment. They obviously do the same or harder work as other Heren, but they get far lower wages than other Heren.

Maca Nao, who was only 14 years old at the time, was discriminated against in every aspect of his life, but he still wanted a better life.

He thought to himself: Work hard, save money, marry a good wife in the future, give birth to a mixed-race child, and then let his son marry a good wife...

As long as the mixed blood continues from generation to generation in this way, our descendants will no longer have the appearance of the Ainu, but will become completely Japanese.

With such a good wish, Maca Nao worked hard with all his strength.

However, after only half a year, an accident occurred.

The money in the cash box in the store was suddenly stolen.

Maca Nao didn't even know where the cash box was placed from the beginning to the end.

But everyone in the store, including the owner, all suspected that Maca was the one who stole it.

At that time, news of "naturalized Ezo stealing money or goods in the store" was frequently reported, so after the theft happened to them, the shopkeepers subconsciously suspected that they were the only naturalized Ezo in the store. Maca made trouble.

Even though Maca broke his lips and said that he was innocent, the owner and the others remained unmoved.

After the officials of the government came, they also felt that Ma Ka Nao was the biggest suspect, so they directly took Ma Ka Nao away, and then served him with severe torture, intending to extract a confession by torture.

At that time, facing all kinds of torture from the government, Maca Nao almost survived.

Just when Maca Nao couldn't bear the torture and was about to admit directly that "it was done by himself" in order to free himself, the officials at the government finally found out who the real murderer was—another Heren clerk in the store.

After being cleared of the suspicion, Maca Nao was finally free.

However——after gaining freedom, Maca's state of mind and thoughts changed suddenly during this dark prison life.

The scene where the shopkeeper, the others, and the officials couldn't help but suspect that he was the thief made Maka Nao feel as if his chest was being pricked by needles as thick as an adult's arm every time he recalled it.

The seeds of hatred were planted in Maca Nao's heart.

After regaining his freedom, Maca Nao did not go on any right path.

Instead, it started to go astray.

Since going astray, Maca Nao is much smarter than other "colleagues".

The reason why he has not been arrested until now is because he used a lot of money from robbing houses to make connections in the mansion of the Matsumae clan, and officials of the Matsumae clan's mansion secretly assisted him.

At the same time, compared with other peers, he is also much crueler and more ambitious.

Ever since he became discouraged by the so-called righteous way, Maca Nao has always had a longing in his heart.

Thirst for revenge.

Desiring to make those who look down on their Ainu people pay the price.

At the same time, they are also eager to establish a country with only their Ainu people.

And Ta Maka Nao will be the first head of state of this new country.

So from half a year ago, Maca Nao began secretly preparing for revenge against Kazuto.

Silently accumulating strength, silently waiting for the opportunity.

In this Matsumae Castle, there are countless naturalized Ezo who are full of hatred for Kazuto, so Maca Nao easily and secretly organized a large group of people.

And now, Maca Nao has waited for the best time to start an incident.

Through the well-established relationship network in the feudal mansion, when Matsudaira Jonobu just arrived at Matsumae Castle, Maka Nao received the news that "the old Nakamatsudaira Jonobu is now located in Matsumae Castle".

Maca Nao didn't know anything about Kazuto's official position-but he only needed to know that Matsudaira Sadanobu was Kazuto's second in command.

Kazuto's second-in-command is now located in this Matsumae city-Maka Nao, this is a great opportunity.

Whether it is robbing or directly killing Matsudaira, it can cause a great blow to Kazuto.

So Maca Nao quickly re-drawn up a new plan for the uprising - after the uprising, he went straight to the mansion of Matsumae.

Matsudaira Sadanobu must be there.

Their goal is to rob Matsudaira Takanobu.

If Matsudaira Takanobu could not be robbed, his head would be taken directly.

Maca set the date of the incident as today.

The 300 or so subordinates he gathered will be divided into 4 teams, starting from 4 streets, and going straight to the mansion of the Matsumae Domain located in the center of Matsumae Castle.

Many of the 300 or so subordinates gathered by Maca Nao have been naturalized for a while, and they no longer know how to use bows.

So among the 300 people, only 70 people use bows and arrows.

The rest were armed with wooden guns with cut ends or knives obtained from various sources.

Although the weapons are a bit crude, the current operation is very smooth.

The 4 teams marching from 4 streets all hit the ground running.

Under their surprise attack, the civilians in those 4 streets were killed and injured, which made Maca Nao and others couldn't help but feel elated.

"Rush! Don't stop! Go forward! Don't stop!"

Maca Nao waved the wooden gun in his hand, and loudly directed the team he was in charge of.

Maca Nao was not dazzled by the current smooth scene.

He knew that the reason why they were so smooth now was because Kazuto didn't react.

When the Heren's army arrives, they will be in trouble.

So Maca, who knew that they had to speed up their pace, shouted "Hurry up" and "Don't stop" over and over again tirelessly, urging his subordinates not to listen and to rush straight to the mansion.

However—people's hearts are obviously impossible to gather together with a few shouts.

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

Maca rushed towards the three young people not far away in a panic.

The three young men broke away from the team, rushed into a fabric store, greedily moved out the money that was placed behind the counter, and then stuffed these heavy yellow and white things into all the places on their bodies that could be stuffed.

One of them even tucked a piece of expensive-looking cloth under his arm.

"Put down the things in your hands! Continue to rush forward with the big troops!"

Rebuked by Maca Nao, the three young men shrank.

However, they did not obediently let go of these yellow and white things on them.

One of them stiffened his neck and yelled at Maca confidently:

"These Kazutos always bully us! What if we take something from them?!"

"Now is not the time to take these things!" Maca Nao blushed with anger, "As long as our uprising succeeds this time, there will be opportunities to take these money and these cloths in the future!"

The three young men actually did not quite understand what Maca Nao said.

They just want to take the money and the cloth now.

Since the first person who started looting appeared, this behavior immediately spread like a highly contagious disease.

More and more people broke away from the main force and started smashing and looting the surrounding shops wantonly.

Take revenge on Kazuto by raising an incident, and establish a new country that belongs only to their Ainu people?

Sorry, most of the people under Maca Nao's command don't quite understand this ideal.

The thinking of most of Maca Nao's subordinates is very simple: they want to live a life where there is food and drink, and they don't have to worry about money and food anymore.

Seeing that the team's discipline was beginning to show signs of collapse, Maca gritted his teeth, and a bit of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

Then, he straightened out the wooden gun in his hand and stabbed to death the young man who had just told him in a confident tone, "What's the matter with getting some peaceable things?"

"Listen up!" Maca Nao didn't immediately pull out his gun from the young man's body, "Stop looting! Put down everything you have! Continue to follow the big army!"

Maca's act of stabbing people to death with a gun directly shocked those who were still thinking about looting.

Some people were so frightened that they quickly threw away the yellow and white things on their bodies.

Just when the discipline of the team finally recovered a bit——

"Samurai of Sendai! Come with me!!"

At the end of the street, suddenly there was a loud roar that seemed to tear down the entire street.

Hearing the roar, Maca Nao's face instantly turned pale.

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Matsudaira Sadanobu decided to send the "Aizu people" and "Sendai people" who are currently staying in Matsumae Castle to meet the naturalized Ezo who are revolting in the city.

Matsudaira Sadanobu thinks this is a good opportunity - to see whether Gamo, Sheng Tianmu and the others have real skills on the battlefield.

So after ordering Gamo and Sheng Tianmu to go out, Matsudaira Sadanobu stayed silently in the feudal mansion, waiting for news.

Of course—to be on the safe side, Matsudaira Sadanobu sent people to organize a reserve team.

If Pusheng, Shengtianmu and the others are pulling their hips, they will send a reserve team to wipe out these rioters in one fell swoop.

The "Sendai people" who followed Shengtianmu and stayed in Matsumae Castle, including Shengtianmu himself, totaled only 50 people.

He didn't bring any heavy weapons on hand, and he didn't bring any long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and muskets.

But even if they lack sufficient numbers and equipment, Sheng Tianmu still has sufficient self-confidence—he can rely on the strength at hand to defeat these rebellious naturalized Aizawa.

After quickly gathering the "Sendai crowd", Sheng Tianmu took the lead, carrying his favorite gun, and rushed straight to the frontline battlefield.

Sheng Tianmu's favorite gun—that is, the three guns, named "Jiefei".

For its strong body is crimson.

Moreover, Shengtianmu Jiefei is also different from the ordinary Sanjian gun.

Jie Fei's spear head is extremely long and wide. The length of the tip is longer than that of a normal Wakizashi blade.

Riding a horse in such an urban area would not be able to display the combat power of cavalry at all, so they all rushed to the battlefield on foot.

Sheng Tianmu, who was wearing armor all over his body, took the lead. He was clearly wearing heavy armor, but he was still able to walk like flying.

Qiuyue and Kuroda followed closely behind Sheng Tianmu.

Three of the "Xianzhou Seven Guns" charged at the front, which boosted the morale of the rest of the ordinary soldiers, shouting and galloping towards the battlefield.

As they drove all the way, finally——they saw a street full of blood and corpses.

I saw the naturalized Ezo who wore kimonos but had facial features completely different from theirs.

"I am the 'Xianzhou Seven Spears' who was born on the left and right side of the Tianmu!"

Sheng Tianmu roared loudly.

The sudden arrival of the army shocked Maca.

"Arrows! Arrows! Arrows!"

Maca made a fuss and signaled his subordinates to release a rain of arrows on the sudden army.

The arrival of the Kazuto army was much faster than he had imagined.

Arrows flew out, attacking the "Sendai Crowd".

Facing the oncoming arrow rain, Sheng Tianmu showed no trace of fear on his face, and he didn't even hesitate in his steps.

Although they did not have equipment such as bows, arrows, and muskets, they had sufficient equipment such as armor, shields, knives, and guns.

The soldiers who can stay in the center of Songqian City with Sheng Tianmu are naturally not ordinary soldiers.

Everyone is an elite in the army, and they all have well-dressed armor

Before going out, they had already received information-the rioting naturalized Ezo had a large number of bows and arrows.

So before going out into battle, Sheng Tianmu specially asked everyone to wear armor and shields.

All of them carried shields that could hide most of their bodies behind them.

Seeing the rain of arrows flying, they immediately lifted the shield in their left hands, and then tried to hide every inch of their bodies behind the shield.

Sheng Tianmu's body is too tall, so his special shield is also a special shield.

His shield is like a wall, and he can hide most of his body behind the shield with just one low move.

A shield of this size can only be used by someone with amazing arms like Sheng Tianmu.

There is an ancestral motto in the family of Shengtianmu: Don't be afraid of arrows and projectiles. The more you fear arrows and projectiles, the more they will fly at you.

Sheng Tianmu, who has been influenced by this ancestral precept since he was a child, not only did not feel fear when facing these arrows flying head-on, but became more and more excited.

Under the protection of shields and armor, Sheng Tianmu and the others went on a rampage all the way.

In the end——successfully killed those thugs.

"Barbarians! Let's see the 'Spear of Xianzhou'!"

Sheng Tianmu roared, and waved Jie Fei with his right hand.

Jie Fei stretched out for the first time, and pierced the bodies of the two thugs in one breath.

Afterwards, Sheng Tianmu swiped to the right, and the flesh and bones of the two thugs were cut to pieces by the sharp spear point, and the two were roughly torn in half.

The other two guns of the "Xianzhou Seven Guns" that followed Zaisheng Tianmu were also thrown into the battlefield.

Qiuyue is good at using "heavy guns" with gun barrels as thick as the mouth of a bowl.

Such a heavy gun fits his marksmanship very well.

The characteristic of Qiuyue's marksmanship is wide opening and closing.

The best place for this type of marksmanship is the battlefield where there are enemies everywhere.

Still holding the shield in her left hand, Qiuyue swung the "heavy gun" in her hand from the bottom right to the top left with her right hand, and swept the two thugs ahead with the barrel of the gun.

Although the two thugs reacted fairly quickly, they subconsciously raised their arms because they didn't have a shield or anything else that could be used for defense.

The gun barrel hit the arms of the two thugs.

There was the sound of bones breaking.

The two felt as if a wild boar rushing down the mountain hit their arms, and the bones of their forearms quickly shattered.

Immediately afterwards, the arms that were broken from the shoulders smashed to the chest.

This huge force was transmitted directly from their arms to their chests, directly shattering their ribs and internal organs.

Because Qiuyue swung her gun from the bottom right to the top left, the two were directly sent flying into the sky by Qiuyue.

These two big living people, like soft pieces of paper, were directly blown into the sky, flying nearly 3 meters high, and then fell to the ground in a beautiful parabola.

A large number of living people were directly knocked into the air—not to mention the thugs who were still alive, even some "Sendai people" present were stunned at this scene.

As for Kuroda—he also shook his gun away at this time.

The gun Kuroda used was an ordinary cross-word gun.

The so-called ten-word gun is a kind of sickle gun, and there are two sickle blades on the left and right sides of the gun head.

Because the two sickle blades, the gun head and the gun shaft just form a "ten" character, it is named "ten character gun".

The spear technique used by Kuroda is the most popular, popular, and well-known spear technique at present——Hozoin-style spear technique.

Kuroda leapt into the crowd of thugs.

For them as the "Seven Spears of Xianzhou", holding a shield with one hand to defend against arrows, and then swinging the gun with only one hand is just an extremely easy thing.

He could only see Kuroda's cross-word spear drawing an arc in the air.

The long and sharp sickle cut off the heads of the two people in one go.

When it was waved again, the heads of two more people flew into the air.

Immediately afterwards, Kuroda stabbed forward with his spear, piercing the other person's body.

Sheng Tianmu, Qiuyue, and Kuroda are fully armed in the true sense, armed to the teeth.

In addition to wearing their special armor for the "Xianzhou Seven Guns", they also wore a ghost mask with only their eyes exposed.

Since the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago, it has been very popular for generals to wear fierce masks on the battlefield.

This can not only defend the face, but also deter the enemy.

The three people wearing devil masks danced the spears in their hands up and down, and the feathers on their bodies fluttered with the wind.

They look like war gods and ghosts.

Wherever the tip of the "Spear of Xianzhou" went, there was blood and death.

The thugs were either decapitated, or their limbs were broken, or their entire bodies were directly smashed into pieces that were difficult to piece together.

Among the mobs who rebelled, there were even some naturalized Ezo who can still be seen everywhere in the market yesterday.

Those who have been naturalized for a short time and know how to draw a bow and shoot arrows, most of them have never hunted in the mountains.

Only a very small number of people have the experience of hunting wild animals.

These people now only feel that Sheng Tianmu and others are much more terrifying than the bears, wolves and other ferocious beasts they have encountered before.

Even though they rushed up and besieged one after another, except for losing their lives in vain, they still failed to hurt Sheng Tianmu and others in the slightest.

The arrows used by these naturalized Ainu people who rebelled were all poisonous arrows coated with the poison they Ainu loved to use for hunting.

As long as one hits the arrow, that person will surely die.

However—this requires hitting the enemy and letting the arrow penetrate the enemy's flesh.

The armor worn by Sheng Tianmu is a large armor specially made by the lord of the Sendai Domain. From head to toe, it is made of iron.

In Japan, which lacks iron ore resources, this kind of armor made of iron from head to toe is not generally rare.

Shooting through such iron armor - this kind of thing, I am afraid that only the one in a thousand shooters who have undergone hard training can do this kind of thing.

What's more, they still have shields for protection.

Moreover, they are all masters who can see six directions with their eyes and hear all directions with their ears.

While paying attention to the arrows, they fought bravely.

Infected by the heroism of Sheng Tianmu and others, the morale of the "Sendai Crowd" soared. Following Sheng Tianmu and the others, they held up their weapons and launched a storm-like attack on the mob.

These generals who are qualified to stay in Songqian City with Sheng Tianmu are all the best in the army without exception.

Even the general servants have a full 6 people.

The so-called "servant general" refers to the general who ranks second only to the general in the army. Often able to lead an army to fight alone.

How could it be possible for these unorganized and undisciplined thugs to defeat the regular army, and they were still elites headed by three "Xianzhou Seven Guns"?

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...

While the "Sendai Clan" was crushing the thugs in the area they were in charge of, the "Aizu Clan" on the other side was also showing the heroic posture of the samurai of "Ou's No. 1 Military Powerhouse".

Like Sheng Tianmu, Gamo personally led the "Aizu people" to the front line of the battlefield.

At the same time, like Sheng Tianmu and the others, he did not ride a war horse that was difficult to perform in the streets, and he carried a shield that could be used to defend against arrows.

It's easy to see--as a general of the Aizu Army, the color of the armor used by him is completely opposite to the color of the armor used by "Seven Seven Spears of Xianzhou".

The armor worn by Gamo is blue and white.

He holds a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. After Sheng Tianmu and the others rushed to the forefront of the area they were in charge of, Gamo and the others arrived at the battlefield in charge of their "Aizu people" almost at the same time.

Taidao is a sword specially used in horse battles, and the Taidao technique used by Gamo can only exert its real power in horse battles.

But this does not mean that Gamo cannot use Taisho in foot combat.

Gamo jumped into the middle of the enemy group on the road.

Before the group of enemies could react, they saw a flash of sword light.

Pu Sheng first slashed the first right shoulder obliquely, directly chopping the man in half, then slightly raised the tip of the knife and stabbed at the other guy behind him, while retracting the knife, it swept the body of the person next to him, and then also Cut the person's body in half.

Because Taidao is mainly used in horse battles, Taidao techniques often have the same feature-simple and rude.

On horseback, you simply can't perform too many fancy techniques.

And on a horse running at high speed, there is often only one chance left for you to attack the enemy.

Therefore, the vast majority of Tai Dao techniques seek to kill the enemy with a simple sword.

And Gamo's Taidao technique implements this concept to the extreme.

This makes his tachi very brutal.

These thugs who could neither hide nor climb mountains had no result of "injury" other than death.

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I would like to recommend a game to everyone - "Soul of Tsushima".

The background of this game is the "Yuan-Day War".

You play as a samurai named "Kagei Jin" who fights against Yuan army generals on Tsushima Island (a small island located between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago).

I think this game is pretty good, and some parts are quite historical. For example, the Japanese cavalry in the game, whether it’s a general or a soldier, all kill the enemy with a sword instead of a spear.

The samurai of that era popularly used swords and bows when fighting on horseback.

Moreover, the opening animation of this game restores the history of "the Japanese generals stepped forward to 'one horse to discuss', and then were killed by the Yuan army who did not speak martial arts".

The samurai who came forward to fight the strongest warrior of the Yuan army introduced himself solemnly, saying who he was and who his ancestors were.

Then the generals of the Yuan army ignored him and directly "fired" him.

When I saw this animation, I couldn't help laughing out loud.

*****

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