I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Red Moon Fortress (Heyezhe), northwest corner——

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

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

Because—they participated in the "Battle of Kunasi Limenasi" that ended in a disastrous defeat for the Ainu three years ago...

After the disastrous defeat of Kapasi Village, which participated in this battle, in order to avoid Kazuto's revenge, the remaining villagers abandoned their homes and fled in a hurry, and finally fled to the vicinity of the Red Moon Fortress.

Chanup sympathized with what happened to Kapasi Village, so he agreed to take them in Heyezhe, and the villagers of Kapasi Village finally ended their homeless lives.

If you walk around the area where the villagers of Kapasi Village live, you can clearly find that compared with other areas of the Red Moon Fortress, the area where the villagers of Kapasi Village live has two significant differences. specialty:

One: The number of adult males is extremely small.

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

And these two distinctive features are all thanks to the tragic "Battle of Kunasilimenasi"... A large number of men in Kapaxi Village died in this war, and the men who survived by luck, among them Many people in China have also become disabled...

At this very moment—in the area where the villagers of Kapasi Village live, a woman is meticulously weaving cloth with a weaving tool in her own house.

While the woman was earnestly weaving, a little girl who looked somewhat similar to this woman was playing with their traditional Ainu musical instrument, Mukuri.

The so-called "mukuli" is a musical instrument similar to a harmonica. Because it is easy to learn, even children can play Mukuli well.

"Sister! I brought you new firewood!"

There was a loud shout outside the door.

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

There is something about this man's body that is particularly striking - he has only one hand, and his left sleeve is empty from the left shoulder down.

"Oh, you're here." The woman temporarily put down what she was doing,

She greeted her younger brother with a smile on her face—that is, this one-armed young man.

And the little girl who had been playing with the wooden library just now also rushed towards the one-armed youth with a smile on her face: "Uncle!"

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

"Nonuoka, I just heard your piano sound outside the house. The more you play in your wooden library, the better it will be."

Nonoka - the girl's name.

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

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

The relationship between the siblings is very close, so the woman is not pretentious, and nodded straightforwardly.

"These foods are all in my house now." The one-armed youth continued, "There are a lot of prey, and I can't move them by myself. Sister, come with me to bring those foods over!"

The woman nodded again: "Okay!"

She told the little girl, her daughter, to take good care of the house, and then strode towards her brother's residence together with her brother.

As soon as the two of them left the woman's house, the one-armed youth turned his head towards his sister and said in a low voice:

"Nonoka has finally regained her spirits recently."

"Hmm..." The woman sighed softly, "What a careless child..."

"Before, when I learned that the child actually went to seek revenge on the Heren who came to us, He Yezhe, my legs were so frightened that my legs went limp..."

If Ogata saw this woman's daughter named "Nonoka" now, he would be able to recognize it quickly-this child was the little girl who "assassinated" him with a stone before.

Ogata was "assassinated" by the little girl on the first night after he followed the villagers of Qina Village to Heyezhe.

That night, while shouting "Bring back my father", the little girl tightly held the stone in her palm and ran towards Xufang with Zhang Heren's face...

"Fortunately, in the end, no catastrophe was caused, or something major happened..." the one-armed young man smiled wryly, then raised his single arm, and gently stroked his left arm with only one shoulder left.

"...Sister, you can't really blame Nuonuoka for being ignorant and careless."

"I quite understand Nonoka... If possible, I also want to drive out all the people who entered Heyezhe..."

Speaking of this, the one-armed youth seemed to be recalling some very bad memories, his brows were tightly frowned, and his face showed pain.

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

The one-armed young man once threw his head and shed blood in the "Battle of Kunasili Menasi"-his left arm was cut off by a Japanese soldier during the battle.

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

His brother-in-law—that is, the woman's husband, Nonoka's father, died directly on the battlefield, and even his bones were never recovered...

Every family in Kapasi Village is basically like the one-armed young man's family-the family was destroyed by the war, and the family is no longer complete.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I seem to have said something too serious..." the one-armed young man put down his right hand that was stroking his left shoulder, and apologized to his sister, "It's all in the past, we still Let's talk about something interesting."

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

"Really?" The woman also put away the gloomy face at this time, and smiled, "Then let's cook your and Nonoka's favorite mushroom stewed rabbit tonight!"

"Sister, are you going to cook rabbit stewed with mushrooms tonight?" The one-armed young man grinned, "Then I will cook less at noon today, so I can save more for dinner."

The pair of siblings walking on a trail are talking and laughing

Because it was almost time for lunch, many houses on both sides of the path were emitting smoke and the smell of food.

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

Such a quiet, beautiful scene.

However... at this moment, at this moment, a sharp sound suddenly sounded, destroying this quiet and beautiful scene.

Woo--! Woo--! Woo--!

"What's that sound?!"

"What's the matter? What's the matter? What happened?"

"It seems to be a sound from outside!"

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Most of the people in the Red Moon Fortress have never had much contact with anyone, so they don't recognize this voice.

But—some people recognized the voice.

After the strange sound exploded, the one-armed youth was stunned for a moment. Afterwards, the blood on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then he shouted in horror:

"It's the conch! It's the conch sound from the Kazuto army! Why is there a conch sound?!"

The people who could recognize the sound were naturally the villagers of Kapasi Village, where Kapasi Village had fought a bloody battle with Kazuto.

For a surviving "veteran" like the one-armed youth, I am afraid that he will never forget this voice in his whole life...

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The sudden arrival of the Faluo made A-cho, who was expecting to hear the rare good news just now, change his expression drastically.

"Falcon...is the shogunate army coming...?" Although he tried to be calm, there was still obvious uneasiness and fear in Ah Ding's tone.

Compared with A-Machi whose expression changed drastically, Ogata's performance was much calmer.

After the sound of the conch horn, Ogata's expression only changed slightly, and then he quickly regained his composure.

"A-Machi, wait for me here." Ogata said in a calm tone, while grabbing Da Shitian placed on the right side of his body, "I'll go outside to see the situation, and I'll go back when I go."

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

After inserting Da Shitian back to his left waist, Ogata rushed out of the clinic with a stride.

As soon as he got out of the clinic, Xu Jian saw quite a few residents drop what they were doing and run towards the direction where the sound of the sound of the conch sounded—the south.

Ogata followed the crowd towards the south.

After the southern city wall appeared in the field of vision, Ogata also gradually heard other sounds besides the sound of the conch—rumbling horseshoes and the trampling of human feet...

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Red Moon Fortress, south——

"Is this the Red Moon Fortress... It's much smaller than I imagined."

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

With his helmet on and armor in his hand, he used the military equipment in his hand as a fan to fan himself, while looking at the Red Moon Fortress not far away.

Kuroda, who had been in charge of assisting Gui Zhenghe during this time, was now standing beside Gui Zhenghe, holding the knife at his waist.

Gui Zhenghe was smiling all over his face now, with a high-spirited look.

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

After encountering "Ogata Yidao Zhai's attack", which is enough to be called a "major scandal", the reputation of the First Army has suffered a great blow.

For the generals of the Second Army and the Third Army who are in charge of the rear, "ridiculing the First Army" has become their main topic of conversation during this period of time.

They all laughed at the First Army—with 3,000 troops, it was so embarrassing by the single-handed Ogata Yidaosai that even the chief general Sheng Tianmu was directly cut off by the formation.

The generals of the First Army naturally knew that they were now being ridiculed.

They felt aggrieved—the generals of the Second Army and the Third Army had never understood the horror of Ogata Yidaosai, so they didn't feel pain in their backs just standing there and talking.

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

Although the taunts from the generals of the Second Army and the Third Army were quite harsh, it is undeniable that they, with an army of 3,000, were no match for the single-handed Ogata Isai, which is really quite shameful.

In order to restore their reputation and dignity, the generals of the First Army these days can be said to be full of energy and work hard.

After quickly integrating the troops, the whole army of the First Army, under the leadership of the "awakened" generals, marched to the Red Moon Fortress at a speed far exceeding expectations.

Before, after the scouts' investigations, they found out that the road ahead was clear, and neither Gui Zhenghe nor Kuroda thought it would take 4 or 5 days to reach the Red Moon Fortress.

Unexpectedly-it only took a little more than 3 days, and they came to the city smoothly.

"It's a pity, I can't see the expressions of the barbarians in the Red Moon Fortress." Gui Zhenghe sneered, "If possible, I really want to see how these barbarians look after seeing the army waiting for me." What kind of expression will it make?"

"What kind of expression can you show?" Kuroda smiled and shrugged. "Besides showing shock and fear, what kind of expression can you show?"

As soon as Kuroda finished speaking, Gui Zhenghe burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! That's right!"

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What Kuroda said was absolutely correct.

In order to see what happened outside the city, the residents who heard the news rushed to the city wall.

Originally—according to the rules, no one was allowed to climb up the city wall without a good reason.

But because too many people wanted to rush up the city wall, the public opinion was hard to stop, so the people who were currently standing guard on the city wall couldn't stop them, so they could only let these clansmen who were frightened by the sound of the conch screw step on the city wall.

Squeezing up the city wall and witnessing the army that suddenly appeared at their door, the Ainu people in the Red Moon Fortress had only two expressions on their faces—shock and fear.

Many people present saw such a battle for the first time.

There are many banners and flags, all kinds of big and small flags, unfurling in the autumn wind, making hunting sounds.

The horn roared like a monster roaring.

Thousands of people in armor are like a dense colony of ants... How have they seen so many people, and an army formation composed of thousands of people?

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

Just as Ogata followed the flow of people and stood on the inner city wall, he saw the army outside the city wall.

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

He had thought before that the army of the shogunate might approach the Red Moon Fortress before Ah-ding's body recovered.

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

It was noon, and there was no morning fog or other mess to obstruct the view.

Ogata took out the binoculars he had won from Vasili in a fist fight before, and observed the status and movements of the troops outside the city through the binoculars.

According to Ogata's estimation, the total number of the troops currently stationed outside the city is about 30,000 to 4,000.

They stopped more than a thousand meters away from the wall, did not go forward, and only set up tents one after another—they were setting up camp outside the city.

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

"Ah! Here comes Chanup! Here comes Chanup!"

The shout immediately seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and everyone turned their heads following the sound—including Ogata.

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

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

He who usually never leaves his hand with a cigarette, was not holding a bong at this very rare moment, and only looked at the army outside the city with a solemn face.

However, the arrival of Chanup as the leader still played a somewhat soothing effect on the emotions of the people around him.

It just so happens that when Chanup boarded the inner city wall, among the troops outside the city, an armored and woven general rode out majestically from the army formation, followed by hundreds of soldiers. soldiers.

The general who suddenly rode out on horseback was none other than Gui Zhenghe.

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

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

"Barbarians! Listen up! I am Gui Zhenghe, and I am here to warn you!"

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

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

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

In order to take care of the Eizu in the Red Moon Fortress, Gui Zhenghe specially used only simple words, without any complicated rhetoric or embellishments.

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

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

"You guys don't abide by benevolence and righteousness, but specialize in tricks, provoking each other, it's hard to reason!"

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

"However, now that the matter has come to this point, it is difficult to give Gurong any more!"

"Let's start the army today, in order to overcome it quickly!"

Although there are not many Ainu who understand Japanese, there are also many—at least now many people on the south wall of the Red Moon Fortress can understand what Gui Zhenghe said just now.

The expressions on the faces of these residents who can understand Japanese changed drastically after hearing Gui Zhenghe's words just now, "Let's start the army today, and hope to overcome it quickly".

However, Gui Zhenghe's shouting has not yet ended.

"I hope you can see the form clearly!"

"If you surrender with your arms tied, you will be settled easily! No one's life will be hurt!"

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

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

Kuroda, who stayed in the army formation and kept an eye on Gui Zhenghe, immediately waved the military officer in his hand after seeing Gui Zhenghe making this gesture: "Blow the conch!"

Woo--! Woo--! Woo--!

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

With the sound of the conch horn, there were also the shouts of the generals and soldiers.

The unison shouts of 3,000 generals mixed with the sound of the conch, converging into a huge sound wave, rushing towards the people who are currently standing on the difficult wall of the Red Moon Fortress with overwhelming momentum.

Faced with this huge sound wave, many people on the city wall couldn't help shrinking their necks, and a few people almost fell to the ground. The panic and uneasiness on their faces was so intense that it couldn't be added...

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PS1: The "Mukuri" (also translated as Mukeli) mentioned in this chapter is not the author's nonsense. It is a harmonica-like instrument that really existed in the history of the Ainu people.

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

I will post this character painting in the form of an Easter Egg chapter at the end of this chapter, I hope that the review of the Easter Egg chapter will quickly approve this picture...

Once again, I would like to thank the book friends who found an artist to draw pictures [Silent Kirin], and the artist [Master Yixin]

Because this character painting is based on a famous scene in the book, the author wrote an accompanying text for this painting. Because the egg chapter cannot write too much text, so I put the accompanying text of this picture Post it here:

[The dancing flames.

Oncoming heat.

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

In the castle tower of Erjo City, in the sea of ​​flames, he set up the sword in his hand.

In this age of samurai decay, he has drawn his sword here, now, for what is dear to him.

Reckless and indomitable.

"Sakakibara's one-sword style and Wugo's two-sword style, Ogata Yishi, join us!\