I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

There was a technical failure yesterday, and I can only watch the free chapters and subscribed chapters of this book. There is no way to subscribe to new chapters, and there is no way to vote or tip.

I really didn't expect such a low-probability event to fall on me...

In the urgent repair of the staff, the repair was completed at noon yesterday, so since noon yesterday, the book has returned to normal status and has been updated as usual.

So everyone should continue to do what they should do, there is nothing in this book~~

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The Red Moon Fortress was adjacent to the river in the north, west, and east directions, and it was impossible to spread out troops to attack the city walls in these three directions.

Therefore, the shogunate army can only attack the south of the Red Moon Fortress - this is undoubtedly a great benefit for the Red Moon Fortress with fewer troops, and it can concentrate its forces.

For the shogunate army, which can only attack in one direction, it is impossible to maximize its strength in strength.

The inner and outer walls of the Red Moon Fortress have already been deployed.

On the outer city wall, there are clansmen who hold various melee weapons and are responsible for driving down the Kazuren who climbed up the city wall.

On the inner city wall, archers and musketeers responsible for long-range strikes are deployed.

The musketeers holding muskets lined up in the middle of the inner city wall in a "one" shape.

When Heren's conch horn sounded, the musketeers leveled their muskets one after another, pointing their muzzles at the Heren army that was rushing towards them outside the city.

The flintlock guns they used had a longer range than bows and arrows, so they were naturally the ones who launched the first wave of attacks.

After the generals of the First Army carrying the long ladders entered the shooting range of the musketeers, gunshots erupted immediately on the inner city wall.

boom! boom! boom! boom!

The gunshot sounded like popping beans, and the air pressure directly surpassed Kazuto's momentum.

Japan is a country that lacks iron ore, so it is naturally impossible to install luxury equipment such as iron shields on a large scale.

The shields that dominated the ancient Japanese army have always been wooden shields.

Although they held up their shields to guard against long-range strikes when they rushed to the city wall of the Red Moon Fortress with long ladders, their shields faced the bullets fired by the flintlock guns.

It's no different than a piece of paper.

However, flintlock guns also have shortcomings, that is, their shooting accuracy is very poor.

A row of projectiles roared away, and less than 10 projectiles successfully hit the enemy soldiers.

But—these projectiles whizzing away, although they didn't kill too many enemy soldiers, they did a great blow to the enemy's aura.

A scorching bullet cut through the air, wrapped in great power, hit the forehead of a soldier who was in charge of carrying the long ladder, and shot through the soldier's head.

Because of the high speed and powerful energy of the projectile, brain matter, skull fragments and blood formed a mist together, sprayed out from the back of the soldier's head, and landed on the face of a soldier behind him who was also carrying a long ladder superior.

Where has this soldier seen such a formation?

Whether it is the direct troops of the shogunate or the vassal armies of various vassals, the vast majority of their soldiers have not heard of war for a long time, and they don't know what the "blood splatter" is like.

After witnessing the tragic death of the companion who was fine just now but was shot to death in the next second, and the "mixed liquid" sprayed by the shot companion was sprinkled on the face, this The soldiers were dumbfounded.

For a while, I even forgot to wipe off these "mixed liquids" on my face.

After several seconds, the soldier finally came back to his senses.

After regaining consciousness, the blood on the soldier's face dissipated extremely quickly.

Then—

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"

It made a shrill cry that didn't seem like a human cry.

Stimulated by this huge shock and fear, the soldier only felt his legs go weak, and he almost fell to the ground.

Similar scenes continue to happen around all the soldiers who were unfortunately shot.

After finishing a shot, the musketeer immediately handed the empty musket to an assistant beside him who was responsible for loading the projectile.

The assistant handed another flintlock loaded with bullets to the shooter, and then took the newly emptied musket handed by the shooter and began to reload, while the shooter continued to shoot with the new gun loaded with bullets in his hand.

Although Chanup and the others don't know how to defend the city, they still understand the fact that "alternate fire with muskets can increase shooting efficiency" for those who live a life of fishing and hunting and have deep understanding and experience in shooting. of.

They had a total of 80 flintlocks. There are a total of 20 shooters in charge of shooting. Each shooter has 4 muskets and 3 assistants to assist them in reloading. The shooting strategy of "changing guns without changing people" is adopted.

After the musketeers took the lead and poured out non-stop firepower on the soldiers of the shogunate army outside the city, it was finally the turn of the archers to play.

The general of the First Army carrying the long ladder pressed the musket bullets and pushed forward for a while before hearing the sound of vibrating strings on the wall in front of him.

Arrows like locusts drew a beautiful parabola, jumped from the inner city wall, and smashed towards the generals of the First Army.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

"it hurts!"

"Save me! Save me!"

The screams and screams became more frequent and dense as the blood splashed.

Archery is a specialty of the Ainu people who are fishermen and hunters.

Unlike flintlock guns, which are difficult to control shooting accuracy, for the Ainu, bows and arrows are much easier to control.

Although the generals of the First Army managed to stop most of the arrows by relying on their armor and the shields in their hands, a small half of the arrows still passed through the gaps between the shields and hit the unarmored place.

Ashgaru, who account for the vast majority of the army's generals, wear extremely simple armor. There are no shoulder armor, arm armor, etc., only simple breastplate and skirt armor. Many parts of the body are not armored at all. defended.

The arrows they shoot do not have the concept of "injury".

Either "shoot to death" or "shoot to nothing".

Because the arrowhead of each arrow is coated with the toxin specially used by the Ainu people for hunting.

These poisonous arrows, which can't even walk a few steps after being hit by a bear, are shot at people, so there is no reason for "this person survived".

Those generals who were shot by these poisonous arrows turned blue and collapsed to the ground after uttering a few painful cries, and were poisoned to death.

These arrows, which are sure to die if hit, naturally put a lot of pressure on the generals of the first army.

The sound of the trigger of the flintlock gun and the friction sound of the vibration of the bowstring resounded on the inner city wall of the Red Moon Fortress, and the projectiles and arrows showed great power.

The soldiers of the First Army paid a huge price before they touched the walls of the Red Moon Fortress.

When the soldiers of the First Army rushed towards the city wall, the archers of the First Army also covered and shot for their companions.

However—they can only attack from their backs, and many of them can't even shoot arrows to the city wall... In addition, there are not many archers, so their cover shooting can only be said to be better than nothing……

Finally—after paying a lot of sacrifices, the soldiers of the First Army finally rushed under the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress, and put the long ladder on the wall.

"Quick! Quick! Climb up! Climb up!"

Under the orderly command, the soldiers climbed along the long ladders towards the wall of the outer city wall like a colony of ants.

The clansmen who had been waiting on the outer city wall for a long time finally started their attack.

Many long ladders were pushed down as soon as they were erected.

And the soldiers who finally managed to climb up the outer city wall along the long ladder that had not had time to push down would be greeted with sharp spears one after another.

As soon as many soldiers exposed their heads, they were stabbed back to the ground by random guns.

The shooters on the inner city wall were also actively covering their companions on the outer city wall, shooting and killing all the enemy soldiers who tried to climb the city wall.

Under the joint onslaught of the Ainu on the inner and outer city walls, the soldiers of the First Army who climbed up the long ladder screamed one after another, and then fell down from the long ladder.

Soldiers kept falling down the long ladder, but at the same time, new soldiers climbed up the long ladder to replace the companions who had just fallen from the long ladder—and then, those who had just fallen down the long ladder also took the place of those who just fell. In the footsteps of soldiers who fell from the long ladder.

Chanup, standing on the inner city wall, was directing the battle while observing the battle on the outer city wall.

The current battle situation on the outer city wall is going smoothly, however——Chanup's brows are tightly frowned.

It was only because Chanup noticed that there was an aura of "disorder" everywhere in the garrison on the outer city wall.

"Hey! Why are you gathering so many people there? There are not many people there!"

"Hurry up! A few people come here! Kazuto here is about to climb up!"

Remarks similar to this continue to appear everywhere on the outer city wall.

The reason for this situation is that they lack a "commander" who really knows how to defend the city.

This "disorderly" situation soon produced evil results.

"Hey! Come here to help! Everyone here is on board!"

A scream sounded from somewhere on the outer city wall.

I saw that the place where the sound came out, a lot of people had already rushed up.

These ashigaru who successfully climbed the long ladder to the city wall used the wooden shields in their hands to form a wooden wall to block the outside of their long ladder, desperately blocking the Ainu's attack, and built a building that can ensure that the follow-up soldiers A small stronghold that keeps climbing.

Seeing this, the surrounding Ainu people naturally rushed to support, and tried their best to destroy the small stronghold built by Kazuto.

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The First Army, the main formation——

Gui Yizheng, who stayed behind in the formation, had been using binoculars to observe the battle on the outer city wall.

The said distance is a bit far, but relying on the high-performance telescope in his hand, Gui Yizheng can still see the battle situation on the outer city wall relatively clearly.

Looking at the barbarians in a hurry on the outer city wall, Gui Yizheng couldn't help showing a smug expression.

"Sure enough... a barbarian is a barbarian." Gui Yizheng put down the binoculars in his hand and sneered, "Even if he has a musket, it's just helping a barbarian who doesn't know how to fight."

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Inamori was also watching the battle with binoculars.

Inamori stood on a high slope, watching the battle situation in the distance with a telescope - he also showed a proud expression like Gui Yizheng.

At this time, there were only a few of Inamori's cronies standing on this high slope accompanying Inamori.

"It seems that the difficulty of taking down this fortress is much smaller than I imagined." Inamori smiled, "These barbarians don't know how to defend the city at all, their 'willfulness' The law of defending the city really makes me want to laugh when I see it."

"There is no need for our firearms to appear on the stage." A close aide responded.

Inamori nodded: "From now on, we only need to attack the city in a normal way, and finally enter the fortress that has been breached leisurely."

The reason why Inamori didn't use artillery, canisters and other heavy fire weapons to wash the ground and smash the inner and outer walls of the Red Moon Fortress was to protect the fortress.

Their Edo shogunate launched such a large-scale expedition this time to occupy this fortress located in a dangerous position.

As long as you hold this fortress in your hand, it will be of great benefit to all subsequent Ezo land development actions of the Edo shogunate.

Inamori didn't take the resistance of the Red Moon Fortress seriously from the very beginning. He had already regarded the fortress as the private property of their Edo Shogunate at the beginning of the expedition.

That is to say - smashing this fortress is equivalent to smashing the fortress of their Edo shogunate, and then they have to spend a lot of money to rebuild the city wall of the fortress.

Therefore, Inamori had to avoid damaging the walls of the Red Moon Fortress as much as possible.

Take down the undamaged Red Moon Fortress as much as possible - this is Inamori's goal.

"My lord." At this time, another trusted aide said, "It will be noon in half an hour."

"At noon, are we going to withdraw the generals of the First Army and replace them with our troops to launch a continuous attack on those barbarians?"

The "our troops" he mentioned naturally refers to the generals of the Second Army, which are all composed of direct troops from the shogunate.

"No need." Inamori said without thinking, "It's not time to send our troops to the field yet."

Speaking of this, Inamori sneered.

"Our troops of the Edo Shogunate are only responsible for the final 'harvest'."

"The 'sowing' and 'cultivation' in the early stage should be handed over to the first army composed of the vassal armies of the various vassals."

"The more people they die, the more benefits to our Edo shogunate far outweigh the disadvantages."

The confidant who proposed just now whether to send their direct troops to launch a continuous attack on the Red Moon Fortress smiled and said in a half-joking tone:

"My lord, you are really bad. You actually want to rely on this battle to easily weaken the strength of the Northeast clans."

"I'm just continuing what our shogunate has been doing for two hundred years." Inamori shrugged.

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The first army's attack on the Red Moon Fortress lasted until noon.

It was not until noon, when the sun was already high in the sky, that the First Army finally sounded the horn to retreat.

The generals of the first army, who were launching a fierce offensive against the Red Moon Fortress, retreated like a tide after the order to retreat was issued. While preparing lunch, they also let the generals who had been fighting for a long time rest for a while. .

Gui Yizheng's expression now... To describe it in one word, it would be "smug".

Although their battle this morning, judging from the results, except for killing and wounding some Ainu people, they achieved nothing. Although some small strongholds were successfully built on the outer city wall during the battle, they were all destroyed very quickly.

But even though nothing was gained from the battle this morning, Gui Yizheng's eyes were still full of excitement.

Although there were no results, the battle this morning exposed the disadvantages of those barbarians who did not know how to fight.

This greatly increased Gui Yizheng's confidence.

After returning to the camp majestically, Gui Yizheng was pleasantly surprised to find that Daomori came to greet him in person.

"Gui, you played well." Inamori smiled, "Continue to maintain such vigor, and show me how to defeat those barbarians as soon as possible."

In this society that emphasizes respect, superiority, and hierarchy, a compliment from the superior is enough to flatter the inferior.

"Yes!" Gui Yizheng hastily responded loudly, "I will definitely eliminate all the idiots who dare to resist in the Red Moon Fortress as soon as possible! Clear away all obstacles to taking this fortress for the Lord!"

After all, Gui Yizheng and Inamori tacitly showed each other meaningful smiles at the same time.

Gui Yizheng is not a fool, he naturally knows that the great honor of capturing the Red Moon Fortress must not be the turn of the First Army, which is a collateral force. Their First Army can only do the toughest jobs.

So what Gui Yizheng said just now was very playful "smoothing obstacles", not "taking down the fortress".

Gui Yizheng actually didn't care at all about how many military exploits the other generals of the First Army could achieve after the battle.

After all——he is one of Inamori's trusted confidantes, and he is a "direct line general".

"Hurry up and have lunch and rest." Inamori raised his hand and patted Gui Yizheng on the shoulder, "We still have to fight in the afternoon."

Gui Yizheng: "Yes!"

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Red Moon Fortress——

Since the start of the battle, there has been a steady stream of wounded being carried off and carried into the "rescue area".

The so-called "rescue area" is nothing more than an open space near the city wall, with strips of blankets specially used for the wounded to lie on the open space.

After the battle, the clansmen were free to carry the wounded, and the number of wounded in the "rescue area" immediately increased sharply.

As the number of wounded continued to increase, the smell of blood in the "rescue area" became heavier and heavier.

The strong smell of blood is firmly locked in this open space like an invisible chain, no matter how you try to dispel the strong smell of blood, it will gather again.

In addition to the strong bloody smell that drills into your nostrils, there are endless screams and wailing sounds here.

Many wounded pressed their wounds in pain, wailing and screaming one after another.

"Ahhh! My hand!"

"It hurts...it hurts..."

"Miss Kunoya...my leg hurts..."

The doctors headed by Kunoya shuttled back and forth in the "rescue area".

Ever since the first wounded was treated, Kunoya had always maintained a calm expression.

Whether she was treating the wounded with only skin trauma or the wounded with a horrifying amount of bleeding, Kunoya kept her face calm, with the appearance of "any injury is just a minor injury".

In an inconspicuous corner at the outermost edge of the treatment area, two middle-aged men silently looked at the painful wounded with complicated eyes.

"...Chanup, we can't go on like this." Retannoe said, "If we don't find a way as soon as possible to make up for our lack of 'commanders' who know how to defend the city, we may not be able to sustain it at all. how long."

"I don't understand what you said." Qianup said in a deep voice, "How can we make up for this shortcoming?"

"... How about going outside to capture a peaceful general who knows how to fight for city defense?"

"Retannoe, is what you said just now true?"

"Of course not, I was just joking."

"Stop making jokes that aren't funny at all at this time."

Even people like Inamori and Gui Yizheng who can only use binoculars to observe the battle situation can see that their battles are full of "disorder", and they stand on the inner city wall to command the battle, and at the same time they know that they lack "disorder". Chanup, who is a qualified commander, doesn't know?

After witnessing the appearance of these painful children in the "rescue area", Chanup deeply realized how fatal their current biggest shortcoming is.

If there is a powerful commander to command and dispatch, the casualties should be much smaller.

But his perception...is useless.

Because they can't think of any solution at all.

After Chanup raised his hand and rubbed his frowning brows, he said to Retannoe beside him in a half-joking tone:

"It would be great if someone who knew how to defend the city could fall from the sky at this time."

"You said just now not to make bad jokes at this time." Retannoe glanced at Chanup angrily, "And then you started telling silly jokes yourself."

"How can there be such a good thing in the world..."

Before Lei Tannoe could finish his words, a somewhat anxious shout sounded from behind the two of them:

"Mr. Chanup! Finally found you!"

A young man hurried towards Chanup.

"What's wrong?" Chanup asked.

"That, that..." The young man was a little out of breath because of the fast pace all the way, but he still held back his shortness of breath and tried to piece together a complete sentence, "The one who was locked up Heren... said he wanted to see you... said he wanted to fight with us..."

"...Huh?" Chanup tilted his head, "Want to fight with us...?"

"The locked Kazuto?" Retannoe also showed doubts, "Who is it...? When did we lock up a Kazuto?"

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After about an hour—

The First Army, the main formation——

"Okay!" Gui Yizheng lightly slapped the military equipment in his palm, "Let's continue!"

Gui Yizheng not only had a full lunch just now, but also had a good night's sleep to refresh himself.

Because of his good mood, Gui Yizheng took a particularly sweet nap today.

After taking his position in the formation, Gui Yizheng waved the military equipment in his hand imposingly: "Attack!"

Following Gui Yizheng's order, the same scene as in the morning appeared—the generals of the First Army rushed towards the Red Moon Fortress like a colony of ants.

After giving the order to attack, Gui Yizheng held the military equipment in his right hand and the binoculars in his left, watching the battle situation leisurely.

However--

"Ok……?"

Just after following the binoculars and sweeping his gaze at the outer city wall of the Red Moon Fortress, Gui Yizheng subconsciously let out an "hmm" sound full of doubts.

The scene on the outer city wall was almost unchanged from this morning.

But for some reason... Gui Yizheng just felt the atmosphere on the outer city wall... No, it should be said that the atmosphere in the entire Red Moon Fortress has become somewhat different from this morning...

While Gui Yizheng was still puzzled by the change in the atmosphere of the Red Moon Fortress, the soldiers in charge of attacking the city had already started to attack each other with the barbarians of the Red Moon Fortress.

After being shot by projectiles and arrows, after putting the long ladder on the outer city wall, the soldiers are now as early as they are, and attack the outer city wall along the long ladder.

It was also at this time - Gui Yizheng's complexion began to change at a speed visible to the naked eye.

First raised his eyebrows.

Then surprise appeared on his face.

Surprise then turned to shock.

Immediately afterwards, the shock began to be mixed with puzzlement.

Finally— Gui Yizheng, who couldn't hide his shock, jumped up from the saddle and screamed loudly:

"What the hell did those barbarians do—?!"

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Some book friends may have forgotten, so the author is here to help you review the components of this ten thousand army.

In this battle, the Edo shogunate sent 5,000 troops by itself, and these 5,000 people were the direct troops of the Edo shogunate. The northeast vassals sent a total of 5,000 troops, a total of 10,000.

First Army: 3,000 people. It is composed of vassal armies from various vassal states headed by Sendai Fan. Proper collateral troops.

Second Army: 5,000 people. The 5,000 people dispatched by the shogunate themselves were all in the Second Army. Therefore, the second army is a proper direct line army.

Third Army: 2,000 people. The third army that held the line was all troops from the Aizu Domain who were loyal to the shogunate and able to fight. Aizu is one of the vassal states most trusted and relied on by the shogunate. It is a quasi-directed lineage.

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