I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The current outer city wall has completely turned into a fierce battlefield.

Fierce battles can be seen everywhere.

Soldiers of the Aizu Army and soldiers of the Red Moon Fortress can be seen fighting everywhere.

Next to Gamo, there are naturally many generals of their Aizu army.

And Pu Sheng's screams naturally spread to the ears of the surrounding soldiers.

Many soldiers around also saw the scene of Gamo's face being stabbed naturally.

"Master Gamo!"

"Master Gamo, are you alright?"

"Hurry up and protect Lord Gamo!"

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"I'm fine!" Gamo covered his left cheek with his left hand, "It's just some skin trauma!"

While shouting these words loudly to calm the minds of the surrounding subordinates, Gamo quickly took a few steps back, widening the distance between himself and this old Heren.

Just now, he had completely saved his life.

Gamo was stunned in the face of the Japanese sword showing his figure from the shattered crutches.

Not only did Pu Sheng not expect that there was a hidden hole in the crutch, but he also did not expect that this old man, who was almost old enough to be his grandfather, would have such a nimble skill.

Just now, he had completely witnessed the gesture of this old man inserting this strange knife into his left waist, and then using the knife drawing technique to slash at his head—it didn't seem like an old man could make such a move at all. .

Confronted with the old man's knife drawing technique, Gamo just relied on his body's conditioned reflex and leaned back in time to narrowly avoid the fatal injury, only a cut on his cheek.

The general was attacked, and the soldiers around him couldn't sit still.

They carried their weapons and rushed towards the old man from all directions.

Most of the soldiers were intercepted by the soldiers of the Red Moon Fortress, and only a small number of them—according to statistics, only 4 soldiers killed the old man.

Facing the four soldiers attacking from different directions,

The old Kazuto assumed a posture Gamo had never seen before.

Gamo promised——I have never seen such a weird posture. Although I have tried my best to identify it, I still can't tell which school of swordsmanship it is.

Just as Lao Heren was setting up his posture, the four soldiers also launched an attack.

Lao Heren first used the knife to push away the spear on his left side that was about to stab him, then lowered his waist, and finally slashed fiercely from the bottom left to the top right. The knife was done in one go, and the soldier's head was split in two.

Immediately afterwards, Lao Heren nimbly jumped to the side, dodging the other three long spears, and then jumped into the middle of the three soldiers like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep, first slashing one's head obliquely, and then Slightly raised the tip of the knife and pierced the throat of another guy behind him, and at the same time retracted the knife, a horizontal slash cut off the head of the last guy.

It took less than 5 breaths for this old man to deal with these 4 soldiers from the beginning to the end.

And in this short period of 5 breaths, Gamo noticed 2 things.

The first thing: he still didn't understand which school of swordsmanship this old man used.

The second thing: he noticed that the knife used by this old man didn't seem to be a Dao or Taidao.

The hilt of the knife in his hand is in the style of Tang Tu's Tang sword, and there is a beautiful white sword tassel tied at the bottom of the handle, which is very characteristic of Tang Tu.

When the blade is flipped, the tassel dances with it.

Although Pusheng didn't recognize the school or school of swordsmanship used by this old man, but Pusheng could see that the characteristics of the swordsmanship used by this old man were "elegant" and "smart".

This kind of swordsmanship coupled with the knife with the white tassel on it made the posture of the old man swinging the knife a little more beautiful.

He couldn't tell what kind of swordsmanship this Lao Heren was using, so Gamo no longer entangled in this issue.

He put down the hand that had been covering the wound on his left cheek just now.

The luck in the misfortune——although there was a vertical knife wound on the left cheek, which directly disfigured the face, but the left eye was not injured, and Gamo's eyes can still see normally.

Most of Gamo's face was now covered with blood, which looked extremely terrifying.

Now he doesn't have the spare time to slowly bandage the wound on his face, so he can only let the blood flow.

But - Gamo doesn't feel much pain now.

Because—the current him has put all his heart and soul on the old man in front of him.

There was... strong fear in his eyes.

Pu Sheng himself is a master of swordsmanship, so just from the few moves that Lao Heren made just now, he can see that Lao Heren is not an ordinary person.

Ordinary generals are probably no match for this old man at all.

If Lao Heren, who was obviously on the side of the Red Moon Competition, was ignored, there would be countless casualties on their side.

Gamo would never see this happening anyway.

Therefore, Gamo grasped the hilt of the knife with his left hand that had just dropped from his cheek.

The next moment he held Lei Zou in his palm tightly with both hands. Like a spring that is stretched and then released, Gamo rushed towards the old man at a flying speed.

Gamo knew very well - at this moment, he was the only one who could deal with that old man.

Lao Heren also immediately noticed Gamo rushing towards him.

He didn't flinch, but also held the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, stepped on the ground with his hind feet, and took the initiative to meet Pusheng like an arrow leaving the string.

When their bodies were about to collide, they both drew their knives at the same time.

Gamo's knife is from top to bottom.

Lao Heren's knife is from bottom to top.

What Gamo aimed at was Lao Heren's shoulder, intending to cut him in half with the knife from the shoulder.

But when Lei Zuo was about to cut into Lao Heren's body, Lao Heren turned sideways sensitively, causing Gamo's sword to brush past Lao Heren's body.

Lao Heren's attack was also like this - the blade swept from bottom to top, because of Kaso's timely dodge, only a few sparks were cut on Kaso's flank armor.

Both of them took advantage of the passing momentum to run a few steps forward, then stopped almost at the same time, turned their heads to look at the opponent behind them, bent their knees, charged up, turned around, and swung their knives at the person behind them—— Human actions are almost identical.

clang!

The two knives collided heavily in mid-air, making an extremely sharp metal-iron clashing sound.

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Tang Shen felt a sense of exhilaration filling his whole body.

Obviously, he was in the "flesh mill" that he had been avoiding before.

Obviously, he was engaged in a fierce battle with this master wielding a dagger in front of him, and he would die instantly if he relaxed a little.

But it was very strange, and there was a different kind of joy in my heart.

Tang Shen himself didn't understand why.

In the final analysis——since he rushed towards the city wall with the crutch with his own treasured sword just now, Tang Shen didn't know what he was thinking or doing.

——It’s been a long time...

Tang Shen himself couldn't remember the last time he confronted a powerful enemy like this with all his might.

The guy who wields a sword in front of him is undoubtedly a master, and his physical function is far higher than that of Tangshen who is not young.

Tang Shen felt his body was very hot.

The blood in every part of his body seemed to be burning.

This is the body's instinctive reaction when fighting a strong enemy.

Although his body was extremely hot, Tang Shen didn't feel uncomfortable.

Tang Shen didn't realize that because he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the fierce battle with the powerful enemy—his swinging the knife became more and more fierce, and his footsteps became more and more flexible.

This is the memory accumulated in the body under the bloody battle after battle, slowly recovering.

At the same time, apart from not noticing that his movements were getting sharper, Tang Shen also didn't notice that the corners of his mouth had subconsciously curled up in joy.

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Stormy offense and defense.

Whether it is for Kamo or Yushin, a moment of relaxation is enough to decide the winner.

The breath of the blade, the coldness of the iron—the cold light reflected by the tachi and Japanese swords is dazzling, but at the same time, one can't help but feel a sense of shuddering in one's heart.

call--!

Tai Dao once again attacked Tang Shen's head with a sharp sound of breaking wind, but Tang Shen swiftly avoided it.

After dodging, Tang Shen launched a counterattack without hesitation, slashing at Gamo's thigh without armor protection, but was blocked by Gamo.

The two kept repeating the above-mentioned process - after someone's attack was dodged or parried, he would definitely receive a sharp counterattack, and the two continued to alternate offense and defense.

Taidao and Japanese sword collided again and again in mid-air, shooting out little sparks.

Their confrontation was so fierce that people around them could only "stay away".

Many Aizu generals wanted to go up to help their generals—but this kind of battle was beyond their ability to intervene.

The Japanese sword is elegant and fast.

Tai Dao is powerful and heavy.

Gamo's Taidaojutsu is originally a martial art used in horseback combat, and its main moves are powerful chopping.

But the only result of the slash he was proud of so far was that he touched some Tang Shen's clothes.

As a result, Pusheng became more and more frightened as he fought.

This is the first time he has met a strong opponent for a long time—and this strong opponent is still an old man who feels like he can be his grandfather.

As the confrontation intensified, Gamo's mentality gradually changed.

Originally, he simply wanted to get rid of this tricky old guy who hindered their Aizu army's attack.

But gradually, Gamo began to show a strong fighting spirit in the eyes of this old man who was holding a completely unfamiliar sword and using completely unfamiliar swordsmanship.

His competitive spirit was aroused.

he longed.

Eager to defeat this old guy who uses a sword technique he doesn't recognize.

After countless rounds of confrontation with Tang Shen, Gamo also gradually saw a fatal weakness of Tang Shen.

And this weakness is precisely—too old age, which makes Tang Shen's physical strength far inferior to that of Gamo, who is in his prime.

Gamo has noticed that Tang Shen's breathing has begun to be a little short.

After discovering the enemy's weakness, is there any reason not to seize this weakness and take advantage of the victory to pursue it?

Gamo quickly changed his tactics based on Tang Shen's weakness.

Changed from "Taking Tang Shen's life with one blow" to "Forcing Tang Shen to make greater dodge and defense actions, consuming Tang Shen's physical strength".

The atmosphere between the two changed because Gamo changed his tactics.

After the two confronted each other for more than ten rounds, Gamo's tactics began to take effect gradually - Tang Shen's shortness of breath became obviously faster than before.

Due to the weakening of his physical strength, Tang Shen's attack and defense also began to become slightly sluggish. The battle situation that was originally evenly matched has become Gamo's slight advantage.

Seeing this, Pu Sheng didn't change his face, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

It's just that - he didn't notice that at this time, Tang Shen was squinting his eyes, looking at Gamo in front of him thoughtfully.

clang!

There was another huge strike of gold and iron.

Tang Shen once again blocked Gamo's slash.

But—this time, Tang Shen didn't launch a counterattack.

Instead, after parrying Gamo's slash with a single knife - he turned and fled directly.

Seeing Gamo who suddenly turned around and ran away, he was taken aback for a moment, and then shouted in his heart angrily:

—Escaped!

In the previous battle situation, Gamo had already gained the upper hand, so facing Tang Shen who had escaped suddenly, Gamo naturally subconsciously thought that Tang Shen ran away because he felt that he could not beat him.

Gamo didn't have the bad habit of letting a duck that was almost cooked fly away.

Holding the Taidao in his hand, he chased after the fleeing Tang Shen.

Due to the late start and the extremely fast pace of Tang Shen, when Pu Sheng went to pursue him, he was already far behind Tang Shen.

Gamo was a very traditional type of samurai - one who valued glory more than life.

In his eyes, Tang Shen's behavior of running away was extremely shameful.

Gamo, who despised this extremely shameful behavior and wanted to use words to force Tang Shen to turn back and continue to fight him, shouted:

"You actually ran away! You..."

It's a pity that he had just uttered half of his words, and the remaining half of his words could no longer be said.

Because - he saw a little coldness.

Tang Shen, who was running in front of him, suddenly picked up a spear left by an unknown soldier on the ground with his left hand at an extremely fast speed.

Grasping the knife in his right hand and holding the gun in his left hand, Tang Shen, the moment he grasped the body of the gun in the palm of his hand, suddenly leaned the gun back in a very strange but rather fierce posture.

The tip of the spear leaned back and pierced straight into Gamo's chest, who was chasing after Yushin.

Looking at this cold light that rapidly enlarged within his field of vision, Gamo's pupils contracted violently.

He recognized this spear technique.

This is a well-known move in Tang Tu spear art.

He once demonstrated Tangtu's spear skills from a certain warrior who had traveled in Tangtu and learned Tangtu's spear skills--that warrior had demonstrated this trick.

Because of the power and practicability of this move, it left a very deep impression on Gamo, so Gamo instantly recognized that this move that Tang Shen was using was exactly the one that had impressed him deeply. This is a gun skill.

Gamo remembers—Tang natives named this spear technique as:

Back to the carbine!

It was too late to dodge, so Gamo swung his knife and slashed at the point of the spear that was stabbing straight at his chest, trying to block the spear.

He moves quickly.

But this gun is faster.

clang!

Puchi!

The sharp tip of the spear directly pierced Gamo's armor and pierced into Gamo's flesh and blood.

Although Gamo's Thunder Walk failed to completely block Tang Shen's spear, he managed to deflect the direction of the spear's stabbing, and did not stab the chest, but only stabbed Gamo's left shoulder socket.

But the severe pain still made Gamo moan in pain while his legs went weak.

Tang Shen threw away the long spear that was still stuck in Gamo's body, jumped in front of Gamo, aimed at Gamo's head and slashed horizontally.

Facing the approach of death, Pu Sheng's desire to survive turned into strength, he clenched his teeth and raised the knife in his hand, trying to block Tang Shen's horizontal cut.

There was another deafening sound of blade impact.

Gamo's sword failed to block Tang Shen's knife, but it had the power to counteract Tang Shen's slash.

The slash whose power was neutralized hit Gamo's left side of the brain, which was protected by the helmet.

Gamo's helmet saved Gamo's life - Gamo didn't die from this slash, but the helmet that saved his life was hit hard, flew high, and then fell across a beautiful parabola. Not far away on the ground.

Although Gamo was not dead, the huge impact made him feel as if his head had been hit by a hammer, his eyes turned black, and there was a "boom boom boom" sound in his head.

The strong sense of dizziness made Gamo just clenched the knife in his hand and tried his best.

Tang Shen raised his sword high again, ready to kill Gamo, who was powerless to resist in front of him.

But at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed a few black shadows rushing towards him—the generals of the Aizu Army.

Pu Sheng loves soldiers like sons on weekdays, and now he has finally been rewarded.

Seeing that their own general was about to die in battle, the Aizu generals who happened to be nearby couldn't care less. In order to save the respected general, they all desperately killed Tang God.

Although they were all intercepted by the soldiers of the Red Moon Fortress, 7 of them successfully broke through the blockade and came to Tangshen.

Several long spears pierced different parts of his body, so Tang Shen had to jump back and dodge.

Taking advantage of the opening where Tang Shen dodged, two soldiers carried Gamo, who was already in a trance, one after the other, and escaped. The remaining soldiers stayed where they were, intercepting Tang Shen, and bought time for Gamo to escape.

The soldiers who stayed to fight for time were all determined to die, and they were determined to hold Tang Shen down, so they were particularly difficult to deal with.

When Tang Shen eliminated all the soldiers who were desperately holding him back, Gamo had disappeared from his field of vision and disappeared on this chaotic battlefield.

"...It's a pity." Tang Shen's face showed a touch of regret and unwillingness.

But regret and unwillingness did not stay on Tang Shen's face for too long.

Although he failed to cut off Gamo's head, but fortunately, he succeeded in keeping Gamo's helmet.

Quickly putting away the regret and unwillingness on his face, Tang Shen quickly dodged to Gamo's helmet that had just been knocked into the air and landed not far away.

Tang Shen picked up the helmet with a spear he picked up everywhere, and then shouted loudly with the loudest volume he could achieve:

"Your general! I have defeated you!"

Tang Shen repeated this sentence loudly, trying to let all the enemy soldiers on the entire city wall hear his shout.

And his shouting naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding soldiers.

"Look! It's Gamo-sama's helmet!"

"Where is Gamo-sama?"

"Did Kamo-sama die in battle?"

"Impossible! How could Lord Gamo die like this!"

"Where is Gamo-sama? Has anyone seen Gamo-sama?!"

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After focusing their eyes on Yushin and seeing the familiar helmet that he raised up high, panic immediately spread among the generals of Aizu at a very fast speed.

Some mistakenly thought Gamo was killed in battle and mourned.

There are those who are anxiously looking for Gamo.

There were those who didn't know what happened at all, and looked around blankly when they heard someone wailing around them.

If Gamo was here and shouted "I'm fine", the morale of the army would be immediately stabilized.

But it's a pity - Gamo, whose consciousness has been in a trance, has been carried away.

No matter how powerful the army is, once the morale of the army fluctuates, the strength that can be displayed is probably not one in ten.

Chanup on the inner city wall keenly sensed the changes on the battlefield on the outer city wall, so he quickly shouted:

"The generals of the He army have been crusaded! All the generals and others have been driven out!"

The fluctuating morale of the Aizu generals and Chanup's timely shout made the battlefield atmosphere on the outer city wall change instantly.

The battle situation also took a 180-degree turn.

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The whole army -

"What's going on?!" Inamori widened his eyes, watching the battle on the outer city wall through the binoculars.

At first, he wondered if he was wrong.

But no matter how wide-eyed he looked, the scene in front of him didn't change at all—the Aizu army, which had gained the upper hand just now, was suddenly suppressed and beaten...

The battle line shrinks back at an extremely fast speed, and it feels like the Aizu generals on the city wall will be driven off after a while.

Inamori was about to send someone to the main camp of the Aizu Army to inquire what happened, when he saw a general in charge rushing towards him anxiously.

"My lord! Mr. Po, Mr. Gamo, he was seriously injured! Now he has been carried back by the soldiers!"

"What?" Inamori's eyes widened in shock, "How did Gamo-kun get hurt? Where did you get hurt? How is the injury?"

"Mo, Mo general only knows that Gamo-sama was stabbed in the left shoulder, bled a lot, and was hit hard on the head, but he doesn't know the rest!"

Inamori gritted his teeth.

After learning that Gamo was seriously injured, Inamori instantly understood why the originally good battle situation on the city wall was suddenly reversed in one breath.

Inamori turned his head and looked at the fortress in the distance with a gloomy face.

"... Pass on the order." Inamori said in a deep voice, "Tell the Aizu Army—the whole army retreats!"

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The sound of the horn to withdraw troops covered the entire Red Moon Fortress.

After receiving the order to withdraw troops, the generals of Aizu, who already had no fighting spirit, immediately withdrew from the city wall and the base of the city wall like wild dogs running wild.

Due to the disorderly retreat, many people died in the pursuit of the soldiers and trampled by their own people during the retreat.

After the generals of the Aizu Army completely withdrew from the shooting range of their muskets, bows and arrows, the soldiers who had been fighting bloody just now stared blankly at the retreating Japanese soldiers.

In the end, someone who didn't know shouted "Repel them!"

This shout seemed to ignite the flames of the gunpowder keg, and immediately there were huge cheers on the inner and outer city walls, as if they were about to crush the front city wall.

"Won!"

"Fight them off!"

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Nearly half of the clothes on his body were dyed dark red by blood, holding his knife, and silently watching the Aizu generals retreating outside the city with a blank expression.

"How did you come?"

At this time, a hesitant male voice sounded beside Tang Shen.

Tang Shenxun turned his head and looked at the owner of the male voice—Qianup.

Chanup led Lei Tanuoye, Lin Ziping and the others to walk slowly towards Tangshen.

Chanup's expression was complicated, but Lei Tanuoye and Lin Ziping's expressions were more unified—they looked at Chanup with confused eyes, and then looked at Tang Shen.

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After looking at the wrist yesterday, the result is - the wrist has returned to its original state!

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