I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The whole army -

After noticing the cavalry team that suddenly appeared behind the army, Inamori no longer cared about the Red Moon Fortress.

Though the incoming cavalry was few, it came from the rear, from the rear where they were unprepared.

If this cavalry team is not stopped in time, the consequences will be disastrous.

Inamori has already conveyed the military order of "meet the enemy" to the rear troops. After that, we can only hope that the troops can react as soon as possible, and then start to defend.

After issuing the series of military orders, Inamori held the binoculars and stared at the rear of the army to check the movement of the cavalry.

Just now, because the distance was still too far, Inamori could not see the movement of this cavalry team clearly, but now—after Ogata and the others broke through the seventh formation, and the distance was slightly closer, Inamori finally saw clearly. To: This cavalry team of unknown origin is now about to rush into the sixth formation.

—Has the 7th formation already been breached...? ! It's too fast!

Although it was expected that the 7th formation, which was completely unprepared, would probably not be able to stop this cavalry team, but the 7th formation was pierced so quickly, which was completely unexpected by Inamori.

Frightened by the breakthrough speed of this cavalry team, Inamori opened his mouth uncontrollably.

He had never seen such a powerful cavalry.

Even if the generals in the seventh formation didn't deploy defenses, such a breakthrough speed would be too scary.

The most elite cavalry of their shogunate should not have such terrifying strength.

—Who are these cavalrymen? !

With a heavy heart, Inamori moved his eyes closer to the camera, narrowed his eyes, and tried to see the attacker's face clearly, but at such a long distance, Inamori couldn't see anything except the blurred shadow. less than. He could only vaguely see that the horses ridden by this cavalry team were quite large, and seemed to be two or three laps larger than their army horses.

- Huge horses...

The name of a certain country popped into Inamori's mind.

—Are the horses of the Lucians... Are these cavalry the Lucians? Why did the Lucia cavalry appear here and attack us?

From now on,

The questions in Inamori's mind kept increasing instead of decreasing.

On this side of the formation, there are quite a few senior generals with binoculars. Many senior generals surrounding Inamori are now also using binoculars to check the battle situation in the rear.

After seeing the cavalry team's shocking breakthrough speed for them, the changes in the expressions of these people became wonderful.

Or shrink your neck.

Or swallow saliva.

"This cavalry team... who are they? Where is their target?" A certain general put down his binoculars, and whispered the doubts of everyone present with a blank expression.

Matsudaira Sadanobu was also one of the people who used binoculars to check the battle situation.

His brows haven't been relaxed since just now—although he can't see the face of the assailant either. But for some reason, after learning that a cavalry team of unknown origin appeared in the rear, a certain man's name automatically popped up in Matsudaira Sadanobu's mind...

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Team 6——

Like a helpless child, Gui Yizheng looked around, and then at the cavalry that was about to crash into their sixth formation.

This cavalry team has now reached the front of their 6th formation, and almost all the soldiers of their 6th formation have discovered the group of uninvited guests behind them.

The soldiers at the end of the sixth formation, who were about to be hit by this cavalry team, are now in a mess.

Some scattered to avoid the impact of cavalry.

Some took up arms and spontaneously wanted to meet the cavalry.

There were also those who were frightened and stupid, and stood there stupidly.

Without any time to think, Gui Yizheng gritted his teeth:

"Oh shit……"

After uttering a curse word to vent the myriad of emotions in his heart, Gui Yizheng conveyed military orders one after another to the generals around him.

Now it is too late to arrange all the soldiers in the sixth formation into a spear formation.

So Gui Yizheng decided to abandon most of the soldiers in the sixth formation.

Now it is probably only time to mobilize the soldiers around him to form a gun formation to meet the enemy, so Gui Yizheng only conveyed the order to "arrange gun formation" to the surrounding soldiers, as for the other soldiers-let them fend for themselves up.

The formation of the spear formation takes time, so Gui Yizheng sent an order to Kuroda, Qiuyue and others who are currently on the right wing of the sixth formation: lead the troops to intercept this unknown cavalry team and buy time for the formation of the spear formation.

After quickly conveying a series of military orders, Gui Yizheng suddenly heard a general beside him say in a slightly anxious tone:

"My lord! Look! A small number of reinforcements are coming to support us!"

Hearing what the general said, Gui Yizheng hurriedly looked up and saw a cavalry team of about 30 people, each of whom carried a military flag with "Shamrock" painted on their backs , shot out from the slanting stab, and stopped in front of the unknown cavalry.

"That's..." Gui Yizheng said in a low voice, "Naito's troops...what are they doing? So few people rushed up! Do you want to die?!"

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sky.

land.

Carrying his own horses.

Give most of your field of vision to the enemies who occupy it.

Blood.

Snow stained red with blood.

This is the scene before Ogata's eyes.

After leading Skulucci and the others to launch a charge, Ogata has already used the "breath of the source" and entered the "state of selflessness".

Ogata is also becoming more and more familiar with the state of "Selfless Realm" where the six senses have become extremely sharp and the mind has become very calm.

Although the blood was surging in his body, Ogata's head was still calm, and he was not dazzled by the blood.

Since rushing into the enemy's formation, Ogata's eyes have never left a large banner with the painting "Shamrock" waving in the wind in the distance.

This banner is bigger and higher than any other banner.

In the army, there is only one place where there is such a conspicuous big flag that everyone can see the pattern of this flag clearly.

And that place is Ogata's goal - the enemy's main formation!

Ogata's purpose has been clear from beginning to end: to inflict unbearable damage on the shogunate army and cause the shogunate army to flee.

And "destroying the main formation of the shogunate army" is a good way to achieve this goal.

The clear goal made Ogata and the others charge extremely straight. They have been charging straight in the direction of the big flag.

But at this moment, when Ogata and the others were about to crash into the formation of the Sixth Army——

"That's it!"

A loud shout rang out.

Ogata followed the prestige, and saw a cavalry team of about 30 people, charging out from their right front, and charging straight towards them.

In order to make it easier to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy on the battlefield, soldiers often carry the flag representing their own forces on their backs-and this cavalry team that broke out suddenly carried out this tradition well.

These more than 30 cavalrymen who came out suddenly, each of them carried a military flag with clover on their backs.

More than 30 military flags painted with clover were fluttering in the wind due to the galloping horses-this scene is quite imposing.

The leader of this cavalry team was a young man about the same age as Ogata. Even though the troops under his command were only half of Ogata's and the others, he still held a spear and charged against Ogata and the others without hesitation.

"I am Masaya Inamori's general - Nobugen Naito! Thief! Stop here!"

Nobugen Naito: A young hero under Inamori's command who is highly trusted and favored by Inamori.

With his excellent martial arts, he gained a lot of fame.

Just now, Naito has been faithfully performing the task assigned to him by Inamori to lead the cavalry to patrol, guard, and protect the left flank of the 5th, 6th, and 7th formations.

After Ogata and the others launched an attack, Naito happened to be near the sixth formation. That's why he was able to intercept Ogata and the others so quickly.

Naito's troops were only half of Ogata's—but he still led people to block Ogata.

The reason why he did this was not out of any tactical or strategic considerations—it was simply because he felt that if he saw the enemy and did not rush forward heroically, it would damage the honor of the samurai.

Because Naito's series of actions were all reckless actions driven by "the honor of the samurai", he didn't see it at all... No, it should be said that he didn't see it at all-the banner behind Ogata said He was looking at something, and he didn't pay attention to Ogata's face.

And some soldiers behind Naito saw the words on the flag behind Ogata.

Those who recognized Ogata Yidaosai's face now also widened their eyes.

"Master Naito! Master Naito!"

"My lord! Please don't be reckless!"

The soldiers shouted anxiously - but it was too late.

The weapon used by Naito was a long spear of astonishing length. When the soldiers behind him spoke, he had already stabbed Ogata with his spear.

Ogata quickly turned to the side, and the cold tip of the gun brushed against Ogata's shoulder armor, wiping out a stream of electric fire.

With just this shot, Xu could easily see that this young general was quite capable.

Of course——that's just "somewhat capable".

Before Naito could retract his spear, Okai suddenly raised his left hand and grabbed Naito's spear barrel.

Because he had to control the reins with his hands from time to time, Da Zizai retracted the scabbard just before he broke through the seventh formation.

"Come down for me."

After uttering a calm word without any emotion, Ogata exerted force with his left arm holding the gun barrel, and this strong force was transmitted along the gun barrel to Naito's arms, making Naito's expression big Change.

Naito, who realized that something was wrong, wanted to let go of the gun in his hand, but he was still a step too late—he was thrown off the horse with a gun by Ogata with brute force.

Naito watched the white snow field rushing towards him, and immediately after, countless gold stars began to dance in front of his eyes, and a burst of pain spread all over his body.

Before he recovered, he heard the sound of horseshoes approaching.

The last scene that appeared in front of his eyes was the light of a knife darting towards his head...

And the last sentence that floated in Naito's mind was: Is this the strength that normal people would have...?

General: Nobugen Naito - die in battle!

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Although Naito's cavalry team appeared handsomely, they exited in a rather embarrassing manner. Facing the charge of Ogata and others, Naito and the others... To put it bluntly, they were vulnerable.

Naito was thrown off his horse with brute force by Ogata, and was killed by a knife. The rest of the troops he brought were also defeated by Skulucci and others behind Ogata like melons and vegetables.

After quickly disposing of Naito's group of "uninvited guests" who hadn't held Ogata and others for a few seconds from the beginning to the end, Ogata and others got back on track and continued to rush straight to the sixth formation.

This time, no one came to obstruct it. Ogata and the others successfully crashed into the sixth formation.

The soldiers of the 6th formation and the 7th formation were as unprepared to face the enemy at all, so the scene before Ogata's eyes was the same as when he charged the 7th formation just now—the generals who could not cope with their charge, He was killed to the point of throwing away his helmet and armor.

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Just now, when I saw that Naito led such a small force to confront people head-on, I already guessed the ending. So after Naito's entire army was annihilated, Gui Yizheng's expression remained unchanged, as if "everything was within my expectations".

After Ogata and others rushed into the sixth formation, Gui Yizheng was finally able to barely see the true face of this cavalry team from nowhere because of the shortened distance.

"This is... Nanban...?"

Gui Yizheng's eyes, almost stuck to the lens, are now full of confusion.

That cavalry team is not far from Gui Yizheng now. So through the binoculars, Gui Yizheng could clearly see that the cavalrymen of this cavalry team all had high nose bridges, deep eye sockets, and weird hair and eye colors—they all looked like Southern barbarians look like.

In Ezo, besides the Lucians, Gui Yizheng couldn't think of any other country where the Nanban would be in this place.

"The Lucians...why would the Lucians attack us at this time...?"

Gui Yizheng muttered incomprehensibly while moving the telescope in his hand.

Gui Yizheng's viewing order was from the rear of the cavalry to the front.

So, after a while, Gui Yizheng's eyes fell on the man at the front of the cavalry...

When that man's face—Ogata's face was reflected in the center of the lens of Gui Yizheng's telescope, at this moment, Gui Yizheng felt the thoughts in his mind... like a broken thread.

The brain stopped thinking directly.

How did I come back to my senses.

When did I come back to my senses.

Gui Yizheng couldn't remember at all.

I just remember that when my brain resumed functioning, my mouth and throat seemed to have their own consciousness, and they moved by themselves:

"Report to the formation!"

The mouth and throat that moved by themselves combined to let out a shout that had already broken the sound.

"It's the executioner Yidaozhai! The man who leads this cavalry! It's the executioner Yidaozhai!"

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"Master Inamori! Nobugen Naito died in battle!"

Hearing the battle report from General Attendant, Inamori's brows twitched uncontrollably.

And the other generals in the formation also showed different expressions because of the battle report-many of them had expressions of disbelief.

With his bravery, Naito has always been a well-known existence in the shogunate army.

And Naito, who was so brave, died in battle so quickly... This made many people feel unbelievable.

Inamori, who had always admired Naito, now closed his eyes with a little pain.

When he opened it again, he asked the attendant in a deep voice:

"How did Nobugen Naito die?"

"According to the battle report just sent by the messenger—" the general waiter replied truthfully, "Naito Nobugen's gun barrel was caught by the leader of the enemy cavalry, and then he was thrown off his horse. The leader of the enemy cavalry died..."

"What?!" Inamori's eyes widened in shock, "Nobugen Naito... died in battle like this?"

The waiter, who was stared at by Inamori's eyes, was a little nervous and stammered, "According to the report...that's indeed the case..."

The expressions of shock on the faces of the rest of the generals in this formation became more intense.

"The leader of the enemy cavalry has such skills?", "Such a powerful Naito was killed just like that... this...", "The incoming enemy is much more powerful than we imagined..."... …

Inamori, whose face was so gloomy that it was about to drip black water, turned his head and looked at the sixth formation, which was constantly shouting and killing in the distance:

"This group of cavalry... who the hell...?!"

at this time.

Just when Inamori's deep growl fell——

"Master Inamori!"

A hurried figure of an orderly appeared in the formation.

It is the messenger sent by Gui Yizheng.

"Lord Gui, he... saw who the leader of this cavalry team is...!"

"?!" Inamori frowned, and asked, "Who is it?"

The messenger looked like he had seen some kind of demon, and he looked like he was about to say something terrifying next.

He took several deep breaths to calm his mind.

After he calmed down a bit, he used a slightly trembling voice——

"It's... the executioner Yi Dao Zhai!"

Said a name that made the expressions of everyone in the formation extremely exciting.

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When the author returned home, it was past 22:00... so I can only write so much (leopard headache crying.jpg), let's see if I can write more tomorrow...