I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Although knowing that Inamori is currently in a very bad mood, a certain confidant still has the courage to say to Inamori:

"My lord, please move the position of the formation back as soon as possible!"

After Inamori let out the roar just now and simply vented, his mood became calmer.

Withdrawing with the main formation - there is no doubt that this is something that will be ridiculed by others.

But Inamori can't control so much now.

"...Retreat!" Inamori's words were almost squeezed out between clenched teeth, "Retreat in the direction of the first formation!"

Hearing Inamori's order, the rest of the squad were prepared for the transfer of the squadron as fast as they could.

In fact, there is no need to make any preparations for the relocation of the formation - just remove the handsome flag representing the formation.

After giving the order to relocate the main camp, Inamori suddenly remembered something, turned his head to take it, and said seriously to Matsudaira Sadanobu next to him:

"My lord, swords and guns have no eyes on the battlefield. If you stay here, my lord, it will be too dangerous. Please evacuate here for now and wait for the good news of our victory!"

Perhaps it was because of anxiety, Inamori's words were not tactful, and he told Matsudaira Sadanobu to run away quickly.

Regarding Inamori's extremely straightforward words, Matsudaira Sadanobu didn't have the energy and time to pursue them.

With meaningful and entangled eyes, he took a deep look at Inamori in front of him, and nodded: "I see. I wish you prosperity in martial arts."

Matsudaira Sadanobu couldn't understand the hidden meaning in Inamori's words - they all let Matsudaira Sadanobu leave the formation directly, which means: Inamori himself is not sure whether he can stop Ogata's momentum...

No matter how you say it, Matsudaira is also a samurai, and he is also a samurai who came from the Tokugawa family and has the blood of the shogun. The samurai education he received since childhood made Matsudaira have an almost instinctive aversion to the word "escape from the battlefield".

But after being a politician for many years, the long years of political life made Matsudaira realize a truth: life is more important than anything else, as long as you are alive, then everything has a chance.

This rationality overwhelmed instinct.

Inamori transferred one-third of the guards in the formation to Matsudaira Sadanobu,

Escorted Matsudaira Dingxin to leave.

When Matsudaira Sadanobu left the formation with the support of these guards, he unconsciously turned his head to look in the direction where Ogata was now - the tangled look on his face became more serious than before.

If possible, Matsudaira Sadanobu would actually like to stay here for a while longer.

He wanted to wait for Ogata Yishi to get closer, and take a closer look at his figure, his saber, and his eyes...

He hasn't confirmed yet—what are the similarities and differences between Ogata Yasushi and Mashima Goro...

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The 4th and 5th formations are all generals of the Aizu Army. In terms of combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of the Aizu Army is far higher than that of the 1st Army, but the speed of the defeat of the 4th and 5th formations is still in the 6th formation. , Above the 7th formation.

Just because—the panic has spread completely.

For an army, once panic spreads on a large scale, it will be a terrible thing.

A large army collapsed directly due to the spread of panic-in history, such things are not uncommon.

It's not that these generals are blind, many of them have seen with their own eyes how the three thousand-man formations in the rear were pierced and defeated by these few dozens of cavalry.

What's more terrible is that many rout soldiers ran to the unattacked army formation ahead.

These broken soldiers are the "source of infection" of the operation.

Their feet spread out in order to escape, their screams of terror... continuously brought panic to those around them.

And Ogata and others, who were sticking to the buttocks of these rout soldiers, chased and beat them fiercely, while letting these rout soldiers help them destroy the army formation and further spread panic, they also continued to create new and more routs. soldier.

In this way, a very good virtuous circle was formed for Ogata and others: the routs helped them disrupt the order of the army formation, creating more routs, and more routs further damaged the formation of the army. order.

The armor on Ogata's body has been splashed red here and black there by the blood, and it is almost impossible to distinguish the original color.

There were a few more gaps in the saber in his hand - Ogata didn't have the energy to count.

Behind them, Skulucci and the others, due to the non-stop bloody battle all the way, also unknowingly reduced their numbers, from the original 64 to the current number of more than 50.

After defeating the enemy army three times in a row, according to common sense, Ogata and the others should be tired, and in fact they are.

Ogata didn't know what was going on with Skulucci and the others. In short—under the circumstances that the "Selfless Realm" would weaken the perception of fatigue, Ogata had clearly sensed the sense of fatigue gushing out of his body.

Fighting on horseback consumes much more energy than fighting on foot.

As a "sharp knife", he rushed to the forefront and faced the most enemies. As he rushed all the way, he already felt that the arm wielding the knife began to settle accounts, and his chest and lungs, which were constantly sucking and exhaling air, began to ache.

But Ogata's spirits were still high.

He charged, struck, swung, stabbed. He used the sword skills of Sakakibara One Sword Style and Wuga Two Sword Style, and the moves he had learned all his life, one after another, which dazzled the generals of the Shogunate Army.

Ogata's sword is as swift as thunder; as unpredictable as flowing water; as gorgeous as the sun's rays.

——Shuaiqi... moved back...

Ogata, who has been paying attention to the position of the handsome flag all the time, naturally noticed it immediately when the big flag with clover painted on it started to move.

The movement of the commander-in-chief flag, the change of the position of the formation - these were all expected by Ogata.

Regarding the movement of Shuai Qi, Ogata only silently clenched the rein and knife in his palm.

The Don horse is also worthy of being an excellent horse breed with both explosive power and endurance bred for the purpose of "going to the battlefield".

Even though the radish under Ogata's crotch now sprinkles a lot of sweat and the blood of the enemy splashed on him every step of the way, he still has enough physical strength to carry his master to fight—even though the speed is still uncontrollable started to slow down.

After leaving a lot of corpses behind, the fourth formation ushered in the same fate as the three formations behind it—it was cut in half by the center.

Team 4 - Breakthrough!

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"grown ups!"

Even though they are hastily moving the main formation to the direction of the first formation, some generals are still very conscientious in reporting the current movements of Ogata and others to Inamori.

Inamori and the others are currently in the middle of the third and second teams.

After hearing the general's report, Inamori's mouth twitched, and he turned his head to look at the battlefield behind——After his eyes fell on the cavalry that had begun to attack the third formation, Inamori's pupils slightly Shrink.

He keenly sensed that Ogata and the others had slowed down.

"...Our chance has come." Inamori, who couldn't hide his excitement, murmured involuntarily, "Their speed has slowed down...their horses are starting to get tired..."

After whispering, Inamori loudly announced the great news to the generals:

"The thief army has slowed down!"

"Their horses probably won't be able to run!"

"Continue to advance to the first team!"

"As long as we continue to procrastinate like this until the thieves are exhausted, our army will win!"

Inamori, who was born in a peaceful age, had only commanded the campaign to pacify the peasant uprising army and bandits. In terms of command experience, he did not have much enrichment.

He didn't suffer from such a thing as "attacked by a strong cavalry in the rear". He lacks experience in dealing with such things.

In this dangerous situation, there may be a better way to deal with it.

But for the current Inamori, and for Inamori who now has only such uneven levels of generals under his command, he doesn't know what to do other than "order the generals of each formation to block the attack until Ogata and the others are exhausted". What means can be used.

Inamori turned his head frequently, looking at Ogata who was chasing after them with nervous eyes with a bit of fear - he prayed, prayed that Ogata and others would stop rushing forward due to physical exhaustion pace.

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Ogata rushed forward.

Shuai Qi continued to retreat.

In order to shorten the distance between each other and to get under the handsome flag as soon as possible, Ogata has resorted to all the means he can.

In order to break through the layers of enemy troops in front of him faster, Ogata even snatched the spears of some generals of the shogunate army and used them for his own use.

Just like now - a general dressed as a general, huddled in an inconspicuous corner, launched an attack from the rear of Ogata's left side, stabbing Ogata's left abdomen with a spear.

His idea was beautiful, he wanted to sneak attack on Ogata - but his extremely poor spear skills made his attack invisible in Ogata's eyes.

Ogata raised his left hand and grabbed the man's spear. When he snatched the spear, the general waiter let out a shrill scream—probably the skin on his palm was torn off.

After snatching the spear, Ogata immediately turned the spear into his own weapon, clamped the spear under his left armpit, and aimed the spear at an Ashgaru in front of him.

The gun head hit this Ashgaru, and a huge force was transmitted along the gun barrel to his arm in an instant.

The spear used by this general attendant is not an ordinary spear. The barrel of the spear has excellent toughness. The force generated by the impact made the barrel suddenly bend into an exaggerated bow shape, but it did not break because of it.

The soldier who was enduring the huge force generated by the impact of the spear was lifted off the ground. The moment his feet left the ground, the arched spear snapped straight like a spring that was pressed and released. The power accumulated on the gun barrel was released instantly, and the ashigaru was blown away from the gun head and fell heavily into the crowd behind him.

As a swordsman known as "Ren Zhan Yi Shi" and "Executioner Yi Dao Zhai", it may be strange to say such words, but Ogata still wants to say it out loud: On the battlefield, spears are really easy to use !

Not only does it have a wide attack range, but it is also extremely powerful.

Ogata used the stolen spear to kill several people in a row, and then left the spear in the body of a general who was riding a horse to intercept him. Ogata pierced the horse's head with one shot, and then pierced through it again. The general's body behind the horse's head strings the general and the horse's head of his war horse together.

Although Ogata had tried his best, he still couldn't see any closer distance between them and the enemy's main formation.

Ogata, who had clearly felt the speed of the horse under his crotch starting to slow down, felt anxious when he saw this situation.

At this time, Ogata thought of the aggressive method.

Use words to stimulate the generals of the formation to prevent or delay the retreat of the formation.

Although I don't know if it will be useful, Ogata feels that it is very necessary to try.

For some reason, Ogata's face appeared in Ogata's mind when he thought of the strategy of aggressive generals.

It wasn't because Ogata suddenly missed his wife whom he hadn't seen for nearly half a month.

Instead, he remembered the story that Machi always recited in front of him—the story of Sanada Yukimura.

Atachi, who has a strong interest in listening to books, loves the stories of Sanada Yukimura very much, and has always been very fond of the stories of Sanada Yukimura.

To be honest, Ogata's liking for Sanada Yukimura made Ogata a little unhappy, and made Ogata feel a little hostile towards this man who had been dead for nearly 200 years.

Although he has a little hostility towards Sanada Yukimura, Ogata has to admit that—whether it is Sanada Yukimura in historical facts or Sanada Yukimura in storytellers, he is a legendary general.

Ogata still remembers what Sanada Yukimura said to the Tokugawa army when he led the Toyotomi army and the Tokugawa army in the final decisive battle.

Ogata cleared his throat.

Take a deep breath.

Then, with the loudest volume he could achieve, he shouted loudly at the handsome flag and in the direction of the formation:

"There are millions of Tokugawa samurai, but none of them is a man!"

Ogata slightly modified the roar that Sanada Yukimura once uttered, and uttered it again 200 years later.

It was also yelling at the Tokugawa army with the "Shamrock" military flag erected.

But the difference is - when the two roared, Sanada Yukimura was retreating, while Ogata was attacking the shogunate army's main formation.

The words that Ogata yelled with all his strength reached the main camp, like sharp needles piercing the ears of Inamori and the others.

Ogata's words were a blatant mockery of them. The sharpest taunts of the warriors who value honor.

The complexions of many generals directly turned to the color of a pig's liver.

The expression on Inamori's face also changed drastically, but he still bit his lips tightly, suppressing the anger and unwillingness in his heart, and shouted to the generals beside him:

"Don't pay attention to the raving words of the thieves! No one is allowed to stop!"

Inamori has now completely turned into a gambler who looks like a red-eyed gambler

He is betting right now—betting whether Ogata and the others are exhausted, or they will collapse first.

The bet is the victory or defeat of this army and the offensive and defensive battle of the Red Moon Fortress.

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Ogata himself did not expect that his roar not only reached the main formation of the shogunate army, but also... the ears of Matsudaira Sadanobu who hadn't run far.

Although due to the distance, when the roar reached Matsudaira Sadanobu's ears, the sound was already very small.

But Matsudaira Sadanobu still clearly heard... Ogata Itsuki's voice was very similar to someone's voice in his memory... no, it should be said to be exactly the same.

Matsudaira Sadanobu's pupils shrank suddenly the moment the roar was heard in his ears.

He, who was fleeing in a hurry on horseback, turned his head to look at the battlefield behind him.

The expression on his face and the emotions in his pupils are quite complicated.

There is confusion, shock, regret, and...pain...

In the end, all these emotions mixed into an extremely complex color that remained on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face.

Matsudaira Sadanobu smiled.

The corner of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a wry smile.

He who was smiling bitterly let out a long breath.

It's like letting go of some obsession in my heart.

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Seeing that the handsome flag didn't slow down for half a minute because of his mocking roar, Ogata, who usually seldom swears, cursed "Damn" in his heart very rarely.

Combat is still a cat-and-mouse game, nothing has changed.

The current battlefield is already in chaos, soldiers trying to resist, soldiers fleeing, you squeeze me, I squeeze you, it's a mess.

There is still an orderly resistance from the shogunate army, preventing Ogata and the others from advancing smoothly.

But at this moment, Ogata suddenly discovered that the handsome flag marking the formation had slowed down!

At the beginning, Ogata blinked his eyes hard because he wondered if he had read it wrong, but found that he was not wrong—the speed of Shuaiqi's backward movement really slowed down.

Ogata didn't know why the handsome flag slowed down, but he knew that this would be his best chance to break through the shogunate's main formation.

"Carrot, work harder...!"

Ogata raised his hand and stroked Radish's blood-stained mane.

As if he understood Ogata's words, Radish snorted loudly, stepping on the ground alternately with all four hooves, and accelerated his running speed.

Seeing that Ogata started to speed up, Skulucci and the others behind Ogata also gritted their teeth, squeezing the strength of the war horse who was also slowly starting to lose strength in his crotch.

The speed of Shuai Qi's backward movement slowed down, and the reason was actually very simple - their way forward was blocked by their own people who were in chaos.

"Don't mess! Don't mess!"

"Listen to the command! Everyone listen to the command!"

All the generals in the formation roared at the soldiers in front of them with a hysterical attitude, trying to maintain order.

At this moment, Inamori and the others were already in the first formation closest to the Red Moon Fortress, but as soon as they entered the first formation, they immediately felt as if they had entered a quagmire.

The soldiers in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd formations are all direct troops of the shogunate. And the direct line troops of the shogunate were no more elite than the vassal armies of the First Army.

The chaotic rear, the constant howling and roaring, and the constant news of all kinds of bad news have already caused these direct descendants of the shogunate to panic.

And Shuaiqi, who kept retreating and had already withdrawn to them, was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

These soldiers are not idiots who don't know how to think. Seeing Shuai Qi's continuous retreat, they can naturally guess the reason - to avoid the front of the bandit army.

This faction was actually chased away by the bandits—this fact caused the morale of many people to plummet.

Finally—the order of the first formation completely collapsed.

The originally tight military formation became chaotic, some looked around blankly, some asked the generals how the battle was going, and some tried to fish in troubled waters after the bandits came... The order was completely out of control, making it difficult for the generals to coordinate and command.

And the first team that turned into a quagmire also made it difficult for Shuaiqi to move back.

"Damn it..." Inamori looked anxiously at the messy front, "These guys are more than successful..."

Inamori yelled at the shogunate troops who were now hindering him and the final victory of the entire army.

After yelling, Inamori turned his head to check the current movements of Ogata and the others.

After turning his head away, Inamori's expression froze.

He saw the soldiers who were still resisting and the soldiers who were fleeing were all squeezed away from the left and right sides with brute force, and the giant shadow that was splashed with blood and dripping blood all over his body jumped in front of Daomori. Just seeing this black shadow, half of the surrounding generals couldn't help but retreat, while the remaining half were stunned, unable to even make a sound.

Looking at this giant shadow, Inamori was stunned for a while, then came back to his senses, and subconsciously opened his mouth:

"Wait……"

Inamori had just uttered a few syllables when he saw a saber light slashing towards the top of his head from top to bottom.

Sakakibara's sword flow and water fall.

This giant shadow—that is, Ogata, split the sky cover of Inamori and the commander-in-chief of the Shogunate Army with one knife.

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The words Sanada Yukimura yelled in the Osaka Summer Battle, the original sentence is "Kanto has a million soldiers, but there is not a single hero". Although handsome, it was just a mouthful when covering the retreat of the army. (it is said to be so)

PS: Regarding when and where Sanada Yukimura yelled this sentence, and whether this sentence exists, the author has found many, many versions on the Internet. The author is not particularly interested in the history of the Warring States Period in Japan, so I haven't bought any relevant authoritative popular science books... So the author simply took the version of "Sanada Yukimura shouted this sentence, but it was a mouthful during the retreat" as the historical fact of the world view of this book.

Book friends who are interested in the story of Sanada Yukimura can slowly investigate~~