I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Inamori is no stranger to Ogata.

Less than a year ago, when Ogata was about to land on Butterfly Island, he met this general nicknamed "Tiger Daomori".

As soon as he broke into the main formation of the Shogunate Army, he saw this famous "Tiger Daomori", and Ogata instinctively decided: This person should be the general of the Shogunate Army!

Then he swung the knife subconsciously, slashed at Daomori's head, cut Daomori's helmet, and split Daomori's sky cap.

Due to the blocking of the helmet, the force of Ogata's slash was offset by a lot. The huge incision only goes from the forehead to the bridge of the nose—in essence, it doesn't make any difference whether the incision goes to the bridge of the nose or to the lips.

After taking back Da Shitian from Daomori's half-skinned, bone-connected head, Daomori's body was like a soft noodle, staggered a few steps, and collapsed heavily on the ground.

His eyes fixed on Ogata, who was covered in blood, with viciousness, unwillingness, viciousness, and fear in his eyes...

He had collapsed to the ground, his body still twitching slightly. His mouth was slightly opened, as if he wanted to yell something at Ogata, but all the strength in him had faded with the expansion of his pupils, and he no longer had the opportunity to say or shout something.

Finally——his pupils completely lost all vitality, and he stared blankly at the sky where all the dark clouds had dispersed and the sun was shining.

A general who was busy stabilizing the order of the troops just now witnessed how Inamori was killed by one blow and collapsed in a pool of blood. Ogata and the others didn't even notice that they were so close to him.

He shouted hoarsely, "Master Inamori! No—no!"

The general who witnessed the death of his own general was far more than this general—most of the surrounding shogunate soldiers had a panoramic view of the process of Inamori's death in battle.

Ogata had been paying attention to the reactions of the surrounding shogunate soldiers, and after seeing their stunned expressions, Ogata knew that he had killed the right person just now.

"Skulucci!" Ogata yelled at Skulucci behind him without looking back, "Chop off the head of the general I beheaded just now, and pick it up with a long spear! Remember not to kill him!" The helmet is off!"

"Understood!" Although Scruucci's tone was full of exhaustion, his voice was still as bright as a bell.

After giving Scruucci this order, Ogata hit the horse's belly with his heel again, causing Radish to run again,

Ogata's attack was not over yet.

There is another more important goal waiting for him to kill.

Although this target is not human.

Ogata and Radish ran straight to the tall handsome flag not far from Inamori.

No one can stop... To be precise, no one can stop Ogata anymore.

When Ogata rushed towards the handsome flag, all the generals and soldiers along the way gave way to the left and right out of fear, giving way to an unimpeded road.

Ogata rushed along this avenue to the handsome flag, and the soldiers who were originally guarding the handsome flag almost ran away.

The horizontal knife light swept across, and the flagpole, which was as thick as an adult man's arm, was cut in two. The commander-in-chief flag with "Shamrock" painted on it, representing the Tokugawa Shogunate, shook twice before falling heavily to the ground.

After the flag landed, Ogata slammed Da Shitian down, shaking off all the blood attached to the blade, and raised the sword in his hand high.

"Your general has been taken by me! Your army has been defeated by me! You have lost—!"

At the same time that Ogata yelled these words, Skulucci happened to raise the spear with Skulucci's head stuck in it, and Skulucci obediently obeyed Ogata's instructions just now, and did not cancel Drop Inamori's helmet.

In ancient Japan, the higher the rank of the general, the more and more complex decorations the helmet had. The reason for this is to allow the generals under his command to quickly find the general on the complex and ever-changing battlefield.

That's why Ogata didn't let Skulucci get rid of Inamori's helmet—everyone looked at the helmet and knew that the head picked up by the spear was Inamori's head.

Inamori's head, which was picked up by the spear, and the severed head, like two sledgehammers, hit the heads of the surrounding soldiers hard.

Finally—some generals turned and fled while screaming. Some of them didn't run a few steps before bumping into several troops who came to support them. After the troops who were about to come to support them cursed at the deserters who bumped into them, they also saw the Inamori's head raised, and the handsome flag that has disappeared.

"The formation has been breached—! The general is dead—!" A horrified shout resounded around.

Following this shout, more and more people discovered the situation on this side of the formation.

And the person who yelled——was Scruucci.

After a good performance, Skulucci, like a little boy who succeeded in pranking, firmly suppressed the corners of his mouth that were desperately upturned.

Scruzzy's shout was like a flame falling into a powder keg. Many generals who hadn't noticed what happened at first stopped what they were doing, stretched their necks to check the movement of the formation, and then their faces suddenly changed and turned pale.

The sad news of "the main formation was breached" and "General Inamori was killed" swept around like a gust of wind with the main formation as the center.

Some generals who were far away also saw the handsome flag that had disappeared—for example, Kuroda who was still slowly "gathering troops" in the sixth formation.

"No way..." Kuroda stared blankly at the headquarters where there was no longer a handsome flag flying in the distance.

While Kuroda was still in shock, he heard some of his narrator soldiers screaming, "Look! The handsome flag is down!"

These wailing brought Kuroda back to his senses.

Kuroda knew what the downfall of the handsome flag meant to an army, and an army that was already on the verge of collapse.

He wanted to do something to save it, but sadly found that there was nothing he could do now.

The formation that collapsed first was the first formation closest to Ogata.

Facing Ogata, who broke their 7 battles in a row, their morale had already dropped to freezing point. And the head of Inamori who was raised high and the handsome flag who fell to the ground completely tore apart their last line of psychological defense.

They screamed, and they ran away in embarrassment.

The consequences of the death of Inamori, the supreme commander, came out-the current command system of the shogunate army has completely collapsed.

The generals now act independently without a unified command.

Some struggled to maintain order.

Some yelled that they would fight Ogata to the death and make the last fight.

Some sneaked in among the fleeing troops and planned to escape.

Their chaotic command, on the contrary, exacerbated the chaos of the troops.

The collapse of the first formation gradually affected the second and third formations...

And the siege troops who are shouldering the heavy task of siege - they have witnessed the whole process of their army being defeated, and they are all stunned now.

Chanup, who had been paying attention to the bloody battle in Ogata outside the city, saw the conspicuous handsome flag fall at the first moment.

While feeling ecstatic about the success of Ogata's surprise attack, Chanup raised the spear in his hand high, and concentrated all the remaining physical strength in his body into his throat:

"The general of the Hejun has been crusaded! The Hejun has collapsed! Push back all the Heren on the city wall!"

After the words fell, Chanup took the lead and rushed to Kazuto in front of him.

The remaining fighters roared, responding to Chanup with roars followed by lunges and movements of the people.

The soldiers of the siege troops have no fighting spirit now.

Although they were far more numerous than the remaining Ainu on the city wall, they had no intention of fighting any more, and they were beaten to pieces, and the battle line that was almost pushed to the steps of the inner city wall retreated quickly.

These shogunate soldiers who were still baring their teeth and claws just now; these shogunate army generals who were still imposing just now; these shogunate army generals who originally planned to break through the Red Moon Fortress within today are all like headless chickens Run away in a hurry.

They are no longer aggressive invaders, but just a bunch of desperate dogs eager to save their lives.

The "Bushido" education they received since childhood has now been completely forgotten by them.

What honor, what not to flee, they have completely ignored.

They just want to save their lives now.

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"Master Kuroda! Where are we going?" A general riding a horse behind Kuroda asked anxiously to Kuroda in front of him.

"Go to the camp!" Kuroda responded, "The army is finished. We lost this battle, and now there are still many wounded in the camp, some troops protecting the wounded, and a lot of luggage. They must be taken away!"

"Losing, losing?!" The general blushed, "Master Kuroda! We didn't lose..."

The general wanted to refute Kuroda, but because he didn't believe what he said, his voice became smaller and smaller.

Kuroda ignored the unrecognized general behind him, and concentrated on riding his horse to the rear camp.

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Matsudaira firmly believed that he did not run away.

After escaping to a location far enough away from the battlefield but still barely able to see it, Matsudaira asked to stop.

From just now, he has been using binoculars to view the distant battlefield.

Although the scene of Ogata cutting down the commander-in-chief flag was not seen because the camera was far away, he could clearly see the scenes of the shogunate army fleeing like an avalanche.

Even if he doesn't understand military affairs, after seeing their army collapse, Matsudaira Sadanobu can roughly infer what happened.

Matsudaira Sadanobu silently put down the telescope in his hand.

There was no expression on his face, making it difficult for others to see what Matsudaira Sadanobu was thinking.

For some reason, Matsudaira Sadanobu recalled the information he had heard from the report just before he left the main camp - Ogata Ittosai had tied a side of his saddle with the words "Unparalleled Sword Ogata Yi Potential" banner.

"...the sword that is unparalleled in the world..."

Matsudaira Sadanobu murmured.

After the murmur, a smile containing complex emotions emerged on his face with the slightly upturned corners of Matsudaira Sadanobu's mouth.

"You are... a veritable unparalleled under heaven..."

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The flow of people was engulfing the flow of people, and Ogata and the others felt that it was only a blink of an eye, and the densely packed enemy group that surrounded them had now dispersed completely.

Ogata and the others stayed at the place where they had just killed the general and cut the flag, silently allowing the shogunate army to flee, instead of taking advantage of the victory to pursue and inflict more damage on the shogunate army-because they were almost unable to fight.

Under such a winter day, everyone was sweating profusely, their chests heaved violently, and their crotches were fighting horses and hooves.

After watching the last shogunate army run away, Ogata finally let go of his heart, heaved a sigh of relief, and lifted the "no-self state".

After the "Selfless Realm" was lifted, intense fatigue immediately filled every corner of Ogata's body like heavy lead.

Ogata, who was on horseback, swayed vigorously a few times due to exhaustion, and at this moment, Skulucci galloped up and raised his hand to support Ogata.

"Ogata-kun, cheer up." Skulucci smiled and pouted towards the Red Moon Fortress not far away, "Before getting a good night's sleep, at least enjoy the cheers and thanks from others." ?”

Regarding Skulucci's joke, Ogata smiled, then shook his head vigorously, and after barely raising his spirits, put the knife back into its sheath, and led Skulucci and others to ride slowly toward the red Go to Moon Fortress.

clack clack clack clack...

The gate of the inner city wall of the Red Moon Fortress was slowly opened at this time.

Ogata saw from a distance—at the gate of the city, there were many residents of Red Moon Fortress standing.

Among the crowd, there are many acquaintances of myself standing.

Chanup, Lin Ziping, Tang Shen, and... Ah Ding.

Looking at A-Machi, who was able to stand up now and was welcoming him by the city gate with the others, Ogata showed surprise at first, and then this surprise turned into a faint smile.

Chanup was also seriously injured now, but he had no intention of leaving at all. With the support of a young man, he led the crowd towards Ogata who was about to pass through the city gate and enter the fortress.

When Ogata saw Canup and others coming up, he immediately got off his horse and walked towards them on foot, and Skulucci immediately signaled his subordinates to dismount as well.

"Mr. Mashima... your face?" Chanup looked at Ogata who had "changed his appearance drastically" with surprised eyes.

"I'll talk about my face later." Ogata smiled, "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. It must have been difficult to hold on until now, right?"

Chanup's eyes turned red with Ogata's words.

Chanup broke free from the support of the young man beside him, stretched out two trembling palms to hold Ogata's hands tightly.

"Thank you..." Chanup's voice trembled from the appearance of crying, "You really... saved us... Thank you..."

Looking at Chanup who was weeping with joy, Ogata was surprised for a while, then smiled and held the hands that Chanup was holding him.

"This is our common victory." Ogata said.

Standing behind Ogata watching all this silently, Skulucci smiled, then turned his head, looked at the subordinates behind him, and raised his right fist high:

"Мывыиграли——! (We won)"

"Ура——! Ура——! (Ulla)" Skulucci's subordinates waved their fists towards the sky, and then cheered ecstatically.

The Ainu who followed Chanup to welcome Ogata and the others were taken aback when they heard Skulucci and the others who were cheering, and then joined in the cheering.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh--!"

"We won—! We won—!"

"We've saved our homeland!"

At this moment, Ogata glimpsed that Machi was slowly walking towards him.

Chanup, who was holding Ogata's hands tightly, let go of Ogata's hand in good time.

"It's really yours." A-Machi, who spoke first, had red eyes, but smiled, "You have accomplished a feat that Sanada Yukimura has never done before."

"Have you finally admitted that Sanada Yukimura is not as good as me? Then you can praise me more and stop praising Sanada Yukimura?"

As soon as Ogata said this joke, A-Machi threw himself into Ogata's arms, and almost pushed Ogata to the snow because of the force.

"Why do you finally admit that Sanada Yukimura is not as good as you, you have always been that unparalleled man!"

Ah-Machi was crying and laughing at the same time.

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Later generations, the history book of classical Chinese and literary biography compiled by the Mito clan in the Edo period-"Da Nihon Shishi", summed up this battle that shocked the past and the present in one sentence:

"In the third year of Kuanzheng, Baihe sent 10,000 troops to attack the Yizou Yu Qiansui, and Ogata led 60 cavalry to attack them.

Break seven formations and cut nine generals.

second to none! "

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Let everyone wait for a long time... The reason why this chapter is late and the number of words is small is because the last sentence "Kanzheng three years..." The author has been deliberating for a long time... "Shirakawa" refers to Matsudaira Sadanobu, "Chitose" It is the real place name of the ancient Ezo. In the author's setting, the Red Moon Fortress is here. The "History of Great Japan" is a real history book, which was published in 1849.

Although the number of words in this chapter is small, the quality is quite high, so I humbly ask for a monthly pass (leopard head crying.jpg)