I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Gourdball, on the weather deck, under the foremast—

Wow!

A big wave came, and Dren was standing under the fore-mast, pulling at the thick long rope which he could not name, but which was used to control the fore-mast sail.

"Bah! Bah! Bah!"

After spitting out the seawater that he accidentally drank into his mouth just now, Mucun continued to control the fore-mast sail meticulously, and controlled the fore-mast sail within a certain angle as Mamiya asked just now.

(Makimura, as long as you focus on controlling the foremast sail, you just stay here and control the foremast sail to this angle.)

(Mamiya, without the thickest and longest mast on our ship, is there still a way to hit that Hikimaru? And——just the two of us, is there a way to control such a large battleship? ?)

(I don’t know, let’s try it anyway. ‘Trying’ is always better than ‘waiting in place’.)

The above are the original words of the question and answer between Mamiya and Makimura.

Just now, after saying "Don't put this gourd pill to Rihui pill", Mucun almost couldn't help asking Mamiya "Are you kidding?", Mamiya led Mucun to the front mast , telling Mucun how to pull the sail and what angle to keep the sail.

After that, Mamiya handed over the foremast to Mucun, and went straight to the rear open deck by himself.

As for how to make the big guy under their feet sail in such a headwind, Jiangong briefly introduced to Mucun when he taught Mucun how to pull the sails.

It's just that Mucun didn't understand at all.

Let the ship turn sideways, let the sail form a certain angle with the ship, the wind force is poor... Mucun knows every word.

But together, I don't know what it means at all.

Since he didn't understand the principle of "sailboat sailing against the wind" at all, Mucun simply didn't think too much about it, and obediently followed Mamiya's orders.

Huluwan's current armed forces have basically been eliminated by them.

Those who were still alive either jumped into the sea and escaped, or hid somewhere in the cabin.

In short - Huluwan is almost like a "ghost ship" now, and only Mamiya and Makimura can be seen on the open deck.

After Jiangong rushed to the rear open deck, Mucun saw that Jiangong was running around very busy, almost never stopping.

Pull the sail of the mizzen mast from time to time to fix the angle of the sail of the mizzen mast.

From time to time, he ran to manipulate some things that Mucun could not name at all.

Sometimes he ran into places that Mucun couldn't see, and it took a while to see his figure again.

What the hell is Mamiya doing—Makimura, who doesn't have any knowledge of ships in his mind, doesn't understand at all.

All he knew was that after such a toss in the palace, the direction of the ship's hull was deflected, and it rushed straight to Rihui Maru not far away!

Facing the oncoming Gourd Maru, Rihui Maru reacted immediately—but for some reason, their reaction...was pretty bad.

The hull of the ship deflected slightly, and it can be seen that the crew of Rihuimaru wanted to stay away from the calabash pill that hit them.

But for some reason, Hikimaru's turn was rather slow.

Just like a disabled person with degenerated limbs and inconvenient movement, he has been unable to make any effective distance from the approaching gourd pill.

One side is approaching directly, and the other side is difficult to dodge - under such ebb and flow, in a short while, Hulu Wan approached within a distance of less than 10 meters from Rihui Wan.

The shortening of the distance also allowed Mucun to see clearly the situation on the open-air deck of Rihui Maru through layers of thick rain curtains.

As soon as he cast his gaze on the open deck of Rihui Maru, Mucun couldn't help being stunned by the sight that appeared in Mucun's eyes—somewhere near the side of the ship, a very young young man was holding a knife in the state to watch On the neck of Genichi who looked bad.

In front of this young man, Ogata, who had just parted for a long time, held a knife in both hands, posing in a "Daxia" posture, and started a confrontation with this young man that could still make Mucun feel suffocated even though they were separated by such a long distance. .

In addition, Mucun also saw a familiar figure under the main mast of Rihuimaru who was unconscious and being guarded by several people.

--Oops! I have to quickly find a way to support Minamoto-sama and Ogata-san.

This thought just popped into Mucun's mind——

"Makimura. You can let go of the sail."

He suddenly heard Jian Gong's voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

Mucun hurriedly turned his head away when he heard the sound.

With a tired face, Jian Gong walked towards the pastoral village at a leisurely pace.

Mu Cun saw that he was carrying something that Mu Cun found very familiar.

Take a closer look—it turned out to be a crossbow used for hunting whales. He and Ogata had just been on this gourd pill before, and encountered a crew member using this crossbow to deal with them.

The crossbow in Jian Gong's hand was probably picked up somewhere on the ship just now.

"Let go of the sail? Don't you need to pull the sail anymore?" Mucun asked.

"No need. Next, we only need to rely on inertia."

Now that Jiangong said so, Mucun obediently let go of the thick rope used to control the sail.

"Jamiya." Seeing the tired look on Jiangong's face that couldn't be hidden, Mucun couldn't help asking about his physical condition, "Are... are you okay? You seem very tired."

"It's okay." Mamiya wrote lightly, "It's just that one person does several jobs at the same time, such as captain, helmsman, and sailhand."

Seeing that Jian Gong's mental state seemed to be okay, Mu Cun also relaxed a little, and put his mind and body back on the business.

"Mamiya." Mucun turned his gaze back to the open-air deck of Rihui Maru with a serious face, "You should have seen the situation at Rihui Maru, right?"

"Well, I saw it." Jian Gong followed Mu Cun and turned his gaze to the Rihui Maru, which was close at hand, and said seriously, "Mu Cun, listen up, the distance between the two ships is almost enough for us to jump directly. It's over."

"After jumping on the open deck of Hikimaru later, you go to rescue the lord under the mainmast."

"I'm going to support Ogata-kun."

"Support brother Ogata? How do you plan to support?" Mucun couldn't help asking.

Mamiya shook the whale hunting crossbow in his hand.

"I used to learn how to use crossbows from a certain hunter from Tang Dynasty in Sendai."

Mamiya said lightly.

"Although the crossbow used for hunting whales is quite different from ordinary crossbows, the principle of use is similar."

After saying that, Mamiya held the crossbow and ran towards the Rihui Maru, which was already within reach, and leaped after taking only a few steps.

The body drew a beautiful parabola, and landed precisely on the open deck of Rihui Maru.

Gamiya shrunk his body into a ball, and rolled a few times after landing to dissipate the impact brought by the landing.

After the impact was almost dispelled, he immediately stood up straight.

Leveling the crossbow, aiming at Toyotomi's head, and tapping the trigger—the action was done in one go...

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Hikimaru, in the cabin——

"Ah! There is also seawater leaking in here!"

"Quick! Fill up the hole!"

"It seems that someone here was crushed by the collapsed wooden pillar!"

"Don't worry about it! Let's mend the hole together! If the sea water flows in like this, the ship will sink!"

...

Rihuimaru's cabin at this time... can be described as a group of demons dancing wildly.

Rihuiwan and Huluwan are warships of the same class, no matter in size or weight, the two ships are the same.

Let a warship of the same level collide with one of the most vulnerable parts of the hull: the ship's side... the consequences can be imagined.

Just now, with a deafening "bang", Huluwan slammed into Rihuiwan's left side of the ship heavily.

The moment the two ships collided... the left side of the Hikki Maru... was like a cream cake hit by a stone.

First, cracks appeared, and then the cracks spread rapidly, and then began to shatter and collapse.

A big hole was directly knocked out of Rihui Maru's left hull, and the small half of Huluwan's bow was directly and forcefully embedded into Rihui Maru's hull.

A large amount of seawater poured into Hikimaru's cabin along the hole that was knocked out.

The hull of the ship was hit, and more and more seawater poured into the cabin... These bad news one after another created chaos in the cabin of Rihuimaru at this time.

All kinds of roars and screams could be heard in Rihuimaru's cabin.

If there was anyone who roared the loudest in the scene, it was naturally the "Fleet Governor" He Xufeng.

"The people from the 1st and 3rd groups went to get the wood for repairing the hull, and the people from the 2nd, 4th, and 5th groups repaired the big hole..."

With a slightly hoarse voice, He Xufeng issued orders and instructions to his subordinates one after another.

He Xufeng, who has not been idle since just now, has carried out all the responsibilities of the "Fleet Governor" to the end.

Before the gourd pill hit, He Xufeng tried his best to avoid the impact, and used all the methods he could.

For example: In order to reduce the weight of the ship as much as possible and speed up the turning of the ship, He Xufeng ordered to throw away all the unimportant heavy objects on the ship.

But without the stern rudder, the blow to the flexibility of the ship will be fatal after all.

Even though He Xufeng had tried her best, she still couldn't stop the impact of the gourd pill.

It's just that—even though the collision of the two ships could not be avoided, He Xufeng didn't feel depressed or lose fighting spirit.

After Rihuimaru was knocked out of such a big hole, he immediately started to repair the hull of Rihuimaru.

Thanks to He Xufeng's "command center" that has been operating effectively, although the current cabin looks messy at first glance, it has not completely lost order.

After issuing more than a dozen orders and instructions to his subordinates in one breath, He Xufeng was finally able to rest for a while.

He was dripping the seawater that had already submerged his ankles, gritted his teeth, and looked worriedly at the bow of Huluwan embedded in the hull of Rihuimaru not far away, and the big hole where seawater was constantly seeping in.

He Xufeng is not particularly worried about the repair of the big hole.

The size of the hole is not to the extent that He Xufeng would feel helpless.

He Xufeng is now only worried about how many enemy reinforcements will come from Huluwan.

He has long concluded that the reason why the calabash pill collided with it must be the fault of the enemy, and only a ship controlled by humans can have such a voyage track.

Before the gourd pill hit, He Xufeng had already ordered all armed forces to be on alert to guard against the appearance of new enemies.

"Master He Xufeng! Master He Xufeng!"

At this moment, He Xufeng suddenly heard someone calling his name in Japanese with a strange accent.

"Mr. Smith." He Xufeng frowned, looking at the person who was calling him, "What's the matter?"

Smith - blond and blue-eyed English arms dealer, but also Toyotomi's most important partner.

The muskets, artillery, ammunition, and battleships used by Toyotomi's army were all purchased from Smith.

An important business partner - this relationship makes the relationship between Toyotomi and Smith pretty good.

For Smith, there is only one word for He Xufeng's evaluation: "coward".

As an arms dealer, he especially likes wars - because wars mean business to him.

After he got to know Toyotomi and learned about the lucrative business of "Reviving Toyotomi" from Toyotomi, he immediately started a very close cooperation with Toyotomi and became an inseparable existence with Toyotomi.

Although he likes war, he is actually very timid, cherishes his life, and fears death.

At this moment, He Xufeng saw this coward, and rushed to him in a panic.

"Master Kasube!" Smith asked quickly in Japanese with a very strange tone, "How is the current damage and repair status of the ship?"

"The situation is not bad." He Xufeng said coldly, "The damaged area is not too big. As long as there are no more accidents, it will not be a problem to fill this big hole."

"That's it...that's good." Smith let out a long breath, showing a relieved expression.

Seeing Smith's expression, He Xufeng couldn't help but sneered inwardly.

——Heh... Are you so afraid of death... Sure enough, businessmen are like this...

Although He Xufeng didn't like Smith's fear of death, he was a distinguished guest of Toyotomi after all, so he still had to give him the face and courtesy he deserved.

"Mr. Smith." He Xufeng said, "It's very dangerous here now. Go back to your room..."

He didn't finish his sentence--

"Master He Xufeng! Master He Xufeng!"

Another urgent call came.

Follow the prestige—a crew member rushed to He Xufeng, and then reported anxiously:

"Master Kasube! Two enemies jumped from Huluwan to the open deck of my ship!"

The crew member reported to He Xufeng what happened on the open deck just now with irritable but focused words.

Jumping over from Mamiya and Mucun, they talked all the way to the point where Mamiya shot Toyotomi with a whale hunting crossbow...

After Tongyuan started the war, Toyotomi issued an order: You are not the ones who can intervene in our battle, and you all step down!

Kasube, who has always been obedient to Toyotomi, naturally obediently obeyed and left the battlefield to Toyotomi—however, it is naturally impossible for Kasube to really withdraw all the armed personnel from the open deck.

He also still has a considerable number of armed personnel deployed on the open deck.

The task of these armed men arranged by Kasube on the open deck is quite simple-responsible for intercepting all possible new enemies that will interfere with the battle of Toyotomi and Yuanyi and others, and reporting to Kasube The condition of the deck.

At present, the crew member who came to send orders to He Xufeng was one of the armed men he had arranged on the open deck to help him observe the battle situation of Toyotomi.

After listening to the crew member's report, He Xufeng's face immediately sank.

The same face turned ugly, and Smith was standing beside him.

"He, Lord Kasube." Smith swallowed forcefully, "Should we...send someone to support Lord Toyotomi?"

"... Tsk! I'm really worried about something!" He Xufeng lowered his voice, growled, turned his head, and shouted at a cadre beside him, "All the soldiers who can be mobilized now will be transferred to On the weather deck!"

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At this very moment—

Hikimaru, in the cabin, in a dark corner——

Kikutaro leaned against the ship wall behind him, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples vigorously.

"It's finally... a little more comfortable..." After hearing Kikutaro's murmur, he slowly put down his fingers rubbing his temples, and opened his eyes, "I really vomited to death before..."

Kikutaro, who has a physique of seasickness, vomited so badly when he first boarded the Rihui pill, lying on the railing of the ship, vomiting so much that bile almost came out.

The wind and waves on the sea are still very strong now, and even tend to become more and more violent, but after being on the ship for so long, Kikutaro is now a little bit used to the bumpy ground under his feet.

The body still feels a little uncomfortable, but it is no longer like before, vomiting non-stop.

Noisy and noisy sounds have been coming from all directions since just now.

After listening for a while, Kikutaro finally understood what happened—it turned out that Huluwan had hit him.

At this time, most of the crew are busy repairing the damaged ship.

After learning the reason why Hikki Maru was so noisy at this time, Kikutaro almost laughed out loud.

——It should be...it's about time...

After briefly checking the situation outside and confirming that there was no one there, Kikutaro couldn't help but let out a low chuckle of joy.

- No one... very good! So... let's go!

While holding back a smile, Kikutaro suppressed the corners of his mouth that had been upturned since just now, and walked out slowly from the dark corner where he had been hiding just now.

——Although there is a big difference from the original plan.

— but it doesn't matter.

——Just get the result you want!

——God helped me too!

Kikutaro kept laughing.

But the smiles continued to emerge from his cheeks, making the corners of his mouth higher and higher.

- You deserve it! Nobuhide Toyotomi!

——What "reviving Toyotomi"! What's wrong with having so much money? Wouldn't it be good to find a good place to live, and then get a dozen or so big bear women to sing and sing every night?

——In this world, as long as you have money, you can easily throw a lot of women into your arms.

--It's incomprehensible!

He shouted triumphantly in his heart.

Shouting this in his heart, he used Shiranui's stealth technique to head straight to Hikimaru's...A ammunition depot.

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It has been exactly one and a half years since the serialization of this book began.

On October 6, 2020, the author uploaded the first 3 chapters of this book, officially starting the serialization of this book.

It has been serialized for a year and a half, and it is finally coming to an end.

For this book, the author has a very special feeling, so I decided - to make this book end a little more gracefully!

The author has decided to start the explosive update mode from tomorrow!

Keep breaking out until the decisive battle between "flower" and "leaf" is over!

This time the author will never break his promise!