Chapter 518 A Single Man with Two Swords and Two Guns Broke Into the Barracks of the 3,000-Strong Army (in) [7,800 Words]

Back in time not long ago——

"I was... listening to grandpa telling a story... (Ainu language)" Lilata, who was comforted by Ahili and the others, became a little calmer, sobbing, and slowly said what she just said What happened.

Ogata and A-Machi knelt on one knee, keeping their eyes on the same level as Lilata, and quietly listened to Lilata's narration.

And Aizan squatted beside Ogata and Atachi, performing simultaneous interpretation for them.

"Suddenly... a lot of strange noises came from outside the house."

"I followed my grandfather to open the window, and saw a lot of people in armor killing people everywhere."

"Grandpa took me to escape. Father and mother took bows and arrows to cover us from fleeing."

"There are Kazuto in armor everywhere, no matter where you go, you can see them killing everyone..."

Lilata's sobs grew louder and louder.

"Our family fled around, and finally found a place with not so many people."

"But at this moment, a tall Kazuto who was wearing a red and black armor and a red and black dress outside the armor, with a strange spear in his hand, caught up with us... "

Ogata, who had been listening quietly all this time, secretly said in his heart:

——There is also a piece of clothing over the armor... Jinhaori...

In the army, only generals can wear Jinhaori, so the person who killed Grandpa Lilata must have a high status in the army.

"That tall Kazuto who suddenly caught up with us used his weird-looking spear to fly grandpa away..."

"My father and mother stopped this Kazuhito in order to let me escape smoothly."

"I ran away alone, escaped from the village by chance, and escaped all the way here..."

After finishing speaking, Lilata's sobs turned into wails again.

Ashley, who was kneeling beside Lilata, raised her hands again, patted Lilata's back, and comforted Lilata.

When Lilata told her story, Tang Shen was also standing aside, listening quietly.

After Lilata's voice fell,

Tang Shen pursed his lips tightly, and looked at Lilata who was crying in Ahili's arms with complicated eyes, his naturally hanging left hand was tightly clenched, and his right hand, which was holding his crutch, was also clenched tightly Tight.

However——after only a short time passed, Tang Shen seemed to suddenly remember something, the light in his eyes dimmed, and the left hand that was originally tightly clenched was slowly let go...

After wailing and venting in Ahili's arms, Lirata raised her face that was already crying, looked at Ogata who was kneeling beside her, and then stretched out her pair of hands Some dirty little hands tightly clutched the clothes on the chest of the man who had just descended like a god and rescued her from danger.

"Please...help my parents, save our village..."

At the side, Aizan, Aizan, and Ahili all looked at Lilata with eyes full of complex emotions.

Everyone at the scene knew that—according to Lilata's description just now, there were at least hundreds of people who attacked their village...

Before Lilata escaped, a large part of her died. At this time, including her parents, there may not be many living people in the village...

Everyone looked at Lilata with complicated eyes.

But only Ogata's eyes were calm.

Ogata lowered his eyes and looked quietly at Lirata's small hands that were tightly clutching his clothes.

Then he raised his big calloused hands and took Lilata's small hands.

"……I see."

Although Ogata's voice was not loud, his tone was full of firmness.

Although Lirata doesn't understand Japanese, at this moment, with Ogata's tone, expression and movements, she understands what Ogata said just now.

Lirata sobbed again, but this time tears of joy, of excitement, of seeing the Savior.

Afterwards, Ogata turned his head and said to A-Machi beside him:

"A-Ming, take care of this girl here for a while, and I'll bring the radishes and grapes."

"Wait, wait!" Tang Shen on the side suddenly said urgently, "Mashima-kun, are you really going to help this girl?"

"I suggest that you better not meddle in your own business."

Tang Shen looked serious, as if he wanted to explain some truth to Ogata.

"If you meddle too much, it's easy to get into trouble."

"In the end, I didn't reap any benefits, but instead caused a lot of trouble."

"The person who attacked the girl's village is obviously a general of the shogunate."

"It's not wise to go against the army of the shogunate. Not only is it very dangerous, but it is also very easy to get into a disaster that may ruin the rest of your life."

"Let's go quickly, stay away from the army, and don't meddle in other people's business."

Tang Shen's face was sincere, and he persuaded Ogata earnestly.

But after Tang Shen's voice fell, Ogata only smiled at him:

"thanks for your reminder."

"only--"

Ogata changed the subject.

"When the girl grabbed my clothes and begged me to help her, I couldn't ignore the strength of her palm."

Ogata's response was simple but powerful.

Tang Shen was startled, and then showed a panicked look:

"I've already persuaded you. If you don't listen, then I don't care about you. Don't regret your meddling in the future!"

"I'm going ahead!"

"Are you leaving?" Machi asked.

"I don't want to accompany you to this muddy water."

"Since the generals of the shogunate have appeared here, it means that the large troops of the shogunate must be nearby, and this place is no longer safe."

"I want to leave here! Go to another place to spend the night! See you in the future!"

After all, Tang Shen didn't stop for a moment, turned around and left as if running away, and disappeared from Ogata's field of vision after a while.

After watching Tang Shen escape, A-Machi turned his gaze to Ogata, and asked seriously:

"...Are you really going to help this girl?"

Ogata didn't respond aloud, but nodded vigorously.

"...Okay then." Ah-Ming sighed with a complicated expression.

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Ogata brought the radishes and grapes as quickly as possible, and then rode to Takta Village under the guidance of Lilata.

As the village of Takta gradually approached, a strong smell of blood went straight into the nostrils of Ogata and the others.

As the smell of blood in their nostrils became stronger, their expectations for the current situation of Takta Village became less optimistic.

"Go straight ahead for a short distance, and you will reach our village." (Ainu language)" Lilata, who was on the same horse as Ogata and was almost exhausted from crying, spoke to Oo in a weak tone Fang said.

Knowing that Takta Village was approaching, Ogata and A-Machi slowed down their horses a little to avoid making too much noise.

After going forward for a short distance, finally—Taketa Village appeared within the field of vision of Ogata and the others.

Because of the angle, Ogata and the others couldn't see the whole picture of Takta Village.

But only from what Ogata and the others can see so far, it is enough to see that Takta Village is very miserable now.

As far as the eye could see, there was not a single Ainu alive.

Within the field of vision of Ogata and the others, there were only three or two people walking around, carrying corpses in the village.

Red blood and white snow blend together to form the background color of the painting; various dead corpses become the main body of the painting; broken limbs are scattered around, embellishing the painting.

The picture scroll of hell that appeared in front of them made Aizan and Ahili, who had never seen such a scene, look ashamed.

The face of Ashley even tightly covered his mouth and nose to prevent himself from spitting it out.

As for Lilata—she finally stopped crying, her eye circles turned red again.

But she didn't cry. She knew that if she cried and made a noise now, it would attract the attention of those and people in the village, so she held back, buried her head low, and bit her lower lip tightly. While refraining from crying, he did not allow himself to see such a cruel scene.

Even Ogata and A-Machi, who were used to seeing all kinds of bloody scenes, couldn't help but sink when they saw the scene in front of them.

Ogata took out the binoculars he had won from Vasily before, and after briefly observing the current situation in the village, he whispered to A-Machi beside him:

"Machi, you stay here with Aizan, Ahili, Lilata, and our two horses."

"If something happens to you, you shout. I'll come right away."

A-Machi didn't make a sound, just nodded vigorously.

After A-Machi nodded, Ogata pulled out Dazizi, lowered the center of gravity of his body, and walked slowly towards Takta Village, which had turned into a dead village, alone.

Ogata used the Shiranui-ryu stealth technique, relying on every house in the village, sneaking cautiously in the village.

What Ogata wants most now is information.

According to Lilata's previous narration, there were at least a hundred generals who attacked their village.

But now the soldiers in this village are sparse, the number is pitifully small.

Where did the rest of the generals go - this is what Ogata wants to know most at the moment.

Soon, Ogata found a suitable person for questioning——Ogata, who was moving in the shadow of the house, turned into an inconspicuous alley, and there were only two soldiers in this alley.

One soldier had a knife scar on his face, while the other was plain with nothing unusual in appearance.

The location where Ogata was lurking was closer to the ordinary samurai and farther away from the scarred samurai.

The two were chatting there while carrying the dead body.

Ogata didn't pay attention to what the two of them were talking about, he just waited for the best time to strike.

The two soldiers did not keep Ogata waiting.

Soon, both of them turned their backs to Ogata.

Seeing that the time to strike had come, Ogata didn't hesitate at all, and quickly jumped out from his hiding position, and rushed towards the ordinary warrior from behind.

Covering his mouth and nose with his left hand, he held Da Zizai's right hand and pointed it at the back of the neck of an ordinary warrior.

Sakakibara Its Sword Style · Bird Thorn.

The tip of the knife protrudes from the throat of an ordinary warrior.

Because Ogata's movements were too fast, the ordinary samurai didn't realize what was going on, and didn't have time to groan, so he rolled his eyes and lost his breath.

【Ding! Use Sakakibara Ichidou-Bird Thorn to kill the enemy]

[Gain 65 personal experience points, 60 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou"]

[Current personal level: LV38 (6306000)]

[Sakakibara One Swordsman Level: 13th Dan (581512000)]

After quickly finishing off the ordinary samurai, Ogata let him go, raised his sword and rushed towards the scarred samurai in front.

"Hey, this Ezo woman is quite beautiful, and she doesn't have any tattoos on her face. Hey, come and have a look! I found a very beautiful Ezo woman, what a pity, such a beautiful Ezo woman died... Hmm? Did you hear me?"

The scar warrior turned his head suspiciously, and happened to see Ogata who had just dealt with the ordinary warrior.

It was too late for him to discover Ogata now.

The Scar Warrior found Ogata, and when Ogata pressed Ogata to his throat, and covered his mouth and nose with his left hand—from the beginning to the end, the Scar Warrior felt that only an instant had passed.

The skin on the scar warrior's neck could clearly feel the breath of the sharp blade, and big cold sweat came out from the scar warrior's face. He subconsciously wanted to scream, but because his mouth and nose were covered Because of this, he could only make a low "whooping" sound.

"Don't move." Ogata said to Scar Warrior in a low voice, "I have some questions to ask you, I will let go of your mouth and nose later, you can answer whatever I ask, don't shout, otherwise -"

Ogata didn't continue talking, but let Wakizawa's blade stick closer to the scarred samurai's skin.

The scarred warrior with more cold sweat on his face nodded hastily in fright.

Ogata let go of the samurai's left hand covering the scar, and asked:

"Why are there only so few soldiers in the village? Where are the other soldiers?"

"All, all left." Scar Warrior stammered due to nervousness, "After killing all the Eizo in this village, the general left with a large army, leaving us alone in the village Clean up the battlefield, and wait for the return of those companions who chased and killed the fled Ezo.”

"Then where did your large army go?" Ogata asked.

"I, I don't know... I'm just an ordinary soldier, it's impossible to know the specific military orders above..."

"Then how many soldiers are left in the village now?"

"Large, there are about 30 people... I don't know the exact number."

Ogata was silent, and after a while, he quietly asked a question again:

"You just said that in addition to cleaning the battlefield, you are also responsible for waiting for the return of the companions who chased and killed the Ezo who fled, right? How many people have returned now?"

"As far as I know, there doesn't seem to be any..."

"...Thank you very much."

Ogata pushed Da Zizai forward and pierced the Scar Warrior's throat with the blade.

The system prompt for gaining experience sounded again in Ogata's mind.

After the Scar Warrior died down, Ogata put the sword back into its sheath, and then dragged the corpses of the Scar Warrior and the ordinary warrior into a nearby house.

Now these soldiers who stayed in the village to clean up the battlefield are scattered everywhere, and it would take too much time to assassinate them one by one.

So—just now, Ogata came up with a method that, if successful, would bring together the soldiers scattered all over the village.

After dragging the corpses of both the scar warrior and the ordinary warrior into the next room, Ogata unfastened the Da Shitian and Da Zizai from his left waist, placed the two knives in a corner of the room, and then began to undress his body and He is similar to the armor on the scar warrior.

Ogata wants to use the same trick he used on Butterfly Island again.

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Taketa Village, in a spacious open space somewhere in the center of the village.

Ize, who was in charge of commanding the troops cleaning the battlefield, carried the spear in his hand boredly and practiced "throwing the spear".

The target he used to practice throwing a gun was the corpse of a young villager in Takta Village who had been dead for a long time and was placed against the wall of a house.

Ize squinted one eye and took aim. After realizing that he could hit the target accurately, Ize threw the spear in his hand hard.

The spear drew a straight line and hit the corpse's chest directly, and the tip of the gun sank directly into the corpse's body.

"Very good." Ize nodded with a smile, quite satisfied with his shot just now.

Just when Ize was about to take back his long spear and continue to practice spear throwing, he suddenly heard anxious shouts coming from his side.

"My lord! My lord!"

Yize looked around - and saw a soldier with blood on his face and armor, stumbling towards him.

"What's wrong?" Izzy frowned instantly.

The blood-stained "blood-stained soldier" stumbled all the way and sat down behind Ize, and said anxiously:

"A, a lot of Ezo appeared nearby! A lot of Ezo appeared nearby!"

As soon as the "Blood Stained Soldier" finished speaking, the complexion of Yi Ze and the soldiers next to Yi Ze changed drastically in an instant.

"What's going on?!" Ize squatted down, clasping the shoulders of "Blood Soldier" with both hands, and asked anxiously.

"I, I have been chasing and killing an escaped Ezo with my companions just now."

"That Ezo moved very fast, and we chased him all the way to a very deep place. Just when we were about to catch him, a lot of Ezo suddenly appeared in the woods!"

"The number must be at least 100!"

"The few companions of mine were all killed by the Ezo who appeared suddenly, and I, I managed to escape by myself!"

Izzy's face is now ashen as if it is about to drip water.

"Which direction did those Ezo appear?" Ize asked.

"That, over there..." "Blood-stained warrior" raised his hand and pointed to the north.

"Damn it... Could it be that Ezo, who fled abroad, invited the rescuers...!" Ize cursed and let go of the shoulders of the "Bloodstained Warrior", then stood up, and gave orders to the warriors beside him road:

"Listen, you guys, go and tell everyone in the village to put down all the work at hand and come to my side quickly to gather!"

These soldiers nodded vigorously, and then dispersed to carry out the task assigned by Yi Zexin.

Izzy turned his gaze back to "Bloodstained Warrior", "Are you injured anywhere?"

"I'm fine..." "Bloodstained Warrior" whispered, "I just feel tired..."

"Thank you for your hard work, you can sit aside and rest first."

"yes……"

After a while, the soldiers who had been scattered all over the village returned to Ize one by one.

After quickly counting soldiers, Ize's expression sank.

"Why are there two people missing? Is there anyone else not here?"

Izzy growled impatiently at the soldiers in front of him.

He didn't know at this moment—when he was roaring impatiently at the soldiers in front of him, the "blood-stained warrior" who was sitting and resting suddenly stood up slowly body.

Then, with lightning speed, he pulled out the wakizashi around his waist, and rushed towards Ize who was only a few steps away from him.

The distance between the two was too close, and the "Blood Stained Warrior" moved so fast that Ize had no time to react, and his left rear knee, which was not protected by armor, was thrust into Hashiwaki Osamu.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

A scream that seemed to tear apart his own vocal cords spewed out from Izzy's throat.

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The first army camp, the commander's camp.

At this moment, the lights in the big tent of Sheng Tianmu's coach have not been extinguished.

Inside the camp, under the light of the lights, two figures were projected on a corner of the camp tent, and the shadows swayed slightly with the shaking of the lights.

The masters of these two figures are Sheng Tianmu and Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Not long ago, when he learned of Matsudaira Sadanobu's sudden visit, Sheng Tianmu hurried to Yingkou.

After arriving in Yingkou, Sheng Tianmu saw the travel-stained Matsudaira Takanobu and his party.

Although there were all kinds of doubts in his heart, he didn't know why Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was supposed to be with Inamori in the second army, was here, but Sheng Tianmu quickly took Matsudaira Sadanobu into the camp, and then took Matsudaira Sadanobu to his own residence. In the big tent of the coach.

Although there is no alcohol in the barracks, there is some tea.

After ordering people to boil the tea quickly and finishing all the hospitality to Matsudaira, Sheng Tianmu finally asked Matsudaira the reason for his sudden visit here.

While drinking the tea provided by Shengtianmu, Matsudaira Sadanobu told Shengtianmu about his experiences during this period.

From leading the team to investigate the strait, to the unfortunate encounter with blizzards and packs of wolves, and accidentally falling down the snow slope, but luckily survived.

After learning that Matsudaira Sadanobu had encountered so many things, Sheng Tianmu, who was quite shocked, said with emotion:

"My lord, I really didn't expect so many things to happen on your journey."

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was pushing and changing cups with Sheng Tianmu, looked down at the tea in the teacup in his hand.

"Yeah... Looking back and thinking about it now, a lot of things really happened..."

"My lord, it's too dangerous to go to inspect the terrain in person... especially in a place like Ezo." Sheng Tianmu smiled wryly, "In a place like Ezo, even if you bring a hundred Even guards cannot guarantee absolute safety."

"There is absolutely no need for you to do such a dangerous thing yourself. Please don't go to dangerous places in the future."

Sheng Tianmu's words were full of sincerity.

What he said just now was not out of politeness or for the goodwill of Hiroshinobu, but he was sincerely worried about Matsudaira's personal safety.

Since Matsudaira Sadanobu came to power, became the new senior middleman of the shogunate, and promulgated quite a few reform measures aimed at boosting the strength of the shogunate, Sheng Tianmu has always respected Matsudaira Sadanobu very much.

As a middle-aged man in his forties, Sheng Tianmu has personally experienced the "Tanuma Era" when the former old middle school-Tanuma Yiji ordered the shogunate.

Sheng Tianmu hated Tanuma Yiji very much.

Whether it is the identity of Tanuma Yiji, or the various government orders issued by Tanuma Yiji after he took office as the old middle school, Sheng Tianmu is extremely disgusted.

Unlike Matsudaira Sadanobu, who has the blood of a general in his body, Tanuma Yiji was just a low-level samurai of Kii Fan at first.

He is good at business operation and fortune-telling, and he has won the favor of the 9th and 10th shoguns at that time by virtue of his singing and dancing, and completed a miraculous counterattack. big bit in.

Sheng Tianmu has always believed that people with low bloodlines are not qualified to sit in the senior position. Only those dignitaries with some excellent pedigree can sit in the high positions of the elders.

So since Tanuma Yiji came to power, Sheng Tianmu has always looked at Tanuma Yiji as disliked.

And Tanuma Yiji's various actions after becoming the old middle-aged man of the shogunate made Sheng Tianmu's disgust towards this person grow day by day.

Until now, Sheng Tianmu has insisted that the reason why the samurai are so decadent and depraved is because of Tanuma Yiji.

After Tanuma Yizu took power, he changed the traditional national policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business" and vigorously developed commerce and handicrafts. His act of vigorously developing commerce led to the pervasive atmosphere of "worshiping money" in society.

Sheng Tianmu witnessed with his own eyes how in the "Tanuma Era", the warriors were corrupted by the atmosphere of "worshiping money", and they no longer pursued swordsmanship and academics, but instead pursued money.

After Tanuma Yoshiji stepped down and Matsudaira Sadanobu came to power, Sheng Tianmu loved Matsudaira Sadanobu as much as he hated Tanuma Yoshiji.

After Matsudaira Sadanobu came to power, his series of decrees were basically the opposite of Wadanuma.

Tanuma focused on commerce, while Matsudaira Sadanobu focused on agriculture, bringing the country back to the national policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce".

Tanuma Yiji's "money worship" corrupted the samurai's thinking and filled the society with extravagance. Matsudaira Sadanobu vigorously promoted the samurai Tsunaji and encouraged the samurai to practice literature and martial arts. And strictly prohibit luxury pleasure.

In the eyes of Sheng Tianmu, these policies of Matsudaira Sadanobu are the policies that can put the country on the right track. Only by strictly adhering to the traditional national policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business" will the country not be in turmoil or have any inexplicable bad ideas.

Sheng Tianmu has always regarded Matsudaira Sadanobu as a hero who turned the tide and brought the country back to the right path.

Out of respect for Sadanobu Matsudaira, when he learned that Sadanobu Matsudaira was almost killed during this outing inspection, his fear, worry, and hope that Sadanobu Matsudaira would not put himself in danger again in the future are all genuine. of.

Regarding the suggestion that Sheng Tianmu just said to him, Matsudaira Sadanobu didn't respond aloud, just smiled and silently sipped the tea in his cup.

"Master Tianmu! Give birth to Master Tianmu!"

At this time, a loud announcement suddenly sounded outside the tent.

"My lord is back!"

"Oh! Has he come back? Hurry up! Tell him to come here and meet me!" Sheng Tianmu ordered the soldier who came to report the information across the tent.

"Yes!" The footsteps quickly left from the tent.

"Mogami..." After chewing on the surname "Mogami" several times, Matsudaira Sadanobu showed a sudden realization, "Oh, I remembered, it's Mogami Yoshihisa, one of the 'Seven Guns of Xianzhou', right? "

"Yes!" A little excitement appeared on Sheng Tianmu's face, "It's really frightening that the old middle-aged man knows his name."

Sadanobu Matsudaira smiled and waved his hand: "I have heard the names of the seven gunmen in Xianzhou for a long time, but I have only seen you, Kuroda-kun, and Qiuyue-kun—the three of you. "

A while ago, when Matsudaira Jonobu was still in Matsumae Castle and the whole army was still preparing for the final expedition, Tendo and Mogami stayed in the army to manage the army, so Matsudaira Jonobu did not know about Tendo and Mogami until now. What does it look like.

"Did you send Mogami-kun to perform some mission?" Matsudaira Sadanobu asked.

"Yes." Sheng Tianmu nodded vigorously, and then briefly introduced the task he assigned to Mogami today to Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Just after Sheng Tianmu introduced the content of the mission that Mogami carried out today, the sound of strong footsteps from far to near just happened outside the tent.

The curtain of the camp tent was lifted, and the top entered the tent along the lifted curtain.

After seeing Sadanobu Matsudaira sitting next to his uncle, Mogami, who had never seen Sadanobu Matsudaira before, froze in place, thinking about who this person was.

Before Mogami could figure out why, Sheng Tianmu directly helped him solve his confusion.

"Mogami! Hurry up and salute, this person is the old middleman——Sir Matsudaira Sadanobu!"

Mogami's pupils shrank suddenly, and after staring blankly at Sheng's Celestial Eye, he knelt down in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu at a speed so fast that an afterimage could appear, saluted Matsudaira Sadanobu, and apologized for not saluting in time just now And make amends.

Matsudaira Sadanobu waved his hand, signaled Mogami to get up, looked at Mogami carefully several times from head to toe, and then nodded slightly.

"You are indeed your nephew, Mr. Sheng Tianmu. This majestic figure is really daunting."

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who had heard of the name "Seven Guns of Xianzhou" for a long time, was naturally aware of the relationship between Shengtianmu and Mogami.

"My lord, you are too much."

The reason why Sheng Tianmu asked Mogami, who had just completed the task and returned to the camp, to come to his account immediately was to make his nephew familiar with Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Therefore——seeing that my goal has been preliminarily achieved, although my mouth is polite and modest, the joy that cannot be hidden has emerged in the pupils of my celestial eyes.

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