Chapter 526 Infiltrating? Sneak Fart! (Straight Into the Enemy Camp) [6,600 Words]
Killing a person in ten steps will never stop a thousand miles away.
——Li Bai · "Xia Ke Xing"
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While Matsudaira Sadanobu and the others were still having a meeting in the tent——
Outside the First Army Camp——
The falling snow still hasn't stopped.
Weak sunlight poured into the white snow field through the gaps in the clouds. Under the slightly gray sky, everything was very silent, only scattered snowflakes fell.
As if no one was falling beside the snow, the snow mixed with the evening mist and spread out. Looking around, the field of vision was gray.
"...Is that your barracks?"
"Yes, yes! That is our army's barracks!"
Ogata raised the bamboo hat on his head slightly, and looked down the hillside.
Ogata was standing on a hillside now.
Although the visibility was a bit low due to the fact that the early morning mist had not yet dissipated, it was still possible to clearly see through the layers of evening mist—at the bottom of the hillside, flags painted with various family crests fluttered against the wind.
The radish is now tied to a tree not far behind Ogata. While snorting in boredom, he pawed the ground under his feet with his hoof.
While Jao looked expressionlessly at the military camp at the bottom of the hill, Sakaguchi stood behind him tremblingly.
Last night, after letting him mount his horse, Obi gave a straightforward order to Sakaguchi: "Guide the way. Take me to your army's camp."
Facing Ogata, Sakaguchi, who had no intention of resisting at all, silently brought Ogata to the camp of their First Army.
Looking at Ogata who was standing on the hillside in front of him, looking at the military camp below, Sakaguchi felt shocked and astonished.
After hearing that Ogata asked him to take him to their army's camp, Sakaguchi roughly guessed what Ogata was going to do.
Although he vaguely guessed what Ogata was going to do, he couldn't believe that Ogata really planned to put this matter into practice...
It wasn't until Ogata followed his directions without hesitation, and came to the front and rear of their First Army's camp, that Sakaguchi was convinced that the man in front of him really planned to practice what he just imagined.
I feel like the hairs are standing on end...
——This person... is he serious... is he really going to break into the barracks just like that to kill Mogami-sama...
When Sakaguchi was thinking this in his heart, a few drops of cold sweat emerged from his forehead, and then slowly dripped down...
Sakaguchi dared not speak.
Ogata did not speak, but silently looked at the military camp under the hillside.
The surrounding air fell directly into a deadly atmosphere.
After a while, Ogata, who put his hands on the handle of Da Shitian's knife, whispered to himself in a voice that only he could hear clearly:
"...As expected of a barracks."
Although the visibility was a bit poor, Ogata could barely see that there were many soldiers standing guard and patrolling in the camp.
Different from the crappy way of standing guard and patrolling the bandits that I have dealt with before, even a person like Ogata who doesn't know much about military law can see that the way of standing guard and patrolling these soldiers is similar to how Ogata dealt with them before. Compared with those bandits who passed by, it was nothing like cloud and mud.
Sakaguchi, who was standing behind Ogata, had been looking at Ogata in front of him with hesitant eyes from time to time.
Until this moment, the hesitation in Sakaguchi's eyes finally dissipated slowly, turning into a firm one.
"That, that... please, please let go... I..."
Sakaguchi, who had finally gathered up his courage, stammered.
"I have, have brought you here to the barracks..."
"Please have pity on me... spare my life..."
After all, Sakaguchi knelt down on the ground, and made the heaviest gift in Japan to Ogata in front of him—kneeling on the ground, and pressing the palms of both hands and forehead to Dogeza on the ground.
Sakaguchi didn't want any "samurai dignity" long ago, he just wanted to survive now.
Ogata listened silently to Sakaguchi's begging for forgiveness, without looking back at Sakaguchi the whole time.
It wasn't until Sakaguchi's voice fell that Ogata said in a calm tone:
"If you do one last thing for me, I can spare your life."
"What...?" Sakaguchi raised his head, and asked cautiously before wiping the snow off his forehead.
For some reason, Sakaguchi felt an ominous premonition emerge from his heart at this time.
"I need you to help me get Mogami Yoshihisa's head."
"Are you asking me to help you assassinate Mogami-sama? No, no!" Sakaguchi said without hesitation, "I can't help you with this kind of work! I don't know where Mogami-sama is in the camp now. I'm not someone who is good at stealth, so I can't help you assassinate Supreme Lord!"
"...You seem to have misunderstood what I just said."
"When did I say I was going to assassinate that Mogami?"
When Ogata uttered these words, several snowflakes passed close to the edge of Ogata's bamboo hat, and fell on the handles of the two knives around Ogata's waist.
Ogata raised his right hand and brushed off the snow on the handle bit by bit.
"...Huh?" Sakaguchi cast a puzzled look at Ogata in front of him.
"There are not too many buildings in the camp, there are only tents, and there is nowhere to hide if you want to hide. I am afraid that only those ninjas who have reached the peak of their skills can sneak into this kind of camp without being noticed."
"And it's still early in the morning, not a night with poor visibility, and such weather is not suitable for infiltration or assassination."
After that, Ogata grabbed Da Shitian's handle with his right hand that was brushing off the snow from the handle, and pulled the blade out of the sheath inch by inch.
The blade shone with a clear blue light under the light.
"There is no condition for infiltration and assassination."
"So I decided to try something else."
Hearing these words, the ominous premonition in Sakaguchi's heart was extremely strong...
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The First Army Camp, at Xiyingkou——
"Ha..." A soldier holding a long gun and standing guard at Xiyingkou yawned big.
He was in charge of the "morning shift", and he got up before dawn. He was already lacking in sleep, and he had to perform such a boring task of "station sentry", which made him even more sleepy.
In order to pass this boring sentry mission, he really wanted to find a companion next to him to chat for a while, but because the military regulations clearly stipulated that chatting is strictly prohibited when standing sentry and patrolling, and if he is found, he will be severely punished. The soldier did not violate the military regulations. guts.
Just as the soldier was fighting desperately against the Sandman, he suddenly saw—a black thing suddenly appeared at the end of the evening mist outside the camp...
The soldier frowned slightly, and fixed his eyes on the "black thing".
The evening mist has not dissipated until now, and looking around, the field of vision is still gray.
After scrutinizing it carefully for a while, the soldier finally recognized it—this black thing was a human figure.
As soon as the soldier recognized it as a Taoist figure, this figure emerged from the depths of the evening mist—a young warrior wearing a bamboo hat and a thin kimono.
The young warrior held a sword in his right hand and walked slowly towards the Xiyingkou of the camp through the evening mist.
After slowly showing his figure in the evening mist, the young warrior suddenly accelerated his speed.
He was just walking slowly.
Then the walk turned into a brisk walk, then into a trot, and finally into a sprint.
Just when the young warrior changed from a slow walk to a jog, the soldier who first spotted the young warrior suddenly widened his eyes.
At this moment, the rest of the soldiers at Xiyingkou also found the young warrior, and all looked at the young warrior with shocked eyes.
The soldier who first spotted the young warrior opened his mouth wide:
"Enemy attack..."
Before the soldier could utter the last syllable of the phrase "enemy attack", he saw the young warrior, who was 10 steps away from Xiyingkou, jump up and leap towards him...
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When standing on the hillside and observing the camp, Ogata realized that there were no conditions to carry out "infiltration and assassination". His only "advanced" Shiranui-ryu stealth technique was not enough to sneak into a camp with 3,000 soldiers stationed there.
So Ogata decided to use another strategy.
This new strategy is quite simple and rude, without too many twists and turns, just four words - direct attack.
With a run-up, Ogata leaped high towards a soldier in Xiyingkou who was about 10 steps away from him.
Leaping over a distance of 10 steps in one breath - this kind of thing is just a trivial matter for Ogata who now has 20 points of strength.
After accurately jumping to the top of the soldier's head, Ogata used his legs to clamp the soldier's head before he could react, and then used Shiranui Ninjutsu to throw him heavily to the ground.
【Ding! Use Shiranui Ninjutsu Shiranui Jutsu to defeat the enemy]
[Gain 45 personal experience points and 40 experience points for ninjutsu "Shiranui Ninjutsu"]
[Current personal level: LV38 (1650/6000)]
[Shiranui Ninjutsu Level: 8th Stage (3190/7500)]
After subduing the soldier with Shiranui Ninjutsu, Ogata did not rush to the other soldiers around, but cut off the torch tied to the long wooden stick inserted in the ground next to him, and then took it with his free left hand. With this torch that was chopped down.
Because of poor visibility this morning, torches for lighting are still planted in various places in the camp until now.
After getting the torch, Ogata threw the torch directly to a watchtower not far away.
When the flame touched the wooden watchtower, the tongue of fire immediately began to burn, spread, and roar on the watchtower as if it had come to life.
After igniting the watchtower next to him, Ogata raised his sword and rushed towards the soldiers next to him.
The light of the knife and the light of the fire complement each other.
Ogata didn't charge aimlessly.
While struggling to defeat the garrison at Xiyingkou, he deliberately knocked over the surrounding torches and threw the torches at the surrounding inflammable objects, increasing the chaos in the camp.
The more chaotic the camp, the better for Ogata.
Japan, which has been at peace for nearly 200 years, has long been unable to compare with the army of the Warring States Period 200 years ago and the army when the Edo Shogunate was first established.
Most of the 10,000 troops assembled in Ezo have never fought a war before.
And those who have fought in wars, the battles they participated in were basically small battles such as the suppression of mountain bandits and the suppression of peasant rebellions.
It has been too long since the sound of the golden drum has been heard, so that the generals and soldiers of the army generally lack experience in dealing with emergencies.
Until Ogata was about to rush into their camp, the soldiers didn't have time to sound the alarm.
It wasn't until Ogata rushed in that the soldiers finally realized what happened belatedly, and while quickly sounding the alarm, they raised their guns and killed Xiang Ogata.
After throwing a torch at the flammable objects not far away again, Ogata turned his head and shouted outside the Yingkou:
"Follow up!"
"Yes, yes!" A voice full of panic sounded from the depths of the evening mist.
Then, a samurai with an extremely pale face and a moon-shaped hair appeared from the depths of the evening mist, and ran towards him quickly—this person was Sakaguchi.
Ogata's task for Sakaguchi is very simple - to guide Ogata.
Tell Ogata where their military doctor treats the wounded and where their soldiers live.
When he first received the mission from Ogata, Sakaguchi naturally shook his head and refused.
"Please spare me! I really can't do this kind of thing!" - these are the original words of Sakaguchi at that time.
When hearing Sakaguchi's words, Ogata didn't say much.
Just put the tip of Da Shitian's knife against Sakaguchi's neck...
"I'm sure I'll be devastated, and my life will hang in the balance!" - these are also the original words of Sakaguchi.
Ogata also specially reminded him "kindly": If he finds that Sakaguchi did not keep up with him in time, he will temporarily put aside the matter of taking Mogami's head and try his best to chase him down.
After appearing in the evening mist and running not far behind Ogata, Sakaguchi shouted to Ogata with a mournful face:
"My lord! You must keep me safe!"
Ogata ignored Sakaguchi - he was now devoting himself to the strategy of Xiyingkou.
Hearing the sound of dense footsteps coming from the right, Ogata followed the prestige—six soldiers with long guns in their hands came running towards Ogata in a slightly loose formation.
Ogata took off the hat on his head and threw it at the six soldiers.
Ogata’s bamboo hat is a snow-proof hat with a very wide brim. After throwing it out, the accumulated snow on the hat scattered and splashed, disturbing the sight of the six soldiers. The six soldiers couldn’t help but pause as they rushed forward .
But Ogata seized this opportunity, his body and the knife in his hand turned into a streamer sweeping towards the six soldiers.
6 sword lights bloom at the same time.
The bamboo hat flew straight to the back of the six soldiers.
Ogata was obviously the first to throw out the bamboo hat, but he came to the back of the six soldiers with his own bamboo hat.
Ogata raised his hand to catch the bamboo hat, and the moment he caught his own, the bodies of the six soldiers fell to the ground limply like noodles.
Now Ogata only felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling and the adrenaline was being secreted rapidly, but his mind was very clear.
He hadn't forgotten what he was here for.
Ogata did not relish fighting, and after he broke through the siege of the Xiyingkou garrison, he took Sakaguchi and rushed into the depths of the camp...
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The coach's camp——
After receiving the news of the attack on the camp, the tent exploded instantly.
In terms of combat experience, most of the generals in the camp are actually the same as most of the soldiers in the army-basically have no experience.
The reason why they were able to wear mighty battle armor and gorgeous feather weaves was only because they were of noble birth and were high-ranking warriors in their respective vassal states, not because of the amazing achievements they had made.
Under this system of Shi Qing Shi Lu, many of them may not have even read military books.
The lack of experience made them mess up in an instant.
"Hey! Tell me clearly! Is there really only one enemy who attacked our camp?", "Could it be that Ogata Yidaosai killed him?", "Is his head okay? He dared to attack the army's camp ?”…
After all, Sheng Tianmu is a veteran who has personally led the army and fought many battles—although the battles he fought were only small battles to quell banditry and peasant uprisings.
However—even if it is just some small battles that are not worth mentioning, it is enough to make Sheng Tianmu far better than these "generals" who may not have even read "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Jiayang Military Mirror".
Sheng Tianmu who regained his composure once again shouted, "Quiet!"
Sheng Tianmu's loud roar made the originally noisy camp slowly quiet down.
"Who is the incoming enemy—this kind of thing doesn't matter at all."
Sheng Tianmu said in a deep voice.
"No matter who the incoming enemy is, we will not do what we should do now."
"The most urgent task now is to stabilize the army. As long as it can be stabilized, even a thousand-strong army will not be feared!"
Sheng Tianmu turned his head to look at the Baishi who just threatened to punish the "thief".
"Shiraishi, the place where your Yonezawa army is stationed is far away from the Xiyingkou that was attacked. You should return to your Yonezawa army's residence immediately to stabilize the troops."
"Chunri, go and organize the iron gunners and archers, and bring the iron gunners and archers to the commander's camp."
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Sheng Tianmu calmly issued one order after another.
Sheng Tianmu, who has the experience of marching and fighting, naturally knows how terrible it is to "bomb the camp".
Therefore, the mission issued by Sheng Tianmu to most of the generals is to return to the troops of their respective vassal states to stabilize the morale of the troops.
Sheng Tianmu's calm tone gradually calmed down the flustered general.
After Sheng Tianmu gave the last order, he stood up and scanned the generals in front of him with a serious face.
"Everyone, have you heard their respective tasks clearly?"
The generals nodded vigorously.
"Then act separately!" Sheng Tianmu said loudly, "Let the thieves who dare to attack our barracks come and go!"
Generals: "Oh!"
All the generals who had calmed down shouted in unison, then got up one after another and filed out from the camp.
In a blink of an eye, there were only a few people left in the camp.
After issuing various military orders, Sheng Tianmu turned to look at Matsudaira Sadanobu beside him:
"My lord, this place is not safe now, please retreat to a safe place for now!"
After thinking for a moment, Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded slowly.
"Hello!" At this time, a voice full of displeasure sounded, "Master Sheng Tianmu, why don't we have any missions?"
The master of this sentence is the way of heaven.
Just now, all the generals in the battalion received the mission.
Only 3 generals did not receive any tasks.
These three people are Qiuyue, Kuroda, and Tiandao who are the same "Seven Guns of Xianzhou" as Sheng Tianmu.
At this time, the three people looked at Sheng Tianmu with puzzled eyes.
"You three, I have other arrangements." After coldly responding to Tiandao's question, Sheng Tianmu called in several guards who were guarding outside the tent.
"Take Mogami away!" Sheng Tianmu ordered to the guard who had just entered.
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Ogata can be said to have received help from God.
The evening mist was heavy this morning and visibility was extremely low.
Not only did it allow Ogata to get rid of those generals more smoothly, but it also further increased the chaos of the generals in the camp.
What could be more frightening than looking out into the gray sky and not being able to see where the enemy is?
Ogata has seen with his own eyes that many soldiers injured their own people because they did not see clearly and were overly nervous.
And Ogata's attack timing is also well chosen. Early in the morning, many soldiers were just waking up and in a state of fuzzy consciousness.
Many soldiers couldn't find Ogata due to poor vision. There were noisy shouts in all directions, and it was impossible to distinguish Ogata's position based on the sound.
Those who managed to find Ogata, either did not dare to step forward, or stepped forward, but slowed down Ogata's footsteps and couldn't do it...
With the help of Xi Mi, Ogata penetrated deeply into the barracks like a wedge.
When Ogata was rushing left and right in the military camp, in order to increase the chaos in the camp so that he could fish in troubled waters more conveniently, he always paid attention to cutting down all the torches along the way, and then threw the torches to the nearby flammable things.
Under Ogata's series of destruction, the light of the fire gradually overwhelmed the shadow of the sword.
The ever-expanding fire also made the organization of the generals in the battalion more chaotic.
The generals who were going to fight the fire, and the generals who were going to hunt down Ogata, interfered with each other, only benefiting Ogata.
"Front, in front... ha... turn left... that's... ha... the place to heal the wounded...!" Sakaguchi, who followed closely behind Ogata, supported his side that was faintly aching from running violently. belly, while pointing the way for Ogata.
Ogata followed Sakaguchi's direction and turned left, just in time to see a few big bald heads who were looking panic-stricken and about to run for their lives.
In Japan during the Edo period, doctors generally had a big bald head, so after seeing these bald heads, Ogata immediately concluded that these people must be military doctors.
Ogata swooped down and caught a bald man who was closest to him. He threw Da Shitian across the bald man's neck and asked in a quick voice:
"A general named Mogami Yoshihisa should have been sent back to the camp last night. Do you know where he is?"
Ogata didn't charge aimlessly.
After breaking into the camp, under the guidance of Sakaguchi, Ooman went straight to the treatment place for the wounded—because the doctor here is the most likely to know where Mogami is now.
Coincidentally, this doctor happened to be the doctor who had just checked Mogami's pulse and confirmed his current state.
This doctor is not a pedantic samurai who values "name" more than "fate". After hearing Ogata's question, the doctor immediately nodded hurriedly:
"I know! I know! He's at the coach's camp now! At the coach's camp!"
After getting the information he wanted, Xu conveniently let go of the doctor who posed no threat to him and had no need to kill him, and let the doctor run away scrambling.
"Take me to the coach camp!" Ogata turned to look at Sakaguchi.
Sakaguchi, who had no retreat for a long time, had a sad face: "Go straight along this road, and then turn right twice in a row, and you will see a very conspicuous big tent, that is the coach's big tent!"
"Follow!" After uttering these words to Sakaguchi coldly, Ogata ran towards the direction Sakaguchi just pointed.
"Found it! Kill! Kill!"
More than a dozen generals appeared ahead.
The generals who appeared in front of Ogata this time were somewhat different from the previous ones.
This time, the leader of the team was wearing a mighty battle armor, a beautiful haori, and a big sword on his shoulder.
Judging by the clothes, he should be a general of the first rank.
"Thief! Stop!" The General Attendant, who was holding a large dagger and stopped in front of Ogata, shouted majesticly, "I am the descendant of the 'Twenty-Four Divine Generals of Takeda' Kobata Toromai... Goo!"
This person hadn't had time to finish his lengthy "self-introduction" when he saw Ogata in front of him suddenly speeding up and rushing to him.
Before he came to remember to make a move, he felt a sharp pain in his throat, and then he saw with his own eyes that the big strands were now spurting out of his throat.
After killing the General Attendant without even having time to introduce himself with one blow, Ogata directly pierced through the encirclement of the General Attendant who led a dozen soldiers, and continued to rush straight towards the commander's tent.
Those soldiers who escaped Ogata's blade by chance looked at the general who had declared himself majestic just now, who had fallen to the ground and died, and then looked at the back of Ogata as he left—no one dared to say goodbye Go forward to stop Xufang.
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PS1: The easter egg chapter that was accidentally deleted by the author has been re-released by the author, it is in the last chapter (only available online.)
PS2: The author started writing novels in March 2019. It has been more than 2 years since I wrote it, and some occupational diseases have begun to appear... The author now feels a little pain in his right wrist... I am a little afraid that it is tenosynovitis... I think I have to Get a keyboard that fits better on your wrists. Is there any knowledgeable book friend, please introduce? The author has no other requirements, as long as it is a keyboard that is good for the wrist.