Chapter 675 The Design of the Bear with a Color Flower Is Here! [Five Thousand Four Hundred]

"If there is a chance, I really want to see how the officials of the Edo shogunate will react when they see the Rihui Wan and Hulu Wan that we spent a lot of effort and money on." Smith put his hands behind his back. , smacking his lips, with regret on his face, "Will you learn from the pain and feel regret for the backwardness of your country's technological level, and regret for your country's stupid lock-up order?"

Rihui Maru and Hulu Maru - the names of these two battleships of Toyotomi's army.

Huluwan is the flagship of their small fleet with only 2 warships—that is, the warship that Toyotomi Nobuhide, Smith, and Kasube are currently riding on.

"Smith, you think too much." Toyotomi Nobuhide laughed jokingly, "Do you know what the Edo shogunate feared the most?"

"They're most afraid of the 'new thing'."

“Because ‘new things’ tend to bring change and transformation.”

"And changes and changes, if not done well, will impact the dominance of the Edo shogunate."

"That's why the Edo shogunate issued a 'lockdown order', not allowing any new things from the outside world to enter this country..."

"'Let this country remain unchanged'—this is one of the governing ideas of the Edo shogunate."

"And in fact, they succeeded."

"It has been nearly 200 years since the establishment of the Edo Shogunate. At this time, Japan's lifestyle and technological level are almost the same as Japan 200 years ago."

"That's why they don't have to learn from it."

The playful look on Toyotomi Nobuhide's face became intense at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Smith, I can boldly predict to you: If after tonight, our Toyotomi army withdraws completely and no longer attacks the Edo shogunate, what will the Edo shogunate do?"

"They will try to suppress the news as much as they can, proclaiming to the people that 'there is no such thing as a warship as huge as a hill', and then the country has been run in the past, and it will continue to be run in the future."

"I want them to learn from the pain? Then you have to beat them so hard that they really feel the 'pain'!"

"Even if you have witnessed the weakness of your country's technological strength, you will not easily change your original conservative thinking..." Smith looked puzzled, "It's really hard to understand..."

"You have never lived in this country. It is normal for you to feel incomprehensible." Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled and patted Smith on the shoulder, then turned his head and looked at the flames of Osaka in the distance.

Amidst the flames, Toyotomi Nobuhide could vaguely see a vague and majestic shadow.

It was the shadow of Osaka Castle.

"Osaka Castle is really huge..." Toyotomi Nobuhide murmured, "I don't know which city is more magnificent than the Tokugawa Osaka Castle two hundred years ago. It's majestic..."

The Osaka Castle built by the Toyotomi family was burned down in the war with the Edo Shogunate two hundred years ago.

The Osaka Castle that now stands in the center of Osaka City was rebuilt on the original site by the Edo Shogunate after the fall of the Toyotomi Clan.

In order to distinguish these two Osaka Castles with the same name, but with completely different builders and owners, the former Osaka Castle was called "Toyotomi Osaka Castle", and the current Osaka Castle is called "Toyotomi Osaka Castle". Sichuan Osaka City".

"It seems that the left and right guards who were in charge of attacking Osaka Castle obeyed my orders well and did not destroy Osaka Castle. Very good, very good."

Toyotomi Nobuthide showed joy, and vigorously slapped his palms a few times.

"In this way, when the bombardment of the basically intact Osaka Castle is launched... it must be very fun!"

"Lord Toyotomi!" Kasube's cheeks were now flushed with excitement, "Do we have to wait for Yoshihisa and the others to leave Osaka before we launch the bombardment of Osaka Castle? I really want to start firing now!"

"Kasubee, there are still Jijiu and the others in Osaka City. Now we are launching long-range bombardment on Osaka City, and it is very easy to accidentally injure our own people."

"So we still have to proceed according to the original plan—wait for Ji Jiu and the others to finish the 'Osaka Spring Formation' and withdraw from Osaka before firing on the Osaka Castle.

"

"Ah..." He Xufeng scratched every corner of her body as if itching all over her body, "I really want to start shooting at Osaka City soon... It must be very enjoyable to blow up such a big castle..."

"Bombard Osaka Castle?" Smith looked at Toyotomi Nobuhide suspiciously, and then at Kasube, "Master Toyotomi, are you trying to destroy Osaka Castle?"

"That's right, I don't seem to have told you, Smith, about the plan to 'destroy Osaka Castle'."

Nobuhide Toyotomi, who continued to look at the majestic Osaka Castle in the distance, raised the corner of his mouth in a meaningful arc.

"The current Osaka Castle has nothing to do with the Toyotomi Clan." Toyotomi Nobuhide said indifferently, "The Osaka Castle built by the Toyotomi Clan was destroyed two hundred years ago."

"Every brick and tile in the current Osaka Castle was built by the Tokugawa clan."

"It's better to destroy this kind of strong castle with a strong imprint of the Edo shogunate."

"But it would be a pity to set fire to destroy such a majestic castle. It's not imposing or interesting enough."

"So I decided to razed Osaka Castle to the ground in a sufficiently imposing manner."

"I gave an order to the left and right gates who were in charge of attacking Osaka Castle: After all the shogunate officials in Osaka Castle have been cleaned up, do not destroy Osaka Castle."

"Then issue a death order to Kasube: No matter what, we must lead Huluwan and Rihuimaru to the sea outside Osaka before tonight."

"Huluwan and Rihuiwan have two missions tonight."

"Mission 1: Destroy Osaka Port in Osaka and all ships in the port."

"Osaka Port is one of the largest ports in Japan. Nearly half of the official ships of the shogunate are docked at Osaka Port."

"Destroy the Osaka Port and all the ships in the port, and the already weak water surface power of the Edo Shogunate will be further weakened, completely losing the ability of the Calabash Maru and Nichiki Maru that threaten us."

"As for the second mission - when Yoshihisa is in charge of the 'Osaka Spring Battle and Koo Operation', all the personnel are evacuated from Osaka, and the naval guns of Hulumaru and Hikkimaru are used to bombard Osaka Castle from a long distance."

At this moment, Toyotomi Nobuhide's face slowly revealed an intoxicated look.

Also showing intoxication was He Xufeng standing beside him.

"Such a majestic castle, after being bombarded by naval guns, the scene of rubble falling down... must be great."

"Do you want to bombard Osaka Castle with naval guns?" Smith opened his mouth uncontrollably, "But...the location of Osaka Castle is far from the sea..."

"Even if you get close to the sea and then fire the cannon, the distance is still very far."

"If you fire a cannon at such a long distance, the hit rate is very low. Maybe even 10 shots may hit Osaka Castle."

"When the naval guns are used to raze Osaka City to the ground, most of the city of Osaka may be smashed by the shells that were hit."

"Toyotomi-sama, please forgive me...you're doing this...not to mention wasting shells, you will lose a lot of people's hearts..."

Toyotomi Nobuhide seemed to have expected that Smith would say that, his expression remained unchanged——still with a meaningful smile on his face.

Neither speak.

He just turned his head silently and cast an intriguing look at Smith.

At this time, Smith also realized that what he said just now seemed a bit presumptuous, so he hurriedly added:

"Ah, I was just talking casually just now, Master Toyotomi, just listen to it casually."

"Anyway, I'm just an arms dealer, and I don't know much about politics."

"Lord Toyotomi, since you want to bomb Osaka Castle with naval guns, what should we do next?"

"Now the task of destroying Osaka Port and all ships in the port has been completed." Toyotomi Nobuhide said slowly with his hands behind his back, "And as I said just now—to bomb Osaka Castle, you have to wait for Yoshihisa and the others to complete the "Osaka Spring Battle" It can only be carried out after we have withdrawn from Osaka."

"After all, I don't want to accidentally hurt my own people."

"So let Huluwan and Rihuimaru go back to our temporary dock in Kii for a rest."

"After Jijiu and the others triumphantly return, they will attack again and blow up the city of Osaka."

"And I also took the opportunity to go back to Mount Koya... to meet my sister whom I haven't seen for a long time."

After mentioning the word "sister", Toyotomi Nobuhide showed a look of reminiscence.

"My annoying little sister...should have been transported out of Osaka smoothly by now."

"After I return to Kii by ship, and then return to Koyasan by land, I should be able to see her in the prison of Koyasan."

"Ha, I don't know if I haven't seen her for so many years, whether she has grown taller, or whether she can't eat any hot food."

"Do you want to go back to Koyasan now?" Smith asked back, "Shouldn't you go to Osaka to meet Master Yoshihisa and the others?"

"No need." Toyotomi Nobuhide waved his hand, "I have given full authority to Yoshihisa to take charge of the series of battles in Osaka tonight."

"Just let Jijiu help me take care of the affairs of Osaka slowly."

"I'll just wait for their good news slowly in Koyasan."

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Osaka, somewhere——

"Hey, have you found anything over there?"

"No, how about you?"

"I've searched everywhere and found nothing."

"That Shura...will he drown in that river?"

"If he drowns, his body will float on the river."

The 4 Iga men gathered together, communicating and exchanging information with each other.

They are all ninjas sent to find Ogata along the river.

Any one of the four of them is diligent and conscientious in dealing with this difficult task.

But until now... let alone finding Ogata, there is not even a clue.

"I can't help it... Let's look elsewhere. Huh? Who is it? Get out!"

Almost at the same time, the four men heard a strange noise coming from an alley not far away.

Two people stood guard at the same spot, and the other two surrounded the alley where the abnormal noise came from left and right.

"Ah! I, I am a resident here! I just passed by here by chance! I didn't hear you! No, don't kill me!"

Before the two ninjas who had surrounded the alley reached the entrance of the alley, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face came out of the alley with his hands raised high.

He carried a thick luggage on his back, and the ninjas speculated that this person was probably a citizen who was frightened by the fire in Osaka City and was about to flee for his life.

Seeing that it was just an ordinary citizen of Osaka, the hands of the ninjas who were originally resting on their weapons relaxed a little.

"...You just said that you are a resident here, right?" A certain ninja suddenly asked the middle-aged man.

"Yes, it is."

"Then you've come just in time. Did you see a very young warrior just now?"

"...I always feel like you're lying." The ninja narrowed his eyes, and pulled out the waist gap by an inch.

The middle-aged man, who was so scared that his face lost all color, hurriedly said: "I, I didn't see any young warriors! But I did see a very young woman!"

"Young woman?"

"Hmm! A very young and beautiful woman! She was holding a package and hurriedly ran in that direction."

"Woman... Does that woman have any distinctive features?"

"Special features? Let me think... let me think... she's beautiful... and she's pretty tall... and... and... ah! I remember, her bear is big?"

"Big bear?"*4

The four men repeated in unison the words the middle-aged man had just said.

The four of them looked in the direction the middle-aged man was pointing at, and then looked at each other for a while.

"...Hello." Someone lowered his voice, "If I remember correctly... Did the superiors say: Does that Shura have a beautiful wife with a big bear?"

The ninja who first asked the middle-aged man for information was silent for a moment, then asked the middle-aged man:

"...Since you live here, do you know if there is any suitable hiding place in the direction that woman ran to, such as an unremarkable abandoned house or something like that?"

"Huh? Uh... ah! There really is! There is an abandoned Buddhist hall that is very inconspicuous, and you can't find it if you don't look carefully!"

"Tell us where. Just tell us where the temple is, and we'll let you go."

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...

In the Buddhist hall where Osaka, Ogata and Isshika are now—

After hearing Ogata say to her in a calm and firm tone, "I will definitely rescue all your family members", Isshika only felt that... After being lost for a long time, she finally found The feeling of a way out.

Emotions poured out along with the tears uncontrollably, and the body moved subconsciously, lying in Ogata's arms, venting the anxiety and pain in his heart.

After the sobbing gradually stopped and her emotions returned to stability, Isshiki realized belatedly that she had already lay in Ogata's arms twice in less than half an hour.

"...Sorry..." Isshiki stretched her arms to let her cheek leave Ogata's arms, "I'm so rude one after another..."

Seeing Isshika's emotional stability, Ogata smiled slightly.

When he was about to say something—

Goo~~

Ogata's stomach rumbled inappropriately.

This "goo" sound drew the eyes of Ogata and Isshika to Ogata's belly.

"Ha... I made you laugh..." Ogata smiled awkwardly.

Ogata didn't eat anything tonight.

He originally planned to "go back to the inn to have a delicious meal with Ah Ding and the others after picking up the knife from Master Yuer", but he hasn't eaten a grain of rice since he was attacked tonight.

However, when the water accidentally fell into the river twice, I accidentally drank a lot.

"Ah, I happen to have something to eat here."

Yishihua got up quickly, and took the cloth bag that Chuguang gave her, which contained food, money, and a wakizawa for self-defense.

There is a lot of food in the cloth bag, a total of 5 lotus leaf bags, and each lotus leaf bag contains 3 rice balls made of white rice that are as big as a man's fist.

In the eyes of Ogata, who had been hungry for a long time, these rice balls seemed to be shining brightly.

Ogata picked up these rice balls and devoured them without hesitation, swallowing 3 rice balls in one go before stopping.

Stomach is no longer uncomfortable because of food.

But even though his stomach was full, Ogata still felt uncomfortable and extremely tired.

When Ogata was eating, Isshiki knelt quietly on one side, looking at Ogata with worried eyes, even though he had eaten, his face did not look good.

"Master Yidaosai, I heard that Chu Guang said that you are being chased and killed by Toyotomi's army now... So this is also true... Are you poisoned?"

After saying that, Isshiki raised her hand and touched Ogata's forehead.

That heat... made Isshiki not feel like she was touching a person's forehead, but more like touching a red-hot brick.

"Yeah... I haven't stopped since the night fell today, fighting one after another..."

"I'm not poisoned...well, it's similar to poisoning...but it's not the enemies who poisoned me tonight..."

After finishing speaking, Ogata coughed softly a few times.

Feeling that his throat was a little dry, he asked Isshiki softly:

"Excuse me...can you get me some water?"

Cha Cha Cha Cha...

After Ogata's question fell, the first response to Ogata was not Isshika's answer.

It was the sound of footsteps approaching here outside the Buddhist hall.

Ogata and Isshiki, who heard the footsteps almost at the same time, their expressions changed slightly at the same time.

"Have you searched here so quickly..." Ogata murmured.

In his current state, he couldn't fight at all.

So Ogata made a decisive decision——

"Miss Isshiki..." Ogata supported the wall next to him and stood up with difficulty, "Hurry up and hide with me..."

Isshiki nodded vigorously, hurriedly took out the Wakizashi that was placed in the cloth bag along with the food and drinking water, put it in his waist, then packed the cloth bag, carried it behind his back, and then Support the weak Ogata.

She looked around, looking for a place to hide.

After looking around, Isshiki's face turned pale immediately.

The only things in this abandoned Buddhist hall... are the solid Buddhist altar and the Buddha statues placed on the altar...

When Isshika was at a loss, Ogata pulled Isshika's clothes, drew Isshika's attention, and pointed to a certain place.

After looking at the place pointed by Ogata's finger, Isshiki was taken aback for a moment.

"Hiding in that place...is it okay?"

"Anyway, let's try it first." Ogata said lightly.

...

...

Cha Cha Cha Cha...

The footsteps are getting closer...

Along with the sound of footsteps approaching the Buddhist hall, there were also voices of conversation.

"You two go that way, I'll go this way."

"it is good."

Boom!

Three windows near the door were roughly smashed.

It was the three Iga men who broke the window.

The three of them were exactly three of the four male ninjas who captured the innocent middle-aged man just now and then obtained information from him.

The three men did not enter immediately.

Instead, he crouched on the window sill and looked at the interior of the Buddhist hall with vigilant eyes.

Their eyes scanned every inch of the floor and every inch of the ceiling of the Buddhist hall—whether it was the floor or the ceiling, they couldn't find half a person.

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Didn't expect that? Isshiki's bear is a foreshadowing!

Do you think I designed Isshikika as a big bear like A-Machi just to satisfy the author's personal taste?

of course not! (Serious face.jpg) This is all the foreshadowing for the plot of this chapter! (Holding hands on chest, confident and confident.jpg)

Can any readers guess: Why there are 4 male ninjas, but only 3 people came to arrest Ogata at the end of the chapter? It might be hard to guess.

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