Today, the weather is still quite bad.

After the storm and snow yesterday, the dark clouds that finally dispersed gathered again, forming layers upon layers without even a ray of sunlight penetrating.

Although it is daybreak, due to thick dark clouds blocking the sunlight, the brightness is only slightly better than at night.

Today is the 13th day since Ogata left Red Moon Fortress.

Today is the 11th day of the attack and defense of Red Moon Fortress.

In the main formation of the shogunate army, Inamori crossed his arms and looked at the scarred castle in the distance with an expressionless face.

"Victory is finally coming." At this time, a voice came from behind Daomori that surprised Daomori.

"Lao Naka-sama..." Inamori turned to look at Sadanobu Matsudaira, who was slowly walking toward him with his hands behind his back.

"I thought those barbarians could only last three or four days at most." Matsudaira Sadanobu walked to Inamori's side, looking at the distant fortress like Inamori just now, and continued to say slowly, "

In the end, they lasted until the 11th day... Although they are just a bunch of barbarians, I have to admire their perseverance."

"...Hmm." After the expression on Inamori's face changed for a while, he nodded with difficulty, "Although I don't want to admit it...but these barbarians have behaved more like samurai these days than some of the depraved guys among us."

Daomori turned his attention back to Red Moon Fortress.

"According to yesterday's battle report, the barbarians, who have lost the outer city wall and have few warriors to fight with, are now at the end of their tether."

"Today is the last day of this battle."

"I have made arrangements now - the Second Army will continue to attack the city, and the cavalry and iron gunners will be ready to rush in and suppress the die-hards who are still resisting after the city gate is opened."

Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded: "On this fortress, let's insert the 'Sanye Kui' of our Edo shogunate."

Inamori: "Yes!"

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Red Moon Fortress, inner city wall——

When the genius had just begun to shine, the remaining soldiers of the Red Moon Fortress were basically at their respective posts.

After days of bloody battles, the soldiers who are still fighting on the city walls have basically turned into young men who are too young.

No matter how stupid a person is, they can feel from yesterday's difficult battle that they will be quite difficult today.

They might not be able to defend the city today.

The extremely low dark clouds in the sky now are like a reflection of the hearts of most people in the Red Moon Fortress.

Faced with this heartbreaking situation, everyone showed different reactions.

Some young people looked terrified.

Some young people have resolute faces.

There are also some young people who look calm.

But no matter what kind of emotions the young people show on their faces, they are now firmly standing in their respective positions, and no one has flinched.

Chanup, Retannoe, Lin Ziping and others are now standing in the middle of the inner city wall.

"...The time spent waiting for the Japanese army to attack is indeed very tiring." Retannoe said to Chanupu beside him without hesitation.

"Well, yes." Chanup said.

"There are not many people who can protect us now, so when the army attacks..." Retannoe suddenly showed a smile at this time, "Don't accidentally die.

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"Yeah." Chanupu also smiled like Retannoe at this time, "Retannoe, you too."

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Atachi sat where she had been yesterday, gently wiping her Kentucky long rifle with a handkerchief.

The members of her "shooting team" haven't arrived yet, so Atachi is sitting alone in this place.

The Kentucky long rifles that Omachi held in his hands, which he had picked up from the Cossacks who had previously attacked the village of China, had made great contributions since yesterday.

After his body recovered to the state where he could walk normally and fight on the city wall yesterday, Atachi had no intention of going back to Kunoa's clinic to lie down.

Today——A-Machi will take these rifles of hers and continue to fight today.

After wiping his five rifles one by one, A-Machi raised his head and looked out of the city.

His eyes seemed to be searching for something.

At this moment, an old male voice came from the side of Ating and reached her ears.

"I remember...your name is A-Machi, right? We really have a wonderful fate, right?"

A-Machi followed the sound and cast a surprised look at the owner of the sound, Yugami.

At this moment, Yugami, holding his snow-white Japanese sword in his left hand, was slowly walking towards O-Machi.

Yugami originally just wanted to walk up the stairs to his post, but as soon as he stepped onto the stairs, he saw Atachi who was sitting near the stairs.

Yugami is naturally no stranger to Atachi.

After thinking for a moment, out of etiquette, Tang Shen finally decided to come forward and say hello to this acquaintance.

Although he had a good night's rest, Tang Shen still had a tired look on his face that he couldn't even hide.

Although his right arm no longer trembles slightly, every time he moves the muscles of his right arm, pain still penetrates into Tang Shen's mind and stimulates Tang Shen's nerves.

"Mr. Yugami." After a little bit of the surprise in his eyes, A-Machi smiled faintly at Yugami, "We are indeed destined..."

"I have been hearing about your heroic deeds since you started climbing the city wall and fighting with Mr. Chanup and the others."

"I really didn't expect...the pet dealer who used to chat and laugh with us was actually such an accomplished swordsman..."

Although Omachi has been lying in Kunoa's clinic to recuperate during this period, she has not turned a deaf ear to what is happening outside the window. She has been asking Kunoa about the current war situation.

Therefore, Ah Ding naturally already knew about the struggles of people like Tang Shen and Lin Ziping.

"You are a skilled swordsman...you really praise me." Tang Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Now I am just an old man whose muscles still have the memory of how to wield a sword and a gun."

After saying that, Tang Shen shook the Japanese sword he held in his left hand.

"In a few years, I might not even be able to wield a knife."

At this time, Omachi's eyes were moving up and down following Yugami's Japanese sword.

"Um...can you let me ask you a question?" When he asked this question, the hesitation on Ating's face flashed several times, but in the end - "curiosity" defeated "hesitation".

"Hmm? Just ask."

"The style of the sword you use is very different from the ordinary sword... Is this your modified sword? What is that thing hanging on the hilt?"

As a "little handicraft master", A-machi has also modified his own wakizashi. He is full of curiosity about the knife in Yugami's hand that seems to have also been modified.

"Is this one?" Tang Shen shook the Japanese sword he held in his left hand again, and the sword tassel hanging on the handle also swayed. "This is called a sword tassel, and it can be understood as a kind of decoration."

"I didn't modify this sword. It's not a Japanese sword. It's a Japanese sword."

"Japanese sword...?" As if remembering something, Ah Ding's pupils shrank slightly.

"This is a kind of sword from Tang Dynasty. It combines the characteristics of Japanese katana and Tang sword from Tang Dynasty." There was a slight smile on Tang Shen's face, looking at the knife held in his left hand, "Although

The blade of the sword is very similar to that of a katana, but there is a big difference between a Japanese sword and a katana. The weight and center of gravity are very different... huh? Ms. Atachi, what's wrong with you?"

Only then did Tang Shen realize that there was something strange about Atachi's expression.

"It's nothing... I just... I remembered the rumors I heard before." A-Machi raised his eyes and looked at Tang Shen up and down several times with strange eyes, "A few months ago, my husband and I heard that in

Decades ago, there was a swordsman who wielded Japanese swords and became famous in the Ou area, but in the end there was suddenly no news..."

"And that person... his name is Shendu Rouzao, also known as Shendu Bujuzhai."

Yugami's expression changed rapidly as Atachi's words fell.

In the end - this rapidly changing complex expression turned into a wry smile with a hint of helplessness.

"I really didn't expect... After so many years, I can still hear the name 'Shendu Bujingzhai' from people other than Chanup... I thought the world might have forgotten me long ago...

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"So...are you really...?" A-Machi's expression could no longer conceal his shock.

Facing the surprised look cast by A-Machi, Yugami's response was to nod lightly.

Then, before A-Machi could react further to Yugami's nod, Yugami asked A-Machi:

"Ms. Atachi, can you briefly tell me about the rumors you have heard about me before? I'm a little curious."

Having said this, Tang Shen paused.

Then, with a complicated expression on his face, he turned his head and looked outside the city.

"If you don't listen now, you might not have a chance in the future..."

"The rumors I have heard about you are actually not many..."
To be continued...