Chapter 458 Kill the bandits and make a fortune! [7000 words]
These bandits are really just a bunch of rabble--this was Ogata's only thought after sneaking into this bandit stronghold.
The sparsely arranged sentries allowed Ogata and Atachi to easily pass through the defenses of these bandits and successfully break into the interior of their base.
There are some sparse tents standing here - this is the scene inside the base of this bandit group.
Tents come in different sizes, with different colors and fabrics. A larger tent can sleep 4 or 5 people, while a smaller tent can only sleep 2 or 3 people.
Bandits live in these tents.
It was probably just after 8 p.m. when Ogata and Omachi broke into the bandits' base.
In ancient times, this time was already the time for many people to go to bed.
Many of the bandits had already fallen asleep to meet Duke Zhou at this time - which was more convenient for Ogata and A-Machi.
At this time when some people are already asleep, even if some people suddenly disappear, it will not easily arouse suspicion. Others will only think that these people who suddenly disappeared have gone to sleep.
As soon as they entered the bandits' base, Ogata and Omachi found a tent with two bandits sleeping inside.
Using the Shiranui-ryu stealth technique, they sneaked into the tent, and then Ogata and Atachi killed the two sleeping bandits in the tent with one blow - the process went smoothly.
The two bandits probably didn't realize what happened and died in their sleep.
Some bandits have already fallen asleep, but there are still some bandits who have not gone to bed yet and are doing various things to kill time.
For example - Ogata saw a bandit with a big beard and another bandit with a mustache sitting face to face in a corner of the base, chatting nonsense.
Because the two of them are sitting opposite each other, it is not that difficult to assassinate them.
When Ogata was thinking about what to do to assassinate these two people perfectly, something very lucky happened - the bandit with a big beard suddenly stood up and left.
Maybe he went to relieve himself.
So Ogata immediately followed behind the bearded bandit. After he walked far away from the mustachioed bandit, he raised his knife and stabbed him through the throat with a bird thorn.
When the bandit with a mustache saw that the bandit with a beard had not returned, he came to check the situation, but was also killed by Ogata.
As soon as he killed the mustachioed bandit, Ogata secretly exclaimed "I forgot" - he forgot to ask the mustachioed bandit which tent their leader named Koizumi lived in.
But this is just a small and innocuous omission.
After all, there are still many bandits who are still alive and can be used for questioning.
So Ogata and Omachi found another bandit who was staying somewhere outside the tent, oiling his sword.
They can only fight against the odds, have no loyalty or loyalty, and fly alone when disaster strikes - this is the characteristic of most bandits.
Even the Liangshan bandits in "Water Margin" are not all loyal.
Ogata also read the original version of "Water Margin" in his previous life.
After reading the original version of "Water Margin", Ogata had a great feeling, that is:
If the one hundred and eight heroes on Liangshan Mountain could be reborn, many of the other one hundred and seven heroes besides Song Jiang would immediately eat Song Jiang alive.
After finding the bandit who was staying outside the tent and oiling his sword, Ogata just put the knife on the man's neck, and the man immediately killed their leader.
sold.
Which tent did their leader Koizumi live in, which road should they take, what were their leader's physical characteristics - this information was sold out in one go.
After asking for all the information they needed and sending the bandit on a ride, Ogata and Omachi followed the route the bandit told them and found a large tent that was obviously much more impressive than the other tents.
The dim firelight shone out through the gaps in the tent.
Atachi's amazing eyesight came in handy again.
The curtain at the entrance of this tent was not tightened, and there was a gap about two fingers wide.
A-Machi looked into the tent along this gap from a distance, and then roughly inspected the situation inside the tent - there was only one strong man in the tent, and he seemed to be reading a book.
Although the strong man's face could not be seen clearly because his back was to the entrance of the tent, his strong figure was consistent with the information extracted from the bandit just now.
Regarding how to assassinate Koizumi, Ogata had already thought of a strategy - a two-step strategy.
The first step - rush into Koizumi's camp without being discovered by others.
Step two - stab him to death before he reacts.
Ogata's plan is perfect - kill the enemy before they find you, and no one will know that someone is coming to assassinate you.
Just do it!
The two of them used the Shiranui-ryu stealth technique and rushed straight to Koizumi's tent.
After rushing into the tent, without saying a word, Ogata pounced on Koizumi like a predatory beast attacking its prey.
Ogata's speed is really too fast.
Because Ohno had heard that Koizumi seemed to be a master of swordsmanship before, so in order to ensure that he could be killed with one blow before Koizumi could react, Ogata did not make any reservations.
Full firepower directly.
My nerves were tense before I rushed into the tent.
After rushing into the tent, go all out.
After calculating the distance between himself and Koizumi, he made a direct leap.
And Koizumi - didn't react at all.
After the curtain at the entrance of the tent was lifted, he turned to look at the entrance of the tent with a confused look.
As soon as he turned his attention to the entrance of the tent, he saw a black shadow flying towards him.
After the black shadow jumped on him, it covered his mouth with its left hand and stabbed his throat with a knife in its right hand.
Ogata was stunned when he stabbed the throat of the person beneath him with his great freedom.
Swordsman? That's it?
When Ogata pulled Da Zizai out of Koizumi's neck, he realized that there seemed to be some discrepancies between his and Ohno's understanding of sword masters...
"Is this person Koizumi?" Amachi asked.
Ogata looked at the man's face: "The face is square, the lips are thick, and the figure is burly. It is exactly the same as what the bandit just said. He should be Koizumi."
The assassination of Koizumi was much easier than Ogata imagined.
Just as Ogata used Koizumi's clothes to wipe away the remaining blood on the sword, Atachi suddenly said in a doubtful tone:
"Huh? What is this?"
After saying that, Atachi leaned over and picked up a piece of scroll held in Koizumi's right hand.
Even when he died, Xiaoquan still held on to the scroll and did not let go.
Omachi just saw Koizumi looking at something through the gap in the tent.
Azuma originally thought that Koizumi was reading a book, but he didn't expect that he was reading a scroll.
Out of curiosity, Atachi picked up the scroll and read its lines at a glance.
After reading it, A-Machi's expression changed slightly.
Ogata noticed the change in Atachi's expression and asked:
"What is written on this scroll?"
"It's not anything big." Atachi handed the scroll to Ogata, "It's just a certificate of praise."
"Certificate of commendation?" Ogata took the scroll and read it quickly.
Just like what Atachi said just now - this is a certificate of praise.
The content is to praise Koizumi for his very serious work, and this is a special commendation.
This kind of praise is quite common.
Some warriors work very seriously or have made some achievements, so they will give you a certificate of commendation to praise your outstanding performance.
In the values of the samurai of this era, nothing is more important than honor.
For many warriors, receiving a certificate of commendation from a superior is an extremely honorable event.
Ogata looked at the scroll in his hand - it was quite worn, probably because it had been opened and read too many times.
On it was neatly written Koizumi's full name - Koizumi Seiichiro. He used short words to praise Koizumi's serious work attitude, and then said some nonsense words such as "You are a model samurai."
After quickly reading the content of the commendation in his hand, Ogata couldn't help but feel very ironic.
Today, Ohno told Ogata that their leader Koizumi used to be a law-abiding samurai.
After the "Tianming Famine" broke out, he was ruthlessly abandoned by the feudal government in order to reduce financial pressure, was demoted to a rogue, and finally embarked on the path of no return as a thief.
Is this how the carnivores of that domain treat their "Samurai Model"?
And this Koizumi was ruthlessly abandoned by the feudal government that he had been loyal to for most of his life, but he still kept this certificate of merit awarded to him by the feudal government that he had read countless times, and he still took it out to read it late at night.
Ogata couldn't think of a suitable adjective to describe Koizumi who still retained this commendation.
Anyway, he didn't sympathize with Koizumi.
After the "Tianming Famine" broke out, he was demoted to a ronin by the feudal government, and then became a road bully, making a living by bullying men and women, killing people and looting money.
And now it has been three years since the "morning famine".
After so many years, God knows how many innocent people have been brutally murdered by this guy.
After casually throwing the letter of commendation in his hand to his feet, Ogata suddenly heard shouts one after another:
"There is an enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!"
This is Ohno's voice.
Hearing Ohno's voice, both Ogata and Atachi's expressions changed.
"What's going on?" A-Machi frowned, "Why did you hear that Ohno's voice?"
Ogata: "I don't know. But thanks to Ohno's 'blessing', it seems that our assassination can only stop here."
"Let's get out quickly." Amachi turned around and rushed out of the tent.
"Wait a moment." Ogata called Omachi to stop, then pulled out the Daishiten and cut off Koizumi's head with a knife.
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The reason why Koizumi's head was cut off was because Ogata was sure that throwing the leader's head to the bandits who were still alive would greatly shake their fighting spirit and morale.
And Ogata's judgment is quite accurate.
Holding Koizumi's head, he ran towards the direction of Ohno's shouts one after another just now.
Ogata saw Kasaka and the others from a distance, as well as a dozen bandits who were confronting Kasaka and the others.
Then I happened to hear a guy shouting in a very confident tone:
"Don't worry! Ohno! We have a leader! You should know how powerful leader Koizumi is, right?"
"If there are two reckless guys who sneak into our stronghold, our leader will definitely find out in time and kill those two guys!"
So Oubon took advantage of the situation and asked, "Boss? Do you mean this person?" while throwing the newly cut off Koizumi's head.
After Koizumi's head landed firmly among the bandits, the bandits immediately became chaotic.
"You, who are you?" The bandit who had just confidently shouted that they and leader Koizumi were also shocked by this extremely impactful picture after seeing Koizumi's head.
He stuttered when he spoke.
"Just a samurai who happened to be passing by a nearby castle town."
After telling the truth, Ogata pulled out the Daishi Tenhou from his waist, pressed his body's center of gravity, and his sprinting body brought forth gusts of wind.
Under the assassinations of Ogata and Omachi, this base of 30 bandits has lost more than half of its combat strength.
After seeing Ogata appear and successfully assassinate the leader of the bandits, Huosaka and others felt their energy and morale lifted.
After Ogata drew his sword and rushed towards the group of bandits, Huosaka and others followed closely behind, and together with Ogata who was behind the bandits, they attacked the group of bandits from front to back.
"Quick! Kill this guy quickly! Everyone come together! Surround and kill that guy!"
The person who made this anxious shout was Ohno.
Ohno had just cut the hemp rope that tied his hands behind his back with the help of his companions.
Seeing Ogata rushing towards him, Ohno immediately shouted to the people around him with fear to kill Ogata quickly, and specifically reminded them to do everything possible and launched a siege against Ogata.
But because Ogata's speed was so fast, as soon as Ohno's anxious shout fell, Ogata had already rushed into the bandits, swung two sharp swords, and killed the two bandits.
Amachi did not just watch from the sidelines. When Ogata rushed towards the bandits, Amachi followed closely behind Ogata.
Atachi is a person who has a very clear understanding of his own strengths and weaknesses.
She knew that her swordsmanship was mediocre and her jujitsu was good.
Therefore, when she fights close combat with others, she mainly uses Shiranui-ryu jujitsu to attack the enemy.
Atachi stopped in front of a bandit who was planning to attack Ogata.
The bandit didn't even have time to react to A-Machi who suddenly jumped in front of him. He just saw A-Machi stretch out his hands and directly grab his right hand holding the knife.
After Atachi controlled the right hand he caught, he used the grappling technique in Shiranui-ryu jujitsu to twist the prisoner's right arm into a weird angle.
"Ahhhhhhh!" A heartbreaking scream came from the bandit's throat.
His right arm was broken off by Atachi, and the bandit was unable to hold the knife due to the severe pain, and the knife fell off his right palm.
After getting rid of the bandit's knife, Atachi squatted down suddenly, quickly lowered his body's center of gravity, and then used a sharp sweeping kick.
Atachi's leg was like a whip made of steel, hitting the bandit's leg hard.
With a slight sound of bone cracking, the bandit was kicked to the ground by A-Machi. The moment he landed, A-Machi quickly pulled out his wakizashi and stabbed the bandit in the throat.
wear.
After successfully defeating the bandit, A-Machi couldn't help but sigh:
——Wearing such thick clothes will indeed affect the speed of attacking...
It's a freezing winter, and A-Machi doesn't have a perverted physique like Ogata's that was tempered by the system. A-Machi only has the physique of an ordinary person. In such a big winter, he naturally wears thick clothes.
The overly thick clothes slowed down Atachi's speed whether he was using his grapples or his sweeping kicks.
If he were wearing a kunoichi uniform that was very convenient for movement, A-Machi was sure that he would be able to kill this bandit even more quickly.
By the way - Atachi always carries the kunoichi uniform from Shiranui.
Although he basically only has some bad memories of Shiranui, A-Machi has to admit that the kunoichi uniform in Shiranui is indeed a very easy-to-movement outfit suitable for combat and stealth.
It would be a pity to throw away such a suit of clothing that she was used to wearing and suitable for fighting, so Atachi always kept the kunoichi uniform with her.
It's just that in this cold weather, there is basically no chance for a kunoichi uniform with thinner fabrics and extra coolness to appear.
After Ogata and Omachi's assassination, there were only a dozen bandits left in this group of bandits, which was not much more numerous than Ogata and others, who numbered six.
In the case where the number of people is not too dominant, facing the six people headed by Ogata... If their number multiplied by 10, it might still make Ogata feel a little troublesome, but there are only more than ten people... this time
The outcome of the battle was determined from the beginning.
Ogata basically cuts one sword at a time.
No bandit can block or dodge Ogata's attack.
As for the bandits' counterattack...their slow swords were easily dodged by Ogata.
Or Ogata killed him first as soon as he raised the sword.
Just like now - after killing another bandit, Ouri felt that someone was approaching quickly from behind him.
Turning around and looking back - it was Oh Ye.
Ohno was holding high the knife he probably picked up from his dead comrade, and quickly ran towards Ogata from behind.
He probably wanted to sneak attack Ogata, so he kept his mouth tightly closed, not even making a sound, and also suppressed the sound of footsteps.
But his level was not good enough. Even if he did not make a sound and specifically suppressed the sound of footsteps, Ogata still sensed his approach.
After seeing Ogata looking back at him, a rich look of fear immediately appeared on his face.
But as soon as the look of fear appeared on his face, he gritted his teeth, suppressed the fear in his heart, and continued to rush straight towards Ogata.
In order to survive, Ohno has decided to make a desperate move.
Faced with Ohno, who had already realized that he was going to die, he did not change his mood emotionally.
After lowering his eyes to measure the distance between him and Ohno——
laugh.
The sound of a sword penetrating human flesh was heard.
Ogata used what he was good at - grabbing the lowest end of the knife's handle with his hand, greatly widening the knife's attack distance, and then aimed at Ohno's throat and used Sakakihara's Itato-style bird stab.
The tip of Dashutian's knife sank into Ohno's throat.
Ohno didn't expect Ogata to have such a move, and at the same time, Ohno was weak, so his throat was pierced by Daishiten.
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With Ogata present, the battle started suddenly and ended quickly.
The battle officially came to an end after Ogata killed a bandit who was demoralized and trying to escape.
Of the 13 bandits, 8 were killed by Ogata, and 2 were killed by Omachi. Huosaka, Kinjo, and Tsuchiya each picked up one head, but Mizuno found nothing.
As soon as the battle began, Mizuno found a bandit and confronted him with a sword.
However, due to lack of actual combat experience and fear of real swords in the hands of bandits, Mizuno has never dared to attack. He only dared to hold up the sword and continuously send out kiai to scare the bandits.
The opponent Mizuno found was also a man who lacked actual combat experience and was afraid of real swords, so he only dared to hold up the sword and continuously send out kiai in an attempt to frighten Mizuno.
So it became a scene like this: Mizuno and the bandit were sending out ki attacks one after another while spinning around the two of them, but no one dared to join them.
As fewer and fewer bandits were able to stand still, the bandit who was confronting Mizuno gradually became frightened, so he voluntarily withdrew from the confrontation with Mizuno, turned around and ran away.
But before the bandit could escape a few steps, he was caught up by Ogata not far away, and was killed by Ogata with a single blow.
After the battle, Ogata and others began to clean up the battlefield.
They first checked around the bandit's base to see if any fish had slipped through the net.
While checking whether there were any fish that had slipped through the net, Ogata and the others discovered a lot of good things.
They found the bandits' money and the bandits' food.
These bandits did not have much food, only a large bag of polished rice, a large bag of brown rice, a large bag of pickles, radishes and other vegetables, and some salted fish.
These bandits have quite a lot of money.
Ogata and others counted them and found a total of 32 taels of gold, 223 ounces of silver and 1,225 copper coins.
After confirming that there were no living bandits around, they began to dispose of the corpses of these bandits.
Ogata and Atachi found the bandits who had just died under their assassination one by one, and then collected their bodies together with those of the bandits who died in the battle just now - no more, no less, just right.
30 corpses.
If these people were left alone, epidemics might occur, so Ogata and others worked together to dig a big hole and bury the bodies of these bandits.
Also buried in the ground were the weapons of these bandits.
Ogata and the others had no intention of taking away the weapons of these bandits and selling them.
Because they have no way to sell the stolen goods.
And if you show up in a town with a large number of weapons, you might attract the attention of the government and cause unnecessary trouble.
When they killed the dozen or so bandits except Ohno who came to have "friendly negotiations" with the villagers this morning, Ogata and the others did the same thing with the bodies of the ten bandits - burying them with their weapons.
After finishing these things, it was almost 11 o'clock in the evening.
Today, we were on the road again, fighting bandits, and burying the bandits' corpses. Ogata, who was quite physically strong, didn't feel very tired, but Higasaka and the others were a little tired.
And walking on mountain roads at night is very dangerous.
Therefore, Ogata and others decided to spend the night in the bandit's base area and return to the mountain village after dawn tomorrow.
After everyone spent the night in the bandit's base, they took their trophies—the grain and the money—on their way back to the village when the sky was just beginning to turn white.
After returning to the village smoothly, Ogata and others announced their good news to the villagers.
After learning that the bandits that were obsessed with their village had been wiped out, the villagers cheered, and some even cried with joy.
As for how to distribute the spoils brought back, Ogata and the others had already made a plan on their way back to the village.
These grains are not convenient to carry, so it is better to give them to the village that is so poor that they can hardly afford to eat, and they can keep the money for themselves.
After returning to the village, Ogata and others informed the villagers of their distribution plan.
No one in the villagers had any objections to the "spoils distribution plan" drawn up by Ogata and others - and they probably didn't dare to have any objections.
So a consensus was reached smoothly - the food that was inconvenient to take away would be given to the villagers who could hardly afford to eat, and Ogata and the others would divide the money.
As for how to divide the money - Huosaka and the others have already reached a consensus.
Ogata and Atachi got the biggest win - there is no doubt about this.
That group of bandits was basically eliminated by Ogata on his own.
Huosaka, Tsuchiya, Kinjo, and Mizuno only saw 5 heads in total.
37 of the 42 bandits were killed by Ogata and Omachi - the two of them took the big head, and no one had any objections.
The money collected from the bandits totaled 35 taels of gold, 223 taels of silver and 1,225 copper coins.
Therefore, Kasaka made a suggestion - the 35 taels of gold should be owned by Ogata and Atachi, and they would divide the remaining 223 taels of silver and 1,225 taels of copper coins.
Regarding Huosaka's allocation suggestion, Jincheng, Tsuchiya, and Mizuno nodded in agreement.
Although Ogata began to care more about the amount of money he had after officially establishing a relationship with Atachi, he was not a money-grubbing person.
Although Huosaka and others didn't contribute much, they still contributed.
Ogata always felt a little bit embarrassed when he only asked them to divide the scarce silver and copper coins.
Therefore, Ogata did not collect all the 35 taels of gold.
Instead, he divided 4 taels out of them and gave one tael to each of Hanosaka and others, while he and Atachi accepted the remaining 31 taels.
At first, Huosaka and others said they did not want to accept the two gold coins, saying that they could just divide the remaining silver coins and copper coins.
However, under Ogata's insistence, Huosaka and others could only look at each other and then accept the money Ogata gave them.
Ogata's generous behavior of giving away money greatly increased the favor of Kasaka and others.
All the bandits who committed many crimes were wiped out.
The villagers got the food they desperately needed.
Huosaka and others also received the money.
Ogata not only gained a lot of experience points, but also gained an extra fortune.
The ending of this battle with the bandits can be considered happy for everyone.
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By the way - I've always been curious, are there any female fans of this book?
Will any girls like reading this book?
Can female readers leave a comment here? I want to see if any girls will like this book...
Sigh...I think not many girls will like this book (Leopard Head Cries)