Chapter 486 Ogata swings the sword, and everyone is broken! [8200 words]
Yesterday, book friend [Demonized Kun] pointed out that there was a small bug in yesterday’s chapter.
As mentioned above, the night when the Cossacks attacked the village of China was a cloudy and dark night.
Then this book friend said it was so dark that it would be difficult for the Cossacks to shoot accurately.
I think it makes sense.
In fact, for the weather setting, I just casually wrote "cloudy" and didn't do much in-depth research.
I now feel that what this book friend said makes sense, so I will now make a small correction to the plot - the night when these Cossacks attacked the village of China was a clear night, and the moonlight was as bright as day.
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Whoosh——!
An arrow shot from the darkness cut through the air and accurately hit a Cossack in the chest.
The arrow was so powerful that the Cossack felt as if his chest was about to burst.
Unable to bear the severe pain, the Cossack lost his seat and fell from his horse.
The Don hippopotamus used by their Cossacks is generally between 1.5 and 1.6 meters tall at the shoulder.
It is impossible to fall from such a height without feeling pain, even in the least vulnerable position.
The Cossack, who slid off his horse, saw that the ground was covered with thick white snow, but at this time, the earth that had been trampled into a mess was coming towards him.
He fell heavily to the ground, splashing thin snowflakes.
Because he landed on his right shoulder, the Cossack only felt terrible pain in his right shoulder.
The severe pain caused his right arm to temporarily lose feeling.
However, he didn't care about his right arm now.
After being hit by the arrow that suddenly flew to the ground, the Cossack immediately pulled out the arrow from his chest in a panic, and then tried to squeeze out the poisonous blood.
He had just seen how several of his companions were killed by these poisonous arrows.
Although he had already pulled out the arrow as fast as he could, it was a pity that even if he squeezed the poisonous blood in time, it was of no use.
As soon as he pulled the arrow out of his chest, his body suddenly twitched.
Then, streams of foam came out of his mouth, and finally he fell heavily to the ground, no longer moving or breathing any more.
Vladimir happened to be not far away from the poisoned subordinate at this time.
Seeing another one of his subordinates being poisoned and died, Vladimir looked as usual, as if the person who died was not his subordinate at all.
Vladimir thought to himself:
——These poisonous arrows of the Ainu are really troublesome.
Vladimir has been exploring Ezochi for half a year.
Vladimir did not spend the past six months watching snow or bears every day.
He also successfully completed the mission of exploring the Far East assigned to them by the Tsar, the supreme ruler of their country of Lucia.
During this six-month expedition, Vladimir also collected a lot of information about the Ainu people, the indigenous people of this place.
Let’s not forget about bears, animals whose qualities far exceed those of humans.
A wolf that likes to live in groups, attacks others, and likes to swarm others is enough for a human being to drink.
To fight against powerful animals such as bears and wolves, only using bows, arrows, spears, and daggers will be too inefficient.
When hunting a bear, even shooting a dozen ordinary arrows may not kill it.
So the Ainu invented poison.
The venom recipes used by the Ainu people in different places are slightly different.
Vladimir only knew that the venom used by the Ainu people in a certain area in the north was made from a mixture of aconite roots and stingray stingles - it was extremely toxic.
Vladimir once saw with his own eyes how an Ainu killed a bear within 10 breaths with an arrow smeared with this venom.
The bear stood about 2 meters tall. Such a big bear could not survive more than 10 breaths just after being hit by this poisonous arrow.
Vladimir did not know what materials the venom used by the villagers of Qina Village was made of.
All he knew was that once his men were hit by the arrows they shot, it would only take 5 or 6 breaths for them to be poisoned and die.
——When fighting against the natives who use poisonous arrows, it would be more convenient to wear heavy armor.
Vladimir then thought to himself.
As far as Vladimir knows - one of the important factors why the Japanese have repeatedly won victories against the Ainu is because the Japanese have mastered iron-making technology and can make iron armor.
The iron armor greatly weakened the threat posed by the poisonous arrows of the Ainu to the Japanese.
The Ainu wanted to use poison arrows to inflict damage on armored enemies, either by shooting at places not protected by armor, or by shooting with enough force to penetrate the armor - but there were only a handful of archers who could do this.
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Although many of his own and Alexei's men had fallen, Vladimir never showed the slightest sign of anxiety or annoyance.
Because these casualties are still within the tolerable range.
The morale of his subordinates is still very high.
This is not an encounter that has nothing to gain from it at the end.
This is a battle that you can indulge in some looting after.
They have been through hard times for a long time.
In addition to watching the snow every day, I just watch the snow.
They all wanted to vent their long-standing desires tonight.
Therefore, even if they have witnessed many of their companions falling off their horses and dying, the morale of the remaining people is still high.
Their desire for plunder, indulgence, and release of their desires caused them to completely ignore the counterattacks of their dead and wounded companions, as well as the villagers of Qina Village.
After rushing into the village, the morale of Vladimir and his men increased slightly.
Because they discovered that their boss did not lie to them.
In this village, there are really more women than men.
Although the women in this village looked very tough, they fought back against them bravely with bows and arrows and other weapons.
Whether it is Vladimir or Alexei, it is not the first time for their subordinates to hold a knife and kill people.
Europe has not been peaceful in recent years.
Before coming to the Far East, they had participated in many battles in Europe.
I can’t say that he has experienced hundreds of battles, but he definitely has enough combat experience.
Therefore, even though the villagers of Qina Village possess powerful weapons such as poisonous arrows, it is still difficult to fight against this group of Cossacks who have both sophisticated equipment and excellent combat experience.
Vladimir rode his horse and stood somewhere in Qina Village, protected by several subordinates, observing the battle situation within his field of vision - to describe the battle situation in one word, it was very good.
Vladimir didn't know what was happening in other areas that he couldn't see. Anyway, the Ainu within his field of vision had been completely suppressed.
He guessed that it was probably the same in other areas.
Just when Vladimir was feeling proud and began to imagine the scene where everyone would divide the spoils together later, one of his subordinates galloped towards him on horseback.
"Boss! Boss!"
"What happened?" Vladimir frowned and looked at the subordinate who was galloping towards him, "What happened? Why are you so panicked?"
"Dong, there's something going on in the east!" the subordinate screamed, "Suddenly a powerful guy appeared and killed many of us!"
"He is wearing Japanese clothes! He seems to be Japanese!"
"Japanese?" Vladimir's eyes widened.
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Ashley didn't know how her friends were doing now, but she felt like her brain was in a mess now.
The battle situation was completely different from what she had imagined before.
Although she wasn't as confident as the girl with the red headband before, she didn't think they could defeat these white-skinned strangers.
After all, they won so beautifully in the battle against the incoming gold thieves last year.
There were strange sounds like something exploding, screams, the sound of horse hooves...these sounds that came one after another tied her chest tightly like silk threads, making it difficult for her to breathe.
Ashley guessed that her mother, who was still lying beside her, and her three friends were probably like this too.
Without exception, they were all as pale as Ashley.
Although they tried their best to hide it, the fear could still be seen in their eyes.
The girl with the red headband no longer expressed her confidence that she would "kill an enemy with one arrow" as she did just now.
The girl with the purple and blue headband - both of them have trembling lips right now.
Although Ashley's mother is a beautiful woman in her early 30s, her horizons are not as broad as those of Ashley and others.
Faced with the Cossacks' muskets, Ashili's mother also panicked.
The chaotic state of mind caused them to be unable to perform to their due level.
So far, except for Ashley's mother who successfully shot a Cossack, causing him to die of poison, the record of the four of them is still - 0.
Ashley now feels that her arms are very sore.
She no longer remembered how many arrows she had drawn from the quiver on her back.
She only knew that her arm was very sore now, and if she fired a few more arrows, she might not have the strength to draw the bow again.
Just when Ashley drew another arrow from the quiver behind her and tried her best to do what she could, she suddenly heard a scream from her side.
A very familiar scream.
Ashley looked around - the person who screamed was the eldest sister who lived next door to her house.
Because they live close together, Ashley has a very good relationship with this eldest sister.
Ashley would go to play with this big sister from time to time, and sometimes this big sister would share some delicious food with Ashley.
She was originally like Ashley and the others, lying on the roof of the house and using bows and arrows to meet the enemy.
But just now, she was hit by a stray bullet.
A stray bullet hit her left leg.
The powerful force contained in the bullet knocked her off the roof and fell to the snow.
The blood flowing from the wound soon dyed the ground beneath her red.
She clutched her left leg and kept wailing and screaming, losing the strength and ability to get up and escape.
Big sister, if she doesn't leave the ground quickly, she will definitely die.
So - Ashley gritted her teeth, released the bowstring that had been slightly stretched, and then said to her mother and the girl with the red headband beside her:
"Mom! Ella! Let's carry that big sister to a safe place!"
The girl with the red headband also found the big sister who was unable to move due to an injury to her left leg.
Ashley's mother and the girl with the red headband didn't hesitate or think too much - there was nothing to hesitate or think about.
The compatriots who live in the same village are suffering, and they have the opportunity to save them - no matter what, they can't think of any reason not to save them.
The girl with the red headband nodded directly, jumped off the roof first, and then ran towards the elder sister who was still covering her left leg and screaming.
Ashley and her mother followed closely behind her.
The three of them took advantage of the fact that there were no Cossacks nearby and quickly ran to the elder sister's side.
"It's okay, it's okay." Ashley comforted her eldest sister, "We are here to rescue you."
Ashley and the girl with the red headband, one on the left and the other on the right, helped the big sister up. Meanwhile, Ashley's mother was standing guard around her with a bow.
However, at this moment - a sudden change occurred.
Da da da da da da…
Suddenly there was the sound of horse hooves approaching.
As soon as the sound of horse hoofbeats reached Ashley's ears, Ashley's expression froze instantly.
Twisting his stiff neck, Ashley looked in the direction of the sound of horse hoofbeats - a Cossack was waving his saber while riding towards them.
After seeing the Cossack who was attacking them, Ashley immediately reacted like an instinct - she handed her eldest sister to the girl with a red headband, then quickly took off the bow and arrow on her back, and
The arrow is pointed at the incoming Cossack.
Ashley's mother also set up her bow and arrow at almost the same time.
This Cossack was so fast that it only took him 3 or 4 breaths to hit them with his knife.
Due to time constraints, Ashley and her daughter had no time to aim, so they immediately released the bow string after drawing it to full strength.
The originally tight force bounced away from the two arms, and the sound of breaking through the air was heard.
Two arrows flew straight towards the Cossack.
Then the Cossack swung his sword twice and knocked the two arrows away.
Ashley and her daughter looked horrified.
The Cossack was smiling - a look he really liked to see on his enemies.
He was a master of the saber, and in his eyes, the arrows of Ashley and her daughter were slow enough to be easily deflected.
Not far away, the girl with a purple headband and the girl with a blue headband also discovered something strange about Ashley and the others. They screamed and drew their bows to full length, intending to assist Ashley and the others - however
Their arrows could not hit the Cossack who was extremely fast due to his excellent equestrian skills.
After a brief period of shock, Ashley's eyes, which often showed a cowardly look, actually flashed several rays of light called "Determination".
She threw the bow aside, holding the poisonous arrows dipped in venom with both hands, and walked towards the Cossack in front of her with firm steps.
She wanted to intercept the Cossack with her own body.
Behind her are her mother and her friends.
Since her father disappeared, her mother has been living with her.
After her father disappeared, Ashley was in a very negative and depressed mood for a period of time. She cried so many times that there were no tears left, too many times to count.
Thanks to her friends, the girl with the red headband, who stayed with her, Ashley slowly came out of the shadow of her "father's disappearance".
Whether it's his mother or his friends, Ashley doesn't want them to get hurt.
She didn't want her mother and friends to get hurt - as soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt a huge force coming out of her body, allowing her to dare to do such things that she would never dare to think about.
Although he knew that if he did this, even if he succeeded in stopping the Cossack, he would definitely be dead. If he didn't die, he would probably only have half a life left.
——It must be painful to be hit by such a fast horse...
Ashley couldn't help but secretly thought in her heart.
A look of fear appeared in Ashley's eyes, and her eyes were covered with a thin mist due to fear.
But despite his fear, Ashili still moved his feet firmly and faced the Cossack.
At this time, Ashley's mother and the girl with the red headband finally discovered Ashley's intentions and shouted at Ashley, wanting Ashley to come back - but it was too late.
Ashley was only a horse's length away from the Cossack.
——Please be successful!
She prayed loudly in her heart.
Praying that this self-sacrifice blow of mine could block this Cossack and save his mother and friends.
——Please be successful!
Ashley once again made the same prayer in her heart.
Then he held the poisonous arrow in his hand tightly and rushed towards the Cossacks in front...
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Ashley suddenly saw a dark shadow.
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A dark shadow jumped from the roof next to her.
The black shadow jumped high from the roof next to her.
The whereabouts of this black shadow was—the Cossacks who had rushed in front of her.
For some reason, this dark shadow reminded Ashley of bears and wolves that pounced on their prey.
Tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-!
The sound of sharp weapons splitting flesh and bones was heard.
The black figure held a knife that reflected a dazzling cold light under the moonlight. The blade slashed from the Cossack's left shoulder to his right abdomen - he was cut into two halves.
The Cossacks' expressions of joy at seeing a bully enemy turned into horror.
The upper half of his body was flying in the air, while the lower half of his body was still sitting firmly on the horse, continuing to rush forward with the horse.
After the black shadow cut the Cossack in half, the moment his feet landed on the ground, he reached out to support Ashley, who was still in the forward posture, and pulled her to his side to prevent her from being
The horse was hit.
It was only then that Ashley finally recognized the black shadow.
It was someone she had just met.
It was the Kazuto whom grandma liked so much that she wanted him to be her grandson-in-law.
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"You look soft and weak, but unexpectedly you are very strong." Ogata said softly to Ashley in front of him.
Ashley couldn't understand the Japanese spoken by Ogata.
Until now, she was still immersed in the shock of Ogata's feat of jumping down and splitting the Cossack in half with one knife, and looked at Ogata blankly.
Ogata let go of the hand that was holding Ashley just now.
Then, using the words he learned from the "Ezo Phrase Guide", he whispered to Ashley:
"Don't worry. It's fine now."
Finally, he heard words he understood from Ogata's mouth.
It was only then that Ashley discovered that there seemed to be a strange light shining in Ogata's eyes.
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Turn back time to just now——
After hearing the intensive sound of horse hooves, Ogata and the others immediately rushed out of Skulucci's camp.
As soon as they left the camp, Skulucci's group of men, led by Avger, who also heard the sound of horse hooves, immediately gathered around Skulucci and asked Skulucci how they were doing now.
What should be done, is to stay put or send someone to find out what is going on with these hoofbeats.
Facing these subordinates who were gathered around, Skulucci only said, "Everyone be quiet, let me check the situation first." After that, they all immediately became quiet.
There was no high place nearby, so Ogata and the others could only climb to the top of Skulucci's tent.
Because the tent could not bear the weight of too many people, Skulucci was the only one who climbed to the top of the tent to check the situation.
Like a monkey, Skulucci quickly climbed to the top of the tent, then took out a telescope from his arms and looked in the direction of the sound of horse hooves.
Although the distance was slightly far, with the excellent performance of the telescope in his hand and the bright moonlight, Skulucci could barely see clearly - a group of guys riding tall horses were rushing towards Qina Village from the north.
Come on. They are almost rushing into the village now.
Skulucci could tell at just one glance that these people were his kind, the Cossacks.
Just by looking at the horses, you can identify them as Cossacks.
After all, except for the Cossacks, no one in this land would own such a tall horse.
The faces of the two leaders of the group looked very familiar to Scrooge.
Scrooge curled his lips and jumped down from the tent.
As soon as Skulucci jumped back to the ground, one of his men, Avger, took the lead and asked Skulucci:
"Boss Scrooge! What happened? (Lucian)"
"Sukabule." Skulucci spoke calmly, one of the Lucian words that Ogata only understood, "it's the snot from the two boars, Vladimir and Alexei."
.(Lucian)”
After briefly explaining the situation to his subordinates, Skulucci looked at Ogata and the others and switched to Japanese.
"It's so unfortunate."
"When it was still daylight today, I just reminded the people in that village that a group of Cossacks planned to plunder everywhere, and asked them to pay attention and prepare accordingly."
"As a result, they were attacked tonight."
"The number of people is about 80. They come from the north. The people in that village should not be a match for that group."
As soon as Skulucci finished speaking, Oufang heard the sound of intensive gunshots coming from the direction of Qina Village.
In addition to gunshots, faint screams were also heard.
Listening to the intensive gunfire, Ayaka's face turned ugly.
Atachi's expression changed.
Ogata didn't show much expression or changes in his face.
Just narrow your eyes slightly.
Then, almost without any hesitation, he turned around and ran towards the outside of the camp.
There was no need for Ogata to say anything in particular, and Amachi followed Ogata with a firm look on his face.
Following Ogata, there is Aiyaka who has a close relationship with many villagers in Qina Village.
Looking at Ogata who turned around and rushed out of the camp without saying a word, Scrooge was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shouted to Ogata's back:
"Mashima-kun! Where are you going?"
Ogata didn't answer Skulucci.
Because he didn't have time to answer Skulucci's question slowly now.
Scrooge thought that Ogata had not heard what he said. Just when he was about to repeat the question he had just asked out loud, his originally open mouth suddenly froze and the words were stuck in his throat.
Because - at a certain moment just now, for some reason, he actually saw Ogata's leaving back as... someone's back.
Ogata's back actually overlapped with that person's back.
Although he hadn't seen that man for a long time, that man's back was still deeply engraved in the depths of Skulucci's mind.
"Master Yuan Yi..."
Like a conditioned reflex, Skulucci whispered the name softly.
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If the villagers of Qina Village were not given a helping hand, they would most likely not be able to defeat the group of well-equipped Cossacks.
Even if we win, it will definitely be a miserable victory.
Should I do my best to help the villagers of Qina Village? This question is not a difficult decision for Ogata.
The villagers of Qina Village were very enthusiastic today to cooperate with Ogata in finding clues about Xuan Zheng and Xuan Zhen - this small favor alone was enough to give Ogata enough reason to draw his sword.
The current situation is a race against time. Kill one more person as quickly as possible, and maybe one more villager from Qina Village will be spared from harm.
So Ogata decided to go all out and make no reservations.
After rushing out of Skruchi's camp, Ozu took a deep breath.
Then his chest began to rise and fall in a specific rhythm.
[Ding! The host enters the realm of selflessness!]
A strange light slowly appeared in Ogata's eyes.
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The timeline returns to the present——
Da da da da…
The sound of horse hooves appeared again.
Three Cossacks not far away witnessed the tragic death of their companion who was cut in half by Ogata's sword. They roared angrily and rode towards Ogata.
The three men took out the muskets hanging on their saddles and pointed the muzzles at Ogata.
"Be careful! (Ainu language)" Ashili subconsciously shouted to Ogata who was standing next to her.
She had seen too many times with her own eyes how these white-skinned people used this long-tube-like weapon to take away the lives of villagers.
Ogata seemed to have turned a deaf ear to Ashley's reminder, his expression did not change at all, and he maintained an expressionless look. He pulled out the great freedom from his waist with his left hand and silently prepared the two swords in his hands.
It's not that Ogata deliberately acted expressionless.
After entering the "selfless state", the fluctuations in emotions will become very small, and the whole person will be in an extremely calm state.
In this state, you will become "too lazy to show your expression".
Although he was pointed at by three black guns, there was no trace of panic or fear on Ogata's face.
The three Cossacks who were pointing their guns at Ogata had a look of ecstasy on their faces.
They thought Ogata was also the kind of "semi-savage" who had never seen a musket and didn't know what they were holding.
Encouraged by this joy, they almost pulled the trigger at the same time.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three gunshots were fired.
Three bullets cut through the air and flew straight towards Ogata.
In the imagination of these three Cossacks, Ogata would soon be shot three times and fall to the ground groaning in pain.
However - this scene did not appear
Clang, clang, clang!
Ogata held the Daishiten and Daizizuo in his hand and waved them three times in a row.
The bullets fired by these three Cossacks were all bounced away by Ogata's sword.
In the eyes of others, a bullet that is too fast to catch the ballistic trajectory is as slow as a paper airplane thrown by a child to Ogata, who has entered the "state of selflessness".
As long as the trajectory can be clearly captured, the rest is easy to say.
Ogata directly deflected the bullet with his knife, which not only surprised the three Cossacks, but also made Ashley, who was standing behind Ogata and witnessed everything just now, widen his eyes and open his mouth in an incomprehensible manner.
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Those three Cossacks may not know anything about swordsmanship, but they know what it means to be "a man who can split bullets."
Under the instinct of "fear of death", these three Cossacks wanted to rein in their horses quickly and then escape from Ogata's eyes, as far away as possible.
But Ogata didn't give them a chance to escape.
After flicking his sword to deflect the bullets they fired, Ogata kicked off his back and ran towards the three Cossacks.
The three Cossacks who had no time to rein in their horses continued to carry them, rushing straight towards Ogata.
The person closest to Ogata among the three people saw an arc of sword light and swept towards him.
Then, a sharp pain came from his side.
A large amount of blood spurted out from the wound on his side.
What spewed out from the wound was not only blood, but also his strength.
The Cossack felt increasingly powerless, and finally he no longer had the strength to even sit on the horse, and slowly fell off the horse.
However, the horse he was riding on did not realize that the person riding on his back had fallen to the ground, and continued to rush forward straightly.
After killing the first Cossack with one blow, Ogata rushed towards the second one.
The second Cossack knew that it would be too late to rein in his horse and run away, so he showed a ruthless expression and planned to fight Ogata.
He is a master of equestrianism, and the horse under his lap has also been his good partner for many years, and they already have a tacit understanding with each other.
He patted the back of the horse's neck with a specific force, and the horse immediately roared, raised its two front hooves, and kicked towards Ogata.
The power of the horse's hoof should not be underestimated. If it is kicked, it will not be dead or half alive.
But for the two front hooves kicked by the horse, Ogata just ducked and dodged them.
Then - this Cossack... no, it should be said that both this Cossack and his horse saw a flash of sword.
Because the horse raised its front hooves, it was difficult for Ogata to slash the man on the horse with his sword.
So Ogata simply killed the horse first.
Da Shitian first swept the horse's belly horizontally, and then swept the legs of the Cossack on the horse with unabated force.
The Cossack screamed and fell heavily to the ground along with the chopped horse.
Not far away, Ashley - she was already dumbfounded.
It wasn't just Ashley who was dumbfounded.
Her mother and her friends were all dumbfounded at this moment.
For some reason, Ashley suddenly recalled what her grandmother had said to her before: "That young man is definitely the kind of good man who is one in a million."
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