Today’s update is to thank the long-overdue reward from the alliance leader [l5??]!
I’m really sorry for making you [l5??] and book friends wait for so long~~
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Matsumae Domain, Matsumae Castle——
With the dispatch of troops imminent, Matsudaira Sadanobu has been extremely busy these days.
But Matsudaira Sadanobu is a "super workaholic". Not only does Matsudaira Sadanobu not feel hard work, but he actually enjoys this feeling of being so busy that his feet never touch the ground.
But he is not the kind of person who is so busy that he even abandons the simple principle of "combining work and rest".
At this time, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who had just finished a lot of work, was standing in front of a window with his hands behind his back, looking at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Empty your mind while blowing in the wind and looking at the scenery - this is Matsudaira's favorite way to relax.
His nickname stood behind him and accompanied him in the breeze.
While enjoying the breeze and looking at the scenery, Matsudaira Sadanobu would occasionally chat with Tachibana, who was always by his side.
Just like now——
"Tachibana." Matsudaira Sadanobu casually asked Tachibana behind him, "I heard that Sendai Clan's Tenme and others made too much noise when practicing martial arts every day, and disturbed many people. Is this true?"
"It is true." Tachibana immediately replied, "Sama Tenmu and the others all have loud voices, so the noise they made during training really disturbed a lot of people."
Speaking of this, Tachibana paused, and then asked Matsudaira Sadanobu:
"Sir, do you need to tell them to pay attention to their volume?"
"No need." Matsudaira Sadanobu said, "Just let them do this little thing."
"I wanted to take advantage of the time one day to go see Sheng Tianmu and his team's training and see what kind of great men the 'Seven Spears of Xianzhou' are."
Speaking of this, Matsudaira Sadanobu showed a slight smile with a hint of helplessness.
"It's a pity that I haven't been able to find the time."
Matsudaira Sadanobu originally just wanted to chat casually with Tachibana behind him.
But as we chatted, Matsudaira Sadanobu's thoughts uncontrollably returned to thinking about business matters.
During this time, General Kamao of the Aizu Army and General Tenmei of the Sendai Army stayed in Matsumae Castle, discussing future troop dispatches with the shogunate generals headed by Inamori.
Kamao and Ikutenme were the generals of the 2000 Aizu Army and the 1800 Sendai Army respectively, so Matsudaira Sadanobu could ignore the generals of other feudal armies, but he could not ignore these two people.
During this period of time, Matsudaira Sadanobu had been observing carefully and becoming familiar with these two generals whom he was not familiar with.
Although the time was short, Matsudaira Sadanobu still gained some brief understanding of these two people.
Sheng Tianmu has a violent temper and is a simple and rough person.
Moreover, Sheng Tianmu is a bit arrogant, and has enough confidence in his own martial arts and the strength of the Sendai Army.
Pu Sheng, on the other hand, doesn't like to talk, doesn't have many expressions, and looks a little gloomy.
A few days ago, Matsudaira Sadanobu heard some things related to Kamou.
Matsudaira Sadanobu heard that Kamao's heart was far from as "calm as water" as he appeared on the outside.
Pu Sheng is actually a person who cares very much and desires fame and fortune.
Whether this news is true or false remains to be discovered by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
There are two things that Matsudaira Sadanobu is very concerned about now.
The first point of great concern: the strength of the soldiers of the Aizu Army and Sendai Army.
The second point of great concern is whether the Aizu generals headed by Kamou and the Sendai generals headed by Ikutenme are reliable on the battlefield.
Matsudaira Sadanobu knew how the soldiers and generals of the shogunate army were doing, but he had no idea about the generals of the armies of other vassal states.
The combined armies of Aizu and Sendai are 3,800. If the generals of the other feudal lords are too tight, then that’s it. But if the generals of these two lords are too tight, then the total strength is only 10,000.
For the "shogunate and the coalition forces of the Northeastern vassals", that would be a very troublesome thing.
Although during this period, Kamao and others, Ikutenmu and others followed the generals of the shogunate army to discuss the future dispatch of troops - but this does not reveal the merits of the generals.
A person who can't fart in a military meeting for a long time is not necessarily a mediocre general.
People who can be eloquent in military meetings may not necessarily shine on the battlefield - the most typical example is Zhao Kuo, who successfully left the idiom "talking on paper" to the Confucian cultural circle during the Tang and Warring States Periods.
Matsudaira Sadanobu now really wanted to find an opportunity to test the level of Aizu and Sendai's generals.
If you know the strength of the generals of these two vassals in advance, it will be much easier for many things in the future.
Just when Matsudaira Sadanobu unknowingly turned his thoughts to thinking about serious matters, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the room from far to near at a rapid speed.
"Sir, Lao Zhong! Report something urgent!"
"Come in." Matsudaira Sadanobu said.
Wow.
The paper sliding door was opened.
A young man knelt on one knee behind the door, sweating profusely, and then reported to Songping Dingxinhui:
"Lao Naka-sama! The naturalized Ezo riot in Matsumae Castle! The planned Ezo riot in Matsumae Castle!"
Because the matter was urgent and important, the young official reported it twice in a row.
Tachibana, who was standing behind Matsudaira Sadanobu, was shocked.
Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression did not change at all.
It was as if I hadn't heard any very important and noteworthy news at all.
"In which places did the naturalized Ezo riot?" Matsudaira Sadanobu asked in a calm tone.
The young official quickly reported the names of several streets in Matsumae Castle - these streets are all very close to the northwest corner of Matsumae Castle.
"How many naturalized Ezo people were involved in the riot?" Matsudaira Sadanobu then asked.
"Currently, there are about 200 known people! But there are still more naturalized Ezo who participated in the riots."
"They are burning, killing and looting everywhere. Civilians in those streets are currently under attack, resulting in heavy casualties!"
Even after learning of the heavy casualties, Matsudaira Sadanobu remained calm.
Putting his hands behind his back and thinking for a moment, Matsudaira Sadanobu said softly:
"...This is a good opportunity."
At this time, Tachibana, who was standing behind Matsudaira Sadanobu and serving Matsudaira Sadanobu, did not hear it - Matsudaira Sadanobu's words were a double entendre.
The naturalized Ezo riot in Matsumae Castle is a good opportunity for the two things currently facing Matsudaira Sadanobu.
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"Okay! Have you rested enough?!" Sheng Tianmu shouted at Qiuyue and Kuroda, "Let's continue training!"
Hearing the words "Sheng Tianmu", Qiuyue and Kuroda showed bitter faces.
"Don't show such an expression!" Shouted Tenme, "This war with the Ainu is a rare war since the opening of the shogunate!"
"We are fortunate to participate in this battle, and we must not give up this great opportunity to make the Sendai Domain famous!"
"We want to let the world know the bravery of our Sendai clan warriors in this battle!"
"Now that the war is imminent, both physically and mentally, we must stay in a tight state!"
"Hurry up and pick up your guns!"
Qiuyue and Kuroda, who still had bitter faces, picked up their wooden guns lazily.
But at this moment, a loud notification sounded.
Then, a figure quickly walked in from the entrance and exit of the courtyard.
This figure is a young official.
As soon as this young official appeared in front of Sheng Tianmu and others, he loudly reported:
"Master Sheng Tianmu! Master Laozhong has an order to convey!"
Seeing that the person coming was the envoy from Lao Zhong, Sheng Tianmu did not dare to show any slightness. He quickly put down the wooden gun in his hand and led Qiuyue and Kuroda to kneel down in front of the envoy.
The messenger did not say much and directly informed him of the riots currently taking place in the city.
Then he conveyed the order just issued by Matsudaira Sadanobu:
"I order you to lead the Sendai people to repel the thugs from Rong Jin and Si Tiao and Er Di."
The so-called "Sendai people" refer to the generals and soldiers of the Sendai clan who stayed in Matsumae Castle with Ikutenmu and others.
When the order came out, Sheng Tianmu was stunned for a moment.
Then he said loudly in a tone that suppressed the expression of ecstasy:
"yes!"
After conveying Lao Zhong's order, the messenger quickly left in front of the Third Eye and others.
After the messenger left, the Third Eye stood up from the ground.
Then he looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Qiuyue! Kuroda! Call all the soldiers in the city!"
"It's time to go into battle!"
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The general of the Aizu Army, Kamo Ryouyuki, is a man who does not look like a military commander in appearance.
Although he is not a burly figure, his height is higher than that of ordinary people. In modern earth's length units, his height is over 1.6 meters. This kind of height disease is not high enough to make people feel like a giant.
But even with such an appearance that does not look like a military commander, he is one of the best generals in the Aizu Domain.
Sendai Clan's Sentenme and his team have been working feverishly on their bodies and martial arts every day during this period.
The same is true for Pu Sheng.
However, Pu Sheng's daily practice is much quieter than that of Sheng Tianmu.
At this moment, Pu Sheng stood in front of a wooden stake with all its leaves.
Kamao is famous for his "tachi technique".
His favorite sword, Lei Zai, hangs quietly on his left waist.
The tachi is quite different from the katana used by samurai today.
The two biggest differences are that the way they are worn is different from the popular era.
When the knife is worn on the waist, the blade is facing upward.
When wearing a tachi, the blade is pointed downward.
The reason for this difference in wearing styles is mainly because the two knives are used in different types of battles.
The tachi is mainly used for horse fighting, while the katana is mainly used for foot fighting.
When riding on a horse, wear the blade with the blade facing down, so you can easily draw the knife out and quickly enter the battle.
Moreover, when the blade of the sword is worn downward, the bottom of the scabbard will not easily poke the horse's butt.
Tachi was mainly popular in the late Heian period and the Kamakura shogunate period that followed for several hundred years.
Hundreds of years ago, when envoys were sent to the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty to learn the advanced culture and systems of the Tang Dynasty, Japan entered three eras - the Asuka Period, the Nara Period, and the Heian Period.
Added together, these three eras span exactly 600 years (592 AD to 1192 AD).
During these 600 years, the emperor was the veritable head of state and held great power over the country.
Tachi became popular in the late Heian period.
At the end of the Heian period, the samurai group took away the power of the country from the emperor and established the first shogunate in history - the Kamakura shogunate. After that, the development of tachi reached its peak.
During the period from the Heian period to the Kamakura shogunate period, one-on-one combat was particularly popular among samurai warriors.
When fighting, both sides first line up their positions, and when ready, fire a dysprosium arrow in the direction of the opponent's formation.
As the sharp whistling sound of the dysprosium arrows streaked through the sky, the generals from both sides rushed out of the military formation on horseback and came to the open space in the middle.
Next, the generals of both sides introduced themselves loudly, and the content was nothing more than showing off their families and their martial prowess.
Who am I? My ancestor, so-and-so, fought in various dynasties and generations, and cut off the heads of so-and-so. And I am also such a powerful warrior, having beheaded so-and-so—
This was the most mainstream self-introduction content at the time.
After introducing themselves, the generals from both sides began to challenge each other.
This kind of one-on-one challenge is called "one-horse challenge".
At that time, everyone basically rode on horseback and used swords to fight in single combat.
Riding on a war horse and using a sword to fight one-on-one with the enemy is a real man and a true samurai - this was a common view among the samurai of that era.
Then their "one-on-one culture" caused a lot of jokes when the Yuan Dynasty sent troops to them.
In the late Kamakura period, after the Yuan Dynasty army crossed the sea, many Japanese military generals foolishly planned to fight the Yuan army in single combat.
So at the beginning of the war, you can see a scene like this:
The Japanese general, wearing a gorgeous battle armor and holding a sword, walked out of the formation majestically, shouted loudly to the Yuan army, and asked the most powerful warriors of the Yuan army to come out and fight with him.
The Yuan army generals looked bewildered at the Japanese generals who came out of the battle inexplicably and then said some incomprehensible words.
The Yuan army generals were moved by the Japanese generals' behavior of "sending their heads thousands of miles away".
So he raised his hand and fired ten thousand arrows, turning the Japanese general into a hedgehog.
The Yuan armies fought countless fierce battles in Europe and Asia. What war scenes have you not seen? Tell you about martial arts?
There are still many paintings depicting this "Yuan-Japanese War" circulating.
Many of these paintings depict similar content - Japanese generals in gorgeous armor were shot into hedgehogs by the Yuan army's random arrows, or Japanese generals were shot by random arrows and fled away with their heads covered.
After being severely "trained" by the Yuan army, the Japanese army suddenly realized that their "one-horse attack" was of no use in a real war.
Therefore, since the "War of Yuan and Japan", Japan's "Ikkito" culture has declined.
In future Japanese wars, whether they were internal or external wars, they would never engage in "one-horse attack".
The decline of the "Ikkito" culture also caused the decline of Tai Sword.
After the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and the establishment of the second shogunate, the Muromachi shogunate, the sword specifically used for infantry combat began to appear.
During the Warring States Period after the Muromachi Shogunate and the Edo Period when the current Edo Shogunate was established, swordplay reached its peak.
In the current Edo period, the sword worn by every samurai on his waist is a katana. The tachi has become a very rare weapon.
In the Edo period, wearing a tachi instead of a katana was like wearing a suit with sneakers on your feet in the eyes of others.
Therefore, at a time when tachi is very rare, Kamao, who possesses superb "tachi skills", is as rare as a rare animal.
Pu Sheng stood in front of the wooden pile, motionless like an old pine.
He had actually maintained this half-squatting posture for half an hour.
Finally - he slowly put his right hand on the handle of Lei Zai's knife with the blade facing down, hanging on his waist.
After opening the sheath, his left arm continued to hang loosely, his legs and feet were firmly planted, and he continued to look straight at the wooden stake in front of him.
He adjusted his breath, and after about half a while, Pu Shengyun twisted his waist, let out a shout, stepped forward and squatted down, the light of the sword flashed, and then the blade was quickly retracted into the sheath.
After sheathing the sword, the wooden stake in front of Pu Sheng turned out to be——!
There are no changes...
After putting the thunder back into the scabbard, Kamao stood up straight, then raised his hand and gently poked the wooden stake.
Click...
There was a slight cracking sound.
A diagonal knife mark appeared on the wooden pile.
Then the wooden stake slowly fell to the ground along the diagonal knife marks.
After the upper half of the wooden stake fell to the ground, a waiter who had been standing respectfully beside him quickly came over with a flattering smile and a sweat towel in his hand.
"Master Kamei, your skills are really amazing the more I look at them!"
In fact, this messenger didn't understand what was so wonderful about Pu Sheng's technique just now, but he just wanted to take pictures of the horses.
Pu Sheng ignored his waiter and took the sweat towel to wipe the sweat on his forehead.
He was actually practicing concentration just now.
It is not difficult to cut a wooden pile with one knife and keep the wooden pile intact after being chopped diagonally. As long as the knife is fast enough and stable enough.
The difficult thing is to keep the posture of lowering the center of gravity of the body, and still be able to accurately cut the wooden pile after half an hour without moving, and the wooden pile will still remain the same.
While Pu Sheng was wiping his sweat with a sweat towel, the waiter who just handed him the sweat towel continued to flatter him.
"With Kamio-sama's skills, he will surely show great power in this war with the Ainu! Let his name of bravery remain in history forever!"
Pu Sheng has always been a person who doesn't express much and doesn't talk much.
From now on, I have been putting on a "dead mother face" as if a relative had just died.
But after hearing what the waiter said just now, Pu Sheng's eyes were filled with emotions.
He pulled out Lei Zao from his waist again, then raised Lei Zhou upright, pointing the tip of the sword straight into the sky.
Because the tachi is a sword specially used for horse fighting, the length of the tachi is often longer than that of the katana. In order to facilitate chopping on horseback, the arc of the blade is basically larger than that of the katana.
However, this is not absolute. The length and curvature of some tachi swords are the same as those of tachi swords.
Ogata's Daishiten is the best example.
Although Ogata's Daisakuten is a katana, its blade length is 75cm, and the blade's arc is also very large. It is a typical "kaidao that is no different from a tachi".
The blade length of Kamao's Raizai is longer than that of Ogata's Daishiten. Converted to modern centimeter units, the blade length of Raizai is about 77cm.
Pu Sheng carefully looked at the beloved knife in his hand with the tip pointing to the sky.
Under the warm winter sun, Lei Zai's blade shone with a clear blue light.
Looking at his beloved sword, Pu Sheng whispered in a low voice that only he could hear clearly:
"It would be great if the name of bravery could really remain in history forever..."
As soon as Pu Sheng finished murmuring, a loud announcement suddenly sounded.
Then a burst of footsteps came from far and near.
The person who came was the envoy of Lao Nakamatsu Pingxin.
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Matsumae Castle, somewhere in the northwest corner——
Looking at the scene in front of her, Maka was in a good mood.
The scene currently presented to Maka Nao is very much like the hell in Buddhism.
There was blood everywhere, broken limbs and remains everywhere, and wailing and screaming everywhere.
Just now, Maka Naoqin led a group of people to raid this street.
In just a moment, Maka and the others used their Ainu's best archery skills to wash away the street with blood.
A sense of revenge surged out of Maka Nao's heart and spread throughout his body.
Looking at the corpses of Kazuto on the street, Maka felt so happy that she wanted to laugh out loud until she burst into tears.
Makanao moved into Matsumae Castle during his father's generation and became a naturalized Ezo member of Matsumae Castle - when Makanao's father took his mother to move into Matsumae Castle, Makanao was not yet born.
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A year after they moved in, they gave birth to Maka Nao.
Many Ainu people who decided to naturalize as Kazuto did so for the same reason - they were deceived by other people's rhetoric and thought that "Wajin Land" was a paradise.
Maka Nao's parents are a typical example.
I mistakenly thought that becoming a naturalized Wajin would lead to a much better life than before. It wasn’t until I actually moved into “Wajin Land” that I discovered that this was not the case at all.
Maca's memories with people are the memories of being "discriminated".
Even if they put on Kazuto's clothes, Kazuto still thinks that they are still a bunch of barbarians, just a bunch of monkeys in clothes.
Discrimination against these naturalized Ezo people is reflected in all aspects.
For example: when the naturalized Ezo were walking on the street, they looked at them strangely.
Another example: I think that naturalized Ezo are a bunch of lazy and stupid guys who always think about petty theft when doing work, so I don't want to hire naturalized Ezo.
Over time, due to the delay in finding suitable jobs in the city, many naturalized Ezo people decided to take a wrong path and decided to make a living by seeking money and killing people.
And these naturalized Ezo who have gone astray have caused the overall reputation and image of naturalized Ezo to decline again.
This makes people even more discriminatory against naturalized Ezo.
Thus, a vicious cycle was born.
Ma Ka Nao is one of the typical examples of "being discriminated against and leading to a wrong path".
He used to be an employee in a fabric store.
He is the only "non-Japanese" employee in that store.
The reason why the shop owner hired Maka Nao was not because he did not discriminate against naturalized Ezo.
It's because it's cheaper to hire naturalized Ezo.
Many stores are unwilling to hire naturalized emizo, making it extremely difficult for naturalized emizo to find a job.
This gives each store plenty of room to hire naturalized Ezo at low prices - what? Do you think it's too low? Then go find someone else and see if they are willing to hire you.
Because the naturalized Ezo people had no choice, they had no choice but to accept such unequal treatment. Although they were doing the same or harder work as other Japanese people, they were paid far cheaper wages than other Japanese people.
Maka Nao was only 14 years old at the time. Although he suffered discrimination in every aspect of his life, he still yearned for a better life.
He thought to himself: work hard, save money, marry a Japanese wife, give birth to a mixed-race child, and then let his son marry a Japanese wife...
As long as you continue to mix blood from generation to generation, your descendants will no longer have the appearance of the Ainu and become thoroughly Japanese.
With such a beautiful wish, Maca Nao worked hard with all his strength.
However, only half a year later, something unexpected happened.
Money was suddenly stolen from the cash box in the store.
Ma Ka Nao didn't even know where the money box was from the beginning to the end.
But everyone in the store, including the owner, unanimously suspected that Maka was responsible for the theft.
At that time, there were frequent news about "naturalized Ezo stealing money or goods from stores", so after the theft happened to them, the store owners subconsciously suspected that he was the only naturalized Ezo in the store.
Maka made a fuss.
Even if Maka Nao tried his best to say that he was innocent, the shop owner and others were unmoved.
When the government officials arrived, they also felt that Maka Nao was the biggest suspect, so they took Maka Nao away and then tortured him severely, intending to torture him to extract a confession.
At that time, faced with all kinds of torture from the government, Maka Nao almost didn't survive.
Just when Maka Nao couldn't stand the torture anymore and was about to directly admit that "he did it" so as to free himself, the officials finally found out who the real murderer was - another Kazuto clerk in the store.
After being cleared of suspicion, Macanao was finally free.
However, after gaining freedom, Ma KaNao's mood and thoughts changed suddenly during this dark prison life.
The scene where the shop owner and others, as well as the officials, couldn't help but suspect that he was the thief, made Maka Nao feel like his chest was being stabbed by needles as thick as an adult's arms every time he recalled it.
The seeds of hatred were planted in Maka Nao's heart.
After regaining her freedom, Maca Nao did not take any more righteous path.
Instead, it started to go astray.
Since going astray, Maka is much smarter than other "colleagues".
The reason why he has not been caught until now is because he used a lot of money from robbing houses to establish relationships with the Matsumae Domain, and officials from the Matsumae Domain secretly assisted him.
At the same time, compared to other colleagues, he is also much crueler and more ambitious.
Ever since she became disillusioned with the so-called right path, Ma Ka Nao has always had a desire in her heart.
Desire for revenge.
Desire - to make those who look down on them, the Ainu, pay the price.
At the same time, he also longs to establish a country with only the Ainu people.
And Tamakanao became the first head of state of this new country.
So starting from half a year ago, Maka Nao began secretly preparing to take revenge on Kazuto.
Silently accumulate strength and silently wait for the opportunity.
In Matsumae Castle, there were countless naturalized Ezo who were full of hatred for Kazuto, so Maka Nao easily organized a large group of people secretly.
And now, Maka Nao has also waited for the best time to start an uprising.
Through the network established in the feudal government, when Matsudaira Sadanobu first arrived at Matsumae Castle, Maka Nao received the news that "Lao Naka Matsudaira Sadanobu is now located in Matsumae Castle".
Maka Nao didn't know anything about Kazuto's official position - but he only needed to know that Matsudaira Sadanobu was Kazuto's second-in-command.
Kazuto's second-in-command is now located in Matsumae Castle - Maka is a great opportunity.
Whether it was kidnapping or directly killing Matsudaira Sadanobu, it could cause a huge blow to Kazuto.
So Maka Nao quickly re-formulated a new uprising plan - after the uprising, he would go straight to the Matsumae Domain.
Matsudaira Sadanobu must be there.
Their goal was to kidnap Matsudaira Sadanobu.
If they couldn't kidnap Matsudaira Sadanobu, they would just take his head.
Maka set the day of the uprising as today.
The 300 men he gathered will be divided into 4 teams, starting from 4 streets, and attack the Matsumae Domain in the center of Matsumae Castle.
Many of the 300 or so subordinates that Maka gathered here have been naturalized for a while and no longer know how to use a bow.
So among these 300 people, only about 70 people use bows and arrows.
The rest of the people were armed with wooden guns with cut ends or knives obtained from various sources.
Although the weapons are a little crude, the current operation is going very smoothly.
The four teams that marched from the four streets all started victoriously.
Under their raid, civilians in the four streets were killed and injured, making Maka Nao and others unable to help but feel proud.
"Go! Don't stop! Go forward! Don't stop!"
Maka Nao waved the wooden gun in his hand and loudly ordered the team he was in charge of.
Maka Nao was not dazzled by the current smooth situation.
He knew that the reason why they were going so smoothly now was because Kazuto didn't react.
When Kazuto's army arrives, they will be in trouble.
So Maka, who knew they had to speed up their pace, kept shouting "Hurry up" and "Don't stop" over and over again, urging his men not to listen and rush straight towards the feudal government.
However - things like people's hearts obviously cannot be gathered together with just a few shouts.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
Maka angrily rushed towards the three young people not far away.
The three young men broke away from the team and rushed into a fabric store. They took out the money placed behind the counter with greedy faces, and then stuffed these heavy yellow and white things into all the places on their bodies that could be stuffed.
One of them even tucked a piece of expensive-looking fabric under his arm.
"Put down what you are holding! Continue to rush forward with the large army!"
After being scolded by Maka Nao, these three young people showed shrinking looks on their faces.
However, they did not obediently put down these yellow and white things on their bodies.
One of them stiffened his neck and shouted to Maka confidently:
"These Kazuto always bully us! What if we take something from them?!"
"Now is not the time to take these things!" Maka Nao's face flushed with anger, "As long as our uprising is successful, there will be many opportunities to take these money and these cloths in the future!"
In fact, these three young people did not quite understand what Maka Nao said.
Now they just want to take away the money and the cloth.
Since the first person who started looting appeared, this behavior immediately began to spread rapidly like a highly contagious disease.
More and more people broke away from the large army and began to smash and loot the surrounding shops.
Revenge against Kazuto through uprising and establish a new country that belongs only to the Ainu people?
Sorry, most of the people under Maka Nao don't quite understand this ideal.
The thoughts of most of Maka Nao's subordinates are very simple: they want to live a life where they have enough to eat and drink, and no longer have to worry about money and food.
Seeing that the team's discipline was beginning to show signs of collapse, Maka Nao gritted his teeth, with a bit of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.
Then, he raised the wooden gun in his hand and shot the young man to death who had just said to him in a confident tone, "What's wrong with taking something belonging to Kazuto?"
"Listen up!" Maka did not immediately pull out his gun from the young man's body, "Stop looting! Put down everything you have on hand! Continue to rush forward with the large army!"
Ma Ka Nao's behavior of directly stabbing people to death shocked those who still thought about robbery.
Some people were so frightened that they quickly threw away the yellow and white things on their bodies.
Just when the discipline of the team finally recovered a little bit——
"Sendai warriors! Charge with me!!"
At the end of the street, there was suddenly a loud roar that seemed to tear the entire street apart.
Hearing this roar, Maka Nao's face instantly turned pale.
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Matsudaira Sadanobu decided to send the "Aizu clan" and "Sendai clan" who were currently staying at Matsumae Castle to attack the naturalized Ezo who were revolting in the city.
Matsudaira Sadanobu felt that this was a good opportunity - a good opportunity to see if Kamo, Shengtenmu and the others had real abilities on the battlefield.
So after sending an order to Kamo and Tenmu for the two of them to go out into battle, Matsudaira Sadanobu quietly stayed in the feudal palace, waiting for the news.
Of course - for the sake of safety, Matsudaira Sadanobu sent people to organize a reserve team.
If Pu Sheng, Sheng Celestial Eye and the others are in trouble, they will send out a reserve team to wipe out these rebellious thugs in one fell swoop.
There are only 50 "Sendai people" who stayed in Matsumae Castle with Sheng Tianmu, including Sheng Tenmu himself.
I didn't bring any heavy weapons on hand, nor any long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and muskets.
But even if he lacks sufficient numbers and equipment, Nagtenmu still has enough confidence - he can rely on the power at hand to defeat these rebellious naturalized Ezo.
After quickly gathering the "Sendai people", Sheng Tianmu took the lead, carrying his favorite gun, and rushed straight to the front line battlefield.
Sheng Tianmu's favorite gun - that is, the three-room gun named "Ji Fei".
Because its strength is crimson.
Moreover, the Sheng Tian Mu Jian Fei is different from the ordinary Sanjian Gun.
The head of Kahi's spear is extremely long and wide. The length of the spear head is longer than the blade of an ordinary wakizashi.
Riding horses in such an urban area cannot bring out the combat effectiveness of cavalry at all, so Sheng Tianmu and the others rushed to the battlefield on foot.
Sheng Tianmu, who was wearing a helmet and armor all over his body, was leading the way. He was obviously wearing heavy armor, but he could still walk as fast as flying.
Qiuyue and Kuroda followed Tianmu.
Three of the "Seven Spears of Xianzhou" charged at the front, which greatly boosted the morale of the other ordinary generals. They shouted and flew towards the battlefield.
As they flew all the way, they finally saw the streets covered with blood and corpses.
I met the naturalized Ezo people who were wearing kimonos but had facial features that were completely different from theirs.
"I am the 'Seven Spears of Xianzhou', so I was born in Tianmu Zuoweimen!"
The Third Eye roared loudly.
The sudden arrival of the army shocked Maka.
"Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow!"
Maka hurriedly signaled his subordinates to unleash a hail of arrows on the suddenly attacking army.
The arrival of Kazuto's army was much faster than he thought.
Arrows flew out and attacked the "Sendai people".
Facing the oncoming arrow rain, there was no fear on Sheng Tianmu's face, and his steps did not even stagnate.
Although they do not have bows, arrows, muskets and other equipment, they still have enough equipment such as armor, shields, knives and guns.
The soldiers who can stay in Matsumae Castle with Sheng Tianmu will naturally not be ordinary soldiers.
Everyone is an elite in the army and wears sophisticated armor.
Before going out into battle, they had received intelligence - the rioting naturalized Ezo had a large number of bows and arrows.
Therefore, before going out into battle, Sheng Tianmu specifically ordered everyone to wear armor and shields.
Everyone held shields in their hands that could hide most of their bodies behind them.
When they saw the rain of arrows coming, they immediately lifted the shield in their left hand and tried to hide every inch of their body behind the shield.
Sheng Tianmu's body is too tall, so his special shield is also a specially made shield.
His shield is like a wall. He can hide most of his body behind the shield just by lowering his shield.
A shield of this size can only be used by someone with astonishing arm strength like Sheng Tianmu.
There is an ancestral motto in Sheng Tianmu's family: Don't be afraid of arrows and projectiles. The more afraid you are of arrows and projectiles, the more they will fly towards you.
Sheng Tianmu, who has been influenced by this ancestral teaching since he was a child, faced these oncoming arrows. Not only did he not feel fear, but he became more and more excited.
Under the protection of shields and armor, Sheng Tianmu and the others ran rampant all the way.
Finally——successfully killed those thugs.
"Barbarians! Let's see the 'Spear of Xianzhou'!"
Sheng Tianmu roared and waved out the Ji Fei in his hand with his right hand.
Jie Fei thrust forward for the first time and pierced the bodies of two thugs in one breath.
Then, Sheng Tianmu swiped to the right, and the flesh and bones of the two thugs were cut to pieces by the sharp spear point, and the two men were violently torn in half.
Following Sheng Tianmu, the other two spears of the "Xianzhou Seven Spears" were also thrown into the battlefield.
Qiuyue is good at using the "heavy gun" with a barrel as thick as a bowl.
Such a heavy gun fits his shooting skills very well.
The characteristic of Qiuyue's marksmanship is wide opening and closing.
The most suitable place for this type of marksmanship is a battlefield with enemies everywhere.
Qiuyue still held the shield in her left hand, swung the "heavy gun" in her hand from the lower right to the upper left with her right hand, and used the gun barrel to sweep the two thugs ahead.
Although the two thugs reacted fairly quickly, they subconsciously raised their arms because they had no shields or anything else that could be used for defense.
The gun barrel hit the arms of the two thugs.
The sound of bones breaking was heard.
These two people felt as if a wild boar rushing down the mountain hit their arms, and the bones of their forearms quickly shattered.
Immediately afterwards, the arms that were broken from the shoulders hit the chest.
This huge force passed directly along their arms to their chests, directly shattering their ribs and internal organs.
Because Qiuyue swung her gun from the lower right to the upper left, the two of them were directly knocked into the sky by Qiuyue.
These two big living people were shot straight into the sky like soft pieces of paper, flying nearly 3 meters high, and then fell to the ground in a beautiful parabola.
The living people were directly knocked away - not to mention the thugs who were still alive, even some of the "Sendai people" present looked at this scene in stunned silence.
As for Kuroda - he also shook off his gun at this time.
The gun used by Kuroda is an ordinary Jumonji gun.
The so-called Jumonji Gun is a type of sickle gun with two sickle blades on the left and right sides of the gun head.
Because the two sickle blades, the spear head, and the barrel of the spear just form the character "十", it is called the "Ten Character Gun".
The marksmanship used by Kuroda is now the most popular, most popular, and most well-known marksmanship - the Hohoin-ryu swordsmanship.
Kuroda jumped into a group of thugs.
As the "Seven Spears of Xianzhou", it is extremely easy for them to hold a shield with one hand to guard against arrows, and then wield the gun with only one hand.
Kuroda's Jumonji Spear was seen drawing an arc in the air.
The long and sharp sickle blade cut off the heads of two people in one breath.
When he waved again, the heads of two more people flew into the air.
Then Kuroda thrust his gun forward, piercing the other man's body.
The three of them, Sheng Tianmu, Qiuyue, and Kuroda, are truly armed to the teeth.
In addition to wearing the armor dedicated to their "Xianzhou Seven Spears", they also wear evil ghost masks on their faces with only their eyes exposed.
Since the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago, it has been very popular for generals to wear menacing masks on the battlefield.
This can not only protect the face, but also scare the enemy.
The three people wearing devil masks danced the spears in their hands up and down, and the feathers on their bodies rustled in the wind.
They look like gods of war and ghosts.
Wherever the spear point of "Xianzhou Spear" touches, there is blood and death.
The thugs either had their heads dislocated, their limbs were broken, or their entire bodies were shattered into pieces that were difficult to put back together.
Among the thugs who started the uprising, there were even some naturalized Ezo who were still seen everywhere in the market yesterday.
Most of those who have only been naturalized for a short period of time and still know how to draw a bow and shoot an arrow have never hunted in the mountains again.
Only a very small number of people have the experience of hunting wild animals.
These people now only feel that Sheng Tianmu and others are much more terrifying than the bears, wolves and other beasts they have encountered before.
Even though they attacked and besieged him one after another, they lost their lives in vain, but they were not able to injure Sheng Tianmu and others at all.
The arrows used by the naturalized Ezo who revolted were all poisonous arrows coated with the poison that the Ainu people loved to use for hunting.
Just one arrow would kill that person.
However - this requires hitting the enemy and letting the arrow pierce into the enemy's flesh.
The armor worn by Naitenmu was a large armor specially made by the lord of Sendai Domain. It was made of iron from head to toe.
In Japan, which lacks iron ore resources, this kind of armor made of iron from head to toe is not an ordinary rarity.
Shooting through such iron armor - this kind of thing, I am afraid only the kind of archer who has gone through hard training can do this kind of thing.
What's more, Sheng Tianmu and the others also have shields for protection.
Moreover, Sheng Tianmu and the others are all masters who can see the six directions with their eyes and hear all directions.
While they were watching for arrows, they fought bravely to kill the enemy.
Infected by the bravery of Sheng Tianmu and others, the morale of the "Sendai people" rose greatly. They followed closely behind Sheng Tenmu and others, raising their weapons high and launching a fierce attack on the thugs like a violent storm.
These generals who are qualified to stay with Sheng Tianmu in Songqian City are without exception the best in the army.
There are even 6 people serving the generals.
The so-called "general" refers to a general whose status in the army is second only to the general. He can often lead an army to fight alone.
How could these unorganized and undisciplined thugs be able to defeat the regular army, and how could these elites be led by three "Xianzhou Seven Guns"?
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While the "Sendai Clan" were crushing the thugs in the area they were responsible for, the "Aizu Clan" on the other side were also showing off the heroic appearance of the samurai of "Ou's No. 1 Military Domain".
Kamao also led the "Aizu people" to the front line of the battlefield just like Sheng Tianmu.
At the same time, like Sheng Tianmu and others, he did not ride a war horse that was difficult to use in the streets, and carried a shield that could be used to defend against arrows.
Come to think of it - as a general of the Aizu Army, the color of the armor he used was completely opposite to the color of the armor used by the "Senju Seven Guns".
The armor Pu Sheng wears is blue and white.
He held a shield in one hand and a tachi in the other. After Ikutenme and the others reached the front line of the area they were responsible for, Kamao and the others also arrived at the battlefield responsible for their "Aizu clan" almost at the same time.
Tachi is a sword specially used for horse fighting, and the tachi technique used by Kamao can only exert its true power in horse fighting.
But this doesn't mean that Kamo can't use Taitōshu in foot combat.
Pu Sheng jumped into the middle of the enemy group on the road.
Before these enemies could react, they saw a flash of sword light.
Pu Sheng first slashed the first right shoulder diagonally, directly cutting the man in half, then raised the tip of the knife slightly and stabbed the other guy behind him. When he retracted the knife, it also swept the body of the person next to him, and then also
Cut this man's body in half.
Because tachi is mainly used for horse fighting, tachi techniques often have the same feature - simplicity and roughness.
On horseback, you simply can't perform too many fancy tricks.
Moreover, on a horse running at high speed, you often only have one chance to attack the enemy.
Therefore, most tachi techniques seek to kill the enemy with a simple sword strike.
The tachi technique used by Kamao implements this concept to the extreme.
This makes his sword very cruel.
Apart from death, these thugs who can neither hide nor escape have no outcome of being "injured".
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I would like to recommend a game to everyone - "Ghost of Tsushima".
The background of this game is "Yuanri War".
You play as a samurai named "Kakai Jin" and fight against the Yuan army generals on Tsushima Island (a small island located between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago).
I think this game is quite good, and some places are quite historical. For example, the Japanese cavalry in the game, whether generals or soldiers, all use swords to kill the enemy instead of spears.
The warriors of that era popularly used tachi and bows and arrows when fighting on horseback.
Moreover, the opening animation of this game restores the history of "Japanese generals came forward to 'attack' with one horse, and were then killed by the Yuan army who did not respect martial ethics."
The warrior who stepped forward to challenge the strongest warrior of the Yuan army introduced himself solemnly, saying who he was and who his ancestors were.
Then the generals of the Yuan army ignored him and directly gave him "Yan Shang".
When I saw this animation, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.
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