Chapter 503 Xiong Xiong, the word is very big, please bear with it [8700 words]
"Add our page in the history books!"
——Sadanobu Matsudaira/Before the army went out for battle
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Aisuma and the others' appetites were whetted by grandma at this time.
Everyone looked at grandma expectantly.
Grandma, who was sitting on a big rock, cleared her throat and said slowly in a tone like a heroic epic:
"Whether that Majima Goro killed 10 people or 100 people - this kind of thing actually doesn't matter at all."
"There is no need to worry about this kind of thing at all."
After hearing grandma say, "There is no need to worry about such things at all," both Aisuma and everyone else looked surprised and didn't understand what grandma meant.
What grandma said next answered their questions.
"The really most powerful thing about Majima Goro was not how many people he killed that night when our village was attacked."
"It's not how many people he saved."
"The really most powerful thing about him is that he chose to rush into our village and lend a helping hand to us."
Grandma used to often tell the heroic epics of their Ainu nation to the young children in the village sitting around her knees, so grandma was also a very good storyteller, both in the tone of her speech and the rhythm of her speech.
Just right.
Both Aisuma and the others, as well as the young man who came with his grandma to move the dried meat, are now fascinated, watching and listening attentively.
"Our village is not related to him. He doesn't need to come to save us. He could just sit back and watch, or just fly away."
"Even if he stood idly by or flew away, no one would be able to criticize him. After all, he really has no reason to help our village."
"But he didn't do that."
"He chose to help our village, even though doing so may not benefit him at all, and may even risk injury and death."
"In my eyes, judging a person's martial prowess is not based on how many people he has killed."
"Even if a person is extremely skilled and kills hundreds or thousands of enemies, that person is most likely a coward."
"On the contrary, even if a person doesn't have the ability to kill a chicken or even kills a person, he is still very likely to be a real brave man."
"From the moment Goro Majima chose to rush into the village and fight alongside us, he was a true brave man."
"Compared with the way he rushed into our village without hesitation, how many people he killed and how many people he saved - these things are just trivial and trivial matters that do not require further discussion."
Grandma's voice fell.
Aisuma and others, the young man who delivered the meat with grandma just now, now looked at grandma blankly.
The young man who was delivering the meat with his grandma now had his eyes widened.
He just thought that grandma was planning to tell nonsense, saying that Majima Goro killed hundreds of people or something...
Grandma has a gentle smile on her face.
Aisuma and the others were silent, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.
After a while, Aisuma finally took a breath and broke the silence.
"...It feels like my head was hit hard with a sledgehammer." Esuma smiled bitterly, "Mother-in-law, you are right...we are wondering how many people Majima Goro has killed...it is indeed
It's a bit stupid..."
"What we should pay more attention to should not be how many people Majima Goro killed..."
Including Aisuma, many people present looked guilty.
"Hoo ho ho..." Grandma raised her head and covered her mouth with a chuckle, "Children, there is no need to show such expressions."
"Okay, you still want to hear Goro Majima's detailed story about that night, right?"
"Mother-in-law, I will tell you now."
"It might be a little long."
Grandma's words made Aisuma and others immediately put away the ashamed expressions on their faces, and looked at grandma attentively as before.
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At this moment——
"It's just like the rumors..." A-machi was combing Putao's fur and whispered to Ogata next to him, "The Ainu people of Red Moon Fortress really have muskets... and they are also flintlock guns.
, I really want to borrow their muskets to see what their muskets look like..."
Atachi's heart that loves firearms is burning brightly at this moment.
While Omachi was combing her grapes, Ogata was combing his radish.
"I think this is difficult." Ogata said with a bitter smile, "I always feel that they will not lend us their muskets so easily."
"How can you know this kind of thing if you don't give it a try?" A-Machi said, "I think the girl named Aisuma seems to have a good personality. Maybe they will be willing to lend us their muskets."
"Just now, I was a little worried that these people from the Red Moon Fortress who suddenly came to visit would be a group of people who would not welcome us and others."
"Fortunately, my worries were overstated. They were quite kind to us."
"Especially that girl named Aisuma."
As soon as Omachi finished speaking, Orimei beside him immediately added:
"But not everyone is kind to us. I just noticed that a few people looked at us in unfriendly ways."
"Do you still remember what Chief Chepke told us before?"
"Red Moon Fortress has recently taken in a group of Ainu people who lost their homes after being defeated in the Battle of Kunasili-Menasi."
"Those people who looked at us with unfriendly eyes just now might be the Ainu who were defeated by Kazuto."
"There may be many such people in Red Moon Fortress..."
"In short - don't take it lightly."
"I know this kind of thing." Omachi stuck out his tongue at Ogata.
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Matsumae Domain, Matsumae Castle——
Although it is a sunny day without snow today, the weather is extremely cold.
The icy cold wind blew howling.
At this moment, a sedan that was expensive to build, as you can see from its appearance, was traveling very fast down a street in Matsumae Castle.
Surrounding this sedan, there were 33 horse-riding warriors following the sedan.
Among these 33 mounted warriors, only one was not wearing armor.
The man without armor was young, with a delicate face, and only wore a samurai sword on his waist.
The other 32 people were all wearing red helmets and red armor, holding long spears in their hands.
A gorgeous sedan and 33 horse-riding warriors closely guarding the sedan - this naturally attracted a lot of attention.
The common people on the street moved to both sides of the street. While looking at the team composed of sedan chairs and cavalry, they discussed in low voices who was sitting in the sedan chair.
These 32 red-armored cavalry are the elite cavalry of the shogunate - the Red Guard Cavalry.
The Akabi Corps is one of the oldest troops in the shogunate. At the end of the Warring States Period, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first general of the Edo shogunate, modeled the Tokugawa Akabi Corps on Takeda's Akabi Corps.
Since its formation, the Red Reserve Corps has continued to this day and has always been under the direct jurisdiction of the general.
When Matsudaira Sadanobu went north this time, General Tokugawa Ieki sent 32 of the most elite knights from his red troops to serve as Matsudaira Sadanobu's personal bodyguards.
These 32 red cavalrymen responsible for protecting the safety of Laozhong were guarding the sedan - the identity of the person sitting in the sedan was already revealed.
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"It's so cold..."
Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was sitting in the sedan chair, let out a long sigh of relief.
Every breath condensed into white mist.
Although the climate is cold, fortunately the weather is pretty good, the sun is high in the sky, and there is no rain or snow.
"Lao Zhongsheng."
At this time, the sound of standing flowers came from outside the sedan.
"We have left Matsumae Castle!"
The only unarmored samurai among the 33 mounted samurai who guarded the sedan chair was none other than Tachibana.
Although Tachibana was the nickname of Matsudaira Sadanobu, he was not qualified to ride in the same sedan chair as Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was a senior middle school student, so he could only ride his horse and follow closely around the sedan chair.
"Yes." Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded lightly and raised his hand to open the windows on the left and right sides of the sedan.
Matsudaira Sadanobu cast his gaze out the window.
The people who were responsible for carrying the sedan for him were experienced veterans. They lifted the sedan at such a fast speed without any shaking, making Matsudaira Sadanobu very comfortable and allowing Matsudaira Sadanobu to clearly see the scenery outside the window.
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The white snow, trees, streams, and distant mountains in the wilderness are receding at an extremely fast speed.
Because we left Matsumae Castle, we could no longer see any houses.
After confirming that he had really left Matsumae Castle, Matsudaira Sadanobu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
——Finally, I no longer have to see the letters and requests for interviews from the Matsumae Domain’s monarchs and ministers...
The monarchs and ministers of Matsumae Domain were frightened by the "naturalized Ezo riot".
At a time when the second-in-command of the shogunate was Matsumae Clan, the naturalized Ezo people in the city actually rioted - there could not be a worse scandal than this.
Therefore, since the riot broke out, all the officials from the feudal lord of Matsumae Domain to Matsumae Domain officials who were qualified to meet Matsudaira Sadanobu went to apologize to Matsudaira Sadanobu.
Japanese officials in this period were not as comfortable as modern Japanese officials.
When modern Japanese officials do something wrong, they often only need to bow and apologize - officials in the Edo period did not have this treatment.
If you make a very serious mistake, committing seppuku can only be considered a trivial matter.
The most severe punishment is that not only will you commit suicide by committing seppuku, but your family will also be deprived of their samurai household registration, and the entire family will be demoted to civilians.
In this era where samurai value honor, losing one's status as a samurai for making a mistake is something so humiliating that one can't hold one's head up.
After the riot, many important officials of the Matsumae Domain wrote to Matsudaira Sadanobu, requesting Matsudaira Sadanobu to allow them to commit seppuku.
The feudal lord of Matsumae Domain also met with Matsudaira Sadanobu in person and asked Matsudaira Sadanobu to allow him to abdicate the throne as an apology.
The feudal lord of Matsumae Domain was also frightened by this sudden riot.
At the moment when the second-in-command of the shogunate was Matsumae Clan, they could not even maintain public order. If the shogunate wanted to, they could use this as a reason to impose severe punishment on Matsumae Clan.
The lord of the Matsumae Domain would rather abdicate and give up the title of feudal lord to his adult son than let the Matsumae Domain suffer punishments such as expropriating land and transferring titles.
The Matsumae Domain is not very wealthy to begin with. Because of its geographical location too far north, there is very little fertile land and agriculture is extremely underdeveloped. The total number of stones in the entire domain is only 10,000 stones.
If it weren't for the large-scale trade activities with Ezo and commercial blood transfusion, the Matsumae clan could compete with the famous "pauper clan" like the Yonezawa Nitta clan to see who is the poorest in Japan.
Become a vassal.
Whether it was land expropriation or transfer of enfeoffments, it would be a huge blow to the Matsumae Domain, which was not very wealthy in the first place.
During that time, Matsudaira Sadanobu had been receiving frequent letters and requests for interviews from the Matsumae Domain monarchs and ministers.
The number of times was so frequent that Matsudaira Sadanobu couldn't help but twitch his lips just when he recalled the memories at that time.
Matsudaira Sadanobu also thought about how to deal with the monarchs and ministers of Matsumae Domain for a long time.
In the end, Matsudaira Sadanobu decided to relax the monarchs and ministers of the former domain.
All the monarchs and ministers of the Matsumae Domain made verbal criticisms.
The feudal lord was banned for 2 months.
Some ministers were fined three months' salary.
The confinement in this era is actually just staying in your own room and not being able to go anywhere.
In addition to having no freedom, sleeping, eating, and entertainment - these things are not restricted.
Matsudaira Sadanobu's punishment can be described as extremely merciful.
Originally, even if Matsudaira Sadanobu asked the feudal lord to abdicate and some ministers committed seppuku and apologized, no one would feel inappropriate.
The reason why Matsudaira Sadanobu relaxed the former feudal rulers and ministers was because the riot launched by Maka caused them to indirectly help them, giving them more sufficient reasons to declare war on the Red Moon Fortress.
Secondly, it was because the war was about to start, and Matsudaira Sadanobu did not want to cause more trouble when the war was about to start.
Therefore, with the mercy of Matsudaira Sadanobu, the monarchs and ministers of Matsumae Domain were only punished with extremely light punishments that they had never dared to think of before, and they all cried with joy.
By the way - the captured Maka Nao and others were all beheaded in Matsumae Castle three days ago in front of many people in the city.
Maka and others no longer have any value in keeping them alive.
Their only remaining value is probably to push them out and behead them to appease the public's anger.
The perspective returns to the present moment - Matsudaira Sadanobu is currently heading to a place outside Matsumae Castle.
At that place, a large army of 800 people was waiting for him.
Matsudaira Sadanobu closed the opened window again, closed his eyes, and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
After half an hour, the sedan slowly stopped.
At the same time, Tachibana's voice sounded again outside the sedan:
"Sir Lao Zhong, we are here."
As soon as Tachibana finished speaking, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who had been closing his eyes to rest his mind, slowly opened his eyes.
"Open the sedan door."
Tachibana: "Yes!"
The car door was slowly opened.
The light followed the opened sedan door and shone into the dim sedan, illuminating Matsudaira Sadanobu's face, which already had many wrinkles.
Matsudaira Sadanobu walked out of the sedan slowly.
Tachibana and the 32 red cavalrymen responsible for personal protection had all dismounted and stood respectfully on the left side of the sedan chair.
In front of the sedan door, stood a dozen military generals, all wearing helmets.
Standing at the front of these generals was a middle-aged veteran with a tall figure, as tall as a tower.
And this veteran is none other than Daomori.
Seeing Matsudaira Sadanobu come out of the sedan, Inamori and the other generals behind him immediately bowed to Matsudaira Sadanobu.
"Sir Laozhong!" Daomori shouted in a strong voice, "Welcome to you!"
"Inamori." Matsudaira Sadanobu put his hands behind his back and forced out a smile, "How is the troop assembly going?"
"Get ready to go!" Daomori's answer was concise, clear and powerful.
"Take me to see it." Matsudaira Sadanobu continued.
"yes!"
Under the guidance of Inamori, Matsudaira Sadanobu arrived at a hillside not far away.
Standing on the top of the hillside, looking down.
The cold wind passed by the sky and passed by the armored soldiers at the foot of the hillside.
At the foot of the hillside, 800 shogunate soldiers formed a dense phalanx.
Spears emerged from the formation and thrust straight into the sky, forming a dense forest of spears.
The armor on his body shone coldly under the sky.
A large flag painted with "Three-leaf Sunflower" flapped in the wind.
All of the 800 shogunate soldiers had solemn faces, and the temperature of the air around the military formation seemed to have dropped a few degrees due to the neat military appearance.
These are soldiers from their shogunate.
These are the soldiers who are about to raise their troops and go north to conquer the Red Moon Fortress.
Standing on the hillside, Matsudaira Sadanobu looked down at the military formation, a satisfied and confident smile slowly appeared on his face.
The military formation at the foot of the hillside is just a military formation of 800 people, just one of their 10,000-strong army.
Although their 10,000-strong army is still scattered everywhere, without exception, they have all begun to gather towards the north.
The fastest vanguard has already crossed the northern border of Matsumae Domain, and is in the territory of Ezo to the north of Matsumae Domain.
"Renovating the military appearance." Matsudaira Sadanobu said softly, "Well done, Inamori. It seems that choosing you to guard the north and making you the general of the army was indeed the right choice."
"This is not my fault alone." Inamori, who was standing behind Matsudaira Sadanobu, said quickly, "With the help of Lao Naka-sama and the full support of the generals under his command, I, Inamori Masaru, can succeed in military training."
As a military commander, Inamori was a rough man, not good at speaking in formal language, and he couldn't do that kind of tactful and high-level flattery.
Listening to Inamori's simple and direct flattery, Matsudaira Sadanobu showed a faint smile.
As a man of action, Matsudaira Sadanobu doesn't really like those below him to flatter him.
But Inamori was his confidant after all, so Matsudaira Sadanobu said nothing more.
Matsudaira Sadanobu is in a very good mood now.
Looking at the 800-man military formation in front of him, he felt his heart surge.
In a few days, when all 10,000 troops are assembled, what appears in front of him will no longer be a small army formation of 800 people.
Rather, it is a veritable army that can spread from one end of the earth to the other and be boundless at a glance!
The heroic spirit surges, and the ambition is soaring.
"Inamori, let's go!"
Matsudaira Sadanobu waved his hand and showed high spirits.
"Add our pages to the history books!"
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"Ho...ho...ho...ho..."
Grandfather Jiang leaned against a big tree and panted hard.
He now felt as if his chest was about to explode, and his lungs had completely turned into a bottomless pit. No matter how much air he breathed into his stomach, it just wasn't enough.
My throat was dry, and my mouth was filled with the unique smell of blood after running hard.
After his chest felt a little more comfortable, Grandfather Jiang took off a bamboo tube containing drinking water hanging from his waist and poured the water in the tube into his throat, which was so dry that it felt like it was about to burst.
When the clear water entered his throat, Grandfather Jiang felt that not only his throat, but also his own soul had been nourished.
With his current level of thirst, he could drink all the water in the bamboo tube in one go.
A little person named "Desire" deep in Grandfather Jiang's mind kept telling Grandfather Jiang: Drink quickly, drink as much as you want.
Although the words of this villain are full of temptation.
But reason finally defeated desire.
After drinking only half of the water in the bamboo tube, Grandpa Jiang resisted the desire to drink more, put down the bamboo tube in his hand, closed the lid, and hung it back on his waist.
The current environment does not allow Grandpa Jiang to drink as much water as he wants.
He was now in a completely unfamiliar environment, where he was and where there was drinkable fresh water - he had no idea.
Therefore, every drop of water is very precious. If you can't help it, don't drink it.
The reason why Grandpa Jiang is sweating profusely and leaning against a big tree, panting until his lungs almost fall out of his throat, is all because - he just happened to encounter a bear.
Just about half an hour ago, Grandpa Jiang found a lot of mushrooms near the roots of a big tree.
Grandfather Jiang also recognized all these mushrooms. They were all edible mushrooms.
He was so happy that he ran to pick mushrooms.
However, as he kept picking, he suddenly heard a strange sound of stepping on the snow beside him.
Xun Sheng turned around and looked - not far away from him, he saw a big brown bear standing upright with its two forelimbs leaning on a large boulder. It stretched its upper body out from behind the stone and used a black
A pair of small eyes looked at him.
If an experienced hunter is present, he will never move after encountering a bear.
However - Grandfather Jiang was not an experienced hunter.
Grandfather Jiang was startled and screamed, then pulled out his saber.
The bear that was watching not far away did not know whether it was frightened by Grandfather Jiang's scream or by the knife in Grandfather Jiang's hand. In short, the bear roared towards Grandfather Jiang.
Then he rushed towards Grandfather Jiang like a thunderbolt.
Grandfather Jiang Na, who has mediocre skills, may be Xiong's opponent.
Grandfather Jiang didn't even have time to draw his sword before he was knocked down by the bear.
When he was knocked down, the knife in his hand also fell aside.
The bear opened its mouth wide and pointed its sharp teeth at Grandfather Jiang's head. Grandfather Jiang could smell the fishy smell in the bear's mouth.
Probably because the desire to survive came into play at this time, Grandpa Jiang suddenly remembered that when he was panning for gold with his companions, a gold mining companion who had been a hunter once introduced him to how to save himself after being knocked down by a bear.
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The self-rescue method the hunter friend said was very simple - put your arm into the bear's mouth, block its throat, and preferably grab its tongue and pull it back and forth.
According to this hunter friend - once a bear's throat is blocked, it will be very uncomfortable and its body will lose its strength. Not only will it bite your arm, but it will also run away quickly because it realizes that this human being is not easy to deal with.
(Author's note: This self-rescue method is not made by the author. It is a real and reliable self-rescue method. Please see the end of the chapter for details)
Ever since this hunter friend heard about this self-rescue method after being knocked down by a bear, Grandfather Jiang has always been doubtful whether this method is real and reliable.
After all, ramming your arm into a bear's bloody mouth - this is quite dangerous no matter how you think about it...
However, at this moment, there was no longer any room for grandfather Jiang to think otherwise.
If he didn't do something quickly, his head would be bitten off by the big brown bear pressing on him.
So Grandfather Jiang gritted his teeth and prayed to all the gods and Buddhas he could. After praying that the self-rescue method mentioned by the hunter friend was really effective, he clenched his right hand into a fist and pounded it straight into the bear's chest.
With his mouth wide open, he was biting his grandfather Jiang's head into a bloody mouth.
A wonderful warm feeling enveloped Grandfather Jiang's entire right arm.
After inserting his right arm into the bear's bloody mouth, Grandfather Jiang felt a soft thing - the bear's tongue.
After touching the bear's tongue, Grandfather Jiang immediately grasped the tongue tightly and pulled it back and forth as the hunter friend told him.
"Ugh...!"
The bear's throat was blocked by the big and thick arms, and its tongue was grabbed and pulled back and forth. The bear roared in pain.
One man and one bear fought on the snow for a long time, and finally the winner was determined - the bear jumped off Grandfather Jiang's body.
Seeing that the bear seemed to want to leave, Grandpa Jiang also let go of the bear's tongue and retracted his arm from the bear's mouth.
After its throat and tongue were freed, the bear immediately fled.
After the bear escaped, Grandpa Jiang didn't bother to wipe the bear's saliva on his right arm and ran away in the completely opposite direction to the bear.
Only when the bear was about to explode and his legs began to tremble did Grandfather Jiang finally stop.
Hence, the scene where Grandfather Jiang is leaning against a big tree and panting.
Although he had drank nearly half of the water in the bamboo tube, Grandfather Jiang was still very thirsty.
But he didn't dare drink any more.
--damn it……
Grandfather Jiang cursed loudly in his heart.
In his heart, he cursed crazily for the group of Ezo who suddenly appeared a few days ago.
The reason why he has fallen so far is thanks to Ezo who suddenly appeared a few days ago.
Before, Grandfather Jiang was a member of the gold mining team led by Immortal Sichuan.
However, just a few days ago, when their team was resting in a forest, a group of Ezo suddenly came out from all directions.
This group of Ezo are all wearing bright red costumes.
It would be fine if they were just ordinary Ezo, but the terrible thing is - these Ezo have muskets in their hands.
After they rushed out from all directions, gunfire erupted immediately, and many of Grandfather Jiang's companions were felled by the gunfire in just one encounter.
Grandfather Jiang and the others were attacked by surprise, and their numbers were far less than their opponents.
So the battle was over as soon as it started.
Grandfather Jiang and others were defeated and defeated.
Grandfather Jiang actually didn't have much memory of this experience of the attack.
He only remembered that he kept running away, running away, running away... running away desperately.
The last time I ran away like this was in Kyoto last summer, when I went to the castle tower of Nijo Castle, discovered that Ogata Issei was a monster, and then escaped from Nijo Castle in a hurry.
And Grandfather Jiang's luck was really good - he actually managed to escape from the encirclement and suppression of the Ezo gang, and also escaped the pursuit.
Red clothes and muskets - two characteristics of the Ezo living in the Red Moon Fortress.
The one who attacked them was undoubtedly Ezo from the Red Moon Fortress.
Before being attacked, his grandfather Jiang had just discussed the Ezo of the Red Moon Fortress with his leader Fusukawa.
Before this group of Ezo from the Red Moon Fortress attacked, the leader of the Immortal River told him in a firm tone: It is not that easy to encounter the Ezo from the Red Moon Fortress in the wild...
Grandfather Jiang felt extremely sad when he recalled the leader of Immortal Sichuan.
When he was attacked, Grandpa Jiang was only focused on escaping, and had no spare time to see if the leader of the Immortal River and other companions had escaped successfully.
And now that he has successfully escaped, he does not have the ability to find other people, because he is now unable to protect himself.
Although he successfully escaped the attack of the Ezo gang from the Red Moon Fortress, due to his hasty escape, Grandfather Jiang fled to a place he didn't know at all.
I didn't have a map at hand, I didn't know where I was, I didn't know where to go and there was water to drink - in short, I was lost.
Getting lost in such a wilderness - this is a very fatal thing.
These days, Grandfather Jiang has been trying to get out of the dilemma of getting lost, trying to return to a familiar place, or return to Matsumae Domain.
Grandfather Jiang did not have much knowledge about wilderness survival.
He only knows the direction based on the position of the sun.
All he can do now is head south.
If you go all the way south, if you are lucky, you may be able to return to Matsumae Domain smoothly.
Grandfather Jiang leaned against the big tree and rested for a while. After confirming that his body, which was full of fatigue from avoiding the brown bear just now, had recovered a little, he whispered to himself: "Okay... let's go...!"
Grandfather Jiang stood up straight, and after identifying where the south was through the sun, he walked slowly towards the south.
He wants to live.
He didn't want to die young so soon.
Grandfather Jiang raised his hand and wiped a cloth bag in his arms.
This cloth bag contains the gold sand accumulated after following the Immortal River to pan for gold during this period.
At that time, when Yumoshita was trying to escape from the guns of the Ezo men from the Red Moon Fortress, Grandfather Jiang threw away everything he could in order to run faster.
Only this bag of gold sand was not thrown away.
He wants to live.
Return to Kazuto society alive.
Use this bag of gold sand to exchange for a new life.
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After a while——
A few days ago, Ogata stopped counting the days.
I didn’t remember how many days it was before I set off for the Red Moon Fortress.
Every day I just follow the team and slowly move forward, forward, forward...
The weather is not very good today.
Thick clouds separated the sky from the earth, and it felt like snow might fall at any time.
Today's weather is bad weather.
But what happened today was a good thing.
Just now, when Ogata was riding horses side by side with Omachi as usual, Aizan ran towards them both with excitement on his face.
While running towards Ogata and the others, he shouted excitedly:
"Mashima, Omachi! We're here! You can already see Heye Zhe!"
Ogata raised his eyebrows: "Is He Yezhe in front?"
Ayizan nodded vigorously.
Ogata reined in the horse and stopped the carrot under his crotch.
Then Ogata took his feet out of the stirrups, stood on the saddle, took out the telescope he had won from Vasili before, and looked forward.
Through the lens of the telescope, Ogata saw - right in front of them, there was a row of towering wooden walls.
Ogata only saw one side of the wall.
But the size and height made Ogata unable to help but exclaim in low exclamation the moment he saw this wall.
"Have we finally arrived... Red Moon Fortress..."
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The author has been reading the book "What to do if you encounter a bear?" during this period. Now the author has a lot of knowledge about bears and can call himself "Dr. Bear".
The most hard-core knowledge I learned from this book is how to save yourself after being pinned down by a bear.
The self-rescue method used by Grandpa Jiang in this chapter is the method mentioned in this book.
This book is a popular science book compiled by a hard-core hunter who hunted dozens of bears in Hokkaido.
According to the hard-core hunter, he once had a fellow hunter who accidentally missed and was pinned down by a bear while hunting a bear.
At that time, the bear just opened its mouth to bite him, so he clenched his hands into fists, thrust his arms into the bear's mouth, grabbed the bear's tongue and pulled it back and forth. The bear's throat was blocked and it was extremely uncomfortable, so he
He ran away directly.
People are afraid of bears, and bears are also afraid of people. In the world view of bears, humans are terrible animals (except for those bears that have eaten human flesh), so as long as humans resist violently, bears will often be frightened and run away.
If a bear's throat is blocked, it won't be able to exert much strength, so there's no need to worry about having its arms bitten off.
The hard-core hunter also gave a thoughtful reminder in the book: When stuffing your arm into the bear's mouth, it's best to stuff the whole arm in, or grab the bear's tongue and pull it back and forth. As long as you have the will to survive,
If you are strong enough, this kind of thing is not difficult to do.
Of course - this method is limited to dealing with bears that have never eaten human flesh.