I was a swordsman in ancient Japan Chapter 523 A single person with two swords and two guns, alone in the barracks of the 3000 army (6) [Explosion 20,000! 】
Chapter 523 A single person with two swords and two guns, alone in the barracks of the 3000 army (6) [Explosion 20,000! 】
The passing of bandits is like combing, the passing of soldiers is like goads, and the passing of officials is like shaving
ancient chinese proverb
(There will be another chapter later!)
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at this moment
"Lilata, look."
In a forest not far from Sivasi Village, Urappe held up a huge mushroom in his hand to Lilata next to him with a smile on his face.
"I picked something good. The mushrooms are big and fresh. They must be delicious."
After being taken into the woods to pick mushrooms by Ulapei, Lilata's whole state was obviously different, and her eyes became more alert. When she saw the big mushroom in Ulapei's hand, she even revealed a faint smile.
A happy smile.
Urape, who had been paying close attention to Lilata's condition, couldn't help but feel relieved at this time.
"There are some mushrooms under that tree." Ulapei pointed to a big tree not far away, "Let's pick the mushrooms there and go back."
Lilata nodded lightly as she fiddled with the blades of the windmill in her hand.
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"Lord Mogami! Look! All the villagers in that village are coming out with weapons!"
A military commander wearing a mighty battle armor and speaking with a strong accent shouted loudly to Mogami as he galloped beside Mogami.
This military commander with a heavy accent is named Sakaguchi and comes from the Morioka Domain.
In this mission, he can be regarded as the best lieutenant.
Mogami, who was riding his horse at the front of the team, heading towards the Sivasi Village that had appeared in front of him. After hearing the reminder from Sakaguchi beside him, he looked forward and saw many villagers standing outside the village in front of him.
, and most of the villagers were armed with spears, bows and arrows and other weapons.
Mogami raised his hand to signal the generals behind him to slow down.
Mogami slowed down his horse and walked slowly towards the villagers ahead at a constant speed.
"Everyone! Don't be nervous!" Mogami shouted loudly to the villagers of Siwasi Village in front of him, "We have no ill intentions!"
As soon as Mogami finished speaking, a soldier behind him who was fluent in both Japanese and Ainu loudly repeated what Mogami had just said.
Naturally, the villagers of Siwasi Village would not relax their vigilance because of Mogami's words.
After discovering the sudden appearance of the top man, the village chief immediately summoned all the people in the village who could handle weapons to pick up weapons and prepare for battle.
At this moment, these armed villagers were relying on various houses in the village, looking at the top people who were constantly approaching them with vigilance and fear.
After Mogami led the generals to about 50 steps away from the village, he continued to shout loudly:
"Don't be so nervous! We just want to ask you something!"
"As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, we promise you that we will never hurt you and will leave immediately!"
"My question is simple. Have you ever seen anyone with a knife like ours?"
"The knife in my hand is our Kazuto's knife!"
After that, Mogami took off the sword from his waist, then raised it high, showing his samurai sword to the villagers of Siwasi Village in front of him.
After listening to the soldier's translation of Mogami, the village chief's pupils shrank slightly.
He had just seen the man with the katana...
After a long moment of silence, the village chief cleared his throat and responded loudly:
"I haven't seen it! No outsider carrying your Kazuto sword has come to our village recently! (Ainu language)"
The village chief didn't know why these suddenly visiting Kazuto were looking for people with samurai swords.
But the village chief's intuition told him that these Kazuto were definitely not looking for the man with the samurai sword for friendly purposes.
Ogata had just told them the important news that "there are troops nearby." So Ogata was kind to them, so the village chief did not do it as a last resort and did not want to be that kind of ungrateful person.
Upon hearing the village chief's negative answer, Mogami didn't show any strange expression on his face.
With his face as usual, he hung the sword back on his waist and asked in a calm tone: "Is what you said true?"
Village chief: "I didn't lie to you! (Ainu language)"
"...Let's change the question."
Mogami showed a faint smile.
"For some reasons, we have to find people with samurai swords no matter what. I wonder if you can let us enter the village to check?"
Although it was a question, there was no hint of negotiation in Mogami's tone.
"I want to confirm whether there is anyone with a samurai sword lurking in your village, or if there are any relevant clues."
Upon hearing Mogami's words, the village chief's expression changed drastically.
While the village chief was silent, thinking about how to reply, Mogami continued:
"What? You don't want us to come in? Since you dare to say what you just said so confidently, you shouldn't be afraid of us coming in, right?"
"If you are worried about whether we will do anything excessive after entering your village, then you can rest assured! I promise you that we will only inspect and not do anything else!"
Having said this, Mogami paused.
Then he changed into an unusually calm tone and said slowly:
"I hope you can cooperate with us. This will be beneficial to both of us."
Mogami didn't directly say any threatening words, but there were threats in every word.
The village chief pursed his lips tightly, with an angry look on his face.
Not only the village chief, but most of the villagers who heard Mogami's words just now had the same angry look on their faces as the village chief.
Because they all know that they have no right to choose at all...
There are less than 150 people in Siwasi Village, and the number of warriors who can take up arms to fight is not as many as the soldiers Mogami brought.
While the numbers are inferior to the opponent's, the equipment is also far inferior to the opponent's.
The Ainu's biggest killing move is poisonous arrows, and the armor worn by Kazuo people is a perfect weapon against their biggest killing move.
If you want to kill these armored soldiers with poisonous arrows, you can only use brute force to shoot through the armor, or accurately hit the places that are not protected by the armor. Whether it is the former or the latter, they are extremely powerful archers.
This kind of thing can be done.
If you fight Mogami and the others head-on, you can imagine what the consequences will be...
If Mogami and the others are accepted into the village, maybe everyone in the village will be safe in the end.
And to refuse Mogami and the others to enter the village... Mogami had just threatened them in a very tactful tone...
Their weak strength makes them unable to choose other options...
The village chief sighed heavily:
"...I understand, but I only allow 10 of you to enter. (Ainu)"
Mogami raised his eyebrows: "...Okay. 10 people, just 10 people."
"Village Chief." A villager standing next to the village chief whispered in an urgent tone, "Do we really want these people to enter our village?"
"What other choice do we have...?" The village chief sighed again, "Should we deny them entry and then fight with them? Are we their opponents?"
The village chief's words directly made the faces of the people around him look even more angry.
"Don't worry." The village chief comforted the surrounding villagers, and also comforted himself, "There is no one with a samurai sword in our village now. After they check and confirm that there is nothing abnormal, they should leave...
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Mogami led nine soldiers striding towards the village of Sivasi, with the village chief personally serving as their "leader".
After looking at the scenes inside several private houses at once, Mogami asked the village chief who was walking in front of them in a casual tone:
"Every household of you is packing your luggage. Are you preparing to escape?"
The village elder had already guessed that Mogami was likely to ask this question, so after swallowing hard, he answered with the answer he had prepared early:
"A young man from our village discovered your army when he went hunting yesterday. We were afraid of being implicated in the war, so we were preparing to flee into the mountains temporarily. (Ainu language)"
Seeing that Mogami seemed to no longer dwell on their village's plan to flee, the village chief secretly breathed a sigh of relief... praying that things would go smoothly in the future, and praying that Mogami would leave obediently.
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"Huh? What happened to the village?" Ulapei, who was holding Lilata's little hand and returning to the village from the east side, looked around with confusion.
The atmosphere that the whole village was packing their luggage and preparing to run away had completely disappeared by this time.
Instead, there was a strange dead atmosphere...
Urape and the others returned to the village from the east side of the village, while Mogami's troops were on the west side of the village, so Urape and Lilata perfectly missed Mogami and them.
Just as Ulapei was holding Lilata and standing in a corner of the village, continuing to look around with a puzzled expression, a somewhat anxious voice sounded from beside Ulapei:
"Wulape, are you back? Don't wander around, something happened."
The owner of this voice was an old woman who was hiding half of her body behind the curtain in a private house not far from Ulapei and the others.
This old woman and Ulapei usually have a good relationship, but now her eyes are full of anxiety.
"What happened?"
As soon as Ulapei asked this question, she suddenly heard a strange "click-click" sound of iron collisions coming from the corner in front of her.
She followed the sound and saw the village chief leading the top men appearing from the corner in front.
That strange "click-click-click" sound was the sound of the armor clashing when Mogami and the others walked.
Looking at the sudden appearance of these armored Kazuto, Urape's face turned pale, and he subconsciously pulled Lilata behind him.
Although Urape moved quickly, Mogami, who was following the village chief, still saw Lilata's appearance.
After seeing Lilata's face, Mogami's eyes narrowed slightly, but no one noticed the subtle change in Mogami's expression.
The village chief, who knew that Urape and Lilata had a close relationship with the "man with a katana" who had just left their village, had quick eyesight and quick hands:
"Ulape, you are back. There are guests coming to our village. Please stop wandering around in the village now and go home first. (Ainu language)"
After finishing speaking, the village chief turned his head and smiled at Mogami behind him:
"I'm sorry, there are very few people visiting the village. They were just a little frightened just now. (Ainu language)"
The village chief led the most distinguished people away.
After watching Mogami and the others leave, Urape let out a long breath, feeling relieved.
"Why are Kazuto's soldiers here... hmm? Lilata? What's wrong with you?"
Only then did Urape realize that Lilata, who had just been pulled behind him, was shaking violently and her face was pale, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.
"Yes, it's that person...it's that person..." Lilata's voice was also trembling along with her body.
Just now, after seeing Mogami following the village chief, memories of the night before yesterday began to pop up in Lilata's mind...
A strong man in red and black armor, wielding a strange spear, killed her grandfather. Her parents tried their best to stop her and create time and opportunities for her to escape...
Lilata will never forget that strong man's face...
That strong man... was the man who was following closely behind the village chief just now...
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There was still about half of the village that had not been visited, so Mogami suddenly told the village chief that it was enough, and that was enough to check here.
Although he didn't know why Mogami suddenly gave up halfway, the village chief wanted him to leave as soon as possible.
The village chief personally escorted Mogami back to the west side of the village where his troops were located.
After returning to the west side of the village, after his troops appeared within his field of vision, Mogami continued to walk towards his troops while suddenly raising the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Village Chief, thank you for your cooperation."
Mogami thanked the village chief beside him without hesitation.
Before the village chief could say anything, Mogami continued to mind his own business and said slowly:
"My luck today...seems to be pretty good..."
"I was already mentally prepared not to find any clues in your village."
"I never expected to find unexpected surprises in your village."
After saying that, Mogami raised his hand and made a gesture to the troops in front.
This gesture was a gesture that Mogami had agreed upon with his generals in advance.
The specific meaning of this gesture is attack.
The moment Mogami made this gesture, the generals who were already ready raised their weapons in unison.
10 arrows soared from the queue, and then hit the villagers armed with weapons who stayed on the west side of the village, confronting Mogami's subordinates...
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Ogata, who was concentrating on riding his horse slowly on a dirt road that had been trampled by others, suddenly stopped.
Then he slowly turned his head and looked in the direction of Siwasi Village, which he had just left not long ago.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Atachi turned his head and cast a confused look at Ogata.
"...It's nothing." Ogata said softly, "I just felt a little uneasy for some reason just now..."
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"Lord Mogami."
Sakaguchi, Mogami's lieutenant general, strode towards Mogami who was sitting under a big tree and resting.
Mogami is currently sitting under a big tree and resting.
Next to the big tree, there were a large number of Ainu squatting on the ground, looking sad or crying. They were all villagers of Siwasi Village.
Around them, there were more than twenty soldiers guarding them.
Just now, after Mogami ordered the attack, he and his subordinates, relying on their powerful equipment and excellent training, captured Sivasi Village after suffering only a few single-digit casualties.
All those who dared to resist were killed.
Those who gave up resistance and were unable to resist were now all herded together like livestock and managed centrally.
Mogami personally led his people to take care of the remaining villagers in Siwasi Village, and then handed over an important task to his deputy general Sakaguchi.
This mission is to torture some villagers and get information from their mouths.
"We have tortured some villagers, but they all said they didn't know or didn't know."
After walking up to Mogami, Sakaguchi reported in his heavily accented voice.
"Only the village chief and the old woman told a lot of information."
"After beating the village chief half to death, the village chief admitted: Just now, two men and two women visited their village. One man and one woman were Kazuto, and the male Kazuto was carrying a samurai sword.
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"The village chief said: The two men and two women just left the north side of the village."
"But the village chief doesn't know their names."
"That old woman gave me more information."
"The old woman said: It was the two men and two women who saved her granddaughter who lives in Takta Village."
"Not long after these four people brought her granddaughter, they left from the north side of the village."
"We also asked the old woman if she knew the names of the four people, and the old woman said she didn't know. The four people left in a hurry after delivering her granddaughter. They didn't introduce themselves, and the old woman didn't have time to ask."
"Although neither the village chief nor the old woman knew the names of the two men and two women, both the village chief and the old woman informed them of their physical characteristics."
Mogami, who was sitting under a big tree to rest, heard the news, grinned and smiled: "...My luck is really good today. I didn't expect that there would be clues so soon. From the north side of the village
Have you left... I didn't expect you to pry out the information from the old woman so quickly. Well done."
After hearing Mogami's praise, Sakaguchi smiled modestly:
"It took us a lot of effort to get the information from the old woman."
"In the beginning, no matter how much we tortured her, she wouldn't say anything. Until we threatened her: If she doesn't tell her everything she knows, we will chop off your granddaughter's fingers in front of you."
"After hearing our threat, the old woman finally relented. While telling us everything she knew, she begged us not to hurt her granddaughter."
Speaking of this, Sakaguchi paused, and then quickly added:
"In order to ensure that the information is correct, we have followed your instructions to inform these people who were tortured: If the information they give does not match the information given by others, they will be killed."
In order to ensure the accuracy of the intelligence, people who may possess the intelligence are placed in different places so that they cannot see each other, and then threaten them: If the intelligence you say does not match, I will make you feel what "pain" is.
A very common method of obtaining information.
Mogami nodded slightly, his face even more joyful: "Well done."
"This is all thanks to you, Mogami-sama." Sakaguchi flattered Mogami, "Sir, how did you know there was something wrong with the people in this village?"
Mogami smiled and shrugged: "It's just good luck."
Mogami slowly stood up from the ground.
"By the way, what about that little barbarian? Does the information that the little barbarian said match the information that the old woman said?"
"This..." A hint of embarrassment appeared on Sakaguchi's face, "That little barbarian... still hasn't said a word until now..."
Mogami frowned slightly.
Sakaguchi immediately added:
"We first intimidated that little barbarian."
"I thought that the little barbarian was so young that if he was threatened, he would definitely be scared to death."
"But who knows, no matter what we say, that little barbarian refuses to say a word."
"Then what?" Mogami asked, "Did you torture her?"
Sakaguchi nodded quickly: "After we saw that intimidation was useless, we started to torture her."
"But until now, that little barbarian still hasn't said anything..."
"That's it..." Mogami said calmly, "...take me to see that little barbarian."
Sakaguchi: "Yes!"
Sakaguchi led Mogami and walked quickly towards the place where the little barbarian, Lilata, was being tortured.
Soon, Mogami was led to a corner of the village by Sakaguchi. He saw Lilata lying on the ground, and the four soldiers responsible for interrogating Lilata who were standing next to her.
After seeing Mogami and Sakaguchi, the four soldiers immediately stopped their torture work and saluted Mogami and Sakaguchi.
The skin exposed outside her clothes was covered in bruises and bloodstains. This is what Lilata looked like now.
There were so many bruises and bloodstains that it was hard to imagine what had just happened to this child.
The pain radiating from everywhere on her body made Lilata's face pale, her eyes closed tightly, and her face was covered with cold sweat.
Seeing Lilata's miserable condition, Mogami's expression did not change at all.
After glancing at Lilata expressionlessly, he said softly:
"I didn't expect this little barbarian to be quite brave."
"It's a pity that we don't have any torture instruments on hand now." Sakaguchi on the side said with emotion, "The pain and torture brought by torture instruments cannot be compared with punches and kicks. If we have torture instruments in our hands, we will definitely be able to
Let this little barbarian spit out everything he knows."
After hearing Mogami's voice, Lilata's body, which was lying on the ground as she was dying, trembled suddenly, then she struggled to open her eyes and looked at Mogami.
Looking at Mogami, who was looking at her with a smile, Lilata's already quite pale face instantly turned as white as snow.
Tears slowly emerged and rolled, and complex emotions composed of various emotions appeared in the eyes, including anger, panic, and fear...
"Looking at your appearance, you seem to remember me." Mo Shangpi smiled slightly, "You remember me, and I also remember you. I should say 'thank you' to you. It's thanks to
Thanks to you, I got useful information so quickly."
The battle the night before yesterday was still fresh in Mogami's memory because it was the first battle of this battle.
He remembered very clearly that when he shot and killed Zheng Huan with a scythe, he chased and killed a pair of "an old man and a little girl".
After using a scythe to fly the old man away, and when he was about to kill the little girl, a man and a woman suddenly jumped out and stopped him.
Because he was stopped by the man and the woman, Mogami missed the opportunity to kill the little girl as well.
Although he failed to kill the little girl, Mogami still remembered the little girl's appearance.
At the same time, he also remembered that he saw with his own eyes four soldiers chasing and killing the little girl on his behalf.
Just now, after seeing Lilata, Mogami instantly remembered that this was the girl who narrowly escaped from his gun the night before.
The question of how such a young girl escaped from being chased by four soldiers and then escaped here made Mogami suspicious of this village.
So I decided to use simple and crude methods to extract information from the village.
It is precisely for this reason that Mogami designated Lilata and her grandmother Urape as "objects of special care", and their mother-in-law and the village chief as "objects that must be tortured."
Fortunately, Mogami made the right bet.
There is really something wrong with this village.
"My luck is really good today..." Mogami let out a deep breath, "I thought it would take a lot of effort to collect information... Huh? What is this?"
At this time, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a small object on the ground not far away, a small windmill made of branches and leaves.
After Mogami picked up the small windmill, Sakaguchi on the side quickly explained:
"This is what the little barbarian has been holding in her hand just now. When we just threw this thing away from the little barbarian's hand, the little barbarian wanted to snatch it back. We slapped her twice in the face before she
Be honest."
"A windmill made of branches and leaves..." Mogami frowned, "It looks disgusting..."
After that, Mogami threw the small windmill in his hand on the ground as if he was throwing away some disgusting garbage.
Windmills made of branches and leaves are inherently fragile.
After the windmill was casually thrown aside by Mogami, one of the blades of the windmill that hit the ground fell off the pole made of branches.
"Lord Mogami," Sakaguchi asked at this time, "are you still going to torture this little barbarian or other villagers?"
Mogami pondered for a moment: "...Forget it, no need. The information collected so far is enough."
"Sakaguchi, inform everyone to prepare for departure. Target: the north side of the village."
Speaking of this, Mogami grinned:
"Maybe we can catch up with those two men and two women now."
"Then... what to do with these villagers?" Sakaguchi glanced at Lilata on the ground next to him.
Mogami glanced at Lilata along with him: "...let them fend for themselves. I am no longer interested in them, and I don't want to waste my precious time on them anymore."
After saying that, Mogami never looked at Lilata on the ground, shook off the Zhenhaori on his body, and walked away.
"Take action! Sakaguchi! I want to see the team ready to go within a stick of incense!"
"yes!"
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"Mr. Majima, look! That tree in front is perfect for building a hunting lodge!" Aizan, who was sitting behind Ogata, pointed forward.
At the end of the direction pointed by Ayizan's finger, there was a fir tree growing right next to a small slope, with a trunk so thick that an adult man could hug it.
Fir trees are the most common trees in Ezo. No matter where you go, you can always see them.
"It's not getting too early now, and I don't think the weather is very good. It should snow soon. Shall we spend the night here tonight?" Ayizan continued.
Ogata looked up at the sky above his head.
According to Ogata's estimation, the current time is probably close to 5 pm.
At this time, the sky was covered with a thin layer of dark clouds, as if covered with a layer of black gauze.
Ogata nodded gently: "Okay, let's spend the night here tonight."
Ogata and Omachi led the radish and grapes to a big tree and tied them up. Aizan took his mountain knife and chopped down the fir tree that happened to be growing next to the small slope. In just a few minutes,
A "temporary hunting cabin" was built that was large enough for Ogata and the four of them to lie down and rest inside.
After Ogata and the other four got into the hunting cabin, Aizan sighed softly:
"It would be great if the road we took at the beginning was not blocked by an avalanche. In this case, we can get out of this mountain now."
Not long after leaving Siwasi Village today, Ogata and the others encountered a small accident. The road ahead was blocked by trees crushed by an avalanche. Ogata and the others had to take a detour, wasting a lot of time.
"Forget it." Ogata smiled, "Anyway, it doesn't make much difference whether you leave this mountain earlier or later."
"Mr. Ayzan." Ashili on the side said at this time, "Let's take advantage of the daylight to catch some prey and come back? (Ainu language)"
"Yeah...that's right, the sky is pitch black now, (Ainu language)"
Ayzan turned to look at Ogata:
"Mr. Majima, Ashley and I are going hunting now. You two can have a good rest here. We will be back as soon as possible."
"Yes." Ogata nodded, "Pay attention to safety. If you can't catch any prey, just come back."
After Ayzan responded, he and Ashley walked out of the hunting hut with their respective bows and arrows, and both disappeared deep into the nearby woods.
After Aizan and Ashley left, Atachi, who was sitting cross-legged next to Ogata, suddenly asked Ogata in a joking tone:
"Now that I think about it carefully, the life we two are living is very nourishing."
"We don't have to worry about eating. Every time it's mealtime, Ayzan and Ashley will help us get fresh food."
Listening to Atachi's words, Ogata couldn't help but smile:
"You have to cherish the life you have now." Ogata said in a joking tone like Omachi just now, "When you get there, you probably won't be able to live this wonderful life where someone will help you hunt for food.
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After saying that, Ogata untied the Daishiten from his left waist, and then pulled the Daishiten out of its sheath.
"Do you want to change the oil on your knife?" Ating asked.
"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I haven't changed the oil for a while."
Ogata took out the powder stick he carried with him to clean the knife with powder, the knife powder to remove the oil from the knife, and the knife oil that was applied to the blade to prevent it from rusting.
Ogata knew that after arriving in Ezo, there would be no way to get knife powder and knife oil. Therefore, before going to Ezo, Ogata bought enough "oil replenishment" for 2 years.
Suit".
Ogata has long been familiar with changing the oil on a knife.
Ogata had just dipped the powder stick into the knife powder and was about to apply the powder on the blade when Amachi suddenly stopped Ogata:
"Wait a moment."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Atachi tapped his cheek.
"Now that Ayzan and Ashley are not here, please take off your mask temporarily."
"You've been wearing it all this time, I think it's time to let your face breathe." A-Machi said with a hint of joking in his tone.
"...That's right." Ogata put down the powder stick in his hand, stretched his fingers to the base of his left ear, and took off the human skin mask that he had been wearing for a long time.
"Hmm..." A-Machi stared straight at the face that had just taken off the human skin mask.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"It's nothing." Ating smiled, "It's just that I haven't seen your true appearance for so long that I feel a little unfamiliar with your true appearance."
"Then I have to wear this human skin mask as little as possible in the future." After responding to Omachi with a joke, Ogata picked up the powder stick again and used the powder stick to rub the knife powder on the blade with skillful movements.
, and then wiped off the old knife oil remaining on the Da Shi Tian Sword little by little.
When Ogata was changing the oil on his sword, Atachi sat aside and quietly looked at Ogata who was seriously changing the oil on the sword, and the sword in Ogata's hand was being coated with new oil bit by bit.
The Great Release of Knife Oil.
Abruptly, A-Machi suddenly whispered in a low voice:
"...Your saber is also covered in bruises now..."
"Yes." Ogata responded softly, "No matter how tough the sword is, it has its limit."
"If you think about it carefully, these two knives have been following me for a long time, almost a year..."
While Ogata was sighing softly, A-Machi kept looking at the Daishiten in Ogata's hand with complicated eyes that already had many gaps.
After Ogata's sigh fell, A-Machi suddenly said quietly after a moment of silence:
"Ayi... while we are alone now... I have something to say to you..."
"Huh?" Ogata stopped what he was doing and looked at Atachi, "If you have anything to say, just say it. I'm all ears, don't be so mysterious."
"What I'm going to say next... you may not like to hear it, but I'm going to say it anyway."
After saying that, A-Machi took a deep breath, as if to encourage himself.
After taking several deep breaths, A-Machi, with a serious look on his face, said word by word:
"Ayi, I don't object to you going to see Yongshi."
"But I think... while you act bravely, you have to protect yourself..."
"To be honest... the night before yesterday, when I saw you and the country's army going head-to-head, I was actually a little scared..."
Speaking of this, A-Machi couldn't help but tighten his lips.
At this moment, Ogata couldn't help but laugh.
"...Are you afraid that I will miss and get killed?"
Amachi shook his head: "I'm afraid that your identity as 'Mashima Goro' will also be wanted across the country, or... 'Ogata Issei' will further anger the shogunate and lead to a full-scale pursuit by the shogunate..."
"Needless to say, you should also know how bad your situation in Japan is now...?"
"In the past, there was the serious crime of killing the lord, and in the later, there was the crime of attacking Nijo Castle..."
"You have now offended the shogunate."
"I'm worried that if you further offend the shogunate, the shogunate might decide to use unprecedented and unprecedented means of killing you, and use the entire country to hunt you down..."
"I think if you further annoy the shogunate, the shogunate might really do something like this..."
"The shogunate rules the entire Japan. No matter how strong one's martial arts are, they can't shake such a behemoth."
"Shiranui is so powerful, in order to survive, it has to rely on the shogunate."
"So Ayi, promise me."
Atachi raised his hands and pressed Ogata's cheeks.
"Anything that may further offend the shogunate should be done as little as possible, and it is best not to do it. In the future, try to be as low-key as possible and live incognito, okay?"
"I can guarantee you this kind of thing..." Ogata smiled bitterly, "The world is unpredictable, and things will always happen that you can't help but..."
Before Ogata could finish speaking, he paused.
Because he saw A-Machi's eyes looking directly at him.
There was no extra emotion in A-Machi's dark eyes.
There is only seriousness and real concerns about Ogata's future.
Looking directly into Omachi's eyes, Ogata sighed silently:
"...I understand." Ogata smiled bitterly, "I just promise you. I will try to do as little as possible that may offend the shogunate."
Hearing Ogata's assurance to her, A-Machi put on a big smile at Ogata, and then let go of Ogata's cheeks.
"Oops." Amachi looked outside the hunting lodge, "It's snowing..."
Ogata also turned his attention to the outside of the hunting lodge and saw dots of white snow falling from the dark clouds.
Looking at the current situation, the snowfall seems to be trending to increase further.
Atachi patted the dust on his butt and slowly stood up:
"Okay, let me find something to do now."
"I just saw a clean river not far from here. I'm going to get some water and come back. Give me your kettle."
"It's snowing outside now, do you still have to go fetch water?" Ogata said.
"It's not a snowstorm that's so big that I can't walk. I'll be back soon."
"Ah, since you are oiling your sword now, why don't you also help me maintain my weapon?"
Omachi took out her Sozakura and Feizakura and handed them to Ogata.
"My two short guns haven't been properly maintained for a long time, so I'm sorry to trouble you."
"Ah, and after hearing the sound of Aizan and Ashili coming back, remember to put the human skin mask back on in time."
After saying that, without waiting for Ogata's response, Amachi took her and Ogata's water bottles and walked out of the hunting cabin, leaving Ogata alone in the hunting cabin.
Ogata glanced at the unoiled sword in front of her and the two pistols that Atachi had just thrown to her.
"Speaking of which...it seems like my gun hasn't been maintained for a long time..."
After muttering to himself, a helpless smile appeared on Ogata's face. Then Ogata temporarily put away his sword, picked up A-machi's Suzaku, and took the lead in maintaining A-machi's weapon.
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Amachi followed his memory and walked quickly towards the clear river he just saw.
After a while, A Ding heard the sound of gurgling water.
After listening to the sound of water, Atachi quickened his pace a little. After a while, he saw a clear river.
"Wow...it's so cold..." After putting the unscrewed kettle into the cold river water, A-Machi was immediately so cold that his whole body trembled several times.
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Mo Shang held a telescope in his hand and stood on a high slope, looking around.
Although telescopes are expensive and luxurious imported items in Japan today, Mogami, as a senior general, is still qualified to own one.
While Mogami was observing the surroundings with a telescope, Vice Admiral Sakaguchi and other generals stood around him, silently waiting for Mogami's observation to end.
Soon, Mogami put down the telescope in his hand and frowned tightly.
"Mogami-sama." Sakaguchi asked, "Didn't you find it?"
Mogami shook his head: "I didn't see even half of the people. But I saw a lot of deer."
After interrogating the villagers of Siwasi Village for information about Ogata, Mogami and the others followed the direction pointed by the villagers of Siwasi Village and pursued him.
However, until now, Mogami and the others have not discovered anything.
Sakaguchi, who had a look of regret on his face, raised his head and glanced at the sky above his head.
"Lord Mogami, it's almost dark now. Let's find a place where we can spend the night. We can continue to pursue the 'mysterious swordsman' tomorrow morning."
Mogami did not respond to Sakaguchi.
With a hint of unwillingness on his face, he raised the telescope in his hand again.
"……Um?"
After raising the telescope again, Mogami suddenly let out a surprised "hmm" sound, and his frown suddenly relaxed.
Mogami's expression suddenly changed so drastically because he looked through the telescope and saw a scene that surprised him.
He saw a river not far from here.
There was a woman crouching beside the river, as if fetching water.
"...I'm really lucky today." Mogami put down the telescope in his hand, grinned, and showed a happy smile.
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After enduring the biting coolness of the river water and filling both her and Ogata's water bottles, A-Machi held her and Ogata's water bottles in one hand and tightened her clothes with the other.
"The snow has gotten heavier..." A-Machi murmured, looking at the sky above his head.
When A-Machi just left the hunting lodge, it was still snowing heavily.
At this moment, the original fine snow turned into heavy snow, accompanied by moderate wind.
After tying up his clothes, Omachi quickly ran back to the hunting lodge.
The only sounds that reached A-Machi's ears were the sound of wind and snow, and the low sound of the wind after running fast.
However, very unexpectedly at this moment, A-Machi suddenly heard some strange noises.
A-Machi suddenly heard a slight strange noise behind him.
When this strange sound first came out, A-Machi didn't pay attention and just thought it was the sound of wind blowing.
It wasn't until the strange noise became louder and louder that A-Machi gradually realized something was wrong...
Omachi gradually realized that the sound did not seem to be the sound of the wind.
But... the sound of horse hooves!
After noticing that the strange noise was the sound of horse hooves, A-Machi's pupils suddenly shrank in surprise.
It's too late to escape temporarily.
One by one, the cavalry emerged from the wind and snow behind A-Machi.
There are no words to describe how fast a horse is.
It only took less than two breaths for the body to appear, and then to quickly block Amachi's path and surround him.
A-Machi looked at the enemies surrounding her. Although she tried her best to control it, there was still a hint of panic in the depths of her eyes.
Damn it...the sound of wind and snow covered up the sound of these people's hooves...
This is the first time that A-Machi hates wind and snow so much.
The sound of the wind and snow blocked the sound of the uninvited guests' horse hooves, so A-Machi failed to discover the cavalry in time and missed the best opportunity to hide or escape...
"There is a wakizashi hanging on the back of the waist. She is very beautiful and has plump breasts... Her appearance is the same as the information squeezed out of Sivasi Village..."
The owner of this voice that A Dingxun recognized was a military general carrying a sickle spear and wearing red and black armor.
"Who are you?" Ating tried to calm down, "Why are you blocking my way?"
"Okay, this beautiful beauty. I don't want to spend too much time talking nonsense, let's get straight to the point." The general, Mogami, shrugged, "You should have three companions, two men and one woman, right? They
Where are you now? Can you tell me the location?"
A-Machi's pupils shrank slightly imperceptibly: "What are you talking about? What about three companions, two men and one woman?"
"I knew you wouldn't just tell me the information so obediently." Mogami sneered lowly, "It doesn't matter, we have plenty of ways to make you spit out the information. Hey, tie this woman up and take her away!"
After hearing Mogami's order, several soldiers closest to Amachi got off their horses, then slowly approached Amachi with their spears in hand.
"Wait a minute!" Amachi shouted, "I really don't know what three companions, two men and one woman, are like!"
Mogami remained unmoved.
The few soldiers who received the order to tie up A-Machi continued to lean towards A-Machi with their spears in hand.
Seeing this, A-Machi gritted his teeth.
Then he took a deep breath.
"I know! I'll just tell you everything I know!"
Hearing A-Machi's words, Mogami raised his eyebrows, then raised his hand to signal the soldiers who were ordered to tie A-Machi to stop.
"Then tell me everything you know." Mogami smiled, assuming a condescending and arrogant attitude, "Don't worry, as long as you cooperate well, we won't do anything to you."
Atachi nodded silently.
Then took a deep breath.
then
"There are enemies!"
He shouted as loudly as he could.
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"...Okay." Ogata looked at the beautifully maintained Souzakura and Feizakura in his hands several times, and nodded with satisfaction.
After temporarily placing the two guns in his hands on the ground beside him, Ogata turned his head and glanced at the sky outside.
The sky outside has begun to darken a little.
"Why isn't Omachi back yet... Is the river that far away..." Ogata muttered.
After muttering, Ogata picked up the half-maintained Daishiten and prepared to continue to maintain his sword.
But at this time
"There are enemies!"
A scream penetrated the layers of snow and penetrated into Ogata's ears.
This scream seemed to have some kind of magic power.
Ogata, who had been calm just now, suddenly changed his expression the moment he heard the scream...
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After screaming "There is an enemy", Atachi quickly pulled out the wakizashi from her waist and pounced on the enemy on her right.
She now only hopes that Ogata and the others can hear her scream, and that...she can successfully break through the siege of these cavalry, or wait until Ogata and the others support her.
Just after being surrounded by the sudden cavalry, Amachi noticed that the defense on her right was weaker.
Although Atachi's skills are not that superb, her combat experience is not lacking.
After throwing herself at the soldier on her right at extremely high speed, Atachi slit the soldier's throat with a wave of her wakizashi.
Then, like a cat, he jumped towards the other soldier nimbly.
However...a sudden change occurred.
A-Machi suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming from his side.
He turned around and looked at Mogami, who was holding his katama gun beside him, and strode towards Omachi.
Just now, after seeing A-Machi's agility, Mogami's face showed a strong look of interest, then he turned over, jumped off the horse, and rushed towards A-Machi.
This is the first time Mogami has met such a skilled woman.
He decided to meet this rare female warrior.
Mogami, who used the katama gun as his weapon and relied on his extremely wide attack range, launched the stabbing attack when he was still nearly 2 meters away from Amachi.
call!
The sharp sound of the gun tip piercing the air was heard.
Looking at the gun head that quickly enlarged within his field of vision, Amachi's face showed surprise.
Atachi tried his best and narrowly dodged Mogami's stabbing blow.
Seeing that A-Machi was able to dodge his own thrust, the interest on Mogami's face became a little more intense, he grinned happily, and then launched a new round of attacks on A-Machi.
Seeing Mogami personally stepping forward to fight with Atachi, the surrounding soldiers obediently stepped aside, leaving enough space for the two of them to fight.
Facing the sharp thrusts one after another, Atachi's face was full of anxiety.
Her two biggest killer weapons, Suying and Feiying, are now with Ogata.
The only weapons Atachi currently has are the wakizashi hanging on his waist and a few kunai he carries with him...
With her wakizashi as a weapon, her attack range is only a fraction of the upper limit...
So as soon as the battle with Mogami started, Amachi was directly suppressed by Mogami...
Knowing that he would definitely lose if he continued like this, A-Machi gritted his teeth.
She decided to give it a try.
After dodging Mogami's thrust again, Omachi took out three kunai from his waist at lightning speed, and then threw all three kunai towards Mogami in one breath.
Looking at the three oncoming kunai, Mogami's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he put away the katana gun in his hand and knocked down all three kunai with one sweep.
And just when Mogami knocked down the three kunai, Omachi tightened his grip on the wakizashi in his hand, grasped the rare opening, and rushed towards Mogami.
Facing Mogami with his ultra-wide attack range, it would be difficult to escape.
So Amachi quickly came up with the best and most feasible plan at present to subdue Mogami, use Mogami as a hostage, and force the cavalry to retreat.
It's a pity that A-Machi's plan is very fulfilling, but the reality is very cruel...
She underestimated Mogami's strength.
After mowing down those kunai with one shot, Mogami turned the spear in his hand at a speed that was far faster than every stab he had just launched at A-Machi, and aimed the tail of the gun at A-Machi before he could get close to him.
bump!
Mogami aimed the butt of his gun at O-Machi's abdomen and stabbed him hard. O-Machi's facial features twisted up in pain, and his forward momentum came to an abrupt halt.
Then...
laugh!
The sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh and blood was heard.
With the last turn of the katana gun in his hand, the sickle blade of the gun head swept towards Omachi's left collarbone...
Blood flowers bloomed from A-Machi's body...
Mogami's offensive did not stop.
Instead, she turned the gun again and pierced the flesh of A-Machi's left collarbone with the tip of the gun. Then she pushed forward and pressed A-Machi's petite body against the trunk of a big tree behind her.
"The 'enemy' you said just now...were you warning your companions who happened to be nearby?" Mogami asked Amachi in a deep voice.
Amachi ignored Mogami.
Being pushed against the tree trunk, she could only endure the severe pain while casting an unyielding gaze towards Mogami.
"... Just don't want to say it. I hope you can still be so tough when I torture you later. I like to torture women the most, because there are many torture methods for women that are not used when tortured men."
After saying that, Mogami took back the gun in his hand.
And A-Machi also fell from the tree trunk.
"Tie this woman up!" Mogami ordered the four soldiers behind him, "Take her away! After tearing off a few of her fingers, I'll see if her mouth is still tight enough!"
"yes!"
The four soldiers responded in unison and quickly walked towards Atachi, whose snow beneath him was already stained red with his own blood.
As for Mogami, he turned around and left with his scythe gun, looking high-spirited.
"Lord Mogami." Sakaguchi on the side flattered Mogami, "It seems that we are just around the corner to find the 'mysterious swordsman' who dares to kill our generals."
Mogami didn't respond to Sakaguchi's flattery.
Mogami only smiled triumphantly.
Smiling because the mission went so smoothly.
I smiled and felt lucky that I had been lucky lately.
I smiled with joy as I felt that I was almost done with this mission.
"Be quick and tie up that woman quickly! Ah, yes, let's stop the woman's bleeding by the way." Mogami shouted loudly to the four soldiers he had just sent to tie up A-Machi without looking back.
He shouted, "After the binding is completed, put the woman on my horse..."
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Plop, plop, plop, plop...
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Before Mogami finished speaking, four strange sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground suddenly sounded, interrupting Mogami's words.
As these four strange sounds sounded, the generals around Mogami screamed as if they had seen something strange.
After Mogami was startled for a moment, he slowly turned around and saw that the four soldiers responsible for attaching the rope to A-Machi had all fallen to the ground.
A strange samurai held a sword that was still dripping with blood in his right hand, and supported Omachi with his left hand, whose clothes were now stained red with blood, and half of his body was now covered with blood.