Chapter 525 The incoming enemy, a total of 1 person! [7000 words]
Next day, early morning
The first army camp, the commander's tent.
After a night of wind and snow, the snow finally lightened up a bit.
The wind has stopped, and only a few snowflakes are floating alone.
In the coach's tent, Sheng Tianmu was sitting at the head, with a tired look on his face.
Last night, he personally questioned the seven soldiers who escorted Mogami back to camp until the early morning.
Through questioning these seven surviving soldiers, Ing Tianmu finally knew what happened after Mogami led his troops to leave the camp.
I learned that Mogami obtained a lot of information about the "mysterious swordsman" through torture in Sivasi Village.
Knowing that Mogami used this information, he sent troops north to pursue the "mysterious swordsman".
After learning about Mogami's pursuit all the way, he found a woman who exactly matched the appearance of the "mysterious swordsman"'s accomplice reported by the villagers of Sivasi Village. He then wounded her and planned to take her back and torture her for information.
And then I found out... When I was about to take the woman back, an extremely young samurai with an orthodox Japanese appearance suddenly appeared, and then used extremely sharp swordsmanship to beat Mogami and the others to annihilation...
That young samurai not only possesses terrifying swordsmanship like the reincarnation of the God of War, but also possesses an extremely rare short blunderbuss.
Mogami was wounded by the young samurai's blunderbuss.
So far, the only people who have returned safely to the camp are Mogami and the seven soldiers who escorted Mogami back to the camp safely...
The 50 soldiers led by Mogami, one of the "Seven Spears of Senshu", were defeated and completely defeated even though they were equipped with bows, arrows, iron cannons and other weapons. The strength of the "mysterious swordsman" far exceeded
The imagination of Sheng Tianmu and the others has reached the point where they have to convene a military meeting to discuss the matter.
So as soon as dawn broke in the sky, Sheng Tianmu immediately issued a summons order to the entire battalion, requiring all generals in the army with the rank of general and above to go to the commander's tent to discuss matters.
At this moment, on the left and right sides in front of Sheng Tianmu, as well as many generals who had arrived early, were already sitting in their respective seats.
Because there is still quite some time before the military meeting officially begins, about half of the generals have not yet arrived.
These generals who came to the commander's camp in advance either closed their eyes and rested, or sat blankly with expressionless faces, in a daze.
All the generals in the commander's tent were silent, quietly waiting for the military meeting to officially begin, when the curtain at the entrance of the tent was suddenly lifted.
Some of the generals in the tent raised their eyes to look at the opening of the tent, their faces flashed with surprise, and then they quickly stood up and bowed to salute the man who opened the curtain and walked into the tent, including the one who had the third eye.
Those generals who were doing their own thing and didn't pay attention to who was entering the tent, after noticing that the people around them got up, also turned their attention to the entrance of the tent.
After seeing clearly who the visitor was, these people also showed the same surprised expression as those who stood up first to salute, and then they also stood up and saluted.
He was able to make all the generals, including Natsu Tenmei, stand up and salute. Looking at the entire army, only two people had such a privilege. The commander-in-chief of the army, Inamori and Matsudaira Sadanobu.
The man who had just opened the curtain and entered was none other than Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was still in the camp of the First Army.
After the generals in the camp waved their hands to indicate that there was no need to be polite, Matsudaira Sadanobu went straight to the mat next to the Tenmoku and sat down.
"Laozhong-sama." After Matsudaira Sadanobu took his seat, Sheng Tianmu immediately began to politely greet and greet Matsudaira Sadanobu.
Matsudaira Sadanobu also smiled and responded to Santenmei's greetings in a flawless manner.
"Lord, have you had a comfortable stay these two days?"
Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded lightly and said with a smile: "It's very comfortable. I really appreciate your taking care of me these past two days."
"Don't dare to take it, don't dare to take it."
After finishing speaking, Sheng Tianmu couldn't help but quietly look at Matsudaira Sadanobu beside him, with a faint look of confusion in his eyes.
All of Matsudaira Sadanobu's actions in the past two days made the Tenmu feel very confused.
Originally, Matsudaira Sadanobu wanted to leave the next morning after staying in their First Army camp overnight and go to the Second Army to join Inamori.
But for some reason, after learning that some generals of their First Army were killed by a "mysterious swordsman", Matsudaira Sadanobu suddenly changed his mind and expressed his decision to stay with the First Army for a while.
Although Ikutenmu was puzzled by Matsudaira Sadanobu's sudden statement that he would continue to stay in the First Army, he did not dare to ask more questions due to the gap in their identities.
Anyway, it would not do any harm to Matsudaira Sadanobu to stay in the First Army for a little longer. On the contrary, it would give Iotenmu more opportunities to get close to Matsudaira Sadanobu.
Therefore, the Third Eye was no longer born, and at the same time, I did not dare to delve deeper into the issue of "Why did Matsudaira Sadanobu stay here for a while longer in the First Army Camp?"
After Matsudaira Sadanobu decided to stay with their First Army for a while, another thing happened last night that made the Tenmu feel very puzzled.
Last night, after Ikutenmu had just finished questioning the seven soldiers who were escorting Mogami back to camp, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who learned of the matter, directly summoned Ikutenmu to him, and then asked him to tell him everything he had asked about.
Facing Matsudaira Sadanobu, Sheng Tianmu naturally did not dare to hide anything and told Matsudaira Sadanobu everything he knew so far.
At the same time, he also informed Matsudaira Sadanobu of his decision to convene a military meeting to discuss the matter of "the entire Mogami unit was annihilated" with the military generals.
After learning that Igor Tenmu planned to hold such a military meeting, Matsudaira Sadanobu directly informed Igor Tenmu in advance that he planned to participate in the military meeting.
These actions of Matsudaira Sadanobu in the past two days gave birth to an illusion. He always felt that Matsudaira Sadanobu seemed to be very interested in the "mysterious swordsman"...
But he didn't dare to consult Matsudaira Sadanobu about this matter... so his suspicion could only be buried deep in his heart.
After a few simple greetings between Sheng Tianmu and Matsudaira Sadanobu, they stopped talking.
Sheng Tianmu silently waited for the arrival of the other generals.
Matsudaira Sadanobu also placed his hands naturally on his legs, looking at his nose with his eyes, and his nose at his heart.
The other generals who had not arrived entered the tent one after another and took their seats.
Finally, all the generals of the First Army and above the rank of general had arrived, and the seats on the left and right sides in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu and Ikutenmu were filled to the brim.
Shengtian raised his eyes and scanned the generals in front of him.
"It seems that everyone is here." Sheng Tianmu said softly, "Then let's start the military discussion."
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First Army Camp, inside a certain tent
"Doctor, how is Mogami-sama's pulse now?" A general sitting cross-legged next to Mogami couldn't wait to ask the military doctor after the military doctor released Mogami's wrist.
There were only three military doctors in this relatively spacious camp at this time. They were sent by the Sheng Tianmu to take care of Mogami, who was still unconscious.
At this time, Mogami's upper body was tied with thick linen cloth, which was thick enough to compete with cotton-padded clothes.
Although his face is still very ugly now, it is obviously in much better condition than when he was just returned to the camp last night.
Last night, after Mogami was sent back, the military doctors in the camp immediately began sparing no effort to treat him.
The treatment lasted for several hours, until dawn was approaching.
After the treatment, Mogami was sent to this tent, which was relatively quiet and not easily disturbed by others, to rest.
Sheng Tianmu sent one of his trusted subordinates, the current general who asked the doctor "How is Mogami's pulse now?" to take care of Mogami.
While responsible for taking care of Mogami, this general is also responsible for reporting "Mogami has woken up" to the Immortal Eye as soon as possible after Mogami wakes up.
Now the doctor who had just taken Mogami's pulse was here to check Mogami's current condition.
"Mogami-sama's pulse condition is quite stable." The military doctor with a shiny bald head said slowly, "At present, the condition is not bad. However, it will still take a few days to determine whether Mogami-sama has been infected.
Lead poison."
"Lead poison..." General Shi twitched his lips, "Doctor, if you are infected with lead poison... is it really hopeless?"
As a close confidant of the Immortal Eye, this general had a very close relationship with Mogami, who was the Immortal Eye's nephew.
The military doctor sighed softly: "There is no medicine that can cure lead poisoning now, even Dr. Lan Fang, who knows Nanman medical skills. If you are infected with lead poisoning, you can only rely on the patient to survive it..."
After that, the military doctor grabbed his medicine box and said, "Then I will leave first. If there is any abnormality in Mogami-sama's body, come to us immediately."
"Yes." The general Shi nodded vigorously, "I'm done."
When General Shi was about to get up and send the military doctor away, he suddenly heard a low moan coming from his side.
Hearing this moan, the general was stunned, and then quickly turned his head to follow the sound and looked at the top man who was letting out a low groan and slowly opened his eyes.
"Lord Mogami!" The ecstatic General Shi leaned over quickly, "You finally woke up!"
The military doctor who had already picked up the medicine box and was about to leave now hurriedly put the medicine box down again.
"Mogami-sama," the doctor asked, "how do you feel now? Is there anything you feel uncomfortable about now?"
Mogami ignored the doctor's inquiry.
Instead, he turned to look at the general and asked in a weak voice like a gossamer:
"I am... back to the camp...? Lord Sheng Tianmu... where is he now?"
"Sir Sheng Tianmu, he should be holding a military meeting in the commander's camp right now." General Shi replied.
"Military discussion..." Mogami's half-open eyes suddenly widened at this moment, "Then...just...quickly...take me to Master Tenmu...I have...important information."
Inform everyone..."
"Huh? But..." General Shi hesitated, "Your body..."
"Go quickly...!" Mogami suddenly raised his tone, but after raising his tone, he used too much force and pulled the wound on his chest, causing Mogami's facial features to be directly twisted together.
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First Army Camp, Commander's Camp
In the most concise words possible, Sheng Tianmu informed the generals in the camp of what was currently known about Mogami's encounter.
After learning that Mogami's troops had been completely wiped out by a young samurai, all the generals in the camp showed extremely shocked expressions.
"...It seems that this person should be the 'mysterious swordsman'." Tiandao, who usually showed a cynical look, rarely showed a serious expression at this time, "Sir Shengtianmu, the information... is really correct.
Was it really true that Mogami’s troops were defeated by that samurai on his own?”
"That's what the seven soldiers who escorted Mogami back said." Sheng Tianmu replied, "The information should be credible."
"...In this desolate Ezo land, there is such a master..." Qiuyue said coldly, "It's unbelievable..."
"Lord Tenmu, what should we do now?" Kuroda, who rarely spoke at military meetings, rarely showed a serious expression at this time, and asked Tenmu, "Should we continue to track down the 'mysterious swordsman'? Or
Are you just going to expose this matter?"
As soon as Kuroda finished speaking, a loud voice suddenly sounded:
"This matter must not be revealed like this!"
The generals followed the sound and turned their heads to the person speaking, who was a young man with a somewhat fat figure.
"How many of us has the thief killed so far? Lord Mogami was directly killed by him!"
"If we just ignore this matter, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"
Qiuyue looked at the general's face carefully, and after recalling it, she finally remembered this person's identity.
This man came from the Yonezawa domain, his name was Shiraishi Shinemon, and he had always been quite active in military discussions.
Qiuyue didn't have a good impression of Shiraishi.
Because Qiuyue always felt that Baishi's temperament seemed a little too arrogant and always said some extremely arrogant lies. Qiuyue had always been insensitive to such people.
As soon as Shiraishi finished speaking, Tiandao, who always loved to argue with others, sneered a few times:
"Continue to track down the thief? Then how should we deal with the thief?"
"No matter how powerful the thief is, he is still a human being!" Bai Shi showed a confident smile, "Is it possible that the thief can still beat one for a hundred?"
After saying that, Bai Shi turned to look at Sheng Tianmu who was sitting on the main seat and said seriously:
"Lord Tenmu! Please allow me to lead my Yonezawa clan's troops to pursue the thief! To avenge our compatriots who have died at his hands!"
"No matter how strong that thief is, he will never be a match for our Yonezawa samurai!"
Hearing Bai Shi's words, Qiu Yue couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth with a hint of ridicule. She thought to herself: Sure enough...
Just now, when she heard Bai Shi's impassioned expression that he wanted to track down the thief, Qiu Yue guessed that Bai Shi didn't care about revenge or face at all, he only cared about whether he could gain merit.
What Shiraishi said just now was actually just paving the way for his own petition.
As soon as Bai Shi finished speaking, a voice slowly sounded out that made Bai Shi's face change slightly:
"I think we should no longer spend manpower and material resources on that unknown thief."
"Our most important task now should be to capture the Red Moon Fortress. Compared with this most important task, other things are trivial."
The person who said this was a middle-aged military commander from Morioka Domain.
"What you said is biased." Shiraishi frowned, "This incident is not a trivial matter."
"That thief killed so many of our generals. This is nothing short of a humiliation for us."
"Do you think it's a small thing to be humiliated by others?"
The values of the samurai in the Edo period were to value honor, and "fame" was far more important than "fate".
So Shiraishi's big hat is not too big.
"I didn't say that." The general who had just objected to continuing to pursue the "thief" immediately frowned.
The dispute between Shiraishi and this general directly ignited the "fire of controversy" in the camp.
All the generals expressed their opinions. They were mainly divided into two groups.
One group supports the continued pursuit of the thief who killed so many of their generals and caused them to lose face.
The other group believes that we should never pay attention to the extremely dangerous thief.
Of course, there were a few generals who were centrists. They did not express any opinions and only tried to persuade everyone to calm down, but their calls only increased the noise in the camp.
Looking at the noisy generals in front of him, Sheng Tianmu frowned slowly.
Just when he was about to speak out and ask all the generals to quiet down, he suddenly saw a guard standing outside the camp hurriedly entered the tent, then quickly ran towards Sheng Tianmu, then put his lips close to Sheng Tianmu's ear, and followed Sheng Tianmu
Whispered something.
After the guard finished speaking, Sheng Tianmu's expression changed slightly.
After thinking briefly, he nodded gently.
Seeing the Third Eye nodding, the guard immediately left the Third Eye and ran back to the outside of the camp.
When all the generals saw this, they gradually became quiet due to doubts and looked towards the Third Eye.
"Mogami, he's awake." Sheng Tianmu said bluntly to the generals, "He said he had important information to tell us and requested entry."
"I have promised to let him in."
As soon as Sheng Tianmu finished speaking, the curtain at the entrance of the coach's tent was lifted open.
Six strong soldiers walked quickly into the tent carrying a wooden plank, and lying on the wooden plank was Mogami, who had just woken up.
Looking at Mogami, whose face was pale, Tama's brows couldn't help but wrinkle.
"Mogami." Sheng Tianmu couldn't help but asked, "How do you feel now? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
"I'm fine..." After responding in a weak tone, Mogami motioned to the six soldiers who carried him over to put him on the ground aside, and then let the six soldiers go out.
After the six soldiers went out, Tenmu took the lead and asked Mogami:
"Mogami, you said you have important information to report. What information is it?"
As soon as Sheng Tianmu finished speaking, Mogami immediately turned his eyes towards Sheng Tianmu with a hint of eagerness.
"Sir Sheng Tianmu... the person who injured me... killed all my troops... is not an ordinary person..."
"I recognize...that person's face..."
Sheng Tianmu raised his eyebrows: "Do you recognize that person's face? Who is that person?"
Mogami swallowed hard.
Then...he said a sentence word for word.
After these words fell, the expressions of everyone in the camp changed drastically.
There was a look of horror and surprise on someone's face.
Some people who did not hear clearly what Mogami had just said, and who suspected that they had heard wrongly, asked those around them whose expressions changed greatly what Mogami had just said.
Those whose expressions changed greatly repeated what Mogami had just said to those who had not heard clearly or suspected that they had heard wrongly.
After these people finally found out and confirmed what Mogami had just said, their expressions immediately changed.
In just a moment, the originally noisy camp was now silent...
Just because Mogami said something like this just now, "That person is Ogata Issei!"
"Mogami-sama, didn't you recognize the wrong person?" A certain general asked Mogami in a tie.
This man who stammered when he spoke was none other than Shiraishi who was the first to ask for a fight and vowed to capture and kill the "thief".
"I did not admit my mistake..." Mogami gathered his energy and said slowly, "Issei Ogata's wanted notice... I have seen it many times... that person is indeed 'The Executioner Ittosai' Ogata Issei.
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Ogata is currently the most wanted criminal in the shogunate, and the number of wanted notices issued almost equals the total number of wanted notices for the other wanted criminals.
Mogami had seen Ogata's wanted poster by chance before. Ogata's overly young face left a deep impression on Mogami, so when he saw Ogata for the first time, Mogami immediately recognized him.
This person turned out to be the person on the wanted warrant.
"Ogata Ittosai is actually here...?" Qiuyue's face was now full of shock.
Qiuyue now has an unrealistic feeling as if she is in a dream. The "living legend" is now so close to him.
"...Oh, no wonder there has been no news from Ogata Ittousai since the 'Nijo Castle Incident'." Kuroda raised his hand to rest his forehead, "So he lived in seclusion here in Ezo..."
"This way...it makes sense why the thief is so skilled..."
At this moment, no one claims to conquer the thief.
The "war faction" headed by Shiraishi now all looked at each other with embarrassed expressions.
Sheng Tianmu, who was sitting in the first seat, was also shocked by this extremely shocking news and his face changed wildly.
As for Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was sitting next to Ikutenme, he was shocked at first after hearing what Mogami had just said.
Then the surprise changed to dumbfounding.
Finally, the blank look turned into a bitter expression as if he had figured something out.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Then, Matsudaira Sadanobu slowly opened his eyes.
While opening his eyes, he slowly said the first words he said since the military meeting began:
"... Sheng Tianmu, since the thief is Ogata Ittousai... then I think it is necessary to make the necessary preparations."
"Strengthen the defense of the camp, or...leave this place immediately."
Matsudaira's words directly attracted the confused looks of many generals in the camp.
"Sir Lao Zhong." A general couldn't help but asked, "Why is this?"
"Judging from Ogata Ittousai's current deeds, it is not difficult to see that he is a person who is willing to take revenge and will retaliate." Matsudaira Sadanobu said calmly, "At the beginning, Matsudaira Gennai, the lord of Hirose Domain, killed his master.
With his fellow apprentices, he drew his sword on Gennai Matsudaira, who was guarded by a hundred warriors."
"According to Mr. Mogami, before encountering Ogata Ittosai, they injured a Kazuto woman and planned to take the Kazuto woman for torture."
"We cannot rule out the possibility that the Kazuto woman is a companion of Ogata Ittousai."
"And... maybe there is a very special relationship between the woman Mogami-kun injured and Ogata Ittousai."
"We need to consider the possibility of someone coming to our door for revenge."
As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu finished speaking, a younger general couldn't help but smile: "Lao Naka-sama, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen, right?"
"Who would have the guts to attack a military camp with 3,000 generals?"
After hearing the general's words, Matsudaira Sadanobu shook his shoulders as if he was amused.
"You are right. According to common sense, no one would have the courage to attack a military camp where 3,000 generals are stationed."
"But that Ogata Ittosai is exactly the kind of person who can't be considered according to common sense."
As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu finished speaking, noisy footsteps suddenly sounded outside the camp from far to near.
As soon as everyone in the camp followed the sound and cast doubtful eyes on the tent, they happened to see a guard guarding the tent opening the curtain and entering.
"Sir!" the guard shouted loudly, "a famous general is requesting entry! He said he has something urgent to tell you!"
"Eager?" Sheng Tianmu raised his eyebrows, "Let him in!"
"yes!"
As soon as the guards retreated outside the camp, a warrior dressed as a general hurried into the camp.
As soon as he rushed into the camp, the general shouted loudly to everyone in the tent:
"Sir! Enemy attack! The camp was attacked by foreign enemies!"
The eyes of Izumi suddenly widened, the other generals all looked horrified, and Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression was also startled at this moment.
"Where was the attack?" Sheng Tianmu immediately regained his composure, "How many enemies are there?"
"The west gate is under attack!" General Shi stammered due to emotional instability, "Come on, there's only one enemy attacking...!"
"One person?" Sheng Tianmu's face, which had just regained his composure, reappeared with a look of horror.
What frightened him even more was the second half of what the general said:
"Sir! Please send reinforcements quickly! The west gate is about to be captured!"
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The author recently spent 500 yuan to buy a bunch of books about the Edo period from Taiwan, China. There are more books about Japanese history from Taiwan, China. The author has to complain about the books from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Why is it so expensive... I spent more than 500 yuan, but actually I only bought 5 books in total... The average price is more than 100 yuan per book...
Although this book ends with Volume 7, there is only one Volume 8 left, but the final Volume 8 is also an extremely large volume. It has to jump on multiple maps. This book has more than 3 million words.
It should not be a problem. For subsequent writing, the author will continue to supplement the knowledge of the Edo period, especially Buddhism in the Edo period.
Let me give you a preview of the content of the final volume. The final volume will involve the power of the "Buddha" who has been in a "half-hidden" state until now.