I was a swordsman in ancient Japan Chapter 547 You wait for the defending city to absorb firepower, and I will lead the cavalry to flank surprise attack! [4600 words]
Chapter 547 You wait for the defending city to absorb firepower, and I will lead the cavalry to flank surprise attack! [4600 words]
"Mr. Chanup?" Seeing that Chanup seemed to be in a daze, Ogata whispered Chanup's name.
Chanup, who came back to his senses due to Ogata's gentle call, quickly said:
"Sorry, I was a little distracted."
Chanup coughed softly a few times, and then said seriously:
"Mr. Majima, let's just assume that you can really break through the shogunate army's blockade..."
"If you really broke through the blockade of the shogunate army, and then successfully found your friends...then what do you want your friends to do for us? Help us repel the shogunate army outside the city?"
As soon as Chanup spoke, Oubon immediately said in a serious tone:
"certainly."
"Mr. Chanup, you should also know that if you just defend this fort like this, your chances of winning are extremely low."
Chanup took a deep breath of cigarette and remained silent.
"Your numbers are too small. Without external aid, the only way to repel the shogunate troops outside the city is to delay them until their supplies are exhausted."
"Please forgive me for saying something ugly. Your numbers are too small. It is very likely that everyone will be killed, and you will not be able to survive the day when the supplies of the shogunate army are exhausted."
"So my plan is very simple."
Ogata returned his gaze to the map in front of him.
"You defend this fortress and resist the attack of the shogunate army."
"After I invited my friend and the cavalry team under his command over, I launched a surprise attack while the shogunate army was focusing their attention on the attack on the city fortress, attacking the weakly defended flanks of the shogunate army, with lightning speed
Attack quickly and defeat the shogunate army in one fell swoop."
Ogata, who was focusing his eyes on the map, saw from the corner of his eye that Chanup, sitting opposite him, had his eyes widened and his mouth opened so wide it felt like he could put a fist in it.
Ogata remained silent for the time being, giving Chanup, who was still immersed in shock, some time to buffer.
After all, Chanup was a man accustomed to wind and waves, and he quickly calmed down:
He did not raise any doubts about what Ogata said just now.
Instead, he frowned and cast his gaze on the map spread between him and Ogata.
"...Mr. Majima." Chanup said, "How long will it take you to invite your friend's cavalry team?"
Ogata said:
"Today I found someone who is familiar with the area depicted on this map and asked him about the details of this map in detail."
"According to what the man said, there are no bears, wolves or other wild beasts along the way from the Red Moon Fortress to where my friend is currently."
"Because the terrain is not complicated, it is rare for roads to be blocked due to sudden avalanches."
"I have estimated that as long as nothing happens, it will take about seven days to ride a horse from Red Moon Fortress to my friend's place."
“The round trip takes 14 days.”
"14 days..." Chanup said softly, "Including the time it takes you to convince your friends to help and the time it takes to organize the troops, it will take almost half a month..."
"In half a month... In such a long time, I'm afraid all the follow-up troops from the shogunate will arrive."
"Even if you invite your friend's cavalry team over...with a cavalry team of less than a hundred people to attack an army of 10,000 people...can this really defeat an army of 10,000 people?"
"able."
Ogata's answer was short but decisive.
"The difference in combat power between an elite cavalry team of less than a hundred men and an army of 10,000 is actually not so great that there is no chance of winning."
"The cavalry team under my friend's command is small in number but powerful in combat. The horses they use are much better than the horses of the shogunate army."
"Although the shogunate's army is large in number, after all, this 10,000-strong army is no longer a battle-hardened army that experienced the baptism of the Warring States Period two hundred years ago. Whether it is combat effectiveness or fighting will, it is not unshakable."
"The flank of an army is the weakest point besides the rear."
"As long as you lead an elite cavalry to attack the flanks unexpectedly, you can enter uninhabited territory."
"The high speed and destructive power of the cavalry can prevent the army from organizing an effective defense. Even if the number is less than a hundred, it can defeat the shogunate army."
"When the morale of the shogunate army collapses, that's when we win."
Chanupu kept listening attentively.
After Ogata finished speaking, he remained silent for a long time.
Ogata was not in a hurry and waited for Chanup's reaction.
"...It does sound like a strategy with a much higher chance of winning than simply 'defending the fortress'." Chanup was silent for a while, then slowly said, "But the problem is that you can be 100% sure of your success.
My friend, is that the place on the map where the watch is locked?"
"Let's assume that your friend will definitely be there. Then Mr. Majima, how do you convince your friend to help us?"
"Although your strategy has a higher chance of winning than 'defending the fortress', it is also extremely dangerous. Even if you succeed in repelling the shogunate army with a surprise attack, your friend's cavalry will definitely suffer heavy casualties."
"How do you convince your friend to do such an extremely dangerous favor?"
"No matter how you think about it, it is extremely difficult to convince your friends..."
"...I know this is difficult." Ogata said softly, "But I can only give it a try."
"If your friend is not willing to help you...then what are you going to do?" Chanup asked.
"Mr. Chanup, there is no need to ask a question with an obvious answer." After saying this in a joking tone, Ogata said word by word, "Is my friend willing to help?"
It’s just a difference between a cavalry team attacking the shogunate army and a single person attacking the shogunate army.”
Chanupu looked at Ogata somewhat absentmindedly.
"...Mr. Majima." Chanup looked at Ogata in front of him as if he wanted to see through Ogata's body. "I am increasingly doubting whether you are a person who enjoys a good reputation in 'Kazuto'."
A famous hero..."
After finishing speaking, Chanup took a deep breath.
After slowly exhaling this deep breath,
"Mr. Majima, are you really sure you want to do such a dangerous thing? You are Kazuto, you can actually try to surrender to the shogunate army outside the city..."
"Do you mean to open the city gate and let my wife and I slowly walk to the military camp outside the city and surrender to the shogunate army?" Ogata's tone was full of jokes, "Then how should I surrender to the shogunate?"
Please explain to the military why the two of us, Kazuto, are in this Ainu fortress?"
"In order to check our identities, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble for my wife and I."
At the end, Ogata added silently in his heart:
If the people of the shogunate army saw a Kazuto who looked exactly like Ogata Ittousai in age, figure, and voice, God knows what they would do.
Chanup pursed his lips:
"...Mr. Majima, I understand."
With a serious look on his face, Chanup bowed to Ogata in front of him and took his seat.
"Please be sure to... wish us a helping hand!"
Ogata bowed in return:
"I will use all my strength."
"Mr. Majima is so courageous, so I can't be too petty." Chanup straightened his back again, "Mr. Majima, if you see your friend later, please tell your friend: If you are willing,
Come and help us, and I will give him half...no, two-thirds of our He Yezhe's property afterwards."
"And promised him: If he encounters anything in the future and needs help, we Heye Zhe will do our best to help us wherever we can."
"In this way, your leverage to successfully convince your friend should be a little bigger."
"Two-thirds of the property?" Ogata exclaimed in a low voice.
"Money is nothing but external possessions," Chanup said. "If we cannot save our home, all the money will be given to the wolves outside the city."
"...I understand." Ogata nodded solemnly, "I am very grateful. With these two guarantees from you, I am more confident in persuading my friend to help."
"I should be the one who should say 'extremely grateful'." Chanup shook his head, "You are willing to fight side by side with us at this critical moment. To be honest, I am so touched that I don't know how to thank you.
Already..."
"It's just for me and my wife who can't move yet." Ogata said calmly, "So there's no need to thank me. You and I are just on the same front because of the same interests."
"The same front... this is the first time I have heard of this word. Haha, this word is quite appropriate."
After saying that, Chanup raised the pipe in his hand and took a strong puff.
Slowly spitting out several big eye circles, he turned his attention back to the map.
"I have carefully sorted out your plan. There are a total of 4 major difficulties in your plan."
"One: Can you successfully break through the blockade of the shogunate army outside the city and find your friends?"
"Two: Can you invite your friends to help?"
"Three: After you invite your friend's cavalry team over, can you defeat the shogunate army?"
"And...the last 'four': Can we defend the city until you and your reinforcements arrive..."
Chanup smiled bitterly: "None of these four difficulties is easy to solve... If any one of these four difficulties goes wrong, the entire plan will fail."
Ogata also smiled bitterly.
"Although it is difficult, we can only bite the bullet."
Chanup took another long drag on his cigarette.
"...Mr. Majima. I actually have a helper here...who might be able to help you break through the shogunate's blockade outside the city."
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Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's Clinic
"I'm back." Ogata shouted "I'm back" and walked quickly into the clinic.
As soon as he returned to the clinic, Kunoya's teasing voice reached Ogata's ears:
"Young man, you are finally back. After I said goodbye to you in the 'old place' just now, I thought you would definitely come back soon."
"I didn't expect you to come back quite quickly."
"Let me tell you an interesting thing. Your wife looked at the door of the clinic hundreds of times during the period when you didn't come back."
"I'm a little worried that your wife's neck may be sprained from frequently turning her head to look at the door."
As soon as Kunoya finished speaking, A-Machi immediately looked like a child who was exposed after doing bad things, and shouted to Kunoya with a slight blush:
"He didn't say what he was going to do, and he never came back. I'm worried about this. Isn't it normal?"
Ogata smiled at what Kunoya and Atachi had just said, and then said sternly to Kunoya:
"Kunoa, I'm sorry, could you please leave the clinic for a while? I have something I want to talk to my wife in private."
Regarding Ogata's "request to leave," Kunoya didn't say a word.
After smiling and shrugging, Cunoya said in a joking tone:
"I feel like my clinic has almost become your private home."
After finishing her joke, Cunoa strode outside the clinic.
When leaving the clinic, Cunoa couldn't wait to take out her bong and stuff it with tobacco.
After watching Kunoya leave, Ogata took out the Daishiten from his waist, held it with his right hand, and then knelt down beside Omachi.
"A-Machi, you...listen to me quietly."
Ogata took several deep breaths.
After working hard and being fully mentally prepared, Ogata slowly explained his plan to form an alliance with Chanup, and...his idea of "Chanup defends the city to absorb firepower, and he leads the cavalry in a flank attack."
The bold plan was informed to A Machi one by one.
Omachi lay on his back on the floor and listened quietly to Ogata's narration.
Until Ogata finished speaking, Amachi remained silent, looking straight at the roof above, with an expression on her face that even Ogata could not understand.
While Ogata was waiting for Amachi's reaction with anxiety,
"The chance of winning with your plan... although at first glance it is indeed a little higher than simply 'defending the city', it's not that much higher..."
"If your plan succeeds... it can be described as a 'miracle'..."
Suddenly, the silent atmosphere in the room was broken by A-Machi's whisper.
Before Ogata had time to react to what Amachi just said, Amachi continued:
"Okay...be careful on the road."
Atachi stretched out his left hand to wrap the right palm of Ogata, who was sitting on his left side.
Ogata cast a surprised look at Omachi.
Amachi, who noticed Ogata's gaze, said in an annoyed tone:
"Why are you looking at me like that, as if you were surprised to hear my answer..."
"I was indeed surprised..." Ogata nodded seriously, "I thought... you would definitely object to me doing such a dangerous thing..."
"Even if I object, it will be useless, right?"
A-Machi showed a helpless smile.
"During the time when you were missing just now, I have actually been thinking quietly about how to get you to leave here with me."
"And after thinking about it... I found that what you said before was right... Apart from repelling the shogunate army outside the city, there is really no other way..."
Atachi turned his head and looked directly into Ogata's eyes.
"You must be fully aware of your plan to repel the shogunate army outside the city, right?"
"Having been with you for so long, I not only recognize the actions you often do when you lie to me."
"At the same time, I also recognize the kind of look that you will show when you make up your mind."
"You have already made up your mind. Even if I try to obstruct you, I will definitely not be able to stop you."
"In that case, just go ahead and do it."
Omachi slowly tightened his left hand that wrapped around Ogata's right palm.
"Be bold and do it."
"Go and accomplish...what you are supposed to accomplish."
Ogata's expression was a little dull.
Feeling the strength from his palm, Ogata pursed his lips and nodded vigorously.
"I'll be right back when I go," he said.
After saying that, Ogata paused.
subsequently
"Atachi, you just said that if my plan succeeds, it can be described as a 'miracle'."
he said with a smile on his face.
"Then do you believe in miracles?"
Atachi looked directly into Ogata's eyes seriously.
"...I believe it." Ating smiled slightly and nodded gently.
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"Are you grooming your dog?" Chanup said as he slowly walked towards the sled dogs squatting in front of him to groom his own sled dogs.
Tang Shen turned his head and looked at Chanup behind him, "This is my habit. When combing my dog's hair, I feel calmer unconsciously."
"...Bujuzhai." Chanup said seriously in an unhurried tone, "Now I have a method that may help you get out of here."
"Would you be interested in listening?"
"It's just that this method is a bit bold. You have to be mentally prepared in advance before listening."
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