Chapter 550 Entering the realm of transparency! [4600 words]
The reason why Ogata chose to take off his human skin mask before rushing into the shogunate's camp was to launch a "spiritual attack" on the shogunate's generals.
Ogata didn't know whether the army currently besieging the Red Moon Fortress was the First Army with whom he had some "bad memories" before.
But no matter what, there is value in trying this "mental attack".
Based on the current situation, Ogata's "mental attack" can be considered a success.
Judging from the reaction of the general in front of him and the scream he just made, this army seems to be the first army with which he seems to have a strange fate.
However, Ogata did not care to express his emotions for this "reunion" now. After breaking through the obstruction of the general who led hundreds of soldiers, Ogata once again tapped the horse's belly with his heel with moderate force.
Carrot let out a low neigh, obeyed his master's orders, and continued to rush straight towards the seemingly endless depths of the military camp ahead.
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First Army Camp, Commander's Camp
"Send an order to Kasuga and Iimasa and ask them to restrain their respective troops."
In the commander's camp, Gui Yi was giving military orders one after another in an orderly manner.
When he learned that someone was attacking the camp, and the attacker seemed to be Ogata Ittosai, Katsura Yoshimasa's mind went blank for a moment.
But to be entrusted with an important task by Inamori and sent to the First Army to take over the position of Tenmei, he still has some abilities.
After his mind went blank for a moment due to various emotions such as shock, calmness, fear, etc., he quickly regained his consciousness and composure.
Then, he quickly integrated all the intelligence currently known and issued military orders one after another.
Katsura Yoshimasa is also one of those generals with war experience who are very valuable in the current Edo period of 200 years of peace. Although he only fights bandits and peasants who dare to rebel.
The "dawn famine" that ravaged the country for seven years directly led to the number of peasant uprisings and the increase in the number of bandits.
Many generals, led by Gui Yizheng, accumulated some experience in marching and fighting by quelling the peasant uprisings and bandits who rose up due to famine at dawn.
Even those who have no experience in fighting and have only read military books know that if the camp is attacked, the most important thing is to ensure that there is no chaos in the camp.
If the camp is in chaos, the phenomenon of "one's own people killing one's own people" will easily occur.
Therefore, after regaining his composure, the first military order issued by Gui Yizheng was to send an order to the generals located throughout the camp, asking them to restrain their respective troops and prevent them from causing chaos.
As long as there is no chaos in the military camp, everything will be fine.
After Katsura Yoshimasa issued a series of orders in one breath, a messenger suddenly rushed to the commander's camp and loudly identified himself to Katsura Yoshimasa in the camp. He said that he was the messenger sent by Kuroda.
It was Kuroda who came to deliver the news to Katsura Yoshimasa.
After learning that the messenger was sent by Kuroda, Gui Yizheng quickly called the messenger in.
As soon as the messenger entered the camp, he immediately reported loudly:
"Sir! Lord Kuroda wants me to tell you: He will lead 150 infantry to encircle and suppress the bandits!"
"Did Kuroda lead his troops to encircle and suppress the bandits?" Gui Yizheng raised his eyebrows.
After pondering for a moment, he nodded gently: "...that's fine. Someone has to be responsible for intercepting the thief."
As soon as Gui Yizheng finished murmuring, another messenger rushed into the camp.
This messenger was sent by Gui Yizheng to observe the movements of the thieves in real time, so he had the privilege of entering the camp immediately without notification.
"The thieves have arrived at the area where Lord Konishi's troops are stationed!"
Naturally, Katsura Yoshimasa knew exactly where the area where Konishi's troops were stationed was.
After hearing the report from the messenger, Gui Yizheng frowned for a moment. Then he muttered in a low voice at a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"Where is he going..."
Gui Yizheng has been paying close attention to the movements of the incoming thieves.
After integrating the current known movements of the thief, Gui Yizheng instantly discovered something strange. The thief seemed to be rushing straight south.
Neither wreaking havoc nor fighting left and right.
Just head straight south.
This posture... seems like he is in a hurry to leave...
"How is the fighting on the front line now?" Gui Yizheng asked.
"The generals are trying their best to stop him," the messenger replied, "but the thief's horse is too fast and his skills are... really good. So far, he has not been successfully intercepted..."
"Tsk..." Gui Yizheng's face darkened, "Damn it..."
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Ogata now has no idea where he has rushed.
He didn't know how far he was from breaking out of the military camp.
His brain is now unable to think about anything other than "battle". All the computing power of his brain is used in judging the battle and the situation.
This is a battle with the goal of "getting out of here", and the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for Ogata.
In order to avoid being hit by arrows, Ogata has been driving the irregular curve of the carrot to move flexibly, making it more difficult for the archer to shoot.
Move flexibly to avoid arrows and enemy soldiers.
Ogata relied on his extremely high mobility to avoid all enemy soldiers he could avoid.
If it cannot be avoided, use "physical methods" to solve it.
Those enemy soldiers who could not be avoided were either chopped away by Ogata's sword or knocked away by carrots.
From time to time, Ogata could hear the sound of arrows piercing the air.
But these arrows fired at Ogata could only hit the afterimages left behind by the high-speed movement of the radish.
At this time, Ogata suddenly saw a small cavalry team coming towards him in front.
This small cavalry team consisted of more than a dozen people. The leader wore armor that was far more luxurious than the ordinary ashigaru, and the horse at his hip was obviously better than the horses of the rest of the cavalry behind him.
Ogata didn't know how to judge the rank of a general based on the style of his armor. He only knew that the small cavalry team in front of him was most likely a patrol that was on guard outside the camp and was ordered to return to the camp to stop him.
Due to the lack of high-quality war horses, cavalry is an extremely expensive branch of arms in Japan, so samurai who can serve as cavalry are not ordinary samurai.
Ogata briefly looked at the cavalry team that appeared in front of him, and he clearly felt that the dozen or so horse-riding samurai in front of him were far beyond those of ordinary ashigaru in terms of physique and momentum.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" When these dozen cavalrymen rushed towards Ogata, the general at the head kept shouting loudly.
Hearing this shout, all the generals who stood between them and Ogata voluntarily moved aside.
Facing the dozen or so incoming cavalry, Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly, then bit the reins that he had been holding with his left hand in his mouth, leaving his left hand free.
Ogata greeted these dozen cavalrymen without any hesitation.
And the carrots under his crotch were like this, constantly staggering, and the four hooves spread out without any fear or concession.
Just as Carrot's horse head and that of the cavalry general were about to cross each other, the cavalry general tightened his grip on the spear in his hand and thrust it towards Ogata.
When the gun was about to hit Ogata's chest,
clang!
Ogata used his left hand to draw the sword from his waist at a speed much faster than the cavalry general's spear, and pushed the general's spear away.
Horse heads crossed and swords flashed.
The cavalry general slipped off the horse as the horses crossed each other, leaving only a little skin and flesh on his neck.
The blade of Ogata's Daishiten once again drank a handful of hot blood.
The flow of two swords without self·flow.
The light from the two swords swung out covered every cavalryman who crossed paths with him.
Every slash he swung out could hit the vital point of every cavalryman with extreme precision.
And the attacks of these cavalry were either blocked or dodged.
After completely passing by these dozen cavalrymen, like a magic trick, these dozen cavalrymen who were so majestic just now were now like soaked noodles, bleeding and sliding off the horse's back.
Down.
After breaking through the obstruction of these dozen cavalrymen, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank.
Then, Ogata's body reacted before his brain and he swerved to the left.
laugh!
An arrow struck Ogata close to the right side of his abdomen.
Although it did not hit Ogata, it succeeded in taking away some of Ogata's clothes and skin.
In the "selfless state", Ogata's pain was somewhat relieved, but Ogata could still feel a burning sensation coming from his left side of the abdomen.
If Ogata had taken one step slower just now, the arrow would have penetrated directly into Ogata's side.
Gotta speed it up...
There was no spare time to treat the wound slowly, so Ogata thought to himself in his heart and continued to charge forward on the carrot.
Ogata could clearly feel that the counterattack force of this military camp was getting stronger and stronger.
Although the military camp has become noisy due to his "visit", it just "looks a bit chaotic" and the order of the military camp has not been broken.
After all, no matter how Ogata can fight, there is only one man and one horse.
No matter how sharp the sword is, it can only cut things within 3 feet.
The destructive power of the momentum created by one person and one horse is always limited, and it is difficult for a military camp to cause a "camp roar" due to panic.
The reason why the order of the military camp did not collapse was not only because Ogata was limited in what he could do with one man and one horse, but also because this army had been on alert since they arrived at the gates of the Red Moon Fortress.
Today is no better than in the past.
The last time Ogata went to settle accounts with Mogami Yoshihisa, he was able to achieve a complete victory and escape unscathed. A considerable part of the reason was because the generals of the First Army did not expect that they would be attacked.
But now it's different.
After arriving at the Red Moon Fortress, in order to prevent the barbarians in the fortress from coming out of the city to attack them, the entire battalion remained on alert.
If it weren't for the short time he set up camp, and the fences, shooting platforms and other defensive fortifications had not yet been built, Ogata might have had to spend a lot of effort to even break into the military camp.
Ogata chose to temporarily put the wound on his flank behind him, and after shaking off all the blood on the sword, he sheathed the sword.
How far is it from outside the camp...
Ogata raised his eyes and looked into the distance to see the seemingly endless tents in the distance...
The scene in front of him made Ogata's heart sink.
But... while his heart sank, a set of conversations suddenly emerged from Ogata's mind.
【Then do you believe in miracles?】
【……I believe.】
This was the conversation he had with Amachi when he just said goodbye to him.
Ogata gritted his teeth and continued to tighten the reins and sword in his hands.
At this moment, if anyone carefully observes Ogata's eyes, he will surely find that some... strange changes have taken place in Ogata's pupils.
In Ogata's eyes, there was a new light that was very different from the "selfless state" flashing.
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After swinging his sword again and cutting down several infantrymen blocking his way, Ogata finally saw... the scenery he had always wanted to see.
He saw that not far away, there were no more tents.
Just rush out of this military camp!
Seeing success right in front of him made Ogata's spirit perk up.
But the spirit that had just been lifted up was suppressed by the sudden change that appeared in front of him.
I saw a large number of infantry armed with spears suddenly shooting out from the left and right sides in front.
These infantry moved forward in a fast running manner, in an orderly and unstable manner.
They appeared from the left and right sides in front of Ogata at extremely fast speeds, and then quickly formed a half-moon formation.
In a half-moon formation, these infantrymen leveled their spears, pointing directly at Ogata.
At the same time, there were a large number of archers behind the half-moon formation, and these archers had already drawn the bows and arrows in their hands into a full moon.
If you bump into this gun formation, you will definitely die. No matter how powerful Carrot is, there is no way he can beat the gun formation.
So Ogata immediately reined in the horse and drove Radish to a stop.
When Ogata looked at the gun formation that suddenly appeared in front of him with a sullen face, a loud shout suddenly sounded:
"Advance slowly! Stab the enemy!"
Ogata followed the shout and found a somewhat familiar person.
This man was wearing black and red battle armor, riding a war horse that was only slightly shorter than a carrot. He stood behind the gun formation and looked at Ogata with a look mixed with fear.
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This person is none other than Kuroda.
Looking at Ogata, who was half-red with blood, including people and horses, Kuroda couldn't help but swallowed:
It’s really Ogata Ittosai…
When Ogata launched an attack on their military camp, Kuroda happened to be resting in his tent.
Not long after he learned that someone was attacking the camp, Kuroda then learned that many people had witnessed it: the person who attacked seemed to be Ogata Ittosai.
When he first learned the news, the first thought that popped into Kuroda's mind was to run away.
The last battle with Ogata left an indelible shadow on Kuroda.
However, fear is fear, and inspired by "Samurai Glory", Kuroda finally chose to come forward.
Kuroda mobilized the 150 infantry troops he could mobilize quickly.
Like Katsura Yoshimasa, he paid close attention to Ogata's movements. Then, like Katsura Yoshimasa, he discovered that Ogata's way of advancement was a bit strange, and he kept rushing straight south.
Although I don’t know why Ogata chose this way of advancement, Kuroda boldly chose to predict where Ogata would reach based on Ogata’s way of advancement, and then deployed his troops there in advance to wait for Ogata
From the net.
And Kuroda made the right bet.
He bet correctly on where Ogata would arrive later.
His deployment was not in vain.
Kuroda, who had a very strong psychological shadow on Ogata, now has no other desires.
I just want Ogata to die as soon as possible.
As long as Ogata was still breathing in front of him, he would only feel uneasy.
So Kuroda didn't say a word nonsense. After the half-moon gun formation was formed against Ogata, he immediately ordered an attack.
Hundreds of spearmen surrounded Ogata at a trot pace.
Ogata glanced around at the gun array in front of him, his expression serious.
hateful……
Ogata, who usually rarely speaks dirty words, at this moment rarely said "Damn it" secretly in his heart.
He was about to rush out of the camp, but a large number of enemy soldiers came out halfway. At first glance, it was obvious that they were ambushing them in advance... This kind of rapid contrast made Ogata's face look ugly.
This half-moon-shaped spear formation has not only spearmen but also archers. Now if you turn around and find another way, it will not be that simple...
Since there is no way to escape, there is only one option left.
"bring it on."
After Ogata finished saying this in a calm tone, he put the rein of the horse in his left hand into his mouth again.
But at this moment, just when Ogata's left hand was about to pull out the big freedom from his waist, the pupils of his eyes suddenly shrank because he was frightened by the sight in front of him.
The scene in front of Ogata suddenly changed.
Suddenly he could no longer see ordinary people.
He suddenly saw clearly the movement of muscles and the flow of blood of the generals in front of him...
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The doctor said that my wrist is recovering well! I will be fine after just a few more days of rest! Congratulations! Congratulations!