Chapter 559 Taidao vs Japanese sword (2) [6800 words]
Red Moon Fortress, inner city wall——
Chanup returned to the inner city wall as quickly as possible.
At this moment, the inner and outer city walls, which had just been quiet for a short time, became noisy again.
The archers ran up the inner city wall.
The soldiers responsible for close combat also stepped onto the outer city wall and took up their positions.
In the past few days, they have been picking up the equipment left behind by the Japanese soldiers, and then leaving these equipment for the soldiers on the outer city wall to wear.
After nearly three days of "exchanging shotguns for cannons," a considerable number of soldiers on the outer city wall have already put on the armor of Japanese soldiers and used the long spears of Japanese soldiers.
In order to avoid being accidentally injured by one's own people, the breastplates of all the armors that were "used for one's own purposes" were painted red.
As soon as he returned to the inner city wall, Chanup saw Lin Ziping who seemed to have just arrived.
"Mr. Chanup, you are here." Lin Ziping took the lead and said to Chanup, who came first. "The Aizu army will launch another attack earlier than we thought."
"and……"
Speaking of this, Lin Ziping showed a worried expression and looked at the Aizu army that had almost completed their formation outside the city.
"I hope it's just my illusion... I always feel that the atmosphere of the Aizu Army at this time... is weird..."
Chanup then turned his attention to the Aizu army that was still gathering and arraying outside the city.
"... No matter what happens to the Japanese troops outside the city, what we have to do remains the same -" Chanup said in a deep voice, "Drive down all the Japanese who climbed up."
"...Yeah." Lin Ziping nodded gently, "You are right..."
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Red Moon Fortress, outside the city——
"Kamao-sama and Hirata-sama are ready.", "Mori-sama is also in place."...
Pu Sheng crossed his arms across his chest and listened quietly to the reports coming one after another.
Kamao naturally knew exactly what generals were under his Aizu army and what tasks each general had.
After listening to the last report and confirming the generals and the troops in their respective positions, Pu Sheng nodded: "...Very good."
He lowered his arms across his chest, then put his right hand on his beloved sword - Lei, which was on his left waist, and walked up to it, and slowly pulled it out.
The biggest difference in appearance between a tachi and a tachi is that the length of a tachi is generally longer than that of a tachi, and the curvature of the tachi is generally larger than that of a tachi.
Kamao's favorite sword named "Raizaku" has a blade length of nearly 77cm.
After he slowly pulled out Lei Zai and raised it above his head, Lei Zai reflected a blue light with a somewhat coquettish aura under the sunlight.
This astonishing length and this breathtaking cold light directly attracted the attention of everyone around it.
"I am a general - Pu Sheng prison line!"
Pu Sheng shouted as loudly as he could.
It's a pity that Kamou is not the kind of person with a loud voice. His voice cannot reach the ears of all Aizu generals. Only the few hundred people closest to Kamou can hear Kamou's voice clearly.
"Your respective commanders should have told you just now, right? I will personally lead the charge in this afternoon's battle!"
As soon as Pu Sheng finished speaking, those who heard Pu Sheng's voice clearly cast their fiery gazes in the direction of Pu Sheng.
At this time, the Aizu generals were quite excited.
Because just now, they received news that their general Pu Shenglaoxing was going to personally participate in this afternoon's battle, and he still took the lead in the charge.
No matter how the times develop, it is a very inspiring and morale thing for a normally aloof general to charge forward personally.
What's more, the one who personally led the charge was Pu Sheng, who was well-liked by the generals and had the same food and clothing expenses as ordinary soldiers.
"Samurai of Aizu! Follow me soon!"
"Samurai of Aizu! Show the bravery of Aizu with me!"
"Samurai of Aizu! Join me in capturing this fortress!"
Of these three sentences Pu Sheng said, the last one was almost yelled.
After he shouted these three powerful words, the surrounding generals with him as the center of the circle burst into cheers and shouts like mountains and tsunamis.
Then, the shouting quickly spread, and all the Aizu generals, whether they had heard Kamou's words just now or not, cheered loudly.
This is also normal on the battlefield - because information transmission is extremely inconvenient, most generals can only "imitate". When others call you, you will often follow them, even if you don't know what the other people are doing.
What are you shouting?
After the cheers around him subsided a little, Pu Sheng slashed down the thunderous sword that he had been holding high, pointing directly at the sky.
"Follow me!!"
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Red Moon Fortress, inner city wall——
"What is that..." Lin Ziping muttered in a deep voice while looking at the front of the Aizu Army that was already rushing towards them - there was a very abrupt "small group" at the front of the Aizu Army.
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To the left and right of this "small group" were several sturdy soldiers. In their hands were iron shields that were extremely rare in the Japanese army and could not be used by ordinary generals.
These soldiers holding iron shields formed an "iron ball" to intercept all flying arrows.
A soldier at the rear of this "small group" was carrying an iron shield in one hand and a military flag embroidered with "Aizu Miki" in the other.
Lin Ziping instantly concluded that there must be some big shot personally leading the charge. This big shot is now inside this "iron ball" and is being strictly protected.
Lin Ziping noticed that there must be some big shot inside that "iron ball", and Chanup, who was standing next to him, also noticed this.
Lin Ziping originally wanted to order the musketeers not far away to "concentrate fire on that 'iron ball'," but unexpectedly Chanup's reaction was faster than him.
"Shoot those who are running at the front carrying iron shields!" Chanup ordered the musketeers.
Although Chanup's reaction was already very fast, it was a pity that the "iron ball" was traveling too fast.
Because Kamao personally participated in the battle, the morale of the Aizu army increased greatly, so they even ran faster. Even if the "iron ball" was very fast, the generals at the rear could barely catch up.
And the flintlocks of Chanupu and others are all smoothbore guns. The smoothbore gun is not the kind of gun that can be pointed and hit. If you use a smoothbore flintlock to shoot long-distance targets, whether you can hit a target depends on luck...
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Therefore - even though Chanup had quickly ordered to focus fire on the "iron ball", until the "iron ball" reached the bottom of the outer city wall, only two bullets successfully hit the target.
These two bullets could only barely penetrate the iron shield, injuring the guard who was resisting the shield, but not the "big man" who was heavily protected.
The "big shot" who was heavily protected was naturally Pu Sheng who personally led the charge.
Under the protection of the guards, after arriving at the base of the outer city wall safely and soundly, the soldiers who followed quickly set up the long ladder.
After the long ladder was built, he grabbed the long ladder with one hand and carried his mine with the other hand. Like an agile ape, he seemed to be gliding along the long ladder and was the first to "slide" up the city wall.
"Quick! Someone is coming up!"
"Kick him down!"
"Stab it down!"
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The soldiers on the outer city wall reacted quickly.
After nearly three days of fierce fighting, they gradually got used to how to fight and how to efficiently knock down the enemy soldiers who climbed up the city wall.
Before Pu Sheng showed up, four soldiers formed a fan shape, pointing their spears at the mouth of the long ladder, ready to stab Pu Sheng down as soon as he showed up.
Their plan is very beautiful.
It's a pity - they misjudged the strength of the incoming enemy...
Pu Sheng appeared from behind the city wall as they wished, and the four soldiers immediately stabbed him with their spears.
But as soon as they thrust the spears in their hands forward, they saw a horizontal sword flash in front of them.
Pu Sheng waved his thunder and walked away.
The light of the swords passing horizontally knocked away the spearheads of the four of them in one breath, and their offensive was thus disintegrated.
Pu Sheng kicked off his feet and took this opportunity to quickly jump onto the city wall.
The four warriors saw several more rays of sword light - and this time the light of swords was no longer the spears sweeping towards them, but towards them...
These four warriors were all wearing ashigaru armor that they had just changed into, so Kamao did not choose to attack their bodies, but specifically slashed at those parts of their bodies that were not protected by the armor.
I saw Pu Sheng swinging four knives in a row. He obviously swung the knives 4 times one after another, but because the knives were too fast, it looked like the four soldiers were hit by the knife at the same time and fell down.
The first person to climb the city wall was their general Kamao - this was an extraordinary boost to the morale of the Aizu generals.
The Aizu generals cheered and swarmed up the outer wall like a swarm of ants along the long ladder.
"Follow me!!" After shouting this sentence with all his strength, Pu Sheng flicked the thunder in his hand, and after shaking off the blood of the four soldiers just stained on the blade, he rushed towards the Red Moon Fortress closest to him.
warrior.
At this moment, Pu Sheng has fully displayed his fangs.
Although Taishu is a swordsmanship that can only show its power on horseback, it is more than enough to deal with the soldiers of Red Moon Fortress who have no other strengths in combat except archery.
Pu Sheng is not tall, so strength is not his strong point.
His strength is his agility.
Even though he was wearing heavy armor, he was still like soft water, "flowing" at an extremely fast speed through every gap on the battlefield.
He "flowed" in front of a certain soldier. Because Pu Sheng's speed was too fast, before the soldier had time to react, he felt severe pain in his right shoulder - Pu Sheng slashed his right shoulder diagonally with his sword.
, and then directly chopped the man in half.
At this time, a soldier standing nearby thrust his spear at Pu Sheng. However, Pu Sheng quickly dodged it, then raised the tip of the knife and pierced the man's throat.
When she was sheathing the knife, she made a sweeping sweep and slashed the body of the person next to her, neatly cutting the person's body in half...
After killing three people in one breath, Pu Sheng "flowed" again, flowing to other places...
The soldiers often saw the flash of the sword before they could react.
Or maybe you just blinked and suddenly saw an extra person in front of you...
Kamao's fierce attack was like a shot in the arm for the Aizu generals.
Everyone was cheering or shouting Pu Sheng's name.
With their morale and fighting spirit soaring, they burst out with great strength, and the intensity of their attack was far greater than that of this morning.
The powerful Pu Sheng was like a sharp wedge, piercing the thick wall of the outer city wall, creating a crack with it as the center of the circle. As the wedge gradually deepened, the cracks continued to deepen...
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The whole army's main formation——
"Kamao-kun's tachi skills are indeed well-deserved..." Inamori, who was observing the battle situation with a telescope, said with emotion.
Pu Sheng planned to lead the charge personally this afternoon - for such a major matter, Pu Sheng naturally reported it to Daomori immediately.
Inamori naturally refused at first. After all, Kamao is also the commander-in-chief of the Aizu Army. The commander-in-chief's personal participation in the battle can certainly greatly boost morale, but it would be bad if the general was injured in the battle.
But Pu Sheng was stubborn and tried hard to persuade Daomori. So under Pu Sheng's persuasion, Daomori finally reluctantly agreed to Pu Sheng's plan to "lead the charge".
At the beginning of the battle, Inamori was still frowning slightly because of some worry.
But now, after seeing the great battle situation, Daomori's slightly frowned brow slowly relaxed.
"Lord Inamori."
A general, who did not have a telescope and could not see the battle situation on the front line, asked Inamori urgently.
"How's the battle going now?"
"Kamao-sama personally led the charge, and the Aizu army has completely gained the upper hand." Inamori said concisely and concisely with a proud smile on his face, "It's a pity that the barbarians in the fortress are not weak and easy to be bullied. Kamo and their offensive
We were still reluctantly stopped, but the barbarians also suffered a lot of casualties."
Inamori's words directly caused all the generals present to cast their shocked and stunned eyes towards the outer city wall in the distance where shouts of killing were constantly heard.
Different generals showed different expressions.
Some of the generals showed admiration and joy.
But there are also some generals whose expressions are quite complicated - such as Akizuki and Kuroda, who are both generals of the First Army and generals of the Sendai Domain.
The generals of the First Army basically all look embarrassed now.
Originally, they had achieved no results for two consecutive days, but today they looked at the Aizu army's siege with a joke mentality.
However... the slaps came one after another...
This morning, the Aizu army showed its might.
And now, General Kamao of the Aizu Army directly led the charge, giving the barbarians in the fortress a head-on blow...
How can the generals of the First Army not be embarrassed by this? How can they not be entangled...
Many generals of the First Army even began to lower their heads out of embarrassment and entanglement, looking at their noses with their eyes and their minds with their noses.
"...Hello." Qiuyue, who was standing next to Kuroda, whispered to Qiuyue beside him, "Aizu...can it really be possible to capture the outer city wall before this evening..."
"...I find it difficult." Kuroda replied softly, "The barbarians in the fortress are not that easy to deal with."
"But... even if they fail to capture the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress before tonight, the battle between Pu Sheng and the others will greatly frighten the barbarians..."
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Red Moon Fortress, inner city wall——
Of course, Chanup and the others had a clear view of Pu Sheng's terror.
Pu Sheng is galloping.
Their warriors are dying.
No one can stop Pu Sheng.
Pu Sheng and the others also used various means to try to counter Pu Sheng early on.
Elite soldiers were sent to chase and intercept Pu Sheng, and elite archers were sent to shoot him accurately...
But these methods of theirs have had little effect...
Because the battlefield was too chaotic, it was difficult for the archers to shoot at Pu Sheng. Pu Sheng was also very smart. He never exposed himself in a place convenient for the archers on the inner city wall to shoot. He always hid himself in crowded places.
And it keeps moving at a high speed, making it more difficult for archers to aim.
And the elite soldiers they sent were completely powerless to fight back against Pu Sheng...
As if entering a deserted land, Pu Sheng waved the sword in his hand, harvesting lives one after another.
"...Chanup, you're in trouble." Retannoe, standing next to Chanup, said in a deep voice, "How should we deal with that very difficult Kazuto?"
"...We can only intensify the concentration of fire on that man as much as possible." Lin Ziping on the side continued, "I don't believe that man can dodge all the arrows."
Chanup has been looking at Pu Sheng with solemn eyes since just now.
No one needs to explain, Chanupu also knows what will happen if Pu Sheng is left alone.
After staring at Pu Sheng on the outer city wall for a long time, Chanup said nothing.
He just turned around silently and strode away from the inner city wall.
"Chanup! Where are you going?" Seeing this, Retannoe asked urgently.
"That person is obviously a general-level figure in the Japanese army." Chanup said in a calm tone, "The reason why the children on the outer city wall fought so hard is partly because the general of the Japanese army personally
Going into battle boosted morale."
"Then let's use Kazuto's method to deal with Kazuto!"
"I want to go up the outer city wall!"
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Red Moon Fortress, Chanup’s home——
After Chanupu left, Tang Shen still sat there blankly, with his eyes closed tightly, showing an expression that looked both dazed and thinking.
To outsiders, Tang Shen seems to be just sitting around doing nothing.
But in fact, only Tang Shen himself knows - in his mind, fragments of past memories are playing back and forth...
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"Do you want to use these broken scissors to deal with those Yakuza? It will just be a waste of death."
"Those beasts... killed my parents... just because my parents didn't pay the so-called 'security deposit'. I'm not willing to accept it..."
"..."
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"That house in front is the headquarters of the 'Osaki Family', right?"
"That's right! Who are you! Don't let the idlers wander around here... Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! You, what are you doing? Help, help... Gu..."
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"Hey! Who are you? I've never seen you before! Are you a ronin? Why are you causing trouble for us, the Osaki Family?"
"I'm a ronin, Jindu Juzo. Because I don't like you, I decided to destroy you Yakuza."
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"Kannawa Juuzou... I have heard of your name! You must be the 'Kannawa Fujusai'! I, my uncle is an important minister of the Yonezawa clan! You killed me but... ahhhhh -
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The fragments of memory have finished playing in Tang Shen's eyes.
Tang Shen slowly opened his eyes.
If Chanup had been present, he would have been surprised to see the look in Tang Shen's eyes.
The emotion in Tang Shen's eyes now is quite calm - just like an accomplished monk who has practiced Taoism for many years.
He stood up quietly.
At the same time, he grabbed the crutches placed by his side.
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Red Moon Fortress, inner city wall——
"Chanup! Are you crazy? Do you know what the consequences will be if something happens to you?" Retannoe stopped Chanup firmly and refused to let Chanup leave.
"I know." Chanup said sternly, "But I also know - if we don't stop that guy as soon as possible, what consequences will we have."
"Retannoe, tell me, besides me personally going into battle to boost morale, is there any other way to immediately stop that guy who is wreaking havoc everywhere?"
Retannoe was asked.
His eyes flickered several times in succession, and then he gritted his teeth:
"In short - I don't allow you to go to the outer city wall, I just don't allow you to go!"
"We are not yet at the point where we need you to go into battle personally!"
Having said that, Retannoe took the bow from his back
"I'll go on your behalf! If I go into battle, I can boost everyone's morale to some extent!"
"You all should calm down." Lin Ziping said urgently, "Now that guy's offensive is on the decline. He should be tired too. You can try to let the archers..."
"Hey! Look!"
"Who is that person? He's so fast!"
"Unknown people have climbed onto the outer city wall!"
At this moment, a sudden scream of surprise interrupted Chanup's argument.
Chanup and the others all turned their attention to the outer city wall.
"This is...?!" The next moment he turned his gaze to the outer city wall, Chanup's eyes widened, filled with shock and... joy.
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laugh!
The sound of flesh being split apart sounded again.
After using the tachi in his hand, he once again split the head of the soldier in front of him. In order to avoid being shot by the archers, Kamao quickly took the knife and dodged to a crowded place not far away.
"Drink ahhhhhhh--!"
At this time, Pu Sheng suddenly heard a shout coming from his side.
Following the sound, a young warrior rushed towards him with a spear.
"You're here in such a hurry to die..." Pu Sheng sneered a few times, then advanced instead of retreating, heading towards the young warrior.
call--!
The sound of spears piercing the air was heard.
In Pu Sheng's eyes, his thrust was so slow that it was no different from an attack launched by a child.
Pu Sheng, who had rich combat experience, noticed that his current environment was not suitable for dodge, so he turned the sword in his hand, slashed the spear with the back of the sword, and used brute force to block the spear, so that the direction of the spear's thrust was staggered.
The spear was blocked, and the young warrior's door was wide open.
A faint smile appeared on Pu Sheng's face.
And the young soldier also had a look of fear on his face.
Pu Sheng raised the sword in his palm high...
at this time--
Just when Pu Sheng was preparing to make his military exploits more glorious today——
Click.
Suddenly there were footsteps behind Pu Sheng.
And it wasn't until the footsteps sounded that Pu Sheng noticed that there was someone behind him.
Pu Sheng, who was startled by the sudden sound of footsteps, shrank his pupils suddenly. Then he stopped the attack that was about to take away the life of the young soldier in front of him, and made a quick strike with his left foot as the axis.
Turn around and face your back.
After turning his gaze behind him, Pu Sheng realized that the person appearing behind him turned out to be an old man.
An old man with gray hair and beard.
And this old man is actually a Japanese man wearing a kimono.
Kamo's eyes collided with the old Kazuto's eyes in mid-air.
Pu Sheng's nerves were already tense, and suddenly a guy who was obviously not his comrade-in-arms appeared, and he naturally classified him as an enemy.
He subconsciously waved the Raizai in his palm. The Raizai drew a beautiful arc, and the trajectory of the sword approached the old Kazuo in an arc.
But the old Kazuto then made an action that Kasumo didn't expect - he raised the crutch in his hand and used the bottom of the cane to face Kasumu's knife.
Is this old guy crazy?
Pu Sheng mercilessly mocked this old man in his heart.
But just as he said this sarcasm from the bottom of his heart, the next scene that appeared in front of him made Pu Sheng's eyes almost pop out of his sockets.
He saw the bottom of the old guy's cane and the blade of his thunder collide heavily in mid-air.
Because the bottom of the cane could not withstand the powerful blow, the whole crutch quickly cracked with the cut place as the center.
Then - the thing hidden inside was revealed bit by bit as the crutch was broken into pieces.
A knife.
Because the crutch started to crack from the bottom of the stick, and the whole crutch cracked bit by bit from bottom to top, so the knife also slowly revealed its shape from bottom to top, revealing its snow-white scabbard bit by bit.
, handle.
After the knife was completely revealed as the crutch was shattered, and exposed to the light of the sky, the old man inserted the white knife into his left waist with a move that was so fast that it was almost impossible for an old man to do it.
In the hakama belt between the two, and then hold the handle of the knife tightly with the right hand.
laugh!
A white light poured out from the scabbard and swept across Pu Sheng's face from bottom to top.
"Ahhhhhhhhh-!"
Pu Sheng, who had been invincible since he climbed the city wall, screamed for the first time.
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