Chapter 561 Ogata - Arrive at the Cossack Camp【6200Words】
The name of Skulucci's superior was originally "Daniel Mikhail Alexander".
But the book friend "White Porcelain Chess Piece" introduced: The Russian name format is "first name - father's name - last name", and this person's name is not rich enough. For example, "Daniel" should be pronounced as "Daninovs" in Russia
base".
So the correct name of this person should be "Alexander Mikhailovich Daninovsky".
I really don’t know much about Russian name culture, so I’m very grateful to this book friend. I also learned a lesson.
Therefore, Alexander's name was changed to "Alexander Mikhailovich Daninovsky" after this chapter - although this person has no role...
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Tang Shen looked at Chanup who was walking towards him with a blank expression. The soldiers in front of him all consciously moved to both sides to make way for him.
The surrounding soldiers also looked at the soup god who had just helped them with eyes that were almost the same as those of Retannoe and Lin Ziping, but they did not know his name at all.
"...If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after we get down from the city wall." Tang Shen said softly, "Can you get me some food by the way? I haven't toiled my body like this for a long time, and I'm a little hungry."
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Outside the city, the shogunate’s army——
Daomori looked gloomily at the unconscious Kamao who was lying on the bed in front of him with his eyes closed tightly.
The other generals stood silently behind Inamori - knowing that Inamori was in a very bad mood, they obediently looked at his nose and heart, remaining silent, and even their breathing slowed down a bit.
"We have tried our best to treat Mr. Kamou's wound." The doctor standing next to Inamori reported to Mr. Inamori softly, "But Mr. Kamou seemed to have been hit hard on the head, although there was no nosebleed on Mr. Kamou.
Or there may be some other abnormalities, so we cannot rule out the possibility that 'Kamou-sama's head was injured'."
"So now we have to wait for Pu Sheng to wake up and then check whether his consciousness is clear."
"And...even though we have removed Mr. Kamou's wound, this cannot prevent infection 100%."
"So... Sir, please make appropriate mental preparations in the future."
"...I understand." Inamori nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, doctor. Please take good care of Kamao-kun in the future."
After telling the doctor some things, Inamori turned around with a gloomy face and left the tent where Pu Sheng was resting.
As soon as he left the camp, Inamori saw one of his cronies walking quickly toward him.
"Inamori-sama." This confidant said directly to Inamori, "the Aizu army has all been gathered and integrated. However...even though we have heavily publicized that Kamou-sama was not killed in battle, their morale is still a little low.
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"...We really underestimated our opponent this time." Daomori turned his head, put on a sinister face, and looked at the Red Moon Fortress in the distance, "Unexpectedly...this city was thought to be just a
There are so many masters lurking in the fortress occupied by uncivilized barbarians."
"First, there is an 'expert' who knows how to defend the city."
"Then today another very skilled Lao Kazu appeared..."
Just now, while waiting for Kamao's treatment to end, Inamori was not idle.
He first personally supervised the gathering and sorting of the Aizu generals who had withdrawn from the fortress, and then in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he issued an order to the entire army: Kamao was not killed in battle, but was only slightly injured.
In fact, the injury suffered by Kamao was not serious, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Daomori planned to tell a "white lie".
In addition, Pu Sheng also called in soldiers who had witnessed what happened to Pu Sheng and asked them in detail how Pu Sheng suffered such serious injuries.
I didn't ask, but I was shocked when I asked - everyone said: Pu Sheng was defeated with a sharp spear by an old man holding a strange-looking sword.
After learning that Pu Sheng was defeated by such an unknown master, Pu Sheng's face was horribly gloomy - he would rather hope that Pu Sheng was injured by a barbarian due to a moment of carelessness than to see that Pu Sheng was injured.
Being defeated by a master in one-on-one situations.
The latter will be much more troublesome than the former...
"Sir Inamori," the confidant in front of Inamori said, "There is still nearly an hour and a half until dark. Do you want to launch a new attack on the fortress?"
Daomori pondered for a moment:
"...Forget it today. Wait until tomorrow to launch a new attack."
Speaking of this, the cold light in Daomori's eyes became even more fascinating.
"I don't believe it... How can a bunch of barbarians defeat us?"
While Inamori was gnashing his teeth, the generals who followed him closely and had just come to visit Kamao with Inamori also looked towards the distant fort with expressions of indignation.
But - there is a certain group of people who are different. Although they also show expressions of indignation, you can still detect a little joy and gloating in their eyes.
And this group of people are basically the generals of the First Army.
The gloating look in the eyes of generals such as Kuroda and Akizuki who came from the Sendai Domain was particularly obvious.
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Red Moon Fortress, Chanup’s home——
In Chanup's home, there is only Tang Shen and Chanup sitting opposite each other.
Tang Shen, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground casually, grabbed a piece of dried meat and chewed it.
Chanupu, who was sitting in front of him, said nothing and waited silently for Tangshen to finish his food.
Tang Shen didn't eat very slowly. After a while, a whole piece of dried meat went into his stomach.
"...There is no particular reason why I suddenly changed my mind and chose to help you."
After eating the piece of dried meat, Tang Shen said slowly:
"I just suddenly felt that you are my...probably my only friend now, so I can't justify not helping you."
"...That is to say, you are not going to tell me the reason why you suddenly changed your mind to help me." Chanup was not stupid enough to be fooled by Tang Shen's perfunctory words just now.
"Forget it... Since you don't want to say more, I won't ask further questions. Just tell me when you are willing to tell me."
Chanupu raised his eyes and looked directly into Tang Shen's eyes.
"...Shendu. Do you plan to help us all the way, or...just a whim today?"
Tang Shen was silent for a long time and said slowly:
"...Chanup. Through today's battle, I clearly feel that the Japanese soldiers outside the city are not all lazy and weak."
"Even with my help, if you want to hold on until the supply of the Japanese army is cut off, and then retreat... let me put it in a harsh word - I'm afraid the chance of winning is not even 10%."
Tang Shen was about to continue talking, but Chanup suddenly interrupted:
"I know."
"But at least... we have to last for another 10 days."
"10 days?" Tang Shen cast a puzzled look at Chanup, "What do you mean? Why do you need to last for at least 10 days?"
"...I'm sorry, I can't go into too much detail about this yet." Chanup shook his head, "In short - starting from tomorrow, I have to last at least 10 more days..."
"After 10 days, our slim chance of winning...maybe no longer so slim."
Tang Shen stared at Chanup's face closely for a while with a gaze that seemed to pierce Chanup's entire face, and then smiled:
"...It seems...you are indeed planning something secretly..."
After the words fell, Tang Shen turned his laughter into a silent sigh.
"Then... I'll take my time with you... and let me see what tricks you are up to."
Having said this, Tang Shen lowered his head slightly and whispered in a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"Let me see if my swing of the sword this time is also valuable..."
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The next day——
The sixth day after Ogata left the Red Moon Fortress——
"The battle situation has changed so quickly... It's really unexpected." Kuroda said in a half-joking tone to Qiuyue beside him, "I really didn't expect that yesterday, I was so arrogant and threatened to kill everyone.
Pu Sheng, who captured the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress within a day, is lying on the bed today and is still unconscious."
"Okay, those people from Kuroda and Aizu are our friendly forces after all, so we should say less of this." Although Qiuyue said this, there was still a faint look of ridicule on his face.
After yesterday's battle, the morale of the Aizu army plummeted, and even after nearly half a day of rest yesterday, they have not yet recovered.
Therefore - today's main attack will be switched to Kuroda, Qiuyue and the others' First Army.
The generals of the First Army have already lined up, and now they are just waiting for the general of the First Army, Gui Yizheng, to give the order to attack.
Kuroda and Qiuyue chose to spend their free time waiting for Katsura Yoshimasa's order to attack by chatting.
"It's ridicule. But what happened to the Aizu Army yesterday is still worthy of warning us." Kuroda slowly put away the ridicule on his face at this time, "This is just a fortress occupied by a group of barbarians. It turns out that
I thought it would only take two days to capture it, but I didn’t expect that it’s still hard to break up even now..."
"First, a master appeared who knew how to defend the city. Yesterday, another master appeared who could defeat Pu Sheng in a one-on-one situation."
"Although I don't like that Pu Sheng, I still have to admit that Pu Sheng's skills are very good."
"Our next battle will be far more difficult than originally expected..."
"...It's a pity that the injury I suffered hasn't healed yet." Qiuyue raised her hand and touched the injury on her collarbone that Ogata had sustained. "Otherwise, I would have liked to climb the wall myself and fight that injured person.
Let’s fight with Pu Sheng’s people.”
"Then I have to thank you for your injuries, which prevent you from making trouble." Kuroda rolled his eyes at Qiuyue.
As soon as Kuroda finished speaking, the rapid sound of conch suddenly penetrated their ears.
"The attack has begun..." Kuroda turned to look at the fortress in the distance, "Okay... let us continue... the barbarians."
"Let me see whether you can't hold it in first or we can't hold it in first."
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"Heren are coming!", "Drive them all down!"...
The sound of the conch shell, representing the attack, turned the outer city wall of the Red Moon Fortress into a "flesh and blood mill" again.
The soldiers, who had become more and more experienced in defending the city, pushed the Japanese soldiers who climbed up one by one back to the city wall in various ways.
At this time, a certain soldier with considerable skill successfully climbed the long ladder and climbed onto the city wall.
"go to hell!"
While he was roaring like this, he was preparing to slash a young warrior in front of him with his sword.
But just as he raised his sword high, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a blade of light striking him from the side.
Then... there is no more.
The moment he saw the sword light, the sword light passed across his neck, and his head was chopped off directly and fell to the bottom of the city wall.
The person who chopped off the soldier's head was Yugami, now wearing an Ainu garb.
After slashing the soldier's head and roaring, Yugami shouted loudly in fluent Ainu:
"Push back those who climbed up!"
As soon as Tang Shen finished speaking, there were shouts of response.
Just last night, Chanup had introduced Tang Shen to everyone, introducing this helper who, although he was a Japanese, had chosen to help them just like Lin Ziping.
In order to better distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, Tang Shen specially wore an Ainu coat.
Just as Kamao's skill and hard fighting inspired the generals of the Aizu Army yesterday, Yugami's skill and hard fighting also inspired the soldiers of Red Moon Fortress.
Since the beginning of the battle, Tang Shen has been roaming around, cutting down difficult enemy soldiers one after another, greatly reducing the defensive pressure on the outer city wall.
After cutting down another enemy soldier and raising his hand to wipe the sweat dripping from his forehead, Tang Shen turned to look at Chanup who was standing on the inner city wall.
At this time, Chanup was keeping an eye on the battlefield, commanding and arranging the battles in various places with the help of Lin Ziping.
Because he was too focused, Chanupu didn't notice that Tang Shen was looking at him at all.
"On the 10th..." Tang Shen muttered, showing a helpless expression, "What a difficult goal..."
After speaking, Tang Shen once again clenched the knife in his hand and killed another First Army soldier who climbed up the city wall.
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The seventh day after Ogata left Red Moon Fortress——
Ezochi, on a certain plain——
This plain, which should have been full of natural atmosphere, suddenly had the atmosphere of "human civilization" mixed in the air.
On this not-so-wide plain located in a dense forest, there were an immeasurable number of densely packed camps.
If you were an Ainu or Kazuto here, you would probably feel a little strange facing this type of tent.
But for people in Europe...especially Eastern Europe, these camps should look very familiar - not only do they look familiar, they should also shudder after seeing these camps.
Because these camps are all Cossack-style camps.
The area around this Cossack stronghold was densely populated with sentries and patrols.
The current time, converted into modern Earth units, is about 4 p.m.
The weather is very good now, with no fog blocking the view, and the sky is quite clear, illuminating the surrounding area. Today's weather is undoubtedly a great help to the Cossacks who are responsible for guarding outside the camp.
At this time, a certain Cossack suddenly saw - just in front of him on the horizon, there seemed to be a small black shadow shaking.
After squinting his eyes and taking a closer look, he discovered that this small black shadow was a person.
A man riding a horse.
This man was riding a horse, charging straight towards him, slowly emerging from the horizon.
This Cossack had sharp eyes, so even though he was a little far away, he could barely see clearly - the man on the horse was a young Kazuto.
This Kazuto, both himself and the horse beneath him, looked dusty.
Before the Cossack had time to shout loudly to stop the Kazuto, he heard the young Kazuto shout loudly in a slightly non-standard Russian, but the meaning could be understood clearly:
"Славагосударю! (Glory to His Majesty the Tsar!)"
"ЯдругСкулуччи! (I am Skulucci's friend!)"
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"Excellent!"
A middle-aged man with a big belly clapped his hands vigorously.
"Scruchi! This armor really suits you very well! With your current heroic appearance, Gawain, the knight under the King of Knights who is famous for his grace and handsomeness, should not be able to compare with you!"
Scrooge stroked his red hair, which is more common in Scotland:
"Boss Alexander, I didn't expect that you seem to know a lot about our Scottish Celtic mythology."
"I like Celtic music!" The middle-aged fat man put his legs on the long table in front of him in a very graceless manner and made a flute-playing gesture. "I like your Celtic bagpipes very much!"
Because I like your Celtic music, I also learned some of your Celtic myths through various opportunities and coincidences."
"I'm quite interested in the story of King Arthur in Celtic mythology."
"That's a damn coincidence." Scrooge shrugged, "I know Celtic mythology too well!"
"Especially the story of King Arthur, the King of Knights. I know it so well that I can recite it by heart."
"Boss Alexander, if you are interested in the future, we can have a good chat about mythology!"
After joking with the fat middle-aged man named "Alexander" for a while, Skulucci got back to the topic:
"I originally thought this armor would be some useless piece of iron, but I didn't expect it to be a good thing that is both beautiful and practical."
"This steel is not ordinary steel...it's really a good piece of armor."
After saying that, Skulucci raised his hand and patted the breastplate of his upper body several times.
At this moment, Skulucci was wearing a set of armor—a set of blue and gold southern barbarian trousers.
After parting ways with Ogata, Skulucci, in order to rest his team and have a good winter, led his subordinates to his superior - the middle-aged man with a big belly who is now sitting in front of Skulucci.
Person: Alexander Mikhailovich Daninovsky's station, meet him.
After the rendezvous, in order to pass the boring time every day, Scrooge often drank and chatted with his superior.
Although Scrulucci didn't like his boss very much, Alexander was the kind of person who wouldn't feel bored talking to him, so Scrulucci still liked to chat with him.
The two of them have been chatting from noon till now, and they even drank many bottles of wine.
Alexander, who was chatting with Skulucci in high spirits, just on a whim, he took out the armor he bought a while ago to show off to Skulucci, and asked Skulucci, who had a body shape that matched the armor.
Lu Qi came to try on this armor.
Alexander has a strange collection of weapons. For those weapons that he is interested in, he can often spend a staggering amount of money to purchase them. The armor Skulucci is wearing now is Alexander's adventure in the Far East.
Later, he purchased it from a certain merchant with 10 precious Don horses.
The Don hippopotamus, a horse breed that can be called the "strongest war horse", is not ordinary expensive.
Exchanging 10 Don hippopotamuses for a suit of armor - most people would probably say this is extremely stupid.
Scrooge originally thought so too.
But now after trying on this armor and feeling the performance of this armor for himself, Skuluqi discovered that this armor is so expensive, but there is still some reason for it to be expensive.
Not only does this set of armor look great, but the steel used is not ordinary steel and has excellent protective properties. Ordinary swords and arrows should not be able to break the defense of this set of armor.
"What a nice set of armor. I'm a little bit jealous of it."
After praising him again, Scrooge began to take off the armor.
Alexander laughed heartily:
"It's a pity that now is not the era of armor!"
"Armor is now useless on the European battlefield."
"From now on, armor will probably become people's collections."
After sighing, Alexander waved his hand at Skulucci, who had finished taking off his armor.
"Come on, let's continue drinking! I specially took out my treasured herring today. If you don't eat them all, it will be wasted!"
"Today's meal is truly an epuloe epularum." Skulucci sat down in front of Alexander again and continued to say in a half-joking tone, "I almost forgot the last time I ate herring like this.
When did it happen?"
"Sculucci, don't speak Latin." Alexander said angrily, "You know, I don't understand Latin."
at this time--
"Lord Dovnar! Lord Dovnar!"
Suddenly, a call to Scrooge sounded outside the camp.
"What's going on?" Skulucci turned and looked outside the tent.
"Lord Dovnar! A Kazuto came to us! He kept shouting 'Glory to His Majesty the Tsar' and 'I am Skulucci's friend'."
"Is he your friend?"
"Kazuto?" Scrooge raised his eyebrows vigorously, and then quickly stood up.
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Skulucci rushed to the northeast of the camp as quickly as possible.
Soon, he saw from a distance - a young and dusty Kazuto, leading a horse, standing silently and waiting under the guard of several sentries.
"Mr. Majima!" Scrooge, with a look of doubt on his face, quickened his pace slightly.
Looking at Scrooge walking toward him, the young Kazuto—or rather Ogata—showed a faint smile.
"Skullucci, long time no see."
"It's true that we haven't seen each other for a while." Scrooge quickly walked up to Ogata and patted Ogata's chest, "Why are you here?"
"It's a long story..." Ogata said in a deep voice, "In short - I have something to ask you for help.
Scrooge twitched his eyebrows: "Come in first. Come to my tent and talk slowly."
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PS: Skulucci's phrase "epuloe epularum" is Latin, meaning "delicates from the mountains and seas." In order to make the dialogue between Skulucci and Alexander more European, I decided to use some common jokes in European popular novels -
—The characters in it will speak Latin from time to time.