Chapter 657 Ogata: Aren't you going to kill me? I'm here! Come on! [6800]
After hearing the sound of the cannon, Matsudaira Sadanobu's body immediately started to move on its own, and he quickly ran to the window next to him and looked out.
However nothing was seen.
Due to the angle of view, Matsudaira Sadanobu could only see a few wisps of smoke.
"Master Lao Zhong! Master Lao Zhong!"
At this time, anxious shouts from Tachibana Tachibana and Masajun Hota from Osaka Castle were heard outside the room.
"Come in!"
As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's permission to enter the room was issued, Tachibana and Hota hurriedly opened the door and rushed into the room.
The two of them showed very similar expressions at this time.
Tachibana's face was full of panic.
Hota Mashun was slightly better, but he still looked flustered.
"Lao Naka-sama!" Hota Masajun said quickly, "Osaka Castle was attacked by unknown persons!"
Matsudaira Sadanobu showed a completely different reaction from Tachibana and Hotta Masajun.
"How many enemies are coming? From where are they attacking?" Matsudaira Sadanobu asked in a calm tone.
"The number of enemies is more than 200! They are equipped with a large number of artillery and other firearms! They are currently surrounding all the entrances and exits of Osaka Castle! They are bombarding the city gates with artillery!"
Osaka Castle is surrounded by tall walls and a wide moat.
If you want to enter Osaka Castle, you can only take the four bridges located in the southwest, southeast, northeast, and northwest of Osaka Castle.
After learning that the only four entrances and exits of Osaka Castle were surrounded by enemy troops, Matsudaira Sadanobu's originally very calm expression finally changed slightly and his face sank slightly.
"Master Lao Zhong! The enemy's artillery is very powerful! It won't take long before the city gate will be blasted open! With the current strength of Osaka City, it is impossible to stop the enemy! Please hurry up and take the secret road to leave Daban City.
Bancheng!”
Matsudaira Sadanobu also knows the current garrison strength of Osaka Castle. There are less than 50 people in total.
50 people faced an enemy force that was conservatively estimated to be more than 200 people. The enemy army also had a large number of artillery... In such a battle, there was no suspense about the outcome.
Two hundred years of peaceful life have long since weakened the armaments in various parts of Japan. Osaka City is not a particularly important place, so the defense force of Osaka City is becoming increasingly weak.
The current defensive strength of less than 50 people has been strengthened.
After the "attack on Nijo Castle in Kyoto" last year, many places, including Osaka Castle, stepped up security.
Previously, there were only a little over 30 samurai responsible for defending Osaka Castle...
At this time, Matsudaira Sadanobu slowly clenched his hands that were hanging naturally into fists.
"Last year, Nijo Castle was attacked... This year, Osaka Castle was attacked..." Matsudaira Sadanobu gritted his teeth, "What happened to this country..."
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Osaka, Osaka Castle, southwest gate
boom!
Another cannonball flew out of the barrel and hit the city gate not far away.
Under the bombardment of shells, the city gate in the southwest of Osaka City was already crumbling. It would not take long for the city gate to be opened.
"Well..." A strong man with a large naginata in his right hand and a palm on his eye socket with his left hand looked at the southwest gate of Osaka City with a smile on his face and nodded gently, "Not bad, these are from France.
The cannon bought by the country is really powerful."
This strong man has an extremely majestic figure, nearly 2 meters tall, and his clothes are bulging with muscles. Compared with this figure, he looks more like a bear than a human.
"Saemon Zaemon Zaemon-sama." An Iga male ninja dressed in black quickly walked up to the strong man, "The city gate in the northeast has been breached."
"Hey...the one who took the lead in breaking the city was from the northeast...but we are also faster here."
The strong man known as Zaemon Zaemon stretched his body vigorously.
Then he said with emotion:
"Every time I see the roar of cannons, I can't help but feel sad. As expected, swords, guns, swords and halberds are about to be eliminated."
boom!
A cannonball hit the southwest gate again.
The city gate, which was hit head-on by a cannonball again, made a cracking sound.
Immediately afterwards
Boom!
With a roaring sound, the originally majestic city gate in the southwest turned into large or small pieces and collapsed to the ground.
Looking at the collapsed city gate, the guards on the left and right showed a ferocious smile.
"Follow me!"
He didn't say much unnecessary words.
After shouting "Follow me", he shouldered his big naginata and rushed towards the collapsed city gate.
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Osaka, a bustling commercial street
Boom...boom...boom...
The rumble of cannons reached Ogata's ears, who was now in a hurry to return to the hotel.
This is...artillery?
While Ogata continued to run forward, he turned to look in the direction from which the rumbling sound of the cannon came.
He was sure that he heard correctly.
Because on the commercial street where he was currently, many passers-by stopped and looked in the same direction as Ogata.
After living a peaceful life for a long time, the common people no longer know how to fight. Therefore, after hearing the rumbling sound, many people looked confused or confused because they did not recognize the sound of the roar of artillery.
That direction...is Osaka Castle...?
During this time, Ogata has been wandering around Osaka with Atachi and the others, so Ogata has a general understanding of the locations of various important places in Osaka.
What place was being bombarded? Are these people who are shelling a certain place the same people as those who attacked me just now?
Uh... damn... my head hurts so much that I can't concentrate on thinking.
As time went by, Ogata's health not only failed to improve, but gradually deteriorated.
Just now, it was just pain everywhere in my body.
But now, not only is every part of my body still aching, but my body temperature is gradually rising.
Ogata felt that his current body temperature was about 37 and a half degrees. The breath he exhaled gradually became hot, and his head began to swell and hurt.
His head was already feeling uncomfortable, but now it was only fueled by the pain. All kinds of questions kept popping up in his mind, making Ogata feel that his head was getting more and more swollen.
Physical discomfort has naturally caused Ogata's current physical condition to plummet.
My feet feel so heavy... I've just run so far and I'm a little out of breath...
Ogata raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, swallowed, and moistened his dry throat.
Even though his body was quite uncomfortable, Ogata still didn't stop.
In this state, it is impossible to fight with anyone...
We have to meet up with Atachi and the others as soon as possible, and then hide in a safe place until the "immortality poison" wears off...
laugh!
The sound of fireworks rising from behind Ogata interrupted his thoughts.
At the same moment when the sound of fireworks rising was heard, Ogata's expression suddenly froze.
He quickly stopped his feet and looked behind him.
I saw a red flower blooming in the sky behind him.
The people on the street looked at the fireworks in the sky that should not appear at this time of year without knowing why.
Under this "red flower" is a man in black standing on the roof, holding a small wooden tube and pointing it at the sky.
Looking at the dress of this man in black, a strong sense of familiarity arose in Ogata's heart.
In just a moment, Ou Feng remembered why he felt that the clothes of the man in black were so familiar.
The attire of this man in black... has quite a few similarities in style with Ashuki's Iga kunoichi uniform.
After setting off the fireworks, the man in black turned around and ran away without any hesitation.
Ogata thought with his buttocks and knew that this man in black was definitely not a "commoner who wanted to set off fireworks for entertainment on a whim."
Has the decline in my condition also weakened my perception...I just didn't realize that the man in black was following me from the beginning to the end...
While Ogata was yelling in annoyance in his heart, he was preparing to jump onto the roof of the nearby shop to chase the man in black who was acting suspiciously and was most likely following him.
If this guy is really following him, then he cannot be let go no matter what.
Ogata quickly ran to a nearby dessert shop selling wagashi, and when he was about to jump onto the roof, a strong dizziness suddenly came over his head.
This intense dizziness made Ogata feel as if the sky and the earth were turned upside down.
"Well……"
Ogata let out a low cry of pain, then covered his head and fell to the ground on one knee.
This intense dizziness came suddenly and went away quickly.
In just two breaths, my head returned to its original state of pain and swelling, but still bearable.
Before Ogata could feel lucky that the intense dizziness just now was not continuous, waves of sounds that he least wanted to hear now entered his ears from far and near, and the sound of footsteps came from far and near.
There was a sound at the intersection ahead of Fang.
A musketeer appeared from both sides of the intersection, and then formed a neat three-row square formation in the center of the intersection.
And standing behind the spear array was Sakuma.
"What a blessing. My troops and I happened to be right next to us..." After murmuring softly, Sakuma waved his hand and said, "Shoot!"
When this musketeer appeared in the field of vision, Ogata's body started to move like a conditioned reflex.
With smart movements, he turned over and jumped into a nearby tree whose trunk was thick enough to hide his entire body.
As soon as Ogata hid behind the big tree, rows of bullets roared towards him.
The bullet missed Ogata who was hiding behind a tree trunk.
But it hit... the people on this street who didn't react at all...
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
"Me, my hand!"
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa!"
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Bloody, ruthless, cruel...this is...the current scene of this bustling street that was originally bustling with life.
This street is already bustling, with 70% of the space on it filled with people.
In such a densely populated place, being shot with flintlock guns at such a close range... one can imagine what the result would be.
The people on the street were decimated by the first round of shooting.
The civilians who did not fall to the ground fled in terror away from the musketeers.
There were already a lot of people on the street, and everyone was running around in confusion. You squeezed me, I squeezed you, and the street became extremely congested.
Faced with the unprovoked disaster, the common people were wailing in fear, and Sakuma didn't even frown.
He looked calm, as if the people who died under his "shoot" order were not individuals, but ants.
The musketeers in front of him also faithfully fulfilled the orders given by Sakuma. After the gunners in the first row emptied their guns, they immediately exchanged guns with the gunners in the second row.
With a dumbfounded expression, Ogata looked at the people who were just a stone's throw away from him and were suffering from unreasonable disasters.
If he had been hiding behind the tree trunk, under the protection of this strong tree, even if these musketeers had emptied their ammunition, they would not be able to hurt Ogata.
Only...these innocent people will suffer heavy casualties.
The people are now fleeing in panic, the streets are congested, and God knows how long it will take for them all to leave this place.
Those musketeers obviously didn't care about the life and death of these ordinary people. Even if there were a large number of innocent people in front of them, they would still shoot without fail.
If you continue to hide behind the tree trunk, you will be very safe, but many innocent people will be accidentally injured.
If you actively expose your body, you will be in danger, but the people on the street will become much safer.
In front of Ogata's eyes, there was such a multiple-choice question.
However, in fact... there were no multiple-choice questions in Ogata's mind at all.
Because one of the options in this question never appeared in Ogata's mind from beginning to end.
When the first row of musketeers and the second row of musketeers were exchanging guns, Ogata jumped out from behind the tree trunk without thinking, and then jumped onto the roof of a nearby tea house.
"Aren't you going to kill me?!" Ogata pulled out the knife from his waist, "I'm here! Come over here!"
After Ogata's figure appeared on the roof of the building, the musketeers raised their muzzles in unison, pointed at Ogata who was standing on the roof of the tea house, and fired the triggers.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...
At the same moment when the musketeers pressed the trigger, Ogata immediately jumped aside, and the bullets whizzed and hit the place where Ogata was standing just now.
Because the musketeers raised their muzzles, the people on the street were naturally out of the range of the musketeers' attack. In the second round of shooting by the musketeers, no innocent people were accidentally injured.
While Ogata struggled to avoid the bullets fired by the musketeers, he moved on the roof and approached the gun array.
While fighting against the rows of flying bullets, perhaps because his attention was attracted by the battle in front of him, Ogata felt that the pain and swelling in his head had subsided slightly, and his thinking slowly became more agile and flexible.
stand up.
The man in black who pulled off the fireworks just now... was specifically responsible for finding my traces...
Once they found me, they immediately set off red fireworks. Then the musketeers who happened to be nearby immediately came following the fireworks...
It seems... these people are really prepared to kill me...
Every musketeer in the spear formation now followed Sakuma's order and took off all the sabers on their waists, holding only a flintlock gun.
Ogata discovered this just now when he hid behind the tree trunk.
What it means that the enemies no longer carry swords is very clear to Ogata, who does not have a good sword with him now.
But even so, he still rushed towards the gun formation resolutely without any hesitation.
20 meters...18 meters...16 meters...
Due to the climate, the roofs of houses in Osaka are basically pitched roofs.
Every ridge on the sloping roof is an excellent obstacle for Ogata.
Ogata avoided bullets by moving between roof ridges.
14 meters...12 meters...10 meters...
When he counted 10 meters silently in his mind, Ogata tightened the knife in his hand.
At the same time, begin to slowly change your breathing rhythm to the breathing rhythm of the Source's Breath.
Just get closer.
Once he got closer to 8 meters, Ogata could leap into the enemy's formation in one breath just like he did in the previous battle.
9 meters...!
Ogata put his left hand on the handle of the wakizashi and pulled out the wakizashi too.
But at this moment...
From the corner of Ogata's left eye, there was a little light at the end of his left field of vision.
He turned around and looked around, his pupils suddenly shrank and he saw five people crouching at the entrance of an alley not far to his left.
These five people pointed their bright guns at him.
The light he noticed in the corner of his eye just now was the cold light emitted by the moonlight hitting their gun barrels...
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The five snipers pulled the trigger together.
On the roof, Ogata, who was rushing towards the position of the gun array, suddenly stopped.
Then, like a withered yellow leaf in autumn, it fell backwards and fell into the dark alley between two shops.
"Do you think I will make the mistake of 'letting you enter the gun array' again?" Sakuma said to himself in a cold tone, "I know that you will most likely come along the roof again, so
I specially arranged for snipers to shoot cold shots."
After Sakuma murmured, he took out a flintlock pistol from his arms.
In addition to being easy to carry, flintlock pistols have no other advantages. In terms of power, range, and accuracy, they are not as good as rifles. There is no need to install them on a large scale among ordinary soldiers, so the Toyotomi Army
On the other hand, only commander-level figures like Sakuma have flintlock pistols specially used for self-defense.
"Forward!" Sakuma raised his flintlock pistol.
The musketeers formed a neat queue and slowly approached the alley that Ogata fell into just now.
This is a dark, deep, and narrow alley. The alley is so narrow that it can only allow one person to enter and exit. Standing at the entrance and looking into the alley, you can't see the end, only seeing what seems to be endless darkness.
Sakuma tried his best to look into the alley a few times, but under the cover of the ink-like darkness, Ogata could not be seen at all.
So Sakuma ordered the four musketeers beside him: "The four of you, go in and take a look. After you see that person, don't get close to him first, and don't care whether the person is dead or not. After a few more shots to his vitals,
Come closer."
"Yes!"*4
The four musketeers, holding flintlock rifles, lined up in a long line and filed into this narrow alley that made it impossible for two people to walk side by side.
After a while, the musketeer who was walking at the front saw Ogata lying face down on the ground still holding the knife tightly in both hands in the alley.
He was motionless and felt as if he was dead.
The leading musketeer followed the order Sakuma had just given meticulously.
After seeing Ogata, he stopped in time, and then picked up the flintlock gun in his hand.
But... just when he raised the flintlock gun, he felt a blur in his eyes.
Then, there was a heartbreaking pain in the neck.
He subconsciously wanted to open his mouth and scream.
But when he opened his mouth, he found that he couldn't pronounce a single word. When he opened his mouth, a large amount of blood poured down his throat and into his mouth, choking him and making his mouth full of blood.
His throat was pierced by the tip of a sharp knife.
The person holding the sword was Ogata, who was still lying in front of him.
Ogata was still lying face down on the ground, but his right hand holding the katana was raised upwards.
Holding the lower end of the knife handle with the palm of his right hand is one of Ogata's old tricks.
Hold the lower end of the handle to increase the attack range of the sword.
He relied on his old tricks and his arm length, which was far above the average for this era, to pierce the musketeer's throat.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Itto-ryu·Bird Thorn to kill the enemy]
[Earn 80 personal experience points and 90 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Itto-ryu" experience points]
[Current personal level: LV40 (3570/6400)]
[Sakakihara Itto-ryu Level: 14th Dan (1135/14000)]
"You are within my attack range..." Ogata slowly raised his head from the ground.
His eyes flashed with the unique bright light after entering the "selfless state".
The sounds of fighting and the screams of his subordinates could be heard in the alley.
Outside the alley, Sakuma's expression changed.
Before he could issue a new order, he saw a black shadow leaping out from the alley, and then like a meteor... it hit Sakuma heavily.
The blood on his face suddenly receded. Sakuma quickly raised the pistol in his hand.
It's a pity that his movements were still a step too slow.
As soon as he raised his gun in the air, Ogata's katana hit him in the forehead.
Sakuma's head was chopped open like a watermelon.
When Sakuma's brains were chopped out, Ogata's feet landed firmly on the ground.
Sakakibara's Ichitōryu·Waterfall!
Sakakihara Ittōryu·Bird Thorn!
Ogata used the katana in his right hand to make a bird stab, and the wakizashi in his left hand to make a water fall. At the same time, he sent the two people beside him to the west.
When Ogata stabbed the enemy's throat to the right in front of him with a bird thorn, he clearly felt that the knife in his right hand was dull because it was covered with too much fat, blood and other strange liquids.
He subconsciously wanted to abandon the knife.
But when he was about to release the sword in his right hand, he suddenly remembered that none of these musketeers were carrying swords.
Therefore, Ogata could only grit his teeth, pull out the knife, and continue to use this knife that was no longer very useful to kill the enemy...
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Osaka, the home of Senbei
"Senbei, your wine is really good. After just a few sips, I feel my cheeks are getting hot!"
Since arriving in Osaka, Fuma has often gone to the home of his old subordinate Senbei to have meals and spend the night tonight.
Fuma and Senbei are now sitting face to face. You and I are drinking one glass of the new liquor Senbei bought today.
Just when the two of them were drinking happily, the rumble of cannons coming from Osaka Castle made both of them raise their glasses at the same time.
"Is this...the sound of gunfire?" Senbei's eyes widened.
Listening to the bursts of cannon fire, Feng Mo said nothing.
He just frowned slowly.
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Osaka, the hotel where Ogata and the others stayed
"Ittousai-sama is so slow..."
As soon as Azhu finished murmuring softly, her stomach growled.
In front of her and Atachi, there were already cooked hoe yakisoba.
Dinner has already been cooked.
But Ogata has not returned for a long time.
At first, the two of them could comfort themselves by saying, "There might have been some accident on the way, so Ogata came back later."
The two of them kept waiting and waiting.
Until now, Ogata has not been seen at the door.
Both of them...especially A-Machi's face had a look of obvious worry.
"...Ms. Atachi." Ashuku asked in a cautious tone, "Should we go outside to look for Lord Ittosai?"
A-Machi looked thoughtful.
After only thinking for a moment, Atachi stood up.
"...You stay here. If you are hungry, you can eat first without waiting for us. I will go to Master Yu Er's place to see what's going on."
"If Ayi comes back when I go out to look for him, just tell him: I went out to find him, so that he doesn't have to worry."
If two people go out to look for Ogata, they might encounter the embarrassing situation of "Ogata comes back as soon as they go out, and they pass by each other", so it is best to leave one person at the hotel.
Therefore, Azuki didn't make any rebuttal to A-Machi's request to let her stay at the hotel alone. He nodded obediently and said to A-Machi, "Be careful on the road."
A-Machi hung her wakizashi around her lower waist, put on straw sandals that were very similar to flip-flops on her fair feet without socks, and quickly left the hotel, following her memories towards Master Yuji's residence.
go.
Not long after she left the hotel, the rumble of cannons being attacked on Osaka Castle reached her ears.
"Is this...the sound of a cannon...?"
A-Machi stopped and looked in the direction where the gunfire came from with a shocked look.
For some reason, after hearing the sound of the cannon, an ominous premonition welled up in A-Machi's heart...
She bit her lower lip, then quickened her pace and rushed to Master Yu Er's home.
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PS: The author recently suddenly thought that Ogata has the nickname "Shura".
Shura is an evil god in Buddhism and can be regarded as a monster.
Then... Amachi, who has been practicing equestrian skills on Ogata... hasn't he become a "Taiman Ninja"?
What a genius I am! I decided to add a label of "Anti-Demon Ninja" to A-Machi in the character introduction at the starting point!