Chapter 691 The manufacturing method of the immortal body (1) [6100]
Turn back time not long ago
Osaka, in a forest in the suburbs
Kara, Kara...
In the woods, a large rock suddenly shook unnaturally.
If a passerby were here now and saw this stone that suddenly moved on its own, he would be scared out of his wits and mistakenly think it was haunted.
But in fact, the reason why this stone "moves on its own" is simply because someone is pushing the big stone under it.
With a "click" sound, the big stone was pushed upward through a gap.
A pair of sharp eyes looked around along this gap.
After confirming that there was no danger outside, the owner of these eyes, a slightly shorter warrior, pushed the big stone above his head away.
It turns out that there is a secret passage underneath the big stone, and this big stone is used to cover this secret passage...
The short warrior pushed aside the stone blocking the secret passage, jumped out of the secret passage with a neat posture, and then shouted into the secret passage:
"It's safe outside, come out quickly."
After the words fell, everyone headed by Matsudaira Sadanobu filed out of the secret passage.
"It should be safe if you escape here..." Masajun Hota, the representative of Osaka Castle, looked at Osaka Castle in the distance with a pale face.
Building secret passages has been very popular in the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago. Even now, 200 years later, the Edo shogunate is still keen on building secret passages for escape in various important places.
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Osaka Castle is a fortress that the shogunate spent a lot of money to build, so there is no shortage of things like secret passages.
After learning that an enemy with overwhelming numerical superiority was attacking Osaka Castle and that Osaka Castle would fall soon, Hota Masajun immediately led Matsudaira Sadanobu and some of his guards into a secret passage in Osaka Castle that could lead directly to the outskirts of Osaka.
The whole process of leaving Osaka Castle along the secret passage was a thrilling one.
After walking this long secret road and arriving at the outskirts of Osaka, Hota Masajun finally felt relieved.
While Hota Masahiro was looking at the Osaka Castle they had just escaped from, Matsudaira Sadanobu was also looking at this towering fortress. Then, he looked at the Osaka city where fires were currently appearing everywhere.
"...Mashun Hotta." He said, "How did you become the Osaka Castle representative? The rebellious ministers and traitors just dragged artillery to bombard Osaka Castle with such arrogance, but you didn't even have any relevant information before the incident happened.
Not detected."
Matsudaira Sadanobu's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about trivial matters.
But after he finished speaking, Hota Masajun immediately felt as if he had heard the harshest and most vicious criticism in the world. His face suddenly turned pale and he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Please, please forgive me, Mr. Laozhong..." Hota Masajun was so frightened that his mind went blank, and he fell to his knees, his body shaking at an exaggerated frequency.
Matsudaira Sadanobu ignored Hotta Masajun who knelt down to apologize.
He turned his head again and looked at Osaka and Osaka Castle in the distance.
There was a gleam of thought in his eyes.
At this time, his nickname, Tachibana, said to him in a deep voice:
"Sir Lao Zhong, although we are now on the outskirts of Osaka, I feel that this place is still not absolutely safe."
"How about we immediately go to the military camp located northeast of Osaka and meet up with the 500 generals who are currently gathered in that military camp?"
"With those 500 generals as our support, our safety will be greatly guaranteed."
"...Yeah." As soon as Tachibana finished speaking, Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded gently, "That's what I meant."
"However, we can't just leave without doing anything."
"We now need to collect enemy intelligence as quickly as possible."
"At the very least, we need to know who is attacking Osaka."
After saying that, he turned to look at the four guards beside him.
"Kawai, Fujita, Niimi, and Saeki. The four of you are now entering Osaka and gathering as much information about the enemy as possible. Remember to protect yourself and join us at the military camp outside Osaka northeast before dawn."
The four people selected by Matsudaira Sadanobu were his four personal guards. Not only were they highly skilled, they were also extremely loyal to Matsudaira Sadanobu.
As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's order was given, the four people immediately responded "yes" in unison without saying a word, and then turned around and ran towards Osaka without any hesitation.
"Tamaki, Miyagawa. You two go to Kyoto immediately and tell the Kyoto Governor Shiai Ohta about our situation, and ask him to organize the army immediately, do a good job in the defense of Kyoto, and be ready to lead the army south to support Osaka at any time.
preparation."
"Yes!"*2
"Mizuguchi, Sanpin, and Souma." Matsudaira Sadanobu named three more people. "The three of you are responsible for returning to Edo and informing Wakatani of our situation so that they can immediately start war mobilization and strengthen Edo.
The city is on alert to prevent Edo from making the same mistake as Osaka tonight."
[Note: Posted by Ruonian: In the shogunate, the senior official whose official position is second only to Lao Zhong is responsible for assisting Lao Zhong in handling national affairs]
"Yes!"*3
After arranging this series of tasks, Matsudaira Sadanobu turned around and faced the northeast of Osaka, facing the direction where the 500 generals were stationed.
"The rest of you follow me."
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time back to now
The military camp of 500 generals, inside the commander's tent
At this moment, the general-level figures headed by Ba Chang gathered in the coach's tent.
The person sitting on the main seat of the big tent was none other than Sadanobu Matsudaira.
Tachibana sat next to Matsudaira Sadanobu and told Baba and others about their encounter in Osaka tonight for Matsudaira Sadanobu.
After learning that Osaka and Osaka Castle were actually attacked, and that this group of unidentified enemies had an astonishing number of firearms, including artillery, Baba and the others immediately opened their mouths, looking completely dumbfounded.
"Um, could it be that the people of the Satsuma and Choshu clans rebelled?" Baba raised his hand and wiped the cold sweat on his head.
The only enemies that Battlefield could think of that had a large number of firearms were the Satsuma Domain and the Choshu Domain, which had sufficient reasons to raise armies.
The Western vassals headed by Satsuma Domain and Choshu Domain were forced to surrender to the Edo shogunate two hundred years ago due to despotic power. It is not surprising that they would rebel anytime.
However, as soon as Baba raised his conjecture, Matsudaira Sadanobu mercilessly refuted:
"If the Satsuma Clan, Choshu Clan and other vassals rebelled, we would not be able to get any information in advance."
"That's right..." Ba Chang muttered.
The horse farm is a very typical military commander who is used to living a peaceful life, and his senses are numbed by the peaceful life, and he has no ability to deal with emergencies.
He was completely frightened by the shocking news of "Osaka attack", and he blankly asked Matsudaira Sadanobu:
"Then... Mr. Lao Zhong, what should we do now?"
Matsudaira Sadanobu glanced at Baba who asked such a stupid question with a displeased look, and said:
"Now let's wait for the guards I sent to collect intelligence to come back, and then make a plan after collecting enough intelligence."
As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu finished speaking, the curtain at the entrance of the coach's tent was suddenly opened.
"Lao Naka-sama." The person who opened the curtain and entered the tent was one of Matsudaira Sadanobu's personal guards. "Kawago is back."
Kawai Matsudaira Sadanobu remembered that this person was one of the people he had just sent to Osaka to spy on intelligence.
"Kawai is back? Is he the only one back?" Matsudaira Sadanobu frowned slightly.
"Yes!"
"...Let him come here quickly."
"Yes." The guard who came to report the news retreated outside the tent.
Then, not long after, he returned to Matsudaira Sadanobu with Kawai, who couldn't hide his tiredness on his face.
"Sir Laozhong..." Kawai knelt down and saluted, and weakly said hello to Matsudaira in a tired voice.
"Are you injured?" Matsudaira Sadanobu asked first.
"I'm fine...but...everyone else has unfortunately died..."
"What on earth happened?"
Kawaii reported to Matsudaira Sadanobu the whole process of their entry into Osaka to inquire about the news.
After the four of them entered Osaka under the orders of Matsudaira Sadanobu, they immediately carried out the mission of spying on intelligence conscientiously.
At first, their "infiltration into Osaka" went smoothly and they never encountered any enemies.
Until... they came to Osaka Port by chance...
After they arrived at Osaka Port, they heard a strange "woo-woo" sound.
Before they could react, they saw cannonballs falling...
Two of them were blown to pieces on the spot, and the other was seriously injured. Only Kawai was lucky enough to escape the explosion.
Kawai dragged his companion who was seriously injured in the bombing and fled Osaka Port.
Just after escaping outside the bombed area, the seriously injured companion also died. So Kawai became the only survivor.
"Osaka Port and all the ships in the port were destroyed?" Matsudaira Sadanobu's pupils shrank slightly.
"Yes..." Kawai nodded vigorously with a look of lingering fear, "What destroyed Osaka Port and the ships in the port were two extremely huge ships on the sea outside the port."
"Those two warships poured out a large number of cannonballs, and in just a moment, Osaka Port turned into a sea of fire..."
"Because of the long distance, I couldn't tell how big the two warships were, but I saw the two warships heading east after bombing Osaka Port."
"Go eastward..." Matsudaira Sadanobu muttered, his brows slowly frowning.
"I felt that the information related to those two warships must be of great significance, so I hurried back to report the matter to you."
"...Kawai, thank you for your hard work. Your judgment is correct. This information is indeed of great significance. Go down and rest quickly."
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Lao Zhong."
After Kawai bowed and thanked him, he slowly left the military tent.
"Two warships... heading east..." Matsudaira Sadanobu said with a calm face, chewing the words Kawai just mentioned.
Although I didn't get the information I wanted to know most right now, such as "Who are the enemies?", I also got an unexpected and significant gain.
"Lao Naka-sama..." Baba, who was already frightened by the current situation of "Osaka attack", swallowed hard for an unknown number of times after listening to the information Kawai just reported, "
How about we... lead our troops eastward first?"
"Now the only troops we can mobilize are the 500 generals here."
"With such a small number of people, nothing can be done."
"Why don't we go east to Edo first, join the Edo army, and then..."
The racecourse hasn't finished speaking yet
"So what about 500 generals?" Matsudaira Sadanobu said.
With an unquestionable expression on his face, he continued:
"Even if there are only 500 generals, there are many things that can be done with only 500 generals."
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Osaka, the Buddhist temple where Ogata and the others are currently hiding.
"Ayi, what are you doing there? Over at the Buddhist hall, they are about to start questioning Hatsuko and the others." Ogata, who is sitting on the ground not far away, is stroking his left thigh with his hand.
Cast a doubtful look.
Just now, Genichi and the others left this slightly cramped room with Hatsuko, Shibata, and Zuemon and other prisoners, preparing to go to the spacious Buddhist hall outside to interrogate Hatsuko and Shibata.
Everyone left, but Ogata stayed in this room without moving.
"It's nothing... I just want to... take advantage of the free time now to take a look at the injury on my leg." As Ogata said, he pulled up Hakama's left leg, revealing the hair wrapped around his left thigh.
A thick circle of linen.
His left thigh was accidentally scratched by a sniper's bullet tonight. This circle of linen was bandaged by Ishikawa when he met him later.
Looking at the linen on Ogata's left leg, Omachi let out a low scream and quickly walked to Ogata's side in three steps and two steps at a time.
"What happened to your leg? Was it injured by a gun? Or was it chopped with a sharp weapon?"
"It was indeed injured here before, but now...it should be no longer injured." After saying that, Ogata raised his hand to untie the linen on his leg.
When I heard "The host has completely absorbed the 'power of immortality'" in my mind, the wound on my leg that had been aching a lot no longer hurt.
Also no longer aching... there was also the small stab wound left on his right shoulder by Uo Hachiro, who was good at fighting in the water.
After regaining consciousness, Ogata immediately raised his hand and touched his right shoulder, where he could no longer feel any wounds...
At that time... thinking of the string of system sounds in his mind, Ogata had already vaguely guessed why the injuries on his body no longer hurt...
Because he had just woken up and was about to engage in a decisive battle with Zuemon and others, it was only now that Ogata finally had the opportunity to see the wound on his leg with his own eyes.
"What does it mean that I was injured before, but no longer injured now?" Ating asked confused.
When Omachi asked confused questions, Ogata had completely untied the linen on his legs, and underneath the linen was a piece of smooth skin without even scars.
"What..." Ating curled his lips, "You're not hurt anywhere, why are you wrapped in linen?"
"...About this...I will explain it to you slowly later." Ogata showed a weird wry smile, patted his butt and stood up, "Let's go, Atachi, let's go to the Buddhist temple."
"Um."
Ogata and Omachi walked side by side toward the Buddhist temple outside.
The Buddhist hall of this temple is now very lively.
Feng Mo, Azuki, the Calabash House group, Hatsumi and Shibata... everyone is now gathered in the hall of this Buddhist temple.
Only the spacious Buddhist hall can accommodate so many people.
Also gathered in the Buddhist hall were the prisoners captured by Ogata and the others.
Ogata captured Zuemon, as well as Amachi, Genichi, and the others who had previously captured Jiemasa, and the Iga kunoichi named Haru. The three of them were randomly thrown into the corner of the Buddhist hall by Ogata and others.
Zuemon hasn't woken up yet.
Before Amachi and the others went to Ryushui Temple, in order to prevent Jie Zheng and A Qing from escaping, they knocked them unconscious and tied them to a certain wooden pillar with hemp ropes.
The force was a little too strong, so the two of them still haven't woken up until now.
In other words, all three prisoners are currently in a coma.
Ogata and the others were not in a hurry to wake the three of them up immediately.
Because they now want to focus on asking everything they want to know from Chu Guang, who has an extremely friendly attitude towards them.
After seeing Ogata and Omachi finally arrived, Genichi said angrily:
"Ogata-kun, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Sorry, sorry." Ogata smiled apologetically at Genichi.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's... get started."
Yuan Yi quickly walked to a man and a woman who were currently kneeling in the center of the Buddhist hall, and then sat down cross-legged in a carefree manner.
"Your two names are Hatsumi and Shibata, right?" Genichi asked the man and woman sitting in front of him, Hatsumi and Shibata.
As soon as Yuan Yi finished asking questions, Chu Guang nodded.
"That's right. Just call me Chuguang."
"Just call me Shibata..."
The hemp ropes that were originally tied around the wrists and ankles of Hatsumi and Shibata have now been removed, and they are kneeling on the ground side by side.
Shibata, who always had a very obvious look of nervousness on his face, tightened his shoulders together, pursed his lips tightly, and glanced around with uneasy eyes.
Compared to Shibata, Hatsumi's posture and movements are much more elegant.
She sat quietly on her knees with a natural expression, as if she were sitting in the hall of her own home.
"So Hatsumi." Genichi, who was sitting face to face with the two of them, turned his eyes to the side and met Hatsune's eyes. "Before talking about important matters, please allow me to say thank you."
"Thank you so much for just now. If you hadn't told us the weaknesses of that old guy and that crazy woman in time, in the battle just now, we would have been very likely to be defeated by those two people due to lack of intelligence.
It’s so bad.”
"You're welcome." Chuguang said lightly, "I was also helping myself at that time. At that time, you were my only hope for survival. If you had not defeated Jijiu and the branded woman, I would have determined to protect myself in the future.
It’s hard to guarantee.”
"Jijiu, Branded Woman... are they the names of those two people just now?" Yuan Yi asked.
"That's right. The old guy's name is Jijiu, and the dead crazy woman's name is the branded woman."
After thanking Chu Guang briefly, Yuan Yi changed the subject.
"Hatsuguang, Shibata. I won't go into too many convoluted things and tell you two directly. How about making a deal with us?"
"We have many questions for you now."
"As long as you can honestly answer these questions of ours, we will let you go free."
"Okay." Chu Guang nodded.
As soon as Yuan Yi finished speaking, Chu Guang immediately nodded and responded so quickly that many people present could not help but look surprised.
"I have no other choice but to cooperate with you now, right?" Chu Guang said helplessly after looking up at those people who showed surprised expressions.
The corners of Yuan Yi's lips raised slightly, revealing a smile: "It's really rare to see a heroine who acts as straightforwardly as you. So, without further ado, could you please introduce yourselves?"
"I see that you and Shibata next to you are both wearing Iga ninja costumes. You both seem to be one of the Iga ninjas. Why was it that when I first saw you, you were tied up and thrown to the ground?
"
"...It seems that you know a lot, you can actually tell that the clothes Shibata and I are wearing are Iga ninja costumes." Hatsumi paused, "You are right, Shibata and I are both Iga ninjas.
One of the ninjas."
"But Shibata and I both hate Iga."
"In order to ensure that there is enough new blood, Iga has been filling in new people in an extremely inhumane way."
"They go around looking for those children who are quite qualified, capture those children, brainwash those children in an almost abusive way, and train them into new ninjas."
"This is how Shibata and I became Iga ninjas."
"Training methods like Iga's have successfully trained many die-hard warriors."
"But at the same time, some fighters with a bitter hatred for the cruel Iga were also trained."
"Shibata and I belong to the latter group."
"The two of us have been racking our brains to think of ways to completely destroy Iga."
"The Yoshihisa you just faced is the current leader of Iga no Sato, and he is also the person I want to kill the most."
"It's this bastard who came up with the evil method of catching children to replenish fresh blood."
"Tonight, I plan to sneak into Longshui Temple, ignite the gunpowder stored in Longshui Temple, and blow up Jijiu and the others."
"Unexpectedly, Jijiu knew that I was rebellious. He predicted that I might come to the bomb depot tonight, so he waited for me and captured me."
"You came when we were preparing to send me to a temporary cell and then deal with me slowly."
"I see..." After Genichi muttered "That's it," he then asked a series of new questions, "I just talked to the girl named Isshiki Ka, and she said: Did you ask her
By the way, the troops raging across Osaka tonight are members of the Toyotomi clan. The person who leads the Toyotomi clan...is he a young man named Toyotomi Nobuhide or Kinoshita Nobuhide?"
When he said the name "Toyotomi Nobuhide", Genichi's face couldn't help but darken slightly.
Just now, Chu Guang's expression remained calm from beginning to end.
However, after hearing Genichi's question just now... to be precise, after hearing Genichi say the name "Toyotomi Nobhide", Hatsumi's expression wavered for the first time.
"...It seems that you really know a lot of things. You even know the name Toyotomi Nobuhide."
"You are right. The name of the leader of the Toyotomi clan is indeed Toyotomi Nobhide."
As soon as Chu Guang said this, the expressions of everyone present, especially those in the Calabash House, immediately changed.