I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I think Mashima-sama's plan is very good!"

Jincheng, who regards Ogata as a model, took the lead in expressing his agreement with Ogata's simple and crude plan.

Hosaka followed closely behind.

Hisakamoto is also the kind of person who thinks and acts very simply and rudely, and Ogata's plan suits his appetite very well.

"Shooting directly into their stronghold... that's a good plan!"

"The small group of people they sent to 'advise' the villagers is gone, and it is impossible for them to remain indifferent."

"This small group of them has not returned for a long time, and they will definitely wonder if something happened to this village."

"It would be troublesome if we let them know that people in this village invited warriors to help out."

"Before the bandits don't know that people from this village have invited warriors, it's the best policy to fight first."

After both Hosaka and Jincheng expressed their approval of Ogata's plan, only Tsuchiya and Mizuno remained unspoken.

Tsuchiya, who is not very talkative, uttered a very long sentence at this time:

"I also agree to take the lead and go straight to Huanglong."

"But—that's easier said than done."

"There are 42 bandits in that group. Even if 12 of them have been killed now, there are still 30 left."

"And there were only five of us."

"It's too dangerous for me to defeat 30 bandits with just 5 people, even if Mashima-kun's swordsmanship is extraordinary."

"You can't go straight to the bandit's stronghold without thinking."

"I have to think of a detailed tactic to deal with the bandits entrenched in the stronghold."

"So I have a strategy."

Tsuchiya, who spoke as little as a mute, actually came up with a strategy—this surprised everyone present, so they all listened attentively.

"Let's find a way to sneak into their stronghold."

Tsuchiya said word by word.

"Assassinate their leader."

"Bandits are nothing but a mob."

"Without the leader's command, they will be just a mess."

"As long as their leader is gone, our chances of winning will increase a lot in one breath."

Tsuchiya succinctly stated his plan.

As soon as he finished talking about his plan, Hosaka showed a wry smile:

"Shoot people first and shoot horses... Your plan sounds great, but the question is - how do we sneak into the bandits' stronghold and assassinate their leaders?"

As soon as Hosaka said this, the atmosphere of the scene and the expressions of everyone became heavy.

Even Tsuchiya, who proposed this "assassination plan", pursed his lips tightly with a solemn expression.

Only Ogata and A-Machi looked normal.

After the two looked at each other in a very tacit understanding at the same time, Xu conveniently put his hands around his chest and said:

"Sneak into the bandits' stronghold and kill their leader—that's a good plan.

Very robust. "

"How about doing it a little more thoroughly?"

"Not only assassinate their leaders, but also assassinate all the targets in their stronghold that can be assassinated first."

Ogata's words shocked the audience.

"Master Mashima. That's right..." Hosaka hesitated, "But the question is...how do I sneak in?"

Hearing this question from Kasaka, Ogata smiled and shrugged.

"About this...you don't have to worry about it."

As Ogata said, he turned his head to look at the sky outside.

"It's almost nine o'clock (12 o'clock noon) now. After we finish our lunch and build up our strength, let this guy show us the way and take us to their stronghold."

Ogata pouted at Ono who was being tied up by Wuhuada.

"After arriving at their stronghold, stand still and wait for dark."

"After dark, my wife and I will start to act first."

"My wife and I will sneak into their stronghold through the night and wipe out some of the bandits in secret."

Ogata raised his hand and stroked his neck horizontally.

"My wife and I have reduced the number of bandits to almost the same level. I'll send you a signal, and you can attack together."

Ogata simply stated the specific battle plan he had just drawn up.

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Hosaka opened his eyes and asked Ogata:

"Mashima-sama, are you still planning to take Ling Zheng to hunt down the bandits? Do you want Ling Zheng to sneak into the bandits' stronghold with you?"

"Uh... excuse me, it's very difficult to infiltrate a certain place and carry out an assassination operation without anyone noticing..."

"I know." Ogata smiled and nodded, "But I still know a little about sneaking and hiding."

"As for my wife..."

"Don't underestimate my wife."

Ogata put on a half-joking tone.

"Her skills are far better than you imagined. At least she is stronger than the bandits who attacked today."

"And she's also very good at how to sneak into a place without anyone noticing."

"It's better to say that my wife taught me the skills of sneaking in and hiding my figure."

"It's just a stronghold of bandits, I have the confidence to sneak into it and assassinate all the bandits in the stronghold that can be assassinated."

Speaking of this, Ogata suddenly remembered - since he left Kyoto, it seems that he hasn't used the "Shiranuru Stealth Technique" to sneak into a certain place for a long time.

What he said just now, "My in-laws taught me my skills of sneaking in and hiding my figure" is actually not wrong.

Although Ogata was able to light up the skill tree of "Shiranui Ninjutsu" thanks to the system.

But at that time, Ogata could not use the system to unlock "Shiranui Ninjutsu" without A-Machi giving him the various moves to cover up Shiranui Ninjutsu.

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that Amachi is Ogata's master in "Shiranui Ninjutsu".

As soon as Ogata's words came out, everyone in the room cast shocked glances at A-Ming.

"Miss A-Machi." Hosaka murmured, "Are you so good?"

Everyone, including Hosaka, originally thought that Machi was just an ordinary girl who was ordinary except for her good looks.

Unaccustomed to being stared at by so many people in shock, A-Machi couldn't help showing a shy smile.

If Ogata had said that he and his wife would infiltrate the stronghold to assassinate the bandits this morning, before the bandits headed by Ono came, Jincheng and the others would have scoffed, thinking that Ogata was crazy.

But now after seeing Ogata's strength and knowing that Ogata turned out to be such a great swordsman with such superb swordsmanship, Jincheng's thoughts and concepts have all changed.

Seeing that Ogata vowed that he was confident that he and his wife would easily sneak into the bandit stronghold and assassinate the bandits one by one, Jincheng and the others only felt that Ogata might really be able to do it!

In addition, in addition to the relatively dull Tsuchiya, the three people of Hosaka, Jincheng, and Mizuno admired Ogata even more.

The three of them only felt that Ogata, as a great swordsman with extraordinary sword skills, took the initiative to take on the most dangerous task.

When the group of bandits headed by Ohno attacked today, Ogata was also the first to charge forward.

What kind of spirit is this?

The image of Ogata in their minds became even taller...

Out of trust in Ogata, everyone agreed to Ogata's daring battle plan.

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After obtaining all the desired information from Ono and simply drawing up a battle plan, it was almost time for the sun to rise to its highest point.

In order to thank Ogata and the others for their brave performance today, the villagers prepared a much richer lunch for Ogata and the others than in the past—but in essence, it was just that there were more radishes and pickles on each plate.

After lunch and a brief rest, Ogata and the others took their sabers and rushed to the bandits' stronghold.

The little leader named Ono had his hands tightly tied behind his back with a hemp rope, and he walked in front, leading the way for Ogata and the others.

Ogata walked behind Ohno, always on guard against Ohno, beware of Ohno escaping.

Ohno also knew Ogata's strength, so he didn't dare to make mistakes, and obediently led Ogata and others to their stronghold.

Soon, Ogata and others went deep into the vast snow mountain located in the south of the village.

While on their way, Ogata and the others also took a look at the nearby scenery—although there was nothing particularly beautiful about it.

There is snow under your feet, snow around you, and everything in your field of vision is snow.

Look up - there are mountains nearby, and mountains in the distance.

The Ou area is indeed a mountainous place, no matter where you go, you can see continuous mountains.

The mountains of different shapes and poses are covered with white snow. Under the sunlight, they reflect silver light. If you have never seen snow, you may be very excited when you just see the snow scene. But things like snow scenes are just like that if you watch too much. Since entering the Ou area, Ogata has been tired of watching the snow scene.

While letting Ono lead the way, Ogata and the others also continued to scrape more information from him, mainly asking for some details about their bandit.

According to Ono, their leader is Koizumi Seiichiro, who has superb swordsmanship and was once a low-level samurai of a certain domain.

After the "Tianming Famine" broke out, in order to reduce the financial burden, the feudal government deprived some of the samurai from their jobs and demoted them to ronin.

And their leader Koizumi happened to be one of the demoted ones, forced to leave the feudal kingdom where he grew up, and try to find a way out by himself.

Due to class attributes and other reasons, there are many jobs that do not recruit samurai at all.

So after becoming a ronin, because there are too few jobs to find, no matter what you do, you can't get rid of the plight of poverty.

About half a year ago, he finally decided to take the risk and become a bandit.

Gathered some ronin who were also destitute and almost unable to survive, and went to be road tyrants together, robbing passers-by of money.

The companions assembled by Koizumi basically had the same experience as him - they were ruthlessly abandoned by the vassal mansion they were originally loyal to after the outbreak of the "Famine at dawn".

Ohno joined Koizumi at that time.

Ohno's previous experience was almost exactly the same as Koizumi's.

Ohno was also a low-level samurai of a certain feudal country, and after the famine that spread throughout the country, he was ruthlessly abandoned by the feudal government to reduce financial pressure and became a ronin.

After becoming a ronin, he also worked hard to make a living, but because there were too few jobs to find, he gradually fell into the predicament of starving to death.

After Koizumi found him and invited him to become a Road Hog together, in order to survive, Ohno nodded and agreed without hesitation.

So something very ironic happened like this:

When he was still a serious warrior, he worked hard wholeheartedly to serve the public, but he could only get a death salary that might not change for a lifetime. When disaster struck, he was ruthlessly discarded by the feudal government as a burden and garbage.

After becoming a ronin, he did not give up hope, and still worked hard to make a living, but it was difficult to change the predicament of poverty when many jobs did not recruit samurai at all.

After breaking the pot and deciding to be a villain, life immediately improved.

Show off the saber at your waist, and with a few words of intimidation, you can snatch money and food from passers-by.

If you are lucky, you can even grab a beautiful woman and have a good time.

At the beginning, there were only a few people under Koizumi's command.

Now there are so many wanderers in the Ou area who live in no fixed place. There is no shortage of fresh blood. As long as you can prove that you have led everyone to live a life of eating and drinking, there will be a large number of people who are willing to follow you and put their heads on their belts. superior.

As a result, the number of people gradually gathered more and more, and gradually developed into the current scale of more than 40 people.

After growing in scale, Koizumi began to be dissatisfied with being a road tyrant who only robbed passers-by of money.

He decided to do the big deal—to rob the village.

So they chose this small village with a total population of less than 100.

This is the first time they have robbed a village, and they encountered a hard stubble...

After telling the history of the establishment and development of their group of bandits, Ohno sneered, and then said to Ogata and others walking behind him:

"Since you will be hired by the farmers, you should all be wanderers who have no fixed homes and have no rest after eating this meal, right?"

Ono's words were full of certainty in his tone, as if he knew what the answer would be.

"So what?" Hosaka replied.

As soon as Kasaka finished speaking, Ono shrugged, and then sneered:

"It's nothing, I just feel that you are very strange, why do you want to help the farmers in that village?"

"I know that. That village is very poor, so it must not be able to provide any generous rewards."

"Did you choose to fight dozens of bandits for such a small reward? Don't you think you are stupid?"

"Why not be a thief like us? What a pleasure to be a thief."

"Heh." Jin Cheng laughed mockingly, "What? Are you proud of being a thief?"

"I'm really proud." Ohno couldn't smile, and his shoulders shook a few times. "When I was a samurai who obeyed the rules and regulations, I dedicated myself to serving the public, but I could only receive a meager salary."

"When disaster strikes, they are ruthlessly abandoned."

After hearing Ohno's words, Tsuchiya pursed his lips uncontrollably.

It's like... recalling some bad memories.

"After becoming a thief, my life is much more nourishing than before."

"In this world where being evil is more rewarding than being good, why am I not proud?"

"I've always prided myself on being a free-spirited thief."

Speaking of this, Ohno turned his head and looked at Ogata behind him.

"Hey, let me say, don't you ever think about becoming thieves together?"

Ono stared at Ogata with blazing eyes.

"Your swordsmanship is so superb, as long as you wave your arms, there will definitely be many ronin who are willing to respond to you, and then follow you to become bandits."

"Based on your swordsmanship, whether it's robbing villages or stealing money from passers-by, it must be easy."

"You can live a much better and more comfortable life than you have now..."

Before Ohno could finish his sentence, Obiri cut his sharp gaze like a sword to him.

"Shut up."

Ogata said in a calm tone.

"I have no interest in being a thief."

"If you talk more nonsense, be careful that I will cut your tongue."

Ogata's gaze was so sharp that Ohno felt as if he had been stabbed.

After shrinking his neck in fear, Ohno didn't dare to say any more, he quickly turned his head back, not daring to look at Ogata again.

While turning his head back, Ohno curled his lips, a trace of resentment appeared in his eyes.

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...

When it was close to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Ogata and the others saw from a distance a small hill in the distance rising from a row of cooking smoke.

Looking at the rising smoke, Ogata said in a low voice:

"Looks like we're here..."

After getting closer to the bandits' stronghold, Ogata asked Ah-machi to climb up the big tree next to him to scout the bandits' stronghold from a distance.

A-cho, who has amazing eyesight, is simply a "walking telescope".

After climbing up a tree that was tall enough, A-Machi reported to the people under the tree what she could see with her eyes.

"Someone is guarding, but not many. As far as I can see, there are only five sentries."

"Mashima-sama." Jincheng asked, "Do you want to get closer?"

Invisibly, everyone has regarded Ogata as their backbone.

"...Let's get closer." Ogata pondered for a while, then said, "There is a forest in front, let's hide there and wait for the dark."

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It's winter now, and it's getting dark fast.

After Ogata and others hid in the woods and ate some dry food to replenish their physical strength, the sky began to gradually darken.

After the sky completely darkened, Ogata and A-Machi looked at each other, then nodded at the same time.

"Machi, let's go."

"Ok."

"Master Mashima." Hosaka said sternly, "I wish you and Ling Zhengwu good luck."

The rest of the people also offered their blessings to Ogata and Acho.

After nodding at Huozaka and the others as a sign of response, Ozubeck waved to A-Ming beside him, then lowered his body weight, squatted halfway, and walked towards the darkness in front of him at a slow pace. go.

Soon, the figures of Ogata and Atachi were engulfed by the darkness, completely disappearing from the sight of Kasaka and others.

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This group of bandits built their stronghold on a small hill.

Although the number of people is small, they are unexpectedly very defensive. Whether it is day or night, there are organized guards, but-there are not many people.

A bandit leaned against a big tree, holding a knife at his waist.

By his side was a long stick, on which was tied a torch for lighting. He relied on the light emitted by this torch to alert his surroundings.

But he was actually just pretending to be on guard.

He didn't know whether he was sleepy or tired, but he just cast his blank eyes on the darkness that the surrounding firelight couldn't reach, and he didn't take a serious lookout at all.

His careless attitude prevented him from noticing that there was an extra person on the tree trunk above his head.

The black shadow crouching on the tree trunk above his head calibrated his downward direction, landed conveniently and jumped down.

Hearing the strange breaking wind sound above his head, the bandit felt refreshed for an instant, and then raised his head to look overhead.

But obviously - it's too late.

As soon as he raised his head, he felt his head was clamped by something.

Then...

Kara

The bandit heard a cracking sound from his neck.

With the crackling sound, the bandit didn't even have time to scream, and felt his consciousness gradually dissipating...

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After leaping down from the tree trunk, Oobi clamped the bandit's head between his knees, and then used the killing techniques in Shiranui-ryu-jitsu to twist the bandit's head off.

Shiranui-ryu jujitsu, as a jujitsu produced in Shiranui, has many techniques and tricks that are especially suitable for assassination.

【Ding! Shiranui Ninjutsu Shiranui Jutsu, kill the enemy]

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