I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

All of what Inamori said made sense.

If the conquest of the Red Moon Fortress is affected for the sake of Ogata Yidaozhai, then the loss outweighs the gain, and the loss is huge.

Therefore, all the generals in the camp nodded their heads in agreement. Only a few young generals who are still young, don't understand the overall situation, and only have "reputation" in their minds show resentment.

But these young generals didn't dare to say anything more at this time. After all, they didn't understand the air. priority" strategy.

Even Nakamatsudaira Sadanobu, the old man, spoke out in person just now, expressing his approval of Inamori's strategy.

Faced with the current situation, these young generals who hoped to pursue Ogata Yidaozhai first and restore his reputation did not dare to say anything more.

"Commander." A veteran with half-white hair and beard, who was very close to Inamori, said in a deep voice at this time, "Master Sheng Tianmu has unfortunately died in battle, so it is necessary to replace a new general to lead the 1st Army."

"Coach, who do you think is the most appropriate new general of the First Army?"

Inamori was silent for a while: "...the matter is not urgent, we will think about it later tomorrow."

After all, Inamori looked at Kuroda:

"Kuroda-kun. You will continue to command the 1st Army for the time being."

As soon as Inamori finished speaking, Kuroda immediately bowed his head to Inamori and responded loudly:

"yes!"

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...

After nearly half an hour——

"It's so troublesome..." Kuroda, who was walking with Qiuyue on the way away from the commander's camp, rubbed the back of his neck while showing a distressed expression, "I really hope that the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army can be transferred quickly." Leave it to someone else..."

The military discussion has just ended.

After confirming the strategy of "putting the Red Moon Fortress as the top priority" to the generals, Inamori gave some simple instructions on the rest and reorganization of the 1st Army and the subsequent marching plan, and then disbanded the military council.

After the military discussion was over, the generals filed out from the commander's tent, and Qiuyue and Kuroda, who had a good relationship, walked together as usual.

"You guys really don't know how to be blessed.

"Qiuyue, who was walking beside him, said in a half-joking tone, "Do you know how many people who are eager to make contributions want to sit in your current position?" "

"I'm not that eager to make contributions..." The distress on Kuroda's face turned into helplessness, "And my current ability is not enough to command an army of 3,000."

"Did you see how busy I was in the past few days?"

"I just want to quickly hand over the important task of 'temporarily commanding the 1st Army' to others as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Kuroda heaved a sigh of relief.

"Forget it, anyway, Lord Inamori will send a new general to take over the command of the 1st Army within a few days anyway."

"Ah, sorry. I seem to be walking a little too fast."

After finishing speaking, Kuroda slowed down her pace in cooperation with Qiuyue, who couldn't even walk quickly due to her unhealed injury.

"You have changed a lot now." Qiuyue smiled, "I was just thinking about reminding you: I can't keep up with your footsteps."

Because of the injuries on her body, Qiuyue didn't wear armor, but only cloth.

Qiuyue was injured on the part of her collarbone, so she was wrapped in thick linen from her neck to the skin exposed outside her collar.

Looking at Qiuyue's sackcloth protruding from his collar, Kuroda sighed:

"How are you feeling today? Do you feel better physically?"

"If only my injury healed so quickly." Qiuyue sighed softly, then raised her hand to touch her upper chest, which was covered with sackcloth, "But today's body has indeed become more comfortable... The pain from the wound is less than yesterday... How about you? How is your palm now?"

Kuroda raised his hands still wrapped in sackcloth, and shook them before Qiuyue's eyes:

"It's just that the skin of my palm and some flesh and blood were ripped off. It wasn't a serious injury at all. The wound is no longer painful. After a while, it should be completely healed."

Qiuyue and Kuroda were "communicating" about each other's injuries, but at this moment, both of them heard a voice with a little fear coming from not far in front of them:

"That 'Executioner Yidao Zhai' is simply a monster..."

For Akizuki and Kuroda now, "Executioner Yidao Zhai" is an extremely sensitive word that cannot be ignored.

After hearing the voice, Qiuyue and Kuroda both followed the voice - the speaker was a young general who was not very old.

This young general is now walking side by side with several generals of similar age beside him.

These generals, Qiuyue, all looked familiar, and they should all be generals of the Second Army.

Seeing that the people walking in front of them seemed to be discussing Ogata Yidaosai, both Qiuyue and Kuroda pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

The group didn't lower their volume, so both Qiuyue and Kuroda could hear their conversation clearly.

"Isn't it... It's really terrifying... Breaking into the camp guarded by 3000 troops is like entering a land without people... Such swordsmanship is unprecedented, and there should be no one in the future..."

"There should be no one who can beat Ogata Isaisai in heads-up right now... I don't think even Yagyu Ishisai, Miyamoto Musashi and other famous swordsmen in history are not Ogata Isaisai's The opponent..."

"Thinking about it—it's a pity that Ogata Issai was not born in the same era as Yagyu Ishisunai and Miyamoto Musashi. If they were born in the same era, we would know who is stronger and who is weaker. "

"Hmph! What good is Ogata Yidaosai's superb swordsmanship? He has fallen into the way of Shura, and he is destined to be cast aside by the world and future generations."

"What a pity, such a talented swordsman cannot be used by our shogunate..."

"In fact, I really want to compete with Ogata Yidaosai..."

"You want to compete with Ogata Isaosai? Please forgive me, I'm afraid you won't even be able to withstand Ogata Isaisai's move."

"I know. Although Ogata Yidaosai has gone astray, it is undeniable that his swordsmanship is extremely superb. If he can die under his sword in an upright contest with such a great swordsman an honor."

...

Qiuyue and Kuroda quietly listened to the "discussion" of Ogata by the group of young generals in front of them.

"...Before the military meeting started, I heard a lot of people chatting with Xufang." Kuroda smiled wryly, "I didn't expect to hear someone chatting with Xufang after the military meeting ended. ..."

Just now, before the military discussion started, the generals who sat in the commander's tent ahead of time relied on small talk to pass the time.

At that time, Kuroda noticed that most of the topics that the generals talked about were related to Ogata.

Yuwei Ogata expressed his puzzlement here.

Someone expressed admiration for Ogata's amazing swordsmanship and courage.

There are those who feel resentful that Ogata regards the dignity of the shogunate as nothing.

But no matter what they are discussing, these topics that focus on Ogata reveal the same feeling between the lines-the fear of Ogata.

Breaking into the barracks guarded by 3,000 troops alone and retreating - this sensational thing happened so realistically before their eyes, that everyone felt a little or no fear of Ogata.

The generals of the Second Army who had not been attacked by Ogata had less fear of Ogata.

And the generals of the First Army who have personally experienced the incident of "being attacked by Ogata Yidaosai"... can describe the attitude of the generals of the First Army towards Ogata very well in one sentence-"Fear Ogata like a tiger" .

Kuroda looked down at the palms of his hands, showing a self-deprecating smile: "When I hear the name of Ogata Issai now, I feel that the wound that finally stopped hurting is aching again... huh? Qiuyue , what's wrong with you? Why do you show such an expression. "

Out of the corner of Kuroda's eyes, he noticed that Qiuyue next to him showed a pensive look as if he was thinking about something at some point.

"It's nothing..." Qiuyue said slowly, "It's just... After the contest with Ogata Yidaosai, there is one thing that has always concerned me..."

"I always feel... Ogata Iktosai's voice... is very familiar... I seem to have heard it somewhere..."

"Ah?" Kuroda's eyes widened slightly, "Does that sound familiar?"

Kuroda changed into a half-joking tone:

"Couldn't you have met Ogata Yidaosai somewhere before?"

"Impossible." Qiuyue shook her head without hesitation.

"Maybe it's because you've met someone with a voice similar to Ogata Yidaosai." Kuroda reassured, "There are so many people in the world, it's normal for two people to have similar voices."

"...Maybe." Qiuyue nodded slightly.

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"Machi, here, drink this."

Ogata helped A-Ming who was lying on the blanket up with one hand, took the bowl of medicine with the other hand, and passed it to A-Ming's lips.

After the rim of the bowl of medicine touched A-Ming's lips, A-Ming immediately opened his mouth obediently, gulping down the bowl of medicine with the right temperature in one go.

After A-cho finished drinking the bowl of medicine, Oobi made A-cho lie down again, and then raised his hand to touch A-cho's forehead—it was still a little hot.

Anxiety and restlessness surfaced in the depths of Ogata's pupils—but as soon as these two emotions emerged in the depths of Ogata's pupils, Ogata forcibly hid them.

"Lie down here and rest for a while." Ogata said to A-Ming, "I'll go and prepare lunch with Aizan and Ahili first."

"Hmm..." Ah-Ming responded softly.

Ogata took the empty bowl and got out of the hunting lodge.

As soon as he left the hunting lodge, a faint smell of meat rushed towards Ogata - not far away, Aizan and Yahili were sitting around the bubbling pot, cooking today's food lunch.

"I'm here to help." Ogata held the empty medicine bowl and leaned towards Aizan and Ahili, "Ahili, go and take care of that rabbit, I'll add firewood."

After listening to Aizan's translation, Ahili put down the firewood in his hand, pulled out his machete, and strode towards the two fat rabbits placed on the ground next to him.

Ogata sat at the position where Ashley had just sat, then randomly grabbed two long wooden branches at his feet, broke them into short wooden sticks, and put them one by one into the fire under the pot.

"Mr. Mashima..." At this time, Aizan suddenly glanced at the hunting lodge not far away, then lowered his voice and whispered to Ogata, "Miss Acho's body... is still not well?"

Just now, after Ogata got out of the hunting lodge, Aizan keenly noticed that Ogata's expression was a bit serious.

Aizan is not an idiot either, he naturally knows what would make Ogata's expression solemn under the current situation.

"Hmm..." Ogata nodded lightly, "Machi's body temperature can't go down...Honestly...I'm a little worried..."

"Mr. Mashima, don't worry, it's normal to have a fever all the time. Although I don't know the reason, but after a serious injury, people will basically have a fever, and it will last for a while."

Aizan comforted.

"Once upon a time, there was a young man in our village who failed in a bear hunt. The bear counterattacked and grabbed the young man's chest until it was bloody."

"Fortunately, the bear was also very timid. After injuring the young man, he ran away directly."

"After the young man returned to the village with his own willpower, under the treatment of the doctor, he quickly recovered."

"At that time, that young man also had a fever for a long time."

"We're going back to Heyezhe soon. When we get back to Heyezhe, let's ask some of Heyezhe's doctors to show Miss Ading."

"Hmm..." Ogata nodded lightly, "This is the only way to go now..."

Revenge for A-Machi—this was already a few days ago.

After avenging Ah-Ming, Ogata and the others continued on their way back to the Red Moon Fortress as originally planned.

After several days of trekking, it was finally time to return to the long-lost Red Moon Fortress.

It is estimated that as long as there are no accidents, they will be able to reach the Red Moon Fortress before this evening.

After Aizan briefly comforted Ogata, the two stopped talking.

Ogata silently added firewood to the bottom of the pot, while Aizan also concentrated on adding seasonings to the pot.

It wasn't until after a while that Aizan felt that the atmosphere was too dull and wanted to liven it up. He smiled and nodded his face.

"Mr. Mashima, I've always been curious, don't you feel uncomfortable wearing this human skin mask?"

"It's okay." Ogata smiled, "When I first started wearing it, I was really not used to it."

"But as long as you get used to wearing it, you can hardly feel its existence."

A few days ago, after avenging Ah-cho, Obi explained to Aizan and Ahili why he had two faces.

Of course——Ogata would not just tell Aizan and Ahili all the truth about them so stupidly.

Ogata did not tell Aizan and Ahili that he is the "Most Wanted Criminal in Wajin Society", but only told them that for some reason, he had to wear this human skin mask to cover up his real appearance.

At the same time, Ogata did not tell them his real name.

Both Aizan and Ahili are empathetic...or smart people.

After the two of them saw that Ogata was unwilling to say more about the reason why he hid his true face, they didn't break the casserole and ask the bottom line.

Seeing that Ogata didn't say much, they didn't ask too much—they continued to maintain the distance between each other, and no one would point out.

The cleverness of Aizan and Ahili made Ogata heave a sigh of relief - if the two kept asking Ogata to reveal the reason for his hidden face, then Ogata really didn't know how to get away with it .

After Ogata and Aizan had a brief chat, Ahili returned to the pot with the finally prepared rabbit meat.

Because Ogata is still very weak, Ogata and the others specially cooked some porridge for him—using the rice that Ogata and A-cho always carry with them.

Before rushing to Ezo, Ogata and A-machi bought not only various kinds of dry food, but also some rice—specially used to adjust the taste when eating dry food and throwing up.

But the amount of rice is not much. After this period of consumption, the rice has almost bottomed out.

Ogata and his party had a brief lunch and rested for a while before embarking on their way back to the Red Moon Fortress.

In the current state of A-Ming, it is natural that there is no way to ride a horse, so the four people have to make some changes in the way of riding horses in the past few days-Ogata and A-Ming share a carrot, while Aizan and Ahili share a grape.

The reason for this arrangement is to allow Ah-Ming to have a better rest.

Ogata sat in the back, and Ogata sat in front of Ogata. In this way, A-Machi can use Ogata as the back of the chair, leaning against Ogata behind him to rest.

It's convenient for A-Ming, but it's hard for Aizan and Ahili...

Neither Aizan nor Ahili knew how to ride a horse, so they had to learn how to ride a horse urgently...

Fortunately, Putao is a docile horse, and Aizan is also quite talented in riding a horse.

After the urgent special training, Aizan was barely able to trot forward with the grapes.

The weather is beautiful——since Ogata and his party went back on the road, the weather was fine, and there were no bears, wolves, or other accidents on the road.

After the sky was covered with a thin layer of black veil, the majestic double city walls of the Red Moon Fortress finally appeared at the end of Ogata's vision.

Ogata sped up his horse a little, and after approaching the fortress, Aizan and Ahili shouted "We are back" and "We are from Kina Village" to the people on the city wall in Ainu language. "...

In Ogata, they approached the thick wall, and the figures on the wall began to shake rapidly.

"Ok……?"

At this time, Ogata frowned slightly because he noticed something strange.

Although Ogata's eyesight was far inferior to that of A-Machi, it was not bad.

The group of them was not far from the city wall, so Ogata could vaguely see the expressions on the faces of the guards on the city wall—they all had vigilance and...fear on their faces...

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In the past two days, many book friends have misunderstood... The shopping mall opened by my parents is not a shopping mall like Wanda Plaza, but a shopping mall like a department store, so the author is not a rich second generation... …at best, it can only be regarded as a well-off family.

So there is no such thing as "If the novel is not well written, you will inherit the family business"... I am the second son in the family, so it is definitely not up to me to inherit the family business, and I don't want to inherit any family business ...Because I have no interest in opening a department store~~