I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chanup had already predicted that there would be many tribesmen blocking his door, so when he got home and saw more than twenty people standing anxiously in front of his house, he made mental preparations early. Knoop's expression was flat and he didn't panic.

Seeing that Chanup had returned, the twenty or so people immediately surrounded him, shouting and begging for help.

The questions they asked came and went—either asking Kazuren why they called, or asking Chanup if they had discussed a solution.

After Chanup casually said something to dismiss them, relying on his strong body, he forced a way back to his house.

"You're back."

As soon as Chanup came home, he saw Tang Shen sitting cross-legged in a corner of the room, saying "You're back" to Chanup in a calm tone.

Tang Shen looked up at Chanup with an unpredictable expression, and let out a long sigh:

"Hey... I told you I want you to make a decision early, you see - now the army of the shogunate has come, and you have no choice but to escape..."

Before God Tang finished speaking, he realized that his words were too harsh, so he shut his mouth in time and stopped talking.

Chanup turned his head and looked around: "Where are Aisuma and Otunpuyi?"

"The two of them haven't come back yet." Tang Shen said.

Chanup had just finished asking about the whereabouts of Aisuma and Otunpuyi, when Aisuma's voice suddenly sounded outside the house:

"Father! Father!"

Just as Chanup turned his head to look at the door, he saw Asuma eagerly opening the curtain and rushing into the house.

"Father! Mr. Wu, Mr. Upanu, he seems to be giving a speech! Many tribesmen have gone to watch!"

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Upanu stood on top of a large wooden barrel, looking down at the tribesmen who came here admiringly.

According to Upanu's estimation, there are about 100 tribesmen surrounding him now.

Chanup has yet to comment.

The diehards headed by Retan Noe,

He is determined to fight to the death with the outsiders, to fight for the slim chance of victory.

Upanu didn't want to go crazy with these crazy people, fighting such a battle with little chance of winning.

In order to bring down this group of "main fighters", Upanu just thought of a strategy - that is to try to get as many residents as possible to support him and agree with his idea of ​​"surrender for survival".

Therefore, Upanu planned this speech "to explain the benefits of surrender to the residents".

He has just asked everyone who can be asked to help with the presentation, so that as many people as possible can listen to his speech.

The residents of Heyezhe are already in fear and anxiety, eager to know what their future will be like.

After hearing that Upanu was going to give a speech related to their life and death, many people were attracted by it. In a blink of an eye, more than 100 residents gathered in front of Upanu.

Looking at the more than 100 tribesmen gathered in front of him, Upanu's consciousness suddenly began to be in a trance-the scene in front of him reminded Upanu of three years ago...

Recalling the scene of mobilizing the tribesmen to resist and people on the eve of the "Battle of Kunasili Menasi" 3 years ago...

The scene and everything 3 years ago are very similar to this moment...

Three years ago, he was also standing on top of a wooden barrel.

On that day, nearly a hundred villagers in Kapasi village faced them, angrily denouncing the oppression of them by Kazuto.

That day, he ignited the fire of resistance in the hearts of almost all the young men in the village.

On that day, almost all the young men in the village took up arms and followed him to the front to resist Heren.

That day was also the day when most of the young people in the village bid farewell to their loved ones...

Upanu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and shook his head vigorously.

When he opened his eyes again, he could no longer see the scene from 3 years ago.

He cleared his throat, and said loudly:

"Everyone, thank you for coming."

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"Puccina, are you here too?"

"Yes. Come and listen to what Mr. Upanu has to say." Puccina nodded his friend, "I just happened to be looking for Ai Suma near here. By the way, did you see Ai Suma Ma?"

Puccina, the belly of Retannoe, who is also Asuma's childhood sweetheart, has been running around looking for Asuma just now.

He heard that Asuma is currently busy maintaining order in various places. He was worried that Asuma would be tired, so he took his collection of dried deer and wanted to give it to Asuma to replenish her physical strength. .

"You bastard..." Puccina's friend showed a speechless expression, "I don't know whether to scold you for having only women in your mind... or praise you for being so calm under such circumstances... I didn't read To Asuma. I only heard that she is very busy now, keeping order everywhere."

When Puccina was about to say something to respond to his friend, Upanu, who was standing on a wooden barrel not far away, suddenly said loudly:

"Everyone, thank you for coming."

Seeing that Upanu was finally about to speak, Puccina immediately shut his mouth tightly, turned his head to look at Upanu, and prepared to concentrate on listening to Upanu's speech.

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About 100 people came - which has met Upanu's expectations.

Upanu didn't expect all the residents to come to listen to his speech, and he didn't have time to wait for more people to listen to his speech—if the time was too long, he might be met with those from Retannoe. Human obstruction and destruction.

"I'm sure you all already know that—an army of thousands of people suddenly came outside."

Many people below nodded slowly.

"But you probably don't know - the Kazuto army outside the city is just a part of their general army."

Upanu suddenly changed the subject and said something that made everyone's faces change drastically.

"According to the information we know so far, there are tens of thousands of Kazuki who attacked, and the army blocking our door is only a small part of their tens of thousands of troops."

The people below, as expected, were in an uproar.

Upanu was not in a hurry to continue talking, but remained silent for a while, allowing panic to slowly spread and brew among the crowd.

After a few breaths, Upanu continued:

"Heren has an army of tens of thousands, and we count the old and weak, women and children, and there are only a thousand people in total."

Because he wanted to spread his idea that "surrender is the only right way" before Retannoe and the others came to obstruct him, Upanu did not do anything after successfully arousing the panic in the crowd. Foreshadowing, go straight to the point:

"The numbers are too far apart. Although we have this solid fortress, we have no chance of winning in the face of an onslaught of tens of thousands of troops."

"If we fight against Heren, we will only lose. We, our relatives and friends will be slaughtered, and the continuation of our ethnic group will be interrupted."

The panic and uneasiness on some people's faces slowly turned into naked fear at this time.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Upanu took a deep breath, and after gathering his strength, he shouted loudly with the highest volume he could reach:

"So—let's surrender!!"

"As long as you surrender, you can avoid fighting such a losing battle! Everyone will be able to live, and our ethnic group will be able to survive!!"

When Upanu shouted these words, Retannoe, who had heard the news, just arrived at the scene.

Looking at Upanu who was standing on the wooden barrel impassioned, Retannoe showed a desperate expression, and hurriedly said to several "battle faction" people beside him who also came after hearing the news: "Let's go!" ! Let's drag that spineless guy down!"

Having said this, Retannoe rushed to Upanu at the head of the army.

At this time, Upanu also noticed Retannoe and others who were rushing towards him.

Looking at Retannoe and the others rushing towards him, Upanu couldn't help showing a sneer and a smug expression on his face.

Although Lei Tannoe and the others arrived earlier than he expected, it didn't matter - although the time was urgent, he had already said everything he wanted to say.

He has successfully planted the "seed".

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"Hello, Puccina. Your father is here." Puccina's friend poked Puccina beside him with his elbow—but there was no response.

"Puccina?" Puccina's friend looked at Puccina beside him suspiciously.

I saw that Puccina beside him seemed to be a different person.

The usual Puccina always looks silly, opening his mouth to Aisuma, and shutting his mouth on Aisuma.

But at this moment, Puccina showed a serious and stern face—this was the first time his friend saw Puccina's appearance.

After Puccina took a deep look at Upanu who was being dragged away by his father and others, he hugged the dried deer that was meant to be eaten by Aisuma without saying a word. .

"...I'm going home to get something."

After leaving such a sentence with his friend, Puccina ignored the friend who was still full of doubts, and quickly left the crowd.

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Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's clinic——

Just now, although Kunoya said that she had already guessed what Upanu would say in public, but maybe she was idle and bored, so she ran to join in the fun.

Ogata was not at all interested in the speech of Upanu, whom he had never met.

And A-cho, who was anxious to discuss a way for the couple to escape here, would definitely not allow Ogata to leave at this time.

So after Kunoya left with a bong in her mouth, only Ogata and Atachi were left in the clinic again.

At this moment, Ah-cho seemed to have calmed down.

She lay peacefully on the floor, looking at the roof made of withered grass and wood with calm eyes.

On the contrary, Ogata felt a little at a loss for Ogata's overly quiet appearance.

A-Machi was silent, and Ogata didn't know what to do about it-the two of them didn't speak, so the atmosphere between the two fell into a weird silence.

In order to break the weird atmosphere of silence, Ogata decided to talk to A-Machi about some relaxing things first.

"Um... Machi. Would you like some water? You haven't had any water since just now, right?"

Ah-Machi neither said "yes" nor "no".

Instead, after being silent for a while, he asked Ah-ding abruptly:

"...Ayi. If we are riding a horse and you tie me to your back, can you just take me out of the encirclement?"

A-Machi suddenly turned to such a serious topic, which made Ogata subconsciously stunned.

After recovering, Ogata pursed his lips and looked at the serious A-Ming, and said slowly:

"Whether you can break out of the encirclement or not is another matter. Even if you can successfully break out - your injury is still not healed. After you break out of the encirclement, your wound will probably only open in this violent turbulence."

"...I think so too..." A-Ming smiled wryly.

It's not that Ogata didn't think about taking A-cho to break out of the siege-but it's not feasible at all.

To break out of the encirclement with Ah-ding, who can barely sit up now, he can only ride a horse.

And A-cho is still unable to sit on the horseback, so if he wants to take A-cho to ride a horse to break through, in order to ensure that A-cho will not fall off the horse, Ogata has to tie himself and A-cho with a rope.

But in this way, it will definitely have a great impact on Ogata - no matter who it is, if someone is tied behind the back, it is impossible not to become sluggish.

Even though his swordsmanship has reached the level that ordinary people can reach, Ogata is still not sure that he and A-cho can get away with A-cho tied to his body.

What's more, Ah-cho's injury can't withstand any violent movements and bumps.

Riding a horse to break out of the encirclement - just by imagining, one can know how fierce this battle will be.

Even if he breaks out, there is a high probability that Ah-cho will become a blood man—stained by the blood gushing from his torn wound.

"That, that..." A-Ming then asked anxiously, "How about asking the people from Red Moon Fortress to help?"

"Convince the people here, and then work with the people here to repel the shogunate army outside the city."

"...This may not work." Ogata said slowly, "It doesn't matter whether Chanup and the others are willing to fight the shogunate army outside the city."

"Even if they are willing...they can't ride horses, they can only walk, and they are not good at field battles."

"Take them to attack the shogunate army on foot, and start a field battle with the shogunate army... It's probably similar to attacking the shogunate army by myself - they can only walk, are not good at field battles, and they are small in number, so they can't help much. busy."

"And—the shogunate army is now blocking the only gate of the Red Moon Fortress, monitoring every move of the gate."

"If I go out of the city by myself, I can barely remain hidden."

"But with a large group of people from the Red Moon Fortress out of the city, there is no need to hide if you want to hide. The shogunate army will only quickly monitor our movements, and then quickly make preparations to meet the enemy."

"Take the people from the Red Moon Fortress to attack the shogunate army who are ready to meet the enemy...I'm afraid the whole army will be wiped out."

After hearing Ogata's calm statement, Machi pursed his lips.

The eyelids drooped, and the expression on his face dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"...Then...Ayi, you can run away by yourself."

"...Huh?" Ogata wondered if he had heard it wrong, widened his eyes, and cast a surprised and shocked look at A-Ming.

"Since it is difficult to break through with me...then you can break through alone." A-Ming continued, "With your skill, if you break through alone, the chances of successfully breaking through should be very high..."

"Don't say such stupid things." Ogata put away the astonishment and shock on his face, and looked serious, "Do you think it is possible for me to leave you and run away by myself?"

"Then what do you want to do?" Atachi, who had been looking at the roof just now, turned his head suddenly, and looked directly at Ogata with a slightly sad expression, "Are you really going to deal with it alone? Is it the army outside the city?"

"You can assassinate someone in the barracks by yourself, but can you drive back an entire army by yourself?"

"How can an army retreat without giving it enough damage?"

"Don't do this kind of death thing...you run away alone..."

"Anyway...you were also dragged down by me to fall into such a desperate situation."

A-machi forced out an unattractive smile from Asaogata:

"If it wasn't because I was injured and needed to return and stay in the Red Moon Fortress for treatment, we would have been able to fly far away and not have to face the desperate situation we are now..."

"Since you are dragged down by me, then you should hurry up and stop your losses in time...don't continue to be in danger because of me..."

At first, when he heard that A-Ming let him escape alone, Ogata's face was still a bit annoyed.

But gradually, the angry look on Ogata's face gradually disappeared.

After hearing A-Machi's words "You are also dragged down by me", Ogata's expression calmed down completely.

After A-Machi finished speaking, Ogata took a deep look at A-Machi with peaceful eyes——

"...A-Machi, let me tell you a little secret that I basically haven't told anyone else."

Very abruptly, he said something to A-Machi that had nothing to do with the topic just now, and made the current A-Machi look puzzled.

Before A-Machi could answer, Ookai continued to say to himself:

"I like girls with big breasts."

"Huh?" The puzzled look on A-Ming's face became more intense, "What are you doing? Why are you saying such things for no reason?"

Ogata ignored A-Machi, only showing a shallow smile.

"After chopping Matsudaira Gennai into meat and leaving the Hirose Domain, I lived a not-so-short life in exile."

"My parents died young, and my master and brothers who were like brothers were slaughtered overnight. At that time, I had no relatives, nowhere to go, and no one to rely on."

The color of memories slowly emerged from Ogata's pupils.

"After leaving the Hirose domain, I have been on guard every day whether there is a bounty hunter attacking my head."

"Every now and then, a bounty hunter would charge at me with a knife in hand, and I would have to draw the knife to fight the enemy."

"Not long after beheading the one hundred guards in Songpingyuan, I lived a life of being on guard every day, beheading people, beware of all around, and beheading people again."

"To be honest—my heart was already numb at that time."

"In the past, when I drew a real sword, I still felt uneasy."

"But after living a life of fugitive, I have been able to calmly draw a knife, cut people calmly, and then wipe off the flesh and blood on the knife calmly. Cutting people is like eating and drinking water for me."

"Like an inhuman 'executor', like an extremely good 'Sura'."

"At that time... I really thought that I might just spend the rest of my life like this—until I met you by various chances and coincidences."

"I fell in love with you at first sight. When I first met you, I had a good impression of you."

"It was only when I realized that I had a crush on you that I realized that my heart hadn't been completely numb from killing Yingye."

"When I think of your face, I will feel that in my heart, there is still a good part of human nature. When I think about it this way, I feel redeemed. I am not an 'executor' or a 'Sura', I am 'Ogata Yishi'."

"I haven't completely lost the name 'Ogata Itsze'."

"So don't say anything else to leave you behind."

Ogata raised his hand to straighten the messy hair on Machi's forehead.

"I'm not as strong as you think. I depend on you far more than you think."

A-Machi stared blankly at Ogata who was helping her with her hair with a smile.

After Ogata's words fell, A-Machi bit his lower lip lightly, mist was in his eyes.

"I am back!"

At this time, Kunoya's shout suddenly sounded outside the house.

Hearing Kunoya's shout, A-Ming quickly raised his hand to wipe away the mist from his eyes.

As soon as Ah Ding wiped the mist from her eyes, Kunoya, who was addicted to smoking, bit her pipe, opened the curtain, and rushed into the clinic.

"Kunoya, are you back?" Because Kunoya almost saw his embarrassing side, Acho took the initiative to talk to Kunoya in order to cover up his embarrassment.

"Yeah. Upanu didn't say a few words before he was dragged away by Retannoe and the others." Kunoya nodded, "It's not what I expected. Upanu has already been cut by someone. The guy really doesn't have the slightest fighting spirit."

Kunoya held her extinguished bong in her mouth, walked to the floor next to her, and recounted to Ogata and Atachi what Upanu had said in public just now in abbreviated sentences.

After sitting on the ground, Kunoya looked around: "Young man, putting your big package here is really in the way. My clinic is not big, why don't you put your big package in my clinic?" on your medicine cabinet?"

After all, Kunoya pouted at a large package placed in the corner of the clinic.

This big package was exactly Ogata's luggage.

After Kunoya agreed to let Ogata and Atachi stay in her clinic temporarily, Ogata moved all their luggage here.

"Ah, of course." Ogata naturally would not refuse such a reasonable request as he was under the fence.

Ogata picked up his big package and was about to throw it on the medicine cabinet when Kunoya raised her eyebrows:

"Your package looks quite big, but it doesn't seem to be very heavy."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "Because my package only contains some light things like clothes and maps."

As soon as Ogata finished his sentence, his action of throwing the big package onto the medicine cabinet suddenly stopped—while the action stopped, the expression on Ogata's face also froze.

He seemed to recall something, and murmured softly: "Yes..."

Afterwards, Ogata squatted down, opened his big package, and took out a map from it.

One copy—the map Scruucci gave him.

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PS1: Quiz everyone: Ogata actually revealed to someone a long time ago that he likes girls from Oupai University—does anyone remember who Ogata told it to?

PS2: Although the number of words in this chapter is not too many. But I spent the time that I used to be able to write 20,000 words...

Just Ogata's sentence "When I think of your face, I will feel that in my heart, there is still a good part of human nature. When I think about it this way, I feel redeemed.", I thought about it, deleted it for nearly 2 hours.

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