I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Mr. Chanup?" Seeing that Chanup seemed to be in a daze, Ogata softly called Chanup's name.

Chanup, who recovered from Ogata's soft call, quickly said:

"Sorry, I'm a little distracted."

Chanup coughed softly a few times, then said seriously:

"Mr. Mashima, let's just assume that you can really break through the blockade of the shogunate army..."

"If you really broke through the blockade of the shogunate army, and then successfully found your friend... Then what do you want your friend to help us? Help us repel the shogunate army outside the city together?"

As soon as Chanup spoke, Xufang immediately said in a serious tone:

"certainly."

"Mr. Chanup, you should also be clear - if you just defend this fortress like this, the chances of winning are extremely low."

Chanup took a deep breath and remained silent.

"Your numbers are too small. Without foreign aid, the only way to repel the shogunate army outside the city is to wait until their supplies are exhausted."

"Please forgive me for saying something harsh - your number is too small, it is very likely that you will kill everyone, and you won't be able to survive the day when the supplies of the shogunate army are exhausted."

"So my plan is very simple."

Ogata shifted his gaze back to the map in front of him.

"You stick to this fortress and resist the attack of the shogunate army."

"After I invited my friend and the cavalry team under my friend's command, I launched a surprise attack while the shogunate army was focusing on the attack on the fortress, and attacked the weakly defended flank of the shogunate army. Make a quick attack and defeat the shogunate army in one go."

Ogata, who was focusing his gaze on the map, saw from the corner of his eye that Chanup, who was sitting opposite him, had his eyes widened and his mouth opened so that it felt like he could put a fist in it.

Ogata kept silent for a while, giving Chanup, who was still in shock, some buffer time.

After all, Chanup is a person who is used to wind and waves, and he quickly recovered:

He didn't question what Ogata said just now.

Instead, he frowned,

He cast his gaze on the map laid between him and Ogata.

"...Mr. Mashima," Chanup said, "how long will it take you to get your friend's cavalry over?"

Ogata said:

"I found a person who is familiar with the area drawn by this map today, and asked him about the details of this map in detail."

"According to what the man said - from the Red Moon Fortress to where my friend is now, there are no bears, wolves or other beasts."

"Because the terrain is not complicated, it is rare for a sudden avalanche to block the road."

"I have estimated that, as long as there are no accidents, it will take about 7 days to ride a horse from the Red Moon Fortress to my friend's place."

"A round trip is 14 days."

"14 days..." Chanup said softly, "Counting the time you need to persuade your friends to help and the time to reorganize the troops, it will take almost half a month..."

"Half a month... After such a long time, the follow-up troops of the shogunate may all be here."

"Even if you invite your friend's cavalry team to attack an army of 10,000 with a cavalry team of less than a hundred people... can this really defeat an army of 10,000?"

"can."

Ogata's answer was brief—but decisive.

"The elite cavalry with less than 100 men, and the 10,000 army - the difference in combat power between the two is actually not so great that there is no chance of winning."

"My friend's cavalry team is small in number but powerful. The horses used are much better than those of the shogunate army."

"Although the shogunate army has a large number of people, after all, this 10,000-strong army is not a master of hundreds of battles who experienced the baptism of the Warring States era two hundred years ago. Whether it is combat power or fighting will, it is not unshakable."

"The flanks of the army are the weakest places except the rear."

"As long as you lead an elite cavalry and attack the flank unexpectedly, you can go into no man's land."

"The high speed and destructive power of the cavalry can make it difficult for the army to organize an effective defense. Even if the number is less than a hundred, it can still defeat the shogunate army."

"When the morale of the shogunate army collapses, it is the moment when we win."

Chanup has been listening attentively.

After Ogata finished speaking, he remained silent for a long time.

Ogata was not in a hurry, waiting for Chanup to react.

"...It does sound like a strategy that has a much higher chance of winning than simply 'defending the fortress'." Chanup said slowly after being silent for a while, "But the problem is—you can be 100% sure that you Is that friend of yours at the place marked on the map right now?"

"Let's just assume that your friend will be there. Then——Mashima-san, how are you going to convince your friend to help us?"

"Although this strategy of yours has a higher chance of winning than 'defending the fortress', it is also extremely dangerous. Even if you succeed in repelling the shogunate army in a surprise attack, your friend's cavalry team will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

"How do you convince your friend to do such an extremely dangerous favor?"

"No matter how you think about it, it's extremely difficult to convince your friends..."

"...I know it's hard." Ogata said softly, "But I can only give it a try."

"If your friend won't help you... what are you going to do?" Chanup asked.

"Mr. Chanup, you don't need to ask such a question with an obvious answer." After saying this in a joking tone, Ogata said each word, "Would my friend come to help?" ——It’s just the difference between a cavalry team attacking the shogunate army, or a single person attacking the shogunate army.”

Chanup looked at Ogata in a daze.

"...Mr. Mashima." Chanup looked at Ogata in front of him with eyes that seemed to want to see through Ogata's body, "I doubt more and more whether you are a famous person in 'Katoto' A famous hero..."

After finishing speaking, Chanup took a deep breath.

After slowly exhaling the deeply inhaled air——

"Mr. Mashima, are you really sure you want to do such a dangerous thing? You are Kazuto, you can actually try to surrender to the shogunate army outside the city..."

"Do you mean to open the city gate and let my wife and I walk slowly to the military camp outside the city to surrender to the shogunate?" Ogata's tone was full of jokes, "Then how should I report to the shogunate?" Can someone from the army explain why we two Japanese are in this Ainu fortress?"

"In order to check our identities, I'm afraid it will really toss me and my wife."

At the end, Ogata silently added in his heart:

——If the people of the shogunate army saw a Kazuto who was very similar to Ogata Ittosai in age, figure, and voice appearing in front of them, God knows what they would do.

Chanup pursed his lips:

"... Mashima-san, I understand."

With a serious face, Chanup gave a big gift to Ogata in front of him - Dogeza.

"Please be sure... to give us a helping hand!"

Ogata bowed in return:

"I will give it my all."

"Mr. Mashima is so courageous, so I can't be too petty." Chanup straightened his back again, "Mr. Mashima, if you see your friend later, please tell your friend: If you want to Come to help us, and I will give half of our Heyezhe... no, two-thirds of our property to him afterwards."

"And promise him: If he encounters anything in the future and needs help, we, Heyezhe, will do our best to help whatever we can help."

"In this way, your bargaining chip to successfully persuade your friend should be a little bigger."

"Two-thirds of the belongings?" Ogata exclaimed in a low voice.

"Money is just something outside the body." Chanup said, "If we can't keep our home, the money will only be given to the pack of wolves outside the city."

"...I understand." Ogata nodded solemnly, "I am very grateful. With these two guarantees from you, I am more confident in convincing my friend to help."

"I should be the one who should say 'thanks a lot'." Chanup shook his head, "You are willing to fight side by side with us at a critical moment, to be honest - I am so moved that I don't know what to say You thanked..."

"It's just for me and my wife who can't move." Ogata said lightly, "There is no need to thank me. You and I are only on the same front because of the same interests."

"The same front... This is the first time I have heard of this term. Haha, this term is quite appropriate."

After finishing speaking, Chanup raised the bong in his hand and took a strong puff.

Slowly spit out several big eye circles, and turned his gaze back to the map.

"I sorted out your plan carefully - your plan has four major difficulties."

"One: Can you successfully break through the current blockade of the shogunate army outside the city and find your friends?"

"Two: Can you invite your friends to help?"

"Three: After you invite your friend's cavalry, can you defeat the shogunate army?"

"And... the last 'four': can we hold on to the fort until you and your reinforcements arrive..."

Chanup smiled wryly: "None of these four major difficulties is easy to solve... Any mistake in any of these four major difficulties will lead to the failure of the entire plan."

Ogata also followed with a wry smile.

"Although it is difficult, we can only bite the bullet."

Chanup took another drag on his cigarette.

"...Mr. Mashima. Here I... actually have a helper who might help you break through the blockade of the shogunate army outside the city."

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...

Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's clinic——

"I'm back." Ogata shouted "I'm back" as he walked quickly into the clinic.

As soon as he returned to the clinic, Kunoya's teasing voice reached Ogata's ears:

"Young man, you are finally back. After saying goodbye to you in the 'old place' just now, I thought you would definitely come back soon."

"I didn't expect you to come back so fast."

"Let me tell you an interesting thing—your wife has seen the gate of the clinic hundreds of times during the time you haven't come back."

"I'm a little worried about whether your wife's neck will be sprained from frequently turning her head to look at the door."

As soon as Kunoya's voice fell, A-Ming immediately looked like a child who was exposed after doing bad things, and yelled at Kunoya with a slightly red face:

"He didn't say what he was doing, and he never came back. I'm worried about this. Isn't it a normal thing?"

Ogata smiled at what Kunoya and Ating said just now, and then said to Kunoya seriously:

"Kunoya, I'm sorry, can you please leave the clinic for a while? I have something to say to my wife in private."

Kunoya didn't say anything more about Ogata's "request to leave".

After shrugging with a smile, Kunoya said in a joking tone:

"I feel like my clinic is almost becoming your private home."

After joking, Kunoya strode out of the clinic.

When leaving the clinic, Kunoya couldn't wait to take out her bong and stuff tobacco into it.

After watching Kunoya leave, Ogata pulled out the big Shiten from his waist, held it with his right hand, and then knelt down beside A-cho.

"Ming, you... just listen to me quietly."

Ogata took several deep breaths.

After working hard and making sufficient psychological preparations, Ogata slowly explained his intention to form an alliance with Chanup, and...his "Chainup defends the city to absorb firepower, and he leads the cavalry to attack from the flank" The bold plan was told to Machi one by one.

A-Machi lay on his back on the floor, quietly listening to Ogata's narration.

Until Ogata finished speaking, A-Machi-she remained silent, staring straight at the roof above, with an expression on her face that even Ogata could not fathom.

While Ogata was anxiously waiting for Machi's reaction——

"The odds of your plan... Although at first glance it is indeed a little higher than simply 'defending the fortress', it is not so high..."

"If this plan of yours is successful... it can be described as a 'miracle'..."

Suddenly, the silent atmosphere in the room was broken by a whisper from A-Machi.

Before Ogata had time to react to what A-cho said just now, A-cho went on to say:

"Okay...be careful on the road."

Ogata stretched out his left hand and wrapped it around the right palm of Ogata who was sitting on his left.

Ogata cast a surprised look at Atachi.

Atachi, who noticed Ogata's gaze, said in an annoyed tone:

"Why are you looking at me like this, as if you were surprised to hear my answer..."

"I'm really surprised..." Ogata nodded seriously, "I thought...you would definitely object to me doing such a dangerous thing..."

"Even if I object, it should be useless, right?"

A-Machi smiled wryly with a look of helplessness.

"During the time you've been playing disappearing just now, I've actually been thinking quietly about how to get you out of here with me now."

"And after thinking about it... I found out that what you said before is correct... Apart from repelling the shogunate army outside the city, there is really no other way..."

A-Machi turned his head and looked directly into Ogata's eyes.

"You must be aware of your plan to repel the shogunate army outside the city, right?"

"Having been with you for so long, I not only recognize which movements you often do when you lie to me."

"At the same time, I also recognize it—what kind of eyes are the eyes that you will show after you make up your mind."

"You have made up your mind, even if I obstruct you, I will definitely not be able to stop you."

"In that case—you just let go and do it."

A-Machi slowly tightened his left hand around Ogata's right palm.

"Go for it."

"Achieve... what you should accomplish."

Ogata's expression was a little dull.

Feeling the strength from his palm, Ogata pursed his lips, then nodded vigorously.

"I'll be back when I go," he said.

Having said that, Ogata paused.

Then—

"Ming, you just said that if my plan is successful, it can be described as a 'miracle'."

he said with a smile on his face.

"Then do you believe in miracles?"

Machi looked directly at Ogata's pupils seriously.

"...I believe it." Ah-Ming showed a slight smile and nodded slightly.

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...

"Are you grooming your dog?" Chanup said as he walked slowly towards the sled dogs squatting in front of him, grooming his own sled dogs.

Tang Shen turned his head and looked at Qianup behind him, "This is my habit. When I groom my dog, my mood will calm down unconsciously."

"...Unclean fasting." Chanup said in a calm tone, "I have a method here that might help you get out of here."

"Are you interested in hearing it?"

"It's just that this method is a bit bold. You have to be mentally prepared in advance before listening."

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