I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

When a big hole was blasted out of the outer city wall, everyone on the inner city wall stared blankly at all this.

Suddenly there was a breeze blowing towards Chanup and the others.

When the wind blows this way, it brings a strong and somewhat unpleasant smell-this is a strange smell of gunpowder mixed with the burnt smell produced by burning things. want to vomit...

"Get ready for the bombardment! The artillery of the Hejun should hit the inner city wall later!" Facing this scene that seemed like a catastrophe to everyone in the Red Moon Fortress, Chanup was the first to react, Gao He yelled at the people around him like this...

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Outside the city, the shogunate army camp, the entire army's main formation——

No need to use binoculars to see. People who are not blind can clearly see the city wall that blocked them for 9 days, and a big hole was blasted out by their artillery fire.

Feeling elated, Inamori let out a very happy laugh.

"It's so satisfying!" Inamori couldn't hide his smug smile, "Finally, this damned city wall was blown down!"

Inamori waved his palm:

"Words to the gunners and gunners! Keep firing! Give me the inner walls of the citadel too... eh?"

Before Daomori could finish his new order, he saw snowflakes falling in front of his eyes, and landed on his military equipment and armor.

He raised his head and looked at the sky——what caught his eyes was the black clouds that had crowded the entire sky since dawn, and made a very beautiful embellishment of snowflakes.

It snowed heavily. When Inamori just raised his head, it was still "moderate snow". After only a few breaths, the snow turned into heavy snow with strong wind.

"Tsk..." Inamori curled his lips, showing a very displeased expression, "It's not a good day...it's such a heavy snowstorm at this time..."

"Master Inamori." A confidant standing beside Inamori said softly at this time, "It's impossible to use firearms in such a heavy snowstorm."

"I know..." Inamori said in a deep voice, "There is no other way... Let the artillerymen and the big gunners withdraw temporarily. After the wind and snow subside, we will deal with the last wall of this fortress."

in this era,

Even the most advanced artillery and gunpowder in Europe are extremely afraid of rainy and snowy days-because in such weather, gunpowder is extremely susceptible to moisture.

So there is no need for this cronies to remind, Inamori also knows that under the current environment, their firearms are temporarily useless.

"In the wave of bombardment just now, the shells and gunpowder we brought were at least one-third less..." At this time, another confidant twitched the corners of his mouth and continued in a regretful tone, "These are not cheap. what……"

"At this time, don't worry about the money anymore..." Inamori said in a helpless tone.

After saying that, Inamori got up and left Maza under his buttocks.

"I'll go back to the tent to rest, and when the wind and snow stop or lessen, let me know as soon as possible."

"yes!"

"Master Inamori!"

Before Daomori had gone far, another person called his name and stopped him.

It was Gui Yizheng who called him.

"What's the matter?" Inamori turned to look at Gui Yizheng.

"Now, the outer city walls of those barbarians have been demolished by us. They must have lost their courage." Gui Yizheng said slowly, "Do we need to persuade them to surrender again?"

"No need." Inamori replied without thinking.

He raised disgusted eyes and looked at the fortress in the distance.

"These days, those barbarians had countless opportunities to surrender to us, but they all chose to resist."

"They need to pay for their foolish persistence."

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Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's clinic——

"Little girl, why are you sitting up again?"

As soon as Kunoya returned to the clinic, she saw Ah-Ming sitting leaning against the wall.

"Kunoya, you're back."

Machi cast a surprised look at Kunoya.

"It's so strange to see you come back at this time..."

"Didn't you say two days ago that my body has recovered very well, and I can already sit and walk slowly."

A-Machi patted his chest.

"Recently, I can only lie down every day, and I am almost tired of lying down. So I want to sit and stand more while I can sit up and stand up now."

"Well... I did say that. But you also have to remember to rest more and don't push yourself too hard."

"Kunoya." Ating asked at this time, "You came just in time...I want to ask: I heard a lot of gunfire just now, and...something that seemed to be dumped. What happened? gone?"

Kunoya: "It's not a big deal."

Kunoya, who didn't want to stand and talk to people, sat cross-legged next to A-Ming, and continued to speak while cleaning the tobacco residue in the bong that never left her body with skillful techniques.

"It's just that the peace troops outside the city used firearms to blow up a big hole in our outer city wall."

Kunoya summed up what had just ended in a few words.

"...now there is a sudden heavy snowstorm, making the Hejun's firearms temporarily useless, so the Hejun's offensive has temporarily stopped."

"Fortunately, that Chanup's retreat order was issued in time, and everyone on the outer city wall escaped before a hole was blasted out of the city wall. It hit and suffered minor injuries.”

"So it's rare that I don't have too many wounded to deal with today, so I can come back early to rest."

After learning what happened just now, A-Ming did not immediately express any thoughts on this event, which is undoubtedly a great news for the entire Red Moon Fortress.

Instead, he first put on an unbelievable expression to Kunoya.

"...Kunoya, you are so calm..." Ah Ding couldn't help but whispered in a slightly puzzled tone, "A big hole was blasted out of the outer city wall, how can you still do this?" Calm..."

"Didn't I say it many times?" Kunoya shrugged and smiled, "I'm used to a lot of storms. I'm used to seeing strong winds and waves, and now there is basically nothing I can do. Makes me flustered."

Kunoya stuffed the cleaned bong back into her bosom.

"Now, Chanup and the others are taking advantage of the cessation of the Hejun's offensive, and seize the time to discuss how to deal with the Hejun's firearms."

"But I don't think they can discuss anything..."

"The cannons and cannons of the Japanese army are all placed where our bows and muskets cannot hit, and we can't send people to attack, that would just be death."

"Today...maybe it's the last day of this struggle..."

These days, Kunoya, who basically had an expression of "don't care about anything", rarely showed a serious face at this time.

"...Little girl. Let me ask you a question. Have you ever thought about how to protect yourself after the city is destroyed? Hmm? Little girl, are you in a daze?"

Only then did Kunoya realize that A-Ming beside him had lowered his head slightly at some point—as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing that Ting didn't respond to her, when Kunoya was about to raise her hand to shake Ting, Ting suddenly raised his head:

"Miss Kunoya, can you take me to Mr. Chanup's place? Right now."

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Red Moon Fortress, Chanup's home——

"... There is no other way than sending people out to kill those guys with firearms..." After saying this, Lei Tannoe slowly bent over as if his waist had lost its support. down.

"But this is no different from suicide." Lin Ziping, who was sitting opposite Lei Tannoe, retorted unceremoniously, "You should have seen it just now, there are many guards beside those artillerymen and big tubers of."

"And the Hejun also has cavalry. Once they see us sending people out of the city, they can immediately send cavalry to encircle us."

"Rushing down the city wall is just an act of death."

"Then what else do you think we can do now?" Lei Tanuoye confronted Lin Ziping, "Wait silently for the wind and snow to stop, and then sit and watch them continue to bombard our city walls?"

Lin Ziping: "..."

Lin Ziping kept silent and lowered his head.

The atmosphere in the room became more depressing because of Lin Ziping's silence.

After the offensive of the Peace Army stopped, Chanup and the others held an emergency meeting to discuss what to do with the artillerymen of the Peace Army.

However—they have discussed until now, but they haven't discussed any perfect method...

"...Retannoe is right." At this time, Chanup's deep voice sounded, "We have nothing to do but go out of the city and deal with their artillerymen and big tubers."

"Collect our dog sleds together. This will increase the speed of movement somewhat."

"I personally brought a group of the most powerful archers out of the city, and used rockets to shoot at the artillerymen and the cannoneers. As long as they can ignite their gunpowder and cause an explosion, they can all be blasted into the sky."

As soon as Chanup finished speaking, everyone present looked at him in shock.

"Mr. Chanup, you want to lead people out of the city yourself?" Lin Ziping said first.

"This is an extremely dangerous task." Chanup said calmly, "To get out of the city and face the army of Japanese people - this requires someone with enough weight to take the lead and charge forward, and the rest will have the courage to follow. superior."

"And this kind of battle was proposed by me. It is most suitable for me to be the one who takes the lead in the charge."

"At the same time, I will be able to boost morale and fighting spirit to the greatest extent by going into battle in person, so that the chances of winning this battle will increase somewhat."

Retannoe: "Chanup..."

When Retannoe was about to say something more, he was interrupted by Chanup first:

"Retannoe, I know what you want to say."

"You don't need to persuade me any more."

"Whether we can get rid of those gunners and big gunners today is related to the success or failure of our struggle."

"If someone else takes the lead in the charge, the effect will definitely be far worse than if I go into battle myself."

"So don't waste your time trying to persuade me."

"I want to take the lead in the charge myself—to bring more chances of winning this battle."

Chanup's tone was without the slightest hesitation and hesitation, making it indisputable.

Retannoe's lips opened and closed, closed and opened, and finally the full of words turned into a long sigh.

The surrounding atmosphere is still dignified—but there is a bit more sadness in the dignified.

"Before the Hejun's offensive starts again, start mobilizing everyone to make rocket handles."

Chanup stood up slowly while talking.

"Do as much as you can."

"Retannoe, you go to the warehouse and get the oil in our inventory..."

"Chanup! Chanup! Chanup!"

Shouts of Chanup's name were suddenly heard from outside the house.

Chanup frowned and looked outside the house: "Kunoya?"

call!

The door curtain was pulled open, and the two women followed the opened door curtain and appeared within the field of vision of Chanup and the others.

One of the women was Kunoya, who was very familiar to everyone present.

As for the other woman, most people are very unfamiliar - except Chanup and Lin Ziping.

"Huh?" Chanup raised his eyebrows vigorously, "Kunoya, why did you bring Miss Ating here? Also——what is that thing you're carrying on your back?"

Except for Chanup and Lin Ziping, the woman who is unfamiliar to everyone else is exactly Ah Ding.

At this moment, Ah Ding was following closely behind Kunoya. Because she had just recovered to the state of being able to walk normally in the past few days, her cheeks were still pale and her steps were a little weak.

"It belongs to this little girl." Kunoya patted the big cloth bag on her back with a wry smile, "I don't know what it is, it's quite heavy."

"This little girl seems to have something important to tell you, and insists on asking me to bring her to see you."

"Also ask me to help me carry this heavy thing on my back."

Kunoya carried a large, long pole-shaped cloth bag behind her back.

Because it is tightly wrapped in cloth, it is difficult for outsiders to see what is contained in the cloth bag.

"Want to tell me something?" Chanup cast a puzzled look at Ah Ding.

"Mr. Chanup." Ating said, "I've heard all about what happened this morning from Kunoya."

"I might... be of some help."

Speaking of which, A-Ming took off the things that Kunoya was carrying, put them on the ground, and then unwrapped the cloth that tightly wrapped the things inside.

Soon, Ah-Ming untied the big cloth bag.

After the big cloth bag was untied, everyone present—including Kunoya, who had just carried the thing back, all looked at the things exposed after the cloth bag was untied with shocked eyes.

Inside the cloth bag are 5 muskets.

5 muskets with a slightly different style than the flintlock.

"Kentucky... long rifles..." Lin Ziping looked at the five muskets and said in a daze.

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Outside the city, the shogunate army camp, the entire army's main formation——

Inamori stretched, and walked out of his tent slowly.

Just now, Inamori took a nap——Because of his good mood, Inamori had a rare and extremely sweet sleep.

"Very good...the wind and snow have stopped." After leaving the tent, Inamori looked up at the sky, showing a smug smile.

After Inamori walked out of the tent, several of Inamori's cronies who had been guarding outside the tent immediately greeted him.

The sky that was still blowing with wind and snow just now has stopped roaring, and even the dark clouds have dispersed a little bit, and some faint rays of sunlight are shining through the gaps in the dark clouds.

Inamori, who was looking forward to breaking through the Red Moon Fortress within a day, has been secretly praying for the wind and snow to stop soon after the snowstorm fell.

But now, the wind and snow finally stopped, so is there any reason to delay?

"Send orders to the gunners and big gunners!" Inamori shouted to the cronies who had just come up, "Blow me down the last wall of the barbarians!"

The same scene as this morning appeared.

Artillerymen pushing their cannon.

The drummers carry their drums.

Under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, he slowly walked out of the barracks. They went all the way to the shooting position this morning before stopping, and then began to load gunpowder and shells into the cannons and barrels they were in charge of.

As of now, every scene is exactly the same as this morning.

But at this moment——

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!"

Someone suddenly clutched his left shoulder and fell to the ground, rolling on the ground while wailing.

This mournful wail gradually made the scene completely different from this morning.

The artilleryman who suddenly fell to the ground and wailed, naturally startled everyone around him.

"What happened?!"

"What happened?!"

"Hey! What's wrong with you? Show me your shoulder!"

"He's been shot!"

"Shot? Where did the projectile come from?"

"Is it the bullets fired by those barbarians?"

"Impossible! Such a long distance! How could it be possible to hit... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The soldier who yelled "impossible" just now, before he finished his words, clutched his belly, howled, and rolled on the ground, the blood immediately stained the snow under him Get a bright red.

Everyone just wanted to check on the second companion who was suddenly shot and injured——

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Another person was hit by the projectile, this time in the thigh.

Then the 4th person was shot, the 5th person was shot, the 6th person was shot...

More and more people were hit by projectiles from nowhere.

The wailing of those who were shot was intertwined, like a giant hammer hitting the hearts of the remaining people who had not been shot.

I don't know where the bullet came from, and I don't know if I will be the next person to be shot - this kind of fear of the unknown makes the panic spread at an extremely frightening speed.

"Where did these bullets come from!"

"It should be the bullets shot by those barbarians!"

"How could it be possible to shoot so accurately at such a long distance...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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At this very moment—

"Shooting." Ah-Ming said to the shooter beside him in a tone of no sadness.

A young man who was in charge of translating for Ah Ding immediately translated what Ah Ding had just said to the shooter who was squatting next to Ah Ding.

boom!

After receiving the command to "shoot," the shooter immediately pulled the trigger, then handed over the empty Kentucky long rifle to the person next to him who was responsible for refilling the pellets, and took the new gun that was just ready to shoot.

A-Ming grabbed the barrel of the gun, fixed his eyes on the gunner and the gunner outside the city, and fine-tuned the gun body.

"Being grabbed so hard made it hard for me to aim."

The translator again translated Machi's words to Sagittarius. The shooter then hurriedly relaxed his grip on the gun.

"Okay, shoot."

Gunfire.

Another gunner was shot, then fell to the snow and howled.

Ah-Ming's body is still very weak, and the part of her injury is still the part of her collarbone, so it is difficult for her to bear the recoil when firing a Kentucky long rifle.

So—Machi handed over the shooting task to others.

I am responsible for adjusting the gun body and aiming at the enemy.

The shooter, on the other hand, just needs to pull the trigger.

Next to the shooter, there are 4 people who are responsible for filling the projectile. Their task is also very simple: they are responsible for reloading the rifle with the empty projectile.

Ating had five Kentucky long rifles in total, one for shooting and the other four for backup—this number was enough to keep the bullets coming.

One person is in charge of aiming, one person is in charge of shooting, and 4 people are in charge of loading projectiles—this kind of "shooting team" seems a bit unusual at first glance, but it is such an unusual combination that gave the artillerymen and big gunners outside the city a head-on Bash.

"It's amazing..." Lin Ziping stared blankly at the artillerymen and gunners who were already in chaos in the distance, "Although he used a Kentucky long rifle known for its range and accuracy, such shooting skills are really amazing. so amazing……"

Even Lin Ziping, who has seen the world, was surprised by Ah Ding's shooting skills, let alone other people.

Chanup, Retan Noe, Tang Shen...all of them are basically dumbfounded now.

And it wasn't just them who were equally stunned.

Outside the city, Inamori, who had been expecting to see a hole in the inner city wall of the Red Moon Fortress, now had his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open.

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Outside the city, the shogunate army camp, the entire army's main formation——

Inamori didn't notice the strangeness of the artillery array until more than a dozen people were knocked down by Ah Ding's long-range sniper.

Because he put all his body and mind on the inner city wall just now, looking expectantly at the inner city wall that would soon be blasted out of a big hole as he expected.

It wasn't until the artillery array stopped firing for a long time that Inamori looked at the artillery array with a puzzled face, and then saw the artillerymen and the big gunners who were knocked down one by one.

Inamori didn't know exactly what happened.

But he knew——if he didn't withdraw people quickly, he, who was already a small number of people who knew how to operate artillery and large barrels, would die.

So, after putting down the binoculars, Inamori immediately yelled at the orderly beside him in an anxious tone:

"Send an order to the artillery formation! Tell them to withdraw immediately!"

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Red Moon Fortress, the inner city wall——

"I found something good..."

While muttering, Machi smiled like a bad boy who managed to pull off a nice prank.

He has amazing eyesight, even without binoculars, he can clearly see the positions of the soldiers in the Hejun artillery formation.

From the very beginning, she was looking for one thing.

After shooting down nearly 20 people, clearing away debris, and making her vision clearer, she finally found the target she had been looking for—the gunpowder box.

A-Machi gripped the barrel of the rifle beside him and adjusted the barrel.

The gunpowder box is much smaller than the human body, so even A-Machi cannot guarantee an absolute hit on the gunpowder box.

In order to hit a single hit, Ah-Ming is now terribly focused, and even his breathing slows down unconsciously.

"...shoot." A-cho let go of the barrel he was holding.

boom!

The scorching bullets flew out of the barrel, drawing hot waves of heat in the air.

Because of the distance, the projectile deviated from its original trajectory after flying out for a while, and the flight path changed from a straight line to a parabola.

The projectile falling in a parabola landed on the powder box filled with gunpowder.

boom!

The loudness was not inferior to the rumble of the collapse of the outer city wall this morning.

The pellets that fell into the powder box ignited the powder, causing an explosion.

And the fire wave generated after the explosion ignited all the gunpowder in the other gunpowder boxes.

Explosions were superimposed upon explosions, and finally mixed into a huge explosion that enveloped almost the entire artillery array.

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Inamori stared blankly at the artillery array that was still raging with flames after the explosion...or the "original artillery array".

Everything that happened in front of my eyes was too dramatic...

This morning, he also succeeded in setting up a strong record of blowing down the outer city wall and the artillery formation that he had placed high hopes on, but in the blink of an eye, all of them were buried in the sea of ​​flames.

This overly dramatic change gave Inamori an extremely strong illusion of doubting whether he was in a dream.

Inamori wanted to punch himself right now to see if he was really in the dream.

The surrounding generals also had similar expressions to Inamori's.

Some of the generals who came to their senses consciously lowered their heads, looked at their noses and hearts, and kept silent.

After an unknown amount of time, the eerily silent atmosphere of the formation was finally broken by Inamori.

"... Send an order to the Second Army." Inamori, whose eyes were slightly red with anger, gritted his teeth, "The whole army will go out and take down the last wall of the Red Moon Fortress!"

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"Successful..." Tang Shen, holding his Japanese sword, looked at the flames of the artillery formations of the large group of generals and troops in the distance, and murmured subconsciously He said, "Successfully destroyed the artillery array of the Hejun..."

After the artillery was blown away, the inner city wall was initially silent.

Then gradually there was a little noisy talking.

In the end—it turned into cheers.

On the inner city wall, almost everyone was cheering, cheering for the victory just now.

This morning, they suffered a lot, and they took the artillery that the other side had no way to do, and now they have been buried in the sea of ​​​​fire-this kind of joy, this feeling of survival after disaster, almost everyone spontaneously cheered and celebrated.

And as the absolute protagonist of this big victory - A-Machi. She took a deep breath now, with a little tiredness and a smile on her face.

Everyone gathered around Ah-cho, celebrating the victory-this is what should have happened next...

Woo--! Woo--! Woo--! Woo--!

But the sudden sound of conch shells brought everyone's cheers to an abrupt end.

"...It seems that we have to wait until tonight to celebrate properly." Tang Shen muttered while clenching the Japanese sword in his palm.

"As expected..." Chanup said in a deep voice, "The artillery array is gone... just send ordinary troops to attack..."

Chanup took off the bow and arrow behind his back: "The peace army is about to attack! Prepare to meet the enemy!"

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Today is the last day of September!

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If the author's estimate is correct, Volume 7 will be finished during the National Day holiday (it should be...).

In other words, the plot that everyone has always wanted to watch, and the plot that I have always wanted to write, is finally coming.

PS: Every time I write "Kentucky Long Rifle", I can't help but write "Kentucky Long Rifle"...