I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The snow and the sea rushed from all sides, and the three armies screamed for the Yinshan Mountain to move.

——Cen Shen (Tang)

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Asoma also stood up like Ogata and Amachi, and stared at the dozen or so people coming toward them with a serious face.

As for Puccina, who was scared to death by himself, he also found these obviously unkind people at this time.

But he didn't stand up directly like Esuma, he just showed an ugly face, and then continued to sit still.

The same did not stand up, there is Esuma's younger brother-Otunpuyi.

"...Egkashi, what are you doing here? (Ainu Esuma asked the short young man who was walking in front of the ten people.

"Aisuma, don't be so nervous." The short young man called Egkashi by Aisuma said unhurriedly, "We are not here to make trouble."

"We just heard that the two Kazutos who came to our Heyezhe today are now living here, so we made a special trip to give these two Kazutos a kind reminder."

"Aisuma, if you happen to be here, it will save trouble. It saves us from looking for someone to help us translate our words to the two Kazuto. (Ainu

"If you have something to say, hurry up." Esuma didn't push them too much. "Don't say so much. (Ainu

"Aisuma, tell those two peacemakers-don't come to where we live."

"Chanup is kind to us."

"Since these two and people entered Heyezhe after being licensed by Chanup, then we will respect Chanup and respect Chanup's decision."

"We won't take the initiative to make any trouble with these two people-but only if they won't come to where we live."

"We don't welcome anyone. We don't want to talk to anyone."

"If those two and people enter the area where we live, we can't guarantee that we won't do anything outrageous to those two people."

"That's it. Remember to tell those two and people our words, goodbye. (Ainu

After all, the short man turned and left.

But before turning to leave, the short man didn't forget to give Ogata and Amachi a stern look.

The rest of the people behind the short man did the same, and before leaving, they looked fiercely at Ogata and Amachi.

Their eyes were full of resentment.

After staring at Ogata and Amachi so fiercely, they strode away.

Seeing the sudden killing, I told Esuma some Ainu words that Ogata didn't understand, and then left immediately. Before leaving, he glared at the group of them with a fierce look. Whether Ogata or Amachi, they all say hello.

"Aisuma." Ogata turned his head to ask Aisuma, "Who are these people? What did they say to you just now?"

Esuma sighed lightly.

"They are from Capaci Village."

"Three years ago, their tribe participated in the battle of Kunasilimenesi three years ago."

"Mr. Mashima, Ms. Ading, I don’t know if I told you: We Heyezhe recently took in a group of compatriots who lost their homes due to defeat in the Battle of Cunassili Menasi. ——And these compatriots are the villagers of Capasi Village."

Ever since I don’t know, the term "Kunasi Limenasi War" has been frequently used in Ogata's ears.

The reason is not difficult to explain.

This battle is the largest war between the Heren and Ainu races in recent years.

Although people have always heard about this battle, Ogata doesn't know much about this battle.

All I know is that the cause of this battle is that the Ainu people in a certain area are unbearable and oppressed and fight together.

The Matsumae-fan joined the shogunate to form a coalition force and went north to meet the Ainu who had risen to fight.

Although the Matsumae Clan or the Shogunate, they are all in Fira now, but no matter how weak they are, they are also in a country in the feudal era.

In terms of civilization, it is one level higher than the Ainu who are still in the primitive tribal civilization.

This is the case with war. Once there is a difference in civilization, the party with the backward civilization will only be beaten.

Facing the coalition forces of the Matsumae clan and the shogunate, the Ainu who fought were quickly defeated, with countless casualties.

"Kapaxi Village participated in the Battle of Cunassili Menassie three years ago, and then was defeated horribly to Heren and lost his homeland."

"They are lucky and haven't been wiped out. I heard that many villages were wiped out in the war, and none of them survived."

Esuma then introduced to Ogata.

"The villagers of Kapaxi Village who were lucky enough to survive the Battle of Limenasi in Kunasi, after spending several months of wandering life, wandered to our Heyezhe side."

"Father, he has always been a kind person."

"In the face of the suffering compatriots, he never stood by."

"So my father opened Heyezhe's door, took them in, and made them new residents of Heyezhe."

"There were 61 villagers who survived successfully and then moved into our Kapasi village in Heyce. Each of these 61 people has their family members who died at the hands of Heren."

"So they... are not very welcoming and human."

After thinking about it for a long time, Aizoma suffocated the euphemism "not very welcome".

"The people just now are here to tell you-don't get close to the area where they live in Capasi Village."

"They don't want anyone close to the area where they live."

"...So that's it." Ogata nodded silently, and then said in a half-joking tone, "I just saw them coming aggressively, and thought they were coming to us for trouble."

After all, Ogata put down the hand that had just been placed on the handle of the Oshaten sword.

"Although they hate and people, but they are also measured." Esuma said, "They have always respected and loved the father who allowed them to live in Heyezhe and gave them a new home."

"They never violated any orders from my father. They never did anything that would upset my father."

"You only entered our He Yezhe with my father's permission, and are considered our He Yezhe's guests."

"So even if they hate him, they won't do anything excessive to my father's guests."

"But—the premise is that you stay away from where they live."

Esuma gave a wry smile.

"Those people just asked me to tell you-don't get close to where they live. If you are close to the area where they live, you will be at your own risk."

"In Heyezheli, are there any people who hate others like the villagers of Kapaxi?" asked Ah Ding, who had not spoken just now.

Esuma shook her head: "Nothing. In our Heyezheli, only the villagers of Kapassi Village do not welcome people."

"The rest of the people either have neither good nor bad feelings towards the person, or they don't even know what they look like."

"Of course-there are also people who have a good impression of harmony."

Esuma turned her head and glanced at her brother.

"All in all-when tomorrow is daytime, I will show you the area where the villagers of Kappasi Village live. You must remember not to approach the area where the villagers near Kappasi Village live."

Ogata nodded: "I see. Excuse me."

"Fortunately..." Otunpuyi, who had been sitting in the same place just now, was silent and patted his chest with a pale face. "Fortunately, those people didn't make trouble just now, they all went back obediently... It's really scared to death. It's... (Ainu language

"Otunpuyi!" Aisuma cast a displeased gaze at Otunpuyi, "Be bolder! Look at your pale face! Even if those people were really here to make trouble, then What's to be afraid of? (Ainu

Otunpuyi always obeyed his sister.

Hearing his sister's reprimand, Otunpuyi only lowered his head and responded with a low voice "Yes".

Afterwards, Otunpui shook his head sharply, and then cast his eyes on Ogata again with anticipation and excitement.

"Mr. Mashima! Let's continue talking..."

Before Otunpuyi had finished speaking, his sister interrupted him aloud:

"Okay, Otunpuyi, let's talk about it today. (Ainu

"Huh?" Ao Tong Puyi cast a stunned look at his sister.

"You haven't forgotten how you promised me before?" Esuma cast her sharp gaze straight at Otunpuyi, "You promised me-you will still practice your bow tonight, so I will take it. You came to bring you to find Mr. Mashima."

"Now is the time to practice the bow. If you delay it, there will not be enough time to practice the bow. (Ainu

"Huh? But... (Ainu Otunpuyi was about to say something--

"Are you not going to listen to me? (Ainu Esuma interrupted Otunpuyi again.

Otunpuyi lowered his head again in silence, his face tangled.

"Yes, yes." Puccina on the side said to Esuma at this time, "Otunpuyi, you can't give up archery and other skills just because you are greedy for fun. (Ainu language)

Puccina was eager for Esuma and his brothers to leave quickly, and stop talking about those horrible things with this person...

Of course-there is another important reason, because Puccina himself wants to stay away from Ogata, who is very dangerous in his imagination...

If the sister and brother Esuma were to leave, he happened to be able to leave together.

"...I see... (Ainu Otunpuyi nodded with his head down, then slowly stood up.

"Mr. Mashima, Miss Amachi." Assuma turned her gaze to Ogata and the other two, and switched back to Japanese. "It's a bit late now. I have to take my brother to practice bow."

"Thank you for chatting with our brothers and sisters today. Today, my brother and I had a very good chat. When we have the opportunity and time, let's talk together again."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded. "Come again if you have a chance."

Esuma led her brother away in strides, and Puccina followed closely behind.

However-before they had walked a few steps far, Xu Jian suddenly yelled from them:

"Otunpuyi!"

Otunpuyi, who was suddenly called by Ogata's name, turned around with a puzzled look.

"You are very interested in the culture and life customs of the people-there is nothing wrong with it."

"But'I want to go to a country with people' or something-this is not necessary."

Ogata said with a serious face what he wanted to say to Otunpui a long time ago.

This remark, when Ogata learned from Assumana that Otunpui had the idea of ​​"a country that really wanted to go to peace with others", he wanted to say it to Otunpui very much.

How can I never find the time to say these words.

Now Aisuma and the others are leaving, Ogata decided to take advantage of this moment to inform Otunpuyi of his heartfelt words.

"The country of harmony is not as beautiful as you think."

"And people's culture and living customs are also not so beautiful."

"Don't have too much expectations for the country and culture of Heren."

Ogata's words from the bottom of his heart are concise and concise.

Autun Puyi was a little dazed, and then nodded slightly, "I know..."

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After speaking these heartfelt words to Otunpuyi, Xu Jian did not say much to him, and silently watched their departure with Ah Ding.

After Esuma and Otunpuyi completely disappeared from the field of vision, Amachi sighed with a wry smile, and then said to Ogata beside him:

"I just discovered that Otunpuyi has a lot of unrealistic fantasies about our country..."

"I also wanted to remind that Otunpuyi-don't expect too much from our country."

"Unexpectedly, you actually finished what I wanted to say."

Ogata also smiled wryly like Amachi.

"...I hope that kid will never have the opportunity to go to Japan." Ogata said slowly, "If he goes to Japan and sees what is going on in Japan with his own eyes, his beautiful fantasies may be shattered..."

"This kind of disillusionment is very cruel and cruel."

Although the contact with Otunpuyi is not long, Otunpuyi has also discovered a problem with Otunpuyi through his **** words and deeds just now-he loves everything related to people a little. Too much.

Ogata couldn't help but think of those "spiritual X people" in the past life.

Otunpuyi is a bit like "spirit and human."

Obviously, I have never been to a country with people, but he loves everything related to people extremely, and loves everything related to people too much. He was chatting with Ogata and Amachi just now. , The eyes are always on, as if chatting with some idol that has been admired for a long time.

Regarding Otunpui's situation, Ogata has nothing to do. The only thing he can do is probably to persuade him not to have too high expectations.

"Mr. Mashima, Miss Acho!"

At this time, Ogata and Amachi suddenly heard the yelling of Aizan, who they knew very well.

Following the reputation, I saw Aizan holding his somewhat huge belly, humming and rushing towards them.

"Aizam." Ogata asked, "what's the matter?"

"Someone came to me just now." Ayzan replied, "He asked me to bring you a word-the person who is currently being held by them, wants to find you for something."

"You want us for something?" Ogata frowned.

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Time goes back to about half an hour ago-

"Hey! It's dinner!"

After night fell, Lin Ziping had been sitting silently by the window, waiting for today's breakfast to be delivered.

After hearing this "eat", Lin Ziping immediately rushed to the window like a conditioned reflex.

These days, his meals are delivered through the window.

As soon as he rushed to the window, Lin Ziping saw a big furry hand sticking into the cell along the window, holding a bowl in his hand with a large chunk of hard dried venison.

Although Lin Ziping was imprisoned, the people in the Red Moon Fortress had never abused Lin Ziping.

Although the place to live is not good, it is definitely not bad.

Although the meals provided to Lin Ziping were monotonous, and the meals were all dried venison made with the least valuable venison, it was better than the quantity, which would not make Lin Ziping hungry, and the taste was not bad.

After receiving the bowl of dried venison, Lin Ziping directly held the bowl of venison and began to feast on it.

It was a very young youth who gave Lin Ziping food.

This young man did not leave immediately after handing Lin Ziping today's breakfast. Instead, he continued to stand by the window, looking at Lin Ziping, who was gnawing venison.

Lin Ziping eats quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he slaps the palm-sized jerky into his mouth.

"Your appetite is really good..." the young man couldn't help but said to Lin Ziping in the cell, "every time I can eat the meals that I bring in."

"I have no good points." Lin Ziping said in fluent Ainu while gnawing on dried venison. "Not being picky and having a good appetite at any time is one of my few strengths. ."

"And your dried venison is very delicious. This dried venison is very well marinated, although it is harder."

"Huh." The young man who delivered the meal sneered when he heard Lin Ziping's words, "Just one bite for you is very good, don't pick and choose."

"The jerky I got from the old village chief a few years ago is delicious." Lin Ziping said with emotion. "Not only is it fragrant, but it tastes neither hard nor soft. I really want to eat it again... "

Lin Ziping stopped abruptly when he was only a few syllables away from the complete sentence.

Then-

"Yeah...how did I forget..."

After such a whisper, he rushed to the window and said loudly to the young man who delivered the meal outside the window:

"Please do me a favor! Let the two Kazuto who entered this Heyezhe today come over now! I have something to tell them!"

"Huh?" The face of the meal delivery youth was full of doubts.

"Please!" Lin Ziping looked at the young man with sincere eyes.

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Time rewinds back to now--

After learning that Lin Ziping was looking for him for something, Ogata and Ading hurried to find Lin Ziping.

After rushing to the cell where Lin Ziping is currently staying, Lin Ziping said to Ogata excitedly:

"Mr. Mashima! I remembered! I thought of a way to prove my innocence!"

"About 4 years ago, I visited Ezo land once because of academic research."

"During this time, I passed a village called'Huxi Village'!"

"The village has always been cooperating with the merchants, so it likes to be with people. When I walked through the settlement, the people from the settlement gave me a feast and entertained me."

"When I left the settlement, their old village chief gave me a delicious package of dried venison."

"Because the old village chief understands Japanese and is very interested in books, I gave the old village chief the books I wrote that I was carrying at the time as a gift. I remember a total of 3 Book"

"Book?" Ogata lowered his eyebrows.

"Yeah! Three books written by me that specifically introduce the geography of the Mutsu area. They are authentic books published with the permission of the government!" Lin Ziping said, "The book has my signature! There are also maps that I hand-painted!"

"As long as you compare the map drawn on that book with my manuscripts that are now confiscated by the people of the Red Moon Fortress, you can prove that the book was indeed written by me!"

"With that book, it should be able to prove that I am indeed a scholar, not a spy!"

"Mr. Mashima, Miss Ading, can you go to the village and bring me the book I gave to the old village chief?"

"I remember that the village is adjacent to a large fjord, not very far from the Red Moon Fortress!"

"...The book given 4 years ago..." Ogata said indifferently, "Time is too long, too... Maybe people lost the book..."

"I can only hope that the old village chief will take good care of the book I gave him..." Lin Ziping smiled bitterly.

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The next day--

Ezo land, somewhere—

"Snoring...snoring...snoring...snoring..."

A giant bear with a waist as thick as the waist of two adults, while exhaling heavy air, wandered on a certain snowy field.

In winter, you can always see bears that miss hibernation for various reasons.

And these bears that missed hibernation, without exception-are very grumpy.

This bear was looking for food on the snowy field, but did not find it—in the bushes not far from him, an Ainu was lurking.

This Ainu is very young, a young man in his early twenties at most.

The youth held his breath, paying attention to the bear's movements.

He is waiting now.

Waiting for the best opportunity to attack.

Although this young man is still very young, he is already a hunter with rich bear hunting experience, and 5 bears have fallen under his arrow.

Finally-the best opportunity for attack that the youth has been waiting for so long appeared.

The bear stopped.

The bear, who was walking forward unhurriedly, suddenly stopped, and then fiddled with the pile of dead branches and rotten leaves in front of him with his fat bear's paw.

The young man saw it all at once—the bear was looking for bugs to eat.

The bear is an omnivorous animal, and many plants and animals are listed in his diet.

Not only eat meat, fish, and mountain fruit, but also eat insects.

Seeing the long-awaited shooting opportunity appeared, the young man raised his bow without hesitation.

The arrow is already on the bow, just waiting to be pulled and shot.

The poisoned arrow was aimed straight at the bear's flanks, and the bowstring was drawn into a full moon.

Just as the youth was about to let go of the bowstring, he suddenly felt strange movements from the soles of his feet.

The earth... seems to be trembling.

The bear and the young man noticed the strange movement at almost the same time. They shook their huge head. After looking around, they let out a low mournful cry as if they had discovered something, and then shook off the four big palms. , Began to flee.

The bear's appearance of escaping hastily aggravated the inner anxiety of the young man.

The trembling that arrogantly spread to the young man's soles became more and more intense.

The young man scanned the surroundings frantically, trying to find out the source of this abnormality.

Finally—he heard a strange noise coming from the south.

Looking to the south-the youth saw a black line at the junction of heaven and earth in the south.

This black line is like a surging water line.

The black line gradually emerged from the skyline, getting thicker and bigger, and the youth finally saw the true face of this black line-it was a large number of people.

A large number of people wearing strange black clothing that looks heavy.

Young people remember that this peculiar costume is called "Armor", which is one of the costumes worn by Japanese people and has the effect of defending against a large number of attacks.

The black line is composed of thousands of Japanese people wearing this black armor.

These Kazutos are not only wearing armor, but also armed with spears and other weapons.

There are also many people riding war horses, holding horse reins in one hand, and long spears in the other, driving the horses into a neat line of horses, walking on the left and right sides of the "black line".

The flags were erected from this "black line".

Young people cannot understand the patterns on these flags.

However, if there is a person who knows the family patterns of each domain, he will most likely take a sigh of relief after seeing this banner.

Because these flags are painted with the family patterns of many vassal states in the Northeast.

Bamboo bird pattern of Sendai clan.

Uesugi Sasa of Yonezawa Clan.

The antithetical nine-yield pattern of the Morioka domain.

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One side of the military flag painted with the patterns of each family moved with the wind, as if to obscure the entire sky.

These people were silent, and no one spoke.

The only sounds that sounded were the flapping of the flag in the wind, the rumbling of horses' hooves hitting the ground, and the clang of iron armor colliding.

A young man who has lived in an ordinary Ainu settlement since he was born, has never seen so many people, and has never seen such a formation?

The young man was so scared that he raised his hand to cover his mouth, for fear that he would make a noise and let the thousands of people find him.

The oppression brought by thousands of Japanese people makes young people feel unable to straighten their waist, unable to exert force, and even unable to breathe.

Fortunately-because the distance is a little far away

The youth only remembered that after a long, long time, this "black line" composed of people and people finally disappeared from the field of vision.

Until this moment, the youth finally dared to breathe.

After breathing heavily for a while and calming his mood a little, the young man stood up and fled back to his village at the fastest speed he could achieve.

After returning to the village, he immediately informed the whole village loudly that thousands of Japanese people had appeared near their village.

Upon receiving this news, everyone in the village showed horror on their faces.

The well-informed village chief was almost stunned when he heard the young people telling each other about the characteristics of the thousands of Japanese people.

"It's the army...!" The village chief who was almost out of breath stroking his chest hard, while shouting dignifiedly, "It's the army of Heren! The army of Heren is here!"

Hearing the word "army", the faces of the villagers surrounding the village chief were even more horrified.

"Why did the Heren army come here?!"

"And there are still so many people..."

"Are you going to conquer another tribe?"

The villagers were chattering.

In the end, it was the old village chief who paused the crutches in his hand.

"It's all quiet!"

The old village chief gave an order, and the surrounding villagers immediately became quiet.

The well-informed old village chief, but very clear-what is the "trooper disaster".

In order to avoid the military disaster, the old village chief quickly issued a series of instructions:

"Now everyone is going home to pack up!"

"Take away all the precious things you can take away!"

"The precious things that can't be taken away should be buried first!"

"We will leave here immediately! Hide in the mountains!"

"When this Heren army is far away from us, we will come back again!"

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The 10,000 army composed of the shogunate and the Tohoku domains was divided into three armies.

The first army has a total of 3,000 soldiers, walking in the forefront of the whole army, under the command of the Sendai clan's Shengtianmu.

The second army was 5,000 men, directly commanded by Inamori.

The 2,000 men of the Third Army, the Queen of the Palace, is commanded by Kamio of Aizu Clan.

What the Ainu youth saw just now was the first army led by Shengtianmu.

Sheng Tianmu is now wearing the red and black armor that is unique to their "Xianzhou Seven Spears", riding his horse, carrying his favorite spear, Jifei, and marching forward with great power.

Akizuki, Kuroda, etc. will be closely following Shengtianmei.

Whether you look forward, backward, or left and right, you can only see the vast numbers of soldiers.

"Look!" Maybe it's because the weather today is very good, these days I have been very excited, and my mood is extremely high, "So many soldiers are now under our command!"

Sheng Tianmu yelled at Akizuki, Kuroda and other members beside him.

Not only was Sheng Tianmu excited, Qiuyue and the others were also very excited and high-spirited these days.

As a warrior, as a general in the army, and as a person who still desires fame, there is nothing more exciting and exciting than being able to participate in such a large-scale battle.

Sheng Tianmu raised Ji Fei in his hand and pointed straight ahead.

Pointing at the Red Moon Fortress, which is still some distance away.

"This time--" Sheng Tianmu said in a sonorous and firm tone, "We Sendai generals are bound to win great fame!"

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Ezo land, somewhere, the position of the Second Army of the Shogunate. In the coach's camp----

At this moment, the two men with the highest status in the entire army, Matsuba Dingxin and Inamori, are now in this camp.

"Old Master, are you really sure you want to inspect that fjord?"

Inamori looked at Matsubaru Matsuba with a worried look.

"Yeah." Matsudaira was wearing clothes with the help of Tachibana, "In addition to supervising the battle, I came to Ezo Land this time, and there is another important reason, which is to inspect Ezo Land with my own eyes."

"Let’s say-inspecting the Ezo land with my own eyes and preparing for the future development of the Ezo land is the main reason for me to go north to the Ezo land."

"Supervising the battle or something, it's just a matter of convenience."

"But..." Inamori still hesitated. "The fjord you are going to inspect... Is it too far away...?"

Songping Dingxin shook his head:

"It's far away, but that fjord is very necessary for inspection."

"I'm going to see the fjord with my own eyes~www.readwn.com~ to see if the fjord is suitable for building a port."

"If a port can be built in that fjord, it will be of great benefit to the future development of Ezo Land, and important manpower and materials can be continuously sent to the hinterland of Ezo Land by sea."

"Port?" Inamori's eyes appeared a little surprised, "Old Master, do you plan to build a port in Ezo?"

"I do have this plan at the moment." Matsudaira said softly, "The Ezo land is very vast. If you want to develop the Ezo land in the future, it will inevitably require a lot of manpower and material resources."

"At present, in the huge Ezo land, only Matsumae Castle has a port."

"The number of ports is too small, so it is necessary to build more ports in Ezo land, so that in the future, sufficient manpower and luggage can be sent to Ezo land by sea ships."

"I won't leave for too long. During my absence, you will continue to lead the army into the Red Moon Fortress step by step."

"As long as there are no accidents, I should be able to join you before your soldiers approach the Red Moon Fortress."

"...I see." Inamori nodded, "Then-old man, do you need me to organize more manpower to be your guard? The journey is a bit far away, I think it's better to bring more guards."

"...That's fine." Matsudaira nodded after thinking for a moment, "Then Inamori, you can call me another 50 elite soldiers."

"50? Is the number too small?"

"Enough. I'm not going to fight." Matsubaira, who is always expressionless, has a rare smile on his face at this time. "On the way from here to that fjord, there is nothing. The settlement of the Inu people. And that afternoon, there seems to be only an Ainu settlement named'Huxi Village', so there is no need to worry too much about the attack."