I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival! At the moment when many people take leave of absence reasonably, the author Jun is still conscientious in updating.

The author wishes you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Having said that, do you have a custom of eating barbecue during the Mid-Autumn Festival? For some reason, there is a custom of eating barbecue during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangzhou... I never understood how barbecue is equated with the Mid-Autumn Festival...

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night-

Red Moon Fortress—

It's time for dinner now.

The air everywhere in the Red Moon Fortress was filled with the smell of rice and a festive atmosphere.

Everyone is celebrating today's victory.

As Chanup said to Retannoe before-although today is only their first day of battle with the Japanese Army, it is also a great encouragement to them.

Because they successfully defended the city wall, it was difficult for Heren to cross the thunder pond.

Of course-in addition to celebrating the victory, there are also many people discussing there.

Discuss the Kazuto who suddenly appeared this afternoon.

"Hey, have you heard? The reason why we were able to play so smoothly this afternoon was because we benefited from the command and deployment of a peaceful person."

"Kazuto? Which Kazuto? Is it the Majima Goro?"

"It seems not. It seems to be a very old man."

"By the way, where did Goro Mashima go? Why haven't I seen that person lately?"

"who knows."

"No wonder it feels easier to play this afternoon... It turns out to be a different person to command and deploy..."

"Heren... When did He Yezhe come out with such an old and gentleman?"

"do not know."

"Can Kazuto be trusted?"

"How do I know... But since Mr. Chanup can be entrusted with an important task, it should be trustworthy."

"Why does Lao He Ren help us? He is helping us, which means he is fighting against his compatriots, right?"

"He might have an enmity with the Edo Shogunate. Whatever the reason he assisted us, as long as he can help us!"

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Retano Eben stayed quietly in an inconspicuous corner, eating dinner in silence.

But at this moment, he suddenly saw a few familiar figures walking towards him.

"Retannoe, I finally found you."

"What are you doing?" Retanoer asked rhetorically.

These people all have quite a status in Heyezhe, and like him are also the backbone of the "main battle faction".

"What's the matter with the commander and dispatcher and the person who suddenly appeared this afternoon? Where did that person pop out? Explain to us."

Retanoer: "That person has always been in our Heyzhe."

He explained in as simple a sentence as possible where Lin Ziping came from, and the whole story of his decision to fight side by side with them.

"...I asked that Lin Ziping afterwards."

Retanoer added.

"I asked him if he was a general of the Hejun."

"He said that he had never spent a day in the Japanese army. He just loved to read military books since he was a child, and he also learned the military strategy of the Europa, so he knows what to do in this kind of Lucian city. Defensively."

"Europa? What is that?"

"I heard that Lin Ziping said that it seems to be a remote western people living on the other side of the sea. The Lucias are a member of the Europa people."

Someone let out a sigh of relief: "It's great... We just lack people who know how to guard this kind of fortress... That Lin Ziping appeared too timely..."

"...Retannoe." At this moment, another person suddenly said, "That Lin Ziping...is trustworthy? He is a nice guy after all..."

"Heh." As soon as this person's voice fell, Retannoe sneered, "We can only trust him now. What else can we do? Throw him aside, and continue to reproduce this morning. Is that kind of frantic fight?"

"We don't have the spare energy to pick and choose now. Anyone who can use it, regardless of whether he is a fellow or a Lucia, must be used together."

"But don't worry. Chanup and I will always pay attention to him."

"If he does anything suspicious..."

Reitanoer raised his hand and aimed his head in an archery motion.

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Lin Ziping's residence—

In order to facilitate rushing to the inner city wall in various emergency situations, at Lin Ziping's request, Chanup allocated an empty house near the inner city wall to Lin Ziping to live in.

At this moment, Lin Ziping was sitting cross-legged on the ground, leaning against the wall behind him, closing his eyes and resting.

At this time, there was a sudden noise from the door of people coming in.

Lin Ziping lifted his eyes and looked at him—I saw Chanup holding a handful of dried meat in each of his hands, entered the house, and walked towards him quickly.

"Mr. Lin." Chanup handed the food in his hand to Lin Ziping in front of him, "Here, this is dinner."

"If it's convenient—" Chanupu raised the jerky in his other hand, "Can you join me for dinner?"

"...Please, Mr. Chanup." Lin Ziping nodded.

The two sat opposite each other, holding their jerky, tearing and chewing.

"Mr. Lin." As soon as Chanup put a small bit of dried meat into his mouth, he suddenly asked Lin Ziping, "After this afternoon's command...how long do you think we can hold the city in check? ?"

"Although I had expected you to have dinner with me, it must have another purpose..." Lin Ziping smiled bitterly, "but I didn't expect you to reveal your purpose so soon..."

After tearing off another piece of dried meat and stuffing it into his mouth, Lin Zi said gently:

"You have many advantages, but you also have many shortcomings."

"In my eyes, there are three of your most fatal weaknesses-lack of adequate defense weapons, poor personal equipment, and the walls of the fortress are wooden."

"I shouldn't need to repeat the first 2 points."

"What worries me most now is the defect in point 3 I just mentioned."

A dark cloud appeared on Lin Ziping's face.

"Either your inner city wall or your outer city wall, they are all wooden."

"I guess-the Lucias who built this fortress in the first place should have considered the cost and could not build a stone fortress in such a remote place, so they built this fortress into a wooden fortress."

"Although it is strong, it is not afraid of being hit by people, nor is it afraid of arrows and muskets, but it is difficult to withstand the bombardment of artillery..."

"From the information currently known, there is no doubt that the army outside the city has artillery, but the number is unknown..."

Lin Ziping sighed heavily.

"Now I can only hope that their artillery is not many, the quality is poor, and there are not enough artillery shells."

"The artillery used by the shogunate is still the backward bronze cannon of the Warring States period two hundred years ago. The range is short, the accuracy is poor, and 10 shots are fired, and there may not necessarily be one shot that hits the target."

"If the number of shells carried by the army outside the city is small, it is not to be afraid. Otherwise..."

Lin Ziping didn't go on, only let Chanup imagine himself.

"...Then, Mr. Lin." Chanup said slowly, "How long do you think we can hold without the use of firearms by the Japanese army outside the city?"

"I can't tell you about this." Lin Ziping said, "The battlefield situation is ever-changing, and I am not an exhaustive strategy. I can't guarantee you how long this city can last for a thousand miles away."

"The only thing I can assure you is that I will do my best."

"So...I know." Chanup nodded solemnly.

"Although we successfully defended this city fortress today, we can't take it lightly." Lin Ziping continued, sternly, "The army outside the city, after all, has nearly 10,000 people."

"They might have some hidden elite troops that haven't been dispatched yet..."

Speaking of this, Lin Ziping's expression became serious at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he forgot to put the jerky in his hands into his mouth.

"According to my guess, the Edo shogunate should have pulled all the troops of the Tohoku domains to help out this time."

"So... I'm worried now that Aizu's troops will also come."

"Aizu..." Chanup's expression also changed.

Lin Ziping, who noticed that Chanup's expression had also changed, raised his eyebrows.

"Huh? Mr. Chanupu, do you know Aizu Clan?"

Chanup nodded: "When I traveled to the land of Japan, I had heard of this vassal kingdom. I only knew that this vassal kingdom was quite powerful. I didn't know the rest."

"You even went to'Herendi' to travel."

"It's just a very short trip, and during that trip, I haven't been to the rest of the'Herendi' except for Matsumae."

Lin Ziping tore off a piece of dried meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

"If Aizu's troops come...that would be a big trouble."

"Aizu Clan is the pillar of the shogunate."

"Mr. Chanupu, do you know that our vassal kingdoms are divided into three levels according to our relationship with the shogunate? Pro-fan daimyo, genealogical daimyo, and foreign daimyo."

"We in Japan...that is, the northeastern region of our ‘Warenji’, and most of the vassal states are foreign-style daimyos."

"And the Aizu clan, as one of the few pro-fan daimyos in the Tohoku region, shoulders the heavy responsibility of sitting in the north, guarding the northern gate for the shogunate, and frightening the northeastern clan."

"Under the influence of such a heavy responsibility and the influence of the folk customs, the samurai of Aizu can fight and are loyal. Although the samurai of Sendai clan always say that they are the'strongest samurai in Tohoku,' they are people with a little vision and knowledge. We all know that the Aizu Army is undoubtedly the strongest force in the Northeast."

"If the Aizu army comes...that would be a big trouble..."

Lin Ziping stuffed all the dried meat left in his hand into his mouth.

After chewing and swallowing the jerky in his mouth, Lin Ziping asked Chanupu nonchalantly:

"Mr. Chanup. Can you ask me a question now?"

"Huh? Excuse me."

"Can you tell me-how did your muskets come from?"

Hearing Lin Ziping's question, Chanup raised his brows imperceptibly.

Although Lin Ziping noticed Chanup’s reaction, he still chose to continue to say "

"All you use are the flintlocks that are currently popular in Europa."

"This kind of musket is not generally difficult to get. I once thought about buying a flintlock like this to study it, but after trying my best to find a way to buy it, I found that I had to eat or drink for three years before I could buy one."

"You have 80 guns that are so expensive and difficult to buy, and you have plenty of bullets and gunpowder..."

"How did you get such a large number of muskets?"

"..." Chanup was silent.

Like thinking.

Seeing Chanup's silence, Lin Ziping added:

"If you don't want to say more, then that's it. I'm not a person who is so curious that I don't want to stop asking."

Chanup shook his head slightly: "No. If you want to know, I can still tell you."

"Our muskets are all traded with someone."

"Heren?" Lin Ziping frowned.

"I don't know the full name of that person," Chanup said. "That person only told me his surname-‘Kinoshita’."

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Crimson Moon Fortress, Kunoya's Clinic—

Kunoya dangling her cigarette with a tired face, and walked quickly on the way back to her clinic.

Since the end of the battle this afternoon, Kunoya has basically not rested.

Although Lin Ziping's command has greatly increased their combat power at the Red Moon Fortress, the casualties cannot be reduced to zero.

Kunoya has been busy until now, and finally she can take a break.

After finally being able to rest, Kunoya's first thing to do was to go back to the clinic to see how the little girl named Ah Ting was doing.

Since Ogata left, Kunoya has completely become Amachi's doctor and nanny-but Kunoya has no complaints about this.

As a doctor, she has long been accustomed to the feeling of being a doctor and a nanny.

Moreover, Ah Ding has been very peaceful and well-behaved these days, and Kunoya didn't need to bother too much.

"Little girl, I'm back..."

When Kunoya stepped into the clinic, the last syllable of her phrase "I'm back" hadn't been pronounced in the future, and this syllable was directly blocked in her throat.

Kunoya was not just unable to speak, her eyes opened wide at this time.

"Little girl, what are you doing?"

With her eyes wide open, she stared at the scene in front of her in astonishment—In a clinic that is not too big or not, Ah Ting was lying on her floor as usual.

But at this time, Ah Ding placed his hands between his armpit and the "southern hemisphere," and rubbed it with no light or heavy force.

"Ah, Kunoya, you're back." After these days of meditation and recuperation, Ah Ding now speaks, and finally recovered a little bit of anger.

When she was talking to Kunoya, the movements of her hands continued to rub.

"The wounded patients are almost healed, and I'll be back." Kunoya looked at Ah Ding's hands that were still rubbing and rubbing, "What the **** are you doing?"

"I'm doing what I can. I'm rubbing acupuncture points."

"I suddenly remembered today—someone once told me that if the upper body is injured, rubbing the acupuncture points in this place can help blood flow and promote wound healing."

"Where did you hear the nonsense..." Kunoya said in a helpless tone, "kneading the acupuncture points in that place will not be good for your wound healing."

"But it's not bad for you." Kunoya shrugged. "It's not good for your body if you keep lying on the floor. It's not good for your body to perform simple exercises like this. benefit."

"Kunoya, when will I be able to stand up and walk freely?" Ah Ding asked.

"Let’s rest for a few more days." Kunoya replied, "You are recovering pretty well now. If you rest for a few days, you should be able to stand up and walk."

"Why? Are you in a hurry to stand up? I advise you to stay here all the time. It is not safe and peaceful outside now."

"...I want to get better as soon as possible." Ah Ding whispered, "at least it is good enough to stand up and walk around with my own strength."

"I... want to do something I can do as soon as possible."

After all, Ah Ding glanced at a large cloth bag placed next to her floor.

Under the big cloth bag, it seemed that there was something long wrapped around it. The bag was so tightly packed that it made people unable to see what was under the cloth bag.

"Then you continue to be quiet, obediently eat and sleep on time. If you want to get better soon, there is no other way but quiet." Kunoya took off the smoking gun. Let’s have dinner, and change the dressing after dinner. I’ll see how your wound has recovered."

"Um..." Ah Ding nodded softly.

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The next day—

The fourth day Ogata left the Red Moon Fortress—

Today is like a replica of yesterday.

As it dawned, the soldiers of the First Army rushed toward the Red Moon Fortress again like a tide.

After resting for a while at noon, he attacked again in the afternoon and did not retreat until dark.

Not only is today's attacking rhythm a replica of yesterday, but even the results of the battle are almost the same as yesterday-failing to win the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress. At the end of the day, even the strongholds for stably transporting troops were not able to establish a few on the outer wall.

Inamori's brows, until today's battle is over, after the sky is completely dark, they have not let go.

Under the night sky, he stood on a small high slope, looking at the Red Moon Fortress in the distance.

"...Far harder than imagined..." Inamori whispered softly.

"Inamori-sama... I'm very sorry..."

Inamori is not standing alone on this high slope.

Gui Yizheng, the general of the First Army, was standing beside Inamori.

Inamori and Gui Yizheng stood on this high **** one after another, and there was no third person to accompany them.

Standing beside Inamori, he lowered his head slightly with an apologetic face.

"It's my incompetence. Facing a bunch of barbarians, I had no results for 2 consecutive days..."

"No need to apologize." As soon as Gui Yizheng's words fell, Inamori immediately shook his head and said, "It's not your fault."

"Although the opponent is a barbarian, he sits on such a tall fortress with two walls."

"It is naturally difficult to deal with opponents who occupy a favorable geographical position."

"What's more-they have masters who are good at defensive battles to help."

"And your first army is composed of the vassal army of the northeast vassal vassal, and its combat power is not strong."

"It's actually not easy to be able to fight like this."

After hearing Inamori's relief, Gui Yizheng's face finally looked better.

"Although this fortress is far harder than we thought. But it's actually not a big trouble." Daamori turned his gaze to the fortress in the distance, "No matter how strong their fortress is, their one No matter how powerful the "Superior" is, it cannot change the fact that they are sparsely populated and poorly equipped."

"A large part of the reason why we played so hard these two days is just because the strength of the generals of our First Army is too weak."

"If you change into a strong force, the result should be very different."

"Inamori-sama..." Katsura Yoshimasa said tentatively, "Do you mean...waiting for the third army...waiting for the Aizu army to come over?"

Inamori smiled bitterly at this moment:

"Although I am very reluctant to face this fact... but I have to admit that the strength of the Aizu army is higher than that of our shogunate."

"I don't want to spend too much time on a bunch of barbarians. When Aizu arrives, let the Aizu army take over your first army."

"With all one's energy, take down this barbarian fortress!"

"But..." Katsura Yoshimasa said softly, "The Aizu army won't arrive until tomorrow morning..."

"So let's wait slowly now." Inamori nodded, "Wait for the Aizu army to join in..."

"Master Inamori!"

At this time, a general hurried towards Inamori with joy.

"What's the matter?" Inamori asked.

"Mei, Aizu are here!" The general held back the ecstasy on his face, "Master Kabuo, general of the Third Army, is now waiting at Nanyingkou!"

"Aizu is here?" After hearing the news, Rao Yi Inamori's powerful concentration still showed a shocked expression. "Didn't he say that he won't be able to arrive here until tomorrow morning?" "

Holding the sabre around his waist, Inamori hurried to the Nanyingkou of Daying, and Gui Yizheng naturally followed.

Immediately outside the Nanyingkou, Inamori saw the young face of Gami, who hadn't seen him for a while, and the Aizu army behind him holding aloft the banner embroidered with "Aizu Sankui".

"Pu Shengjun!" Inamori greeted him quickly, and walked to Pu Sheng's. "You said in your letter: You have to wait for tomorrow morning to arrive here. You are a lot earlier than what you said in the letter. . Are you embarking on a rapid march?"

"I heard that the battle on the front line is anxious, and the barbarians are more resistant to fighting than expected." Pu Sheng said sternly, "So I led the troops to speed up the march slightly."

"But please rest assured, Inamori-sama, we Aizu Samurai are all strong men, so speeding up so much will not make us tired and unable to move for several days."

Inamori raised his eyes and glanced at the Aizu generals behind Kasuo-although they were all dissatisfied and tired, they all looked firm.

"...Pu Shengjun. You came just right." Daamori raised his hand and patted Pu Sheng on the shoulder, "Come on, get into the camp first."

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The next day—

The fifth day Ogata left the Red Moon Fortress—

As soon as the sun rose from the horizon, Lin Ziping, accompanied by Chanupu, went up to the inner city wall to observe the movement of the people outside the city and the army.

After two days of fighting, whether the inner city wall or the outer city wall, there is now a **** smell permeating it.

"Mr. Lin, look." Chanup said, "The peace army has begun to leave the camp and gather."

Lin Ziping nodded softly: "Let everyone be prepared...Huh? No. There is something wrong with the Hejun outside the city..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Ziping's words suddenly stopped, and then narrowed his eyes, staring at the troops outside the city that began to gather in the open space between the Red Moon Fortress and the barracks.

"It's not quite right...it's not the same as the army flag...!"

After taking a closer look, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Lin Ziping suddenly found that what he had just noticed was the "wrongness" with the army, and what was wrong-the flag was different.

At this moment, the Hejun outside the city no longer held the flags of the various northeast vassals.

It is holding a unified flag—a unique "Aoi-pattern flag" slightly different from the "Three-leaf Aoi" of the Edo Shogunate.

As a scholar who has traveled all over the world, Lin Ziping is no stranger to this sunflower flag.

"Aizu Sankui..." Lin Ziping murmured palely, "I'm really afraid of what will come..."

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