I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The Red Moon Fortress, outside the city, the Third Army (Aizu Army), the main formation--

"Is this the Red Moon Fortress..." Pu Sheng, who is not very tall, stood in front of his Mazza, holding on to the sword on his waist with one hand and akimbo with the other hand.

"Apart from the two walls, there seems to be nothing special. It's easy to defend and difficult to attack, it should not be as good as our Edo Castle." Speaking of this, Kami changed a mocking tone, "Face In such a fortress, did the First Army members make no achievements for 2 consecutive days..."

"Oh, I thought that the First Army had the Sendai Clan's troops in control, and the combat effectiveness shouldn't be so bad. I didn't expect it to be that way."

After mentioning the "First Army", Pu Sheng's thoughts involuntarily drifted back to last night...

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Last night--

"...Master Inamori, I understand everything specifically."

Inamori's head coach, the big account, was extremely crowded at this time-because this was the first time that the generals of the First, Second, and Third Army gathered together since the official march of the troops.

Compared with the First Army and the Second Army, the Third Army...or the generals of the Aizu Army looked a little bit shameless.

But-even though they are in the dust, they all look firm without exception.

Just now, Inamori briefly explained his future battle plan to Guma-Inamori, who didn't want to spend more time with the barbarians, intends to let the Aizu army take over the seat of the "main attack".

After listening to Inamori's command brief, Pu Sheng gave the above answer without hesitation.

"...You really do it?" Although I expected that Gamasu would agree without hesitation, Inamori couldn't help but ask Gamasu, "Your Aizu army just carried out a rapid march, right? Let's go the next morning. Isn’t it too reluctant to participate in the offense?"

"No." Gumi replied without hesitation again, "This level is nothing to us Aizu people!"

"Inamori-sama, please feel free to leave it to Aizu!"

"I can't guarantee anything else."

"But it lies in the assurance - we Aizu will take down the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress within a day!"

Pu Sheng's words caused an uproar in the coach's tent.

For the warriors who value reputation and bravery, Pu Sheng's bold words attracted a lot of admiration.

But at the same time—it also attracted some strange looks and sneers.

"...Heh." A sneer resounded untimely, "Master Pu Sheng, let me remind you-the barbarians in that city wall are not easy to deal with."

"Their iron cannons are very powerful, and they now have a master who is good at defensive battles to help out. The outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress is not so easy to attack."

Gami turned his head to look at the person who was speaking—Gami recognized him, and this man was a general of Yonezawa Fan.

Pu Sheng was not annoyed after listening to the obvious thorny words of the general.

He only twitched the corners of his mouth and sneered.

"Then you guys are optimistic about it." Pu Sheng's sneer turned into a confident smile, "Look at our Aizu Clan's fame with your own eyes, whether it was made or blown out!"

After that, Kuma patted the Taito on his waist—his beloved sword: Lei Go.

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Time back to now

"Master Pu Sheng."

A calm male voice that suddenly entered Bushen's ears without any grief, let Pu Sheng's thoughts get rid of the memories and return to reality.

The speaker is one of Pu Sheng's close associates.

"All the troops are in place." The cronies said slowly, "You can launch an offensive at any time."

"Okay." Pu Sheng nodded softly, "Then-let's start."

Pu Sheng put his hand on the length and radian of his left waist and walked away, slowly pulled it out, and raised his head high.

"attack--!"

Pu Sheng walked down the thunder in his palm and severed it heavily, as if he was about to split the city in front of him in half from a distance.

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Red Moon Fortress——

"Hey. Mr. Lin." Retanoé has now changed his name to Lin Ziping as "Mr. Lin", "Is this force outside the city really so powerful?"

Just now, Lin Ziping suddenly used Chanup's mouth to summon Leitanoe and others.

As soon as Leitanoé and the others arrived, Lin Ziping told them straightforwardly that the He army outside the city had changed another army to attack them. And this new force is extraordinary.

For Lin Ziping suddenly said such an unexpected thing in such a serious tone, it is impossible for Retanoer not to murmur about it.

As soon as Leitanoer's voice fell, Lin Ziping said in a deep voice without thinking:

"Very powerful. The troops outside the city, in our "Herendi", can be said to be famous..."

"Although I haven't seen the fighting posture of this army with my own eyes."

"But to be relied on by the Edo shogunate and spread so fast, most likely it will not be a misnomer."

"All in all-never take it lightly!"

Lin Ziping's expression is so solemn now, it seems that the surrounding air has frozen, and the hearts of the people around can't help but tighten.

At this moment--

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

The conch, who had been accustomed to hearing these days, suddenly attacked everyone's eardrums at this time.

"Are you here...!" Chanup, standing next to Lin Ziping, calmly turned his gaze to the outside of the city and slowly moved with the sound of conch conch. The troop holding "Aizu Sankui"... …

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"Come with you! Come with you!"

"Ready! All ready!"

"It's the same as the previous two days! Stabbing all the people who climbed up!"

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Remarks similar to this sounded constantly on the inner and outer walls.

Just now, Lin Ziping had asked Leitanoe and others to spread the reminder that "Heren outside the city is different from the past. They are elite troops among the Japanese people and should not be taken lightly" throughout the inner and outer walls.

However-even after hearing this reminder, many people still look complacent.

The success of the battle in the first two days has given everyone great encouragement and confidence.

Everyone's confidence in keeping their homes has been unprecedentedly high.

Everyone believed that they could make Kazuto even climb the city wall today, just like the previous two days.

It's just...It didn't take long for the "smugness" on some people's faces to slowly disappear...

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"Hey, the man outside... the action is really different from the previous man..."

"true……"

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The clansmen of the inner city wall, who had the highest altitude and the best view, were also the first to attack the inner city wall, and they were the first to discover the difference between the people outside the city and the past people.

At this moment, the group of Kazuto outside the city holding the unified banner, carrying a wooden shield, and under the cover of their own archers, rushed toward the outer city wall-although the speed is fast, the order is not messy.

Soon, the Heren outside the city, covered by the projectiles and arrows, slammed under the roots of the outer city wall, erected a long ladder, and officially started the attack on the Red Moon Fortress.

"Get off!" A young clan fiercely stabbed a spear in his hand at the Kazuto who had just climbed up the long ladder.

This young tribe thought he could stab the Heren who had just climbed up just like he had stabbed countless Japanese people in the previous two days-but the scene before his eyes made this young man unable to bear it. Zhuo's eyes rounded out of shock.

Seeing that Kazuto swiftly twisted to the side, he avoided the spear, and then smashed the knife in his hand at the tribe who had not been able to put away the spear in the future.

Unless it is a master of swordsman, it is not designed to "break the armor", and it is impossible to cut the armor no matter what.

However-the Ainu happen to be a nation without armor.

Knife and armor may be more laborious, but it is used to chop flesh and blood-it is easy to use.

I saw a diagonal light passing over the body of the young tribe.

The light of blood spattered immediately after the light of the knife.

After the knife light was completely swept away, the young tribe's upper body suffered from a huge stab wound from the left shoulder to the right abdomen, and blood and internal organs flowed out along the huge wound.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh scream screams are so terrible that the listener screams with goose bumps.

As for the Kazuto-after severely wounding the young tribe in one blow, he ignored the enemy who had lost the ability to resist and was not far from death, but carried the knife and looked for the next opponent.

Similar sights continued to appear all over the outer city wall.

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"Quick! Stabbing all the guys who climbed up!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

"Hey! Someone here to help! We can't stop it!"

"Um...! My head..."

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At the beginning of the battle, whether it was the commanders headed by Chanup on the inner city wall or the ordinary people on the outer city wall, they quickly discovered the uniqueness of the attack.

Neither his skill nor his will to fight can be compared to the previous two days.

Not long after the battle started, the Aizu samurai who climbed up successfully occupied a small area on the outer wall and built a stronghold that could stably send troops upwards.

"Shoot arrows over there!" Lin Ziping shouted at the dozen or so archers beside him, "Shoot those and people who have established strongholds!"

"Twenty people come here! This side is about to fall!" Chanup ordered loudly, "Retannoe, you can bring 80 reserve troops under the city wall, in case you need it!"

Since the beginning of the battle, in order to fight against this extremely powerful force today, the commanders headed by Chanup have begun to be far more busy than in the past.

It's just...Even with the strenuous command of Chanup and the strenuous resistance of the people on the wall, they still can't reverse their slightly disadvantaged battle.

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The Third Army (Aizu Army), the main line—

"...The situation of the battle is the same as I expected." Kami, who was observing the battle with a telescope, slowly lowered the telescope in his hand. "The troops of the Sendai clan and other vassals, faced with barbarians of this level, had no results for two consecutive days. ……"

Pu Sheng, who usually doesn't have much expression, raised the corners of his mouth with a ridiculous arc at this time.

He looked at the fortress in the distance.

Then he lowered his head and looked at Taito on his left waist.

There was a thoughtful look on his face.

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The whole army

As soon as the battle began, Inamori was already standing on a high **** with a good view, watching the battle with a telescope.

Looking at the battle situation where the Aizu army had the upper hand on the outer wall, Inamori couldn't help but smile with joy.

"As expected, Aizu," Inamori said, "It didn't disappoint me."

The high-level generals of the First Army and the Second Army are now standing behind Inamori, accompanying him to observe the battle.

Hearing Inamori's words just now, the generals of the First Army—especially those from the Sendai clan, such as Akizuki and Kuroda, turned black.

The generals of the First Army... Their current mood, in a nutshell, is-aggrieved.

They stormed for 2 days, and they all took the Red Moon Fortress and had nothing to do. The Aizu Army attacked on the first day and gained the upper hand.

This sharp contrast is very cruel and directly shows that the combat power of the First Army is far inferior to the Aizu Army.

This made the generals of the First Army extremely aggrieved.

Akizuki and Kuroda, who were from the Sendai clan, who always regarded Aizu clan as their opponent, felt even more aggrieved to the point that it was hard to describe in words...

And some of the generals of the Second Army who have been fishing for a living these days, at this time also secretly cast ridicule and gloating glances at the generals of the First Army.

The Second Army is the 5,000 direct line of the Shogunate, so the generals of the Second Army are all direct line generals of the Shogunate.

As the generals of the shogunate, they had a sense of superiority towards the generals of the first army composed entirely of the feudal army.

Naturally, they would not let this rare opportunity to mock the First Army to their heart's content.

"Cut..." Qiuyue, one of the only remaining "Seven Guns in Xianzhou", with thick linen still wrapped in his upper body, felt the mocking glances from the generals of the Second Army, and turned his head over, not working hard. Take care of those people's gazes.

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The Red Moon Fortress, Chanup’s residence-

Chanup, Esuma, Otunpuyi—their family are now all involved in the battle on the front line in different ways.

But Chanup's residence did not become empty.

Because Tang Shen still lives here.

At this moment, Tang Shen was shrinking in the corner of the house, looking blankly at the ground in front of him, as if in a daze.

It wasn't until a huge killing sound came from the south that Tang Shen's expression finally changed.

"This time the sound is so loud..." Tang Shen turned his head and looked outside the room, looking in the direction from which the loud sound came-the south.

It was like a trick. After turning his head to look south, the expression on Tang Shen's face changed several times.

His face was expressionless at first.

Immediately afterwards, his brows frowned slightly, and a look of intolerance appeared on his face.

Finally-the color of intolerance turned into helplessness.

Tang Shen raised his hand.

Gently stroked the thick and long crutch on his side.

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The Aizu army's onslaught continued until midday.

No matter how the Aizu samurai could fight, they weren't able to fight with iron.

After a fierce attack that lasted for nearly an hour and a half, the movements of the Aizu samurai had obviously become sluggish.

Therefore, after the sun was high in the sky, Gumi issued an order to retreat. Let the generals under his command retreat to have lunch, and take a break through this stall for lunch.

On the inner and outer walls of the Red Moon Fortress, the clansmen stared blankly at the retreating Aizu army with some stunned gazes.

"Hejun retired..."

"Finally retreated..."

"But it's only going to retreat temporarily... I'm going to call back in the afternoon..."

"Hey! Here are a few people to help! This guy will not work unless he is treated! Quickly take him for treatment!"

"Here too! Many wounded! Hurry up and take them for treatment!"

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At this moment, after the retreat, the inner and outer walls no longer filled with the atmosphere of joy and confidence as before.

There is only the smell of blood, anxiety, and fear in the air...

Chanup scanned the outer city wall—according to his visual observations, this morning, in just one morning, the casualties probably equaled the total casualties of the previous two days...

"Chanup..." Retanoer murmured in a deep voice, "The casualties are heavy..."

"...Hurry up and treat the wounded now," Chanup said in a deep voice, "Go and bring some people up under the city wall, and hurry up and carry the wounded down."

"The Hejun outside the city is different from the previous Hejun. It is not surprising when he will attack again."

"Let everyone eat lunch quickly and take time to rest."

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The Third Army (Aizu Army), the main line—

Pu Sheng sat on his horse and ate the rice **** in his hands.

Whatever the soldiers live and eat, he will live and eat—this is the philosophy that Pu Sheng has always insisted on.

As the general of the 2000 Aizu Army, he did not eat any delicacies, and just like ordinary soldiers, he ate the most ordinary rice **** with nothing inside.

For the meal group, there has always been a custom that did not arise from when-that is, before the meal group, put the rice ball on the fire and bake it. After the rice ball is grilled a little, the burnt taste can make the rice ball boring. It's more flavorful, and it can also serve as an appetizer.

Kami especially likes this kind of burnt rice balls.

While Pu Sheng was gnawing on the rice ball in his palm, and happily, one of his cronies suddenly rushed towards him from his side.

"Master Pusheng! Master Inamori has passed on!"

"What's the message from Master Inamori?" Kuma asked.

"It's nothing. Just praise our Aijin army for being very brave, and didn't let him down. I hope we can make persistent efforts."

"Do you work harder..." Pu Sheng shrugged, "You help me give Inamori a word back-I will be waiting for a suspended life, before today's sun sinks to the ground, I will definitely capture the outside of the Red Moon Fortress. The city wall!"

The cronies were surprised: "Take down the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress within today? This...will it be too reluctant..."

"Although the barbarians are not to be feared. But... please be forgiving-it is somewhat impossible to take down the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress in one day."

"I know." Pu Sheng replied without hesitation, "If you follow the usual style of play this morning and continue to play until the sun goes down, you should not be able to take this Red Moon Fortress."

"so--"

Pu Sheng slowly stood up from the horse station~www.readwn.com~ with flashing cold eyes, looking towards the distant city fortress.

"This afternoon, I will personally lead my army to attack the city!"

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Tell you some stories about the creation of this book.

The author likes that kind of tragic story very much, so in the end of the Tokugawa period, even after the last general of the Edo Shogunate had surrendered, the Aizu clan still tried to repair the sky and turn the mansions back to the point of view. of.

[Part of the prototype of the battle at the Red Moon Fortress in this volume is the battle of Aizu clan when facing the fallen army, which is like hitting a stone with a pebble, but still fighting to the end]

The author once thought about creating a collection of short stories to specifically describe the story of the Aizu clan at the end of the shogunate. I have thought of the name-"The Guardian of Aoi and the Sword". But the author Jun has obviously not had enough energy to write this collection of short stories recently, so I don’t know when I will have the opportunity to write this collection of short stories (Leopard Headache Cry.jpg)