I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

This chapter was originally intended to be named "The Legendary Big Breast Sniper".

But now that the review is stricter, such a title may be harmonized, so I changed it to this...

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Red Moon Fortress, somewhere in a remote clearing--

On this remote open space, the "high-level" personnel of Reitanoer and Lin Ziping gathered together.

They wanted to hold a meeting and discuss future affairs, but because of Chanup's long future, they were forced to wait.

Finally-Chanup is here.

"Chanup, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Reitanoe said in a breathless tone to Chanup, who was walking towards them quickly.

"Sorry." Chanup said, "I just sent Tangshen food to him, and then I took a look at him by the way."

"How is Mr. Tang Shen now?" asked Lin Ziping, who was standing beside Leitanoé.

"He is very tired now, he may have fallen asleep now. As for his left leg, which was accidentally scratched by a spear the other day, he is now recovering well without infection or suppuration."

Lin Ziping nodded: "Mr. Tang Shen... These days have really helped us a lot... Not only did they kill a large number of Japanese soldiers, but also greatly boosted our morale."

"Without Mr. Tang Shen, this struggle would be much harder to fight..."

"Chanup, when will you tell us-where did you meet such a great friend?" Retanoe interjected in a half-joking tone.

These days, when telling other people about his relationship with Tang Shen, Tang Shen has always been vague.

As for how he got to know Tang Shen, and the various personal information of Tang Shen, Chanup has always kept secret.

So until now, in the eyes of Leitanoer and Lin Ziping, Tang Shen is still a very mysterious person.

"When I have a chance in the future, I will talk to you slowly." After fooling the topic as always, Chanup's face slowly became serious, and he said with a serious face, "Let's talk about business now. . Come together... to discuss how we should deal with the peace army outside the city tomorrow."

"You don't need to tell me, you should all be clear... The days of fighting have drastically reduced our combatants to a precarious situation."

"Now those who are in the battle are young people who are less capable, and people who are slightly older." Retanoer added in a deep voice, "These people are weak because of their lack of abilities, and their strength is a little weak, so they all fight. It's quite difficult."

"...We are almost all young and strong." At this moment, a calm male voice that was out of step with the serious atmosphere suddenly came in.

Chanup and others looked at the master of this male voice-the head of Kapassi Village who had been opposed to war with the peacemakers and advocated surrender: Upanu.

After everyone's eyes focused on Upanu, Upanu, who was holding his arms and hanging his head slightly, whispered:

"The young lads in my village... are almost dead..."

Lei Tanuoai turned his gaze to Lin Ziping after rolling his eyes, seemingly after the yin and yang weird Upanu.

"Mr. Lin. Is there any way to do this now?"

"...Let me say something ugly." Lin Ziping smiled bitterly, "No matter how great a clever woman, she can't cook without rice."

"No one, no matter how powerful a strategy you have in your mind, you can't fight a war."

"So... this problem is basically unsolvable."

Lin Ziping sighed for a long time.

"Now... we can only hope that the remaining soldiers... can hold on."

"...Mr. Lin." Chanup suddenly said at this moment, "With our current combat power...Can we last another 4 days?"

"Four days?" Lin Ziping raised his gaze and cast a suspicious look at Lin Ziping.

After taking a deep look at Chanup with an intriguing look, he slowly said:

"For another 4 days... it should be possible."

"As long as...no accidents..."

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Outside the city, the shogunate army, the whole army's main line--

"...The above is the casualties today."

"Thanks for your hard work." Inamori nodded to the general who had just reported the casualties.

After a salute to Inamori, the general sat back on Mazza.

"It seems-the barbarians in that city fortress are finally going to be unable to hold them." Daamori's gloomy face these days has finally cleared up slightly.

"Yes." At this time, the general of the First Army who was sitting beside Inamori: Gui Yizheng agreed, "The barbarians are finally going to get the people out."

Since Gami was injured, Inamori's anger was aroused by Chanup and their stubborn resistance.

These days, Inamori let the First Army and Third Army take turns to launch attacks on the Red Moon Fortress like squally showers.

Since the gang of barbarians had inexplicably added a master of skill, their defensive power instantly increased by a notch.

The successive attacks of the First and Third Army were blocked one after another.

Although these days have not been able to win the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress.

But they have not been doing useless work all the time.

Their fierce attack from round to round consumes little force in the city.

Through today's battle conditions and casualties, many generals headed by Inamori have already seen that the number of soldiers on the walls of the Red Moon Fortress has been much smaller than before.

This is undoubtedly exciting good news for Inamori and others.

After days of hard work, victory is finally near.

"My lord!" Gui Yi said with a little excitement on his face, "We are finally going to win!"

"As long as the current fierce offensive, another two or three days of siege, you will be able to conquer the fortress!"

Inamori didn't show much excitement because of the passionate words made by Gui Yizheng.

With a thoughtful expression on his face, he was silent for a while before he said softly:

"...You're right. If you use this kind of offensive for another two or three days, you should lose your skills."

"But we don't have this time now."

"Huh?" Gui Yi was surprised, "Master Inamori, what happened? Why is there no time?"

Inamori ignored Gui Yizheng's question, but turned to look at a close friend beside him.

"Help me send orders to the generals: let them come to our barracks to discuss matters immediately!"

"Yes!"

After the cronie left the camp quickly, Gui Yizheng asked Inamori impatiently:

"Master Inamori, are you going to discuss the battle with the generals?"

"That's right." Inamori caressed the military man in his palm, "I want to convey to the generals how to take down the fortress within one day!"

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At this moment--

"...It's miserable," Kuroda said abruptly.

"...Hmm." Qiuyue nodded, "It's really miserable..."

Now Kuroda and Akizuki are walking side by side in the military camp of their Sendai clan army.

They came to personally check the status of their troops.

They looked around, the scene around them, the more they looked at, the more they frowned.

There is a breath of loss in the air of the camp...

There are basically no generals with a smile or any other positive emotions.

Almost all of them had their heads buried, looking dejected.

Very few people didn't even notice that Akizuki and Kuroda had passed by them.

Kuroda sighed long, "Everyone is tired..."

The army of their Sendai clan has always been the main attack of the First Army.

In these 9 days, their First Army participated in nearly 60% of the battles.

A common saying accurately sums up the normality on the battlefield-one blast, then decline, and exhaustion.

Days of hard fighting have made the generals of their Sendai Army exhausted and their fighting spirit diminished.

In addition to this-at the beginning, everyone thought that it would only take 3 or 4 days to break through the fortress.

But the barbarians who were despised by all of them actually blocked them for 9 days.

This huge psychological gap, the city fortress that could not be captured for a long time, also further dampened their fighting spirit and morale.

As far as Kuroda knows-it's not just their Sendai Army.

The troops of the other vassal states of the First Army that accompanied them in the battle on the 9th, as well as the troops of the Third Army (Aizu Army), are like this, and the air of the camp no longer has high morale.

"I didn't think how degenerate the samurai of our Sendai domain was." Kuroda said with a wry smile, "but now after this battle, I deeply realize that - our samurai of the Sendai domain are also degenerate..."

As soon as Kuroda's voice fell, Qiuyue on the side followed with a bitter smile, and said:

"I understand more and more that after taking over the position of Laozhong, the old man must vigorously revitalize the martial arts Tsunaki, and encourage the samurai to restore the ancient style and practice martial arts." Qiuyue said with a wry smile, "the samurai now... It's getting worse and worse."

"It was just a siege for 9 days, and it was so exhausted... Such an army was placed in the chaos of the Warring States period two hundred years ago, facing the mighty Oda Army, Toyotomi Army, etc. Takeda Army, I'm afraid it will be collapsed at once."

"Fortunately, the opponent we are facing right now is just a bunch of barbarians who are not good at defending the city." Kuroda turned his body aside, "Let's go, we're going back."

The camp where the two of them lived was in the same direction.

But before they returned to their respective camps, they suddenly received an order from Inamori-the generals, immediately went to his camp to discuss matters.

Regarding Inamori's military order, the two naturally did not dare to neglect the slightest. The two rushed to the camp of Inamori at the fastest speed.

When the two came to Inamori's coach's big tent, they were already there, so not long after Qiuyue and the others arrived, the military discussion began.

"Everyone, today... is another day when even the outer walls of the barbarians have not been captured."

As soon as Inamori's low voice sounded, many generals in the tent lowered their heads for fear of meeting Inamori's eyes.

"The city fortress that was originally planned to be captured within 5 days, but now it took a full 9 days... and in these 9 days, even the barbarian city wall has not been breached..."

"I'll tell you straightforwardly now-we can't drag on like this anymore."

"If we drag on like this, even if we finally break through the fortress, this battle will become our shame."

"The world will never remember that we broke through a Lucian fortress guarded by Ezo."

"I will only remember that we, who are sitting on an army of 10,000, faced a group of barbarians with no more than a thousand people, and it took more than ten days to settle the opponent."

Inamori slapped the military man held by his right hand to his left.

With a loud bang, some generals in the camp were shocked.

"tomorrow!"

Inamori glanced at the generals in front of him, and said in a decisive tone.

"Within tomorrow, break through this barbarian fortress!"

"at all costs!"

In Daamori's words, digging out every word, it seemed that he could smash a big hole in the ground.

All the generals in the camp were shocked by Daamori's decisive words.

As soon as Inamori's voice fell, a veteran from a "shogunate" background immediately said loudly:

"Master Inamori! Send out the Second Army!"

"Either the First Army or the Third Army has gone through days of hard fighting. They are all already exhausted."

"The 5,000 people of our Second Army are still in a state of uninjured and full of energy until now."

"From the battle situation in recent days, it is not difficult to judge-that gang of barbarians are now exhausted due to days of hard fighting. The number of soldiers available for battle has dropped sharply."

"Using our harmless Second Army to deal with the barbarians who are now exhausted and the number of soldiers has dropped sharply, we will surely be able to win a battle!"

The words of this veteran immediately caused many generals of the First and Third Army present to show their dissatisfaction.

But-they will have time to say something in the future, a calm male voice without sorrow, unceremoniously refuted what the veteran said.

"The Second Army is dispatched? There is no guarantee that the Second Army will be able to capture the fortress within the next day, right?"

As soon as this male voice sounded, no one dared to speak again.

Because the speaker is Matsubaru Matsuba sitting next to Inamori.

Matsudaira does not know much about the art of war. He has always regarded the phrase "professional people to do professional things" as a standard. In these days, he rarely speaks in military discussions and rarely interferes with Inamori's command. .

But none of the generals dared to really regard Matsuhira Dingxin as a mascot-after all, Matsuhira Dingxin could shout to Inamori if he wanted to, and Inamori didn't even dare to put a fart.

After all, Inamori was pulled up by Matsuhira Dazun, so much courage he would not have the courage to fight Matsuhira Dazun.

Suddenly, Songping confirmed the letter, and immediately attracted the eyes of everyone in the barracks.

Matsudaira, dressed only in common clothes and no armor, put his hands on his legs, and then slowly said:

"Now that the battle is fought for this purpose, we must admit that the barbarians are far more capable than we thought."

"It is not a wise move to despise the barbarians because they are now exhausted and the number of combatable soldiers is reduced."

"Even if the Second Army, which has been unharmed so far, is dispatched, there is no guarantee that it will be able to capture the fortress within one day."

"Then..." At this moment, a young general said cautiously, "How about the time limit for us to slow down? Instead, we will conquer the fortress within two days..."

"Nor." Matsudaira said without hesitation, "We don't have enough time now."

Speaking of this, Matsudaira turned his head and looked at Inamori beside him.

"Inamori-kun. Tell us about our current situation."

"...Yes." Inamori nodded solemnly, "Everyone. The current inventory of our army is not enough for us to have any more leeway to slowly attack this fortress."

"Master Inamori, what's the matter with the baggage?" a certain general said anxiously.

The army’s heavy stockpile-this kind of extremely secret, only Inamori, Matsuba Matshinbu, and a handful of generals know the details.

The vast majority of the generals did not know how the army’s stockpile was.

"Our country has just emerged from the pain of the'famine in the sky.'" Inamori said slowly, "there is not much food and grass reserves throughout the country."

"So the food and grass that can be mobilized to supply my 10,000 army is extremely limited."

"I have obtained the current situation of our army's grain and grass reserves this afternoon."

"Excluding the food and grass needed for the return journey, and the food and grass that must be kept to prevent accidents, our army's current baggage is only enough for our army...to fight for another five days."

When Inamori said a word, everyone was shocked.

"Five days..." I didn't know who it was, subconsciously let out a groan full of astonishment.

"Originally, according to our expectations, we only needed 3 or 4 days to win the Red Moon Fortress. This heavy reserve is completely sufficient." Inamori added, "I never expected this city fortress. , Far harder than we thought."

"So you are all clear-we don't have enough time now to slow down."

The atmosphere in the camp became dignified at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this time, Matsudaira Dingxin said abruptly again:

"And-we can't forget Ogata Ichitosai."

At this moment, not only the generals sitting in front of Matsuhira Dingxin, but even Inamori, who was sitting next to Matsuhira Dingxin, cast a somewhat surprised look at Matsuhira Dingxin.

"Don't tell me that you all forgot: Ogata Ichitosai previously forcibly broke through our army's blockade of the Red Moon Fortress." Matsubaru gave a glance at everyone, "I still retain the original point of view-Ogata cannot be ruled out. The possibility of Ichidaosai going to ask for reinforcements."

"We have to prepare for the worst-assuming Ogata Ichitosai is really going to ask for reinforcements. And we have to take down the fortress before Ogata Ichitosai comes with the reinforcements."

After quietly listening to Matsudaira's speech, Inamori couldn't help but look at Matsudaira's confession a few more times.

He didn't know if it was his illusion—he always felt that Matsuba Matshinbu had a slightly unusual concern for Ogata.

For Ogata Itosai, Inamori, who was busy commanding battles, he forgot about this person early in the morning.

Even if Ogata Ichitosai really asked for reinforcements as Matsuhira had guessed, Inamori didn't care: he didn't think Ogata Itosai could bring in reinforcements that would defeat their 10,000 army.

But after all, Inamori couldn't save Laozhong's face in the public. So just after Matsudaira's voice, Inamori nodded in response:

"That's right. The old master is right, and I can't forget Ogata Ichitosai."

"In short-we have to do everything we can now to end this battle that has delayed us too much time as quickly as possible."

After Inamori reported the status of their army's stockpile reserves, the atmosphere in the camp was different from before.

The generals looked at each other and exchanged their opinions in a low voice.

But before they had time to communicate with each other, Inamori's voice rang again.

"As for how to capture the fortress in one day tomorrow-I actually already have an idea."

"The main reason why I call you here at this time is to announce my plan for tomorrow's battle."

"tomorrow--"

When Inamori said this, he paused.

After taking a deep breath, he said loudly:

"Use firearms to blow up the walls!"

"Using our artillery and barrels to blast down the wooden city wall! The biggest support of the barbarians is the tall city wall. When the city wall collapses, then these barbarians will no longer be fearful."

As soon as Inamori finished speaking, he was immediately rebutted by others.

And the person who refuted him was Qiuyue.

Qiuyue frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Using firearms? This is detrimental to the honor of our samurai..."

As soon as Qiuyue finished speaking, he was immediately echoed and approved by several generals.

Until now, firearms have been introduced to Japan for hundreds of years, but there are still many samurai who hold the idea that "firearms are tricks and tricks" and "Samurai should dance with swords and spears. What kind of firearms should they use"-Akizuki is One of them.

In addition to Qiuyue, there were others who opposed the general's speech from different angles.

"Master Inamori! We haven't used firearms these days just because we don't blow up the city wall? If we blow up the city wall, then it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the city wall!"

Some people oppose it, and naturally others agree.

"I agree with the use of firearms! If you continue to send troops to attack, it will not only take a lot of time, but also more casualties!"

"It hurts the honor of the samurai? If you can't take down this fortress as soon as possible, it will hurt the honor of the samurai."

The camp, which was a little silent, slowly became noisy.

The generals of various factions who hold different views are fighting hard and not giving way.

After Inamori silently let the generals in front of him gradually arguing, they blushed and their necks were thick, and Inamori said in a serious tone:

"Well, don't make any noise!"

The camp fell silent instantly because of Inamori's words.

Inamori raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

"Using firearms to blast down the city wall will cause very troublesome reconstruction work for us who will occupy this fortress in the future-of course I know this."

"For this reason, I have not used firearms for the past 9 days."

"But it's different now."

"We don't have any leeway to consider'post-war reconstruction' leisurely now."

"You don't need to say any more. I have decided."

"Tomorrow-crashing the city wall!"

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Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya’s clinic—

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A Ding's faint gasp became the only sound in the clinic other than her breathing.

With his upper body still holding a circle of linen cloth, he moved forward little by little while holding on to the wall, circling the office of the clinic.

She is practicing "walking" that she hasn't done since her injury.

She is trying to rejuvenate her body, which has been somewhat "rusty" due to long lying.

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The next day--

On the 10th day of the offensive and defensive battle of the Red Moon Fortress-

The 12th day Ogata left the Red Moon Fortress——

Red Moon Fortress, inner city wall——

"It's really cold today..." Lin Ziping rubbed his palms.

"...The weather today is not so good." Chanup, who was standing next to Lin Ziping, looked up at the sky, "Look, there are layers of dark clouds, and it is very likely that snow will fall."

"If there is a snowstorm, it will be troublesome." Lin Ziping smiled bitterly, "Once there is a snowstorm, our muskets will be useless."

The genius just got on the inner wall to observe the enemy forces outside the city—this is the habit of Chanup and Lin Ziping these days.

At this moment, the sky was already bright-but because of the thick dark clouds, the sky was slightly bleak.

On the inner and outer walls of the Red Moon Fortress, every soldier had already taken his place in his respective position - but the Hejun outside the city had not launched an attack for a long time.

These days, the Hejun’s offensive time has always been quite fixed.

But today, the attack time of the past has long passed, and the Hejun camp outside the city is still quiet.

The soldiers on the inner and outer walls were all agitated slightly because of the strange scene today.

And Lin Ziping frowned long ago and mumbled softly:

"Something is wrong...however, at this time, I still haven't launched an attack..."

Maybe it's a coincidence.

Just after Lin Ziping said these words, there was finally movement in the Hejun Camp-but it wasn't like the sound of conch shook the sky before, and thousands of soldiers rushed out of the camp.

Only a small group of people slowly walked out of the barracks at a slow pace.

Lin Ziping's brows wrinkled tighter at this time.

With excellent eyesight, he squinted his eyes and looked closely at the small group of people who had come out of the barracks.

After looking intently, Lin Ziping saw that some people in this small team were pushing things... the big thing that made Lin Ziping's cold hair immediately stand up...

The thing they are pushing-is artillery.

"Mr. Chanup! Do you have any good archers? Shoot that group back!"

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Inamori's entire army had only 9 cannons and 52 large barrels of various types. Under Inamori's order, they had only this cannon and barrels.

Under the **** of some soldiers, the artillerymen and musketeers successfully came out of the shooting range of the archers and musketeers in the city fort, and at the same time, they were as close as possible to the position of the Red Moon Fortress.

The whole army

"The weather today is not so good..." Inamori raised his head, looking at the dark sky above his head, muttering.

The sky above his head, which was covered by layers of dark clouds, made Inamori extremely unpleasant-he was just preparing to use the firearms force today, but Tiangong was not beautiful.

"Don't let the wind and snow fall..."

As soon as Inamori finished saying these words in prayer, a messenger rushed towards him.

"Master Inamori!" Chuan Lingbing said respectfully, "Everyone is in place!"

Inamori nodded: "Okay!"

He turned his head and looked at the fortress in the distance.

He took a deep breath, and then waved his army with great momentum:

"Fire! Blast the wall!"

The firing order was quickly communicated to the artilleryman and magister who are now standing at the forefront.

Using slightly awkward movements, they stuffed gunpowder and shells into the cannons and barrels they were in charge of, aimed at the distant city fortress, and then—

boom! boom! boom! boom……

Nine cannons and 52 large barrels roared almost at the same time.

In Japan in this era, the accuracy of the artillery and barrels used was extremely poor, so a row of shells hit the past, only 3 artillery shells fired out of the large barrels, and 1 artillery shells hit the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress. , The remaining shells only hit the snow outside the city wall.

In an instant-the earth moved and the mountains shook.

The soldiers on the outer wall felt that the wall below their feet was shaking...the world was shaking...

The snow on the ground, which was taken care of by most of the shells, disappeared—they burst open, the snow was smashed, crushed, and torn into pieces, and the snow fell like raindrops.

Inamori has made up his mind to take the Red Moon Fortress within one day today, so he doesn’t hesitate to store shells and gunpowder in the army. The hands let go.

Round after round of cannonballs poured toward the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress.

Although the accuracy is extremely poor, coupled with the long-range shooting, there are only a handful of cannonballs that hit the city wall-but under one round of cannonball strikes, there can always be some cannonballs that can hit the city wall.

Every time the city wall was hit by a cannonball, the soldiers on the outer city wall obviously felt that the city wall was shaking - and it was shaking more and more violently.

On the side of the Red Moon Fortress, the attack had already started before the Hejun bombardment.

Chanup gathered the best archers and musketeers and asked them to stand on the outer wall and shoot at the artillery and musketeers.

However-the distance is too far, the arrows of the archers simply can not shoot such a long distance.

The musketeers' projectiles can barely reach that place-but the accuracy is too poor, and whether they can hit such a far place is up to God's will. Until now, the musketeers have not hit even one enemy soldier.

The air became pungent and pungent due to heavy smoke and fog from cannons everywhere.

The smoke with the smell of gunpowder makes people feel bitter on the tongue every time they breathe.

The continuous roar of the artillery and the big tube shook the whole world as if shaking. The rumbling echo and continuous roar made the eardrums of everyone in the Red Moon Fortress ache.

The surrounding air was tumbling like crazy, roaring wildly.

The sparks from the explosion of the shell illuminate the earth that has been darkened by the bad weather.

Three more large-tube shells hit the outer wall.

Squeaky squeaky squeaky squeaky——!

Quack quack quack...

The outer city wall made a very unpleasant sound that could be heard clearly even when standing on the inner city wall.

Chanup looked at the outer city wall that seemed to be crumbling, and then looked at the archers and musketeers who had been shooting desperately on the outer city wall but were still using the gunners.

He gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind, and then—

"Go tell the people on the outer wall!"

Chanup shouted to several young people who were responsible for passing orders for him.

"Let them all retreat! Evacuate the outer wall!"

"Mr. Chanup." Lin Ziping said anxiously, "Do you want to abandon the outer wall?"

"It won't work if you don't give up!" Chanup said in a deep voice, "The outer city wall may collapse at any time! If it is withdrawn later, I don't know how many people will die!"

After Chanup's retreat order was communicated to the outer city wall, the soldiers who had been scared by the intensive bullet rain all evacuated from the outer city wall and returned to the back of the inner city wall.

After the last soldier evacuated the outer wall, four more shells hit the outer wall.

Quack quack quack quack--!

The fragmentation sound enough to cover the entire Red Moon Fortress blew up.

The outer wall... now it's like melting ice.

Chanup and the others saw--the outer city wall was slowly shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye...

First, many fragments fell ~www.readwn.com~ and then more and more fragments fell.

In the end-it seemed that the support was completely lost, and the entire outer city wall collapsed, and a big gap appeared...

The Red Moon Fortress, the outer city wall—fallen.

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I originally wanted to come up with a 10,000 chapter, but I didn’t have enough power, so I only wrote 8400... But this is also a very conscience, so humblely asked for a monthly pass (Leopard has a headache. jpg)

In order to let everyone feel the description of the artillery bombardment as if they were on the scene, I wrote the description of the artillery bombardment many times over and over again. I am very satisfied with the description of the artillery bombardment in this chapter. I also hope that you will not skim through the artillery bombardment scene carefully described by the author...