I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Because once a bear eats the first person, it will definitely eat the second and third until it dies."

"At the age of 36, I had my first and so far only encounter with a bear that ate human flesh."

"For some reason, a bear suddenly attacked the neighboring village of Youki."

"Because there are very few bears who attack human villages on their own initiative. Therefore, the people in that village were not expecting the attack of the giant bear."

"That giant bear rushed into the village in the middle of the night and attacked a family of three. All three members of that family were killed by the bear in their sleep."

"After killing all of this family, the giant bear immediately began to feast on it."

"The bear hadn't eaten a few bites, and the villagers who saw the bear attack rushed over and began to encircle and suppress this giant man-eating bear."

"It's a pity that the villagers' encirclement and suppression failed. This giant man-eating bear is not only big, but also extremely fast. It escaped from the village like a gust of wind and fled back into the mountain."

"In order to avoid any more victims, people from that village came to our village, hoping that our village would also come to help."

"There is a man-eating bear, and people in our village may also be killed, so we agreed to cooperate without hesitation. All the men in the two villages joined forces and worked together to destroy the giant bear."

"After three days of hunting, we finally found the giant man-eating bear in a forest."

"And the first person to discover this man-eating giant bear"

Shimasuke smiled wryly and pointed at himself.

"it is me."

"That giant man-eating bear is really big."

"If it stands up, it should be as tall as two of me."

Ogata looked at Shimojimasuke's height.

Shimasuke is about 1.5 meters tall.

If the bear was really as tall as two Shimasukes, then the bear would be 3 meters tall when standing up.

"Not only tall but also very strong."

Shimasuke raised his hands in comparison.

"Its waist should be four times as wide as mine."

"I was hiding in a big tree. Waiting for the best shot."

"There's a trick to shooting bears, too."

Shimasuke raised his hand and nodded his head.

"To fight a bear, you just need to remember one thing."

"That means you can't hit the bear's head."

"The bear's skull is extremely hard, almost like steel. Even an iron cannon may not be able to penetrate the bear's head."

"Although the bear's head is big, its brain is very hard. Therefore, when attacking the bear's head, it is difficult to hit the bear's brain accurately. If you can't hit the bear's brain directly, the bear will not die."

"So when fighting a bear, never attack the bear's head."

"The best place to attack is the bear's soft belly."

"After waiting for the best opportunity to shoot, I shot the poisonous arrow into the belly of the giant man-eating bear."

"My shooting positions are carefully chosen by me."

"It took about 13 breaths to run from the man-eating bear to the big tree where I was hiding."

"That's enough time for the poison to take effect and kill the bear."

"But I didn't expect that"

A bitter look appeared on Shimasuke's face.

"That giant man-eating bear is so tenacious"

"After I shot the poisonous arrow into the body of that giant man-eating bear, it took 15 breaths before it died"

"Bears can not only swim but also climb trees."

"It was almost up the tree trunk where I was hiding and I could smell the bear's breath."

"Fortunately, when it was about to climb up to me, the poison finally broke out, and it fell from the tree."

"If it lasted two more breaths, my head might have been smashed by it"

"Although this happened 20 years ago, when I think back to the scene where the bear's face was so close at hand, I still have uncontrollable cold sweat on my back."

After all, Shimasuke touched his back, and then showed Ogata and others that his palms were really wet.

"Although it was thrilling, I finally succeeded in killing that giant man-eating bear."

"Since then, I have become even more convinced of my title as the number one hunter in the village."

"Bear hunting?" A young man who sat farthest from Ogata showed longing, "I really want to try bear hunting too."

"You may think that hunting is very interesting and fun after listening to my story." Shimasuke shook his head with a wry smile, "But in fact, hunting is much more boring and dangerous than you imagined."

"Don't even think about hunting bears."

"An inexperienced person can't hunt a bear at all."

"If you come across a bear in the wild, run away if you can."

"Don't be so hot that you want to fight a bear close to hand."

"That's all for the cubs. You might have a chance of winning in a close fight with a cub, but you definitely have no chance of winning in a close fight with an adult bear."

"If you really can't escape, let me teach you a way to escape from the bear."

"Play dead?" a young man asked, "I heard from my father that if you encounter a bear in the wild, you should play dead. Bears don't eat dead people."

"That's death!" Shimasuke said angrily, "I really don't know why the fallacy that bears don't eat dead people can spread so widely, it's really misleading people."

"If you come across an adult bear in the wild, don't play dead. It's useless."

"Don't even think about running away. You can't outrun an adult bear."

"And don't even think about climbing trees. Bears are better at climbing trees than any human being."

"Also don't think swimming bears can swim."

"If you encounter an adult bear in the wild, the best way to deal with it is to stand still and not move."

"Keep calm and keep your ground motionless toward the bear."

"While facing the bear, talk to the bear, say hello to the bear, such as chatting with the bear about today's weather or something."

"People are afraid of bears, but bears are also afraid of people."

"In the eyes of bears, humans are strange creatures."

"So in general, bears don't approach humans either."

"There are only two cases when a bear attacks a human being."

"One is to eat people."

"The other is to feel that the human beings in front of you are threatening you, and think that you are in danger, so you launch a counterattack."

"The reason why you have to keep calm and face the bear motionless is to prove to the bear that you have no malicious intentions and will not pose a threat to you, Mr. Xiong."

"The bear may come up to touch you with its big paws, or come to smell you. Don't be afraid. Let it touch and let it smell. You can't resist anyway."

"The reason why it touches and smells you is just because it is curious about you."

"As long as you follow the steps I just described, the bear will most likely go away on its own."

"Of course the methods I just mentioned to deal with bears in the wild are only effective for those bears who have never eaten human flesh and who do not know that human flesh is delicious."

"If you encounter a bear that has eaten people, you can only pray that the bear is full."

Shimasuke took the tea on the side, took a sip, moistened his dry lips and throat, laughed a few times, and then said:

"All in all, remember the method of escaping from bears I taught you just now, although you probably won't have much chance to use this method."

"As long as you don't go to those deep mountains and old forests, you generally won't meet bears."

at the same time

Hirono Town, which is some distance away from Nishino Town

"How?" A middle-aged man with an extremely vicissitudes of life asked a middle-aged man with half-bald hair in front of him.

The middle-aged man nodded lightly:

"I finally met a warrior who is willing to help us, but that warrior doesn't seem to be very strong."

After all, the middle-aged man let out a sigh of relief.

"There are so many samurai in Hirono Town, but only one samurai is willing to help us"

As soon as the Xieding middle-aged man's voice fell, the vicissitudes of the middle-aged man smiled wryly and said:

"The wages we pay are too low. The only warriors who are willing to take on such life-threatening labor for such low wages are probably the kind of warriors whose lives are already extremely embarrassing."

"There should be no more samurai willing to help here in Hirono Town. Let's go to other towns to see."

"Which other cities and towns have we not visited?" asked the middle-aged Xieding.

"Hinno Town and Nishino Town."

"Jinye Town?" The middle-aged man with the top Xie muttered, "I heard that there is a sword gym in Jinye Town. Since there are swordsmen in Jinye Town, then the people in that sword gym should have certain strength."

"En." The vicissitudes of the middle-aged man nodded, "There is a sword hall named Baosheng in Jinye Town. I hope the warriors in that sword hall are willing to help us. In short, let's go to the nearest Linye Town first. Nishinocho will be the last to go.”

Yesterday, a famous book friend asked me about contraceptive methods in the Edo period. I originally wanted to give you a popular science today, but because today’s chapter involves bear hunting, I will save the popular science of contraceptive methods until tomorrow. I will tell you today Talk about Japanese bear hunting culture.

Please watch the popular science in the "Writer's Words" below.

By the way, for the writing of this volume, the author Jun specially bought a book on the Internet about bears and what to do after encountering a bear in the wild: What to do when encountering a bear?

This book is an interview with a professional bear hunter who started hunting at the age of 12, started hunting bears alone at the age of 22, hunted for 65 years, and killed a total of 60 bears. A popular science book of knowledge integration.

It is said that in this book, it also tells how to greet a bear, how to save yourself after being pushed down by a bear, how to use a plastic bottle to avoid a bear, and how to single out a bear with a hatchet.

Chapter 449 The shogunate's expedition and Matsudaira Sadanobu's personal conquest! 【9800 words】

When Ogata was living a regular life in Nishinocho, practicing different swords during the day and night, two major events occurred in Edo, the heart of the shogunate.

The first major event is the current shogun: Tokugawa Jiaqi agreed to use troops against the "Red Moon Fortress" in Ezo!

Although the nominal head of state of Japan is the emperor of Kyoto, the shogun of Edo is only the second in command of the country in name.

But as early as hundreds of years ago in the 12th century, the emperor had no real power and became the mascot of the country.

In the Edo period, the presence of the emperor was even so thin that, except for the people in Kyoto who still remembered such a head of state, the common people in many places did not know what the emperor was.

"What? The Emperor? What is that? Huh? Isn't the most honorable person in this country the shogun of Edo?" If you ask some ordinary people in remote places, you will get this answer nine times out of ten.

Such an important matter as dispatching troops, regardless of the size of the dispatched troops or the distance of the attack, cannot be decided by Matsudaira on his own. It must be reported to the general and let the general decide.

The current shogun, Tokugawa Iezari, ascended to the throne three years ago and became the de facto ruler of the country.

Tokugawa Iezai was only 3 years old when he took the throne three years ago, and he is only 14 years old this year.

Although he is young, he has great ambitions to revitalize the shogunate.

And Matsudaira Sadanobu who has the same ambition can be said to be congenial.

After ascending to the position of senior middle school three years ago, Tokugawa Iezari immediately deposed the "former senior middle school" Tanuma Yiji and replaced him with Matsudaira Sadanobu.

It can be said that Tokugawa Iezari and Matsudaira Sadanobu became the top and second leaders of the shogunate almost at the same time.

Tokugawa Jiaqi has great trust in Matsudaira Sadanobu. No matter what reform project Matsudaira puts forward, Tokugawa Jiaqi will basically pass it.

Some vassals who wanted to please Matsudaira, in order to flatter Matsudaira, praised Matsudaira in public and private several times.

It is precisely because of Tokugawa Iezari's almost unconditional trust and support that Matsudaira Sadanobu has been able to carry out reforms one after another so efficiently in the past three years.

When Matsudaira Jonobu proposed an expedition to the Red Moon Fortress to Tokugawa Jiaqi, many vassals speculated: Lord General will definitely listen to Matsudaira Jonobu this time.

Sure enough, Matsudaira Jonobu simply stated to the general the importance of the expedition to the Red Moon Fortress, and Tokugawa Iezai typed it very happily: According to Matsudaira Nobuyoshi's intention, he issued an order to the Ou feudal clans to send troops to help, send troops 1 expeditions to the Red Moon Fortress in Ezo.

The shogunate decided to use troops against the "Red Moon Fortress" in Ezo. This was the first major event that happened in Edo.

As for the second major event, it is also related to Matsudaira Sadanobu and Ezo.

That is, Matsudaira Sadanobu decided to go to Ezo in person, and while conducting on-the-spot inspections of Ezo, he also supervised the army's attack on the "Red Moon Fortress".