I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Ogata sat outside to breathe the fresh air, and A-Machi was naturally by his side.

Taking advantage of a little free time now, Ogata clicked on his personal system interface to check the experience points he had just gained.

Current personal level: lv35

Sakakibara Ichikatsu Ryu level: 12 ranks

Wuwo Two Swords Level: Level 11

Shiranui Ninjutsu Level: 6th Dan

Although killing an opponent, especially an opponent who has strong hostility towards him, he will gain more experience points.

But because the bandits just now are all extremely powerful, the average level of experience given to Ogata by each of the bandits just now is less than 100 points in terms of individual level.

After checking his personal system interface, Ogata was thinking about whether to take out the "Einu Common Language Teaching Guide" to learn the Ainu language, and suddenly felt the light around him dim.

Turn around and look.

I saw a young warrior walking towards him with a tense expression.

This young samurai was none other than Mizuno, the apprentice of Hosaka.

Mizuno quickly ran to Ogata, staring at Ogata.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

But whenever he opened his mouth, he would immediately close it again, as if hesitating to speak.

Although he was timid, his eyes were fixed on Ogata, and his eyes were full of fire.

"What's the matter?" Ogata asked, "Speak up if you have something to say. There is no need to be nervous or afraid."

Mizuno's words are few, second only to Tsuchiya.

The only thing that Ogata knew about Mizuno was that he was Hosaka's apprentice, and he was a very reserved and shy person.

It is because of being cautious and shy of strangers that he talks so little.

Mizuno is now standing in front of Ogata, looking like he wants to say something but hesitates to say it, it should be caused by restraint and nervousness again.

After hearing this encouragement from Ogata, Mizuno seemed to be encouraged as well.

After taking a deep breath, Mizuno said to Mizuno word by word:

"Your sword skills are amazing. I admire you so much."

After leaving these words quickly, Mizuno quickly left in front of Ogata, and returned to the room behind where the little bandit leader was imprisoned.

After hearing Mizuno's words just now, Ooja was stunned for a moment.

After watching Mizuno leave, Machi covered his mouth with a smile and said to Ogata:

"It's just a compliment about your swordsmanship. Why do you make it look like you're talking to someone you like?"

Ogata smiled and shrugged: "Maybe I was too shy, I was too embarrassed to talk to me in public just now."

Just when Ogata was about to continue looking at the clouds in the sky leisurely with A-Machi, a voice from Hosaka suddenly came from behind:

"Hey! Mashima-sama! That prisoner is awake!"

Ogata raised his eyebrows, picked up the saber in his arms and stood up.

"Did you wake up pretty quickly? By the way, why are you talking so weird now?"

If Ogata heard correctly, Hosaka seemed to have called him "Mashima-sama" just now, and the words just now were said in honorific terms.

Hearing Ogata's question, Hosaka grinned with his most frequent expression:

"I have a lot of admiration for you, Mashima-sama! It would be really rude if I still use the previous address and accent to talk to you."

"Come on, Mashima-sama, let's interrogate that scum together!"

The review process was surprisingly easy.

Hosaka just rounded his sandbag-sized fist, and hit the little bandit leader's face twice, and he recruited everything he knew.

It can be seen from this that this person's will is quite unstable, and he succumbed after only being punched twice.

But it was within Ogata's expectation that this person gave in so quickly.

Those who would rather die than submit basically have strong beliefs.

What faith can a mere bandit have?

Maybe there really will be bandits who would rather die than betray their companions for the sake of loyalty, but this kind of people can really be described as one in a million.

Ogata and the others first asked the name of the bandit leader.

After learning that the little leader's surname was Ono, he immediately asked them about where their stronghold was, what weapons they had, and other important information.

According to Ohno, they are a group of bandits who have recently assembled and fled here. The members are all ronin, a total of 42 people.

Currently living in a certain place in the mountains, it will probably take more than an hour to walk from here to their stronghold.

The only weapons are the sabers on the waists of each member, and there is no such thing as armor.

Although with their numbers and strength, it is extremely easy to rob this small village with a population of less than one hundred.

But their leader still understands the concept of "sustainable development" and knows that if all the things in this village are robbed, there will be very few villagers in this village who can survive this winter.

Their leaders don't want to do this kind of thing.

So he sent Ono to lead people to negotiate with the village today, and only handed over half of the food, property or women, and let them go.

Leave some seeds for them, so that they can continue to grab them in the days to come.

What Ohno said to the village chief before, "As long as you obediently hand over your money, food or women, you won't come to harass them again" was just pure deceit.

According to their plan, after "borrowing" half of the village's money, grain or women, they will continue to "borrow" in the future.

"There are no such troublesome things as bows, iron cannons, armor, and spears?" Hosaka scratched his hair, "That would be much easier."

"It's not the troubled times of the Warring States Period now. Armors and spears are not so easy to obtain." Jin Cheng on the side said lightly, "It's normal for the bandits to not have these things, but it's strange to have them."

In the troubled times of the Warring States Period 200 years ago, such things as weapons were really everywhere.

If you go to any battlefield, you can pick up a lot of weapons and equipment.

Some people even make a living by picking up weapons and equipment left over from the battlefield and selling them.

In the Warring States Period, not only bandits were generally equipped with excellent equipment, but even farmers often stocked with excellent equipment.

Farmers in the Warring States Period often picked up some weapons and equipment to protect themselves.

Either for the safety of the village, or simply to retaliate against the warriors who made them uneasy, they chose to take the risk and kill the lone warriors passing through their village, and then stripped their equipment.

Because there were too many weapons and equipment living among the people, Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the "Sword Hunting Order" not long after he unified the world, confiscating all the weapons and equipment living among the people.

After finishing speaking, Jin Cheng folded his hands on his chest, pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice:

"We have killed 42 of the 12 people, and there are 30 left. Even without such troublesome weapons, there are still a lot of people."

Then after pondering for a while, Jincheng suddenly turned his head to look at Ogata, and asked Ogata with an extremely respectful attitude:

"Mashima-sama, what's your idea?"

Suddenly being named, Ogata raised his eyebrows unconsciously.

Ogata just now has a plan.

Now that he was named, Xu Qingqing simply cleared his throat, and said slowly:

"Now we have annihilated all their teams that came to borrow money and food."

"The team's delay in returning will definitely arouse their suspicions."

"So I just happen to have a plan right now."

"Let's make a quick decision directly."

"Draw out your sword, go straight to Huanglong, attack their stronghold, kill the enemy as soon as you see it, and wipe out this group of bandits. This is my plan."

"What do you think?"

Such things as fan filters exist no matter in which era.

If it was before Ono and others attacked, Jincheng would only scoff when he heard about Ogata's plan.

But now after learning that Ogata is a great swordsman, under the influence of this layer of fan filters, and hearing Ogata's plan, Jincheng only feels that he is worthy of being a swordsman, that is, he has courage and arrogance!

The fire in Jin Cheng's eyes burned even more intensely.

Bathed in Jincheng's fiery gaze, Ogata couldn't help but pull down the corners of his mouth, thinking to himself:

Is my program so popular?

Chapter 456 Ogata: Stealth?what is that? (Draw the knife) [6200 words]

"I think Mashima-sama's plan is very good!"

Jincheng, who regards Ogata as a model, took the lead in expressing his agreement with Ogata's simple and crude plan.

Hosaka followed closely behind.

Hisakamoto is also the kind of person who thinks and acts very simply and rudely, and Ogata's plan suits his appetite very well.

"Shoot directly into their stronghold? That's a good plan!"

"The little cadre they sent to advise the villagers is gone, and it's impossible for them to remain indifferent."

"This small group of them has not returned for a long time, and they will definitely wonder if something happened to this village."

"It would be troublesome if we let them know that people in this village invited warriors to help out."

"Before the bandits don't know that people from this village have invited warriors, it's the best policy to fight first."

After both Hosaka and Jincheng expressed their approval of Ogata's plan, only Tsuchiya and Mizuno remained unspoken.

Tsuchiya, who is not very talkative, uttered a very long sentence at this time:

"I also agree to take the lead and go straight to Huanglong."

"But that's easier said than done."

"There are 42 bandits in that group. Even if 12 of them have been killed now, there are still 30 left."

"And there were only five of us."

"It's too dangerous for me to defeat 5 bandits with just 30 people, even if Mashima-kun's swordsmanship is extraordinary."

"You can't go straight to the bandit's stronghold without thinking."

"I have to think of a detailed tactic to deal with the bandits entrenched in the stronghold."

"So I have a strategy."

Tsuchiya, who spoke so little like a mute, actually came up with a strategy, which surprised everyone present, so they all listened attentively.

"Let's find a way to sneak into their stronghold."

Tsuchiya said word by word.

"Assassinate their leader."

"Bandits are nothing but a mob."

"Without the leader's command, they will be just a mess."

"As long as their leader is gone, our chances of winning will increase a lot in one go."

Tsuchiya succinctly stated his plan.

As soon as he finished talking about his plan, Hosaka showed a wry smile:

"Shoot people first and shoot horses? Your plan sounds great, but the question is how do we sneak into the bandits' stronghold and assassinate their leaders?"

As soon as Hosaka said this, the atmosphere of the scene and the expressions of everyone became heavy.

Even Tsuchiya, who proposed this "assassination plan", pursed his lips tightly with a solemn expression.

Only Ogata and A-Machi looked normal.

After the two looked at each other in a very tacit understanding at the same time, Xu conveniently put his hands around his chest and said:

"It's a good plan to sneak into the bandits' stronghold and kill their leaders. It's very stable."

"How about doing it a little more thoroughly?"