I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

A person who can't let out a fart in a military meeting for a long time is not necessarily a mediocre general.

People who can speak eloquently at military conferences may not necessarily be able to shine on the battlefield. The most typical example is Zhao Kuo, who successfully left the idiom "talking on paper" in the Confucian cultural circle in the Tang Dynasty and the Warring States Period.

Matsudaira Sadanobu really wants to find an opportunity to test the level of generals in Aizu and Sendai.

If you know the strength of the generals of the two feudal clans in advance, it will be much more convenient for many things in the future.

Just when Matsudaira Sadanobu unknowingly turned his thoughts to thinking about the business, the sound of footsteps coming from far to near at a fast speed suddenly sounded outside the room.

"My lord! Report something urgent!"

"Come in," said Matsudaira Sadanobu.

wow.

The paper sliding door was pulled open.

A young man knelt behind the door with sweat profusely on one knee, and then reported to Songping Dingxinhui:

"My lord! The naturalized Ezo riot in Matsumae Castle! The planned Ezo riot in Matsumae Castle!"

Because the matter was urgent and important, the young official reported twice in a row.

Tachibana standing behind Matsudaira Sadanobu was taken aback.

However, Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression did not change.

It was as if he hadn't heard any important and noteworthy news at all.

"Which places did the naturalized Eizawa riot?" Matsudaira Sadayuki asked in a calm tone.

The young official quickly reported the names of several streets in Matsumae Castle. These streets are all very close to the northwest corner of Matsumae Castle.

"How many naturalized Ezos are there in the riot?" Matsudaira Sadanobu continued to ask.

"As far as we know, there are about 200 people! But there are still more naturalized Ezo who participated in the riots."

"They burned, killed and looted everywhere. The civilians in those streets are under attack, and there are heavy casualties!"

Even after learning of the heavy casualties, Matsudaira Sadanobu remained calm.

With his hands behind his back, after a moment of contemplation, Matsudaira Sadanobu said softly:

"This is a good opportunity."

At this time, Tachibana, who was standing behind Sadanobu Matsudaira and serving him with many thoughts, did not realize that what Matsudaira Sadanobu said was a pun.

The naturalized Ezo uprising in Matsumae Castle is a good opportunity for the two things currently before Matsudaira Sadanobu.

"Okay! Have you rested enough?!" Sheng Tianmu shouted at Qiuyue and Kuroda, "Let's continue practicing!"

Hearing Sheng Tianmu's words, Qiuyue and Kuroda showed bitter faces.

"Don't make such an expression!" Sheng Tianmu roared, "This war with the Ainu is a rare battle since the opening of the Shogunate!"

"We are honored to participate in this great battle, and we must not give up this great opportunity to make the Sendai Domain famous!"

"We want to let the world know the bravery of our Sendai warriors in this battle!"

"Now that the battle is imminent, both physically and mentally, we must maintain a tight state!"

"Quickly grab your guns!"

Qiuyue and Kuroda, who still had bitter faces, picked up their wooden guns slowly.

But at this moment, a loud notification sounded.

Then, a figure quickly walked in from the entrance of the courtyard.

The figure was that of a young official.

As soon as the young official appeared in front of Sheng Tianmu and others, he reported loudly:

"Master Sheng Tianmu! Master Lao Zhong has an order to convey!"

Seeing that the person who came was the emissary of the elders, Sheng Tianmu dared not neglect him in any way.Hastily put down the wooden spear in his hand, led Qiuyue and Kuroda to kneel down in front of the envoy.

The envoy didn't say much, and directly informed the riots currently happening in the city.

Then he conveyed the order that Matsudaira Sadanobu just issued:

"Let Er and others lead the people in Sendai to repel Rong Jin and the thugs from the four entries and two places."

The so-called "Sendai people" refers to the Sendai Fan generals who followed Sheng Tianmu and others to stay in Matsumae Castle.

Sheng Tianmu was slightly taken aback when the order sounded.

Then he said loudly in a tone that suppressed the ecstasy:

"Yes!"

After conveying Laozhong's order, the envoy quickly left in front of Sheng Tianmu and others.

After the envoy left, Sheng Tianmu stood up from the ground.

Then he looked up and laughed.

"Akizuki! Kuroda! Call all the soldiers in the castle!"

"It's about to go out!"

Gamo Yuki, the general of the Aizu Army, is a person who doesn't look like a general.

It is not considered a burly figure, although its height is higher than that of ordinary people. If it is replaced by the length unit of the modern earth, its height is more than 1 meters. This kind of height disease is not high enough to make people feel like a giant.

But with such an appearance that doesn't look like a general, he is one of the best generals in Aizu Domain.

During this time, the Tianmu and other members of the Sendai Domain have been honing their bodies and martial arts in full swing every day.

The same is true for Gamo.

However, Gamo's daily practice is much quieter than Sheng's Celestial Eye.

At this moment, Gamo was standing in front of a stake with all its leaves fallen.

Gamo is famous for his "Tai Sword Art".

His favorite knife thundered away, hanging quietly on his left waist.

Taidao is quite different from the swords used by samurai today.

The two biggest differences are that they are worn differently from the popular era.

When the Da Dao is worn on the waist, the blade faces upwards.

When the tachi is worn, the blade faces downward.

The reason for such a difference in wearing style is mainly because the two knives are used in different types of battles.

Taidao is mainly used in horse fighting, while Da Dao is mainly used in foot fighting.

When riding on a horse, the blade is worn downwards, which can be easily drawn out and quickly put into battle.

Moreover, the blade is worn downward, and the bottom of the scabbard is not easy to poke the horse's buttocks.

Taidao was mainly popular in the late Heian period and the Kamakura shogunate period after hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years ago, when sending envoys to the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty to learn the advanced culture and system of the Tang Dynasty, Japan entered three eras: the Asuka era, the Nara era, and the Heian era.

These three eras add up to span exactly 3 years.

During these 600 years, the emperor was the veritable head of state and held the power of the country.

Taidao became popular in the late Heian period.

At the end of the Heian era, the samurai group took away the power of the country from the emperor and established the first shogunate in history, the Kamakura shogunate, and the Taidao reached its peak.

During the period from the Heian period to the Kamakura shogunate era, samurai were particularly popular in single combat.

When fighting, the two sides lined up first, and when they were ready, they fired a dysprosium arrow in the direction of the opposing army's formation.

Following the sharp whistling sound of the dysprosium arrow, the generals of both sides rushed out of the army formation on horseback and came to the open space in the middle.

Next, the generals of the two sides introduced themselves loudly, and the content was nothing more than showing off their families and their bravery.

I am so and so, my ancestor so and so, in which dynasty and generation have fought and won battles, cut off so and so's head and so on.And I am such a powerful warrior myself. I have killed so and so. This was the most mainstream self-introduction content at that time.

After the self-introduction, the generals of the two sides began to fight each other.

This kind of heads-up is called "one-riding challenge".

At that time, everyone basically rode on a horse and used a sword to fight one-on-one.

Riding on a horse and using a sword to fight one-on-one with the enemy is a real man and a real samurai. This is the common view of the samurai of that era.

Then their "one-on-one culture" made a lot of jokes when Yuan sent troops to them.

In the late Kamakura period, after the army of the Yuan Dynasty came across the sea, many generals of the Japanese army foolishly planned to play heads-up with the Yuan army.

So at the beginning of the war, you can see this scene:

Wearing gorgeous battle armor and carrying a sword, the Japanese general walked out of the formation majestically, and shouted loudly at the Yuan army formation, asking the most powerful warriors of the Yuan army to come out and "beg" him.

The generals of the Yuan army looked at the Japanese generals who came out of the battle out of nowhere and said something inexplicable.

The generals of the Yuan army were moved by the Japanese general's behavior of "sending heads from thousands of miles away".

So he raised his hand and fired a thousand arrows, shooting the general of the Japanese army into a hedgehog.

There are countless Yuan armies fighting fiercely in Eurasia. What war scenes have you never seen?Tell you martial arts?

There are still many paintings depicting this "Yuan-Japanese War" circulating.

Many of these paintings depict quite a few Japanese generals in ornate armor who were shot into hedgehogs by the Yuan army's random arrows, or Japanese generals who were shot with random arrows and fled like rats.

After being severely "tuned" by the Yuan army, the Japanese army suddenly realized that their "one-riding fight" was useless in a real war.

Therefore, since the "Yuan-Ni War", Japan's "Yiqidou" culture has weakened.

In the future, when Japan fought wars, no matter whether it was an internal or external war, it did not play any "one horse fight".

The weakening of the "one ride to discuss" culture has weakened Taidao.

After the Kamakura shogunate fell and the second shogunate, the Muromachi shogunate, was established, swords dedicated to foot combat began to appear.

In the Warring States period after the Muromachi shogunate and the Edo period established by the current Edo shogunate, the development of swords reached its peak.

In the current Edo period, the sword worn by every samurai is a sword.The tachi became an extremely rare weapon.

In the Edo period, wearing a tachi instead of a sword was like wearing a suit with sneakers on the feet in the eyes of others.

Therefore, at the moment when Taisao is very rare, Gamo, who possesses a superb "Taisao technique", is as rare as a rare animal.

Gamo stood in front of the stake, like an old pine, motionless.

He had actually maintained this half-squat position for half an hour.

Finally, he slowly put his right hand on the handle of Lei Zuo's knife with the blade facing down and hanging on his waist.

Pulling the sheath open, the left arm continued to hang loosely, and the legs were firmly planted, just continuing to look straight at the wooden stake in front of him.

He adjusted his breathing, and about a while later, Gamo twisted his waist with luck, uttered a cry, stepped and squatted down, the light of the knife flashed, and then the blade quickly retracted into the sheath.

After putting away the knife and returning it to its sheath, the stake in front of Pusheng turned out to be!

no change

After putting Leizo back into the scabbard, Gamo stood up straight, then raised his hand and lightly poked the stake.

咔

With the sound of a small crack.

A slanted knife mark appeared on the stake.

Then the wooden stake slowly fell to the ground along the slanted knife marks.

After the upper half of the wooden stake fell to the ground, a waiter who had been standing respectfully by his side quickly greeted him with a flattering smile while holding a sweat towel.

"Master Gamo, your technique is really amazing the more you look at it!"

In fact, the envoy didn't understand what was so good about Gamo's technique just now, but he just slapped the horse.

Pu Sheng also ignored his waiter, took the sweat towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He was actually practicing concentration just now.

It is not difficult to split the wooden pile with one knife and keep the wooden pile as it is after being cut obliquely, as long as the knife is fast and stable enough.