I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

The order that Tachibana shouted in a calm tone was clearly heard by everyone around.

After being attacked by wolves, they gradually began to fight back.

The attack of wolves frightened their horses on a large scale, which had a great impact on Matsudaira Sadanobu's guards.

Not to mention the non-stop wind and snow blowing around them, the strong wind and snow also made their movements sluggish.

But they are the elite of the army after all.

Even if they were affected by various factors, 10% of their strength could not be 5%, but they would not be defeated by a pack of wolves.

One after another the wolves were killed, and the battle situation was reversed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Looking at this great battle situation, an excited smile appeared on Tachibana's face.

But at this moment, Tachibana heard the heavy panting sounds unique to animals coming from the right side of the path, and... the sound of paws stamping on the ground...

He suddenly looked to the right of the trail - he saw a few Ezo wolves galloping at high speed in the chaotic world where people and horses were difficult to pass, and rushed towards Tachibana and the others.

"Ouch--!"

These wolves howled sharply, and then rushed directly to the waist of Matsudaira Sadanobu and their team.

The wolves that rushed into the waist of their team were only a few steps away from Tachibana and Matsudaira Sadanobu's sedan chair.

Because the distance was too close, Tachibana could even see clearly the vertical pupils of these wolves that made people shudder just looking at them.

"Damn it! These wolves know how to surprise other people's weak defenses!" Tachibana, who was always gentle and gentle, rarely uttered a dirty word at this time, "Wolves rushed into the team! Kill them! Protect the old man! "

Li Hua couldn't care less about protecting his horse now, he let go of the reins in his hand, held the knife with both hands, and personally escorted Lao Zhong's sedan chair back away from the wolves that launched a surprise attack.

And the four strong men who were responsible for carrying the sedan chair for Matsudaira Jonobu had already turned pale from the sudden attack of wolves. Before Tachibana gave an order, the four of them hurriedly carried the sedan chair still carrying Matsudaira Jonobu , and then hurriedly ran away from the wolf.

Tachibana retreated with the sedan chair.

The guards reacted quickly.

The wolves who launched the surprise attack have now been blocked by the guards.

Tachibana, who was still retreating with the sedan chair, looked at the wolves that were blocked and getting farther and farther away from them, and his heart fell to the ground again.

"Stop!" Tachibana shouted to the people carrying the sedan chair beside him, "There's no need to retreat anymore, those wolves can't be killed anymore..."

Squeak-!

As soon as Tachibana's voice fell, the strange noise sounded again...

This time, the strange noise was very close to Tachibana...

It came from the foot of the strong man who was in charge of carrying the sedan chair beside Tachibana.

Before Tachibana had time to lower his head to see what was going on under the feet of the strong man, the strong man suddenly sank into the snow under his feet as if he had sunk into a swamp.

Afterwards, the ground under Tachibana and the others quickly cracked around the strong man whose body had sunk into the snow, and then—collapsed.

Tachibana yelled in horror in her heart.

——Snow cornice...!

Snow eaves: snowflakes blown into eaves by the wind.

To put it simply, there is no ground under the eaves for support, and it is a large snow block suspended in the air.

Because of the blizzard that obscured the view, and the rush to get away from the surprise wolves, neither Tachibana nor the people around them realized that the place they were standing just now was a snow canopy.

The snow eaves, which could not bear the weight of Tachibana and the others, collapsed directly, and everything on the snow eaves slid down into the hillside on the left side of the trail.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Tachibana quickly raised his hand to grab the ground beside him which was not a snow cornice, and didn't let himself fall.

There are also two strong men carrying sedan chairs who are also quick-eyed.

Following the fall of the snow eaves, there were only two other strong men carrying the sedan chair, and... the sedan chair still carrying Matsudaira Sadanobu.

"My lord—!" Tachibana, whose face turned pale in an instant, yelled anxiously and terrified towards the sedan chair sliding down the hillside.

Due to the poor visibility, Matsudaira Sadanobu's sedan chair completely disappeared from Tachibana's field of vision in the blink of an eye, leaving only the white snow curtain in front of him...

When the snow eaves collapsed, it not only frightened Tachibana and other humans like them.

At the same time, it also scared the Ezo wolves who rushed into the waist of the team just now.

A certain Ezo wolf glanced at the two strong men carrying sedan chairs and the sedan chair carrying Matsudaira Sadanobu, who slid down the snow eaves into the nearby snow slope, then neighed lowly, turned around and jumped out of the guards' circle , rushed into the nearby rocks, and soon disappeared.

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After the snow eaves collapsed, Sadanobu Matsudaira, who was sitting in the sedan chair, immediately felt that the world began to spin.

His whole body followed the sedan chair and rolled down the hillside.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who quickly realized what had happened, gritted his teeth, quickly grabbed his own saber that was placed aside—Nagasoni Kotoru, inserted it back into the left waist, and pulled out the knife from the left waist with his right hand. Wakizawa opened the door of the sedan chair with his left hand.

If it slides down the hillside with the sedan chair, the consequences will be unimaginable.

So Matsudaira Sadanobu made a decisive decision: jump out of the sedan chair in time.

After opening the door of the sedan chair, Matsudaira Sadanobu took a deep breath, kicked his feet and escaped from the sedan chair.

Although it has been a while since I have practiced swordsmanship, I remember the muscles from practicing swordsmanship when I was young.Memories, as well as excellent physical fitness remain.

After jumping out of the sedan chair, Matsudaira Sadanobu inserted the wakizashi in his hand into the thick white snow covering the hillside, and used the wakizashi as a buffer to reduce the speed of his body falling.

The reaction force transmitted to Matsudaira Jonobu's arm along the wakizashi made Matsudaira Jonobu's facial features tighten uncontrollably.

But Matsudaira Sadanobu still persisted, holding on to the Wakizashi in his hand tightly...

It's a pity—Sadanobu Matsudaira hasn't practiced for a long time after becoming a senior middle schooler.

After a while, Matsudaira Sadanobu finally let go of the Wakizashi in his hands as a buffer for his body because of the soreness in his arms and it was difficult to hold the knife anymore.

In the vast snow, Matsudaira Sadanobu was like sliding down a slide, sliding straight down the hillside.

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"The wind and snow outside seems to have stopped." Aizan glanced outside the cave.

"Yeah." Ogata, who was sitting opposite Aizan, nodded lightly, "It finally calmed down..."

The wind and snow outside the cave finally stopped roaring, only a few snowflakes were still falling sparsely.

"It seems that we can only spend the night in this cave tonight." Ogata stood up while talking, "I'll go outside to collect some firewood for the night, the three of you can start cooking dinner first."

"Ah, let me go with you." Aizan said.

"No, it's enough for me alone." Ogata picked up the big Shitian he had put aside, and inserted it back into his left belt. "For things like collecting firewood, you don't need too many people to go together. I'll go Go and come back."

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"...Has the snow finally stopped..." Looking at the dark clouds above his head that finally began to slowly drift away, Grandfather Jiang showed a relieved expression.

After being attacked by the ezos of the Red Moon Fortress and directly destroying the entire gold panning team, grandfather Jiang has been working hard to return to Japan these days.

However, until now, he has not been able to return to Japan.

On the contrary, the more I walked, the more confused I became, the less I knew where I was now...

Just now, a snowstorm came suddenly.

Fortunately, grandfather Jiang was lucky—when the blizzard came, there happened to be a cave not far from him, so grandfather Jiang directly hid in the cave to avoid the snow, and has been hiding until now.

Because the dark clouds had not cleared completely, grandfather Jiang could not judge the current time based on the color of the sky and the position of the sun.

But according to grandfather Jiang's estimation, it should not be long before it gets dark.

"Pick up some firewood and spend the night in the cave..." Grandfather Jiang murmured softly, then bowed and grabbed a handful of snow in front of him, stuffed it into his mouth, and strode towards the woods ahead.

These days, grandfather Jiang Chun relies on eating snow to replenish water.

As for the food or something, follow the fate.

With luck, find some edible mushrooms or berries and feast on them.

If you're unlucky and can't find anything to eat, you'll starve first.

Before he came to pan for gold, he was a bounty hunter who roamed around. Although he didn't catch any powerful wanted criminals until he quit his job, his grandfather Jiang developed a powerful "iron man" through his long years of living in the open air. Stomach", even if you drink snow water every day and eat every meal, you don't have any discomfort in your stomach.

Grandfather Jiang is like a girl picking flowers, picking up every branch on the ground that is not wet by snow.

When he pushed aside a bush in front of him and picked up some firewood under the bush, his grandfather Jiang's eyes suddenly widened.

Because he found—about 400 meters away in front of him, there was a person lying down.

Grandfather Jiang has no other advantages. Good eyesight is probably one of the few advantages of Grandfather Jiang.

He clearly saw that the person lying on the snow 400 meters away, wearing a beautiful and exquisite kimono, was a Japanese person.

She doesn't look particularly old, probably in her 30s.With a well-shaved Tsukiyo head, he looks handsome.

There are 2 knives stuck in his left waist.

Wakizawa was nowhere to be seen, only the scabbard remained.

The Da Dao remained intact at the man's left waist.

Looking at the knife on the man's left waist, Grandfather Jiang swallowed, with greed in his eyes.

According to the scabbard and handle, it is not difficult to see that the knife on the man's waist must not be ordinary.

When he first saw this person lying on the snow, his grandfather Emoto still had many doubts, such as why there is Kazuto here.

But now, only greed is left in Grandfather Jiang's mind.

Just as Grandpa Jiang was considering whether to walk over and steal the man's knife, the man's body suddenly moved.

Afterwards, the man lying on the snow supported his head with one hand and the ground with the other, and slowly sat up from the ground.

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After sitting up from the snow field below him, Matsudaira Sadanobu first glanced around, and then at his own body.

Body—except for the soreness and pain in both arms, there is nothing serious about the rest.

Surroundings - beside him is the snow slope that he just slid down.

——The body was not injured at all...how lucky.

Matsudaira Sadanobu let out a long breath.

The height of the snow slope is not too low. Sliding down from this snow slope, besides luck, also benefited from Matsudaira Sadanobu's use of the wake difference to slow down the falling speed and reduce the impact when he just "jumped the sedan chair".

Shaking off the snow from his body, Matsudaira Sadanobu slowly stood up.

Although alone in the unfamiliar wilderness, Matsudaira Sadanobu still maintains his composure thanks to the concentration cultivated by years of living in a superior position.

——I have to find a way to join Tachibana and the others...

——But the most urgent thing now is to find a place where I can spend the night...

——I don’t know how long I was in a coma just now, and the dark clouds above my head haven’t completely dissipated, and I don’t know if it’s dark now...

When Matsudaira Sadanobu was orderly sorting out the next thing to do in his mind——

rustling rustling...

The sound of bushes being pushed aside suddenly sounded behind him.

Sadanobu Matsudaira, whose pupils narrowed slightly, turned around quickly, facing the bushes behind him.

While turning around, Matsudaira Sadanobu quickly lowered the center of gravity of his body, with his left hand resting on the scabbard of the saber at his waist—Nagasone Torutsu, and his right hand holding the handle of Torutsu, ready to draw the sword at any time.

The sound of bushes being pushed aside grew louder.

Finally - a wolf's head protruding from behind a bush.

It is 1 Ezo wolf.

After the Ezo wolf appeared from behind the bushes, Sadanobu Chongmatsu grinned, showing sharp fangs.

"...Are you still chasing him... It seems that you are really hungry." Matsudaira Sadanobu said in a deep voice, while using the thumb of his left hand to open the carp's mouth, and then slowly drew the knife out of its sheath with his right hand.

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