I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

As the village of Takta gradually approached, a strong smell of blood went straight into the nostrils of Ogata and the others.

As the smell of blood in their nostrils became stronger, their expectations for the current situation of Takta Village became less optimistic.

"Go straight for a short distance, and you will reach our village." (Ainu language)" Lilata, who was on the same horse as Ogata and was almost exhausted from crying, said to Oo in a weak tone Fang said.

Knowing that Takta Village was approaching, Ogata and A-Machi slowed down their horses a little to avoid making too much noise.

After going forward for a short distance, finally—Taketa Village appeared within the field of vision of Ogata and the others.

Because of the angle, Ogata and the others couldn't see the whole picture of Takta Village.

But only from what Ogata and the others can see so far, it is enough to see that Takta Village is very miserable now.

As far as the eye could see, there was not a single Ainu alive.

Within the field of vision of Ogata and the others, there were only three or two people walking around, carrying corpses in the village.

Red blood and white snow blend together to form the background color of the painting; various dead bodies become the main body of the painting; broken limbs are scattered around, embellishing the painting.

The picture scroll of hell that appeared in front of them made Aizan and Ahili, who had never seen such a scene, look ashamed.

The face of Ashley even tightly covered his mouth and nose to prevent himself from spitting it out.

As for Lilata—she finally stopped crying, her eye circles turned red again.

But she didn't cry. She knew that if she cried and made a noise now, it would attract the attention of those and people in the village, so she held back, buried her head low, and bit her lower lip tightly. While holding back the tears, he didn't let himself see such a cruel scene.

Even Ogata and A-Machi, who were used to seeing all kinds of bloody scenes, couldn't help but sink when they saw the scene in front of them.

Ogata took out the binoculars he had won from Vasily before, and after briefly observing the current situation in the village, he whispered to A-Machi beside him:

"Machi, you stay here with Aizan, Ahili, Lilata, and our two horses."

"If something happens to you, you shout. I'll come right away."

A-Machi didn't make a sound, just nodded vigorously.

After A-Machi nodded, Ogata pulled out Dazizi, lowered the center of gravity of his body, and walked slowly towards Takta Village, which had turned into a dead village, alone.

Ogata used the Shiranui-ryu stealth technique, relying on every house in the village, sneaking cautiously in the village.

What Ogata wants most now is information.

According to Lilata's previous narration, there were at least a hundred generals who attacked their village.

But now the soldiers in this village are sparse, the number is pitifully small.

Where did the rest of the generals go - this is what Ogata wants to know most at the moment.

Soon, Ogata found a suitable person for questioning——Ogata, who was moving in the shadow of the house, turned into an inconspicuous alley, and there were only two soldiers in this alley.

One soldier had a knife scar on his face, while the other had a plain, unremarkable appearance.

The location where Ogata was lurking was closer to the ordinary samurai and farther away from the scarred samurai.

The two were chatting there while carrying the dead body.

Ogata didn't pay attention to what the two of them were talking about, he just waited for the best time to strike.

The two soldiers did not keep Ogata waiting.

Soon, both of them turned their backs to Ogata.

Seeing that the time to strike had come, Ogata didn't hesitate at all, and quickly jumped out from his hiding position, and rushed towards the ordinary warrior from behind.

Covering his mouth and nose with his left hand, he held Da Zizai's right hand and pointed it at the back of the neck of an ordinary warrior.

Sakakibara Its Sword Style · Bird Thorn.

The tip of the knife protrudes from the throat of an ordinary warrior.

Because Ogata's movements were too fast, the ordinary samurai didn't realize what was going on, and didn't have time to groan, so he rolled his eyes and lost his breath.

【Ding!Use Sakakibara Ichidou-Bird Thorn to kill the enemy]

[Gain 65 personal experience points, 60 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou"]

[Current personal level: LV38 (630/6000)]

[Sakakibara Ichikatsu level: 13th stage (5815/12000)]

After quickly finishing off the ordinary samurai, Ogata let him go, raised his sword and rushed towards the scarred samurai in front.

"Hey, this Ezo woman is pretty, and she doesn't have tattoos on her face. Hey, come and see! I found a very beautiful Ezo woman, what a pity, such a beautiful Ezo woman died... um ? Did you hear me?"

The scar warrior turned his head suspiciously, and happened to see Ogata who had just dealt with the ordinary warrior.

It was too late for him to discover Ogata now.

The Scar Warrior found Ogata, and when Ogata pressed Ogata to his throat, and covered his mouth and nose with his left hand—from the beginning to the end, the Scar Warrior felt that only an instant had passed.

The skin on the scar warrior's neck could clearly feel the breath of the sharp blade, and big cold sweat came out from the scar warrior's face. He subconsciously wanted to scream, but because his mouth and nose were covered , he could only make a low "whoosh" sound.

"Don't move." Ogata said to Scar Warrior in a low voice, "I have some questions to ask you, I will let go of your mouth and nose later, you can answer whatever I ask, don't shout, otherwise -"

Ogata didn't continue talking, but let Wakizawa's blade stick closer to the scarred samurai's skin.

The scarred warrior with more cold sweat on his face nodded hastily in fright.

Ogata let go of the samurai's left hand covering the scar, and asked:

"Why are there only so few soldiers in the village? Where are the other soldiers?"

"All, all left." Scar Warrior stammered due to nervousness, "After killing all the Eizo in this village, the general left with a large army, leaving us alone in the village Clean up the battlefield, and wait for the return of those companions who chased and killed the fled Ezo.”

"Then where did your large army go?" Ogata asked.

"I, I don't know... I'm just an ordinary soldier, it's impossible to know the specific military order of the head..."

"Then how many soldiers are left in the village now?"

"Large, there are about 30 people... I don't know the exact number."

Ogata was silent, and after a while, he quietly asked a question again:

"You just said that in addition to cleaning the battlefield, you are also responsible for waiting for the return of the companions who chased and killed the Ezo who fled, right? How many people have returned now?"

"As far as I know, there doesn't seem to be any..."

"...Thank you very much."

Ogata pushed Da Zizai forward, and pierced the Scar Warrior's throat with the blade.

The system prompt for gaining experience sounded again in Ogata's mind.

After the Scar Warrior died down, Ogata put the sword back into its sheath, and then dragged the corpses of the Scar Warrior and the ordinary warrior into a nearby house.

Now these soldiers who stayed in the village to clean up the battlefield are scattered everywhere, and it would take too much time to assassinate them one by one.

So—just now, Ogata came up with a method that, if successful, would bring together the soldiers scattered all over the village.

After dragging the corpses of both the scar warrior and the ordinary warrior into the next room, Ogata unfastened the Da Shitian and Da Zizai from his left waist, placed the two knives in a corner of the room, and then began to undress his body and He is similar to the armor of the scar warrior body.

Ogata wants to use the same trick he used on Butterfly Island again.

……

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Taketa Village, a spacious open space somewhere in the middle of the village.

Ize, who was in charge of commanding the troops cleaning the battlefield, carried the spear in his hand boredly and practiced "throwing the spear".

The target he used to practice throwing a gun was the corpse of a young villager in Takta Village who had been dead for a long time against the wall of a house.

Ize squinted one eye and took aim. After realizing that he could hit the target accurately, Ize threw the spear in his hand hard.

The spear drew a straight line and hit the corpse's chest directly, and the tip of the gun sank directly into the corpse's body.

"Very good." Ize nodded with a smile, quite satisfied with his shot just now.

Just when Ize was about to take back his long spear and continue to practice spear throwing, he suddenly heard anxious shouts coming from his side.

"My lord! My lord!"

Izzo looked around——and saw a soldier whose face and armor were covered in blood, stumbling towards him.

"What's wrong?" Izzy frowned instantly.

The blood-stained "blood-stained soldier" stumbled all the way and sat down behind Ize, and said anxiously:

"A, a lot of Ezo appeared nearby! A lot of Ezo appeared nearby!"

As soon as the "Blood Stained Soldier" finished speaking, the complexion of Yi Ze and the soldiers next to Yi Ze changed drastically in an instant.

"What's going on?!" Ize squatted down, clasping the shoulders of "Blood Soldier" with both hands, and asked anxiously.

"I, I have been chasing and killing an escaped Ezo with my companions just now."

"That Ezo moved very fast, and we chased him all the way to a very deep place. Just when we were about to catch him, a lot of Ezo suddenly appeared in the woods!"

"The number must be at least 100!"

"The few companions of mine were all killed by the Ezo who appeared suddenly, and I, I managed to escape by myself!"

Izzy's face is now ashen as if it is about to drip water.

"Which direction did those Ezo appear?" Ize asked.

"That, over there..." "Blood-stained warrior" raised his hand and pointed to the north.

"Damn it... Could it be that Ezo, who fled abroad, invited the rescuers...!" Ize cursed and let go of the shoulders of the "Bloodstained Warrior", then stood up, and gave orders to the warriors beside him road:

"Listen, you guys, go and tell everyone in the village to put down all the work at hand and come to my side quickly to gather!"

These soldiers nodded vigorously, and then dispersed to carry out the task assigned by Yi Zexin.

Yize turned his gaze back to "Bloodstained Warrior", "Are you injured anywhere?"

"I'm fine..." "Bloodstained Warrior" whispered, "I just feel tired..."

"Thank you for your hard work, you can sit aside and rest first."

"Yes……"

After a while, the soldiers who had been scattered all over the village returned to Ize one by one.

After quickly counting soldiers, Ize's expression sank.

"Why are there two people missing? Is there anyone else not here?"

Izzy growled impatiently at the soldiers in front of him.

He didn't know at this moment—when he was roaring impatiently at the soldiers in front of him, the "blood-stained warrior" who was sitting and resting suddenly stood up slowly body.

Then, with lightning speed, he pulled out the wakizashi around his waist, and rushed towards Ize who was only a few steps away from him.

The distance between the two was too close, and the "Blood Stained Samurai" moved too fast. Ize had no time to react, and his left rear knee, which was not protected by armor, was stabbed into Hashiwazaki.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!"

A scream that seemed to tear apart his own vocal cords spewed out from Izzy's throat.

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The first army camp, the commander's camp.

At this moment, the lights in the big tent of Sheng Tianmu's coach have not been extinguished.

Inside the camp, under the light of the lights, two figures were projected on a corner of the camp tent, and the shadows swayed slightly with the shaking of the lights.

The masters of these two figures are Sheng Tianmu and Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Not long ago, when he learned of Matsudaira Sadanobu's sudden visit, Sheng Tianmu hurried to Yingkou.

After arriving in Yingkou, Sheng Tianmu saw the travel-stained Matsudaira Takanobu and his party.

Although there were all kinds of doubts in his heart, he didn't know why Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was supposed to be with Inamori in the second army, was here, but Sheng Tianmu quickly took Matsudaira Sadanobu into the camp, and then took Matsudaira Sadanobu to his own residence. In the big tent of the coach.

Although there is no alcohol in the barracks, there is some tea.

After ordering people to boil the tea quickly and finishing all the hospitality to Matsudaira, Sheng Tianmu finally asked Matsudaira the reason for his sudden visit here.

While drinking the tea provided by Shengtianmu, Matsudaira Sadanobu told Shengtianmu about his experiences during this period.

From leading the team to investigate the strait, to the unfortunate encounter with blizzards and packs of wolves, and accidentally falling down the snow slope, but luckily survived.