I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

The reason why he chose to come to the camp of the First Army last night was simply to say hello to Sheng Tianmu.

After hearing these words from Matsudaira Sadanobu, Sheng Tianmu hurriedly replied:

"I don't dare to be an official. I just did what I should do."

Just when Sheng Tianmu was about to say something more, a general waiter appeared anxiously from behind Sheng Tianmu, and then quickly ran behind Sheng Tianmu, whispering something to Sheng Tianmu.

After the general attendant finished whispering, Sheng Tianmu's face suddenly changed drastically.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, noticing the sudden change in the face of Shengtianmu, asked:

"Sheng Tianmu, what happened?"

The role played by Matsudaira Sadanobu in this 1-strong army is similar to that of "overlord".

Although he does not hold any command power, he has the power to intervene in all affairs in the army.

Even without this power, Matsudaira Sadanobu's status as a "senior middle school" alone is enough to make Sheng Tianmu not dare to conceal the slightest military affairs from Matsudaira Sadanobu.

So after the voice of Matsudaira Sadanobu's question fell, Sheng Tianmu quickly replied:

"It's the Mogami you met last night who just sent the latest military news..."

"The soldiers responsible for cleaning up Takta Village last night have not returned."

"The Mogami I sent to check the situation has just returned to camp."

"According to Mogami's report, all the soldiers responsible for cleaning up Takta Village died tragically."

"Was he killed by Ezo who came to reinforce Takta Village?" Matsudaira Sadanobu frowned slightly.

"No..." Sheng Tianmu shook his head with a sullen face, "Almost all the soldiers were cut to the vitals and killed by one blow... Those who attacked those soldiers seemed to be people with extremely high levels of swordsmanship..."

"A person with extremely high swordsmanship?" Matsudaira Sadanobu let go of his slightly frowned brows, and his slightly slender eyes slowly opened wide...

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Pasha, pasha, pasha...

The "slapping" sound of horseshoes stepping on the snow resounded one after another with a very regular frequency.

Ogata's group of 5 people and 2 horses moved forward slowly somewhere in the deep mountains at a leisurely speed.

Because the surrounding terrain was not very good, Ogata and the others did not dare to let the horses run too fast, they only dared to let the horses move forward at a speed that could be called "leisurely".

Lilata, who was sitting between A-Machi and Ahiri, was able to play with the little windmill that Ogata gave her just now because A-Machi and Ahiri were protecting her one after the other.

The Ainu people don't have such a thing as a windmill, so this kind of gadget that can be turned up with a light blow has attracted Lilata's full attention since Lilata got it.

Although judging from Lilata's state, it is definitely far away from her recovery, but her expression is much better than before. At least there is a little more smile on her face, and her eyes are no longer the same as before. It was so bleak.

Ogata had been paying attention to Lilata's state just now.

Ogata found that the effect of the small windmill he made was much better than Ogata imagined, and he couldn't help but feel a big stone in his heart fall to the ground.

"Ah, Mr. Mashima, look." At this moment, Aizan who was sitting behind Ogata suddenly pointed forward, "Is the road ahead blocked?"

Hearing Aizan's words, Ogata hurriedly looked forward and saw many big trees falling on the road ahead, and the trunk of each tree was covered with thick snow. It was blocked to death.

"What's the matter with these trees?" Ah-Ming stared blankly at the trees blocking their way.

"These trees may have been washed down by an avalanche." Aizan explained, "This kind of thing is very common in the mountains. From time to time, an avalanche will happen and some trees will be washed away."

"It's really troublesome..." Ogata smiled wryly, "The horse can't jump over it...it seems that we can only take a long detour."

"I hope this detour won't take us too much time..." Aizan who was sitting behind Ogata agreed with a wry smile.

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First Army Camp, Commander's Camp

All the generals of the First Army are now gathered in the commander's camp.

As always, they sat on the mats one by one, sitting around the east and west sides of the exquisite sand table.

If you wear armor, it will be extremely inconvenient to sit on your knees, so in the ancient Japanese army, generals would not sit on their knees, but instead sat on a small horse.

"Ha..." Kuroda, who was sitting next to Qiuyue, yawned big and picked the dirt between his fingers.

After the yawn passed, Kuroda turned his head and asked Qiuyue beside him in a low voice:

"Qiuyue, let's guess why the military meeting was held so suddenly. I guess there may be some mission again."

"I don't guess about such a boring thing." Qiuyue said lightly.

"It's really boring." Although Qiuyue rejected him at the speed of light, Kuroda showed no sign of frustration on his face, and continued to pick at the dirt between his fingers to pass the time.

All the people in the camp silently waited for the arrival of Sheng Tianmu who suddenly summoned them.

call!

When everyone was bored doing various things and killing time, the curtain at the entrance of the camp was suddenly lifted.

All the generals followed the sound and turned their heads to see three figures appearing at the entrance of the camp.

The 2 figures in it are Sheng Tianmu and Mogami who are already familiar to everyone.

As for the third person, this person was not wearing any armor, but only ordinary civilian clothes. Compared with everyone present, he seemed a bit out of place.

But after this person appeared, the generals in the camp showed two completely different expressions.

Most people, such as Qiuyue and Kuroda, showed shock.

But a small number of people are puzzled.

The man in commoner clothes who followed Sheng Tianmu and Mogami into the room was none other than Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Those who showed doubts after seeing Matsudaira Sadanobu are those who have never met Matsudaira Sadanobu. Although they don't know who this person is, they can vaguely feel that this person is not from the material of the clothes and his personal temperament. ordinary people.

After Matsudaira Sadanobu and others entered, all the generals in the tent stood up one after another, and saluted Matsudaira Sadanobu and Sheng Tianmu who had entered the tent.

Matsudaira Sadanobu and Sheng Tianmu went straight to the main seat, and the two sat side by side.

As for Mogami, he sat on the west side of the sand table, just opposite to Qiuyue.

After being seated, Sheng Tianmu introduced to everyone in the tent... to be precise, he introduced who the person sitting next to him was to those who did not know what Matsudaira Dada Nobunaga looked like.

After learning that this well-mannered middle-aged man was that Matsudaira Jonobu, the doubtful expression on the faces of those generals who had just seen Matsudaira Jonobu quickly changed to a look of shock like Akizuki and the others. .

As for Qiuyue, he had recovered from the shock now, and began to wonder why Matsudaira Sadanobu was here.

Matsudaira Nobuobu is now in the barracks of their First Army. Qiuyue knew about it last night, but because of her low level, she has not been able to see Matsudaira Nobuobu.

As far as Qiuyue knew, Matsudaira Sadanobu should have left their first army barracks just now, went to the second army behind them, and joined the general Inamori. Why is he here?

Not only Qiuyue was puzzled, but Sheng Tianmu was also puzzled now.

Just now, Matsudaira Jonobu, who had already planned to leave, suddenly expressed that he was not in a hurry to leave after learning that the soldiers who were in charge of cleaning up Taketa Village were killed by someone with extremely high level of swordsmanship, and wanted to participate in this A military meeting was held as a result of this incident.

Although Sheng Tianmu was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

After introducing Matsudaira Takanobu, Sheng Tianmu cleared his throat, and then said loudly:

"Mogami, tell everyone about what you just discovered in Takta Village."

Sheng Tianmu, who has always been vigorous and resolute in doing things, didn't exchange any greetings with everyone, or make too many opening remarks, and directly cut to the chase.

After being called by Sheng Tianmu, Mogami responded with "yes", and then slowly told everyone on the scene about the astonishing change he had just discovered in Takta Village.

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"...I carefully examined each of the bodies."

"Almost all of the corpses were wounded to the face, throat and other vital points that cannot be protected by armor. Basically, everyone was killed with one blow."

"Judging from the shape of the wounds, these wounds were cut with samurai swords, and those mountain knives of Ezo can't cut such wounds at all."

"At the same time, judging from the technique and the shape of the wound, there may be only one person who killed all those soldiers..."

"So I think the person who beheaded those soldiers is most likely a person with extremely high sword skills."

Mogami used as short a sentence as possible to spit out what he had just discovered in Takta Village one by one.

After Mogami's voice fell, almost everyone's face was heavy.

In the current environment of long-term peace, not all the generals in the current coach's tent have excellent skills.

But even if they don't have excellent skills themselves, they also know how difficult it is to accurately hit the opponent's face, throat and other parts that are not protected by armor when confronting an opponent in armor.

If, as Mogami guessed just now, these 30 heavily armed soldiers were defeated by one person... then this person's level of swordsmanship is unimaginable.

"So what's the situation now?"

Suddenly, someone spoke.

The speaker was Tiandao Xun, one of the "Seven Guns of Xianzhou".

Unlike Qiuyue, who looks like a warrior, Tiandao is the kind of person who looks... very difficult to mess with.

Tiandao has a somewhat messy Tsukiyo head. On the top of his shaved head is a long scar from his forehead to the back of his head. It looks like a centipede is lying on top of his head, which looks extremely terrifying.

The eyes are too slender, like the eyes of a fox.

Even though he is a military general, his skin is extremely fair, giving people a feeling that if the sun shines on his skin, it might reflect light.

After Tiandao spoke, everyone turned their attention to Tiandao.

Tiandao seemed to enjoy the feeling that everyone was waiting for him to speak, grinning until the corners of his mouth almost touched his ears, and continued:

"So there was a samurai with a very high level of swordsmanship who killed all those soldiers?"

"It doesn't have to be us and people." Mogami replied softly, "It may also be Ezo who has learned our swordsmanship and used our katana swords. It is not something that Ezo can use our Japanese swordsmanship. Strange thing."

"Quack quack quack quack."

After Tiandao let out a series of his signature duck laughs, he cast a playful look at Mo Shang.

"Are you sure you read correctly? In fact, those soldiers were not killed by samurai swords, but by Ezo's mountain swords, and it was not just one person who killed those soldiers, but a large group of people."

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who can't even tell whether the wound was wounded by a samurai sword or an Ezo sword, and the approximate number of murderers?" Mogami's face showed sullenness.

Tiandao shrugged: "I'm just expressing reasonable doubts."

The conversation between Mogami and Tiandao made the atmosphere in the camp instantly tense like a bowstring.

But at this moment, Qiuyue suddenly spoke:

"...I'm curious as to why that mysterious swordsman wanted to kill all our soldiers."

"Was that mysterious swordsman invited by the Ezos to reinforce that Takta village, or to avenge the villagers of Takta village?"

"Or is it that the mysterious swordsman just happened to pass by that place, and then killed our soldiers for some reason?"

Qiuyue's sudden speech eased the already tense atmosphere.

"If that mysterious swordsman just happened to pass by that place, why did he suddenly attack our soldiers?" A general from the Morioka Domain asked back.

This general's question asked the questions in the hearts of many people present.

Anyone with a little brain knows what a person wearing a full suit of armor represents.

It is really hard for them to imagine what kind of person would have the courage to attack the country's generals.

"Could it be simply because of hatred for the shogunate?" Tiandao, who still had an uncomfortable smile on his face, spoke again, "There are quite a lot of such people."

"For some reason, I hate the shogunate, so after seeing the generals of the shogunate, I couldn't help but attack."

"Before that...ah, no. Isn't the famous executioner Iktosai the same kind of person? That executioner Iktosai is even crazier. He directly attacked Nijo Castle in Kyoto, shaking even the emperor."

Because everyone was seriously participating in the military discussion, no one noticed that Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression changed slightly after Tiandao spit out the title "Executioner Yidao Zhai".

"...Mogami, did you send someone to investigate around the village? Did you find any clues about the mysterious swordsman?" Kuroda, who rarely spoke at military meetings, rarely spoke at this time.

Mogami shook his head: "Nothing was found."

"Then it will be difficult." Kuroda sneered lowly, "I can't even find that mysterious swordsman."

"There is indeed no clue at the moment..." Mogami said in a deep voice, "But I don't think that even if there is no clue, the mysterious swordsman can't just be ignored."

"He killed so many of us, if he just swallowed his anger and ignored him, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

"And I think it is extremely necessary to find out the identity of the mysterious swordsman."