I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After untiing the bow on her back, Aisuma looked around.

"Huh? Mr. Tangshen, have you seen Otongpuyi?"

"Your brother? He hasn't come back." Tang Shen said.

"Did he not go home?" Aisuma was taken aback.

Tang God nodded.

"That's weird..." Aisuma muttered, "When I was maintaining order, I bumped into him and told him to go home... Where did he go wandering around... What a worry child..."

After all, Aisuma sat down not far from Tangshen, rubbing her sore legs because she hadn't rested since just now.

Tang Shen on the side glanced at Aisuma, then cleared his throat: "How is it? Did that guy named Upanu say anything?"

"When my father and I arrived, it was a little late. So we didn't hear anything."

Aisuma briefly told God Tang what she had seen and heard after accompanying Chanup to the "speech site" in Upanu just now.

After the announcement, Asuma let out a long sigh:

"I thought that Mr. Upanu, who had fought with Heren and had a blood feud, would definitely choose to fight to the end with Heren...I didn't expect..."

Tang Shen: "Huh? Has that Upanu ever fought with Kazuto?"

Aisuma nodded: "He participated in the 'Battle of Kunasili Menasi' three years ago."

Tang Shen gave a light "Oh" and said "That's it", and didn't ask any more questions——For this battle that ended in the Ainu's disastrous defeat, Tang Shen, who had lived in Matsumae for a long time, , naturally know...

Tang Shen didn't speak any more, just lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking.

And Aisuma, who was not familiar with Tangshen, also didn't make a sound, silently rubbing her sore legs.

It was not until a long while later that Tang Shen said quietly and abruptly:

"...Actually...surrender is not an unacceptable option..."

"Huh?" Aisuma looked at God Tang.

"If you fight head-on with Heren, your chances of winning are slim." Tang Shen continued, "Rather than fighting such a battle with such slim chances of winning, it is better to surrender...Although it may be humiliating and you may lose some freedom, at least you can live this way. ..."

Hearing Tang Shen's words, Aisuma instinctively wanted to refute.

But just as he opened his mouth slightly, he couldn't utter the words of refutation.

Because——Ai Suma didn't know what to say to refute Tang Shen...

After glaring at God Tang with complicated eyes, Aisuma closed her slightly parted lips again, lowered her head, and rubbed her legs intently, ignoring Tang God.

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Red Moon Fortress is half surrounded by a "ji" shaped river.The Red Moon Fortress and the "Ji"-shaped river that half surrounds it can just form a "Fan" character.

The north, east, and west are all broad rivers, and only the south is connected to the land.At the same time, only the south wall has gates that can be entered and exited.

Therefore, for the shogunate army, they only need to set up camp in the south of the Red Moon Fortress to block the only entrance and exit of the Red Moon Fortress and completely surround the Red Moon Fortress.

After the soldiers approached the city, the generals of the First Army quickly set up camps on the south side of the Red Moon Fortress, and set up a large number of surveillance posts to monitor every move of the Red Moon Fortress.

At this moment—almost all the monitoring posts saw: the gate of the Red Moon Fortress suddenly and slowly opened.

Three dog sleds drove out through the open gate, heading straight for the barracks.

According to the estimates of the soldiers monitoring the sentry post, there are about ten people sitting in these three dog sleds.

There was finally movement in the Red Moon Fortress—the soldiers monitoring the sentry sent the news to their general Gui Yizheng immediately.

Upon hearing the news, Gui Yizheng laughed loudly: "It seems that those barbarians should come to negotiate with us. Let them in! I want to hear what they have to say!"

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Although some people, headed by Retan Noe, disagreed with Chanup's proposal of "talking to someone" and thought it was just a waste of time, Chanup still insisted on his own opinion.

In the end, at Chanup's insistence, the envoy responsible for negotiating with Heren was dispatched.

The leader of the messenger group is a middle-aged man named Glock.

Not only can he speak Japanese, but he can be regarded as a "communicator", he understands the etiquette of communicating with others, knows how to deal with others, has a sharp tongue and a clever mind, so he was selected by Chanup as the leader of the envoy group, and he is fully responsible for communicating with others. negotiations.

Glock and his entourage were driving a dog sled, and in the blink of an eye, the gate of Kazuto's barracks was within reach.

After getting closer, Glock saw—a warrior dressed as a general, leading dozens of soldiers, standing under the gate.

This general and these dozens of soldiers are the "reception staff" sent by Gui Yizheng to receive Glock and others.

"We didn't come here with hostility!" Glock shouted at the "reception group" under the gate first, "We want to talk to you! Please let me see your general!"

The general in charge of receiving Glock and others looked at Glock for a few times with indifferent eyes, and said indifferently:

"You are welcome. Please allow us to check whether you are carrying a murder weapon."

After finishing speaking, the general involuntarily gestured to the dozens of soldiers behind him, who immediately surrounded Glock and the others, and then checked the bodies of Glock and the others.

Naturally, Glock felt extremely dissatisfied and displeased with Kazuto's slightly outrageous physical examination.

But he didn't have any capital to get angry, so he could only hold back.

After confirming that Glock and the others were not carrying weapons, the general waved at Glock:

"Come with me."

Under the leadership of the general, Glock and the others passed through the gate and walked slowly into the depths of the barracks.

Although he was mentally prepared, after driving a dog sled to the gate of Kazuto's barracks and looking at the seemingly endless military tents around him, Glock still couldn't help but feel fear and fear. Nervous and swallowed.

The performance of the entourage behind Glock was similar to that of Glock.

After walking all the way to the very depths of the barracks, Gui Yizheng's coach's tent finally appeared within his field of vision.

At this moment, outside the main tent, 100 soldiers with helmets and armor were arranged in a neat square in front of the tent.

This was a performance that Gui Yizheng had conceived on the spur of the moment—in order to frighten the group of envoys sent by the Red Moon Fortress.

And Gui Yizheng's performance was quite successful.

Looking at this neat phalanx, looking at the spears like a dense forest, looking at the pieces of armor reflecting the cold light under the sunlight, Glock and the others tried their best to cover up, but they still couldn't hide their fear and panic. .

After passing through the dense phalanx formed by the 100 soldiers and entering the commander's tent, Glock saw Gui Yizheng sitting in the chief seat holding a knife at his waist.

Gui Yizheng originally wanted to call all the generals in their first army over to make a big splash, but then he thought about it - it seemed a bit unworthy to mobilize so many troops for the sake of such a group of barbarian envoys.

So after weighing it over and over again, Gui Yizheng still decided to meet the barbarian envoys by himself, while the rest of the generals continued to do what they were responsible for.

After Glock and the others entered the tent, before they had time to make a sound, Gui Yizheng took the lead:

"I am General Gui Yizheng!"

Gui Yizheng, who was sitting upright in the Mazha, straightened his back and looked majestic.

"What's the reason for you to come here this time? There is no explanation, so I will not take it lightly!"

The entourage behind Glock was overwhelmed by Gui Yizheng with ample aura, their faces turned pale.

Glock, on the other hand, managed to maintain his composure, and after bowing to Gui Yizheng in a Japanese style without being humble or overbearing, he said in proficient Japanese:

"Lord Gui, we are here for peace!"

"We want to have a good talk with you guys!"

Just as Glock was about to continue, Gui Yizheng waved his hand and interrupted roughly:

"We have nothing to talk to you about."

"You guys don't keep benevolence and righteousness, and do all kinds of animal things. There is nothing we can talk about with you bunch of unrighteous rats."

"We must have some misunderstanding!" Glock said anxiously, "We have never incited the townspeople of Matsumae Castle! We have never done such a thing! It must be a misunderstanding! We would like to assist you in investigating together!"

As a general qualified to command an army of 3000, Gui Yizheng naturally knew that the "Naturalized Ezo Riot" that occurred in Matsumae Castle had nothing to do with the Red Moon Fortress.They just poured this dirty water on the Ainu people in the Red Moon Fortress as an excuse to start a war.

Gui Yizheng, who knew that they were just throwing dirty water, was even less likely to admit that Red Moon Fortress was innocent.

"Misunderstanding?" Gui Yizheng sneered, "You are still sophistrying! Since you don't have the slightest awareness to admit your crime, then I have nothing to talk to you about."

Looking at Gui Yizheng who got up and left, Glock was taken aback, and quickly said:

"Lord Gui! Please wait!"

Gui Yizheng looked at Glock's terrified expression with great interest—their terrified expressions gave Gui Yizheng a different kind of pleasure.

"I have nothing to discuss with you!" Gui Yizheng sat back, "You either surrender the city, or wait to suffer our wrath, there is no other option!"

The generals headed by Commander-in-Chief Inamori had already expected it—the barbarians from the Red Moon Fortress were very likely to come to them for peace talks.

Previously, Inamori had already discussed with Gui Yizheng that if the barbarians of the Red Moon Fortress came to peace talks, they would not accept all options other than Kaesong's surrender.

They spent astronomical amounts of money to launch this expedition.

The purpose of their expedition this time is to take the exclusive Red Moon Fortress located in a dangerous position.

If the Red Moon Fortress cannot be taken, then no matter what conditions the barbarians of the Red Moon Fortress offer, it will not be enough to make up for the loss of their expedition.

At this moment, Gui Yizheng was only acting on the orders of Daomori.

For Gui Yizheng with such a tough attitude, Glock was so anxious that his face was covered with cold sweat, but he still expressed their request tremblingly.

"Lord Gui, we sincerely want to restore peace with you!"

"Hmph." Gui Yizheng sneered, "Since you really want to restore peace, don't waste time and surrender quickly."

The cold sweat on Glock's body has already wet his clothes...

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After dispatching the dead group headed by Glock, the top executives of the Red Moon Fortress headed by Chanup gathered in a small room, waiting for the return of the messenger group.

Although there are people like Retan Noe who have no hope for the peace talks, there are also people who have strong hopes for the peace talks.

After everyone's hard waiting, finally—the envoys came back, much sooner than they expected.

Glock and the others came back with dejected looks on their faces.

Looking at the dejected Glock and not allowing Glock to speak, Chanup and the others already understood the result.

Glock succinctly informed Chanup and others of the negotiation process just now.

Their negotiations can be described in one word—failure.

Before Glock set off, Chanup told Glock that their biggest bargaining chip for peace talks failed to impress Gui Yizheng at all.

No matter what Glock said, no matter what conditions were offered, Gui Yizheng's attitude was extremely tough, and he refused to accept all options other than surrender.

After Glock's report was over, Chanup's face sank, with a hint of resentment and anger emerging from his face.

But while his face became gloomy, a ray of light appeared in Chanup's pupils.

After listening to Glock's report, Retannoe slapped his thigh and shouted:

"Look! Kazuto doesn't want to make peace with us at all! They just want to destroy us."

As soon as Lei Tannoe's words fell, the rest of the main fighters responded one after another.

"That's right! You shouldn't waste your time on peace talks with Kazuto!"

"What bullshit is inciting their townspeople, I think they just found an excuse to start a war with us, the purpose is to snatch our land."

"Fight them!"

When the main fighters were excited, Upanu's voice sounded inappropriately:

"You crazy people, do you want to die so much?"

It was fine that Upanu didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, he hooked the anger of Retannoe and others.

Faced with the abuse of Retannoe and others, Upanu was not to be outdone.

Unsurprisingly—the main battle faction and the main surrender faction quarreled again.

But what is different from the past is that as soon as the main combat faction and the main surrender faction quarreled, Chanup said in a calm tone:

"Stop arguing."

Whether it is the main combat faction or the main surrender faction, they all slowly stopped the scolding at this time, and turned their surprised eyes to Chanup.