I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

One has only to listen carefully to hear many statements like this:

"What should we do next"

"It's time to surrender"

"The people outside the city seem to want our fortress and our land, why do we suddenly suffer such an unreasonable disaster?"

"It is said that there are tens of thousands of people outside the city, we can't fight it."

Remarks similar to this continue to appear everywhere in the crowd.

Although Ogata didn't quite understand the Ainu words, he could roughly guess what they were talking about from the tone of their voices.

The effect of Upanu's "surrender speech" today has actually exceeded Upanu's own expectations.

People who heard Upanu's "Surrender Speech" passed it on from one to another, and Upanu's thought of "Long Live Surrender" has spread unknowingly.

"Haha." Kunoya shrugged with a smile, "In fact, everyone was just scared by the sudden and powerful enemy."

"Our residents of Heyezhe are mainly divided into two parts: the 10 tribes who united together due to climate deterioration and went south to find a new home 4 years ago. And after Heyezhe was established, due to various People who moved in because of certain reasons, such as the China Village you are familiar with."

"The former accounted for the vast majority."

"Although I have not experienced the southward migration 10 years ago, I have heard that the southward migration 10 years ago was very heroic."

"It took countless sacrifices of blood and tears to finally find this livable land and build a new home on it."

Kunoya stomped the ground under her feet.

"Young man, everyone has a deep affection for this new home that has been built with great difficulty, far beyond your imagination."

"If they want to give up the land under their feet to others, few people will agree."

"Everyone is just a little scared and confused now."

"Now we only need one person who can dispel their confusion and ignite their fighting spirit."

Kunoa showed a meaningful smile at Ogata.

"I don't know if there is anyone who can dispel everyone's confusion and ignite everyone's fighting spirit."

"Look! Chanup is coming! Ainu language"

At this time, a loud shout sounded from somewhere not far from Ogata and Kunoa.

This shout immediately caused a chain reaction, and everyone turned their attention to the east of the "old place", and turned to a high platform made of wood and mud standing in the east of the "old place".

I saw the tall figure of Chanup standing on the high platform.

"Everyone, please be quiet!" Chanup yelled loudly.

After Chanup's shout fell, the noise slowly stopped.

Standing in the open space of more than a thousand people, it soon became silent.

All eyes were on the middle-aged man standing on the high platform, on the leader who had always been trusted by them.

The high platform at the foot of Chanup is about 5 meters high, and it was specially built to facilitate high-level officials like Chanup to give lectures in the "old place".

Seeing that the high platform was finally quiet, Chanup took a deep breath, and then shouted:

"Everyone, I believe you already know everything, right?"

"Just outside! Just outside this tall city wall! Thousands of people are watching!"

In order to let more than a thousand people under the high stage hear his words clearly, Chanup shouted every word with all his strength.

"They came very suddenly."

"They came to plunder, they came to occupy our land, to rob our home."

"According to the information we know so far, the Kazutos currently gathered outside the city are only a small part of the army they have launched."

"In order to plunder our homeland, the Kazuren mobilized a total of 1 troops this time, and the Kazuren gathered outside the wall are just their vanguard."

As soon as Chanup's words came out, there was an uproar in the audience.

Almost everyone looked at each other in horror.

"Eh?"

"One, 1 people?!"

"Are the Kazutos outside the city and outside the city just the vanguard?"

Chanup's words were like throwing a boulder into a pond, causing the pond to explode and cause a lot of ripples. The crowd that had been quiet became noisy again.

"What is Chanup doing?" A middle-aged man standing beside Lei Tannoe, who was a member of the "Battle faction" like Lei Tanuoe, asked Lei Tanuoe anxiously. "Doesn't his appearance make everyone more afraid?"

Retannoe ignored the middle-aged man beside him.He folded his arms and continued to look at Chanup with burning eyes.

Chanup glanced at the crowd under the high platform, then took a deep breath again:

"You must be very scared, right?"

Chanup's voice drowned out the clamor of the crowd.

Everyone who was attracted by Chanup's loud voice consciously stopped their noise and focused their attention on Chanup again.

"Everyone must be terrified."

Chanup no longer used interrogative sentences as before, but used affirmative sentences.

"I don't know what to do now."

"I don't know whether to stand up and resist, or choose to succumb to Heren's despotic power and surrender in Kaesong."

Chanup paused again.

After scanning the crowd under the high stage again, he said:

"Now I want to tell you two stories"

"Story 1 is the one I've been through."

Chanup, who suddenly said that he wanted to tell a story, naturally aroused everyone's doubts.

But when the people under the high stage became a little noisy again because of doubts, Chanup told his story in his loud voice:

"Since I don't know when, all kinds of rumors about me have spread everywhere."

There was a bit of self-deprecation in Chanup's tone.

"The most widely circulated and most heard rumor is probably the story that when I was young, I hired a killer to kill all the able-bodied men in the hostile village, right?"

"Nine out of ten of the rumors that are going around about me are completely false."

"But now I want to tell you a story that has not been widely circulated, but it is my own story that actually happened."

"I used to go to Herendi. When I was young."

As soon as Chanup said this, there was another uproar.

Many of Chanup's old acquaintances, including Retan Noe, now cast surprised glances at Chanup on the high platform.

"That was when I was 16."

Chanup continued.

"With the help of my friends, I left my tribe and went to the Matsumae Domain in Kazuto. I lived in the Matsumae Domain of Kazuto for half a year."

"In just half a year, I saw all kinds of novelty things that I hadn't seen in the past 16 years."

"I have seen Kazuto's farming life."

"I have seen the craftsmanship developed with people."

"I have seen the powerful force of Kazuren."

"At the same time, I also saw the lives of those naturalized Ezos."

"Everyone should be familiar with naturalized Ezo, right? That's the name of compatriots who were forced to live in Wajindi for various reasons."

"During the half a year of living in the Matsumae Domain, I met a naturalized Ezo."

"That is a strong girl. She is a descendant of the naturalized Ezo who has lived in Herendi for several generations."

"His great-grandfather used to be a member of a tribe who resisted the oppression of Heren, fought against Heren, and finally lost to Heren."

"After losing to Kazuto, in order to manage them more easily, the remaining members of their tribe were all moved into the Matsumae Domain and forced to become naturalized Ezo."

"As for these naturalized Azou, you should have heard more or less how they were treated by others, right?"

"They were forced to become naturalized Ezo. They could only wear Japanese clothes. They had to abandon their original names and take another Japanese name."

"If you speak our Ainu language, others will look at you strangely. They have to learn and speak Japanese language."

"I have seen many naturalized Ezo who have lived in Wajin for several generations. They obviously have Ainu faces, but they can't speak our Ainu language at all."

Ogata has been quietly listening to Chanup's speech.

After hearing Chanup's words just now, memories of the past slowly emerged in Ogata's mind.

He recalled the scene of this group related to "Naturalized Ezo" that he had witnessed when he and A-Machi were still in the Matsumae Domain.

At this time, Chanup's tone slowly became serious.

"But no matter how they dress up as Kazuto, they can't change their auntie's face."

"They have the face of the Ainu, and they only suffer discrimination in Katoji."

"Even if they put on Kazuto's clothes and took Kazuto's name, Kazuto people only regard them as apes who can wear clothes."

"Would anyone want to hire an ape who can wear clothes?"

"The friend I know is very lucky. She met a kind-hearted Kazuya who is willing to hire her as an apprentice in the clinic."

"But even so, not many people think highly of her."

"When I see her Ainu face, I will turn away, and I don't want to be treated by this kind of clothed ape."

"This is the treatment that the naturalized Einawa are treated in Heren Land."

"I was forced to abandon everything I had, and pretend to be Kazuto according to Kazuto's order."

"Little by little, generation after generation, slowly becoming a Kazuto."

"And now I'm going to tell another story."

"A story that many people present should be familiar with."

"A story from 10 years ago."

"Ten years ago, a sudden cold snap hit the north."

Chanup just said something, and many people including Retan Noe under the high stage changed their faces.

"Many people present should have been impressed by the cold snap."

"Since this fierce cold current hit, the climate has been directly changed by this cold current. Our original homeland has become extremely cold and difficult to live in. A large number of animals were frozen to death."

"In order to survive, our four tribes had to unite and go south to find a new home."

"It was a tough journey."

"We've had blizzards that turned the whole world white."

"We have been in danger of running out of food."

"We were taken advantage of by the settlements we passed along the way."

"Several times, we almost collapsed on the way to find a new home."

"But we made it through."

"In the face of these dangers, we all survived one by one!"

"Some people say: The reason why we survived is because of my command, my management, and my encouragement to everyone after they fell into desperation."

"Some people also say that the reason why we survived is because of luck."

"But none of that is actually true."

"The reason why we can survive is not because of me, nor because of luck, but because countless people are willing to sacrifice their own blood and lives for our survival."

"In the face of the blizzard, we hugged each other and used each other's body temperature to survive the severe cold. Countless people voluntarily sat on the outermost edge, exposing their backs naked to the wind and snow."

"Facing the danger of food depletion, countless people took up their bows and arrows and went deep into the unfamiliar jungle to hunt for food."