I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"I am incompetent. Facing a group of barbarians, I have no results for 2 consecutive days."

"No need to apologize." As soon as Gui Yizheng finished speaking, Daomori shook his head and said, "This is not your fault."

"Although the opponent is a barbarian, he is sitting on such a tall fortress with two walls."

"Facing an opponent who occupies a favorable location, it is naturally difficult to deal with."

"What's more, they have experts who are good at defending the city to help them."

"And your first army is composed of the vassal armies of the northeast vassals, and their combat power is not strong."

"It's not easy to be able to make it like this."

Hearing Daomori's relief, Gui Yizheng finally looked better.

"Although this fortress is much tougher than we imagined, it is actually not a big trouble." Inamori turned his gaze back to the fortress in the distance, "No matter how strong their fortress is, their No matter how powerful the experts are, it can't change the fact that they are few in number and poorly equipped."

"A large part of the reason why we fought so hard these two days is because the generals of our first army are too weak."

"Switching to a strong force, the result should be very different."

"Master Inamori," Gui Yizheng said tentatively, "Do you mean to wait for the Third Army to wait for the Aizu Army?"

Inamori smiled wryly at this moment:

"Although I am very unwilling to face this fact, I have to admit that the strength of the Aizu army is higher than that of our shogunate army."

"I don't want to spend too much time on a bunch of barbarians. When Aizu comes, let the Aizu army take over from your first army."

"Shoot this barbarian fortress in one go!"

"But" Gui Yizheng said softly, "The Aizu Army won't arrive until tomorrow morning."

"So let's wait slowly now." Inamori nodded, "Wait for the Aizu Army to join us."

"Master Inamori!"

At this time, a general ran towards Inamori with joy on his face.

"What's the matter?" Inamori asked.

"Hui, Aizu is here!" The general suppressed the ecstasy on his face, "Master Gamo, the third army general, is waiting at the South Yingkou now!"

"Aizu is here?" Rao Yi Inamori, with his strong concentration, still couldn't help showing a shocked expression after hearing the news, "Didn't he say before that he would not arrive here until tomorrow morning? "

Holding the saber at his waist, Daomori hurried to the Nanyingkou of Daying, and Gui Yizheng naturally followed closely behind.

As soon as he arrived outside Nanyingkou, Inamori saw Gamo's young face that he hadn't seen for a while, and the Aizu army behind Gamo holding high the military flag embroidered with "Aizu Sankui".

"Kamo-kun!" Inamori hurried up to meet him, and walked up to Gamo, "You said in the letter before that you will not arrive here until tomorrow morning, and you are much earlier than the time you said in the letter. . Are you on a hasty march?"

"I heard that the battle on the front line is tense, and the barbarians are more resistant to fighting than expected." Gamo said seriously, "So I led the troops to speed up the march a little."

"But please rest assured, Inamori-sama, we Aizu samurai are all strong men, so just speeding up a little bit won't make us tired enough to be unable to move for several days."

Inamori raised his eyes and looked at the Aizu generals behind Gamo, although all of them looked tired, but all of them looked resolute.

"Kamo-kun. It's just in time for you to come." Inamori raised his hand and patted Gamo's shoulder, "Come on, let's get into the camp first."

next day

The 5th day when Ogata left the Red Moon Fortress

The sun had just risen from the horizon, and Lin Ziping, accompanied by Chanup, went up to the inner city wall to observe the movement of the army outside the city.

After 2 days of fighting, whether it is the inner city wall or the outer city wall, there is now a faint smell of blood.

"Mr. Lin, look." Chanup said, "The peace army has started to leave the camp and gather."

Lin Ziping nodded lightly: "Let everyone get ready? No, there is something wrong with the Hejun outside the city."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Ziping stopped abruptly, then narrowed his eyes, staring at the troops gathered outside the city in the open space between the Red Moon Fortress and the barracks.

"It's not quite the same as the army's flag!"

After taking a closer look, Lin Ziping suddenly found out that the "something wrong" with the army that he had noticed just now was what was wrong and the flag was different.

At this moment, the peace army outside the city no longer held the military flags of the various northeastern feudal clans.

Instead, they hold a unified flag and a unique "Aoi Banner" that is slightly different from the "Shamrock" of the Edo Shogunate.

As a scholar who has traveled all over the world, Lin Ziping is no stranger to this sunflower flag.

"Aizu Sankui," Lin Ziping murmured palely, "I'm really afraid of something."

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Chapter 557 The Guardian of Aoi and the Sword 【5300 words】

Red Moon Fortress, outside the city, Third Army Aizu Army, main formation

"Is this the Red Moon Fortress?" Gamo, who was not tall, stood in front of his horse, with one hand holding the sword at his waist, and the other hand on his hip.

"Apart from the two city walls, there doesn't seem to be anything special about it. In terms of ease of defense and difficulty of attack, it should not be as good as our Edo Castle." Speaking of this, Gamo put on a mocking tone, "Facing the In such a fortress, the members of the First Army have not achieved anything for 2 consecutive days?"

"Heh, I thought that the First Army had troops from the Sendai Domain in command, and the combat effectiveness should not be that bad. I didn't expect it to be like that."

After mentioning the "First Army", Gamo's thoughts drifted back to last night involuntarily

last night

"Master Inamori, I understand the specifics."

Inamori's commander's tent was extremely crowded at this time because it was the first time that the generals of the 3st, [-]nd, [-]rd and [-]rd armies had gathered together since the troops officially set off.

Compared with the first army and the second army, the generals of the third army or the Aizu army seem a bit dusty.

However, despite the dust and dust, they all looked resolute without exception.

Just now, Inamori succinctly explained to Gamo his future battle plan. Inamori, who didn't want to spend any more time on those barbarians, planned to let the Aizu Army take over the "main attack" seat.

Gamo gave the above answer without hesitation after listening to the brief description of Inamori's order.

"Are you really all right?" Although he expected that Gamo would agree without hesitation, Inamori couldn't help asking Gamo, "Your Aizu army just went on a quick march, right? Let you participate in it the next morning." In the attack, won't you be too reluctant?"

"No." Gamo replied without thinking again, "This level is nothing to us in Aizu!"

"Master Inamori, please rest assured and leave it to us in Aizu!"

"Other things, I can't guarantee."

"But it's about daring to guarantee that we in Aizu will take down the outer city wall of the Red Moon Fortress within one day!"

Pu Sheng's words caused an uproar in the coach's tent.

For the samurai who value reputation and bravery, Gamo's rhetoric has attracted a lot of admiration.

But at the same time, it also attracted some strange eyes and sneers.

"Heh." A sneer sounded inappropriately, "Master Gamo, let me remind you that the barbarians in that fortress are not easy to deal with."

"Their iron cannons are very powerful, and they now have a master who is good at defending the city to help out. The outer city wall of the Red Moon Fortress is not so easy to attack."

Pu Sheng turned his head to look at the person who spoke. Pu Sheng recognized him. This man was a general of the Yonezawa clan.

Gamo was not annoyed after listening to the obvious thorny words of the general.

He just twitched the corner of his mouth and let out a sneer.

"Then you are optimistic about it." Gamo's sneer turned into a confident smile, "See with your own eyes the prestige of our Aizu clan, whether it is made or blown!"

After finishing speaking, Gamo patted the Taidao on his waist and his favorite sword: "Lei Zou."

time back to now

"Master Gamo."

A sad and calm male voice suddenly came into Pusheng's ears, making Pusheng's thoughts get rid of memories and return to reality.

The speaker is one of Gamo's confidantes.

"All the troops are in place." The confidant said slowly, "An attack can be launched at any time."

"Okay." Gamo nodded lightly, "Then let's start."

Gamo put his hand on the long and amazingly curved Taidao Lei Zou at his left waist, slowly pulled it out, and held it high above his head.

"attack!"

Pu Sheng slashed the thunder in his palm downward, as if he wanted to split the city in front of him into two halves.

Red Moon Fortress

"Hello, Mr. Lin." Lei Tannoe now also called Lin Ziping "Mr. Lin". "Is this army outside the city really so powerful?"

Just now, Lin Ziping suddenly summoned Retannoe and others through the mouth of Chanup.

As soon as Lei Tannoe and the others arrived, Lin Ziping directly told them that the peace army outside the city would be replaced by other troops to attack them.And this new force is extraordinary.

It is impossible for Lei Tannoe not to murmur about Lin Ziping's sudden seriousness in saying such an unexpected thing.

As soon as Lei Tannoe's words fell, Lin Ziping said in a low voice without thinking:

"It's very powerful. The army outside the city can be said to be famous far and wide among us and Rendi."

"Although I haven't seen the fighting posture of this army with my own eyes."

"But to be so heavily relied upon by the Edo shogunate, and to spread such a reputation so quickly, it's unlikely that he would be someone who does not deserve his name."

"All in all, don't take it lightly!"

Lin Ziping's solemn expression seemed to freeze the air around him, and the hearts of the people around him couldn't help but tense.

At this moment

Woo!Woo!Woo!Woo!

Conch Sheng, who had been used to hearing it these days, suddenly attacked everyone's eardrums at this time.

"Are you here?" Chanup standing beside Lin Ziping, with a sullen face, turned his eyes to the army holding the "Aizu Sankui" which slowly moved outside the city with the sound of the conch.

"He is here! He is here!"

"Ready! Everything is ready!"

"It's the same as the previous two days! Stab those who climbed up and people down!"

Remarks similar to this kept ringing on the inner and outer city walls.

Just now, Lin Ziping asked Lei Tannoe and others to spread the reminder that "the Heren outside the city are different from the past, they are elite troops among the Heren, and should not be taken lightly" throughout the inner and outer city walls.

However, even after hearing this reminder, many people still look smug.

The smoothness of the battle in the first two days gave everyone great encouragement and confidence.

Everyone's confidence in keeping their homes is now at an all-time high.

Everyone believed that they would be able to do what they did in the previous two days, making Kazuto unable to even climb the city wall.

But it didn't take long for the "smugness" on some people's faces to slowly dissipate

"Hey, the movements of the Kazuto outside are really different from the Kazuto before."

"that is true"

The people with the highest height, the best view, and the first to attack the inner city wall were the first to discover the difference between the Heren outside the city and the previous Heren.

At this moment, the group of Heren outside the city, holding a unified military flag, carrying wooden shields, and under the cover of their own archers, rushed to the outer city wall at a fast pace, but the order was not messy.

Soon, Kazuto outside the city, under the cover of projectiles and arrows, went to the foot of the outer city wall, set up a long ladder, and officially started the attack on the Red Moon Fortress.

"Get off!" A young clansman fiercely stabbed the spear in his hand at Kazuto who had just climbed up the long ladder.

The young clansman thought that he could stab the Kazuto who had just climbed up like he stabbed countless Kazutos in the previous two days, but the scene presented to him next made the young man couldn't help feeling His eyes widened in astonishment.

The Kazuto turned sideways nimbly, dodging the spear, and then aimed at the clansman who hadn't had time to put away the spear, and slashed down the sword in his hand.

Unless you are a master of using a sword, it is not designed for "piercing armor", and it is impossible to cut through armor no matter what.

However, the Ainu happen to be a people without armor.

It may take a little effort to cut armor with a knife, but it is easy to use for cutting flesh and blood.

I saw a slanting light passing over the body of the young clansman.

Blood splattered immediately after the knife light.