I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After the light of the knife was completely swept away, the upper body of the young clansman had a huge knife wound from the left shoulder to the right abdomen, blood and internal organs flowed out along the huge wound.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The young clansman fell to the ground, clutching the wound on his upper body, and let out a scream that made the listener get goosebumps.

As for the Kazuto who seriously injured the young clansman with one blow, he ignored the enemy who had lost the ability to resist and was not far from death, but raised his knife and looked for the next opponent.

Similar scenes kept appearing all over the outer city wall.

"Quick! Stab all these guys who climbed up!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

"Hey! Get some help here! We can't stop it!"

"Ugh! My head"

At the beginning of the battle, whether it was the commanders headed by Chanup on the inner city wall or the ordinary people on the outer city wall, they all quickly discovered the extraordinary nature of the incoming Kazuren.

Whether it's skill or will to fight, they are not comparable to those of the previous two days.

Not long after the battle started, the Aizu warriors who climbed up successfully occupied a small area on the outer city wall and built a stronghold that could steadily send troops upward.

"Shoot arrows over there!" Lin Ziping ordered loudly to the dozen or so shooters beside him, "Shoot those and people who have built strongholds!"

"Come here with 20 people! This side is about to fall!" Chanup ordered loudly, "Retannoe, go to the city wall and bring 80 reserve troops here, just in case!"

Since the beginning of the battle, in order to fight against today's extremely powerful army, the commanders headed by Chanup have been far more busy than before.

It's just that even with the strenuous command of Qianup and the others, as well as the strenuous resistance of the people on the wall, they still can't reverse their slightly disadvantaged battle situation.

Third Army Aizu Army, Honjin

"The battle situation is as I expected." Gamo, who was observing the battle situation with a telescope, slowly put down the binoculars in his hand, "The troops of the Sendai domain and other domains, facing this level of barbarians, have no results for 2 consecutive days?"

Gamo, who usually doesn't have much expression, now has a rare sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

He looked at the fortress in the distance.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the Taidao on his left waist.

There was a thoughtful look on his face.

The whole army

As soon as the battle started, Inamori was already standing on a high slope with a good view, observing the battle with binoculars.

Looking at the situation where the Aizu army had the upper hand on the outer city wall, Inamori couldn't help showing a happy smile.

"As expected of Aizu." Inamori said, "I was not disappointed."

The top generals of the First Army and the Second Army are standing behind Inamori now, accompanying Inamori to observe the battle situation.

Hearing what Inamori said just now, the faces of the generals of the First Army, especially the generals from the Sendai Clan, such as Akizuki and Kuroda, all darkened.

The generals of the First Army felt aggrieved in a word.

They stormed for 2 days, but there was nothing they could do about the Red Moon Fortress. The Aizu Army gained the upper hand when they launched an attack on the first day.

This strong contrast is very cruel and directly shows that the combat power of the First Army is far inferior to that of the Aizu Army.

This made the generals of the First Army extremely aggrieved.

Akizuki and Kuroda, the generals from the Sendai clan who have always regarded the Aizu clan as their opponents, feel even more aggrieved to the point where it is difficult to describe in words

And some of the generals of the Second Army, who have been fishing for a living these days, secretly cast mocking and gloating glances at the generals of the First Army at this time.

The Second Army is 5000 direct descendants of the shogunate, so the generals of the Second Army are all direct descendants of the shogunate.

As direct generals of the shogunate, they already had a slight sense of superiority over the generals of the First Army, which was composed entirely of vassal troops.

Naturally, they would not let go of this rare opportunity to ridicule the First Army to their heart's content.

Qiuyue, one of the only remaining "Seven Guns of Xianzhou" in "Che", whose upper body was still wrapped in thick linen, felt the mocking gazes from the generals of the Second Army, and turned her head away, trying not to pay attention to those human gaze.

Red Moon Fortress, Chanup's residence

The family of Chanup, Aisuma, and Otunpuyi are now all participating in the frontline battles in different ways.

But Chanup's residence hasn't gone empty.

Because God Tang still lives here.

At this moment, Tang Shen was shrinking in the corner of the house, looking at the ground in front of him expressionlessly, as if in a daze.

It wasn't until there was a loud shout of killing from the south that Tang Shen's expression finally changed.

"This time the noise is so loud." Tang Shen turned his head and looked outside the house, looking towards the south where the loud noise came from.

As if by a magic trick, after turning his head to look south, the expression on Tang Shen's face changed several times.

First, the expressionless face.

Immediately afterwards, his brows were slightly frowned, and a look of unbearable expression appeared on his face.

In the end, the unbearable look turned into helplessness.

Tang Shen raised his hand.

Gently stroking the thick and long crutch placed by his side.

The onslaught of the Aizu Army continued until noon.

No matter how well the Aizu samurai could fight, they couldn't fight with iron.

After nearly an hour and a half of onslaught, the movements of the Aizu samurai had obviously become sluggish.

So, after the sun was high in the sky, Gamo gave the order to retreat.Let the generals under your command withdraw for lunch, and use this stall for lunch to rest.

On the inner and outer walls of the Red Moon Fortress, the clansmen stared blankly at the retreating Aijin Army with somewhat dazed eyes.

"The Peace Army Has Retired"

"Finally retreated"

"But it's just a temporary retreat. I'll call back in the afternoon."

"Hey! A few people here to help! This guy will die if he doesn't get treated! Hurry up and take him for treatment!"

"Here too! There are a lot of wounded! Hurry up and take them to treatment!"

At this moment, after Heren retreated, there was no atmosphere of joy and confidence on the inner and outer city walls as before.

There's only blood, anxiety, and fear in the air

Chanup glanced at the outer city wall. According to his visual inspection, this morning, in just one morning, the casualties probably equaled the total casualties of the previous two days.

Retannoe beside "Chanup" muttered in a low voice, "There are heavy casualties."

"Hurry up and treat the wounded now." Chanup said in a deep voice, "Go to the city wall and bring some people up, and quickly carry the wounded down."

"The peace army outside the city is different from the previous peace army. It will not be surprising when he launches an attack again."

"Let's all have a quick lunch and take a break."

Third Army Aizu Army, Honjin

Gamo was sitting on his saddle, eating the rice ball in his hand with big mouthfuls.

He lived and ate whatever the soldiers lived and ate. This is Gamo's philosophy that he has always adhered to.

As the general of the 2000 Aizu Army, he didn't eat any delicacies from mountains and seas, and just like ordinary soldiers, he ate the most ordinary rice balls with no holes in them.

For rice balls, there has always been a custom that I don’t know when it started. That is, before eating rice balls, put the rice balls on the fire and roast them. After the rice balls are burnt a little, the burnt taste can make the boring rice balls more. Taste, but also can play some appetizing effect.

Gamo especially likes this burnt rice ball.

When Gamo was nibbling on the rice ball in his palm, one of his confidants suddenly rushed towards him from his side.

"Master Gamo! Master Inamori has sent a message!"

"What did Inamori-sama say?" Gamo asked.

"It's nothing. I just praised our Aizu army for being very brave and did not disappoint him. I hope we will continue to work hard."

"Do you want to keep working hard?" Gamo shrugged, "You can tell Daomori a word for me, and I will surely hang my life. Before today's sun sinks into the ground, I will definitely capture the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress!"

The confidant showed surprise: "Take down the outer city wall of the Red Moon Fortress within today? Wouldn't that be too much of a stretch?"

"Although those barbarians are not to be feared. But please forgive me and say that it is somewhat impossible to take down the outer city wall of the Red Moon Fortress in one day."

"I know." Gamo replied without hesitation, "If you follow the normal style of play this morning and keep fighting until the sun goes down, you probably won't be able to win this Red Moon Fortress."

"so"

Gamo slowly stood up from the saddle.

With the eyes that shot out the cold light, he looked at the fortress in the distance.

"This afternoon, I will personally lead the army to attack the city!"

Let me tell you a little story about the creation of this book.

The author likes that kind of tragic story, so at the end of the Tokugawa period, even after the last shogun of the Edo Shogunate had surrendered, the story of Aizu Fan still trying to mend the cracks in the sky and save the building from falling is quite poignant to the author. .

The battle of the Red Moon Fortress in this volume, part of the prototype, is the battle that Aizu Fan faced with the fallen army, which was like hitting a stone with a pebble, but still fought to the end

The author Jun once thought of creating a collection of short stories to describe the story of the Aizu clan at the end of the Bakumatsu.The guardian of Aoi and the sword with the name in mind.But the author obviously doesn't have the spare energy to write this collection of short stories recently, so I don't know when I will have the opportunity to write this collection of short stories

Chapter 558 Tai Sword VS Japanese Sword! 【6000 words】

Red Moon Fortress, Rescue Area

"Kunoya! This guy is dying! Hurry up and save him!"

"Kunoya! A few more dying people have been sent here."

"Kunoya"

"I got it!" Kunoya, who had always treated everyone calmly during this time, showed a rare expression of impatience at this time, "Take your time one by one! Can only heal one person!"

As the person with the best medical skills in the Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya naturally shoulders the heaviest responsibility and the hardest work.

Although Kunoya is a "non-combatant" who is not responsible for facing the battle, but at this time, she also deduces that today's battle is incomparable based on the number of injuries that is nearly double that of the previous two days. hard

After finishing the treatment for a young man with a broken arm in front of her, Kunoya shouted to the two assistants and two young girls who were tired and tired:

"Okay! Bandage this guy's wound!"

After leaving this order, Kunoya rushed to another injured patient who was in urgent need of treatment without any rest.

While running towards another injured patient who was in urgent need of treatment, Kunoya couldn't help turning her head to look at the inner city wall to the south not far away.

"What the hell is Chanup doing? Why are there so many injuries today?" She muttered softly in an unhappy tone.

Right now

Red Moon Fortress, inner wall

"All in all, that's it." Lin Ziping spoke in fluent Ainu, while scanning Chanup and others in front of him, "Compared with the peace army outside the city, the biggest advantage of our side is that Superb archery cultivated through years of hunting."

"According to my observation these days, there are not many archers in the Hejun outside the city."

"Samurai nowadays are generally not in good shape. Most of the warriors would rather spend their energy on the women in Huajie than on practicing martial arts."

"Nowadays, there are very few warriors who are capable and willing to settle down to learn archery."

"So there are not many archers in the Hejun outside the city, which is also within my expectation."

"And we still have the advantage of the city wall, so when it comes to shooting, we still have a slight advantage."

"In war, there are two principles that must be followed."

Lin Ziping raised two fingers.

"Concentrate forces as much as possible, use more to fight less. And use your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses."

"You are not good at melee combat. If you engage in hand-to-hand combat with the peace army outside the city, you will become the most stupid attacking the enemy's strengths with your own weaknesses."

"So if we want to fight against the Aizu army, our best solution is to further increase the number of shooters on the inner wall and suppress it with arrow rain."

"Isn't there any powerful tactics that can be used to deal with that Aizu army?" At this time, someone asked.

Lin Ziping shook his head: "The tactic is just to make it easier for people to fight."

"My current defensive configuration is already the optimal deployment in our current situation where we lack defensive weapons."

"There are no more powerful tactics and deployments."

"If I want to counter the Aizu army, I can't think of any other way except to increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers as much as possible."