I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Very few people didn't even realize that Qiuyue and Kuroda passed by them.

Kuroda let out a long sigh: "Everyone is tired."

Their Sendai Fan army has always been the main attack of the First Army.

And in these 9 days, their first army participated in nearly 6% of the battles.

A common saying accurately sums up the normal state on the battlefield.

Days of hard fighting made the generals of the Sendai Army exhausted and their fighting spirit greatly reduced.

In addition, at the beginning, everyone thought that it would take only 3 or 4 days to break through the fortress.

But the gang of barbarians who were looked down upon by all of them blocked them for 9 days.

This huge psychological gap, this fortress that could not be conquered for a long time, also further hit their fighting spirit and morale.

As far as Kuroda knows, it's not just their Sendai Army.

This was the case with the troops of other feudal states of the First Army who had accompanied them in the 9th battle, as well as the troops of the Aizu Army of the Third Army. The air in the camp was no longer filled with high fighting spirit.

"I didn't realize how depraved our Sendai clan's samurai were before." Kuroda said with a wry smile, "But now after this battle, I deeply realize that our Sendai clan's samurai are also very depraved."

As soon as Kuroda's words fell, Qiuyue at the side showed a bitter smile, and said:

"I understand more and more that after taking over the position of the old middle-aged master, he will vigorously revitalize the samurai clan, encourage the samurai to restore the ancient style, practice literature and martial arts." Qiuyue said with a wry smile, "Now the samurai are indeed more and more It's out of shape."

"It's just a 9-day siege battle, and it's exhausted like this. In the troubled times of the Warring States Period 200 years ago, facing the powerful Oda Army, Toyotomi Army, and Takeda Army at that time, I'm afraid it will collapse at the first touch."

"Fortunately, the opponents we are facing now are just a bunch of barbarians who are not good at defending the city." Kuroda turned his body in a different direction, "Let's go, we are going back."

The tents where the two of them lived were located in the same direction.

However, before they returned to their respective tents, they suddenly received an order from Inamori to go to his camp to discuss matters.

Regarding Inamori's military order, the two of them naturally did not dare to neglect in the slightest.The two rushed to Daomori's camp as quickly as possible.

When the two came to Daomori's coach's tent, there were already a lot of people here, so not long after Qiuyue and the others arrived, the military discussion began.

"Everyone, today is another day when even the outer city walls of the barbarians have not been captured."

As soon as Daomori's deep voice sounded, many generals in the tent lowered their heads, for fear of meeting Daomori's eyes.

"The fortress that was originally scheduled to be taken within 5 days, now took a full 9 days. After these 9 days, not even a single city wall of the barbarians was breached."

"I'm going to tell you straight up now that we can't drag this on any longer."

"If this continues, even if the city is finally broken, this battle will become a disgrace to us."

"The world will not remember that we broke a Lucian fortress held by Ezo."

"I will only remember that we, with an army of 1, faced a group of barbarians with no more than a thousand people, and it took more than ten days to settle the opponent."

Inamori slapped the military equipment held in his right hand hard on his left.

There was a loud "pop", which startled some of the generals in the camp.

"tomorrow!"

While scanning the generals in front of him, Inamori said in a decisive tone.

"Tomorrow, break through this barbarian fortress!"

"at all costs!"

Inamori's words, picking out every word, seems to be able to smash a big hole in the ground.

All the generals in the battalion were shocked by Inamori's decisive words.

As soon as Inamori's voice fell, a veteran from the "direct line of the shogunate" immediately said loudly:

"Master Inamori! Send out the second army!"

"Whether it is the first army or the third army, after days of hard fighting, they are all exhausted."

"And the 5000 members of our second army have remained uninjured up to now and are full of energy."

"Judging from the battle situation in the last few days, it is not difficult to judge that those barbarians are now also exhausted by Tang Yang's hard fighting. The number of soldiers available for battle has dropped sharply."

"Use our uninjured second army to deal with the barbarians who are now exhausted and the number of soldiers has dropped sharply, and we will surely win in one battle!"

The veteran's words immediately made many generals of the First Army and the Third Army present dissatisfied.

But before they had time to say anything, a calm and sad male voice unceremoniously refuted the veteran's words.

"Send out the second army? There is no way to guarantee that the city can be captured within a day by dispatching the second army, right?"

As soon as the male voice sounded, no one dared to speak again.

Because the speaker was Matsudaira Sadanobu who was sitting next to Inamori.

Sadanobu Matsudaira doesn't know much about the art of war. Matsudaira Sadanobu, who has always regarded the phrase "professional people do professional things" as his standard, rarely speaks in military meetings these days, and rarely interferes with Inamori's command .

But no general dared to really use Matsudaira Sadanobu as a mascot. After all, if he wanted to, Matsudaira Sadanobu could directly call and drink to Inamori, and Inamori didn't even dare to fart.

After all, Inamori was originally single-handedly promoted by Matsudaira Sadanobu, no matter how courageous he was given, he would not have the courage to confront Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The sudden sound of Matsudaira Sadanobu immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the general camp.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was only wearing civilian clothes and no armor, put his hands on his legs, and then said slowly:

"Now that the battle is at this level, we have to admit that those barbarians are far more capable than we imagined."

"It is not wise to despise the barbarians because they are now exhausted and have fewer soldiers to fight."

"Even if the second army, which has not been injured so far, is dispatched, there is no guarantee that the city will be captured within a day tomorrow."

"Then..." At this time, a certain young general said cautiously, "How about we slow down the time limit? Instead, capture the city within two days."

"No." Matsudaira said without hesitation, "We don't have that much time now."

Having said that, Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his head and looked at Inamori beside him.

"Inamori-kun. Tell me about our current baggage situation."

"Yes." Inamori nodded solemnly, "Everyone, our army's current supply reserves are not enough to allow us to have any leeway to attack this fortress slowly."

"Master Inamori, what's wrong with the luggage?" A certain general asked anxiously.

Only Inamori, Matsudaira Sadanobu, and a very small number of generals know the details of the top secret of the army's luggage reserves.

Most of the generals don't know how the army's supplies are.

"Our country has just come out of the pain of famine at dawn." Inamori said slowly, "There are not many grain and grass reserves in the whole country."

"So the food and grass that can be transferred to supply my 1 army fighting is extremely limited."

"I have already obtained the current grain and grass reserves of our army this afternoon."

"Excluding the food and grass needed for the return journey, and the food and grass that must be kept in case of accidents, our army's current baggage is only enough for our army to fight for another 5 days."

As soon as Inamori said a word, everyone was shocked.

"5 days" didn't know who it was, and subconsciously let out a groan full of astonishment.

"Originally, according to our expectations, we only need 3 or 4 days to take down the Red Moon Fortress. This luggage reserve is completely sufficient." Inamori added, "But we never thought that this fortress would be far away. Tougher than we thought."

"So you all understand that we don't have enough time to dawdle now."

The atmosphere in the tent became tense at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this time, Matsudaira Sadanobu said again abruptly:

"And we can't forget Ogata Ittosai."

At this moment, not only the generals sitting in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu, but even Inamori who was sitting next to Matsudaira Sadanobu, also looked at Matsudaira Sadanobu with a bit of astonishment.

"Don't tell me you all forgot: Ogata Yidaosai forcibly broke through our army's blockade of the Red Moon Fortress before." Matsudaira Sadanobu glanced at everyone, "I still retain the original point of view and cannot rule out Ogata Yidaosai Possibility to call for reinforcements."

"We have to prepare for the worst, assuming that Ogata Isai has really gone to ask for reinforcements. And we have to capture the fortress before Ogata Isai brings reinforcements."

After quietly listening to Matsudaira's speech, Inamori couldn't help looking at Matsudaira for a few more times with astonishment.

He didn't know if it was his delusion, he always felt that Matsudaira Sadanobu seemed to have a slightly unusual concern for Ogata.

As for Inamori, who Ogata Isai was busy directing the battle, he forgot about this person early in the morning.

Even if Ogata Isai really went to ask for reinforcements as Matsudaira Sadanobu had guessed, Inamori didn't care: he didn't think Ogata Isai could invite reinforcements to defeat their 1 army.

But after all, it is impossible for Inamori to save face in public, so as soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's voice fell behind, Inamori immediately nodded in agreement:

"That's right. My lord is right, and I can't forget Ogata Yidao Zhai."

"In short, we have to do everything we can to end this battle that has taken us too much time as quickly as possible."

After Inamori reported the current status of their army's supplies, the atmosphere in the camp was different from before.

The generals looked at each other, exchanging their opinions in low voices.

But before they had time to communicate with each other, Inamori's voice sounded again.

"I already have an idea on how to capture the fort within one day tomorrow."

"The reason why I called everyone here at this time is mainly to announce the battle I have formulated for tomorrow."

"tomorrow"

Having said this, Inamori paused.

After taking a deep breath, he said loudly:

"Use firearms and blow down the city walls!"

"Use our cannons and cannons to blow down the wooden city wall! The barbarians' greatest support is the tall city wall. Once the city wall collapses, these barbarians will no longer be afraid."

As soon as Inamori finished speaking, he was immediately refuted by others.

The person who refuted him was Qiuyue.

Qiuyue frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Using firearms? It's detrimental to the honor of our warriors."

As soon as Qiuyue finished speaking, she immediately got the echo and approval of several generals.

Until now, firearms have been introduced to Japan for hundreds of years, but there are still many samurai who hold the idea that "firearms are magical skills" and "samurai should dance swords and guns, what kind of firearms should they use?" Qiuyue is one of them a member.

In addition to people like Qiuyue, there are other people who objected to the general's speech from different angles.

"Master Inamori! We haven't used firearms these days, isn't it because we don't want to blow up the city wall? If the city wall is blown down, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the city wall!"

Some people are against it, and of course some people are in favor of it.

"I agree with the use of firearms! If you continue to send troops to attack, it will not only take a lot of time, but also pay more casualties!"

"Damaging the honor of the samurai? If you can't take this fortress as soon as possible, it will be called damaging the honor of the samurai."

The camp, which was originally a little quiet, gradually became noisy.

The generals of various factions holding different views fought hard without giving an inch.

Inamori silently let all the generals in front of him argue until they all blushed and their necks were thick, and then Inamori said in a neutral tone:

"Okay, stop arguing!"

The tent fell silent instantly because of Inamori's words.

Inamori raised his hand and rubbed between his brows.

"The use of firearms to blow down the city wall will bring a very troublesome reconstruction work to us who will occupy this fortress later. Of course I know this."

"It is also because of this that I have not used firearms in the past 9 days."

"But it's not like it used to be."

"We don't have any leisurely time now to think about post-war reconstruction."

"You don't need to say any more. I've made up my mind."

"Crash down the city wall tomorrow!"

Crimson Moon Fortress, Kunoya's Clinic

"Ha ha ha ha"

A-Ming's thin panting became the only sound other than her breathing in the clinic.

A Ding, who was still holding a circle of sackcloth on his upper body, moved forward little by little while leaning on the wall, circling around the clinic hall