I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After having a backbone, the generals gradually returned to their proper state, performing their duties and gathering the remnants who had been scattered in various places.

After a few days, 6000 generals and some luggage that were discarded on the road have been successfully collected.

As soon as the young general finished speaking, there were several voices of echo:

"Yes! My lord! We can fight again!"

"The disastrous defeat a few days ago was nothing more than a surprise attack by that executioner Yi Dao Zhai! If we fight again, we will definitely not repeat the same mistakes! We will definitely win in one battle!"

"My lord! Let's fight again!"

……

Matsudaira Sadanobu did not interrupt these people's speeches, but quietly put his hands on his legs, and tapped his right thigh rhythmically with his right index finger.

After allowing these generals to speak generously, Matsudaira Sadanobu said in a calm tone:

"Fight again? Have you guys taken a good look at the state of these remnants that have been gathered now? Do you think there is still a way for such troops to fight again?"

Song Ping Dingxin's word made the group of people who had just threatened to "fight again" choke.

"The morale of the whole army is completely drained. If they are asked to launch a new attack on the Red Moon Fortress, I'm afraid they will directly mutiny." Matsudaira Sadanobu continued, "And have you thought about the problem of the supply?"

"When the whole army fled, they discarded a lot of luggage, including a lot of food and grass."

"Based on our army's current reserves, it is no longer enough for our army to launch a new offensive."

"Taking advantage of the current supply reserves, it is still enough for the remaining troops to withdraw to the mainland, and retreating as soon as possible is our best option at present."

As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's words fell, a somewhat hoarse shout suddenly sounded:

"Master Lao Zhong! Are we really going to retreat like this? We have suffered such a great humiliation because of the executioner's knife, are we really going to retreat like this?"

Everyone in the camp, including Matsudaira Sadanobu, all focused their attention on Gamo, the owner of the shout.

From a certain point of view, Gamo's experience during this time can be regarded as a blessing in disguise. As a general of the Aizu Army, he has been recuperating in the rear since he was seriously injured by Shendu, so he perfectly matched Ogata's surprise attack And pass.

After the army was defeated, Gamo, who had not recovered from his injuries, kept supporting himself to gather the defeated soldiers, and made great contributions to the gathering of the defeated soldiers.

Because he was the general of the Aizu Army, Gamo sat very close to Matsudaira Jonobu.

After everyone focused their eyes on him, Gamo, whose cheeks were flushed with emotion, continued to speak loudly:

"My lord, we have paid a huge price for the crusade against the Red Moon Fortress! I am really unwilling to retreat like this!"

These days, in addition to gathering the remnants, Sadanobu Matsudaira has also been in charge of the statistics of casualties.

It is difficult to count the casualties of ordinary soldiers, but it is easy to count the casualties of generals.

Not counting the loss of ordinary soldiers and supplies, the casualties of the generals alone are extremely heavy...

There are as many as 9 generals with names and surnames who have been confirmed to have died under Ogata's sword, headed by Inamori.

With such a heavy loss, it is really unacceptable for Gamo to return without success in the end.

Gamo's shouting just now can be said to have shouted out the aspirations of many people present.After Gamo's words fell, many people showed mournful or painful expressions.

"... Gamo-kun." Matsudaira Sadanobu said calmly, "I can understand your feelings."

After finishing speaking, Matsudaira Sadanobu raised his head and looked around.

"Everyone, I hope you all understand that I don't want this battle to fail than anyone else here."

"But the fact is so cruel that we have been defeated and have to retreat. No matter how unwilling you are to accept this fact, it is useless."

Gamo opened his mouth, as if he wanted to refute Matsudaira Sadanobu.

But after opening and closing his lips for a long time, Gamo finally closed his mouth tightly, and lowered his head with a dejected expression.

"It's all gone."

Sadanobu Matsudaira stood up from the saddle with his expression still calm.

"Everyone, continue to follow the plan."

"After gathering the remnants for another 2 days, the whole army will retreat."

After all, Matsudaira Sadanobu took the lead and walked out of the camp with his hands behind his back.

As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu left the camp, his nickname Tachibana immediately greeted him.

"Tachibana, let's go."

"Yes."

Under the escort of the guards, Matsudaira Sadanobu walked with Tachibana one after the other on the way back to the camp where they lived.

Halfway through, Matsudaira Sadanobu suddenly asked Tachibana behind him:

"Tachibana, what's the matter? Are you also dissatisfied with my order to retreat the whole army?"

"No!" Tachibana hurriedly said immediately.

"Tachibana." Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his head and glanced at Tachibana, "Your expression has already expressed your thoughts."

"?!" Lihua was startled, pursed her lips tightly, and lowered her head slowly, "...My lord, if you just withdraw like this... When you return to Edo, I'm afraid countless people will impeach you You..."

"I know." Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his gaze back to the front, "After all, this joint battle was initiated by me and I personally supervised the battle. When I go back, I am afraid that even His Majesty the Emperor will follow me. After all, I and Relations with His Majesty the Emperor have always been poor."

Tachibana: "In that case..."

"Even so, we have to withdraw our troops." Before Tachibana finished speaking, Matsudaira Sadanobu interrupted his words, "There is no chance of winning the battle, so there is no need to fight any more. If the remaining troops are exhausted, yes It will be a disaster for the shogunate. So calm down, Tachibana."

Tachibana raised her eyes and looked at the back of Matsudaira Dingxin who was walking firmly forward, her eyes gradually turned red.

While suppressing unwilling tears, he gritted his teeth and said:

"It's all the damn executioner's fault...!"

Tachibana, who was immersed in unwilling emotions, did not notice that when he called out the word "executor", Matsudaira Sadanobu's pace slowed down by half a minute, but soon, the pace returned to normal.

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……

Red Moon Fortress

"Okay, your wound is recovering well." Kunoya checked the wound of the wounded in front of her and nodded, "After two or three days of recuperation, you should be able to go to the ground."

In order to facilitate the treatment of the wounded, Chanup vacated more than a dozen empty rooms for the wounded.

During this period of time, Kunoya stayed here longer than at her own home or her own clinic.

After looking at several wounded in one breath, Kunoya let out a long breath, and when she was about to take a rest, an urgent shout suddenly sounded behind her:

"Kunoya! Kunoya! Come and see his wound!"

Kunoya turned around and saw several young people running towards Kunoya quickly carrying a man whose upper body was stained red with blood.

"You..." Kunoya raised her eyebrows, and glanced at the group of young men in front of her, "Are you the one sent by Chanup to scout and military movements?"

"Yes!" A certain young man who was carrying the bloody man replied, "When we were out scouting the movement of the Hejun today, we accidentally walked into the territory of a bear that missed hibernation, so it has an extremely grumpy temper! It After seeing us, it probably thought that we were invading its territory, so it rushed over to attack us immediately!"

Although he successfully defeated the Hejun, Chanup still did not dare to relax completely until he confirmed that the Hejun had really completely withdrawn from this place. Therefore, these days, he sent some people who can still move freely to go out to scout the Hejun's movements , to confirm the current approximate location of the Hejun.

"Have you been attacked by a bear..." Kunoya glanced at the blood man, "Come with me, there is just one empty bed left."

Kunoya led them to an empty blanket in the corner of the room. After asking the boys to put the blood man on the blanket, Kunoya took out a pair of scissors from her arms and cut the blood man's chest. After cutting off the clothes, he carefully looked at the bloody man's wound.

"He was scratched by a bear's paw on his chest... The paw print is really big. The bear who attacked you is not small. This kid is very lucky. If he gets closer to the bear, he will be slapped in two by the bear's paw." gone."

"Is he still alive?" Someone asked.

"The wound is not very deep, and there is a chance to be saved." Kunoya said lightly, "I will do my best, but whether this young man can be saved depends on his luck."

After all, Kunoya called an assistant not far away, and read a series of medicines to the assistant like chanting a spell, asking the assistant to bring all the medicines she read out quickly.

After the assistant left quickly to get the medicine, Kunoya heard a young man who had just brought the blood man over said angrily:

"Damn Unkamuyi..."

Kunoya glanced at the young man: "That bear, have you killed it yet?"

"Of course!" the young man said without thinking, "It attacked us. If we hadn't reacted quickly, my friend would have died under the bear's claws! The bear has turned into the hateful Unkamuyi , Of course we can't let it go! We shot it to death with poisoned arrows!"

"Damn Unkamuyi..." Kunoya repeated in a low voice what the young man had just said, and then let out a low laugh as if she had been amused.

"Kunoya, what are you laughing at?" the young man asked.

"It's nothing." Kunoya shrugged, "It just suddenly occurred to me...it should be considered a very interesting thing."

……

……

Crimson Moon Fortress, Kunoya's Clinic

"Skulucci." Ogata asked Skulucci who was sitting next to him, "What are you writing?"

"I'm writing poetry." Scruucci replied, "I don't know why, I've been inspired these days. Well, please be quiet for a moment. I just suddenly had a new inspiration, and I want to write it down quickly."

After all, Scruucci turned the notebook in his palm to a new page, picked up the pen, and wrote quickly:

……

The village was attacked by an army of murder and plunder.

The father of the red-haired teenager lost his head.

The mother disappeared to protect the boy.

The boy cried and wailed.

He begged for the coming of the noble knight to save him from the fire and water.

But I haven't seen the shadow of the knight for a long time.

Does no one want to be that noble knight?

Still there.

The red-haired boy soon found someone who was willing to become that noble knight.

in the mirror.

……

After finishing the last stroke, Scruucci held the notebook away from his eyes, held the notebook in one hand, and stroked his chin with the other.

"Hmm... It still feels a bit nondescript..."

"Can I see your poem?" Ogata asked in a half-joking tone.

"That can't be done. You and others should not be able to understand our poems. And the poems I wrote just now are a bit bad, and they don't have any value for outsiders to read."

After Scruucci put his notebook back into his arms, he moved his eyes and looked at Ogata a few times.

"Your recovery ability is really amazing. When I came to see you yesterday, your face was still a little pale, but today your face is much ruddy."

"This is one of my few strengths." Ogata said, sitting up from the blanket.

"Aren't you going to lie down?" asked Scruucci.

"I've been lying down since this morning. After lying down for so long, it's time to sit up."

"Would you like some water?" A-cho, who was also sitting next to Ogata, asked at this time.

Ogata shook his head.

"If that fellow Vasili was here, he would definitely be envious of you." Skulucci said in a joking tone at this time, "It's also injured, you are accompanied by a beautiful woman. But he can only be accompanied by me. "

Even though Ogata was wearing armor with excellent performance when he defeated the seven formations of the shogunate army in a row, it is unlikely that he would not be injured at all in such a fierce battle even with the protection of the armor.

After the battle, when checking the injuries on his body, there were an astonishing 11 injuries on Ogata's body.

When Ogata was in the bloody battle with the shogunate army, he devoted all his body and mind to how to defeat the shogunate army, and he didn't pay attention to where he had another wound on his body, so after the battle, he learned that he had so many injuries on his body. , Ogata was also taken aback.

In the past few days, Ogata and Atachi, who has not recovered from his injuries, have been living in Kunoya's clinic and receiving Kunoya's treatment.Although there were many injuries on Ogata's body, they were all just ordinary skin traumas. Ogata, who possessed a high amount of "vitality", only had to rest for a few days, and his complexion recovered greatly.

Seeing that Skulucci mentioned Vahili, who was also an old acquaintance to Ogata, Ogata took advantage of the situation and asked:

"Skulucci, how are Vasily and the others doing now?"

"They are either eating or whoever they are every day." Scruzzi shrugged, "Except for the boring life, everything is fine."

"This time... I really thank you for your assistance." Ogata sighed softly.

A total of 64 people came to assist Ogata, including Skulucci. After the bloody battle with Ogata and the shogunate army, a total of 20 people died, and the rest of the people who were still alive were basically all wounded.