I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Osaka, Osaka Castle

The current situation of the originally majestic Daban City can be described as extremely bleak.

The four entrances and exits were blasted open by cannons, and the generals of the Toyotomi Army who rushed into Osaka Castle from all directions wantonly slaughtered every Tokugawa samurai who appeared in front of them.

Be prepared to attack the unprepared.

The majority beats the minority.

A battle without any suspense.

Although the resistance of the Tokugawa samurai who were in charge of guarding Osaka Castle was heroic, in the face of the flintlock guns of the Toyotomi samurai, their resistance was more than heroic and lacked in effect.

But even so, it took Toyotomi's army a lot of time to completely clear Osaka Castle.

After all, the area of ​​Osaka City is too large, and it will take a lot of time to walk around with your feet.

"Hey, have you found Nakamatsudaira Nakamatsu and Osakajo Dai Horita Masahyun?"

In a certain corridor in Osaka Castle, Zaemon Yomon Saemon, who was in charge of leading the troops to attack Osaka, was carrying his big naginata, and asked a subordinate in front of him with a lot of blood on his body.

"No." The subordinate replied, "We have searched every corner of Osaka City, but we have not found any traces of Matsudaira Sadanobu and Hota Masahyun, nor have we found any secret passages."

Yoshiemon curled his lips: "Let them run away. They are not important. Anyway, Mr. Toyotomi ordered me to catch them. It doesn't matter if you can't catch them."

"Send an order to everyone to withdraw the troops. Withdraw from Daban City and gather in the southwest of Daban City."

"Yes!"

"And tell everyone not to relax because of the fall of Osaka Castle."

Soemon raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"We still have to fight the big battle to exterminate Shura."

"Sura might be even more difficult to deal with than Dabancheng."

Just now, Saeemon also received an order: to start the "B plan" to encircle and suppress Ogata.

When he just received this order, Zaemon was so excited.

"Taking Osaka Castle", this task is far easier and less interesting than Saeemon imagined.

Therefore, when he learned that "Project B" had been launched, Yoshiemon hurriedly sent down an order: speed up the purge of Osaka Castle, and whoever dares to slack off will be punished on the spot.

He couldn't wait to join the siege against Ogata as soon as possible.

After watching this subordinate leave, Soemon raised his big fan-like hand and scratched the back of his head, then muttered in a volume that only he himself could hear clearly:

"Lord Toyotomi is really strange. He asked to burn down all the facilities and places related to the Edo shogunate, such as the Osaka Prefectural Office and Dojima Rice Market, but he only asked to keep this Osaka Castle. He ordered me to keep the Osaka Castle intact as much as possible. .”

"I really want to set fire to the city of Daban and burn such a majestic city, it must be a spectacular scene!"

Yoshiemon smacked his lips with a look of regret on his face.

suddenly, suddenly

"Saemon Youmon Saemon-sama."

A cold female voice reminiscent of ice cubes sounded behind Saemon.

Hearing this female voice that suddenly came from behind him, Saemon looked calm.

It was as if he had long known that there was someone behind him.

The left and right guards turned their heads and looked at the woman who had appeared behind him at some unknown time and was now kneeling on the ground.

To be more precise, it is a beautiful woman wearing an Iga ninja costume.

"Master Jijiu sent me to remind you."

Not only did the female ninja have no emotion in her voice, but her beautiful cheeks also showed no emotion at all, she said slowly in her cold voice with no expression on her face.

"After the fall of Daban Castle, every cannon must be sent back to the main camp intact."

"Ah, you are here to remind me to send back the cannon." Yoshiemon pulled the corners of his mouth down, stretched out his fingers to pick his ears, "That guy Yoshihisa is really long-winded as always."

"I know these cannons are very precious, but is it necessary to send someone to remind me to send the cannons back to the front in one piece?"

"Hey, Nunin, you came just in time. I just happened to clear the city of Daban on my side."

"You go back to the main camp and tell Jijiu: Your reminder, I, Zaemon Youemon and Lefty Gate, have already known about it. Osaka City has been cleared, and I will immediately send people and horses to transport all these cannons back to the main camp."

After finishing speaking, Left and Right Gate waved his hands, indicating that the ninja could leave.

The ninja bowed her head, bowed to the left and right guards and gave a salute, then stood up slowly.

But just when she was about to turn around and leave, Saimon raised his eyebrows suddenly.

"Huh? Wait a minute."

The ninja turned her half-turned body back.

After looking up and down the face of the ninja in front of him for a while with the eyes of an archaeologist looking at archaeological relics, Yoshiemon showed a smile that narrowed his eyes.

"No wonder you always look familiar."

"I remember you."

"You are Chuguang, right?"

"That kid who was picked up and adopted by Ji Jiu because he was too talented."

"My lord, you actually remember me. I'm really terrified." Nuren or Chuguang said lightly.

If there are Chuguang's "fans" here, they will definitely be stunned.

The sacred and unattainable "No. [-] artist in Osaka" in their eyes is now dressed in such a dishonorable manner.

The upper body is like a sleeveless kimono, exposing all the skin of the arms, and the lower body is like a short skirt, which only covers about half of the thighs, and is tied with black leggings that cover the entire calf. The feet are black socks and black straw sandals. It's the style of Iga's ninja uniform, and it's also Chuguang's current dress.

In terms of exposure, Iga's ninja uniform is not as good as the Shiranui ninja uniform that exposes the skin of the entire back and arms, but it is still far better than ordinary women's clothing of this era.

"The reason why I have a deep impression on you is because I remember that Jijiu has always been partial to you."

Left and right guard shrugged.

"If I remember correctly, until tonight, you have been lurking in Shinmachi, Osaka as a musician, collecting information for my Toyotomi clan, right?"

"Actually, with your appearance, the most suitable disguise and hidden location for you are You Nu and You Kuo."

"With your appearance and temperament, you can easily become the top brand in any Youkou."

"In terms of intelligence collection efficiency, it is also easier to collect useful information by disguising as a popular wandering girl."

"But Ji Jiu didn't do that."

"He didn't ask you to pretend to be a prostitute, but instead asked you to pretend to be a musician who doesn't need to sell your body and is more relaxed."

"Judging from the current situation, in this grand battle tonight, Ji Jiu still favors you."

"Since you are here to send me a message, it means that your task tonight is to serve as a messenger."

"I didn't ask you to do that kind of dangerous mission, but I asked you to be a messenger who is safer. Jijiu's preference for you can be seen."

"Obviously based on your status, it is overkill for you to be a messenger."

To Sawaiemon's words, Hatsumitsu's expression was expressionless.

She listened impassively.

Between his brows and eyes, there was a faint impatience hidden.

"Oh? Don't you like to hear this topic?" After noticing Chuguang's expressionless face, Saemon laughed a few times, "Since you don't like to hear it, then I won't talk about it."

Afterwards, Saemon waved his hand towards Hatsumitsu.

"Okay, you go back to the main formation, and convey what I just said to Jijiu in its entirety."

Chu Guang answered "Yes" in a low voice, then lowered her body weight and ran towards the end of the corridor behind her.

In the blink of an eye, she completely disappeared in front of Yoshiemon's eyes.

"Okay." Saimon stretched vigorously, "Let me also leave Osaka Castle as soon as possible."

Left and right door carried his big naginata, and walked towards the southwest exit of Osaka Castle at a leisurely pace.

After passing through several corridors, Left and Right Gate came to a "Bloody Mill".

It's a corridor full of dead bodies.

In this not-so-long corridor, there were 10 corpses lying there.

A small-scale battle broke out here just now.

The Tokugawa samurai who were in charge of guarding Osaka Castle met the Toyotomi samurai who attacked Osaka Castle in this corridor.

The battle, or the one-sided massacre, just started.

This unavoidable corridor is the most favorable terrain for musketeers.

Without exception, the 10 corpses in the corridor were all samurai responsible for guarding Osaka Castle.

There is still a faint smell of gunpowder and gunpowder smoke in the air.

The blood that flowed from their bodies dyed the floor of this corridor dark red.

Yoshiemon ignored the corpses in the corridor and the blood stains all over the floor, and continued walking along the corridor in a leisurely manner.

at this time!

Just as Yoshiemon walked to the middle of the bloody corridor, a pile of corpses behind him moved.

Immediately afterwards, a bloody corpse was gently moved away.

A pair of eyes full of hatred appeared from the shadow between this corpse and the corpse below him.

He stared at Saemon who was still walking leisurely.

he didn't notice me

this is a good opportunity

Even if it is death, you have to pull a thief to back it up!

A young samurai who had been shot in the abdomen and whose cheeks were extremely pale due to severe blood loss crept out of the pile of corpses.

The young samurai named "Arii Ichiro" was one of the guards responsible for guarding Osaka.

In the encounter just now in this corridor, he was very unfortunate to be pierced through the abdomen by a bullet.

But he was very lucky that the bullet missed his vitals, so he was not killed immediately.

He has been in a coma.

Has been in a coma until now.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Zaemon who was strolling in this corridor.

Although he didn't die directly like other companions, Arii also knew that he was just lingering on his last breath, he was bleeding too much, and he couldn't live long.

Arii, who knew that his own death was approaching, set his eyes on Saeemon with hatred.

Die and die!In Youjing's heart, even if it is death, he still needs someone to back him up, and now there is only one thought left.

Yoshiemon didn't seem to notice Arei who was creeping out from the pile of corpses behind him, and continued walking forward on his own.

Seeing that Yoshiemon didn't notice him, Arii felt more confident.

Breathe slowly.

Hold the knife tightly.

Slowly approaching Yomon from behind Yoshiemon at a silent pace.

8 step 7 steps 6 steps

While approaching the left and right gate, while counting the distance between himself and the left and right gate.

Every time he took a step closer to the left and right gates, Arii's breathing became rougher.

5 steps 4 steps 3 steps!

There was a well of feet.

The resentment, fear, and tension squeezed in my heart poured out at this moment!

"Thief! Go to hell!"