I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Do you want to bombard Osaka Castle with naval guns?" Smith opened his mouth uncontrollably, "But the location of Osaka Castle is far from the sea."

"Even if you get close to the sea and then fire the cannon, the distance is still very far."

"If the cannon is fired at such a long distance, the hit rate is very low. It may not be possible for 10 of 1 shots to hit Osaka Castle."

"By the time the naval guns are used to raze Osaka City to the ground, most of the city of Osaka may be smashed by the shells that were hit."

"Lord Toyotomi, please forgive me for saying that you are wasting cannonballs by doing this, and you will lose a lot of people's hearts alone."

Toyotomi Nobuhide seemed to have expected Smith to say that, with a meaningful smile on his face unchanged.

Neither speak.

He just turned his head silently and cast an intriguing look at Smith.

At this time, Smith also realized that what he said just now seemed a bit presumptuous, so he hurriedly added:

"Ah, I was just talking casually just now, Master Toyotomi, just listen to it casually."

"Anyway, I'm just an arms dealer, and I don't know much about politics."

"Lord Toyotomi, since you want to bomb Osaka Castle with naval guns, what should we do next?"

"Now the task of destroying Osaka Port and all the ships in the port has been completed." Toyotomi Nobuhide said slowly with his hands behind his back, "And I also said just now that we want to bomb Osaka Castle, we have to wait for Yoshihisa and the others to complete the Osaka Spring Squad and the Battle of Suoxu It can only be implemented after withdrawing from Osaka."

"After all, I don't want to accidentally hurt my own people."

"So let Huluwan and Rihuimaru go back to our temporary dock in Kii for a rest."

"After Jijiu and the others triumphantly return, they will attack again and blow up the city of Osaka."

"And I also took the opportunity to go back to Mount Koya to meet my sister whom I haven't seen for a long time."

After mentioning the word "sister", Toyotomi Nobuhide showed a look of reminiscence.

"My annoying little sister should have been transported out of Osaka smoothly by now."

"After I return to Kii by ship, and then return to Koyasan by land, I should be able to see her in the prison of Koyasan."

"Ha, I don't know if I haven't seen her for so many years, whether she has grown taller, or whether she can't eat any hot food."

"Do you want to go back to Koyasan now?" Smith asked back, "Shouldn't you go to Osaka to meet Master Yoshihisa and the others?"

"No need." Toyotomi Nobuhide waved his hand, "I have given full authority to Yoshihisa to take charge of the series of battles in Osaka tonight."

"Just let Jijiu help me take care of the affairs of Osaka slowly."

"I'll just wait for their good news slowly in Koyasan."

Osaka, somewhere

"Hey, have you found anything over there?"

"No, how about you?"

"I've searched everywhere and found nothing."

"Did Shura drown in that river?"

"If he drowns, his body will float on the river."

The 4 Iga men gathered together, communicating and exchanging information with each other.

They are all ninjas sent to find Ogata along the river.

Any one of the four of them is diligent and conscientious in dealing with this difficult task.

But until now, not to mention finding Ogata, there is not even the slightest clue.

"I can't help but look elsewhere. Huh? Who is it? Get out!"

Almost at the same time, the four men heard a strange noise coming from an alley not far away.

Two people stood guard at the same spot, and the other two surrounded the alley where the abnormal noise came from left and right.

"Ah! I, I am a resident here! I just passed by here by chance! I didn't hear you! No, don't kill me!"

Before the two ninjas who had surrounded the alley reached the entrance of the alley, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face came out of the alley with his hands raised high.

He carried a thick luggage on his back, and the ninjas speculated that this person was probably a citizen who was frightened by the fire in Osaka City and was about to flee for his life.

Seeing that it was just an ordinary citizen of Osaka, the hands of the ninjas who were originally resting on their weapons relaxed a little.

"You just said that you are a resident here, right?" A certain ninja suddenly asked the middle-aged man.

"Yes, it is."

"Then you've come just in time. Did you see a very young warrior just now?"

"I always feel like you're lying." The ninja narrowed his eyes and pulled out the waist gap by an inch.

The middle-aged man, who was so scared that his face lost all color, hurriedly said: "I, I didn't see any young warriors! But I did see a very young woman!"

"Young woman?"

"Hmm! A very young and beautiful woman! She was holding a package and hurriedly ran in that direction."

"Woman. Does that woman have any distinctive features?"

"Special features? Let me think about it. Let me think about it. She is very beautiful and tall and then ah! I remembered, her bear is big?"

"Bear is big?" 4

The four men repeated in unison the words the middle-aged man had just said.

The four of them looked in the direction the middle-aged man was pointing at, and then looked at each other for a while.

"Hello." Someone lowered his voice, "If I remember correctly, did the superiors say: Doesn't Shura have a beautiful wife with a big bear?"

The ninja who first asked the middle-aged man for information was silent for a moment, then asked the middle-aged man:

"Since you live here, do you know if there is any suitable hiding place in the direction that woman ran to, such as an inconspicuous abandoned house?"

"Huh? Hmm! There really is! There is an abandoned Buddhist temple that is very inconspicuous, and you can't find it if you don't look carefully!"

"Tell us where. Just tell us where the temple is, and we'll let you go."

In the Buddhist hall where Osaka, Ogata and Isshikika are now

After hearing Ogata say to her in a calm and firm tone, "I will definitely rescue all your family members", Isshika felt lost for a long time, and finally found a way out a feeling of.

Emotions poured out along with the tears uncontrollably, and the body moved subconsciously, lying in Ogata's arms, venting the anxiety and pain in his heart.

After the sobbing gradually stopped and her emotions returned to stability, Isshiki realized that she had been lying in Ogata's arms twice in less than half an hour.

"I'm sorry." Isshiki stretched her arms and let her cheek leave Ogata's arms, "I'm so rude one after another."

Seeing Isshika's emotional stability, Ogata smiled slightly.

when he was about to say something

咕

Ogata's stomach rumbled inappropriately.

This "goo" sound drew the eyes of Ogata and Isshika to Ogata's belly.

"Ha, I made you laugh." Ogata smiled awkwardly.

Ogata didn't eat anything tonight.

He originally planned to "go back to the inn to have a delicious meal with Ah Ding and the others after picking up the knife from Master Yuer", but he hasn't eaten a grain of rice since he was attacked tonight.

However, when the water accidentally fell into the river twice, I accidentally drank a lot.

"Ah, I happen to have something to eat here."

Yishihua got up quickly, and took the cloth bag that Chuguang gave her, which contained food, money, and a wakizawa for self-defense.

There is a lot of food in the cloth bag, a total of 5 lotus leaf bags, and each lotus leaf bag contains 3 rice balls made of white rice that are as big as a man's fist.

In the eyes of Ogata, who had been hungry for a long time, these rice balls seemed to be shining brightly.

Ogata picked up these rice balls and devoured them without hesitation, swallowing 3 rice balls in one go before stopping.

Stomach is no longer uncomfortable because of food.

But even though his stomach was full, Ogata still felt uncomfortable and extremely tired.

When Ogata was eating, Isshiki knelt quietly on one side, looking at Ogata with worried eyes, even though he had eaten, his face did not look good.

"Master Yidaosai, I heard that Chuguang said that you are being chased and killed by Toyotomi's army, so this is also true. Are you poisoned?"

After saying that, Isshiki raised her hand and touched Ogata's forehead.

The heat made Isshiki feel like she was touching a red-hot brick, not like touching a person's forehead.

"Yeah, since night fell today, I have basically never stopped, fighting one after another."

"I'm not poisoned, well, it's almost the same as poisoning, but it's not that the enemies tonight poisoned me"

After finishing speaking, Ogata coughed softly a few times.

Feeling that his throat was a little dry, he asked Isshiki softly:

"Excuse me, can you get me some water?"

cha cha cha cha

After Ogata's question fell, the first response to Ogata was not Isshika's answer.

It was the sound of footsteps approaching here outside the Buddhist hall.

Ogata and Isshiki, who heard the footsteps almost at the same time, their expressions changed slightly at the same time.

"Have you searched here so quickly?" Ogata murmured in a low voice.

In his current state, he couldn't fight at all.

So Ogata made a decisive decision

"Miss Isshiki" Ogata leaned on the wall next to him and stood up with difficulty, "Hurry up and hide with me."

Isshiki nodded vigorously, hurriedly took out the Wakizashi that was placed in the cloth bag along with the food and drinking water, put it in his waist, then packed the cloth bag, carried it behind his back, and then Support the weak Ogata.

She looked around, looking for a place to hide.

After looking around, Isshiki's face turned pale immediately.

In this abandoned Buddhist hall, the only things are the solid Buddhist altar and the Buddha statues placed on the altar

When Isshika was at a loss, Ogata pulled Isshika's clothes, drew Isshika's attention, and pointed to a certain place.

After looking at the place where Ogata pointed, Isshika was taken aback for a moment.

"Is it okay to hide there?"

"Anyway, let's try it first." Ogata said lightly.

cha cha cha cha

footsteps are getting closer

Along with the sound of footsteps approaching the Buddhist hall, there were also voices of conversation.

"You two go that way, I'll go this way."

"it is good."

Bang!

Three windows near the door were roughly smashed.

It was the three Iga men who broke the window.

The three of them were exactly three of the four male ninjas who captured the innocent middle-aged man just now and then obtained information from him.

The three men did not enter immediately.

Instead, he crouched on the window sill and looked at the interior of the Buddhist hall with vigilant eyes.

Their eyes scanned every inch of the floor of the Buddhist hall, every inch of the ceiling, the floor, and the ceiling, but they couldn't find half a person.

Didn't expect that?Isshiki's bear is a foreshadowing!

Do you think I designed Isshikika as a big bear like A-Machi just to satisfy the author's personal taste?

of course not!This is all foreshadowing for the plot of this chapter!