I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Master Feng, I heard that your waist is hurting, you'd better lie back quickly"

After saying hello to his companions one by one, Ogata slowly shifted his gaze to Hatsumitsu and Shibata who were sitting in the corner of the room.

When following Genda-sama to the temporary stronghold set up by Gourd House and his party, Ogata had already learned many things from A-Machi that he did not know.

What happened to Ah Ding and Huluya's group tonight.

How did Ah Ding and the others discover Longshui Temple, and how they defeated the enemies in Longshui Temple.

And how A-Machi and the others met Chuguang by chance, and then learned from Chuguang that he was in the northwest of Osaka at that time.

When Ogata was looking at Chuguang, Chuguang was also looking at Ogata.

At this moment, Chuguang's red lips parted slightly, and Asaogata showed an unbelievable expression.

"Ogata Ittosai," she murmured, "you actually captured Saemon alive?"

"Saemon? Oh, so this guy is called Saemon?" Ogata turned his head and glanced at his right hand.

His right hand, like dragging a dead dog, is dragging a fainting "giant" without arms. This "giant" is Saemon.

Ogata casually threw the left and right guards dragged by his right hand to the ground: "This person should know a lot of useful information, so I spared his life."

"Miss Chuguang, I have heard from my wife and Miss Isshiki about you in detail. When I learned that the number one performer I knew in Osaka was actually the Iga ninja lurking in Osaka, I was really shocked." Surprised!"

"Miss Isshiki?" Chuguang raised his eyebrows suddenly, then moved his eyes to look around Ogata.

Because the attention just now was drawn by the left and right gates that Ogata was dragging, Hatsumitsu didn't notice until now that there was a girl standing on the left of Ogata who had just parted with her for more than an hour.

"Miss Chuguang." After Yishihua pursed her lips, she whispered to Chuguang, "We met again."

"No matter what happens in front of my eyes now, I shouldn't be surprised." After a moment of silence, Chu Guang half-jokingly said.

Somewhere about 8 kilometers northeast of Osaka

"How? Did the person who sent out to Osaka to check the situation come back?" Bachang asked the lieutenant in front of him anxiously.

"No." The lieutenant shook his head vigorously with a bitter face, "I haven't returned yet."

"Why haven't you come back yet?" Ma Chang's mouth curled up in an impatient arc, holding the knife at his waist, and continued to circle around in circles with a face full of anxiety.

After learning of the difference in Koyasan, Matsudaira Jonobu immediately ordered Osaka Castle's deputy Horita Masahiro to secretly assemble all the troops in Osaka and the surrounding areas.

This order has been implemented for a long time.

The intended goal of Matsudaira Sadanobu is to assemble an army of at least a thousand people.

However, due to various reasons such as the weakening of the shogunate's administrative ability and the dismantling of armaments, only half of Matsudaira's planned goal has been completed so far, and only 500 people have completed the mobilization.

The garrison of these 500 mobilized generals is located in an inconspicuous forest area about 8 kilometers northeast of Osaka.

The person currently taking the heavy responsibility of commanding the 500 generals is the middle-aged man Totaro Baba who is currently circling anxiously.

The current task of the racecourse is to lead the 500 generals and silently wait for the mobilization and assembly of the rest of the troops.

The 500 generals were stationed 8 kilometers away from Osaka. Naturally, at such a distance, they couldn't even see the shadow of Osaka.

But although they couldn't see the shadow of Osaka, they could still see the looming fire.

After nightfall, Baba and the others saw orange-red lights flashing in the direction of Osaka.

Against the backdrop of the night and the moonlight, this orange-red light is extraordinarily dazzling.

As Japan's current No. [-] commercial capital, the density of housing in Osaka is still higher than that of Kyoto, and even worse than that of Edo.

In the Edo period, there was an equation that was close to the truth

A city with denser houses is more likely to be burned to nothingness by a single fire.

Just a few years ago during the Tenmei period, the "Tenmei Fire" burned down 8% of the buildings in Kyoto.

The "Mingli Great Fire" that occurred more than 100 years ago during the Ming Dynasty turned two-thirds of Edo into ruins.

Osaka is very lucky that it did not encounter a major fire that turned most of the city into ruins like Kyoto and Edo.

But it's just that it hasn't been encountered yet.

After seeing the orange rays of light, a terrible conjecture popped up in Machang's mind uncontrollably. Has Osaka also encountered a big fire like the "Tianming Fire" and "Mingli Fire"?

This conjecture made the racecourse break out in cold sweat, and the cold sweat seeping from every pore of his body directly wetted his clothes.

He immediately sent some people to Osaka to find his superiors and ask about the situation.

On his side, he is ready to lead the whole army to Osaka to participate in disaster relief at any time.

Bachang is a native of Osaka, and when he thinks of the fire that is raging in his hometown, he can't suppress his anxiety.

If it wasn't because he was responsible for managing the army and couldn't leave the station at will, Bachang really wanted to go to Osaka to see what his beloved hometown was like now.

"Master Machang!"

At this time, another lieutenant of the racecourse ran towards the racecourse with a frightened face.

"What's the matter?" The horse farm stopped its feet that were constantly circling, "Did the person sent to Osaka to check the situation come back?"

"No, no!" The lieutenant answered concisely in an eager tone, "Master Lao Zhong is here! Master Lao Zhong is now outside Yingkou!"

"What?!" Bachang, whose pupils shrank slightly, was shocked by what the lieutenant general said just now, and took two steps back.

Afterwards, Ma Chang's body made a movement that was no different from a conditioned reflex. He spread his legs and ran towards Yingkou.

After Yingkou of the army camp appeared within the field of vision of the racecourse, a middle-aged man standing outside Yingkou with his hands behind his back appeared in front of the racecourse together with Yingkou.

"Master Old Middle!" Master Bachang slid and knelt down in front of the middle-aged man with a neat movement, and greeted the middle-aged man loudly.

The identity of a middle-aged man who can be shouted "Old Middle-aged Master" in a very respectful tone by the racecourse is naturally ready to be revealed.

"Race field, get up." The middle-aged man or Matsudaira Sadanobu leaned over and helped the race field up.

The current appearance of Matsudaira Sadanobu is a little bit embarrassed.

To be precise, Matsudaira Sadanobu and the rest of the people around him looked a little embarrassed.

On the left side of Matsudaira Sadanobu, is his surname Tachibana who is almost inseparable from him.

On the right side of Matsudaira Sadanobu is Osaka Castle: Horita Masahiro.

Behind the three of them stood five warriors dressed as guards.

Everyone's clothes were stained with a lot of mud.

Everyone's brows and eyes are full of tiredness and panic, except Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Although there was a little tiredness in Matsudaira Sadanobu's brows and eyes, there was no sign of panic.

His expression was calm, calm, and calm, as if even if the mountain in front of him collapsed, it would be difficult to change the expression on his face.

The author has to deal with some personal matters today, so the word count is a little less, try to make more words tomorrow

Chapter 691 Method of Making Immortal Body [6100]

rewind time to not so long ago

Osaka, in a forest in the suburbs

Kara, Kara

In the woods, a certain boulder suddenly trembled unnaturally.

If there is a passer-by here now, seeing this stone that suddenly moves by itself, he will be frightened out of his wits, and mistakenly think it is haunted.

But in essence, the reason why this rock "moves by itself" is purely because someone is pushing the big rock under the big rock.

With the sound of "Kara", the big stone was pushed upwards through a gap.

A pair of sharp eyes looked around along the gap.

After confirming that there was no danger outside, the owner of these eyes, a slightly shorter warrior, pushed away the big stone above his head.

It turned out that a secret passage was connected under the big rock, and this big stone was used to cover the secret passage. .

After pushing away the stone blocking the secret passage, the short warrior jumped out of the secret passage with a neat figure, and then shouted into the secret passage:

"It's safe outside, come out quickly."

After the words fell, people headed by Matsudaira Sadanobu filed out from the secret passage.

"It should be safe to escape here." Masatoshi Hotta, the representative of Osaka Castle, looked palely at Osaka Castle in the distance.

Cultivating the secret way was very popular in the Warring States period more than 200 years ago.Even now, 200 years later, the Edo shogunate is still keen to build secret passages for escape in various important places.

As a fortress built by the shogunate, Osaka Castle spent a lot of money. It is naturally impossible to lack such things as secret roads.

After learning that there was an overwhelmingly superior number of enemies attacking Osaka Castle, and that it would not take long for Osaka Castle to fall, Horita Masajun immediately led Matsudaira Sadanobu and some guards into a secret road in Osaka Castle that could lead directly to the outskirts of Osaka.

The whole process of leaving Daban City along the secret road can be said to be without any danger.

After walking this long secret road and arriving in the outskirts of Osaka, Hotta finally let go of the heart that had been hanging all the time.

While Hotta was looking at the Osaka Castle they had just escaped from, Matsudaira Sadanobu was also looking at this majestic fortress.Immediately afterwards, I looked at the downtown area of ​​Osaka, where flames were blazing out from all over the place.

"Masajun Horita." He said, "How on earth did you become the representative of Osaka Castle? The rebels swaggered and dragged artillery to bombard Osaka Castle, but you didn't even investigate any relevant information before the incident happened. arrive."

Matsudaira Sadanobu's tone was very flat, as if he was talking about trivial matters.

But after he finished his words, Masahiro Hotta immediately turned pale and broke out in cold sweat as if he had heard the most severe and vicious criticism in the world.

"Please, please forgive me, my lord." Hota was so frightened that his head went blank, he fell to his knees, his body trembling at an exaggerated frequency.

Matsudaira Sadanobu ignored Hotta Masajun who knelt down and apologized.

He turned his head again to look at Osaka and Osaka Castle in the distance.

There was a thoughtful gleam in his eyes.

At this time, his surname Tachibana said to him in a deep voice:

"My lord, although we are now in the outskirts of Osaka, I don't think this place is absolutely safe."

"How about we go to the barracks outside the northeast of Osaka immediately to meet the 500 generals who have assembled in the barracks?"

"With those 500 generals, relying on our safety will be greatly guaranteed."

"En." Tachibana nodded softly as soon as she finished speaking, "That's exactly what I mean."

"But you can't just leave without doing anything."

"We now need to collect intelligence on the enemy as quickly as possible."

"At the very least, you need to know who is attacking Osaka."

After that, he turned his head to look at the four guards beside him.

"Kawara, Fujita, Niimi, Saeki. The four of you are now entering Osaka to find out as much information about the enemy as possible. Remember to protect yourself and join us at the barracks outside Northeast of Osaka before dawn."

The 4 people that Matsudaira Sadanobu pointed out were his 4 personal bodyguards. They were not only skilled but also extremely loyal to Matsudaira Sadanobu.

As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's order was issued, the four people immediately agreed with "Yes" without saying a word, and then turned and ran towards Osaka without the slightest hesitation.

"Tamaki Miyagawa. The two of you go to Kyoto immediately and tell the situation on our side to the Kyoto governor: Ota Sukeai asked him to immediately organize the army, do a good job in the defense of Kyoto and be ready to lead the army south to support Osaka at any time. "

"Yes!" 2

"Mizuguchi, Sanpin Soma." Matsudaira Sakanobu named three more people, "You three are in charge of returning to Edo, and tell the situation on our side to Wakonen, let them start the war mobilization immediately, and strengthen Edo City In order to prevent Edo from repeating the mistakes of Osaka tonight."

Note Ruo Nianzhi: In the shogunate, the senior officials who are second only to the old middlemen are responsible for assisting the old middlemen in handling state affairs

"Yes!" 3

After arranging this series of tasks, Matsudaira Sadanobu turned around and faced the northeast of Osaka, facing the direction where the 500 generals were stationed.

"The rest follow me."

time back to now

Inside the tent of the barracks commander with 500 generals

At this moment, the general-level figures headed by Machang all gathered in the coach's big tent.

The person sitting on the main seat of the big tent is none other than Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Tachibana sat next to Matsudaira Takanobu and told Baba and others what happened to them tonight in Osaka for Matsudaira Takanobu.

After knowing that Osaka and Osaka Castle were attacked, and that this group of unidentified enemies had an astonishing number of firearms, even artillery, Baba and the others immediately opened their mouths wide open, looking completely dumbfounded.

"Could it be that people from the Satsuma and Changzhou domains rebelled?" Bachang raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his brow.

The only ones that the enemy horse farm with a large number of firearms can think of are Satsuma and Changzhou, which have sufficient reasons to raise troops.