I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: Yesterday, the book friend [Magic Kun] pointed out that there was a small bug in yesterday's chapter.

As mentioned above, the night when the group of Cossacks attacked the village of Kina was a cloudy and dark night.

Then the book friend said that it was so dark that it would be difficult for those Cossacks to shoot accurately.

I think it makes sense.

In fact, for the setting of the weather, I just wrote "cloudy" casually, without doing too much research.

Now I think what this book friend said is very reasonable, so I am now making a small correction to the plot-the night when the group of Cossacks attacked China Village was a clear night with a bright moonlight, as bright as day.

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Whoosh!

An arrow shot from the dark cut through the air and hit a Cossack precisely in the chest.

The arrow was so powerful that the Cossack felt like his chest was about to burst.

Unable to bear the severe pain, the Cossack lost his seat and fell off his horse.

The Don horses used by their Cossacks generally have a shoulder height of between 1.5 and 1.6 meters.

It is impossible to fall from such a height, even in the most injurious position, without pain.

The Cossack, who had slid off his horse, saw the ground, which was covered with thick snow but was now trampled, coming towards him.

He fell heavily to the ground, splashing thin snowflakes.

Because the right shoulder was on the ground, the Cossack only felt the pain in his right shoulder.

The severe pain caused his right arm to lose feeling for a moment.

However, he can't care about his right arm now.

After being shot to the ground by the arrow that flew suddenly, the Cossack immediately pulled out the arrow from his chest in a panic, and then tried to squeeze out the poisonous blood.

He had just seen how several of his companions were killed by these poisonous arrows.

Although he had pulled out the arrow as fast as he could, it was a pity—even if he tried to squeeze out the poisonous blood in time, it was useless.

As soon as he pulled the arrow out from his chest, his body suddenly twitched.

Afterwards, strands of white foam spit out from his mouth, and finally fell heavily on the ground, no longer moving, no longer having any vitality.

Vladimir happened to be located not far from the poisoned subordinate at this time.

Watching another of his own subordinates poisoned to death, Vladimir looked normal, as if the person who died was not his own subordinate at all.

Vladimir secretly said in his heart:

——These poisonous arrows of the Ainu are really troublesome.

Vladimir has been exploring here in Ezo for half a year.

In the past six months, Vladimir didn't spend every day watching snow and bears.

He also did a good job of fulfilling the task of exploring the Far East assigned to them by the supreme ruler of their Lucia country, the Tsar.

During the half-year expedition, Vladimir also collected a lot of information about the natives of this place—the Ainu people.

Regardless of animals like bears whose qualities are far superior to those of humans.

Just the wolves who like to live in groups, attack others, and swarm them are enough for humans to drink a pot.

Against powerful animals such as bears and wolves, it is too inefficient to use only bows, spears, and daggers.

When hunting a bear, even a dozen ordinary arrows will not necessarily kill it.

So the Ainu invented poison.

The venom recipes used by the Ainu people in different places are slightly different.

Vladimir only knew of the venom used by the Ainu people in a certain area in the north. It was made from the root of aconitum mixed with the poisonous stinger of stingrays-extremely poisonous.

Vladimir once saw with his own eyes how an Ainu man killed a bear within 10 breaths with a poisoned dart of this venom.

The bear stood up and was about 2 meters high. A bear of this size could not survive 10 breaths just by being hit by this poisonous arrow.

Vladimir didn't know what material the venom used by the villagers of this China village was made of.

He only knew that once his subordinates were hit by the arrows they shot, they would be poisoned to death in just 5 or 6 breaths.

——It would be more convenient to wear heavy armor to fight against such natives who use poisonous arrows.

Vladimir then thought to himself.

As far as Vladimir knows-one of the important factors why the Japanese have repeatedly won victories in the struggle against the Ainu is because the Japanese have mastered ironmaking technology and can manufacture iron armor.

The iron armor greatly weakened the threat posed by the poisonous arrows of the Ainu to the Japanese.

The Ainu people want to use poisonous arrows to bring damage to the enemy wearing armor, either to shoot at places that are not protected by armor, or to use enough force to shoot through iron armor - but there are only a handful of archers who can do this .

Although many of himself and Alexei's subordinates had fallen, Vladimir never showed the slightest sign of anxiety or annoyance.

Because of this casualty, it is still within the tolerable range.

The morale of the subordinates is still very high.

This isn't a skirmish that doesn't pay off after the fight.

This is a battle that can be plundered after the fight.

They've had a rough time for a long time.

Every day besides watching the snow is watching the snow.

They all want to vent their long-logged desires tonight.

So even though they have witnessed many of their companions falling off their horses and dying, the morale of the remaining people is still high.

The desire to plunder, indulge, and release their desires made them completely ignore the counterattacks launched by their dead and wounded companions, as well as the villagers of Qina Village.

After rushing into the village, the morale of Flamekill and his subordinates rose slightly.

Because they found out - their boss didn't lie to them.

In this village, there are really more women than men.

Although the women in this village looked tough, they all bravely fought back against them with weapons such as bows and arrows.

Whether it's Vladimir or Alexei, none of their subordinates are young children who hold knives and kill people for the first time.

Europe has not been peaceful in recent years.

Before coming to the Far East, they participated in many battles in Europe.

I dare not say that it is experienced in hundreds of battles, but the combat experience is definitely sufficient.

Therefore, even though the villagers of Qina Village possessed poisonous arrows, it was still difficult for them to fight against the Cossacks who possessed excellent equipment and excellent combat experience.

Vladimir rode his horse and stood somewhere in the village of China. Under the protection of several subordinates, he observed the battle situation within his field of vision—to describe the battle situation in one word, it was very good.

Vladimir didn't know what happened to other areas that he couldn't see. Anyway, the Ainu people within his vision were completely suppressed.

He guessed—it was probably the same for the rest of the region.

Just when Vladimir was full of ambition and began to imagine the scene where everyone would share the spoils together later, a subordinate rushed towards him on horseback.

"Boss! Boss!"

"What's the matter?" Vladimir frowned and looked at the subordinate who was riding towards him, "What happened? Why are you in such a panic?"

"Something happened on the east side!" The subordinate screamed, "Suddenly a very powerful guy appeared and killed many of us!"

"He's wearing Japanese clothes! It seems to be all kinds of Japanese!"

"Japanese?" Vladimir widened his eyes.

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Ashley didn't know what was going on with her friends, anyway, she felt like her mind was in a mess.

The battle situation was completely different from what she had imagined before.

Although she was not as confident as the girl with the red headband before, she didn't think they would be no match for this group of white-skinned strangers.

After all, they had won so well last year against the incoming gold diggers.

Strange sounds like something exploding, screams, horseshoes... These sounds one after another, tied her chest tightly like silk threads, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Ashley guessed—the same is probably true for her mother who is still crouching beside her, and her three friends.

Without exception, they were all as pale as Ahili now.

Although they tried their best to conceal it, they could still see the color of fear in their eyes.

The girl with the red headband is no longer as confident as before saying "I want to kill an enemy with one arrow".

Girls with purple and blue headbands—their lips are trembling now.

Although Ashley's mother is a beautiful woman in her early 30s, her vision is not much wider than that of Ashley and the others.

Facing the muskets of the Cossacks, Yashili's mother also panicked.

The chaotic state of mind prevented them from playing to their due level.

So far, except for Ashley's mother who successfully shot a Cossack and killed him, the record of the four of them is still - 0.

Ashley now feels his arms are sore.

She no longer remembered how many arrows she had drawn from the quiver behind her back.

She only knew that her arm was sore now, and after shooting a few more arrows, she probably wouldn't have the strength to draw the bow anymore.

Just as Ahili took out another arrow from the quiver behind her back and tried her best to do something she could do, she suddenly heard a scream from her side.

A very familiar scream.

Ahili followed the reputation - the one who screamed was the eldest sister who lived next door to her house.

Because they live close together, Ahili has a very good relationship with this big sister.

From time to time, Ashley would go to play with this big sister, and this big sister sometimes got some delicious food, and would share it with Ashley.

She was also like Ahili and the others, lying on the roof of the house and meeting the enemy with a bow and arrow.

But just now, she was hit by a stray bullet.

A stray bullet hit her left leg.

The powerful force contained in the bullet directly knocked her off the roof and fell onto the snow.

The blood that flowed from the wound soon stained the ground beneath her red.

Clutching her left leg and wailing and screaming continuously, she lost the strength and ability to stand up and run away.

If the big sister doesn't leave the ground quickly, she will definitely die.

So——Ahili gritted his teeth, let go of the bowstring that had been slightly drawn, and then said to the mother and the girl with the red headband beside him:

"Mom! Ella! Let's go and carry that big sister to safety!"

The red headband girl also spotted the big sister who was unable to move due to a left leg injury.

Ashley's mother and the girl with the red headband didn't hesitate or think too much--and there was nothing to hesitate and think about.

The compatriots who live in the same village as them are suffering, and they have the opportunity to save them—no matter what, they can't think of any reason not to do so.

The girl with the red headband nodded bluntly, jumped off the roof first, and ran towards the older sister who was still clutching her left leg and screaming.

Ashley and her mother followed closely behind her.

Taking advantage of the fact that there are no Cossacks nearby, the three quickly rushed to the side of the big sister.

"It's okay, it's okay." Ashley comforted her elder sister, "We're here to save you."

Ashley and the girl with the red headband helped the big sister up. And Ahili's mother stood guard around with a bow.

However, at this moment - a sudden change occurred.

Da da da da da da da...

Suddenly there was the sound of horseshoes approaching.

As soon as the sound of horse hooves reached Ahili's ears, Ahili's expression froze instantly.

Twisting his stiff neck, Ashley looked in the direction of the sound of horseshoes—a Cossack was galloping towards them while brandishing a saber.

After seeing the Cossack who was attacking them, Ashley immediately reacted like an instinct—she handed her big sister to the girl with the red headband, then quickly took off the bow and arrow on her back, and put Arrows were aimed at the incoming Cossack.

And Ashley's mother also set up the bow and arrow at almost the same time.

The speed of this Cossack was so fast that it only took about 3 or 4 breaths before his knife could hit them.

Due to time constraints, Ahili and her daughter had no time to aim, and immediately let go of the bowstring after fully drawing it.

The originally tense force bounced away from the arms of the two, and the sound of breaking through the air continued.

2 arrows flew straight at the Cossack.

Then the Cossack swung two knives in a row, and directly sent the two arrows flying.

The mother and daughter Ahili looked horrified.

The Cossack, on the other hand, was smiling—a look he loved to see on his enemies.

He is a master of the saber, in his eyes, the arrows of the mother and daughter of Ahili are existences that are so slow that they can be easily pushed aside.

Not far away, the girl with the purple headband and the girl with the blue headband, both of them also noticed the abnormality in Ashley and the others at this time, screamed and drew their bowstrings, intending to help Ashley and the others—but Their arrows couldn't hit the Cossack who was extremely fast because of his excellent horsemanship.

After a short period of horror, Ahili's eyes, which often showed a timid look, actually flashed a few rays of light called "Determination".

She threw the bow in her hand aside, held the poisonous arrow dipped in venom with both hands, and walked towards the Cossack in front of her with firm steps.

She wanted to stop the Cossack with her own body.

Behind her, there are her mother and her friends.

Since her father disappeared, her mother has depended on her for life.

After her father disappeared, Ahili felt very negative and depressed for a period of time, and the number of times she cried until she had no tears came out was too many to count.

Thanks to the friends of the girl with the red headband who have been with her all the time, Ahili has slowly come out of the shadow of "the disappearance of her father".

Whether it was his mother or his friends, Ahili didn't want them to be hurt.

She didn't want to hurt her mother and friends——as soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt a huge power surge in her body, making her dare to do things that she would never dare to think about.

Although he knew that if he did this, even if he successfully stopped the Cossack, he would definitely be dead.

——Being hit by such a fast horse...it must be painful...

Ashley couldn't help but secretly said in his heart.

The color of fear climbed up Ashley's pupils, and his eyes were covered with a thin mist due to fear.

But despite his fear, Yahili moved his feet firmly to meet the Cossack.

Ahili's mother and the girl with the red headband finally discovered Ahili's intentions at this time, and shouted at Ahili to want Ahili to come back-but it was too late.

Yahili was only a horse's body away from the Cossack.

——Please be sure to succeed!

She prayed aloud in her heart.

He prayed that his own sacrifice would stop the Cossack and save his mother and friends.

——Please be sure to succeed!

Ahili made the same prayer in her heart again.

Then, holding the poisonous arrow in his hand tightly, he rushed towards the Cossacks in front...

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Ashley suddenly caught sight of a dark figure.

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A dark figure leaped from the roof next to her.

The dark figure leaped high from the roof next to her.

The place where this black shadow fell was—the Cossack who had already rushed in front of her.

For some reason, the shadow reminded Ashley of bears and wolves pounced on their prey.

Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi -!

The sound of sharp instruments splitting flesh and bones sounded.

The black shadow was holding a knife that reflected the dazzling cold light under the moonlight, and the blade cut from the Cossack's left shoulder all the way to his right abdomen—he was directly cut in half.

The Cossack's expression of joy at seeing the bully enemy turned into panic at this time.

The upper half of his body was flying in the air, while the lower half of his body was still sitting firmly on the horse, continuing to rush forward with the horse.

After the black shadow cut the Cossack in half together, the moment his feet landed on the ground, he reached out to support Yahili, who was still in a forward posture, and pulled her to his side, so that she would not be caught Horses were hit.

Only then did Ashley finally recognize the shadow.

It was someone she had just met.

It was the Heren whom the grandma liked very much and wanted him to be her grandson-in-law.

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"You look soft and weak, but unexpectedly you have a lot of backbone." Ogata whispered to Ashley in front of him.

Ashley couldn't understand the Japanese spoken by Ogata.

Until now, she was still immersed in the shock of Ogata's feat of jumping down and splitting the Cossack in half with a single knife, and looked at Ogata in a daze.

Ogata let go of the hand that held Ashley just now.

Then, using the words I learned from the "Guide to Common Phrases in the Ainu Language", whispered to Ashili:

"Don't worry. It's all right."

Finally, he heard the words he understood from Ogata's mouth.

It wasn't until this moment that Ahili realized that there seemed to be a strange light shining in Ogata's eyes.

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Back in time to just now——

After hearing the dense sound of horseshoes, Ogata and the others immediately rushed out of Skulucci's camp.

As soon as they got out of the camp, Skulucci's subordinates, headed by Afjay, who also heard the sound of horseshoes, immediately approached Skulucci and asked Skulucci what they were doing now. What to do, is to stand still, or send someone to see what is going on with these hooves.

Facing the subordinates who approached, Skulucci only said "Everyone be quiet, let me check the situation first", and they all immediately fell silent.

There was no high place nearby, so Ogata and the others could only climb to the top of Scruucci's tent.

Because the tent couldn't bear the weight of too many people, Skulucci was the only one who climbed to the top of the tent to check the situation.

Like a monkey, Skulucci quickly climbed to the top of the tent, then took out the binoculars from his pocket, and looked in the direction of the sound of horseshoes.

Although the distance is a little far away, with the excellent performance of the telescope in his hand and the illumination of the bright moonlight, Skulucci can barely see clearly—a group of guys riding tall horses are rushing towards the village of China from the north. Come. They were on the verge of rushing into the village now.

Skulucci could tell at a glance—these people were his own kind, the Cossacks.

Just by looking at the horses, you can recognize their Cossack identities.

After all, apart from the Cossacks, no one in this land would have such tall horses.

The faces of the leaders of the group were still very familiar to Scruucci.

Scruucci curled his lips, and then jumped from between the tents.

As soon as Skulucci jumped back to the ground, one of his subordinates—Afjay was the first to ask Skulucci:

"Boss Skulucci! What the hell happened? (Lucia)"

"Sukabule." Skulucci calmly spoke one of the lines in the only Lucian language that Ogata understood, "It's the snot from the two boars of Vladimir and Alexei." .(Lucia)"

After briefly explaining the situation to his subordinates, Scruucci looked at Ogata and the others, and switched to Japanese.

"What a pity."

"When it was still daylight today, I just reminded the people in that village that a group of Cossacks planned to plunder everywhere. Let them pay attention and prepare accordingly."

"As a result, they were attacked tonight."

"The number of people is about 80, and they come from the north. The people in that village should not be the opponents of that group."

As soon as Skulucci's voice fell, Xu Fang heard dense gunshots coming from the direction of the village of Kina.

In addition to gunshots, faint screams were heard.

Hearing the dense gunshots, Aiyaka's face became ugly.

Ah-Ming's expression changed.

Ogata, on the other hand, didn't show too many expressions or changes in his face.

Just narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then, almost without any hesitation, he turned around and ran towards the outside of the camp.

There was no need for Ogata to say anything in particular, A-Machi followed closely behind Ogata with a firm expression on his face.

Immediately after Ogata, there is Aiyaka who has close relations with many villagers in China Village.

Looking at Ogata who turned around and rushed out of the camp without saying a word, Scruucci was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shouted loudly to Ogata's back:

"Mashima-kun! Where are you going?"

Ogata did not answer Scruucci.

Because he doesn't have time to answer Scruucci's question slowly.

Skulucci thought that Ogata hadn't heard what he said, and just when he was about to repeat the question he had just asked aloud, his originally opened mouth suddenly froze, and the words were stuck in his throat.

Because—at a certain moment just now, for some reason, he saw the back of Ogata leaving as... the back of someone.

Ogata's back actually overlapped with that person's back.

Although he hadn't seen that person for a long time, the figure of that person's back was still deeply imprinted in Scruucci's mind.

"Master Yuan..."

Like a conditioned reflex, Scruucci murmured the name softly.

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If they didn't help the villagers of Qina Village, they would most likely not be able to defeat the well-equipped Cossacks.

Even if it wins, it must be a miserable victory.

Whether or not to help the villagers of Kina Village as much as possible—this question, for Ogata, is not a difficult decision.

The villagers of Qina Village are very enthusiastically cooperating with Ogata today to find clues about Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen. This small favor alone is enough to give Ogata a good reason to draw his sword.

The current situation is racing against time, killing one more person as quickly as possible, maybe one more villager in Qina Village will be spared from harm.

So Ogata decided to go all out and not hold back.

After rushing out of Scruucci's camp, Suo took a deep breath.

Then his chest began to rise and fall in a specific rhythm.

【Ding! The host enters the realm of selflessness! 】

A strange light slowly appeared in Ogata's pupils.

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The timeline goes back to the present——

da da da da...

The sound of hoofbeats reappeared.

The three Cossacks not far away witnessed the tragic death of their companion who was cut in half by Ogata, roaring angrily, while riding their horses towards Ogata.

The three men took out the muskets hanging from the saddle and aimed them at Ogata.

"Be careful! (Ainu language)" Ashari subconsciously yelled at Ogata who was standing beside her.

She had seen too many times with her own eyes just now how these white-skinned people took the lives of villagers with this kind of long-tube-like weapon.

Ogata seemed to turn a deaf ear to Ashley's reminder, his expression didn't change at all, maintaining his expressionless appearance, he pulled out the Dazizi around his waist with his left hand, and silently set up the double knives in his hands.

It's not that Ogata deliberately put on an expressionless look.

After entering the "Selfless Realm", the emotional fluctuations will become very small, and the whole person will be in an extremely calm state.

In this state, it becomes "too lazy to show an expression".

Although he was pointed at by three black guns, there was no panic or fear on Ogata's face.

The three Cossacks who were aiming their guns at Ogata had ecstasy on their faces.

They thought that Ogata was also the kind of "semi-savage" who had never seen a musket and didn't know what they were holding.

Under the blessing of this joy, they almost pulled the trigger at the same time.

boom! boom! boom!

3 gunshots exploded.

Three bullets cut through the air and flew straight towards Ogata.

In the imagination of the three Cossacks, Ogata would immediately be shot three times and fall to the ground moaning in pain.

However - this vision did not appear

Clang, clang, clang!

Ogata held Da Shitian and Da Zizai in his hand, and waved them 3 times.

The bullets fired by the three Cossacks were all bounced off by Ogata's sword.

In the eyes of others, a bullet that is too fast to capture its trajectory, to Ogata who has entered the "state of no self", is as slow as a paper airplane thrown at him by a child.

As long as the ballistics are clearly captured, the rest is easy.

Ogata, who directly deflected the bullet with a knife, not only surprised the three Cossacks, but also made Ashili, who was standing behind Ogata and witnessed everything just now, stare round and open his mouth wide. .

The three Cossacks may not know much about swordsmanship, but they know what it means to be "a man who can split bullets".

Under the instinct of "fear of death", the three Cossacks wanted to rein in their horses quickly, and then escape from Ogata's eyes, as far as possible.

But Ogata did not give them a chance to escape.

After deflecting the bullets they fired with a knife, Ogata stepped on his back and ran towards the three Cossacks.

The three Cossacks, who failed to rein in their horses in time, continued to carry them on their horses and rushed straight towards Ogata.

Among the three people, the one closest to Ogata saw an arc of saber light and swept towards him.

Then, a sharp pain came from his flank.

A large amount of blood sprayed out along the side wound.

Apart from blood, what spewed out from the wound also included his strength.

The Cossack felt more and more powerless, and finally he didn't even have the strength to sit on the horse's back, and fell slowly from the horse's back.

However, the horse he was riding on did not notice that the person riding on his back had fallen to the ground, and continued to rush straight forward.

After beheading the first Cossack with a single blow, Ogata rushed towards the second.

The second Cossack knew that it would be too late to rein in his horse and run away, so he showed a ruthless expression and planned to fight Ogata.

He is a master of equestrianism, and the horse under his crotch is also his good partner for many years, and they have already had a good understanding with each other.

He patted the back of the horse's neck with a certain force, and the horse under his crotch roared immediately, while raising its two front hooves, and kicked towards Ogata.

The power of the horseshoe should not be underestimated, if it is kicked, it will not die or half life.

But for the two front hooves kicked by the horse, Ogata just lowered his body and dodged them.

Then—the Cossack... No, it should be said that both the Cossack and his horse saw a flash of the knife.

Because of the horse's raised front hooves, it was inconvenient for Ogata to swing his knife at the man on the horse's back.

So Ogata simply chopped off the horse first.

Da Shitian swept across the horse's belly first, and then swept towards the Cossack's legs on the horse's back without losing momentum.

While screaming, the Cossack fell heavily to the ground along with the chopped horse.

Ashley not far away - she was already looking stupid at this moment.

It wasn't just Ashley who was dumbfounded.

Her mother and her few friends were all dumbfounded at this moment.

For some reason, Ashley suddenly recalled what her grandma had said to her before: "That young man is definitely the kind of good man who is one in a million."

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ps: Have you noticed that the best-selling list of the starting point has been revised, and the current best-selling list is changing in real time, and the ranking is constantly changing. The current bestseller list has really become a ladder ranking match.