I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The next morning, early in the morning—

The first army camp, the commander's tent.

After a night of wind and snow, the snow finally eased a little.

The wind has stopped, only a few snowflakes are floating alone.

In the head coach's big tent, Sheng Tianmu sat at the head with a tired face.

Last night, he personally questioned the seven soldiers escorting the last battalion until the early hours of the morning.

Through the questioning of the seven surviving soldiers, Sheng Tianmu finally knew what had happened since Mogami led the troops out of the camp.

Knowing that Mogami obtained a lot of information about the "mysterious swordsman" through torture in Siwaxi Village.

Knowing that Mogami sent troops northward to pursue the "mysterious swordsman" based on this information.

After learning about the pursuit of Mogami, he found a woman who exactly matched the appearance and characteristics of the accomplice of the "mysterious swordsman" given by the villagers of Siwaxi Village, and wounded her, preparing to take her back and torture her for information.

Then I also knew... When the woman was about to be brought back, an extremely young, orthodox and human-looking samurai suddenly appeared, and then used extremely sharp swordsmanship to beat Mogami and the others to annihilation...

That young samurai not only possesses terrifying swordsmanship like a reincarnated Valkyrie, but also possesses an extremely rare short gun.

Mogami was wounded by the young samurai's blunderbuss.

So far, only Mogami and the seven soldiers escorting Mogami have returned to the camp safely...

The 50 soldiers led by Mogami himself, one of the "Seven Guns of Xianzhou", were still beaten to annihilation despite being equipped with bows, arrows, iron cannons and other weapons-the strength of the "mysterious swordsman", Far beyond Sheng Tianmu's imagination, they had reached the point where they had to hold a military meeting to discuss this matter.

So - as soon as the sky dawned, Sheng Tianmu immediately issued a summoning order to the entire battalion, requiring all generals in the army who were above the level of serving generals to go to the commander's tent to discuss matters.

At this moment, on the left and right sides in front of Sheng Tianmu, as well as many generals who had arrived earlier were already sitting in their respective seats.

Because there is still a short period of time before the official start of the military discussion, about half of the generals have not yet arrived.

These generals who came to the commander's camp in advance, or closed their eyes to rest their minds,

Or just sit there blankly, in a daze.

All the generals in the commander's big tent were silent, waiting quietly for the official start of the military discussion, when the curtain on the tent was suddenly lifted.

Some of the generals in the tent raised their eyes to look at the opening of the tent—a look of surprise flashed across their faces, and then hurriedly stood up and bowed to the person who lifted the curtain and walked into the tent, including Sheng Tianmu.

Those military generals who were doing their own business and didn't pay attention to who was entering the account, after noticing that the people around them got up one after another, they also turned their attention to the account.

After seeing who was coming, these people also showed the same surprised expressions as those who stood up and saluted first, and then they also got up and saluted together.

All the generals, including Sheng Tianmu, can stand up and salute. Looking at the entire army, only two people have such a privilege-the commander-in-chief of the army Inamori and Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The person who had just lifted the curtain and entered was none other than Matsudaira Jonobu who was still in the camp of the First Army.

The generals in the Chongying camp waved their hands, signaling to them that they don't need to be too polite, then Matsudaira Sadanobu went straight to sit next to Maza next to Sheng Tianmu.

"My lord." After Matsudaira Sadanobu sat down, Sheng Tianmu immediately began to greet Matsudaira Sadanobu politely.

And Matsudaira Sadanobu also smiled, and responded impeccably to Sheng Tianmu's greetings.

"My lord, are you comfortable these two days?"

Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded lightly, and said with a smile, "It's very comfortable. I really need your care for these two days."

"Don't dare to be, dare not be."

After finishing speaking, Sheng Tianmu couldn't help quietly looking at Matsudaira Sadanobu next to him—a faint look of confusion appeared in his eyes.

The various actions of Matsudaira Sadanobu in the past two days have all made Sheng Tianmu very puzzled.

Originally, after staying in their First Army camp overnight, Matsudaira Sadanobu wanted to leave the next morning and go to the Second Army where he joined Inamori.

But for some reason, after learning that some of the generals of their first army were killed by a "mysterious swordsman", Matsudaira Sadanobu suddenly changed his mind and expressed his decision to stay with the first army for a while.

Although Sheng Tianmu was puzzled by Matsudaira Sadanobu's sudden statement that he would continue to stay in the First Army, he didn't dare to ask more questions because of the difference in their identities.

Anyway, it won't do him any harm if Matsudaira Sadanobu stays with the First Army for a while longer. On the contrary, it can give Sheng Tianmu more chances to get close to Matsudaira Joshin.

Therefore, Sheng Tianmu no longer, and at the same time, he did not dare to delve into the issue of "why Matsudaira Sadanobu stayed here for a while longer at the First Army Camp".

After Matsudaira Sadanobu decided to stay in their first army for a while, last night, another thing happened that made Sheng Tianmu very puzzled.

Last night, after Sheng Tianmu had just finished questioning the seven soldiers who escorted Mogami back to the camp, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who learned about the matter, directly summoned Sheng Tianmu to him, and then asked Sheng Tianmu to tell him everything he asked.

Faced with Matsudaira Jonobu, Sheng Tianmu naturally did not dare to hide anything, and told Matsudaira Jonobu everything he knew so far.

At the same time, he also informed Matsudaira Jonobu of his decision to hold a military meeting and discuss with the generals of the army on the matter of "annihilation of the highest army".

After learning that Sheng Tianmu planned to hold such a military meeting, Matsudaira Sadanobu directly informed Sheng Tianmu in advance that he planned to participate in this military meeting.

The deeds of Matsudaira Sadanobu in the past two days gave Sheng Tianmu an illusion - he always felt that Matsudaira Sadanobu seemed to be very interested in that "mysterious swordsman"...

But he didn't dare to ask Matsudaira Sadanobu about this matter... so his doubts could only be buried deep in his heart.

Sheng Tianmu and Matsudaira Sadanobu exchanged a few simple greetings, and they stopped talking.

Sheng Tianmu silently waited for the arrival of the rest of the generals.

Matsudaira Sadanobu also put his hands on his legs naturally, looking at his nose and heart with his eyes.

The rest of the generals who hadn't arrived entered the account one after another and took their seats.

Finally—all the generals of the first army who were above the rank of general attendant had arrived, filling the seats on the left and right sides in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu and Sheng Tianmu.

Sheng Tianmu raised his eyes and scanned the generals in front of him.

"It seems that everyone is here." Sheng Tianmu said softly, "Then——the military discussion begins."

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The First Army Camp, in a tent——

"Doctor, what's the pulse of Mo Shang-sama now?" An attendant general sitting cross-legged next to Mo Shang couldn't wait to ask the military doctor after the military doctor let go of Mo Shang's wrist.

In this relatively spacious camp, there were only 3 people at this time - the military doctor, the general who was sent by Sheng Tianmu to look after Mogami, and Mogami who was still unconscious.

At this moment, Mogami had a thick linen cloth tied around his upper body, which was thick enough to compete with cotton clothes.

Although his current complexion is still very ugly, it is obviously much better than when he was sent back to the camp last night.

Last night, after Mogami was sent back, the military doctors in the battalion immediately began to spare no effort to treat him with all his strength.

The treatment lasted for several hours, until the sky was about to dawn.

After the treatment, Mogami was sent to this relatively quiet camp that was not easily disturbed by others to recuperate.

Sheng Tianmu sent one of his trusted subordinates—that is, the general attendant who asked the doctor "how is Mogami's pulse now?" to take care of Mogami.

While taking care of Mogami, this servant is also responsible for reporting to Sheng Tianmu that "Mogami has woken up" immediately after Mogami wakes up.

Now the doctor who just took Mogami's pulse came to check on Mogami's current state.

"Master Supreme's pulse condition is fairly stable." The military doctor with a shiny bald head said slowly, "So far, the condition is not bad. But it will take a few more days before we can confirm whether Lord Supreme has a heart attack or not." Lead poisoning."

"Lead poison..." The general waiter twitched the corner of his mouth, "Doctor, if you get lead poison...is it really hopeless?"

As a confidant of Shengtianmu, this general attendant is also very close to Mogami, who is Shengtianmu's nephew.

The military doctor sighed softly: "Now there is no medicine that can cure lead poisoning, not even the Lanfang doctor who knows Nanman medical skills. If you are poisoned by lead, you can only rely on the patient to get over it..."

After that, the military doctor grabbed his medicine box: "Then——I will leave first. If there is any abnormality in the body of the Supreme Lord, please come to us immediately."

"Yeah." The General Attendant nodded vigorously, "I'm sorry."

When the general waiter was about to stand up and send the military doctor away, he suddenly heard a low moan coming from his side.

Hearing this groan, General Attendant was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly turned his head to follow the sound - the top side let out a low groan, and slowly opened his eyes.

"My lord!" The ecstatic General Attendant hurriedly leaned over, "You've finally woken up!"

The military doctor who was carrying the medicine box to leave now hastily put down the medicine box again.

"Master Mogami." The doctor asked, "How do you feel now? Do you have any discomfort now?"

Mogami ignored the doctor's question.

Instead, he turned his head to look at the general attendant, and asked the general attendant in a weak voice that was as breathless as air:

"I'm...returning to the camp...? Lord Sheng Tianmu...where is he now?"

"Master Shengtianmu, he should be holding a military meeting in the commander's camp right now." The General Attendant replied.

"Military consultation..." Mogami's half-open eyes suddenly widened at this moment, "Then...just...quick...take me to Lord Shengtianmu...I have...important information to ask Let everyone know..."

"Huh? But..." The General Attendant showed hesitation, "Your body..."

"Go...!" Mogami suddenly raised his tone, but after raising his tone, due to excessive force, the wound on his chest was involved, causing Mogami's facial features to be directly twisted together.

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The first army camp, the commander's camp——

Sheng Tianmu told the generals in the battalion what he knew about Mogami's encounter with the most concise words possible.

After learning that Mogami's troops were completely annihilated by a young warrior, all the generals in the battalion showed extremely shocked expressions.

"...It seems that this person should be the 'mysterious swordsman'." Tiandao, who usually put on a cynical look, rarely showed a serious expression at this time, "Master Sheng Tianmu, the information...is really correct Was it true that Mogami’s unit was defeated by that samurai alone?”

"The seven soldiers who escorted Mogami back said so." Sheng Tianmu replied, "The information should be credible."

"...In this desolate Ezo land, there is such a master..." Qiuyue said coldly, "It's unbelievable..."

"Master Shengtianmu, what should we do now?" Kuroda, who rarely speaks at military meetings, rarely showed a serious expression at this time, and asked Chaosheng Tianmu, "Do you want to continue to track down the 'mysterious swordsman'? Or Just expose it like this?"

As soon as Kuroda finished speaking, a loud voice suddenly sounded:

"This matter must never be exposed!"

All the generals turned their heads following the sound - the speaker was a young man with a somewhat fat body.

"How many of us have the thief killed now? The Supreme Master was directly murdered by him!"

"If you just ignore this matter, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

Qiuyue carefully looked at the general's face, and after thinking about it, she finally remembered the identity of this person.

This person is from the Yonezawa domain, named Shiraishi Shinemon, and has been quite active in military discussions.

Qiuyue didn't like Baishi very much.

Because Qiuyue always felt that Baishi's temperament seemed a little too arrogant, and always said some extremely arrogant lies, Qiuyue had always been insensitive to this kind of person.

As soon as Baishi's words fell, Tiandao, who always loves to argue with others, sneered a few times at this time:

"Continue to track down that thief? Then I ask—how should we deal with that thief?"

"No matter how powerful that thief is, he is still a mortal body!" Baishi smiled confidently, "Could it be possible that that thief can be as good as a hundred?"

After finishing speaking, Baishi turned his head to look at Sheng Tianmu sitting on the main seat, and said seriously:

"Master Sheng Tianmu! Please allow me to lead my Yonezawa clan's troops to pursue that thief! Avenge our compatriots who died at his hands!"

"No matter how strong that thief is, he is by no means a match for our Yonezawa warriors!"

Hearing Baishi's words, Qiuyue couldn't help twitching the corner of her mouth, revealing a sneer. I thought to myself: Sure enough...

Just now, when she heard Baishi impassionedly expressing that she wanted to track down the thief to the end, Qiuyue guessed it—this Baishi didn't care about revenge or face at all, he only cared about whether he could get merit.

This Baishi said so much just now, but he was actually just paving the way for his own challenge.

As soon as Baishi's voice fell, a voice that made Baishi's face change slightly sounded slowly:

"I don't think it's time to spend manpower and material resources on that unknown thief."

"Our most important task now should be to capture the Red Moon Fortress. Compared with this most important task, other things are insignificant."

The person who said this was a middle-aged general from the Morioka Domain.

"Your words are biased." Baishi frowned, "This incident is not a trivial matter."

"That thief killed so many of our generals, which is nothing less than a humiliation to us."

"Do you think it's a small thing to be humiliated by others?"

The value of the samurai in the Edo period is to value honor, and "name" is far more important than "fate".

Therefore, Shiraishi's big hat is not too big.

"I didn't say that." The general who objected to continue to pursue the "thief" immediately frowned.

The dispute between Baishi and the general directly ignited the "fire of controversy" in the camp.

The generals all expressed their views—they were mainly divided into two factions.

One faction supports the pursuit of the thief who killed so many of their generals and damaged their face.

The other school thinks that the most dangerous thief should be ignored.

Of course—there were also a few generals who were centrists. They didn't express any views, they only persuaded everyone to calm down, but their calls only added to the noise in the camp.

Looking at the noisy generals in front of him, Sheng Tianmu frowned slowly.

Just when he was about to ask the generals to be quiet, he suddenly saw a guard outside the camp dodging into the tent in a hurry, then quickly ran towards Sheng Tianmu, then put his lips close to Sheng Tianmu's ear, followed Sheng Tianmu's Whispered something.

After the guard's voice fell, Sheng Tianmu's expression changed slightly.

After a brief thought, he nodded slightly.

Seeing Sheng Tianmu nodding, the guard immediately left beside Sheng Tianmu and ran back outside the camp.

Seeing this, all the generals gradually calmed down due to doubts, and looked at Sheng Tianmu.

"Moshang, he's awake." Sheng Tianmu said bluntly to the generals, "He said he has important information to tell us, and asked to come in."

"I have promised to let him in."

As soon as Sheng Tianmu finished speaking, the curtain at the mouth of the coach's big tent was pulled away.

Six strong soldiers walked quickly into the tent carrying a wooden plank. On the wooden plank lay a person—this person was Mogami who had just woken up.

Looking at the pale Mogami, Ikuro Tenmu couldn't help but frown.

"Mogami." Sheng Tianmu couldn't help asking, "How do you feel now? Do you feel any discomfort?"

"I'm fine..." After replying in a weak tone, Mogami motioned to the six soldiers who carried him to put him on the ground aside, and then let the six soldiers go out.

After the six soldiers went out, Sheng Tianmu took the lead to ask Moshang:

"Mogami, you said you have important information to report, what information is it?"

As soon as Sheng Tianmu finished speaking, Mogami immediately cast his eager eyes on Sheng Tianmu.

"Master Sheng Tianmu...the person who injured me...killed my army...is not an ordinary person..."

"I recognize... that person's face..."

Sheng Tianmu raised his eyebrows: "Do you recognize that person's face? Who is that person?"

Mogami swallowed hard.

Then...he said a sentence word by word.

As the words fell, the faces of everyone in the camp changed drastically.

Someone's face was full of horror and surprise.

Some people who didn't hear what Mogami said just now, and who suspected that they had heard it wrong, asked the people around them what Mogami said just now.

Those whose faces changed drastically repeated what Mogami had just said to those who hadn't heard clearly or suspected that they had heard it wrong.

After these people finally knew and confirmed what Mogami said just now, their faces changed immediately.

In just a moment, the originally noisy camp was now silent. .

Because of what Mogami said just now - "That person is Ogata Itsuki!"

"Mo-Mogami-sama, haven't you, didn't you recognize the wrong person?" A certain general asked Mogami stammeringly.

The man who stuttered was the same Baishi who was the first to ask for a fight and vowed to capture and kill the "thief".

"I didn't admit my mistake..." Mogami kept his spirits up and said slowly, "Ogata Itsuki's arrest warrant...I have read it many times...that person is indeed 'Executioner Yidaosai' Ogata Itsuki ..."

Ogata is now the most wanted criminal in the shogunate, and the number of his arrest warrants is almost equal to the sum of the arrest warrants of the rest of the most wanted criminals.

Mogami had seen Ogata's arrest warrant by accident before, Ogata's too young face left a deep impression on Mogami, so when he saw Ogata for the first time, Mogami immediately recognized him Out—this person is exactly the one on the arrest warrant.

"Ogata Yidao Zhai is here...?" Qiuyue's face was now full of shock.

Qiuyue now feels unrealistic as if she is in a dream—the "living legend" is so close to him now.

"...Oh, no wonder there has been no news from Ogata Yidaosai since the 'Nijo Castle Incident'." Kuroda raised his hand to support his forehead, "So you lived in seclusion here in Ezo..."

"In this way...it makes sense why the thief's skill is so strong..."

At this moment, no one claimed to punish the thief.

The "battle faction" headed by Baishi is now looking at each other with embarrassing expressions.

Sheng Tianmu, who was sitting on the first seat, was also shocked by this extremely shocking news, and his face changed wildly.

As for Matsudaira Sadanobu who was sitting next to Sheng Tianmu——he was shocked at first after hearing what Mogami said just now.

Then surprise changed to bewilderment.

In the end, his daze changed into a bitter expression as if he had figured out something.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Then, Matsudaira Sadanobu slowly opened his eyes.

While opening his eyes, he slowly said the first sentence he said since the military discussion began:

"...Sheng Tianmu, since the thief is Ogata Ittosai... then I think it is necessary to make the necessary preparations."

"Strengthen the defense of the camp, or... leave here immediately."

Songping firmly believed in this statement, which directly attracted the doubtful eyes of many generals in the battalion.

"Master Lao Zhong." A general couldn't help asking, "Why is this?"

"Judging from the current deeds of Ogata Ittosai, it is not difficult to see that he is a person who is willing to revenge and revenge." Matsudaira Sadanobu said lightly, "At the beginning, Matsudaira Gennai, the lord of the Hirose Domain, killed his master. With the brothers, he drew his sword against Matsudaira Gennai, who was guarded by a hundred warriors."

"According to what Mogami-kun said - before encountering Ogata Ittosai, they injured a Kazuto woman, and planned to take the Kazuto woman to torture."

"The possibility that the Kazuto woman is Ogata Ittosai's companion cannot be ruled out."

"Also... maybe there is a very special relationship between the woman Mogami-kun injured and Ogata Ittosai."

"Come here for revenge - we need to consider the possibility of that happening."

As soon as Matsudaira Takanobu finished speaking, a younger general couldn't help but smile: "My lord, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen, right?"

"Who would have the guts to attack a barracks with 3,000 generals?"

Hearing the general's statement, Matsudaira Sadanobu shook his shoulders as if he was amused.

"You're right—ordinarily speaking, no one would have the guts to attack a barracks where 3,000 generals are stationed."

"But that Ogata Yidaosai is precisely the kind of person who cannot be considered according to common sense."

As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's voice fell, loud footsteps suddenly sounded from far to near outside the tent.

As soon as the people in the camp followed the sound and turned their suspicious eyes to the tent opening, they happened to see a guard guarding outside the tent opening lift the curtain and enter.

"My lord!" the guard shouted loudly, "A famous servant asked to enter! He said he had something urgent to tell!"

"Impatient?" Sheng Tianmu raised his eyebrows, "Let him in!"

"yes!"

As soon as the guards retreated outside the camp, a warrior dressed as an attendant rushed into the camp in a hurry.

As soon as he rushed into the camp, the general waiter shouted loudly to everyone in the tent:

"My lord! Enemy attack! The camp has been attacked by foreign enemies!"

Sheng Tianmu's eyes suddenly widened, the other generals all showed horror, and Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression was also startled at this moment.

"Where was the attack?" Sheng Tianmu immediately regained his composure, "How many enemies are there?"

"The west gate is under attack!" The general waiter stammered because of his emotional instability, "Come on, there is only one enemy attacking...!"

"One person?" Sheng Tianmu's face, which had just regained his composure, resurfaced with horror.

What made Sheng Tianmu even more horrified was the second half of the sentence that the general waiter explained:

"My lord! Please send reinforcements quickly! The west gate is about to be captured!"

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The author recently spent 500 yuan to buy a bunch of books introducing the Edo period from Taiwan, China. There are more books introducing Japanese history from Taiwan, China. The author has to complain——Hong Kong and Taiwan Why are your books so expensive... I spent more than 500 yuan, but I only bought 5 books in total... an average of more than 100 yuan per book...

Although there is only one volume 8 left after the end of volume 7, the volume 8 of the final volume is also an incredible super large volume, which requires jumping on multiple maps. This book has more than 3 million words It should not be a problem. For the follow-up writing, the author will continue to supplement the Edo period—especially the knowledge of Buddhism in the Edo period.

Let me tell you in advance the content of the final volume. The final volume will involve the power of the "Buddha" who has been in a "half-hidden" state before.