I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: As soon as Huixing finished speaking, someone echoed:

"Lord Toyotomi, what Huixing said is not unreasonable."

"Anyone with a little common sense knows what Koyasan is."

"I think Ogata Isaito and Kinoshita Genichi may not have the guts to attack Koyasan."

As soon as this person finished speaking, he heard someone say:

"I'm not familiar with Kinoshita Genichi, let alone those companions of him and Ms. Toyotomi. Just talking about Ogata Issai, looking at Ogata's previous experience, he has basically only been against the Edo shogunate before. You must have the guts to attack Buddhism."

"Attacking Buddhism is tantamount to making enemies of all Buddhist worshipers in the world. The name of Ogata Yidao Zhai will not only stink in the government, but also in the folks. .”

There are a total of 4 people who agree with Huixing's remarks just now, "Do Ogata and Genichi dare to attack Koyasan?"

They spoke one by one, expounding their views.

Toyotomi Nobuhide did not stop or refute them immediately.

He sat quietly on the main seat, listening to their speeches silently.

It wasn't until the end of each of their speeches that Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his mouth slightly:

"Why don't Ogata Isaitosai and Kinoshita Genichi dare to attack Koyasan?"

"Although I have never met my uncle."

"But I have heard about my uncle's deeds from many people."

"It's impossible to understand my uncle with common sense."

"He did things for people, boldly and decisively."

"He dares to think about things that ordinary people dare not think about."

"He dares to do what ordinary people dare not do."

"He is a man who dared to single-handedly destroy Iga no Sato 41 years ago."

"Do you think something like 'common sense' can restrain him?"

"If the situation requires,

I think he even dared to attack Edo Castle, let alone Koyasan. "

"As for Ogata Yidao Zhai... let alone him."

"Killing the king, breaking down the Nijo Castle, destroying Shiranui, and defeating the shogunate army, these deeds that seem to be in the Arabian Nights, he did one after another."

"I don't think the words Koyasan and Buddhism can restrain him."

"According to the currently known information about Ogata Yidaosai, he is a person who has revenge."

"In order to settle accounts with us, join hands with Uncle and the others to attack Mount Koya - I think there is not only a possibility, but also a great possibility."

"Even if he doesn't want to settle accounts with us, he may choose to fight with Uncle and the others out of friendship."

"After all, the relationship between him and uncle is very good."

"Last night's battle in Osaka has taught me a profound lesson—don't underestimate my uncle and Ogata Yidaosai."

"In a word—don't be negligent."

After finishing speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide turned his gaze to Master Xianyuan next to him.

"My lord, I will leave it to you to strengthen the security of Koyasan. Let's leave now, and the Iga people staying at Koyasan will be assigned to you freely for the time being."

"I see." Master Xianyuan nodded without any hesitation, then got up quickly, and trotted away from the banquet scene.

After Master Xianyuan left, Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced over the faces of everyone in the venue one by one.

"Although the battle of Osaka last night failed to kill Ogata Ittosai, it was not without results. We have very neatly bent the planned plan of 'destroying the treasury and administrative capabilities of Osaka'."

"After a night of hard work last night, Osaka's treasury and administrative capacity have been completely destroyed, and it will be difficult to recover in the short term."

"Osaka is not only an important town for the Edo shogunate to monitor the daimyos of the Western countries who have always been separated from the shogunate, but also the most important logistics center connecting the Eastern countries and the Western countries."

"Without Osaka, there is only the Edo shogunate in Kyoto who has not yet recovered from the 'Tianming Fire', and its control over Xiguo will be greatly weakened, which will pave the way for us to win over the daimyos of Xiguo in the future."

"At the same time, the port of Osaka was destroyed. Without Osaka, the most important logistics and transshipment center, it was difficult for the Edo shogunate to transport the huge manpower and material resources deployed in the western country to the eastern country."

"And those very few vassal states in the Western Kingdom who are loyal to the Edo Shogunate are also difficult to go to support the Edo Shogunate."

"Therefore, that is to say—our great cause of 'destroying the Edo Shogunate' has successfully completed the first step."

"I have successfully broken off one arm of the Edo Shogunate, so that the Edo Shogunate can only rule half of Japan now, so that the Edo Shogunate can freely deploy only the resources of the Eastern Kingdom."

After all, Toyotomi Nobuhide put on a somewhat heroic smile.

"How? I didn't lie to you before, did I? I will definitely lead you to defeat the Edo Shogunate."

"Before, some people said to me, 'The Edo shogunate owns the whole of Japan, how should we fight them'."

"And now, with our strategies and hard work, there is only half of Japan that the Edo shogunate can currently own."

"How? Do you still think the Edo Shogunate is invincible?"

Toyotomi Nobuhide's remarks just now changed the surrounding atmosphere immediately.

When they learned that their own army could not encircle and suppress even a single Ogata, many people were so shocked that they looked sad.

But now, after listening to Toyotomi Nobuhide's words just now, many people's faces gradually looked better again.

"The situation in Osaka exceeded my expectations."

The people who hadn't looked good for a long time heard Toyotomi Nobuhide continue.

"It failed to destroy Ogata Yidao Zhai, and Ogata Yidao Zhai is still united with Uncle and the others."

"It's not safe to stay in Koyasan any longer."

"So, even though it might be a bit rushed, I still decided to start the second stage of 'destroying the Edo shogunate' ahead of schedule."

"From now on, remove all important supplies stored in Koyasan."

"Before the morning of the next day at the latest, all the important materials must be moved to Rihui Maru and Hulu Maru, and then all the members who are currently staying in Koyasan will take the second ship and go north to Edo to launch the 'Edo Battle'! "

If it is said——The words of Toyotomi Nobuhide before made everyone's faces full of astonishment look better, then the words Toyotomi Nobuhide just said just now made everyone's faces change from good-looking to full of joy consternation.

"'Edo Battle'?" Someone's eyes widened, "Master Toyotomi, then... what should Isai Ogata and Genichi Kinoshita do in Osaka?"

"The information we have about them is wrong." Toyotomi Nobuhide said lightly, "We have far underestimated them...especially Ogata Ittosai's strength."

"Based on our current heavily damaged military strength, even if we want to defeat Ogata Ittosai, we will have to pay a very heavy price and end in a disastrous victory."

"I'm quite annoyed by the word miserably."

Toyotomi Nobuhide grinned.

"As a person, I only hope for a crushing victory! Just like yesterday's attack on the Osaka government!"

"Thus, although I am very unwilling, I can only abandon Ogata Yidaosai first, and then slowly find a way to deal with him."

As soon as Toyotomi Nobuhide finished speaking, another person quickly asked:

"But... Lord Toyotomi, aren't the musketeers who participated in last night's battle of Osaka basically on their way back to Koyasan? What should they do? Hiki Maru and Hulu Maru can't hold so many people."

"I will make detailed arrangements for the Musketeers in the future." Nobuhide Toyotomi replied, "The 'Edo Battle' does not require the Musketeers to participate in the battle. They only need to temporarily hide in our other strongholds in mainland Japan."

"There is no need for musketeers to participate in the war?" The person who asked the question just now opened his eyes a little wider, "There is no musketry unit...how can we capture Edo?"

It's not just this person who is looking at Toyotomi Nobuhide suspiciously now.

Almost everyone at the scene cast doubtful glances at Toyotomi Nobuhide.

The Battle of Edo—this word, in the Toyotomi Army, has always been a word full of secrets.

Toyotomi Nobuhide often mentioned this term in public.

But no one knows what the battle plan of the "Edo War" is.

No one has heard Toyotomi Nobuhide give any explanation of the detailed battle plan of the "Edo War", only heard that Toyotomi Nobuhide said that the goal of the "Edo War" is to completely destroy the ruling center of the Tokugawa clan Edo, the greatest blow to the morale of the Edo shogunate.

For a long time, the cadres of the Toyotomi Army believed that the "Edo Battle" was probably like the "Osaka Spring Battle", dispatching elite musket troops to surprise various points in Edo.

The cadres of Toyotomi's army have always thought so.

But who knows... Toyotomi Nobuhide has now said in public: "The Battle of Edo" does not require musketeers to participate in the battle...

This undoubtedly surprised everyone so much that their jaws almost dropped to the ground.

"Who said that without the Musketeers, Edo could not be conquered?" Everyone saw the smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide's face, showing a strong intriguing color, "As long as my sister is around, even if there is no soldier, We can also easily complete the 'Edo War' and break through Edo."

The astonishment on everyone's faces became more intense.

They looked at each other, communicating silently with their eyes.

Finally—someone gritted his teeth and boldly asked:

"Lord Toyotomi, I don't know that only Ms. Toyotomi is needed to break through Edo... What exactly do you mean?"

Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled.

"As for the specific content of the 'Battle of Edo', I will tell you slowly later."

"For now, let's focus on evacuating Koyasan first."

"Gao Qing, Yamamoto, Yutaro..."

Toyotomi Nobuhide called the names of 5 people in one breath.

"The 5 of you will be responsible for the evacuation of Koyasan. The 5 of you will stay, and the rest will leave for now."

"If someone is not full, they can take the food from the banquet down to eat."

People whose names were not called, after you looked at me and I looked at you, they all got up and prepared to leave.

But just then—

"Lord Toyotomi! I have a merciless request!"

An extremely loud voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone followed the reputation - it turned out to be the leader of the remnant party in Shiranui: Kikutaro.

I saw Kikutaro walking out in three steps in parallel, facing Toyotomi Nobuhide, and knelt down on the ground in the most standard Dogeza posture.

"Please let us also participate in the security work on Mount Koya!"

Looking at Kikutarou kneeling on the ground in front of him, Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his eyebrows slightly.

"'We'? You mean: let you Shiranui also join in the security work of Mount Koya?"

"Exactly!" Kikutaro said loudly, "Vigilance and surveillance—this is what we, as ninjas, are best at!"

"Right now, there are a total of 50 Iga people staying in Koyasan."

"Although there are a lot of people, 50 people are not enough to monitor and guard the important areas of Koyasan."

"But if our Shiranui people can participate, the pressure on manpower will be greatly reduced!"

"Master Toyotomi, please allow us Shiranui to participate in the security work of Mount Koya!"

After shouting like this, Kikutaro secretly said proudly in his heart:

——Such a good opportunity to show your face in front of Toyotomi-sama, you can't miss it...

The reason why Kikutaro was so active in asking for a job, asking Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them, the remnants of Shiranui, join the current work of "enhancing the security of Mount Koya", is not because he loves the task so much.

It's purely because Kikutaro thinks that this task can allow them, the remnants of Shiranui, to show their faces in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide, and it is not dangerous, so they can fish happily.

Toyotomi Nobuhide just said: By the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest, everyone who is currently staying on Koyasan will leave Koyasan on the two battleships Nichiki Maru and Hulumaru, and head north to Edo.

In other words, they will only stay in Koyasan for another day and a half at most.

Kikutaro didn't know what Ogata and the others would do in the future.

But Kikutaro knew that if Ogata and the others decided to attack Mount Koya, it would definitely take a few days of preparation time.

They just went through a big battle in Osaka last night, so they need a rest period of 1 or 2 days, right?

In addition, it must take some time to carefully formulate a specific offensive strategy, right?

After Ogata and the others made all the preparations and went straight to Koyasan, they should have boarded the battleship and headed straight for Edo swaggeringly.

Therefore, Kikutaro feels that it is quite safe to join Koyasan's security work now, and Ogata and the others should not be seen until they leave Koyasan.

Show your face in front of the leader and let the leader remember your face will be of great benefit, and no matter how inconspicuous the task is, it is better than no task - these are the two precious things that Kikutaro realized when he was struggling in Shiranui life experience.

Now take the initiative to ask for a job and ask Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them Shiranui join in this mission, so that you can show your face in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide without worrying about any danger you will encounter in this mission-this is Kikutaro The little Jiujiu in my heart.

Kikutaro pressed his forehead tightly to the ground, fully expecting Toyotomi Nobuhide's response.

Toyotomi Nobuhide's response - Kikutaro did not wait.

He only waited for a shout that made Kikutaro's expression freeze.

"Ah! Toyotomi-sama! Let me be idle, so why not let me join the security work on Koyasan!" A strong man knelt beside Kikutaro and yelled.

After shouting like this, the strong man quietly cast a provocative look at Kikutaro beside him.

It's funny to say - the reason why this strong man volunteered is exactly the same as that of Kikutaro.

He was also confused by the superior conditions of "being able to show his face in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide, and the task is safe".

He was thinking of going out and asking Toyotomi Nobuhide just now, but he was half a step behind Kikutaro.

--This guy……! Do you want to rob me of this skill? !

After cursing fiercely in his heart, Kikutaro raised his head.

"Lord Toyotomi, it is more appropriate to entrust us, the ninjas, with the task of strengthening vigilance!"

"No, Master Toyotomi!" The strong man followed closely, not to be outdone, "When I was serving the Edo Shogunate, I was in charge of security work in Nagasaki, and I have quite a lot of experience in this task !"

Kikutaro and the strong man are fighting over there.

The cave became noisy with the shouts of the two.

Toyotomi Nobuhide did not immediately respond to the two of them.

Nor did they stop their act of grabbing tasks.

He silently rested his left elbow on his crossed left leg, resting his head on his left hand, with a faint smile on his face.

With an expression as if watching some wonderful drama, he quietly watched Kikutaro and the strong man who were still arguing.

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Mount Koya, Sengenji Temple——

Master Xianyuan walked quickly towards the outside of Xianyuan Temple.

The burden of "strengthening the security of Mount Koya" was on the shoulders of Master Xianyuan, which made Master Xianyuan's footsteps slow even if he wanted to slow down just now.

At this time, Master Xianyuan was followed by four bald monks.

These 4 monks are all Iga ninjas.

In Xianyuan Temple, there are many Iga congregations who pretend to be monks.

Their daily task is to assist Master Xianyuan to complete various tasks.

——In short... we must first place enough surveillance personnel in the various main roads entering Koyasan...

Master Xianyuan silently sorted out the steps of the task in his mind, and at the same time silently accelerated his pace.

Just when he was about to arrive at the main gate of Xianyuan Temple, he suddenly heard the sound of talking from the main gate.

"This benefactor, if you come to pay homage to the Buddha, please go here."

Master Xianyuan looked towards the main entrance—the two young monks who were sweeping the floor at the main entrance were talking to someone.

Because of the angle of view, Master Xianyuan couldn't see clearly what the two young monks were talking to.

Master Xianyuan, who thought it was a new pilgrim coming to worship the Buddha in the temple, continued to lead the four Iga ninjas outside the temple without paying attention.

"No. I'm not here to offer incense and respect to the Buddha. I'm here to find Master Xianyuan."

When he heard this, Master Xianyuan had just stepped out of the main gate of the temple.

Hearing his own name suddenly, Master Xianyuan was taken aback, and then looked at the owner of the voice just now, that is, the "pilgrim" who had just talked to the two floor-sweeping monks.

I saw that the "pilgrim" was wearing a bamboo hat with a deep brim, which made it difficult to see his face clearly, a blue and gold sword and wakizasa on his waist, and a light green haori on his body.

The haori is embroidered with a beautiful family pattern of bellflowers, and when the feathers flutter in the wind, the bellflowers dance along with it.

At this time, the two little sweeping monks noticed Master Xianyuan passing by them.

"Ah! Master! Good afternoon!"

"Good afternoon! Master!"

The two young monks subconsciously saluted Master Xianyuan and said hello.

And this move of the two of them... made the "pilgrim" turn his head to look at Master Xianyuan as if he saw a poisonous snake prey.

"You are the Master Xianyuan...Your style is indeed like a Master."

"Since you showed up on your own initiative, it will save you trouble."

After finishing speaking, "Pilgrim" raised his hand and took off the bamboo hat on his head...

Master Xianyuan felt that the blood in his whole body seemed to be frozen at this moment.

Goosebumps popping up all over my body.

Hardly any thought.

There was hardly any hesitation.

Master Xianyuan turned around and fled!

While turning to run away, Master Xianyuan screamed at the four Iga ninjas beside him:

"Stop this person!!"

These Iga ninjas who were chosen to assist Master Xianyuan are all elites selected from ten out of ten.

After Master Xianyuan's shout fell, the four of them rushed towards the "pilgrim" without any hesitation.

Master Xianyuan fled in a direction away from the "pilgrim" recklessly.

Boom!

He suddenly heard a loud noise behind him.

Before he had time to look back, he saw something flying past him. Take a closer look—it's a ninja flying upside down...

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The battle between Kikutaro and the strong man is still going on.

Toyotomi Nobuhide was still watching the dispute between the two with interest.

For the rest, you look at me and I look at you, wondering whether it is better to say or do something now.

Amidst the din and noise, a panic-stricken Iga ninja rushed into the cave along the tunnel.

Because of the extreme anxiety in his heart, the ninja also lost his sense of control. After seeing Toyotomi Nobuhide, he immediately shouted an extremely simple sentence to Toyotomi Nobuhide and everyone in the cave.

The content of the sentence that this ninja yelled is really very simple, but this sentence seems to have some strange magic power.

Toyotomi Nobuhide, who had been watching Kikutaro arguing with the strong man with a smile, immediately changed his expression.

The rest were shocked.

Ju Taro and the strong man who had been competing for the task just now, the blood on their faces quickly faded away. The interesting thing is that Ju Taro, his eyes are now full of horror.

The banquet scene, which was quite noisy at first, has become audible now.

All these changes, just because the ninja just yelled:

"Ogata is here!"

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Can any readers guess how Toyotomi Nobuhide intends to take Edo with only one Toyotomi Rin? This may be more difficult to guess~