After seeing the double guns in Ogata's hands, Sheng Tianmu and Tiandao had the same thought at the same time - what is this thing?
At this time, the development of Japanese firearms was almost stagnant, and they were still using backward matchlock guns. Pistols were extremely rare items that only a very small number of people had ever seen.
Sheng Tianmu and Tiandao had never seen a pistol, so they were stunned when they saw the pistol suddenly taken out by Ogata.
After all, Sheng Tianmu was an experienced veteran. He was stunned for only a moment before he suddenly remembered that Mogami had told them that Ogata Ittosai had a very small iron cannon, and he was injured by Ogata Ittosai's iron cannon...
Bang——!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Two completely different gunshots were heard.
Meiren's power is the strongest, so the gunshot is the loudest.
Ogata fired all the bullets in both guns in one breath.
The gunshots rang out, smoke rose, and blood mixed with armor fragments splattered everywhere.
Meiren's bullet directly pierced Tendao's chest, who had no time to react or dodge.
The huge caliber Mei Ran directly blew a small hole in Tiandao's chest.
Sheng Tianmu, who had the best skills and the most combat experience, was the one who reacted and dodged to the side.
But the distance was too short, leaving him too little time to dodge.
Sheng Tianmu rolled to the side, feeling a pain in his left clavicle and left shoulder as if they were about to break - he only dodged two bullets from Kasumigaseki, and the other two bullets hit his left clavicle and left shoulder respectively, directly breaking the bones of Sheng Tianmu's left clavicle and left shoulder, and crippling his left arm.
The attack of the two men, which was just a little bit away from stabbing Ogata and killing him, collapsed.
Ogata let go of the two guns and let them fall freely. His right hand once again grasped the Daishiten that was inserted into Qiuyue's body and controlled by Qiuyue in front of him. Ogata's series of actions of discarding the knife, taking out the pistol and severely damaging Shengtianmu and Tiandao were so fast that Qiuyue didn't even have time to escape with Ogata's knife that remained in his body, and prevent Ogata's knife from returning to his hands.
When the blade is inserted into the human body, the muscles of the human body will contract due to the severe pain, thereby clamping the blade inserted into the body, making it difficult to pull out the blade.
In this situation, the easiest way to pull the knife out is to turn the blade to separate the muscles, which will make it easier to pull the knife out and cause further damage to the enemy's wound.
But because Qiuyue was wearing armor, there was no way for him to turn the knife and cut the muscles.
Therefore, Ogata used brute force to pull the blade out of Akizuki's body.
Although Akizuki relied on his amazing willpower to hold on to the knife and prevent Ogata from taking it back - but willpower was completely vulnerable in the face of the absolute difference in strength.
Akizuki probably only held out for half a second before Ogata took his knife back.
A large amount of blood and flesh spurted out from Qiuyue's wound as Da Shitian pulled out the knife.
The sword returned to his hand, and Ogata rotated half a circle with his right foot as the axis. The blade drew a diagonal light from the lower left to the upper right, sweeping towards the neck of Tendō, who was having difficulty standing due to a gunshot wound in the chest.
Sakakibara Ittoryu·Ryubi.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Ittoryu·Ryubi to kill the enemy.]
[Gained 450 personal experience points, 350 sword skills experience points for Sakakibara Ittoryu, and 150 sword skills experience points for Mugu Two-Sword Style]
[Current personal level: Lv38 (3060/6000)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 13th Stage (9225/12000)]
[My Two-Sword Style Level: 11th Stage (11950/12000)]
In the battle with the four generals in front of him, Ogata not only used Sakakibara's Ittoryu sword skills, but also used Muga's Two-Swordsmanship. So after killing Tendō, Muga's Two-Swordsmanship also gained a lot of experience points.
After cutting off half of Tendō's neck, Ogata's body and sword did not stop.
The blade had just cut Tendō's neck from the lower left to the upper right. Ogata kept the blade raised to the upper right, and continued to use his right foot as the axis, turning a small half circle, facing Shōtenmu, whose left arm was disabled and only one arm was left.
Sakakibara Ittoryu: Waterfall.
Ogata turned the blade that was raised to the upper right so that it was facing downward, and then slashed from the upper right to the lower left.
Because of Sheng Tianmu's hasty dodge just now, Jie Fei accidentally fell from his palm and rolled to a distance where Sheng Tianmu could not get it back in time.
Sheng Tianmu, who had no gun in his hand, looked at the blade approaching his head at a very fast speed and clenched his teeth.
With only one arm left to use, Shengtianmu squeezed out the last bit of strength in his body, struggled to draw the sword at his left waist with one hand, and performed Iai with one arm.
The blade that popped out of the sheath faced Ogata's sword, trying to divert Ogata's mizutaro.
Perhaps it was because of the desire to survive or the critical moment that his potential was unleashed. The seriously injured and one-armed Sheng Tianmu actually burst out with a strength that was not inferior to that when he was in "intact" state.
His blade moved from bottom to top and collided heavily with Ogata's blade in mid-air.
The sound of blades clashing was so loud that it was almost deafening. At the cost of feeling that his sword was about to break and his right arm was numb from the shock, he successfully took on Ogata's water drop and blocked Ogata's sword.
Ogata originally thought that Sheng Tianmu, who had been severely injured by him, was most likely no longer able to fight. However, after seeing that Sheng Tianmu still had the strength to deflect his attack, a hint of surprise involuntarily appeared on his face - although this hint of surprise was fleeting.
Ogata's Daishakuten was lifted high by the recoil force.
As the blade rose, Ogata used a technique that Genichi had taught him in Edo, which he had not used for a long time, to turn the recoil into his own strength...
Before Sheng Tianmu could feel secretly happy for having successfully deflected Ogata's attack, he saw that Ogata's blade, which had been lifted high by the recoil, was now aimed at his head again...
Water falls, Erlian.
Ogata's sword slashed heavily at Shengtianmu's head with a speed and power far exceeding the previous attack.
Ding! Hiss!
The sounds of the blade cutting through armor, bones, and flesh rang out almost simultaneously.
This time, Shengtianmu failed to successfully block Ogata's faster and heavier sword - Daishikatsu hit his head accurately, smashing his head and helmet together.
[Gained 650 personal experience points, 450 sword skills experience points for "Sakakibara Ittoryu", and 200 sword skills experience points for "Mugu Two-Sword Flow"]
[Current personal level: Lv38 (3710/60 00)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 13th Stage (9675/12000)]
[My Two-Sword Style Level: 12th Stage (150/14000)]
[Ding! Experience value is full, Sakakibara Ittoryu level is upgraded by 1, and 2 skill points are obtained]
[Currently remaining skill points: 4 points]
After experiencing one battle after another, Ogata's Muga Two-Sword Style finally received a long-awaited upgrade, which brought Ogata 2 skill points. Counting the original 2 skill points, Ogata now has 4 skill points.
The system sound that prompts the upgrade of personal level or martial arts style level - this is indeed a long time since Ogata heard it. After hearing this system sound in his mind, Ogata couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
The current environment naturally does not allow Ogata to open his personal system interface and slowly check for new changes.
Only 2 of the 4 generals are left.
Putting the matter of upgrading aside for the moment, Ogata turned to look at the still-alive Akizuki and Kuroda - the two... no, to be more precise, it seemed that Kuroda had lost his will to fight.
When Ogata swung his sword to kill Tendao and Shōtenmu, only the skin on his palms was torn off. Kuroda, whose injuries were relatively minor, then passed his arms through Akizuki's armpits from behind and dragged Akizuki away from Ogata.
Akizuki yelled, wanting Kuroda to let him go. He wanted to continue fighting with Ogata even though he had no chance of winning.
Unfortunately, his body was pierced by the blade, and the blade was pulled out by brute force. He was no longer able to break free from Kuroda's control due to his injuries, and could only let Kuroda drag him away.
Kuroda dragged Akizuki away from Ogata.
By the time Ogata had dealt with Shengtianmu and Tiandao, Kuroda had already dragged Akizuki to a place about ten steps away from Ogata.
But Kuroda did more than just remove Akizuki from the battlefield.
"Quick! Stop him! Stop him!"
While dragging Akizuki away from the battlefield, Kuroda shouted this in an almost hysterical manner to the dozen or so guards who had just stood not far away under the orders of Shōtenmu.
Kuroda knew that these dozen guards were definitely no match for Ogata - but even if they were no match for Ogata, they could at least buy some time for him and Akizuki to escape.
Kuroda couldn't care about anything else now, he just wanted to get away from Ogata as soon as possible - even if it meant sending these dozen guards to their deaths.
Some of these guards followed Kuroda's orders without hesitation and rushed towards Ogata with guns.
But most of the guards chose to stand still, looking at each other - not all of them valued "the dignity of a samurai" and "the honor of a samurai" more than their own lives.
If it was Nagatenmu and his men before they were defeated and fell to the ground, these guards might have chosen to obey Kuroda's orders.
But now, Sheng Tianmu and Tiandao had become lifeless corpses lying on the ground, and Kuroda was dragging Akizuki away in a panic - seeing this scene, the guards couldn't help but hesitate... hesitating whether to go forward and fight a battle that they had no chance of winning.
"Raise the cannon! Draw the bow!"
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly rang out from one side of the battlefield.
Hearing this shout, Kuroda was stunned for a moment, then a look of ecstasy emerged on his face. He quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the sound - at the end of his sight were the archers and arquebusiers who had already formed a simple formation, as well as Kasuga who had been sent by Nagatenmoku to mobilize the arquebusiers and archers.
Reinforcements finally arrived.
Haruhi, who was exhausted and sweating, held his sword high and stood on the side of the simple "shooting formation", using the sword as a special weapon to command the troops.
More than a dozen arquebusiers knelt on one knee, standing in the front, while the archers stood in the back. Both the arquebusiers and the archers were ready to shoot—the muzzles of their guns and arrows were pointed directly at Ogata, who was now alone and had become a perfect target.
"Release!" Haruhi swung the sword in his hand heavily.
A barrage of bullets and arrows swept towards Ogata.
Long before Kasuga shouted "Raise the cannons! Draw the bows!", Ogata heard the footsteps and noticed this "long-range attack force" rushing here.
Therefore, before Haruhi gave the order to shoot, Ogata had already lowered his center of gravity and used pad steps to quickly get away from where he was - while getting away, he did not forget to retrieve Umezen and Kasumi who had just fallen onto the soft snow and stuffed them back into his arms.
As soon as Ogata escaped from the spot, the place where he was standing was pierced with multiple arrows and several small holes made by bullets.
"ah--!"
At this moment, a scream suddenly rang out.
The one who uttered this scream was Sakaguchi.
When Ogata and the four generals of Namatenme were fighting, Sakaguchi thought about taking the opportunity to escape.
But Ogata's bloody and terrifying appearance had been deeply engraved in Sakaguchi's mind, so that Sakaguchi could not muster up the courage to escape at all...
So when Ogata was fighting with the four generals of Nagatamo, Sakaguchi was hiding not far away - because there was no place to hide around, Sakaguchi could only shrink his body into a depression in the snow.
After seeing this "long-range attack force" that suddenly arrived, Sakaguchi subconsciously wanted to escape.
But it was obvious that he didn't have Ogata's ability to dodge arrows and bullets.
He had just enough time to stand up from the depression - a stray bullet pierced his chest which was not protected by armor.
After a scream, he opened his eyes wide, fell backwards to the ground, and died.
Sakaguchi, who had been afraid of being accidentally injured by stray arrows or bullets since he followed Ogata into the camp, was actually killed by a stray bullet in the end.
Ogata turned his head to look at Sakaguchi, who had fallen to the ground dead after being pierced by a bullet in the heart - and then quickly turned his gaze back.
Ogata was still somewhat touched by Sakaguchi's death - he felt a little regretful now.
He felt sorry that no one would show him the way afterwards.
Ogata's only target is Mogami.
Now two of the four generals led by Sheng Tianmu are dead, and they have successfully broken through Sheng Tianmu's blockade. Ogata doesn't want to spend any more time chasing after Kuroda and his men who have already escaped with Akizuki.
Ogata rushed straight towards the commander's tent not far away at the fastest speed he could achieve.
As for Ogata, whose speed was so fast that he left a trail of afterimages, the archers and arquebusiers who had just arrived at the battlefield could only attack Ogata's afterimages in vain.
After killing two soldiers who tried to stop him, Ogata successfully reached the entrance of the commander-in-chief's tent and rushed into the camp through the entrance.
After entering, Ogata did not see any figure, and there was no one wherever he looked.
——Isn’t it here?
Ogata had already prepared himself mentally for the possibility that "Mogami had been carried away from the commander-in-chief's camp in time", so when he saw that Mogami was not in the commander-in-chief's camp, he merely frowned slightly, then rushed to a corner of the tent, cut the tent cloth with a knife, and rushed out of the commander-in-chief's camp through the "tent opening" he had just made.
Kasuga led the archers and cannonmen in pursuit of Ogata.
However, their speed was far inferior to Ogata's, and they could only watch helplessly as the distance between themselves and Ogata widened little by little... and finally lost sight of Ogata completely.
Kuroda, who was still holding Akizuki, seemed to have lost his soul, staring blankly at Ogata's departing back.
He looked at the direction where Ogata's figure disappeared, and then looked at the lifeless bodies of Sheng Tianmu and Tiandao not far away.
For some reason, the words that Ogata had said to them before, as if they had self-awareness, automatically emerged in Kuroda's mind at this moment, echoing in Kuroda's ears:
[Then prove it to me. Let me see if you four have the ability to stop me.]