Red Moon Fortress, inner wall——
Chanup returned to the inner city wall as quickly as possible.
At this moment, the inner and outer city walls, which had just been quiet for a short while, became noisy again.
The archers rushed up the inner city wall.
The soldiers responsible for close combat also climbed onto the outer city wall in large numbers and took their positions.
In the past few days, they have been stripping the equipment of the remaining Japanese soldiers and leaving it for the soldiers on the outer city wall to wear.
After nearly three days of "upgrading from muskets to cannons", a considerable number of soldiers on the outer city wall have put on the armor of the Japanese soldiers and used their spears.
In order to avoid being accidentally injured by their own people, the breastplates of all the armors that were "turned into their own use" were painted red.
As soon as he returned to the inner city wall, Chanup saw Lin Ziping, who seemed to have just arrived.
"Mr. Chanup, you're here." Lin Ziping said to Chanup who arrived first , "The Aizu army launched another attack earlier than we thought."
"and……"
Having said this, Lin Ziping showed a worried expression and looked at the Aizu army outside the city which had almost completed its battle array.
"I hope it's just my illusion... I always feel that the atmosphere of the Aizu Army at this moment is... weird..."
Chanup then turned his attention to the Aizu army that was still gathering and forming a battle line outside the city.
"...No matter what happens to the Japanese army outside the city, what we have to do remains the same—" Chanup said in a deep voice, "Drive all the Japanese who climb up down."
"...Yeah." Lin Ziping nodded gently, "You are right..."
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Red Moon Fortress, outside the city——
"Lord Gamo. Lord Hirata is ready.", "Lord Mori is also in place."...
With his arms folded across his chest, Kasumi listened quietly to the reports that came in one after another.
Naturally, Gamo knew exactly which generals were under his Aizu army and what tasks each general had.
After listening to the last report and confirming that all the generals and troops were in their positions, Pu Sheng nodded: "...Very good."
He lowered his arms that were folded across his chest, then placed his right hand on his beloved sword at his left waist - Lei Shang, and slowly pulled it out.
The biggest difference between the katana and the katana is that the katana is generally longer than the katana, and the curvature is also generally larger than that of the katana.
The blade of Kamo's beloved sword, called "Raizou", is nearly 77cm long.
After he slowly pulled out Lei Zou and raised it above his head, Lei Zou reflected a blue light with a bit of seductive aura under .
The astonishing length and the captivating cold light immediately attracted the attention of everyone around.
"I am a general - Pu Sheng prison line!"
Kamo shouted at the loudest volume he could.
It’s a pity that Gamo was not a person with a loud voice, and his voice could not reach the ears of all the Aizu soldiers. Only the few hundred people closest to Gamo could hear Gamo’s voice clearly.
"I think your respective superiors should have told you just now. I will personally lead the charge in this afternoon's battle!"
As soon as Pu Sheng finished speaking, those who heard Pu Sheng's voice clearly all cast fiery glances in Pu Sheng's direction.
At this time, the generals and soldiers of Aizu were quite excited.
Because just now, they received news that their general, Kamo Ryūxing, would personally participate in the battle this afternoon and lead the charge.
No matter how the times develop, it is always very inspiring and morale-boosting to see a general who is usually high and mighty charging at the front.
What's more, the one who led the charge was Pu Sheng, who had the same daily food, clothing and other necessities as ordinary soldiers and was well-loved by the generals and soldiers.
"Samurai of Aizu! Follow me closely!"
“Samurai of Aizu! Show me the bravery of Aizu!”
"Samurai of Aizu! Join me in conquering this fortress!"
Of these three sentences spoken by Pu Sheng, the last one was almost shouted.
After he shouted these three powerful words, the generals and soldiers around him, with him as the center, burst into cheers and shouts like a tsunami.
Afterwards, this shout quickly "spread", and all the Aizu soldiers, whether they had heard Gamo's words just now or not, all cheered loudly.
This is also the norm on the battlefield - because information transmission is extremely inconvenient, most generals and soldiers can only "follow suit". When others shout, you will often shout along, even if you have no idea what others are shouting.
After the cheers around him died down a little, Pu Sheng raised the Lei Zou knife that he had been holding high with the tip pointing to the sky and chopped it down heavily.
“Follow me!!”
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Red Moon Fortress, inner wall——
"What is that..." Lin Ziping muttered in a deep voice, staring at the front of the Aizu army that was rushing towards them - he saw a very abrupt "small group" in the front of the Aizu army.
This "small group" was surrounded by several sturdy soldiers, holding iron shields in their hands, which were extremely rare in the Japanese army and were not used by ordinary soldiers.
These soldiers holding iron shields formed an "iron ball" to block all flying arrows.
A soldier at the rear of this "small group" was carrying an iron shield in one hand and a military flag embroidered with "The Three Aoi of Aizu" in the other.
Lin Ziping immediately concluded that there must be some important person leading the charge. This important person is now inside this "iron ball" and is under strict protection.
Lin Ziping noticed that there must be some important person inside the "iron ball", and Chanup, who was standing next to him, also noticed this.
Lin Ziping originally wanted to order the musketeers not far away to "focus their fire on that 'iron ball'", but unexpectedly Chanup's reaction was faster than his.
"Shoot those people carrying iron shields who are running in front!" Chanup ordered the musketeers.
Although Chanup's reaction was quick, unfortunately - the "iron ball" was moving too fast.
Because of Gamo's personal participation in the battle, the morale of the Aizu army was greatly boosted, so even their running speed increased. Even though the "iron ball" was very fast, the soldiers in the rear could barely catch up.
The flintlocks of Chanup were all smoothbore rifles. Smoothbore rifles were not the kind of rifles that could hit whatever you pointed at. When shooting at a long-distance target with a smoothbore flintlock rifle, whether you could hit it or not was all a matter of luck...
Therefore, even though Chanup had quickly ordered concentrated fire on the "iron ball", only two bullets successfully hit the target until the "iron ball" reached the bottom of the outer city wall.
However, these two bullets just barely penetrated the iron shield and injured the guard who was holding up the shield, but did not hurt the "big shot" who was heavily protected.
The "big shot" who was heavily protected was naturally Pu Sheng who led the charge.
Under the protection of the guards, they arrived safely at the base of the outer city wall, and the soldiers following closely behind them also set up the ladder at an extremely fast speed.
After the ladder was built, he held the ladder in one hand and carried his thunder in the other. Like an agile monkey, he glided up the ladder and was the first to "slide" onto the city wall.
"Quick! Someone is coming up!"
"Knock him down!"
"Stab it!"
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The soldiers on the outer city wall reacted quickly.
After nearly three days of fierce fighting, they gradually got used to how to fight and how to efficiently shove down the enemy soldiers who climbed up the city wall.
Before Kasumi showed his head, four soldiers formed a fan shape, with their spears pointed at the top of the ladder, ready to stab Kasumi down as soon as he showed his head.
Their plan is wonderful.
Unfortunately, they underestimated the enemy's combat power...
As they wished, Gamo emerged from behind the city wall, and the four soldiers immediately thrust their spears forward.
But just as they thrust their spears forward, they saw a flash of a knife flashing horizontally before their eyes.
Kasumi swung his Thunder Walk.
The blade flashed across horizontally, blocking the spearheads of the four men's spears at once, and their offensive was broken.
Kasumi kicked his feet and took the opportunity to jump onto the city wall nimbly.
The four warriors saw several more flashes of swords - but this time, the swords were no longer sweeping towards their spears, but towards them...
These four warriors were all wearing Ashigaru armor that they had just changed into, so Gamo did not choose to attack their bodies, but instead specifically attacked those parts of their bodies that were not protected by armor.
I saw Kasumi swung the sword four times in a row. It was obvious that he swung the sword four times one after another, but because the speed of the sword was too fast, it looked like the four soldiers were stabbed and fell down at the same time.
The first person to climb the city wall was their general Gamo - this was a significant boost to the morale of the Aizu soldiers.
The soldiers of Aizu cheered and swarmed up the outer city wall like ants, following the long ladders.
"Follow me!!" After shouting this sentence with all his strength, Pu Sheng swung the Lei in his hand, shook off the blood of the four soldiers that had just stained the blade, and pounced on the Red Moon Fortress soldier closest to him.
At this moment, Kasumi has fully revealed his fangs.
Although Tachijutsu is a sword technique that can only show its full power on horseback, it is more than enough to deal with the warriors of the Red Moon Fortress who have no other strengths in combat except archery.
Kasumi is not very tall, and strength is not his strong point.
His strength is his agility.
Although he was wearing heavy armor, he was still like a gentle stream of water, "flowing" at an extremely fast speed in every gap on the battlefield.
He "flowed" in front of a certain soldier. Because Gamo's speed was too fast, the soldier felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder before he could react - Gamo swung his knife diagonally and hit his right shoulder, and then directly chopped the man in half.
At this time, a soldier standing nearby thrust his spear at Gamo, but Gamo dodged it swiftly, then raised the tip of his knife and pierced the man's throat.
When he put away his sword, he swept it horizontally and cut the body of a person next to him in half, cutting the person's body neatly in half...
After killing three people in a row, Kasumi "flowed" again, flowing to other places...
The soldiers often saw a flash of a knife before they could react.
Or maybe it was just a blink of an eye, and suddenly there was another person in front of me...
Gamo's fierce attack was like a shot of adrenaline for the Aizu soldiers.
Everyone was either cheering or shouting Pu Sheng's name.
With their morale and fighting spirit soaring, they burst out with extremely strong power, and the intensity of their attack was far greater than this morning.
The mighty Kasumi was like a sharp wedge, piercing the thick outer city wall, creating a crack with it as the center. As the wedge gradually penetrated deeper, the crack continued to deepen...
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The main battle of the whole army——
"Mr. Gamo's swordsmanship is indeed well-deserved..." Inamori, who was observing the battle situation through a telescope, exclaimed.
Gamo planned to lead the charge personally this afternoon - such a major matter, Gamo naturally reported it to Inamori as soon as possible.
Inamori naturally refused at first. After all, Gamo was the general of the Aizu army. The general personally going into battle could certainly boost morale, but it would be bad if the general was injured in the battle.
But Gamo was stubborn and tried hard to persuade Inamori. So under Gamo's persuasion, Inamori finally agreed to Gamo's plan of "leading the charge" with great reluctance.
Before the battle started, Inamori was still frowning slightly due to some worry.
And now, after seeing this great battle situation, Inamori's slightly frowned brows slowly relaxed.
"Master Inamori."
A general who did not have a telescope and could not see the battle situation on the front line asked Inamori urgently.
"How's the battle going now?"
"Lord Gamo personally led the charge, and the Aizu army has completely gained the upper hand." Inamori said succinctly with a smug smile, "It's a pity that the barbarians in the fortress are not weak persimmons that can be bullied. Gamo's offensive was barely stopped, but the barbarians also paid a heavy price in casualties for this."
Inamori's words made all the generals present look in shock and astonishment towards the outer city wall in the distance where shouts of killing were heard.
Different generals showed different expressions.
Some generals showed admiration and joy.
However, some generals had conflicted expressions - for example, Akizuki and Kuroda, who were generals of both the First Army and Sendai Domain.
The generals of the First Army now all look embarrassed.
Originally, having achieved no results for two consecutive days, they viewed the Aizu army's siege today with a mocking attitude.
However... the slaps in the face came one after another...
This morning, the Aizu army has shown its might.
And now, General Gamo of the Aizu Army directly led the charge, giving the barbarians in the fortress a head-on blow...
How could the generals of the First Army not feel embarrassed? How could they not feel entangled...
Many generals of the First Army even began to lower their heads out of embarrassment and confusion, with their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts.
"...Hey." Akizuki, who was standing next to Kuroda, whispered to him, "Aizu...can't we really be able to capture the outer city wall before this evening..."
"...I think it's difficult." Kuroda replied softly, "Those barbarians in the fortress are not so easy to deal with."
"But... even if we fail to capture the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress before tonight, Gamo's battle will have greatly intimidated those barbarians..."
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Red Moon Fortress, inner wall——
Chanup and the others naturally saw the horror of Pu Sheng.
Kasumi is running.
Their warriors were dying.
No one can stop Kasumi.
Gamo and his men also used various means to try to fight against Gamo early on.
Send out elite warriors to chase and intercept Pu Sheng, and send out elite archers to accurately shoot him...
But all of their methods have little effect...
Because the battlefield was too chaotic, it was difficult for the archers to shoot at Gamo. Gamo was also very smart. He never exposed himself to the archers on the inner wall. He always hid himself in crowded places and kept moving at high speed, making it more difficult for the archers to aim.
The elite warriors they sent out were completely powerless against Pu Sheng...
Gamo was like an uninhabited person, waving the sword in his hand and harvesting lives one after another.
"... Chanup, we are in trouble." Retannoy, who was standing next to Chanup, said in a deep voice, "How should we deal with that very difficult Kazuto?"
"...We can only intensify the concentrated shooting at that person as much as possible." Lin Ziping on the side said, "I don't believe that person can dodge all the arrows."
Chanup has been looking at Kamo with a serious look since just now.
Without anyone explaining it to him, Chanup knew what the consequences would be if he left Pu Sheng alone.
After staring at Pu Sheng on the outer city wall for a while, Chanup said nothing.
He just turned around silently and strode towards the direction away from the inner city wall.
"Chanoup! Where are you going?" Retannoe asked anxiously when he saw this.
"That man is obviously a general of the Japanese army." Chanup said in a calm tone, "The reason why the children on the outer wall had such a hard time fighting was largely because the general of the Japanese army personally went into battle and boosted morale."
"Then let's use Kazuto's method to deal with Kazuto!"
"I want to go up to the outer wall!"
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Red Moon Fortress, Chanup's home——
Since Chanup left, Tang Shen has been sitting there with his eyes closed, looking like he is both dazed and thinking.
To outsiders, it looked like Tang Shen was just sitting there doing nothing.
But in reality, only Tang Shen himself knows clearly - in his mind, fragments of past memories are playing back and forth...
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"Do you want to use this broken pair of scissors to fight those Yakuza? That would be a waste of time."
"Those beasts... killed my parents... just because my parents didn't pay the so-called 'bail'. I won't accept that..."
“…”
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"That house in front is the headquarters of the 'Osaki family', right?"
“That’s right! Who are you? You outsiders shouldn’t wander around here… Aaaaaaaa! W-what are you doing? Help, help… Gu…”
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"Hey! Who are you? I haven't seen you before! Are you a ronin? Why are you looking for trouble with our 'Osaki family'?"
"I am a ronin, Kamado Rouzo. I don't like you, so I decided to destroy you Yakuza."
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“Kamito Jūzo… I’ve heard of your name! You must be the ‘Kamito Fujosai’! My uncle is an important official of the Yonezawa Domain! If you kill me… Ahhhhh——!”
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The fragment of memory has been played out in Tang Shen's eyes.
Tang Shen slowly opened his eyes.
If Chanup were present, he would definitely be surprised to see the look in Thompson's eyes right now.
The current Tang Shen has a very calm expression in his eyes - just like a senior monk who has practiced Taoism for many years.
He stood up quietly.
At the same time, he grabbed the crutch at his side.
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Red Moon Fortress, inner wall——
"Chanoup! Are you crazy? Do you know what the consequences will be if anything happens to you?" Retannoe stopped Chanup tightly and did not let him leave.
"I know." Chanup said seriously, "But I also know what the consequences will be if we don't stop that guy as soon as possible."
"Retannoy, tell me, besides me personally going into battle and boosting morale, is there any other way to immediately stop that guy who is wreaking havoc everywhere?"
Retanoë was stumped.
His eyes flickered several times in succession, and then he gritted his teeth:
"In short - I won't allow you to go to the outer city wall. I won't allow you to go!"
"It's not the last resort yet where you need to take action yourself!"
Then, Retannoy took off the bow from his back.
"I'll go in your place! If I go into battle, it will at least boost everyone's morale!"
"Calm down, everyone." Lin Ziping said urgently, "That guy's offensive is already on the decline, and he should be tired. You can try to let the archers..."
"Hey! Look!"
"Who is that person? He's so fast!"
"Some unknown person has climbed up the outer city wall!"
At this moment, a sudden cry of surprise interrupted Chanup and the others' argument.
Chanup and the others turned their attention to the outer city wall.
“What is this...?!” The next moment he turned his gaze to the outer city wall, Chanup’s eyes widened, filled with shock and... joy.
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laugh!
The sound of flesh being split open rang out again.
After using the sword in his hand to once again chop off the head of a soldier in front of him, in order to avoid being shot by archers, Gamo quickly raised his sword and dodged to a crowded place not far away.
“Drink aaaaaaaaa——!”
At this moment, Pu Sheng suddenly heard a loud shout from his side.
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young warrior rushing towards him with a spear in hand.
"You are so eager to come and die..." Pu Sheng sneered a few times, then instead of retreating, he advanced towards the young soldier.
call--!
The sound of a spear piercing the air was heard.
In Pu Sheng's eyes, his stab was so slow that it was no different from an attack launched by a child.
After noticing that his current environment was not suitable for dodging, the experienced Kamoshige turned the sword in his hand, chopped the spear with the back of the sword, and used brute force to block the spear, thus shifting the direction of the spear's attack.
The spear was parried, leaving the young warrior wide open.
A faint grim smile appeared on Kasumi's face.
A look of fear also appeared on the young warrior's face.
Gamo raised the sword in his hand high up...
Just then——
Just when Pu Sheng was preparing to make his military exploits even more glorious today——
Crack.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard behind Kasumi.
It was not until the footsteps were heard that Pu Sheng noticed that there was someone behind him.
Gamo was startled by the sudden sound of footsteps, and his pupils shrank suddenly. He then stopped the attack that was about to take the life of the young warrior in front of him, and turned quickly with his left foot as the axis, turning to face behind himself.
When he turned his gaze behind him, Pu Sheng discovered that the person behind him was actually an old man.
An old man with gray hair and beard.
And this old man is actually a Japanese man wearing a kimono.
Kasumi's gaze collided with the old man's gaze in mid-air.
Kasumi's nerves were already on edge, and suddenly a guy appeared who was obviously not his comrade-in-arms. He naturally listed him as an enemy.
He subconsciously swung the Thunderbolt in his palm. The Thunderbolt drew a beautiful arc, and the trajectory of the sword drew an arc approaching the old man.
But the old man then did something that Gamora had not expected - he raised the cane in his hand and used the base of the cane to meet Gamora's knife.
Is this old guy crazy?
Kasumi ruthlessly mocked the old man in his heart.
But he had just uttered this sarcastic remark in his heart when the scene that appeared before his eyes made Pu Sheng's eyes almost pop out of their sockets.
He saw the base of the old man's walking stick collide heavily with the blade of his lightning blade in mid-air.
The bottom of the cane could not withstand the powerful blow, and the entire cane quickly cracked with the cut as the center.
Then - the object hidden inside gradually revealed itself as the cane broke into pieces.
A knife.
Because the cane started to crack from the bottom, the entire cane cracked little by little from bottom to top, so the knife also slowly revealed its shape from bottom to top, revealing its snow-white scabbard and handle little by little.
After the knife was completely exposed to the light of the sky as the crutch broke, the old man inserted the white knife into the hakama belt at his left waist with a movement that was so fast that it seemed like something an old man could do. Then he held the knife handle tightly with his right hand.
laugh!
A white light poured out from the scabbard and swept across Kasumi's face from bottom to top.
“Aaaaaaaaaaa——!”
Gamo, who had been invincible since he climbed up the city wall, screamed for the first time.