I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan - Chapter 701

The latest website: As soon as Huixing’s voice fell, someone echoed:

“Lord Toyotomi, what Huixing said is not unreasonable.”

“Anyone with a little common sense knows where Koyasan is.”

“I don’t think Ogata Ichitosai and Kinoshita Genichi and the others have the courage to attack Koyasan.”

This person’s voice just fell, and someone else said:

“I’m not familiar with Kinoshita Genichi, let alone his companions with Miss Toyotomi. Kogata Ichitosai, looking at Ogata Ichitosai’s previous experience, he has basically only fought against the Edo shogunate before, he does not There must be the courage to attack Buddhism.”

“If you attack Buddhism, it means you are going to be enemies with all the people who worship Buddhism in the world. The name of Ogata Ichitozai will not only stink in the government, but also stink in the people. .”

There are four people who agree with Hoi Xing’s remarks just now, “Do Ogata and Genichi dare to fight Koyasan?”

They spoke one by one, expounding their views.

Toyotomi Nobuhide also did not stop or immediately refuted them.

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

It wasn’t until each of them had finished speaking that Toyotomi Nobuhide’s mouth twitched slightly:

“Why don’t Ogata Ichitosai and Kinoshita Genichi dare to attack Koyasan?”

“Even though I have never met my uncle.”

“But I have heard about my uncle’s deeds from many people.”

“I can’t understand my uncle with common sense at all.”

“He did things for people, bold and decisive.”

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

“What ordinary people dare not do, he dares to do.”

“He was a man who dared to single-handedly perish Iga no Sato 41 years ago.”

“Do you think something like ‘common sense’ can restrain him?”

“If the situation requires it, I think he would even dare to attack Edo Castle, let alone Mount Koya.”

“As for Ogata Ichitosai… not to mention him.”

“Killing the monarch, conquering Erjo Castle, destroying Shiranui, and defeating the shogunate army, these are like the deeds of the Arabian Nights, he has done one after another.”

“I don’t think the words Koyashan and Buddhism can restrain him.”

“According to the currently known information on Ogata Ichitosai, he is a man who will have his revenge.”

“In order to come to us to settle accounts, and join the uncle and the others to attack Koya Mountain together – I think there is such a possibility, and it is very large.”

“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, he has a very good relationship with Uncle.”

“Last night’s battle in Osaka has already taught me a profound lesson – don’t underestimate my uncle and Ogata Ichitosai.”

“All in all—don’t be negligent.”

After finishing speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide turned his attention to Venerable Xianyuan next to him.

“Master, the work of strengthening the security of Koyasan will be handed over to you. I will leave now, and the Iga people who stay in Koyasan will be left to you for the time being.”

“I see.” Venerable Xianyuan nodded without any hesitation or hesitation, then got up quickly, and trotted away from the banquet scene.

After Venerable Xianyuan left, Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced at the faces of everyone in the arena one by one.

“Even though last night’s battle of Osaka failed to kill Ogata Ichitosai, it was not without results, and we turned into a pre-planned plan of ‘destroying Osaka’s treasury and administrative capacity’ very beautifully.”

“After a night of fighting last night, Osaka’s treasury and administrative capacity have been completely destroyed, and it will be difficult to recover in a short period of time.”

“Osaka is not only an important town for the Edo shogunate to monitor the daimyo of the western countries who have always been separated from the shogunate, but also the most important logistics center connecting the eastern and western countries.”

“Without Osaka, there is only one Edo shogunate in Kyoto that has not recovered from the ‘Tenming Fire’, and its control over the Western Kingdom will be greatly weakened, laying the groundwork for us to win over the daimyo of the Western Kingdom in the future.”

“At the same time, the Port of Osaka was destroyed, and without Osaka, the most important logistics and transshipment center, the huge manpower and material resources deployed by the Edo Shogunate in the West Country were difficult to transport back to the East 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—the great cause of ‘destroying the Edo shogunate’ that I have been waiting for has successfully completed the first step.”

“I have successfully cut off an arm of the Edo shogunate, so that the Edo shogunate can now only rule half of Japan, and the resources of the Edo shogunate that are left in the East can be freely deployed.”

Having said that, Toyotomi Nobuhide put on a somewhat arrogant smile.

“How? I didn’t lie to you before, did I? I will definitely bring you down 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 my strategy and hard work, there is only half of Japan left in the Edo Shogunate.”

“How? Do you still think the Edo Shogunate is invincible?”

Toyotomi Nobuhide’s remarks just now made the surrounding atmosphere change immediately.

When they learned that their own army was still unable to encircle and suppress a single Ogata, many people were too shocked and saddened.

And now, after hearing what Toyotomi Nobuhide just said, many people’s faces gradually became better again.

“The situation in Osaka exceeded my expectations.”

Everyone, whose faces had not looked good for a long time, heard Toyotomi Nobuhide continue.

“Failed to destroy Ogata Ichitosai, and Ogata Ichitosai is still united with Uncle and the others.”

“It’s not very safe to stay in Koyasan any longer.”

“So, although I may be in a hurry, I decided to start the second phase of ‘destroy the Edo shogunate’ ahead of schedule.”

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

“By the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest, all the important materials must be loaded onto Hikarimaru and Hulumaru, and then all the members currently staying in Koyasan will go north on the second ship to Edo and launch the ‘Edo War’! “

If the words that Toyotomi Nobuhide said before were to make everyone’s face full of astonishment look better, then the new words of Toyotomi Nobuhide just now changed everyone’s face from good-looking back to full-fledged. consternation.

“‘Edo war’?” Someone’s eyes widened, “Sir Toyotomi, then… what should Ichitosai Ogata and Genichi Kinoshita do in Osaka?”

“The information we currently have about them is wrong.” Toyotomi Nobuhide said lightly, “We have far underestimated them…especially Ogata Ichitosai’s strength.”

“With our current heavily damaged military, even if we want to defeat Ogata Ichitosai, we have to pay a very heavy price and end in a tragic victory.”

“I’m quite bored with the word tragic victory.”

Toyotomi Nobuhide grinned.

“I only hope for a crushing victory! Just like yesterday’s attack on the Osaka government!”

“Therefore, although I am very unwilling, I can only abandon Ogata Ichitosai first, and then slowly find a way to deal with him.”

As soon as Toyotomi Nobuhide finished speaking, he saw another person quickly ask:

“But… Mr. Toyotomi, aren’t the musket troops that participated in the Battle of Osaka last night on their way back to Koyasan? What should they do? Hikkimaru and Hulumaru can’t hold so many people.”

“I will make detailed arrangements for the musket troops later.” Toyotomi Nobuhide replied, “The ‘Edo Hei War’ does not require the participation of the musket troops. They only need to temporarily hide in our other strongholds in mainland Japan.”

“There is no need for a musket troop to join the war?” The person who asked the question just opened his eyes a little wider, “There is no musket corps… Then how do we capture Edo?”

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

Almost everyone on the scene cast a suspicious look at Toyotomi Nobuhide at this time.

The Edo War – this term, 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 for the “Edo War” is.

No one has heard Toyotomi Nobuhide explain the detailed battle plan of the “Edo War”, but only heard Toyotomi Nobuhide say 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 Toyotomi Army believed that the “Battle of Edo” was probably like the “Osaka Spring Formation”, dispatching elite musket troops to surprise all points of Edo.

The cadres of the Toyotomi Army have always thought so.

But who knows… Toyotomi Nobuhide actually said in public now: “The Edo War” does not require the participation of the musket troops…

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

“Who said that without the musket troops, it is impossible to attack Edo?” Everyone saw the smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide’s face, showing a strong intriguing color, “As long as my sister is there, even if there is no soldier or soldier, We can also easily complete the ‘Battle of Edo’ and break Edo.”

The astonishment on everyone’s faces became more intense.

They looked at each other, making silent exchanges with their eyes.

Finally—someone gritted his teeth and asked boldly:

“Lord Toyotomi, I don’t know if you only need Miss Toyotomi to break through Edo… What exactly does that mean?”

Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled.

“I will tell you about the specific content of the ‘Battle of Edo’ later.”

“For now, let’s focus on evacuating Koyasan.”

“Takaharu, Yamamoto, Yutaro…”

Toyotomi Nobuhide ordered the names of 5 people in one go.

“The five of you are responsible for the evacuation of Koyasan, the five of you stay, and the rest leave for now.”

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

For those who were not named, you looked at me, and after I looked at you, they got up and prepared to leave.

But at this moment-

“Lord Toyotomi! I have an unkind request!”

An extremely loud voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone looked at the sound – it turned out to be the leader of the remnant party in Shiranui: Kikutaro.

I saw Kikutaro out of the line in three steps and two steps, facing Toyotomi Nobuhide, kneeling on the ground in the most standard earthen seat posture.

“Please let us also participate in the security work of Koyasan!”

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

“‘We’? Do you mean: let you Shiranui also join the security work in Koyasan?”

“Exactly!” Kikutaro said loudly, “Warning and monitoring—this is what we, as ninjas, are best at!”

“At the moment, there are a total of 50 Iga people left behind in Koyasan.”

“Although there are a lot of people, 50 people are still too short to be used to monitor and alert various important areas of Koyasan.”

“But if we can have the participation of our Shiranui people, the pressure on manpower will be greatly reduced!”

“Lord Toyotomi, please let us Shiranui also participate in the security work of Koyasan!”

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 Ying, asking Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them, the remnants of Shiranui, join the current work of “enhancing the vigilance of Koyasan” is not because he loves the task.

Purely just because Kikutaro felt that this task would allow them, the remnants of Shiranui, to show their faces well in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide, and it was not dangerous, so they could fish very happily.

Toyotomi Nobuhide said just now: By the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest, everyone who is currently staying on Koya Mountain will leave Koya Mountain on the two warships Hikari Maru and Hulu Maru 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 how Ogata and the others would act in the future.

But Kikutaro knew that if Ogata and the others decided to attack Koyasan, it would definitely take a few days to prepare.

They just went through a big battle in Osaka last night, so they need a day or two to rest, right?

In addition, it must also take a little time to carefully formulate specific offensive strategies, right?

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

Therefore, Kikutaro felt that it was quite safe to join the security work of Koyasan now, until they left Koyasan, they should not be able to see Ogata and the others.

Showing your face in front of the leader and letting the leader remember your face will be beneficial, and it is better to have an inconspicuous task than no task – these are two precious things that Kikutaro realized when he was struggling in Shiranui before. life experience.

Now take the initiative to ask Ying, asking Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them join the ignorant people in the task, so that they can show their face in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide without worrying about what danger they will encounter in the task-this is Kikutaro Xiao Jiujiu in my heart.

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

Toyotomi Nobuhide’s response – Kikutaro didn’t wait.

He only waited for a shout that made Kikutaro’s expression stiffen.

“Ah! Toyotomi-sama! Let me be idle, let me join the security work of Koyasan!” A strong man knelt beside Kikutaro, shouting like this.

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

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

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

He had just thought about going out and asking Toyotomi Nobuhide, but Kikutaro was half a step slower.

–This guy……! You want to rob me of this kind of gong? !

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

“Lord Toyotomi, it is more appropriate for us, who are ninjas, to handle the task of strengthening vigilance!”

“No, Mr. Toyotomi!” The strong man followed closely behind him, not to be outdone, “I was in charge of the security work in Nagasaki when I was still serving the Edo Shogunate, and I have quite a wealth of experience in this task. !”

Kikutaro and the strong man are there to fight for each other.

The cave became noisy as the two shouted one after another.

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

Neither did they stop the duo’s robbery.

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

With an expression like he was watching some wonderful drama, he quietly looked at Kikutaro and the strong man who were still arguing.

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Koyasan, Xianyuan Temple——

Master Xianyuan walked quickly towards the outside of Xianyuan Temple.

The burden of “strengthening the security of Koya Mountain” was placed on the shoulders of Master Xianyuan, making it difficult for him to slow down even if he wanted to slow down from the beginning.

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

These four monks are all Iga ninjas.

In Xianyuan Temple, there are many Iga people who disguised themselves as monks.

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

——In any case… We must first place enough surveillance personnel in each of the key passages into Koyasan…

While Venerable Xianyuan silently sorted out the task steps in his heart, he silently further accelerated his pace.

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

“This donor, if you come to pay homage to the Buddha, please go here.”

Venerable Xianyuan looked towards the main entrance—the two little 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 what the two little monks were talking to.

Master Xianyuan, who only thought that new pilgrims were coming to the temple to worship Buddha, continued to lead the four Iga ninjas behind him to the outside of the temple.

“No. I’m not here to pay homage to the Buddha, I’m here to find Master Xianyuan.”

When he heard this, Venerable Xianyuan had just stepped out of the main entrance of the temple.

Hearing his name suddenly, Venerable Xianyuan was startled, and then he looked at the owner of the voice just now, that is, the “pilgrim” who had just talked to the two sweeping monks.

I saw that the “pilgrim” was wearing a hat with a deep hat on his head, making it difficult to see his face, wearing a blue-and-gold dagger and a dagger on his waist, and wearing a light scallion-colored feather weave.

The beautiful bellflower family pattern is embroidered on the feather weave. The feather weave flutters in the wind, and the bellflower flowers dance with it.

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

“Ah! Master! Good noon!”

“Good noon! Master!”

The two little monks subconsciously greeted Venerable Master Xianyuan.

And this action of the two of them… made the “pilgrim” immediately turn his head to look at the Venerable Master Xianyuan as if he had seen the poisonous snake of his prey.

“You are Venerable Master Xianyuan… Your style is indeed very high.”

“Since you took the initiative to show up, it’s easy.”

After saying that, “Pilgrim” raised his hand and took off the hat on his head…

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

Goosebumps popped up all over the body.

Hardly any thought was done.

There was hardly any hesitation.

Master Xianyuan turned around and ran away!

While turning around and running away, Venerable Xianyuan screamed at the four Iga ninjas beside him:

“Stop this man!!”

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

After Venerable Xianyuan’s shout fell, the four of them rushed to the “pilgrim” without any hesitation.

Master Xianyuan fled in the direction away from the “pilgrim” desperately.

Bang!

He suddenly heard a loud noise behind him.

Before he could look back, he saw something flying by his side. Take a closer look – it’s a ninja flying upside down…

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The battle between Kikutaro and the brawny man continues.

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

For the rest of the people, look at me, and I look at you. I don’t know if I have something to say or do now.

In the midst of this commotion, an Iga ninja with a frantic face suddenly rushed into the cave along the tunnel.

Because of the anxiety in his heart, the ninja also lost his sense of proportion. After seeing Toyotomi Nobuhide, he immediately recklessly shouted a very simple sentence to Toyotomi Nobuhide and everyone in the cave.

This ninja shouted this sentence, the content is really very simple, but this sentence seems to have some strange magic.

Toyotomi Nobuhide, who had been smiling at Kikutaro and the brawny man arguing ~www.mtlnovel.com~ immediately changed his face.

The rest were shocked.

Kikutaro and the brawny man, who had been vying for the task just now, the blood on their faces quickly dissipated, and the interesting thing was Kikutaro, whose pupils were now full of horror.

The originally quite noisy banquet scene has now become audible for needles to fall.

All these changes are only because the ninja just shouted:

“Ogata is here!”

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Can any readers guess how Toyotomi Nobuhide planned to take Edo with just one Toyotomi Rin? This might be hard to guess~