I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan - Chapter 702

The latest website: The Haori that Ogata is wearing at this time is the Haori that A-cho had bought for him with his Ogata family crest embroidered on it.

From last night to now, although I haven’t had the time to take a shower, I still have time to change into new clothes.

When Master Xianyuan shouted “Stop this person” to the four Iga ninjas who were disguised as monks beside him, Ogata pulled out the big Shiten around his waist almost at the same moment.

Da Shitian stabbed forward, and stabbed one of the 4 ninjas who rushed forward. The stabbed ninja flew away like a cannonball out of his chamber and flew away from the escaping Master Xianyuan. After passing, it smashed heavily on a certain column, shaking off a lot of dust on the beams.

After stabbing the ninja, Ogata turned the blade and drew an arc to the right to cut down the other ninja, and then drew the blade half an arc to the left to let the rest of the The other two of them also turned into corpses lying on the ground no longer moving.

The two little monks who were sweeping the floor were so frightened that they squatted on the ground at this moment, and even forgot to scream.

Ogata, who quickly eliminated the 4 ninjas, quickly raised his head to track down the figure of Master Xianyuan. .

“Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

Although Venerable Xianyuan is old, his running speed is not slow at all. After throwing off the thick cassock that hindered his movement, he has turned around and turned into a corner of a corridor.

As he ran away, he shouted “enemy attack” again and again.

For a person like Master Xianyuan, who is obviously a high-level figure in Toyotomi’s army, Ogata naturally has no reason to let him go.

I saw Ogata vibrating the knife and throwing off the blood attached to Da Shitian’s blade, while chasing in the direction that Xianyuan had just left.

How fast is the body strengthened by “the power of immortality”?

In just a blink of an eye, the figure of Venerable Master Xianyuan reappeared within Ogata’s field of vision, and was pulled closer by Ogata at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Hearing the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer behind him, Master Xianyuan looked back in a panic.

Looking at Ogata’s face that was getting closer, Master Xianyuan not only dissipated the blood on his cheeks at this time, but even the blood on his lips disappeared.

Just when Venerable Master Xianyuan was about to despair, one after another sounded like the sound of heaven to him—

Whizzing!

A sharp gust of wind came to Ogata.

Ogata, whose eyes twitched slightly, quickly stopped his footsteps, and at the same time he stopped, he hopped slightly to the side.

The next moment he dodged to the side, he saw a shuriken flying past his flank.

Looking at the direction from which the shuriken just flew, two “monks” with their bare heads and the shuriken tucked between the fingers of both hands, squatted on the beam not far away.

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At the same time, Ogata heard the sound of footsteps coming from the corridor in front of the left.

Seven “monks” who looked like Buddhist disciples but had weapons that were completely unrelated to Buddhism, such as wakizashi and shuriken, appeared from the corridor in front of Ogata’s left.

Looking at these ninjas who came for reinforcements after hearing his “enemy attack” just now, Master Xianyuan was overjoyed, gritted his teeth, and quickened his pace a little bit, toward these ninjas who came for reinforcements ordered:

“Stop this guy! Stop this guy at all costs!”

The ninjas who came for reinforcements attacked Ogata in a formation that half surrounded Ogata.

“Is there not many normal monks here in Xianyuan Temple…”

After complaining in such a low voice, Ogata quietly put the knife in front of him.

“Let all the horses come over.”

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Of all the people, the first to recover from the panic was Toyotomi Nobuhide.

I saw that he recovered his calm expression, and asked the ninja who came to report the letter just now without any hurry:

“…Where is Ogata Ichitosai currently?”

The ninja swallowed hard, wet his dry throat, and quickly conveyed all the information he knew so far to Toyotomi Nobuhide.

“Ogata is currently at Xianyuan Temple!”

“Just now, he suddenly appeared in Xianyuan Temple! The guards of Xianyuan Temple are now fighting against Ogata! The situation… is quite urgent! We can’t stop him!”

“Besides Ogata Ichitosai, have you met other people?” Toyotomi Nobuhide asked, “Have you met a very old man?”

“No! So far only Ogata has been found!”

“…” Toyotomi Nobuhide fell silent.

He lowered his head slightly, placed his right hand on his right knee naturally, raised and lowered his index finger continuously, and tapped his knee rhythmically.

“Sir!” A strong man with an anxious face shouted hurriedly, “We must send reinforcements to Xianyuan Temple as soon as possible! With the few ninjas currently lurking and staying in Xianyuan Temple, it is impossible to fight. Got that Shura!”

Just as this person finished speaking, he received a “big reward” from Toyotomi Nobuhide – Toyotomi Nobuhide’s cold eyes like a knife.

“Mutaro, calm down.”

“Stop messing around.”

“I ask you – since Ogata Yidaozhai is in Xianyuan Temple now, where are my uncle and the others now?”

The cadre who threatened to send more reinforcements to Xianyuan Temple just now had a stunned expression, and he was speechless, and looked at the people around him in dismay.

“It is impossible for Ogata to come to Koyasan alone.” Toyotomi Nobuhide said in a firm tone, “Uncle and the others… must be somewhere in Koyasan now…”

Toyotomi Nobuhide kept raising and lowering his right index finger again, letting his fingers tap his knee rhythmically.

After seeing Toyotomi Nobuhide looking contemplative for a long time, everyone finally heard his voice again.

Toyotomi Nobuhide’s voice this time was an order with an unquestionable tone.

“…Yoshijiu, Gao Qing.” Toyotomi Nobuhide turned his head to look at Jijiu beside him, and a strong man not far in front of him, “The two of you immediately lead people to transport everyone in the cell to me. To Rihui Pills and Hulu Pills.”

“Jijiu, it’s up to you to take my sister away in person. Don’t let anything go wrong.”

“If the situation requires, Mr. Hasegawa and the others can not take them away, but only my sister must be taken away no matter what.”

“Without my sister, the ‘Edo War’ wouldn’t be perfect.”

“The rest listen to my orders.” Toyotomi Nobuhide looked at the rest of the people on the scene, “We are now withdrawing from Koyasan in an orderly manner, heading to the coast, boarding Hikari Maru and Hulu Maru, and heading north to Edo.”

When Toyotomi Nobuhide said this, the whole audience was shocked.

“Lord Toyotomi! Are we going to withdraw from Koyasan now? What should Ichitosai Ogata do? Just ignore him?” The strong man who threatened to immediately support Xianyuan Temple just now stared wide-eyed.

“Yeah. Just ignore him first.” Toyotomi Nobuhide said calmly and indifferently, “The musketeers who participated in the battle of Osaka last night have not returned yet.”

“Currently, there are only a few Iga ninjas and a very small number of musketeers left in Koyasan.”

“With this amount of troops, even if I were to lead the team in person, even if I succeeded in defeating Ogata Ichitosai and my uncle, it would definitely be a tragic victory.”

“Have I said it just now? I hate victories with heavy casualties, I only like complete victories.”

“Let’s retreat for now, and when the conditions are ripe, I will slowly deal with that Shura and my uncle.”

“and…”

Toyotomi Nobuhide’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“If my judgment is correct… Our best strategy now is to leave Koyasan quickly.”

“If we use all our strength to fight back against Ogata Ichitosai now, then we may be fooled by them.”

“Ogata Ichitosai who suddenly appeared in Xianyuan Temple should be just a bait to lure us to bite.”

“Fucked?” Someone asked with a twisted head in confusion.

“Why do I only see Ogata Ichitozai and not my uncle?” Toyotomi Nobuhide asked the crowd in a somewhat impatient tone, “Now the time is urgent, so I don’t have time to explain it to you here slowly, and leave later. Koyasan is here, I will explain it to you slowly.”

“Then…” Another person asked quickly at this time, “What should we do with the supplies we are currently storing in Koya Mountain?”

“Yeah.” Another cadre echoed, “What should we do with the huge amount of supplies we are currently storing in Koya Mountain? Do you want them all?”

“That’s right.” Toyotomi Nobuhide nodded, “No more.”

“Those materials are not something that absolutely cannot be discarded.”

“It would be too time-consuming to take them all away.”

“Just take the people who are currently in the cells.”

“…Lord Toyotomi.” Another person asked Toyotomi Nobuhide a question.

And the person who raised the question this time was the Prajna who had just been rewarded with a treasured sword by Toyotomi Nobuhide.

“Now if we want to leave Koyasan… we have to send someone to hold Ogata Yoshizawa and buy time for our evacuation.”

“Otherwise, if Ogata Issei is allowed to act recklessly there, we will not be able to leave Koyasan at all.”

“You can rest assured about this.” Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled slowly, “I’ve… figured out a way to trap Ogata Ichitosai to death. If you’re lucky, you can still… A way to seriously injure him.”

After saying that, Toyotomi Nobuhide slowly turned his eyes to… Kikutaro.

“Kyutaro!”

Toyotomi Nobuhide called out Kikutaro’s name loudly.

At this moment, Kikutaro, who was suddenly named, trembled slightly.

“If I remember correctly… At present, there are 18 ninjas from Shiranui under my command of Toyotomi’s army, including you, right?”

“Yes, yes.” After hearing the news that “Ogata has attacked”, Kikutaro, whose face was extremely ugly, smiled at Toyotomi Nobuhide, “It’s all thanks to you, Toyotomi-sama.”

Kikutaro habitually flattered Toyotomi Nobuhide.

“It was you who took in us, who were homeless and had no talent other than ninjutsu, after being destroyed in Shiranui.”

“We always remember your great kindness…”

Before his flattery was finished, he was mercilessly interrupted by Toyotomi Nobuhide:

“Did you say just now: You want to lead the Shiranui to join the security work of Koyasan?”

The smile on Kikutaro’s face froze.

“Yes, it is…”

He nodded hard.

The brawny man who was robbing Kikutaro just now had his head lowered, his face was pale, and he didn’t even dare to let out the air.

“Since you are so concerned about the safety of Koyasan…” The smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide’s face slowly showed a rich and meaningful color, “Then I will give you a task now.”

“The content of the task is very simple: you lead all the members of Shiranui, hold Ogata Ichitosai to me, and buy time for me to wait for all members to evacuate Koyasan.”

“This task is very suitable for you.”

“Ogata Ichitosai is one of the main culprits in the annihilation of Shiranui.”

“This mission is also a good opportunity for you to take revenge in disguise.”

“Didn’t you ask Ying before me: Do you want to join the battle of Osaka, contribute your meager power to the killing of Ogata Ichitosai, and personally avenge your Shiranui?”

“Now – here’s your chance to make a small contribution.”

Kikutaro at this time…is like a water pump.

A lot of cold sweat came out from all over Kikutaro’s body.

“Toyo, Lord Toyotomi…” Kikutaro, whose body trembled uncontrollably, stammered while trying to squeeze out a smile, “No, no, it’s not that I don’t want to obey your orders…”

“It’s just… I’m waiting for Shiranui… Including me, there are only 18 people…”

“What I’m good at is reconnaissance, not combat.”

“Let’s go meet Ogata Ichitosai… I think we’ll be wiped out soon…”

“I’m not greedy for life and fear of death!”

“I’m just afraid…I couldn’t hold Ogata Ichitosai beautifully…it would affect your evacuation, Lord…”

Before Kikutaro’s defense was over, Toyotomi Nobuhide let out a low laugh.

“Kyutaro, where did you go?”

“When did we say we were going to let you guys take your swords and go head-to-head with Ogata Ichitosai?”

“Huh?” Kikutaro raised his head and cast a surprised look at Toyotomi Nobuhide.

“At present, in the entire Toyotomi army, apart from me and Yoshihisa, there should be no one who can go through a round under Ogata Ichitosai’s sword.” Toyotomi Nobuhide stretched out the tail of his right hand and licked his ear, ” Let you all take your swords and fight with Ogata Ichitozai recklessly, you probably won’t be able to last for a single stick of incense.”

“So, if you want to hold back Ogata Ichitosai, you have to use wisdom.”

Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his finger and pointed at his head.

Kikutaro didn’t quite know what Toyotomi Nobuhide just said “to use wisdom”.

All he knew—he seemed to be saved.

– Got, saved… Don’t we need to fight Ogata Ichitosai directly?

Kikutaro’s originally tense face now showed a long-lost smile.

– Don’t let us go to death… If we and Ogata Ichitosai are going to use knives and guns, isn’t this going to kill us…

He secretly rejoiced in his heart.

And while Kikutaro was still rejoicing there—

“Kyutaro, you and all the members of Shiranui, immediately take all the kerosene stored in the warehouse and burn Koyasan for me.”

After hearing “Burn Koyasan for me”, Kikutaro’s head immediately “buzzed” and fell into a big confusion.

He blinked and shook his head.

“Huh? I’m sorry, my lord, you just said…”

– Did you hear it wrong? What the **** did I just hear?

For Kikutaro, who was obviously shaken to the point of asking the leader, Toyotomi Nobuhide still smiled meaningfully, and responded with a slightly more playful tone:

“What? Kikutaro, as a ninja, your hearing shouldn’t be that bad, right? Or is it because I just spoke too softly?”

“Big, big man!”

“Take the kerosene and burn Koya Mountain for me. Within two incense sticks, I want to see the boundless sea of ​​fire trapping Ogata Ichitosai to death.”

Not joking, nor heard wrong.

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Today, the author has some personal matters to deal with, so the number of words is a little less qaq