I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

After confirming that the short-bearded samurai in front of him was completely dead, Ogata slowly laid it flat on the ground.

Shake off the blood on the flanks that were used to cut the necks of the bearded warrior and the short-bearded warrior just now, retract the scabbard, then draw out the short-bearded warrior's sword, and slowly walk towards a place not far in front of him. A samurai who was yawning with his back turned walked up.

The two swords stuck in Ogata's waist are the precious swords prepared by Cang Yong for them.

As for Ogata's original two knives that were passed down from generation to generation in their Ogata family, Ogata temporarily stored them in Kuranaga's mansion.

Although it is a treasured sword, no matter how "treasure" the treasured sword is, it is a consumable.

Therefore, it is very necessary to reduce the loss of your own knife as much as possible.

Borrowing the enemy's knives to use them because of food supply is an extremely useful way to reduce the loss of your own knives.

Ogata stooped, clutching the sword of the short-bearded samurai, and approached the samurai whose back was still facing him step by step.

Covered the warrior's mouth with his left hand, and then swiped the main artery in his neck with the knife in his right hand.

The system sound sounded again in his mind, but Ogata didn't have the time to listen carefully to how much experience he had gained.

After laying the samurai who had completely lost his voice in his arms on the ground, Ogata gestured behind him.

As soon as Ogata put down his gesticulating hand, Ichiro and the others immediately emerged from the bushes not far away.

"According to the map given by the flying monkey, we should have arrived at the location of Matsudaira Gennai soon..." Ichiro said in a deep voice.

After Flying Monkey scouted Matsudaira Gennai's location, he not only marked his location on the map, but also drew the easiest route to sneak in.

Moreover, Flying Monkey's drawing skills are quite superb, even a person like Ogata who has little experience in reading pictures can easily understand the map drawn by Flying Monkey.

The infiltration process was far simpler than Ogata had imagined.

The reason - these guards in Matsudaira Gennai are too lax.

Almost everyone thought from the bottom of their hearts that Matsudaira Gennai would never encounter any danger at all, so everyone was extremely indifferent to the guard mission.

Some are in a daze, some slip aside suddenly for convenience, and some directly doze off...

Thanks to these lax guards, the infiltration of Ogata and others was extremely smooth.

Ogata was still holding the sword he had just snatched from the short-bearded samurai in his hand, and hid in a dense bush with the others, continuing to move forward.

There are large areas of bushes in the wild boar forest, and these dense bushes have provided considerable help for Ogata and others to sneak.

at this time--

"stop."

Ichiro, who was walking in the front, paused, and at the same time signaled to the people behind him to stop.

Ogata thought that there was another samurai on guard ahead.

But who knows, Ichiro said in a deep voice:

"...I have seen... Matsudaira Gennai..."

Hearing Ichiro's words, the pupils of Ogata and the others shrank slightly in unison.

Ogata continued to maintain the state of hunching his waist, moved forward a few steps, and came to Ichiro's side.

Use your fingers to poke a gap between the bushes in front of you.

Through this gap, Ogata could clearly see—in the open space outside the bushes where they were hiding, Genuai Matsudaira was sitting on a stone with a leisurely expression, drinking hot tea.

As Flying Monkey said—at this time, there were only 3 warriors including Qiyuan and 4 surnames guarding Matsudaira Gennai's side.

"... Ichiro." Ogata said in a deep voice, "How should I act?"

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the rest of the people, including Ogata, focused their eyes on Ichiro.

In the combat meeting last night, Kura Naga had made it clear that Ichiro would be the commander-in-chief after the start of the operation,

After Ogata and others entered the wild boar forest, they had to listen to Ichiro's command.

Cang Yong's appointment was not aimless.

Ichiro was originally one of Kurangaga's staff, and he is a rare talent capable of writing and military. It is indeed quite appropriate to entrust the task of frontline command to Ichiro.

Looking at Gennai Matsudaira, who was still leisurely drinking tea, and Nanahara and the others beside him, Ichiro remained silent.

After a while, Ichiro finally opened his lips and said:

"...Qiro, are you sure you can kill the other two samurai other than Qiyuan at the fastest speed?"

Ogata looked at the positions of the two samurai: "I am absolutely sure."

"That's good." Ichiro said in a deep voice, "Qihara is undoubtedly the most threatening person...so - everyone except Shichiro, including me, go to deal with Qiyuan."

"I don't want to kill Qiyuan, as long as I can delay Qiyuan."

"And Shichiro is responsible for solving the other two samurai besides Qiyuan."

"At the same time... you are also responsible for beheading Matsudaira Gennai's head."

"Until you successfully decapitate Matsudaira Gennai, we will definitely hold Qiyuan back."

"...I see." Ogata said softly, "It's a good plan."

Ichiro's plan is a variant of "Tian Ji's horse racing".

Yuichiro and the others dragged Qiyuan's top horse, and Yugata's top horse took advantage of Qiyuan's drag to deal with the enemy's middle and bottom horses and Matsudaira Gennai.

After Ogata's voice fell, the rest of the patriots also nodded in agreement, expressing their appreciation for Ichiro's plan.

"Since everyone agrees with my plan..." Ichiro raised the thumb of his left hand that was holding on to the mouth of the sheath, and pushed the knife out of the sheath, "After I count to three, let's start to act... "

"Everyone except Shichiro followed me."

"Shichiro, just rush straight towards Matsudaira Gennai, no matter what happens on our side, you don't have to worry about it."

"Shichiro... I'll leave everything to you..."

"...I understand." Ogata tightened the knife in his hand, "Leave it to me..."

The rest of them also pulled their swords out of the scabbard, and held the handle tightly with their right hands, letting their hearts beat wildly and sweat profusely.

"3..."

Ichiro, who started counting down, gripped the handle of the knife tightly.

"2……"

Everyone began to pour strength into their hind legs.

"1!!"

Ichiro's last "1" was directly roared, and this momentum seemed to pour all the strength in his body into this roar.

As Ichiro's roar fell, everyone kicked their hind legs and rushed out of the bushes, like an arrow leaving the string.

Ichiro and others rushed to Qiyuan.

Ogata rushed straight towards Matsudaira Gennai.

After Ogata and others rushed out of the bushes, Matsudaira Gennai and Qiyuan and others beside him were stunned.

Then... Qiyuan was the first to react.

"There are assassins!! Protect the lord!!" While yelling, Qiyuan pulled out the knife from his waist.

Ogata heard the sound of gold and iron strikes not far from his side.

He knew—this was the sound of fighting after Ichiro and others started fighting with Qiyuan.

He didn't go to see the battle of Ichiro and others.

His gaze has been firmly locked on Matsudaira Gennai from the beginning to the end!

At this time, there were 3 warriors guarding Matsudaira Gennai.

At the moment when Qiyuan was stopped by Ichiro and others, the other two samurai drew their swords and rushed towards Ogata.

Ogata didn't stop, he swung his knife across.

The light of the knife flashed and flashed again.

Simple and neat 2 knives killed the 2 warriors.

The two samurai couldn't even slow down Ogata's pace.

After beheading the two samurai, Ogata also rushed to Matsudaira Gennai smoothly.

"Go to hell!" Ogata stabbed the tip of the knife straight at Matsudaira Gennai's chest, who was still in a daze!