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Various styles of Japanese spears.

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Not long after Ogata and the others set off,

Takta Village

"What, what's going on?!"

Mogami stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

This morning, ever since the sun rose above the horizon, Mogami has been anxious because of nothing else but the fact that Izawa and others he sent to clean up Takta Village have yet to return.

Until time passed bit by bit and the sun had risen close to five o'clock (8 a.m.), Mogami finally couldn't sit still.

Ize and the others were delayed in returning, making it impossible for the entire First Army to move forward.

After obtaining the consent of the Immortal God, Mogami led more than 20 cavalrymen to Takta Village to find out what happened.

What happened next...is not difficult to imagine.

After returning to Takta Village, Ize was so shocked by the sight before his eyes that he almost fell off his horse.

Ize, the soldiers who followed Ize and stayed in the village last night, widened their eyes full of fear or confusion, clutched the wounds on their bodies, and fell to the ground, their bodies cold. This was

The scene before Mogami's eyes.

Not only Mogami was frightened by this scene, but the more than twenty cavalrymen who followed Mogami here were also stunned and looked at each other in shock.

"Yes, were they attacked by Ezo?" A cavalryman closest to Mogami tightened his grip on the spear in his hand and cast a wary gaze around him.

"...No." Mogami shook his head, "Probably not."

"Go and look around to see if there are any other survivors or anyone suspicious around the village."

After quickly giving the order, Mogami picked up his katana gun, dismounted from his horse, and walked slowly towards Izawa's body not far away.

After briefly checking Izawa's body, Mogami went to look at the body of another soldier.

After looking at the corpses of all the soldiers at the scene, Mogami's expression became serious at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After Mogami inspected the corpses, the twenty or so cavalrymen he brought just finished inspecting the surrounding area of ​​the village.

"Sir, there is nothing unusual near the village."

"...Go back to camp." Mogami said in a deep voice, "We must report the situation here to uncle as soon as possible..."

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First Army Camp, somewhere at the entrance

"Laozhong-sama, are you leaving?" Sheng Tianmu looked at Matsudaira Sadanobu in front of him with regretful eyes.

At this moment, Matsudaira Sadanobu was standing opposite Ikutenme. Tachibana and his "exploration team" were waiting quietly behind him.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was standing with his hands folded, showed a faint smile:

"I have to return to the Second Army as soon as possible to join Inamori. Thank you for your hospitality last night."

The 5,000-strong Second Army led by Inamori is now located three miles (11.772 kilometers) behind the First Army, not too far away, but not close either.

Currently standing in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu, Tenmei is actually saying goodbye to Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who had the most power in the world, rarely had the third eye in his camp at this time. Naturally, he wanted Matsudaira Sadanobu to stay in his camp for a while, and many people got close to him.

It's a pity that Matsudaira Sadanobu, who wanted to go back and join Inamori as soon as possible, had no intention of staying in the First Army under the command of Ikutenmu from the beginning.

The reason why he chose to come to the First Army's camp last night was simply to say hello to the Third Eye.

After hearing these words from Matsudaira Sadanobu, Shen Tianmu hurriedly replied:

"I don't dare to be a subordinate. I just did what I should do."

Just when Sheng Tianmu was about to say something more, a general in attendance suddenly appeared behind Sheng Tianmu with an anxious look on his face, then quickly ran behind Sheng Tianmu and whispered something to Sheng Tianmu.

After the general's whisper ended, Sheng Tianmu's expression suddenly changed.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who noticed the sudden change of expression on Tenmu's face, asked:

"Sheng Tianmu, what happened?"

Matsudaira Sadanobu's role in this 10,000-strong army was similar to that of "supervisor".

Although he does not hold any command power, he has the power to intervene in all affairs of the army.

Even if he did not have this power, Matsudaira Sadanobu's status as a "old Chinese" was enough to prevent the Tenmu from hiding any military affairs from Matsudaira Sadanobu.

So after Matsudaira Sadanobu's question ended, Sheng Tianmu quickly replied:

"It's the Mogami you met last night. He just sent the latest military information..."

"The soldiers who were responsible for cleaning up Takta Village last night have not returned yet."

"Mogami, who I sent to check the situation, has just returned to camp."

"According to Mogami's report, all the soldiers responsible for cleaning up Takta Village died tragically."

"Were they killed by Ezo who came to reinforce Takta Village?" Matsudaira Sadanobu frowned slightly.

"No..." Sheng Tianmu shook his head solemnly, "Almost all the soldiers were hit in the vital points and killed with one blow... The people who attacked those soldiers seemed to have extremely high level of swordsmanship..."

"A person with extremely high swordsmanship?" Matsudaira Sadanobu's slightly frowned brow suddenly relaxed, and his originally slender eyes slowly opened...

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Pasha, pasha, pasha...

The "snap" sound of horses' hooves in the snow resounded one after another at a very regular frequency.

Ogata and his party of 5 people and 2 horses were slowly moving forward somewhere deep in the mountains at a leisurely pace.

Because the surrounding land conditions were not very good, Ogata and the others did not dare to let the horses run too fast. They only dared to let the horses move at a "leisurely" speed.

Lilata, who was sitting between Omachi and Ashley, was able to play with the small windmill that Ogata had just given to her because Amachi and Ashley were protecting her in tandem.

The Ainu people did not have such a thing as a windmill, so this small gadget that could spin with just a gentle blow attracted Lilata's full attention once she got it.

Although judging from Lilata's condition, there is still a long way to go before she can recover as before, but her expression has improved a lot compared to before. At least there is a little more smile on her face, and her eyes are no longer the same as before.

So bleak and dull.

Ogata had been paying close attention to Lilata's condition just now.

Ogata found that the effect of the small windmill he had made was much better than Ogata imagined, and he couldn't help but feel as if a big stone had fallen in his heart.

"Ah, Mr. Majima, look." At this time, Aizan, who was sitting behind Ogata, suddenly pointed forward, "Is the road ahead blocked?"

Hearing Aizan's words, Ogata hurried forward and took a closer look. He saw many big trees falling on the road ahead. The trunks of each tree were covered with thick snow, which blocked Ogata's path.

It's blocked to death.

"What's going on with these trees?" A-Machi stared blankly at the trees blocking their path.

"These trees may have been washed away by avalanches." Ayzan explained, "This kind of thing is very common in the mountains. From time to time, avalanches will happen and some trees will be washed away."

"It's really troublesome..." Ogata smiled bitterly, "A horse can't jump over it... It seems we can only take a long detour."

"I hope this detour won't take us too much time..." Aizan, who was sitting behind Ogata, agreed with a wry smile.

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First Army Camp, Commander's Camp

All the generals of the First Army are now gathered in the commander's camp.

They sat on the mats as always, sitting around the east and west sides of the exquisite sand table.

Wearing armor would make it extremely inconvenient to kneel down, so in the ancient Japanese army, generals would not sit down on their knees, but would instead sit on small ponytails.

"Ha..." Kuroda, who was sitting next to Qiuyue, yawned widely and picked at the dirt between his fingers.

After the yawn passed, Kuroda turned his head and asked Qiuyue beside him in a low voice:

"Qiuyue, let's guess together why the military meeting was convened so suddenly. I guess there may be another mission."

"I won't guess about such a boring thing," Qiuyue said lightly.

"It's so boring." Although he was rejected by Qiuyue at the speed of light, Kuroda didn't have any trace of frustration on his face and continued to pick at the dirt between his fingers to pass the time.

All the people in the camp were silently waiting for the arrival of the Celestial Eye who suddenly summoned them.

call!

When everyone was bored and doing various things to pass the time, the curtain at the entrance of the camp was suddenly lifted.
To be continued...