. , I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

There was a very embarrassing scene in the last chapter...

The author is a sucker for naming names, so when I name characters, in order to save trouble, I often borrow the names of some real-life celebrities. The name of the new general of the First Army is "Gui Yi Zheng".

It is the cartoonist "Gui Zhenghe" who created the classic work "I"s" and whom I like very much.

Then an embarrassing scene happened yesterday.

Because the name "Gui Zhenghe" is really deeply rooted in my heart, when I wrote the plot related to "Gui Yi Zheng" yesterday, I subconsciously wrote "Gui Zhenghe"... Anyone who watched the new chapter yesterday can find it

"Gui Yizheng" in one chapter is written as "Gui Zhenghe"... If some book friends hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have discovered it... (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

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These are all performances arranged by Gui Yizheng in advance.

The purpose is to shock the barbarians in the Red Moon Fortress, so that these barbarians can see their military power and see clearly the gap in military force between them.

Before starting a fight, it is basically a common practice in various countries to persuade the enemy to surrender.

To measure whether a battle was "well-fought", we should not only look at whether it was won, but also the total price paid.

It can be said that there is no dividing line between a tragic victory and a defeat.

Daomori was not a reckless man who didn't understand the art of war. He had previously ordered the First Army, which was the vanguard, to persuade the barbarians to surrender after they approached the Red Moon Fortress.

If these barbarians were so frightened that they surrendered after seeing such a large army, it would be best if they captured the Red Moon Fortress without firing an arrow.

If these barbarians are unwilling to surrender to the First Army, they will stay where they are and wait for the subsequent Second Army, Third Army, and after the 10,000-strong army is assembled, they will slowly deal with these barbarians.

The "Screaming in Unity" and other performances currently performed by the First Army were all designed by Gui Yi Zheng.

If you just dryly shout "surrender" to the barbarians, these uncivilized barbarians will most likely ignore their persuasion to surrender.

Therefore, after parachuting into the First Army, Gui Yizheng, who still had ambitions and wanted to take this opportunity to show off his talents, carefully designed these performances with the purpose of "shocking the barbarians".

All of these performances had previously been approved by Inamori and even praised by Inamori. Inamori praised Katsura Yoshimasa for designing these performances that were good and would definitely have a considerable deterrent effect on the barbarians.

The performance designed by Gui Yizheng is far more than just "Screaming in Unity".

Before the shouts of the generals could stop, two roars like thunder suddenly exploded.

Subsequently, huge explosions suddenly occurred in two open spaces between the Red Moon Fortress and the military formation. A large amount of snow on the ground was blown up to the sky, and then fell like fine snow.

These two thunderous roars and the two subsequent explosions scared many people on the city wall.

"what happened?!"

"What happened?!"

"Why did those two places suddenly explode?"

"Is this Kazuto's new weapon?"

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Most of the people in the Red Moon Fortress... to put it mildly, have lived in isolation for too long, so they don't know the world.

To put it bluntly, they are just a bunch of country bumpkins who have never seen the world.

Therefore, many people in the Red Moon Fortress did not recognize the roar of artillery, and the two explosions were also attributed to this artillery.

The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear; the oldest and strongest fear comes from the unknown.

These people who didn't know what artillery was, even thought it was the power of gods, and were so frightened that they almost collapsed on the ground.

For example, Otunpuyi was so frightened by the huge explosion that he collapsed to the ground.

Otunpuyi can be said to be the first group of people who were attracted by the sound of the conch and climbed onto the city wall.

When the conch horn was blown, Otunpui happened to be near the south city wall. After hearing the sound of the conch horn, Otunpui, who was frightened by the sound, immediately climbed onto the south city wall.

Ever since he climbed onto the city wall, Otunpui's eyes had remained in the same state of eyes that were about to fall off.

This was the first time he saw Kazuto's army.

Previously, Kazuto's army had always existed only in his imagination.

At this moment, after truly witnessing the majesty of Kazuto's army, Otunpui could not hide the shock in his heart.

After seeing the Kazuto army outside the city, the first thought that came to Otongpuyi's mind was that it was too powerful...their soldiers of Heye Zhe couldn't compare with them at all...

Boom! Boom!

Two cannon shots exploded.

Otunpuyi, who was caught off guard, was so frightened that he screamed, his legs went weak, and he accidentally collapsed to the ground.

His butt fell hard to the ground, and the pain was so painful that Otunpuyi felt that his butt was about to break.

But after his butt hit the ground, Otunpuyi ignored the pain and hurriedly got up from the ground. He stared blankly at the two pieces of snow that had been hit by artillery and turned into small craters.

Looking at this scene, Otunpui's jaw seemed to have lost the pull of its muscles and fell straight to the ground.

"This is..." Otunpuyi murmured, "Is this Kazuto's army..."

Otunpuyi himself didn't realize that his hands that were hanging naturally were slowly clenched tightly without him realizing it...

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For this campaign against the Red Moon Fortress, the shogunate mobilized a total of more than 400 muskets, 9 artillery pieces, and 52 large barrels of various types.

Most of the firearms were concentrated in the Second Army, which was mainly the direct troops of the shogunate. The First Army only had 2 artillery pieces.

For this expression, Gui Yizheng specially pulled out the only two cannons of his First Army.

At this moment, Gui Yizheng regretted that he should have brought his telescope.

Because he really wanted to see the expressions of these unseen country bumpkins on the city wall after seeing the power of artillery.

With a proud smile on his lips, Gui Yi reined in his horse and drove the horse back to the military formation.

As soon as he returned to the military formation, Gui Yizheng saw Kuroda walking towards him.

"I really want to know what the expressions of those Ezo people would be like after hearing the roar of our artillery." Katsura Yoshimasa, who got off his horse, took the lead and said to Kuroda in a joyful tone.

Unlike Katsura Yoshimasa who looked happy, Kuroda only had a wry smile on his face.

"Lord Gui, the cost of this performance was really too high... 2 cannonballs were used directly..."

The military situation of the shogunate, which has lived in peace for nearly 200 years... can be directly described as "unbearable".

Firearms are the hardest hit area. Due to the neglect of the development of firearms, not only the technical level of firearms has not been improved in the past 200 years, but even daily maintenance can hardly be called "ideal"...

Their 10,000-strong army only has 9 artillery pieces. The number of artillery pieces is so small, let alone how many artillery shells they have.

The number of shells in their artillery was not sufficient to allow them to open fire.

For the performance just now, they used 2 cannonballs, which not only made Kuroda feel a little distressed...

As soon as Kuroda finished speaking, Katsura Yoshimasa raised his hand and patted Kuroda on the shoulder:

"These are necessary sacrifices."

"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Planning and Attack Chapter says: 'Victory in a hundred battles is not a good thing; subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is a good thing.'"

"Although these barbarians are not something to be afraid of, if you fight with them, you will have to pay some sacrifices."

"If we can make these barbarians surrender with the sound of these two cannons and open the city to surrender, then these two cannonballs will be nothing more than a small amount of money worth mentioning."

Speaking of this, Gui Yi turned to look at the Red Moon Fortress in the distance and sneered:

"Okay... let's wait and see how these barbarians will react."

"I guess" Kuroda also sneered at this time, "These barbarians might have civil strife."

"There will definitely be some people who cannot see the situation clearly and will choose to resist."

"Those who want to fight stubbornly and those who understand current affairs may start fighting directly."

Gui Yi was looking up to the sky and laughing:

"If these barbarians directly start civil strife, then we 'fishermen' will reap the benefits!"

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Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's Clinic

Atachi, who had been waiting anxiously for Ogata's return, finally saw Ogata's return.

After seeing Ogata carrying a knife through the clinic door and returning to his side, Atachi immediately asked urgently:

"Ayi, I seemed to hear the sound of artillery just now! Is it the shogunate troops outside the city who are bombing the city wall?"

The sound of artillery bombardment covered the entire Red Moon Fortress.

So Amachi, who had been lying in the clinic, just now heard the roar of the two artillery pieces and the two explosions very clearly.
To be continued...