I formed the strongest swordsman group

"Don't stand still! What are you doing! Fight back! Fight back!"

On the watchtower of the camp, Yokokura Keinosuke—a fat man with a fat head and a body as fat as a ball stuffed in his stomach, with red eyes and a dumb throat, issued a series of instructions to his subordinates.

The disastrous defeat 5 days ago widened the gap in numbers between the soma crowd and the crusading army to an extremely large disparity.

The number of people, equipment, morale, and soma are all at an absolute disadvantage. Apart from this cottage under their buttocks, they have nothing to rely on.

Unless the gods are manifested, or all members wake up on the spot and become like the Chu army in the Battle of Julu, each of them is one against ten, and ten is against a hundred, otherwise they will probably not be able to survive today.

Although anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Crusade Army had no chance of losing, and the strength gap between the two sides was too great, Yokokura Keinosuke still had a bit of luck.

What if? What if I can repel the fire and pay the thieves? If I can repel Huo Fu Thief Kai, then I have hope to survive! There is hope to continue to roam around!

It was this "what if" that made Yokokura Keinosuke's eyes ignite with a strong brilliance called "desire to survive".

In order to survive, and to withstand the onslaught of the crusade army, Yokokura Keinosuke really went all out—he went to the front line in person, trying to boost the morale of his subordinates by "personal conquest".

But it is a pity that the effect of his act of courage... Although it cannot be said to be unsatisfactory, it can also be said to be useless.

At this moment, I saw the remnants of the Xiangma army trapped in the isolated village, all of them lost their eyes, their eyes were blurred, and there was a lingering panic color between their brows. Any slight disturbance could make them feel like they were facing an enemy , Terrified.

A certain gangster even mistook a crow flying over his head for an arrow thrown by the crusading army, and was so frightened that he hugged his head and ran away, crying ghosts and howling.

The so-called "all plants are soldiers" and "the wind is jittery" are nothing more than that.

From a certain point of view, the organization of Soma crowd is not bad.

If other bandit gangs suffered a disastrous defeat in which "more than half of the members were either killed or injured", not to mention taking up arms to fight again, I'm afraid they would have dispersed on the same day.

The low morale becomes this virtue... One can imagine the combat effectiveness and combat performance of the bandit army.

Few arrows were thrown back at the subduing army, and the situation was completely different from that of 5 days ago.

You must know that in the previous "battle to seize the pass", the counterattack of the bandit army still caused a lot of trouble for the crusade army.

The Huofu Thieves, which consisted of two professional archers and gunners, the Xianshou Bow Team and Xianshou Iron Cannon Team, did not have many modifications, except for the number of arrows and projectiles.

Throughout the shogunate's leadership... No, across the entire country of Japan, there are not many troops that can afford such a wealthy battle.

The continuous barrage and the endless rain of arrows formed a death net full of the smell of gunpowder and the sharp sound of breaking through the air, firmly covering the cottage of the soma crowd.

No matter in appearance or in area, this cottage can be called luxurious, but under this big net, it looks so weak and pitiful——Qingdeng felt a little sympathetic to these bandits.

In today's Japan, where the level of civilization is still stuck in the era of cold weapons, not everyone and organizations have the opportunity to "taste" this kind of firepower with bullets and arrows as if they are free of money.

The intensive firepower preparation lasted for nearly 20 minutes, and it was not until the arms of the third and eighth teams were so sore that they could hardly draw their bows that they finally stopped.

Although not many enemies were wounded or shot to death, it dealt a heavy blow to the already low morale of the enemy.

It's windy today.

The steep cold wind whizzed across the mountains, forests and the earth, and continuously transported the smell of blood, feces and urine; the screams of wailing and screams, to the crusade army, and to Qingdeng and others. nose and ears.

This stench is so pungent and unpleasant, and the sound is so creepy, it is enough to make ordinary people who don't know how to fight tremble with fear.

But for Qingdeng and others who have dealt with blood stains and death for many years due to their duties, the stench lingering in their noses and the screams in their ears are just their "daily" activities Part of it.

Qingdeng, Kanazawa Chusuke, and Mizushima Renzaburo were all unmoved, with expressions as usual, quietly waiting for the next order from the coach, my grandson.

My grandson Chutaro, who has delicate features, fair skin, and looks like a scholar, who always smiles at others, now shows his merciless attitude towards the enemy, and is known by the world as the "Dragon of Fire".

"Total attack!" - My grandson calmly waved his hand forward.

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Amidst the urging horns, the soldiers of the Crusade Army began to take small steps and gradually accelerated.

The clanging sound of swords, guns and armor gradually rose.

The awe-inspiring murderous aura is combined into a dancing hurricane that presses directly towards the cottage.

The king, tiger, and dog are still the attacking arrows of the whole army.

When the three generals jumped in front of the formation, the crusade army's formation suddenly burst into enthusiastic cheers. The already high morale has been raised to a higher level.

There is a saying: generals have the heart of death, and scholars have no thoughts of greed for life.

Almost everyone present had witnessed with their own eyes how brave the three generals standing at the forefront were in the previous battles.

Immediately, these three generals stood at the forefront of the whole army again, and once again fought side by side with the whole army—how can this not make people feel excited, fists and bare sleeves?

"Follow me!" - Kanazawa Chusuke's roar opened the prelude to the general attack!

Centered on Qingdeng, Kanazawa Chusuke, and Mizushima Renzaburo, the soldiers formed three "pointed cones" of basically the same size, and relentlessly plunged into the village.

Seeing this, Yokokura Keinosuke, who was crouching on the fence of the watchtower with his back bent, hurriedly became distraught, furious, and yelled hoarsely regardless of his throat:

"Archery! Shoot arrows quickly! The bows, arrows and iron cannons of the officers and soldiers have stopped! It's a good time to counterattack! Everyone, shoot the arrows!"

In an instant, the huge cottage looked like a beehive that had been stabbed and a chicken coop that was disturbed.

Before Qingdeng and the others arrived, the bandit army was in chaos.

Some people were completely frightened by the firepower preparation just now, and completely lost their fighting spirit. Either standing blankly with a pale face, or sitting slumped on the ground, the two are fighting.

Some people are like headless chickens, neither obeying the command, nor stepping forward to fight, running around, not knowing what they are doing.

Although there are still some people who have maintained their sanity and sobriety, and can still muster up the courage to fight. But the weak counterattack made by their people is completely useless in the face of the powerful front of the crusade army.

Under the leadership of the king, tiger, and dog, the crusading army arrived at the gate of the village as easily as if they were crossing a street in the early morning.

The counterattacks encountered during the march were almost negligible.

What happened next... there is no need to use too many words to describe it.

What else can the Xiangma crowd, who are about to collapse, open their mouths wide, stare wide-eyed, and watch the crusaders break through their gates?

Covering with swords, guns and bows, protecting with shields, and "engineers" stepping forward - the gate of the village is wide open!

Qingdeng leaps forward and kills the enemy first!

Flesh and blood are basically no different from ordinary paper in front of the hundred-smelting steel knife. With just one touch, the human body will die, and the blood will flow down.

While retracting the saber, Qingdeng vibrated the saber vigorously to shake off the remaining blood on the saber, then lowered his head, looked at the arm holding the saber, and thought to himself:

--very good! Recovery is good!

With the blessing of "Strengthening Essence" and "Fitness +1", Qingdeng's body has largely recovered, and he has basically returned to his prime.

It's just a pity - swords don't recover naturally like a human body.

The offensive and defensive battle to capture the mountain road 5 days ago was so fierce that Ding Guishen naturally "several wounds in the body".

After the war, Qing Deng counted the blades of Biding Ghosts and Gods in detail, and found that there were seven gaps on the blade.

Fortunately, the area of ​​most of the gaps is very small, so Qingdeng took a whetstone to sharpen it, and he barely repaired it. There are only 2 gaps that are too big, and the whetstone alone will not help. You need to ask a professional knife maker.

It was too late and then too fast, Qingdeng had already rushed into the depths of the enemy group, and took the lives of two more bandits in an instant, and was invincible.

Kanazawa Chusuke and Mizushima Rensaburo's attack speed and assault speed are no slower than Qingdeng.

Wherever the three of them went, the enemy formation retreated one after another, like waves breaking apart.

The already dilapidated bandit army formation was easily torn out by the "Wang Hugou" three times and five times to make a big gap, so that the soldiers who gradually broke through the gate of the village and rushed forward could charge into the battle.

Countless gangsters couldn't escape in time, and smashed on the edges of the three cones led by the "King Tiger Dog", and quickly shrank back and fell apart as if they were photographing the waves on the coast.

In the chaos, Qingdeng heard someone shouting:

"Ah! It's that guy! That evil spirit is here again!"

"Ah! Why is he so haunted!"

"I know him! He is that Nioh! 'Noh' is on the verge of success!"

"I won't fight! I won't fight!"

Qingdeng turned his head following the sound, and saw many gangsters screaming in panic, while casting their eyes on him as if they saw some ghosts and ghosts.

Seeing this, Qingdeng couldn't help showing a dumbfounding expression—he never imagined that his own face would turn into a weapon one day.

For the gangsters who have experienced previous battles, Qing Deng, who always rushed to the front and was the first to break through the level twice in a row, was the most impressive character to them.

Seeing this man reappearing like an incarnation of an evil spirit, and once again holding up his knife that will definitely bring a new bloody storm once he swings it, how can it not make people feel astonished?

For a moment, many gangsters who wanted to muster up the courage to have a good fight with the crusading army lost all fighting spirit when they saw Qingdeng's face, turned around and fled hastily.

It's a one-sided fight, one that doesn't have any ups and downs, and one that doesn't deserve a lot of attention.

The bandits were beheaded and expelled by the crusading army like chopping melons and vegetables. Death dies, fall falls.

From the time my grandson waved his hand to issue the "general attack" order, to the defeat of the Soma Clan, less than 20 minutes had passed in total.

The shouts and screams gradually subsided.

Instead, there was one question after another:

"Where is Yokokura Keinosuke?!"

"Hey! Tell me! Where is your leader... that Yokokura Keinosuke?!"

"I found you! Keinosuke Yokokura! I took your head off!"

"Wow! Wait, wait a minute! I'm not Yokokura Keinosuke! My lord! You, you mistaken me! I just happen to be like Yokokura Keinosuke, with a big belly! I vote , Surrender! Stop fighting! Please don’t kill me! Please don’t kill me!”

"Go find it! Yokokura Keinosuke is a fat man with a very large body! His body should be very conspicuous!"

As the leader of Soma Clan, Yokokura Keinosuke, the value of his head is far beyond that of ordinary minions.

According to the price indicated on the arrest warrant, Keinosuke Yokokura's head is worth at least 50 gold.

50 gold... For the team members of Huofu Thief Kai, this is already a huge sum of money.

Even from a political and military point of view, personally killing the leader of the Xiangma crowd is undoubtedly an extremely high-quality achievement that is completely worth fighting for.

In order to obtain this great achievement, the soldiers of each team went crazy. They stretched their necks and looked around for the huge fat man.

Due to the westerly wind blowing eastward, the eating habits of residents in large cities such as Edo, Osaka, and Nagasaki, which are easier to accept novelties, have gradually changed compared with remote rural areas, and more and more people are willing to try and accept meat. .

But even so, there are very few people who have the ability to consume meat for a long time.

The eating habits of the vast majority of people are no different from the past, one or two hundred years ago—the main side dishes on the table are vegetarian dishes such as pickled radishes and tofu, and the only meat food is seafood, mainly fish.

Therefore, it is not easy to raise a fat man in the current Japan.

Yokokura Keinosuke's huge body is like cotton in a pile of coal - he can't hide it even if he wants to.

After a while, someone raised his hand and pointed to the northwest, shouting:

"Found it! Over there!"

Everyone, including Qingdeng, raised their eyes and looked up—Kenosuke Yokokura was wearing a black standard haori that he got from someone who didn't know where to pay the bandits. People had enough energy to notice him, and led seven of his subordinates, Zhou Zhang, to escape to the mountains and forests in the northwest direction.

Because Yokokura Keinosuke's body is too fat, and the original owner of the haori that he is wearing is obviously thin, so Yokokura Keinosuke's two forearms and the high raised The belly is all exposed outside the haori, which looks very funny.

Any gangster in the Soma Clan can be let go, but Yokokura Keinosuke, the leader of the Soma Clan, is the culprit who must be eliminated no matter what. In life one must see people, in death one must see corpses.

But right now the cottage has not been completely pacified, if everyone swarmed chasing Yokokura Keinosuke without order, it would be a mess.

At this time, Zhongsuke Kanazawa played the role of his "deputy general of the whole army":

He raised his head and shouted:

"Mr. Orange! Mr. Mizushima! Mr. Kazama! Take your troops and go after Hengcang! The rest will continue to clear the cottage with me!"

With Kanazawa Chusuke's clear instructions, everything will be easy.

In an instant, the direction of the sound changed suddenly - a large number of shouts and footsteps, like a torrent pouring out of the mountains, rushed towards the northwest, towards the direction where Keinosuke Yokokura fled!

"Chasing! Chase!"

"Keep an eye on that fat man! That big fat man is our target! Never let that fat man go!"

"Don't let that big fat man get away!"

Qingdeng, Mizushima Rensaburo, and Kazama Nobuyoshi led their respective subordinates, namely the third, fourth, and eighth teams, and plunged into the lush forest.

In an instant, the silence of the forest was broken.

Normally quiet, the mountain forest that was as quiet as the depths of the sea in the middle of the night suddenly had ripples.

"Ripples" connect and expand with each other, and quickly change into "waves" with astonishing momentum.

Countless wild birds flew out of their nests, circling repeatedly in the sky above the mountains and forests, daring not to land for a long time. The sound of fluttering wings and the noisy footsteps of Qingdeng and his party complement each other, and together they compose an inspiring horn song.

At first, everyone thought it would be a very easy task to capture Keinosuke Yokokura, who has a big heart and a fat body.

However... Everyone soon realized how wrong their thinking was.

Although Yokokura Keinosuke's body is fat, his steps are unexpectedly extremely agile, he is a flexible fat man!

I saw him like a flying swallow cleaving the waves, with his knees bent upwards, and with a flick of his ankles, he caught a tree root protruding high above the ground, like a ferocious blood vessel.

With a flash, he jumped onto a certain rock; with another flash, he jumped into the bushes.

During the jump, his huge belly constantly swayed and trembled under the action of gravity and inertia—this formed a funny but shocking contrast with his body that walked like flying, climbing mountains and wading like walking on the ground. .

Those gangsters who followed Yokokura Keinosuke closely and fled with Yokokura Keinosuke were also so vigorous, and the rugged mountain was no different from a flat stone brick road under their feet. .

With a simple thought, you can find that this is just a very normal and natural thing-as a bandit who lives by the mountain, how could he not be familiar with the mountain? How could he not be good at mountain walking?

On the other hand, Qingdeng and the others—they were out of luck.

As a "mountain country" that is unrivaled throughout Japan in terms of mountainous area and complexity of Yamagata, Kai has maintained undeveloped and original "pure natural" features in many places.

Here a root protrudes; there a boulder flies.

Here is an impenetrable virgin jungle; there is a huge canyon with no bottom.

Nature's ingenious workmanship has become a terrible enemy that will invite disaster.

The Huofu Bandit Kai team members are basically urbanites who grew up in Edo. How have they ever seen such a formation?

Yokokura Keinosuke is obviously very familiar with the landscape of this area - he only takes the kind of path that is not shit, and it is not the way that normal humans should take at all!

Looking up: primitive people have to shake their heads when they see the "meandering" scenery, which fills every corner of their vision.

The countless jagged rocks, thick ancient trees, tangled bushes, scattered gravels, and mud swamps and wild bee nests that appeared from time to time all hindered the pursuit of Qingdeng and others.

The battle cry of "Awww" from the chasing troops gradually changed into a scream of "Uh Uh".

Someone here accidentally stepped on the ground and sprained his ankle; someone over there accidentally kicked a rock or a tree root, and fell like a dog.

Someone here accidentally stepped into the mud, and his little leg sank into the mud; someone accidentally disturbed the hive over there, and was stung all over his head by wild bees as thick as thumbs.

Even Qingdeng was almost injured.

Snapped!

Qingdeng felt a pain in the back of his right foot—he accidentally kicked a tree root that was covered in dense fallen leaves and covered with a layer of protective color, and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, at the very moment when his face was about to come into close contact with the ground, Qing Deng relied on "cat turn + 1" to stabilize his figure in time, and did not lose his appearance.

What a pity, among the chasing troops, the only one who could stabilize his body with his excellent balance ability when he was about to fall... was Qingdeng.

Countless people have been trampled, tripped, or injured due to negligence.

If you count those who were unable to get up and chase Yokokura Keinosuke because they stepped into the mud, disturbed the wild bees and other reasons... the non-combat loss of the pursuit troops has reached a terrifying level.

The complex and changeable road conditions in the mountains are also a great test of physical strength.

For the same journey, mountainous terrain consumes far more energy than flat terrain.

Although some people were not injured, they slowly fell behind due to lack of physical strength.

Under the dual pressure of physical strength and complicated road conditions, the originally tight formation of the pursuit troops was constantly stretched and pulled apart, and finally became disorganized. A lump here, a piece there, uneven. Looking down from the sky, it looks like a handful of "black pepper powder" that has been randomly thrown and thrown everywhere.

On the one hand, it is difficult to move an inch, and on the other hand, the fish enters the sea, and the dragon is born in the sky——the distance between the two sides is getting wider and wider.

At the same time, there are trees, rocks, vines and other objects blocking the line of sight.

Therefore... Although he was very unwilling, the huge figure of Yokokura Keinosuke escaped from the noses of hundreds of soldiers in the pursuit.

In order to catch Yokokura Keinosuke, Qingdeng and others have worked hard to chase so far. It would be really unsatisfactory to leave empty-handed like this.

As a last resort, Qingdeng and the others could only divide their troops——Qingdeng, Mizushima Rensaburo, and Kazama Nobuyoshi led their respective subordinates to search in different directions.

"Squad Three, come with me!"

In the third team, there are only 32 players who have not fallen behind and still have the ability to continue to keep up with Qingdeng.

After hearing Qingdeng's shout, the remaining team members had to cheer up and follow behind Qingdeng.

Naturally, Qingdeng would not be so stupid as to run around aimlessly and search around like a headless chicken.

At this critical juncture, Qingdeng's "Wind Senser" came to the rescue in time!

Identifying the position by listening to the sound - this is the specialty of Qingdeng who is currently practicing Yunliu Ninjutsu!

I saw Qingdeng close his eyes, skillfully relying on the supernatural hearing produced by the mutual superposition of "Shen Gathering" and "Wind Senser", to retrieve and identify the position of Yokokura Keinosuke. The left hand palmed the bushes, and the right hand held the knife to cut the vines; while traveling in the mountains and fields, the ears were raised high, not letting go of any slight sound around them.

Whether this will be effective...Qingdeng is not sure.

In the final analysis, such a search method is just a matter of luck.

If Yokokura Keinosuke hadn't fled to the direction Qingdeng was in charge of, then no matter how good Qingdeng's ears were and how hard he pricked up his ears to listen carefully, it would not help.

The tough and harsh road conditions, where you will fall all over if you don't pay attention, have already exhausted and depressed the soldiers of the third team.

But the current road ahead is full of fog called "unknown"; the feeling that the result depends entirely on luck is really debilitating.

Under the pressure of the two phases, the morale of the third squad dropped rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

About 20 minutes later, Qingdeng heard an impatient shout from behind:

"Hey! Master Tachibana! Is the road you took us right? We have been walking this road for a long time! Let alone the thief chief Hengcang, there is not even a bird droppings!"

The owner of this cry is Akabane Koichiro, who is the most hostile to Qingdeng and the most hostile to Qingdeng in the third division.

At this time, Akabane looked so embarrassed—his waist was bent sharply as if it was about to be broken, his hands were firmly propped on his knees, he was panting, and the sweat covering his body covered the outermost layer of haori. All got wet.

While attacking Qingdeng, he cast a look full of irritability and impatience at Qingdeng.

Akabane is like a megaphone—speaking for many people.

There is no need to ask one by one, just simply observe the expressions, and you can find that many people have a lot of resentment on their tired faces.

The exhaustion of the body and the lingering search had completely exhausted their little patience.

Just when Qingdeng was about to say something... suddenly! A ray of mountain wind brought a faint sound of footsteps!

Mountains are no better than cities.

The sounds that can be heard in this primitive jungle are nothing more than the chirping of birds and insects.

In such an environment, Yokokura Keinosuke's rapid breathing and heavy footsteps are particularly obvious!

Qingdeng made a decisive decision, followed the sound, turned his head and yelled at the crowd behind him:

"Over here! Come with me!"

The soldiers didn't know why, and they didn't bother to complain about this or blame that. They followed Qingdeng's back like a flock of sheep following a shepherd dog.

Qingdeng, and a group of team members who followed closely behind Qingdeng, flew over patches of dusty ground.

The mud splashed by human foot bombs kept slapping on the hem of the hakama pipe.

Under the sunshine, the continuous forests that reflect bright green colors are constantly left behind.

As the body gallops forward, the similar scenery is constantly updated.

After a while, a very familiar figure appeared in Qingdeng's eyes - his belly was as big as a ball stuffed, and he was surrounded by several subordinates who escaped together, his chest and shoulders heaved violently due to shortness of breath.

It was Keinosuke Yokokura!

Qingdeng and Yokokura Keinosuke discovered each other almost at the same time in no particular order.

At the same moment Qingdeng found Yokokura Keinosuke, Yokokura Keinosuke also heard a strange noise behind him.

He turned his head and happened to meet Qing Denglai's eyes.

Yokokura Keinosuke explained to Qingdeng with practical actions: what a "wonderful" expression people can make when they are extremely frightened.

Qingdeng heard Yokokura Keinosuke swear a curse word from afar.

Immediately afterwards, this flexible big fat man turned his gaze back to the front, and ran for his life without hesitation.

Seeing this, Qingdeng waved his hand and ordered the subordinates behind him to "follow up".

A new round of fierce pursuit begins in the deserted Mt. Kai!

This is a confrontation of willpower.

Even Yokokura Keinosuke and others who are used to dealing with mountains, after such a long escape in the mountains, their bodies will inevitably feel a little overwhelmed.

Their footsteps began to slow down, and their figures were no longer stable. When jumping on rocks and tree roots, his movements are no longer as flexible and agile as before.

Even this group of bandits is like this, let alone Qingdeng and his party who have basically no experience in "mountain warfare".

Qingdeng has Yunliu ninjutsu footwork as a foundation, "cat turn +1" that can improve his mountain movement ability, and "iron lung" and "strong muscle +1" that can enhance his physical strength. Blessing, so there is still power to spare.

But the rest of the team...they don't have Qingdeng's abnormal physical fitness.

In such a situation, it is only a matter of certainty that something goes wrong.

Sure enough—a voice full of hard work and boredom suddenly exploded behind Qingdeng:

"I can't! I can't! I can't run anymore!"

It was Akabane again.

I saw Akabane, who was sweating a little more than before and looked a little more embarrassed than before, lying on his side on a thick and long tree root regardless of the dirtiness of the ground—a look that no matter the wind and rain, even It's the Heavenly King Lao Tzu who is here, so I don't want Lao Tzu to get up again.

As a creature that will die if you don't live in groups, human beings have a strong blind obedience.

No matter what it is, as long as someone can start it, countless people will dare to follow suit.

As Akabane became the first person to "eat crabs", more and more people who were exhausted and wanted to stop and rest early followed suit.

All of a sudden, the soldiers of the third team "fused" with the ground below them in large numbers in lying or lying positions.

As for the rest of the people, they basically hesitated. They looked at Qingdeng, then at Akabane and the others who had stood still and made it clear that "the strike is over", not knowing what to do now.

"..." Qingdeng was speechless.

He quietly stared at the subordinates who were not moving one by one behind him.

Then slowly stopped.

stopped.

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