I formed the strongest swordsman group.

Chapter 929 Ogata Issei is an [Immortal]! [5200]

Seeing Elodie raising her knife, the two Russian soldiers were even happier.

Their contempt for Elodie was evident in their words.

To be honest, the petite Elodie holding a katana that was totally inconsistent with her body shape did look a bit funny.

The two men slightly adjusted the direction of their bayonets and aimed not at Elodie's vital points, but at his non-lethal arms.

Apparently, they wanted to defeat Yamato-no-kami Yasunari from Elodi's hands and capture her alive.

At this moment, Elodie seemed to be possessed by Qingdeng - her posture and her manner were quite like that of the King of Ren!
She lowered her eyelids, glanced around, and locked onto the enemy's position.

She did not wait for the enemy to approach, but took the initiative to attack!

In a flash, she took a step forward, her elbow suddenly bounced like a broken bowstring, and she swung her sword to chop the Russian soldier on her left side.

The other party's eyes widened, his cheeks filled with disbelief - he lacked the most basic psychological preparation for Elodie's proactive attack.

Faced with the speed of the knife that left an afterimage, he had no time to react and could only watch the silver-white knife light cover his entire field of vision.

Phew!

The body was broken, blood splattered, and bones were exposed.

After hacking the man to death, Elodi stepped firmly on his feet and turned around to attack the enemy on his right.

Elodi's courage to take the initiative and his ability to kill one of his companions in a blink of an eye left the other party dumbfounded.

At this moment, he no longer dared to be careless. He gritted his teeth and no longer dreamed of capturing Elodie. He stabbed her in the chest with the knife, as if he wanted to kill her.

Elodie saw the position of the bayonet, turned slightly, and dodged it effortlessly.

While dodging, she took a step closer, and swung the blade back from below, brushing the ground and hitting the opponent's chin.

The blade cut in from the chin and split out from the top of the head - the man's entire face split into two halves with smooth cuts like a shell, separating to the left and right.

"Whirring whirring……"

Looking at the two people who died under his knife, Elodi's face changed, his cheeks turned pale, and his throat moved slightly.

Even though I hadn't used up much energy, I couldn't help but take deep breaths to regulate my breathing.

This was her first time wielding a knife to kill someone.

Her immediate reaction was calmer than she had expected...but it was still really uncomfortable.

"Kill them!" (Russian)

"Kill ah ah ah ah!"

"Just a bunch of monkeys with height defects, go to hell!" (Russian)

"Follow Vice Commander Hijikata!"

Suddenly, the shouting and screaming all around brought Elodie back to reality.

She turned her head and looked around, her rapid breathing gradually returning to normal.

At the same time, a determined look appeared in his eyes.

——Now is not the time to act spoiled...!
With this thought in mind, she tightly grasped the Yamato-no-kami Yasutani in her hand again and threw herself into the battlefield again.

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Although the Slavs are not known for their height, their average height is still far higher than that of the current Japanese.

In the Edo period, even the senior samurai who had a slightly better quality of life were not necessarily able to have a tall and strong body, let alone the thousands of farmers who were united.

Their staple food is usually millet, and when the harvest is poor, they have to rely on barnyard grass to fill their stomachs.

As such, we naturally cannot expect them to have a tall and strong figure.

Regarding how low the average height of the Thousands of People in One Heart is... let's just put it this way, Elodie, who is only 1 meters tall, does not look out of place among them.

Therefore, when the Russian soldiers launched the charge and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with thousands of people, it immediately gave people the feeling of "tall people" fighting "half-ling people".

Looking at this group of short and small people who looked like children, the Russian soldiers all stretched their lips and revealed ferocious smiles.

The visible physical advantage makes them feel superior.

At the same time, their contempt for the unity of thousands of people became even stronger.

However...after the actual battle began, they belatedly changed their expressions.

The reason is simple - the thousands of soldiers who are united in purpose have made up for their physical defects with their superb swordsmanship!

Putting aside other aspects of the unity of the thousands of people, their martial spirit has always been something that cannot be underestimated.

Different from those samurai masters who are keen on showing off and infatuated with gorgeous swordsmanship, the martial arts philosophy of the thousands of people is very simple: as long as the style can fight!

They are only interested in those sword-fighting schools that have actual combat capabilities, and look down on those fancy schools that are only good-looking but useless.

Whenever they have free time, they will hire sword masters with real skills to teach them swordsmanship.

There are countless young people who work hard to practice swordsmanship with the dream of becoming a great swordsman.

Therefore, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, a thousand people working together are not afraid of these Russians!

What's more, they also have three outstanding swordsmanship masters: Hijikata Toshizo, Shimada Kai, and Elodie.

The first two are not only skilled in martial arts, but also have extremely rich practical experience.

I saw the white blade waving and the sword shining, which dimmed the cold light of the bayonet.

The offensive of the "Slavic Legion" was forcibly blocked, and there was even a tendency for it to be pushed back!
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The Fage coalition, main camp——

Even without a telescope, one could clearly see that the offensive of the "Slavic Legion" was slowing down and the battle situation was becoming tense.

Seeing this, Katsura Kogoro could not help but frown and mutter:

"The attack is not going well..."

Although guns and artillery have become the absolute mainstream on the battlefield, shooting alone is far from enough to defeat the enemy in a field battle.

Unless the enemy is extremely poorly organized, ordinary shooting alone is not enough to defeat the enemy.

Standing still and firing from a long distance - anyone can do this level of combat.

But to have the courage to charge with bayonets in hand and fight the enemy face to face - this is something not every army can do.

They survived the Western Army's musket fire, but were ultimately defeated by the Western Army's bayonet charge... There are so many examples like this.

In a nutshell: Although guns and cannons are the mainstream weapons nowadays, "courage" and "close combat ability" are still important indicators to measure the combat effectiveness of an army.

It was obvious that the thousands of people on the opposite side were not opponents that could be defeated by artillery rain and barrage of bullets alone.

If we cannot completely defeat them in close combat, "conquering the Eight Princes" will become a luxury.

As soon as Katsura Kogoro finished muttering, Shuten-doji who was standing next to him laughed.

"Gui Jun, please be patient."

"The current war situation is not yet at the point where we can sigh and complain."

Having said this, he paused, then raised his head and said loudly:
"Su Nuo! Master Haibo! Niu Gui!"

In an instant, Sukuna, Umibozu and Ushiki, who had been waiting quietly on the side, stepped out.

"The battle is getting intense. Go and help."

"Yes!"*3
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boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
After discovering that a Russian soldier not far away was pointing a musket at him, Hijikata Toshizo immediately dodged to the right and narrowly avoided the bullet.

Just as he was about to settle the score with this guy, two Russian soldiers suddenly rushed over and stopped him.

For Hijikata Toshizo, the most difficult and dangerous situation at the moment was not the length advantage of the bayonets in the hands of the Russian soldiers, but the cold guns that were difficult to guard against.

These Russian soldiers had extremely high military literacy, so they loaded their muskets extremely quickly, quietly loading bullets and then firing a shot unexpectedly.

These cold shots caused great harm to the thousands of people.

Hijikata Toshizo witnessed with his own eyes that more than a dozen people died from being shot.

On the other hand, if thousands of people are united, they don't have the ability to launch a cold attack.

Their poor training level made it impossible for them to reload safely in such an extremely chaotic environment.

Many of them even threw their muskets away somewhere unknown because they thought they were in the way and hindered them from swinging their swords.

Just as Hijikata Toshizo was concentrating on thinking of a way out of the impasse—

call!
He suddenly heard a fierce sound of wind coming from behind him!

In an instant, as if by reflex, he turned backwards with his left foot as the axis, like a gyroscope, and the blade that had been bent back slashed backwards -

clang! !

The terrifying sound of metal clashing spread all around!
Hijikata Toshizo's Izumi-no-kami Kanesada held the two katanas firmly.

"Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada... has a nice sword."

Sukuna glanced at Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada in Hijikata Toshizo's hand, and asked back in a cold tone:

"You are Hijikata Toshizo, right?"

Hijikata Toshizo snorted coldly:
"Who are you?"

"The one who will take your head." The moment he finished speaking, Sukuna exerted all his strength to deflect Hijikata Toshizo's sword, then stepped forward, closed the distance between him and Hijikata Toshizo in one breath, and stabbed the two swords in his hands into Hijikata Toshizo's chest.

Hijikata Toshizo nimbly took a step to the right and dodged.

Suddenly, he felt the light on his right dim - Umibozu raised his large sword, adopted the upper-level configuration, aimed at Hijikata Toshizo's body, and used the "Forced Splitting of Huashan" move.

The force of the sound was so strong that there was no doubt that if the knife had hit him hard, Hijikata Toshizo would definitely have been cut in two.

At this critical moment, Hijikata Toshizo showed the style of the "Demon's Deputy Chief".

In terms of fighting style, he, like Saito Hajime, is a "speed swordsman" who focuses on agility and reaction speed.

He took steps like a whirlwind and advanced in front of Umibozu in one breath - this way, the opponent's sword could not hit him.

Relying on the tactic of "advancing instead of retreating", he not only escaped danger, but also created an opportunity for counterattack!
While approaching the opponent, he changed his stance to the Blue Eyes style.

In a split second, Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada's blade cut a fleeting gap in the air and swept diagonally towards Kaibouzu's chest.

Kaibouzu's pupils shrank slightly, and he wanted to pull the large sword back to his chest and take the blow head-on.

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But there was someone who blocked Hijikata Toshizo's attack for him.

clang! !

The large naginata stretched out from the side like a solid wall, firmly catching the blade of Izumi-no-Kami Kanesada without any wavering.

The Ushio holding the naginata stepped firmly on his feet and took a deep breath.

"Haaahhhhh!"

His arms were covered with green worm-like veins, and powerful force burst out from the blade of his sword, pushing Hijikata Toshizo away with his sword.

Hijikata Toshizo held Izumi-no-kami Kanesada tightly in his hand, not letting him slip away, and tried hard to resist the huge force of the Ushiki. His legs left two long marks on the ground, and he dragged for 5 or 6 meters before stopping.

When he steadied himself and looked forward, Sukuna, Umibozu and Ushioki had already met up.

The three of them stood in a row and stared at Hijikata Toshizo coldly.

Just based on the brief confrontation just now, Hijikata Toshizo has concluded that these three people are definitely not ordinary people!

"...You don't have a Choshu accent, you are not from Choshu. As far as I know, Choshu has joined forces with the Fazhu Party. Are you from the Fazhu Party?"

Although Hijikata Toshizo used the sentence structure of a question, his tone was that of an affirmative sentence.

Sukuna sneered:
"so what?"

It was obvious that they had no intention of wasting time talking to Hijikata Toshizo.

As soon as Sukuna finished speaking, his figure turned into a blurry afterimage, and in just a moment he rushed in front of Hijikata Toshizo.

Hijikata Toshizo lowered his waist, tightly grasped Izumi-no-kami Kanesada in his palm, and calmly faced the battle.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
The two men fought in a group.

The continuous sound of metal clashing against metal demonstrated the intensity of the battle.

Hijikata Toshizo had seen people who wielded two katanas before.

This was the first time he had seen someone who could wield two swords.

The two swords in Sukuna's hands looked very much like the two forelimbs of a mantis, exuding a creepy aura.

This unprecedented and tricky swordsmanship caused Hijikata Toshizo a lot of trouble.

Of course, if Sukuna was alone, he would not be afraid.

But there were also Umibozu and Ushiki...

The two men stood aside, paying close attention to the battle between Hijikata Toshizo and Sukuna, ready to step forward to help at any time, just waiting for Hijikata Toshizo to show a flaw...

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"...Shuten-doji, I really don't understand."

Katsura Kogoro spoke suddenly while gazing at the front-line battlefield in the distance.

Shuten-doji put his hands behind his back and asked indifferently:
"Hmm? What's something you don't understand?"

Katsura Kogoro asked bluntly:

"Shuten-doji, why don't you let Otakemaru participate in this battle?"

"You are the general of the army, so you must stay at the main camp and not leave casually to prevent uncontrollable changes from happening - I can understand this."

"If Otakemaru is here, you can send Otakemaru to support the front line while you stay at the main camp."

"I don't know exactly how capable Otakemaru is, but since he is recognized by you as the 'strongest fighter', he must be more than capable of dealing with the likes of Hijikata Toshizo."

"I really don't understand, how could your 'highest combat power' and your strongest trump card be absent from such a crucial battle?"

"What about 'betting everything'?"

"What about the promise to 'use all the strength of the Fazhu Party in this battle'?"

"If Otakemaru were here, we might be able to defeat Hachioji today."

Katsura Kogoro has always been very dissatisfied with Otakemaru's absence.

After successfully landing on Nobi, Yamata no Orochi and the Frenchman named Mael left on a steam battleship.

Katsura Kogoro could still understand their absence.

Yamata no Orochi is ill and relies solely on drugs to prolong his life. If this sickly person follows the army, he might hinder the war.

As for Mahel, he is a pure civilian and it is too much of a stretch for him to take part in the battle.

In comparison, Katsura Kogoro could not understand Otakemaru's absence!
When Yamata no Orochi and Mael leave on the boat, Otakemaru and his sister follow.

At that time, Katsura Kogoro was greatly shocked and couldn't help but think darkly: Could it be that the Fazhu Party wanted to preserve its strength?
They said nice things like "use all the strength of the FaZhi Party in this battle", but in fact they hid their strongest strength!
We in Changzhou are really betting everything!

The more Katsura Kogoro thought about it, the angrier he got, and finally he couldn't help but question Shuten-doji at this moment.

After listening to Katsura Kogoro's question, Shuten-doji laughed:
"Gui-kun, you misunderstood!"

"Your understanding of Otakemaru's position and status in our Dharma Party is slightly inaccurate."

"How should I put it..."

Shuten-doji paused, as if thinking.

After a while, he slowly said:
"To put it simply, Otakemaru is a very special person."

"Although he is also a member of the Fazhu Party, he is different from us. He will not obey Yamata no Orochi's orders."

After hearing this, Katsura Kogoro was startled:
"Isn't he the adopted son of Yamata no Orochi?"

"Even biological sons may not obey their biological fathers, let alone adopted sons?"

Shuten-doji made Katsura Kogoro choke with just these one sentence.

He continued:
"Otakemaru was born deaf, so his 'world' is very different from our 'world'."

"To put it bluntly, his way of thinking is very different from that of ordinary people and cannot be measured by common sense."

"Anyway, I don't understand what he's thinking about on a daily basis. Maybe only Lord Orochi and his sister can understand what he's thinking."

"But there is one thing I am sure of: he has no interest in overthrowing the shogunate."

"Almost every member of the Hojutsu Party - myself included - has a blood feud with the shogunate."

"As long as we can defeat the Edo Shogunate, we are willing to pay any price."

"But Otakemaru is different."

"He has no hatred towards the shogunate."

"He has a characteristic, that is, he never does anything that he is not interested in."

"He would never get involved in anything he was not interested in."

"Even when Lord Orochi and his sister personally begged him, he remained unmoved."

"Unfortunately, overthrowing the shogunate was one of the things he wasn't interested in."

"Therefore, he will naturally not participate in this battle."

"So, it's not that we intentionally hide our strength, but we really can't control him."

"This guy has always been a lazy bum, wandering around every day, living in his own world, I don't know what he's thinking."

"As far as I can remember, the only mission he took the initiative to take was 'Search for Ogata Yoshisei'."

Looking for Ogata Issei——A sudden strange remark made Katsura Kogoro stunned.

"Ogata Yoshie? Is this the Ogata Yoshie I know?"

Shuten-doji shrugged.

"Is there another Ogata Issei in this world?"

"Is Ogata Issei still alive?"

"Of course he is still alive. He is the 'immortal'."

"……Aha?"

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