"I really miss the days when I was young, when I could eat a big bowl of rice with just one fish."

Although this middle-aged man is old and even his beard and hair are slightly white, he is actually as famous a warrior as Pu Sheng.

However, he was not a fierce general of the Aizu Domain, but a powerful general of the Sendai Domain—Okutenme Soemon, the head of the "Seven Spears of Senshu".

The current lord of Sendai Domain is a man who loves the art of war and martial arts.

He was fond of the art of war and martial arts, so he created the honorary title of "Xianzhou Seven Spears" after the famous "Biyue Seven Spears" that had become famous during the Warring States Period 200 years ago.

This honorary title is awarded to the seven bravest warriors in the army.

Sheng Tianmu is one of these seven people - and he is also the bravest one.

Sheng Tianmu, who is 43 years old this year, in terms of strength alone, his huge body of nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) contains strength that is not at all like that of a middle-aged man.

He inherited the ancient style of spearmanship - Taneda Style. He is good at using the Sanjian Spear.

The so-called three-room guns, as the name suggests, are three-room guns (1 room: 1.818 meters).

Although Matsudaira Sadanobu had never actually seen Ikutenmei fighting, he had heard of it - the sight of Ikutenmu riding on a war horse, brandishing three spears, and roaring loudly, is enough to remind people of the famous warrior Honda Tadashi in history.

Victory, so some people call the birth of the third eye "Honda Tadakatsu in the world".

Honda Tadakatsu was a fierce general under Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo shogunate more than 200 years ago. He followed Tokugawa Ieyasu in the north and south and made great contributions to the founding of the Edo shogunate.

Because of his bravery in battle, Honda Tadakatsu was named the Three Tokugawa Heroes, the Four Tokugawa Kings, the Sixteenth Tokugawa Divine Generals, "the best in Japan, the unparalleled warrior in ancient and modern times", Mikawa Flying General, Oni no Heihachi, and Japan's Chang

Fei, the most powerful general in the Warring States Period... and many other titles.

Born Tenmu is called "Honda Tadakatsu alive" - ​​which shows that his martial arts must be quite extraordinary.

However, although Uchitenmei's martial arts skills are extraordinary, Matsudaira Sadanobu has heard that he is quite arrogant and likes to brag about his martial arts skills - although he does have the capital to brag.

The Sendai Domain also responded very positively to the shogunate's recruitment.

In addition to dispatching 1,800 troops, five of the "Xianzhou Seven Spears" were also dispatched to lead the team.

As the leader of the Seven Spears, Sheng Tianmu is one of these five people.

The arrogance of the lord of Sendai Domain, who directly dispatched 5 of the "Seven Spears of Senshu", surprised even Sadanobu Matsudaira.

Matsudaira Sadanobu knew that a large part of the reason why the lord of the Sendai Domain was so heroic was just to compete with the Aizu Domain.

Matsudaira Sadanobu knew this - the Sendai samurai always wanted to prove that they were not inferior to the Aizu samurai.

This unwillingness to lose to the Aizu Domain made all the warriors of the Sendai Domain very motivated.

Matsudaira Sadanobu was also happy to see the fierce competition between feudal clans.

After all, the competition between vassals can also encourage them to work hard to perform better on the battlefield.

Looking at Kamao and Shengtenmu who were standing next to each other, the smile on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face couldn't help but become stronger.

The lineup of strong generals in the army was much more luxurious than he expected.

Inamori, who is sitting next to him now, is also considered to be one of the best warriors in terms of bravery.

At present, the baggage, troops, and generals are all in place.

——The all-out attack on the Red Moon Fortress... is about to begin.

Matsudaira Sadanobu said this quietly in his heart.

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at the same time--

Ezochi, Kuma Village——

Gulu gulu gulu...

The soup in the large pot in front of Ogata and Omachi has been boiled, and bubbles are constantly bubbling out.

In the soup, there were two bear paws that were now red.

"...It looks so weird..." Amachi muttered, "These bear paws are just like human feet..."

Three days ago, Ogata listened to Aiyaka's suggestion and in addition to bear skin and bear bile, he also took the bear paws of the man-eating male bear.

Because the paws of the man-eating male bear were so big, bigger than a football, that it would be impossible to lift all 4 bear paws, so Ogata and the others only took 2 bear paws.

It was almost evening when Ogata and the others arrived at the Kuma village where Aiyaka lived.

At this moment, the sky had darkened.

Currently, Ogata and Amachi are at Aiyaka's home.

Ayaka's family is a big family.

Ayaka himself, his wife, Ayaka's parents, and his still-living grandmother, a total of five people, all crowded under the same roof.

Although there are many family members, Ayaka's home is very large, so it doesn't feel crowded.

Eyaka's home can accommodate 2 more people, so Ayaka invited Ogata and Amachi to stay directly at his home during this period.

Ogata and the others had no reason to refuse Eyaka's invitation, so Ogata agreed, and together with Atachi, they carried their luggage and moved into Eyaka's home.

Three days ago, Ayaka, who encouraged Ogata and the others to remove the bear paws, promised Ogata and Aimachi to let his grandmother, who is very good at cooking bear paws, cook a delicious bear paw dish for them.

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And now, Ayaka has kept his promise.

The two bear paws boiled in the pot were the bear paws that Ogata and the others took from the man-eating male bear.

The first dinner that Ogata and the others had in this Kuma village was Ayaka's grandmother's bear paw cuisine.

Aiyaka's grandma was sitting next to the pot at this time, carefully checking the heat.

When Ogata and Atachi were first brought into the home by Eyaka, Eyaka's family members were surprised at first.

But after hearing Aiyaka say that the two of them were "bear warriors" who hunted and killed the two man-eating bears, the attitudes of Aiyaka's family towards the two of them immediately softened.

Ayaka's grandma was sitting by the pot, concentrating on cooking bear paws.

Ayaka sat in front of Ogata and the others.

His parents and wife were sitting behind Aiyaka.

After hearing Atachi's muttering "Bear's paws are like human feet", Aiyaka laughed a few times.

"When I first started eating bear paws, I felt the same way." Aiyaka said, "The skinned bear paws do look a lot like human feet."

"But don't worry."

"Although it looks a bit ugly, the taste will definitely not disappoint you."

"How long will it take to do this bear paw?" Ogata asked.

"Soon. It will be ready in a while."

There is nothing to do while waiting for the bear paws to be cooked successfully.

So Ou simply asked Aiyaka who the Lucian man named Vasily he had just met was.

After hearing Ogata's question, Ayaka slowly answered:

"Those Lucians are here to draw pictures."

"According to them, they were just there to map the surrounding terrain."

"He stayed in our village temporarily more than 2 months ago."

"Although they are staying temporarily, they are actually just camping next to our village."

"Our village is close to the river and is the best place to camp."

"More than two months ago, they left directly after mapping the terrain near our village."

"I didn't expect that after more than two months, they would come back again."

"According to what Vasili just said, they made a mistake in the drawing, so they had to come back again."

"Is that Vasili the leader of that group?" A-Machi asked, "You speak Japanese really well."

"No." Ayaka shook his head.

"That Vasili is just the second in command of their group."

"Their real boss is a man with red hair. Their boss speaks Japanese well."

"I even wonder if their boss has been learning Japanese since he was a child. He speaks Japanese just like Kazuo."

"Although their behavior is quite rude, their discipline is pretty good."

"When I lived near our village more than 2 months ago, I never did anything inappropriate."
Chapter completed!