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The bearers looked at each other with hesitation in their eyes.

Of course they want to fulfill their responsibilities and send the messenger to the next station as soon as possible.

When they arrive at the next station and hand over the smelly sedan to another group of bearers, their mission is completed.

They have no control over what happens after that.

But... they didn't want to watch this young man die in this pool of vomit... This made them look like intentional murder.

Seeing that the bearers were slow to move, the messenger frowned and raised his voice:

"Why are you still standing there...?! Why don't you hurry up and lift the sedan...?!"

"Such a large-scale attack... the casualties... are very serious...!"

"The faster we send the news of the rebellion...to Kyoto...the governor and Higo-sama...the faster they can make arrangements...to block the rebels' front...!"

"And then launch a counterattack faster...pacify Yikui...and return...peace to the capital..."

"Now...time is...a fighter plane...!"

"If the fighter plane is delayed... neither I... nor you... can bear this responsibility...!"

After hearing what the messenger said - mainly hearing the words "take responsibility" - the bearers finally did not dare to hesitate any longer.

They closed the sedan door and went back to their places.

Before lifting the sedan chair, a certain bearer said to the messenger in a worried tone:

"Little brother, please be patient a little longer! We have arrived in Ise and are not far from Kyoto!"

The messenger twitched the corners of his mouth a few times and showed a fearless smile:

"Don't worry... This level of bumps... won't kill me... Let's go!"

The bearers winked at each other, nodded to each other, and then spread their legs in unison.

The wonderful scene of "six people pulling a sedan, as fast as a horse" appeared again.

The sound of running and vomiting could be heard far, far away.

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Kyoto, Shima, Hiroto Village——

It was late at night, black veil shrouded the sky, floating clouds floated slowly, and the sky was almost dark night.

It was quiet everywhere, except for the occasional chirping of insects, there was no other sound in the countryside.

Although it was a sunny day without rain, the southwest sky was filled with thick, dark clouds that gave people an ominous feeling.

The moon gradually dimmed and seemed to disappear in the dark clouds above the distant peaks.

"Hoo~~! Hoo~~! Hoo~~! Hoo~~! Hoo~~!"

Junichiro Aso - the largest landowner and village chief of Hiroyot Village - was lying naked on the quilt, immersed in sweet dreams, and snoring loudly and rhythmically from the tip of his nose.

In his arms was a beautiful girl who was also naked.

This is the concubine that Aso Junichiro took in a few days ago. Her name is An. She is slim, fair-skinned and beautiful. She is only 18 years old this year.

For a wealthy landowner like Junichiro Aso, having several or even a dozen wives is just a common thing.

The quiet night, the peaceful sleeping villagers...the peaceful scene as always.

However... suddenly, a strange sound suddenly reached Aso Junichiro's ears.

Aso Junichiro's brows trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, the sound became louder and louder, and the trembling of his brows also continued to increase.

Finally, he slowly opened his eyes, a look of irritation flashing between his brows.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and cursed angrily in a low voice:

"It's so noisy...! What are you doing?!"

As he spoke, he sat up straight and turned to look in the direction from which the sound came - that is, out the window not far away.

Just don't look at it. As soon as he turned his gaze out the window, his eyes suddenly widened, and the remaining sleepiness in his mind suddenly disappeared.

"Master...it's so noisy...what's going on outside...?"

An was also awakened by the sound.

What she did next was almost exactly the same as Shuntaro Aso.

Rubbing her eyes, complaining, looking out the window... Then, like Shuntaro Aso, she opened her mouth slightly, her eyes were as wide as bells, and her pretty face was filled with a look of astonishment.

All I could see was a bright red area outside the window, and the coquettish orange-red light illuminated half of the sky.

At the same time, Aso Shuntaro and An gradually heard the true nature of the noise that woke them up.

Those sounds... were essentially the sounds of burning flames, the sounds of buildings being destroyed, and a succession of crying, shouting, wailing, begging, roaring, and... laughter.

Without thinking much, Aso Shuntaro grabbed the clothes beside the bed, put them on haphazardly, rushed out of the room and ran outside.

The moment he pushed open the door of the house, hot air and boiling sound rushed towards Aso Shuntaro's face.

"What……?"

Aso Shuntaro stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

The flames filling the sky and the earth filled his vision.

The hot wind summoned by the flames rolled.

The trees around the village were stirring.

The ruthless Zhurong swallowed up one building after another.

The tongues of fire spit out huge amounts of black smoke, spreading into the endless darkness.

Under the orange flames, two distinct groups of people appeared.

A group of people were crying, howling, running for their lives, begging for mercy, and dying - Aso Shuntaro recognized these people, they were the villagers of Hiroyuki Village.

The other group of people laughed, shouted, chased, destroyed, and slaughtered.

They wielded ferocious blades and unscrupulously hunted down villagers, snatched property, and robbed women.

Aso Shuntaro did not recognize these people.

However, based on his experience of living in the countryside since he was a child, he dared to conclude that these guys who were committing violence as they pleased were undoubtedly farmers!

Only farmers can look like this!

With the help of the increasingly fierce fire, the increasingly hot wind sent waves of voices that made Aso Shuntaro feel his scalp numb:

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I will give you all the money and food in my family now! Please spare my life!"

"Hmph! When I asked you to hand over money and food, you resisted and refused, and now you want to beg for mercy? It's too late!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Move quickly! Don't be slow! Put all the money and food into the sack!"

"My cow! My cow! Give me back my cow!"

"What a babble! It's so noisy! Go to hell!"

"Please! I will give you all my wealth. At least let my daughter go! Let my daughter go!"

"Stop fucking nonsense! I haven't touched a woman since I was born! I must taste a woman tonight! If you don't want to have your head chopped off, just get out of here!"

"Hey! Look! There's a young girl here!"

"Hehehehehehehe~~Finally let me catch a woman!"

"Help! Help!"

"Who comes first?"

"Nonsense! I discovered this woman! Of course I came first! Hurry! Grab her hands and feet! I can't hold it in anymore!"

…

Exploding sparks.

Blood stained blade.

A crazy smile.

Red, red, red…

There is red everywhere.

Guanghu Village, which was originally peaceful, has now been wrapped in all kinds of "red".

red blood.

Red flame.

Red sky and earth.

The tragedy is simply indescribable!

Even the wildly dancing flames couldn't color Aso Shuntaro's pale complexion back.

When he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that he had collapsed on the ground because his legs were weak.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps approaching from far away, and a string of dialogues... that seemed to him like a devil's whisper:

"Hey! Look! There is a very grand house here!"

"Hahaha! There must be a lot of money in this house!"

"Go quickly! Don't let others get there first!"

Aso Shuntaro followed the sound in horror - three thugs carrying knives were running towards him happily.

This scene took away the last trace of blood on his face.

He subconsciously wanted to get up and run for his life.

However... no matter how hard he tried, his weak legs never obeyed his orders.

In desperation, he fell to the ground in tears and shouted:

"Wait, wait a minute! What do you want? Money? Food? As long as you can spare my life, I will give you as much as you want..."

Before Shuntaro Aso finished speaking, he heard a "buzz" sound - a shining silver line fell straight down and hit the back of his neck.

In an instant, blood arrows shot out.

Although he was stabbed in the back of the neck, Aso Shuntaro was not killed on the spot.

The swordsman's sword skills are really bad.

The strength is not enough, the tendon of the sword is not straight... If this kind of sword technique can cut off the head, it will be a ghost.

However, no matter how bad the sword skills are, it is still a shining sword.

Although the head of Aso Shuntaro was not chopped off with one strike, only half of his head was still connected with flesh and blood.

With such a serious injury, Hua Tuo had to shake his head when he came.

"Hehehe~ This guy is really stupid! He actually made a posture that is convenient for us to chop!"

The three thugs crossed Aso Shuntaro's body and rushed into his mansion impatiently.

"Gu...! Gu...! Gu...! Gu...!"

Aso Shuntaro felt his body violently convulsing uncontrollably.

He covered the wound that kept spurting out blood and tried to save himself.

He wanted to inhale...but every time he took a breath, unbearable pain would spread throughout his body.

He wanted to stay awake...but the boundless darkness emerging from the corners of his eyes gradually climbed towards the center of his vision, and soon covered his entire field of vision.

On his deathbed, he heard the screams of his concubine A'an.

What happened next, as his consciousness quickly dissipated, he was completely unaware of it...

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A place very close to Guanghu Village——

"Shibasaki-sama! Shibasaki-sama!"

A young warrior with an unattractive appearance and a vulgar temperament, carrying two swords at his waist, ran up a certain hill in three steps and two steps at a time.

On the hill, a samurai who was about 35 years old and tall with a proud look was holding the sword on his waist while looking at the village of Hiroto that was swallowed by the sea of ​​fire without sadness or joy.

"Shibasaki-sama!"

The wretched warrior knelt on one knee behind the proud warrior and said loudly:

"This village is indeed very prosperous! We collected a lot of food!"

The arrogant warrior called "Shibasaki" nodded gently, with a cruel smile on his lips:

"Very good! Let the brothers relax and unwind tonight! We will set off to Luo early tomorrow morning!"

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Wenjiu three years (1863), April 1st——

Kyoto, Mibu Township, Shinsengumi Camp, No. A Training Ground——

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

"Follow closely! Don't fall behind again!"

…

Shouts, shouts, and howls came and went.

Kui Shimada held his sword and sweated profusely with his comrades beside him.

The positive impact of improving food is immediate.

Nourished by rice and fatty meat soup, the bodies and bones of the Shinsengumi soldiers became much stronger.

Healthy and rosy complexions, tough and strong bodies... Just judging from the appearance of the soldiers, the Shinsengumi has the air of a powerful force!

At this moment, Shimada Kui is practicing the new formation with his comrades.

This new formation consists of 5 people per team.

There is a captain who is responsible for leading the team, a spearman holding a spear, a shield soldier holding a shield, and two swordsmen holding swords.

The shield soldier is in the front, the spearman is in the middle, the captain is in the back, and the two swordsmen are on the left and right.

If you are someone who knows the history of ancient Chinese wars, you will definitely recognize this formation after seeing it deployed.

That's right, this formation is exactly the "Mandarin Duck Formation"!

Qi Jiguang, the famous anti-Japanese general of the Ming Dynasty, applied a brand-new military formation for the first time based on the hilly ravines, crisscrossing rivers, narrow roads, and Japanese pirate combat characteristics in the southeastern coastal area.

This formation is named "Yuanyang Formation" because it looks like a pair of mandarin ducks.

The formation of "Yuanyang Formation" consists of 11 people per team.

At the front is the captain who is in charge of the entire team.

The next two people hold a long card and a shield card.

The long hand holds a long shield to block the arrows and spears from the Japanese pirates.

Tengpai holds a lightweight rattan shield with a javelin and a waist knife.

The long player and the cane player mainly cover the advance of the rear team. In addition to covering, the cane player can also engage in close combat with the enemy.

The two of them are wolf choppers and are responsible for holding the wolf chopstick.

The wolf fork is made from moso bamboo growing in the south. It is old and solid, and the end of the bamboo is beveled into a sharp shape, leaving sharp branches around it. Each wolf fork is about 3 meters long. The wolf fork is made by using the sharp blade at the front of the wolf fork. Assassinate the enemy to cover the advance of the shield bearers and the advance of the spearmen behind.

Then came four spearmen with spears in their hands, two on each side, taking care of the shield bearers and wolf bearers on the left and right in front respectively. Following up are two soldiers holding boring palladium to serve as security and support.

The "Yuanyang Formation" not only closely combines spears and shields, long and short, fully exerting the effectiveness of various weapons, but also the formation can be changed flexibly.

However, its disadvantage is also obvious - it is only suitable for narrow areas with limited terrain.

Isn’t this very suitable for the current Kyoto battlefield?

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PS: Everyone must remember the character "Shimada Kui". He represents the ordinary soldiers of the Shinsengumi. Leopard will use his perspective to fill in the middle and lower classes of the Shinsengumi, making the plot more vivid.