Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Chapter 159

In short, since the Battle of Ikedaya, the Shinsengumi, as a rural ronshigumi who only cares about ability regardless of the background of the team members, has finally won the recognition of the Aizu Domain.

Compared with the Mikai group, where almost all the players are from good backgrounds, the previous Shinsengumi were just treated as thugs and street sweepers by the opponent, and they were treated with contempt. Almost being used as cannon fodder.

But the situation is different now—almost a month after the "Ikedaya Incident", one day, Kondo returned to the camp excitedly, bringing with him an order to join the war directly from the Aizu Domain directly to the Shinsengumi.

It seems that the Changzhou army has been assembled and plans to forcefully attack Kyoto in one go.

"I heard that the governor of the surprise army in Changzhou was arrested by their lord and sent to the prison in Hagi for the crime of leaving the vassal." Liu Quan heard Yamazaki's report to Kondo and Hijikata.

"Oh?" Kondo asked enthusiastically, "Then there are still many members of the Raiders among the Changzhou people who came this time?"

Yamazaki continued to report the news he had received with a slumped face.

"Yes. It is said that the one who led the surprise army to the capital this time was the radical faction of the Zunran sect. Gao Shan left the feudal land and went to the capital because he wanted to dissuade them. It's a pity that not only the persuasion was ineffective, but the news was also leaked , As a result, only Takasugi was arrested."

Liu Quan, who snatched Qianzuru's "serve tea for everyone" quest in private, put the teacups one by one in front of the Shinsengumi cadres participating in the combat meeting with a low eyebrow, as if he hadn't heard Yamazaki's report at all.

"Well... It's a good thing to lose a tricky guy. But even if they are called up to fight now, this side is already in a passive position." Tufang said full of resentment.

However, compared to the fact that the earth side issued the order to join the war too late, and obviously still had no sincere complaints, Kondo was full of enthusiasm.

Later that day, Liu Quan's room door was pushed open by a person she hadn't expected at all—the team leader Okita Souji.

"Hey, why don't you hurry up and get ready to go?" He said to Liu Quan nonchalantly, as if the previous unhappiness had never happened.

"Tie up the bojin! This is not the time to be handsome.... When the team leader can't play, you, the backbone of the first team, have to be active. Don't let others look down on our first team. do you know?"

Liu Quan was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that it was Okita who asked her to play—as a team member of the Shinsengumi, as a companion in the team led by him, not to deceive their cunning and vicious con artist or spy or something.

Liu Quan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in an instant, many words came to his mind, and she was so blocked that she couldn't say a word.

Seeing her tongue-tied predicament, Okita suddenly laughed.

"Hey, do it well, you know?" He told her casually, just like when he was on missions together countless times before, "You are also responsible for maintaining the reputation of the Shinsengumi Ichibangumi. Don't behave better No way."

Liu Quan looked at him, and after a while, she tied the bowl gold on her forehead to protect her forehead, stood up, walked to the door, stopped in front of Chong Tian, ​​straightened her body, and replied loudly: "Yes!"

A shady smile appeared on Okita's face.

"Very good. I knew you wouldn't give me another reason to chop you off." He said the scary content lightly, but the expression on his face looked very happy.

"...So, let's fight for the first team, and go kill those guys from the Changzhou Domain."

When the Shinsengumi arrived at the Fushimi Magistrate's Office, the people gathered inside were very indifferent.

They claimed that they had not received an order from the lord of Aizu and the guardian of Kyoto Matsudaira Yohoho, saying that the Shinsengumi would join the battle, so even if the Shinsengumi came now, there was no task for them to entrust.

This kind of deviation in internal information transmission and the chaotic situation of the battle seemed not to be expected by Kondo, who had full confidence in the lord of the Aizu feudal lord.

But it's no wonder.The bosses belonged to the Kuwana Domain, but their bosses and guards were the lords of the Aizu Domain. The two domains were not very friendly, and the Shinsengumi's "Wolf of Mibu" was notoriously well known, and it has always been in Kyoto. It is a team that is implicitly rejected by the orthodox faction...

In short, throughout the night, the Shinsengumi did not really have a chance to participate in the battle.After changing to Kujo Heyuan under the guidance of the people from the Aizu Domain Mansion, it was frustrating to find that the Aizu Domain soldiers there were still a reserve team that did not need to go into battle for the time being.

After waiting all night, the sound of shelling from distant towns was not heard until dawn.Everyone moved quickly, and when they arrived at Hayumen, they found that there seemed to have been a fierce battle there.

Kama Yumen seems to have been hit by a shell, with scars everywhere.There were many wounded around, and there was a burning smell everywhere.

Hijikata laughed mockingly when he heard that Saito, who had gone to gather information, brought back the news that "the Aizu and Satsuma armies guarding the Kamamimon gate repelled the Choshu army".

"Satsuma will assist Aizu... The world is really unpredictable."

Liu Quan really doesn't know much about the historical process, but at least he has read some related books and articles in the Jataka world, and he still has some common sense, such as Satsuma and Changzhou will finally join forces to collapse.So hearing the news that Satsuma and Aizu teamed up to repel Choshu at Kamyumon really seemed like a funny thing like a cat and mouse would join forces to close the door and beat the dog.

While Liu Quan was thinking wildly, she heard Hijikata smiling.

"...will be busy."

That short sentence was full of smug self-confidence, and everyone who had nothing to gain and low morale all night seemed to be ignited instantly.

"Harada, you lead the team to Gongjia Mimon to repel the remnants of Choshu. Saito and Yamazaki go to confirm the status quo. According to the original plan, you will be responsible for the defense of Kama Mimon." Hijikata began to assign tasks confidently, and finally turned to Kondo.

"There is also a general, you have a big task. Please go to talk to the upper echelons of Aizu. Apart from those guys who went to Tianwangshan, there are other remnants and defeated generals. If we want to pursue them, we have to leave Kyoto. Only the people who can get this permission is you."

……Oh yes.If the Shinsengumi makes a large-scale attack, it needs the permission of the upper echelon to be justified.What's more, Hijikata hasn't assigned himself a task yet, probably he wants to go to Tianwangshan to clean up the core figures of the extremist faction-Tianwangshan is located between Kyoto and Osaka, and the area officially authorized by the Shinsengumi is only Kyoto. It's just the suburbs; if you don't say hello to the upper echelon in advance, it's not impossible for someone with a heart to make a fuss about it in the future.

Kondo smiled reassuringly.

"That's how it is. If I go as the bureau chief, I will definitely be able to convince the guard." He said confidently.

A smile could not help but appear on the corner of Liu Quan's lips.

Team Ichiban has not been assigned to the task yet.Probably going to Tianwang Mountain.

Tufang's gaze suddenly swept over, and in an instant he passed over Liu Quan who was standing in the line.

"The rest of you will go to Tianwang Mountain with me." Sure enough, he ordered loudly.

Liu Quan tried his best to run along with everyone in the team.

As a matter of fact, the more you practice long-distance running, the more you will naturally adapt to your physical fitness.While running in the team, Liu Quan involuntarily had some untimely associations.

...At the beginning, when Tezuka Kunimitsu asked her to "run ten laps around the entire community", she probably never imagined that there would be such a day when she would wear light-colored haori and run in the Shinsengumi team, using The good long-distance running skills trained by the method he taught her, ran to the battlefield with these people 100 years ago, right?

But after entering the town leading to the foot of Tianwang Mountain, a handsome blond man suddenly stood in the middle of the road.

And when he came up, he drew his sword and beheaded a newly selected team member who didn't stop immediately.

"That haori is Shinsengumi, right? He's dressed so vulgarly." He mocked indifferently.

There was a look of anger on the faces of the soldiers.

"I broke into the Ikeda house that night, and I didn't expect to gain military exploits on the battlefield today... It seems that the country samurai think that there is not enough bait.... No, you are not 'samurai' yet."

The man laughed brazenly.

The soldiers almost rushed forward immediately in anger, but the strict team rules still restrained them from acting rashly before the leader gave an order.Liu Quan, standing at the front of the line, felt the flames of anger emanating from the young soldiers around him—even Yongcang in front.Only the earthworker at the front of the team remained calm.

"...Are you that powerful guy from Ikedaya? You really know how to provoke."

There was an ice-like smile in his tone.But the blond man in front of him didn't seem to care at all.

"I heard that you are a group of people who only know how to fight, but it seems that even this is a lie."

He looked down, looking contemptuously at the soldier who fell on the ground.

"Is that man in Ikeda house called Okita? That man is really incompetent, he doesn't deserve to be called a swordsman."

Liu Quan suddenly felt a surge of anger welling up in his heart, and the blood rushed to the top of his head in an instant.

... The soldier at the foot of Yongcang died.Yongcang drew his knife at the blond ghost because of his anger.

"—You can say what you want to say about the chief executive's bad words. But before that, let me explain the reason why you killed me just now! If this reason is not acceptable, I will kill you immediately!"

It is rare for Yongcang to be so angry, his body is full of murderous intent.

But the other party just let out a sneer.

"You group of lackeys of the shogunate who don't understand the glory of a samurai at all and only ask for credit."

There was a hint of irritation in his voice.

"Why do you chase after those who fled the battlefield because of defeat? They came to Tianwang Mountain in search of a place to cut seppuku. How can you understand the dignity of Changzhou samurai!"

"...Then can you understand his dignity?!" Liu Quan couldn't control the resentment in his heart, couldn't help shouting, pointing at the dead soldier at the foot of Yongcang.

The man's pale onion feathers were stained with blood.The blood flowing out of his body meandered into a small river on the flat land, and flowed to the foot of Liuquan, which was still a few people away from his body.

"Changzhou feudal warriors shelled Ha Yumen and tried to hold His Majesty hostage, what kind of warrior dignity is this?!" Liu Quan shouted angrily, his voice and expression stern. "Before you want others to respect you as a samurai, you must reflect on whether you have done anything that violates Shidao! Isn't Changzhou shouting to respect the king and fight against barbarians?! This is the result of your Changzhou samurai respecting the king?! You say we are lackeys of the shogunate, but we are fighting to defend the imperial palace today! You claim to be kings, but you are actually just a group of rebels!"

...In fact, she knew in her heart that the Changzhou Domain would be the protagonist in forcing the shogunate to "return the great government" to the emperor in the future.

However, isn't it just nonsense?In terms of bickering, would she lose to this blond ghost? !As the cannon fodder that leaks out of the bastard's spirit... No, the supporting actress set by Su Shuang should have some shining scenes for the readers to admire, right?

"What are you doing here? Are you going to protect their dignity? Haven't you thought that their dignity will be torn apart just because they rely on others to maintain it?!"

The blond ghost stared at Liu Quan sharply for a moment, with a murderous intent on his face.

"So the Shinsengumi can trample on the dignity of others in order to claim credit?"

"...Please ask those guys in Changzhou to reflect on why they want to hold His Majesty hostage! If you dare to do such a thing, you must be prepared to die in advance!" Liu Quan confronted .

While she was arguing with the blond ghost opposite, Hijikata showed a look of surprise on his face, and then smiled wryly.

"Speaking so great, I thought what were you going to do... Don't underestimate war, naive boy."

"What?!" The attention of the blond ghost on the opposite side was diverted in an instant.

...I have to say that the skill of the Shinsengumi's Deputy Oni to pull hatred is indeed full, it is simply the existence of forcing the enemy to attract hatred!

"He provoked trouble recklessly, but he didn't even have the consciousness to be killed. How could a guy who escaped like this with his tail between his legs, die like a samurai!" Hijikata shouted imposingly, overwhelming the audience in an instant .

His words echoed in the air.But Liu Quan only had one sentence in his thoughts——

Worthy of being the first leading actor in this work!One sentence from him is worth a hundred sentences from her little cannon fodder!

"It's enough for a sinner to be beheaded. ... This kind of honor of self-cutting the seppuku is not needed by the traitor who betrayed the imperial court?" Hijikata said majesticly in an undeniably cruel tone.

Although his meaning is similar to what Liu Quan said just now, his aura is quite different.

Even the blond ghost seemed to be taking Hijikata's words more seriously.

"...Are you trying to say that once you decide to join the war, you must have the awareness that you will be killed?" He asked thoughtfully.

Hijikata replied calmly: "Those who start wars without the consciousness of death cannot be called warriors. If they have the 'dignity' of warriors, we will give them a good farewell farewell."

His eyes turned to Yongcang.After a while, Yongcang put away the knife as if reluctantly.

In the next second, Hijikata's saber "Izumi Mori Kanesada" came out of its sheath with a bang.

"You should also prepare your awareness. ——The awareness of beheading our companions." He said calmly, with a certain powerful force in his tone.

The blond ghost slightly bent his eyes, looking very happy.

"... A guy who only has a good mouth, do you think you can kill me?"

In the next moment, the white light intersected like lightning, and the sound of metal clashing could be heard on the silent road.

The moment the blades intersected, the two flew away from each other.The earthworker stopped at a position further to the left from the position just now, carefully adjusted the distance between the enemy and the enemy, and stared at the opponent with all his attention.

Yongcura also held the handle of the knife and leaned forward slightly.

Liu Quan felt that something was wrong.

...Everyone was dragged here, just as the blond ghost wanted.Even if the group of Changzhou feudal vassals are eligible to perform seppuku on their own, it must be done under the permission and on-site supervision of the Shinsengumi-this is the focus of everyone's debate here.

Fortunately, the earth side did not forget this problem.

"Tianwang Mountain, Yongcang." He said without looking back.

Yongcang gritted his teeth.

"Okay... Hijikata-san, I have temporarily borrowed the command of this unit!" He shouted, removing his hand from the handle of the knife.

Tufang didn't answer, and his eyes were still locked on the blond ghost opposite, but he raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.

Yongcang ordered: "Okay...you listen carefully! Now we are aiming at Tianwang Mountain, and start running with all our strength!"

The blond ghost cursed angrily.

"hateful……!"

The smile on Hijikata's lips disappeared, and he stared at him sharply.

"Don't look elsewhere. Don't you even understand the meaning of a serious duel?"

Liu Quan stood at the forefront of the team. As a team member of the first team, he had to follow the big team.

But the moment her footsteps moved, the blond ghost suddenly let out a loud shout.

"You stop for me...!!"

A sharp knife light flashed in front of Liu Quan.Liu Quan's reaction was extremely fast, and he drew out his sword in time, parrying the blow from the blond ghost with a local sound.Almost at the same time, there was a muffled sound of the tip of a knife piercing into flesh and blood.

The blond ghost's strength was too great, Liu Quan took several steps back before he could stand still, and even bumped into the soldiers behind him.

The earthworker returned to its original position, and the tip of the knife was dripping with bright red blood.Just now, he used his saber to support Liu Quan, and he hit Kazama's shoulder with one slash.However, this is still not enough to save Liu Quan from the siege - if she moves slower with her sword, she will be hit by Kazama's knife!

It has to be said that the martial arts produced by System Bacteria are indeed guaranteed.Liu Quan knew very well in his heart that his reaction speed and footsteps had been greatly improved compared to before, and it was definitely because he was equipped with the new skills exchanged that he could perform so well.But even so, she could only try her best to receive the opponent's blow—for an instant, she felt a deep fear of Chikage Kazama's extremely high force value.

But at this moment, on Kazama's shoulder, a long tear was torn in the gorgeous clothes, and blood oozes out.

But different from ordinary people, the bleeding wound quickly healed slowly, no more bleeding, leaving only a red line on the surface of the skin, proving that the injury just received was still there.

This change was only seen by Tufang who was standing closest to Kazama.He couldn't help being taken aback, but he still didn't dare to relax his vigilance. The posture of raising the knife did not waver, and his sharp eyes were fixed on the blond-haired leader of the ghost clan in front of him.

However, Kazama seemed to completely ignore the deep guard and hostility expressed by Hijikata, and just looked down at Liu Quan arrogantly and sneered.

"...After provoking the leader of the Oni of the West, do you want to go away as if nothing happened? Your human thoughts are really simple."

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