Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Chapter 222

After a moment of silence, Amegiri and Saito showed surprised expressions at the same time.

Without saying anything else, as if surprised by such a firm and powerful determination, Tianwu slightly nodded to Liu Quan and Saito, then turned and left.

As for Saito, who was soaked in blood and panting. It was obvious that after a day of fierce fighting, Saito, who was almost exhausted, slowly put away his knife and turned to Liu Quan.

For a moment he seemed to want to say something to her.There seemed to be a look of surprise in his slightly widened dark blue eyes.However, the next moment, the calm and calm that dominated his body and mind returned, and he slightly closed his eyes.

"Go back." He said quietly, the anxiety and urgency that was rarely seen in him, which was caused by his inability to defeat a strong enemy and his physical strength was about to be exhausted, had disappeared.He has returned to the calm, powerful and reliable Yijun before.

"...It is impossible to capture this place. In fact, someone from the shackles has already given the order to retreat, but on the way to retreat, we met that male ghost again..." He quietly explained.

Liu Quan let out an ah, and blinked his eyes as if he couldn't react to the rapid deterioration of the situation.

"...Have you decided to give up here? Then the situation is very unfavorable to us." She analyzed objectively, looking at the distant hillside, which should be the location of the artillery position of the fallen army.

"It's impossible for the opponent to stop the bombardment. Even if we charge up with only flesh and blood, we can only die in vain in a place where the enemy can't even touch... We must find another way. We have to ask for guns from the shackles Only guns can be used to fight, or we must have guns as a cover when we charge..." She rubbed her chin and tried her best to think, ignoring Saito's increasingly surprised expression.

At first Saito seemed to want to say something to her, but he opened his mouth, but seemed to swallow the words back, and explained the current situation to her.

"Sa Chang's army has arranged a half-moon-shaped position around here, not only occupying the commanding heights, but also surrounding the Fushimi Temple from three sides."

Liu Quan frowned tightly.

"I heard that the firepower gap between the two sides is too big," she took the opportunity to say the news she foresaw as the information she heard along the way, "Sa Chang and those guys have prepared more than 500 artillery pieces... How many are there? One hundred gates?"

Saito was shocked by this figure.

"More than 500 doors?!" He repeated, then shook his head with a stern look on his face.

"No... It is said that the adults of the shogunate think that one hundred cannons are enough, so..."

Liu Quan couldn't help blurting out: "Stupid!!"

Hearing her make such disrespectful comments about the big men they were desperately trying to defend, Saito didn't seriously reason or lecture her.

At this time, they had already walked to the side of the three team members who fell on the mountain road.Saito bent down to check the situation of those people, and Liu Quan also followed behind him to help.

"Hey, are you still alive? Can you walk?" she shouted, helping up a soldier who seemed to have fainted from pain.

After hesitating for a moment, she put the man's right arm on her shoulder and tried to support him to stand up.

...Fortunately, men of short stature abound in this era. Her height of [-] not only facilitates her to pretend to be a man very convincingly and mingle among a group of rough men, but at this moment she does not have to Immediately crushed by the team member who had to put his weight on her shoulders due to serious injuries.

However, when Saito raised his head and looked towards her, the expression on his face seemed to change, and he stood up immediately.

"...I'll do it." He said briefly, strode over to set up the soldier from the other side, and signaled Liu Quan to let go.

Liu Quan:? ? ?

In short, she counted on the spot, and the third team also suffered heavy casualties in this battle.

Most of the people were shot or wounded by shell fragments, and some of them were already dying; the rest of the team members were also wounded, walking very slowly supporting each other, and it was almost difficult to maintain their formation.

Since Saito took over the task of helping the wounded, Liu Quan decided to take on the task of guarding on his own.Looking around, she was the only one alive and kicking in the entire team of the third group. Not only was she not injured, but her physical strength was almost not consumed. Her time was spent on the road instead of fighting. After rushing to the battlefield, she was scared off by her own unscientific trick It can be regarded as a lucky star if it can defeat the enemy and avoid doing it yourself.

After an indescribably difficult trek, Liu Quan did repel three or two groups of samurai soldiers who came across by chance along the way, and the third group finally returned to the Fushimi Enforcement Office under the night.

However, as soon as they entered the door, they received a very bad news.

Yamazaki detected that the banner given to them by the emperor was raised in Sa Chang's barracks.The imperial court has declared the shogunate an "enemy of the court" and decided to crusade.Sa Chang's fallen army transformed into an official army occupying righteousness.

Liu Quan was not surprised by this result.However, for the rest of the Shinsengumi, this is tantamount to the ultimate crit with MAX damage.

Hijikata frowned deeply, Shinpachi jumped into a rage, and Harada looked angry; Saito whispered in a blunt tone as if in ecstasy: "The enemy is officers and soldiers, and we are bandits..."

Uncle Inoue showed a worried expression, and turned his attention to the current de facto leader of the Shinsengumi.

"Mr. A Sui..."

Tufang's face was extremely serious, and he said slowly: "...There is no righteousness in this."

His tone was very low, with imperceptible shock, anger and pain in his voice.

Under the dim light at night, Liu Quan noticed that his gaze seemed to deepen for a moment, and his pupils narrowed slightly—this was a reaction to the extreme pain and contradictions in his heart.

Then, Tufang spit out that key word.

"……retreat."

For a moment, apart from the sound of everyone gasping for breath, no one spoke in the hall.

"But we didn't lose! This debt will be paid back sooner or later." As if trying to convince himself, Tu Fang said fiercely.

No one disagrees.So the earth began to issue a series of orders for retreat.

"Leave the front line with the wounded first." He said to Uncle Inoue, then seemed to remember something, and turned back to the cadres of the Shinsengumi sitting in front of him—including the actual representative of the Ichiban Group Long, Liu Quan.

"Today we have a huge loss...there are too many wounded. However, we can't leave any of them behind. With only a few of us and the uninjured team members, we may not be able to guarantee that when we meet Sa Chang and those people again It's all right—" he said in thought, his face slightly serious.

"Who is going to Yodo Fan to seek reinforcements?"

In fact, the earth side did not particularly intend to appoint Liu Quan to carry out this task.When he spoke, he didn't even look in the direction where Liu Quan was sitting. However, Liu Quan, who was used to being given various epic-level strange and even difficult tasks by the deputy chief, still wanted to speak out subconsciously. ——

"I go!"

A female voice sounded in the hall.Everyone turned to look at the source of the sound.

Chizuru, who was taking care of the wounded just now, stood there.It seems that he has been listening for a while, and now his face has a certain brilliance of making up his mind.

"Please let me do my best!" She stared at Hijikata vigorously, as if this could convey the determination in her heart to him.

Tufang frowned again, and didn't speak for a while.

Liu Quan, who was robbed of his lines by Qianhe, sighed secretly.

...So, the person who takes up the role of guarding the heroine is really only her, a cannon fodder who is unnaturally equipped and has a tragic fate——

"I'm going too!"

This time it was Uncle Inoue who spoke before Liu Quan could register.

"During this time, everyone should try to rest as much as possible. It is most suitable for me who is in charge of guarding the Fushimi Magistrate's Office today." Gensang added.

The earth side only paused for a moment.

"I see. Then I'll leave it to you," he said resolutely.

This is not the time to dwell on power or gender differences.Every ounce of strength or manpower must be used if possible.Qianzuru is a member of the ghost family, possessing a terrifying instant self-healing ability. Even if she really rushed into the hail of bullets, she could at least get out of it unscathed—probably this was the reason that prompted Hijikata to make a decision.

Liu Quan, who was robbed of his lines again: "..."

When Qianhe and Yuansang hurried out the door, everyone stood up one after another and went about their own affairs.

Liu Quan stood there in a daze for a few seconds.

The happiness of not needing to volunteer for the battle came too suddenly, like a gust of wind...

Suddenly, Earthwork's voice sounded sternly behind her.

"You still have a team to lead! Really! Can't you be a little bit self-conscious as an acting team leader?!"

Liu Quan:? ? ?

Seeing the question marks on her face, the deputy chief's face was filled with mist.

"Don't keep thinking about leaving the first team behind and running to do something adventurous by yourself! Going out alone sounds like a heroic thing... But is this something you should do again and again now? ?! Even if you have made up your mind, you shouldn’t rely on your own...your own abilities to run around carelessly! When I appointed you as the team leader, I hoped that someone would lead the team. These squadrons move on, so that they can be well organized while the chief is away, instead of waiting to have to appoint another person to lead a group when the important decisive battle has just begun!"

Liu Quan:? !

The roar seemed to relieve the emotional tension and anger of some deputy chiefs. He eased his tone a little and said: "...I said it before, it's not that there is no one who is more qualified to take over than you. But even so, the appointed After you, of course you don’t want to change so soon—”

The deputy chief's voice stopped abruptly.Because he saw a thoughtful smile on the face of the acting team leader who stood in front of him, covered in blood and hadn't changed his clothes yet.

That smile suddenly made him feel hairy for no reason, as if he had said something wrong.However, what did I say wrong, I have no clue at all.

Liu Quan: ...Oh~I see~ Deputy Chief, if you want to reprimand me "don't always think about taking risks alone, what if you get hurt, I'll be worried", just say it, what a joke~

However, as soon as such words are said, the deputy chief will probably explode directly into the sky.So she had to smile and change the way of saying it.

"Yes, I understand!" She replied in a healthy tone that was completely different from the gloomy atmosphere permeating the Fushimi Monastery, "I will never give the deputy chief this chance to let you appoint someone other than me. Someone will come back to take on this important position!"

Hijikata: ...I always feel that we are talking about two things? !Is this my illusion? !

However, before the deputy chief's heartbeat complained, Yamazaki, who was in charge of inquiring about the news, rushed in from the door in a hurry.

"Deputy Chief!" he shouted, "Diancheng... Diancheng is no longer reliable!!"

Hijikata and Yanagizumi were startled at the same time, and turned in the direction of Yamazaki.The local tone asked urgently: "What did you say?!"

Yamazaki probably traveled a long way and is still breathing.While tearing off the black scarf covering his face, he said hastily: "The Dian Fan has categorically rejected the entry of the shogunate troops who retreated to Diancheng first! I heard that they have decided to open the city to welcome the fallen shogunate army, because... because of them He said, since the Fallen Sect Army has already received His Majesty's Imperial Banner and Festival Saber, it is, is recognized by His Majesty as the Royal Army...so—"

There was shock and disbelief after being hit hard again in Tufang's voice.

"...What did you say...?! How could...!!"

Liu Quan: ...Ah, you are really ruthless, these slaves of the Tokugawa family.

The Yodo clan is the "daily name" of the Tokugawa shogunate. It is the first generation general Tokugawa Ieyasu who had surrendered to him before he became a general. He is one of the longest-serving confidants of the Tokugawa family; It was the frontline headquarters of the shogunate army a few days ago, but the boat of friendship turned over as soon as it said it would turn over. As soon as the shogunate army retreated, the domestic slaves who had followed them for hundreds of years immediately turned against each other ruthlessly. The public face ah.

But it's no wonder that the current shogunate army has lost the righteousness of the "orthodox king's teacher", and it is only natural for people to grab their status to make things worse.If you want to blame it, blame the new majesty who stayed in Kyoto for not wanting to be a rubber stamp. It just so happens that there are a large group of people in China who want to taste the pleasure of "holding the emperor to order the princes" that the Tokugawa family has held for hundreds of years. And the mind has become so dead and rotten that things have gotten to such a point that they cannot be saved.

However, all these complaints from an objective point of view must never be said.Seeing Tufang's expression of shock, anger and disbelief, Liu Quan suddenly felt unbearable.

"In short... How about retreating in that direction first, catching up with the general's army, and making plans after merging?" She reluctantly suggested.

However, Hijikata frowned deeply, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, he suddenly asked, "Are you coming from Diancheng?"

Yamazaki, who was asked suddenly by him, seemed a little surprised for a moment.

"No, after learning this news, I went to inquire about other situations... The news I learned is that the imperial court has issued secret letters to the feudal vassals in Gyeonggi, calling Sa Chang's army the army of King Qin. Now... ...the army of the shogunate can be considered rebellious—"

The earthwork stood dumbfounded.After a while, he suddenly pressed the handle of the knife, turned around and rushed towards the door.

The author has something to say:

February 4:

I'm very sorry, because I felt like I was going to catch a cold yesterday, so I took medicine and rested, and planned to type later, but it was almost twelve o'clock when I woke up. . .I rushed to code a chapter, I am very very sorry for the late update today! 【Dogeza