Although this competition was only a semi-public "friendly swordsmanship match", many people came to watch it.
The reason is that the reputation of Xuanwu Hall is too high, and there are quite a lot of people and organizations that have a close relationship with it. Most of the spectators in the "auditorium" are relatives and friends of Xuanwu Hall.
If the Xuanwu Hall were to compete with the Trial Guard Hall a year ago, it would not be possible to attract so many people to watch the game.
However, today's Trial Guard Hall is no longer the same as before.
Under the leadership of Aoshinobu, the Showei Academy defeated Kochiba Kenkan in the "Plum Blossom Festival" half a year ago, and became famous thanks to this brilliant victory in full view of the public.
Both the overall strength of the hall and the mental outlook of the disciples have undergone a transformation as if they were reborn.
Quite a few people want to witness it with their own eyes.
Witness whether the Xuanwu Hall, which has been famous for a long time, and the Trial Guard Hall, which has become famous and reborn in recent months, can present them with a unique and exciting competition.
Of course, there are also some people who come here for Qingdeng.
The reason for the people who come here for Aoto is very pure - they are either fans of Aoto, or they just want to see what the recently famous "Nioh" is capable of.
Anyone who knows a little bit about how the Showei Hall defeated the Little Chiba Kenkan in the "Plum Blossom Festival" half a year ago knows that the reason why the Showei Hall was able to win that game was because
Many masters from the Little Chiba Sword Hall were unable to participate due to various reasons. Secondly, it was because Aomori adopted the strategy of "delaying the opponent's large force and attacking the opponent's empty main formation."
Therefore, quite a few people are waiting and watching today, hoping to see whether Qingdeng will use any clever strategies to lead the Trial Guard Hall to victory.
As a result, at the moment after the drums announced the start of the game, the scene that appeared in front of them really surprised them - the trial defense hall did not set up any special formations, nor did they adopt any special formations.
Actions.
Just set up an ordinary "wedge formation"...and then directly launch a pig-like charge!
The person at the forefront was none other than Aoshito, wearing the Jinhaori that symbolizes the status of "general general".
Souji, Kondo, Hijikata and Inoue led the rest, followed closely behind Aoto.
Not leaving anyone behind...just dispatched the whole army, assuming a brave posture of "the first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle"!
As soon as the battle started, the opponent's combat power had not been reduced at all, so the general charged directly forward - this was an extremely risky behavior in the "Red and White Combat".
After all, if the porcelain bowl on the general's forehead is broken, it means defeat.
The trial defense hall actually used such a simple and crude radical fighting method... Many people in the "auditorium" saw this and couldn't hide the confusion and shock on their faces.
"The Trial Guard Hall...are you planning to directly confront the Xuanwu Hall?" Chiba Jutaro was speechless.
It was too late, but it was faster than that. Running at a high speed without any effort, Qingdeng and others had already swept across the entire stadium!
Compared to the Trial Guard Hall, which attacked them desperately as soon as the battle started, the Xuanwu Hall's style of play was quite stable.
The 20 Xuanwu Hall contestants were divided into three formations: front, middle and back, with the "main formation" as the center, putting on a very conservative defensive formation.
There are 7 people in the front line, 8 people in the middle line, and 5 people in the back line.
Chiba Tamonshiro, the teacher's representative, stood in the front line.
General Chiba Doisaburo, armed with two swords, guarded the central formation.
It must be due to genes. People in the Chiba family are all taller.
Michizaburo Chiba is nearly 1.8 meters tall, with long hands and long legs. Standing among all the contestants in the Xuanbu Hall, he looks quite outstanding.
Taking advantage of the momentum of the charge, Qing Teng rushed forward, dragging the bamboo sword on his right side with his lower right stance, and quickly swept the porcelain bowl on the forehead of the Xuanbu Hall swordsman closest to him, and pulled out the sword.
The power of the sword that breaks the sound of the wind is like the swirling clouds and the swift wind.
The swordsman's pupils shrank slightly, his eyes quickly tilted his body, and he reluctantly deflected Qingdeng's blow.
The bamboo swords clashed, and the clear sound of the swords striking each other spread throughout the arena and "audience seats."
Qingdeng's sword became the first blow that kicked off the war!
Although the players in the Xuanwu Hall were stunned because of the unconventional play of the Trial Guard Hall, they also came to their senses at this time and quickly entered a fighting state.
"Follow me!" Chiba Tamonshiro was like a majestic warrior, vigorously waving the bamboo sword in his hand, then personally swept the formation, raised the sword and ran towards Ayoto and others who had already attacked.
"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!"
An extremely powerful and loud roar exploded in front of Qingdeng's right side.
When he first heard this shout, Qingden was subconsciously confused: Why are there swordsmen in the Xuanbu Hall?
Qingdeng looked at the angry shout - a dark-skinned strong man wielding a sword and struck at his right wrist holding the sword.
Directly greeting the opponent's sword hand...it is indeed Beichen's one-sword style swordsmanship, not the show style.
Qingzhen recognized this person. He seemed to be the head of the Xuanbu Hall: Takejiro Kikuchi.
The so-called "school leader" can be understood as the third-in-command of the sword hall in the whole sword hall, whose status is second only to the teacher's school and the teacher's generation.
He is indeed a swordsman who can become the head of a prestigious school like Genbukan. The sharpness and power contained in his sword cannot be underestimated.
Qingdeng did not choose to fight him head-on, and relied on "seeing through" to see through the distance of his attack, then stood half a step sideways to avoid Kikuchi's sword edge.
At this time, another bamboo sword, followed by a thick black shadow, rushed towards Qingdeng from the left.
Qingdeng squinted his eyes to confirm the direction of the incoming man and the surrounding situation, then turned to the left and swung his knife to face the black figure that was coming towards him - the two actions of turning and swiping the knife were completed almost at the same time.
Black Shadow's reaction speed was quite fast, and his technique was quite delicate. In the flash of lightning, he switched from offense to defense, raised the sword above his head and withdrew it to his chest, parrying Qingden's slash, and then retreated.
He pulled away from Qingdeng.
Being defensive and passively being beaten...this is not Qingdeng's fighting style.
Qingden has always felt that Ziran Rishin-ryu is a good match for him.
Because the purpose of Tennori Shinryu coincides with his own fighting philosophy - the pursuit of attack! Attack, attack and attack again!
Qingdeng did not pursue the black figure that fled backwards.
Like a big eagle, he "soared" and jumped in front of a thin man. He lowered his body, stepped forward, flexed and stretched his upper body, and unleashed the strength accumulated in his waist in one breath, using the head of his bamboo sword.
The skin was scraped from bottom to top towards the porcelain bowl on the thin man's forehead.
Swordsmen who can represent Xuanwu Hall in competitions are definitely not just ordinary people.
Although this thin man has a seemingly frail body, his hands and feet are extremely agile.
Just when Qingdeng's sword struck, he was already exerting force with his front legs and leaping behind him, trying to stay away from Qingdeng.
His movement is very agile...but Qingden's agility is far above him!
Qingdeng walked forward as if he was being dragged forward by the bamboo sword, exposing the thin man's body to the edge of his sword again.
Qingden and Shouzi—their figures passed each other at dizzying speeds, and their bamboo swords clashed twice, making a loud sound as the two sword blades collided.
The air wave caused by the impact of the bamboo swords had not yet dissipated, and a crisp sound that was completely different from the impact of the swords reached the ears of everyone around them.
Just when the two overlapping figures were about to separate, Qingdeng spotted a fleeting flaw in the thin man's face and quickly swung his sword at his forehead, directly smashing the porcelain bowl on the thin man's forehead.
The thin man stared blankly at the fragments of the porcelain bowl falling from his forehead, sighed unwillingly, then slowly put away the bamboo sword in his hand and retreated to the outside.
Qingdeng won the first "head" in their trial defense hall and the first "head" in the entire match... Qingdeng's body suddenly erupted into bursts of cheers.
Compared to his teammates who were cheering, Qingdeng not only did not show a happy expression at this moment, but instead sighed with regret.
——It's a pity...I couldn't play for 10 seconds.
To copy a talent, you need to fight the opponent for 10 seconds or more.
Qingdeng's battle with the thin man just now lasted only about 7 seconds, and he failed to meet the conditions necessary to copy the talent.
Like the "Red and White Battle", a melee with an extremely fast pace and ever-changing battle situations, it is difficult to ensure that you fight every opponent for 10 seconds.
What's more, Qingto's opponents this time are the Xuanbukan swordsmen who are basically elite in overall quality.
When fighting against these martial arts masters, it is even more difficult to spare the energy to care about the duration of the battle.
I felt regretful in my heart, but Qingdeng quickly recovered his emotions.
Taking advantage of the good momentum of grabbing the "first kill", Qingden shouted in a majestic and imposing voice:
"Follow me! The swordsmen of Xuanwu Hall have nothing to be afraid of!"
"Oh oh oh!" - shouted one after another, fiercely responding to Qingdeng's shouting.
Suddenly, Qingdeng suddenly felt a heavy and heavy pressure approaching from behind.
At this moment, driven by conditioned reflexes, Qingdeng's body reacted before his brain.
He rotated his body with his left foot as the axis, and using the centrifugal force brought by the rotation of his body, he raised the sword in his hand and blocked the attack approaching from behind with a "pop" sound.
The next moment he blocked the sudden attack with a timely defense, Qingdeng suddenly moved forward, passed the attacker and rushed several meters away in one breath, then turned around and took up an attack stance.
Only then did Qingdeng see clearly who the attacker was.
"Chiba-kun..." Looking at Chiba Tamonshiro, who was confronting him with a solemn expression and holding the sword, Qingto suddenly thought: I have known Chiba Tamonshiro for so long, and this seems to be his first time.
Once I had a fight with this arrogant young man.
Chiba Tamonshiro's eyes flicked up and down - he was visually measuring the distance between him and Aoto.
It can be seen from his tense expression that he must be thinking about how to use a move that can knock Qingden down.
Chiba Tamonshiro suddenly moved without any warning.
As he strode forward, he suddenly shortened the distance between him and Qingdeng. While approaching Qingdeng, he raised the bamboo sword horizontally at the same height as his own shoulders, held the tip of the sword motionless, and then raised the sword
The body drew an afterimage that was so fast that it was difficult to distinguish the specific shape, and swept Qingdeng's sword-holding right wrist horizontally.
Aoto did not dodge or dodge, he lowered his center of gravity and moved towards Chiba Tamonshiro with his body scraping the ground like he was flying at low altitude.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The moment the two people passed each other, four deafening sounds were heard in succession, making people wonder if the two people were trying to break the swords into pieces.
Chiba Tamon Shiro is a member of the Chiba family who has strong genetics and all members of his family are outstanding talents with outstanding swordsmanship. His swordsmanship is really strong.
In a head-to-head confrontation with Qingdeng, he was able to fight back and forth with Qingdeng without losing the slightest bit.
Describing the battle process between Aoto and Chiba Tamonshiro in such detail, it seems as if they have been fighting for a long time. In fact, everything is at the click of a finger.
Aoto and Chiba Tamonshiro took a few steps away from each other. When they turned around and stood up on one knee, they placed their bamboo swords in front of them again. Their postures were still flawless.
Aoto wanted to continue fighting with Chiba Tamonshiro until the winner was decided, but things went against his wishes. Aoto felt someone approaching from behind.
Qingteng was not so arrogant as to think that he could deal with the siege of Xuanbukan swordsmen with ease.
The figure flashed - Qing Deng followed his footsteps and ran straight to his right side.
Chiba Tamonshiro and the other Genbukan swordsmen quickly set out to pursue them, but as soon as they started, they were pushed back by Aoto for a long distance.
Qingdeng has the explosive power of his lower limbs given by "taking the lead", and has "starting speed" and "acceleration" that are unmatched by ordinary people without special training.
At this time, Qingdeng suddenly felt that the light in front of him dimmed - two tall and strong men, one on the left and one on the right, blocked his path.
Qingto glanced around and checked his surroundings. After confirming that there was no one on his left and right sides and that it would take Chiba Tamonshiro a few seconds to catch up with him, he took a deep breath.
After that, what replaced Qingden's inhalation sound was the bamboo sword in his hand.
Qingdeng lowered his waist slightly, raised his stance from the middle, and struck the enemy with his right hand with a horizontal sword.
There was a real feeling of being hit by a knife... The man who was attacked by Qingdeng couldn't dodge in place, so his left shoulder took Qingdeng's blow firmly, and his facial features were instantly twisted together due to severe pain.
The enemy on Qingden's left saw the right moment and immediately slashed with his sword.
But Qingdeng, much faster than him, took the sword back in front of him and blocked the tip of the man's sword.
Chiba Tamonshiro and others were about to arrive... Therefore, Aonto didn't want to fight, and got out in time, and continued to run towards the weakly defended area of Xuanbu Hall, looking for his lone opponent.
Seeing Aoto who retreated in one blow and never stayed in one place for too long, never giving the Genbukan swordsmen any chance to surround him, Chiba Tamonshiro couldn't help but let out a "tsk" and clicked his tongue.
He closed his mouth.
Suddenly, Chiba Tamonshiro's eyes widened suddenly as he suddenly recalled something.
Aoto's activeness, as well as the conspicuous Jinhaori on his body, which represented the status of the general, made Chiba Tamonshiro's attention unconsciously focus on Aoto, and subconsciously ignored Mr. Okita.
Tsukasa, Isamu Kondo and the others...
Although Chiba Tamonshiro has always looked down upon the Imperial Guard Hall, he has always spoken highly of the abilities of Souji, Kondo, Hijikata and Inoue.
Chiba Tamonshiro, who realized that he had ignored these people, quickly stopped, raised his head and eyes, and looked for Souji and the others.
Although the arena had turned into a chaotic situation due to the start of the war, Chiba Tamonshiro quickly found the location of Souji and others - because the four of them were gathering together at the moment.
"What...?" A low exclamation escaped from Chiba Tamonshiro's lips and teeth.
At this moment, Souji, Kondo, Hijikata, and Inoue are firmly surrounding their general from four directions...surrounding Chiba Michizaburo!
Aoto took the opportunity to turn his face and looked at the battlefield of "The Four Souji vs. Chiba Michisaburo" in the distance.
"Guys... don't lose..."
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The "auditorium" on the north side of the stadium——
"Hehehe, it's true... It's impossible to attack the Trial Guard Hall without any plan. They really have a plan."
Saito Yakuro...that is, the same name as "Chiba Chiba" Eijiro Chiba, the current owner of the military training hall, one of the "three major venues in Edo", a bald old man with the reputation of "Saito the Power".
While laughing, he raised his hand to grasp the long snow-white beard on his chin.
Although there was an incident between the Genbu Hall and the training hall, "Chiba Eijiro crushed Saito Yakuro's second son: Saito Kannosuke, causing Saito Kannosuke to fall into a serious crisis, which he has not yet come out of."
"The psychological shadow" is a rather unpleasant incident, but the personal relationship between Saito Yakuro and Genbukan has always been quite good.
Having a close relationship with the family that caused his son to suffer from serious psychological shadow... Such an unbelievable thing, when placed in this strange man Saito Yakuro, makes people feel that it is completely normal.
This 62-year-old man is a well-known legend in Edo. His chic and vigorous life has made countless people look forward to and admire him endlessly.
Yakuro Saito was born into a poor family of a low-level samurai. When he was 13 years old, in order to alleviate the poverty of his family, he had to work as a helper in an oil workshop.
He grew up like this in an ordinary way until he was 15 years old. He didn't know which nerve in his head was twitching. He suddenly had a whim and wanted to become a great scholar.
As soon as he thought of it, he immediately ran away from home, helping people carry luggage and earn food along the way. After a long journey, he finally arrived in Edo and settled in Edo with a life rhythm of "working to make money during the day and studying hard at night"
Come down.
As a result, before he had even read the book for long, someone inadvertently discovered his unparalleled swordsmanship talent.
Yakuro Saito, who realized that he seemed to prefer practicing swordsmanship, decisively "abandoned writing and followed swordsmanship".
After entering the Shinto Muken-ryu fencing hall run by Okada Jumatsu and formally practicing swordsmanship, it didn't take long for him to take the position of shihandai.
Saito Yakuro is not only good at swordsmanship, but also very good at business, and has the talent to be a big businessman.
After becoming the master of the fencing hall, under his management, the fencing hall prospered and grew rapidly.
At the age of 28, he opened his own sword gym, a training hall.
Relying on outstanding swordsmanship and extraordinary operational capabilities, in a very short period of time, he developed the training hall from scratch into one of the "Three Major Sword Halls in Edo" and promoted the originally mediocre Shinto Muken-ryu.
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The average age of men in Edo is between 3 and 40 years old. He is now 62 years old. Yakuro Saito wants to achieve success in life and have social status. Logically speaking, it is time for him to enjoy his old age in peace.
But he has a free and easy nature, and even at an age when others have long since lost their vigor and energy and just want to accept their fate and submit to old age, he has not stopped exploring life and the world.
After the "Black Ship Attack" incident occurred and Japan's national gate was forced to open under the threat of Western warships, Yakuro Saito realized very enlightenedly: the sword in front of the cannon is no more than an embroidery needle, and gunnery is the key
The supreme truth of killing skills.
This old man, who had practiced swordsmanship for most of his life, freely and decisively abandoned this skill that had long been integrated with his life, and began to learn how to use cannons.
In order to devote more energy to researching cannons, Saito Yakuro became a hands-off shopkeeper and handed over the training hall to his eldest son, Saito Shintaro, to run it. He spent his own money to buy 3,000 square meters of land in Yoyogi.
It is used as a training ground. Together with the disciples who are also interested in gunnery, they can happily learn gunnery and build forts in this training ground every day.
Yakuro Saito's artillery learning progress can be described as rapid.
According to rumors, the Edo shogunate is currently planning to build a fort for the defense of Edo Bay at Shinagawa Odaiba. Because Yakuro Saito has now mastered a very good level of gunnery, the Edo shogunate intends to hire Yakuro Saito.
to assist in the construction of Shinagawa Fort.
Yakuro Saito, whose character is the best example of the word "informal", didn't care at all that his second son was psychologically shadowed by Eijiro Chiba.
Someone once asked Yakuro Saito why he was like this, and he answered like this - "Since you choose to devote yourself to the sword, you must be prepared to go through setbacks, mud, sweat and blood and tears. Inuko is too proud and has no ambition.
Jian, lacks such awareness, and thinks that he is invincible among his peers. It's just a disastrous defeat that has shattered his spirit and ambition. It's just Quanzi who is to blame for all this. I don't blame anyone."
Nowadays, Yakuro Saito, who is completely focused on gunnery and has basically semi-retired from the world of swordsmanship, rarely participates in swordsmanship-related activities anymore.
The reason why he came here today was not to see whether the trial defense hall and the Xuanwu Hall could produce any different kind of sparks.
He came here entirely for one person.
Saito Yakuro said from one side of his face to a young man with quite regular features sitting behind him:
"You have to take a good look at the wig. I have a feeling that Tachibana Qingden is going to shine again today."
"Master, it's not a wig, it's Gui."
The young man said calmly with a helpless tone.
"Hehehe, I'm sorry. I'm old and my speech is unclear. I apologize."
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Because there are no paragraph reviews for all the books on the site these days, the author can only do some popular science here: In Japanese, the pronunciation of "wig" and "gui" are very similar. The pronunciation of "wig" is "purple".
The latter is pronounced "Kazila".
As Qingnobo's social status improved, masters from all walks of life in Edo also appeared in his life one by one.
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