Chapter 261: The Wrath of Isamu Kondo in the Ikedaya Incident
The thinking of every normal adult is a complete framework. Everything people say and do is derived from the framework system. At the same time, all activities from thoughts to behaviors are constantly enriching this framework, making it more and more unbreakable and becoming everyone's
Code of thought and conduct.
Just like Ichiyo Sorayama's "Everything is right and wrong, good and evil", Kenshin's "End the troubled times and save all people", Hiko's "Everything is messy, it's better to be clean", and... Shinsengumi chief Isamu Kondo's "Help me"
Shogunate, maintain peace." Once this framework called "world view" faces the crisis of being broken, no matter who it is, they will do their best to fight back. The stronger the will, the stronger the resistance will be!
"The rebels of the Choshu Domain are simply lawless!" Kondo Isamu's fingers holding the confession turned pale with extreme anger, and the thin paper was almost crushed by him!
Hijikata Toshizo sighed, "Director, please don't..." "Ah Sui!" Isamu Kondo stared at his childhood friend with red eyes, his eyes filled with emotions including anger and excitement. This relationship
At present, only the two of them in the Shinsengumi know the secret of the survival of the country. However, after hearing such shocking news, Isamu Kondo was extremely angry and already in chaos. At this time, what he needed was not the calmness of the deputy team of the Shinsengumi.
Analysis, but the comfort of a close friend.
"Ayong, please stay calm, I will take care of everything!" Toshizo Hijikata gently patted his friend's back, with a gentle yet firm expression, completely different from the devil-like coldness that he had just tortured the captured reformist patriot.
"Ah Sui, they, their Changshu clan actually wants to burn Kyoto and kidnap the Holy Lord to Ogi City! A few days ago, I heard Lord Matsudaira, the guardian of Kyoto, secretly confiding that there are actually many people in the royal family and the ministers secretly cooperating in rebellion. Damn it! These people
Does the traitor know what he is doing? Outside there is the United States, the Netherlands is watching eagerly, and there are various vassals inside that are ready to take action. Once His Majesty is kidnapped, there will immediately be a war between the shogunate and the southwestern vassals. Under such a chaotic battle, those who are usually lawless will
The rogues will definitely take advantage of the chaos and plunder, and even the peasant families like us in the past will no longer be able to survive. In this way, the world will perish!"
Kondo Isamu's series of words revealed the uneasiness and fear in his heart. In fact, it was not just him, but all the members of the Samu faction who heard the news, as long as they had a little sense, couldn't help but feel numb.
What is the Emperor? He is a descendant of Amaterasu, the successor of Japan's eternal lineage, and the God on earth recognized by all people! Not to mention the feudal and ancient Edo period, even in modern times, the vast majority of the Japanese population
"Be loyal to the Emperor" is by no means limited to slogans!
As early as the Black Ship Incident broke out, even if the Tokugawa shogunate was slightly disrespectful to the imperial court headed by the emperor in terms of procedures, it became a reason for the samurai of each domain to criticize, forcing the elder Abe Masahiro to fire the relevant personnel and write a letter in person.
We need to apologize. What’s more, the Choshu Domain, which only had a mere fiefdom, wanted to hijack the emperor and establish a new capital.
In the eyes of people like Isamu Kondo who take the world's stability as their own mission, the group of reformers headed by the Choshu clan are no longer even rebellious attempts to overthrow the shogunate, but complete beasts who want to break the social framework of Japan for two thousand years!
"Calm down, Yong! You are no longer the farmer you used to be. You are the famous leader of the Mibu Wolf, the top person in charge of the Shinsengumi, and the samurai Isamu Kondo personally gifted by the Guardian of Kyoto!" Toshizo Hijikata's tone returned to his usual stern tone.
Immediately he said calmly: "We are not unprepared. From the moment we capture Shuntaro Kodaka, those rebellious plans will not succeed. Lord Matsudaira has sent personnel to closely monitor the palace, and what we have to do is
Catch all the rebels hiding in Kyoto!"
Isamu Kondo sat down slumped, and said with a grimace: "So what if we know the information? Eight of the ten troops in the group have been sent to various places to participate in suppressing the rebellion, and they will not be able to return in a short time. The only ones left in Kyoto are Okita, Saito, and Naga.
Kura, the captains of Todo, plus you and me, only have about thirty people in total, and both Katsura Kogoro of Choshu and Miyabe Daizo of Kumamoto are world-famous swordsmen, as well as those from Tosa.
, the large number of ronin who came later were more than ten times stronger than us!"
Kondo Isamu's worries are not unreasonable. Not only does the Shinsengumi have talented masters like Okita Souji, but which of those fallen patriots doesn't have a unique skill in swordsmanship? In fact, they witnessed the shogunate's conspiracy against Chiba Shusaku and Sorayama Kazuha.
The Edo Grand Halls in Edo were extremely dissatisfied with the actions of the shogunate. Affected by this, most of their apprentices also hated the shogunate. Therefore, after mastering the swordsmanship, few masters were willing to serve the shogunate.
So much so that the current Shinsengumi's main combat power almost all comes from small rural sects such as Natural Rishin-ryu, Mugai-ryu, and Heart-Shaped Sword-ryu. There are very few world-famous great masters such as Hokushin Itto-ryu and Shinto Muken-ryu.
Those who came to seek refuge were far inferior to the numerous masters of the Shinsengumi in history, and their combat effectiveness was also much lower.
If the team had not frequently conducted rigorous actual sword combat and worked hard to study group combat skills, it is still unclear whether it would have achieved such a famous name as it did in history.
"You are wrong, Ayong." Hijikata chuckled, "First, even if there are three thousand of them, they cannot gather together, they must be scattered and hidden in various places in Kyoto; second, as long as we seize the opportunity to eliminate those people in one fell swoop,
Chief, the remaining ronin are just a pile of loose sand; thirdly, don’t forget that we still have the support of the Kyoto Guard, and the enemy will never dare to fight. If we just run away, the enemy will have lost 80% of their momentum. We will definitely lose this battle.
Win!"
After hearing the hope of victory, Isamu Kondo opened his mouth and looked up at Hijikata with a hopeful face: "Asu, what should we do?"
Hijikata Toshizo had already made up his mind: "If they want to do such a defiant thing, they can't hide it like they did in the past, so they must keep in touch frequently. They will continue to interrogate Kougao, secretly monitor his shop, and send officials to find out where the ronoi of his domain frequently come and go.
, when the time is right, gather all the members of the Shinsengumi and capture them in one fell swoop!"
Kondo Yuuta stood up with a loud voice and hugged Hijikata Tobizo tightly. He slapped his friend's back hard and shouted excitedly: "As expected of Tobi! Just wait, I will immediately summon Okita and the others to discuss it." After saying this, his friend rolled his eyes.
, immediately stepped on the clogs and disappeared without a trace.
Hijikata Toizan put his hands on his chest and saw his friend's back disappearing. Then he let out a long sigh, and a ray of sadness appeared on his brow. Those three reasons for victory were indeed correct, but what he didn't remind his friend was that there was still a world full of dissatisfaction in Kyoto.
Certainty, but the variable that can have a decisive effect: not the executioner Battousai who made countless people in the secret service fearful, but the sword master who seems harmless to humans and animals, but is actually moody!
I hope the location of this operation can be far away from him, far away...
"What? Burning Kyoto and kidnapping the Holy Lord?! How brave! I never thought that Katsura Kogoro, who could only run away, would be so courageous." Okita Souji exclaimed.
Kondo Isamu quickly summoned the backbone of the Shinsengumi. Everyone knelt down quietly in two rows, looking at the two chief and deputy directors who looked calm at the front. They quietly looked at each other, knowing that something big was about to happen.
But even though he was prepared in advance, he was still shocked by the news released by Hijikata Toshizo. Only Okita Souji, who always didn't care about such things, still joked.
Hijikata Toshizo waved his hand, "It's not Katsura Kogoro. I heard Kogo said that he had a falling out with Miyabe and others, and currently lives in seclusion and rarely participates in meetings. However, for such a major event, as the leader, Katsura Kogoro will definitely show up, even if
He doesn’t want to!”
"Director, Deputy Director, have received information that the rebellious targets are among these people. With their style, assassins will be arranged to assassinate them in less than three days." Saito took out the scroll and pointed at him.
The highlighted name continued: "I wonder if I should take this opportunity to lay an ambush and eliminate some of the rebels first..."
"No! Don't worry about the life and death of these people for now. We don't have many troops and we can't waste them." Toshizo Hijikata waved his hand to interrupt Saitoichi's words, and looked seriously at the people in the room: "Kyoto is in danger, and the safety of the Holy Lord is more important than anything else!
Saito, you and Okita are allowed to lead people on daily inspections, but remember, your task is not to protect those idiots and capture assassins, but to carefully monitor the places where ronin of the outer domain are frequented."
Hijikata Toizo continued to give instructions: "Director Kondo is responsible for reporting to the guardian, saying that we have captured important people around the rebel leader Miyabe Daizo and are currently being interrogated. Be careful not to go into too much detail, otherwise your lord
We are worried that it will give the back group room to intervene, but will ruin our plan. The rest of you must keep your mouth shut and must not leak the news before taking action. This time, we will wipe out the rebellion!"