Chapter 723 Rebellion breaks out again! Changes in the Tenchu Group! 4300
The Nine Gates of the Imperial Palace - the nine gates connecting the inside and outside of the Imperial Palace.
Imade River Gate in the north.
To the east are the Ishiyakushi Gate, Seikawain Gate and Teramachi Gate.
Sakai-cho Royal Gate in the south.
On the west side are the Shitachi Gate, the Kam Gate, the Middle Gate and the Gan Gate.
In order to show that the status of all allies is equal and to express the fair attitude of "every bowl of water is equal", Qingto and others carried out precise "division" of the "nine gates of the Imperial Palace".
When the operation begins, the Shinsengumi, Aizu Army and Satsuma Army will act separately, each blocking three imperial gates and holding on to different positions.
The Satsuma Army is responsible for blocking the Imadegawa Gate, the Ishiyakushi Gate and the Kiyoga-in Gate (the entire north side and part of the east side).
The Aizu Army is responsible for blocking the Inimikamon Gate, the Neutral Shell Gate Gate and the Gama Gate Gate (most of the west side).
The Shinsengumi is responsible for blocking the Sakaicho Gate, Teramachi Gate and Shimotateka Gate (the entire south side, part of the east side and part of the west side).
Plans have been drawn up and goals have been set.
Next...let's take action!
The main focus of this operation is the word "fast".
According to custom, the ministers would ride in sedan chairs to enter the imperial palace every morning, which is commonly known as "going to court."
Therefore, it is necessary to quickly dispatch troops under the cover of night before the ministers of the Zunbang faction enter the imperial palace! Block the "nine gates of the imperial palace"! Isolate the Changzhou people and the ministers of the Zunbang faction! Don't give them any reaction. time!
The ministers have the privilege of freely entering the imperial palace.
If they were not expelled before they entered the imperial palace, they would most likely break the jar and forcibly abduct the emperor.
By then, it will be difficult to handle.
If you want to achieve unexpected results, "bullying the enemy" is essential.
In order to prevent intelligence leakage, Aoto, Matsudaira Yongho and Saigo Kinosuke all took intelligence control to the extreme!
Except for themselves, the generals under his command were completely ignorant of this upcoming war.
Take the Shinsengumi as an example - Toshizo Hijikata, Keisuke Yamanan and Isamu Kondo, who are Aoto's right-hand men, were also kept in the dark.
On this basis, Qingdeng and others adopted various means to further paralyze the Zunbang faction.
They always acted calm and nonchalant.
In recent days, the daily activities of the Shinsengumi, Aizu Army and Satsuma Army have been as usual.
Train when you need to train, eat when you need to eat, patrol when you need to patrol, and do what you need to do.
At first glance, nothing out of the ordinary can be found, everything is calm.
No one must have thought that the shogunate, Aizu and Satsuma have secretly formed an alliance! They are testing their minions and are eager to attack!
On August 13, the imperial court officially issued an edict to honor Yamato, confirming that the emperor would honor Yamato.
As soon as the news came out, people inside and outside Kyoto were even more panicked.
Prior to this, although rumors of "Yamato's lucky trip" were widely circulated, there was no official confirmation.
And now, the imperial court has personally issued the edict... which shows that this is a done deal!
So, the follow-up content of this rumor - kidnapping the emperor and burning the imperial palace - is it possible that it is also true?
Qingdeng and others, who already knew the inside story, knew that this edict must be a trick of the ministers of the Zunbo faction headed by Sanjo Sanimi.
At this point, Qingdeng and others ignored all the disturbances from the outside world and acted slowly and step by step.
Let these random rumors continue to spread.
Just let Changzhou Renhe and Zunxing send their ministers to continue dancing and making noise!
Anyway, by August 18th, everything will be settled!
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Wenjiu three years (1863), August 17, night——
Gyeonggi, Yamato area, Gojo Town (the territory directly under the shogunate)——
The weather is very bad tonight.
Those low-hanging black clouds covered the sky.
The sky was like an overturned ink pool, obliterating the bright moon and stars, wrapping the earth in darkness.
At this moment, the Gojo Agency - simply put, it can be understood as the grassroots government of Gojo Town - is still brightly lit.
In the agency office, officials were rushing back and forth, dealing with the volumes of documents and bundles of scrolls piled on their desks.
At this moment, black shadows suddenly appeared one after another in a wilderness outside Gojo Town! The number was around 100!
If you look closely, you will see that these black figures are all real people.
If we could use one word to describe this group of people, it would be "chaos"!
Some people are well-dressed.
Some people were wearing rags.
Some people already have two hairs on their temples.
Some people are in their prime years.
Some people are fully armed, with swords, spears, chainmail, and forehead protectors.
Some people only carry a hilt or a simple bamboo spear.
Different ages, different equipment...explain what "mix and match" is, presenting a messy picture.
However, even though their appearance and weapons and equipment are very different, they have one thing in common - there is a fierce light in their eyes! They swish together and glare fiercely at the Gojo Town not far away!
A rugged man with dark skin stood in front of the team.
Judging from his appearance, this person should be 30 years old.
He held the sword at his waist, with no sadness or joy on his face, and looked straight at Gojo Town.
At this time, a young warrior walked quickly to the side of the rugged man and said:
"Yoshimura-kun, everything is ready! You can attack at any time!"
The rugged man called "Yoshimura-kun" nodded solemnly.
"Good...attack!"
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Gojo Town, Gojo Agency——
Suzuki Gennai bowed his head in front of the case and gave instructions meticulously.
As the acting official of Gojo Town, although he has not made outstanding political achievements, he has never made any mistakes, and has neither merit nor fault.
These days, an official with no merits and deeds is considered a rare good official.
He was concentrating on his work... Suddenly, he heard a loud noise outside.
"What's going on?"
He put down the brush in his hand and whispered softly.
It's five o'clock in the evening (8 p.m.).
Gojo Town is not a bustling town. If measured by modern standards, it is just a small town.
Logically speaking, it is already this time, and everything inside and outside Gojo Town should be completely silent.
Before he could get up and go out to check, fierce shouts and shrill screams penetrated his ears!
"Tianchu!"
"Help! Help! Ahhhhhhhhh-!"
"Tianchu!"
"Spare your life! Spare your life! I'm just a servant who brings tea and water! I'm just a servant! Ugh...!"
"Tianchu!"
"Tenchu!!"
"Tianchu!!!"
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A louder "Tenchu" sound caused all the blood on Suzuki Gennai's face to drain out.
He grabbed the saber on the knife stand next to him and rushed out of the room in one stride.
As soon as he opened the door, the pungent smell of blood hit him.
Upon entering the eyes, cold light and death intertwined.
The person who is chasing.
The person being hunted.
Ferocious facial features.
Painful crying face.
The fishy wind, pillars of blood, mutilated limbs, corpses... Daiguan felt like he was trapped in the depths of eighteen levels of hell!
Suzuki Gennai's expression was dominated by shock and surprise, like a sleepwalker.
The horrifying picture full of visual impact made his brain temporarily shut down.
He kept repeating "What's going on" like a broken tape recorder.
Not long after, an excited roar brought his mind back to reality.
"Found it! It's Gennai Suzuki, the acting official of Gojo Town!"
"Kill! Kill him! Kill him!"
"Take his life!"
"Tianchu!"
Suddenly, Suzuki Gennai's body shook several times.
In the next breath, just like a conditioned reflex, he turned around and ran away. He didn't even bother to put on his shoes and ran away in a hurry. He only regretted that his parents had given him a pair of wings.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
He ran to a deserted place.
He ran away from the cold light and death.
The so-called "escape" is nothing more than that.
Along the way, the sound of rapid footsteps always stuck behind him, making him unable to get rid of him.
At this time, Suzuki Gennai suddenly saw the "shadow" on the roadside in front of him moving strangely - a strong figure suddenly stepped out of the thorn, and blocked his way with a step.
Chonk, bang, bang, bang... The dark, strong man drew the sword in his hand and said in a cold voice:
"Gojo Town Acting Official... no, the lackey of the shogunate, accept your fate!"
Seeing the dark, muscular man trying to deal with Suzuki Gennai personally, those who were following him consciously stopped and stepped back to make room for the fight.
There was a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him... Suzuki Gennai had to stop his feet and draw his sword.
Rather than pulling out a knife, it is better to say that it is pulling out a "live fish" - the knife is beating violently in his palm, as if it will jump to the ground at any time.
Seeing this, the strong black man spread his legs leisurely and assumed an upper stance.
"Leader of the Tenchu Group"
"Tatsuro Yoshimura!"
Suzuki Gennai didn't have the leisure to tell the other party that he was leaving the house.
He swallowed hard and forced himself to calm down:
"Who are you?! What do you want to do?! Do you want to rebel?!"
The swarthy, muscular man...that is, Torataro Yoshimura, responded without thinking:
"That's right! We are the Tenchu team! We vow to repel the Yi Di! Annihilate the shogunate who is trying to steal everything! Tenchu!"
After saying that, Yoshimura Tortaro lowered his waist significantly, and then jumped up like a spring.
The distance between the two instantly narrowed!
Taking advantage of the momentum of the fall, Yoshimura Torataro struck down the sword he raised above his head with all his strength.
A silver line splashed down!
Looking at the rapidly approaching blade, Suzuki Gennai's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinhole.
My body moved subconsciously... I raised my knife to block it.
He rarely practices swordsmanship.
His swordsmanship level...is inferior to even that of a beginner.
Under the control of fear, his limbs were shaking more and more violently.
Lift your chin high, push your right knee forward, but forget about your waist.
Although he raised the knife above his head, only his arms could exert force, and his waist and legs were incredibly weak.
Viewed from a third party's perspective, it is a completely ridiculous posture.
This posture, which can't even be called "defensive", has no possibility of receiving a heavy blow from Yoshimura Torataro.
With a clang sound, the two knives collided in the air.
Suzuki Gennai's knife was directly bounced away.
Yoshimura Tontaro's sword continued to slash at Suzuki Gennai's neck.
Crack!
A big head with wide eyes rose into the sky, and then fell heavily.
Yoshimura Tontaro walked towards the fallen head, lifted it up with one hand, and showed it to his companions.
"I have asked for the acting official of Gojo Town!"
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1 hour later——
The Gojo Agency Office was soaked in blood inside and out.
Bodies can be seen everywhere, blood is everywhere, and there is almost no where to go.
The Gojo Daikan Office was completely bloodbathed. From the Daikan Suzuki Gennai to the ordinary servants sweeping the floors and wiping tables, no one was spared.
On the other hand, the Tenchu team as the attacker was almost unscathed, with only two unlucky guys accidentally falling down due to running too fast.
Using more to defeat less, being prepared to defeat unprepared, it is really unusual to achieve such results.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Tenchu group gathered in an open space outside the agency.
Hundreds of pairs of eyes were looking at the same place - Torataro Yoshimura walking slowly to the front of the queue.
After standing still, Yoshimura Torataro swept his eyes calmly and looked at his companions in front of him.
After a while, he said loudly and in an ups and downs:
"Everyone! Well done!"
"We have all wiped out the lackeys of the shogunate entrenched here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous cheers rang out.
Everyone raised their arms high, shouted and shouted at the top of their lungs.
This ecstatic and impassioned posture made it look like they had just won the Sekigahara Battle.
Yoshimura Torataro pressed his palms together to signal silence.
Seeing this, everyone slowly fell silent.
After the scene became quiet again, Yoshimura Torataro cleared his throat.
"Everyone listen to me!"
"The Tokugawa family has inherited the official position of the general who conquered the barbarians for generations, but what happened? The barbarians and the barbarians fought, but they knelt before each other!"
"His Majesty the Emperor is deeply fed up with the weakness and incompetence of the shogunate!"
“His Majesty the Emperor’s ‘Yamato Travel’ is coming soon!”
"Your Majesty will be able to leave Kyoto with dignity!"
"At that time, His Majesty will take this opportunity to escape to Changzhou and completely draw a clear line with the shogunate!"
"Our Tenchu team will serve as the vanguard of the imperial court to fight against the shogunate! Open up territory for the imperial court!"
"Gentlemen! Tonight's battle is just the beginning!"
"Next, there will be countless battles, bitter battles and fierce battles waiting for us!"
Speaking of this, Yoshimura Torataro paused.
He took a deep breath, exerted all his strength, and said loudly and forcefully:
"I officially announce! Starting tonight, we will officially establish the 'Imperial Government' with His Majesty the Emperor as the supreme leader!"
"Gojo Town is out of control of the shogunate! Transformed into a territory directly under the imperial court!"
"Gentlemen! Let us continue fighting!"
"Gentlemen! Let us fight for the Emperor!"
"Gentlemen! Let us fight for justice!"
"The unkind and unjust shogunate will eventually fall!"
Speaking of this, Yoshimura Torataro raised his right arm and shouted:
"Eh! Eh!"
The next moment, all the members of the Tenchu team in front of him shouted in unison at the highest volume they could achieve:
"Ohhhhhhhhhh!!!"
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A few hours later——
In the third year of Wenjiu (1863), in the early morning of August 18th (4 a.m.)——
"Hmm...? What are you doing...? In the middle of the night..."
"Get up quickly! Don't sleep! Lord Nioh has issued an 'emergency call' military order! All soldiers must rush to the training ground No. A as quickly as possible!"
"What? 'Emergency call'? What happened? Why the rush?"
"Is this training? Or...is something big happening?"
"Who knows! Get dressed quickly! You're going late, be careful with the military law!"
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That's right! This is exactly the famous event in Japanese history - the Tenchu Group Incident! Also known as the "Yamato Rebellion". This time the rebel army is not the original creation of Leopard, but a real rebel force.
