Chapter 825: Call Ju Qingdeng out! I want to challenge him!4800
About 1 minute ago——
Ikedaya, front door——
"Come on! They are tired!"
"Don't let them have a chance to breathe!"
"Come together!"
There were quite a few people screaming and running toward the front door.
After all, Yoshimura Kanichiro and Chief Souma, who are responsible for guarding the front door, are not monsters like Souji.
After repeated fierce battles, they were sweating profusely and their breath was disordered.
Yoshimura Kanichiro wiped the sweat from his face and said to Chief Souma in his difficult southern clan accent:
"Soma, someone is here again."
Chief Souma, who was not good at martial arts, had no strength to even open his eyes. His eyes were half-closed and his face was as pale as paper.
"Well, I saw it... Yoshimura, can you still fight?"
Yoshimura Kanichiro smiled bitterly and said:
"To be honest, I only have 20% of my strength left..."
"Then you are better than me. I only have half my strength left. Alas... I really don't want to fight anymore."
Although he was complaining, his movements were not slow at all, and he readied the knife tiredly but firmly.
Yoshimura Kanichiro also put his feet firmly on his feet, took a good posture, and stared closely at the enemies that appeared again and killed them directly.
The two of them are indeed the newcomers who are highly favored by Qingdeng. Until now, no one has managed to escape, and the front door has always been as stable as rock.
They stand proudly and majesticly, guarding the door firmly, just like door gods.
However, there are still many people with lofty ideals who are still fighting against a trapped beast.
Although the Shinsengumi side were all elite, they only had 8 people after all.
Only four people broke into Ikedaya.
Isamu Kondo was busy dealing with Daizo Miyabe.
The general manager, Nagakura Shinpachi is fighting with Prajna.
Only Gensaburo Inoue was left to deal with other patriots.
Although Inoue Genzaburo is an experienced and reliable backbone, no matter how powerful he is, he cannot stop all enemies with two hands and a sword.
Therefore, many people with lofty ideals luckily escaped Inoue Genzaburo's blade, escaped from the second floor of Ikeda House, which had turned into a Shura battlefield, and jumped to the front or back door.
Although most of these guys who are running away are just a group of unworthy soldiers and generals with no abilities, their number is a big trouble.
Seeing that Yoshimura Kanichiro and Chief Soma were already exhausted, those guys who were lurking and thinking about "the mantis stalking the cicada, the oriole behind" were all like cats smelling fishy smell, and they were all swarming.
It rushed out like a cockroach.
Probably because they knew that such a great opportunity was rare, so everyone worked hard and the momentum should not be underestimated.
This time, there were 6 patriots who came out to kill them.
Kanichiro Yoshimura held his breath.
Chief Souma gritted his teeth.
The two squeezed out the remaining energy in their bodies, dragged their exhausted bodies, and tried their best to stop him.
The spirit is commendable, but the power of the spirit has its limit...
At this critical moment when they were about to die, a violent afterimage suddenly broke into everyone's field of vision.
Immediately after the afterimage, there were 6 shining sword lights!
When the light of the sword dissipated, the six patriots who had been so vicious just now opened their eyes wide with fear on their faces.
They were first seen standing frozen as if they were immobilized, then blood spurted out from their bodies, their feet were shaking, and then they were like withered rice, unable to get up again.
Under the rain of blood flying all over the sky, a young samurai wearing a light green haori maintained his sword-drawing posture.
The sudden arrival of reinforcements caused Kanichiro Yoshimura and Chief Soma to fall into brief consternation.
The former was the first to react, with a look of surprise on his face:
"Captain Saito!"
Saito stood up, wiped away the blood on the blade, and asked bluntly:
"Where are Mr. Kondo and the others?"
The horse master immediately replied:
"They are all on the second floor of Ikedaya! Captain Saito, please go and provide support!"
As soon as Saito heard this, he stopped lingering and immediately rushed into Ikeda House.
In order to save time, he did not go through the main door. Instead, he jumped up, grabbed the eaves on the first floor of Ikeda House, flipped up, stood on the eaves, and then broke the window and jumped into the second floor of Ikeda House.
As soon as Saito stepped forward, Kanichiro Yoshimura and Chief Soma heard a large number of footsteps coming from far and near behind.
He turned around and looked - it was the "East Route Army" led by Hijikata Toshizo!
"Vice Chief Hijikata!"
Chief Xiangma showed a look of relief on his face and took three steps at a time to meet him.
Seeing that it was Sōma's chief planner who had arrived, Hijikata Sue San got straight to the point:
"Souma, how is the situation?"
At this critical moment that determines tonight's victory or defeat, the horse planner will not sit there and talk nonsense.
Toudo Heisuke and Nakazawa Qin guarded the back door; Kondo Isamu led Souji and others to attack, but the current situation was unknown... He explained Kondo Isamu's combat deployment and his current situation clearly one by one.
At this time, Yoshimura Kanichiro looked around Hijikata Toshizo and found that Aoto was not behind him, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Deputy Chief Hijikata, where is my lord?"
Hijikata Toshizo said calmly:
"Tachibana went to do other things. I'll be back in a moment."
After learning the general battle situation from Chief Soma, Toshizo Hijikata quickly issued precise orders without thinking:
"Yoshimura, Soma, thank you for your hard work. Please step back and rest for now."
"Zanosuke, lead Matsubara to support the back entrance of Ikedaya."
Matsubara—that is, the deputy captain of the 10th Division, Matsubara Tadashi.
Harada Sanosuke yelled "Ouch!" and raised his gun above his head.
"Hohoin-ryu, captain of the 10th Division of the Shinsengumi, Harada Sanosuke, comes out!"
He announced to the house like a kabuki actor, shouting "Come out of battle" and ran towards the back door. Matsubara Tadashi chased after him.
"Brothers from the Gu family, please stay at the front door!"
The Tani brothers - Sanjuro Tani and Mantaro Tani.
"Serizawa, Niimi, Nakazawa, come with me!"
Zhongzawa Zhen only nodded vigorously.
Serizawa Kamo and Niimi Nishiki silently drew their swords in their hands.
Uh-huh—Hijikata Toshizo pulled out the Izumi Mami Kanesada from his waist, looking high-spirited.
"superior!"
He held Izumi Mamoru Kanada in front of his chest, took Kasumdan stance, strode through the front door, and rushed into Ikeda House.
Serizawa Duck, Shinami Nishiki and Nakazawa Sadashi filed in.
As soon as I entered Ikeda House, the strong smell of blood hit my face and was nauseating.
In all the major and minor battles since the establishment of the Shinsengumi - from the "Battle of Iga" that quelled civil unrest to the "Battle of Yamato" that destroyed the Tenchu Group - Hijikata Toshizo, Serizawa Kamo and others have not missed a single battle. .
Therefore, they are already accustomed to such bloody scenes.
On the other hand, Nakazawa Sadashi was not very adaptable.
The recruit group he and his sister Qin Nakazawa had joined before were only at the level of a "security brigade" and had not fought any big battles, hard battles, or bloody battles.
For this reason, he could not help but frown, hold his breath, and his face turned slightly pale.
The group of people passed through the entrance hall and arrived at the stairs without any danger - until then, they finally met a few living people.
I saw two young women - they were Ikedaya's tedai - sitting beside the stairs, hugging each other closely, shivering, they were all frightened, their eyes were straight, their expressions were stiff, they looked like clay and wood sculptures.
Hijikata Toisho glanced at them, then withdrew his gaze, ignored them, and continued moving forward.
When I climbed the stairs and reached the second floor, the scene in front of me suddenly changed.
The so-called "a mess" and "a river of blood" is nothing more than that!
The first thing that caught my eye was the ground full of corpses! There was almost no place to stay!
Pounce forward; turn around and run away; cry in sorrow; twist the facial features... all kinds of postures and strange expressions.
Just based on this picture of "a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood", it is not difficult to imagine the brutality of the battle.
At this moment, Hijikata Toizan and the others suddenly heard heavy breathing:
"Huh...! Huh...! Huh...! Huh...!"
A warrior was leaning against the wall not far away, his head hanging down.
If it weren't for his chest and shoulders still rising and falling, this person would really look like he was dead.
Because of the dim light and the fact that the man was covered in blood, Hijikata Toizo and others took a closer look for a while before they recognized that the man was wearing a light green haori.
Soon, they saw each other's faces clearly.
"Uncle Yuan!"
Toshizo Hijikata, who has always been known as a "cold-faced devil", rarely showed a frightened and worried expression after seeing the tragic situation of Genzaburo Inoue.
Ignoring the corpses and pools of blood on the ground, he stepped forward and rushed to Inoue Genzaburo to steady his body.
"Uncle Yuan! Uncle Yuan!"
"Stop shaking... I feel very uncomfortable now... If you shake a few more times, I will vomit all over you."
Genzaburo Inoue slowly raised his head - his face was covered in blood, with almost no clean spots.
"Hijikata, you are finally here..."
"Uncle Yuan, are you okay? Are you injured?"
"I'm fine...Thanks to this chainmail, I didn't suffer any major injuries. I'm just...exhausted...so tired that I feel like vomiting...Oh...it's a pity that I got the knife..."
As he spoke, he turned to look at the knife beside his leg - the Oshu Shirakawa resident Kanazune Aoto gave him was already in terrible shape.
The blade is covered with large and small gaps, turning into a saw-like shape.
Fortunately, the blade has not been twisted or deformed, and it has not yet reached the point of being scrapped.
As long as the blade is sharpened, it can still be used.
It's just that the lifespan of this knife has been greatly shortened. If it suffers such serious trauma again, it will never be repaired.
Anyone who has used a sword knows that when swinging a sword to kill someone, the front half of the blade is mainly used to kill the enemy.
The front half of his saber was stained dark red by blood and grease, as if red ink had been splashed on it.
Those layers of fat...if you scraped them off, you could even fry a whole plate of vegetables!
It's hard to imagine how many people Inoue Genzaburo killed in tonight's battle...
"Hijikata, I don't have the strength to move...
"Go and see how the little master is doing..."
"He will definitely not have an easy time dealing with Miyabe Daizo and his bodyguards alone..."
Hijikata Toshizo nodded vigorously.
"Well, I understand. Uncle Yuan, you should have a good rest first. Leave the rest to us!"
After sending Niimi Nishiki to carry Inoue Genzaburo out of Ikeda House, he led Serizawa Kamo and Nakazawa Sadage and continued walking deeper into the second floor.
In a short time, they successfully arrived at the deepest room, which was the room where Miyabe Daizo, Katsura Kogoro and others were meeting.
The level of blood inside the room was even worse than outside the room.
Knife marks of varying lengths and depths covered every corner of the room.
Toshizo Hijikata just glanced around and found a familiar figure——
"Ah Sui... you guys... came too late... what were you doing?"
Isamu Kondo leaned against the window sill, sitting on the ground with his body covered in blood. The moonlight shone from behind, barely illuminating the smile on his face.
"We came here at full speed, please forgive us."
Seeing that Kondo Isamu was still alive and that all his body parts were intact, Toshizo Hijikata breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let me explain in advance...I was not injured...just...a small cut on my right leg...the blood on my body belongs to the enemy..."
Suddenly, a hoarse voice suddenly came from the other corner:
"You...are all...short-sighted...insects...!"
Hijikata Toizan and others turned around to look - the corner of the wall was filled with layers of corpses, forming a hill-like shape.
On this "hill", a dying middle-aged man barely raised his upper body and glared at Hijikata Toshizo and others.
"Ah Sui, this guy is Miyabe Daizo... He is just a weak scholar, and I knocked him down with just one blow... But his bodyguards are quite capable..."
No one saw Isamu Kondo fighting just now... This is really a pity.
He alone faced many martial arts masters whose strength was equal to that of Genzaburo Inoue and Heisuke Toudo, and won the final victory... With such a record, he lived up to the name of "the fourth generation head of the natural Rishin-ryu clan"!
For Miyabe Daizo, all the changes tonight were both unexpected and made him extremely sad and angry.
I wanted to use tonight's meeting to drag Katsura Kogoro here so that he would not hinder the plan to "burn Kyoto".
But I never thought...his "praying mantis" would be eaten by the "oriole"!
His grief and anger were so extreme that his eyes were splitting.
"Watch...history...will be written by us...!"
Hijikata Toshizo said calmly:
"I don't know who will ultimately write history, but it will definitely not be a defeated general like you."
Serizawa glanced at him and asked calmly:
"Do I need to introduce the wrong person?"
Serizawa Kamo's "goodwill" was like a needle, deeply hurting Miyabe Daizo's self-esteem.
He was supposed to have only one breath left, but suddenly burst out with strength——
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...!"
He raised the broken knife in his hand and howled at Kondo Isamu.
Hijikata Toizo was about to raise his sword to intercept, but Isamu Kondo jumped up faster and swung his sword to hit the side of Miyabe Daizo's neck.
Under normal circumstances, Kondo Isamu would definitely be able to decapitate Miyabe Daizo with this sword.
However, due to his current exhaustion, his knife only cut a few inches into his neck.
However, such an injury could be fatal.
Miyabe Daizo instantly collapsed on the ground, his body twitched a few times, and then his eyes widened, completely lifeless.
Hijikata Toizo glanced at the body of Miyabe Daizo, then withdrew his gaze as if disgusted, and turned to look around.
"Akatsu, where are Xiaoji and Nagakura? Where is Saito who just arrived first?"
Kondo Isamu's face instantly darkened.
"I have been concentrating on dealing with Miyabe Daizo, so I don't know the specific situation..."
"All I know is that they are working together to deal with a powerful enemy."
"I just vaguely heard that they thought the corridor was too narrow, so they moved to the rooftop..."
Hearing this, Tossan Hijikata couldn't help but be startled, and then he immediately raised his ears - there was indeed a faint sound of gold and iron hitting each other from the direction of the roof!
They quickly climbed out of the window and moved to the roof.
There was no one on the roof of Ikeda House.
Hijikata Toizan looked around and finally found Souji and others - on the roof of a shop 20 meters away, four figures collided and intertwined repeatedly!
While holding his sword, Hannya quickly glanced at the chief commanders, Nagakura Shinpachi and Saito Ichi who surrounded him in the shape of a "pin".
Looking at Saitoichi on the left, Hannya curled his lips:
"What a master of no leakage! I haven't met a master of no leakage as strong as you in a long time!"
Saito ignored the conversation and silently stood up and swung his sword to attack the enemy.
Seeing Saito's move, Souji and Nagakura Shinpachi immediately stepped forward to cooperate.
The three of them coordinated with each other, attacked alternately, and launched a continuous offensive, leaving no chance for Prajna to breathe.
Natural Rishin-ryu, Shinto Muken-ryu, and Mudō-ryu—the three masters of the Shinsengumi, who studied under different schools, work together to defeat powerful enemies.
Such a grand occasion is indeed rare to see!
Prajna, who enjoys this grand occasion alone, is indeed a monster with unfathomable strength!
Even if he singled out the three top players of the Shinsengumi, he showed no sign of weakness!
Like a fish in water, he shuttled back and forth between the attacks of the three men with ease, and from time to time he would return a blow or make up for it with a knife, putting Souji and others in danger many times.
Seeing this, Hijikata Toshizo and others rushed forward in an attempt to join the melee.
"Mr. Hijikata, don't come over here!"
Suddenly, the director shouted loudly.
She took advantage of her breath adjustment to dissuade Hijikata Toizan and others who came for reinforcements.
"If you add more people without knowing it, you will only hinder each other!"
"You go deal with other patriots! Leave this guy to us!"
Having said this, the director-general paused for a moment, and then asked tentatively:
"Mr. Hijikata, is Tachibana-kun here?"
Mr. Ju - upon hearing this title, Prajna immediately reacted like a stressor and his expression suddenly changed:
"Tachibana-kun? Is Tachibana Aoden? Where is he? Let him come out quickly! I want to see him! I want to see how capable he is, and he can actually get the mantle of the master!"
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PS: Leopard Leopard has tried its best to enrich the content of the "Ikedaya Incident". The "Ikedaya Incident" in historical facts is actually very boring and not a fierce battle. When Hijikata Tobizo arrived with reinforcements, the battle was basically over.
