After learning that the shogunate army broke into the wall for no apparent reason and carried out a massacre on them, Konnosuke made an immediate decision - opening the door of his mansion and letting the villagers hide in.
Kinnosuke's mansion is the tallest and most magnificent house in Toyowa Village.
Therefore, it is also the strongest "fortress" of Fenghe Village.
"Hurry up!"
"Hurry up! We're closing!"
Several young men guarding the gate of the mansion shouted anxiously to a girl who was rushing towards the house.
Behind this girl, there were a dozen soldiers of the shogunate army chasing her.
Currently, this girl is the only one who has not taken refuge in Kinnosuke's mansion.
The rest of the people have either managed to hide in.
Or he had died under the sword and gun of the shogunate army.
Under the influence of the desire to survive, the girl burst out with extraordinary footsteps. The dozen soldiers were unable to catch up with the girl for a while - of course, there were also some reasons why they could not catch up with the girl.
It's because they wear heavy armor.
After the girl managed to rush into Kinnosuke's mansion before the soldiers caught up with her, the young men guarding the gate quickly worked together to close the gate.
With a "bang" sound, the door to Kinnosuke's residence was completely closed.
The moment the door closed, the shogunate soldiers who were chasing the girl happened to rush to the door.
No one is needed to direct them, these soldiers know what to do.
"one two three!"
After this series of neat slogans fell, the dozen soldiers slammed their shoulders against the door.
Squeak, squeak...
Under the impact of these dozen soldiers, the wooden door made an overwhelmed "squeaking" sound.
The gate was quite thick, and the soldiers of the shogunate army could not open it for a while - of course, only for a while.
When these dozen soldiers hit the wall with "boom", "boom", and "boom", other soldiers from various places in the village were slowly gathering.
More and more soldiers gathered in front of Kinnosuke's residence, and more and more soldiers joined in the procession of knocking on the door.
In a short time, the 90 generals who were responsible for entering the wall to wipe out the islanders had gathered in front of Kinnosuke's residence.
They were sharpening their knives, waiting for the moment when the door of the mansion would be knocked open; waiting for the moment when they could enter the house and wipe out all the remaining villagers hiding in the mansion...
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boom!
boom!
The sound of the shogunate's troops banging on the door continued to reach the ears of everyone currently hiding in the mansion.
Although at the gate, there were several young people holding it up, trying to slow down the door being knocked open as much as possible, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before the door was knocked open.
Konnosuke had a sullen face and walked around the first floor of the mansion, counting the number of villagers who had successfully escaped into the mansion.
Only 71 people managed to escape into the mansion.
Among them, 22 are young and middle-aged, and the rest are old, weak, women and children...
The 71 people who escaped into the mansion are now basically staying in every corner of the first floor.
The first floor of this mansion became extremely noisy as a result.
The sound of "boom", "boom", and "boom" hitting the door continued to reach everyone's ears with a specific rhythm.
The younger children were crying and crying.
Some of the more determined people were also weeping silently.
The hot-tempered people were roaring and hurling all the curse words they could think of at the shogunate who had suddenly launched a massacre against them for no reason.
At the same time, there are also people who remain silent and don’t know what they are thinking.
However - no matter how they reacted, the look on their faces at this time was the same: with a color of despair.
Kinnosuke can understand people who are looking desperate. Even without a mirror, Kinnosuke can roughly guess what his current expression is like - it must be similar to these people.
"Hey! Why are you crying?!"
Konnosuke heard a loud roar.
Looking through the sound, an older young man was roaring angrily at a young man.
Kinnosuke recognized these two people - they were a pair of brothers.
The elder brother's face was full of anger, while the younger brother was squatting on the ground crying.
"What's there to cry about?" the younger brother asked his elder brother in a tearful voice, "Are we all going to die, and I'm not allowed to cry?"
"As a man, don't cry like a woman!"
"Everyone is going to die soon anyway! Why should we care so much!"
This conversation between the brothers made the atmosphere around them even heavier.
Even the elder brother who just scolded his younger brother had a stagnant expression on his face. He wanted to say something to refute his younger brother, but he couldn't think of any suitable words...
Anyone with any sense has already recognized the fact that they are doomed.
Unarmed, they could not possibly be an opponent of the well-equipped shogunate soldiers.
Although the soldiers of the shogunate army are now blocked by the solid wooden door, this wooden door can only protect them for a while, but not for a lifetime. It is only a matter of time before the wooden door is broken and the shogunate army rushes in.
Faced with the current situation, even Konosuke, who had seen many storms and waves, felt helpless.
Listening to the conversation between the two brothers, and thinking that in a short time, his own life will come to an end, a sense of sadness and exhaustion surged out of Konnosuke's heart, and then spread throughout his body.
Feeling extremely exhausted, Konnosuke let out a long sigh, leaned his back against the wall of the corridor next to him, and then slowly sat down on the ground.
Konnosuke's long sigh dissipated in the air, and then merged into the atmosphere called "despair" that was hanging over everyone's heads...
At this moment - beside Kinnosuke, a young male voice with a hint of joking in his tone suddenly sounded:
"Kinnosuke... If you sit on the edge of the corridor like this, it will affect the flow of people."
In the current situation where the atmosphere of "despair" is pervading everywhere, this somewhat joking statement seems very special.
Konnosuke looked at the owner of the male voice with surprise - Ogata, who was holding a lot of knives and showing him a faint smile.
Konnosuke looked at Ogata with a surprised expression, and then looked at the three people behind Ogata, Mamiya, Makimura, and Atachi.
These three people, like Ogata, were holding a lot of knives in their arms.
At a time when everyone was either crying or roaring, but silent, Ogata and his group, who were holding a bunch of knives, looked very different.
Therefore, after Ogata and his party walked downstairs carrying a lot of knives, they immediately attracted the attention and attention of almost all the villagers on the first floor.
Konnosuke stood up and made way for the passage in the corridor. At the same time, he asked Ogata and his party:
"What...are you going to do?!"
"What are you doing?" Ogata tilted his head as if he heard some strange question, "Of course I'm going to fight the enemy."
Ogata's words were like a pebble thrown into a pond, immediately causing an uproar.
The surrounding villagers exclaimed:
"Attacking the shogunate army?!"
"Is there something wrong with your brains?!"
"What can just the few of you do?"
"You will be killed by the shogunate soon!"
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Not only were the surrounding villagers criticizing Ogata and his party, Konnosuke also cast strange glances at Ogata and his party.
"Ogata-sama...are you crazy...?"
Konnosuke said in a deep voice.
"There are nearly 100 shogunate soldiers outside the residence now!"