I formed the strongest swordsman group.

Chapter 742 Niou rushes into battle! Begin the siege! 【4800】

"No, no! Absolutely not!"

Shannan Keisuke shouted.

"Tachibana-kun, what kind of battle plan is this?"

"Gaotori City is no better than Qingshui Residence, it is a real city!"

"The battlefield is constantly changing."

"Let alone a city with a more complex environment."

"I don't doubt your strength."

"But... if you break into Gaotori Castle alone, no matter what kind of accident you encounter, it won't be surprising."

"Mr. Ju, you are no longer the same as before. You can no longer do whatever you want with your bravery like before."

"Let me put it more bluntly...your life is very valuable now!"

"More valuable than us here and every member of the Shinsengumi team."

"If something happens to you, what should we do? What should we do if we call the Shinsengumi?"

Shannan Keisuke's words won the approval of many people present.

Nagakura Shinpachi, Toudo Heisuke and others all echoed in support of Shannan Keisuke and advised Aonto to think twice.

However, the strange thing is that the three people closest to Aoto - Sanako, Mai Kinoshita and Souji - remained silent and did not urge Aoto not to take risks like the others.

Qingdeng sat down peacefully and listened silently.

After everyone had finished speaking, he said calmly:

"Keisuke, I understand everything you said."

"But--"

As expected, his conversation suddenly changed.

"If my battle plan can be realized, it will minimize the casualty rate of our army, won't it?"

Shannan Jingzhu listened and said anxiously:

"That's true, but..."

Before he finished speaking, Qingdeng interrupted him and said:

"Okay, you don't need to say more."

"Just do as I say!"

"Tonight at 12 o'clock in the evening ( o'clock in the evening), Kinoshita Mai and I will look for a weak spot in the wall between Sannomaru and Kunimilu."

"The troops are waiting at the foot of the mountain."

"Ah Wu Dan will open the gates in the northern part of the city for everyone."

"Take fire as a sign."

"Once the fire is seen, all troops must move forward with indomitable momentum and launch a general attack on Gaotori Castle without risking their own lives!"

"That's it, let's break up the meeting!"

Everyone present, look at me, I look at you...

Although Shannan Keisuke, Nagakura Shinpachi and others still looked like they had something to say, Aomori had already given the order to "dismiss the meeting", so they had no choice but to comply.

They stood up in twos and threes and filed out.

As soon as the front foot came out of the formation, Shannan Keisuke, the back foot, could not help but mutter to himself:

"Sure enough, it still doesn't work!"

"We still need to persuade Mr. Tachibana!"

"Anyway, he is now the general of the Shinsengumi."

"His personal safety is closely related to the Shinsengumi... no, to the entire Gyeonggi Province!"

"How can he be an ashiya like an ashigaru again?"

After saying that, Shannan Keisuke stopped and turned back, trying to return to the main formation.

However, he had just taken a few steps when he was stopped by Hijikata Toshizo on the side:

"Okay, Shannan, there's no need to persuade him, you can't persuade him."

Shannan Keisuke turned his head and cast a puzzled look at Hijikata Toshizo.

Hijikata Tossan continued the words quietly:

"You're right. Based on Tachibana's current status, he really needs to act cautiously and shouldn't act recklessly."

"But... before he became the governor of Gyeonggi Province and the general of the Shinsengumi, he was first a 'swordsman'."

Having said this, Hijikata Tosei raised his hand and gently touched the sword on his waist.

"In my opinion...the reason why Tachibana would draw up such a battle plan, the 'reduce the casualties of the troops' and the 'quick victory' are all secondary reasons."

"He just simply wants to fight!"

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As the military order to "prepare to attack the city" was issued, each team deployed intensively.

It was just evening, and the various units of the Shinsengumi had already completed preparations for the siege.

There are 8 gates in Kotori Castle, which are -

The Tsubasakaguchi Gate directly to the west.

The black gate to the north.

Okaguchi Gate in the northeast.

To the east are Yabamon, Matsunomon, Udamon, Chihamon and Naodamon.

As for the main attack on the north, Kinoshita Mai's goal is to open the black gate to the north.

Therefore, the main force of the Shinsengumi was deployed to the north.

The 1st, 3rd, and 6th Divisions are responsible for attacking the Black Gate due north.

The second and fourth divisions were responsible for attacking the Okaguchi Gate in the northeast.

The fifth and eighth divisions were responsible for attacking the Husakaguchi Gate in the west.

Although there are many gates in the east, including five gates, because this area is adjacent to dense woods and the terrain is rugged, it is difficult to deploy troops, so it is not used as an attack direction, and only seven or ten troops who are not involved in the siege are deployed. The squadron conducts surveillance.

Kinoshita Mai will open the black gate to the north for the whole army from the inside.

The 1st, 3rd, and 6th squadrons took this opportunity to attack the city in one go, and successively opened the Okaguchi Gate in the northeast and the Tsubosakaguchi Gate in the west, paving the way for the rest of the troops.

During this period, Qingto will continue to attack Honmaru, disrupting the enemy's deployment and attracting the enemy's attention.

At this moment, everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.

The entire Shinsengumi army is ready to go.

Now...all that's left is for Aoto and Mai Kinoshita to infiltrate!

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That night--

Gaotori Castle, somewhere in the northeast——

The night wind blew by, and Lin Tao burst into waves.

The sky was covered with clouds and was as dark as thick ink. Only a crack in the clouds in the northern sky revealed the bright first quarter moon, shedding a little light.

Qingden tightened the sleeves of the light green haori with sleeve belts.

Although he was wearing a full set of equipment such as chain mail, arm armor, and leg armor, this weight was nothing to Qing Deng whose physical strength was far superior to ordinary people.

Even if he is wearing heavy armor and equipment, he can still run through the mountains and forests like flying.

As for Kinoshita Mai next to him, he does not have such abnormal physical fitness.

Therefore, her equipment is kept as lightweight as possible.

In order to facilitate movement, she directly put on the classic skin - a black ninja uniform, with only a pair of beautiful eyes exposed.

Because it had been a long time since he had seen Kinoshita Mai's outfit, Qingto couldn't help but feel strange.

The ruggedness of this mountain range cannot be underestimated.

The angle of the cliffs in several places is approaching 90 degrees.

Even Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai, who had extraordinary physical skills, had to hold their breath and concentrate, not daring to relax.

Finally... after climbing over a cliff, the terrain became a little smoother, and I was able to walk on two legs without having to climb up and down.

Thanks to this, Qingto finally had the opportunity to talk to Kinoshita Mai:

"...What a surprise."

Kinoshita Mai blinked in confusion:

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Qingden turned his head and looked at Kinoshita Mai with a smile on his face.

"I thought you, Xiaoji, and Sanako would try to persuade me not to mess around."

After hearing this, Kinoshita Wu slightly curved the corners of her mouth and laughed dumbly.

"Because we know you very well."

"Even if I advise you not to mess around, you won't listen, right?"

Speaking of this, Kinoshita Mai raised her eyes and cast a look that was half reproachful and half helpless towards Qingden.

Qingdeng laughed and did not refute.

Because it is.

Even if Sanako, Kinoshita Mai and Souji join forces to dissuade Aoto, he will not change his mind.

No matter what, he wants to break into Gaotori Castle alone! There is no reason.

Just pure desire!

"I'm not going to advise you to 'stay in camp.'"

Kinoshita Mai continued.

"But... you have to come back safely!"

After saying that, she stretched out her little fist towards Qingdeng.

Qingdeng saw this and stretched out his fist.

Two fists, one big and one small, faced each other in the air.

"It's over!"

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Just when the time was about to reach 1 o'clock in the morning, the two finally arrived under the wall of Takatori Castle!

The location they were currently in was the area between Sannomaru and Kunimizura.

According to the map, this is the weakest part of Kotori Castle.

This place is like a delicate neck, connecting Sannomaru and Kunimizura. If an attack can be launched here, Takatori Castle can be cut into two parts that are not connected to each other. It is actually the best attack position.

The strength of the Tenchu ​​Group is too weak. Guarding a large city of this size with only 300 troops is like asking a child to wear adult clothes. It is impossible to achieve "one post at three steps, one sentry at five steps". , so they can only focus on key areas.

And this gave Qingto and Kinoshita Mai an opportunity to take advantage of.

Qingden raised his ears and listened carefully to the sounds around him.

After confirming that there were no enemies behind the city wall, he raised his eyes and gave Kinoshita Mai a look.

Kinoshita Mai nodded lightly, and then rustled out of the bush where she was hiding.

The city wall is about 5 meters high... for ordinary people, this is an insurmountable obstacle.

However, to Kinoshita Mai, a city wall of this height is nothing at all.

After all...she is an expert at circumventing firewalls!

After getting out of the bush where she was hiding, she was seen trotting first and then accelerating!

When she was only 3 steps away from the city wall, she jumped like a green onion on dry land and flew towards the city wall like a spring.

As she rose into the air, she pulled out the wakizashi from her lower back - the Echizen Yasutsugi given to her by Aoto - and held it behind her back with both hands, raising it above her head.

The tip of the knife pointed directly at the gap between the stone bricks of the city wall!

With a crack, the wakizashi plunged into the crack of the stone! Most of the blade was submerged in it!

It was like she was playing on a horizontal bar, hanging on the knife.

Next, she took a deep breath, shook her body a few times, gathered strength in her waist and abdomen, and then turned it up like origami, standing firmly on the handle of the knife.

This knife is inserted at a height of 3 meters... In this way, Kinoshita Mai is only less than 2 meters away from the top of the wall!

For Kinoshita Mai, this distance is nothing to worry about! She can easily climb over by just tiptoing!

Before she jumped further, however, she untied the tough rope from the hilt of the knife.

After receiving this good sword from Qingto, Kinoshita Mai made certain modifications to the sword.

First, she painted the blade black with special black ink.

In this way, you can hide the luster of the blade and better conceal yourself.

Next, she hollowed out the inside of the knife handle and filled it with a hemostatic paste.

Just open the bottom of the knife handle and you can take out the hemostatic medicine inside and use it.

Finally, she replaced the roll of the knife's hilt with a specially made tough rope strap.

The so-called handle roll is the circle of rope wrapped around the handle of the knife. It not only plays a beautiful role, but also enhances the friction between the palm and the handle of the knife.

First, it can be used to wrap wounds in an emergency.

Secondly, it can be used as a climbing rope like at this moment.

According to Kinoshita Mai, this "multifunctional sword" was one of the classic weapons of the ninjas during the Warring States Period.

After untying the rope on the handle and letting it fall to the ground, she used the handle as a foothold and jumped up.

Sure enough - she jumped up casually and climbed to the top of the wall effortlessly.

Qingdeng climbed up quickly along the hanging rope.

After climbing up to the hilt, he jumped to the top of the wall just like Kinoshita Mai did.

At the same time, he held the rope in his hand.

After landing firmly on the top of the wall, Kinoshita Mai took the rope back from Aoden's hand, and then used a strong force to pull the rope upwards - click - the wakizashi fell off from the crack in the stone. , and then returned to his hands.

Immediately afterwards, the two left the top of the wall one after another, jumped into the wall, and fell back to the ground.

"Okay... let's consider it a good start."

Saying that, Kinoshita let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the tips of Qingden's ears trembled a few times.

"...A Wu, be careful, an enemy is coming."

At the same time as Qingden finished speaking, two flickering candle lights appeared faintly not far away.

Look carefully - two warriors carrying lanterns are patrolling.

Soon, they discovered Aoto and Kinoshita Mai standing in the darkness.

"who?!"

There was obviously no prior agreement, but Aoto and Mai Kinoshita started at the same time without any distinction! Rushing towards these two warriors like a whirlwind!

Before the other party even had time to react, the two of them were already approaching him!

Vairocana drew a purple arc.

Echizen Yasutsugi draws a straight line.

Two puffs of blood mist merged into the night.

Takatori Castle is indeed a famous city with extremely complete defensive facilities, including watchtowers, high oars and other reconnaissance fortifications.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of the sentries not far away.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! An enemy has sneaked in!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The rapid sound of the gong not only broke the silence of the city, but also kicked off the bloody battle!

While Qingden handed Vairocana to his left hand, he murmured calmly:

"Oh, it's going to get busy soon."

Within a moment, a dozen enemy soldiers armed with various weapons emerged from everywhere, surrounding Qingdou and Kinoshita Dance.

Seeing this, the two changed their positions in a tacit understanding - they were back to back, confidently trusting each other's greatest weakness.

Feeling the heat coming from her back, Kinoshita Mai smiled:

"This feeling... I haven't seen it for a long time."

The last time the two of them fought back to back like this... it was back to the decisive battle with the anti-barbarian group three years ago.

At that time, Kinoshita Mai was still a 15-year-old young girl.

In the blink of an eye, she is now an 18-year-old girl.

"A Wu, you don't seem to have grown much taller?"

Kinoshita Mai, who was instantly furious, retorted angrily:

"Don't say such annoying things at this time! Although I haven't grown in height, other parts of my body are developing very well!"

Qingden, who succeeded in teasing, chuckled a few times, then steadily raised the Vairocana in his hand.

"Awu, don't worry, give it your all and leave a terrible reputation tonight."

After saying that, he suddenly stood up! Like a flying swallow, it flew high over the heads of the two people in front.

In just the blink of an eye, the two people's Tianling Caps flew into the sky.

Almost at the same time, Kinoshita Mai put away the resentment that overflowed due to Qingto's teasing, and launched a fierce offensive in coordination with Qingto's actions.

She rushed towards the enemy in front of her with a single lunge and dug her wakizashi into his chest.

The enemy she stabbed fell limply to the ground as if it had slipped from her hand.

In the next breath, as if there were eyes on her back, she struck out with a sword in her backhand, knocking the other person who was chasing him to the ground. While swinging the sword, she freed her left hand and reached above her head.

Hearing a muffled "pop" sound, she firmly grasped the barrel of the spear that was hitting his head with her left hand.

In a flash of lightning, Echizen Yasutsugi, who was originally held in her right hand, flew out of her palm and hit the gunner squarely in the chest.

Although there is no weapon, from Kinoshita Mai's point of view, this is not a problem at all.

She is better at using fists and feet than weapons!

With a sudden move, she moved to the side of an enemy.

Before this person could react, he saw the world in front of him turned 180 degrees - Mai Kinoshita grabbed his shoulders and waist, and threw him over the shoulder, causing his back to come into close contact with the ground. , fell onto his back.

"Damn! Go to hell! You stinky dwarf!"

A very tall man raised his sword, aimed it at Kinoshita Mai's head, and slashed it down with all his strength.

Stinky dwarf - Upon hearing this name, Kinoshita Mai's expression suddenly froze, like a robot that suddenly lost power.

Of course, the "power outage" is only for a moment.

The next moment, she took a step forward with her right foot.

While taking steps, she stretched her arms high, held Gao Lao's arms, and stopped his slashing.

A moment later, she used her right foot as a fulcrum and swept her left foot forward like a battle axe, rolling up clouds of dust, smoke and streams of air.

The kick hit Gao Lao's right knee.

His right leg was bent - just in the opposite direction.

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Mai Kinoshita is so cute~ She deserves to be the number one heroine in this book!

This month is coming to an end, and Bao Baozi still holds the last monthly ticket in his hand.

So Leopard wants to take a day off tomorrow to rest~~

A while ago, a book friend suggested to Baobaozi: When asking for leave, you can put some extra stories, novel settings, etc. in the leave request. This way, you don’t have to delete the leave request frequently, and readers can also have something to read. Can be seen.

I think this is a good idea, so tomorrow Leopard will release settings related to Sanako that cannot be revealed in the text.

Stay tuned~~