I formed the strongest swordsman group

Amid flying projectiles, roars, and clanging swords, the battle between the two armies continued into the night.

It wasn't until dark night came and the sky was covered with black gauze that the deafening shouts of death gradually subsided.

Everyone who has seen the mountains at night knows how terrifying it is. It is literally "out of sight".

It is a peaceful and peaceful mountain forest during the day, but at night it takes on a deep and terrifying atmosphere.

Darkness like thick ink permeated everywhere, and from time to time, the scary chirping of insects and birds could be heard.

There seemed to be an unknown monster squatting in this abyss-like darkness.

In such an environment, it is impossible to fight a night battle.

After breaking through the "rock wall", Qingdeng took the lead, charging fiercely, and reached the halfway point of the mountain in one breath - by this time, it was already approaching evening.

Looking at the sky dyed orange by the setting sun and the exhausted soldiers behind him, Qingden had no choice but to suspend his offensive and end today's battle.

He chose a suitable place and set up camp as a forward position.

Although the possibility of being attacked at night is very low, no one can guarantee that the enemy will jump over the wall in a hurry and launch a desperate attack at night to regain the lost ground.

At this moment, it's the turn of the old man from the Shinsengumi to appear!

[Note·Public Request Office: A department within the Shinsengumi Group that is responsible for civil engineering work and field fortification construction, with 120 people in charge (basic-level positions in the General Request Office)]

Seeing that the attack was coming, the messengers from the General Requesting Office set out from their own positions and rushed to the front line to design and direct the construction of complete defense fortifications.

After leaving Saitoichi, Toudo Heisuke and Niimi Nishiki to guard this place, Aoto led Souji and a small group of people to leave Nangong Mountain and return to the main formation of Tenman Mountain.

As the general of the Shinsengumi, he has to pay attention to more than just the southern battlefield.

Returning to the main formation, he immediately inquired about the situation on the northern battlefield...that is, the Shinsengumi's left-wing army.

It is reported that due to the lack of "Humanoid Gundams" like Ayoto and Souji who can defeat thousands of people at once, the left-wing army's advancement speed is not as fast as that of the right-wing army.

However, even without the help of Niou and Tianjian, the swordsmen of the left wing army - Kondo Isamu, Nagakura Shinpachi, Serizawa Kamuo, Inoue Genzaburo - still frightened the enemy!

Except for Genzaburo Inoue who was relatively calm, the other three were all reckless men who did not take their own lives seriously after going to the battlefield!

However, this is the essence of swordsmanship.

Except for those fancy shows that are of no use, the core essence of any swordsman school that pays attention to actual combat is momentum.

Miyamoto Musashi, the great swordsman of the Warring States Period, had two core points in the "Scroll of Water" in his book "The Book of Five Rings":

One is "transforming into a sword" - in actual combat, the body must be prepared to fight back, and then the blade strikes. If you are too afraid of the enemy during a battle, your body will naturally shrink back. Not only will you be unable to kill the enemy, but you will be killed by the enemy immediately. In battle, the body must be brave and decisive and act in front of the blade.

The second is the "height comparison method" - as long as you are close to the enemy, your body must not show any flinch. You must stand up straight, straighten your waist, and stretch your neck, as if you are comparing height with the enemy, and you must firmly believe that you must win.

All in all, once you enter a battle, you must show your awe as if you are ready to die!

This is not a spiritual theory, but a truth that countless martial artists have concluded after countless actual battles: brave and fearless people are more likely to survive, while people who fear the enemy like a tiger are more likely to die.

Therefore, when Isamu Kondo and others showed ferocious expressions and rushed straight into the enemy formation like demons seeking their lives, they frightened many enemy soldiers before they could even fight.

Although their advancement speed was not as fast as that of the right-wing army, their results were equally impressive and can be called "remarkable."

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It's night——

Tianman Mountain, Shinsengumi main formation, a certain tent——

A group of generals headed by Qingdeng were waiting outside the tent.

Through the orange candlelight inside the tent, several figures could be vaguely seen running anxiously - Shannan Keisuke was receiving treatment inside.

As for these anxious figures, they were the doctors responsible for treating Shannan Keisuke's injuries.

The life safety of the chief is at stake, so the head of the medical department, Nanjo Akizaburo, goes into battle personally.

After handling all the urgent military affairs, Qingdeng rushed here as soon as possible to wait for the results of Shannan Keisuke's treatment.

On the surface, Qingdeng looked calm.

He folded his arms, leaned against the fence behind him, half-closed his eyes, and waited quietly with no expression on his face.

On the other hand, Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke and others were much more anxious. One by one, they were all restless.

By the way, because the cavalry (7th and 10th divisions) cannot be effective in mountain battles, Harada Sanosuke has been staying at the main unit today to serve as the general reserve in case of emergencies.

For this reason, he was the most energetic person on the scene, as if there was fire burning under his feet, walking around and circling around without stopping.

In fact, it's no wonder they are so anxious.

Shannan Keisuke's good popularity is obvious to all.

Who would dislike a gentleman who has both ability and political integrity and a generous personality?

Even Serizawa Kamo and Shinami Nishiki, who were alienated from the "Seimeikan faction", showed rare kindness when facing Shannan Keisuke.

Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke respect Shannan Keisuke even more.

Although they are rough men, they are not the kind of barbarians who pride themselves on being uneducated.

They have always wanted to improve their inner cultivation and improve their own quality, but due to their ordinary backgrounds, they have never had the opportunity to get in touch with the cultural knowledge of high-level officials.

Fortunately, after getting to know the knowledgeable Shannan Keisuke, he helped them.

Shannan Keisuke spontaneously held "cultural classes" and taught them cultural knowledge from time to time.

Although due to their limited talents, Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke...especially the latter, their academic accomplishments were very limited, but in any case, they were favored by them after all.

Shannan Keisuke was injured by a shell... How could they not be impatient? How can we not worry?

Finally...after waiting for an unknown amount of time, Nanjo Akizaburo, the bloodstained Shinsengumi medical chief, opened the curtain and walked out slowly.

Upon seeing this, Qingdeng and others rushed forward to greet him.

Harada Sanosuke asked first:

"Mr. Nanjo, Mr. Shannan, how is he?"

Nanjo Akizaburo said concisely and concisely:

"The chief was injured in two places, one on his left upper arm and the other on his left thigh."

"Two shrapnel fragments were embedded in his upper left arm."

"His left thigh was injured by the flames."

"Fortunately, his bones and tendons were not injured, and he will not be disabled as long as he recovers properly."

"I have dug out the two shrapnel pieces and applied medicine to the burns on my legs."

"His bleeding has stopped and he has fallen into a deep sleep."

Hearing that Shannan Keisuke seemed to be fine, Qingto and others breathed a sigh of relief, with expressions of relief on their faces.

Unexpectedly, Nanjo Akizaburo's words were not finished yet.

"only……"

He changed the subject suddenly.

There is actually a twist... Harada Sanosuke immediately became anxious:

"Hey! Don't hesitate when you speak! Just say it in one breath!"

Nagakura Shinpachi said impatiently:

"Shut up, Sanosuke! Listen to Mr. Nanjo!"

Facing everyone's nervous gazes, Nanjo Akizaburo sighed softly:

"Wounds caused by firearms are very susceptible to inflammation."

"One of the conditions that we doctors are most afraid of encountering is inflammation of the patient's wound."

"It is no exaggeration to say that once the wound becomes inflamed and suppurative, there is no cure."

"Even if Hua Tuo and Bian Que are reincarnated, they cannot be saved."

"Most of the deceased who were seriously injured and could not heal were due to wound inflammation."

"Whether it was the two shrapnel wounds covering the length of his left upper arm or the burns on his legs, they are all wounds that are easily inflamed."

"To be honest...according to my personal experience, Commander-in-Chief, he will be very dangerous next..."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Qingdeng and others changed several times.

Their mood is like a roller coaster.

As soon as I reached the top, I plummeted down with a "hoo" sound.

However, they never expected that this "roller coaster" had not reached the end yet. It quickly climbed up and started to move upward again!

Because Nanjo Akizaburo’s words were not finished yet:

"At this point, I can only treat a dead horse as a living horse."

"I have applied my family secret medicine on him."

"I've done everything I can."

"Whether the commander dies or lives depends entirely on God's will."

As soon as these words came out, Qingdeng and others were all stunned.

After employing the other party for so long, this was the first time Qingdeng heard that he had a "secret medicine".

He couldn't help but ask:

"'Family secret medicine'? What kind of secret medicine? A secret medicine that specializes in treating wound inflammation?"

Nanjo Akisaburo nodded:

"Well, you could say that."

"During the Tang Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, tailors in Chang'an City would apply paste with green hair on fingers cut by scissors to help the wounds heal."

"Based on this story, my grandfather speculated that the green-haired paste contained an ingredient that promoted wound healing, so he tried to use it as raw material to make a powerful wound healing medicine."

"I won't go into details about the specific process."

"In short, my grandfather worked hard on it and spent more than twenty years on it, and finally succeeded in producing this secret medicine."

"After repeated trials, this medicine does have a unique effect in healing wounds."

"According to the careful observation of three generations of our ancestors, after applying this medicine, the possibility of wound inflammation will be reduced by about 10%."

"This medicine is extremely difficult to make, so the quantity is very rare."

"I would only use this drug in the most urgent of circumstances - and now is the time to use it."

"The general manager takes good care of me, and I can't help but repay him."

"But... I'd better say something ugly first."

"My secret medicine is by no means a panacea."

"As I just said, even if you use this medicine, it will only reduce the possibility of wound inflammation by 10%. It does not mean that everything will be fine after applying it."

"Whether the commander-in-chief can survive this or not depends entirely on his personal qualities."

The so-called "turn of events" refers to this situation.

After Nanjo Akisaburo finished speaking, the facial lines of Aomori and others relaxed slightly.

Although I am still worried, I have become less nervous.

Taking green hairy paste and applying it on the finger that was cut by the scissors... Qingdeng was impressed by this story.

In his previous life, he had read this story in the "Penicillin" chapter of his junior high school biology book.

The reason why paste with green hairs can heal wounds is because the substances produced by the green hairs have a bactericidal effect.

In the 20th century, this substance was discovered due to a lucky mistake by a scientist.

Later, this substance was purified and made into penicillin, mankind's first antibiotic.

According to Nanjo Akizaburo's description, his family secret medicine should be a bactericidal drug similar to penicillin.

Of course, this drug is definitely not comparable to real penicillin.

If it were real penicillin, its healing effect would never be just to reduce the probability of inflammation by 10%.

If penicillin was at hand, it would be easy to cure Shannan Keisuke's injury.

What a pity... Qingdeng doesn't understand medicine at all.

With his extremely shallow medical knowledge of "wash hands frequently and ventilate more", it is nonsense to come up with penicillin in feudal Japan in the 1860s.

After a while, Qingdeng took a deep breath and regained his composure.

He looked around and found that Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke and others all had serious faces, and their cheeks were stained with sadness.

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So, he clapped his hands twice hard to attract everyone's attention.

"Okay, everyone, raise your heads!"

"Don't look like 'Keisuke Shannan is dead', he's not dead yet!"

"Although Keisuke is not out of danger, we all know that he is a physically strong swordsman!"

"It's just an injury, what can I do to him?"

"He will definitely recover!"

"Since he has already fallen asleep, let's not stay here so as not to affect his rest!"

"Let's all disperse, go and do what you have to do!"

Hearing what Aomori said, Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke and others looked at each other, then nodded and dispersed.

Nanjo Akizaburo picked up his medicine box and was about to leave.

But as soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by Qingdeng:

"Mr. Nanjo, please stay."

Aoto caught up with Nanjo Akizaburo in three steps and two steps at a time.

"Lord, what's wrong?"

"Mr. Nanjo, can you please go see Xiaoji again tonight?"

Last night, Nanjo Akizaburo went to the headquarters' camp on Qingnobo's order, but was turned away.

In desperation, Nanjo Akizaburo could only go back and report to Aoto "Captain Okita is resting, and we can only wait to see her later."

Qingden always kept in mind Souji's lingering cough.

At this time, Souji must not have slept yet, so he asked Nanjo Akizaburo to find him now.

After hearing this, Nanjo Akizaburo nodded immediately:

"Okay, I'll change my clothes first, and then go to Captain Okita's place."

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Tianman Mountain, a mountain forest far away from the main formation——

"Cough! Cough cough cough! Cough cough cough cough!!"

While there was no one around, Souji coughed loudly - only when she was away from everyone could she dare to relieve the pain in her body.

Because she coughed too hard and too hard, she couldn't help but bend down, get down on all fours, and face the loess.

Tick ​​tock, tick tock, tick tock...

Drops of blood trickled down his lips and teeth and fell to the ground.

After coughing for a while, she gradually stopped coughing and regained her composure.

She took out the pocket paper from her waist and wiped the blood from her mouth.

Looking at the piece of paper stained red with blood, she crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the grass at her feet.

Then, she took off the bamboo tube and a paper bag she carried with her, which contained gray-brown medicinal powder. She took the powder with water in the bamboo tube and drank it in one gulp.

After taking this medicine, her complexion became slightly better.

She rested for a while, then slowly walked back to the formation and her tent with tired steps.

After a moment, the light of this array came into his eyes.

After a while, her tent appeared in front of him.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a shout:

"Captain Okita, you are finally back!"

Hearing this sound, Souji froze on the spot and stared blankly at Nanjo Akisaburo who was striding towards him.

"Mr. Nanjo, why are you here?"

Nanjo Akisaburo shook the medicine box in his hand.

"Of course I'm here to see you!"

"My lord cares about you very much and specially asked me to come and see you to make up for last night's regrets."

"So, after changing my clothes, I rushed to find you."

"I didn't expect it to be such an unlucky coincidence that you actually went out."

"The matter has come to this. If we return without success, it is really inconvenient for me to travel with the main bus, so I can only wait for you slowly."

"Fortunately, I didn't wait long and you came back."

Souji looked at Nanjo Akizaburo, and then at the medicine box in his hand. His expression changed slightly, his eyes wandered, and the fingers of his hands were tightly twisted together in front of his chest.

"Uh, uh, uh, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um, um! I'm very tired now! I want to rest! So I'll leave it until later to see a doctor! I'm very sorry that I made you have to make another trip in vain!"

Nanjo Akisaburo laughed:

"Captain Okita, you don't have to worry!"

"I will treat you quickly and it won't affect your rest!"

"Since you are in a hurry to rest, we must hurry up so as not to delay your rest."

Seeing that her rhetoric failed to work, her cheeks gradually became filled with anxiety.

In desperation, she could only blush and stiffen her neck:

"It's better to wait until you have time to see a doctor later. I'm really tired now and want to go to bed and rest."

Such a lame excuse will make anyone suspicious.

As expected, Nanjo Kushiburo frowned slightly when he heard this.

After a moment of silence, he slowly said:

"...Captain Okita, I have been practicing medicine for decades and have seen countless patients."

"It's not uncommon for patients like you to avoid diagnosis and treatment."

"Generally speaking, patients with such symptoms are because they know they are sick but hide their illness and avoid medical treatment, so they do not want to see a doctor."

After hearing this, the director's eyes flickered slightly.

Nanjo Akisaburo continued:

"If you insist on doing this, I will report it to the lord."

"I believe that after your lord learns about this, he will be happy to stand up for me."

"When the time comes, no matter whether you like it or not, you won't be able to escape."

He had already spoken for this reason... At this point, the Souji was completely helpless.

"……plz follow me."

She lowered her head and led Nanjo Akisaburo into her tent.

After lighting the candle, Nanjo Akizaburo said to the general secretary:

"Captain Okita, please sit still and turn your back to me."

As he spoke, he pulled out a homemade stethoscope from his medicine cabinet—a small, trumpet-shaped thing, wide at one end and narrow at the other.

The Souji seemed to accept his fate, no longer resisting, and sat down calmly, with his back to the opponent.

Nanjo Akizaburo pressed the wide mouth of the stethoscope against her back and placed his ear against the narrow mouth of the stethoscope.

"Please inhale slowly, yes, that's it, exhale slowly after inhaling... do it again, inhale slowly... exhale slowly..."

In the huge tent, only the soft sound of burning candles, Nanjo Akizaburo's instructions, and the sound of the chief's breathing were left.

At first, Nanjo Akizaburo's expression was very relaxed - he came with the intention of treating the cold.

But gradually, his expression gradually changed.

More and more solemn, more and more serious.

After a moment, his brows furrowed into the character "Chuan".

"...Captain Okita, your condition is so serious, why do you have to endure it?"

As he put away his stethoscope, he cast a sharp look at the director.

The director-general laughed a few times and turned to look at him:

"'Force to endure'? Mr. Nanjo, what are you talking about? I'm not holding back anything."

As soon as he finished speaking, Nanjo Akizaburo said loudly:

"Captain Okita, please stop lying in front of me, a doctor."

"Your words may deceive me, but the sound of your breathing cannot!"

"A normal cough doesn't have such a terrible breathing sound."

"Captain Okita, you are suffering from 'blood cough'!"

At the end of his words, Nanjo Akizaburo could not hide the look of horror on his face.

Blood cough - this disease is called "tuberculosis" in modern times, but in Japan during the Edo period, it had another name: "red terminal disease"!

As the name suggests, once you suffer from this disease, you will continue to cough up blood until you die. There is no cure for it!

It was not until the advent of antibiotics represented by penicillin that this terrible disease that killed countless people was finally conquered.

Regarding Nanjo Akizaburo's diagnosis, Souji appeared very calm, with neither shock nor fear on his pretty face.

When Nanjo Akizaburo saw this, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked tentatively:

"Captain Okita, did you...know that you had a bloody cough a long time ago?"

Director General:

"I'm coughing up blood every day. Isn't it difficult to imagine?"

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PS: Leopard Leopard doesn’t understand medicine. He doesn’t know how much blood he will cough up after suffering from tuberculosis, so he may exaggerate Souji’s condition. Please don’t take it too seriously.

By the way, Leopard had no intention of abusing women. In historical facts, Okita Souji was unfortunately suffering from tuberculosis, and Leopard could not do anything about it.