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Thinking of this, Yongcang couldn't help clenching his fists.

Yes, these smugglers from the south can indeed buy foreign guns and cannons, but these smugglers are not official after all.On the other hand, they can not only apply for assistance from the general shogunate, but also let the shogunate come forward and invite foreigners from the French consulate to help!

Of course, those Frenchmen were invited here as firearms instructors in name, but whether the target of the shooting was haystacks or smugglers... It all depends on whether their boss Kondo can handle it.

In the final analysis, in the current capital, although the shogunate shogunate is tyrannical on the surface, those rebellious southern smugglers are already powerful.If you want to deal with these behemoths, relying on their security organization called "Shinsengumi" is a bit too reluctant after all.

The Shinsengumi has a lot of people, but those southern smugglers are even more vicious.Even though they were highly skilled in martial arts and even wore chain mail to protect themselves, the opponent had foreign guns that could penetrate even formal armor.

"Times have changed..."

Nails pierced into the flesh, which made Yongcang a little painful. As a swordsman, he wanted to use his superb martial arts at this moment to rush up and kill those smugglers and their lackeys—but he knew better, The consequence of doing so will only be that you will be beaten into a sieve by foreign guns.

So they had to wait, and they could only wait, waiting for their boss Kondo to invite the French instructor over and use foreign guns to suppress the opposite foreign guns.

It's just to deal with some thieves, but to rely on foreigners... This is a shame for warriors!

"hurry up……"

Yongcang, who was waiting in the dark, was very anxious. He only hoped that all this would end soon.

Just as Yongcang and Okita were watching, in the small hotel named "Ikeda House", the people participating in the meeting also began to talk.

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"A traitor appeared among us."

Under the dim candlelight, there was a calm and majestic face reflected. Although he was just sitting there, his steady aura was like a tiger, and everyone present did not dare to make a sound.

Just because he is the head of the training center of the Saito Dojo of the Changzhou Clan, the former right-hand pen of the prime minister’s office and the addition of the government affairs seat, the strongest diplomat of the rebel giant Changzhou Clan’s external communication, and the core figure of the Respecting the King and Fighting Barbarians, Katsura Kogoro.

"Gu Taka Shuntaro, this name may not matter to you, it is just a person who does chores, and there is no need to be remembered. However, this person who does chores for you has now been caught by the lackeys of the shogunate...Gunpowder and fuel have been discovered, this is what happened during the day, how dare you sit here for a meeting?"

"It is because of this that we need to speed up the plan!"

Seeing that Gui Xiaowulang, who had the highest status at the meeting, not only did not agree with them, but even said such morale-damaging words, the crowd of barbarians who participated in the meeting immediately became excited.

"As long as we bring the emperor back to the south, we will have the title of righteousness! We can directly attack the despicable shogunate in the name of the royal family!"

"you……"

Katsura Kogoro couldn't help having a splitting headache.

He also knew about the so-called plan, which was divided into three steps. First, set fires everywhere in the capital to create chaos.Second, taking advantage of the chaos, kill Matsudaira, the person in charge sent by the shogunate to maintain law and order in Kyoto.Third, when no one was maintaining the law and order in Kyoto, directly hijacked the emperor and brought him back to Changzhou.

Then there is the classic drama. Everyone has seen the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The classics hold the emperor to order the princes. How can the shogunate disobey the order of the emperor?

But here lies the problem.

He can understand the anger of these people with lofty ideals. After all, the shogunate has indeed gone too far. It is always a sentence to cut down the vassal, which makes everyone trembling. Finally, pointing to foreign trade and eating two more warm food, it can be regarded as relying on the sea. Eat the sea, but the shogunate directly sealed off this source of income with an order to lock the country.

Of course, if it is true that all the countries are locked up, it’s fine, and everyone suffers from poverty, at least it’s fair—but the shogunate talked about locking up the country while opening ports in Osaka and Edo, which are actually controlled by the Tokugawa clan. , and said that this is a treaty of goodwill with foreigners, and it was done under coercion... This is already a bit shameless, why don't you give the port to others when you are under coercion?

It's you, but it's you, who eats and eats himself, and smashes other people's jobs. Do you really think that all southerners are dead?

So the enmity between these vagrants and the shogunate has long been irreconcilable, and the huge interest dispute has even surpassed the scope of blood feud-in the words of foreigners...should it be called "fighting for cake"?If you eat more, I will eat less.But for the powerful shogunate in Edo, a small bite of what it had in its mouth was enough to make these rogues starve for several nights!

Therefore, whether it is the shogunate of Edo City in the north, or the people with lofty ideals from the south, one must die between the two sides.

But it doesn't move like this with your hands.

Burning Kyoto, killing high-ranking officials of the shogunate, taking advantage of the chaos to hijack the emperor, this bullshit idea is simply a slap in the face.Anyone with a little common sense can see how unreliable this plan sounds - but the most abstract thing is that these unreliable plans, these rogues have the real ability to carry out, and they really have enough weapons Equipment and gunpowder fuel.

Even if Gu Taka Shuntaro, who was in charge of storing gunpowder, had been captured alive by the lackeys of the shogunate, it would not have much impact on their plans, because Gu Taka Shuntaro was in charge of only one of the many ammunition hiding spots.

"Really are……"

Katsura Kogoro already wanted to run away.

After all, the capture of Shuntaro Kotaka had some impact. For example, the fire plan, which was originally scheduled to start in the near future, had to be brought forward to tonight because the incident was revealed. Everyone was immersed in the excitement of "the big one is coming".

But it is precisely because of this that Gui Xiaowulang is not optimistic about the ability of these people to get things done.

Working together with teammates who are as stupid as pigs will kill themselves.He was shouldering the important responsibility of Changzhou Fan's foreign exchange, so how could he die in such a shitty incident.

"I still have something urgent, I have to go first."

Gui Xiaowulang immediately stood up, ready to leave.

"Also, please pay attention, Western firearms are not omnipotent. After all, if it is really better than firearms, the shogunate can even directly find foreigners who use firearms... Don't look at me like that, since we have already said that the shogunate is connected with barbarians , then he really fornicated foreigners to show us, what's so strange?"

"Ha, you mean the shogunate will find foreigners to deal with us?"

Among the crowd of vagrants, the Art of War instructor from the Hizen Domain, Miyabe Kaizo, couldn't help laughing.

"We already knew about this!"

"...?"

Gui Xiaowulang was stunned immediately.

He just reminded them with a kind word, let these rogues be on guard a little bit, and think a little bit... What does this sentence mean if you already know it?

Could it be that there is some hidden inside story that he doesn't know about?

"Ah, Mr. Gui really doesn't know."

Miyabe Kanzo of the Hizen Domain smiled even more happily, his old face almost wrinkled into a chrysanthemum.

"But it's no wonder, after all, Mr. Gui was not from my Hizen clan, so he couldn't get any first-hand information about Nagasaki Port..."

"..."

Hearing Miyabe Kanzo's ostentatious tone, Katsura Kogoro fell silent.

Well, he had to admit that, in a sense, this old man was indeed better informed than he was.After all, under the shogunate's "lock-down order", the only thing that can do business with the outside world is Nagasaki Port under the control of the shogunate. Although Nagasaki Port is directly under the shogunate, it is in the territory of the Hizen Clan—so at least for foreigners. In terms of understanding over there, this old man can indeed get more information than other people.

"But...even if you know the news, what can you do?"

Katsura Kogoro couldn't help shaking his head.

"If the shogunate chooses to rely on foreigners, it can only mean that they have completely neglected their actions. The addition of the foreign gun team will greatly enhance their force. You also know how fierce those Western firearms are...so you really still want to use them. Do you want to do this? Do you really want to waste precious weapons and equipment, and even more precious human lives, on this obviously unsuccessful plan?"

"It's your fault, Mr. Gui, to draw conclusions without hearing what happened."

The old Miyabe Kanzo shook his head again and again.

"The so-called art of war is to know yourself and your enemy in order to be victorious in every battle. Mr. Gui, you have already achieved 'knowing your enemy'. You even guessed the news that the shogunate will invite French instructors as mercenaries based on your judgment of the situation... ...But, have you ever thought of one thing."

Under the dim light, the old man who was the instructor of the Yamaga Ryuubing Academy raised his head.

"Have you really become a 'confidant'?"

"……What's the meaning?"

Katsura Kogoro's face froze.

You must know that he is the core figure of the anti-barbarian faction, the backbone of the rebellion giant Changzhou Fan, he has always been aware of the movements of the anti-barbarians, even ordinary samurai like Shuntaro Kotaka who are in charge of doing chores are also well understood by him .

But now, the old man in front of him actually said that he didn't have a "confidant"?

What information was he missing!

"It's true that the shogunate wants to use the power of foreigners, but our general who conquers the barbarians doesn't want to really contact the barbarians...so those French people picked a good candidate for the shogunate. He was a mainlander living in France with black hair. The eyes are like us, and it is much easier to do things."

The old man named Miyabe Kanzo spoke in a low voice, the flickering candlelight made that old face appear flickering.

"The French ship docked at Nagasaki, so I actually went that time... But you know what? From the first moment I saw that person, I knew that that person was definitely our companion !"

As if thinking of something exciting, the old man even clenched his fists excitedly.

"As long as you have seen it with your own eyes, you will know it! You can understand it just by looking at it!"

Thinking of the seemingly ordinary man in a cloth robe, Miyabe Kanzo couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

"That man, he has done great things!"

Swordsman Qifan wins and loses, he changed Japan: Chapter 75 Chapter 74 Okita Souji ([-] words for votes)

"Boss Kondo isn't here yet?"

Outside Ikeda's house under the night, Yongcang and Okita frowned slightly as they watched the swordsmen rushing over.

There are more than a hundred of these swordsmen, all of whom were recruited by the Shinsengumi in Kyoto. Everyone is proficient in how to use swords. Even if they are put on the battlefield in ancient times, they are a force that cannot be ignored-but at this moment, Yongcang What Okita is waiting for is not these elite soldiers, but the leader who can lead these soldiers!

"Aren't you the ones who went to pick him up with Boss Kondo? Why did you come back first? Where's Boss Kondo?"

"Director Kondo said let us rush over here first, and he needs to wait a little longer..."

The swordsman who was singled out for questioning lowered his head with a face of shame.

Just because this swordsman has already seen it, there may be no way to wait any longer.

At the Ikeda house not far away, there have been no newcomers for a while.Apparently, the secret meeting organized by the rebel leader Changzhou Clan has already begun—no, it may even have ended, just because they all saw that a ronin with two knives was coming out of the hotel cursingly, He greeted his subordinates and prepared to leave.

The target is about to run away after the meeting, so what are you waiting for?

"Arrest all those with knives! Kill them if they dare to resist!"

Saying this, Yongcura and Okita directly tore off the coir raincoats they were wearing as camouflage, revealing their iconic light blue feathers.

"Shinsengumi's work! Do it!"

"Everyone be careful! He is a running dog of the shogunate!"

Just as Yongcura and Okita led the swordsmen of the Shinsengumi to charge forward, the ronin warriors guarding near the Ikeda house also noticed the change here.

"They are many! Come on! Let the gentlemen go first!"

While talking, these ronin guards also drew their swords one after another. Just looking at the gesture of holding the long sword high, it is clear that they have not even considered defense!

"It's Shixian! They're Satsuma!"

Yongcang, who was charging at the forefront, immediately slowed down, and continuing to charge now will undoubtedly lead the soldiers to death.

The Shixian Liumen from the farthest south are extremely vicious. When they raised their long swords high, they already had the consciousness of death—yes, giving up their defense would lead to their own being killed, but this mighty force Hitting will also kill their opponents, even if they choose to block with a knife, there is a great possibility that the person and the knife will be chopped off together!

As soon as they met, they put on a one-for-one posture. These ronin guards were clearly delaying time with their lives!

"It's a pity that there are no muskets..."

Yongcang couldn't help but clenched the handle of the knife tightly.

The best way to deal with these swordsmen is to shoot and kill them before they get close. Facing the lead bullets with huge kinetic energy, no matter how clever the martial arts is, it is meaningless—— However, the shogunate has always been very strict about firearms. Even samurai are not allowed to own firearms. Even if the Shinsengumi has become an official organization, they must submit an application and get an approval before they are eligible to obtain firearms.