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The campsite of the main force near the slopes of the East Mountain was still silent, only the sound of heavy snoring.

【Bang!】 Bang ......】

[Kill! Brothers, kill all these Kanto dogs......]

Although the sound of iron cannons and shouts of killing shook the universe, they could not awaken the sweet dreams of these people who slept like dead pigs.

[Kill! Kill! ……】

【Bang!】 Bang! Bang! ……】

[In the middle of the night, who is so bored and playing with iron cannons? 】

Someone in the house said half-awake and half-asleep, but as long as the iron cannon stopped for a moment, he turned over and dreamed again.

Snoring still fills the campsite.

【Bang!】 Bang! Bang! ……】

[Kill! Kill! ……】

Fortunately! A few people began to wake up, and when they heard the crazy sound of iron cannons and shouts of killing on the west mountain, they thought of the sound of iron cannons in their dreams, and only then did they realize that the sound of iron cannons had been sounding for a long time, and only then did they realize that the enemy had already come, and Hosokawa Tadashi, who was sleeping opposite me, cried out loudly:

[Get up!] Get up! The enemy is coming! 】

I was so shocked that I was already half-awake, and tried to struggle many times, but without success, but after Hosokawa Tadashi screamed, I was completely awake, and he was also shouting:

[Get up!] Get up! 】

[Master! 】

Toyozo Hijikata of the Shinsengumi yelled outside:

[Please wake up, sir!] There is an enemy night attack! 】

[Ahh What do you say?! 】

I'm still confused.

[The enemy is coming!! 】

Hijikata's voice was urgent and disordered, and he was now desperate to rush into the room and pick me up.

Oops!

I got out of bed with a puff of smoke, and by this time Hosokawa Tadashi was already putting on his armor.

【Bang!】 Bang! Bang! ……】

[Kill! Kill! ……】

[Get up!] Get up! 】

Although the cries were incessant, the snoring of some people still filled the camp rhythmically, though much less than before.

[Kill! Kill! ……】

【Bang!】 Bang! Bang ......】

[Get up!] Get up! 】

At last, when most of the people were gradually rising, I picked up my katana and went out of the doorway, looking in the direction of the iron cannon, and there was nothing but the dimly discernible outline of a high mountain.

[This time I really have to rectify the military discipline, everyone's alertness is too poor, and they were secretly attacked by the enemy! ] 】

I rubbed the back of my hand with my eyes that were not fully open, and looked up and down with all my eyesight, only to gradually realize that there were many places on the opposite hill, where green smoke was emitting and swirling into the air. I looked carefully, and found that in front of the green smoke, there were many large and small groups, moving rapidly towards them, and the small one-word three-striped stars were constantly swinging among the moving people.

I realized that according to the camping arrangement, as long as the troops were all up the east mountain, they would naturally form a battle formation facing the west. I immediately made a decision, and Pamoto Masanbu and the third member of the Hijikata Suisan Shinsengumi, one to the north and the other to the south, conveyed my order -- to quickly go up the mountain, occupy the position, and restore the structure.

If the enemy pursues, take advantage of the enemy's sudden counter-charge and counter-assault in motion.

Soon, the men and horses -- except for a reserve that was surrounded with a clear flag -- all went up to the east mountain.

However, it is not yet possible to immediately enter the battle, and the command of the various reserves is very chaotic, and the generals are looking for soldiers, and the soldiers are also looking for generals, and they are all restoring the structure.

The wise believer and his troops, carrying iron cannons and bows and arrows on their backs, went up the hill more slowly, and when they were halfway up the hill, a man came down from the hill and came to him, saying:

【Sweeper,】

The person who came turned back and pointed to the back mountain,

[Zuo Masuke-sama is on top, and he calls the team to assemble on it. 】

Wise Nobuke continued to go up the mountain, and when he met Wise Zuo Masuke observing the enemy's situation, he walked up to Wise Zuo Masuke and shouted:

[Lord Zuomasuke, we have arrived, please give us an order.] 】

Wise Zuo Majie is the elder of the family, many times instead of the general to sit in the army to command the military, Wise Xin can't find me for a while, so instinctively rely on Wise Zuo Majie.

【Oh! Is the queue neat? 】

[It's still neat -- only one person is lost.] 】

【Okay,】Wise Zuo Ma Jie pointed at the enemy and said,

[You see that the enemy is attacking us from Ryosehara, and after the enemy comes to me and gives him an iron cannon bow and arrow to kill, I will organize men and horses to counterattack and charge, and the iron cannon will be set up here. 】

[Lord Zuo Masuke, I think it's best to set up the iron cannon to the front,]

The wise believer pointed to the small slope less than a hundred meters in front of him and said,

[I just came up and took a look at the terrain, where it is better to use the fire of the iron cannons. 】

[It's too exposed, isn't it?] I'm worried that the fire of the iron cannon will ......]

[It doesn't matter, we let the archers lie in ambush on the left and right, and if the enemy gets close, they will shoot out.] 】

Wise Shin went to the house, and just after walking a few steps, Wise Zuo Majie told him again:

[I want everyone to be calm, just now the lord sent someone to tell me that I should pay attention to concealment, the iron cannon must wait for the enemy to be fifty meters away before firing, and the archers must be a little farther away, at most a stick of incense, you must hold on, after a stick of incense, the ashigaru reserve will counterattack. 】

The wise man commanded his troops to quickly make simple fortifications, forty iron cannons, ten of which were placed seven or eight paces in front of his command position, and fifteen on the left and right, separated by one or twenty paces.

Only one shot per cannon was fired, and only two archers were around for cover, and the rest retreated to the anticline of the slope, as did himself.

At this time, a small group of wise troops who were besieged in Nancun, seeing that the main force was retreating up the hill, and the main force of the enemy also followed up the mountain, cut off their own retreat, so they strengthened the fortifications and stubbornly resisted with bows and arrows and iron cannons; The wise army on the mountain, seeing that their people were surrounded, was very worried and wanted to fight back quickly. But at this moment, the time is not right, and it is useless to rush, so I have to stand in line and wait for the opportunity to fight.

The Yoshikawa army, which was about to approach the position of the Wise Army, saw that the Wise Army had retreated in embarrassment before, and now another iron cannon did not go off, thinking that it had lost its resistance.

[Brethren! The enemy has been defeated, everyone work harder, win this battle, and we can become samurai! 】

【Huhuhu~~~】

They screamed and raised their heads, puffed up their bellies, and some even carried their weapons on their shoulders and walked up the hill in a dashing manner, as if they were traveling.

There was still no movement on the part of the Wise Army.

Yoshikawa's army was closer to the Akechi army, and a group in front of it advanced from the open to the position of the Akechi Nobu, and saw that there were two or three bushes on the hillside in front of them, and there seemed to be someone flashing behind them, so they came to reconnoiter fire. Still no echo. They were emboldened.

The wise believer watched every movement of the enemy at this time. He saw the shooter of the first cannon squeeze the handle of the iron cannon, lean his index finger against the retainer, and look back at him. He realized that this meant that it was ready.

After another half a minute, Yoshikawa's army became denser and closer, and the shooter looked back at him and said, "Can you fire?" 】

[Slow down, let the enemies behind enter the open area and sweep again:]

The Yoshikawa army at the front stopped advancing, but the Yoshikawa army behind pushed up in a heap, and the bayonets were particularly dazzling in the light of the rising sun, and the wise letter shouted:

[Ready! Shoot! 】

Forget to mention that at this time, in addition to the wise believers, several more reserves joined the battle, and the number of iron cannons and bows and arrows was greatly enriched.

The sound of dense iron cannons suddenly shouted, and a lot of bows and arrows were shot out, and those who were advancing with their stomachs fell in rows, and then, the left and right friendly and neighboring reserves also fired iron cannons, and the iron cannons on the positions of the wise army rang out.

According to the command of my counterattack from this formation, the trumpeter of the wise Zuo Majie sounded the conch.

[Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~]

Then on the wide fields on the left and right sides of the wise Zuo Masuke, thousands of people came out and poured down like a tide, and the whole mountain was filled with the sound of killing, iron cannons, and conchs.

The wise believer did not change his position, and immediately went beyond the shooting. The enemy in front of the Wise Left Majie Regiment retreated, and the wise letter commanded his iron cannon to block the fire. The whole line of the wise army counterattacked the enemy, and it burned the entire battlefield like a wildfire on a winter night.

Yoshikawa's army retreated on all fronts, and now that the enemy had awakened, the plan for a sneak attack had failed.

The sound of iron cannons on both sides gradually became scarce, and the wise army shouted while firing:

[Don't pick up money and weapons dropped by the enemy!] Chasing the enemy is all that matters! 】

The troops who had been surrounded by the enemy in the small village for more than an hour, taking advantage of the counterattack on the mountain, they also came to rush, and those Yoshikawa troops, seeing that the main force had retreated, had no intention of fighting, and fled.

Seeing that they could no longer stop the shooting, the wise believers led the troops and immediately advanced, and in the process of advancing, seeing that the front was constantly victorious and returned, they desperately went to catch up with the team, and when they reached the river, they saw the wise Zuomajie.

Wise Zuo Majie pointed to several [wallets] wrapped in cardboard next to him, and said to him happily and excitedly:

[Lord Sabe, to you.] 】

[This is ......]

[The lord is very pleased with your performance, so he rewarded you with these small judgments, a little bit, a whole two hundred, one is not a lot. 】

[Thank you for your kindness...... And Lord Zuomasuke, your cultivation, please give me a lot of advice in the future. 】

The wise believer happily received the silver sentence, and followed the troops to chase for a while, and like all the people in the army, he really didn't have the strength to chase anymore, so he rested on the spot, and returned to the camp with the brigade.

The battle is over, and the first thing is to check for casualties and broken weapons. As a result of the examination, some of the old knives were replaced with good enemy knives, and some were dressed in enemy armor and helmets that looked more imposing. Some were wounded, some died, some were missing, some lost things......

I was checking the number of people in the main formation, and Yanagi Qian hurriedly ran over:

[Master! Oh no, the river is gone! 】

【Big River? 】

[Yes, I can't find him!] 】

Akane Yanagi sees Ryuzaki Taiga as her younger brother, and the younger brother is missing, and the sister is of course anxious.

[I also wondered, from the beginning of the battle to the present, as a flag guard, this guy hasn't appeared, Sado, did you see him? 】

[No, that little ghost...... Feed! 】

Honda Masanobu called a flag not far away and said:

[Where's that clever little ghost who is always with you? 】

[Lord Sato, I don't know, that kid is a goblin, he has a bad stomach, and we have all been miserable by him, so I don't know where to play now. 】

[No, it won't. 】

Honda Masanobu said:

[What's so fun at this time,]

He frowned again, and said to himself:

Where did it go?] If you had participated in the battle somewhere else, now that the battle was over for a long time, it would be time to return. 】

Miss Yanagi's eyes were in a trance, and she said uncertainly:

[I'm afraid it's bad, I heard a flag with him say that when he woke up, an iron cannon was being used outside, and he was holding a knife while shouting to push the river, and the river opened his eyes and looked at him, he thought that the river was awake, so he didn't wait for him, when he went out, the enemy was only a few dozen steps away from him, and I am afraid that when the river slowly came out, the enemy also arrived. 】

[Oh no! 】

Honda Masanobu also said with deep regret:

[What a smart boy, he sometimes comes to my desk to look at the map, ask questions, and analyze military operations! …… Lord, this child has good qualifications, and if he is trained well, he will definitely become an excellent strategist in the future......]

That's right, I was going to make that little imp a black-bellied military master like you.

At this time, Isamu Kondo, the director of the Shinsengumi who was covered in color and his face was wrapped in a mummy, walked over. Miss Yagyu asked:

[Director, will the team members come? 】

[Well, more than a dozen people were seriously injured, but there was no attrition, which is really lucky. 】

[So, have you seen the big river?] 】

[No, how?] He's gone? 】

[Well, he didn't come back? 】