But now, Nozu Michikani knew that it was time for their mother and daughter to leave.

"I don't know what's going on in Osaka Castle." Listening to the sound of gunfire from time to time in the distance, Mrs. Yuko said worriedly, she still didn't know that Osaka Castle had fallen into the hands of the Satsuma army.

Hearing Madame's words, Nozu Michikan chuckled in his heart.

"Yuko, you and Natsumi should leave here today." Nozu Michikan said to his wife in a calm voice as much as he could.

"Oh? Leaving today? Mrs. Yuko was shocked.

"Yes, let's leave today!" Nozu Michikani nodded, "You can go to Kyoto first, His Royal Highness is already on his way to Kyoto." ”

"His Royal Highness has left Osaka?" When Mrs. Yuko heard Nozu Michiguan say that the supreme commander of the government army, Prince Arisugawa Miyashihito, the "Great Governor of the Western Expedition", had left Osaka for Kyoto, and her face began to turn slightly pale.

"Yes." Nozu Michikani sighed, "You'll take Natsumi with you in a while!" There is a detachment of wounded to evacuate to Kyoto, and you can go with them. ”

"How's that going to work? You're so badly injured that you need someone to take care of you! Lady Yuko said, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Leave me alone! I'll be fine! Seeing his wife crying, Nozu Michikan was sad, but for the safety of his wife and daughter, he still hardened his heart and said loudly, "You go and clean up now!" Right away! ”

Mrs. Yuko nodded slightly with tears in her eyes, bowed to Nozu Michikan, turned around and silently exited the ward.

Nozu Michikan watched his wife's back disappear at the door, and his body collapsed heavily on the hospital bed. He looked up to the sky and sighed.

It may be that I haven't had a good rest these days. Plus weakness from blood loss from gunshot wounds. Nozu Michikan felt tiredness hit him, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After a while, a piercing gunshot suddenly rang out, waking up Nozu Michikani from his sleep.

Nozu sat up from his bed and looked out the window, just in time to see a government soldier being shot down. He realized what was happening, and for a moment his hands and feet were cold.

The gunfire intensified, followed by loud screams. Nozu struggled to get up, trying to grab the pistol hanging on the wall, but he was weak and fell from the bed to the ground.

He fell hard and hard, the gunshot wound on his body cracked, and the pain made his eyes black, he stood up with the pain, stumbled to the wall, and took off the revolver.

Just then, the door was slammed open. Two guards rushed in.

"What's going on?" Nozu Michikan asked in surprise when he saw the two subordinates covered in blood.

"The enemy is coming! Come on! Checkmate! One of the guards replied. While rushing to Nozu Michikan's side and supporting him, another guard saw that he was inconvenient to walk, and also ran over to help hold Nozu Michikan's arm.

Nozu Michikan rushed out of the ward with the help of two guards, and what appeared in front of Nozu Michikan was a hellish sight!

The Satsuma army rushed over, most of them infantry, mixed with a small number of cavalry, and unlike the Satsuma infantry in blue Western-style military uniforms or samurai kimonos, these cavalry were wearing samurai armor, some of them wearing terrible grimace masks, wielding katanas, and slashing everywhere.

The government soldiers resisted desperately, but the Satsuma samurai were so fierce that the government soldiers could not resist at all, and the sudden change was unprepared, and the battle immediately became a one-sided massacre.

Two guards helped Nozu Michikani onto a war horse, one guard followed the horse, protecting Nozu Michikan and rushing outward, while the other guard ran lifelessly, covering behind the horse.

Three Satsuma samurai on horseback spotted the fleeing Nozu Michikan and his party, and immediately chased after them, and the covering guards turned around and stopped, raised their rifles and began to shoot at the pursuers, and at about the same time, the Satsuma samurai on horseback also began to shoot with their spears.

Nozu Michikan felt the bullets whizzing by him, and he couldn't help but turn his head to see that the guard had knocked down a riding Satsuma samurai with a single shot, but he himself was shot several times, but he still stood there, staggering and shooting, refusing to fall, until a Satsuma samurai rushed to his side and cut off his arm with a single sword.

Seeing this scene, Nozu Michikan couldn't help but shed tears.

At this time, the guard's body was still standing, and another Satsuma samurai stepped forward and slashed at his neck with a sword, and Nozu Michikan saw the guard's head fly high and roll to the side, several blood fountains spurted out of his neck, and then his body fell to the side.

Nozu Michikan wiped the tears from his face, raised the revolver in his hand, and tried to open fire on the pursuing Satsuma samurai, but at this time, the war horse rushed into the dense forest, and the dense trees suddenly blocked his vision, separating him from the pursuers.

The equestrian guard who rescued him was obviously very skillful, and he rode his horse through the dense forest and turned left and right quickly, avoiding the branches of the trees while not slowing down in the slightest, and the two Satsuma samurai who were chasing him were obviously inferior, and Nozu Michikani heard their shouting and scolding from a distance, and after a while, their figures were no longer visible.

After galloping wildly, the horses finally broke out of the dense forest and came to a mountain stream, and after making sure that there were no enemies around, the exhausted guards stopped and helped Nozu Michikani off his horse.

The frightened Nozu Michikan only then remembered that his wife and daughter were still in the field hospital, and thinking of the fate they might encounter, Nozu Michikan's heart was like a knife.

"Yuko...... Natsumi ...... I...... I'm sorry for you! Nozu muttered with tears in his eyes.

"General, don't be sad! Madame and Miss are protected by the gods, and they will be safe! Seeing that Nozu Michikan was sad, the guard did not know how to persuade for a while, and hesitated for a while before saying such a comforting word.

Nozu Michikan realized that he was out of shape and should not show his weak side in front of his subordinates desperately trying to save him, he held back the grief in his heart, wiped the tears from his face, and said, "Thank you, Kusakawa-kun." Only then did he realize that the guard, who was covered in blood and wounds, was one of his guards, named Ryunosuke Kusakawa, a native of Kyoto.

"General, let's get out of here quickly!" Kusakawa Ryunosuke looked around and said with a worried face, "Once ...... When the enemy ninjas find out, we're in danger. ”

"Ninja?" Nozu Michikan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Kusagawa Ryunosuke's words.

"Yes, General." Kusakawa Ryunosuke nodded, he recalled the scene of the battle just now, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes, "Among the people who attacked the hospital just now, there were ninjas, they are very terrifying!" Many of our men were killed before they could resist! ”

Nozu Michikan heard Kusakawa Ryunosuke's words full of fear, and suddenly remembered the report provided by the intelligence department about Lin Yiqing and his strange team, and his heart suddenly tightened.

He understood that Ryunosuke Kusakawa was not there to cover up his defeat and escape with such words.

The field hospital of the 2nd Brigade under the command of Nozu Kando was located at the rear of the front, not only far away from the main battlefield, but also located in a secret and dangerous location, and there was a special escort unit, which was a very safe place, and according to common sense, it should not be attacked by the enemy, but he did not expect that he would be directly attacked by the enemy in broad daylight, and he had no power to fight back!

Take Kusagawa Ryunosuke who saved him as an example, this person is a man who can fight and dare to die selected from the combat unit, as his guard, there is no lack of combat skills and courage, just now and another comrade-in-arms desperately saved him is an example, but Kusakawa Ryunosuke talked about the battle just now, but he couldn't help but be full of fear!

Among the enemy troops, the only one who can raid the field hospital in such a posture is probably the Qianguo man named Lin Yiqing......

Moreover, listening to what Ryunosuke Kusakawa told just now, Lin Yiqing seems to have resurrected the terrifying ancient ghost of ninjas!

If there were really ninjas in Lin Yiqing's troops, then it would be understandable to secretly find the location of the field hospital and carry out a surprise attack.

Thinking of this, Nozu Michikan's heart couldn't help but be full of chills.

"Let's go! Checkmate! It's not far from Kyoto, so we will be safe when we arrive in Kyoto! Kusakawa Ryunosuke saw Nozu Michikani wandering there, and couldn't help but say again.

"Good! Let's go! Nozu nodded and stood up vigorously.

Kusakawa Ryunosuke helped Nozu Michikani to sit firmly on his horse, then got on his horse and sat behind Nozu Michikan, and slowly walked across the mountain stream with his horse, and after entering the plain, he began to let the horse gallop.

"Kusakawa-kun, what is the ninja you just met?" Nozu Michikani asked.

"They were wearing white armor and weapons, in addition to long knives, but also rifles." Ryunosuke Kusakawa replied, "Their guns are so accurate that they almost miss a shot, and they run like ghosts, we can't aim at all, and their swordsmanship is very good......"

"It's really strange that such a group of terrible people would obey Lin Yiqing's orders." Nozu Michikan sighed.

"Haven't you heard? General, there are rumors among the people about the Qianguo man named Lin Yiqing? Ryunosuke Kusakawa asked.

"Rumors about him? What rumors? Nozu Michikani asked in surprise.

"It is rumored that this Qianguo man named Lin Yiqing is the reincarnation of Shin Xuangong......" Kusakawa Ryunosuke hesitated for a moment and replied.

"What? Shin Xuan Gong reincarnated? Shingen Takeda? When Nozu Michikan heard this, he almost fell off his horse. (To be continued......)

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