But the owner of these eyes is a petite girl, Lin Yiqing and this little girl look at each other, and the girl in front of her is not afraid, her eyes are always soft and quiet.

Lin Yiqing looked at the girl, as if he had seen a piece of jade soaked in clear water, and when he saw this little girl, his heart swelled with amazing feelings. There were many beautiful women around him, like He Yunqing, Chiho Kirino, Yuka Iwasaki and Sister Mochizuki, all of whom were beautiful women, and he was not a person who had never seen the world, but he never thought that he was speechless in the face of a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl. Her beauty is flawless, moist as a flower bud, clear as white jade, and as brittle as ice and snow, so that people dare not touch it, for fear that if they touch it, it will suddenly break.

Lin Yiqing stared at her for a long time, she just stood quietly, probably making him look a little embarrassed, she lowered her head, as if she was a little sad.

"This is Miss Haruko Eto, who was escorted here by the Saga clan warriors and the ninjas of the Misty Hidden Stream." The Satsuma officer who accompanied Lin Yiqing said.

Lin Yiqing nodded, and the Satsuma officer knew that they had something to say, so he immediately retreated and closed the door.

"You may be seated." Haruko Eto moved a chair and invited Lin Yiqing to sit down, her voice was clean and transparent, like dew dripping.

"It's really a trouble for you to come here and bother." The girl said.

"No...... It's me who didn't protect you......" The girl's words seemed to knock in his heart, and Lin Yiqing said gloomily.

"I'm not very good at talking, and I make you sad. I beg your pardon. Haruko Eto looked at the handsome and brave young man in front of her, but his expression was quite haggard. Said softly.

Lin Yiqing looked at the girl. She still hung her head quietly, but the sad and pitiful feeling she brought to Lin Yiqing was even stronger.

Lin Yiqing secretly wondered in his heart, when did Lao Tzu become a "Lolitacon"? Or did you have this tendency before, but you never noticed it?

Why is this girl in front of him so attractive to him?

If that's the case, then you're too evil!

"No...... Since I have been entrusted by your brother, I must protect you. Lin Yiqing was even more strange. Why did I say such a thing to her.

"You should be the only one you want to protect...... Eto Haruko raised her head, looked at Lin Yiqing, and said softly, "So...... Please cheer up...... Protect us all......"

Hearing the girl's words, Lin Yiqing's heart was surging, and he nodded without thinking.

"I will!"

He has indeed become a little depressed these days, and although he knows that the current situation is inevitable, he is still annoyed by the disadvantages of the war. But in order not to affect the people around him, he has been trying his best to restrain himself. But unexpectedly, it leaked in front of this girl.

It seems that this little daughter of Eto Xinping is really unusual......

Lin Yiqing's eyes suddenly fell on the book that the girl put on the side of the bed, he noticed that the cover of the book was all in French, and remembered that the girl was reading this book just now, and couldn't help but be surprised by her talent.

"Haruko, what book were you reading just now?" Lin Yiqing couldn't help but ask.

Haruko Eto got up and came to the bedside, picked up the book, walked in front of Lin Yiqing, and presented her hands in front of him.

"It's Monsieur Rousseau's Treatise on the People." She replied softly.

Lin Yiqing took the book from her hand, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised to see that it was a book that was completely in French.

"Can you read French script?" Lin Yiqing asked.

"My father used to hire a French teacher for me." Haruko Eto replied with her head down.

"You can understand the content of this book?" Lin Yiqing was even more surprised when she heard her answer.

Haruko Eto nodded.

Lin Yiqing remembered that the general of the Satsuma Army, Hachiro Miyazaki, had been gnawing on this "Treatise on the People's Covenant", and his understanding of French was limited, so he couldn't understand it in many places, and the girl in front of him was so young that she was not only proficient in French, but also able to understand the content of the book, which could really be said to be a genius.

"You know French too, right? Have you read this book? Eto Haruko saw Lin Yiqing looking at the book in his hand with a focused expression, a look of hope flashed in his eyes, and asked softly.

"Yes, but ...... It was a long time ago...... I forgot a lot of things......" Lin Yiqing remembered the past in the original time and space, and couldn't help but feel a little trance.

When he first came into contact with this book, this book was still a "poisonous weed", and it was Xiaotong who asked him to read this book......

"Haruko, if you have time, tell me about this book." Lin Yiqing looked at the talented girl in front of him and said with a smile.

"Okay." Hearing Lin Yiqing call her name for the second time, Eto Haruko looked a little shy, and her face turned slightly red.

Outside the window, a cannon suddenly sounded in the distance, Lin Yiqing's expression was frozen, he realized that he should go, got up and said to Eto Haruko: "I'll go first, Haruko, you have a good rest!" If you need anything, just talk to me. ”

"If the general needs me to do something, please do whatever I ask, I will definitely try to do it well!" Haruko Eto bowed to Lin Yiqing.

Listening to her words, Lin Yiqing somehow remembered his office that was now a bit chaotic, and suddenly had an idea in his mind. He looked at the girl in front of him again, remembering the pain of her loss of father and brother, and dismissed the idea for the time being.

After Lin Yiqing said goodbye to Haruko Eto, he came to the castle tower and happened to meet Toshiaki Kirino.

"It's in the direction of Ueki, and maybe the thieves have already launched an attack there." Toshiaki Kirino said.

Lin Yiqing knew that it was the troops belonging to Hachiro Miyazaki, an ally of the Satsuma Army, who were defending, so he thought for a while and said, "Send a reconnaissance team." ”

Kirino Toshiaki nodded, and was about to give an order, but Lin Yiqing suddenly remembered something, and immediately stopped him: "No need, I'll take someone to take a look in person." ”

"Huh?" Toshiaki Kirino was taken aback. "This time. You'd better not take the risk yourself! ”

"It doesn't matter. Sometimes, taking risks is necessary. At this time, Lin Yiqing already had a bold idea, but he knew that if he said it, because he was too risky, he would definitely be opposed by Toshiaki Kirino, so he didn't say it explicitly.

Lin Yiqing hurriedly walked down the castle tower and went to get his weapons and equipment. He summoned his strange soldiers, and in a short time, this group of men and horses left the city and disappeared into the nearby forest.

The wind swished, blowing over the mountains, wrapped in fog, touching people's faces, and feeling cold. Before dawn, Junichi Takagi had already descended the mountain. Last night, small units of the enemy came to attack twice, but they were both repulsed. One was from a cliff face. The samurai who stood there lay silent, waiting for five of them to come up. Only then did he suddenly attack, put down three, and two of them jumped off the cliff and escaped. The other time it was touched by the place where six of them were defending, and there were about four or five of them, to try their luck. Junichi Takagi was put within 20 meters before he opened fire with his rifle, killing two people. The remaining three also fled, but when they fled, they panicked, and judging by the rolling and screaming, they probably fell down the ridge and fell to their deaths.

Going down from this side of the ridge, there were bomb craters and trenches everywhere at first, and there were fewer of them going down. The grass and dense forests are almost unascertainable. The two samurai sent by Hachiro Miyazaki had been sending him through several enemy blockade lines and touching several enemy forward positions, and now he had to rush back before dawn.

They broke up in a valley. A Kumamoto samurai escorting him said, "This is the place of the enemy army, be careful." Out of this valley, go to the left, and the position of the 'marching party' is about not far away. It was not safe to get out of this valley, and I was careful to run into enemy killers, who reported that they often crossed the border to carry out sneak attacks and sabotage. We're going back, and you're careful yourself. When you encounter an enemy killer, try to dodge. ”

"Thank you, I see. This place is high and densely forested, and enemy killers and small units are often frequented, so you should be careful, don't think that you will be okay when you come, and you will be bold when you go back. Everybody be careful, goodbye. Junichi Takagi said.

"Goodbye." The two samurai said. He turned around and disappeared into the morning mist forest. Junichi Takagi watched the two disappear in the blurred morning light, and suddenly felt lonely. "Goodbye." He still had that in his heart.

He walked along the left side of the valley, cautiously, and slowly touched it. His body was already soaked with dew from the blades of grass, and he didn't feel the heat, only that his body was cold, but it wasn't very cold, he had been walking for a long time, and his spirit was very careful to pay attention to the enemy's situation, which didn't make him feel uncomfortable.

As an elite player trained by Lin Yiqing, he never regarded the external environment as a difficulty.

It was getting brighter and brighter, and birds were heard. Bird! He suddenly remembered the sentence "The bird misses the old forest, and the pond fish thinks of the old abyss" in his mind. The morning air was cool, and the grass and branches were full of dewdrops. The fog is still very strong.

Junichi Takagi was cautiously touching forward when he suddenly heard the voices of enemy soldiers. He quickly hid himself and hid in a bush of long grass. When the enemy army came, he saw four guys carrying ammunition, about to go up the hill, and stopped to rest at the hill crossing in front of him. Two of the four actually wore the helmets of the Satsuma samurai. At this time, I sat on the ammunition box, took off the helmet, and played with it carefully, thinking it was a good thing, and I couldn't put it down.

Compared with the government troops who only wore French bowler hats, the samurai in the Satsuma army wore helmets decorated with their own family crests, and those helmets were also exquisite handicrafts, and the government troops, mainly peasant soldiers, regarded these helmets as the best trophies, and collected them on the battlefield in many ways so that they could show off to family and friends.

To fight or not to fight? Junichi Takagi struggled fiercely with his thoughts. He thought, what if he fights, what if he attracts more people? I don't know if there is anyone behind them. It's not a problem to hit these four people, they are so close, the sniper rifle is in hand, and if they attack suddenly, they are 100% sure that they will be annihilated. But he was still afraid that it would attract more people, and wanted to wait and see.

The four fellows rested for a while, made a few jokes, and soon got up with their things on their shoulders and climbed up the hill. If you don't fight again, it's too late, and when you go up the mountain, as soon as the shots go out, as long as they roll over, they hide everywhere. Junichi Takagi raised his gun and was about to open fire, when suddenly he heard the voice of someone talking again. From behind him. How can they be the enemy soldiers? Not good this time.

On the opposite side, a few enemy troops went up more than ten meters across the valley. Voices are heard. Immediately stopped, the last one put down the ammunition box, turned around and picked up the rifle and pointed it at Junichi Takagi, shouted something, and pulled the bolt. There were about several enemy soldiers behind Jun Takagi, gossiping and swearing. The men were silent, and they came behind him at some point. The distance from him was less than ten meters, and the distance was so close that Junichi Takagi was taken aback.

The tension was cleared when both sides answered. But Junichi Takagi didn't have it easy, he had to find a place to hide, otherwise the people who came down from the mountain behind him, a few more steps, he would be exposed. But he must not go, and if there is any change, he will undoubtedly be questioned. If you can't answer it, you can only resort to force. Resolved by force. Now is what he absolutely does not want.

Now that the morning fog had not yet dissipated, the thick fog had condensed into drops of dew, and he turned his head to see that the traces of the grass behind him were too obvious, which would undoubtedly arouse the suspicion of the enemy. Where did they hide themselves?

Just as he was nervously thinking about countermeasures, the enemy troops coming down the mountain behind him spoke again, and their voices went up the mountain. It turned out that it was just an enemy guerrilla unit, and when they heard the voice of someone at the bottom of the mountain, they quietly touched it down to check the movement. Now that the situation is understood, I left again. These people frightened him in vain.

"Fortunately, I didn't be greedy and warlike just now, and I really made a noise, and it didn't end well!" Jun Takagi waited for the men to go far before quietly coming out of the grass again.

Before he could move, there was a sudden rumbling of an earth-shattering cannon sound from a position on the mountain behind him, and the ground trembled slightly. The cannon went off for about four or five minutes and stopped. Junichi Takagi listened, and after this shelling, there was no sound of fierce rifle exchange nearby. That means the impact point is still far from here.

So he continued along the left side of the valley. From time to time, the enemy supply and demand personnel in the valley carried ammunition to the opposite hill, and it seemed that they were also preparing for a long-term confrontation with the Satsuma army, and the fighting here would not stop so quickly.

The fog in the valley dissipated very quickly, and rushed over with great speed, engulfing people and everything around them. Junichi Takagi cursed the damn mist in a low voice, making him suffer enough.

In this valley, the enemy army was going up the mountain behind him in groups of three or five, and every time he carefully avoided them.

As we walked, the valley widened and widened, and a small dam appeared in front of it. He quickly hid in a bamboo grove on his left and took a closer look. The fog was so thick that he didn't see anything of value. I just felt that there were a lot of people on the dam in front of me, and there were many shadows, coming and going, carrying things.

He dared to make his way around the exit of the dam to see something. This time he was lucky to see that on the opposite side, that is, to the right of the dam that had just come out of the valley, there seemed to be a faint stretch out, and there was a smaller gourd dam, surrounded by mountains. In the moment the fog cleared, he saw that it was an artillery position. The muzzle of the gun stretched upwards and pointed at the Satsuma Army position. The cannon was covered with a straw coat and was well camouflaged.

"Could it be that this is where the shelling sound came from?" He thought to himself vigilantly.

There were too many enemies here, and it was not safe, and he was about to leave, when he glanced at the foot of the hill where the artillery position suddenly came out of the foothills. "And the cave?" He thought. From here, the grass is too dense to see the hole. Just as I was about to take a closer look in another place, the fog came again.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and the cannonballs whizzed over the sky and landed on the high ground behind Jun Takagi, remembering the sound of violent explosions. This time the ground shook even more. In the thick fog, Jun Takagi saw the flames of the cannon flickering, and there was a strange and desolate beauty. Maybe the unfortunate of one's own people will be sacrificed in this poignant illusion?

Junichi Takagi was stunned for a moment, and in the face of such an artillery bombardment, there was nothing he could do now.

Now he can't help but envy his brother Kazuo Takagi, who is the captain.

My brother deals with warships and cannons all day long, if my brother can drive the gunboat here, the enemy will not dare to be so rampant, right?

It was as if the wind was blowing, and this tight fog was about to disperse soon. The shelling stopped suddenly, and Junichi Takagi felt the fog suddenly open in front of him, and he saw that the enemy soldiers who had just come out quickly pushed the cannons into the cave, and when the fog cleared, there was nothing to be seen there.

"Too cunning, too experienced. When you go back, you must tell the secret to the teacher and several captains, and use artillery to destroy this enemy artillery position. ”

After the ammunition and supplies here at the dam were sent and transported, the rest of the people ran from here to there after a while, and disappeared into the cave. He thought to himself: "It's so powerful, it's so good to shoot here, hide so fast, who can find out?" It's also a huge ammunition depot......"

Junichi Takagi remembered that the two Kumamoto samurai who had escorted him down the mountain just now said that after leaving the valley, he went up the mountain to the left, which was his own position. It seems that they are right, and the shelling of the enemy, confirms this. You can't go any further, maybe you will walk and walk, and in a few days you will go deep into the rear of the enemy. If you just walk with your head buried and suddenly find yourself in the enemy line, you won't be able to turn back.

He began to turn around and go up the hill. As soon as I was halfway up the mountain, I saw a helmet dangling in a trench. Seeing his own man's helmet, but he was no longer completely sure that it was his own, he went up diagonally, trying to bypass the trench. (To be continued......)

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