"Chiho, didn't you go to Nagasaki? How did you get here again? Saigo Takamori was also taken aback when he saw his favorite Chiho Kirino appear in front of him, "Where's your Kashira child?" ”

"Chiho has entrusted Bai Liang to Sister Yunqing's care." Chiho Kirino glanced at Lin Yiqing and said calmly to Saigo Takamori.

"You! ......" Saigo Takamori was furious, stepped forward and slapped him, seeing that the beloved Uncle Saigo was really angry, Chiho Kirino closed his eyes and stood there silently, but there was no intention of dodging.

Saigo Takamori looked at her stubborn appearance, with tears in his eyes, and his hand stopped there, unable to fight.

"Husband, Chiho is here to escort me, don't blame her." Mrs. Iwayama's voice sounded behind Saigo Takamori, "If your husband wants to beat me, just beat me." ”

Hearing his wife's voice, Saigo Takamori's body shook like an electric shock, and he immediately turned around and saw the sad eyes of Mrs. Iwayama.

"Husband, let me take you on this last ride, okay?" She hissed.

Saigo Takamori looked at his wife, who had been with him for decades, nodded with tears in his eyes, and hugged Mrs. Iwayama.

"Chiho, you're doing the right thing! Worthy of being my daughter of Toshiaki Kirino! Kirino Toshiaki looked at his daughter, his eyes full of approval, opened his arms, and made a gesture to hug his daughter.

Chiho Kirino watched her father's movements, as if she had returned to her childhood, and with tears in her eyes, she threw herself into her father's arms.

But at this moment, Kirino Toshiaki slashed his daughter's neck with a lightning-like hand knife.

Chiho Kirino didn't expect her father to do this at all. She was under the blow. Immediately fainted. He fell into his father's arms.

"I'm sorry...... Chisui, you can't die......" Kirino Toshiaki looked at the daughter in his arms and shed tears, "Don't blame your father......" He turned his head vigorously and looked at Lin Yiqing.

"Hanpeng, you send her to the ship, quick! Watch her and don't let her come back! Kirino Toshiaki choked.

Lin Yiqing tearfully agreed. stepped forward and hugged Chiho Kirino, but when his eyes looked at Kirino Toshiaki, his heart was full of reluctance.

In his plan, he did not let his relatives in this era send them to death!

But now, he no longer has the power to save the lives of these people.

"Hanpeng, you and I will say goodbye! I'm going to stay with the Shogun and General Kirino! Beppu Shinsuke looked at Lin Yiqing and said.

"Let's take everyone on board!" Saigo Takamori looked at Lin Yiqing who was holding Chiho Kirino, and his eyes were full of love.

Lin Yiqing choked up and nodded, and walked towards Jinjiang Bay with Chiho Kirino in his arms.

At the moment, Saigo Takamori issued an order to disband the whole army, and he was unwilling to stay and fight. It is possible to evacuate with the wounded on board. The Satsuma army, which originally numbered more than 5,000 people, lost nearly 1,000 people in the attack just now. More than 1,800 people were wounded, and more than 1,000 of the remaining 2,200 people volunteered to stay behind to defend Saigo Takamori, hold on to the enemy, and buy time for the evacuation of their comrades and wounded, so that a total of more than 3,000 people were evacuated to Nagasaki.

Although Iwasaki Yukashi arranged for two large transport ships of 3,000 tons to come, due to the large number of wounded and the ordnance and grain stored in Shiroyama, it was not until about 14 o'clock in the afternoon that all the ships were completed.

After the evacuees boarded the ship, Lin Yiqing took people to inspect various positions to prevent any personnel from being missed, and only after making sure that no one was left behind, Lin Yiqing came to the gunboat "Mount Fuji".

At this time, there was a sudden sound of a whistle on the sea, Lin Yiqing stood on the flybridge, turned his head to follow the sound, and saw two Qianguo warships gradually appearing on the sea level.

Not long after, two Qianguo warships approached, and Lin Yiqing saw clearly that it was the "Weiyuan" and "Henghai" warships of the Qianguo Beiyang Naval Division.

"They're just in time." Lin Yiqing looked at Chiho Kirino, who was sitting silently on the flybridge, and said, "You can help us escort the transport ship to Nagasaki." ”

Chiho Kirino had been staring at the "Cross Pill" military flag fluttering on the last position of the Satsuma Army on the shore, and when she heard Lin Yiqing's words, her body trembled slightly, and she turned her head to look at him.

"General, you mean we're going to stay here for war, do you?"

Shichiro Kataoka, the captain of the "Mt. Fuji", asked in a choked voice.

"Yes, Kataoka-kun, we are going to help the general and hold on until the last moment." Lin Yiqing replied in a deep voice, as if telling Chiho Kirino, "Send a signal to the Qianguo warship!" Ask them to help escort the transport ship to Nagasaki! ”

When Chiho Kirino heard his words, tears suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she couldn't help but hang her head.

"Yes!" Shichiro Kataoka answered and gave an order to the officers beside him, and soon, a series of signal flags were raised.

Just as Lin Yiqing had predicted, the Qianguo warship readily agreed to the request of the "Mt. Fuji," saying that it would send the "Henghai" to escort the two transport ships to Nagasaki.

After Lin Yiqing learned the other party's answer, of course he understood the intention of the Qianguo warship to do this, and they left a warship in Jinjiang Bay, not just to "watch the battle"!

At the moment, the "Henghai" escorted two transport ships full of wounded and soldiers away, watching the figure of the merchant ship gradually disappear on the sea, Lin Yiqing let out a long breath, and his gaze returned to the city and mountain in the distance.

"General, I don't think we'll have much resistance today." Major General Ponotkov rode a horse and came to the side of Youpeng in the county with one arm hanging and said.

"Oh? Why? Youpeng raised his eyebrows and asked.

Major General Ponotkov took out a chain of metal chains with ashes from the pocket of his military uniform and handed it to Yamaguchi Youpeng.

Youpeng of Shan County took the chain and looked at it, he recognized that it should be the ornaments on his military uniform, but these ornaments were different from those on his military uniform, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"I found it on a dirt slope, and its owner should be Mr. Saigo Yoshinosuke." Major General Ponotkov said.

I saw the puzzled look on Youpeng's face in Shanxian County. Major General Ponotkov will explain: "If I remember well. Such ornaments. It is only used on the general's dress, and there is only one person in Japan who has such a dress. ”

"You're saying that Saigo Yoshinosuke has been killed by us?" A friend of Shan County asked in frustration.

"Maybe." Major General Ponotkov nodded, then shook his head again, "I can only be sure that this charm should be his relic." As for whether he himself is dead or not, it is difficult to say, because we have not seen his body after all. ”

"It's a pity that the corpses of the thieves have been burned by our sweepers." Youpeng of Shan County said with some regret, "If only you had told me earlier." ”

"In any case, there is no doubt that this charm belongs to Mr. Saigo Yoshinosuke, and the shogun can present it to His Majesty the Great Emperor as a trophy of war and as material evidence of our complete defeat of the rebels." Major General Ponotkov smiled and said.

Hearing that Major General Ponotkov had a good idea for himself to ask for merit and reward, Yama Youpeng was very happy and carefully put away the necklace.

Japanese government forces and reinforced Russian troops continued to advance towards Kagoshima. Originally, Youpeng in Shan County was worried that he would encounter an ambush by the Satsuma Army on the road (he was afraid of being killed by Lin Yiqing), but he had been cautious along the way. Full vigilance, but until the "holy place" of the Peony Society, there was no resistance from the Satsuma army, and they seemed to have disappeared suddenly.

After walking for about an hour on the mountain road, the government troops finally came to the mouth of the valley, and the gusts of mountain wind blew, rolling up the red petals in the sky, and falling down one after another.

"It's ...... Cherry blossom? Shan Youpeng looked at the rain of petals falling from the sky, and his eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes! It's a cherry blossom! Checkmate! One of the guards said in surprise as he held the petals in his hand.

"Sakura! It's cherry blossoms! ”

"I never thought you could see cherry blossoms here!" More Japanese soldiers shouted.

A bright red petal fell on Kuroki Weizhen's shoulder, and he gently picked up the petal with his fingers, put it in the palm of his hand, and looked at it carefully.

Unlike the pink cherry blossoms that can be seen all over Japan, the cherry blossoms here are red in color.

It's as red as blood!

At this moment, Kuroki Weizhen held the petals of the red cherry blossom in his hand, as if he was back in the advanced fierce battle.

And the Satsuma warriors, who had fought like lions until the last moment, fell right in front of him.

He couldn't help but shudder now when he thought back to the man who was still roaring with rage from countless bullets in his body.

He had never seen such a brave and tenacious person.

Kuroki Weizhen raised his head and looked at the red cherry blossom petals that kept falling above his head, and he had an inexplicable association in his heart.

Are these cherry blossoms made from the souls of those brave and unyielding people?

Kuroki carefully picked up a few whole cherry blossoms, took out his notebook, and put them in the pages.

"General, look!" Major General Ponotkov was the first to notice the corpses on the ground and couldn't help but be taken aback.

Youpeng in Shan County looked in the direction of Major General Ponotkov's finger, and immediately saw a corpse lying on the ground!

Shan County Youpeng's body couldn't help but tremble, and the horse under the seat also let out an uneasy neigh.

Youpeng in Shan County rode forward slowly, looked around, and found that from here to the front, there were all dead corpses along the way!

"This is where they make their final charge, right? What an incomprehensible barbarian! Major General Ponotkov shook his head and sighed, "Why such a suicidal attack?" ”

The nervous Russians did not understand what this scene in front of them meant.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Shan County Youpeng's expression became extremely gloomy.

"In other words, they have made up their minds to die." Kuroki replied.

Hearing Kuroki Weizhen's answer, Shan Shan Youpeng's face turned pale.

"Then let's see their dying throes!" Youpeng in Shanxian sneered.

Before Shan County Youpeng's words fell, a cannon suddenly sounded in the distance, and then a cannonball flew over, falling far ahead and exploding.

Although the impact point of this shell was far away from the Japanese government forces and did not hurt anyone, it really frightened Yamaguchi Youtomo.

"The thieves took up our artillery positions. This is the shell used by our army. Kuroki said. He had heard it. This is a 120-mm Armstrong cannon firing.

"How many of your cannons have fallen into the hands of the enemy?" Shan Shan Youpeng glared at Kuroki Weizhen with some annoyance.

"There are about 20 of them." Kuroki replied, "But on this turret, there are only 12 cannons, two of which are unusable because of damage, and only 10 can be used. ”

"We have 30 cannons, so there's no need to worry." When you heard this, you friends in Shan County immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "With the cannon alone, we can blast them all to pieces!" ”

"General. They must have charged all the way and taken the city. Ponotkov raised his binoculars and looked at them and said, "We have many more troops than them, and we should rush over and crush them like them." ”

"In that case, our army will suffer a lot of casualties, right?" Shan Youpeng shook his head, as if to justify his fears, and a few more shots came from the opposite side, although the impact point moved forward a little. But it was still far from the ranks of the Japanese army.

"Surround the city first, and don't give them a chance to escape!" Shan County Youpeng ordered.

"I'd still recommend charging now. General, you must know that their strength may only be a few hundred at the moment, and if we slowly encircle them, it is likely that they will be given a chance to escape from the sea. "If you want to capture Saigo Yoshinosuke alive, you'd better act right away." ”

Ponotkov's suggestion reminded Yama Prefecture of the benefits that he would bring to him after capturing Saigo Takamori alive, and his heart jumped wildly with excitement.

"So, just do what you suggest! I'm charging with you! Your Cossack cavalry will charge alongside my cavalry! Youpeng in Shanxian pretended to be heroic and said.

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