At noon, a thin mist rose in the babbling valley, and the surroundings were unusually silent, and even the birds, which were usually the most lonely, stopped crowing.

Kawaro Legara crouched behind a low wall, carefully observing the situation ahead. In his binoculars, a figure that appeared and disappeared was moving rapidly and quietly forward under the cover of the morning mist.

This is a group of soldiers of the Zhentai Army who escaped from Kumamoto Castle.

Thinking of what had just happened, Kawaro Toshira's heart was filled with a sense of shame from failure.

And, of course, deep fear.

He never thought that after the banner of Saigo Takamori appeared under Kumamoto Castle, the military spirit of the defenders of Kumamoto Castle would collapse like this.

Of course, he would not admit that the reason for this situation was related to the various high-handed and extreme measures he used in Kumamoto Castle.

And now, he can't take care of Kumamoto Castle anymore, and what he has to think about now is how not to be caught by the Satsuma army.

After the officers and soldiers of the defenders of Kumamoto Castle refused to engage the Satsuma army, Kawaro Toshira immediately began to suppress it, but he never thought that the rebels were numerous, and after a battle, the Zhentai army loyal to the government suffered heavy casualties and was driven off the castle, and the rebels immediately erected a white flag and opened the city gate, and the Satsuma army swarmed in through the gap in the blown up wall and the city gate, and Kumamoto Castle fell.

Kawaro Toshira was unwilling to let Kumamoto Castle fall into the hands of the Satsuma army like this, and together with Miura Wulou, he organized the soldiers of the Zhentai Army loyal to the government to resist, and launched a street battle with the Satsuma army in the inner city, but he was outnumbered, and soon failed under the joint attack of the rebels and the Satsuma army, many people died in battle, and after Kawaro Toshira was separated from Miura Wulou, the city was no longer defensible, so he led the remnants of the police force loyal to him to break through.

said that it was a breakthrough, but it was actually a backhand that he left for himself in advance.

This back hand is authentic.

This tunnel to the outside of the castle actually existed for a long time, and it is impossible to know who dug it, but after arriving at Kumamoto Castle, Kawaji Toshira actively deployed throughout the castle and accidentally discovered this ancient tunnel.

Kawaro Liliang strictly guarded the secret of the existence of this tunnel, and he didn't even tell Miura Wulou. He originally planned to use this tunnel to send surprise soldiers to break out of the city and attack the rear of the Satsuma army when the Satsuma army was besieging the city, but he never expected that when he actually used this tunnel, he was fleeing for his life.

"Whoosh!" As a signal rocket lifted off, the sound of heavy gunfire immediately broke the deathly silence and interrupted Kawaji Toshira's thoughts.

The fleeing army was ambushed, leaving behind many corpses and fleeing backwards. Kawaro Toshira saw the Satsuma soldiers coming out of the ambush in all directions, and they shouted and pulled the triggers, as if beating the water dogs or chasing and intercepting thieves, chasing the encircled enemies everywhere with bullets, knocking them to the ground one by one.

At this time, a gust of mountain wind blew and the fog cleared, and Kawaro Liliang was surprised to find that the number of enemy troops in ambush was much larger than what he had just seen.

"There's no going back! Fight with these thieves! A Zhentai army officer shouted loudly, brandished the katana in his hand, and drove the Zhentai army soldiers, who were already in chaos under the attack of the Satsuma army's guns, to charge forward, but he had just driven a group of people forward, but the people in front had already turned around and ran back, so anxious that he jumped there and cursed, but no one listened to him.

The officer of the Zhentai Army was in a hurry, and slashed a deserter from the Zhentai Army who ran past him with a knife, which may have caused some deterrence, and some of the Zhentai Army soldiers turned around and walked forward hunched over while placing their guns indiscriminately without aim.

The Satsuma army shouted and kept putting their guns, and the bullets flew towards the Zhentai army like raindrops, and the formation of the Zhentai army was already in chaos, and under the fire of the Satsuma army's platoon guns, a large number of them fell in an instant, and the morale of the Zhentai army suddenly collapsed, and they no longer ignored the shouts and threats of the officers, turned around and ran towards the road from which they came.

At this time, the artillery of the Satsuma army rang out, and one after another shells flew over and landed behind the ranks of the Zhentai army, and the Zhentai army was immediately killed and wounded. Seeing that the return route was cut off by the artillery fire of the Satsuma army, the ranks of the Zhentai army became even more confused.

Kawaro Liliang held a telescope and observed the battle situation, and his heart was amazed.

In such terrain, the Satsuma army even had artillery in ambush!

Kawaro Liliang carefully observed, this Satsuma army's ambush should only have two cannons, using alternate firing to bombard the Zhentai army that broke through, but its bullet impact was extremely accurate, and the shells fell specifically in places where there were many soldiers in the Zhentai army.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the Zhentai army, the Satsuma samurai rushed out of their positions with wild shouts and rushed towards the besieged Zhentai army.

The soldiers of the Zhentai Army were already in a mess under the attack of the Satsuma Army's guns and artillery, and when they saw the Satsuma Army attacking on all fronts, the Satsuma Army was everywhere, and in a desperate situation, the retreating team actually gathered together again and fought with the Satsuma Army.

The teams of both sides scuffled together, and the battle immediately became white-hot.

The soldiers on both sides were desperately shooting fiercely, and when they saw the warriors of the Satsuma Domain drawing their swords and rushing towards them, the officers and soldiers of Zhentai also drew their swords one after another, and started a white-knuckle battle with the Satsuma army!

"Are we going to help them?" A sergeant came to Kawaro Liliang and asked in a low voice.

Kawaro Toshira shook his head.

Now the small unit that accompanied him to flee for his life is less than 200 people, and if he goes into battle, he is afraid that he will not be able to rescue the officers and soldiers of Zhentai who were ambushed, and he will also trap himself.

After all, the enemy has a cannon!

Still, the unexpected happened.

Several rifle bullets flew quickly, killing a sergeant and a lieutenant on the spot, as well as many Zhentai soldiers, and of course did not let Kawaro Liliang go.

As the shots rang out, the soldiers loyal to the Meiji government were surprised to see their commander rise from the ground covered in blood, but he was lucky enough to suffer a slight wound - a bullet pierced the cuff of his uniform, grazed his arm, and only the blood of his dead men splattered Kawaji Toshira's uniform.

"Sir, are you alright?" The sergeant asked eagerly.

"I'm fine!" Kawaro Liliang waved his hand, his heart full of happiness.

But if Kawaro Liliang knew what would happen later, he would understand that in fact, it was not necessarily a lucky thing for him not to die at this time.

If he unfortunately dies a heroic martyr, then a "heroic martyr" and "loyal hero" will be added to the list of national heroes that have been praised by Japan through the ages, a famous general who has been famous for the sun and the moon, and a national model who has been passed down for centuries. The problem is that Kawaro Toshira is not dead, and when the god of death passes by him, the god of luck has also abandoned him.

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