I don't know how long later, when she climbed over a mountain beam, Yuko suddenly saw a sudden burst of fire in front of her.

Yuko stopped uneasily, and the two people behind him also stopped, the one who had escorted Yuko and brought him a soldier soldier watched for a while, walked quickly down the hill, and ran towards the firelight, while the other person held a torch and stayed where Yuko was.

After a while, the man came running with a man, and when Yuko saw the face of this person clearly, a hanging heart finally let go.

"Yuko, is that you?" Nozu Michikan's hoarse voice came.

Yuko's tears flowed down at once, and she wanted to throw herself into her husband's arms and cry loudly, but she immediately realized that she couldn't do so in front of her husband's subordinates, so she just choked up and hurried to meet her.

Nozu Michikani stepped forward and grabbed her hand, tears flashing in his eyes.

"How are you? Are you hurt? Nozu asked with concern.

Yuko shook her head and wiped the tears from her face, "I'm fine, it's just Natsumi, she's trapped in the enemy army......" Yuko finished speaking, and couldn't help but sob.

"Don't cry, it's not your responsibility." Nozu Michikani sighed, patted her hand, and comforted his wife, "Don't worry, Natsumi should be fine." ”

"Why do you say that?" Yuko lifted her tear-stained face, and although she knew that her husband was comforting her, she couldn't help but ask in a hopeful voice.

"Saigo...... Mr. Nanzhou is a gentle and upright samurai, and he will not indulge his subordinates to embarrass women and children. Nozu replied.

Hearing her husband's answer, Yuko's heart lit up with hope again.

"Thank you." Michikani Nozu saw that his wife's mood had stabilized. Then I remembered the two soldiers who escorted my wife all the way. Turning to thank him. And bowed deeply.

"That's what we're supposed to do, General." The two soldiers replied in unison, bowing in return.

"What's your name? Which army is it? Nozu asked.

"My name is Takeo Ishihara, and I'm from the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Brigade." The soldier who had escorted Yuko first replied, and by the light of the fire, Nozu Michikani could see that this was a young soldier who looked like a young child.

"My name is Yoshida Rishi, the second brigade of the 1st Brigade." Another soldier replied.

At that moment, Nozu Michikani comforted the two and took them back to the temporary station. He at this time. His heart was filled with the joy of his wife's reunion, and he didn't think much about the true identity of the two soldiers who had protected his wife.

After coming to the camp and eating some simple hot food, Nozu Michikan and Yuko and the government officers and soldiers quickly fell asleep, in the dream Nozu Michikan and Yuko were still worried about Natsumi, they didn't know that their baby daughter was enjoying the happiest moment in her life at this time.

The same night in the city of Osaka. The Satsuma samurai were partying all night.

After the Osaka city wall was blown down and the defenders of the southern front collapsed. The Satsuma army entered the city, and at this time, because two ironclad ships that originally belonged to the government army suddenly appeared in Osaka Bay with the Satsuma military flag, the defenders' hearts instantly collapsed, so the whole line collapsed, began to give up resistance, turned around and fled, and Osaka Castle fell into the defense of the Satsuma army.

Because Lin Yiqing adopted the tactics of "encircling three ques and one" in advance, under his command, the besieging Satsuma army left a gap in the northeast direction, and the defenders fled to Osaka from here.

The tragic battle of Osaka Castle came to an end.

According to later statistics, in the battle of Osaka Castle, the Satsuma army killed 1,528 people and wounded 1,645 people, while the government army lost as many as 7,075 people and 3,056 people were wounded and captured, the first and second brigades were almost completely annihilated, and the commander of the Osaka Zhentai Army, Nozu Zhenxiong, was captured, and the government officers and soldiers who successfully retreated to Kyoto were less than 3,000 people, and almost all the heavy weapons and equipment and baggage were lost.

On February 16, the twelfth year of the Meiji era, Japan, after the Satsuma army cleared the remnants of the enemy, held a grand "entry ceremony", Saigo Takashi wore a general's uniform, rode a white horse, and entered Osaka Castle in the cheers of the Satsuma samurai.

Around the roaring bonfire, a satsuma samurai is shirtless, swinging his hammer in front of a large drum, beating the drum head, and to the rhythm of the drum, the three samurai dance and sing loudly.

"In the twelfth year of the Meiji era,

Satsuma raises the banner of righteousness,

Soldiers come to Kumamoto Castle,

Kumamoto Castle is strong,

Easy to defend and difficult to attack,

The thieves have been in business for a long time,

The walls were high and wide.

And there is a moat outside the wall,

Outside the city is vast on three sides,

And he was heavily guarded,

If you want to attack Kumamoto,

It's hard to say!

Heavy artillery is needed to attack fortifications,

There are not many artillery in our army,

The thieves shot in the city,

Our army could not get close.

To break down the walls,

Warriors have a strange plan!

step-by-step earthwork,

Digging underground roads,

The underground road is deep and wide,

There is a civil cover,

Not afraid of thieves shooting,

Warriors come and go as they please!

The thieves are stubborn in their desire to resist,

Helpless justice division!

Buried the earth-shattering thunder,

Send thieves to hell!

In an instant, the mountains shook,

Like a dragon roaring!

The smoke and dust rushed up for nine days,

The walls collapsed like a landslide!

The thieves were terrified,

Kumamoto Castle is broken!

……”

"Is this talking about the deeds of Uehara-kun?" Natsumi, who was sitting next to Yusaku Uehara, looked at the samurai who were singing passionately and asked softly.

Her voice was not loud, but it was full of reverence.

Now Yusaku Uehara has become a hero in her mind.

At this time, Yusaku Uehara didn't pay attention to the song written by the poet among the Satsuma samurai for the deeds of the battle sappers to conquer Kumamoto, and his attention was completely focused on the girl next to him.

Natsumi felt Yusaku Uehara's gaze. Some shyly turned their heads slightly. Yusaku Uehara impulsively stretched out his hand. Gently cupped her chin. Twisted that cute face slightly.

Lin Yiqing gave him ten days off, of course he understood the teacher's kindness, but the above Yuan Yongzuo was basically tired of being with her for the past two days. Under the deliberate actions of Yusaku Uehara, young boys and girls grind their ears and temples every day, and their feelings heat up sharply. I don't dare to hug and hug for the time being, but the small hand holding will basically not meet resistance. The number of times Natsumi blusheed increased rapidly, and it was estimated that there would be no problem if she went further in a few days. But Yusaku Uehara will not be so abrupt and beautiful, and now he is. What he needs most is to enjoy the process - this is what the teacher has said to him and his classmates.

The increasing intimacy with Natsumi is not to achieve any ulterior motives, but to prepare her to become his wife in the future.

Girls from relatively conservative samurai families are often shy, especially those as weak as Natsumi. As they grow up, they are often influenced by worldly ideas. In order to avoid being stigmatized by worldly forces, they often deliberately keep their distance from the opposite sex, even those of the opposite sex who have had intimate relationships will gradually become alienated.

Yusaku Uehara felt that only by getting her used to this kind of intimacy with herself was in the process of growing up. She will ignore the prejudices of the world. This is also one of the valuable experiences taught to him by his teacher, Lin Yiqing.

A nineteen-year-old girl is as pure as an angel. Her mind has not yet been influenced by worldly prejudices, and her actions are largely governed by instinct. Although there is a vague feeling in my heart that something is wrong. Natsumi instinctively refused to think deeply, she was very infatuated with the feeling of being cared for. When the two walked together, she would also unconsciously hold Yusaku Uehara's hand, or wipe off the blades of grass on him and pat the dust off his body.

The current Natsumi, for Uehara Yusaku, on the basis of the original lovesickness, has more reverence.

Everything is so beautiful.

"Uehara-kun, is that song talking about you?" Natsumi asked again.

Yusaku Uehara nodded: "Yes, I and everyone blew up the walls of Kumamoto like that." ”

"So, you blew up the walls of Osaka, too, right?" Natsumi tilted her head and asked again.

"Yes." A hint of pride flashed in Uehara's eyes, "This time, it's actually much more violent than Kumamoto's time, it's really shaking the ground, and the last people we left were hiding in the underground safe room dug in advance, but I didn't think that the tunnel of the safe room was almost collapsed, and the door was broken, so it was easy to get out." I almost buried myself alive, haha. ”

"It's so thrilling." Natsumi exclaimed.

"Fortunately, everything has passed." Seeing her worried look, Yusaku Uehara smiled happily, took the girl's hand lovingly, and said gently: "It's just that your father knows that I blew up the walls of Osaka, or I'm not happy." ”

"Yes, if my father knew, he wouldn't have allowed us to be together......" Natsumi sighed.

"This is really troublesome......" Yusaku Uehara frowned in a pretended sad manner.

Seeing that Yusaku Uehara had no choice, Natsumi was even more worried: "Then what should I do......"

The girl was silent, her often high eyelashes drooped down, her bright eyes were gone, her little rosy lips were tightly pursed, and two shallow wrinkles appeared at the corners of her mouth. At this moment, Natsumi's melancholy dimmed the bonfire.

Yusaku Uehara's heart tingled, he stretched out his arms, hugged Natsumi tightly in his arms, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, I have a way." ”

Natsumi blushed and arched in his arms and didn't dare to look up.

After staying for a while, she finally couldn't resist her curiosity and quietly asked, "What can you do?" ”

Yusaku Uehara tilted his head, squinted his eyes, and asked mysteriously, "Do you know who I am?" ”

"Who?" The girl asked, puzzled.

Uehara puffed up his chest violently, took out a heroic look and said, "Man! I'm going to be your man! Always guard you and don't let you be hurt in any way! (To be continued......)

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