The Maritime Aid team went out and launched a retaliatory attack on the new group. After an overnight fermentation, the story began to spread throughout Kyoto.

Theoretically, such a thing does not make any sense to Kyoto, which is becoming numb and rigid. Those ordinary people are more concerned about how they will survive the next winter night than who will die in the new group. But the strange thing is that the news spread very quickly in Kyoto, as if someone was deliberately pushing behind it, and almost in one morning, it spread throughout Kyoto. Almost everyone who met them talked about it, and when they saw those swords-wielding wild samurai, there were always people who secretly pointed fingers and guessed.

By the afternoon, the rumor had been distorted, with different variants in different places. However, the general meaning tends to be the same. That is, on the morning of the battle between the Sea Aid Team and the Shinsho Group, there were many monsters in the tomb of Emperor Xiaomei. These monsters are coming to destroy Kyoto, and the Sea Aid is a new group for this crusade. As for what the new writing group will be involved with those monsters, there is no specific information.

For the Fuso people in 1868, the vast majority believed in the existence of such a thing. Therefore, such news did not cause much confusion among the Fuso people in Kyoto, and there was indeed a large number of changes in the tomb of Emperor Komei that morning, and the connection between the two proved the correctness of these rumors.

After that, some people dug up some rumors earlier, claiming that Ito Kokotaro knew that the monsters wanted to destroy Kyoto, and because of this, he fell out with the Shinshokumi, and eventually left the Shinshokumi. Led other members of the new writing group. Let's go to Kyoto, the guardian of the Mausoleum of Emperor Komei. At that time. Only the land reinforcements of the Tosa Domain were in contact with each other.

But. The Shinsenkumi team soon destroyed the Imperial Tomb Guards at Yakoji and killed Ito Koshitaro. At the end of the day, even the Ground Aid Team was destroyed along with it, and the seriously injured Ground Support Team Captain was killed.

These rumors eventually converged, and the reputation of the Shinsengumi in Kyoto was not very good, so it eventually became a condemnation of the Shinshokumi.

The pride of the Shinkan made them slow to react to such rumors, and this sluggishness made everyone believe that the Shinshoku's collusion with the Yokai might be true. Eventually, the spearhead of the matter began to be directed at the upper echelons of the Shinshokumi, the shogun Tokugawa Yoshiki.

Tokugawa Yoshiki, who was far away in Osaka, was equally sluggish, to be exact. What is happening here in Kyoto has not even reached his ears. He was also unaware of the fact that because of these rumors, the ministers in the court who were on the same side as the great generals had been isolated and even guarded against. After all, the monster thing is really negligent, and the new writing team actually didn't say a word about it, which is really unbearable.

On the second day, when the rumors began to ferment further, while evolving, several representatives of the local powerhouse, Okubo Ritsu, Kido Takayoshi. Saigo Takamori was summoned to the palace by the Emperor. After some secret talks, the Emperor issued the "Imperial Government Retro Trumpet Order". He demanded that Tokugawa Yoshiki completely hand over his power, resign from the office, and give an explanation for the matter of the new group.

Since the ministers of the imperial court who were on the same side as the shogunate were excluded, the order was issued very quickly. Even the ministers who favored the shogunate wanted to inform Tokugawa Yoshiki to react, it was too late.

Three days later, Tokugawa Yoshiki gave his own answer in Osaka, declaring that the Imperial Decree was illegal and that he was preparing to enter Kyoto as "King Keno". While declaring the Emperor's Decree to be illegal, Tokugawa Yoshinori also avoided responding to the matter of the new team. On the day that the news of his refusal was transmitted back to Kyoto two days later, terrible cries appeared again in the skies of Kyoto. It wasn't just the cry of one youkai, but the sound of dozens or even more youkai.

The change in the situation was so drastic that after the yokai roared in Kyoto at night, the next morning, the sea aid was also destroyed. Obviously, this was the work of those youkai, and in the same way, the Sea Aid Team dedicated their lives to defend the people of Kyoto. Now, even the Sea Aid Team has been destroyed by the Youkai and the Shinshokumi, and according to rumors, there are even Mikai groups involved. So, who is next after the Sea Aid?

The whole of Kyoto is in a state of extreme tension on this day, and any suspicious person walking on the streets can cause a disturbance. In just one day, dozens of killings occurred in a row throughout Kyoto, and there was only one reason, because "probably" it was a yokai.

The Shinsho and Kanhui teams are now unable to move, and they have no support, whether it is a shop or a sake restaurant in Kyoto, they are not allowed to open to them. Even the ministers who had originally supported the shogunate switched to the emperor's camp under the threat of a yokai siege.

At the same time, the local tycoons of the Satsuma Domain, Choshu Domain, and Tosa Domain began to recruit "death squads" in Kyoto. Local tycoons shouted slogans such as "Kyoto is the territory of the people of Kyoto", telling the people of Kyoto who had taken refuge in their homes that if Tokugawa Keiki returned to Kyoto, he would sacrifice the whole of Kyoto to the monsters. The only way to stop this catastrophe is to pick up the weapons in your hands and resist the counterattack of the shogunate army.

As long as the shogunate army's counterattack fails, the youkai in Kyoto will lose their aid and will gradually be unable to threaten the people of Kyoto.

In addition to publicizing this terrible, impending threat, these powerful people also made very good conditions. Wealth and land, those lands and wealth that the shogunate owned, after his fall, would be handed over. And this land and wealth, the local tycoons will be distributed to the members of the death squads or their families. If you die in battle with the shogunate, you will get more wealth. These conditions were so attractive to the poor people of Kyoto that in just a few days, the local tycoons were able to recruit nearly 5,000 people in Kyoto.

What's more, the whole of Kyoto is shrouded in the shadow of yokai, and every Kyoto person has become an enemy of the shogunate army because of the rumors. They may not participate in the battle, but every move of the shogunate army will be controlled by the powerful local coalition forces as soon as possible. Before those transfer orders had even reached the designated camp, the specific information had already been put on Saigo Takamori's desk. And the actions of the local powerful coalition forces, the shogunate army was completely unknown. They can't even send out scattered squads for reconnaissance, because once they're out, they're likely never to return.

It was a one-sided and transparent war, and the shogunate army was completely blind and deaf, with no idea what the enemy was like, where it would come from, and where it would attack. The Shinshoguni and the Mikai Gumi, who had once been the overlords of Kyoto, were unable to reverse this decline, and the two "special forces" belonging to the shogunate even needed the assistance of the shogunate's troops to leave their base camps, and after they left, the two bases were immediately burned.

This is the strength of history, although the time has been advanced by half a month, the process and the ending have basically not changed.

Xiao Yan sat in a large chair, looked at the gradually brightening weather outside the window, and whispered, "You brought light to Kyoto, and the problem now is that you want to bring the same light to the demons, not the loot." ”

Kido Takayo, who was sitting on the side and observing the changes in the tea leaves in his teacup, smiled slightly and said, "Greed is endless, and although the wealth of the Great Shogun is huge, the person who gets it will only want to get more, not stop there." At this time, whoever has more wealth will be more dangerous. ”

Xiao Yan nodded slightly and said, "After the shogunate's power is resolved, the next step is to be a monster." The presence of yokai will make it difficult for the people of Kyoto to sleep until the outbreak of the last outbreak. It's all already in place, and basically there won't be much change. The question is, are you ready? ”

Kido Takayo put the teacup in his hand back on the table, thought about it with a serious expression, bowed his head and said, "I haven't made the final decision yet." Although I already know the answer, Xiao Jun, please allow me to avoid this question for now. ”

"Even if your work ends up in someone else's hands?"

Kido Takayoshi thought about it again and replied, "Even so, I reserve my decision. Xiao Jun, I won't take the initiative to face this problem, so please don't notify me when you solve this problem. ”

Xiao Yan nodded slightly, and at this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Okubo Ritsu, who was covered in blood, was helped in by Laikaon. Seeing Xiao Yan, Laikaon, who was also covered in scars all over his body, whispered: "The 15th sneak attack, those people are really crazy. But like you said, one time is better than once. ”

Xiao Yan casually threw over two bottles of intermediate healing potions and said, "This is the worst potion, you must be careful next time." ”

After coughing at a distance, Laikaon reluctantly swallowed half of the potion, and then sprinkled the remaining half on the dying Okubo Ritsu. It was only after hearing the low moans of the wounded on the carpet that Lekaon let out a long breath, also looking at the sunlight outside the window, and said, "There will be no next time." The time that the order was issued was the most dangerous, but now you see, they no longer dare to attack head-on, so they can only use wild samurai to sneak up on them. They're almost drained, I think. ”

Xiao Yan nodded, watched Kido Takayo help Okubo Ritsu up, and said in a low voice: "You can stay here today, and when the shogunate's army is defeated, then it's time for us to close the net." (To be continued......)