"We're going to have a lot of enemies, but they're just as exhausted."

"The Great Cooking Imperial Gate Honzo will open the back gate for us at twelve o'clock in the evening."

"We don't have a lot of time, so we have to make enough sacrifices to break through the obstacles as quickly as possible."

"Isamu Kondo and the members of the Shinken team will tear a rift open for us in the first wave of attacks, and those youkai will not pose a greater threat to us. The only ones who can hinder us are the youkai who have never been revealed. But even if there were, there should be very few. ”

"We must make sure that someone breaks into the demon's side first, either Xiao Yan or Laikaon."

"Remember, never get into a fight, even if the enemy is too weak to be dealt with with with just one more blow, leave immediately. Perhaps the delay of this blow will make a big difference in the situation. ”

"Don't rush into a decisive battle with the demon, we don't have the strength to kill the demon one-on-one, no matter who it is, the first thing to do after encountering the demon is to delay as much time as possible."

"I'm in charge of all the battle command, but you have enough autonomy, please make good use of it, because of the changes in the palace, we can't do everything now."

"The map of the Imperial Palace brought by the Daikito Gomon Honzo is very coarse and has no distance separation, so we can't make accurate calculations from these maps. Therefore, it is more important for you to know the more important buildings in the map to avoid getting lost in battle. ”

hurriedly ended the pre-war mobilization, turned his head to look at Xiao Yan, and asked, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Xiao Yan shook his head slightly. Lecaon and Calristo didn't need a reminder anymore. He walked up and hugged the werewolf siblings gently. Whisper "take care" to each other. After all, this demon has been promoted to a legend. If you are not careful, death will come.

Leaving this room, Xiao Yan turned around and walked to the front of the courtyard. On the way, he glanced at the new team members who were sitting on the side, silently wiping knives. Both sides just nodded slightly, and there was not much conversation.

After this battle, no one knows who will survive or not, and all superficial communication is unnecessary. Devotion and sacrifice, this is the silent understanding between the Awakened and the Guardians.

Passing through the corridor, Xiao Yan walked to a larger space in this courtyard, which should be considered a small assembly square, and now it was crowded with people. They all wore their hair in various buns, their clothes were a little shabby, and the wrinkles and scars on their faces drew on the dishes and tiredness. None of them spoke, but there was a look of anxiety and even despair in their eyes.

After seeing Xiao Yan come out of the side door, these down-and-out warriors turned their heads to look at Xiao Yan, and then turned their heads to look at the hidden door of the main room. It seems to be waiting for some outcome.

After a few moments, the door of the main house was pulled open from the side. The samurai, who was kneeling inside, took a few steps back, then bowed deeply with his hands on the ground, and let Saigo Takamori walk out.

After seeing Xiao Yan, Saigo Takamori nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at the samurai in the small courtyard, scratched his head with his hand, and whispered, "Oh, yes, this is really troublesome." ”

At this time, those samurai also discovered that Saigo Takamori didn't know when he shaved his head into a Tsukiyo hairstyle, that is, the kind of hair that was completely shaved above the entire head and a high hairpin was erected behind the head. This hairstyle often means that you are about to go to the battlefield to fight, and the matching with this hairstyle is the armor of those ancient Fuso.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my future has been seen by me."

Saigo Takamori's voice was not loud, but the majesty in it was enough to make the entire small courtyard instantly quiet.

Looking at the samurai, Saigo Takamori continued, "Tokugawa Yoshiki returned all his land and wealth to the emperor, along with his power. Therefore, you will not receive any reward from the Great General. Of course, the Satsuma clan can provide you with everything you have promised before, but that's about it. ”

There was some confusion in the crowd, and Xiao Yan could clearly see that the eyes of many warriors had become extremely desperate.

Saigo Takamori coughed weakly in front of his mouth with his hand, then raised his head, looked at everyone, and then said, "Gentlemen, I had a dream when I was shaving my hair just now. ”

Looking at the slightly surprised expressions of those samurai, the big man, whose costume had completely returned to the style of the ancient samurai, continued: "This is really a strange dream, with indescribable pain in front and endless pain in the back. ”

"I dreamed that we didn't do anything, and Fuso just went on. I dreamed that soon there would be a sword abolition order, and your status would plummet. I dream that this country will soon no longer need you, and you will just slowly die of old age in the streets. I dreamed that this country would invade everywhere, and that your last glory would only be scattered in another land. ”

After a pause, Saigo Takamori said again: "Yes, death. My dreams are all about death, and even I am dead. But death will not solve anything, and your pain will not be relieved. The source of all this is because you have no way to survive with this era. Fuso is no longer a samurai country, this is the inevitability of the times, and no one can escape. ”

"Even if it's me, I'll be eliminated by this era."

Speaking of this, Saigo Takamori stood up abruptly and said, "However, we still have the most difficult chance. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a chance to die, to say goodbye to this era that is no longer suitable for our existence, and then to your descendants, to our descendants, a world of life. ”

Looking at the crowd, Saigo Takamori put his hand on the hilt of the sword on his waist, looking like a tall general, facing those down-and-out samurai who did not know where the future of the road was, the big man said in a deep voice: "You choose, whether to die now, but you can win more wealth for your family and future generations, or in the future, die poor with your family, when you die, your body cannot even be wrapped in a reed mat." ”

The despair in the eyes of the samurai was gradually replaced by a so-called "last hope", and they did not speak, but their breathing intensified, waiting for Saigo Takamori to continue.

Saigo Takamori turned his head to look at Xiao Yan, only to find that the young awakened person had left, and the big man scratched his head with his hand again, obviously the current hairstyle made him uncomfortable. After a while, Saigo Takamori said, "We want to change the country, starting with 'Tsuneuchi.'" ”

Some samurai began to whisper, and Toginai referred to the Toginuchi Palace in the Imperial Palace, which, as the name suggests, was where the emperor lived and lived. And Saigo Takamori said that he wanted to change the country from this place, in fact, there is no need to say much, and the meaning has been revealed.

"Tokugawa Yoshiki has returned to the Emperor everything that should belong to you, and then we will get back everything that is rightfully ours from Tsuneuchi. No, we need more, this country, should belong to those who paid with blood and sacrifices for the country. ”

Saigo Takamori's expression was already a little crazy, but his eyes were still clear and calm, looking at the samurai with different expressions, the big man continued: "You go and register, I will take you to Jianchun Gate, follow me, those who pay sacrifices will definitely get greater rewards." Those who hesitate will not get anything, and even those spoils that belong to them will be distributed to those who go with me. ”

After saying this, Saigo Takamori did not continue to talk nonsense, but turned around and left through the side door, and at the next corner, the big man saw Xiao Yan who was sitting quietly on the edge of the corridor.

"Xiao Jun, I dreamed that we were all dead, and all the benefits of the Restoration eventually flowed into the hands of that person. And this country, there are constantly strange trends, down and down, fighting for power and profit, and finally sinking into the sunk. I also dreamed that two bright suns were rising in the land of Fuso, but these two suns had scorched countless people. Then I woke up in the light of these two suns, with only dry bones all over my body, and blood and tears had dried up. ”

Saigo Takamori stood behind Xiao Yan and asked, "Is this the inevitability of history?" ”

Xiao Yan didn't answer this question, and he couldn't answer it either. As Saigo Takamori said at the beginning, in history, because Tokugawa Yoshiki relinquished all his power and wealth to the emperor, the samurai who sacrificed the most in this struggle did not receive any reward. After that, Saigo Takamori proposed a series of aggressive war attempts, such as the Korean War, in order to protect the interests of these samurai, or rather, to divert the attention of these samurai and weaken domestic contradictions.

In the end, Fuso, who had tasted the sweetness of the constant aggression, was out of control, and the politicians with strategic vision continued to die, and the entire Fuso army fell into a state of madness. The junior officers, in order to gain greater benefits, constantly pushed the entire country outward until they themselves were sent to the gallows. But before that, Fuso had already inflicted terrible disasters on other countries, which were no less than the worldly wars provoked by the two demons in Europe.

After all, Saigo Takamori was just an aggressive leader, and if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to join forces to deal with the demons, Xiao Yan really didn't have the heart to talk to this person more. As for Saigo Takamori's dream, it can only be regarded as a kind of warning from the Tree of the World Realm to the natives of the World Realm, projecting everything that happens in the real World Realm.

"Even if you kill the demons, you will still invade everywhere and still cause disasters to other countries and peoples. This is the inevitability of history, and it does not change just because your interests are now compensated. ”

Xiao Yan whispered, he rubbed his eyebrows a little helplessly, and then said: "I only hope that there will be more and more strategists that Gui Xiaogoro said, and your hands and feet will become cleaner and cleaner, only then will you receive less retaliation." (To be continued......)