I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 36: The Tianzhu Group of the Anti-Barbarian Faction
The demise of the Tosa Kinou Party greatly damaged the strength of the anti-barbarian factions such as Sanjo and Choshu. You must know that it was the Tosa Kinou Party headed by Takeshi Mizuyama who came up with the plan and forced General Tokugawa Iemo to give a clear date for the anti-barbarian forces.

Takeichi Zuishan even planned to have the emperor give the general Tokugawa Iemo the sword.

The so-called samurai sword refers to a samurai sword given by the emperor to generals on expeditions or to envoys from the Tang Dynasty in Japanese history during the era of the legal system, symbolizing power and glory.

This move is intended to tell the world that major events in the world belong to the emperor, not the shogun.

Once Tokugawa Iemo accepts the sword, it means that the world's political power belongs to the emperor, not the shogunate. Fortunately, Hitotsubashi Keiki came forward to make Tokugawa Iemo claim that he was ill, and the other party's conspiracy was shattered.

The fierce offensives of the Tosa Kin-King Party have embarrassed the shogunate many times. This time the Tosa Kin-King Party was defeated, both Hitotsubashi Keiki and Tokugawa Iemo and others were furious. This is also the reason why Tokugawa Iemo wanted to see Yagyu again.

The Kinou Party was defeated, and the anti-barbarian faction lost a general. Choshu Domain and Sanjo Sanimi introduced the Tenchu ​​Group in order to make up for the losses of the Kinou Party.

The Tenchu ​​Group is a fallen armed group headed by Gongqing Nakayama Tadamitsu and composed of patriots from the emperor-respecting and barbarian-repelling faction.

The main deeds are that in August of the third year of Bunkyu, the army was launched against the Gojo Daikansho of Yamato Province. After being pursued by the shogunate and turned to fight, at the end of September of the same year, it was wiped out by the shogunate in Higashi Yoshino Village, Yamato Province. Most of its members died in the battle. As a result, Although the mastermind, Nakayama Tadamitsu, escaped, he was assassinated in November of the same year and died of his injuries.

It took about forty days from start to finish, and is known in history as the Tenchu ​​Group Incident.

In addition to being commonly known as the Tenchu-gumi, there were others who claimed to be the Imperial Army's Vanguard and the Gojo Imperial Government, etc. However, for convenience and publicity, later generations vigorously called them the Tenchu-gumi.

In addition, in the literature records at that time, in addition to the Tenchu ​​group, there are also records of the Tenchu ​​group.

The key members of the Tenchu ​​group include Tosa Ronin and Torao Yoshimura, a remnant of the Qinou Party.

Today, Yagyu taught the team members how to practice swordsmanship in the camp as usual. Shimada Kui broke into the camp directly to meet with Yagyu.

Yagyu secretly frowned, knowing that something big had happened, why Shimada Kuai would be so rash and come directly to the camp.

He quickly took Shimada Kui into the study and asked, "Shimada, what happened?"

Shimada Kui immediately said: "Someone who claimed to be the imperial vanguard assassinated the oil merchant Hachimanya Uhei in Takakura of Foguangji Temple. They dragged the man to Sennishi Honno and beheaded him, and then hung his head on the Sanjo Bridge, and A proclamation was also issued to punish Yamatoya Shobei. Those murderers were from the anti-barbarian faction, and they announced that among Hachimanya Uobei's crimes, he was guilty of doing business with foreigners."

"Respect the emperor and repel the barbarians..." Yagyu murmured, "It is indeed the work of the repel barbarians. These bastards actually attacked the businessmen."

Shimada Kui said: "They took away all the money from Hachimanya."

Liu Sheng secretly thought that these people were really shameless.

"Shimada, there is Choshu Sesaku in the Shinsengumi. You have been exposed today, so don't go to the front line and stay in the camp for the time being."

Yagyu still remembered the matter of Xiaozuo, so he mentioned it to Kui Shimada.

Shimada Kui asked: "Why don't you let me introduce these details?"

Yagyu waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary. I've already asked Hijikata to investigate clearly. I'll keep it for the time being. It's still useful."

"Hey Yi, I understand."

Yagyu, who had been resting for a few days, did not expect such a thing to happen. Oil house is a wealthy businessman, and Yamato house is in the financial industry. In short, the Shinsengumi is busy.

Shohei, the owner of Yamatoya, was greatly alarmed when he learned that someone was planning to assassinate him. He immediately ran to the Kyoto Executive Office to report the case. As a result, when the officials heard that it was related to respecting the emperor and repelling the barbarians, they became passive and sabotaged their work.

It was a matter of life, so Zhuangbei wanted to spend money to avoid disaster, so he handed the official a few pieces of gold. The official then said: "The anti-barbarian ronin want to kill you, you have to go to the Shinsengumi. They specialize in dealing with this group of anti-bari ronin." .”

Shobei naturally heard about the name of the Shinsengumi, especially the director of the Shinsengumi, Yagyu Jubei, the Battousai who killed hundreds of people. He immediately came to visit the Shinsengumi camp with gifts.

In the camp, Shobei looked at the fierce Shinsengumi team members and was almost scared to death. Just when he was feeling frightened, Chief Okita came over and said with a smile: "The director called you over."

As if he had received an amnesty, Shobei quickly followed General Okita into the lobby.Sitting at the top of the lobby was Yagyu, with the devil's deputy commander Hijikata Toshizo and Isamu Kondo leading a guerrilla team out for patrol today.

Shobei quickly walked into the lobby with his head lowered, and he immediately knelt down and bowed his head in salute: "Little man Yamatoya Shobei, pay your respects to Mr. Yagyu!"

Hijikata Toshizo on the side spoke in a rather low tone, "I am Hijikata Toshizo, the deputy chief of the Shinsengumi."

Shohei sweated more on his forehead, and he quickly saluted Hijikata Toizo: "The little man Yamato Shohei pays homage to Hijikata-sama."

Yagyu then said: "You came here because of Hachimanya Uobei's matter, right?"

Zhuang Bingwei said with a look of fear: "Master Yagyu is wise, those villains want to kill the villain, but the villain is unjust!"

Hijikata Toshizo said impatiently: "Stop howling. Are you here just to cry? Our Shinsengumi don't have time to see you wasting time here."

Shobei quickly admitted his mistake. He immediately took out a bag of gold from his arms and handed it over: "Here are 100 taels of gold. Please accept it, Yagyu-sama, Hijikata-sama."

Hijikata Toshizo said with a look of disgust: "100 ryo? Yamatoya Shohei, do you think of our Shinsengumi as roadside beggars? Do you know the gambling house in Machin Street? Our Shinsengumi earns three thousand gold a month Above, you have the nerve to give out this hundred gold?"

Zhuang Bingwei's face turned bitter. Good fellow, he has entered the wolf's den.

Seeing that Hijikata Toshizo was getting more and more outrageous, Yagyu immediately said: "Okay, Hijikata, it is our duty to capture these ronin. Shohei is willing to give him a hundred gold. Don't be harsh, otherwise others will think we are blackmailing him. It's a disgrace to the reputation of the Shinsengumi."

After listening to Yagyu's words, Shobei felt that he was even scarier than Hijikata Toshizo. He quickly waved his hands and said: "Yagyu-sama, you misunderstood. This is all done voluntarily by the villain. It is absolutely voluntary. This time, the villain is not prepared enough." , I will give you a big gift later."

Yagyu was a little surprised. Could it be that his stern face was too scary?He showed a smile and said: "Yamatoya Sobei, don't force it. Our Shinsengumi does not persecute ordinary people."

Seeing Yagyu's half-smiling look, Zhuang Bingwei immediately broke his guard and kowtowed: "Sir Yagyu, I'm willing to give you five hundred gold, so please spare me!"

"Uh..." Liu Sheng was speechless for a moment.

Hijikata Toshizo almost couldn't hold back his laughter and reminded in a low voice: "Director, are you smiling?"

"Yes."

"You smile very well, don't laugh next time."

Hijikata Toshizo covered his mouth to suppress laughter.

Only then did Yagyu realize that he had probably killed too many people, and his expression seemed a little out of control.

Yagyu had no choice but to explain: "Yamato House Sobei, you... forget it, don't send me the five hundred gold. The Shinsengumi will accept the hundred gold. Don't worry about the assassination. We will do our best to catch the murderer. You can go back first." .”

Yamatoya Sobei was still uneasy, but after hearing Yagyu's order, he did not dare to delay and quickly retreated.

He quickly left the Shinsengumi camp and returned to Yamatoya. He was still worried and thought to himself: What if the Shinsengumi didn't catch the murderer?How about I contact those people to spend money to avoid disaster?It costs money anyway, let’s save our lives first.

　Thanks to Li Xiaopang for the 5 reward!

　　The Enfield 1853 rifled gun has a maximum range of 1000 meters. Shooting 800 meters is a bit exaggerated, but it is natural to exaggerate when writing novels.

　　Just like the protagonist killing more than 100 people by himself is an exaggerated plot, novel, and artistic processing, so it is naturally a bit exaggerated.

　　Everyone understands.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)