I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 46 Hijikata versus Kogoro, Yagyu VS Onizou
"Yagyu Battousai was trapped by the Akabi team!" Excited Kusaka Genzui ran all the way back to the Choshu Domain and reported the good news to Katsura Kogoro.

Katsura Kogoro smiled slightly and said, "Oh? He fell into the trap so easily?"

Hisaka Genzui shook his head and said: "That's not the case. He should have seen through it was a trap from the beginning, but Yagyu Battosai was too confident and underestimated the strength of the Akabi team.

Mr. Katsura, the time has come. While Yagyu Battousai is trapped and the Shinsengumi is leaderless, we will send Lord Nakayama away immediately. "

Katsura Kogoro thought for a while and said, "The Shinsengumi also has Hijikata Toshizo, the deputy chief of the demons. Although he was just a simple man from the countryside back then, he is now a cunning and ruthless person."

Katsura Kogoro had known Kondo Isamu and Hijikata Toshizo since they were in Edo. That was during the Ansei period, seven or eight years ago.

At that time, Kondo Isamu had not yet become the Fourth Generation of the Natural Rishin-ryu of the Shoeikan, and Hijikata Toshizo was just a young man who came out of the village.

Kondo Isamu and Hijikata Toshizo only met Katsura Kogoro while they were practicing swordplay at the Imperial Guard Hall. However, Katsura Kogoro had a bit of a bad taste, and it was also a problem left over from the history of the Choshu clan. In short, Katsura Kogoro didn't like Edo things, and Hijikata Toshizo also looked unhappy with Katsura Kogoro's attitude.

For example, one time Kondo Isamu and Hijikata Toshizo were eating juice powder in a restaurant, and they happened to meet Katsura Kogoro. Hijikata Toshizo ate with gusto, but Katsura Kogoro couldn't eat it after one bite, and Hijikata gave him a bunch of reasons. Toshizo kept eating in silence, and then when Katsura Kogoro left, he also paid for the meals of Kondo Isamu and Hijikata Toshizo, which made Hijikata Toshizo even more unhappy.

Anyway, Hijikata Toshizo insisted on returning the juice powder money to Katsura Kogoro, but Katsura Kogoro thought it was a trivial matter and refused to accept it.

Hijikata Toshizo then complained to Kondo Isamu that Katsura Kogoro always looked aloof.

Moreover, Katsura Kogoro was very eloquent and could easily hit the opponent's sore spots. Hijikata Toshizo was so angry that he cursed him.

The happiest person to attack Katsura Kogoro this time was Hijikata Toshizo. He had long wanted to see Katsura Kogoro deflated.

Of course, Katsura Kogoro didn't know that Hijikata Toshizo resented him so much, but he knew Hijikata Toshizo's status in the Shinsengumi, so he sighed and dealt with it cautiously.

So Katsura Kogoro repeated his old trick and sent four sedans to leave Choshu Domain.

The entire Shinsengumi was dispatched and ambushed around the Choshu Domain. When they saw the four sedans, they were a little ready to move, but Yagyu hadn't arrived yet, and only Isamu Kondo and Toshizo Hijikata were present.

Kondo Yong said anxiously: "What should I do? The director hasn't shown up yet, and the other party has started to take action!"

Hijikata Toshizo said calmly: "The director must have been ambushed. Chief, take your people to find the director, Shimada and Yamazaki. You should immediately notify the patrol team and stop these sedans for inspection."

Kondo Isamu wondered: "Ah Sui, why don't you just capture it on the spot?"

Hijikata Toshizo shook his head and said: "They ambushed the director, but the Shinsengumi is still there. This bastard Katsura Kogoro must have thought that the Shinsengumi is near the Choshu feudal clan's residence. I guess these four sedans are all bait."

Not long after, several feudal lords who followed the sedan returned to the feudal mansion to report the situation.

When Katsura Kogoro learned that the Shinsengumi patrol had stopped the sedan, he narrowed his eyes and said, "What a good idea. It seems that Yagyu Jubei has already made a complete plan. Even if people are not around, the Shinsengumi can act according to the plan." .”

"Then I can only blame Mr. Zhongshan for pretending to be a woman and fleeing, so I arrange to go to the west gate. Who would have thought that I would arrange for Mr. Zhongshan to go to the most dangerous place? Hijikata, that's really interesting."

In the restaurant on Sanjo Street, Yagyu was still confronting the ninja hiding in the dark. The entrance was covered with caltrops, blocking his way. The other party wanted to trap him in the restaurant.

Naturally, Yagyu would not sit still and wait for death. He paused, slowly squatted down with the knife in hand, then held the knife in his hand, grabbed the table with the other hand and threw it out to the entrance, directly covering the caltrops on the ground.

He immediately stood up and stepped back. The ninjas hiding in the dark were very anxious, but they were still patient. If they couldn't kill with one blow, they would be passive and could only wait.

Liu Sheng quickly turned around, stepped on the table, stepped out of the entrance hall, and rushed out the door.

There were few people on the street, it was empty and quiet.On the second floor of the cooking house and the dormitory opposite, the Akabi group ninjas drew their bows and arrows, and fired arrows at Yagyu below. Yagyu slashed and chopped off the arrows.

"As expected of Yagyu Battousai of the Shinsengumi."

Kirigakure Kizo rolled out of the second-floor window of his dormitory and stood on the eaves and praised.

"I am Kirigakuki Kizo, a descendant of Kirigakuzazo, and the leader of the Akabi Group."

A man also appeared on the second floor of the restaurant, glaring at Yagyu and saying, "Sarutobi Sanosuke."

When Yagyu heard it, it sounded familiar, and he immediately thought of the Ten Warriors of Sanada.

"Are you from the Sanada Clan?"

Yagyu asked.

Kirigakure Kizo shouted: "Wrong! We are not from the Sanada Clan. The Sanada Clan is also a lackey of the Tokugawa family. The same goes for you. We are the Shinano Akabi Group. We will do justice for heaven today and kill the traitors!"

Armed with a small dachi and a sickle, Kirigakure Kizo easily jumped off the second floor and came to the street to confront Yagyu.

He is the leader, but he is also a fighting ninja. He is tall, burly and powerful. Yuan Fei Sanosuke looks smaller and is an assassin nin among fighting ninjas.

Kirigakure Kizo was the first to strike. He held a sickle in both hands, leaned forward, and rushed towards Yagyu with both hands and feet. Yagyu looked at Kirigakure Kizo's pace and felt that it was very similar to Naruto, except that his hands did not swing back.

Yagyu didn't know why, but he believed in his swordsmanship, and when Kirigakure and Kizo rushed towards him, he responded with a neutral stance.

Kirigakure Kizo rushed forward and stabbed out the Kodachi in his right hand. At the same time, he swung the sickle in his left hand downward to cut Yagyu's leg.

Yagyu quickly drew out his sword and used a small chop to break Kirigakure Kizo's thrust. At the same time, he took another slash and raised his right foot, forcing Kirigakure Kizo to stop.

Kirigakure Kizo was indeed forced to retreat.

The next second, there was a sound from behind. Yagyu could only push his right foot hard on the ground, turned around, and cut a black shadow into two pieces with a horizontal stroke, but there was no sound of entering the flesh.

In an instant, Yagyu sensed something was wrong, so he quickly retracted his sword and slashed back, just in time to block Sarutobi Sanosuke's Kodachi slash behind the black shadow.

Sarutobi Sanosuke immediately backed away and praised: "As expected of Yagyu Battosai, he actually realized that he is my shadow clone."

The black shadow that was chopped off at the beginning was the scarecrow made by Sarutobi Sanosuke.

Yagyu didn't directly mention the shortcomings of this move.

Moreover, there was no room for him to be distracted on the battlefield. There were definitely more than just these ninjas ambushing around, and those people were secretly looking for his flaws.

In fact, only Kirigaku Kizo was the only one who actually fought against Yagyu, while the others were hiding in the dark, looking for opportunities to assassinate Yagyu, or rescue Kirigaku Kizo at critical moments.

Therefore, he must kill Kirigaku Kizo with one strike.

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