I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 77 The Choshu clan has sent troops!

Late at night, there was no one on the streets near Tenshin Bridge. It was completely silent. In the shadows, there were only Hijikata Shisan and a few people lying in ambush.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, a glimmer of light appeared on the street. When the light source came closer, Toshizo Hijikata discovered that it was two samurai carrying lanterns to illuminate the front. Behind the two samurai was a sedan, and four bearers were carrying it. Xu walked very steadily. Behind the sedan, there were two warriors holding lanterns.

Hijikata Tobizo nodded secretly. The situation was the same as in the intelligence, and there was nothing wrong.

He reached out and grasped the handle of the knife tightly, and looked back to signal Saitoichi and Matsubara Chuji.

The few people did not act rashly, but waited for the team to slowly walk over and reached the center of Tianshen Bridge.

Nagakura Shinpachi took the lead and rushed out with his sword drawn, Harada Sanosuke waved his spear and shouted.

The two warriors in front of the sedan immediately dropped their lanterns and drew their swords to fight.

Hijikata Toishan looked ahead and took action. He immediately led Saito Ichi and Matsubara Chuji to fight out. The two samurai behind also hurriedly discarded their lanterns and joined the fight.

The four bearers were so frightened that their legs went limp and they immediately put down the sedan and ran away. Hijikata Shisanfang and the guards ignored the bearers.

Uchiyama Hikojiro reached into his arms, opened the door curtain of the sedan and saw the fighting outside. One of his four guards had been chopped down.

Immediately afterwards, Hijikata Toshizo succeeded in a sneak attack and cut down another guard. The remaining two guards shouted: "Lord, leave quickly!"

Without caring about his face, Uchiyama Hikojiro immediately stood up and ran towards his home. The samurai in front tried their best to open a half-meter gap for Uchiyama Hikojiro.

Uchiyama Hikojiro ran away. He rushed across the bridge. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, Okita Souji rushed out of the darkness and drew his sword. Uchiyama Hikojiro immediately drew his gun, and Okita Souji slashed with his sword without hesitation.

"what!"

Uchiyama Hikojiro screamed and fell to the ground.

He braced himself, gritted his teeth and said, "You bunch of red deer! Damn it..."

"Pfft!"

Saito rushed over and stabbed Uchiyama Hikojiro again in the back, causing Uchiyama Hikojiro to faint.

Hijikata Toshizo came over and touched up Uchiyama Hikojiro's chest. Then he took out a "Tenchu" letter from his arms and threw it on Uchiyama Hikojiro. He said, "It's more reasonable to frame it for the Choshu people. Let's go."

The six people immediately turned around and left the scene.

Early the next morning, Uchiyama Hikojiro's body was discovered by nearby residents. Kondo Isamu and others rushed there, as well as people from the Osaka Prison. Because a letter written by a Choshu person was found at the scene, they directly concluded that it was an anti-barbarian ronin. Dry.

However, Yagyu met with Hitotsubashi Keki with the evidence provided by the Shinsengumi.

Hitotsubashi Qingxi could only turn a blind eye and admitted that the matter was done by people from Changzhou.

But the people of Changzhou are aggrieved. What does this matter have to do with Changzhou? What a slander!
The radicals in Changzhou were furious after learning the news!
Kurushima Matabei said angrily: "Damn it! The shogunate gang actually listened to the Shinsengumi's slander and falsely accused us!"

Maki Izumi sighed: "The Shinsengumi are really bold. They even assassinated Osaka's loyal and powerful people. The people in the shogunate are unreliable."

Kurushima Matabei answered: "If you ask me, we have to rely on ourselves to do things. Let's activate the previous plan and use the reason for the feudal lord to tell the commander-in-chief to approach Kyoto, and then arrange for people to sneak into Kyoto. On the day of the Garden Festival, we set a fire in Kyoto to make the evil thief Yagyu Yagyu busy. Finally, we immediately broke into the Kyoto Imperial Palace and rescued the emperor." Hisasaka Genzui frowned and said: "This is too radical, then But Kyoto, and if our handsome troops approach Kyoto, they will be regarded as rebels."

Kurushima Matabei said anxiously: "Now that the Emperor is still in the hands of traitors from the Sakai Association, with traitors like them controlling the Emperor, aren't we traitors? As long as we rescue the Emperor, the Emperor will definitely restore the honor of Choshu!" "

Maki Izumi then said: "This is the only way."

Kurushima Matabei immediately stood up and said, "I'll go and convince the feudal lord."

Hisaka Genrui also got up and left, and he ran to find Takasugi Shin for discussion.

When Takasugi Shinsaku learned of Kurushima Matabei's aggressive behavior, he immediately set out to dissuade him. However, Kurushima Matabei, who had already forced the feudal lord to agree, cursed Takasugi Shinsaku as a coward and refused to listen to Takasugi Shinsaku's advice and insisted on sending troops.

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The words were divided into two parts, because although the Shinsengumi's assassination of Uchiyama Hikojiro was let go by the shogunate, the veteran Ogasawara Nagayuki immediately asked to see him back to the group Kamiro.

Depending on the leader, the Mikai Team is divided into two teams: the Sagami Mori Team (in charge of Hirotaka Makita) and the Izumo Mori Team (in charge of Matsudaira Yasumasa). In principle, each team is limited to 200 people, for a total of 400 people.

The Mikai Group is deployed under the guardianship of Kyoto, Lord Matsudaira Yoshiho of the Aizu Domain, and accepts the dispatch of the guardianship of Kyoto.

The real leader of the Mitsui Group is Sasaki Tosaburo, the head of the Yotsuki clan. He was a member of the Aizu clan and was loyal to the shogunate.

I am Yunwen Yunwu, a man of medium height, strong build, and slightly dark complexion, but whenever he smiles, his dimples will appear and turn into a very cute face.

This Sasaki Tosaburo was a ruthless man. He originally led his men to assassinate Hachiro Kiyokawa, and also assassinated Ryoma Sakamoto, who eventually died in the Battle of Toba Fushimi.

Sasaki Tosaburo was received by Ogasawara Nagayuki, the senior officer. He said to Sasaki: "Yagyu Kigan deceived the Shogun's trust, and after gaining power in Kyoto, he turned against the shogunate.

Sasaki, your mission is to gradually replace the Shinsengumi, fight against the Prosecution of Non-Violations, and protect the rights of the shogunate in Kyoto. "

Keeping in mind the mission entrusted to him by Mr. Ogasawara, Sasaki Tosaburo took the members of the Kaihui Group to Kyoto.

Yagyu in Kyoto was not worried about the Shinsengumi coming to assassinate him, but he still transferred the elite of the Shinsengumi back to Kyoto to deal with the subsequent Ikedaya incident and the Forbidden Gate incident.

In particular, it’s time to get rid of the secretaries in the Shinsengumi team.

After receiving Yagyu's order, Isamu Kondo and Toshizo Hijikata immediately selected an elite team of more than 60 people to leave Osaka and return to Kyoto.

As soon as Hijikata Toshizo returned to Kyoto, he immediately went to see Yagyu.

Yagyu told Hijikata Toshizo: "Kurushima Matahei and others from the Choshu Domain have led thousands of elite domain soldiers to Kyoto, and none of the feudal states along the way dare to stop them.

I suspect that this team is only attracting attention on the surface. There must be some of their people in Kyoto. The bad guys have already found out that the leaders of the Choshu Domain in Kyoto include Katsura Kogoro and Yoshida Minoru. They will make a big move next, let Yamazaki investigate.

Also, Katsura Kogoro and the others will definitely contact the spy you brought back and keep an eye on them, maybe they can catch them. "

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