I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 82 Justice is in our army

Hijikata Toshiro, Isamu Kondo and others arrived with reinforcements and launched a counterattack, temporarily repelling the Choshu clan. Both sides retreated and regrouped.

Yagyu, Isamu Kondo, and Hijikata Toisho gathered together. The Onimaru Kiri in his hand was replaced with a spear because the blade was blunt.

He leaned on his spear and took a breath and said: "Our military strength is at a disadvantage, and the infantry team can't use it on the streets. We will organize a commando team later and be sure to kill several generals of the Changshu Domain to defeat their morale." win."

Hijikata Toshizo asked: "There is a group of Choshu soldiers near the imperial gate of Sakai Town. What should we do with this group?"

Yagyu took a sip of water and said calmly: "Don't worry, Shannan and Takeda still have four hundred infantry troops in hand. They are enough to deal with Kusaka Genrui and the others."

While speaking, Inoue Genzaburo shouted: "The Choshu soldiers are coming!"

More than 100 meters away, the Choshu soldiers were gathering in formation. Kurushima Matabei stood at the front with a spear in his hand. His tall figure allowed everyone to see him.

"Everyone, we went to Luo to express our innocence to the emperor, but this evil thief, Yagyu Kisehan, deceived the emperor and falsely accused our Choshu clan!
For the sake of the innocence and honor of the Choshu Domain, please join me in risking your life to fight and defeat the evil thieves, so that the Emperor can restore the innocence of the domain lord.

Remember, justice belongs to our army, go out into battle! "

"Oh!"

The Choshu soldiers, inspired by Kurushima Matabei, began to advance.

Yagyu immediately ordered: "First Company, move forward!"

After passing other companies, the first company formed two horizontal lines. The company captain held a knife and directed the team to advance. The drummers and trumpeters in the queue played drums and trumpets according to the rhythm, and each row of infantry marched forward according to the rhythm.

In an instant, the infantry team was less than 40 meters away from the Changzhou front line.

"rush!"

Under the orders of the warriors, the Changshu feudal soldiers accelerated their speed and began to charge.

And the infantry company captain shouted: "Stop, raise your gun!"

The infantrymen in the front row stopped first and raised their guns to take aim.

The enemy has rushed to a distance of about 15 meters.

The company captain continued to order: "Aim...fire!"

"Bang bang bang..."

As intensive gunfire rang out, the charging Changzhou soldiers fell down in pieces, wailing.

The infantry team's shooting had not stopped yet, and the second round of volley fire slaughtered all the Changzhou soldiers in front.

Yagyu brandished his gun and roared: "Charge!"

Kondo Isamu, Hijikata Tobizo and others led the Shinsengumi as the vanguard, taking the lead in passing the first infantry company and rushing into the somewhat panicked Choshu Army formation behind them. The two sides started a melee on the streets of Fushimi.

Kurushima Matabei saw that the front was breached, and he personally led a group of feudal soldiers to come forward to support him. Kurushima Matabei took the lead in charging into the battle, and shot the tachi in the hand of a Shinsengumi soldier with one shot, followed by another shot. He swept his legs and knocked the man to the ground. The Changzhou feudal soldiers behind him swarmed up and stabbed the man to death.

Kurushima Matabei continued to move forward, shot away the stabbing bayonet, kicked the thin infantry down, turned the head of the gun, stabbed down, and killed the infantry.

In just over ten seconds, Kurushima Matabei killed two people.

"Don't be afraid, follow me!"

Coming to the island, Matabei fought bravely to kill the enemy and encouraged the surrounding Choshu soldiers, which allowed the Choshu vassal soldiers to stabilize their position.

……

At the same time, Hisaka Genzui at Tenryuji Temple was waiting for news from Fushimi. The samurai who returned this time reported: "Report! Lord Fukuhara, Lord Kuniji, and Lord Kurushima are fighting fiercely with Yagyu Hikari in Fushimi!"

Kusaka Genrui immediately asked: "You've been fighting for two or three hours, and you haven't broken through yet?"

The samurai replied: "The enemy's foreign guns are sharp, and our army suffered more losses."

Hisaka Genrui secretly thought that the situation was not good, and he immediately shouted: "Gather our team to support Fushimi!"

The remaining nearly a thousand Choshu vassal soldiers from Tenryu Temple immediately packed up and headed for Fushimi District.

Shannan Keisuke, who was confronting Hisasaka Genzui, immediately sent someone to inform Yagyu.

Takeda Kanryusai said with some worry: "Sir Shannan, we should turn to support the director."

Shannan Keisuke pursed his lips, hesitated, and said, "We cannot act without authorization without the director's order."

……

In the palace, after Fushimi started fighting, Prince Asahiko, Nijo Saikei and others had already ran into the palace to stay with the emperor.

The emperor was also trembling with his maid, Meiji and others were hiding in the Zichen Hall.

Hitotsubashi Keiki, Matsudaira Yōho, Shimazu Hisamitsu and many other famous figures have entered the palace.

Shimazu Hisamitsu took the opportunity and said to Emperor Takamei: "Your Majesty, today's difficulties in Kyoto are all because Attendant Yagyu wanted to negotiate with the envoys of the four countries about opening the port, so the Choshu clan sent troops. I think that at this time, I should announce the cancellation of the negotiations and impose a sentence." Attendant Yagyu, only in this way can the Choshu clan withdraw its troops."

Emperor Takamei said angrily: "The Choshu clan is attacking Kyoto, which is a traitor. If you have time to talk here, why don't you send troops to support Yagyu Aiko?"

Ichihashi Yingxi said quickly: "Your Majesty, the situation outside is too complicated now. Our soldiers and horses must guard near the royal gate to prevent unexpected events in the palace. As for Yagyu Attendant, it is really difficult to send troops to support!"

Matsudaira Sadei followed and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, please rest assured. It doesn't matter even if all the Yagyu attendants are wiped out. We will definitely protect the safety inside and never let a single soldier of the Choshu clan approach the palace."

"boom…"

"what sound?"

A minister ran in and shouted: "Your Majesty, it's bad, Choshu fired artillery, and there was a big fire in the direction of Fushimi!"

Emperor Xiaomei was so anxious that he stood up directly, walked out of the Zichen Palace, looked up into the distance, and said urgently: "Send someone to Fushimi quickly to ask, is there anything going on with Aiko Yagyu?"

Hitotsubashi Yoshiki and Shimazu Hisamitsu glanced at each other. The more than 1000 troops in Yagyu's hands were no match for the Choshu clan. It would soon be their turn to clean up the mess.Although there is still some overt and covert fighting between them, they want Yagyu Heiyan to die first before that.

"boom!"

On the streets of Fushimi, Kurushima Matabei directly bombarded the Shinsengumi's position with artillery, and he planned to make a final desperate charge.

After several rounds of shelling, the streets of Fushimi were in a state of chaos. The houses on both sides had collapsed and some were on fire.

When Kurushima Matabei saw this scene, he thought that there were not many people in Yagyu Hien's team.

He shouted again: "Justice belongs to our army, kill!"

Less than a thousand Changzhou soldiers shouted slogans and charged forward again.

"Bang bang bang..."

Yagyu stood up from the dust and ordered the remaining infantry to fire. Dozens of the charging Choshu soldiers fell.

Kondo Isamu and Hijikata Toshizo led the remaining 200 people to fight out from the ruins on both sides, cutting off the Choshu Army front and rear.

Kurushima Matabei led more than 50 people to kill Yagyu.

Tetsunosuke Ichimura, who was next to Yagyu, saw the coming Kurushima Matabei and shouted: "That man is Kurushima Matabei, aim at him!"

More than a dozen riflemen immediately aimed at the charging Kurushima Matabei and fired.

"Bang bang bang..."

Gunshots rang out, and Kurushima Matabei, who was charging, walked straight towards him on the street.

Tetsunosuke Ichimura immediately shouted: "Kurushima Matabei is being punished to death!"

The surrounding infantrymen also shouted: "Kaijima's guard is dead again!"

"What? Lord Kurushima is dead?"

The Changshu feudal soldiers were greatly frightened and looked for the figure of Kushima Matabei.

"You're defeated, run away!"

"Kurushima-sama is dead, run away!"

"Revenge for Lord Kurushima!"

When Kushima Matabei died, nearly a thousand Choshu soldiers were instantly in chaos. A small number of samurai ashigaru rushed forward, but most of them turned around and ran away, while some threw away their weapons and surrendered.

When Yagyu saw the defeat of Changzhou, he immediately shouted: "Continue to pursue and kill the enemy's main line!"

The Imperial Secretary of the Choshu Main Front, Fukuhara Echizen and others saw the defeat at the front and lost the intention to fight again, so they fled towards Osaka with the remaining defeated soldiers.

Kusaka Genzui, who was coming to support him, immediately stopped his advance when he learned that Kurushima Matabei was killed in the battle and Kunisaki and others were defeated.

He said to Terajima Chubei and others: "The purpose of our coming to Kyoto was to directly complain about our grievances. Now that they have failed in coming to the island, we must do it."

After that, Hisaka Genzui led his troops back and turned to attack Kamimikado. Fortunately, the [-] infantry troops led by Shannan Keisuke and Takeda Kanryusai were nearby, and the two sides met in a nearby street.

Shannan Keisuke immediately arranged a line at the intersection in front of Kamimikamon.

A moment later, Kusaka Genrui and others arrived.

Shannan Keisuke immediately ordered the infantry to advance in two rows.

Kusaka Xuanrui said with a serious face: "There is no other way, we can only kill them."

Terajima Chubei immediately drew his sword and shouted: "Kill!"

Changzhou soldiers charged immediately.

Shannan Keisuke immediately shouted: "Shoot!"

The infantry team immediately fired, and the Choshu soldiers fell in large numbers. Guard Terajima Chubei was hit by more than ten bullets and fell in a pool of blood.

The Changshu soldiers who suffered more than [-] casualties were already timid. Shannan Keisuke seized the opportunity and ordered: "Mount the bayonets and charge into the formation!"

"Kakaka…"

The infantry team quickly inserted their bayonets and charged at the Changzhou Army with a roar.

The Choshu soldiers who suffered a heavy blow were completely discouraged and collapsed at the first contact with the infantry. Hisaka Gensui could only flee back to Tenryuji Temple, and some defeated soldiers also fled back.

"Report!"

Satsuma domain minister Saigo Takamori ran all the way into the inner Shichen palace and shouted: "Yagyu-sama has defeated the Choshu army at Fushimi. The deputy commander of the Shinsengumi, Yamanan Keisuke, and the staff officer Takeda Kanryusai have defeated the Choshu army at Kamimikamon." Genrui Kusaka!"

"what!"

Everyone in the hall was surprised and had different expressions.

Emperor Komei said with great joy: "Hahaha, the Choshu rebels are indeed no match for Yagyu Aikyō!"

Ichihashi Kexi looked very ugly, but he said immediately: "Your Majesty, Changzhou has been defeated. At this time, we should continue to pursue the remaining defeated generals!"

He didn't wait for the emperor's order, and immediately turned around and said: "Lord Aizu, Lord Kuwana, send troops quickly!"

Shimazu Hisamitsu immediately followed and said: "Saigo, quickly lead your troops to chase the rebels!"

Although Emperor Komei was dissatisfied with these people, he still said: "Drive the Choshu rebels completely out of Kyoto."

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