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The opening hours are very short - this is one of the characteristics of cherry blossoms.

Counting from the day of blooming, it only takes about a month for the dazzling and gorgeous cherry blossoms to fall into mud and become dust.

Qingteng said that he would return to Beijing before the cherry blossoms withered... which meant that he would completely defeat the bandit army within a month!

In essence, for this expedition, the Shinsengumi generals were mentally prepared for a protracted war.

The gap in military strength between the two sides is simply too large.

If Tong Wulang had not exaggerated just now, the total strength of the bandit army would be around 12,000 people - this number should be accurate.

The camp almost filled the entire Ueno Basin... Such a large camp would be suspicious if it did not have an army of this level.

Just to make up for the difference in military strength by taking advantage of the geographical advantages, they spent so much effort building forts, digging trenches and building cities in these days.

This tactic of "killing the enemy's energy and increasing my spirit" has always been very time-consuming, and it is not surprising that it could take months or even years.

A typical case is the battle between Qin and Chu in the pre-Qin period of China.

Wang Jian led 600,000 troops to attack Chu. He adopted the strategy of defending himself, avoiding decisive battles, recharging his strength, and waiting for an opportunity to attack. He spent a whole year fighting the Chu army and defeated the Chu army.

If they want to defeat a bandit army that is a hundred times their size within a month... it is absolutely impossible to just rely on "Eagle-Stopping", and they must take the initiative to attack!

Abandoning the field fortifications that were finally completed and dispatching...such a battle plan is insufficient to describe it with words such as "bold" and "crazy".

However... although everyone present was shocked by Qingdeng's bold words, they couldn't help but feel excited.

Under the leadership of Toshizo Hijikata and Isamu Kondo, everyone stood up and filed out.

Strange to say, somehow, at this moment, everyone has the same idea in their mind——

"Nioh" Tachibana Aoden is definitely preparing to leave a mark in the history of Huanghuangqing!

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After everyone retreated, the noisy handsome tent suddenly became quiet.

Qingden stood up slowly, then moved the low table that had been erected in the corner of the tent alone, and set it up in the middle of the tent. Then he drew the "Ueno Basin Topographic Map" that he had exhausted his painting skills.

"Spread it on the table and pick up an inconspicuous wooden box.

Then, he bent down, supported the left and right ends of the low table with both hands, and stared straight at the map on the table.

After a moment, he reached out and opened the wooden box he had just brought - the box was filled with shogi pieces.

Compared with Go, which has a single color, Chinese chess, which has fewer types of chess pieces, and Shogi, which has vivid names for each piece, is more suitable for war games.

He picked out the shogi pieces from the box one by one and placed them everywhere on the map.

"King General" represents himself.

"Infantry" stands for ordinary soldiers.

"Guima" represents cavalry.

"Speed ​​chariot" represents archers.

The "incense cart" represents the musketeers.

"Golden General" and "Silver General" represent the General Secretary, Nagakura Shinpachi, Saito Kazuo... They are "hero units" that can single-handedly influence the situation of the battle.

After placing the chess pieces, Qing Deng straightened up and folded his arms in front of his chest. His eyes without sadness or joy flowed back and forth on the "chess board", and he raised his hand to move the chess pieces from time to time.

Chess pieces... no, teams after teams of soldiers galloping on the ink lines! On this map, in Qingdeng's mind, an invisible but fierce fight unfolds!

Time passes...

With the blessing of his talents "Gathering God" and "God Brain +9", Qingden has forgotten time.

Unconsciously, the light around him gradually dimmed.

A ray of sunset passed through the gap in the tent and hit his hand.

The chess pieces that were originally neatly arranged on the map have now become a mess.

"Golden Generals" and "Silver Generals" are scattered everywhere.

"Infantry", "Speed ​​Chariot" and "Fragrant Chariot" are also in disarray.

The only unit that is still intact is "Keima".

Abruptly, Qingdeng slowly raised his gaze, his eyes firmly fixed on a particularly steep hillside not far from the bandit camp.

Immediately afterwards, he placed the "Gui Ma", a "Silver General", and the chess piece that represented himself - the "King General" - on the slope... At the same time, another ray of twilight entered the account.

Inside, it shines on it impartially.

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Ueno Basin, bandit camp, main formation——

Although it was a hastily built army, the rebel army's main camp was meaningful and well-organized.

The guards responsible for guarding the commander's tent, the fence to block the enemy's advance, the commander's flag representing the "soul of the whole army"... everything that should be there is available.

In the commander's tent, the generals of the rebel army were sitting on the left and right sides - they were said to be generals, but in fact, as of a month ago, they were all disciples of Renjuro Shibasaki.

After raising the flag of rebellion, Shibazaki Renjuro began to "conquer the world" and made the disciples who followed him into generals in the army.

What he did was not considered nepotism.

It would be too much to ask poor peasants who are illiterate and untrained to lead soldiers in battle.

Shibasaki Renjuro's sword studio is a very typical "comprehensive dojo". It not only teaches martial arts, but also imparts knowledge.

Although Renjuro Shibasaki could not be called a great scholar, he still had the ability to teach people to recognize Chinese characters and enable them to read the Four Books and Five Classics as well as the collection of ancient and modern Japanese songs.

Therefore, Shibasaki Renjuro's apprentices not only practice martial arts, but also generally have a high level of education.

Possessing both civil and military skills... Such qualities are so rare in the barren countryside that "you can't even find them with a lantern".

In other words, except for Shibazaki Renjuro's disciples, there are no other suitable candidates for the position of general in the rebel army.

At this moment, there was silence and solemnity inside and outside the rebel army's main formation.

I saw that every one of the generals in the handsome tent was watching with their eyes, nose and heart, and they didn't even dare to express their anger.

A few people even broke out in cold sweat, and their complexions turned white from the constant oozing of cold sweat.

An extremely heavy atmosphere continued to accumulate in the handsome tent.

The person who created this atmosphere was the strong man sitting on the main seat with a golden sword.

The person who can take the main seat in this tent... is naturally the commander-in-chief of the rebel army - Shibasaki Renjuro!

The age of this wild man who started the fierce war in the Gyeonggi region is probably between 30 and 35 years old.

His figure is very tall, his arms are thick, and the joints at his wrists and elbows protrude like dead wood. At first glance, he has the physique of a martial artist.

His broad forehead is very eye-catching, his skin is as dark as charcoal, and there are traces of resentment between his eyebrows.

After an unknown amount of time passed like this... Shibasaki Renjuro finally broke the silence in the handsome tent with a cold tone.

"Just two people, riding their horses in a swaggering manner, walked around the camp of our army."

"But we couldn't do anything against each other, and instead we lost a lot of people."

"This is such a shame and humiliation... I really... don't know what to say to you..."

After Shibazaki Renjuro finished speaking, an even more eerie silence surrounded the surroundings.

At this moment, someone bravely whispered intermittently and cautiously:

"Well, one of those two people... is the 'Nioh'... Since there is a 'Nioh' here... there's nothing we can do about it, right...?"

As soon as these words came out, Shibazaki Renjuro's sharp gaze was immediately attracted.

"Ah? Sato-kun, what did you say? You mean: Because the opponent has a 'Nioh', there is no need to fight this battle, and you can just admit defeat and surrender, is that right?"

"No, no... I didn't mean that... I just... just... it was..."

Under Shibasaki Renjuro's gaze and verbal attacks, the man suddenly acted like a quail, his voice became lower and lower, and his head was lowered as if it was about to fall to the ground.

As apprentices of Renjuro Shibazaki, they knew very well how bad their master's temper was.

There is no such thing as "education law" in this era.

In front of the master, the apprentice has no human rights.

It is your blessing to meet a reasonable, gentle and considerate master.

The masters that most people meet... basically only regard their apprentices as wallets, punching bags, free labor, and even objects to deal with sexual desires.

For the ill-tempered Renjuro Shibasaki, not only scolding, but directly beating his disciples was a normal part of his daily life.

Everyone present was ready to witness the scene of "Shibasaki Renjuro jumping up and giving that mean-mouthed guy a few slaps".

However, Shibasaki Renjuro did not do this.
To be continued...