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The author made a small mistake in the previous chapter.

The "Tiger of Fire" is Mizushima Rensaburo, the captain of the Fourth Division, and Kanazawa is the "Dog of Fire".

Moreover, Kanazawa's full name is "Kanazawa Chusuke", not "Kanazawa Katsumi". I confused his name with another character (Leopard Head Cries.jpg).

The author has made changes to the previous chapter, please let me know.

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Enhance reflex nerves... Qingdeng nodded slightly, very satisfied with his new talent.

It just makes up for Qingdeng’s current biggest shortcoming.

"Eagle Eye +1" greatly enhances Qingdeng's eyesight, but this leads to a new problem - sometimes, when facing the enemy's attack, his eyes can keep up, but his body cannot.

Qingdeng has already acquired many and various talents, but he has not yet replicated the talent of enhancing reflex nerves.

The reaction speed of the body does not match the eyesight... When fighting the man in black who was highly suspected to be Ogata Yoshi, Ayoto experienced this "his eyes could clearly see how the opponent attacked, but his body could not cooperate"

The pain of "eyes acting".

He was lucky enough to win a big prize - this should have been a very happy thing, but Qing Teng now had no time to savor the joy of this new powerful talent.

He and Kanazawa Chusuke looked at each other, then turned around at the same time, looking at the "Ryuu of Fire" who was slowly walking towards them with his hands behind his back, the captain of the first team: my grandson Chutaro.

I saw that my grandson, who usually had a faint smile on his face, showed a rare serious expression at this moment.

"My grandson." Kanazawa Tadashi's mouth twitched slightly, "Aren't you already asleep?"

"I have indeed fallen asleep, but I was woken up by the noise you made." My grandson sighed, "Don't you think the march is not tiring enough? You haven't slept at night, and you are still here.

Compete in martial arts."

After hearing this, Kanazawa Chusuke quickly defended himself: "We..."

He had just started to speak when my grandson interrupted him:

"No matter what your reasons are, it is untimely and undesirable to do such a waste of energy during the march. Tonight's competition will not be an exception. Everyone, please go back to the hotel and sleep quickly."

My grandson's tone was very calm, not high-pitched, nor did he yell at the top of his lungs, but there was a strange coercion in it, and the aura of the coach was fully evident.

It's rare to meet a martial arts expert who is both excellent in swordsmanship and practical experience. My body has just warmed up, and I want to concentrate my body and mind on a good fight. However, my grandson suddenly stopped me in the competition with a few words.

Stop.

This feeling of being still...not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

Both Aoto and Kanazawa Chusuke look depressed right now - especially Aoto.

Because there is little contact between the various divisions of the Fire Bandits Kai, Qingden originally planned to take advantage of tonight's great opportunity to learn more about the talents of the other divisions.

However, Qingdeng and the others had to admit: My grandson is right.

They will continue their march tomorrow, and when they arrive at the front line, they will immediately start preparing for battle. The next series of military operations will be a great test for everyone's physical strength, so it is always good to save more physical strength.

--never mind.

Qingdeng thought.

——Anyway, I have gained something tonight.

After thinking this secretly, Qingdeng took the initiative to put down the bamboo sword in his hand.

Seeing that Qingden was the first to set an example, Kanazawa Chusuke and the others stopped struggling and followed suit one after another, put down their bamboo swords, bows and other belongings, and turned around to go back to the hotel to sleep.

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God makes things beautiful.

From the time the conquest army set off from Edo, the weather was always sunny and windy.

There was neither rainfall nor extreme weather such as sudden cold waves.

Kai is worthy of its nickname of "mountain country".

Since entering the realm of Kai, the surrounding scenery has undergone extremely obvious changes.

There are fewer plains and more mountains.

No matter which direction you look, you can see endless mountains as far as the eye can see.

Mountains connect mountains, mountains embrace mountains...

While looking at the stacks of Kai mountains in the distance, Ayoto suddenly realized that this seemed to be the first time since he traveled so far away from Edo.

After spending four days and three nights, the crusade finally arrived at the front line of the battle: a mountain village called "Daohe Village" on a bright afternoon.

Looking up, I saw that at the end of the country road at my feet were woods. The woods stretched all the way to the ridge. On the back of the ridge, there were several smoke curls rising from the stove - that was where Daohe Village was located.

After crossing the ridge, in an instant, gusts of burning and smelly wind hit Qingdeng's nose.

Before he officially entered the village, Qingdeng had already discovered one scene after another of unbearable tragic scenes outside the village.

In the open land not far away, what was probably farmland full of rice not long ago has now been trampled beyond recognition by countless human feet.

The densely packed footprints are like seals, layer upon layer, criss-crossing and carved on the mud of the rice fields.

Withered ears of rice, scattered rice seeds, broken farm tools, and all kinds of junk that could no longer be identified as what they originally were were scattered and scattered everywhere.

There are also many people among them, running back and forth in this "broken" rice field.

There are men and women, old and young - they must be the villagers of Daohe Village.

I saw the villagers of Daohe Village either holding shovels, hoes and other equipment to tidy up the messy land; or using dismantled wooden boards as stretchers to pick up and carry away all the garbage and rags scattered in the mud.

Or standing in a corner of the rice field doing nothing, staring at the rice field that has lost its former glory, speechless and choked.

Gaah! Gaah! Gaah!

At this time, several crows suddenly flew over the rice fields and circled.

Their piercing cries add a strong sense of desolation to this paddy field that has been ruined to a state of disgrace.

When Qingdeng saw this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

As one of the top officers in this battle, he naturally learned a lot of information about this Daohe village early on.

Inahe, Inahe... Inaho Fenghe, what a beautiful name it means - however, the villagers living in this village have been living a miserable life that is worse than death.

The target of this western expedition by Ayoto and others was a group of bandits entrenched on Mount Soma.

Soma Mountain: Although it is named after "mountain", it is actually just a small peak with an altitude of less than 150 meters. Although the living conditions are very harsh, due to the dangerous terrain, it is a natural fortress that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The gang of thieves who occupied Soma Mountain as their base called themselves the "Soma Clan" and were very powerful.

According to conservative estimates, the number of bandits in Xiangma Zhong is guaranteed to be 200, including many samurai who had to turn into bandits because they could not survive.

Inawa Village is located at the foot of Mount Soma, so it is often bullied by Soma people. It is precisely because Inawa Village is very close to Soma people that the fire bandit Kai chose this village as the site for this project.

The forefront of the war.

As far as Qingdeng knows, the Sangma people will come down from the mountain in three places to demand "tribute" from the villagers of Daohe Village.

"Tribute" items include but are not limited to: food, drinks, clothes, women...

The Souma clan is so powerful that with just a wave of their hands, the entire Inawa Village can be physically destroyed.

In order not to end up in the tragic situation of "a man dies and a village is destroyed", the villagers of Daohe Village can only accept the situation and endure the humiliation.

If the grain harvest is good and the situation is good, then after the villagers "pay tribute" to the Xiangma people, they will still have a little leftover to make ends meet.

But if the grain harvest fails, the situation will be bad...

This year happens to be a famine year with unsatisfactory grain production.

This year, due to various reasons, the grain harvest was severely poor, and large numbers of epidemics broke out across Japan.

For a time, people were panicked.

The shogunate and the various vassal states spent a lot of effort to finally suppress all the Ichiku.

Ikui: Literally interpreted as "unity", in ancient Japan it was extended to uprising for unity. The vernacular term is civil uprising, civil unrest.

In ancient Japan, all acts of resistance to the rule of the lord were collectively referred to as "一揆".

I don’t know who it is, but I once made up a troublesome saying: “Ten bandits will not rob you, seven will not be taken away, and five will not be allowed to be taken away.” They will not take away wedding or funeral cars, they will not take away from those who marry girls to give wives, and they will not take away poor people.

No grabbing...complete nonsense!

Throughout the ages, no matter which country or region we are in, the crimes committed by bandits who dominate the mountains are too numerous to describe.

Some fools who don't know how long their brains are, even imagine that the bandits are a bunch of brave and reckless heroes, and they imagine that they can become other people's wives who suppress the village or something like that.

You can't grab ten pieces of shit, but you can't take away seven pieces! The weaker you are, the more the bandits will catch you and bully you!

I hope that the bandits can also steal...the so-called wishful thinking is nothing more than this.

What the Xiangma people did profoundly explains why so many people from ancient times to the present hate mountain bandits to the core.
To be continued...