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4 days later——

Wenjiu three years (1863), February 23——

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

As soon as the sky turned white, a series of rapid bells penetrated the sky and echoed over the Shinsengumi headquarters.

As soon as the bell rang for the first time, Shimada Kui suddenly opened his eyes and sat up abruptly.

"Hey! It's time to ring the wake-up clock! Wake up! Wake up quickly! Get up quickly! Stop sleeping!"

He enthusiastically walked to each roommate and woke them up one by one.

Wake-up bell—a bell that rings all at once.

Just the day before yesterday, Qingdeng bought a huge bronze bell from somewhere and erected it in the open space in the center of the garrison.

Every day at 6 o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock in the morning (2 o'clock in the afternoon), someone will ring the bell on time. Whenever the bell rings, everyone must get up immediately and go to the No. A training ground.

Gather - this is the new rule Qingdeng established yesterday.

The Shinsengumi's residence was originally the private residence of a large landowner in Kyoto. It not only had a magnificent house, but also an extremely spacious and exquisite courtyard.

It is estimated that the area of ​​these courtyards reaches an astonishing 30,000 square meters (33,100 square meters)! It is approximately equal to three modern standard playgrounds of 400 meters.

People have to sigh: the level of luxury of the powerful class in feudal society is always jaw-dropping.

Because the mansion has been vacant for a long time, the flowers and plants in the courtyard have withered and withered due to neglect.

After Qingden's organization and arrangements, the Shinsengumi team members did nothing else in the past few days except cutting down trees, pulling weeds, and bulldozing earth!

The sound of "dong-dong-dong" the ax striking into the wood, and the "clang-clang-clang" sound of the hoe chipping away at the earth, come and go.

Uprooted flowers, plants and trees piled up into hills.

Carload after carload of silt, sand and gravel filled up the artificially dug stream that had turned into a smelly ditch.

Based on the idea of ​​"waste utilization", Qingdeng did not waste these "garbage".

Just dig a hole in the soil and bury those useless flowers and grasses, and you can also build up a wave of soil fertility.

As for those trees that can be sold for money, they are sold to timber merchants at the standard price on the market - a total of 6 taels of gold - although this amount of money is completely a drop in the bucket for an army, it is better than nothing.

After several days of unremitting efforts, this fancy courtyard was finally transformed into a flat open space.

From now on, this is the training ground for the Shinsengumi!

Qingdeng divided the training ground into two parts: Training Ground A and Training Ground B. The areas of the two are almost equal.

Only the captains of the Battō Team and above can have the privilege of "single room". Ordinary team members like Shimada Kui and others are allowed to share a room with five people.

Under Shimada Kui's careful call, the roommates who lived under the same roof with him had to leave their dreams. They rubbed their sleepy eyes, sat up with difficulty, and crawled out of the warm bed.

"Well...it's so cold...!"

"It's so cold! If I remember correctly, Kyoto is further south than Edo, so Kyoto should be much warmer than Edo!"

"It smells so bad! Whose feet are so smelly?"

"I'm so sleepy...let me sleep a little longer..."

Hearing this, Shimada Kui angrily rebuked:

"Don't sleep! Be careful of being dealt with by military law!"

Military Disposal - This sentence was like a magic spell. The guy who had just threatened to stay in bed opened his eyes wide in an instant, the sleepiness in his eyes faded, and he became sober.

Immediately afterwards, he rolled out of the bed with very clumsy movements and put on his clothes in three steps.

Law comes from order, and order is based on violence.

Without the endorsement of violent institutions, there is no stable order, and without stable order, there is no inviolable sacred law.

It's obvious - looking at the Shinsengumi, no one is more violent than Aomori!

Just because of a private fight, just because of violating the "Shinsengumi Code", he was beheaded mercilessly... Those bloody heads, that horrific scene, that "violations will be punished and law enforcement will be punished."

The strict demeanor of "strictness" is deeply engraved in the minds of all the soldiers.

After quickly getting dressed and tidying up the bedding, the group of people yawned and wandered towards the No. A training ground.

Along the way, I kept meeting comrades from other dormitories heading in the same direction.

Just like water droplets mingling together, they gradually merge into a noisy flow of people.

The tall man walking side by side with Shimada Kui murmured:

"Starting today, we will officially start military training..."

Just yesterday, Qingdeng announced to the entire army that starting from February 23, that is, from today, a large-scale military training will be officially launched!

"Training troops..."

Shimada Kui muttered.

"What methods will Nioh-sama use to train troops?"

The man walking in front of Shimada Kui shrugged and said in a nonchalant tone:

"What else? It's nothing more than training our bodies, improving our martial arts, and teaching us how to form formations."

Someone took over:

"What I'm more concerned about is: Which type of military art will Nioh-sama use? If it's Koshu Ryubi, there is no more powerful art of war in the world!"

Another person joins the conversation:

"Hey, look at what you said! I, the heir to the Yamaga-ryu art of war, can't agree with it! Although the Koshu-ryu art of war is strong, I, the Yamaga-ryu art of war, am no less generous!"

In the first year of Yuanwa (1615), Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated all the heroes, and Japan entered a stable and peaceful world. After that, people summarized and studied the war experience of the Warring States Period, and a prosperous scene of hundreds of schools of thought contending appeared in the military world.

The various genres are dazzling.

Among these many schools, the most famous ones are Koshu-ryu art of war, Hokusai-ryu art of war, Echigo-ryu art of war, Yamaga-ryu art of war, Naganuma-ryu art of war, Fuuyama-ryu art of war, and Uden-ryu art of war—the seven above.

They are the most well-known "Seven Great Military Strategies" to the world.

Among them, the most widely circulated and most respected school is undoubtedly the Koshu-ryu art of war.

Takeda Shingen, known as the "Tiger of Koshu" during the Warring States Period, created the Koshu-ryu Art of War based on Sun Tzu's Art of War.

Tokugawa Ieyasu highly praised the Koshu-ryu art of war, which was once established as the official military science and warfare philosophy of the Tokugawa Army.

According to legend, this is because Takeda Shingen once cast a psychological shadow on Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In the three-party original war in the third year of Gengame (1573), Takeda Shingen, who was fighting in person, beat Tokugawa Ieyasu to the point of spitting shit - literally spitting shit.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu was defeated and ran away in a hurry, he was so frightened that he defecated on the saddle and shit his pants, which became a joke.

After the end of the Warring States Period, the famous military scientist and one of the founders of the Koshu School, Keiken Obata, compiled the book "Koyo Military Review" based on the posthumous manuscripts of Kosaka Danmasa and others, veterans of the Takeda family, and his own research experience.

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The book caused a huge sensation as soon as it came out, and the Koshu-ryu art of war has been carried forward.

Since then, "Kyoyo Military Mirror" has been hailed as "Japan's No. 1 Military Art", and Koshu-ryu Art of War has also been dubbed "Japan's No. 1 Military Art" until today.

At this time, Shimada Kui grinned, showing his healthy teeth.

"Whether it's the Koshu-ryu or the Yamaga-ryu, it doesn't matter which art of war school you are a fan of, Niou-sama, we just need to train hard and improve ourselves without any slack!"

Having said this, he paused for a moment, and then put on a fighting expression:

"Let everyone see how powerful our team is!"

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately attracted a lot of echoes.

Kui Shimada was born in the 11th year of the Bunsei reign (1828) and is 35 years old this year.

He was born in an ordinary samurai family in the Mino Ogaki Domain. His original surname was Kondo, and he was the second son of the family.

My father committed seppuku because of his professional negligence, and my mother passed away prematurely not long after.

Shimada Kui, who lost his parents, was adopted by his mother's relatives, the Hanzawa family and the Kawashima family respectively since he was a child.

He has shown superior swordsmanship skills since he was a child.

Later, in order to improve his swordsmanship, he went to Edo and entered the school of Master Ma at Heart-shaped Toryūping, where his swordsmanship improved greatly.

At first, he became the son-in-law of businessman Tanbaya Sada Nanakata. However, when he later tested swordsmanship in the Gozen Trial Hall of Nagoya Castle, he was appreciated by Ogaki Domain Shimada Sai, so he was adopted as the adopted son of the Shimada family and succeeded Shimada.

Tian family.

35 years old... In the Edo period, this was an age where it was not surprising to have a grandson.

However, Shimada Kui has not yet married.

It may be a bit exaggerated to describe him with the poem "The old man is in trouble, but his ambition is thousands of miles."

But one thing is certain - the ambition in his heart has not been diminished by age!

Just like countless passionate young men, Shimada Kui also cherishes the dream of "achieving unparalleled achievements with a three-foot sword" and "achieving fame on a horse".
To be continued...