Red flame.

Red sky and earth.

The tragic scene is simply indescribable!

Even the wildly dancing flames couldn't color Aso Shuntaro's pale complexion back.

When he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that he had collapsed on the ground because his legs were weak.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps approaching from far away, and a string of dialogues... that seemed to him like a devil's whisper:

"Hey! Look! There is a very grand house here!"

"Hahaha! There must be a lot of money in this house!"

"Go quickly! Don't let others get there first!"

Aso Shuntaro followed the sound in horror - three thugs carrying knives were running towards him excitedly.

This scene and this situation took away the last trace of blood on his face.

He subconsciously wanted to get up and run for his life.

However... no matter how hard he tried, his weak legs never obeyed his orders.

In desperation, he fell to the ground in tears and shouted:

"Wait, wait a minute! What do you want? Money? Food? As long as you can spare my life, I will give you as much as you want..."

Before Shuntaro Aso finished speaking, he heard a "buzz" sound - a shining silver line fell straight down and hit him on the back of the neck.

Instantly, blood arrows shot out.

Although he was stabbed in the back of the neck, Aso Shuntaro was not killed on the spot.

The swordsman's sword skills are really bad.

The strength is not enough, the tendon of the sword is not straight... If you can cut off the head with this kind of sword technique, it will be terrible.

However, no matter how bad your sword skills are, it is still a shining sword.

Although the head of Aso Shuntaro was not chopped off with one strike, only half of his head was still connected with flesh and blood.

With such a serious injury, Hua Tuo had to shake his head when he came.

"Hehehe~ This guy is really stupid! He even made a posture that is convenient for us to chop!"

The three thugs crossed Aso Shuntaro's body and rushed into his mansion impatiently.

"Gu...! Gu...! Gu...! Gu...!"

Aso Shuntaro felt his body violently convulsing uncontrollably.

He covered the wound that was constantly spurting out blood and tried to save himself.

He wanted to inhale...but every time he took a breath, unbearable pain would spread throughout his body.

He wanted to stay awake...but the boundless darkness emerging from the corners of his eyes gradually climbed towards the center of his vision, and soon covered his entire field of vision.

On his deathbed, he heard the screams of his concubine A'an.

What happened next, as his consciousness quickly dissipated, he was completely unaware of it...

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A place very close to Guanghu Village——

"Shibasaki-sama! Shibasaki-sama!"

A young warrior with an unattractive appearance and a vulgar temperament, carrying two swords at his waist, ran up a small hill in three steps and two steps at a time.

On the hill, a tall and tall samurai with a proud look, about 35 years old, held the sword on his waist while looking at the village of Hiroto that was swallowed up by the sea of ​​fire without sadness or joy.

"Shibasaki-sama!"

The wretched warrior knelt on one knee behind the proud warrior and said loudly:

"This village is indeed very prosperous! We collected a lot of food!"

The arrogant warrior called "Shibasaki" nodded slightly, with a cruel smile on his lips:

"Very good! Let the brothers relax and unwind tonight! We will set off to Luo early tomorrow morning!"

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Wenjiu three years (1863), April 1——

Kyoto, Mibu Township, Shinsengumi Camp, No. A Training Ground——

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

"Follow closely! Don't fall behind again!"

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Screams, shouts, and howls came and went.

Kui Shimada held his sword and sweated profusely with his comrades beside him.

The positive impact of improving food is immediate.

Nourished by rice and fatty meat soup, the bodies and bones of the Shinsengumi soldiers became much stronger.

Healthy and rosy complexions, tough and strong bodies... Judging from the appearance of the soldiers, the Shinsengumi has the air of a powerful force!

At this moment, Shimada Kui is practicing the new formation with his comrades.

This new formation consists of 5 people per team.

There is a captain who is responsible for leading the team, a spearman holding a spear, a shield soldier holding a shield, and two swordsmen holding swords.

The shield soldier is in the front, the spearman is in the middle, the captain is in the back, and the two swordsmen are on the left and right.

If you are someone who knows the history of ancient Chinese wars, you will definitely recognize this formation after seeing such a formation.

That's right, this formation is exactly the "Mandarin Duck Formation"!

Qi Jiguang, the famous anti-Japanese general of the Ming Dynasty, first applied a brand-new military formation based on the southeastern coastal area's many hills and ravines, crisscrossing rivers and canals, narrow roads and characteristics of Japanese pirate warfare.

This formation is named "Yuanyang Formation" because it looks like a pair of mandarin ducks.

The formation of "Yuanyang Formation" consists of 11 people per team.

At the front is the captain who is in charge of the entire team.

The next two people hold a long card and a shield card.

The long hand holds a long shield to block the arrows and spears from the Japanese pirates.

Tengpai holds a lightweight rattan shield with a javelin and a sword.

The long player and the cane player mainly cover the advance of the rear team, while the cane player can not only cover but also engage in close combat with the enemy.

The two of them are wolf choppers and are responsible for holding the wolf chopstick.

The wolf fork is made from the moso bamboo growing in the south. It selects old and solid bamboos and cuts the end of the bamboo into a pointed shape, leaving sharp branches around it. Each wolf fork is about 3 meters long. The wolf fork is made by using the sharp blade at the front of the wolf fork.

Assassinate the enemy to cover the advance of the shield bearer and the attack of the spearmen behind.

Then came four spearmen holding long spears, two on each side to take care of the shield bearers and wolf bearers on the left and right in front respectively. Followed by two soldiers holding boring palladium to serve as warning, support and other tasks.

"Yuanyang Formation" not only closely combines spears and shields, long and short ones, giving full play to the effectiveness of various weapons, but also the formation can be changed flexibly.

However, its disadvantage is also obvious - it is only suitable for narrow areas with limited terrain.

Isn’t this very suitable for the current Kyoto battlefield?

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