"Follow me!"

"Kill ah ah ah ah!"

"Don't be afraid! Come on! The glory and wealth are right in front of you!"

…

As far as the horizon, as close as the eyelids, the mountains and plains are scattered with thieves and soldiers who are unwilling to be left behind. They are as dense and overwhelming as a swarm of locusts. Just one glance can make one's scalp numb.

The intertwined bamboo spears, shining swords, waving flags, and ferocious faces... seemed to have unfolded a dense forest as cold as ice.

In terms of the momentum of the charge alone, this bandit army seems to have a somewhat overwhelming force.

It's just that... it didn't take long for many of them to gradually open their eyes, open their mouths, and show a look of arrogance on their faces. Before the confrontation began, half of their aura was released.

There is no other reason - the Shinsengumi's position is not located on the ground, but is located on the top of a green mountain.

Although it is just an unknown hill, the height is only about 20 meters. Except for the north side adjacent to the cliff, the slopes in other directions are very gentle and it is not difficult to climb.

But... no matter what, this is still a mountain.

Just looking up at the mountain peaks makes people feel discouraged.

For this group of "original farmers" who have been deprived of good food for many years and are extremely thin, just climbing the mountain and reaching the frontline battlefield can remove at least half of their physical strength.

Of course, the real suffering is yet to come.

When they climbed up with great difficulty and reached the top of the mountain with difficulty, and saw the true appearance of the Shinsengumi's position with their own eyes, they all gasped.

The deep and dark forests on both sides became an excellent cover for the Shinsengumi's position.

The mist lingering in the forest and the continuous clouds accumulating above it add a bit of mystery and majesty to the Shinsengumi position.

After Qingdeng and others worked hard these days, they finally completely changed the landscape and environment of this mountain.

Inside and outside the Shinsengumi position, there was no natural scenery, only one piece of civil engineering work after another!

Except for the north, there are more than 4 trenches dug in all three directions!

Each trench is both deep and wide, more like an abyss than a ditch.

If you don't have good leg strength, you will never be able to jump over it.

Even if you fall into a ditch, you will need strong leg strength to get out.

The gaps between the trenches were filled with fences.

These fences are not the kind of wooden stakes used to corral livestock, but are diagonally inserted into the ground, sharpened, and pointed directly at the wooden guns of the rebels!

It can be understood as "rejection of horses for human use".

If you bump into it accidentally, you will definitely get a "heart-breaking" tragic ending!

Besides, they're not some junk that you can just stretch your legs and step over.

The total height of each row of fences is around 1.2 meters - an insurmountable barrier for Japanese people who are generally short due to genetic defects.

To eliminate the threat of these civil engineering works, the best way is to send out engineers to pull out wooden fences and fill in trenches.

It's just that... all the soil shoveled up by digging trenches was transported and built into a watchtower (shooting platform).

If the rebels wanted to fill these trenches, they would have to transport soil from afar.

If we "use local materials", it will cause the embarrassing situation of "filling in the old ditch and creating a new ditch".

As for the fences, they were buried deep in the ground, and they had to be pulled out with shovels, hoes and other professional tools.

Whether it is filling trenches or pulling up fences, a certain level of organization is required - at least to the level of "being in a chaotic battlefield, but still carrying out operations calmly".

Obviously - the bandit army does not have such an organization.

The only thing they can do is to fight independently and climb ditches and hurdles according to their own abilities.

In this way, it played into the hands of Qingdeng, who advocated building the city.

…

…

Shinsengumi position, southern front (area responsible for the 7th and 8th divisions)——

Sanako held a huge Japanese bow and stared straight ahead.

The enemy groups getting closer and closer gradually filled her field of vision.

Her broad sleeves have been tied tightly with a belt, and the moon in the naginata pond is slanted on the ground beside her.

Todo Heisuke, who was standing behind her, swallowed hard and suggested:

"Miss Chiba, are you ready to shoot the arrow?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sanako asserted without hesitation:

"No, wait a moment."

The "black tide" continues to surge.

In the blink of an eye, that ferocious figure, with that strong murderous aura, was already in front of Sanako and the others!

People with better eyesight can even see the enemy's facial features and expressions clearly!

Seeing this, Toudo Heisuke hurriedly suggested again:

"Miss Chiba, it will be too late if you don't shoot the arrow!"

A look of hesitation appeared on Sanako's cheeks.

After hesitating for a while, she bit her teeth:

"Wait a moment! The bandit army has not yet reached the 'attackable' area indicated by Mr. Ju!"

Finally... after an extremely long, but actually very short wait, the enemy's front lines had already penetrated into the defense zone densely covered with trenches and fences!

In an instant, there were a lot of screams and wails over the mountain tops where there were originally only war cries hovering there.

"Hey! These trenches are very deep! Be careful not to fall in!"

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

"Humph! Humph! Humph! My leg! My leg is broken!"

"Quick! Pull me out!"

"Don't crowd! Don't crowd! You can't touch these fences!"

…

In order to avoid the dangers posed by trenches and fences, the soldiers of the rebel army showed their special abilities.

Some people rely on their height and long legs to directly cross obstacles.

Some people simply took a detour and made a big circle, bypassing ditches and fences.

No matter what method they used, when crossing the trenches and fences, just as Qingteng expected, the originally tight formation gradually lengthened and became loose.

This scene was clearly reflected in Sanako's eyes - the depths of her beautiful eyes immediately shone with light!

"put!"

At the same moment when she shouted loudly, she drew the sharp arrow from the quiver at her waist with smooth movements, opened her bow and nocked the arrow——

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

She and the Aizu archers behind her released their bow strings in no particular order.

The shrill whistling arrows bring the wind of death!

Although it cannot be compared with Aomori, Sanako's archery level still deserves the evaluation of "outstanding"!

The arrow from his hand hit someone in the chest.

Steaming red blood spurted into the sky from the wound.

The Art of War says: "Hit it half way across and get twice the result with half the effort."

When passing through the vast defense zone intertwined with trenches and fences, the bandits' marching speed will inevitably slow down uncontrollably, just like crossing a fast river - and this is what gives them a head-on blow.

The best time!

Qingden divided the 20 archers borrowed by Matsudaira Yongho equally.

The southern front is assigned 6 people, the western front is assigned 6 people, and the eastern front, which is under the greatest pressure, is assigned 8 people.

As for the iron gunner, Qingdeng regarded it as an important trump card and was "withheld" in the formation.

Including Sanako, there are seven archers on the southern front.

Crossbows are to ancient battlefields what heavy machine guns are to modern battlefields.

Its goal is not to kill the enemy, but to suppress the enemy, while covering teammates, it will also bring great psychological pressure to the enemy!

Even if you just shoot randomly, you can still scare the enemy.

Just hearing the roar of the wind and seeing the comrades beside him being shot to the ground would be enough to drive a normal person crazy.
To be continued...