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Accompanied by a heart-wrenching sound of bone cracking, his entire right leg bent in reverse, centered on the knee, and became like a bird's leg, which was terrifying.

"Ahhhhhhhhh-!"

He screamed and fell to the ground as his body lost the support of one leg.

In this way, his height became a head shorter than Kinoshita Mai.

This height difference of "one tall and one short" makes it easy for Kinoshita Mai to start chasing!

She took advantage of the situation and retracted her kicked left leg, then clenched her right fist and threw a right uppercut, hitting the opponent's neck.

Before his vision was swallowed up by the abyss-like darkness, the last thing this person saw was a pair of eyes that had lost their crystal clarity, as if covered with a translucent film.

Miraculously, after seeing these dull, indifferent eyes, he miraculously understood the meaning contained in them——

Huh? Who do you think is the dwarf?

Kinoshita Mai's enemy-killing efficiency is certainly impressive.

But compared with Qingdeng, it pales in comparison!

If nothing else, there is a significant difference in the effectiveness of the weapons.

Kinoshita Mai punched out, knocking down one or two people at most.

But Qingdeng can cut off a large area with a single slash of his knife!

Looking up, clouds of blood mist sprayed around Qingdeng's body.

Every time there is a cloud of blood mist in the air, there must be another broken corpse on the ground.

Ayoto and Mai Kinoshita are not just fighting each other.

They all consciously drove the enemies in front of them together and then divided them.

In this way, it can not only reduce the pressure and improve the efficiency of killing enemies, but also effectively support and protect the partner, preventing any fish that slip through the net from escaping their attacks and threatening the partner's back.

Within a moment, the two of them stood unscathed on a messy land of blood - not a single one of the dozen or so enemy soldiers survived, they were all wiped out by the two of them!

"Okay...it's time to say goodbye for now."

Qingden shook off the blood stains on Vairochana and turned his head to look south.

To be more precise, we are looking at the majestic castle tower towering into the clouds.

Kinoshita Mai nodded vigorously.

"Be careful!"

Qingden responded with soft eyes.

"The same to you!"

After leaving a few words, the two turned around and ran in two completely opposite directions.

Kinoshita Mai headed north.

Qingdeng faces directly south!

…

…

Takatori Castle, Sannomaru——

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Follow us!"

"The Shinsengumi are attacking!"

"How many enemies are here?"

"Okay, it seems there is only one person!"

"One? Really?!"

"No matter what, go and meet the enemy!"

…

After receiving the news of "enemy invasion", Matsumoto Kuitou immediately led a team of more than 20 people and hurried to the location of the incident.

On the way to retreat to Gaochei City, some people kept getting timid and retreated.

Either they took advantage of the darkness, or they escaped quietly without anyone noticing while marching during the day.

Regarding these deserters, Yoshimura Torataro fulfilled his previous promise: he would never pursue them.

If you want to escape, please run away! If you want to stay, please stay! You will neither be forced nor punished.

It is worth mentioning that a considerable number of Changzhou people were among those who escaped.

Smart people, people with a little bit of overall perspective, have already seen that Changzhou is now in danger!

The Tenchu ​​team has been defeated. Although they still have the option of "defending Takatori Castle", no matter how gorgeous words they use to describe or modify it, they can't change the fact that they are currently hanging on for dear life.

Since it is no longer possible for this defeated army to rush to the battlefield of Kyoto, it means that the Changshu Army will be completely trapped in a single-handed dilemma.

Although Kawagami Hikosai and others cannot hear the news from Kyoto now, they can roughly guess that the Changshu Army has probably withdrawn from Gyeonggi.

In fact, "active retreat" is the best outcome the Changzhou Army can choose.

If we insist on refusing to retreat and insist on fighting decisively, we will only be defeated by the Huisa coalition forces that have the advantage.

All in all, no matter which angle you look at it, there is no point in continuing to assist the Tenchu ​​Group.

Otherwise, it would be just like going to Akechi Mitsuhide after the Honnoji Incident. It would be simply courting death! It’s just the difference between dying early and dying late.

However, there are still some die-hards - such as Kawagami Hikosai - who still cling to the idea that "the Han and the traitors are not at odds with each other, and the royal family will not be at peace!" and "how can we surrender to the traitors?" and are determined to do so.

Fight to the death with the Shinsengumi.

There were about a hundred people from Changzhou who escaped.

Although many people ran away, many remaining soldiers were gathered along the way.

After successfully retreating to Takatori Castle and joining up with the defenders who stayed behind in the city, they finally managed to piece together a defensive force of over 300 people.

With only 300 people to defend Gaotori Castle... Although it is very reluctant, it is not without a fight.

Thanks to Yoshimura Tontaro's "let's go, let's stay" strategy, those who still have the courage to stay are all determined people who do not give up easily.

There is a sufficient amount of baggage stored in the warehouse of Gaochei City.

If you save some food and supplies, you can persist for a year and a half, and there will be no problem at all.

In addition to counting the baggage, Yoshimura Torataro and others also patrolled around Takatori Castle to check the integrity of the gates and whether the walls were damaged.

In the process, they intuitively felt that Gaotori City was worthy of being one of the "Three Mountain Cities"!

Just the steep mountains outside the city are enough to make the siege team feel numb.

In addition to being shocked, Yoshimura Torataro and others felt sincerely grateful.

Fortunately, the Kaotori clan was in such a state of decay that it could not even cobble together an army worthy of a battle.

Otherwise, even if they use up all their last soldiers, they still won't be able to capture Gaotori Castle.

The impregnability of Takatori Castle and the abundance of supplies stored in the warehouse gave Yoshimura Tontaro and others full confidence.

Even if the Shinsengumi's military strength is ten times theirs, don't expect to capture this place easily!

Even if it is impossible to escape the end of the city being destroyed and life lost, we must bite off a piece of flesh from his body!

Their sentiments were passionate and their fighting spirit was high.

Come on! Shinsengumi, feel free to come over!

Then... they suddenly received the news tonight that "there is an enemy invasion, there is only one intruder, and he is heading to Honmaru"...

Matsumoto Kuitou now feels confused and his temples are bulging.

——What is going on...?

——Is this a false alarm?

——There is only one intruder?

——And he is attacking Honmaru?!

——Attack Takatori Castle alone... What a joke! There is no such thing in this world!

At this thought, Matsumoto Kuitou gritted his teeth:

——Forget it! I don’t want to think about it anymore! Anyway, let’s intercept the enemy first!

At this moment, someone behind him asked him in a hurry:

"Mr. Matsumoto, I, I heard that the invading enemy is... is... the 'Nioh' Tachibana Aoden! Is this true?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhan Zhan's atmosphere of panic suddenly filled the air.

People infected by this atmosphere suddenly showed expressions of fear and inexplicable fear.
To be continued...