As the strategist of the Shinsengumi, as soon as Seito finished speaking, Shannan Keisuke immediately understood what he meant.

"Tachibana-kun, this is too risky! In my opinion, tonight's 'Yamaboko Parade' should be canceled no matter what! Otherwise, wouldn't it be putting the lives of the entire town in desperate danger?"

As soon as Shannan Keisuke finished speaking, Hijikata Toshizo shrugged:

"Shannan, what a coincidence, I have the same opinion as Tachibana."

"What's the difference between canceling tonight's Yamaboko Parade and shouting at the top of your lungs to all the patriots in Kyoto: 'Pay attention! We, the Shinsengumi, are coming to arrest you.'"

"Although this is very risky... but as Tachibana just said, tonight is not only a crisis of 'destruction of Kyoto', but also a good opportunity to 'severely inflict heavy damage on the Zunbo Sect'!"

After Shannan Jingzhu listened, he frowned in deep thought.

At this time, Qingdeng spoke again:

"Looking back at the past, we are always in the 'light' and the Zunhuang faction is always in the 'dark'."

"Now, the positions of both sides have finally reversed."

"The Zunhuang faction stood in the light, while we hid in the darkness."

"Miyabe Daizo, Katsura Kogoro and others still don't know that Kotaka Shuntaro has confessed everything."

"We already know that the Zunbang faction will hold a summit meeting tonight, but the latter knows nothing about it."

"If we don't make good use of this once-in-a-lifetime intelligence gap and miss the precious opportunity to seriously inflict heavy damage on the Zunbang Faction, wouldn't it be heartbreaking?"

"It is absolutely impossible to mobilize large forces to blockade Kyoto."

"Kyoto is too big. The best we can do is block the highway leaving Beijing."

"As for those remote and strange trails, we simply can't take care of them."

"Even if we invite the help of the Aizu Army and the Satsuma Army, we will not be able to completely blockade Kyoto. We will only allow Miyabe Daizo, Katsura Kogoro and others to slip away from under our noses."

"To sum up, I still stick to my opinion."

"Gather the best people in the Shinsengu group - that is, all the captains and vice-captains - together! As a small force, we will raid the meeting site of the Zunbo faction!"

Qingdeng finished speaking.

His tone is sonorous and powerful, and his words reveal an undeniable toughness.

However, Shannan Keisuke also gave up his idea.

After thinking for a moment, he whispered:

"Having said that...if only the captain and deputy captain are dispatched, the number of people will be too small."

"Miss Sanako and Miss Mai are both nursing their babies and cannot participate in the war."

"Yamazaki-kun is not good at fighting."

"Even counting everyone here, the total combat strength is just over twenty people."

"We don't know the specific number of people on the other side or the number of experts."

"They might also carry hidden arrows, pistols and other weapons."

"In short, to surprise the meeting site of the Zunhang Sect with this number of people... I still think it is too risky."

Qingdeng smiled slightly:

“That’s just right!”

"The small number of people means flexible movement, easy hiding, and difficult to be discovered."

"Tonight's battle is all about 'strange'."

"Be fast, hide your whereabouts, and attack ruthlessly!"

"If we mobilize a hundred and eighty people, regardless of the fact that the movement will become slower, the huge noise alone will be enough to scare away Miyabe Daizo, Katsura Kogoro and others."

After listening to this, Shannan Keisuke pursed his lips.

After a while, he sighed silently and said nothing.

It seems that he has agreed with Qingdeng's statement and no longer refutes it.

However, at this moment, Hijikata suddenly poured a basin of cold water on the scene.

"The only problem now is... we have not yet confirmed the venue and time of the meeting."

"If you don't even know when and where the enemy will appear, then there's no way to start a surprise attack."

Qingdeng nodded lightly:

"We can only hope that Division 9 can find accurate and correct information as soon as possible."

"We don't have to deal with this kind of luck-testing thing for the time being."

"We just need to do our best now and wait for destiny!"

Having said this, he raised his gaze and swept it across the faces of Hijikata Toizan and others.

"After gathering all the captains and vice-captains, we will go to Kyoto in batches!"

“The meeting point is the Gion Club in Gion!”

After Aoshito finished speaking, Hijikata Toshisan, Kondo Isamu and Shannan Keisuke immediately sat upright and shouted in unison:

"yes!"

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As soon as the military order is issued, everyone rushes up and down!

It is unknown how many spies from the Zunfaction faction are closely monitoring the Zhenfufu in Otsu and the Shinsengumi camp in Mibu Township in Kyoto.

In order to maintain confidentiality to the extreme, Qingdeng tried his best.

First, everyone, including Qingden, concealed their identities, put on hats and cloaks, mounted fast horses, and headed for Kyoto in batches.

Since those people with lofty ideals have made a lot of false and real actions to confuse their judgment, then Qingdeng should treat others in his own way.

He sent a large number of manpower, either towards Kanto, Osaka, or Nagasaki, all of them covering their bodies and faces, so that the spies of the Zunbo faction could not judge what the Shinsengumi was going to do, and what the details were. It is unclear who these people are who are traveling all over the world to hide their true intentions.

In addition, he deliberately released the news that "Nioh is going to watch tonight's 'Shanboko Parade' and enjoy it with the people", creating the illusion that "Tachibana Aoden is careless and does not know that something big will happen tonight."

After Ayoto and others secretly arrived in Kyoto, they did not go to the camp in Mibu Township - where the largest number of Zunbo faction spies were located - but went straight to the Gion Club in Gion and completed the gathering there.

Naturally, it was impossible for Qingteng to bring all the elites to Kyoto, so he had to leave some people to guard Otsu in case of unexpected events.

Therefore, he asked Shannan Keisuke to stay in Otsu, and also kept Ito Koshitaro, Takeda Kanryusai and others.

Finally, the list of personnel who went to Kyoto to participate in tonight's battle is as follows——

General Tachibana Aoden.

Deputy Chief Hijikata Toshizo.

Director Isamu Kondo.

First team captain, deputy captain, Tachibanaji, Shimazaki Kui.

Second Division Captain, Vice Captain, Nagakura Shinpachi, Nakajima Noboru.

The captain and vice-captain of the third division are Saito Kazuo and Nakazawa Saduki.

The captain of the fourth division, the deputy captain, Kamo Serizawa, and Sanjuro Tani.

The captain and vice-captain of the fifth division, Nishiki Nimi, Mantaro Tani.

Captain and deputy captain of the 6th Division, Genzaburo Inoue, Chief Accountant Soma.

The deputy captain of the seventh division, Qin Nakazawa.

Captain and deputy captain of the 8th division, Heisuke Toudo, Kanichiro Yoshimura.

The captain and deputy captain of the 10th Division are Sanosuke Harada and Tadashi Matsubara.

20 people in total.

In addition to Captain Sanako of the 7th Division, Captains Tachibana Mai and Yamazaki Hao of the 9th Division, and Captains Juro Abe and Ritsaburo Nomura of the 11th Division, the captains and vice-captains of each Shinsengumi division are all participating in tonight's event. Fight!

It is no exaggeration to say that this is undoubtedly the all-star lineup of the Shinsengumi!

Since the "August 18th coup", the Shinsengumi has never conducted a military operation of this scale!

The people of Kyoto who are celebrating the Gion Festival, and the people with lofty ideals who are still kept in the dark, probably never thought that at this very moment, the strongest and most skilled warrior in the Shinsengumi... Everyone has quietly entered Beijing and gathered at the Gion Club!

Gion Club - The government agency responsible for overseeing Gion.

The club is located in front of the Jisei-in Gate, which is responsible for carrying out the affairs and rituals of the Gion Society. There are few pedestrians in this area.

Qingdeng specially chose this place as the launching point for his attack!

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It's day, evening——
To be continued...