Saitoichi seemed to be the incarnation of a yaksha, rushing into the enemy group with a single lunge, and wielding his blade.

Ikeda Kijinmaru Kuniju, who lives in Sheshu, bloomed with a breathtaking cold light.

He first used a cassock slash and a diagonal slash to kill the first person, then turned the blade and used the momentum to execute a reverse cassock slash to kill the second person.

Then, his center of gravity shifted to the right, and his body, hands and the knife in his palm naturally tilted to the right - with a hiss - the blade was thrown out and killed the third person on his right.

When he stepped on his heels and took the knife back to his hand, the returned blade swept the fourth person's body.

The fifth person, the sixth person, the seventh person...

Just like a wolf entering a flock of sheep, in the blink of an eye, dead bodies were lying around his feet - without exception, they were all killed with a single knife!

Facing Saito's sudden attack, the unprepared enemy soldiers immediately became confused.

"Damn! He came out of nowhere!"

"He seems to have climbed up from that cliff!"

"Impossible! There is no place for people to climb!"

"Don't care where he comes from! Kill him!"

"Don't force yourself! He is Saito Ichi, the captain of the third division! Use a knife and come over with a musket!"

"Where's the musket?! Shoot him!"

Although there is funding from the Law Execution Party, the number of weapons and ammunition reserves of the Qi Force are not so abundant that they can be squandered casually.

Therefore, in order to save guns and ammunition, the equipment of this ambush force was relatively simple, and only a few people were equipped with muskets.

They fully thought that rocks alone would be enough to cope with the Shinsengumi in rock climbing, so they only had a lot of rocks.

However, they are indeed an elite team known as the Raiders.

Although they were caught off guard, they immediately restored order and rose up to fight.

The men with muskets stepped forward quickly, holding muskets and aiming at Saito Ichi.

Seeing that the most difficult musketeer appeared, Saito calmly adjusted his breathing and tensed his nerves.

His swordsmanship style is "fast", killing the enemy directly before he can react.

Therefore, "agility" and "reaction speed" are his strengths.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The moment before flames erupted from the muzzle of the gun, he had disappeared from where he was.

He lowered his upper body, and his 1.8-meter-tall figure turned into an afterimage. He flashed and moved around, causing all the bullets fired by the musketeers to miss.

Even Saito Kazuo would find it difficult to face more than fifty well-trained enemy soldiers armed with muskets alone.

However, his original purpose was not to trap the generals in battle.

Saitoichi's sudden attack prevented the opponent from throwing stones at the bottom of the cliff.

Therefore, the other party ignored one thing: compared to Saitoichi in front of him, there were two more terrifying existences under the cliff!

Suddenly, someone suddenly heard rapid footsteps coming from behind.

He subconsciously followed the sound - the high-raised Bizen longship blocked the sun, casting a huge shadow on this man.

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The man didn't even have time to scream - he probably didn't even realize what was happening - before he was split in two by the Bizen Nagafune.

At the same time, from another direction, Dingguishen was as fast as lightning, cutting down two people in one breath.

Until then, the enemy soldiers on the top of the cliff finally woke up——

"Nioh and Tianjian are coming!"

Along with the shrill screams, all the enemy soldiers' faces changed, and their faces were as golden as paper.

Seeing that the stone rain was gradually spacing out, Qingdeng and the General Secretary immediately seized the opportunity, gathered all their strength, and attacked the top immediately!

For two people with excellent physical fitness, it is no problem to cross a rock wall of about 10 meters in one breath.

As soon as their front feet touched the ground, their back feet immediately drew out their swords and joined the battle.

"Hajime! Thank you for your hard work!"

While Aoto was wielding his sword to kill the enemy, he stretched his neck and shouted to Saito in the distance.

"..."

Facing Aoto's praise, Saitoichi remained the same, with an indifferent expression and did not say a word.

However, the corners of his mouth could be vaguely tilted up slightly.

Although everyone in the "Tsueikan faction" can be regarded as Aitobo's confidants, only Souji and Saito Kazuo are special among them.

I won’t say much about the general manager.

Saito Kazunori was his first comrade-in-arms.

Before he was even familiar with Souji and others, he and Saito Kazuo were already fighting side by side, each handing each other's back to the other's close comrade-in-arms.

Deep friendship earns absolute trust.

Whenever he thinks of any difficult and dangerous tasks, the first person he thinks of is Saito Kazuichi.

In addition, in addition to "friendship" and "trust", the two have also accumulated a tacit understanding of each other.

Just like just now, Aoto didn't say a word, just pointed to the cliff with his eyes. Saito nodded with understanding and carried out Aoto's order accurately.

Although it's a bit disgusting to say this...but he and Saitoichi can indeed communicate with each other!

Aoto even imagined that if one day in the future, he, Toshizo Hijikata, Keisuke Yamanan and Isamu Kondo were no longer around, then the only person who could continue to lead the Shinsengumi would be the calm and risk-taking Saito Kazuichi.

"Nioh" and "Heavenly Sword" have joined the battlefield.

The changes in the battle situation... do not need to be described in detail.

Everything is just as Omura Masujiro said about them: they have the ability to create advantages on local battlefields and even directly reverse the situation!

Wherever the two of them passed, it was like a typhoon passing by!

The blades of the Bizen Nagafune and Sadukigami splashed out fistfuls of blood.

Within a moment, the enemy formation was torn into pieces.

During this period, the rest of the team members below the rock wall climbed up one after another and joined the battle.

These team members were all selected by Qingden from the first and third divisions.

Although their melee combat ability cannot be said to be one against ten, but one against three or five, there is no problem at all.

At this point, the opponent completely lost the ability to fight back.

Under the fierce attack by Qingdeng and others, most of them were wiped out, and the remaining troops lost all fighting spirit and scrambled to flee backwards.

They successfully climbed to the top of the cliff with very few casualties... The soldiers were all delighted with this result.

However, before they could express their joy, Qingdeng shouted:

"It's not time to relax yet! Our battle has just begun!"

After roaring, he held the knife that was still bleeding and ran toward the front of the "rock wall" and in the direction of Shannan Keisuke.

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The closer you get to the "rock wall", the more intense the firepower from the opposite side will be.

Shannan Keisuke heard that the carriage in front of him was already overwhelmed - it was now like a honeycomb, with holes everywhere.

At this time, a soldier next to him shouted:

"Commander! Retreat! If this continues, we will all be wiped out!"

Looking up, the open space in front of the "rock wall" was in a mess.

There are holes everywhere where bullets penetrated the ground.

There are black traces left behind after grenade explosions everywhere.

There were bloodstains and corpses everywhere.

Although Shannan Keisuke and others were very brave and spared no effort to launch a fierce counterattack, the huge geographical disadvantage made them passively beaten from beginning to end.

Although the carriage can help them block some bullets, it has its limits and is not a panacea.

So far in the battle, they have suffered heavy casualties. Nearly one-third of the team members have been killed or wounded and have lost the ability to fight.

In this case, it is not surprising that this person would beg Shannan Keisuke to order a retreat.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Shannan Keisuke retorted without thinking:

"No! We can't evacuate yet! I already have a hunch - the lord is about to arrive!"

While refusing, he raised the flintlock gun in his palm again and fired at the top of the cliff.
To be continued...