Takasugi Shinsaku lowered his head to read the letter in his hand.

The more he read the contents of the letter, the deeper his frown deepened.

This letter was written by Shuten Doji.

On the first night of the Hachioji offensive and defense, Shuten-dōji wrote this letter himself, sealed it before the ink dried, and sent his horse to Sekigahara.

Until today, this letter was finally delivered to Takasugi Shinsaku.

The letter first briefly describes the first day of the Hachioji offensive and defensive battle, and then puts forward a request for Takasugi Shinsaku at the end - the resistance of thousands of people is very strong, and it will take much longer than expected for the French and French coalition forces to defeat Takasugi Shinsaku.

Completely breaking through Hachioji, so I hope Takasugi Shinsaku can hold off the Shinsengumi for a few more days.

After reading Shuten-Douji's letter, Takasugi Shinsaku threw the letter into the nearby fire pit with a dark face, and then briefly and concisely relayed to everyone in the tent the current situation of the Hachioji offensive and defensive battle, as well as Shuten-Douji's order.

After everyone heard this, they were all filled with indignation:

"This is really unreasonable!"

"That Shuten boy always looks confident. I thought he was so capable! But what happened? He was blocked by a mere thousand people working together!"

"Okay! They are our allies after all! Stop scolding them! Let's focus on the war in front of us!"

"They actually ask us to hold the Shinsengumi for a few more days? What a joke! Judging from the current situation, whether we can survive tomorrow is a question!"

Hesitation, nervousness, panic...all kinds of negative emotions permeated the scene.

Regarding Shuten Doji's order to "delay the Shinsengumi for a few more days", their attitudes were surprisingly consistent - this was an impossible task!

Just like the French-Child Alliance underestimated the One Thousand People, everyone here also underestimated the Shinsengumi!

They fully believed that with the strength of the Qi Force and the favorable location of Nangong Mountain, it would be more than enough to withstand the Shinsengumi for 3 to 5 days.

They never expected that it only took the Shinsengumi one day to push the front line halfway through Nangong Mountain!

The rapid collapse of the "high wall" on the southern battlefield dealt them a huge blow.

Judging from the speed of the Shinsengumi's advance, they will be able to reach the top of the mountain tomorrow! Hit the main formation!

As someone just said, whether we can survive tomorrow is a question. Why talk about "holding off the Shinsengumi for a few more days"?

Uneasiness leads to panic, and panic leads to blame-shifting.

I don’t know who started it, but the sound of reprimand gradually sounded from the scene:

"Damn it! What happened to the 'high wall'? Didn't it say it could block the Shinsengumi for at least 2 days? Why did it only last for 2 hours?!"

"We have too few troops!"

"Short of troops? We have deployed 300 people at the 'High Wall', accounting for one-fifth of the total troops. It is already enough!"

"Even 300 people are too few, so what are the 40 people under my command?"

"We have gone all out! It's all the fault of that Niou, he is not human at all!"

"A Tachibana Tachibana scared you to this point? Then let's stop fighting! Just surrender to Tachibana Tachibana!"

"You've never seen Ju Qingden, stop making sarcastic remarks!"

The combat meeting gradually turned into a quarrel meeting and a blame-shifting meeting...

Seeing this, Military Advisor Omura Masujiro gradually frowned, showing impatience.

Just when he opened his mouth and was about to stop everyone, Takasugi Shinsaku next to him spoke first:

"Everyone be quiet!"

Suddenly, the scene became audible.

"...Omura-kun, bring out the 'Decisive Battle of Yodo'! Let's fight the Shinsengumi!"

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