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A few days ago, Aoto asked and discussed with Kondo and Okita what kind of tactics they used in the "Red and White Battle" with Chiba Sword Hall.

The Little Chiba Sword Hall has a large gathering of elites, and its talent pool is far richer than that of the Imperial Guard Hall.

On the other hand, in the Trial Defense Hall, there are only four people who can produce combat power: Kondo Isamu, Okita Souji, Hijikata Toshizo, and Inoue Genzaburo.

Okita, who has extraordinary talent in swordsmanship, is the strongest swordsman in the Trial Guard Hall, so he naturally receives the most solemn reception from the Little Chiba Sword Hall - for a long time, the Little Chiba Sword Hall has sent their disciples

The two strongest people: Chiba Jutaro and Sanako came to keep an eye on Okita.

Although Okita was strong, he could not break through the attack of Chiba brother and sister who were also unparalleled among their peers in swordsmanship talent and swordsmanship level in a short period of time.

While the strongest Okita was held back by the Chiba brothers and sisters, the others seized the opportunity to attack the rest of the people in the trial defense hall, knocking down all the other swordsmen in the trial defense hall.

After most of the swordsmen in the trial defense hall were knocked down, Okita could not save himself no matter how strong he was.

The Little Chiba Sword Hall has always relied on this "Tian Ji Horse Racing" style of tactics to deal with the Trial Guard Hall, without exception.

Faced with the "Tianji Horse Racing" of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, the Shiwei Hall could only respond to one strategy: attack without hesitation.

Because the average strength of the apprentices is not as good as that of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, if you just defend yourself, you will not be able to stop the fierce attack of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, so just stop defending and let go and attack with all your strength!

Everyone rushed forward and hugged and entangled with the people from the Little Chiba Sword Hall.

Only by launching a fierce attack at all costs can there be any chance of victory - the only two "victory battles" against the Xiaoqianba Sword Hall in the Trial Guard Hall were won in this way.

After telling Aoto how they fought against Chiba Kenkan in the past, Kondo, Okita and the others asked Aoto in a joking tone.

Ask Qingdeng, who had defeated more than 200 "radical anti-barbarian" thugs on that snowy night, and who should be very capable of commanding, to see if Qingdeng could help them come up with something other than "attack with all their might" to make them more capable.

How to defeat Little Chiba Kenkan at the "Plum Blossom Festival".

Qingdeng thought about it very seriously and hard.

But I can't think of anything.

The average strength of the apprentices of the Trial Guard Hall is far different from that of the Little Chiba Sword Hall. With the number of players on both sides being the same, Qingnobu really can’t think of anything else that can help the Trial Guard Hall defeat the Little Chiba Sword Hall.

A better way to pave the way.

but.

just now.

Just after he and Okita heard the conversation between the six contestants of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, waves of anger and displeasure poured out of Qingto's heart uncontrollably.

Qingden had just suppressed his displeasure caused by the remarks of the four middle-aged people in the audience.

Before this displeasure had completely dissipated, I heard another person... and it was a contestant from the Little Chiba Sword Hall making unpleasant remarks about their trial defense hall...

Although he knew that these people were telling the truth, Qingdeng just felt very angry.

Before this, Aoto had not even thought about defeating the Chiba Kenkan in the "Plum Blossom Festival", which had been pressuring them to compete in the trial training hall. He only planned to follow Kondo, Okita and the others to do their best in the competition.

Just try your best.

However, after hearing the unpleasant words of passers-by and the contestants of the Little Chiba Sword Hall, an idea flashed into the mind of Qingto, who was full of resentment -

Is there nothing... that can defeat the Little Chiba Sword Hall and make these people look at our Trial Guard Hall with admiration from now on?

As soon as this thought passed through Qingdeng's mind, Qingdeng suddenly felt: thoughts and ideas suddenly appeared one after another in Qingdeng's mind -

The Little Chiba Sword Hall has always sent the Chiba brothers and sisters to keep an eye on Okita; from what the six people just said, quite a few contestants in the Little Chiba Sword Hall must have despised our trial defense hall...

These thoughts and ideas keep flying and merging.

In the end, they intertwined into a concrete strategy.

A strategy that has a chance of defeating the Little Chiba Sword Hall.

"General?" Okita looked at Qingto in confusion, "What...what happened? Why do you suddenly want to be the general?"

If the porcelain bowl on the forehead of the general of a certain side is broken, then no matter how many contestants they have left, they will lose.

Therefore, whether it is the Trial Guard Hall or the Little Chiba Sword Hall, they always let the weaker person be the general, and let him stay in the safest rear area or send some people to protect him closely.

When they used the tactics of "attack with all their strength" to deal with the "Tianji Horse Racing" of Xiaoqianba Sword Hall in the past, they also let the weaker people be the generals, and protected him when everyone rushed forward to attack.

In the middle of the team, he should be closely protected.

So generally speaking, this general is the most boring and idle person on the field. While other teammates are fighting bravely, he can only stay in the rear or be protected by a group of people, and cannot go forward and fight with opponents as much as he wants.

Contest.

The general who no one else wanted to be, Aoto actually wanted to be... Okita blinked hard at Aoto again with a puzzled look on his face.

"Time is tight." Qingdeng said solemnly, "I'll try to put it as briefly as possible..."

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Yushima Tenmangu Shrine, competition venue, "VIP seats"——

"……uncle."

"Oh." Chiba Nobuyoshi raised his head and looked at a young man standing behind him, "Fourth nephew, you are here."

The young man standing behind and beside Chiba Nobuyoshi is none other than Chiba Tamonshiro.

At this moment, Chiba Tamonshiro pursed his lips tightly and looked ugly.

Chiba Sadayoshi raised his hand and pointed to his side, motioning Chiba Tamonshiro to sit next to him.

Chiba Tamonshiro never dared to be disrespectful towards his uncle. As soon as Chiba Sadaki raised his hand, he hurriedly bent his knees and knelt down beside Chiba Sadaki respectfully.

"Fourth nephew, how are you? Do you realize your mistake?"

"...Yes." Chiba Tamonshiro buried his head lower, "My nephew is already wrong."

The reason why Chiba Nobuyoshi arrived late and finally entered the competition venue just now is actually a hidden secret - he had just been sternly reprimanding Chiba Tamon in a private occasion.

Shiro, so it took a lot of time.

This morning, after trying to persuade Chiba Jutaro and Sanako to no avail, and instead causing an embarrassing scene of "apologising to Aoto and the others in public", Chiba Tamonshiro who still refused to give up was quite upset - he ran to find Chiba.

Ye Dingji planned to argue directly with Chiba Dingji face to face, so that Chiba Dingji would not play such a boring time-wasting game with the Shiweiguan.

However, before Chiba Tamonshiro found Chiba Sadakichi, Chiba Jutaro and Sanako had already returned to their father's side before him.

The brother and sister told Chiba Sadayoshi exactly what Chiba Tamonshiro had just done.

Therefore, after Chiba Tamonshiro tried his best and finally found Chiba Sadikichi, he was severely reprimanded by Chiba Sadikichi before he could say anything to Chiba Sadikichi.

"Fourth nephew, we have already made a promise with Yushima Tenmangu Shrine to hold a 'red and white battle' together with the Imperial Guard Hall at the 'Plum Blossom Festival'. How can we go back on our word and change our minds when things come to a head?"

"What you are doing is too impulsive and thoughtless. No matter what, you should not have an argument with your cousin in public! How will your actions make outsiders view our Chiba family?

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"What's more, you actually said such rude words in public as 'The Imperial Guard Hall is a third-rate sword hall'!"

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Chiba Sadayoshi continued to reprimand Chiba Tamonshiro until just now, that is, after the game was about to start, and then he said, "Reflect on yourself," and ignored Chiba Tamonshiro and walked away.

"Are you really aware of your mistake?" Chiba Nobuyoshi stared straight at Chiba Tamonshiro who buried his head very low.

Chiba Tamonshiro nodded silently.

After looking at Chiba Tamonshiro for a few more times, Chiba Nobuyoshi sighed softly.

"Okay, raise your head. The game is about to start. Let's watch the game with my uncle."

"...Uncle, please forgive my nephew for speaking bluntly." Chiba Tamonshiro slowly raised his head, "This kind of game where it is clear who wins and who loses must be the winner of the Little Chiba Sword Hall. There is nothing interesting at all."

"Fourth nephew, how many times do you want me to tell you? You must never have such a contemptuous attitude toward people or things... Oh, forget it, I'm tired today, I'll do it later.

Let’s educate you!”

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The other end of the "VIP seat"——

Saito is not a member of the trial team, so he can only sit in the audience and watch the game.

At this moment, he was just like a statue, expressionless, sitting motionless on his knees.

Because Saito's motionless posture except for occasionally blinking, the rest of his body was really eye-catching, so the people sitting next to Saito kept looking at him in shock and confusion from time to time.

Looking at this man who looks like the reincarnation of a sloth.

Zhousuke, Abi and his wife were sitting next to Saito.

Abi, who objected to the swordsmanship competition at the "Plum Blossom Festival" and the Little Chiba Sword Hall until the last moment, still had a bad face.

Shusuke, on the other hand, chatted enthusiastically with Kiryu, who was sitting next to him.

"Shusuke, there are a lot of new faces in the Trial Guard Hall that I have rarely seen before, or even seen very rarely." Kiryu looked at the "main formation" of the Trial Guard Hall not far away and smiled slightly.

"Well, while there are some new faces, there are also a lot of old faces gone..." Zhouzhu smiled bitterly, "Many people either suddenly stopped coming to learn swordsmanship, or were poached by people from other sword halls.
To be continued...