The first year of Yuanzhi, at the end of June (the end of July 1864).
Changzhou Phantom.
"No, we must not swallow this breath!" A rough-looking man patted the table in front of him and was very angry. "Almost all of us were eaten by those group of Rensheng wolf! We must not swallow this breath!"
After the Ikedaya Incident on June 5, while the radical anti-barrier forces in the Choshu clan were almost wiped out, the Xinsheng Group became famous nationwide as a violent organization directly belonging to the shogunate.
People call the new selection group "Rensheng Wolf" and "Rensheng Wolf who eats people".
However, this is definitely a great humiliation for the only remaining expelling leaders in the Changzhou vassal.
Situated in the room, Takasugi Shinsaku and Kaekogoro looked at each other dimly, and smiled at each other.
The person who slapped the table in anger was called Laijiu Youbingwei, who was the only remaining leader of the barbarians.
"We must swallow this, there is nothing else!" A man who looked quite steady and looked at Laijima Yubinge, "We are in a disadvantage, do we still have to go to Beijing to ask for an explanation?"
This man is called Zhou Mushinosuke, and he is considered a fellow traveler to Takasugi Shinsaku and Katsukoro Kogoro.
Laijima Youbingwei gritted his teeth: "You can't just admit defeat in humiliation!"
After saying that, Bingwei, who came to the island, left the seat angrily.
Takasugi Shinsaku sighed.
He felt that things would end not that simple.
......
Three days later.
These days, although the steady faction led by Takasugi Shinsaku, Kanekogoro and Zhou Mushinosuke tried hard to calm down the emotions in the vassal state, his arms could not twist his thighs.
The Changzhou vassal state has never been a stable and powerful vassal state.
Just like the time when they bombarded foreign merchant ships in Xiaguan, the Changzhou clan was determined to raise an army this time.
Leading by the three elders, several ministers of the Changzhou vassal vassal priests rose up directly and rushed towards Kyoto in the name of "reporting the grievances of the vassal lord to His Majesty the Emperor".
Takasugi Jinzu was stupid. You took the army I built and gave away the heads?
However, because these remaining radical factions had been planning for a long time, they directly sent people to watch over several important officials of the steady faction and led their troops to Kyoto without hesitation.
Takasugi Shinsaku tried every possible way to escape from the guards of the eyeliner, preparing to catch up with the march and stop their plans.
However, the radicals had already colluded with the vassal lords. Before Takasugi Shinsaku had caught up with the marching troops, they were arrested and threw them into prison. He even arranged a charge of "leaving the vassal lords".
Kanekogoro was also extremely anxious.
Although it was necessary to raise an army and overthrow the shogunate during the process of splitting and then establishing a new government, it was obvious that it was not the time. Moreover, when he was in Kyoto a while ago, he also collected information from Kyoto. In Kyoto, the soldiers of various vassals, plus the newly elected group, and the army led by Tokugawa Ieshima, there were more than 10,000 people in total.
Maki Kazumizumi, Kusaka Genrui, and the more than a thousand soldiers brought by Raijima Yabui, will definitely end up with a crushing defeat.
Kanekogoro secretly wrote a letter to Ryuma, hoping that Ryuma could make Zuomura, who is still in Kyoto, think of a solution.
But before the letter was delivered from Nagashu to Nagasaki, Maki and Izumi had already arrived in Kyoto.
In mid-July, the Changzhou vassal soldiers launched an attack directly at Kamo Gate, one of the gates in Kyoto.
However, the Changshu vassal state was a place of right and wrong, and it was impossible for the court and the shogunate to be unwilling to be fooled. As early as when Maki and Izumi and Kansaka Genrui rose up, the shogunate issued combat orders.
When the Changzhou vassal soldiers attacked the Hamilion Gate, the Aizu vassal soldiers of the Aizu vassal and the Sangming vassal soldiers directly came out of Kyoto.
However, the Changzhou vassal relied on the large number of guns purchased from the Guishan Club to suppress the soldiers of the two vassals.
But then, the Aizu vas soldiers who were guarding another gate in Kyoto rushed over and launched a surprise attack against the Choshu vassal from the side, and the situation took a sharp turn.
The Changzhou clan, which was attacked by the Three Feudalists, was directly in danger.
Several generals leading troops immediately ordered to retreat.
But there were Aizu and Sangming in front and Satsuma in the back, so they could not all withdraw.
In the end, several generals decided to abandon part of their army and let most of them escape.
The soldiers of the Changshu vassal who were left in Kyoto and abandoned directly activated the backup plan.
Everyone took out the gunpowder and fire notes that were placed on their bodies in advance and set fire in Kyoto...crazily set fire.
Because of the aid of gunpowder, the fire spread very quickly, and because the main army wanted to try to catch up with the Choshu family, it did not extinguish the flames in Kyoto in time.
The result is-
The entire Kyoto spreads in the sea of ​​fire.
Looking outside the city, the entire Kyoto was like a huge brazier, with thick smoke rising.
It is already extremely difficult to put out the fire.
The next morning, after learning the news, I rushed from Rensheng Village to Zuo Village, where I arrived in Kyoto, but the fire still did not weaken.
"Why...what is...this happen?" His pupils reflected the sky-sky light, which was incredible.
Without hesitation, Zuocun entered the city directly and joined the fire-fighting team.
Three days later, his whole body was charred and his face was also shaved. His hair was burnt to the length of his shoulder blades. Zuocun, who was sitting on the ground in a corner of Kyoto, panting heavily.
During these three days, both the common people, the soldiers of various vassals, the ronin stranded in Kyoto, and the retainers and servants of some princes and nobles participated in the extinguishing of the fire.
The fire in Kyoto was finally extinguished.
But it is not because of active firefighting, but because there is really nothing to burn, and the fire is extinguished.
"Ahem!" He coughed twice because of smoke, "I don't know how Luslan is doing..."
The fire started from the west, but it was mainly burned, and it was indeed the streets between the north and south.
The Luslan clinic is on a street to the south and is one of the biggest places with the fire.
Zuocun's face was all black and black.
He walked on the street in a deep mood.
The houses on both sides of the road have disappeared, leaving only the collapsed ruins.
You can see burned unborn bodies everywhere, and you can't tell who they are.
The bustling Kyoto became a hot hell in just three days.
It is conservatively estimated that 30,000 houses have been burned, and at least 50,000 people died in fires and smoke. The number of missing people is immeasurable, let alone economic losses.
Zuocun finally found a familiar place along with his memory.
But what appeared before Zuocun was just a pile of ruins.
His heart sank.
"...No, no." He knelt next to the ruins, tears fell on the ground, dripping a small pit on the black ground.
"You are a capable person, you won't die..."
Zuocun stood up.
He began to smuggle the ruins.
Chapter completed!