News of the Shogunate defeat in Toba Fushimi's Battle quickly spread throughout Japan.
After seeing the combat effectiveness of the southwest powerful vassals, the other vassals who were waiting and watching had left the shogunate, and instead began to remain neutral or simply sent troops to attack the shogunate.
The ultimate fence is right.
Tokugawa, who was retreating to Osaka, smashed the table happily.
"A bastard who changes his power when he sees the wind! A waste!!!" Tokugawa Kyoki was like an angry tiger, pulled out a knife and slashed his chair, and his chest was fluctuating violently.
He has not encountered anything that goes well since he took office as the shogunate.
First, he was beaten up by Takasugi Shinsaku in the Changshu family, and finally he humiliatedly exchanged the head of Tokugawa Ishiki with a humiliation.
Then he had just taken office, and he kowtowed to Komei, who had already been braided, and the people of Komei were gone. When Meiji took office, he ran over and kowtowed to Meiji.
Then the powerful southwestern vassal began to force him, and he was unwilling to become a king of the devastated country and gave up the glory of the Tokugawa shogunate for hundreds of years.
Finally, the war broke out, and the first round of collision of his own army was shattered.
Those vassals that had let their troops rest yesterday were not even open today.
"The Tokugawa family, the Tokugawa family's glory - is it going to be destroyed in my hands?"
The king of the country that has been destroyed.
What an ironic word.
But now, Tokugawa Keiki seemed to have seen these four words come to him.
"No, I--I must not be the king of this devastated country!"
"Set an ambush in front of Osaka and have another counterattack!"
He thought wildly.
The glory of the Tokugawa family – it should not end!
......
Zuocun came to Liangshun House alone.
It was dark now, and Okina Toshita had already fallen asleep.
Zuocun gently knocked on the door of General Chongtian.
A weak voice came from the room: "Is it Masaki? Is there anything wrong?"
"It's me, Zuocun," Zuocun whispered.
There was silence in the room, and then there was a rustling sound.
"Come in."
Opening the door, Zuocun walked in.
Okina Toshiji was wearing a sleeping suit and sat inside the bed, staring at Zuocun blankly.
"Why... have you come here at this time?"
"I'm here to take you away." Zuocun closed the door to prevent the cold wind from blowing in, and then sat on the ground at the door, "This place... can't be left."
"What happened?" Okita asked in confusion.
"The shogunate army was defeated by Toba Fumimi and has now retreated to Osaka, which is here." Zuomura did not hide it and told everything in its original form.
"...It's a crushing defeat..." Okina Director sighed.
"I'll take you out of here. The war is about to burn here. It's no longer safe."
"I..." Okina Toshita wanted to refuse, but looked at Zuocun's serious eyes and subconsciously agreed, "Okay."
"Cough-Cough-Cough-Cough-Cough-"
Zuocun hurried forward and patted Okita's back.
"Your cough...you have to keep warm." Zuomura looked at Okata's thin body with a regretful look.
"So where are you going to take me..." Okita asked in a hoarse voice by throwing his handkerchief aside.
"A... old place." Zuocun couldn't help but smile.
"......I see."
"Lying down." Zuocun said to Heidaeda.
"Oh? Oh." Chief Okina got into the quilt and lay down.
Zuocun grabbed the mattress laid under Miss Okina's cup and tied it up with a rope.
"Oh? Zuocun? What are you doing?" Kotota was startled.
"I just said that you are sick now and you are inconvenient to move, so I will carry you away." Zuocun raised a thumbs up with a little tired smile.
Okina Mainji is now like a rice dumpling, with only his face exposed.
"Do you have anything else to clean up?" Zuocun asked.
"...... Bring my California Kiyoshi, it's hanging on the wall over there." Okita couldn't reach out his hand, and could only snoop.
"Okay." Zuomura took California Kiyoshi from the wall, pinned it on his waist, and then carried Miss Okita on her back.
When I opened the door, the wind and snow outside seemed to have seen Miss Okita on Zuo Village's back, and it had stopped.
"Wait a minute, Zuocun, there is one more thing."
Okita lay on Zuocun's back and suddenly remembered something.
"What's wrong?"
"You go and knock on the door of the room next to me."
Zuocun nodded and knocked on the door of the room next to Miss Okata.
"Masaki, I'm leaving. This place is about to become a battlefield. You can leave quickly."
After saying this loudly, Miss Okata coughed twice.
Zuocun shook his head with a smile.
With his legs accumulated strength, Zuocun jumped up.
......
The next day, before dawn.
Due to lack of physical strength, Okina Soichi fell asleep on Zuocun's back.
Zuocun looked at the familiar village and breathed a sigh of relief.
The war did not affect this.
Following the familiar road, Zuocun came to his hut.
Nai was drying the quilt. It was snowing a few days ago. Today it finally cleared up, so naturally I had to take out the quilt and dry it.
As soon as Nao Nao walked out of the room with a quilt in his arms, he saw Zuocun carrying a very big white thing, landing at the door.
Kana was startled: "Mr. Zuomura?"
"Kana, help me open the door." Zuomura felt his eyelids so heavy that he could fall asleep at any time.
He hasn't been sleeping for three consecutive days, and he has been in an extreme mood these days.
He was very tired.
"Ah, OK!" Although Nao Nao didn't know what was going on, she quickly opened the door.
When Zuocun walked into the house, Kana finally saw clearly what Zuocun was behind her.
Is it—a person?
Mr. Zuocun brought back a person?! Or a woman?!
Kana widened her eyes and looked at Zuocun with an incredible look.
etc?
That woman's face... seems a little familiar?
To be continued...