Sakamoto Ryoma on the side also looked very ugly. Their Ikedaya incident could be said to have really hurt the foundation of the reformists.
Most of the reformist leaders in Kansai are dead. Without those leaders, the reformers can only fight on their own. They don't even know who are the real reformers and who are the undercover agents of the shogunate.
It can be said that this loss will set back the cause of resisting the foreigners and reforming the country by several years.
This is the reason why Sakamoto Ryoma is angry, and Katsura Kogoro is simply because why the Shinsengumi always chases him. Obviously he is only the number two person, but he is the first to be crushed wherever he goes.
Only him.
His hair was now singed, and there was still a bare Mediterranean in the middle, which even made him have to wear a thick gentleman's hat to see people.
"Kawagami Hikosai didn't come to support us. Did he betray the organization?" Sakamoto Ryoma looked at Katsura Kogoro and said.
"I don't know...but I believe that Kawagami will not betray the cause of the restoration. This is our lifelong dream." Even though Katsura Kogoro was very angry, he always defended Kawagami Hikosai.
"Then if he doesn't come to help us this time, he will betray us next time. I originally thought that he could complete the task as soon as possible and transform into a real executioner. It seems that it is no longer necessary." Sakamoto Ryoma did not care about Gui Xiao.
Maintenance of Goro.
Even if Kawagami Hikosai did not betray the organization, after this time, even if the reform is successful, he will definitely kill Kawagami Hikosai. A sword that is not absolutely loyal to its master will be destroyed.
Suddenly, there was a loud roar outside the door.
"Sakamoto-sama, something bad is going on. The Samu faction is making big moves. They seem to have organized nearly a thousand people, and their target seems to be... Kyoto!"
"What!" Sakamoto Ryoma slammed the table and stood up, then hurriedly walked to the map, connected the Choshu Domain's Luye Castle and Kyoto with one stroke, and then cursed, "Damn it! The purpose of the Saba faction is to take Kyoto directly.
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"Nani! How dare they!" Katsura Kogoro was also shocked.
They looked at the map at the same time, and at this moment, they all broke into cold sweat.
If they were really allowed to take Kyoto directly to control the emperor, it would be a devastating blow to the cause of resisting the foreigners and reforming the country. Then the emperor's blood edict obtained by Mr. Ito Hirobumi would be as useless as useless paper.
At that time, the anti-barbarian faction will be completely defeated, and Fusang will once again return to the era of being ravaged by foreigners and trampled like hot weapons.
Just like the Black Ship incident ten years ago, the bald eagles who disembarked from the Black Ship Mayflower, for the locals, watched helplessly as the women and children on this land were mercilessly blasted by the foreigners.
"Urgently inform the anti-barbarian faction in Kyoto and inform the Kanto reform forces. Kyoto must be defended! It must not fall into the hands of the Samu faction!" Sakamoto Ryoma's eyes were about to burst.
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Although the Shinsengumi was preparing for a blitzkrieg, the forced march of nearly a thousand people could even be considered an outing for Levi and George.
A carriage followed leisurely behind, marching one kilometer ahead, with George, a gentleman, driving the car himself.
He claimed to be the "horse-racing wild man" of the country of Yu. He was second in equestrian skills and no one dared to claim first. After going around for a long time, Li Wei still let him drive the carriage.
A forced march of thousands of people, they only needed to prepare to cross hundreds of kilometers in two days and go straight to Kyoto.
"Your Excellency Li Wei, I always feel so peaceful. I don't seem to see any resistance from the anti-foreign reformers during this march. It seems completely different from Luye City before." George said on the carriage.
"Because all the senior officials of the Anti-Barbarian Reform movement went to Ikedaya and were taken over by the Shinsengumi," Levi said.
"If these warriors succeed, what will this country look like?" George asked curiously.
"It will become the new shogunate." Li Wei answered directly without thinking.
"So, wouldn't they consider a republic and a constitutional system?"
"Samurai don't think so much, because the shogunate system is the best system for samurai, and it is also the last system for samurai." Li Wei said.
One thing he didn't say was that even if a real new shogunate was established, it would probably be overthrown again within ten years at most.
This is the wave of the times. No one can resist the great wave of the times. Unless your personal strength is strong enough to crush the entire era, otherwise, you will never be able to resist the torrent of the times.
As for the people in front, they almost all know that they are just remnants of the old era, and this group of remnants just want to use their lives to try to resist.
It's like stones thrown out by the waves.
They are warriors who live by the sword and die by the sword.
Li Wei just wanted to see what step this group of remnants could achieve in the end.
The carriage drove slowly, always maintaining a faint view of the front. In this way, even if they encountered a battle, they would not be involved.
However, at this moment, a knife suddenly penetrated the carriage, pierced the wooden planks of the carriage, and took out Li Wei.
"Dang!"
Li Wei stretched out his fingers and caught the sword that was coming towards him.
"Fuck!" George yelled, swung the gentleman's cane in his hand, and there was a black barrel inside, and where his hand was, a trigger popped out.
His cane is actually a rifled rifle!
"Bang!" The bullet shot out.
Then a short figure behind the carriage hurriedly dodged and rolled directly to the ground. Although the shot missed, the gunshot wound he had suffered before recurred, and the blood dyed the skirt of his clothes red.
"Hey!" George hurriedly controlled the horse, then immediately turned over and got off, pointing the cane rifle in his hand at the short assassin.
And Levi also got out of the car and looked at the man.
"Kawagami Yanzhai, are you here to kill me this time?" Li Wei turned his head. To be honest, he was surprised, but when he thought of Hegami Yanzhai's identity, he just said so.
He is an executioner, basically he will kill whoever Katsura Kogoro tells him to kill.
And him coming to kill Li Wei only proves that Katsura Kogoro wants to kill Li Wei.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Levi..." Kawagami Yansai raised his knife and stood up, "I know that I am an extremely despicable villain, but for the sake of Mr. Gui's mission, for the new government, and for the new era...
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He raised his sword, shouted, and rushed towards Li Wei.
And George pulled the big bolt on his cane, and a bullet casing was thrown out, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at Kawakami Hikosai who was rushing over.
Even though he was one of the strongest swordsmen in the Bakumatsu period, times have changed, and they have changed very quickly.
Within ten meters, the gun is fast and accurate.
"Bang!"
"Sir Levi!" George looked at Levi with some surprise as he held the barrel of his gun and raised it high. Because of Levi's actions, the shot did not hit Kawakami Hikosai.
"Which adult would be angry at a child?" Levi turned around and punched Kawakami Hikosai in the stomach. This speed was beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and Kawakami Hikosai fell directly to the ground.
"Then how to deal with this assassin of the Expulsion Faction? Contact the Zuo Mu Faction and throw him into prison?"
"No, let him go." Li Wei looked at this person, and the word "roy" appeared in his pupils.
As for Heshang Yanzhai, the moment he raised his head, it seemed as if the world was spinning and he entered that unparalleled illusion.
He was so shocked that he even lost control of his body.
"This is...Edo?" Kawakami Hikosai looked at the illusion in front of him. He felt as if he had traveled through time in an instant, as if he had traveled nearly a thousand miles directly to Edo, which would be the future Tokyo.
But the people here are all wearing suits, there are cars running on the streets, and the newspaper boys are selling newspapers on the street with newspapers one after another.
Kawagami Hikosai was stunned. He felt as if he was not adapted to this era. Moreover, he was dressed as a samurai and carried a sword, which seemed out of place in this era where the sword ban had been issued for decades.
It took him a long time to see the current time.
March 10, 1945, Dongjing.
"The streets are so quiet, and there are no bald eagle planes. We would rather break ten thousand jade into pieces than win everything and block the fate of the country."
"Yes, we all need to work harder."
Kawagami Hikosai stared blankly at what the two passers-by said. He looked at the newspaper and saw all the news about "a great victory" in the battle with the bald eagle.
"Buzz!"
A violent sound rang out from the sky. Kawagami Hikosai stared blankly at the planes in the sky. It was not just one plane. He looked towards the distance, overwhelming the sky, like a nightmare coming to cover the sky and the sun, the Bald Eagle bomber!
The cabin opened, and napalm bombs began to be dropped on Dongjing...
There were tens of thousands of napalm bombs in total, causing the temperature in Dongjing to rise by more than a thousand degrees in an instant, making the city very hot after the spring cold.
This is only the first round, the second round, the third round...
I don’t know how many bombings passed, but Kawagami Hikosai died in the fire.
This time, it was called the Winter Beijing Bombing.
He suddenly woke up, and this time, he was still in a city. He kept panting and hurriedly grabbed the newspapers from passers-by.
August 6, 1945, Guangdao.
The news above is still the news that ten million pieces of jade were broken, and the news that we have won a great victory.
"boom!"
In the distance, a giant mushroom cloud hundreds of meters high rose. Heshang Yanzhai seemed to feel that his eyes were about to be dried out. At this moment, the entire population of Light Island seemed to turn into light under the giant mushroom cloud.
It was a bomb named Little Boy.
He woke up again, panting continuously, and hurriedly looked at the time.
August 9, 1945, Chang Qi.
He walked on the street in a daze, and soon, the familiar mushroom cloud rose. He stared at the mushroom cloud, watching the whole city instantly turn to ashes in the light, and his eyes also evaporated along with it.
That was a bomb named Fat Man.
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The word "roy" in Li Wei's pupils retracted.
The illusion he compiled was similar to the illusion seen by the Shinsengumi, but he focused on increasing the experience of the scene, as if he had actually experienced it all.
"Let's go, let's follow." Levi said.
"Don't you need to worry about this assassin?" George was a little stunned.
"No."
George also gave him a cane before leaving, and then left.
And Kawagami Hikosai collapsed in the middle of the road, huddled together like a dead corpse.
After a long time, he slowly stood up, tears of blood streaming from the corners of his eyes.
"That's...the future..." He seemed like a dead corpse. The belief that originally supported his life was the establishment of the reform government. As long as the new government could be successfully established, he would die without regrets.
However, he saw the future hell, the hell built by the reform government himself...
He saw with his own eyes that the reform government gradually turned into an evil spirit and became spicy.
No, it's not that they gradually turned into evil spirits, but they were originally evil spirits, but they were always disguised as humans.
"Have I been deceived all this time...I have been working so hard to kill people...working so hard to reform the government...I am building the cornerstone of this hell with my own hands..."
His body shook like a tattered rag doll. He had lost all faith and all hope.
He fell to the ground and hammered the ground until his hands cracked.
Blood and tears dripped from the corners of his eyes. He felt unprecedented pain, the pain of the collapse of his faith, but he could not understand this kind of pain, and he could not accept this kind of pain.
"Everything we have done is useless and useless..."
However, in the midst of all despair, he suddenly recalled the only light he had seen in the future.
It was an organization that a group of students joined after studying abroad in Moscow, and one of them, a child named Zhongxi Gong, would later provide key information about Moscow's attack on Pearl Harbor, allowing the Allies to obtain key information for a decisive victory.
This is the future in that hell, the only light...
At this time, Hegami Yanzhai suddenly thought of what Li Wei said to him a few days ago.
Only then did he realize that at that time, Levi had reminded him many times and told him everything.
"Mr. Levi..." He murmured, and something called faith appeared in his eyes again.
He took off his bamboo hat and cut off his high ponytail. From then on, the reformist Battosai Kawagami Hikosai was dead.
The one who survived was Rogue Yanzhai.
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At night, even the Samu faction who was marching in a hurry had to take a short rest, but it was only for a few hours.
A few hours later, they will go to Kyoto again. If nothing unexpected happens, they will probably attack Kyoto by surprise at dawn, and then take advantage of the situation to snatch away the emperor and fulfill their dream.
George took a hand-cranked coffee grinder and lit a bonfire on the ground, preparing to make a cup of coffee by hand and heat it for himself.
Levi shook his head aside. He didn't quite understand the Chinese people's desire for coffee, nor their little sentiments, but even in such a simple environment, he would still drink a cup of coffee ground by himself.
"Sir Levi, the coffee I made by myself uses simple materials, but please taste it." George said.
Levi took the coffee, took a breath, and just replied: "Be particular."
And just as the two were drinking coffee, a figure also came here. Levi was also very familiar with it. The captain of the Shinsengumi 1st Team, Okita Souji.