PFC Chapter 218 Can you see through me?
Chapter 218 Can you see through me?
boom!
The cannons roared, followed by plumes of white smoke billowing from the gun barrels.
After the volleys of gunfire, the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
"Hey, redhead, don't run too fast during the charge, or you're definitely not going to survive..."
Eh? Where are the people?
Figures swept past him, and the man's eyes began to turn bloodshot under the influence of this atmosphere.
But he still couldn't help but remind his only friend in the army, Kenshin Himura, of all these days.
He was also puzzled; he himself might die in battle, so why should he care about others?
Perhaps it's because Kenshin is too young and too approachable.
However, his feelings were destined to remain known only to himself.
Before he could finish speaking, he felt a powerful pressure pushing him towards where Kenshin had just been.
"What's going on? People..."
"Lord Amaterasu, is this guy a god?!"
The man stood there dumbfounded, mouth agape, watching as a red blur, like a firework shooting into the night sky and exploding, covered a hundred meters in the blink of an eye and crashed into the ranks of the Shogunate army.
Mi Niang, who was hiding in the sky, also felt something was strange.
"This kid has changed a bit too much."
Watching the unparalleled swordsman, who moved like a sickle cutting through straw, leaving large swathes of people lying on the ground in his wake, she felt utterly unfamiliar with this scene.
Kenshin had participated in small-scale battles before. Although his swordsmanship was sharp, it wasn't the kind of style that involved large, sweeping attacks.
But now Kenshin, whether he's swinging his sword or kicking, is like a tiger unleashed from its cage, incredibly fierce, giving the impression of crushing everything and being invincible!
"Have humans become so powerful without the constraints of emotions?"
"In that case, I'm not worried that those sword-wielding samurai will cause him any trouble."
Mi Niang looked towards the rear of the shogunate army formation, where a group of samurai dressed in red and white haori squinted their eyes and revealed a strange smile.
At the end of last year, a major event occurred in Edo: a split broke out within the Kennogo (Kennogo) organization, and a struggle ensued.
No one knows why, and there are all sorts of rumors, but when everyone saw that most of the Ueyashiki Ward had been destroyed, they all knew one fact: the conflict between Kennogami was really not small!
Half of the Ueyashiki district was destroyed, and the number of nobles killed or wounded in the battle was at least several hundred, if not thousands.
Afterwards, many people cried and demanded that the shogunate punish the sword-wielding generals, but the shogunate not only did not accept their demands, but instead announced that all members of the sword-wielding generals had become sword-wielding generals.
This announcement not only terrified the nobles whose houses had been destroyed, but also made all the domains in the Kanto region fear the shogunate once again.
These legendary swordsmen, weren't they supposed to never concern themselves with worldly affairs? How come they've all become members of the martial arts family?
It should be noted that the title of "General with a Sword" was a designation used in wartime military units.
That means the shogunate is about to go to war!
As if in response to people's speculation, less than a year later, the shogunate announced that it would launch a second campaign against the Choshu Domain!
Taking advantage of the momentum of Kenno-no-Mikoto's joining the shogunate, the shogunate issued conscription notices to many daimyo, gathering an army of 100,000 in one go.
In contrast, the Choshu Domain had only a little over three thousand people.
Furthermore, the shogunate launched an attack on Choshu from four directions, with samurai stationed on each side.
What did the Choshu Domain have? Firearms supported by Satsuma? A warning from the British Empire to the shogunate?
These things can't save the Choshu Domain at all!
However, the Choshu Domain is now under the rule of a new government, composed of a group of reformers who deeply resent the shogunate and want to change the country.
Therefore, although they were few in number, none of them considered surrendering to the shogunate like the nobles of the Choshu Domain.
"Who is this? Does our Choshu Domain even have such a formidable figure?"
"There are actually True Qi warriors participating in the battle. I thought all the top combatants were defending Changzhou City!"
"Great! Look, those spineless cowards in the Shogunate are starting to panic!"
"Brothers, kill!"
Kenshin's red figure darted back and forth within the Shogunate army's formation, shattering the once orderly ranks into countless fragments.
Upon seeing this, the Choshu Domain soldiers, whose faces had been grim and who had prepared for defeat, had their hopes for victory rekindled.
The enemy team wants to run away less than ten minutes into the fight. What should we do?
Of course we should chase after them!
Then a dramatic scene unfolded: the Choshu Domain army, which originally numbered only about a thousand men, suddenly roared and chased after the shogunate army, which consisted of fifty thousand men.
Behind the Shogunate army.
"Senior Brother Shihe, I didn't expect the other side to have such a fierce general. Judging from his appearance, he seems to be Battosai, the executioner who once made a great name for himself in Kyoto!"
"I'll go and meet him first, and show these Asakari what a true Qi warrior should be like!"
"Get out of my way!"
Kiyomaru, now a grown man standing at 1.65 meters tall, is still just like he was when he was a child. He gets excited whenever he sees a battle, and when he gets excited, he can't distinguish friend from foe.
The shogunate soldiers standing in front of him were like bowling pins being knocked down, either thrown to the sides or launched into the air.
"Hehe, Kiyomaru is still so impulsive."
Genji rested his hand on his sword, watching Kiyomaru charge out with a smile.
Because of the enhancement of his true energy, his body is now even taller and more imposing. If his outer clothes were removed, he would look just like a giant bear.
Upon hearing his words, Wei Ling, Qi Sheng, and Shi Yuan all nodded in agreement.
These samurai of the Yamada family were appointed as sword-wielding generals and granted the authority to lead troops in wartime; each of them could command a force of ten thousand men.
This shows that the shogunate valued them far more than the three great families and three great ministers.
Shihe didn't show too much pride, but he nodded with a smile. However, the next second, his smile froze on his face.
"Oh no! Kiyomaru is in danger! Let's all attack together!"
After saying that, Shihe stomped on the ground and leaped onto the battlefield like a cannonball with a bang.
The others were stunned at first, but when they saw the scene in the middle of the battlefield, the veins around their eyes bulged.
Because Kiyomaru was so drunk at that moment, he was slapped hard across the face with the blade of a sword and spun around like a top.
"Damn it, how dare they humiliate us, the warriors of the Sword Guard, like this!"
"The honor of the Yamada family must not be desecrated!"
"on!"
The group drew their swords and leaped towards Kiyomaru and Kenshin's location.
Shihe, who had already landed, first parried the opponent's attack with a single strike, then said with a cold smile:
"Your Excellency, my eyes can see through everything."
"If I choose to take action, it must be to win; otherwise, I will not act."
Oh?
Kenshin Himura tilted his head, sizing up the person before him. Then, while Kiyomaru still had his eyes half-closed and the other three Yamada samurai hadn't yet landed, he said softly:
"Can you really see through everything? Then let me ask you, is that unsheathed sword of yours still made of bamboo?"
what!