Chapter 850: Battle of Tianwang Mountain, great victory! The final battle is coming! [4600]
Surprised, confused, and a little... scared.
Everyone in the trial defense hall looked at Qingdeng with fear... As far as Qingdeng knew, this was the first time.
Not to mention Souji and others who are Aoto's siblings, even Serizawa Kamo, who is not considered a close confidant of Aoto, keenly discovered that Aoto's state has become very strange since he started to attack the mountain.
Although Qingdeng cannot be called a martial arts fanatic, he does have an unusual fanaticism for fighting - anyone who knows Qingdeng is well aware of this.
However, Qingteng's various performances just now cannot be described with general words such as "passionate about fighting"!
To put it nicely, it was "overexcited".
To put it harshly, it looks like a maniac!
No matter how hard he rushes forward, he kills the enemy when he encounters them, completely ignoring his companions behind him, and he will not hesitate even if he falls out of the team.
Even if Nagakura Shinpachi called him to calm down, he would remain indifferent.
At first, Souji and others thought it was a noise on the battlefield, so Aomori didn't hear Nagakura Shinpachi's voice.
But soon, they discovered that this was not the case - Qingdeng didn't hear it, but blocked it subconsciously.
His whole mind is immersed in the battle!
Everything that had nothing to do with fighting was abandoned by him!
In this way, Souji and others watched Qingto get farther and farther away from them, until he was no longer seen.
It is impossible for them to ignore Qingdeng in terms of emotion and reason.
The process of catching up with Qingdeng was relatively smooth.
Qingdeng's strange state of "killing gods when blocking gods, killing Buddhas when blocking Buddhas" is really terrifying.
Anyone who tried to stop Qingdeng would be lucky to get a whole corpse.
Therefore, there were only broken corpses left on the mountain road leading to the formation, as well as some defeated soldiers who were lucky enough to survive because they were far away from Qingdeng.
From "not seeing Qingdeng" to "meeting Qingdeng at the Changzhou Army's main line", it only took 10 minutes.
There is no need to elaborate on what happens next...
When the general secretary and others rushed to the main position of the Changzhou Army, they did not hear the sound of shouting and killing, but only heard the silence.
The place where you enter your eyes is blood red!
More than forty corpses fell all over the ground, with various forms of death. Among them were soldiers holding bows, arrows, matchlocks and other deadly weapons.
Souji and others did not doubt Qingto's strength.
They absolutely believed that Qingdeng had the combat power to "annihilate the main formation of the Changzhou Army".
But...it only took 10 minutes to rush to the enemy's main formation and kill more than 40 generals in the main formation.
This...this...? !
Even Qingdeng's fighting power is too terrifying!
If it were just like this, it wouldn't be enough to make the director and others shocked.
After all, they are no longer newcomers to the battle for the first time.
They had all witnessed the horrifying scenes with more dead people and thicker blood.
What really shocked them was the expressions of these dead people.
All the dead people present had their eyes widened, their faces were pale, and they looked twisted and soulless.
It was as if I saw some extremely terrifying demon...
If it's just one or two corpses, then that's it.
But all the more than forty corpses looked like this, which was terrifying!
As we all know, emotions are contagious.
Looking at such a picture, people can't help but feel instinctive fear.
If this scene is used as the specific image of "hell", it is not an exaggeration!
To be honest, even the General Secretary and others, who have experienced hundreds of battles and have been in countless bloody battlefields, couldn't help but be stunned on the spot after seeing this scene.
In this "hell", only Qingdeng is left standing safely.
Looking up, Qing Deng, covered in blood, stood upright in a pool of blood.
The director-general and others happened to see him stabbing the last enemy general with a knife.
The enemy general no longer had the will to fight, his face was as pale as paper, he knelt on the ground, grabbed the ground with his head, and said "spare my life" one by one, begging frantically for his life.
However, Qingdeng turned a deaf ear and walked towards this person step by step.
Although it was only a glimpse, the Souji and others did see Aomori's expression.
There was no expression on his face, no joy, anger, sorrow, or joy. He was as straight as a stone sculpture, and his eyes were filled with an indescribable and unknown light.
In a word - not human!
"I won't fight! I won't fight! Please forgive me...Pfft...!"
Qingdeng drew his sword without hesitation and pierced the enemy general's vitals.
Until the last moment of his life, the enemy general was desperately begging for mercy, begging Qingdeng to let him live.
However... in the face of his pleading, Qingdeng didn't even move an eyebrow. Taking his life was as easy, casual and natural as swatting a mosquito.
Qingden at that moment gave Souji and others a strong sense of strangeness!
They couldn't help but feel sweat dripping down their spines and chills at the roots of their teeth.
The director-general looked at Qingden with straight eyes and couldn't help calling Qingden softly.
Then, Qingden woke up as if from a dream, blinked, turned his head, and looked at Souji and others with a confused look on his face.
Although Qingneng didn't say anything, after observing the change in his eyes, Souji and others couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief - Qingneng had returned to his familiar appearance.
For a moment, Souji and others thought in fear: Is it possible that Aoto will never be able to change again?
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At this time, as his consciousness gradually awakened, the last bit of confusion in Qingdeng's mind finally dissipated completely.
The balls of twine in my mind were sorted out and straightened one by one.
He frowned slightly, raised his head and rubbed his forehead, trying to recall the scenes he had just experienced.
His memory stayed at the moment when he entered the main camp of the Choshu Army.
He only remembered that after rushing into the main camp of the Choshu Army and seeing a large number of enemies waiting in battle array, he immediately felt the desire to fight, thinking "Don't dawdle, come and fight".
As for what happened next... he couldn't remember it at all.
It was like trying to recall the specific details of the dream he had last night after waking up in the morning.
Despite trying hard to recall, he found that the content of the dream was gradually fading away and he couldn't catch it.
How he swung the sword, how he killed the enemy, how he flattened the main camp of the Choshu Army... He couldn't remember any of it.
Only his palms still had the vague feeling of "the blade entering the body".
With a sound of "Puff". Qing Deng pulled Vairocana out of the corpse in front of him and pulled it back to his hand, and a line of blood dripped down.
The corpse fell to the ground with a bang due to the loss of support, splashing countless blood beads.
The wonderful state of "the world becomes transparent" and "merging with the world" has dissipated with his "awakening" just now.
—— Am I... "swallowed"...?
Qing Deng's cheeks showed a faint uneasiness.
Regarding his crazy appearance just now, Souji and others did not know the details, but he himself knew it clearly - he was addicted to the power of that "invincible state"! He was too selfless and lost his mind!
He was swallowed by that "invincible state"!
In other words - he was possessed!
Qing Deng lowered his head and stared at Vairocana, which was stained with blood.
He never thought that such a change would happen in his martial arts. It was the first time in his life.
Although it seems heartless to say this... but he still wants to experience that "invincible state" again!
Everything is visible in his sight, and the whole world is "transparent" in his eyes; his limbs and bones are integrated with the world, and endless power surges from his body... Just like the name Qing Deng gave him: Invincible!
This "invincible state" is really too powerful! It seems to be omnipotent! Just like a god!
Once you experience this "invincible state", the intense pleasure will be deeply engraved in your memory, making it difficult to extricate yourself.
Suddenly, there was a dense noise from the bottom of the hillside - it turned out that other soldiers behind were attacking.
They rushed into the main camp of the Changzhou Army in a large number, and after seeing the tragic scene of blood flowing like a river, they exclaimed.
After a while, the exclamation quickly turned into cheers.
They didn't know what Qing Deng had just experienced, they only knew that the main camp of the Changzhou Army had been destroyed and victory was at hand.
Hijikata Toshizo came to his senses and shouted loudly:
"Don't just stand there! Go cut down the flags of the Choshu army! Put up our flags!"
Accompanied by the echoes, the soldiers rushed to those flags and cut them off with their swords.
After a while, the "Three-leaf Sunflower Flag" symbolizing the shogunate, the "Shinsengumi Flag" symbolizing the Shinsengumi, and the "Maru Cross Flag" symbolizing Satsuma were all erected and spread on Tenno Mountain.
Looking at these three tall flags, the soldiers all celebrated with joy.
"We won", "We won", "The Choshu people lost", and similar shouts resounded throughout the Tenno Mountain.
While cutting the flags, Hijikata Toshizo personally led people to look for the body of Kusaka Genzui.
After searching in vain, he moved to Qing Deng with a gloomy face:
"Tachibana, we couldn't find Kusaka Genzui's body. It seems that he probably escaped."
Qing Deng and Hijikata Toshizo are both people who can distinguish between public and private affairs and the priorities of things.
Hijikata Toshizo has recovered from the confusion of "what happened to Qing Deng just now" and concentrated on the war in front of him - Qing Deng is the same.
"It doesn't matter. I said before that taking Tianwang Mountain is the top priority at the moment."
"As long as we can severely damage the Choshu army and take Tianwang Mountain, Kusaka Genzui's head is just a bonus."
At this point, he turned his head to look at Nagakura Shinpachi:
"Shinpachi, the important task of 'clearing the remaining soldiers on the mountain' is handed over to you! Those who surrender will be spared! Those who resist stubbornly will be killed without mercy!"
Nagakura Shinpachi nodded vigorously and said "yes".
Then, Qing Deng turned his head to look at Saito Ichi.
"Ichi, I will assign 300 people to you. You will lead the team in person and search for all people who are suspected to be Kusaka Genzui within a two-li range!"
[Note: 1 li in the Edo period is approximately equal to 3.924 kilometers today]
"If you meet Kusaka Genzui, catch him if you can, otherwise bring his head to see me!"
Saito Ichi nodded gently.
Aoto's eyes fell on Hijikata Toshizo, Souji and Serizawa Kame who had not yet received the order.
"Come with me! The battle is not over yet! We are going to chase the Choshu army! Drive them to Saga Tenryuji in the north! Further expand the results of the battle!"
After saying that, Aoto shook his arms vigorously to shake off the blood stains on the blade, then sheathed the sword and turned away from here.
Hijikata Toshizo quickly followed.
Souji and Serizawa Kame were stunned for a moment, and immediately followed closely to Aoto's left and right.
The war is not over yet, so it is not time to relax or distract yourself.
Although I can't wait to sit down and concentrate on exploring the "invincible state" that makes people love and fear it, I'd better focus on the battle in front of me.
I'll talk about the rest later!
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Tianwang Mountain, somewhere on the northern slope——
"Whoosh...! Whoosh...! Whoosh...!"
"Mr. Kusaka! This way! Quick!"
"This way! Go this way!"
"Hey! Is there really a road to this damn place where birds don't poop?!"
"The devil knows! Wherever you can put your foot down, just go there!"
"Stop yelling! It would be terrible if we attract the lackeys of the shogunate!"
In the lush green mountain forest, there is a variegated color that is moving slowly.
After taking a closer look, I realized that this was a remnant of the Changzhou Army.
There were not many people, about ten or so people.
He was walking in a hurry, his face was full of fear, his nerves were tense, and all the vegetation and trees were in danger. At first glance, they look like ordinary remnants of no use.
But in fact, to the shogunate and the Samu faction, this seemingly inconspicuous remnant is a well-deserved big fish.
Because the leader of the radical faction and the important leader of the Zunban faction, Hisaka Gensui, is among them.
Just like other generals of the Choshu Army, Kusaka Gensui wore exquisite armor and gorgeous Jinhaori.
What a pity, the beautiful outfit he was wearing was now stained with blood, looking gray and particularly embarrassed.
"...That's enough. Leave me alone and escape for your own lives. A useless person like me is just a waste of food even if he is alive."
After saying that, he stopped dead in his tracks and sat cross-legged, looking like "That's it, I'll never leave again."
At this time, both the words spoken by Hisasaka Genrui and the expression on his face were full of intense despair.
His face was expressionless, his eyes were numb, his gaze was straight, and there was no color on his face. He looked like a living dead.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone beside him immediately shouted:
"Mr. Kusaka! What are you talking about?! Get up!"
"Mr. Kusaka! You are our indispensable leader in Changshu! We can do anything! You must not die!"
They grabbed Genrui Kusaka's arms and tried to pull him up.
However, Kusaka Genrui was not moved at all:
"That's enough! I told you, leave me alone!"
"The War of Shimonoseki, the August 18th Incident, Ikedaya... I have been defeated again and again, defeated again and again, and I have never won..."
"I haven't accomplished anything yet, and I don't have the face to meet my fellow villagers..."
"I don't have the strength to fight anymore! Let me be relieved right now!"
The despair in his tone became a little stronger.
Looking at Kusaka Genrui's appearance, everyone present looked sad.
What's more, he burst into tears, his face full of sadness.
As fans of Hisaka Genrui, how could they not understand his feelings?
Regarding this Eastern Expedition, the radicals headed by Hisaka Genzui all held the determination of "failure or success".
There is no other reason - they have been defeated too many times before and can no longer afford to lose!
Therefore, they urgently need a victory to boost the morale of the radicals! Boost the morale of the Zunhu Faction!
Even if you can't win a hearty victory, achieving certain results is acceptable.
However...but...!
As soon as the war started, the Yamazaki battlefield, which was the main battlefield, suffered a disastrous defeat.
Facing the Hijikata-Satsuma coalition with only half their strength, they were easily defeated and were driven to Mount Tenno like lost dogs. Then they were surrounded and annihilated by the opponent's superior force, and the six thousand army collapsed completely.
Hisaka Genzui not only single-handedly led the Eastern Expedition, but also personally commanded the Yamazaki battlefield.
But in the end, the war he personally directed turned out to be like this, and six thousand troops were ruined in vain.
In this way, it is difficult to imagine that this Eastern Expedition can achieve any decent results...
It is not difficult to imagine the self-blame and grief in his heart.
It is not difficult to understand that he would end up in this self-defeating state.
Although Genrui Kusaka had made it clear that he "didn't want to live anymore," everyone present did not listen.
"Mr. Kusaka, please cheer up!"
"Yes! Victory and defeat are commonplace for military strategists!"
While persuading him with tears in his eyes, they took action - they took up Kusaka Genrui's arms, one on the left and the other on the right, and took him half-supporting, half-dragging to escape out of the mountain.
"Put me down! Put me down!"
Hisaka Genrui was like a pig tied to a pole, struggling desperately, but to no avail.
The group of people gradually moved away, disappearing into the distant mountains and forests.
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Under Aoto's personal command, after pursuing and annihilating the Choshu Army on the Fushimi side, they began to pursue and annihilate the Choshu Army on the Yamasaki side.
During this period, the rebel armies from the two directions gradually merged and fled together to the north...that is, towards Tenryuji Temple.
Saga Tenryuji Temple - the last position of the Choshu Army!
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Ugh... Baobaozi's insomnia problem has happened again. I'm not in a good state today, so the number of words is a bit short. I'm sorry...