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After quickly "negotiating" the price, the girl and the new man walked to the alley just now...

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From noon on December 28, the air in Edo has been filled with tension.

The scholars and the people were very nervous, afraid that one day or another, they would suddenly see a large army fully armed force rushing out from the corner opposite the street, fearing that the war would break out again.

Fortunately, these scenes did not happen.

Time passes, everything is calm.

In a blink of an eye, December 30, 1864 passed quietly, and January 1, 1865 arrived safely.

Finally... the old year has passed, and the new year has arrived!

"Yuanzhi" has become history. From today on, the year name "Qingying" will be officially launched.

On January 1, the rising sun in the east lit up the sky.

Today, the sky is beautiful and the sky is clear.

Since the beginning of winter, it has been quite rare to see the sunshine.

It is a good sign that there is such a beautiful weather on the first day of the New Year.

People walked onto the streets, adults visited relatives and friends, and children played carefreely, celebrating the annual festival in their own ways.

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

Two women in new clothes met on the street, chatting enthusiastically and laughing.

"Your clothes look so beautiful! Where did you buy them?"

"Where, you have won the prize? This dress was bought in Keiya in Nihonbashi. I hesitated for a long time before gritting my teeth and buying it... Ah, hey! Kentaro, be careful!"

While chatting enthusiastically, the women were always paying attention to the "competition" in the open space next to them.

"Follow me!"

"Kill!"

"The 'head' of the general is mine!"

More than 20 children were divided into two teams, playing the "Red and White Fight" together.

They are all children of ordinary people, so they naturally do not have complete equipment, and they do not even have red and white cloth strips, and it is even more impossible to use porcelain bowls to make games in luxury.

For civilians, even a porcelain bowl is very precious and must not be wasted.

Therefore, children can only use different colors of soil on their foreheads to distinguish themselves, and then use fine wooden sticks to replace wooden swords and bamboo swords.

Despite their poor equipment, they still had a lot of fun.

Children are playing and chatting with the women beside them.

Not far away, a black cat lay lazily on the wall, with its front paws putting its chest into its hair, bathing in the sun, half-closing its eyes, and a sleepy look on its face. From time to time, it opened its mouth and yawned.

Under the cloudless sky, there is peace.

"Hahahaha, I won!"

"I'm not convinced! Come again!"

"My master has gained a lot of weight recently and can't even tie his belt."

"Have you heard that? The next door, Gokujiro, is going to get married. His wife is very beautiful!"

"Really? This is a joyous event!"

"It's also idle, so why not come to my house to play Double Six later."

"Okay, okay, then I'm better obey my duty than respect!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Suddenly... it was really a sudden moment, and the terrifying scream from not far away caused the scene to fall into a brief and strange silence...

The children's game is over.

The women's chat stopped.

The black cat on the wall suddenly stood up, his back arched, and his mouth roared, and all the hairs on his tail exploded. Then, he saw his ears tremble slightly, as if he had predicted something, and he was busy.

Jumped off the wall and left in a hurry.

Whether it is women or children, everyone on the scene stopped what they were doing, turned their heads blankly, and looked at the corner of the street opposite in line with the sound.

The corner opposite, this empty corner, which was once very peaceful, has now changed its appearance - in an instant, figures flashed out from the corner! One person, ten people, hundreds, and thousands!

It gathers into a huge abortion!

"Follow me!"

"Kill!"

"The head of Juichen is mine!"

A group of black people! The momentum is terrifying!

These people have various costumes, most of them wear simple civilian clothes, and a small number of them wear samurai dresses, without a unified uniform.

The only thing they have in common is that they have a black cloth tied to their left arm.

In terms of weapons, they are very unified, with all their waists and braces, and only a very small number of people have special equipment such as spears, longbows, muskets, etc.

This sudden change made everyone at the scene stunned.

The next moment, pure maternal love drove the women to rush towards their children, and held them tightly in their arms.

Fortunately, this unidentified army did not take care of the civilians.

They ignored the trembling group of women and children and walked straight forward.

Suddenly, a man suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked at the children with complicated eyes.

He saw at a glance that these children were playing the "Red and White Fight" just now.

After a moment of silence, he said quietly:

"Stop playing such boring games. When you really hold the sword, you won't like this game anymore. Come home with your mother."

After saying that, he stopped talking, retracted his gaze, stepped up his pace, and caught up with the large army.

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This unknown army galloped on the streets of Edo without any hesitation or pause.

Wherever they moved, the people screamed in horror.

The peaceful atmosphere dissipated! Instead, it was a strong panic!

"What's going on? Who are they?!"

"Stop worrying! Let's go!"

"Wow! Wait for me! Don't leave me alone!"

In the blink of an eye, the crowd disappeared... only the smoke and dust left by the soles of the shoes stomping on the ground was still floating on the street.

This army is not running around, their purpose is very clear - where their troops point to is the majestic Edo Castle!

As for their attack direction, it is also clear - they rushed straight towards Akasaka Mimen!

The Akasaka Mimen, which was bombarded in ruins by a large amount of gunpowder, has not yet been rebuilt.

Without advanced equipment such as excavators and only carrying it on their shoulders, Ren Qingdeng and others have great skills, and it is impossible to rebuild Akasaka Mimen in such a short time.

In other words, the Akasaka Mimen, which is still in ruins, is the weakest part of the "Thirty-Six Sees"!

If you attack Akasaka Mimen, even if there is no long ladder and artillery attacking equipment, you can easily break through the "Thirty-Six See Encounter" and attack Edo Castle!

How can there be a reason not to use this excellent breakthrough point?

As the army gradually approached Akasaka Mie Gate, an urgent shout came from behind Akasaka Mie Gate - the garrison of the defenders -:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Get ready to meet the enemy! Get ready to meet the enemy!"

The next moment, agile figures wearing light onion-colored feathers ran quickly! Everyone was there!

It was another war... It was another fierce battle at Akasaka Mimen!

However, the two sides of the war last time were the Mu Army and the Fauci Alliance.

And this time, both sides of the war were all the troops!

The defense shouted:
To be continued...