Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

"Don't worry about this kind of thing, Mr. Hijikata." She changed her address in a good manner, with some untimely joy and tenderness in her tone.

"You can appoint me to be your secretary. Then I can help you with some daily paperwork or errands, and don't have to leave you to take care of a lot of other things in the army..." she suggested.

Hijikata watched the smile on her face, and then sighed slowly.

"Really...those people...what time is it, they still have this kind of naive fantasy...as if they think you can save the battle with one more..." He murmured, his face darkened go down.

"What makes me angry is that they actually want to rely on a woman to win the war... What kind of weird idea is this..."

Liu Quan was slightly surprised.

Is that so... Did those people come up with such a strange idea... Is it because they are desperate that they go to the doctor in such a hurry?

But she could never say that.

"...This is because they deeply believe that the Shinsengumi is the most reliable." She smiled warmly, took another step forward, and gently placed her hands on his arms that were wrapped around his chest. arm.

"Even women from the Shinsengumi are more trustworthy than ordinary men—they must think so." She said softly, looking up into his face.

"As a member of the Shinsengumi, I am very proud to be trusted by people like this." She said, "In fact, they don't want to pin their hopes on me, but they want to pin their hopes on the Shinsengumi. , entrusted on that flag of sincerity... because in everyone's heart, the Shinsengumi is now the incarnation of Shidou-I think this is not only the people in the shogunate, even on the other side of the sea, in this country People in other lands . . . must think so too."

"Vice-captain... It's great to be able to follow you as a member of the Shinsengumi until now."

Tufang looked deeply at Liu Quan with a sincere face.

For a while, he didn't speak or move.It was as if she had never stood in front of him, touching his arms and body with gentle hands.

But the next moment, his body moved—he suddenly leaned over and hugged her into his arms.

"...When you first came here, I thought you weren't very good at observing words and feelings..." He said with a sigh, "You are so stubborn that it makes you a headache, and you will never give up on what you believe in..."

"I'm still thinking, when will this child learn to be obedient... What should I do to walk away obediently..."

Liu Quan was taken aback.

...It turns out that even at that time, she expressed her unchanging determination, did he still want to let her leave this final place...? !

"Really..." She suddenly buried her face in the clothes on his chest, her voice trembling slightly.

"Does Hijikata-san still want me to give up? That is absolutely impossible. What I want is a deeper bond...the kind of bond that stays with Hijikata-san until the last moment. Please. ...Please be aware of it!"

After a moment of silence, Hijikata's smiling voice came from above her head.

"Yeah. OK."

"...I'm sorry, I won't think that way anymore. Because now I really feel that as long as you are here, my heart can be unbelievably gentle and calm... Really."

Unexpectedly hearing such words, Liu Quan uttered a few syllables in astonishment.

"Hifang...Mr.?!"

"Your eyes have been watching me all the time. You have been watching me since Kyoto. Now that I think about it, I realize that you can see clearly my shady places... How ironic. Thanks For you, I have to remember."

The earth said slowly.

Liu Quan asked in confusion: "...remember what?"

Hijikata's voice sounded like he was thinking seriously.

"Those heavy things on my back... all those guys entrusted to me. If I just run forward desperately, it will be more convenient for me alone. But, with you by my side, I will Hold me back. I have no hesitation about betting my life, but I can't bet it in the wrong place, and I can't just hand over my life casually, because I have more important things to accomplish—— Now I've become able to think about it from that perspective."

His speech was very gentle, but also revealed a hint of joy.

This is to say... from her, he had brighter thoughts...?

"If that's the case... it means that my existence is meaningful. There is nothing that makes me happier than this."

Liu Quan said with a smile, for some reason there was a hazy mist in his eye sockets.

"...you have suffered all this time." Hijikata said softly.

Liu Quan tried his best to answer in a relaxed tone: "Compared with Mr. Hijikata's hard work of carrying those heavy burdens, I am much more relaxed."

The earthwork sighed slightly. "However, it is still too heavy a burden for a woman."

Liu Quan let out a happy laugh.

"This is not a burden at all. Because I am stronger than the women in Edo."

In her impression, Hijikata seemed to have always had a certain entanglement with women from Edo, always talking about how difficult Edo women were.

"...Because I'm a new member of the team. It's not a big deal at all. Hey, Hijikata-san can act like a baby to me more in the future, okay?"

Regarding this declaration, the earth side was silent for a moment before responding: "...that's right."

"Yes!" Liu Quan replied energetically.But I don't know why this sentence—maybe it's because he was hugging him tightly, so the pronunciation is a bit dull—but it has a coquettish feeling.

Thinking so annoyedly, Liu Quan didn't notice that Hijikata's hand was gently stroking her hair.

"I've changed my mind, Xue Ye." There was a mischievous smile in his voice.

"How about we go to the kitchen together and secretly bring all the snacks here to eat?"

"Huh...huh?!" Liu Quan cried out in surprise, when he looked up, he saw a sincere smile that hadn't appeared for a long time on Hijikata's face.

"Let's go." He let go of her, took her hand instead, and opened the door.

There was no one in the dark corridor outside, and the long corridor seemed to extend toward infinity.In the lamp socket on the wall, the weak candle lighted at a distance, flickered in the middle of the night.

Liu Quan tightly held the big hand holding her.

"Yes!"

Just like this, let's walk together towards the endless distance in the darkness.

No matter what you have to face when you wake up tomorrow morning is the chef who is confused because of the missing supper, or the menacing army of the new government, as long as the two of them face each other side by side, they will definitely have the strength to fight endlessly.

……

In April of the second year of Meiji, the exact information said that the new government forces, which had control of the sea, planned to land in Ezo.After many meetings and various quarrels, the army of the Ezo Republic decided to deploy defensive formations at Ergukou and Muguneikou.

Otori Keisuke led a part of the army to Mugu Neikou, and Hijikata was responsible for the defense of Ergukou.

Speaking of which, after the new government troops landed in Ezodi, if they want to go straight to Goryokaku, the fastest route is to start from the landing place B, directly climb over the mountain in front of them, and then go to Ergukou and Onogawa to reach Goryokaku. Under the edge of the city.Therefore, compared with the Mugunaikou, which was defended by Keisuke Ohtori, the Erguchiguchi, which Hijikata was in charge of guarding, had to bear more pressure.

To make matters worse, now he is not only at the disadvantage of outdated and outdated equipment, but also only has more than 300 soldiers and horses in his hands, while the enemy is said to be several times stronger than himself.

Faced with this disadvantage, the earth side did not give in easily or feel frustrated.After arriving at Ergukou, he immediately ordered to build fort-like shooting bunkers with soil and sandbags everywhere, and then designed the "two-stage attack" tactic, that is, all the troops were divided into two teams. Step back to load ammunition, and then the two teams take turns, and so on.This can not only overcome the weakness of the outdated equipment and time-consuming use of the behind-the-scenes army, but also seamlessly connect the attacks so that the enemy has no chance to breathe. It is indeed a simple and easy-to-use tactic.

As soon as all the preparations were made, the official army had already arrived.

Early in the morning on April [-]th, the atmosphere on the battlefield was tense.Because the ships that the officers and soldiers were on had already landed at night, and as expected, they split into several groups and planned to cross Mt. Hakodate to attack the army of the Ezo Republic.

According to their marching speed, they might be able to reach Ergukou in the afternoon.The earthworker patrolled the position, urging everyone; Liu Quan, as his nominal surname and actual assistant, also carried a rifle/gun, and temporarily left the place where the earthworker was located in Odaiba Mountain. For the main formation, go to a defensive location on Tenguyue Mountain, one mile away from Ergukou, for the final inspection.

The morale of the soldiers there was also high, perhaps because the earthworker who served as the army had sat down with everyone to drink and laugh the night before, which encouraged everyone very well.

From there, Liu Quan nimbly walked through the mountains and forests.When she climbed up from a steep slope by grabbing a tree in three steps and two steps, stood on the top of the slope and opened her palms, looking at the wounds on her palms cut by branches and vines, she couldn't help sighing and complained, "It hurts." Oh, damn it!", then rudely stuck out his tongue and licked the wound indiscriminately.

...Saliva can be disinfected, so let's just say...it's common sense for modern people, right?

However, in the next second, she was startled by a very familiar voice coming from behind her.

"...Still working so hard, why on earth, Mr. Xueye."

There was a slight sigh in that magnetic and pleasant voice, but Liu Quan's body became stiff in an instant, and his eyes suddenly opened wide!

...How, how is it possible...? !

"... Yijun?!" She called out the name in disbelief, then turned around abruptly!

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