In a flash, the preparation period given by Li Zhen expired.

On this day, the people of the Fallen Shogunate faction and the royal family will go to Li Zhen's residence to resolve the conflict between the two sides. At the gate of the mansion, Zhao Lie, Yang Lu Chanwen and Yang Jianhou were responsible for the reception. Emperor Komei came early with a large number of people, nearly forty people, and when he arrived at the gate, Noda Yoo took the lead in walking up.

Yoo Noda said respectfully: "Mr. Zhao, you came out to greet you, do you have any arrangements for today?" Originally, ordinary soldiers received him at the door, but Li Zhen sent his henchman Zhao Liewen to come, and Noda Yoo asked.

Zhao Liewen shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "There is no special arrangement, the prince has already set up a place for competition in the backyard, you can take someone to the backyard." ”

Noda Yoo responded with a fist clenched, explained to Emperor Komei, and immediately led people there.

Yang Luchan stood next to Zhao Liewen, looking at the people who entered the mansion one by one.

After all the people entered the mansion, Zhao Liewen opened his mouth and asked, "Elder Yang, how is the situation of the martial artists of the royal family?" ”

Yang Luchan pursed his lips and said, "It's unsatisfactory!" ”

Zhao Liewen sneered and said helplessly: "Old Yang, the martial arts of the Japanese are all handed down from the Great Qing Dynasty, and they are definitely not good." These people should be compared with Japanese warriors to be comparable, otherwise they are all very good. ”

Yang Jianhou said: "In fact, they are very poor, they are all crooked melons and cracked dates. ”

Yang Luchan continued succinctly: "If these warriors are compared with the Japanese, it is not bad. ”

Zhao Liewen listened to the words of the two fathers and sons, and was stunned and stopped asking. Because the evaluation in Yang Luchan's mouth was too harsh, and Yang Jianhou was too direct, he couldn't get any praise at all.

After a short time, another group of people came.

This time, the people who came were the people of the Shogunate faction led by Yoshida Shoin. Among them, Takasugi Shinsaku, Inoue Shin and other disciples of Yoshida Shoin were impressively listed, and more than 20 samurai followed, all of them with serious expressions, as if they were rushing to the execution ground. When the group came to the gate, Takasugi Jinsaku walked in front and respectfully hugged his fists and said, "Mr. Zhao!" We would like to ask you to receive you personally. ”

Zhao Liewen said: "Don't bother, the prince is ready in the backyard, just go directly to the backyard." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao!" Takasugi Shinsaku thanked.

Immediately, Takasugi Shinsaku and Yoshida Shoin Ichito entered the house and walked towards the backyard.

When their figures disappeared from sight, Zhao Liewen, Yang Luchan, and Yang Banhou turned around and returned to the house. On the way, Zhao Liewen asked again: "Elder Yang, people on both sides have walked in front of your eyes, you should have a judgment." What is the situation of the warriors of the Shogunate faction? Which side do you think has a better chance of winning than the royals who entered earlier? ”

Yang Luchan paused slightly, paused and thought slightly.

Then, Yang Luchan continued to walk forward.

As he walked, he said solemnly: "Based on the overall situation of the warriors brought by the Fallen Shogun faction and the imperial family, it should be that the warriors brought by Yoshida Shoin are better. Their overall quality is better and more imposing. As for the ranks of the Japanese imperial family, the people inside are fat, thin, and uneven in height, and the personnel are also uneven, not as good as the warriors brought by Yoshida Shoin. ”

Yang Jianhou interjected and said: "I think that the samurai on both sides competed in martial arts, and the final winner must be the warrior brought by Yoshida Shoin." It is not known if the competition can be determined, and it is not known that the comparison between the two sides is involved, and this is not something that my father and I can interfere in, and Mr. Zhao should know better. ”

Zhao Liewen smiled lightly and said, "Wen tried to be decided by the prince, I am not qualified." Moreover, the comparison of the literary test is controlled by the prince, and it has been determined how to test, it depends on the operation of the prince. ”

The three of them talked and laughed, and soon returned to the backyard.

At this time, Li Zhen had already arranged all the personnel of the shogunate and the imperial family who were present. Both warriors and scribes were divided into two teams according to their respective camps, and they all sat down in the courtyard.

Li Zhen's expression was serious, his eyes swept over everyone, and he said aloud unhurriedly: "Today's competition is divided into martial arts test and literary test. I carefully counted the number of warriors and scribes brought by the Imperial Family, and about thirty people brought by Yoshida Shoin. Now, I'm going to count a statistic on how many people are competing in the martial arts. ”

Yoo Noda said, "Twenty-five of our warriors! Fifteen scribes! ”

Takasugi Jinsaku opened his mouth and said, "Back to the prince, we have twenty warriors and ten scribes. ”

Li Zhen nodded, and then said: "The number of people you brought is more than I expected, well, I will modify the number of people slightly, and each side will select twenty martial artists to compete." After the first round of the competition, the eliminated people will no longer participate, and the rest will continue to compete. ”

"After this round of martial arts, there will be a problem."

For example, Yoo Noda might say that only two of his warriors failed in the first round, while Yoshida Shoin's six failed, and the number of people on both sides was unequal, so how can he continue the competition? Wouldn't it be unfair? Rest assured, I've thought it through. ”

"I arranged it this way, the number of people on both sides is not equal, and the competition is carried out according to the small number, such as the data of eighteen to fourteen mentioned in the example just now, four people are selected from the eighteen people to be put aside, and the fourteen to fourteen competition is held, this is the second round of the competition, it is very simple, just continue to compete."

"After the second round, it's the third round."

"There are two scenarios that could arise in the third round, the first is that the warriors under Yoo Noda continue to lead, and there are still more people. If this is the case, the second round will be used, and the small number of players will continue to be played, leaving aside the excess number of the winning side and moving on. But there is also a second scenario that may occur where Yoo Noda's men lose this round, for example, the fourteen men sent by Noda lose four, and the fourteen men sent by Yoshida lose two, becoming ten to twelve. ”

"When this happens, two of the four people who are still under the command of Yoo Noda are selected, and the number of twelve to twelve is reached, and the competition continues. And so on until one of them is completely destroyed. I thought about it carefully, and in the end there might be a lot of people left on one side and only one person on the other side. So, there will be a wheel war mode where one person will deal with everyone, which is cruel and I hope you will accept it. I said the rules of the game, understand? ”

"Understood!"

Takasugi Shinsaku replied and immediately discussed it with Yoshida Shoin.

ps: first update; Effort.