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Chapter 450

"I remember that the Shimadzu family was recruited by the shogunate and needed to send troops to suppress the Amakusa peasant uprising on Kyushu Island. Their Shimadzu family has been in contact with us for a long time, so it should be easy to deal with ordinary peasant troops?" Chu Yun said .

On Kyushu Island, the Satsuma clan represented by the Shimadzu family is the most powerful among the daimyos. Relying on the trade with the Liao Army and the current Kyushu Army, the Satsuma clan has the strongest economic strength besides the shogunate.With the power of the Shimadzu family, coupled with the fact that the shogunate united with other strong domains on Kyushu Island to suppress the Amakusa Rebel Army, there should be no reason to lose.

"Yes, the shogunate summoned the Satsuma, Higo, Hyuga, Chikuzen and other daimyos of Kyushu Island, a total of [-] allied forces, and surrounded Amakusa with the old shogunate Tadakatsu Sakai as the main general. During the siege, the peasant army was severely damaged. , the uprising of Amakusa in Dongying Kingdom failed." Ella said.

"This matter is similar to our previous military estimates, so we didn't send any special personnel to intervene. The Tiancao uprising is just a small internal friction within Dongying Kingdom, and it will not harm the overall situation." Chu Yun said.

"If things come to an abrupt end here, then everything is exactly as we expected. However, after severely injuring the Amakusa Peasant Army, the Satsuma Domain detained the Higo Domain and the Hyuga Domain and asked them to leave the shogunate. The Shogunate The old man Tadakatsu Sakai fled from Kyushu Island in embarrassment after the incident." Ella said the amazing news collected by the Intelligence Department.

Chu Yun was quite surprised when he heard this: "The Satsuma clan's move has a profound meaning. Could it be that they want to break away from the control of the shogunate? Detaining the daimyos of Kyushu Island and forcing them to break with the shogunate, the Satsuma clan is really audacious."

"And it's not just the Satsuma clan on Kyushu Island, but the Changshu clan on Honshu Island and the Tosa clan on Shikoku Island. These powerful clans who are closer to the Satsuma clan and trade with us on weekdays have a somewhat unpredictable attitude towards the shogunate. According to our According to the judgment of the intelligence team stationed in Dongying Kingdom, some kind of agreement should have been reached between these great feudal clans, otherwise they would not support each other at the same time," Aila said.

"I roughly understand what they are thinking!" Chu Yun suddenly came to his senses.

Originally, he thought that a peasant uprising that happened on Kyushu Island in Dongying Country had nothing to do with him. After all, his current focus was on Daming Pass, which was many times larger than Dongying Country. .But now Chu Yun discovered that this matter was really related to his strategic focus in the pass!
Chu Yun led the main forces of Liaodong and Liaonan into the customs. The troops left behind in Liaodong and Liaonan could only defend the mainland, and there were not many troops to mobilize.The number of troops entering the pass is only small, and there are still vast territories in Shandong, Heluo, Jiangbei, northern Shaanxi, Hanzhong, and the south of the long sword in the pass that have not been conquered. There is no reason for Chu Yun to ignore the fertile mainland and focus on it. Transfer to an island country.

"Shimadzu Tadahiro was a veteran in the early days of the Shogunate. His patience and ambition are unmatched by ordinary people. I didn't expect to be tricked by him inadvertently." He was digging holes for others, but this time he suffered a small hidden loss.

If Chu Yun hadn't been busy conquering the pass, he would definitely have meddled in the affairs of Dongying Kingdom.Everyone knew that Chu Yun did not want a powerful Dongying country to appear.Compared with a new Dongying Kingdom dominated by Satsuma, the Dongying Kingdom, where the shogunate and local daimyos are restraining each other, is more in line with the needs of the Kyushu Army to export goods to the Dongying Kingdom.

"The Satsuma clan has actually been making small moves in private in the past two years. They dig gold and iron mines, set up small workshops and small factories. On the one hand, they go to Ryukyu and southern Liaoning to hire our craftsmen at high prices, and on the other hand, they keep sending people here. We are here to study abroad, trying to spy on our technology," Ella said.

"Satsuma... I have to say that the people of Dongying Kingdom are very capable of learning. Once they know what can make them stronger, they will try their best to learn, and then surpass the objects they study." Chu Yun said.

Living in an island country surrounded by oceans on all sides, their resources and land are scarce, and they have a strong sense of crisis, so they have formed a special national character, which is undeniable.

"Then do we need to do something in advance? It may not be in our interest to make Satsuma bigger." Ella said.

"No, our focus is in the pass. Only after the pass is pacified can we spare ourselves to intervene in the affairs of the Eastern Kingdom. The shogunate should not be defeated so easily. The Tokugawa family and its retainers are generals who have experienced the baptism of the Warring States Period. The descendants, some old men are not dead yet, so they should be able to hold on. Now it depends on who moves faster, us or the Shimadzu family." Chu Yun said.

"Is our trade with the Shimadzu family going as usual?" Ayla asked.

"Of course we have to proceed as usual. They fight their battles, and we earn our money. No matter what, we won't suffer any losses." Chu Yun said.

"In that case, I'll go back and let our spies in Dongying Kingdom continue to pay attention to the situation of the Shimadzu family, the shogunate, and the daimyo tomorrow." Ella said.

"It's already midnight, you'd better go back tomorrow morning." Chu Yun insisted.

"it is good……"

When Chu Yun and the others talked about the situation in Kyushu Island, the Shimadzu father and son of the Satsuma Clan on Kyushu Island were in high spirits.

The Satsuma, Higo, Changzhou, and Tosa domains took the lead, and more than a dozen small southwestern vassals formally declared war on the Tokugawa shogunate when the Liao army entered the customs and had no time to take care of the Dongying Kingdom!Their reason for declaring war was that the Tokugawa shogunate lost power and humiliated the country, and lost the control of the sea in Yokohama Village and a small half of Edo Bay!
"Gentlemen, we gather here today to discuss how to overthrow the shogunate and jointly build a powerful country." Shimadzu Mitsuhisa presided over the secret meeting on behalf of his father, Shimadzu Tadahiro.The Satsuma domain became bigger and stronger in the trade with Daming, and faintly became the de facto commander of all the daimyos present.

This time is also a secret meeting for power change!Shimadzu Tadahiro is the first generation lord of the Satsuma domain, presiding over the affairs of the Satsuma domain.This time he will hand over the power to Mitsuhisa Shimadzu who has grown up.

"Is the little baby in charge? I don't know if your Shimadzu family's speculation is correct. Otherwise, if we repeat the defeat of Sekigahara in the past, we will not reduce the territory, but will commit suicide and apologize." Mo Lixiu, the lord of the Changzhou feudal clan, said. Said.

"Our Tosa clan put the daimyos of Shikoku Island on the chariot of the crusade against the shogunate, hoping to completely defeat the Tokugawa family this time." Said Yamauchi Tadyoshi, the lord of the Tosa clan.

(End of this chapter)