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Chapter 482 Marching to Edo Castle
"Brothers, we are fighting here today, not to save the suffering, because there are too many suffering people in the world. Here we are fighting for our own future. If we want to climb to my position, we must obey orders absolutely, Use your blood to prove to me that you are qualified!" Zheng Zhilong spoke in front of thousands of soldiers who landed on Honshu Island from Yokohama Port.

Of these thousands of people, two thousand were naval soldiers of the Beiyang Fleet, and more than 2000 were drawn from the First Corps guarding southern Liaoning, including infantry and artillery.This 4000-man army will form the expeditionary force to rescue the shogun.

This is also the first expeditionary operation of the Kyushu Army to truly start the war of conquest.Zheng Zhilong knew the significance of it, so he had no choice but to go into battle himself.If the expedition can bring huge benefits to Huaxia, it will definitely get the support of all walks of life.On the contrary, if the expedition fails, the enthusiasm for the expansion of the Kyushu Army will be extinguished.

Because he was busy governing the huge country and maintaining conventional forces, it was impossible for Chu Yun to send a large-scale army to intervene forcefully when the fallen coalition forces and the shogunate were anxious.Sinicization patches take time.

"Brothers of the Beiyang Fleet, here are the elites sent by General Yang Tai from southern Liaoning. You have to prove to them that the soldiers of our Beiyang Fleet can not only fight at sea, but also go ashore to fight tough battles! Brothers in Southern Liaoning, I always I just heard Mrs. Yang say that their First Corps is the most elite troop other than the Guard Corps, I really don’t believe it, you guys have to prove it to me too!” Zheng Zhilong said.

"Hahaha!" The four thousand soldiers below all laughed.

They are not necessarily afraid when they come to the East Ocean Expedition, because they are almost invincible in the unification war in the pass.And the target of this conquest is the country that was defeated by Ming Dynasty more than 30 years ago!
"Leave towards Edo Castle!" Zheng Zhilong waved his arms, and an army of 4000 soldiers rose out of camp, marching northeastward like a torrent!

I don't know who spread the news of the Beiyang Fleet's arrival at Yokohama Port, and soon everyone near Edo Bay knew that the Kyushu Army had arrived!Moreover, the Kyushu Army also dispatched an expeditionary force to land, and a powerful army is advancing towards Edo Castle.

The famous spies from all parties were shocked when they heard the news, and at the same time speculated about what the Kyushu Army wanted to do.If the Kyushu Army marches towards Edo Castle, there is more than one possibility.It may be to help the Tokugawa shogunate, or it may be that both sides of the Kyushu Army want to take it away, and then occupy the most prosperous Edo Castle in the East Kingdom.

"The war has been delayed until this moment. It's good now. The Kyushu Army finally couldn't help but intervene." An old general of the Satsuma Domain guarding the territory of Musashi Kingdom was frowning.

"The Kyushu Army dispatched a large number of warships and troops to Yokohama Port at one time, which obviously violated the terms of the "Yokohama Treaty", and will break the trust of the world." A middle-aged general said.

"Huh, the "Yokohama Treaty" was a trap set by the cunning Chinese for the idiots of the shogunate. Don't the idiots of the shogunate know that the Han people have a Chinese idiom called 'the dike of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant's nest'? The Han people made an excessive request , There will be a second or third time." The old general said, "We provoked their celestial status in the war 30 years ago, and now they have finally come to retaliate. And I think the shogunate is leading the wolf into the house."

"Father, the Patriarch and the other daimyo are attacking Edo Castle, and the outer city has already been captured. I believe we will be able to capture Edo Castle soon. The Kyushu Army must not be allowed to intervene at this critical juncture, otherwise our efforts over the past year will be in vain. Already!" said the middle-aged general.

"You're right, this time we are going to risk our lives and we have to stop the enemy, even if we are not as many as them..." the old general said, "Order the whole army to stand firm, if the Kyushu army wants to pass through this road , we will step over the noble body of our warriors!"

This Satsuma army and an army composed of other small and medium-sized daimyo samurai were responsible for supporting the south of the fallen coalition forces.That is to say, while participating in the attack on Edo Castle, the Satsuma Domain shouldered the defense of the south to prevent the shogunate retainers and bannermen of the Musashi Kingdom from coming to reinforce Edo Castle from that direction.

The army of the Satsuma domain has more than 3000 people, and the number of mixed coalition forces is relatively large, with more than 7000 people.But when it comes to weapons and equipment, only Satsuma, who secretly imitated the Kyushu Army in the past few years, has a few flintlock guns, while many of the rest of the mixed coalition forces are still using matchlock guns with poor performance during the Warring States Period. It is called "Iron Cannon".

Under the command of the veteran general of the Satsuma Domain, the two armies formed a defensive formation along the important terrain leading to Edo Castle.Except for Satsuma, who was still in order, the other coalition soldiers huddled together in a mess.They belong to several big names.Each daimyo has a bunch of retainers under his command, and the retainers also bring soldiers, so don't count on formations or anything like that.The old general of the Satsuma clan could only shake his head helplessly when he saw the friendly troops with all kinds of weapons.I just hope that they will not affect Satsuma's blocking of the Kyushu Army.

The outposts sent by Zheng Zhilong, who led the expeditionary force to Edo Castle, also found these two blocking troops with a combined tens of thousands of people.

"Commander Zheng, the opponent has a large number of people. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat you with only 4000 people. It's better to wait for me to gather other vassals and flags loyal to the shogunate of Musashi Kingdom to come together. Our number will definitely not be smaller than them." Tadaki Abe watched There are many flags of the Satsuma clan and other fallen coalition forces, and he said anxiously.

"You Dongying soldiers like to plant flags behind your backs, which always give people a sense of majesty. In fact, that's it. Our 4000 people are already too many." Zheng Zhilong said, "After the artillery bombardment, prepare to attack them position."

"That's the family crest flag, it can be used to show your identity, and it can also be used to protect your back..." Abe Tadaaki protested.

"You just watch the show obediently. Originally, 50 taels could only hire us 300 soldiers. We also gave you face. In order to be sure, we sent you an extra [-] soldiers to support Edo Castle, and our Beiyang Fleet You guys have already earned it by someone like the commander personally commanding it! Without [-] million taels of silver, how can you hire General Zheng?" Zhao Youguang said from the side.

Abe Zhongqiu heard that Zheng Zhilong's expedition was worth 300 million taels of silver, so he quickly shut up.In front of him, the officials sent by the commander of the Kyushu Army cost tens of millions of taels at every turn. If the price was really set on the ground, and the original 50 taels that only needed to be paid to the Kyushu Army became 300 million taels, he would be crying. Tears.

(End of this chapter)