The daimyos, who were equivalent to the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period of China in Dongying, or the warlords equivalent to the Republic of China, were mostly ruthless people who held military power.

History is almost strikingly similar, and at any time a party can be divided without even the recognition of the ruler as long as there is military power.

Toei is no exception, a hundred years ago, the small Toei had dozens of daimyos, and the number of troops ranged from hundreds to tens of thousands, and even in the so-called last years of the Warring States period, there were five or six daimyo who had the strength to compete for power.

They did not need the emperor's approval, and in fact they could turn against the enemy when their forces were strong enough to do so.

And Tagawa Nanazaemon is one of the many daimyos, of course, from today.

Nanazaemon was a little confused after listening to Liu Hongji's order, the Tagawa family has been in business for generations, although he has a small family fortune but has never been involved in political power, and strictly speaking, he is not a direct descendant of the Tagawa family, and the Tagawa family has always been wary of him.

"What are you looking at? Do you know what it means to follow the locals? Liu Hong gradually glanced at the Seven Guards who were looking at him blankly and stopped talking.

Dongying was in a mess as he expected, if he didn't take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, how could he be worthy of the busy work of the past month?

But after all, this is the land card of the original daimyo, and it is inevitable that he will be attacked by all the daimyo's group if he invades as a Ming dynasty, so Dongying must be chaotic, and then Liu Hong gradually set a small goal for himself, such as occupying a small piece of his territory first, or in the name of Dongying Tianchuan's family.

"The subordinates listen to the prince." Nanazaemon was completely out of temper, and even a little excited in his heart.

"But Lord Wang, his subordinates know the Dongying people best, they are all bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if you want to conquer this place quickly, you must make a ruthless move." Nanazaemon walked up to Liu Hongjian and whispered.

Liu Hong smiled and nodded silently, in terms of understanding the Dongying people, he is no less than anyone, after all, after learning the humiliating history of the Chinese people in later generations, he still knows the urine of this neighbor very well.

Selfish, greedy, treacherous, and doing everything at the level of war, the operation of secretly tearing up the contract can shame the Germans, and the shamelessness of undeclared war is enough to disgrace the United States.

Shimane was a small coastal town with no more than a thousand defenders, and Du Yongan and Choi used only a few hundred grenades to end the Tokugawa family's rule in the area.

Then the two drove the defenders of Shimane, who had surrendered, and opened the gates of Hino and Misato castles with lightning speed.

The western islands of Toei were far away from Edo, the Tokugawa family's old nest, and the only heavily garrisoned city of Kamishi Castle had urgently assembled its troops in Edo two days earlier.

No way, compared to remote areas such as Shimane, Edo is the core of the Tokugawa family's rule, and the newly rising forces such as Saito and Nishimoto are the main problems of the Tokugawa family.

This gave Liu Hongjian an excellent opportunity, and many fake Dongying warriors led by Liu Hongjian coerced many real Dongying warriors to run around in the eastern region of Dongying.

In just ten days, Sera, Takada, Hiroshima, Iwakuni, and Sanyo changed hands one after another, and the Tagawa family became the new owners of the land, although the Tagawa family did not know anything about it.

"Lord Wang, just now there was news from the eyeliner of his subordinates on the Edo side that the Tokugawa family and the Saito coalition army had another big battle, and the Tokugawa family lost again." Nanazaemon said excitedly.

"The Warring States period has re-arrived, I wonder how you feel about the new daimyō?" Liu Hong gradually teased.

The failure of the Tokugawa family was already expected by him, in just over a month, the two heads of the family died violently, and the Tokugawa family was better, after all, there was prestige.

Although Tokugawa Ietsuna did not have prestige, he had a good army and had an advantage in numbers, but under the strong intervention of Liu Hongji, the battle of Okocho, which could have been won, was consumed by the most elite troops.

His own death was the last straw that crushed the Tokugawa family, as the elite troops were gone, and the local armies gathered from all over the country were not convinced, and the new shogun, Tokugawa Kamematsu, rushed to the battle without any coordination.

On the other hand, the Saito coalition army, after experiencing the battle of Oko-cho, levied prisoners and civilians as soldiers on the spot, and the snowballing force has become more and more, from the initial passive cooperation to the current active survival, and even the major names of the coalition army have done a good job of dividing the territory before the war, which is simply united.

"I didn't ...... I don't have any feelings, this is all the credit of you and all the soldiers. "Nanazaemon is an honest man who likes to tell the truth.

"Hahaha, this is just the beginning! The king will be going to Kyoto again in the near future, so I will leave it to you here, so I will be sure to connect Shimane-Hiroshima-Nagasaki in the shortest possible time. Liu Hong smiled and patted Nanazaemon on the shoulder.

At the same time, it was not only the Saito coalition that was snowballing, and since there was no strong resistance, the new daimyo Tagawa Nanazaemon was constantly expanding.

Relying on the silver taels produced by the Iwami Silver Mine, Tagawa Nanazaemon quickly recruited more than 6,000 soldiers from the surrounding towns, plus the original 4,000 people, which can be regarded as the strongest in the surrounding platoon.

The castles east and south of Shimane were heavily guarded by the Tokugawa family, and as a last resort, Liu Hongjian did not plan to go toe-to-toe with the Tokugawa family or Saito and other daimyos.

"Lord think twice, Kyoto is sandwiched between the Tokugawa family and the Saito coalition army, and now it is in a melee, what are you going to do over there?" Nanazaemon became anxious when he heard this.

He knew what kind of character Liu Hongjian was, but the Saito coalition didn't know, and even if he knew, he would probably choose to do it, after all, no one wants to have a knife hanging over his head.

On the other hand, the Tokugawa family hated Liu Hongjian even more, and it was really unwise to run to Kyoto at this time.

"Hehe, what I want is not just Iwami Silver Mine, I will take a thousand men and horses on this trip, and be relieved, this king has not lived enough!" Liu Hong gradually knew that Nanazaemon's worries were sincere, and explained slightly.

The guards chosen by Liu Hongjian are naturally the original team of the pro-guard battalion, not that the Praetorian Guard and the sailor soldiers are not loyal enough, but the functions of the troops are different.

The Praetorian Guard is suitable for conventional land warfare, the Navy Division pays more attention to the arrangement of troops, and the Guards Battalion is a special operation, and it has always been trained in accordance with Liu Hongji's method, fully implementing Liu Hongji's strategic policy of fighting if he can fight and running if he can't.

Don't look at the fact that there are only a thousand people, but the equipment is varied, including snipers, grenadiers, shield soldiers, musketeers......

A thousand men is not much, but it is more than enough to ensure his safety, and he has a lot of grenades in his ring in advance, so he can be sure that he will escape in the event of an attack.

"This is not Da Ming, all actions are under command!" Liu Hong gradually saw Du Yongan and Cui Geng step forward and wanted to speak, so he waited for the two of them to look at each other.

He knew that these two goods were not trying to persuade him to give up going to Kyoto, but wanted to follow, but the newly acquired territory was also very important, after all, Nanazaemon was only a merchant, and he had to leave two people who could fight to deter him.

Du Yongan and Cui even swallowed the words in their mouths by Liu Hong's gradual glare.

"Remember, your life is worth a thousand times more than the life of the Dongying people, and Lao Tzu has to pay a pension if he dies, so save some money for Lao Tzu!

But whenever you meet a Dongying person who says no to you, you would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, do you understand? Liu Hong gradually explained to his subordinates in his own way.

For these rough people who lick blood from the knife edge, this kind of rude words are easier for the soldiers to understand, this is Liu Hong's gradual telling them to be careful in everything.

On the eighth day of the sixth month, when Liu Hongjian visited the Emperor Guangming again as a carpenter foreman, he was ceremoniously received by the emperor's family......

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