The feudal clans of Shikoku Island also actively cooperated, forming an alliance of the four kingdoms and electing the Yamauchi family of Tosa as the leader of the alliance to lead the allied forces of the four countries to deal with the unknown crisis.

Shikoku was mountainous and mountainous about 80 percent of the entire territory, and the vegetation of Shikoku Island in this era was extremely rich and the environment was extremely complex, which brought considerable difficulties to the strategic intention of the Central Military Commission to make a quick decision.

Fortunately, although the daimyo feudal lords in various parts of Shikoku Island have united and are ready to deal with war, the war has not yet come, and they do not have the determination to break the cauldron, after all, there are too many bottles and cans for many years, and no one is willing to throw them away. While actively preparing, they were all expecting that the flames of war would not burn Shikoku.

And for now, they are all looking at the Honshu island of Honshu in the province of Honshu and the area around Osaka. Satsuma, with strong support from the Far East, had reorganized tens of thousands of elites and redeployed troops on the Osaka defense line of the shogunate coalition forces. Both sides are actively preparing for a major war.

Therefore, although they were actively preparing for war, they still assigned their main forces to various feudal castles and jinyas, such as Tokushima Castle, Takamatsu Castle, Kukame Castle, Tadotsu Castle, Imaji Castle, Matsuyama Castle, Oshu Castle, Shinya Castle, Yoshijo Castle, and Kochi Castle, and were always ready to deal with attacks from the Far East. The naval armies of the various feudal domains had been wiped out in the Far East, and they simply withdrew their naval armies to the shore and strengthened their armaments.

One of the distinctive features of the castles and jinya houses of the various feudal domains of Shikoku Island is that they were built by the sea. In light of this characteristic, the Military Commission also drew up a sound offensive plan. More than 100,000 troops who participated in the battle, with the strong support of the Admiralty fleet, landed on Shikoku Island in more than a dozen directions and launched a surprise attack on Awa, Sanuki, Iyo, and Tosa on Shikoku Island.

The time of the attack was still 4 o'clock in the morning, and after the landing force quickly landed in Shikoku, it immediately concentrated its superior forces. Rapidly advancing to Tokushima Castle, Takamatsu Castle, Kukame Castle, Tadotsu Castle, Imaki Castle, Matsuyama Castle, Oshu Castle, Shinya Castle, Yoshijo Castle, Kochi Castle and other feudal castles and Jinya castles, concentrating all the artillery fire and superior forces, launched fierce attacks on these feudal castles and Jinya castles one after another.

Tosa Province is the former name of Kochi Prefecture in modern Japan. In 1574, Chomune Ibe finally eliminated the Motoyama clan and the Yasuki clan, and forced the Tosa Kuniji Ichijo family, the last hostile force in the country. Fulfilled the long-cherished wish of unifying Tosa. After unifying Tosa's Motokin, he began the Awa invasion the following year, and took the opportunity to expand his power in Iyo and Sanuki, and after fierce struggle, he finally eliminated the Kono clan in Iyo in 1585 and completed the unification of Shikoku.

In the Battle of Sekigahara, although the fourth son of the Motokin, who participated in the Western Army, was spared, the territory of Tosa was confiscated, and Mori became a ronin. Later, he participated in the Battle of Osaka, and was captured and beheaded by the shogunate after the war. Kazutoyo Yamauchi, who joined the Eastern Army in the Battle of Sekigahara, was appointed as the lord of Tosa and built Kochi Castle, and the Yamauchi family was in charge of the Tosa Domain until the end of the Edo period.

The formation of Kochi Castle is Hirayama Castle in the style of Tikaku. Probably located in the center of the Kochi Plains, it utilizes the Kagami River and Eguchi Tagawa River as its outer hori. The Kochi Castle we see today was built at the beginning of the Edo period by the first Tosa Domain lord Yamauchi Ichitoyo and completed by the second Kochi Castle lord Tadayoshi Yamauchi. A fourth-tiered and fifth-order castle tower. It is said to be a castle on the scale of the castle tower of Kakegawa Castle.

A fleet of more than 100 offshore steam deck barges is in the dark of night. Driving at great speed on the Gyeongcheon River. Each steam barge is also towed by several unpowered barges, and the entire fleet looks extremely large.

Hickten stood on the deck of the deck barge, constantly reassuring the horses beside him. This time, his unit was used as an assault force to attack Kochi Castle in Tosa Province. Of course, due to the limited transportation capacity, only two cavalry battalions were assigned war horses as mobile cavalry units. Other cavalry units had to make cameo appearances as infantry for a period of time at the beginning of the battle.

Before the barge convoy entered the Gyeongcheon River, the Military Commission had already dispatched a number of small detachments to land in advance and touch the military stronghold of the Yamauchi family along the Gyeongcheon River, completely clearing the obstacles. So that the assault force took advantage of the dark night to drive directly into Urado Bay, and advanced all the way along the Kagami River to the foot of Kochi Castle.

As soon as the fleet arrived at the designated landing site, the two airships hovering here had already turned on several searchlights under the pods, illuminating the landing site on the north bank of the Jingchuan River as if it were day.

There was a muffled sound of "bang ......".

Hikten's body shook suddenly, and the war horse next to him also neighed a few times, and a few muffled noises came, and the pedals on the side of the deck barge were put down, and they were directly carried on the north bank of Jingchuan, and the officers and soldiers on the ship began to land one after another.

The four jeeps of the assault force, as well as the cavalry, artillery, engineer and death units, began to get busy. The north bank of the Jingchuan River, which was originally quiet, suddenly became lively, and there was a lot of people and the neighing of war horses everywhere.

Hikten also comforted the war horse, and slowly got off the barge with the reins. The platoon commander in the distance was loudly beckoning the troops to assemble, and by the time Hikten and them had gathered, the cavalry of the two battalions had been assembled.

The assault force, led by four jeeps, led two battalions of cavalry and quickly rushed towards the nearby city of Kochi. Four jeeps and more than 1,000 cavalry drove through the bustling castle town to the castle of Kochi.

At this time, a small fleet of ships from the Far East arrived at the shore of Eguchi Tagawa in the north of Kochi Castle, and successfully landed and swept the fortress in the northern part of Kochi Castle, completely surrounding the northern part of Kochi Castle. Together with the assault forces that landed on Kagamigawa, they completed the blockade of Kochi Castle.

The movement of the Far Eastern Army on the south bank of the Kagyogawa River also alarmed the Yamauchi family in Kochi Castle. Tadanao Yamauchi, the lord of the Tosa Domain, led a group of retainers and samurai to the castle tower to observe the situation outside the castle. When they saw the huge beams of light above the Nan Mirror River, they were all in a trance, no one had ever seen such a thing, it was constantly weird and made them feel terrified.

Yamauchi Tadanao had a gloomy face, turned to the samurai behind him, and shouted, "Command to be on guard, close the gates, and defend Kochi Castle for me." Send a few ninjas out of the castle quickly, mobilize reinforcements from all over the domain, and find a way to notify the other castles. ”

"Hi...... Hi ......"

As soon as his words fell, the retainers and samurai behind him immediately bowed loudly in response, and then quickly left the castle tower and prepared to go. Yamauchi Tadanao had an ominous premonition in his heart, maybe this time the Yamauchi family was in danger.

The advance party of the assault force rushed to the city of Kochi as quickly as possible, and quickly deployed, four jeeps and more than 1,000 cavalry troops quickly outflanked along both sides of the city, and converged with the troops landing on Tagawa River in the northern Eguchi, and controlled the gates of Kochi Castle. (To be continued......)

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