After listening to the report of Hu Guosheng, the commander of the Tanegashima garrison area, Li Ming nodded and said: "It is not urgent for Tanegashima to establish a combat readiness warehouse, after all, Japan's civil war has just begun, and we will not intervene if we don't let them fight in the dark." ”

When he said this, he turned his head to Zhou Billy next to him and said, "According to the information obtained by your intelligence department, can the Satsuma Domain block the onslaught of the Tokugawa shogunate at the beginning of the war?" ”

Zhou Bili thought for a while and said: "The Satsuma Domain has developed rapidly in the past few years with the help of our Far East, and they are sitting in the Satsuma Domain to wait for work, plus the samurai of the Satsuma Domain have always been brave and warlike, although the shogunate's strength is obviously stronger than Satsuma, it is difficult to take them in a short time." ”

Li Ming smiled, and then said in a deep voice: "Then let's wait and see, I hope the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Satsuma Domain will not let us down." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, to be honest, the reason why the Satsuma Domain has come to this point today is inseparable from the continuous demagogy of the Far East. Since Shimazu Tadashi, the lord of the Satsuma domain, saw the strong strength of the Far East, he hugged the thigh of the Far East with all his heart.

There is no difference between Japan and the United States as a godfather in modern society, the Far East continues to draw a beautiful blueprint for the future for Shimazu Tadashi, and Shimazu Tadashi is indeed full of ambition in his heart, after all, he has sent people to the Far East several times in recent years, and even Vladivostok They have been there, and they have a deep understanding of the strength of the Far East.

The Far East's support for the Satsuma Domain was also sparing, and in just a few years, the Satsuma Domain, which had been forced to be a powerful feudal domain in Japan, and the general's strength was restored to the level before the Great War of Kanto.

Backed by the mighty Far East, the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain certainly would not be satisfied with a corner of peace. All the retainers of the Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain already had the idea of exterminating the Tokugawa thieves. In this era, pacification of the world was the lifelong wish of every daimyo in Japan and his retainers.

Now that the Satsuma clan has waited for this opportunity, they can still sit still. The Satsuma clan not only sent people to lobby the major feudal clans, but also liaised with various foreign daimyos. He also secretly sent people to contact the emperor several times.

How could the Shimazu family's frequent actions hide from the Tokugawa shogunate's huge intelligence network, and Tokugawa Iemitsu, who got the news, was of course furious. If he could tolerate it at this time, it would mean that the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan would inevitably be shaken.

Moreover, Shimazu Tadashi also took the lead in resisting the policies formulated by Tokugawa Ieyasu at that time, and each of the daimyo of the feudal domain, the daimyo of the outer clan, and the daimyo of the genealogy lived in the capital Edo for half of their lives, and the other half of their domains. This system of "attendance accounting" allows each daimyo to be monitored.

The relatives of the daimyo in various places were also held hostage for life. Lives in Edo. Adoption, intermarriage, and political alliances between daimyo were also banned. A comprehensive and ubiquitous spy network was also utilized to keep a close eye on the daimyo.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate could not directly tax the daimyos, they demanded that the daimyo protect the country at their own expense. These indirect taxes included the cost of maintaining public roads and post houses for the shogunate's messengers. He asked the daimyo to repair and defend the now very old coastal defense walls in northwestern Kyushu, which was twice attacked by the Mongols in the 13th century.

The daimyo was responsible for dredging canals, ports, and waterways; planting broadleaf trees and bamboo; Occasionally, they were forced to provide rice and other food for the hungry. In short, like Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Tokugawa shogunate had the daimyo manage public works for him. and to force them to bear the costs of this distinction.

Although the daimyo of the feudal lords in various regions hated these regulations, no one dared to resist them. However, now the Satsuma clan has taken the lead in resisting these policies, which has given a very bad head to the daimyo in various regions, and although the daimyo of the feudal lords in each region have not responded positively, they have secretly resisted very strongly.

The Tokugawa shogunate has been forced by the Satsuma clan to have no way out, and Tokugawa Iemitsu sent several letters to euphemistically propose to Shimazu Tadashi to meet and communicate, but Shimazu Tadashi sternly refused. If the Tokugawa shogunate did not take any further action, their rule in Japan would inevitably be shaken.

But because it is not known the intentions of the Far East. Tokugawa Iemitsu specially sent his retainers to Jeju Island secretly to try to meet with the top leaders in the Far East. What they didn't expect. Although the Far East did not say anything, it did not reprimand the Tokugawa Shogunate's desire to use troops against the Satsuma Domain, but reminded the Tokugawa Shogunate several times to try to resolve the dispute peacefully.

Tokugawa Iemitsu received an answer from the Far East, if he still didn't understand what it meant. Then he's a real fool. After several days of careful consideration, Tokugawa Iemitsu finally made up his mind and decided to use troops against the Satsuma Domain.

Although he clearly knew that Far East's move was ill-intentioned, it was even so. He still decided to quickly destroy the Satsuma Domain, and stabilize the situation in Japan that was becoming more and more unstable. If you fight, you may die, but if you don't fight, and let the Satsuma Domain continue to develop, it will definitely be a dead end.

Therefore, the Tokugawa shogunate also began to carry out large-scale secret mobilization, spending more than a year frantically hoarding supplies and reorganizing armaments. Of course, the Satsuma Domain also had its own spy system, and the Tokugawa shogunate made such a big move, of course, it couldn't hide from them.

Shimazu Tadashi also sent his retainers to report the situation to the Far East Company. They got a very positive reply from the Far East Company, that is, to do it with them, with our Far East to support you, rest assured and bold.

As a result, the Tokugawa shogunate and the Satsuma clan began to prepare for war frantically.

Li Ming and everyone present stayed at the Tanegashima Garrison Headquarters every day, closely following the situation in Japan. The intelligence department of the Military Commission is stationed in Japan, and real-time information is transmitted back every day, and a large amount of information is collected to the Tanegashima Garrison Command.

Everyone knows that the great war between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Satsuma domain is now on the verge of breaking out.

The calm before the war was depressing, Li Ming sat there silently smoking a cigarette, and everyone else was anxiously waiting, even Song Tao, who had been lingering on Tanegashima Fengyue Street, returned to the Tanegashima Garrison Headquarters, quietly waiting for the news of the war between the two sides.

Suddenly, a communications staff officer next to him shouted loudly: "The Japanese intelligence station is calling, the naval army of the Tokugawa shogunate has landed in Kyushu......"

Li Ming stood up violently, walked to the side of the communications staff officer in a few steps, snatched the telegram in his hand, quickly glanced at it a few times, and then handed the telegram to Zhou Billy next to him, and then said to everyone with a smile: "The war has begun......

Song Tao raised his head and laughed when he heard this: "Haha...... Now that the Tokugawa shogunate has landed, then close the door and let the dogs ......" (to be continued......

PS: Thanks to Lao Zhou for the monthly pass.