The great man once said: Politics is to make friends more and enemies less.

For Qingdeng, the "People's Theory School" is a rare opportunity to take power!

The "Shi Theory" opposes any words and deeds that attack the court and the shogunate, without intending to change the existing world order, and clearly supports the shogunate.

Therefore, in terms of political propositions, the "People's School" is a natural ally of Qingdeng.

Since they are all allies, what else can we fight?

It is still unknown whether the "People's School" will obey Qing Deng in every way.

But what I can believe is that they definitely don’t want to go against the shogunate!

At the moment when the "people theory school" controls Changzhou, the two sides finally have room for negotiation.

In this way, there is hope that the situation will decline without any effort to save a soldier!

As long as Changzhou is ordered to surrender, the so-called Western vassals will be destroyed without attacking them.

Although when talking about the various vassal states in Western Japan, they are always summarized in a general way by the word "the vassal states of the Western countries", in essence, their interests are completely inconsistent.

Although the Western Kingdom is large, there are only four vassal states worth noting: Satsuma, Shigeru, Tosa, and Himemaki.

Among them, the only vassal state that truly had blood feuds with the shogunate was Changzhou.

The other three vassal states, one is counted as one, and they are all fence-ridden.

Although Saigo Yoshinosuke (the actual ruler of Satsuma) interfered with it during the conquest of Changzhou, which undermined Matsuhira Tomokaku, resulting in the failure of the "Changzhou Conquest", it is not difficult to see that the essence of his behavior is still a fence.

Once Changzhou falls, the power comparison between the eastern and western countries will be completely unbalanced.

Saigo Yoshinosuke was unwilling to let the shogunate grow, so he managed to protect Chuozhou and continue to maintain the existing political landscape.

If Satsuma really had the will to oppose the shogunate, he would have been holding hands with Nagashu, and then to attack Tosa and Hiramasa and other vassal states to form a huge "anti-shou-unity encirclement net".

However, after the "Changzhou Conquest" was distorted, Satsuma became extremely quiet, neither alienated Changzhou, nor maintained a close relationship with the shogunate - a typical fence-riding behavior.

As for Tosa and Himemaki, they are even more arduous and are always ready to jump between "Zunlang" and "Samabu".

After all, they were just lucky, thinking "What if?" - What if there is still a chance to rekindle the storm?

It is not difficult to imagine that once Changzhou surrenders to the shogunate, it will cause an extremely serious blow to the morale of the Western vassals.

The Sa, Tu and other vassals who were originally lucky must not have any unreasonable thoughts. Although they dare not say that they surrendered to the shogunate, they would definitely be much more peaceful for a long time after that.

To sum up, at this moment, after the "Second Edo Cage Battle", Aodo sincerely felt that he was at the "crossroads of history".

This is a great opportunity...a great opportunity to completely pacify the Western country at just a very small price!

If God does not take it, it will be blamed... In this way, Qing Deng cannot ignore it.

Toshiba Sui San, Yamanan Keisuke and others all agreed with his judgment.

Everyone quickly reached a unified opinion and then made the following arrangements:

The elite ninjas from the Ninth Team rushed to Changzhou as quickly as possible to contact the "Su Lun School".

At the same time, mobilize the army and prepare to use military means to support the "People's Theory School".

To be honest, the high-intensity war since the "Changzhou Conquest" has caused the soldiers of the newly selected group to have a very serious war-weariness.

Judging from the morale of the newly selected group, it is not a good time to use troops now.

But when the incident happened suddenly, Qingdeng didn't care about so much.

Although from the current situation, the "People's Theory" situation is very good, the "Justice" has been suppressed and almost destroyed, and the important officials of the Justice Sect such as Maeda Sun-emon, Maori Tonen, and Matsushima Takarata were all arrested, Aoten did not dare to take it lightly.

There is no reason - Kaneko Goro is still alive!

When Zhou Mushinosuke, Takasugi Shinsaku, Kusaka Genrui and others died one after another, Katsukoro became the last leader of the "Justice Sect".

Qingdeng always believes that people underestimate Gui Xiaogoro's talent! He is the veritable leader of the "Three Heroes of Changzhou"!

Yun Wen and Wu, steady, rational, good at running away... This kind of opponent who can bend and stretch and persevere is the most difficult.

The last time I got the news about Kogoro Kane was when I was fighting the Fauci coalition.

After repelling the Fauci coalition, Qingdeng sent a special force to search for traces of Gui Xiaogoro, but he could not find it - the title of "Escaped Xiaogoro" is still increasing.

Since then, Kanekogoro has been missing.

There are various statements about his specific whereabouts.

Some say he sneaked back to Changzhou; some say Satsuma took him in; some say he fled overseas... all these things are all in one go.

The "People's Theory School" also knew about the major threat of Gui Xiaogoro, so after taking the real power of Changzhou, it was convenient to issue a wanted order as soon as possible, and offer a reward of Gui Xiaogoro with a large sum of money, to see people alive and bodies alive.

Although Kogoro Kaneko's prestige is not as good as Takasugi Shinsaku and Kansaka Genrui, no matter what, he is always one of the "Three Heroes of Changzhou" and has an energy that cannot be underestimated in the "Justice School".

His arms raised was enough to cause a storm up and down Changzhou.

In other words, as long as Katsukoshi is still alive, the situation in Changzhou will have a possibility of a reversal!

Thinking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help but frown.

Although he was secretly anxious, he was helpless.

Changzhou is too far from Otsu, half a Japanese person.

Whether it is transmitting information, transporting materials, or transporting troops, it takes a lot of time.

The messenger sent, and the army mobilized... He did everything he could do.

At present, he has nothing else to do except staying in Otsu and waiting for news.

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Changzhou Fan, Changfu—

"call……"

Kaneko Goro put his hands around his mouth and let out a breath of heat.

Looking at the gray sky, he murmured helplessly:

"It's almost spring, but the weather is still so cold..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Omura Yajiro (the military advisor of the surprise troops) beside him said lightly:

"This weather is very consistent with our current situation."

Kaneko Goro chuckled a few times:

"Well, you're right."

After saying that, he turned backwards—behind him, a hundred soldiers of the surprise troops who were in danger of being in danger fell down.

Either leaning against the tree trunk or lying directly on the ground.

Or nap or stare blankly.

The weapons such as spears, muskets, and knives intertwined each other and hung on their shoulders weakly.

Even from a long distance, you can smell the stench that floats from them.

To put it bluntly, they do not have the style that "the No. 1 Powerful Team in Changzhou" should have, and they are more like a sad begging gang.

After failing to attack Edo, at the instruction of Shuitun Boy, Kanekogoro used his ability to escape and led the remnants of the surprise troops to retreat northward and successfully escaped from the battlefield.

Halfway through the journey to the vassal state, he successfully joined Omura Yijiro's troops - the remaining soldiers who had retreated from the Sekihara battlefield.

Although the meeting between the two sides was quite smooth, the real test had just begun.

Once the trace is exposed, it will be pursued like a storm.

Therefore, on the way back to the vassal state, they had to avoid the castle and roads as much as possible, and they could only travel between the mountains and forests most of the time.

During this period, whether it was the "Edo remnants" led by Kanekogoro or the "Stani remnants" led by Omura Matsuro, many team members left in disgrace.

Kanekoro doesn't pursue these people who left the team privately - even if he wants to investigate, he doesn't have the energy to do so.

In the end, after going through many difficulties and dangers, they finally returned to their long-lost homeland.

However, as soon as they stepped onto the land of Changzhou, they received the bad news that "the 'Voluns' are in power."

Katsukoro became a rebel minister, and even the surprise troops turned into a rebel.

In this way, they didn't even have time to breathe, and they fled around like a broken dog.

During this period, they hid from all over the world and carefully avoided the eyeliner of the "People's Theory School".

Thanks to Katsukoro's qualifications, it is expected that many "justice" remnants will provide them with convenience.

However, this is not a long-term solution after all.

High-intensity flow, long-term tension, and accumulated pressure... The teammates' physical and mental state is at their limit.

The harsh environment and the hopeless prospect of invisible future have led to further loss of team numbers.

To this day, only a hundred poor soldiers who wish to follow Gui Xiaowuro are left.

During this period, Katsukoro heard the most, "Mr. Gui, what should we do next?"
To be continued...