Not afraid of opponents like gods, but fear of teammates like pigs. At this moment, Qingdeng sincerely realized the weight of this sentence and the helplessness contained behind it.

The "Sutomo Sect" teammates of the pig teammates caused Qing Deng's strategic plan to "pacify the Western Kingdom without spending a single army" to completely go bankrupt.

Although there has not been news of the execution of important officials of the "Shi Lun" faction, it is impossible for Katsukoshi to not settle the rebellion.

It is believed that it won't take long before Qingdeng will receive the news that "the 'Volun School' was completely physically eliminated."

Now that the Changzhou vassal state has been unified, there is no longer any constraint between the two parties, and Gui Xiaogoro is in charge of power alone.

Changzhou subdues without using swords and guns... There is no way to talk about it.

——In the end, can you only have swords facing each other?

As soon as he thought of this, Qingdeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If there is a choice, he certainly would not let the war break out.

Although he enjoyed the pleasure of fighting, he was never the kind of person who enjoyed killing.

What if it is the current situation, the war with Changzhou is unavoidable.

——Since the confrontation has been curbed, we can only weaken the opponent as much as possible.

Regarding how to pacify the Western Kingdom, Qingdeng never planned to do it recklessly.

He always regarded "sending troops" as his last resort.

Before formally exercising force, the first thing he had to do was to weaken as much as possible and to separate the Western vassals so that they could not join forces.

Changzhou is a mortal enemy with power and water, and there is no room for negotiation at all.

Therefore, if you want to alienate the Western vassals, you can only make a fuss about the three vassals of Satsuma, Tosa, and Hoshimaki.

In fact, Aoden had already started to take action long before launching the "Mito Conquest".

He sent envoys to Satsuma, Tosa and Fujimaki, promising to make great profits and trying his best to win over them.

He had only one requirement for the Three Feudalists: even if he did not turn to the shogunate, he would at least remain neutral.

With the wolf ambitions shown by Saigo Yoshinosuke (the actual leader of Satsuma) in the "Changzhou Conquest", Aoden could no longer trust Satsuma.

Because Satsuma is unreliable, this time it focuses on Tosa and Hoshimaki.

The Tosa Kishi Party, which is strongly advocated for supremacy, has completely disappeared. The current leadership in charge of Tosa is the "Three Tosa Masters" led by Jiro Fujitsu.

Goto Yoshida Toyoro's uncle was Haratosa who participated in politics and opposed the Honor and Rhetoric movement.

Perhaps influenced by his uncle, Goto Kojiro has not shown any hostility to the shogunate.

If you want to win over Tosa, the success rate is not low.

As for the Fatty-Maenbashi... it's hard to say.

Compared with other vassal states such as Satsuma and Changzhou, the vassal states of Feiqian are not active and have a low sense of existence. They always show themselves as "little transparent".

But in essence, whether it is Aoden, Saigo Yoshinosuke, Katsukokoro and other Western leaders, they dare not underestimate the Hoshimaebashi.

The reason for this is very simple - the Femaebashi, which seems to have no sense of existence, has the Western Country... No, the highest technological power in Japan!

Satsuma carried out modern reforms very early, and the reforms in Feiqian Fan were earlier than Satsuma!

The current lord of the Himemae family (10th generation) Naoshima, the wise leader with outstanding abilities.

Because of his proficiency in commercial operations, he was praised by businessmen as "Abacus Daming".

Because they are very passionate about medicine and foreign studies, they are also called "Lanwen Daming"

While other vassal lords were living in a mess, Naomasa Konoshima was the first to realize the importance of Western science and actively carried out reforms.

As early as the second year of Tianbao (1831), 22 years before the "Black Ship Incident", Fei Qianfan had already launched military reforms, purchased advanced guns and cannons, and hired Western instructors.

In the fifth year of Jiayong (1852) - one year before the "Black Ship Incident" - Naota Kaorama successively established the "Fire Prescription" and "Refined Prescription" that specializes in scientific and technological research.

Today's Himemaki Bamboo has an iron-producing reflector, the Mietsu Naval Institute, which can independently build warships, the refining method of guns and cannons, and the Hongdaoguan, which specializes in teaching Western science...

The greatest help to support Naoshima Konoshima to complete this series of achievements is the extremely terrifying talent reserve of the Hoshima-fai! It is really full of talents!

Naoshima Kaori network has recruited a large number of scientific research talents, including inventor Tanaka Hakushige and industrialist Sano Tomomin.

Speaking of this Tianakahara, this man is really a god.

This person has shown his talent in mechanical manufacturing since he was a child, and he made a mechanical doll without human power when he was in his twenties.

After being poached by the Saga family, he became a vassal in the refining field as a vassal, participated in the manufacturing and research and development of steam machinery, ships, guns, and cannons. He often made achievements and became famous all over the world.

With the strong support of these top talents, Feiqianfan's scientific and technological level is increasing day by day.

You know, the Qinjinfan finally completed a military factory until recently.

As for scientific research departments and modern educational institutions... they are far inferior to those of Fatmain.

Because of its extremely high technological level and a stable military factory, the Feiqian Army's firearm assembly rate is extremely high and its firepower is extremely strong.

This is the strength of the Fatmaebashi...it should not be underestimated!

To give an image example - Feiqian Fan is like an overweight weight, no matter which side it falls, it will cause the scale to tilt significantly!

In recent years, Naoshima Kuroshima has rarely intervened in major events in the world and has always remained neutral.

Because they kept a certain distance from the court and the shogunate, Naota Kinashima had another title: "The Monster in Fatty".

It is not difficult to see that Naota Kojima is unwilling to "bet" too early and wants to wait until the situation in the world becomes clearer before choosing a side station.

It is difficult to determine whether it can successfully win over Feiqian's wife.

After all, no matter how many benefits Aoden gives, it is impossible to have more than the benefits earned after "destroying the Edo Shogunate"!

Defeat Qingdeng, destroy the shogunate, and establish a brand new country... What are the benefits in this world that can be higher than the merits of establishing a country?

What did Satsuma, Tosa, and the former leaders think, whether they want to maintain the status quo or seek higher power, Aoden is unknown, so they can only continue to take one step and count it...

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Changzhou Fan, Hagi City—

Kanekogoro stood on the Tianshou Pavilion in Hagi Castle and looked out at the magnificent scenery in the distance.

——Win...

Although it was several days ago that he had re-taken Changzhou, he still felt unbelievable to this day.

Even though his feet were really trampling Hagi Castle under his feet, he couldn't help feeling a trance.

——I actually won...

Since he dared to revolt, he naturally had the confidence to defeat the "people-minded faction".

But... he never expected that he could win so easily! So quickly!

During the entire uprising process, there was no tough battle. Whether it was the initial surprise attack on the Xindi Club or the subsequent strategic decisive battle (Ota War), it was the same process: meet a charge, collapse the opponent and the battle ended.

After only a few battles were fought, the "Shishen School" collapsed.

After the war, casualties were counted, and the number of casualties in the entire army was even less than three digits.

Gui Xiaowuro really experienced the pleasure of the Jin Kingdom destroying Liao Kingdom with a powerful force, and the Northern Song Dynasty. It looked like a very powerful enemy, but it was actually vulnerable.

Because he won too easily, he had a strange feeling of "picking up a regime for free".

——If I had known this, I should have revolted as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Gui Xiaowuro couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

After the fall of the "Sutomo Sect", he became the undisputed supreme leader of Changzhou.

After taking power, he immediately made various requests to Maori Kei: re-appoint the "Justice Sect" officials, liquidate the "People Discussion Sect", and regard "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" as the basic national policy...

The city wall changed its flag. Overnight, the political structure of Changzhou underwent a drastic change again... Maori Keiki was very calm about this.

Anyway, no matter which faction is in power, what he wants to say is the same:

"Yeah! Just do that!"

This morning, at the strong request of Katsukoro, Maori Kei's father and son held a temporary sacrifice to thank the crime of the riots and prayed to the spirits to bless the Changshu family, so that the road would never be full of thorns.

It is indeed gratifying to defeat the "Sutomo Sect" with a rapid speed before Qingdeng intervenes.

However... the real challenge is still behind!

Compared with the "Shishuofu School", the shogunate power headed by Qingdeng is the real big concern!

Just like Kei Kogoro unified Changzhou, Aoden unified the entire shogunate not long ago!

From then on, there was no distinction between "Nanji" and "Yiqiao" within the shogunate.

Tokugawa Ishishi was unconscious and the "Ichihashi Sect" was expelled... Under such circumstances, the Tokugawa Shogunate had become the "Korean Shogunate"! All the shogunate obeyed Aoto!

For Qingdeng, his sphere of influence is no longer limited to Qinjin, and he can now call on all the resources of the shogunate!

Although the two "Edo Cage Battles" caused serious losses to the shogunate and greatly damaged its strength, the situation in Choshu was even worse!

Since the Xiaguan War, Changzhou has suffered heavy losses and its national strength has continued to decline.
To be continued...