.Sixteen, the real decisive battle is coming (middle)

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After roughly talking about the various unimaginable fatal drawbacks of this nameless Japanese court, Bei Zhi will next introduce to you several warlord generals who truly constitute the core force of the reverse coalition.

Unlike the corrupt court that should have been thrown into the garbage dump of history, these professional soldiers are still more rational and pragmatic, full of vitality, but they also have their own fatal weaknesses, which makes it impossible for them to choose suitable targets for their support.

First of all, among this inverted coalition that was pieced together like a hodgepodge, His Highness Shimazu Noshishi from the Satsuma tribe on the southwestern border of this country undoubtedly has the strongest military strength of nearly 20,000 soldiers with strict discipline, including 2,000 to 3,000 elite soldiers with Western-style armed forces. Among the current total strength of only more than 40,000, the Satsuma army accounts for about half of the shares.

The previous Kyoto Restoration was mainly due to his army's bloody struggle.

In addition, His Highness Shimazu Noshi was born in a noble family with a long history. He has ruled the Satsuma clan for more than a thousand years, which is much longer than the history of the Edo Shogunate. Therefore, his ruling foundation is quite stable. Before the war, he was one of the several powerful princes at the peak of the island country's power. Now he was awarded the Shiji Knife and the Kushu Imperial Banner by the Emperor and appointed as the supreme commander of the Shiji Army. Although this is largely just a reputation title, no matter from the perspective of blood, reputation, strength, merit and any other perspective, when the court basically did not do anything, he was originally the best candidate to serve as the actual leader of the Shiji Alliance.

His Highness himself has also been very open to his attitude towards foreigners. Not only is he very willing to learn advanced technology, but he also actively expressed his willingness to hire foreign consultants provided by us to hold important positions in his military and political system. He has a very deep understanding of the continent of Feren and our civilized world. He does not have the blind xenophobia common in the warrior class in this small country. He is very suitable to rule this island country as our agent.

But it is very regrettable and regretful that due to his previous inadequate consideration, His Highness Shimazu and his entire family were sentenced to a suspended death penalty? Because the Battle of Kyoto was faced with heavy counterattacks from the shogunate army in the initial stage, the situation was dangerous, and all reinforcements from the surrounding areas were too late to arrive. He had to order the followers to omit all security protection measures and build a super simple version of the remote teleportation magic circle in the backyard of the palace in half an hour to bring the vassal prince and his main direct troops from the Satsuma clan, and put them into the Kyoto battlefield to recover the defeat on the verge of collapse."

As a result, although the Maku Army achieved a brilliant victory on the battlefield in Kyoto and almost wiped out the most elite new army in the Shogunate, all the officers and soldiers who passed this teleportation array also encountered serious damage from time and space turbulence during the terrifying long-distance unprotected teleportation, and no effective treatment has been invented yet." Although they themselves have not yet realized it.

Unfortunately, in order to strengthen the fighting determination of his subordinates, His Highness Shimazu Noschi seemed to have brought his entire group of retainers and all the adult men in his close relatives, as well as almost all adult men in the territory for requisition, leaving only a group of elderly, weak, women and children in his hometown. According to the conservative estimate of humble officials, these people should have less than a hundred days left now."

By then, not only will this vassal lord die suddenly, but all the adult men of the Shimazu family will be buried with them. In addition, the people who will die together include most young men in the entire Satsuma clan (for some reason, the ratio of men and women in the Satsuma clan seems to have been severely dysfunctional, with women several times that of men, and these 20,000 people are almost all males of the right age). This poor and powerful vassal state may become a sad widow's country as a result."

Therefore, it is obvious that we cannot support such a poor short-lived ghost and a tragic family that will inevitably be destroyed, acting as the military and political agents who indirectly control the Far East Ukrainian Kingdom. Secondly, except for His Highness Shimazu Noschi, currently in the camp of the Anti-State Alliance, Mr. Hoizuki Soichiro, the chief of the "Shock Team" of the Changshu clan. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a military star who has emerged on the battlefield and is also the most war-giving person that Huizen has seen in this country.

As early as January this year, he led the inverse forces of the Changzhou vassal state, contacted a large number of pirates to break through the capital and expelled the vassal lords close to the shogunate, and fired the first shot of the war. Next, Mr. Hoiyue Soichiro continued to be active on the battlefield of Changzhou, leading a "shock army" with more than 1,000 people under his command, and defeated the Shogunate crusade with a total force of 150,000. In the end, although unfortunately defeated Maguan, he continued to insist on guerrilla warfare, dragging down the main land forces of the Naserel Far East Army, creating favorable conditions for the court to launch a mutiny in Kyoto.

Except for the Kyoto Incident, almost all other battles in the war were commanded by Mr. Hiroyuki Soichiro, and fought independently for half a year before the court intervened, achieving a series of extremely brilliant achievements. According to Hu Yi's personal opinion, no one in the entire camp of the Maku Army had military talents that could be comparable to him.

But "Soroizuo also has his fatal flaws Six"

First, his background was too low and his foundation was too shallow. Before the war, Hitsuki Soichiro was just a middle-level villager, roughly between the common people and the lowest aristocrats. Therefore, in this conservative country that emphasizes bloodliness, it is probably difficult to be convinced by everyone. The so-called "Shocks" are more like an activist club. With him as the president, there is no stable territory and wealth, and there is a danger of collapse at any time.

Second, his actual military strength is also very weak. Due to his low background and his rise time is very short, the "Shock Team" of Hitsuki Soichiro had no time to expand his strength, and he has only a few thousand and two hundred people so far. Since experienced backbone veterans were killed and injured in the war, more than half of them were gangsters who were temporarily recruited in Kyoto, and their actual combat effectiveness is far from being compared with when they were on the Changzhou battlefield;

Third, his reputation was extremely bad. When he captured the capital of the Choshu vassal state, the pirates who invaded together lost their constraints, resulting in an unprecedented bloody and violent expulsion of the vassal lords, which had been passed down for more than 500 years in the Western Kingdom, and was killed by the whole family. The Hitsuki Soichiro, who planned this operation, also became the "evil in the world" of the slaughter family, and the extremely evil public enemy in the minds of all samurai warriors in the minds of all samurai warriors in the country. No matter how outstanding his military talents are, it is difficult to reverse this recognized public opinion direction in a short time. Even when he arrived at the base of the Maku Army, Kyoto City, Hitsuki Soichiro had been attacked by "Heavenly Punishment" many times, and the murderer was a group of passionate young people who kept saying that they wanted to clean up the "samurai scum""

Therefore, it is impossible to support this gentleman to take full power on the stage, at least it is so expensive that we cannot bear it.

Then, in addition to the above two generals, there were more than a dozen other vassal states, including Tosa and the Changfu, who sent troops to Beijing. However, the number was very small. The Tosa vassal, which sent the most troops, only had a thousand people, and the other small vassals had only a few hundred people, dozens, or even a dozen people. Moreover, the equipment and training were extremely poor. Almost all soldiers were the cheapest configuration of barefoot ten bamboo guns among the straw raincoats, and the generals led the team were also unlucky waste of power in some political struggles within the vassals. From a military perspective, they basically only have symbolic significance and are not within the scope of consideration of low-level positions.

In addition, there are some ronin armed forces who came to join the king and fought for the king, which is even more unsightly. They have no discipline, no tactics, no decent equipment, and they gather and disperse, and the internal fire continues. They are simply inferior to the organizational nature of bandits. Apart from buying an identity from the court to whitewash, these ronin's only interest is to rob families, burn, kill and loot, and no one can really command them.

Finally, Mr. Samust, I want to mention the guy who initially signed a cooperation agreement with you to persuade you to get into this damn quagmire, the ancient god of the Far East island country, His Highness Yue Du Ming.

IMHO, you may have been fooled by this old antique.

According to the recent observations and information collected by Beishi, it is obvious that the remaining influence of His Highness, the god of the Yellow Springs, the God of the Yellow Springs, is far less powerful than he had previously boasted. Most people have long forgotten him, and there are only a few shrines that are still worshipping him. All the clergymen will not exceed 300, and they are basically concentrated in Izumo in the northwest of the country.

In order to support this old god who had long been declining and even on the verge of falling, and to help His Highness Yue Duming take his funeral position that had been lost for thousands of years from the hands of the Buddha, we have to be enemies with the Buddhists of this country. The gap in strength between the two is not the same order of magnitude. Almost the people of the country are devout or not very devout Buddhists. There are tens of thousands of temples serving the Buddha in various places, and the total number of monks and nuns in the country is at least one million. In addition, there are also many messy Bodhisattvas and Venerables, who can be regarded as the follower of the Buddha Shakyamuni.

Dear Mr. Samust, according to the pessimistic idea of ​​Beizhi, even if you bet the entire Dragon Witch Sect, all the forces of the Dragon Witch Sect are not the opponent of His Highness Buddha. After all, according to the information found by Beizhi, after counting the huge Xianglong Empire and the other small countries, the number of believers in the Eastern World of Shakyamuni is probably much larger than the total population of the entire Feren continent.”

"Ahem, you are indeed too pessimistic. Aiklinn. Buddha's strength is not as strong as you imagine..."

Just as Ecklin was writing hard at the table, a hoarse and old voice suddenly rang behind him, scaring him so much that his pen tip shook, and he threw out a large ball of ink, dyeing a large piece of white high-end letter paper.

But at this time, Acklinn had no choice but to pay attention to such trivial matters. He threw away his pen casually, turned around and stood up quickly, and then he saluted the uninvited guest respectfully.

Long time no see, respected Mr. Samust.”

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As before, Samust, who suddenly appeared in this inn in Kyoto, was thin, with a hunched back and a gray face. He only wore a simple gray robe without any decoration. He would cough twice from time to time, looking dying and decaying.

However, the pair of sharp eyes that were always flashing with cold light showed that this person who messed up thousands of people in the world.

The old man, the smart and capable man hidden under the appearance of weakness!

"Ahem, it didn't happen long, it just happened to be time to give the report you wrote a rough trial."

He patted the letter on the table twice, and coughed slightly, whispering to Ecklinn, "You can see that you are indeed very careful in carrying out this mission. And you are desperately trying to do it perfectly. But unfortunately, Ecklinn, ahem, you seem to have made a mistake. I have never planned to build any agents in this country from the beginning, and I have not even thought about getting any benefits from it."

Samust stared at Ecklinn in a daze, changed into a stern voice, and announced solemnly, "My goal. From the beginning, it was just to create chaos and destruction!"

"Uh? You're not going to make a profit from it, you just want to create chaos and destruction?"

Akelinn felt a little confused for a moment.

Only ", cough, that's right, compared with the huge forces that are spread all over the world with the goddess of magic and the goddess of trade, our Dragon Witch Cult can be said to be at an absolute disadvantage in almost any field of the main material plane, but it only takes a little relatively hidden advantage.

It is very difficult to defeat this terrible force that combines magic and money head-on.

Even if we do our best to build an agent in this country, cough cough, maybe two days later, he will be pulled back by the trade goddess shaking her wallet, and even bite us in reverse!

Therefore, on the premise that it is difficult to seize territory from the enemy and cannot be saved for a long time even if it is lucky enough to seize it, it is best to create the greatest degree of chaos and destruction. It is best to toss the situation so that no one can control it. It is our most economical tactical choice. Since we cannot obtain this treasure land, we will completely destroy it so that no one can get it. "Cough cough, Aiklinn, why don't you even have a chair here?"

Samust explained patiently while fattening his eyes in the room, but he didn't find any seats, not even a bed. He could only see the tatami floor, a few cushions and a low desk. In addition, there were only a few packages in the corner of the wall.

"Ah, sorry, people here don't seem to like using furniture. They usually sit directly on the floor and even lay quilts on the floor when they sleep." Why don't I go to the waiter to come and ask?"

Just ", ahem, forget it, there is no need to be such a trouble, I just need to just take it a little bit.

Samust shook his head indifferently, coughed and sat cross-legged, and then continued to explain his strategic intentions. Of course, it is also expensive and undesirable to directly use our force to invade externally.

Therefore, I will send you into this country, take advantage of the various profound contradictions that have existed here for a long time, stir up one force to oppose another force, and let the continuous and cruel war spread on this land.

As long as this island country can be immersed in devastating war for a long time, we can no longer provide any market, raw materials and precious metals such as gold and silver for the Naiserel Empire. If we are precisely the Goddess of Magic and Trade, we will make the Far East trade of the Naiserel Empire shrink and stagnate and cannot continue to benefit from it, we will basically achieve our goal."

Speaking of this, he patted Ecklinn on the shoulder, "So you did a very good job. It took only a few months to turn the most prosperous Gyeonggi area of ​​this country into scorched earth, and it would not be able to recover for at least five or six years! Next, we must try to destroy another economic center of this country, put the Kanto Plain where the shogunate is located in, and then we can leave.

Next, no matter who has been destroyed, it has nothing to do with us. Even if the Naserel Far East Army and the Edo Shogunate really have a way to turn over, defeat the imperial court and the rebellious vassal states, and establish absolute rule over this Far East island state, it will not change the fact that the Far East forces of the Naserel Empire were severely damaged, such a country that was extremely broken, no matter how it operates and plunders, it will not be able to squeeze out any profit or value in a short period of time."

"Uh, I roughly understand. What you mean is that since you can't turn the chicken that lays golden eggs into your own, you can simply kill the chicken that lays golden eggs, so that no one can get it."

After such a detailed explanation, Ecklinn finally roughly understood Sammast's basic intention and understood how redundant he had previously had concerns about not finding a suitable partner to support.

But what followed was new doubts.

"But, Mr. Samust, in order to disrupt such an oriental island country far from the focus of the struggle in the Feren continent, would have to spend a huge sum of five million taels of silver, and may have to add further in the future." Such expenses would be too huge! If you invest too much power for an insignificant secondary battlefield, wouldn't it be contrary to the rules of military law?"

"The insignificant secondary battlefield?! Yank. Can you only see a little bit of the tip of your nose with your eyes? Aiklinn!"

Samust sighed and shook his head again, and glared at him with some regret.
Chapter completed!