Maori Jingqin has been complacent recently, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, Maori ancestors have been wide, but after all, it is already an old thing, but now he has easily restored his ancestral territory and seized the Chinese region.

Mori had been troubled lately, and he did not expect that the revolution had not yet succeeded and his comrades would not work hard. The more the war went well, the more the other princes flinched. The Satsuma Domain and the Kumamoto Domain sent less than 10,000 troops, and it was clear that they didn't want the Choshu Domain to become bigger.

The territories that were conquered now were all the ancestral lands of the Maori family, and the geographical relationship only strengthened the Choshu domain, but it did not help other powerful domains.

Before the shogunate could be defeated, the alliance of princes began to drift away. Of course, Maori Jingqin can also continue to woo Tamar, but the problem is that Maori Jingqin himself is also careful. At that time, the Hizen Domain attacked Nagasaki, a key place controlled by the shogunate, but when they took Nagasaki, the surrounding territories were divided among other forces, and Chikuzen Province annexed Chikugo Province; The Kumamoto domain annexed the Bunzen Province; Looking around, it was already difficult for the Hizen Domain to expand.

The Hizen clan was unhappy with this, believing that their contribution to the downfall was greater than that of the Kuroda family of the Fukuoka domain, but it was unfair that the Kuroda clan annexed Chikugo, the fattest of the country, and seized the Miike coal mine.

Moreover, on the island of Kyushu, the Fukuoka Domain became a large feudal domain with Chikuzen and Chikugo, the Kumamoto Domain became a super-powerful feudal domain with Bunzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces, and the Satsuma Domain also owned the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hinata, and dominated the southern Kyushu.

The Nabeshima clan of the Hizen Domain lobbied the Mori clan many times, hoping to get Chikuzen and Chikugo provinces, and as for the Fukuoka Domain, which ruled the two countries, they could be transferred to the newly occupied shogunate territory according to their stone height, and in exchange, the Hizen clan was willing to support the Mori clan to meet the emperor and replace the Tokugawa clan as the new shogun of the Shogunate and establish the Mori shogunate.

The Kumamoto Domain, which dominated central Kyushu, also eyed Chikugo Province and hoped to seize it; The Satsuma clan in southern Kyushu considered itself the smallest to expand, and they already occupied Satsuma Province, Osumi Province, and most of Hyuga Province, so their expansion was only a small part of Hyuga Province. They hoped to get the Higo Domain, but the Kumamoto Domain, which controlled the Higo Kingdom, was strong, and the Kumamoto soldiers had always been brave and difficult to mess with. If the Satsuma clan does not get the Hitoyoshi clan, they want to give them the Iyo Province on the island of Shikoku.

After mastering Chikuzen and Chikugo, he announced the restoration of the Fukuoka Domain of the Ancient Tsukushi Domain, and the Tosa Domain, which monopolized the island of Shikoku, hoping to preserve the fruits of the current victory. The Tosa clan relied on the support of the Choshu domain to unify the island of Shikoku, and their strength alone could not suppress forces such as Iyo Province and Awa Province at all, they were already hopeless and wanted to defend it, and they were willing to provide a large amount of military rations in exchange for the approval of the Choshu Domain.

Although it was hampered by a strong feudal domain, the power of the Choshu domain increased rapidly with the restoration of the territories of the Ten Kingdoms of China. A large number of samurai who broke away from the feudal domain came to them, hoping to rise to become new princes in this new Warring States, and many of them were warriors who had fought in the north and south with the Chinese overseas company, and they were familiar with the new art of war, and they were good junior officers. At the middle level were the samurai trained by the Yoshida Shoin Military Academy, and these reserve officer forces allowed the Choshu Domain to train a large number of samurai and even peasants into qualified soldiers.

Externally, with the support of the British, they sent a large number of arms, so that even if there was no support from other feudal states, the Choshu Domain was enough to fight the shogunate alone, after all, Japan was not short of people, and the Choshu Domain used to have more than 700,000 people, and now after occupying the Ten Kingdoms, it has a population of millions.

Therefore, Mori Keiko adopted a balancing act and did not meet the requirements of the Kyushu Powerful Domain, so that the support of the Powerful Domain for him declined, but Tsukushi Province would become a nail planted by the Choshu Domain on Kyushu Island, and he could only rely on the Choshu Domain to survive in the future, just like the daimyo of the Shogunate installed in various places.

Maori was most worried about the interference of external forces, the first of course China, but he received the news that the Chinese introduced the parliamentary system of the Yi people, and as a result, the parliament fought with the imperial court, and the imperial court wanted to support the shogunate, but the parliament did not agree, and it was difficult for China to send troops to help the war for a time.

It's just that the Koreans are a little worried, and they sent a warship into the Tsushima domain and made eye contact with the Tsushima domain. Tsushima did not express his attitude at present, apparently relying on the support of the Joseon state, and was sitting back and watching the situation change.

If Korea invaded Japan at this time, it would obviously be very unfavorable to the situation in Japan, but fortunately, it was not found that Korea was colluding with the shogunate, otherwise the rear of the Choshu Domain would be unstable, and Maori Jingqin would have to worry about the nest.

In the battle situation, Maori Keiqin was not worried, his troops were well armed, the army was well-trained, Yoshida Shoin was the general in chief, everything was well managed, and Yoshida Shoin was there in the art of war, and Maori Keijin thought that he would not be defeated.

After defeating the main shogunate force in Bichu, the shogunate army was crushed, and the vanguard had already hit Mimasaka and Harima, and the capture of Osaka was just around the corner, and then went straight to Kyoto to meet the emperor. With the defeat of the shogunate obvious, the princes in various places have begun to secretly take refuge, and there are forces from Kii Province to Omi Province to secretly contact, and it is obvious that as long as Osaka can be captured, the entire Kansai region will defect, and when the emperor is in his own hands, there will be righteousness.

After mastering the emperor's banner, he only needed to fight the Sekigahara Battle one more time, and the shogunate should give in. When the time comes, the Tokugawa family will leave their own territory, and the Mori family will replace the Tokugawa family and become the new shogunate, the Mori shogunate!

The thought that he could also be like Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, become a general of Sekihaku, conquer the general, and control the power of Japan, Mori Keiqin suddenly felt that he was about to embark on the peak of his life, and even felt a little uncomfortable.

Therefore, even with all kinds of problems, Maori was still in a good mood, until Yoshida Matsu came to ask for a meeting with a gloomy and anxious face.

Yoshida Matsuyin fell to the ground and reported a news, and Mori jumped up.

"What?! Chinese warships are coming? How many came? ”

Maori asked hurriedly.

Matsu Yoshida**: "It is reported that ten huge ships have entered Osaka, and thirty large ships have patrolled the sea. News came from all over the country that they had locked down the ports of Hyogo, Shimonoseki and Nagasaki! ”

Maori scolded respectfully: "Eight Ge Yalu! ”

Yoshida Matsu**: "Please make a decision, do you want to continue to march into Osaka?" ”

Although Maori was furious, he was afraid that when the Chinese warships came, their soldiers would not arrive.

If the Chinese soldiers come, then this battle is still a fart, Yoshida Shoin has personally seen it, more than ten years ago the Chinese were able to mobilize tens of millions of troops to fight, which is more than the population of the Chōshū Domain, and tens of millions of military soldiers are coming to Chōshū, in addition to quickly kowtowing and apologizing, what else can be done.

The worst fears happened, and Maori decided to find out the situation on the Chinese side first.

Soon, the Chinese consul asked for a meeting and sent a message of worship, making it clear that he was here to ask for guilt!