At the end of the 3rd year of Ansei, in the palace of the lord of the Mosa Domain.

The lord of the domain, Shimazu Saibin, hurried back to the Mosa domain from Edo and immediately convened the feudal lords to discuss the affairs of the domain.

It happened so suddenly! Shimazu saw that the Mosa Domain was full of white spirit flags, and his heart was sad. Knowing this, why did he go to Edo Castle to be an official of the shogunate? Damn, it's all to blame on the younger brother Shimazu Tadakyo who has been working against him.

In the first two years, because Shimazu Saibin served as Lieutenant General of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he stayed in Edo Castle and was not in the Mosa Domain, so all the military and political affairs of the Mosa Domain were in charge of the feudal retainers. And among them, the main person in charge is the half-brother of the feudal lord, Shimazu Tadakyo.

Who knows if it will be good to die, a few days ago, Shimazu Tadakayo, who was in charge of the affairs of the domain, did not know which tendon was wrong, and united with several large feudal states such as the Higo Domain, the Hyuga Domain, the Chikuzen Domain, and the Bungo Domain, which were also on the island of Kyushu, under the banner of exterminating the poisonous cloth of Shina and seeking justice for the people of Kyushu, sent troops to attack Hizen, that is, the Saga Domain.

The Mosa clan sent 6,000 troops. You must know that the Mosa Domain's poor army was only 10,000 troops, and the feudal lord Shimazu Saibin also brought 1,000 troops to Edo, and the entire Mosa Domain was only 9,000 troops, and this madman-like Shimazu Tadashi led 6,000 troops out. Shimazu Kibin knew that his younger brother, who had been eyeing his position as the lord of the domain, was desperate to occupy the Saga Domain, which had recently made a fortune from trading with China through the possession of the port of Nagasaki. I have to say that if he really occupies the Saga Domain, and then Nagasaki, his power and prestige in the domain will definitely reach its peak, and he is not in the domain, so it is really possible for him to take the position of the lord of the domain.

Unfortunately, he failed in the end!

Not only that, but the other participating Kyushu feudal clans also failed. So many feudal clans mobilized a large number of troops to attack the Saga domain, but they all failed!

On the way back, Shimazu Qibin had already inquired that the Higo Domain had sent 3,000 troops, the Hyuga Domain had 2,000 troops, the Chikuzen Domain had 2,000 troops, and the Bungo Domain had 2,000 troops...... In other words, in total, the multi-feudal alliance led by the Mosa Domain in Kyushu this time dispatched nearly 18,000 troops, and the number of troops must have exceeded 20,000 with the militia who followed the battle.

During the Tokugawa shogunate era, 20,000 troops were already rampant, and Kyushu Island could not afford to raise so many troops, which was the result of the recent recklessness of the various feudal domains. But so many multi-feudal coalition soldiers were finally defeated, and when they thought of this, Shimazu Qibin was terrified in his heart, what happened to this Saga Domain, and it would be so terrifying?

"Lord of the Domain, you... You're finally back! So many brothers died tragically! Shimazu Saibin's cronies, the retainer Okubo Ritsu who stayed behind in the Mosa Domain, hurriedly greeted him, and suddenly his eyes turned red and he couldn't cry!

Shimazu Qibin saw that his love would look miserable, covered with injuries, and the most important thing was that one leg was shot and limped, and he hurriedly asked his cronies and entourage Saigo Takamori to come forward to help.

Saigo Takamori was originally a friend of Okubo Ritsu, the two were both low-level samurai, and they were valued by the feudal lord together, and now when they see their friends like this, their hearts are also sour, and they say: "Domain lord, Saga Domain is so hateful, I ask the feudal lord to avenge Okuhisa!" ”

Shimazu Qibin waved his hand and said to Okubori: "Let's talk about what is going on?" ”

"The lord of the domain, Lord Tadakyo, gathered 18,000 feudal soldiers and attacked the Saga domain by land. Although the forces of each domain are scattered and a little unified, the people who went out this time were the elites of each domain, but unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped into the territory of the Saga Domain, they encountered an ambush. When Okubo said this, his eyes were full of fear, and it seemed that the war had frightened him too much, and until now, he is still panicking in his heart.

"At first, it was an ambush, but later, it was a head-on fight. It's just that the firepower of the opponent's artillery muskets is dense and ferocious, and the multi-feudal coalition soldiers on our side are all old-fashioned muskets, and the artillery was killed by the opponent before they even had time to set up. Moreover, what is frightening is that the Saga Domain has nearly 30,000 troops, of which nearly 20,000 are not only well-equipped but also well-trained. The most terrible thing is that the artillery of the opposing side! I don't know how those bastards did it, they actually ambushed dozens of artillery pieces on the road passing by the coalition forces, and dozens of artillery pieces fired in unison, killing nearly a thousand of our coalition troops in an instant. ”

"Just this made the multi-feudal alliance army tremble. I finally mustered up the courage to continue moving forward, but I was met with fierce fire from the opponent's musket! Their muskets were far beyond our Mossa's muskets, and the warriors of Mosa were shot before they could shoot, but were only halfway to the range. Moreover, those hateful Saga clan soldiers, their muskets not only have a long range, but also shoot very quickly, they must be well-trained! On the other hand, our Mosa Domain soldiers have been training regularly, but compared to them, they are still too far behind. ”

Shimazu Qibin sighed, he knew very well that the Mosa Domain was already a wealthy feudal country, but for these musket bullets, he was still reluctant to train, it was too expensive, even if it was usually trained, it was carried out with homemade gunpowder, but this accuracy was too far from the bullets bought from foreigners. Hearing Okubo Ritsu say this, the ammunition used by the Saga clan must have been Western bullets. I couldn't help but smile bitterly, it's really too extravagant, I usually use Western bullets in training, how much money do I have to have? When did this Saga domain have such abundant financial resources? They took over Nagasaki to start trading in just a few months?

Saigo Takamori, the feudal priest next to him, seemed to know the feudal lord's doubts, and took the initiative to explain: "Lord Qi Bin, in my opinion, at least nearly 20,000 of the 30,000 troops of this Saga Domain are from the powerful army called the Capture Army!" In this way, this Saga domain has been completely controlled by Shina! If this is the case, it is no wonder that all these feudal states of our Mosa Domain and Kyushu are not opponents combined, even if half of Japan's feudal states are combined, they are not opponents! ”

Saigo Takamori persuaded: "My lord, it is better to take the initiative to befriend the other party and put all the faults on the head of Lord Zhongjiao, killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Shimazu Qibin nodded, he knew that the Saga clan had the support of Shina behind him, but he didn't expect that it was not just such a simple answer, but a direct control. He then asked, "The battle must have been lost, what happened?" ”

Okubo Ritsu said dejectedly: "The troops of the many feudal domains have lost more than 7,000 people, and our Mosa Domain has lost more than 3,000 feudal soldiers, which is a heavy loss. Lord Zhongjiao was frightened and fled with his people. Many of the other feudal soldiers also fled. The soldiers of the Saga domain directly occupied the Higo Domain and the Chikuzen Domain. And prepare to continue the attack on my Mosa Domain! ”