In mid-April, Zheng Zhilong's army to defeat the shogunate was assembled again.

And in Kyushu, the shogunate also had a large number of spies. When Zheng Zhilong gathered his forces again, the shogunate also learned that Kyushu was about to send troops again, but the shogunate had not yet found out the direction of the main attack of Kyushu's army. In order to get more and more detailed information, shogunate spies in Kyushu became active.

"Zhonggong Niangniang, our army's crusade against the shogunate is imminent, but now the shogunate spies in the city have become extremely active, it seems that for the detailed plan of the shogunate of this crusade, our army has a great distance from Dongchang in the anti-room, I hope Niangniang can allow Fanzi in Dongying Dongchang to participate in this anti-intermittent operation." Zheng Zhilong said sincerely.

Zheng Zhilong has long known that Dongchang has a lot of strength in Dongying, and after Wang Sai'er returned to Dongying from Beijing last time, she did not hide from Zheng Zhilong the news that she was going to take over Dongchang's power in Dongying, Wang Sai'er also wanted to tell Zheng Zhilong through this that Zhu Youxiao was standing behind her.

Zheng Zhilong is an ambitious person, but he is also a person with no great ambitions, otherwise, Zheng Zhilong, who has hundreds of thousands of troops in history, would not have lost his life due to the surrender of the Manchu Dynasty. And the purpose of his move, first, he really wanted to borrow the strength of Dongchang in Dongying to fight back against the spies of the shogunate, in this aspect, Dongchang is definitely professional and the level is also the highest; Second, he wanted to show his loyalty to Zhu Youxiao through this move, and he vaguely felt that Zhu Youxiao was already a little dissatisfied with him through his spies in Daming.

Wang Sai'er hesitated for a moment before saying: "Don't worry, Prince Zheng, let me think about it, after all, Dongchang's power in Dongying belongs to the emperor, and I just borrowed it, if the loss is too great, I can't pay it to the emperor." ”

"It's okay, Zhonggong Niangniang can think about it first, if you agree, you can send someone to me at any time." Zheng Zhilong said softly.

"Wait, I think it's better to send a false message to the shogunate than to spend a lot of manpower and material resources." Wang Sai'er is more experienced in the use of spies.

"Disinformation?" Zheng Zhilong asked suspiciously.

"Bright plank road, dark Chen Cang." Wang Sai'er said softly.

"It's a great plan, but I don't know how?" Zheng Zhilong suddenly realized.

"I'll do this for you, and I promise to send the false information to Tokugawa Iemitsu." Wang Sai'er swore and said.

"Then there is a lady in the palace."

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The reason why Wang Sai'er chose the plan of "Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chen Cang" is that on the one hand, she does not want to expose the strength of Dongchang in Dongying, which is a new force for her to fight against Zheng Zhilong in the future, and on the other hand, she wants to test the strength of Dongying East Factory, which is the first time she uses Dongying East Factory to perform tasks.

With the assistance of Zheng Zhilong, the plan of the East Factory was implemented very smoothly, and this kind of thing has been done several times in the East Factory today, which can be regarded as practice makes perfect. This false information was delivered to the shogunate in early May. In terms of false information, the direction of Kyushu's attack is still Himeji Castle, and Kyushu does not seem to have given up since the failure of the attack on Himeji Castle last year.

However, in fact, the direction of Kyushu's attack was Tsugaru Nobuyoshi of the Hirosaki Domain, and the Tsugaru clan of the Hirosaki Domain was a daimyo of Waixiang, but had an extremely close relationship with the shogunate. Tsugaru Nobuyoshi's father, Tsugaru Nobume, was originally married to Tatsuhime, and after Tsugaru Nobume married Tokugawa Ieyasu's adopted daughter Mantenhime, Tatsuhime was demoted.

Although the position of the Tsugaru clan was consolidated after Tsugaru Nobumei married Mantenhime, it also caused the loyalty of the successor Tsugaru Nobuyoshi to the shogunate to decline.

In mid-May, Kyushu's 100,000-strong army landed at the Hirosaki Domain. Tsugaru Nobuyoshi was a promising daimyo who made a lot of achievements during his reign, and the Hirosaki clan was extremely loyal to Tsugaru Nobuyoshi, but in the face of the aggressive offensive of the 100,000-strong army in Kyushu, Tsugaru Nobuyoshi chose to surrender Kyushu after a little resistance.

On May 21, the Kyushu army entered Hirosaki Castle, the domain of the Hirosaki Domain. The acquisition of the Hirosaki Domain allowed the Kyushu Army to gain a firm foothold in the northeastern part of Honshu.

After the capture of the Hirosaki Domain, the large army of Kyushu marched south in two directions, one was an army of 80,000 led by Zheng Zhihu, whose goal was to attack the Morioka Domain, and the other was an army of 20,000 led by Shi Daxuan, whose goal was to attack the Kubota Domain.

The Satake clan of the Kubota Domain was originally a daimyo of 540,000 stone in Ishitaka, but after the Battle of Sekigahara, it was given 200,000 koku. Before the Kyushu crusade against the shogunate, the lord of the Kubota Domain, Yoshitaka Satake, had secret contacts with Kyushu, and the purpose of sending troops to the Kubota Domain this time was to persuade Yoshitaka Satake to surrender.

And the Morioka Domain, which Zheng Zhihu attacked, was 100,000 stone high, and the current lord of the domain was Nanbu Shigenao, who had a harsh personality and had no sons, but he wanted to be included in the shogunate and become a pedigree daimyo, so he accepted Hotta Masamori's son Katsunao as an adopted son.

On May 27, Yoshitaka Satake officially announced his surrender to Kyushu, and on this day, Zheng Zhihu completed the siege of Morioka Castle.

Morioka Castle is a three-story castle with a three-story castle tower. The defense of the entire castle was nothing to the Kyushu army, which had a large number of artillery, and in just one day, the Kyushu army conquered Morioka Castle. In the face of the resistance of Morioka Castle, the Kyushu army rekindled the evil idea of slaughtering the city, and the huge military expenditure made the Kyushu army's top brass not averse to the slaughter of the city, and each time after the slaughter, the Kyushu army was able to obtain a lot of money.

On May 29, the Kyushu army slaughtered Morioka Castle, which lasted for three days, and the rich people of Morioka Castle were slaughtered, the wealth of the entire Morioka Castle was looted, and all the women were reduced to slaves or camp prostitutes. The Kyushu sailors who were cruising in the sea sent all the belongings of Morioka Castle and the women to Kyushu in batches.

At this moment, the Mogami clan of the Yamagata Domain launched an uprising and seized the Yamagata Domain, and after the capture of the Yamagata Domain, the Mogami clan announced the surrender of Kyushu. The Mogami clan was originally the lord of the Yamagata Domain, but it was confiscated by the shogunate, which made the Mogami clan have a deep hatred for the shogunate.

And the lord of the Yamagata Domain, Masayuki Hoshina, is in Edo at the moment, Masayuki Hoshina is the illegitimate son of Tokugawa Hidetada, and has a very good relationship with Tokugawa Iemitsu, after the Kyushu Uprising, Masayuki Hoshina has been staying in Edo, and this time the shogunate got fake news from Kyushu, so that Masayuki Hoshina brought all the main forces of the Yamagata Domain to Edo, which gave the Mogami clan a chance, and with the support of Kyushu, the Mogami clan successfully captured the Yamagata Domain.

After taking the Yamagata Domain without bloodshed, the Kyushu army will now face the Sendai Domain, the largest feudal domain in the northeastern part of Honshu.

(End of chapter)