On the third day after that conversation with Otomo Sorin, I took him back to Funai Castle, not for anything else, but so that he would not interfere with the command of the Gamo clan in front.

Leaving 50,000 horses is logically enough, as long as they don't attack Shimazu, the four brothers should not be able to turn the sky. Moreover, I also left Keer Caizo, Maeda Keiji, the iron artillery reserve, and the Cossack light cavalry to him, and it is unlikely that Shimazu Yoshihisa would run even if he wanted to.

After returning to the palace, I reorganized my troops and horses, unloaded a large number of supplies from the warship, and really began to prepare for the attack on Higo. Otomo Sorin also showed great enthusiasm and took the initiative to recommend to me a few wealthy families in the central and western parts of Kyushu. I also met with a few representatives who came secretly and spoke highly of this behavior.

Do I really want to attack Higo? The answer, of course, is no. Although I asked myself that the army in my hand was stronger than the "militia" in Higo, there was not much advantage in numbers. Under these circumstances, it is a little too risky to enter a place where every civilian is an enemy. The risk is not necessarily not to be taken, but the key is to take it worthwhile, I still have a "trump card" in my hand is useless, why take the risk plainly?

I have a strong fleet, and I can drive directly to the Shimazu family's lair, and there are suitable places around the inner city for landing, so it should be all right to transport the troops over! Although according to my calculations, Satsuma still has an "army" of more than 30,000 people of various kinds, but we will appear directly behind them, and we will not even be able to stand up to a fart without defensive depth.

However, according to the information coming in the past few days, there has also been a general mobilization in Satsuma and Osumi. Whether this was a purposeful step or a spontaneous act of sheer fear, I couldn't decide for a moment. Although I have a lot of information in my hands, I would like to hear from the witnesses again.

"My lord, I beg to meet with Lord Changxin!" Sakurai Sakichi reported outside the door.

"Let them in!" I swept aside the large pile of papers that littered the table and spoke out the door. The reason why I use the word "they" is because I know that the companion letter came with a person.

"Lord, it's rude!" The companion letter came in and followed the man after him, and motioned for the man to stand in the door first. "I brought the person you wanted, and it's him!" As he spoke, he turned to the man again. "Hurry up and salute the lord!"

"Meet the Lord!" The man knelt on the ground with a grunt, and expressed his piety with five bodies on the ground.

I took a closer look at this man, and if you see a group of people in a shop, you will first ask him about the price of firewood, rice, oil, and salt. It was the tiniest link in all the chains, and he would not have been entitled to see me in his lifetime if it weren't for chance.

"Is that you? Which part it belongs to! I looked at him and asked, because it was clear that this wasn't a professional ninja.

"I've joined the Hiki-ryu since my ancestor.,It's a liaison in the south of Satsuma!" Probably because of nervousness, his answer was very succinct.

"What's your name?" I'm quite satisfied with this guy, and it takes a lot of vision to identify him.

"Nanaya Gonyoshi!" Sure enough, it was the name of a small businessman.

"Do you know everything about the situation in Kyushu?" I looked at the document I had just scratched, and there was a bit of a mess there.

"Our shop is in Kagoshima Town, across the sea from the inner castle!" He didn't seem complacent, but he was still a little confident. "I will know most of the orders as soon as they come out, and I will know how to carry them out at all times. However, the inner city is still very well guarded, and although I can see the people entering and exiting, I don't know what they are doing in the city! Although I once pretended to be a donation, I didn't find anything because it was too short and someone was watching. ”

"Who are the people who came in and out?" I don't find it particularly strange that strengthening the reserves of manpower and material resources and carrying out a high degree of vigilance are all very old routines.

"The people who enter the city are mainly wild samurai with strong martial arts, and both the body and the show are fully supporting the Shimazu family!" Nanaya Gonyoshi looked at the large pile of documents on my table, hesitated slightly, but finally said: "The body house and the manifestation are the many big schools under the sect, according to the secret statistics of the subordinates these days, the number of wild samurai who have entered the inner city is nearly 2,000!" ”

"Oh......" I was stunned for a moment, but it wasn't particularly worth worrying about. Although this kind of swordsman-like character is not low in combat effectiveness, it is not the same thing when it comes to fighting, and it is usually uneven in quality and loose in discipline, which may not be able to play much role. However, this can be reflected from the side, and the Shimazu family is mobilizing all means. "Who are the people who went out?" I continued to ask.

"Recently, the Shimazu family has dismissed some elderly people one after another, and they have scattered back to their hometowns!"

"Tell me more about that!" I improved my focus. I've received information about this, but my analysis of their intentions is very vague.

"Yes! There are all these people, not just combatants! "Seeing my concern about this matter, he also cheered up more and more." Handmaidens, maids, gardeners, ashigaru and even cooks, these people can be said to have everything. After each of them returned home, they quickly became active, using the money they brought out and vigorously inciting, leading all the people in their hometown to organize and prepare to resist the attack of the lord. Now the whole of Satsuma and Osumi has been fully mobilized, and everyone has taken up arms and practiced every day! ”

"What exactly do they do?" To this day, I still find it unbelievable that there would be someone to prepare for the "vast ocean" of the people's war for me.

"The main thing is to bury grain and everything that is useful; the construction of improvised fortifications in some places; Tear down the dams of the rivers at key points......"

"Why is that?" I was very puzzled to hear this.

"According to the information inquired, they are an army that will be ready to flood the lord at any time according to the situation!"

"Alright, go on!" I don't know what to say myself.

"Also, all intersections are guarded by locals, and suspicious people are checked at any time!" Seeing that my face was getting more and more strange, he took it with him after a simple word. "In addition, a large amount of gold was taken out of the inner castle of Shimazu to buy all the ships along the coast of Satsuma and Osumi, and now they have basically bought them out. According to their own people, this is to prevent spies from transmitting news from the sea, and the second is to string them into strings of different sizes and sink into the sea to block the passage of the navy! ”

"Which 'genius' came up with this idea!" I couldn't control my emotions for a moment, and my voice couldn't help but rise.

Also blocking the waterway, how much can they afford in the vast sea? It's a big deal that I landed ten miles away, and they can really fill up the sea! If you put an end to the spies, it is even more foolish, and a few "children's groups" want to block the ninjas? Since the road can be walked, who would bother to take the sea route.

"Have you confirmed everything?" I continued to find out.

"Many of their chains and anchor ropes were bought from my shop, and my subordinates have seen them sink no less than 200 boats in the bay between the inner castle and Kagoshima!"

"There really are such people!" I was amused at once, got up and walked two steps back and forth in the room.

In order to guard against my attack, the Shimazu family really spared no expense, and I don't know how much it cost to buy thousands of ships, large and small. It's hard to believe that they have such a great mobilization capacity and such a high popularity index, which allows them to incite all the people. But why don't they want to think that even the fanatical monks and soldiers who fought against the professional army have now withdrawn from the stage of history, and they can rely on these ordinary people? As soon as a few people were killed or wounded, they would have scattered screaming and fleeing.

If the people left behind in Shimazu do not move, then I really have to think about it carefully, and now that I have tossed it so much, it has strengthened my confidence in landing on Satsuma and taking the inner city directly!

"Good! You've worked hard, go down and rest after receiving the reward! "After I finished talking to Nanaya Gonkichi, I turned to my companion Shin again." Go down and get ready! Get me Shi Yuan when you go out......"

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"Lord, you look for me!" I heard that I came in a hurry to find Kamiya Shiyuan, and he has been very busy in the past few days.

"The plan has been decided, we are going to land in Satsuma!" I sat him down and handed me a list I had just written. "Things have changed a bit, though, and it seems that we won't be able to get a port near the inner city. So we're going to land on a nearby beach, and you're going to have to prepare more landing dinghys. There are other additions that you have to keep up with! ”

"That's a lot!" He frowned slightly after reading the list. "We can't prepare so many things alone, we must get the full assistance of the Otomo family!"

"If you lack something, just ask for it, and I'll say hello in advance!" I immediately expressed my full support, and the Shimazu family naturally couldn't let Otomo Sorin's sit idly by. "Your main responsibility is to keep time, and you must do it all within five days!"

"This is only for the lord to rest assured, my father can also fully support in Hakata!" It seems that Kamiya Shiyuan is impatient to wait during the time I have been conquest of Autumn Moon, and he wants to show as much as possible.

"I will mobilize 15,000 troops to participate in this operation, and everything on the way will be handed over to you!" I thought that was the end of the matter, so I ripped over the pile of papers.

"Do you want to ask His Royal Highness Gamo to cooperate on the front line, so that we can further improve our concealment!" Before leaving, he stood behind the door and spoke to me.

"I seriously thought about ......it, and it was really a good suggestion from a military point of view." I'll make sure with him again so that we can further coordinate each other's steps! ”

"Yes!" It seemed that he had nothing to worry about, so he went out and got to work on his own.