DR Early March 1832, near Nagasaki

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However, in this beautiful season when everything sprouts, the life of the people of Dongying is not very good, at least Lorraine led his troops all the way to the east and west, but what he saw was a dilapidated and abandoned village.

Patches of barren and grassy farmland, and the panicked, sick-faced, scrawny residents on both sides of the road...... As the saying goes, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the world is difficult.

The level of embarrassment and ruin in the lives of the people everywhere is truly shocking, but this is the result of war and plague.

After the last large-scale campaign in the winter, a large area from Edo to Nagasaki fell under the rule of Emperor Kuho, and the war was barely quelled, but it took a lot of work to restore people's livelihoods.

In order to gain better control over Toei, the Kuho government re-signed the Edo Treaty, recognizing all treaties signed between the Oda shogunate and Brittany, and adding more economic construction and military mercenary elements.

There were many more adventurers coming from Brittania to pan for gold, but the population needed to build the economy was not enough, so the idea was turned to robbers.

For example, the Batu people, most of whom were annihilated in Nagasaki Castle, and a few of the unlucky ones who were captured were reduced to free labor, and they had been building railroads with other bandit captives.

These able-bodied criminals had to work fourteen hours a day to get enough of the Spam cans from the overseers, and they would never give them any more, just to prevent them from escaping.

These people alone are not enough, Lorraine also needs to sweep around with his troops, so that more enemies will submit to the Kuho government in Edo, and by the way, continue the lucrative slave business.

The Great Plains of the Toei Islands have only barely been swept up until now, and the daimyo and local forces have decisively surrendered in the face of the guns of the Eastern Army, and the stubborn fools will only become prisoners of Lorraine, and by the way, they will be sold to local governments at high prices in exchange for wealth.

After the Great Plains area, which is most suitable for the Eastern Army's operations, is more troublesome, the north and south of Dongying, which are all continuous mountains or areas that are not conducive to the operation of the Magic Mechanized Legion.

Especially in the war zone that needs to be defeated, the territory that once belonged to the Uesugi Kenshin family, and the Echigo area in the south is almost an independent kingdom surrounded by two steep mountain ranges.

No matter which direction you enter Echigo, you need to take the mountain road, and the road conditions are extremely winding and steep, and there are many dangerous checkpoints along the way......

If there really is a stubborn enemy fortified along the road and blocked layer by layer, it is estimated that even if it continues to attack for a month, it may not be able to break through to the hinterland of Echigo.

However, at this time, there is nothing to fight for in the world......

Oda Nobunaga died in the battle of Honnoji Temple, Tokugawa Ieyasu died in Edo Port, Uesugi Kenshin humbly submitted to the throne of Emperor Kuho, and is now a commander of the Toei Army, staying in the Edo area to live with the military advisor Li Qiwei.

As for the bastards who once stirred up the situation, Emperor Kagura was imprisoned in the deep palace of Edo and was unknown, Yuri and Murong Ying crossed the Silk Continent and their whereabouts are unknown, and the unlucky Mito Kawahide was directly made into a specimen and placed in the palace ** people to admire.

"But...... There is also a famous person who has not disappeared into history...... You say yes, Mr. Tony? ”

“…… You're right, Lord Lorraine...... But I'm no longer of any use, so why won't you let me go? ”

Lorraine shook his fingers, completely ignoring the original Emperor Tokusho, and now the Eastern Army mercenary Tony Rough Mu was puzzled.

"It's naturally useful to keep you, at least when we conquer the nearby areas and deal with those monks, you can still provide a lot of information."

"That's because they owe me! But Lord Lorraine's troops are so terrifying, no matter how stubborn they are, it's useless, right? When it's all over, what are you going to do with me? ”

As Emperor Tokusho said, the separatist forces in the isolated regions have almost become duckweed kingdoms, and they have almost severed their ties.

Firmly locked in his position, he barely had the slightest will to fight in the face of the increasingly terrible blockade of Edo.

Even if there is a natural barrier that can hinder the crusade between the official army and the Eastern Army, under the situation of various internal defections, their good days are really not long.

Even if there are a few crazy diehards who occasionally purge the forces and are determined to pull people out to fight with the Eastern Army or the official army, the end will not be much better.

Not to mention that you might be beaten back by your heavily armed neighbors as soon as you were halfway through the road - what would happen if you messed up and provoked the air fleet?

Although life is not easy, you can't rush to death, right?

Even if they are defeated, first of all, there will be waste-like officers and soldiers everywhere. These troops who had just surrendered to the Nine Phoenix Emperor were indeed not very effective in combat, but they could not stand up to other people's communication capabilities, and they could contact the Eastern Army in less than two hours after engaging in battle.

The officers and troops are usually defeated in less than a day, and the Eastern Army can appear on the battlefield, followed by natural air attacks and non-stop attacks by magic armor, and when they are tired, the infantry of the Eastern Army will also rush to the scene and start harvesting everything.

Thus, by April 1832, Lorraine was standing near Sendai in the Toei archipelago, looking at the port city controlled by Buddhism and the bombardment of the Far East Fleet beyond.

"I'm really witty to hand over the difficult southern region to Alexander, why didn't the monks of Sendai surrender yet?"

"I probably don't believe that Emperor Jiufeng will destroy the Buddhist sect that is unwilling to surrender...... My lord, when are we going to launch a general offensive? ”

"What's the hurry, the names of the soldiers of the Eastern Army are very precious, tell Commander Tony to lead people to prepare for the charge."

"There's really no problem...... Those people are really ...... fighting power."

"As long as the cannon fodder for food is cheap, how many people do you think will be left alive in Dongying now...... And how many people can eat? ”

"Yes, deliver your orders right away."

Not long after, Tony Rough Wood received an order from the herald, and looked at the ragged Toei soldiers around him, the Sendai defenders on the opposite side looked similar to them, but now they were facing each other with swords......

"Dongying...... It's over......" sighed slightly in his heart, but the weapon in his hand tightened, "Brothers! For more food and bounties, let's go to war! ”

"Hey!"