"I just received a letter that foreign warships in Nagasaki Port, especially Russian warships, have declared their neutrality." As the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, Shinohara Kunigan didn't want Saigo Takamori to be immersed in the past and waver in his determination, so he diverted the topic from the side, "Now Nagasaki Prefecture has announced that it is anyway and obeys the general's orders. ”

"Oh." Saigo Takamori nodded, got up and walked to a square table, on which a large map of Japan was already spread.

Since the beginning of the army, Saigo Takamori has been reticent and rarely expresses his opinion on the situation on the battlefield, but lets samurai such as Kirino Toshiaki, Shinohara Kunikan and Hayashi Yiqing do it, and he just listens to their reports at any time.

Saigo Takamori stood in front of the map, his gaze swept over the Oshima island of Honshu and landed on the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku.

"Can the government forces move?" Saigo Takamori asked, looking at the map of Kyushu Island.

"According to the news from our sentry in Fukuoka, a thousand government troops landed in Hakata Bay three days ago and headed straight for Kumamoto." Shinohara replied.

"This shows that the government forces are still moving very quickly." Saigo Takamori's gaze shrank slightly, "How did our army deal with it?" ”

"After Han Peng learned the news, he had already sent multiple scouts to reconnoitre, but there was no news of the army." Kirino Toshiaki glanced at Lin Yiqing and replied with a smile, "I think I was frightened when I heard the news of Nagasaki and Kumamoto's recovery, and I have already withdrawn." ”

"Who is the commander of the army?" Saigo Takamori frowned and asked again.

"A young man named Nogi Noshinori." Toshiaki Kirino replied.

"Unknown general......" Saigo Takamori's brows furrowed, probably convinced that this government army had retreated.

And when Lin Yiqing heard the name of "Nogi Noshinori", he thought that this figure who was worshiped as the "God of War" in the original historical time and space was now just a young general, and when he heard that the prestige of Saigo Takamori retreated in embarrassment, he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart.

I wonder if his retreat this time will be the same as in the original history, and even the military flag given by the emperor will be lost, which will make him a great shame for the rest of his life?

"At present, the three prefectures of Kumamoto, Nagasaki, and Miyazaki are owned by our army. Han Peng had laid an ambush in Saga and Fukuoka prefectures in advance, and at this time he should have joined forces with the local nobles and responded to our army. Toshiaki Kirino pointed to a map of Kyushu Island and explained the situation to Saigo Takamori, "There is no news yet from Oita Prefecture. ”

"What should our army do next?" Saigo Takamori asked.

"Divide all the troops and horses to the north to support our army in Saga and Fukuoka, and then divide the troops and horses to attack Oita, seize the prefecture, occupy the key points, and prevent the enemy from coming to help. In this way, the whole island of Kyushu is owned by me. Lin Yiqing replied.

"Divide into two divisions to take Fukuoka and Oita, Hanpeng is to prevent the enemy from landing, and where does the main force of our army want to go?" Saigo Takamori thought for a moment and asked again.

"The main force of our army should be in Nagasaki and Kumamoto Atsuji to prepare for the sea route to Shikoku Island." Lin Yiqing replied, "After the whole island of Kyushu is pacified, the sea route will be unobstructed, and we should attack Osaka with all our strength from the sea route to Tosa. ”

"Han Peng means that the whole army will set off from Nagasaki by boat to Tosa, will there be enough boats?" Although Saigo Takamori didn't like the Tosa people, when he knew that Lin Yiqing had contacted the Tosa clan in advance, he no longer objected, but asked about the details.

"According to the news from Nagasaki, our army has successfully captured 10 warships, including 'Mt. Fuji', 'Raiden Maru', 'Yannian Maru', 'Yoharu Maru', 'Electric Power Maru', 'Chaoyang Maru', 'Kankan Maru', 'First Ding Mao', 'Second Ding Mao', 'Chiyoda Shape' and other warships anchored in the harbor, as well as 22 transport ships and steamboats." Lin Yiqing said like a treasure, "With the ships in Kagoshima Port, it is not a problem to transport 100,000 troops across the sea. ”

"The ships that our army has acquired are all old ships, and if our army crosses the sea, the government will attack with the navy, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the enemy." Saigo Takamori once again expressed his concern about the threat from the sea.

"General, please rest assured, the ships of the government navy are also old, only the three ironclad ships of 'King Kong', 'Hiei', and 'Fuso' are new, and the biggest threat to our army is these three ships, and the rest are insignificant." Lin Yiqing replied, "I have a special plan for these three ships, and the general does not need to worry, when our army crosses the sea, these three ships are definitely not a threat to our army." ”

"Alright! Just do what you say! Saigo Takamori saw that Lin Yiqing was very sure of what he said, and he put his mind at ease.

At the moment, the samurai acted according to Lin Yiqing's battle plan, and after some discussion, Shinohara's Kunigan faction Beppu Jinsuke and Saigo Kobei each led 2,000 soldiers and horses, first joined forces, and went to Fukuoka to support it, after the situation in Fukuoka stabilized, Saigo Kobei led 2,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to help defend Fukuoka, guarding the direction of Hakata and Kokura to prevent government troops from landing again, Beppu Shinsuke led 2,000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters to Saga to support the response, and after the situation stabilized, he helped defend Saga; Shinohara Kunigami led 6,000 soldiers and horses to take Oita directly, Kirino Toshiaki led the army to accompany Saigo Takamori to guard Kumamoto, stabilize the rear, and wait for the arrival of samurai reinforcements from all over the country, while Hayashi Yiqing went to Nagasaki to inspect and prepare for crossing the sea to Tosa.

After the plan was decided, the people from all walks of life set off separately.

Saigo Takamori had been worried that Fukuoka and Saga prefectures, where the uprising had taken place, would not be easy to capture, because after the failure of the uprising, the government forces had strengthened their forces there, but the situation developed much better than Saigo Takamori had thought.

Beppu Shinsuke and Saigo Kobei led the army to set off, after three days of rapid marching, rushed to Fukuoka Castle, at this time Fukuoka Castle has already risen up, and Lin Yiqing pre-ambushed the men and horses to launch a fierce attack on the government army, the two sides are in the heat of the fierce battle, heard that the Satsuma army arrived, the morale of the Fukuoka army was greatly boosted, the two armies combined forces to attack the government army, and finally the government army was defeated, the whole army was annihilated, and more than 20 officers under the army Major General Konosuke Horiguchi were all killed.

After the recovery of Fukuoka, Saigo Kobei and Fukuoka samurai stayed behind, Beppu Shinsuke led the army straight to Saga, when the army arrived, Saga Castle had been captured by the Shizu army, Beppu Shinsuke and Saga samurai slaughtered the defeated government army, beheaded more than 1,000 ranks, so that "the sea is red", the government army only more than 200 people took the civilian boat and fled to Yamaguchi Prefecture.

On the other hand, Shinohara Kunikan led an army to attack Oita, and when he arrived at Oita Prefecture, Oita Prefecture Commander Tachibana Tetsuya had heard that Kumamoto Castle had been captured in less than a day, and his subordinates were terrified, and when they heard that the Satsuma army was large, they surrendered after a little resistance, and Shinohara Kunikan captured Oita Prefecture with a very small casualty price, so that the entire island of Kyushu was under the command of Saigo Takamori.

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