This girl was originally the daughter of a samurai, but because of the family's poor livelihood, she was sold into a house by her father. He hated the government with his teeth and provided me with a lot of useful information after trying to rebel. Lin Yiqing replied, "This woman is quite beautiful, and she has a lot of contact with senior government officials, so she can get a lot of important news." ”

Lin Yiqing did not explain the specific identity of this geisha to the samurai, and which high-ranking officials of the Meiji government were in contact with her, and the samurai would definitely fall out of their eyes in surprise if they knew which one of her friends was.

"Okubo wants Kawaji to act so recklessly, what did he do? ......" Saigo Takamori frowned, "Is it ......?"

"We are now taking strict precautions, and after learning the news, I have made arrangements, and this class of 'Tokyo Lions' will not be able to do it." Lin Yiqing said, "But once the news comes out, the crowd will inevitably be angry, and if the students impulsively attack the government's military and political departments, they will give the government a pretext to start a war." ”

The reason why Lin Yiqing said this was not alarmist, but because he knew these private school students under Saigo Takamori too well.

He had already expected that seeing the unstable situation on the southwestern island of Kyushu and the continuous uprisings of the Shi clan, Okubo Ritsu would definitely not be able to sit still. In order to prevent Saigo Takamori's rebellion, he secretly ordered Kawaro Toshira to do so, and let the Tokyo Lions blow up the arsenal in Kagoshima. However, whether this succeeds or not, it will be discovered by the students of the private school. Students are always the most radical and skeptical. What's more, the education they received in private schools, although there are also Western-style military science, gunfire methods, but more of the content is still the education of the samurai period, Saigo Takamori once said to the backbone of the private school, if you want to understand the general trend of the world, you only need to read the "Spring and Autumn Zuo Biography" intensively. How can we educate students according to this line of thinking without cultivating a group of enthusiastic and impulsive students? If the students of Kagoshima's private school spontaneously attacked the government offices, the government would use this as an excuse to suppress Kagoshima, and the samurai would not watch the students being taken away. Saigo Takamori could choose to mediate between the two sides first, but the government would inevitably exert pressure and make conditions that would damage Kagoshima's independent status and the vital interests of the samurai. Of course, Saigo Takamori can also choose to stay out of the matter and continue his secluded life, but this is not something that Saigo Takamori, who is proud of his samurai spirit, can do. Saigo Takamori saw his fate and that of the samurai as inextricably linked, and as such, he became a spiritual hero to the samurai group, but he was also destined to become a prisoner of the group - he had no choice but to act in harmony with the samurai's decisions!

"I see...... Saigo Takamori sighed and lowered his head, "Jiadong, you can't tolerate me like this......"

"Lin Jun, do you think that the government is trying to lure us into doing it?" Kunigan Shinohara, asked.

"That's right." Lin Yiqing nodded, "I think that the Okubo traitors have been preparing for Kagoshima, and now they are basically ready, and the reason why they haven't started yet is just an excuse, and this time Kawaro sent the Tokyo Lions to come just to lure us to do it first, so that they can become famous." ”

"Lin Jun is saying that the government is ready to do something to us?" Nonobu Shinosuke, who had not spoken, asked.

"Yes, I originally thought that the government was waiting for the two ironclad ships in Europe to return home, and when the second ship returned to join the navy, it would immediately attack us, but now it seems that the government is likely to launch an attack in advance." Lin Yiqing replied.

Hearing Lin Yiqing mention the two ironclad ships "King Kong" and "Hiei" that had been built but remained in Europe for training and had not returned, the faces of all the warriors looked a little ugly.

Although under the active advocacy of Lin Yiqing, the Satsuma Naval Academy has developed rapidly and has a large number of outstanding naval cadets, but the ship's equipment is a shortcoming.

In order to guard against the Kagoshima clan, under the orders of Okubo Ritsu, the Japanese naval ships originally stationed in Kagoshima Port have recently sailed to Nagasaki, and some of the Satsuma officers and sailors on the warships have also been transferred.

The current port of Kagoshima has no more warships to use, except for a few small ships belonging to the newly formed "Sea Surprise Team"!

And if the government launches an attack after the return of these two ironclad ships, Kagoshima, which lacks warships, will inevitably fall into a situation of passive beating!

"That said, we need to strike first!" Toshiaki Kirino stood up abruptly, looked around at the crowd, and said loudly.

"Sir, please make up your mind!" Shinohara Kunigan looked at Takamori Saigo, who was silent, and said earnestly.

As soon as Shinohara Kunigan's voice fell, the eyes of all the samurai were focused on Saigo Takamori.

Saigo Takamori did not speak, but got up silently, came to the bookcase, took the pen and paper, and began to write.

Seeing this, Lin Yiqing, Kirino Toshiaki, Shinohara Kunigan and other samurai got up one after another, gathered around Saigo Takamori, and watched Saigo Takamori splash ink one by one.

"The gray hair is declining, and the strong heart is helpless. What do you mean by a hundred thousand poor ghosts? Get out of the world of tigers and leopards! ”

Saigo Takamori finished writing this poem, threw the pen on the table, and said slowly: "Saigo but use this body to pay everyone." ”

Lin Yiqing knew that Saigo Takamori was using poetry to express his determination to raise troops. Because in the eyes of the vicious Saigo Takamori, the nouveau riche of the new era and dictators such as Okubo Ritsu want to ban the samurai, the most cherished group in his heart, from both material and spiritual aspects, so they are the "tiger and leopard herd" in the world! And he can't stay out of the matter, although he knows that he is "ashamed and helpless", he still has to "strengthen his heart and sword" and give it a go!

"We will fight to the death, Mr. Iwai! Defend the glory of the samurai! Seeing that Saigo Takamori had made up his mind, Kirino Toshiaki said proudly, "I am willing to follow Mr. to the death!" ”

"Swear to follow Mr." Shinohara Kunigan also said loudly.

"I'll follow Mr. to the death!" The samurai shouted.

Saigo Takamori waved his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "The traitor is powerful, we need to think in the long run, let's go to the military school!" Call everyone in and discuss the specifics. ”

"Hello!"

Not long after, Saigo Takamori arrived at the headquarters of the military academy accompanied by the samurai, and Kirino Toshiaki had already sent people to various military schools, summoning the backbone of 137 branch schools, including Saigo Kobei, Shiro Ikegami, Murata Shinhachi, Beppu Shinsuke, and Nagayama Yaichiro, as well as Kagoshima Prefecture Commander Oyama Tsunayo, the district chiefs of each district, and the police captain to hold a meeting to discuss the plan for raising troops.

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