Kayo Tokugawa and Yuji Kawabe have conquered Okazaki Castle. Even already after the capture of Okazaki Castle, military operations against the north and south areas of Miyazaki began.

It can be said that since the landing in Kyushu, everything has been very smooth. Zhao Hongyu's actions in Kyushu did not encounter any obstacles, and everything was proceeding steadily according to his vision.

Although at the beginning, there was a big battle with the Kyushu coalition army in Maitreya.

However, Zhao Hongyu relied on his superiority in weapons to defeat the Kyushu coalition army in Maitreya in one fell swoop, which made the thirteen daimyo of Kyushu angry.

The thirteen daimyo of the Kyushu Coalition Army gathered an army of 150,000 to fight against Zhao Hongyu in Maitreya Plain, and these forces were the limit of what the daimyo on the entire Kyushu continent could use.

It is precisely because of this reason that when the Kyushu coalition army suffered a crushing defeat, they became weak.

Zhao Hongyu judged such a situation very accurately, and grasped this opportunity very well.

As the saying goes, taking advantage of his illness to kill him, it is impossible for Zhao Hongyu to let go of such a good opportunity. Now the elite of the thirteen daimyo in Kyushu are basically lost on the battlefield of Maitreya.

If he doesn't seize such an opportunity, then wouldn't he Zhao Hongyu be the biggest idiot in the world.

Therefore, when Tokugawa Yoshiyo attacked the Miyazaki area, Zhao Hongyu also led 6,000 imperial armies, carrying 150 artillery pieces, and began to attack the Satsuma domain on the west side of Kyushu.

Satsuma Domain

Located on the western side of the Kyushu mainland, it has vast plains, so food production can be self-sufficient.

Because of the abundance of food, the population of the Satsuma Domain was the largest among all the daimyo domains in the entire Kyushu continent.

This time, in response to the call of Fujita High School, Shigenobu Yamaguchi, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, brought out all the 20,000 elite Samurai of the Satsuma Domain in his territory and merged them into the Kyushu Coalition Army.

Originally, Shigenobu Yamaguchi's plan was to take advantage of such an opportunity. In front of the other twelve daimyos, he showed off the military strength of the Satsuma Domain, after all, he felt that Zhao Hongyu and other foreigners could not be the opponents of the Kyushu Alliance.

However, in the first battle of Maitreya, the 150,000 Kyushu coalition army was defeated. There were more than 100,000 coalition soldiers, all of whom fell on the battlefield of Maitreya.

These people have also been hit hard like never before.

At that time, Shigenobu Yamaguchi fled the battlefield of Maitreya with only 2,000 samurai of the Satsuma Domain, and fled back to the territory of the Satsuma Domain in a panic.

In this battle alone, his 20,000 elite samurai of the Satsuma Domain. It's basically a loss.

Don't look at the remaining 2,000 people, but what is the use of these 2,000 people?

This is the most powerful military strength of his Yamaguchi family.

This time in the battle of Maitreya Plain, it can be said that Zhao Hongyu taught him a good lesson, telling him what it means to have mountain people outside the mountain, and with powerful weapons and novel tactics, it brought a big shock to Yamaguchi Shigenobu.

Even when he returned to the Octagon Castle of the Satsuma Domain, Shigenobu Yamaguchi did not recover from his state of shock for a long time.

I have to say that Zhao Hongyu shocked him too much.

Shigenobu Yamaguchi never dared to imagine. It can still fight like this in battle, and there is a weapon in this world that can kill people so effectively.

Those brave soldiers, they were like straws when faced with that kind of weapon, and they couldn't put up the slightest resistance.

Oh my. What's going on in this world?

Could it be that this world has changed?

Shigenobu Yamaguchi kept asking himself.

Unfortunately, he couldn't give an answer to this, because he didn't know much about it.

Now there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses left in the entire Satsuma Domain, and it can be said that he is now exhausted. There is no way to organize troops to fight against Zhao Hongyu at all.

Originally, the other daimyo had earlier gathered militias and formed them into a second echelon.

But Shigenobu Yamaguchi, who has always been proud and conceited. But it didn't.

Because he had great confidence in the samurai of the Satsuma Domain, who had always been known for their bravery in Kyushu, he did not think that the 13 daimyo would not be able to unite even a foreign army.

However, the cruel reality has told him that these foreigners he originally looked down on are really very powerful, so powerful that he can't even imagine it.

Shigenobu Yamaguchi is now full of remorse, and he feels like he was crazy in the first place, and he has to support Fujita's decision to be a sophomore in high school.

This person always thinks of regret or something after suffering a loss.

In fact, even if someone said anything to him at the beginning, Fujita's proposal would still be recognized by other daimyos.

The reason is very simple, they don't know how powerful Zhao Hongyu is.

Moreover, after the thirteen daimyo of Kyushu were united, the coalition army formed exceeded 150,000 people. With so many troops, it is impossible for any of them to predict what will happen today.

It was an army of more than 150,000 people, and at that time, they even thought of defeating Zhao Hongyu and taking advantage of the prime of their forces to attack Shikoku or other regions.

But who would have thought that things would suddenly turn out like this?

It's useless to regret it, to regret that it's dead.

After Yamaguchi returned to Octagon City, he hurriedly sent people to gather the militia and let them assemble towards Octagon City. It is hoped that before Zhao Hongyu and the others come to the Satsuma Domain, they can gather a sufficient number of troops to fight against Zhao Hongyu.

In fact, in Shigenobu Yamaguchi's opinion, even if the militia is gathered, how many troops can he have. Maitreya's original 150,000 people were not the opponents of those enemies, so even if he desperately gathered the militia, after it was formed, it would only be 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Such a small number of troops may not even be enough for those enemies.

After all, they even defeated the Kyushu Coalition Army, which numbered as many as 150,000 people, and he was not enough to see such a few people.

It can be said that in the battle of Maitreya, Yamaguchi Shigenobu's self-confidence and pride were completely destroyed by Zhao Hongyu.

And the news of Maitreya's fiasco was also spread by the soldiers who followed him after he returned to the Satsuma Domain, which made all classes of the entire Satsuma Domain panic for a while.

It is precisely because of the news of the Maitreya Yuan fiasco, and the spread of the news that has been out of shape after countless processing, that the army of the Song Empire has been regarded as a devil who can breathe fire and stare at you at the same time.

As a result, an atmosphere of panic suddenly enveloped the entire territory of the Sansatsuma Domain, and pressed on people's hearts and made them very depressed.

The soldiers and samurai who had experienced the Battle of Maitreya no longer had the courage to fight Zhao Hongyu and them. At that time, the bloody and tragic scene of Maitreya was still echoing in their minds, so that they could not forget or divert their thoughts in any way.

Facing such a terrifying enemy is a nightmare for them.

And it's still a nightmare that will never wake up for the rest of your life, and it can follow them and destroy them for the rest of your life.

Many of the soldiers who fled with Shigenobu Yamaguchi became dazed and behaved strangely.

Clearly, these guys have broken down spiritually.

Although the number of these people is small, their behavior and state have a great impact on others.

Therefore, when Shigenobu Yamaguchi sent troops to gather the militia, the young men of the Satsuma Domain who heard the news were reluctant to come to Octagon Castle.

Everyone is not stupid, knowing that the road is to be sent to death, do you still have to be stupid to send it to the door yourself.

They were just honest peasants, not brainwashed samurai.

Therefore, the effect of conscripting the militia has become less than ideal.

Because when Shigenobu Yamaguchi led his army to leave the Satsuma Domain, he took away the elite of the entire Satsuma Domain, so now the Satsuma Domain is outside the Octagon Castle, and there are no troops in other areas at all.

As a result, villages, towns, and towns in areas where there was already a gap in the number of troops began to have strange plans at such a time.

Some local people with high status, who can have the final say, and who have great appeal, analyzed the situation that the Satsuma clan is currently facing.

Soon, they came to the conclusion that it was impossible for the Satsuma clan to withstand the attacks of the foreigners.

And if you don't get it, even the Yamaguchi family will be destroyed.

Therefore, in this case, it is not necessary for them to die with Shigenobu Yamaguchi.

Anyway, they didn't offend those foreigners, so let them deal with Yamaguchi Shigenobu.

And all they have to do is wait for the foreigners to surrender when they come with their troops, and it's easy, isn't it?

No matter who rules the Satsuma Domain, they will definitely be encircled, and this should be clear to the ass.

And as long as those foreigners are not stupid, they will definitely take this opportunity to start a military campaign against the Satsuma Domain.

Under such a trend of thought, Yamaguchi Shigenobu's life is very sad.

Although I hate these places in my heart that I want to get rid of, I have no choice but to do nothing about it because I am now short of major generals.

Therefore, he could only swallow his anger.

And now he has to worry about those devil-like foreigners, God knows when they will come to the Satsuma Domain.

Therefore, after he returned to the Satsuma Domain, he was terrified and frightened three times a day.

This kind of taste is enough to torture Yamaguchi Shigenobu.

It's not that he doesn't want to kill those who have different intentions, it's just that he really can't do that right now.

Because if he does this now, then first of all, the Satsuma clan will be in chaos.

With his current situation, he will have no way to retreat once the Satsuma Domain is in chaos...... (To be continued......)