The next day, the Xingjing Daily published the news that the Ministry of Science and Technology had successfully developed an internal combustion engine, and the newspaper also explained the benefits and future development trends of the internal combustion engine, which is a machine that is many times more efficient than the steam engine, and can later make small vehicles such as motorcycles and cars.

This news is like a fantasy for the people of Shandong now, no matter how they imagine it, they can also imagine what motorcycles and cars will look like.

But this news was shocking news for those officials and big businessmen, who all felt that the steam engine was already a very remarkable thing.

But I didn't expect the Ministry of Science and Technology to create something more powerful than the steam engine, and everyone who got the news sighed that the world is changing so fast.

At the same time, the Tokugawa shogunate of Fuso began an attack on the Zhou family's army, and after this period of preparation, the Tokugawa family had gathered an army of 500,000 troops, which was the entire family base of the Tokugawa family.

This time he wanted to directly exterminate all the Zhou army, and after this period of investigation and understanding, the Tokugawa family Jin finally knew that the attack on his own was only a general army in Shandong, not the entire Ming Dynasty.

The Tokugawa family Jin who got the news was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and it turned out that it was just the general army of the Ming Dynasty attacking him for a long time, and he was afraid of himself at first, and he didn't dare to exterminate them with all his might, just for fear of being retaliated against by the Ming Dynasty.

Now that he knew that it was just a small Shandong general soldier provoking him, he couldn't bear it immediately, and directly summoned all the soldiers and horses, and he wanted to exterminate these hateful Zhou family troops in one go.

This time, Tokugawa Iejin personally led the troops to the expedition, in order to establish his authority, he thought about this time by the way to exterminate the Choshu Domain and the Satsuma Domain, he now knows that the Choshu Domain has taken refuge in the Zhou Family's army, and the Satsuma Domain is still uncertain.

When Tokugawa Iejin led an army of 500,000 to the Choshu Domain, Wu Haibin and the others also got the news as soon as possible, and after some discussion, they decided to ask Xingjing for help.

Wu Haibin and they also want to do it once and for all, this time they will directly wipe out the army of the shogunate, and Fusang will have no decent power in the future, so they can push it all the way down.

After Zhou Xian received the letter from Wu Haibin and others, he immediately ordered Xiang Shaoyun to lead 40,000 soldiers and horses to Fusang to help Wu Haibin and them wipe out the army of the Fuso shogunate and complete the plan to occupy Fusang as soon as possible.

After Xiang Shaoyun received the order, he took 40,000 Zhou soldiers to Fusang by boat the next day, and during this time, the shipyard added steam engines to dozens of sailboats, so now it can transport 40,000 soldiers and horses to Fusang at a time.

As soon as he arrived in Fusang and Nagasaki, Xiang Shaoyun rushed to Hiroshima County with the Zhou family's army.

Because Wu Haibin built a lot of fortifications in Hiroshima, they were going to fight the shogunate there.

At the same time, Morio of the Choshu Domain also led 150,000 soldiers and horses to Hiroshima, and Morio now has 20,000 flintlock pistol soldiers, which can be regarded as a major battle force.

Shimazu Mitsutake of the Satsuma Domain secretly led an army of 150,000 and ambushed near Hiroshima in order to catch the shogunate by surprise.

Morio and Shimazu Mitsutake were both smart people, and when they saw that the shogunate had mobilized so many troops, they knew that they must be trying to take the opportunity to eradicate their two domains.

Naturally, they couldn't sit still, so they fully cooperated with Wu Haibin and them.

In addition to this reason, there is also a deep-seated reason, that is, they have been affected by Zhou Xian's mysterious light ball, and subconsciously follow Zhou Xian's words to make this decision, but this subconscious thought, they can't detect it, which is also the horror of the mysterious light ball.

After seven days of rapid marching, Xiang Shaoyun and the others finally joined Wu Haibin before the shogunate army arrived.

After exchanging information with Xiang Shaoyun, Wu Haibin and others, Xiang Shaoyun learned that the shogunate's 500,000 troops were also about to arrive, and it would only take two or three days at most for them to reach Hiroshima Prefecture.

This time it was to wipe out the shogunate's army in one fell swoop, so the supplies were very well prepared, except for the cannons that were too far away to be transported, those heavy machine guns and mortars brought hundreds of them.

More than 200 hot air balloons were also brought, and bombs used by the Air Force were also very large.

Xiang Shaoyun was very confident in this big battle, because this was not a war of magnitude at all, and their Zhou family's weapons were too far ahead.

The Tokugawa family had just arrived in Okayama Prefecture, a hundred miles away from Hiroshima, at this time, and the Tokugawa family also got the news that another 40,000 Zhou family troops had arrived in Hiroshima, but the Tokugawa family army didn't care too much, even if they added their 40,000 Zhou family troops, they only had a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, which was nothing compared to their own 500,000 soldiers and horses.

Don't look at the two numbers of 100,000 and 500,000 are very close, and think that the gap is very small, in fact, as long as you really see that scene, you will know that 500,000 is much more than 100,000, and it is by no means as simple as five dozen in one.

Now Tokugawa Iejin was concerned about the movements of the Choshu Domain and the Satsuma Domain, and when he heard that Mori Rio, the daimyo of the Choshu Domain, had also arrived in Hiroshima with 150,000 soldiers and horses, Tokugawa Iejin's face suddenly darkened.

This Maori Xiong is really a shame for Fuso, he actually openly helps outsiders against him, and when he catches Mao Lixiong, he must be cut by a thousand knives, Tokugawa Iejin thought silently in his heart.

Three days later, Tokugawa Iejin finally arrived in Hiroshima with an army of 500,000.

The Tokugawa Iejin didn't use any strategy, but directly let the army attack the past, the numerical advantage is the best strategy, and any conspiracy and trickery is a floating cloud in front of the absolute number of people, this is the idea of the Tokugawa Iejin.

Soon the two armies were separated by only two miles, and this was a wide plain, suitable for a large army to fight.

At this time, both sides could see each other, and they saw that there were 10,000 archers and 10,000 arquebus soldiers among the 500,000 shogunate troops of the Tokugawa Iejin, and the rest were cold weapon troops.

On the other hand, on the side of the Zhou army, 60,000 soldiers of the 100,000 Zhou army were equipped with semi-automatic rifles, and 40,000 soldiers still used flintlock pistols.

This was due to the fact that the arsenal was only so fast to manufacture, and the cost of making a semi-automatic rifle could make five flintlock muskets, which was also a factor restricting the manufacture of semi-automatic rifles.

There are also 150,000 Fuso soldiers led by Mao Lixiong, they have 20,000 flintlock soldiers, and the rest are 130,000 cold weapon soldiers.

In this way, there are a total of 250,000 soldiers and horses on the side of the Zhou family, which is only half less than the Tokugawa family.

After looking at the Zhou family army and the Choshu domain for a while, Tokugawa Jiajin didn't say any nonsense, and directly ordered the attack with a wave of his hand.

Although they now have 250,000 soldiers and horses, they are just as vulnerable in the face of their own army of 500,000, Tokugawa Iejin thought confidently.

Under the orders of the officers, the shogunate army was divided into 200,000 troops in the middle, 100,000 troops on each side, and 100,000 troops in the rear.

Seeing that the shogunate soldiers were attacking with this lineup, Xiang Shaoyun ordered to take a defensive posture and let them attack, and the Zhou Jiajun, a hot weapon unit, was very suitable for defense, hiding in the trench and waiting for the enemy to come up and eat the bullets.

As for the 150,000 soldiers of the Choshu Domain, they were ordered by Xiang Shaoyun to attack the 100,000 Shogunate soldiers on the left flank, with their 150,000 strength advantage, there should be no big problem, not to mention that they still have 20,000 flintlock pistol troops.

The 200,000 shogunate soldiers in the middle rushed up first, and when he just rushed to a distance of 500 meters away from the Zhou army, the 500 mortars of the artillery regiment began to shell, only to see 500 shells fall in the crowd of shogunate soldiers with a special whistling sound, because the shogunate soldiers are too dense, one shell can kill one or twenty people.

This round of shelling alone killed seven or eight thousand shogunate soldiers, which frightened the soldiers behind, but under the pressure of the rear warlords, they did not dare to retreat.

They had no choice but to continue to rush forward, and as soon as they had walked two hundred meters, another round of whistling sounds, and another violent explosion, this time the casualties were much less, and only more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded.

Although the number of people lost decreased, the pressure on their hearts became greater, and they did not know when the shells would hit again, and this uncertainty was frightening.