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Chapter 1008 The Dilemma of the Fallen Allied Forces (Fourth Update)

Dongying Kyoto, where the emperor is, but the current emperor is a mascot, the shogunate ignores him, and the allied forces do not think he has any use value.The only usefulness is that Kyoto and Osaka have become the front lines of the contest between the fallen coalition forces and the shogunate, and tens of thousands of soldiers from both sides are stalemate here all the year round.

Originally, the civil war between the two factions in the Eastern Kingdom should not have lasted for years, but because Chu Yun was behind the counter-balancing strategy and constantly provided more arms to the weaker side, so that neither side could gnaw at the other, which led to years of wars .In the past few years, at least tens of thousands of soldiers were killed or seriously injured on both sides.

The perennial stalemate of the war has made the smaller allied forces in great pain and poverty, and the population has also been reduced in the war. They do not want to be annexed and liquidated by the shogunate, so Shimadzu Mitsuhisa was sent to the capital to send to Kyushu The Army made a compromise.

The news of the rise in rice prices in the area ruled by the shogunate reached Kyoto, which made several great feudal lords of the fallen coalition army extremely vigilant about it.They were keenly aware of the signs that the shogunate intended to escalate the war.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu has completely replaced his elderly father Tadahiro Shimadzu as the leader of the Fallen Allied Forces. Main figures of the Fallen Allied Forces, such as Hideyuki Mori, Lord of the Choshu Domain, and Tadyoshi Yamauchi, Lord of the Tosa Domain, gathered together.

"Is the shogunate going to start a war again? How many people are they going to send to attack us this time? Twenty thousand, thirty thousand or fifty thousand?" Mao Lixiu, who had gray temples, said wearily.

The two sides fought for several years, and they were almost evenly matched. The shogunate could not do anything to them. However, his Changzhou domain, a large domain of more than 30 shi, suffered from economic decline due to the war, and the yield per mu declined. Mao Lixiu had to consider his retainers. , The voice of the peasants.

"The shogunate is very determined to fight this time. According to the news we have received, the price of rice in Edo Castle has almost tripled at this time, and even some rice shops have no surplus food. It is very likely that the shogunate couldn't hold back. I want to start an all-out war," Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said.

"The shogunate is going to attack us again. When will this endless war end? Our Tosa clan and other feudal lords on Shikoku Island have raised land taxes in order to maintain military expenses for several years. Now Shikoku Island is full of uprising farmers. And our Shikoku Island’s troops are all concentrated in Osaka Castle, unable to carry out suppression. How should we deal with this full-scale war of the shogunate when the backyard is on fire?” Tadyoshi Yamauchi, who is also an older generation, is also full of helplessness and exhaustion.

"When my father and everyone rebelled, I thought about quickly overthrowing the shogunate and establishing an imperial government, but now it is impossible. We are evenly matched with the shogunate, and we are in a deadlock of constant internal friction." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu explained road.

"Little boy, it's useless to stop talking about this. You have negotiated with the Kyushu Army before, and we have humbly asked them to intervene to end the protracted war. When will they send troops to join us to overthrow the shogunate?" Mao Lixiu snorted coldly.

He regretted having an affair with Tadahiro Shimadzu before, but this was his own choice, and no one could resent him.

"The news that the shogunate is actively preparing for war came from the intelligence personnel of the Kyushu Army. They intend to support us this time to overthrow the shogunate and establish a new government together with the Huaxia Society." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said.

"Huaxia Society? What is that?" Mao Lixiu sneered at the unheard of Huaxia Society.

"A group of young people who were active in Edo Castle were said to have assassinated many ministers of the shogunate, and the shogunate also hated them." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu explained.

"It's all about assassinating a few shogunate ministers. I don't know how many shogunate ministers and soldiers died in our hands. Some of them are old acquaintances." Yamauchi Tadyoshi also disliked the Huaxia Association.

In their view, a small group like the Huaxia Society does not deserve to share with them the victory of overthrowing the shogunate.

"This is the meaning of the Kyushu Army. It probably doesn't want us to gain control of the government after the war. It is too easy for the Kyushu Army to affect our situation in Japan. The reason why we have been at a stalemate with the Shogunate for many years is that Isn't it that the Kyushu Army doesn't want any of us to win? A small country has no diplomacy, and there is no room for choice." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said helplessly.

Hideyuki Mori, Tadyoshi Yamauchi and other feudal lords looked at each other silently.The Kyushu Army is like a mountain pressing on them, and I make them breathless.With the existence of the Kyushu Army, they couldn't even join forces with the Shogunate. They could only choose to continue fighting with the Shogunate, or cooperate with the Kyushu Army to overthrow the Shogunate.

"Will the Kyushu Army guarantee the interests of us people? Our territory, they will definitely be owned by the government. What is the difference between joining them and taking refuge in the shogunate? Although the shogunate is also reforming and implementing the provincial system, the original daimyo Still enjoy many privileges. The promise given to us by the Kyushu Army is not as good as the benefits given to us by the shogunate. If we really can’t stop the shogunate, we will directly join the shogunate and fight against the Kyushu Army with the shogunate.” A feudal lord said.

When he proposed the idea of ​​joining the shogunate, everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a fool.

"Idiot, do you believe it, as long as we announce our surrender to the shogunate, or unite with the shogunate, the fleet of the Kyushu Army will be anchored at the pier of Osaka Castle when we wake up the next day, and their muskets will be pointed at your pig's head." Mao Lixiu said coldly said.

The feudal lord who was scolded did not dare to attack. The Shimadzu family, the Mori family, and the Yamauchi family were the main leaders of the fallen coalition forces, and their feudal soldiers have been struggling to support the battle from Kyoto to Osaka.

As long as the line of defense from Kyoto to Osaka is breached, the Allied Forces will fail completely.

"Don't get angry, Mr. Maori. The Kyushu Army definitely doesn't want a government dominated by the shogunate, so we and Huaxia will form a new government. No matter what the situation will be, it will be much better than the precarious situation we are now. Shimadzu Mitsuhisa said, "At that time, we will fight to protect the interests of us people. It is best to win as many positions as possible in the new government. war."

"I hope that the Kyushu Army will not cross the river and demolish the bridge, and abandon us to defeat the Allied Forces after they use us. They will do anything for their own benefit." Tadyoshi Yamauchi said.

"Probably not..." Shimadzu Mitsuhisa also hesitated.

If the troops of the Kyushu Army landed on the mainland of Japan and overthrew the shogunate, many things would be out of their control.

"What's the use of thinking so much? Once you've made a choice, there's an abyss ahead, and you've made an agreement with the Kyushu Army, then prepare for a decisive battle with the shogunate." Mao Lixiu said.

(End of this chapter)