. Stand on the outer platform on the top floor of the castle. Pang Ning looked at a small school ground not far from the top of the mountain, frowning and saying nothing.
The small school field was surrounded by hundreds of cavalrymen with the banner of the Pioneer Army, but no one was making any noise at this time. In the middle of the school field, Deng Aqi was teaching a new recruit how to fight in public. The two of them each rode a horse, holding wooden sticks against each other on horseback. At the moment when the two horses crossed each other, Deng Aqi ducked down to avoid the swing of the wooden stick, and with his ape-like arms, he pulled the recruit over.
Throwing the resigned recruits to the ground, Deng Aqi shouted something to the soldiers. As if summing up the shortcomings of this morning's battle, Deng Aqi kept waving the wooden stick in his hand and making shooting movements from time to time.
Next to the young flag general, the equally young soldiers of the Pioneer Army looked solemn and listened attentively. That kind of look makes people feel that these soldiers are ready at any time to follow their flag generals to charge into battle and achieve great achievements.
"Compared with the sloppy naval barracks next to it, Lu Ce's vanguard army was enviably elite.
If the navy sailors with four thousand rifled guns can have the same combat effectiveness as the vanguard soldiers, whether they can defeat the Fukuoka Domain will not be a problem.
However, not everyone can train such an army.
Pang Ning touched his fat belly and pursed his lips.
Over there in the stairwell. Zhao Ru knocked on the wooden door outside and walked in.
"Master, the conference is over, and everyone who deserves punishment or reward has been punished."
Pang Ning was still looking at the vanguard army opposite, a little absent-minded, and nodded with his back to Zhao Ru.
"Okay, you did a good job."
Although he knew that Pang Ning was thinking about other things, Zhao Ru still smiled when he heard the master's praise. After looking around, Zhao Ru picked up a page of text messages on Pang Ning's desk and read it.
Those were the words Qin Mingtao sent from the Fairy Mountain position.
"Oh, King Dong can still guard for one day!"
"Hey, what is this?"
Zhao Ru found some strange Japanese maps on the table, which seemed to have been drawn by Pang Ning. The four islands of Japan were divided into five or six pieces by Pang Ning using several circles. On the circle of Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, Pang Ning marked the Shimazu family next to it. On the circle in the western part of Honshu Island, Pang Ning marked a Maori family next to it. Other similar ones include Gyeonggi to the Maeda family, Echigo Koshin to the Uesugi family, and Oshu to the Satake family.
On this map, Pang Ning divided the entire Japan among several powerful local vassal towns.
Zhao Ru thought for a while and asked in surprise, "Master, do you want to use this map to divide them?"
Seeing that Pang Ning did not answer his question, Zhao Ru came to the platform and said, "Master, do you see that there are conflicts between those vassal towns? Can you see it?"
"Master, are you too amazing?"
Pang Ning has always been good at leveraging the power of others and is quite capable of penetrating people's hearts. Although he led the South China Sea Navy to roam the sea. But what Pang Ning really relied on was never force. Although Zhao Ru didn't understand Japan, he also knew that Japan had a feudal political structure and that the shogunate could not fully control each vassal town. For such an enemy, dividing them into enemies is obviously a way.
Seeing that Master had drawn this picture, Zhao Ru thought that Master had it all figured out. The young man held Pang Ning's map like a treasure, his eyes wide open as if he was holding the hope of victory.
However, Pang Ning's answer poured cold water on him.
"I didn't see it."
Zhao Ru opened his mouth in disappointment and closed it again.
Looking at the tens of thousands of Japanese coalition troops densely packed under the hill, Pang Ning shook his head.
"I didn't see it. If we can't get it tomorrow, this time we send troops to Japan with great fanfareit will be considered a defeat. Give it a try. Make a few copies of this picture and send envoys to the Japanese in the picture tonight. In the military camp of the great vassal. Remember, the envoy must be delivered to the other vassal lord or senior general, and do not let irrelevant people see it. "
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The Choshu Domain's army was at the northernmost point of the Japanese coalition forces. According to Date Masamune's superficial arrangement, the Choshu Domain should be the flanking army covering the large forces.
But in fact, Date Masamune knew that the Choshu clan was dissatisfied with the Tokugawa shogunate, and did not expect the Choshu clan to protect the flanks of the army. He arranged an equally powerful Fukuoka Domain to the south of the Choshu Domain.
And in the battle in the morning. The Choshu clan did express their dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa shogunate. Seeing the Fukuoka Domain being attacked by the Nankai people, the Choshu Domain never took action.
There is a simple teahouse in the Choshu Domain headquarters. Although it was built during the war, it can still be regarded as quiet. A vassal in fine clothesp; In this era, Pang Ning¡¯s knocking on the door has the same stimulating effect. Witnessing the power of the Nanhai people, various Japanese princes became very enthusiastic about the secrets of the Nanhai people and how to learn from the Nanhai people. In the past few months, after witnessing the emergence of the Nanhai Kingdom and the strength of the traverser army, the whole of Japan was discussing why the Nanhai Kingdom was so powerful.
This question is now the information that Japanese vassals want to know most.
The loyalty of Japanese samurai includes both subordinates to superiors and superiors to subordinates. The meager salary Kobayakawa Takayoshi received from the Mori family was a reward for his work in the accounting room. However, the two sides of the Maori family once led to the demise of the Kobayakawa family and the downfall of Kobayakawa's father. This led Kobayakawa Takayoshi to become a ronin engaged in business. Therefore, Kobayakawa Takayoshi was not willing to reveal the most critical information to Mouri Hideyuki easily.
Faced with Kobayakawa Takayoshi's attitude, Mouri Hideka still smiled.
Seemingly understanding Kobayakawa Takayoshi's heart, Mourixiu said straight to the point, "Kobayakawa-kun is still missing his father in the past!"
Mourixiu held the tea bowl with both hands and slowly brought it to Kobayakawa.
"If we can get through this, the Mouri family, the Kobayakawa family, everyone's life will be better! If the Moori family can develop, I promise you, Kobayakawa-kun, to restore the Kobayakawa family's daimyo status!"
Kobayakawa Takayoshi trembled and turned his gaze from the expensive tea set to Mouri Hidesunari's face.
That face was full of sincerity, and there was no hint of the innate cunning of the Maori family.
Finally, Kobayakawa Takayoshi straightened his chest and spoke slowly.
"The secret of Nanhai people lies in 'merchant', 'law' and 'machine'!"
Even Mouri Hideka, who had always kept his emotions secret, couldn't help but feel happy when he heard Kobayakawa finally spoke. Nodding, he said loudly, "Please continue, Kobayakawa-kun!"