Liu Qingshan was also in deep thought. What is intelligence asymmetry? They didn't know the situation of the rebels, so how did the rebels know the reinforcements of a group? The opponent's ninjas may not be able to sneak into the defense range of a group, right? Even if they can sneak in, they may not be able to figure out the specific strength. ∽↗, "Well, I think the rebels can be led to the nameless highland and fight a battle there."

Both of them were decisive and decided immediately after discussion, and sent a reconnaissance force to investigate first and then make a decision. At this time, the Zhengzhi of Baoke interrupted and said, "You two, I wonder what we can help you?"

Only then did Liu Qingshan remember that the two were still there, and nodded and said, "Of course, we need someone familiar with the terrain to lead the way."

Gu Beiwang looked at the two of them and slapped his thighs and said, "Are you there, aren't they short of food? You can send someone out to transport food. I send some every day and show it out. I don't believe that the rebels on the other side will not be moved."

When Baoke Zhengzhi heard this, he immediately took over and said, "Gao Ming, you are really Gao Ming. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao likes to cut off food. This is how the battle of Guandu was won." This sentence made Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang stupid, thinking that was a novel. You wouldn't really use it as a military textbook, right? Jiannu played this way back then, so were you doing this?

Seeing the two looking at each other, Baoke Zhengzhi asked strangely: "Why, am I wrong?" Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang reacted, hoping that the Japanese had received systematic military education, which was a dream. They could not teach them military lessons at this time, nor could they tell them that since the Dengzhou Camp, the army's combat idea was to attack with a dignified army, crush the opponent head-on, and the defense was to use the trench and barbed wire pattern. The output of dense firepower would cause the greatest killing effect. Any food cuts are all the way, and the food of the army is so critical, and how easy it is to cut off the food cuts.

When it comes to military thought, the Japanese absolutely cannot mention it. There are too many differences. What was Japan's tactics in the early days of the War of Resistance in history? After the war ended, it was still the same. The Japanese were good at learning, but it was also true that they lacked flexibility. But then again, the almost unchanging tactics were still beaten up in the late period of the War of Resistance. It can be seen that after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the depravity was so fast.

Back to the point, Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang decided to act as if these two Japanese did not exist and asked them to find qualified guides. Then they went to work hard. As for the shogunate army responsible for seducing the enemy, Liu Qingshan did not intend to let them die in vain. They directly sent two staff officers to command the actions responsible for seducing the enemy. They were all desperate for these shogunate army.

Maori has been in a state of helplessness and anxiety recently. The friendly Shimazu troops have been unable to advance quickly, because there is a lot of rain in spring, the roads are muddy, and the cannons are inconvenient to move. Maori expressed dissatisfaction with this. Could it be that there would be no war without cannons? What about the bravery of Japanese samurai? This is just a few words, complaining, but in fact he was also in trouble. His cannons were all on the road. Because of the spring rain, the cannons have not been transported to the front line. There is another problem. The problem is the garrison of the troops. There are not many nearby villages, and thousands of people are fine. He has more than 15,000 soldiers. Now many people live in tents. Sleeping just lay straw on the mud and deal with them casually. Many soldiers get sick because of this.

Maori dared not fight another battle easily. Without the support of cannons, attacking the strong fortress, the casualties were indeed a little more serious. In fact, Maori was also very clear about the problem of Shimazu. Japan did not have much experience in large-scale combat. The troubles caused by rainy days were not just roads, but also the problem of wet weapons and food supply.

In the monocular, Maori could see the direction of the concession and muttered the damn "Ming Empire" and other words. The Japanese admired the strong and feared the Ming Empire in their bones. On the one hand, they hated them to death, and on the other hand, they had to pinch their noses and spend a lot of money to purchase arms. Without these arms, there would be no new army and there would be no victory in the war of the anti-scene war. What they were most worried about was the interference of the Ming Empire, but judging from the situation, the damn Ming Empire seemed to be only keen on making money.

In order to make money, the smugglers of the Ming Empire even got 12 pounds of cast iron smoothbore cannons. That thing is amazing. It can take two thousand steps. As long as it is transported to the front line, these earthen walls can be easily destroyed.

Maori decided to contact his ally, Satsuma, and after the inspection, he sent an envoy to deliver the letter. After briefly talking about the situation on this side and emphasizing the necessity of coordinated operations, he kindly reminded Shimazu that if the war of rebellion cannot be ended as soon as possible, the military intervention of the Ming Empire might come at any time. Finally, Maori asked Shimazu to provide food.

Shimazu, who received the news, summoned his subordinates to discuss. Since the beginning of spring, the Satsuma family's attention has shifted. They no longer move forward bravely like before, but start to grab territory. Japan is so big, you can grab a little more and you will have less. Because of this, the Satsuma family, which has stronger financial resources and better equipment, fell behind the Cheung Chau family.

"Lord, it seems that our allies did not review the consequences of the aggressive tactics, but instead accused us of being slow to advance."

The family below is not a good thing to say once they open their mouths. Although Satsuma and Cheung Chau are allies, they have always looked down on each other. If it weren't for the emperor's banner, everyone wouldn't have been able to get together.

"The Changshou vassal was betrayed by Tokugawa, so he naturally had hatred and wanted to take revenge. I can understand Maori's mood, but it is the most excuse for the Ming Empire, which is too underestimated. If the Ming Empire wants to plot against Japan, it has already taken action. Why wait until today? Based on the contacts over the years, it is not difficult to see that the Ming Empire wants to get commercial benefits in Japan, not Japanese territory." Shimazu looked far-sighted and immediately won the praise of his subordinates. The last family old man suggested: "My lord, we might as well ignore the requirements of Chucksu, and wait for the road situation to improve according to the original plan, and move forward."

Shimazu shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate. The night is long and the dreams are too long. The weather has improved in the past two days. We can tentatively move forward. In addition, send someone to send some food to Maori. They ran too fast and the baggage behind them did not keep up. We cannot delay the great cause of the war of the eclipse because of our competitive relationship."

That being said, Shimazu was actually worried that Maori would bring about the withdrawal of troops. You should know that the initiator of the anti-shogawa war was actually the Satsuma clan. If the Chakushu clan and the shogunate were long-standing, then Satsuma and the shogunate were new enemies. This new enemies were only Nagasaki's foreign trade, and the shogunate was in control. It was not until Chen Xie burned Edo that Shimazu took the opportunity to regain the interests and expelled the people sent by Tokugawa. After mastering Nagasaki's trade channels, Satsuma undoubtedly became the richest and strong vassal, and only had the financial resources to buy Chuoju and rebel together. The shogunate always wanted to regain Nagasaki's interests, but because the navy was severely damaged, he was unable to move south at all.

After three consecutive sunny days, the road began to dry out. Maori's ninja quickly brought news that in recent times, the shogunate army has been continuously transporting food to various fortresses of Hachinoko. Because of the heavy guard and the assistance of ninjas, they wanted to take action and burn food several times but had no chance to start.

The Choshu family had known about the news of the shogunate shortage of food for a long time. Now that I heard that food was coming, I naturally suspected that it came from the Ming concession. Only there is now that a large amount of food was sold to the shogunate.

"Damn Ming people, all of them are jealous of money." Maori could only curse, turn around and greet his entourage, take dozens of cavalry out to see the convoy transporting food on the spot.

"Lord, look, here you are here." A convoy of marching was found in the monocular telescope, with a total of thirty large trucks, slowly marching towards the largest fortress along an inconspicuous path. The high ground near the fortress blocked the front view. Maori believed that this was the key to the shogunate army's daring to transport food secretly.

"As long as we occupy that high ground and set up cannons, we can hold this road and also hit the shells into the Tucheng City. Send people to urge them, why hasn't the cannon arrived yet? Especially those 12-pound cannons, they must be delivered as soon as possible." Maori had extremely rich combat experience and a keen sense of smell on the battlefield, and soon discovered the importance of this high ground.

At this time, Liu Qingshan and Gu Beiwang were inspecting the positions. After the fast horse returned from Yokosuka, Gu Beiwang brought good news. The navy did save a lot of combat rations, and the soldiers were vomiting. The fleet commander simply agreed and gave a regiment twenty trucks of combat rations. They were originally prepared for the soldiers who went out to sea. But now everyone refused to eat them. They would rather fish and make porridge at the sea, but they would not eat those things. Moreover, the navy often went to Incheon, North Korea for a walk, and there was no shortage of rice and meat supplies. Why is this happening? I was idle, Japan had no decent maritime power at all. There were five fourth-class warships in Yokosuka's port, and it was enough to go out for one cruise every day. The other four ships went out to transport in turn. They made some money between the North and Japan and improved everyone's lives.

These guys are also very brave. After selling the old-fashioned naval guns to the North Korean naval, they reported that they were scrapped. Wang Ben was in charge of North Korea and knew some of these things, but the navy was not under his control and pretended to be deaf and dumb. So, the business of this small fleet is extremely prosperous, and many goods that are not easy to transport are all orders they received. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!