At the dock in Edo Castle, the Shogunate Navy gathered a large number of troops transporting ships, planning to deploy the shogunate army from the rear to Ohara and Nara fronts from the sea.

Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu wore golden samurai armor, with a saber at his waist, and dressed as a warrior in the Warring States Period. However, the Warring States Period had been over for decades, and the samurai armor was as weak as a piece of white paper in front of the muskets, but this was a symbol of the spirit of worshipping martial arts in the Warring States Period. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was able to easily defeat the Li Dynasty in Goryeo, which was not unrelated to the spirit of worshipping martial arts cultivated since the Warring States Period. In contrast, the struggle for the literati schools in Goryeo consumed his national strength and was abused by Japan.

Teams of soldiers of the Shogunate "New Selection Group" wearing uniform costumes stood neatly in line. They all equipped muskets, or muskets from the Kyushu Army that previously supported the shogunate.

The instructors of the Kyushu Army helped the shogunate to train the new army to compete with were called "New Selection Group" by the shogunate people. They were the core force of the shogunate army. If this new army had not been helped to the shogunate fight against the downward coalition, Japan might have been unified by the downward coalition a few years ago.

Whether the shogunate or the reversed shogunate coalition unifies Japan, it is not in line with the interests of the Kyushu Army, which leads to the extremely complicated situation now.

"General, all 12,000 soldiers in the Xinseong Group are ready. As long as you give your order, all the soldiers of the Xinseong Group will follow you to Nagoya to attack Osaka Castle." Matsuhira Nobuzu was also wearing samurai armor and erect, holding a helmet waiting for Tokugawa Iemitsu's instructions.

"The Xinxuan Group is the most powerful army in our shogunate. It has been armed with new muskets and cannons. It has been hidden by me except for the outcry of the Shogun coalition forces back to Kansai area. Usually, only a small group of troops will be sent to the Osaka front line to fight. This decisive battle to unify the four islands is to win the battle. A complete and united empire, even if the other side's population is ten times that of us, it will be difficult for us to completely annex us. The Beiyang Fleet is deeply trapped in the Koryo Civil War. This is an example of this."

Tokugawa Iemitsu led a group of warriors armed to the teeth to inspect the soldiers of the newly selected group for the last time before departure. He believed that even if the size was not as good as China, as long as the country was unified, it would still not be merged during the rise of China.

"The only Beiyang Fleet ships at Yokohama Port do not block the Uraga waterway?" Tokugawa Ieki asked about the exit of Edo Bay.

If the Beiyang Fleet detachment led by Shi Daxuan blocked the Uraga waterway, then the new army led by him would not be able to reach the Ohara region where Nagoya was located from the waterway.

A gray-haired old general, dressed in heavy armor, replied: "According to the reward of the navy, the Beiyang Fleet has limited warships left by the Yokohama Port, with the intention only to protect the Yokohama Concession. It seems that as long as we do not invade Yokohama Port, they have no intention of blocking the Edo Bay and the nearby waters."

"Mini Nori Katsunari, you must understand that the Beiyang fleet is so cunning. They do not want to blockade, but the reinforcements have not arrived yet. It is impossible to block a small area of ​​sea with just a few ships. And once the few warships they anchored in Yokohama Port come out, we can send troops to recover the Yokohama Concession. Once their reinforcements arrive, I think they will immediately block the sea route. We can only transport food and gunpowder to Nagoya by land. It is more than ten days and half a month slower than sea route than sea route, which is likely to affect the entire situation of the war."

As a shogun general, Tokugawa Iemitsu Army gradually understood Chu Yun's background during the years he had contacted the Kyushu Army and knew that there were two other fleets besides the Beiyang Fleet in Japan. Among them, the Nanyang Fleet is absolutely inseparable from the vast seas in the Nanyang area. Tokugawa Iemitsu was not worried about the Nanyang Fleet appearing in the Edo Bay. On the contrary, the Zhili Fleet of Weihaiwei made Tokugawa Iemitsu the most worried.

According to the shogunate information, the Zhili fleet of Weihaiwei was the most elite fleet under the Kyushu Army and had no special combat targets. The fleet that Chu Yun was most likely to send was the most advanced Zhili fleet. The warships of the Zhili fleet were not built locally, but were summoned directly, and were more mature in shipbuilding technology than the warships built in a hurry in the local area.

"Who is this hero?" Tokugawa Iemitsu saw a samurai with a samurai next to Mizuno, and he asked.

"Go back to the general, this is the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi." Katsunaga Mizuno replied.

"It turned out to be the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. He defeated Sasaki Kojiro on Iwarishima twenty years ago, and was the first-class creator of the two-day." Tokugawa Iemitsu was in awe.

At this time, after experiencing the turmoil of the Warring States Period, Japan advocated force and swords. The Ming Dynasty still imported a lot of high-quality swords from the local area.

"Miyamoto Musashi pays homage to the shogun!" Miyamoto Musashi, who was in his early fifties, had wrinkles on his face and was still full of energy.

After the end of the Warring States Period of the Japan Warring States Period, the legendary swordsman faded greatly, and the impression he gave was not as bright as before, but he still had the persistence of personal martial arts.

"With Miyamoto joining our expeditionary force, we will definitely be able to kill the heads of the rebels of the Southeast vassals!" said Katsunari Mizuno, the old man who invited Miyamoto Musashi.

"Well, I'll inform the entire army that the soldiers of the army can fight hard like Miyamoto." Tokugawa Iemitsu said seriously.

Is personal swordsman useful on the battlefield? On the surface, Tokugawa Iemitsu gave Katsunari Mizuno enough face, because Katsunari Mizuno was a veteran figure left in the late Warring States Period and was also the cousin of his grandfather Tokugawa Iemitsu. However, Tokugawa Iemitsu had doubts about his personal martial arts that were valued in the era of cold weapons.

Regardless of whether these fancy two-sword flow and three-sword flow onto the battlefield was practical or not, in the late Warring States period, the raids gradually replaced swords, cavalry, and the Kyushu army brought flintlock guns and breeze-mounted muskets. Tokugawa Iemitsu was not optimistic about the role played by Miyamoto Musashi. Maybe it was not as practical as a musketeer who had been trained for a month on the battlefield. Miyamoto Musashi's addition was at most used to inspire morale.

"Come on the ship and prepare to go to Osaka Castle to fight the rebels to the death!"

After Tokugawa Iemitsu inspected the army, he took a deep breath and issued an order to go to war.

"The general's martial eternity prospers!" Sakai Tadaokaku, Tadao Abe Tadao and other shogunate ministers who stayed in Edo Castle bid farewell to Tokugawa Ieki.

Everyone present knew that this was the last self-rescue action of the shogunate. He finally waited for the opportunity to unify Japan, but once it failed, there would be no such opportunity.
Chapter completed!