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Uzen Domain, Andong Castle.

The lord's mansion.

Hojo Kawakage and his son Hojo Kura are checking the accounts of Uzen Domain and preparing to send this year's taxes to Edo Castle.

The accounts are checked and found to be correct. Hojo Kura complained: "The shogunate will pay the expenses of the war in Goryeo and the construction of sailing warships to each domain. The taxes paid this year have increased by 30%. The north is cold and poor. This is simply going to kill the people of Uzen Domain."

Hojo Kawakage frowned when he heard this.

Thirty years ago, Watanabe An led his army with muskets and artillery to fight from south to north.

The northern domains, who were still holding swords and armor at the time, were frightened and surrendered one by one.

He was young and vigorous at the time, and Uzen Domain was a large domain in the north. Naturally, he was very dissatisfied and led 30,000 people from Uzen Domain to fight.

At that time, Watanabe An only sent 20,000 people to fight him.

But his 30,000 people did not hold on and were eventually defeated by Watanabe An's firearms.

After that, he handed over the military power like other lords and only managed the Uzen domain as a civil servant.

But since then, the life of the Uzen domain has been getting worse and worse.

The reason is that the lords have to pay taxes to the shogunate every year.

In the past, they only kept the taxes they collected for their own use.

Now, these taxes have reached the shogunate, but they are used by the Watanabe case to build the south to cater to the westerners.

This naturally makes the south richer and the north poorer.

For this reason, many northern lords have complaints.

Especially in the past two years, the Watanabe case has spent a lot of wealth to stir up the civil strife in Daisong.

But all the money spent eventually fell on their heads.

"Don't say these words outside, so as not to cause trouble." Hojo Kawakage glared at Hojo Cang.

There are many people who are dissatisfied, but they can only suppress it in their hearts.

The war that year broke the backbones of many people, including him.

Now, they have no choice but to submit to the Watanabe case, be loyal to the Watanabe case, and work for him.

As the two were talking, a burst of rapid horse hoof sounds suddenly sounded in front of the feudal lord's mansion.

A cavalryman hurried over with an anxious look on his face, "Lord, it's bad, a huge fleet appeared on the sea, and the ship in front of this fleet is smoking."

"What!" Hojo Kawakage almost jumped up when he heard this.

The news of the Edo Naval Battle had just reached the Uzen Domain.

The Japanese fleet and the British fleet were annihilated.

At this time, there could be no other fleets in Japan except the fleet of the King of Yan.

And the ship that the soldier said was smoking was very consistent with the image of the British steamship.

It is said that in the Edo Naval Battle, the fleet of the King of Yan also had steamships.

So, the soldier didn't know what the smoking ship was, but he knew it.

"What are they doing here? There is no money in the north." Hojo Cang felt cold all over.

Hojo Kawakage said: "We don't know what the situation in the south is now. Maybe the whole south has fallen, and the King of Yan's army has fought here."

At this point, the father and son looked at each other and were even more frightened.

After a moment of silence, Hojo Kawakage calmed down first, after all, he was also a person who had experienced war.

He said: "Close the city gates immediately and mobilize troops to climb the city wall."

After a pause, he continued: "Send another team of cavalry to the coast and continue to observe."

Hojo Cang sighed when he heard this.

There were only 5,000 Japanese soldiers and six cannons in Andong City.

If the Yan Wang army really came, he would not be able to resist it at all.

The father and son waited anxiously in the city, and then the news kept coming.

The Yan Wang fleet docked at the Andong City Pier, and more than 20,000 soldiers landed in Andong City and came to Andong City.

At this time, they climbed the city wall and saw the Yan Wang army appear in their sight.

Just a glance at the Yan Wang army, the father and son's hearts fell to the bottom.

These Yan Wang soldiers wore uniform dark green military uniforms and had neat military appearances.

Everyone carried a well-made musket and seemed to have a sheathed short knife hanging on his waist.

They didn't know the bayonet, so they could only guess so.

In addition, there were some soldiers pushing field artillery and a kind of artillery similar to field artillery, but different.

"Your Highness, this is Andong City."

When the Hojo father and son were terrified, Zhou Yi pointed to the city in front and said to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu nodded.

From south to north, it can be seen with the naked eye that Japan is rich in the south and poor in the north.

This is in line with the information provided by the four institutes.

The strategy derived from this information should not be wrong.

"The Watanabe case does not seem to attach importance to the north. This Andong City and the Japanese cities in the north must be underprepared. During this period, we will rob them and turn the world upside down." Zhao Xu said.

In Zhao Xu's view, the Japanese admire the strong, and they will not be convinced from the heart without a fight.

Therefore, this war is inevitable.

After the fight, let the northern lords think seriously about whether to surrender to Da Song.

In this way, the situation in Japan can be controlled at the lowest cost.

Zhao Xu's words are basically equivalent to an order to attack.

Zhou Yi gave Pan Chang a look, and Pan Chang immediately ordered an attack on Andong City.

There were only 5,000 soldiers in Andong City, and the four walls could only have more than 1,000 soldiers each.

More than 20,000 marines surrounded it, but each side had 6,000 soldiers.

The number of people and weapons were all at a disadvantage, and the Hojo father and son both swallowed their saliva.

If this battle was fought, I'm afraid none of the 5,000 Japanese soldiers would survive.

But if they didn't fight, they probably couldn't make the decision.

The military commanders in the city were loyal to the Watanabe case, not the Hojo family.

This is how the Watanabe case controlled the Uzen clan.

It's just that they thought too much.

The key to war is not in their hands.

King Yan's army surrounded the city and immediately sent soldiers in loose formation to approach the city wall.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The six artillery pieces on the city wall opened fire immediately.

But the artillery shells could not focus on the Yanwang soldiers who were widely spaced apart.

Within two hundred steps, these soldiers raised their guns and fired, and the Japanese soldiers on the wall fell down.

Especially the artillerymen were shot dead immediately and the artillery was misfired.

At the same time, more soldiers approached the city wall.

Because they were unable to lift their heads due to being shot by the opponent, the Japanese soldiers were completely unable to defend themselves.

At this moment, grenades were thrown onto the city wall.

"Boom!" Amidst the loud noises, the Japanese soldiers suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese soldiers on one wall suddenly died.

In just half an hour, Anton City was destroyed.

The soldiers of King Yan who climbed up the city wall occupied the city wall and opened the city gate. A large number of soldiers poured into Andong City.

Andong City is a small city compared to Changqi, with only 100,000 people settled in the city.

The Marines easily controlled Anton City, and at the same time eliminated the Japanese who were stubbornly resisting, and firmly controlled Anton City.

When Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi entered Andong City, Chang Pan escorted Hojo and his son in front of them.

When the city wall fell, the father and son fled back to the secret room of the feudal lord's palace, but they were still found.

Zhao Xu looked at the two of them with deep eyes.

His plan is about to unfold.