After all, he is also the governor of Gyeonggi Province who manages the state and talks about Taoism.

If he can't even see such an obvious political statement, then there's no need for him to mess around!

Soon, he realized the reason why Saigo Kinosuke was here.

"Higo-sama, Satsuma is willing to be our ally?"

Saigo Kinosuke spoke loudly before he could:

"Exactly! From today on, Satsuma is willing to advance and retreat together with the shogunate and Aizu!"

Matsudaira Yongho explained half-step:

"The Imperial Military Department, the 'Yamato Xingxing' announced by the imperial court not long ago is indeed a trick created by the Zunbo faction in Changzhou."

"They jointly planned with the ministers of the Zunba faction to rob the emperor to Choshu when His Majesty was on tour, and coerced the emperor to issue an edict, using the name of the emperor to order the shogunate to implement the banishment."

"If the shogunate refuses to submit, Choshu will march eastward and bury him in one fell swoop."

"However, the Zunbo faction in Changzhou kept their plans secret and was discovered by Satsuma's spies."

"Therefore, just this afternoon, Satsuma took the initiative to send someone to contact me and expressed his willingness to assist us in expelling Changzhou together!"

Saigo Kinosuke answered:

"To be honest, I was really shocked when I learned that His Majesty had issued a decree on clothes and belts to Higo-sama."

"This is probably what is called 'when you want to sleep, come to the pillow'!"

"Our military strength already has the upper hand."

"Now I have great justice at my side."

"How can Changzhou remain undefeated?!"

After the assassination of Lord Saionji, Tanaka Shinbei of the Satsuma Domain was identified as the murderer. Tanaka Shinbei committed suicide, and the Satsuma Domain was also implicated, and was stripped of his duty to guard the palace gates.

Judging from subsequent investigations and inferences... the real culprit who assassinated Xiyuanji Gongzhi was probably from Changzhou.

The Choshu people stole Tanaka Shinbei's sword, pretended to let go of the sword when they assassinated the Lord of Saionji Temple, and left the sword at the scene, thereby framing the blame on Tanaka Shinbei and then framed Satsuma.

The purpose is probably to punish Satsuma - who told you that Satsuma's position is not firm enough! If you are not determined to resist the foreigners, you are determined not to resist the foreigners! He deserves to be killed!

Inexplicably being blamed for assassinating the minister... Satsuma was really unjust.

However, the strange thing is that even though he suffered such injustice, Satsuma did not argue, remained silent, did not take any action, and always showed an indifferent look.

Unexpectedly...the long silence turned out to be to hold back the ultimate move!

When the battle begins, the people of Choshu will be shocked to see the Satsuma flag flying in the enemy's formation.

After listening to the two people's impassioned speeches, Aomori cast an intriguing look at Saigo Yoshinosuke.

After a moment, he said half teasingly and half seriously:

"Saigo-kun, are you Satsuma finally willing to bet?"

Saigo Yoshinosuke smiled reservedly:

“When tigers fight in the mountains, smart monkeys sit back and watch how it ends.”

Although Saigo Kinosuke said it tactfully, everyone understood it tacitly.

However, ridicule is ridicule. Regarding Satsuma's political acumen, Qingteng had to write a big word "accept".

Previously, I had been sitting on the fence, neither supporting the enemy nor resisting the invaders.

Finally, at the critical moment, bet accurately and join the camp that will definitely win.

Such a keen political sense is truly admirable.

Compared to Choshu, which went completely crazy, Satsuma's political performance is undoubtedly much more mature.

It can be seen from this that Saigo Kinosuke, Komatsu Kato, Okubo Kazzo and others who led Satsuma are a group of real politicians!

"Then... after adding Satsuma's 2,000 troops, the total strength of our three families will be as high as 6,000!"

Qingdeng said while making a "6" gesture.

"An army of this size is enough to fight a large-scale joint battle!"

Saigo Yoshinosuke nodded lightly:

"Changzhou is definitely not our opponent."

"The only thing I'm worried about now...is the movements of Tosa Kin's party."

"As members of the Zunban faction with a radical style, the Tosa Kinwang Party is very likely to lend a helping hand to Choshu."

"While we are concentrating on dealing with Choshu, if the Tosa Kinwang Party jumps out to disrupt the situation... I am afraid it will lead to serious consequences."

"Therefore, we should make the Tosa Kinou Party one of our imaginary enemies."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qingdeng on the back said with a smile:

"As for Tosa... you can feel at ease."

"In order to completely eliminate the Tosa King's Party once and for all, I have already made careful arrangements."

"When the time comes, Tosa Kin's party will be wiped out overnight."

Saigo Kinosuke raised his eyebrows.

"Oh? It seems that I have already prepared for a rainy day, but I have no plan at all! I really shouldn't dig a well when I'm thirsty."

At this time, Matsudaira Yongho suddenly interrupted:

"We will discuss the specific action plan in detail later."

"Now...let us make a covenant first!"

Having said that, Matsudaira Yongho grabbed the saber beside his leg.

Seeing this, Aoto and Saigo Kinosuke picked up their respective sabers.

Choke, choke, choke - the three knives were unsheathed one after another.

With the next breath - Keng, Keng, Keng - the three knives were put back into their sheaths in no particular order, making a crisp sound!

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Kill Changzhou, Qingjun side... It is impossible for a military operation of this level not to be reported to the superior.

Aoto and Matsudaira Yongho sent reliable spies to send a letter to Tokugawa Iemo overnight.

Soon, they received a brief reply from Tokugawa Iemo: Mobilize the army and conquer Choshu!

To put it simply, Tokugawa Iemo's idea was to take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate Choshu in one fell swoop!

Of course, with only the 6,000 troops of the "Xinhui-Sa Alliance", it is certainly unrealistic to go on an expedition to the Western Kingdom and completely wipe out the Choshu Domain, which was defending the two kingdoms.

Therefore, Tokugawa Iemo's request to Aoto and Matsudaira Yoshiho was simple - first expel the ministers of the Choshu and Zunbo factions from Kyoto and weaken their power as much as possible.

As for the next "expedition to the Western Kingdom and launching a general attack on Changzhou"... we will leave it to later.

Although Tokugawa Iemoji spoke very implicitly, anyone with a little brain would know what he meant by "weakening its power as much as possible".

A bloody war is inevitable!

With Tokugawa Iemo's permission, Aoto and Matsudaira Yōho no longer had any worries.

They secretly communicated with Saigo Yoshinosuke, exchanged opinions, and negotiated together.

In the end, they made a careful battle plan - they sent troops in the early morning of August 18 to block all the palace gates of the imperial palace, prohibiting the Changzhou people and the ministers of the Zunbo faction from entering the imperial palace! and expelled them from Kyoto!

If they dare to attack, give them the title of "Chao Enemy" and raise troops to attack.

If they dare not attack, then lead their troops to attack and kill the Changzhou people as much as possible!

All in all, we must hit Changzhou hard!

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