Tokugawa Iemitsu made a decision, and the entire Japan began to mobilize.

All military orders must be abide by whether they are in Edo or not. Each army must be abide by, rectify the food and grass, and head to Kyushu.

As for Daming in Kyushu, they gathered large troops to go to the border of the Satsuma vastiva, preparing to wait for the army to arrive to attack the Ming army of the Satsuma vastiva.

This posture really makes you feel like you are killing a chicken with a slaughter.

Of course, whether it is gathering troops or gathering food and grass, it all takes time.

During this period, the relevant news naturally spread throughout Japan!

Anyone can see how determined the Tokugawa shogunate is to destroy the Ming army!

Looking at this posture, many daming or other people, in their hearts, had already had expectations for whether the Ming army's catfish would bring anything in the situation in Japan, so they all stopped!

Those who should send troops should still send troops. Those who should fight the Ming army should of course fight the Ming army. Whoever makes the current situation? The Tokugawa shogunate is the strongest. Who dares not obey the orders? Maybe before the Ming army is destroyed, Tokugawa Ie-Kiang will send troops to suppress him first!

If you are most disappointed, of course, you will still be the poor Japanese in Japan.

For them, of course, I hope that the Ming army can win, and it is best to kill all the warrior masters so that they can share the land.

But now, the Ming army is basically impossible to win, and the warrior master has issued an order to collect their money, grain and labor, and to help the warrior master fight the Ming army.

To be honest, they are actually the least willing, but there is no way.

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With such a great momentum in the Tokugawa shogunate, news that it was about to wipe out the Ming army was naturally spread to the Satsuma clan soon.

Li Dingguo had expected this, so he was not surprised. However, Zheng Xiangming and others were very worried.

Not only that, many of the Japanese people in the Satsuma Territory obviously began to disobey. Especially those samurai prisoners, all began to resist the Ryukyu supervisors.

"General, what should I do?" Zheng Xiangming was planning to go back to Ryukyu, but it was difficult to leave now. There were too many things, especially such a worrying thing, so he quickly responded to Li Dingguo and asked for advice.

After hearing this, Li Dingguo just smiled and said, "The reason for this is nothing more than that everyone thinks that our Ming army cannot win!"

Seeing his smile, Zheng Xiangming felt relieved for no reason, and then immediately confirmed: "We really can win?"

To be honest, as far as Zheng Xiangming himself is concerned, it seems that the possibility of Ming Jun winning is too small.

At this time, it must be time to give confidence.

Therefore, Li Dingguo smiled and said to Zheng Xiangming: "Now that our Ming Dynasty is prosperous and the people are safe and powerful, not only has it quelled the rebellions everywhere, but also destroyed the Dutch and destroyed the Spanish in Luzon. Reinforcements will arrive soon. If the Japanese are not sure, will we stay in this Satsuma vassal?"

When Zheng Xiangming heard this, he was surprised and then was overjoyed.

Before, the Ming army did not say much about the situation in the Ming Dynasty. At most, there were some rumors, which may be what ordinary soldiers usually said, and some even what Wei Zhidong and the others said at the time.

But at this time, it was said by the commander of the Ming army that the authority was different.

As for how strong the Ming army was, Zheng Xiangming could also have a good comparison. Among the Dutch, the high-ranking Dutch and the Spanish in Luzon, the Ryukyu people also knew it, because in the past, there were also trades.

On this sea, the Dutch and the Spanish were definitely powerful. However, the Ming army destroyed them. In this way, there is probably a lot of knowledge about how powerful the Ming army is!

After understanding this, Zheng Xiangming immediately remembered how the Ming Navy abused the Satsuma Navy outside Naha Port!

In this way, he had more confidence in the Ming army, at least in the Ming Navy.

Li Dingguo knew what he was thinking when he saw his expression, so he explained to him: "Transfer what I said to me and give them more confidence. Then, you rush back to Amami Island to see the progress of the construction of the port there. If Zheng Hongkui has any requirements, he must satisfy him."

Before, the Ming army remanded some Japanese prisoners to Amami Island to build a naval base. In this way, there were two naval bases in Ryukyu.

Among them, the naval base in Naha Port mainly controls Ryukyu, and it was the first stop to arrive at Ryukyu after the Ming Dynasty.

As the Amami Island Naval Base is closer to the Satsuma Domain, it is an important base for the navy to conquer Japan, or Kyushu.

As for the Satsuma clan, the bay here in Sakura Island is too narrow and not suitable for the Ming naval operations.

"Okay!" Zheng Xiangming heard this, quickly agreed and went to work hard.

Japan has mobilized nationwide, and the dark clouds of war have formed. If you want to win, you must prepare more before the war. Zheng Xiangming still knows this understanding.

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Soon, the Japanese in the Satsuma territory learned that the Ming Dynasty is very powerful today, and their army is elite in a hundred battles. Just like the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era in the Japanese side, the Japanese soldiers at that time were also elite in a hundred battles.

"If the Ming army really wants such an elite, there is still a fight in this battle, right?"

"It's very likely! Think about it, during the Shimahara Rebellion, the shogunate army was killed and defeated, and even such a rebel could not win. The Ming army was the elite of a hundred battles, so how could it win?"

"Oh, our Japan has been peaceful for so long, and we can no longer fight!"

"You can't say that. Didn't the Shimahara Rebellion be suppressed in the end? Although the Ming army is an elite force in a hundred battles, its military strength is limited after all. Now all Daming has to send troops to fight, and even if one person spits, he can drown the Ming army. If I want to tell me, at most, the casualties of the shogunate army are the ones. If you destroy it, you will definitely be able to destroy the Ming army!"

"Didn't it mean that Ming Kingdom will also send reinforcements? At that time, how many people will be sent? Are they also elite soldiers in a hundred battles? It's hard to say!"

"Yes, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty said that. If he didn't do it, where would the emperor's face be put? If I want to say it, it's really possible that the army would be sent?"

"That's right, we didn't allow foreigners to come. Even if the Ming Kingdom is so powerful, they even destroyed the Dutch and the Spanish. The Portuguese would have flattered the Ming Kingdom, otherwise they would have been destroyed!"

"You can't say that. Although the Daming army in various places may be average, the troops in Edo are all elite, and it is said that there are at least 60,000. This is a very powerful force!"

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It is undeniable that after Li Dingguo intentionally released the news, whether it was an ordinary Japanese or those Daming who heard the news, he no longer believed that the Ming army would be defeated. Many people felt that the Ming army might not be vulnerable!

Not to mention anything else, the most intuitive reason is that under such a situation, the Ming army of the Satsuma clan did not escape!

Why?

Be confident! I just think they can win! It must be like this!

Everyone has their own ideas, and their ideas will change depending on the information they are informed.

Although the Japanese people felt that the shogunate army would definitely win in this situation. However, the Ming army was definitely strong, and the casualties of the shogunate army would be quite serious. Instead of the recognition that the Ming army would be destroyed by a thunder strike by the shogunate army.

As time passed slowly, various daimyos finally completed the preparations for supplies and troops. Under the urging of the Edo Shogunate, they began to assemble on a large scale around the Satsuma Domain. And as time passed, more and more troops were driving over.

Ten thousand, twenty thousand, three thousand...

When the shogunate army had more than 80,000 troops, the Japanese began to change their minds again.

When the Shogunate army directly under Edo reached Kyushu Island and drove to Satsuma, when the gathering of warships had reached 300, and subsequent warships were still coming to assemble one after another, when they knew that the Tokugawa Shogunate was commanding the war, the old Tokugawa Shogunate, Matsuhira Nobutsu, who had commanded the Shimahara Rebellion, returned to their original ideas about the outcome of this battle.

Facing such a powerful force, I was shocked, and the power of the Ming army was, after all, I had never seen it before, and it was all false, not to mention that the commander was so powerful!

In this battle, the shogunate army will definitely win in one battle!

In the Satsuma territory, many Japanese people began to escape, and even if they were chased and executed, they could not stop their escape.

In addition, some daimyos from all over the world began to break into the territory of the Satsuma vassal to spy on military information, and even the Ryukyu people were captured and killed.

The situation is getting worse day by day. The people in the Satsuma Territory are panic, and anyone can clearly feel it!

Even if some of the Ming warships that were missing before (many people speculated that they went to Ryukyu) and returned to the Satsuma vassal state, they could not stop this situation.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo did not intend to defend the territory on the land of the Satsuma vassal state, so he ordered the removal of the Ryukyu people and the Japanese. Then he burned all the houses that could shelter from the wind and rain, the crops in the fields, and the ones that could be taken away.

The Ryukyu people and the Japanese all withdrew from the Ryukyu Kingdom, while the Ming army stayed in the Satsuma tribe, mainly in Sakurajima, waiting for the arrival of the shogunate army.

When they learned that the Ming army had implemented a strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, all the people ran away. The Japanese army gathered near the Satsuma clan and occupied the Satsuma clan in a swagger and sent envoys to Edo and Matsuhira Nobunoun, saying that they had captured most of the Satsuma clan territory.

At this time, they were all very confident that as long as the army was assembled, they would definitely be able to destroy the Ming army on Sakura Island in one battle.
Chapter completed!