It would definitely not work if he, an outsider, commanded the fleet.

If you want to defeat the enemy fleet, you cannot do without Katsurashi Taro's help!

So, Aoden specially invited Katsura Taro to come over and let him participate in the battle with him and serve as the deputy general of this battle.

"You all retreat first."

Katsura Taro took away others.

After only the two of them were left inside and outside the corridor, he said to Qingdeng with a serious expression:

"Komi, I just received the latest information: the fall of Fukuyama Castle in Matsue Bondun Order."

Qingdeng's eyes narrowed and his face slightly darkened.

He was not surprised by the fall of Fukuyama Castle.

Even the Wuling Guo, which was constructed by the castle, was lost, and the city defense level was still in the Warring States Period and was breached.

Aoden handed Katsurataro a look of "continue to say, say in detail".

"After the Hokkaido broke through Golem, he immediately returned to the army to attack the Matsumaki vassal."

"Fukuyama Castle received the news early, so it made some preparations."

"However, the Matsumae vassal state is not a wealthy vassal state, and its military level is not good enough. It can only use old combs and bronze cannons to fight against the advanced equipment of the Hokkien."

"After holding on for 2 days and 2 nights, the Fukuyama City defenders could no longer hold on."

"On the third day, the Hokkaido used cannons to open the gate of Minomaru Fukuyama Castle, and the defense line of the defenders collapsed completely."

"After the Eagle entered the city, they ransacked Fushan City and concentrated all the baggage they had looted to Golengguo."

"Then they abandoned Fukuyama Castle and attacked everywhere, looting other areas of Matsumaebashi."

"In addition to common supplies such as food and grass, weapons, etc., they also collected all ships in the territory of Songqian, from large ships for transporting grain, and from ordinary small boats, they would not let go of them."

When Qing Deng heard this, he realized something instantly and said softly:

"It seems that they are planning to use Golengguo as an outpost to launch a further southward invasion..."

If you only plan to defend Golem Kuo and prevent you from climbing to the Hokkien land with others, you won’t be able to use so many boats at all.

Since there are so many ships being prepared, there is only one possibility - just capturing Goreno and Matsumae's vassal is not enough to satisfy them! They also want to cross the Tsugu Strait and attack Honshu Oshima!

After finishing the report, Katsura Taro paused, then frowned slightly, and murmured with confusion:

"Qingdeng, to be honest, I don't understand. Are these Soyuz crazy?"

"It is already a miracle that they can defend Goreikuo. They even want to launch a further south invasion?"

"Do they really think that with their strength, they can defeat us?"

Neither Aoten, Katsura Taro, Tobayashi or anyone else took the Ainu people seriously.

Qingdeng and others regarded the three warships as the only threat from beginning to end, and did not think that regaining Gorenoku was a difficult problem.

When the "Northern Expedition Legion" arrives on the front line, the Ainu people will personally experience the courage and fighting spirit of the lions in a hundred battles!

Let’s not talk about whether they can defend Goreikuo or not, just “invading the island of Honshu” is impossible.

Due to the low level of civilization and harsh living environment, the Ainu people have a very sparse population, at best, only 20,000 or 30,000 people.

With this population, even if you set foot on Honshu Island and guide several castles, you will not be able to defend it.

Although the Ouyu family members were useless and could not expect them to be enterprising, they would definitely be very active if they let them keep their own acre of land.

If the Ainu people really went south to attack Honshu Oshima, then they would have suffered an extremely fierce counterattack as soon as they stepped onto the territory of the Ouyu vassals!

Facing Katsura Taro's feelings, Aoden shrugged:

"Who knows. Maybe it's because Goreun Guo fell too quickly, which gave them great confidence. No matter what, it's good for us to do our own things."

Qingdeng stopped for a while and immediately asked:

"Rintaro, is there any news about those three warships?"

Katsura Taro shook his head and responded with straightforward actions.

Qingdeng pondered for a moment and asked again:

"...Rintaro, you are the president of the navy of the shogunate. Now I ask you for advice from the General General. I hope you can answer me seriously and honestly: If the enemy's warships are far more advanced than our warships, then do we have hope of victory?"

Katsura Taro pursed his lips, as if he was thinking of answering... No, to be precise, he was more like he was conceiving a suitable, gentle wording to avoid hurting Aoden.

Shaoqing, he shook his head with a wry smile:

"If the enemy's warships are far more advanced than our warships, we may have to raise our hands to surrender."

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The next day, early morning—

Osaka, somewhere—

Okata walks alone on the secluded path.

Because the time was early and the location was off, there were no pedestrians here, and his footsteps seemed particularly loud.

As soon as the sky turned white, he sneaked out of Osaka City and mysteriously headed straight to the eastern suburbs of Osaka.

About half an hour later, he arrived at the destination of this trip - a deserted cemetery.

He walked around the tombstones with ease and finally stopped directly in front of a tombstone.

I saw that the tombstone was covered with mottled traces, and I could tell at a glance that the years were not too short.

On the inscription of the tombstone, a person's name - Yise Flower.

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