Chapter 912: Beacon Fire

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Just as Zhao Xu expected, at this moment, Dong An was discussing the war with the four northern lords, Hojo, Ono, Oda, and Mori.

After arriving at Andong City, he ordered Hojo Kawakage to send people to invite the three lords, Ono, Oda, and Mori.

Since Hojo Kawakage accepted the muzzle-loading rifle and experienced the power of the new musket, he was full of confidence and always advocated going south to attack the Watanabe case.

However, during this period, due to conflicts of interest when they annexed other small vassal states, the relationship between the four families deteriorated again.

None of the four was willing to obey anyone.

When Hojo Kawakage was helpless, Dong An arrived.

This was simply a timely rain for him.

At the same time, when they were in Yancheng, they all met Dong An.

Naturally, they did not doubt Dong An's identity.

"Mr. Dong An, today the four northern vassal states gathered in Andong, and we will obey your orders." Hojo Kawakage glanced at Ono Town, Oda Yamazawa, and Mori Yousheng.

The three looked at each other, bowed their heads, and said in unison, "Please give the order, Lord Dong An."

At the moment, although the four families did not see eye to eye with each other, they had great awe for the King of Yan.

The King of Yan's order was an order that they would execute even if they died.

Their lives, honors and disgraces would all depend on the King of Yan.

After all, the King of Yan's army stationed in their fiefdom would protect their families.

But the premise is, of course, their loyal subjects.

Dong An sat upright.

Looking at Hojo, Ono and the other four, he felt a sense of pride in his heart.

Thinking of how embarrassed the Prince of Yan's Mansion was back then.

But even so, the King of Yan survived and continued to defeat the Zhang family, and then defeated the Yuan family.

Now he has defeated the powerful families and unified Dasong, and even the northern lords of Goryeo and Japan have become his subjects.

So, he knew clearly that the humility of the four Hojos to him was actually humility to the King of Yan.

"You have almost eaten up the small feudal domains in the north. Now, the borders you control basically overlap with the borders of the feudal lords in the south, right?" Dong An asked.

"Yes, it was the generosity of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan who gave us muzzle-loading rifles that made the war so smooth." Oda Yamazawa said.

Dong An nodded, "In this case, you should work together to take over the land in the south, instead of shrinking in the north and fighting each other."

He was not aimless, but wanted to strike a blow to the four feudal domains in the north before the war.

To prevent them from still undermining each other during the war.

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, it's useless for you to fight. After defeating the Watanabe case, you will get that piece of land, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan will have the final say. So, you know, if anyone doesn't work hard, hehe..."

The four people heard the words, looked at each other, and all of them had cold sweat on their foreheads.

They said in unison, "We dare not. We will put aside our hatred and fight the enemy together under the leadership of Dong Anjun."

Dong An nodded with satisfaction, "In this case, you will go back and prepare. The Marines stationed in your domain will also act with you, and the fleet of Wufeng Island will also carry the soldiers of Da Song to cooperate with you."

The four Hojos were shocked when they heard this, and they were instantly full of confidence.

At this moment, they temporarily forgot their hatred.

With the help of the Yanwang troops, they will win this war.

In the afternoon of that day, Ono Town, Oda Yamazawa and Mori Arikatsu returned to their respective domains.

After three days of preparation, the four families gathered their 200,000 troops.

Among them, the Hojo and Ono families were in the east, and the Oda and Mori families were in the west.

The two routes went south at the same time and advanced southward along the coastline.

The strength of each family was more than 50,000.

But the 50,000 soldiers sent out were all equipped with muzzle-loading rifles.

The rest of the soldiers were equipped with old matchlocks and flintlocks.

For them, these soldiers could not play any role on the battlefield, so they stayed in the domain and were responsible for garrison.

At the same time, 24 steamships also arrived at Wufeng Island.

After receiving the order, Gong Ying immediately sent to contact Dong An.

At the same time, he asked the Marines to prepare to launch a fatal attack on Japan, cooperate internally and externally, and wipe out Watanabe.

Such a big movement of the four northern feudal domains naturally could not be concealed from Watanabe and the southern feudal lords.

Because of the arrival of the Sam country warships, the southern feudal lords who were in a frenzy gathered a large number of troops at the same time, preparing to fight a decisive battle with the 200,000 troops led by Watanabe with the four northern feudal domains.

"In two days, they will enter Kono Domain, and we will fight them in Shirakawa." In the valley east of Edo, Watanabe said to the feudal lord and his generals.

Kono Domain is on the north side of Edo, which can be said to be the northern gate of Edo.

Moreover, from Edo to Kono Domain and then to Oda Domain, there are mountains on both the east and west sides.

In the vast valleys among the mountains, there are a lot of plains.

This kind of landform is everywhere in Japan.

Therefore, if Oda Domain and Mori Domain want to attack Edo, they must break through Kono Domain.

The narrowest place in Kono Domain is called Shirakawa Castle, which is the only way to go south.