Sending troops to aid the "Ichibashi faction" - this alone is enough to kill the Mito family!

After the "Second Edo Cage Battle", Qingdeng sent a large number of spies to collect intelligence to find out the truth about the "Sudden retreat of the Yiqiao Army", and beware of any conspiracy the other party was doing.

After a very rigorous investigation, it was finally confirmed that as Qingdeng expected, the reason why the Yiqiao Army suddenly retreated was because Yiqiao Qingxi escaped.

Ichihashi's ability to run away is not inferior to that of "the escaped Katsukoro".

It took him only a day and a night to run out of the Kanto Plain and enter the territory of Kafei.

Thanks to Yiqiao's escape, the war ended early and did not cause greater damage.

Although this battle ended with the victory of the "Nanji Sect", after careful consideration, it is not difficult to find that aside from the "One Bridge's Joy of Escape at the End of the Battle", the "One Bridge Sect" did not make any major mistakes in the entire battle.

They launched this long-planned military coup at the most appropriate time and location.

Not only is there a wide support from the loyal "Dead Soldiers Army" and direct sects, but it also has the trump card of "Mito Army".

When the 3,000 troops of the Mito family invaded Edo, the "Nanji Sect" was indeed forced into a desperate situation!

King Niang was seriously injured and lacked soldiers... It was completely helpless.

If Aoden had not been to take his life and attacked desperately, and launched two eternal talents, namely "Intentional Demon Child" and "Reversal Dragon", and finally miraculously repelled the Mito Army, I am afraid that Edo Castle would change its ownership.

In other words, the Mito family almost failed the "Nanji faction"!

How can such great hatred be abandoned?

The old tents such as "Wuwu Secret Imperialization" and "The Changes outside the Sakurada Gate" have not yet been dissolved, and new revenge has been added - Qingdeng already has the right to destroy Mito!

The reason for the war is sufficient to reach an unparalleled level.

As expected, when Aoden announced to the public that he would launch a "Mito conquest", no one in the shogunate objected.

In fact, even if someone really has objections, they dare not make it publicly.

After driving away the "Ikabashi faction", the "Nanji faction" dominated the country and became the only force within the shogunate.

The eradication of the Farchi coalition was the first, and the military coup that defeated the "Yiqiao faction" was later. Qingdeng's authority in the "Nanji faction" had reached its peak!

No one dares to disrespect Qingdeng.

No one dared to sing a counter-tune with Qingdeng.

Logically speaking, Qing Deng, who was appointed as the "President of the Army", specializes in military affairs and has no right to interfere in political affairs.

But, based on the current situation, who cares about this setting?

If Qingdeng is not allowed to be the boss of the "Nanji School", who else can I give up? Is Katsura Taro Katsura? Is Tianzhangyuan? Is he Gugong? Or which old middleman?

With Tokugawa Ishiki's coma in his current situation, Aodo has replaced him and has become the highest talker of the "Nanji School"!

Nowadays, Qing Deng is to the ministers of the "Nanji School" like the "Hao Yue" to the "Stars".

When the bright moon rises, no matter how many stars are or how dense it is, it will only become dim.

Just so happens that if the war starts now, Qingdeng happens to have a new force available.

The main players of the new selection group have all arrived in Edo. They are highly morale, well-equipped, and have a large number of artillery (Eleventh Team)!

Kondo and others all came with the lofty sense of mission of "rescuing Nikoto" and "save the shogunate".

But in the end, I tried my best to arrive at Edo, but found that the war had already ended.

He punched hard and hit the cotton... The soldiers were in a very depressed mood.

Just so let Mito vassal serve as their target for venting!

They came from Otsu from all over the world. It would be unreasonable if they didn't give them some sweetness and didn't let them vent their depression.

After experiencing a series of changes such as the "Changda Gate" and the "Tengou Rebellion", the national strength of the Mito family was far inferior to before.

Unfortunately, they lost another extremely important three thousand field troops in the war that had just ended not long ago.

After analyzing the strength comparison between the two sides in detail, Qingdeng made a judgment: With the combat power he currently possesses, he can fully conquer Mito!

From private duels to battlefield confrontations, Qingdeng has always adhered to the combat style of "beating the dogs in the water".

Either don’t fight, if you want to fight, you have to kill the enemy in one breath!

Since the national strength of Mito family has fallen to its historical lowest point, it can be just enough to beat the dogs in the water.

Therefore, Aiden formulated the general strategy of "Mito Conquest" - in a nutshell, it is "Everything will be fast"!

You must never delay time. Once it is delayed for a long time, it will give Mito's chance to breathe.

Besides, if it delays for too long, something may happen, which will cause Qingdeng's energy to be dispersed - just like the "Imperial Unrest" that just happened.

In fact, even if we put aside the "revenge" level, Aoden has sufficient reason to attack the Mito family.

The first is "geographic location".

The second is "killing the chicken to scare the monkey".

For the shogunate ministers, anyone with a little strategic mind would not tolerate the existence of Mito, the Niwuzi.

There is no reason - Mito Band is too close to Edo! The straight line distance is only a few dozen kilometers!

What's even more terrible is that Edo and Mito family are both located in the Kanto Plain, with a flat mountain between them and no danger to defend.

Once the Mito family attacks Edo, it will be like this war, and the three thousand troops will turn around and arrive.

To give an image metaphor - Mito is like Edo's "Sword of Damocles", hanging over his head at all times, and he will fall down at no time.

Judging from the geographical location, the Mito family is located in the north of Edo, just above Edo's head.

To defend Edo without taking away the Mid-do is like to defend the Central Plains without taking away Yanyun, to defend Jingzhou without taking away Xiangfan, to guard Jiangnan without taking away the two Huaihe River... The door is wide open and I can't even sleep well.

To sum up, only by eliminating the Mito family can we ensure the peace of Edo and thus the peace of Kanto!

As for "killing a chicken to warn the monkey", there is no need to explain in detail.

Although the "Ichibashi Sect" was expelled from Edo, they have not yet completely disappeared.

The remnants of the "Yiqiao faction" retreated to the Fukui clan and still had the strength to do.

After all, only a few of the vassal states that were determined to follow the "Nanji Sect" or "Yiqiao Sect".

Most vassal states "win the party" - they will help whoever side can win.

There are some vassal states who have no eyes and want to assist the "Yiqiao faction", or want to place bets on both sides, which not only flatters the "Nanji faction" and also applaud the "Yiqiao faction".

The Mito family was one of the "Three Imperial Clans", with a territory of 350,000 stone, and was one of the most powerful vassals among the "Three Hundred Princes".

If you can destroy Mito in one breath with overwhelming combat power, you will definitely shock countless young people!

It just so happens that this battle can further demonstrate the power of the new selection group.

This battle is very important, so Qingdeng personally did it.

In recent days, other matters such as cleaning the battlefield and rebuilding Edo have been handed over to Taro Katsurachi, Tenzhangyuan and others to handle.

He focused most of his energy on pre-war dispatch.

Collecting intelligence, preparing materials, planning the route of entry... there are too many things to do.

Whether the preparations before the war often determine the direction and situation of the war, and it is not at all careless.

The Emperor, the Prince and two magical artifacts were robbed... It is indeed a very important matter.

But at the moment, it is not worth Qingdeng's worrying about.

At this stage, all matters must be made way for the "Mito Conquest"!

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The first year of Qingying (1865), January 15th

Edo Castle, Honmaru, a room—

Qingdeng bowed his head before the desk and focused on reading the files in his hand.

To facilitate office work, Aoden recently lived in Edo Castle.

Logically speaking, Aoten, as a minister, cannot stay overnight in Edo Castle.

However, the same thing is still the case - now, who in the shogunate dares to say "no" to Qingdeng?

After the "Qingeyoung Palace Incident" - because it happened during the Keiyoung period, the black swan incident in which the emperor, prince and two artifacts were taken away was called the "Qingeyoung Palace Incident" - nothing happened in the world and everything was peaceful.

In this calm, Aoden prepares for the "Mito Conquest" step by step.

After repeated considerations by him and Kondo Yuki, he finally decided to set the date of departure to 5 days later, that is, January 20.

On January 20, the Northern Expedition was officially sent! Sweep away Mito!

As the pre-war deployment came to an end, Qingdeng's workload was much less.

Thanks to this, he regained the joy of "stealing half a day of leisure in his life".

Only when you are too busy and want to share more work with a knife to share your workload can you deeply realize how happy it is to "leisurely" is.

With the blessing of a number of talents such as "Sleeping God", "Strong Spirit +5", "Yuanyang +7", etc., Qingdeng is the most popular workaholic, and working for more than ten hours in a row is the norm.
To be continued...