Chapter 839 Qinjin Fan started war mobilization!4800
Qinjin Fan, Dajin—
"Quick! Move quickly!"
"Don't dawdle!"
"Here, here, and there! The rice from these warehouses must be transported to Kyoto!"
"Mr. Iwasaki! Mr. Iwasaki!"
"What's the matter?"
"Mr. Iwasaki, the animal power borrowed from Osaka has arrived!"
"We've arrived! Send these animals to the warehouse quickly! There is an urgent need for animals there!"
"yes!"
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As the war approached, the Qinjin clan became increasingly busy, creating a lively scene.
There is a saying that "before the troops and horses are moved, food and grass go first."
The two armies have not yet clashed, but the invisible war has already begun!
In recent days, Yataro Iwasaki and Elodie have both entered a busy mode of "keeping their feet off the ground".
As the two main financial pillars of Qin Jin Clan, the two of them had full authority to coordinate the Shinsengumi's logistical work.
Yataro Iwasaki went to the front line to command, and Elodie sat in the financial office.
Although the large army responsible for this battle is a "joint army" composed of various vassal armies, each vassal country has to prepare its own food and grass, and the shogunate will not help provide supplies-this is also a traditional art of the shogunate.
If you can, you can use different methods to harm the vassals and weaken their national power.
Therefore, Seito only needs to take care of the Shinsengumi's logistics.
The "big data" that Elodie had previously established for Qinjin Fan was put to great use this time!
You can tell at a glance how much old rice, new rice, and fodder are stored in the warehouse, and which warehouses they are stored in.
As long as you check the material reserves according to the account books, you will definitely not go wrong.
Classifying all the materials in the warehouse and accurately registering them - this seems simple, but is actually extremely difficult.
Seito can guarantee that there are only five vassal states in Japan that can do this!
Long-term peace, institutional shortcomings...the combination of various reasons made the shogunate and the various vassals look like a grassroots team.
After working as an official in the shogunate for so many years, Qingnobo was used to seeing random accounting, false accounting and other chaos.
Take the "Ojin Book" that made Qingdeng extremely crazy as an example. The account book was full of all kinds of unreasonable figures and materials that did not exist in the warehouse.
This phenomenon caused by the "fool around and you'll get it" work mentality is very common among the shogunate and the feudal lords.
Thanks to Elodie's ability and dedication, Qin Jinfan's financial account books are very clear and clear at a glance, without any falsehoods.
Under the precise scheduling of Elodie and Yataro Iwasaki, bags of rice and bundles of fodder were transported out of the warehouse in an orderly manner, loaded onto trucks, and sent to the front line in Kyoto.
Along the way from Kyoto to Otsu, you can see convoys transporting supplies everywhere.
The astonishingly large transport fleet covered the entire avenue, stretching as far as the eye could see, attracting passersby's admiration.
From the beginning, Qingteng built the vassal state based on the idea of "fighting the Western vassals".
Qingdeng's plan for a rainy day was purely forced by the pressure of reality.
After all, Qinjin Clan is located in the very center of Japan, on the western frontier of the shogunate.
If the vassals of the Western Kingdom want to invade the Eastern Kingdom, the Qinjin Fan will be the first to bear the brunt.
Unless Qin Jin is destroyed, they won't even think about taking a step into the Eastern Kingdom.
On the contrary, if the shogunate wanted to invade the Western Kingdom, Qinjin Fan would become an irreplaceable forward position and logistics hub.
Sitting in such an important strategic position, we have no choice but to take precautions before they happen.
From reclaiming new fields to introducing industry, most of Qinjin Fan's construction projects are centered around "improving war potential."
Qingdeng will focus mainly on the two major projects of "agriculture" and "industry".
In the past six months, through a series of means such as introducing agricultural talents and promulgating various policies, the agricultural level of Qinjin Fan has been greatly developed.
Those abandoned and abandoned old fields have basically resumed production.
The reclamation of new fields also went smoothly.
In one or two years, these new fields will be put into use.
As a time traveler, Qingdeng naturally understands the importance of industry.
As long as the industry develops, it will be no problem even if one vassal can challenge the entire Japan!
Qinjin Domain not only has a flat terrain, but is also adjacent to Lake Biwa and has a very abundant water source, making it the perfect place for industrial development.
However... although Qingdeng attaches great importance to industry, unfortunately, industry is an extremely complicated subject.
With the help of Huluwu, Qingdeng purchased many advanced equipment at very conscientious prices.
With the size of Qinjin Fan, any "industrial full category" project will definitely be a dead end.
The specialty products of Qinjin Domain are tea and porcelain - therefore, Qingdeng focused on building three types of factories based on its location advantages: tea factory, porcelain factory and gun factory.
The first two are responsible for making money, and the importance of the latter goes without saying.
As we all know, industry is not so simple that it can be developed by just buying a few machines.
No matter how powerful or advanced the equipment is, it still needs people to control it.
Today, Japan happens to lack such advanced talents who can operate industrial equipment.
Therefore, we can only train talents from scratch.
Fortunately, the training of relevant talents has gone very smoothly.
Leaving aside the porcelain and tea factories, the gun factory developed most rapidly.
Although you can’t make your own guns yet, you can already make your own gunpowder!
Presumably it won't be long before these factories of Qinjin Fan will be officially put into use.
What a pity... They will definitely not be able to catch up with this war.
In this way, under Qingdeng's careful guidance, Qinjin Fan's war potential can be said to be increasing day by day!
To say that Qin Jinfan is a "war machine"... This is an exaggeration, but it is not completely false!
This war initially demonstrated the war potential of Qinjin Fan.
No one who sees Qinjin Fan's terrifying material reserves can remain calm physically and mentally.
Allies will be amazed.
The enemy will feel a chill running down their spine.
Raising troops for a thousand days is spent in a moment - Qingdeng intends to test the achievements of the Qinjin Domain and the training effectiveness of the Shinsengumi in this battle!
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Kyoto, Nishi Honganji——
Nishi Honganji Temple is located to the west of Kamogawa River and south of Luozhong.
Because of its vast area and convenient transportation, Qingdeng recruited it as the temporary headquarters of the legion.
At this moment, in a secret room in Nishi Honganji Temple, the army commanders headed by Aoto gathered together.
There is no doubt that Qingteng is sitting in the first seat, and behind him hangs a three-leaf sunflower pattern flag, symbolizing his status as a general in the shogunate.
Saigo Kinnosuke and Matsudaira Yoshiho—except for Aoto, the two of them had the highest status in the feudal army—were sitting on the left and right below Aoto.
Hijikata Toshizo, Shannan Keisuke, Kondo Isamu, and other commanders of the feudal kingdom took their seats in order according to their status.
Today's military meeting is a veritable summit meeting.
It is no longer a small meeting held privately by Qingteng and a few people, but a conference where each vassal army must send representatives to participate!
A meeting of this level cannot be neglected.
Everyone, including Qingdeng, was dressed up to attend.
The costumes of Aoto, Hijikata Toizan and others are naturally the light green haori that represents the Shinsengumi.
The leaders of the feudal army, such as Matsudaira Yoshiho, all wore ancestral armor and gorgeous Jinhaori.
A room full of armored generals... At first glance, it seems like we have returned to the Warring States Period three hundred years ago.
In the center of the crowd, there was a long table.
On the long table is a three-dimensional map recently made of clay by Shannan Keisuke and others.
Although its level of detail is certainly not comparable to modern satellite maps, it is certainly much clearer than simple flat maps.
The terrain and environment around Kyoto are in full view of everyone.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Qingdeng skipped the preamble, turned his head, and winked at Shannan Keisuke.
Shannan Jingzhu nodded understandingly and stood up:
"Gentlemen, I am the elder of the Qinjin clan and the chief of the Shinsengumi group, Shannan Keisuke."
Shannan Keisuke looked around the scene and said loudly in a strong voice:
"Next, please introduce the latest trends of the bandit army."
In order to suppress Choshu and secure its status as an "official army", the shogunate officially called the Choshu Army "the bandit army".
As he spoke, Shannan Keisuke took out a booklet from his arms, opened the first page, and said:
"The First Army, led by Fukuhara Echigo, totaling 3,000 people, has crossed the Seto Inland Sea and landed east of Kobe. If nothing goes wrong, it is expected to arrive at Fushimi the day after tomorrow."
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As Shannan Keisuke spoke, he placed war chess pieces on the map to more vividly display the movements of the Choshu Army.
These war games were made of wood by Shannan Keisuke and others when they were making this three-dimensional map. There are four types of war games: infantry, cavalry, musketeers, and artillery.
Everyone stared at the map and listened carefully.
The Eastern Expedition of Choshu - Although it has a very famous name, Japan is a small island country with a small area, so it is called the "Eastern Expedition". In fact, it did not go anywhere. The straight-line distance from Choshu to Kyoto is only 400 meters.
Come kilometers.
Therefore, the Changzhou Army advanced very quickly.
Counting from the official dispatch of troops, in less than ten days, the Changzhou army has already arrived at the gates of Kyoto!
After Changzhou sent troops, Qingteng immediately dispatched the elite of the ninth division headed by Yamazaki Hao to closely monitor and observe the detailed movements of the three armies in Changzhou.
As Yamazaki Hao and others entered the battle, pieces of information related to Changshu's movements were continuously transmitted back to Otsu.
Everything Shannan Keisuke is reporting now is the result of the work of the ninth division.
After the report, Shannan Keisuke turned around and signaled to Aoto "I'm done" with his eyes.
Qingdeng said softly:
"Kingsuke, thank you for your hard work. Please sit down."
Shannan Jingshu nodded in response, then bent down and sat back down.
Qingdeng straightened his back and scanned the audience from left to right.
Although he didn't speak, his body already exuded the majestic aura of a golden sword.
Those who lacked courage would not even dare to look at Qingdeng, they would lower their heads subconsciously and look at their nose, nose and heart.
"Everyone, did you hear this clearly?"
Qingdeng's voice clearly reached the ears of everyone present.
"The three armies from Changzhou have arrived in Gyeonggi one after another."
"If nothing else happens, we will be able to see flags with 'Ichimonji Three Stars' printed on them at Fushimi, Saga Tenryuji Temple and Yamazaki the day after tomorrow."
[Note: One word three stars: the family crest of the Choshu Maori family]
"That is to say - in three days, it will be the day of battle!"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little more solemn.
Saigo Yoshinosuke, Matsudaira Yongho, Hijikata Toshizo and others were just as usual, nothing out of the ordinary.
On the other hand, the generals of other vassal armies all showed panic and nervous expressions on their faces.
A few people even turned pale and had shortness of breath.
No wonder they are like this.
Although they dress like humans and dogs, they have never fought in a war. It is only because of their ancestors' merits and the blessing of their ancestors that they can become generals with armor to wear and troops to command.
It is really difficult for this group of "young children" who have never even seen blood to directly participate in such a large-scale battle involving more than ten thousand people for the first time.
Qingdeng had been paying close attention to the expressions and reactions of everyone present.
Seeing that these feudal generals were timid before fighting, I couldn't help but feel disappointed and thought to myself:
——As expected, mud cannot support the wall...
Judging from the public data, this "United Army" has a full strength of 30,000 troops.
But in reality, the vast majority of these 30,000 people are idiots, and not even one-third are truly combat-ready people.
These vassal troops were basically forced by the shogunate to come to help in the battle.
He has neither the ability to defeat the enemy nor the determination to fight.
A few days ago, Qingteng took the time to inspect the soldiers and equipment of these feudal armies.
As for the equipment...basically just long guns and knives.
Soldiers... they need energy but not spirit, and they need physical strength but not physical strength! It is really appropriate to describe them as "shrimp soldiers and crab generals"!
Qingdeng could imagine that if they were sent to the battlefield, they would definitely take revenge!
Qingdeng knew exactly what these guys were thinking.
Anyway, this is a dispute between the shogunate and Changshu, and they will not work for the shogunate!
If you let them fight a tough battle, they will definitely end up with a "hasty escape".
At most, they can only act as an atmosphere group on the battlefield to build momentum.
Not to mention sending them to charge into battle, Qingdeng did not even dare to send them to take care of food and grass, and did not dare to entrust them with any important tasks or important positions.
The current display of the crotch-stretching performance of these feudal generals made Qingteng firmly believe that "these guys are of no use at all."
Although the Shinsengumi has 6,000 troops, 1,000 of them are support personnel, and there are only 5,000 actual combat troops.
The Satsuma Army and Aizu Army stationed in Kyoto are all soldiers capable of going to the battlefield.
Among the various feudal armies, the Satsuma Army and the Aizu Army were the only exceptions.
The Aizu army has strong combat power and is loyal to the shogunate, making them completely trustworthy.
As for the Satsuma army... Satsuma was one of the earliest vassal states to develop industry. It was able to independently manufacture guns, cannons, and warships. Needless to say, the combat power of its army was undeniable.
However, Qingto didn't trust Satsuma and was always wary of him.
God knows if this "wall grass" will have any evil intentions on the battlefield.
Therefore, Seito will also not reuse the Satsuma Army.
To sum up, the only useful troops under Ayoto are the Shinsengumi (5,000 people) and the Aizu Army (2,000 people), totaling 7,000 people.
After scanning around, Qingden quietly looked back:
"You don't need to panic."
"Although Changzhou is coming with great force, they are just a bunch of rabble."
"Three armies, 12,000 people - it looks scary, but the vast majority of them are ronin, peasant soldiers recruited temporarily."
"I can assure you: the number of elite soldiers and generals in the Changzhou Army who can fight tough battles will never exceed 3,000."
After listening to Qingdeng's words, the expressions of the generals present immediately improved a lot.
Suddenly, someone said:
"Lord Aki is right!"
"The number of combat-ready men in the Changzhou Army will never exceed 3,000."
"In this battle, we have the advantage!"
"Changzhou violates the general ethics. We follow nature. This is the victory of Tao."
"Changzhou is an 'enemy' appointed by the imperial court. We are the officers and soldiers who were ordered to fight against the thieves. This is a righteous victory."
"We have traveled a long distance from Changzhou, and we are waiting for the hard work. This is to seek victory."
"The army in Changzhou is small and there are few generals. Our soldiers are like clouds and our generals are like rain. This is a victory by force."
"Tao, righteousness, strategy, and martial arts are all victorious. How can we not defeat the enemy and achieve victory?"
This sudden and formal speech immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, including Qingdeng.
Everyone turned their heads to look - the speaker was behind Saigo Kinosuke.
This man is short in stature and has an unattractive appearance.
It is worth mentioning that his left eye does not have a black pupil like ordinary people, but is gray and white, without any life.
Obviously, this is a blind eye.
The one-eyed man stood behind Saigo Kinosuke... Qingto thought for a moment and quickly remembered who this person was.
This man's name was Ichichi Ryūemon, Ji Jing, nicknamed Ichiyanagi, and he was born in Sengokubaba Town, under the castle of Kagoshima, Satsuma Country.
Since he was a child, he has shown extraordinary intelligence and was called the "Thousand-stone Prodigy" by the villagers.
Unfortunately, he later became seriously ill, leaving one eye and one foot disabled.
When he was a little older, he learned the Aden-ryu art of war under Hokan Uzaemon, and learned the profound secrets.
Soon, with his outstanding talent, he became a professor of military science at the Satsuma Domain School - Zoshikan - at a young age.
In the second year of Bunkyu (1862), he followed Shimazu Hisamitsu to Luo, and served in the army based on his merits, becoming a rare military strategist.
During the Sa-British War in 1863, he made great achievements in making many unexpected plans and caused a lot of trouble to the British army, which further proved his military talent.
After that, Saigo Yoshinosuke worshiped him as a military advisor and entrusted him with important tasks.
In other words, Ichichi Ryuemon is to the Satsuma army what Guo Jia is to the Cao army! He is a resourceful and talented military advisor!
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