A fleet entered Edo Bay. This was the first time this fleet came to visit Edo Bay and was also the first time to undertake a mission.

The Fourth Fleet accepted the order to occupy the shogunate base camp Edo Castle.

However, the officers of the Fourth Fleet did not expect that before they started the operation, Edo Castle had been captured by the Chinese Society and the Red Turban Warriors, and they were about to take over an occupied city.

However, the arrival of the Fourth Fleet is not meaningless. It can shock the Chinese Society, the Red Turban Warriors' further expanding ambitions and the counterattack of the Shogunate troops around Edo Castle.

"Is there Edo Castle? Why is the black smoke rolling?" Ruan Youjin's battleship Soochow battleship was approaching Edo Castle and saw black smoke filling the sky above Edo Castle.

"Maybe civil strife broke out in Edo City... Everyone is ready to fight, and we will seize the water and land pier in Edo City." Ruan Youjin fought as a naval officer of the Kyushu Army for the first time. He thought he would experience a fierce battle.

Ruan Youjin's Soochow battleship and other accompanying ships were careful when approaching Edo Castle. First, they went to test the Edo Castle's fortress with a small boat, and then they found that the fortress had not counterattacked before they drifted one after another.

"Although I don't know why there are no shogun guards along the coast, the shogun is equipped with flintlock guns and flint guns, so you must not take it lightly." The soldiers of the Kyushu Army who began to land in Edo Castle found that black smoke was everywhere in Edo Castle, with many scorch marks and broken walls all over the place, as if they were burned by a fire.

"I heard that Edo Castle is still prosperous, how could it become like this? The scouts scattered everywhere and found out the current situation." Ruan Youjin stepped onto Japan's land for the first time, holding a gun in his hand, and directing the landing naval soldiers to be warned.

They sailed all the way on the sea, but could not learn the latest news about Edo Castle. They were not aware of the Edo Castle fire and the betrayal of the Shogunate by the Red Turban. They could only go ashore to set up camp and prepare to fight with the troops left by the Shogunate in Edo Castle.

Some of the fourth fleet's troops attacked Edo Castle directly by sea, and some of the troops took a train to drive Edo directly by land via Yokohama Port.

"Woo--!" The steam locomotive drove into the Edo Railway Station with smoke, and a group of soldiers got off the iron carriage of the train.

The fire in Edo Castle destroyed the core area of ​​Edo Castle. The railway station far away from the outskirts of Edo Castle was not affected. The Kyushu Army did not allow Tanaka Nakata to burn the train station that he had worked hard to build into ruins.

"Mr. Sun, Lord Zhang asked me to welcome all the 4th Fleet here. You have come from afar, and we have prepared rice for you." On the platform of Edo Railway Station, the train station employees said to Sun Xu and others who arrived.

"Is Edo Castle already controlled by Zhang Yuan?" Sun Xu was a little surprised.

As the commander of the Fourth Fleet, he received a task of capturing Edo Castle, but the combat mission was completed ahead of schedule and was in a complicated mood.

"The important figures in Edo Castle have been controlled, but the shogunate still has supporters and troops in the Kanto region, and it is very likely that they will counterattack Edo Castle. Edo Castle also needs you to maintain order, and the Red Turban Samurai doesn't know if they will betray them." The train station employee said to Sun Xu.

"Red scarf warrior?" Sun Xu said in confusion.

"It's just shogunate samurai who turned against each other. They have red scarves tied to their foreheads to avoid being beaten by the Chinese Society as enemies. Now the Chinese Society is fighting the samurai class in and around Edo Castle and is conducting liquidation. Lord Zhang doesn't stop it too much, and there is a lot of chaos in Edo Castle." said the train station employee.

"I have heard of the Huaxia Society. It is the Japanese own organization. They liquidate the warrior group on their own. Can they obtain the consent of the above?" Sun Xu asked again.

"Most of those people are from lower classes and are full of hatred for the samurai group. Lord Zhang said that if they were not given a target to vent their anger, they would not know what else these people would do." said the train station employee.

"So that's it... Our Fourth Fleet came here to occupy Edo City and ensure that Edo City is always in our hands. These things are not up to us." Sun Xu didn't want to think so much like Zhang Yuan, just fulfill his responsibilities.

The fourth fleet naval soldiers led by Sun Xu entered Edo City. The residents in Edo City were shocked when they saw the fourth fleet soldiers wearing naval uniforms entering Edo City. They spoke languages ​​they could not understand.

Soon, news of the Chinese army entering Edo Castle quickly spread in Edo Castle. During this period, too many things happened in Edo Castle, first the food crisis, then the Honmeiji fire, and then the rebel army led by the Chinese will be active throughout the city, arresting and liquidating the samurai group in Edo Castle. These successive events made the ordinary civilians in Edo Castle more and more capable. At this time, they didn't feel anything strange when they saw the army coming from China.

As early as a few years ago, Chinese merchants had already entered here. The privileged Chinese merchants were active in Japan. The people of Edo Castle are not unfamiliar with them, so they did not think there was anything new.

After Ruan Youjin, Ruan Youyi and others landed at the dock, they also learned about the current situation of Edo Castle. The Navy Officers of the Fourth Fleet regretted the fact that Edo Castle should not be occupied in advance. They had the first time they had a mission, but they never thought they would just travel across the ocean to Edo Castle to pick up a ready-made one.

The arrival of the Fourth Fleet replaced the Red Turban Warriors as the defensive force of Edo Castle. The Chinese Association was still in chaos in Edo Castle. A large number of warriors were searched and arrested by the angry rebels, and became laborers. If Zhang Yuan had not dealt with it, a large number of warriors might have been executed by refugees.

"Although the Huaxia Association was an organization supported by the Beiyang Fleet, under the leadership of Tanaka Seiichi, it seems to have become a terrible force that is easy to escape from control. Although this force seems vulnerable to the formal army... It is recommended to ban the society or change its functions." Zhang Yuan was writing a report to the military headquarters under a residence in the Tokyo Branch of Edo Castle.

As an officer who often engages in secret missions, he was not at ease with the Chinese Association, an organization composed of Japanese people. In the past, the Chinese Association existed to cause trouble for the shogunate, but now as the shogunate is about to fall, the Chinese Association will have no meaning of existence.

"Tashi Sakai, the important shogunate who was captured by us, wanted to talk to you." A personal soldier asked Zhang Yuan for instructions outside the door.
Chapter completed!