Chapter 146 Uprising

Chapter 146 Uprising

In the second year of Kozuki Oden's voyage at sea, Shogun Kozuki Sukiyaki officially passed away due to illness.

In the same year, Kurozumi Orochi temporarily assumed the position of Shogun of Wano Country.

After Kurozumi Orochi became the acting Shogun, he did not reveal excessive ambition. Everything was conventional, and he even proactively sought advice from the Daimyo of Various Regions on many matters. Therefore, he quickly gained the approval of the Daimyo of Various Regions.

The Daimyo of Various Regions also gradually reduced their monitoring of Flower Capital.

At the same time, the rebels in White Dance began to increase rapidly, and many towns and villages fell.

Those who called themselves the Rebel Army elevated the Status of Female, allowing women to establish their own organizations, liberated the Tenant Farmer and established the Farmers' Association, and promulgated the Farmers' Association Law to ensure the legitimate rights and interests belonging to the farmers. Furthermore, through the Land Reform Law, they distributed all the Land seized from local tyrants and temples to farmers who had no Land. For many people, this was almost the first time in generations that they owned their own Land.

Many farmers, upon hearing about the events in the areas occupied by the Rebel Army, could no longer restrain themselves. In many places, Tenant Farmer were even seen fleeing with their families to the Rebel Army-controlled areas.

The Rebel Army raged in White Dance, shocking Various Regions and Flower Capital.

At the same time, Shimotsuki Yasuie, the Daimyo of White Dance, with the assistance of his staff and local powerful families, gathered a Samurai group of over two thousand people, intending to quell them.

Dozens of miles away from Inohara Town, the Rebel Army's main Camp, Shimotsuki Yasuie led his Samurai group and was stationed on a plain. Many Samurai were quite relaxed. In their view, those rebels had not truly witnessed the terror of the Samurai and mistakenly believed that they could turn the tables by obtaining Firearms from outside Wano Country.

They should know that for powerful Samurai, those Firearms were just toys. Among those going to suppress the rebellion this time, there were several Swordsman.

"Everyone, is there really no room for negotiation?"

On the Open Ground, Shimotsuki Yasuie, wearing Samurai Armor, looked around at the crowd and seriously spoke.

"Lord Kang, since those people have rebelled once, even if we give them a chance, they will definitely rebel a second time in the future. Therefore, we must completely kill these rebellious elements, otherwise, this will plant seeds of unwarranted Resistance in their hearts."

The Minister of the Left among the staff said in a deep voice.

The others also echoed in agreement.

Seeing this scene, Shimotsuki Yasuie didn't know what to say.

For him, after hearing that the Rebel Army had captured many places, he was completely dumbfounded. He really couldn't imagine where those Tenant Farmer, who had always been exploited, got the Courage to resist.

Later, he also specifically inquired about the various policies implemented by the Rebel Army in the areas they occupied. In the end, he found that what these people were doing was fundamentally unsolvable. Just the act of distributing Land to the farmers who had been Tenant Farmer for generations to local tyrants was enough to make them wholeheartedly follow the other side.

Shimotsuki Yasuie had also considered learning from the other side's various measures, because in Shimotsuki Yasuie's view, once these measures were implemented, there was no doubt that White Dance could be built into something even better.

However, it was strongly opposed by the Samurai Force under his command, because doing so would undoubtedly mean sharing their interests with those lower-class people, which they could not accept.

They even united to coerce Shimotsuki Yasuie into launching this campaign to suppress the rebellion.

"Approximately 2000 Aura…"

Nicholas's eyes flickered with red light as he calmly gazed at the heavily guarded Camp on the distant plain.

In fact, when Shimotsuki Yasuie and others' Samurai army appeared hundreds of miles away from Inohara Town, someone had already provided them with Intelligence, which included Shimotsuki Yasuie, the ruler of White Dance, and the considerable military Strength of over 2000 troops under Shimotsuki Yasuie's command.

However, based solely on the information fed back from Observation Haki, Nicholas could make an accurate judgment even without Intelligence.

In the distant Camp, there were a total of about 2076 troops stationed, including one hundred and thirty Warhorse.

For Nicholas, enemies of this scale could be resolved with a single Thunder Greeting if he wanted to, without wasting too much time.

However, since he planned to occupy Wano Country for a long time, he had to consider more Things, such as letting his subordinates, the Rebel Army, personally defeat these big figures who were once high and mighty in their eyes!

Only in this way could their confidence be enhanced, allowing them to gradually develop the Resolve that they were also People.

Thinking of this, Nicholas pointed to the Camp surrounded by various Samurai family crests in the distance, and said to the several leaders of the Rebel Army beside him in a tone without any Disturbance, "Do you see those People below? They are here this time to retake your Land and kill you all, and turn your wives back into their private Assets, and turn your children into slaves of their families for generations.

In this War, we will only help you block the Swordsman Strongest in the opposing Faction, and the other Samurai will be up to you to deal with. If you win, you can survive as People, and if you lose, you will return to a life worse than livestock."

"Lord Kokka, rest assured! We will defend everything we have with our lives!"

"If they want to take away everything from us, then they will have to kill us all first!"

It could be said that the leaders of the Rebel Army all had bloodshot eyes. Having experienced the life of truly becoming People, they and their Family would rather die than become slaves of those People again.

"Then go down and prepare, use Weapons to defend everything you have."

"Yes!"

Following Nicholas's Words, these People all began to return to their respective teams to carry out pre-war mobilization.

"Captain, are we just going to take out the Swordsman among those Samurai later?"

Vistad asked, carrying his Great Axe, looking at the Samurai Camp in the distance. For him, a Camp without Top-Tier Powerhouse in charge could be completely destroyed by him alone in less than five minutes.

"No."

Hearing Nicholas's Words, Simon, Vistad, Brook, and even Katie were stunned for a moment, and all looked at Nicholas.

"You don't need to solve the opponent, just hold them back. In addition, take care of Katie more after the battle begins. After all, although she is also considered a Swordsman who can cut iron, she is still much lacking in combat experience."

"Captain, Katie is capable!"

Hearing Nicholas's Words, Katie immediately became a little unhappy. Almost every time in battle, the Captain and the others treated her like a child.

"Mmm, Katie is capable."

Bell-lin reached out and touched Katie's Head, as if coaxing a child.

"Sister Bei Lin, patting my Head will stunt my growth!"

On the other side, just as the Samurai were sharpening their Swords and the Rebel Army were carrying out pre-war mobilization.

Shimotsuki Yasuie, who was resting on the daybed, suddenly woke up in shock.

Because just now, he seemed to see the scene of the Samurai army being annihilated, and even the entire White Dance and even Wano Country falling into a great fire.

"Lord Kang, what's wrong?"

Shimotsuki Yasuie's sudden awakening startled the attendant who was originally drowsy, causing him to shudder violently. He instantly woke up and then looked at Shimotsuki Yasuie with a nervous expression.

"It's nothing, just had a Nightmare. By the way, when will the army attack?"

Shimotsuki Yasuie waved his hand to indicate that there was no major problem, picked up the Tea Water and took a sip, calmed down, and casually asked.

"Minister of the Left, they decided to attack at noon tomorrow."

"Eh?"

Shimotsuki Yasuie was immediately stunned.