Ōu region

"Subdue the Aizu and the Shonai as enemy of Imperial court.　
We have received its order suddenly from local agency of western military.
(They called new government troops "western military")
　
However，we do not think they are enemy of Imperial court.
Please reconsider the instruction.
We had so plead to them.
But it was ignored.

It is not necessary for us  hear the opinions of you guys.
This is the command of the Emperor.　

Eventually，we were forced to attack the Aizu and the Shonai.

During the same,we learned a surprising fact.
　
Our enemy are not only the Aizu and the Shonai but also all lords of Ōu region.
Eventually we need to subdue them all.

Executive of local agency had say so in our obtained confidential documents.
　
If we have subdue the Aizu and the Shonai.
If we have not subdue the Aizu and the Shonai.
In either case,the result is the same.
　
Above all，we have no malice to the Aizu and the Shonai.
There is no reason to subdue them to ourselves in every situation.

Their tyranny that is borrowed the authority of the emperor.
We want protest against it.
Therefore we are united and took such this actions.
We never unintended to rebel against Imperial Court.

After they control the upper half of the ”Y”.
While showing a willingness to the lower half as it is，they was planning to petition like that to the Imperial Court.
　
　
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"After all，what is Restoration?
The new government is a puppet government of Satsuma and Choshu.　

Probably those who think so are many at western Japan also.
Of course, they have dissatisfaction.
We should make a collaborator in western Japan and Imperial court."
They thought so.

”Satsuma and Choshu are destroyer of public order.
They look down even aristocracy.

If we continue this situation，Japan's national polity would be destroyed surely.
We will subdue them as soon as possible and should recover the correct world."
At the same time they was planning to do this secret approach.


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Echigo exists on extension of "\".　
(However，must cross a mountain of 1000 m level.)

Niigata is social center in Echigo.
However，its located is a little toward to the north from Echigo's center.
(About 80 km west-northwest of Aizu downstream.)

It was still not opening，Niigata had been specified in the port of trade with foreign countries by Tokugawa.
Therefore Niigata port had been developed with modern facilities.

Tokugawa had banned trade with foreign countries except in their's designated ports.

"We will subdue them as soon as possible and should recover the correct world."
Because this was the just cause of them，they needed to comply with the laws of Tokugawa.

They were ensured this port by alliance.
They tried to trade with foreign countries at here.
Of course first priority was to obtain weapons.