In October of the twenty-first year of Chongzhen, in Kyoto, the cold wind from Siberia blew, and the temperature plummeted.

The Japanese people, who were already struggling on the line of life and death because of the war, could only curl up into a ball and tremble.

However, at the head of Kyoto Castle, a group of Japanese people stood there, looking up to the sky and laughing, which could be heard far away.

The man at the head was about forty or fifty years old, and his sideburns were full of gray hair, but at this time he was very happy and smiled from ear to ear.

finally laughed, and saw this person pointing at the half-useless Kyoto with his hand, and said domineeringly: "Who can take Kyoto, I'm back from Tokugawa Iemitsu!" ”

That's right, this person is the ruler of the former Wa Kingdom, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.

"The Great King is mighty!" One person on the side, that is, his half-brother Masayuki Hoshisa, heard his words, and hurriedly said in a firm tone, "The Wa Kingdom has always been the Wa Kingdom of the Great Maharaja!" ”

On the other side of Tokugawa Iemitsu, there was another person, naturally Itakura Shigemune, another important minister of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and seeing that both of them were happy, he couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

The Shogun did not hesitate to agree to the non-sub-conditions of the Hokuchi Daimyo, and transferred all his troops to attack the Kenyu forces, and now he has finally reoccupied Kyoto, no matter what, he should always be happy.

Therefore, after waiting for a while, Itakura Shigemune saw that Tokugawa Iemitsu and Hoshina Masayuki were still in high spirits, so he had to remind: "Maharaja, Aisin Jueluo has not been eliminated yet, and we must take this opportunity to pursue them to the end, and we must not give them a chance to breathe." ”

"Of course!" When Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, he replied without hesitation, and then said with hatred on his face: "Luring wolves into the house, causing my Japanese country to fall into such civil strife again, I really regret that I didn't eat those prisoners alive, how could I stop!" ”

If he hadn't coveted North Korea at the beginning, let alone listened to Jianlu's demagoguery, and sent troops to Korea to fight the Ming army, it wouldn't have been like this at all. To be honest, Tokugawa Iemitsu doesn't know how many times he has woken up from a dream with regret. He often feared that the Tokugawa shogunate would fall into his hands.

When Itakura Shigemune heard this, he immediately suggested again: "Maharaja, a very urgent matter now is to repair the imperial palace, at least there must be a look, so that the Emperor Gomei can live in it, and let the other daimyo know that the emperor is none other than the Emperor Gomei!" ”

This is a political need, and as an old courtier, Itakura Heavy Warehouse certainly knows this best, so he brought it up as soon as possible.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was not just a shogun, so he naturally knew that this matter was very important, so he nodded and immediately ordered that Itakura Shigemune be in charge of this matter.

Seeing Itakura Shigemune hurriedly leading the order to leave, and scanning the inside and outside of Kyoto, all of them were his subordinates, and people were shouting and neighing, Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart was once again arrogant and high-spirited, looked to the south, pointed with his hand, and said loudly: "Work harder, drive those Jianyu to the south, and let the Ming army clean them up!" ”

"Hey!" Baoke Masayuki immediately agreed, and then said confidently, "Don't worry, the Lord has no food in the Jianyu Department now, and most of the people are scattered, as long as we chase and fight hard, they will not have a chance to breathe, and they will die!" ”

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Two days later, in the main hall of the Imperial Palace, which had been built in a hurry, Emperor Go-Akira re-ascended the throne in the presence of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the courtiers paid their respects.

However, this is not worth being happy for the Emperor of Later Enlightenment. At this time, he already understood that he was just a puppet. Not only was that, but so was his sister, Emperor Akimasa.

Therefore, in this re-experiencing the familiar ceremony, the Emperor Go-Bright seemed a little absent-minded. More often than not, he looked through the unsheltered walls of the hall to look at the troops lined up outside.

Emperor Houguang knew that those troops outside the palace were going to continue to pursue Aixin Jueluo's department. It's just dog eat dog, and he doesn't care at all. What he cares about is the army outside, if it is to obey his orders, how good it would be!

It's a pity that it's not, the troops outside are all obeying the orders of the person in front of them, looking at his arrogant appearance, it is because of those armies outside!

He was right, seeing that the small court of Emperor Gomei was once again under his control, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but be happy. Seeing that the time was almost up, he pretended to come out of the ranks, saluted the Emperor Houguang, and said loudly: "Please Your Majesty and other ministers will be triumphant soon, and you will definitely offer the head of the pseudo-emperor who loves Xinjueluo and the tiger to congratulate Your Majesty!" ”

Although it is said that he is related to Emperor Akisho, he is now clear that Emperor Akisho must die. Between words, it is still categorical, non-negotiable.

Seeing that Tokugawa Iemitsu was so strong, what else could Emperor Go-Mitsu say.

In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't wait for him to reply, he had already turned around and strode out of the temple.

As soon as the courtiers didn't care about Emperor Houguang at all, they all followed behind Tokugawa Iemitsu and sent him out of the palace.

All of a sudden, only Emperor Houguang and a few guards were left in the main hall, and they looked particularly lonely. When no one was looking, Emperor Go-Akira looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu's back, and his eyes were on fire.

Outside the main hall, countless troops, ready to go, hunting with flags, very mighty.

As soon as Tokugawa Iemitsu appeared, all the samurai bowed their heads and bowed their bows to show their submission to him.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was still very satisfied with this situation. Striding up to his horse, he quickly turned over and grabbed the reins, ready to start, but before that, he turned his head to look behind him. Seeing that Emperor Houguang had also come out, he bowed slightly to him with a flattering smile, and his heart was proud again.

Turning around, Tokugawa Iemitsu raised his horsewhip in his hand, and was about to point forward to order the army to march, when he saw a messenger with an eight-hundred-mile expedited banner galloping in front of him. Suddenly, he had a "chuckle" in his heart, and the order to pull it out couldn't come out of his throat.

Seeing him like this, hearing the sound of horses' hooves, everyone's eyes could not help but turn to the messenger.

In this time of chaos, an eight-hundred-mile rush is definitely not a good thing!

Sure enough, after the messenger stopped a few dozen paces in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu, he rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, stumbled to Tokugawa Iemitsu a few feet away and knelt down, and hurriedly said, "The Maharaja is not good, Edo has fallen......"

As soon as he heard this, it was like a thunderbolt on Tokugawa Iemitsu's head, and he shouted, "How is it possible, how can Edo fall!" Isn't it all agreed, and there are soldiers and horses to prevent them from keeping the covenant, how can Edo say that if it is lost, it will be lost? ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu was not a naïve child, although he made an alliance with several daimyo in the north so that he could send troops south to conquer Hauge's army. But he is more or less able to take precautions, and has troops in dangerous places in the north. Even if those daimyo wanted to tear up the covenant and sneak up on his rear, they would have given him enough time to react.

Therefore, when he heard the words of the fall of Edo, he was the first to disbelieve. Of course, this also had something to do with his inability to accept the fall of Edo.

The people around him also roared, feeling incredible, Edo is the base camp of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the old nest that has been in operation for many years, how could it suddenly fall!

The messenger's words were interrupted, and the next conversation was muffled by the sound of "buzzing" discussions, and he immediately became so anxious that he couldn't even bother to wipe his sweat, and immediately shouted: "It's the Ming army, it's the Ming army that captured Edo, and the Ming army from the sea captured Edo!" ”

He shouted in a straight voice, either his voice was really high, or the word Ming Jun was too sensitive, and suddenly, the shock made the square that was "buzzing" just now like a vegetable market, and suddenly became silent.

Now the strongest force recognized in this country is definitely the Ming army. It's just that before, the Ming army had been shrinking in the south and had not moved. Even if he later attacked Kyoto, it was because Hauge took the initiative to attack the Ming army.

Therefore, in the previous time, all the Japanese people, of course, did not refer to the ordinary Japanese people, and the Ming army was automatically filtered out. I thought that after winning the world, I would go to contact the Ming army, and when the time came, it didn't matter how I begged my grandfather to tell my grandmother, I just wanted to let the Ming army go.

"Ming army, Ming army......" Tokugawa Iemitsu sat on horseback, his face was very ugly, and he kept repeating to himself.

If the Ming army had captured Edo, to be honest, even if he didn't want to believe it, it would have been true. As far as Edo's defense is concerned, if other daimyo bypass the defensive line he arranged to attack Edo, there is a certain danger of falling, not to mention, with the strength of the Ming army, they raided Edo from the sea, and nine times out of ten, Edo really fell!

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was still in high spirits just now, completely lost the commander of the three armies, and the appearance of the real man behind the emperor was a little confused and a little desperate.

"What to do? What to do......"

Actually, not to mention Tokugawa Iemitsu, everyone else, including Masayuki Hoshina and the other samurai, didn't know what to do.

Hurry back to help, can you beat the Ming army?

If you don't come back, the nest is gone, how about the family, and is the property gone? If the morale of the army is unstable, there may be problems!

However, in this square, there is only one person, who has not been affected much by this news, and there is even a little schadenfreude, this person is the Emperor of the Later Light.

You are a traitor of the Japanese country, you also have today, you really deserve it!

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes looked at the eldest Itakura Shigemune, and asked a little flustered, "What should we do, what should we do now?" ”

Itakura Shigemune didn't know what to do, and when he didn't know how to answer, the messenger said again.