Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who has always been known as "Wisdom Izu", was forced to threaten to commit suicide by disembowelment in front of the Governor's Mansion of Shouhan, threatening death with death, and you can imagine the severity of the matter.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna knelt on the ground at the entrance of the house, his upper body was naked, his delicate white flesh was blown by the cold wind, and there were countless small bumps, and there was a rib next to his leg, and the retainer behind him stood with a long knife in both hands and was ready to act as his intermediary, and cut off the head of Matsudaira Laozhong with the long knife in his hand.

There was such a scene in front of Li Shouhan, who was now the powerful governor of Liangguang to suppress the matter, and he couldn't help but make the people who had always been lively onlookers.

For a time, local officials at all levels in Guangdong, who had come to run under the door, took advantage of the approaching New Year to try to get closer to the officials of the provincial capital who guarded the Han Dynasty, as well as a group of idlers near the Yuanmen, gathered in a thick circle outside, where they gave advice and discussions.

"Old Matsudaira, you are also a high-ranking and decent person in your country, how can you resort to such a scoundrel method?"

In the sound of drums, the gate was wide open, and Shouhan came to the gate under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers, and bowed to the many officials and people who bowed to him one after another, Shi Shiran came to the old man, Izu Matsudaira Nobutsuna with a resolute expression of death.

"My lord, if the lord refuses to see the minister and cannot agree to the minister's request, then not only will the minister have to be disemboweled to apologize to my lord, but also the foreign minister's attaché, and half of them will have to be disemboweled in front of the gate of the adult's mansion to apologize!"

"Tut-tut! At the root of this great year, you have made blood all over the ground in front of my door, and dead bodies are everywhere. How unlucky? It's okay to annoy me, but if you annoy my people, I can't help you speak! ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna can do the position of the old man, and he is definitely not a wasted person, listening to the meaning of the tone of the Han language, he immediately jumped up and knelt forward a few steps, "The foreign minister is also worried about state affairs, so he made this decision!" Look at the big man Haihan! ”

The thing that can force Matsudaira Nobutsuna to make such a decision is naturally a big deal.

This is no less than the Battle of Sekigahara, the Osaka Winter Battle, and the Summer Battle in Japanese history. And even more. That was the famous Shimabara Rebellion!

The Shimabara Rebellion. Originating from the Shimabara Peninsula in Hizen Province, it originally belonged to the Matsukura clan, the governor of the Matsukura clan at the time, who was a ruthless and insatiable fellow. Just this year (the tenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. 14th year of Kanei, 1637). The Shimabara Peninsula and the Amakusa Islands in Higo Province to the south were famine. However, Matsukura Katsuya still levied the annual tribute according to the old practice, and brutally executed several peasants who could not pay the annual tribute.

If it were a normal execution, it would be enough. In what year did the feudal lord of Kyushu not execute a few peasants who did not pay tribute according to the ratio of six to four people? However, it is better to die than to die. These peasants had another identity, they were secretly Catholics. After the Matsukura Katsuya arrested these disciples, they were to perform a ceremony to "step on" them. The so-called "stomping" refers to throwing a wooden plaque engraved with the crucifix on the ground and letting those suspected of being believers step on it with their feet, and those who are willing to obey their orders will be condemned to non-Catholics, or even believers who have the heart to repent, otherwise they will be burned at the stake. This method was not created by Matsukura Katsuie, but was a boring trick that the shogunate devised and promoted everywhere.

However, this group of believers seems to have a strong faith. Refuse to hold a walk-up. He was burned at the stake.

This ignites a long-standing contradiction. The Matsukura family, unlike the Shimazu family, was the first daimyo to carry out trade activities with the Nanchu Army and had natural advantages. However, they are not as advantageous as others, and they must not fall behind in the southwestern feudal domains in the annual pilgrimage explanation. So the only way to make up your mind is to make up your mind with the peasants. The standard of taxation is the highest in Kyushu, and the hard-earned money sent back by farmers working in Nanzhong is also subject to a layer of taxation by the government, and the exchange rate is calculated at a discount and eight deductions, so it is conceivable how strict the accumulation of contradictions is.

On October 20, Shimabara Mamura rebelled, killed the Matsukura clan's acting officer, Hayashi Soldier Uemon, and breached the domain's arsenal, besieging Shimabara Castle, the Matsukura clan's main castle.

On the 27th, a storm also broke out in the Amakusa Islands, echoing the north and south of the Shimabara Islands. The Amakusa Islands were an enclave of the Daimyo Okubo clan of Karatsu in Hizen Province, and Miyake Shigemoshi, the acting official of the Karatsu domain, led troops to suppress the riots, but was defeated by Ichiki on November 14. Amakusa then besieged Tomioka Castle.

Under the leadership of a sixteen-year-old boy and the son of Masuda Yoshiji, the former leader of the Western Army, Masuda Yoshiji, and Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, several forces were combined into one, and after the siege of Tomioka Castle was frustrated, it immediately turned to the original castle that had been abandoned, and the cage castle was firmly defended.

"I've heard all these things. Your lord, General Kamiiemitsu, did not send Itakura Shigemasa to Kyushu to entangle the nearby princes to go on a conquest. Otherwise, this group of bandits would not have retreated to the original city! ”

In response to the Shimabara Rebellion, Shouhan had been instructed to instruct merchants in Kyushu to pay attention to safety in the course of doing business, and to buy a large number of people, and to sell all kinds of weapons to the Ichiku. Otherwise, how could the rabble with a single army be able to defeat the Matsukura family and the Okubo family?

"Your Excellency, I think I got the news from your businessman, but this news is outdated! The rampant nature of this generation is far from what adults can imagine! ”

The Kitakyushu region was the center of the spread of Catholicism, and a large number of civilians and even samurai converted to Catholicism during the Warring States period, and these people were forced to hide after the "Great Martyrdom" and took advantage of the resurgence of the unrest. Therefore, it was not only tens of thousands of peasants who held on to the original city, but also many Ronin who believed in Catholicism. As a descendant of the important ministers of the Western Army, Shiro Tokisada was the leader of these ronins first, and then the leader of the Catholics. It is said that this handsome young man was sent by God to save the Japanese Catholics who were living in dire straits. The followers all revered him as a "celestial" and "angel". A qiē is only Shiro, when the horse is the first to look forward.

Itakura Shigemasa, who was ordered to come to fight the traitors, came to Kyushu, sat in Shimabara Castle, and gathered the surrounding princes, including Matsukura Katsuie, Nabeshima Katsushige, and Arima Toyoshige, to gather troops and horses, and prepare to launch a fierce attack on Hara Castle.

"So many soldiers and horses have been mobilized? Isn't that great? With the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, the bandits were wiped out in one fell swoop! ”

"My lord! If this is the case, why should the ministers force each other to die in front of the adult's door? ”

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Matsudaira Nobutsuna's mouth.

After Nabeshima Katsushige brought 3,000 military horses to join him, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the head of the Shimazu family who had just returned to Satsuma from Edo Castle, also volunteered to lead 5,000 military horses to the battle. And the veteran Kashiyama Hisataka also led 2,000 people to come, regardless of his old age.

Look at this group of elite divisions. All of them are ashigaru and iron cannons armed with Nanchu equipment. Itakura Shigemasa couldn't help but be overjoyed, he had already seen Anameasu waving to him with a triumphant smile.

"This damn Kagoshima red deer!"

When the Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain was mentioned, Matsudaira-sama couldn't help but be furious.

"When the pilgrimage was confessed, the old dog of Shimazu came. Replaced his son Mitsuhisa. It's for today! ”

"What do you mean by that?!"

I heard that the Shimazu family seemed to be moving. Shouhan couldn't help but put away that relaxed look, he instinctively felt that something might be going to deviate from the original track!

Especially after hearing that Shimazu Tadashi went to participate in the annual pilgrimage on behalf of his son Shimazu Mitsuhisa. Shouhan's back began to feel a little chilly. The old man went for his son, and exchanged his son's young life for an old body, which is clearly to die calmly!

"On that day, I, the Tokugawa family's important minister, Itakura Shigemasa, ordered all the soldiers and horses to line up outside the original castle and prepare to launch an attack on the original castle. However, when the Matsukura family, which had a clear head enemy, was defeated, and the Arima family of the second enemy was about to move, the Shimazu family, the Kayama family, and the Nabeshima family, which were on the right side of the entire army formation, turned the spearhead and took advantage of the temporary chaos of our army's main formation to attack our Itakura general's main formation! ”

The 10,000 Satsuma soldiers, who had been fed with rice on weekdays, were divided into five teams and opened the way with iron cannons, spears like spurs. When he landed, the unprepared Itakura Shigemasa was defeated.

As soon as the impact came, thunderous slogans erupted from time to time in the ranks of the Shimazu family, "This place is Aconitumaka, and I want to avenge Toyohisa!" ”

"To go back is to die, to move forward or to live. Let's move forward and fight a bloody way back home! ”

It was in the Battle of Sekigahara that Shimazu Toyohisa died in the battle of Aconituzaka in order to cover the then main general Yuishinsai, and in that battle, only 80 of the 1,600 people sent by the Shimazu family returned to Japan! As for the slogan that retreat is a dead end, and there is a way forward or a way to live, it was shouted by the head of the Shimazu family that day!

In the first battle of the same day, the Satsuma soldiers swept in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu's main camp, broke through the Fukushima army, trampled on the Tsutsui army, and crossed the Sekigahara, and the combat effectiveness was strong, which made Tokugawa Ieyasu admire! His department is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa", Ii Naomasa, most of the subordinates are the remnants of the famous general of Koshu Yama Prefecture Masakei, also known as "Akabei", is the first trump card in the Tokugawa army, as a result, in this battle, Naomasa was hit by an iron cannon in the shoulder, and his injuries worsened when he returned, and he finally passed away after more than a year of tossing and turning.

In the past few decades, the Shimazu family has continued to fight hard, while the rest of the families, including the Tokugawa family's banner, have been peaceful for a long time, and their combat effectiveness has deteriorated greatly. The gap between the two is getting worse and wider.

In Kyushu, because of the harsh natural conditions, it is a great happiness for soldiers to be able to eat enough, not to mention that they can eat enough white rice three times a day? At the beginning of the battle, the samurai of the Shimazu family at all levels told the soldiers, "Do you want your children to have enough to eat?" If you don't want to continue to live that starving life in the future, you just rush forward! ”

Led by nearly 1,000 Nanchu arquebuses, the Shimazu family's iron artillery team took the three-stage attack to the extreme. One platoon of firing, one platoon of reloading, one platoon of reserve firing. The rolling team, iron cannons rained down, fiercely bombarding Itakura Shigemasa's team, and then even more spears came like a forest, and the unprepared Itakura-sama never thought that he would be counterattacked by the friendly forces who had just bowed down. Immediately panicked, and lost the ability to control the entire army.

The army that was still standing in the original city and defending the city was naturally not the kind of person like Song Xianggong who was willing to attack until the opponent crossed the river and completed the formation, they did not have the demeanor of the ancient nobles at all, and pursued the principle of taking advantage of your illness to kill you. Seeing the infighting of the enemy, a large group of men and horses immediately swarmed out.

"Tiantong-sama has an order! Whoever slays the devil. The armor and weapons belong to me! ”

From time to time, there are ronins in the army shouting loudly. As a former samurai, the ronin is naturally full of envy and hatred for those flag warriors in the shogunate army who wear Nanchu armor and hold Nanchu swords and guns in their hands. Now that we have such an opportunity, we certainly can't miss it!

Under the attack of the two people, there was not one out of ten shogunate troops. The head of the main general, Itakura Shigemasa, was even rushed into the formation by Nabeshima Naoshige, and rode alone to take it!

After this battle, tens of thousands of shogunate troops, the elite of seven or eight daimyos, were a rabble composed of 10,000 Satsuma soldiers and tens of thousands of peasants and ronin. The shock is messy. Chase for dozens of miles. It was only when he retreated to Shimabara Castle that he barely managed to stabilize his position.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa generously gave thousands of captured swords and bamboo guns to Amakusa Sadashiro, and left more than 1,000 stone of rice for him as military rations. He led his men and horses to escort the captured peasants and soldiers out of the Shimabara Peninsula with the captured baggage swords and guns, and went to collect the various daimyo on the ground in Kyushu. Amakusa Shisadashiro led an army to attack Shimabara Castle without mentioning.

In just one month, various daimyo in Kyushu. Or it was captured by the Shimazu family. Or being coerced by the Shimazu family. Or take the initiative to assemble under the banner of the edict proposed by Mitsuhisa to crusade against the traitor Tokugawa family, claiming to crusade against the traitor Tokugawa family and return the great government to His Majesty the Emperor!

Time. All kinds of daimyo in Shikoku and Honshu, and the remnants of the Western Army who are wandering everywhere are ready to move! Hundreds of ronins from all over the place gathered in one place, openly singing with swords in the market, and some ronin gangs proudly played the banners and family crests of various daimyo of the Western Army. The foundation of the Tokugawa family for several generations was in jeopardy.

After ordering the head of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Tadashi, to be disemboweled, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa family, convened various daimyo of the feudal domain, the daimyo of the pedigree, and the daimyo of the outer daimyo to discuss how to quell the rebellion that broke out in Kyushu.

However, unlike the previous scenes of people in the world, several foreign celebrities actually arrived at the venue with a lot of procrastination.

"Humph! I don't know what to live or die! ”

After Matsudaira Nobutsuna ordered the head and sword of Shimazu Tadashi to be circulated to the daimyos, all the daimyos understood the attitude of the shogunate and the shogun, and this battle must be fought without flinching! Otherwise, if the attitude is ambiguous, it will inevitably be taken advantage of by the Shimazu family in the name of the emperor, and it will turn into another Onin Rebellion!

In the Onin Rebellion, the Eastern Army controlled Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Emperor Goto Gomon, and Emperor Gozona, while the Western Army controlled Zhì Yoshishi and the great-grandson of Emperor GoKameyama of the Southern Dynasty, both of whom considered themselves orthodox and called each other a thief army. The war lasted for ten years.

Seeing the resolute attitude of the shogun Iemitsu, the important ministers of the shogunate such as the Shogunate and the Four Heavenly Kings expressed their support, thinking that their strength could not be compared with the Shimazu family, and they could not win the throne of the people of the world, so they simply gave full play to the true colors of the wall grass, resolutely stood on the side of the Tokugawa family, and turned against each other when the limelight was not right.

As a result, various daimyo also expressed their support for the general and crusaded against the traitor Shimazu Mitsuhisa!

I can't guarantee whether those outward daimyo really really support General Dai Iemitsu's crusade against the Kyushu traitors, and whether they will have some sneaky deeds with Shimazu Mitsuhisa in private. But at least on the surface, the Tokugawa shogunate was able to stabilize its internal situation and concentrate on dealing with Shimazu Mitsuhisa in Kyushu.

However, the news from Kyushu that it had arrived at Edo Castle was worse than the other.

Under the repeated bombardment of more than 100 gates, the army of the Sagara family lasted less than two hours before it completely collapsed, and the entire city was taken by the warriors of the Shimazu family who rushed in.

As for the Ryuzoji family, they were ridden out by Nabeshima Naoshige, shouting at the samurai on the opposite side, "It's the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other?" I'm Nabeshima Naoshige! The younger brother of Ryuzoji Takanobu! Could it be that the samurai of the Ryuzoji family want to slash their own brother's neck?! Hizen Province was given to the Ryuzoji family by Lord Taiko, so let's join me in the crusade against the traitor Tokugawa family! ”

The whole of Kyushu quickly changed its banner under the cannon or persuasion of the Shimazu family. Originally, the daimyo of the feudal clan and the daimyo of the pedigree were besieged by many artillery pieces and more and more banners and ashigaru, and most of them held out for four or five days, and the few fell on the same day.

The land of Kyushu is full of slogans to avenge Lord Taiko.

The Tokugawa family no longer has a place to stand in Kyushu.

"Your Excellency! We're going to go on a crusade against the Kyushu traitors! Otherwise, once they cross the sea and enter Honshu and Shikoku, it will inevitably become a prairie fire! ”

Now Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who has a faint position under one person and above 10,000 people, gives advice to General Iemitsu.

"Now it's not just Shimazu rebels who are in rebellion, Shimabara Castle has also been captured by an army that believes in the evil gods of the Southern Barbarians, and the Matsukura family is finished! The foolish people and foolish women who believe in evil gods in Honshu, Shikoku and other places are secretly connecting and preparing to meet the Ichika army and the Shimazu rebels! If we fail to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, the inheritance of the two generations of the general's father and grandfather will be ruined! ”

However, when Tokugawa Iemitsu issued a mobilization order, gathered troops and horses from all over the country to prepare for a crusade, and at least set up a defensive line on the seashore to prevent the Shimazu family's army from rushing across the strait, even worse news reached the castle tower of Edo Castle.

"What?!"

This news frightened General Jiaguang, who was picking chrysanthemums on the small surname, almost didn't break the root of his life in the valley road of the small surname.

"General! According to the news that our ninjas had spied on, the Shimazu family and the army of Amakusa Tokisadashiro sent people to the Nanchu Merchant House in Nagasaki to contact the Nanchu merchants there, and prepared to purchase large quantities of large cylinders, gunpowder, knives and guns, armor, rice, and meat. It is said that the price of goods can be paid for with gold, silver, copper, sulfur, and other items on the procurement list of Nanzhong, and it is necessary to purchase food that can supply at least 100,000 people for a year, swords, guns, armor for 200,000 people, and 200 large barrels! It seems that the traitors are indeed going to commit the following crimes! ”

At this moment, General Jiaguang could no longer sit still.

Although the Shimazu family rebellion is violent, it is also easy to deal with. The thieves of the army, although they are brave in battle and not afraid of death, are just a rabble composed of a group of ronins and farmers, let alone a rabble. However, if these thieves and traitors are supported by the materials and weapons of the South Central Army, 200 big tubes? It's enough to raze any castle in Honshu or Shikoku to the ground!

In the face of such a powerful threat, Iemitsu can guess the attitude of those outward daimyo: in the face of the large cylinders lined up outside the city, these guys will happily raise the banner of the former Western Army, announcing that they will join the righteous army that crusades against the rebels and returns the great government.

However, such a move also reminded Songping people, "Instead of raising the soup to stop the boiling, it is better to take a salary from the bottom of the kettle!" Is there much money and people in the hands of Shimazu rebels and a group of soldiers, and all kinds of goods, as well as in the hands of the shogunate? They can go and buy it, and so can we! Not only will they go, but they will be cut off! ”

As a result, a seppuku drama was staged in front of the Governor's Palace. (To be continued......)

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