Chapter 431. Dismount
It's just like the scene in a historical blockbuster, a samurai wearing large armor carries a spear of more than three meters, and a general wearing a ghost mask carries a large bow of the Wa Kingdom more than one meter long, and two long knives are carried on his waist.
After all, it is the alliance that decides the fate of the eastern country, and all the daimyo of the entire eastern country have come, from the Tokugawa family in the suburbs of Gyeonggi, the Matsudaira family in the outer gate to the Date family in the farthest Sendai domain, one hundred and thirty daimyo do not fall, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi conquered the dynasty, the army held high the emblem of the hundred countries, and now the Tokugawa family is almost this momentum.
If Tokugawa Iemitsu hadn't come to surrender, this march would have gone down in history.
Since they came to surrender, they naturally had to be requested by the surrendered party, and the 100,000 troops naturally could not be put into the pass, and only more than 9,000 samurai regiments and close samurai could enter, and as soon as they entered the gate, the Dongjiang cavalry team responsible for guarding the gate of the western country surrounded it as if in a war, and surrounded the Japanese army who had just entered the pass.
It's not just that they're scared, but in terms of height, these guys are one block shorter than the Dongjiang Horse Riding Team, they are already full of momentum, and they are even taller on horses, and one by one the Hamgyong Jurchen sergeants look down condescendingly, just like adults looking at children.
Finally pulled out the big one, the lord of the Sendai Domain, the one-eyed dragon Date Masamune's son Date Yongshin who was exploring the horse in front, stepped forward angrily, and glared at the neck of the horse of Liu Xingzuo, the general of the Dongjiang cavalry, and roared with a trembling beard.
"The Eastern Daimyo Alliance, Kamirako to meet the Emperor, to meet the Daisho, this is how you are hospitable?"
"Guest?"
Full of arrogance, Liu Xingzuo held his head high arrogantly, so that this Date Yongxin could only see the beard, but after a few years in the Wa Kingdom, he also knew the habits of the samurai, and with a wave of his palm, this guy also waved to the corner of the wall skillfully in neon language.
"Bow and gun down, bring the knife into the customs!"
The privilege of the samurai is that the Miao character carries a knife, and can kill any civilians who insult them, and asking the samurai to unload the sword is equivalent to insulting him, which is to offend a whole class, but the samurai is really on the battlefield, and the killer is still a spear, a big bow and an iron cannon, and the real battle array is holding a katana close to the spear formation, and the musket can not be hit far away, and there is no defense in the face of the cavalry.
Just taking the katana in, more than 10,000 people were like little chickens in front of the Dongjiang army with flintlock guns and cannons, and even if there was a disobedient heart, there was no need for the Yishu Corps to take action, and several troops of the Toyotomi family stationed near Kyoto cleaned them up.
And this is not only a matter of prevention, but also a matter of face, this is called killing the mighty stick, deliberately breaking the face of the shogun, telling you that when you enter the customs, it is a dragon obediently coiled, and a tiger is lying honestly! Pay the protection fee, be a little brother obediently, and grandpa won't fix you!
This request made Date Yongden stunned, and it could be seen that although the Tokugawa family bowed their heads, these Eastern Daimyo were still headed by the Tokugawa family, and after a pause, this Date Yushin led the horse's head and trotted to the bottom of the Chinese army with hundreds of family emblems, and whispered and hurriedly announced.
Inheriting the fine tradition of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Tanuki Taigong, this Tokugawa family is also coerced to the end, without Liu Xingzuo's persecution, those Japanese samurai obediently put their weapons to the corner of the wall, and the sound of the sparse noise was piled up like a hill in less than a moment.
I really don't know what to be proud of, holding the unique Ono Tai knife of the Sendai Domain in his hand, Date Yongxin shook the scabbard at Liu Xingzuo triumphantly, but this time it was really Liu Xingzuo's turn to be depressed, and the Zhao'an Shogunate was also of great significance to Dongjiang, since the other party obediently bowed his head, he didn't dare to make things difficult, if he really wanted to make things worse, he didn't need Mao Jue to do it, and Kong Youde's guys had to knock him out.
With a snort, Liu Xingzuo also flashed his saber at the cavalry under his command, and shouted gloomily.
"Get out of the way!"
In the end, it was a nomadic people, even if they gave way, a group of Hamgyong Jurchens were still riding horses and screaming and galloping around the samurai of the Eastern Kingdom, sprinting, provoking, and from time to time they were rushing towards the team, which frightened the retainers and samurai.
"Yaga! Show out the majesty of the Eastern Samurai! ”
I don't know which of the daimyo of the Japanese kingdom reprimanded with a trilling voice, forcing those dwarf infantry to carry large blades and straighten their chests, and marched towards Kyoto with a big grin.
After a while, these Dongjiang cavalry also retreated, on the one hand, the intimidation effect was like that, on the other hand, followed by those retainers behind the cart without a head or a tail, the car was full of rice that the Japanese peasants could not eat at all, Mao Jue did not easily accept the surrender of the shogunate, said that if he didn't fight, he wouldn't fight, and the children were playing? These were all tributes to the Dongjiang River, and half of the shogunate's finances were exchanged for Mao Jue's reconciliation.
If the rice given to their generals is scared, these cavalrymen are also afraid that Mao Jue will throw them into the pot and stew.
The Wa Kingdom said that it is not small, it is not big, it is less than 20 miles out of the Great Wall of the Wa Kingdom, the newly built city wall in the past two years has come into view, and the cement gray city wall of the Dongjiang River is different, here is the rammed earth stacked by the traditional method of casting the city as the core, the outer bread bricks, Mao Jue's concrete technique is still easy not to teach to this group of white-eyed wolves, fortunately, the old ministers of the Toyotomi family did not look at Mao Jue's pimple ballast concrete technology, and the silver earned in Kyoto was hammered out in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan for two years.
Although the upper-class daimyo samurai were not enthusiastic about the arrival of the Eastern Kingdom, the merchants and people below were still looking forward to the contract, after all, for the common people, the war was always their bad luck, and once the contract was reached, whether it was the local merchants or the Yangzhou merchants from the Ming Dynasty, the huge market of more than 10 million people in the Eastern Kingdom was opened to them.
In this case, the arrival of Tokugawa Iemitsu was like the stars of later generations, tens of thousands of empty alleys, tens of thousands of people went out of the city for five miles to greet them, and there were dense heads of people looking at it on both sides of the road, this lively energy almost made the army of the Eastern Shogunate think that they were on the victor's side and came to Luojing, this time they didn't need to be reminded by the samurai of Hachimoto, and they kept their chests straight one by one.
Yuan Chonghuan also built the Huimeng platform on the plain at the north city gate, and enjoyed the attention of the whole way, and when he arrived at the gate of Kyoto, he looked at the huge Ma Lan Houli Fu Pocket, which was the helmet with gold on the back of the head that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was forced to use, and the long banner behind it also depicted the 68 famous family emblems of the Western Kingdom, and more importantly, the two people were one article and one martial arts, and the upright Confucian armor stood on the platform of the Huimeng, These shogunate samurai from the eastern country were suddenly stunned again.
Especially what makes the Tokugawa family particularly embarrassed is that on this oath platform, there are only Mao Jue and Yuan Chonghuan, it is true that these two have represented all the strength of the Western Kingdom, and they are completely powerful, but nominally, they are only pursuing after all, they are ministers, and Ming Zheng and Toyotomi Kokumatsumaru are the heads of the family and the king! Don't want the position of shogun, worship under the command of the Taige of Kunimatsumaru, this is also a courtier, what is it to worship at the feet of two ministers, ministers?
After hesitating for a few seconds, he led the Tokugawa family in a soap-colored official uniform at the front, leading the Tokugawa family's relatives and genealogy daimyo to stride forward, and when they arrived at the oath stage, they bowed violently.
"The criminal minister Kanto guardian Tokugawa Iemitsu brings all kinds of retainers to meet the lord of the Great Commissioner, and Lord Yuan Minister!"
The wide array of feathers was woven together, and he bowed down with his fists, but he didn't kneel!
Mao Jue didn't pay attention to him, just like he didn't see it, his eyes looked into the distance for a long time, as if there was some fairy down to earth.
Near the oath platform, more than a dozen daimyo and hundreds of flags were also straight, and they didn't want to negotiate peace, but some people still looked at these colleagues in the east with sarcasm on their faces.
The situation was suddenly embarrassing, and on both sides of the road, the voices of discussion also rang out.
Even the daimyo behind him became restless, this Tokugawa iemitsu was only in his thirties, and he was about the same age as Chongzhen, who was about forty or fifty, and large drops of sweat were rolling down his head.
But after all, it is the descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Tokugawa family's consistent cowardice, or Mingzhe's self-preservation style is revealed again, when Oda Nobunaga asked him to kill his eldest son, Tanuki Taigong killed, the Battle of Mikawa, Takeda Shingen murderous forced over, it was time to pee his pants and run away, Tokugawa Ieyasu also peed and ran away, the battle of Komaki Nagahand, the Tokugawa family won, but after Toyotomi Hideyoshi threw an olive branch, he weighed himself, Tokugawa Ieyasu still bowed his head, and finally survived most of the fierce people in the Warring States Period of Japan, Won the opportunity for the Tokugawa family to be a member of the world.
As long as you live, there is hope, what about kneeling, in the stunned expressions of those Dongguo daimyos, this young shogunate general's legs weakened, fluttered and fell down in front of the oath platform, his head fell directly to the ground, and his voice bowed loudly.
"The criminal minister Tokugawa Iemitsu, meet the Great Commissioner, Lord Yuan Minister!"
"Meet the two commissioners!"
No matter how reluctant you are, your political leader kowtows, if you don't kneel down, you won't be allowed on both sides, the hundreds of Dongjiang sergeants standing near the oath platform are not eating dry food, maybe the pits behind them have been dug, just waiting to bury people! With a hula, hundreds of relatives and genealists also followed the Jinshan and the jade pillar and knelt on the ground, kowtowing fiercely.
A smile finally appeared on his face, and Mao Jue finally stretched out his arms wrapped in two gauntlets.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up, you can get lost and return, Your Majesty is also a Sacred Heart, and has set up a banquet in the hotel of Ertiao River City, please come with this official!"
"Lord Xie Dafeng!"
It's a neat kowtow again, and the face of the eastern kingdom is now completely suppressed by the western kingdom.
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The army of 10,000 was shelved at the gate of the city again, and the daimyo took about five or six hundred of his closest servants, followed Mao Jue and got into the carriage one after another, and marched towards the two river cities densely populated with hot springs.
It's just that on the carriage, whether it is Mao Jue or Yuan Chonghuan, their faces have become gloomy.
At the gate of the Great Wall of the Japanese Kingdom, Liu Xingzuo's killing stick is actually enough, mature politicians will not make things difficult again and again when the other party intends to bow their heads, just that step, if Tokugawa Iemitsu's neck is hard to the end and does not bow his head, this peace talks will collapse.
Although strategically the Toyotomi family took the initiative and could walk out of the Great Wall of the Wa Kingdom, Tokugawa Iemitsu may not have gone back to Edo Castle, for this alliance, the seven armies of the Toyotomi family had already been deployed near Lake Biwa, and more than 100,000 daimyos of the Western Kingdom who were unwilling to make peace were also waiting for him, not to mention the Dongjiang Cavalry Team with super pursuit and killing ability.
Defeat the main force of the 100,000 troops of the Eastern Kingdom near the Great Wall of the Wa Kingdom, and then take advantage of the weakness to enter, and this small world of the Wa Kingdom will be like this.
But even so, to take the land at the speed of the march, you have to drag Mao Jue for half a year, not to mention that the eastern kingdom is not waiting to be killed, they also have to resist, and the distribution of benefits and the town defense also take time and energy, at least a year, Mao Jue has to consume here, spending a lot of manpower and material resources, not to mention, there is no income this year, and the gains outweigh the losses.
So Mao Jue doesn't mind taking Toyotomi Matsumaru as a doll to block the front and act as a mud bodhisattva.
However! The plan was very good, but I didn't calculate it, this Toyotomi family master was full of temper and released his and Yuan Chonghuan's pigeons!
Then you have to stiffen to the end just now, once Mao Jue bows his head and is allowed to bow and salute, then the next alliance, this gang of Eastern gangs will fight snakes with sticks, it will not be fun! I can't help but worry about the Daimyo of the Eastern Kingdom, and the Daimyo of the Western Kingdom, who was already greedy for the land of Kanto, may take advantage of the issue and ruin this peace treaty.
Fortunately, Tokugawa Iemitsu is sensible and cowardly!
But even so, on the carriage, Mao Jue still roared in a gloomy and annoyed voice.
"What the hell is going on on with the head of the Toyotomi family?"
"The general is angry, and the subordinate officials are not in a good position!"
Although he was also annoyed, Yuan Chonghuan was proficient in the way of being an official, and took the lead in bowing his head and admitting his mistake.
The anger didn't start, Mao Jue couldn't help but slam his fist on the table again.
"There is no room for mistakes on the Emperor's side! Immediately send someone to Nijo River City to confirm that if Ming Zheng is not there, Tie will also tie her back, and Tie will also tie her to the Golden Hall to greet her!"
"Xia Guan understands!"
After a few commands, a few little eunuchs of the Wa Kingdom who sacrificed for the sake of the overall situation ran out in a hurry, but the wheels were rolling, Mao Jue's anger suddenly disappeared, and a sneer appeared on his face.
"Still too young! So the hostility erupted! Kunimatsumaru, the head of the Toyotomi family, can't let him sit down anymore! If the alliance goes smoothly this time, immediately organize a group of retainers to impeach Kunimatsumaru and retire, and then Lord Yuan, you will marry Chiyohime immediately! Push Chiyohime as the head of the Toyotomi family! You two govern together!"
"Lord Yuan, you have to control this country for us!"
Speaking seriously, Mao Jue leaned out heavily, but this time, Inspector Yuan, who had been tempered quite sleek, did not agree to come down immediately, the power was close at hand, but his old but upright face showed an unprecedented dazedness.
(End of chapter)