Abe Tadaaki said: "The rebellious people in Kumamoto and Saga are not terrible, as long as I, Abe Tadaaki, come out, I will definitely be able to put down the rebellion there." ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna poured cold water and said: "I don't think so!" In Kumamoto and Saga, there are no less than tens of thousands of rebels, do you think they are like the Choshu Domain and the Satsuma Domain? The total number of rebels in the Choshu Domain and the Satsuma Domain is less than 10,000, and of course you will be pacified as soon as you go, but the rebels of Kumamoto and Saga, I heard that they all have foreign guns and cannons in their hands, and they are very powerful! ”

Abe Tadaaki said contemptuously: "What if there are foreign guns and cannons? Those are all rabble, and as soon as the army of my shogunate arrives, they will be scattered. ”

Elder Sakai Tadashi reminded: "The strength of the rebels cannot be underestimated, Abe-kun, there is no one behind these rebels, can they make such a fierce scene?" ”

The lord of the Aizu domain, Masayuki Hoshina, asked suspiciously, "Who will support it?" Could it really be that the Toyotomi family has revived? ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna sighed: "Ahem! We shouldn't have been too cruel to the Toyotomi family in the first place, we even brutally beheaded Kunimatsumaru, the eight-year-old grandson of the Toyotomi family, and after the capture of Osaka Castle, we killed more than 14,000 people, can they not hold a grudge against us? ”

Abe Tadaaki glared at the obese Matsudaira Nobutsuna: "To be cruel to the enemy, Matsudaira-kun, it's dangerous for you to have this idea!" ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said: "What I said is the truth, and now everyone is rebelling under the banner of Toyotomi." ”

"Don't argue about this anymore." Sakai Tadashi said, "It's all burning eyebrows, and you are still talking about the strengths and weaknesses of your predecessors." What should we do now? ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said, "What should I do? In my opinion, we can ask the army of Huaxia to quell the rebellion. ”

Sakai Tadashi said: "What they want is 500 million silver!" ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said nonchalantly: "Then give them it, it's a big deal to pay the bill in installments, repay 20 million a year, and it won't take 30 years to pay it off." ”

Sakai Tadashi said: "This is not good, this debt is too heavy, doesn't this pit our children and grandchildren?" ”

Abe Tadaaki said: "I am willing to go out in person and pacify Kumamoto and Saga." ”

Sakai Tadakatsu asked, "What about the Hirosaki Domain?" ”

Abe Tadaaki said: "Don't worry, Sakai-kun, don't worry about him from the Hirosaki Domain, what season is it now?" It's winter now, it's winter, can the warships of Huaxia come over? It's completely impossible. So, there is no need to send troops over to the Hirosaki Domain, and the war will not be able to start until the summer. ”

Sakai Tadashi said as an elder: "Okay, it's decided. Abe Tadaaki led 80,000 shogunate cavalry, and the forces of the seven feudal lords of the Osendai domain, the Kuroda family of the Chikuzen Fukuoka domain, the Asano family of the Aki Hiroshima domain, the Mori family of the Choshu Ogi domain, the Ikeda family of the Inaba Tottori domain, the Fujido family of the Isetsu domain, and the Ikeda family of the Bizen Okayama domain, together with the forces of the seven feudal lords, fought against the rebellious people! In addition, he ordered the lord of the Hirosaki Domain, Tsugaru to be Masa, and led his feudal troops to guard the coast and wait for reinforcements. ”

Sakai Tadakatsu's general order reached Aomori, and the lord of the Hirosaki domain, Tsu Kasumima, took over the order, and his face turned blue with anger, and he did not have a seizure in the face of the herald.

After the herald left, he said to his two younger brothers, Tsubaki Takeshi and Tsubsumi Faith Fang: "What kind of fart general order is this, 'waiting for reinforcements', this is also called a general order?" ”

Tsugaru Shinwu comforted: "Big brother, didn't the herald say yes, the enemy will not come to attack Aomori throughout the winter, we just need to prepare for the battle." ”

Tsugaru Shinmasa said: "We only have more than 30 warships and 6,000 men, and if we want to guard the coast strictly, how can we defend this point of soldiers?" ”

Tsubaki asked, "Big brother, how is this good?" ”

Tsubaki Xinzheng slapped the case a few times, and said viciously: "The enemy is now, and if the shogunate's army does not come to the rescue, Lao Tzu will surrender to the Huaxia Kingdom!" ”

Tsugaru Xinwu hurriedly comforted: "Big brother, don't get excited, the shogunate will not come to the rescue of the shogunate, if your words are sued to the general, the lord of the Tsugaru family will be difficult to protect." ”

Tsubaki also advised: "Big brother, I heard that there are riots in various parts of the south, and the army of the shogunate is busy quelling the chaos, and it is normal that they can't come for a while, and it is not that they do not mean not to come to rescue us!" ”

Tsugaru's anger finally dissipated by half, and he said: "I have also heard about it, and I hope that they can quell the rebellion as soon as possible, and as for us, then let it be fate!" ”

Tsubaki Shinwu and Tsubaki Shin Fang secretly prayed, hoping that Huaxia Kingdom would not come over in winter.

It's really "what you're afraid of", and within a few days of the Tsugaru brothers' prayers, the warships of the Huaxia Kingdom sailed over.

"Report ——, enemy ship on the sea." A sailor who was responsible for observing the sea came to Tsugar's government account to report.

Tsugaru Nobumasa took a deep breath of cold air and said, "It's coming so fast, can you see clearly, is it a warship or a merchant ship?" ”

Fan Tou reported: "It's a battleship, a total of four." ”

Tsubaki was not very convinced, and asked, "Only four?" ”

"Yes, it's four, and each ship is emitting black smoke."

Tsugarshin asked, "Smoking black?" Are you mistaken? ”

"That's right!"

Tsugaru Nobutake asked, "Is their battleship on fire?" ”

Fantou replied: "I don't know, you can go to the beach and take a look." ”

"What a godsend!" Tsugaru Nobumasa said happily, and then he waved his hand, "Let's go, let's all go to the beach and have a look." ”

Tsugaru Nobumasa led a group of civil warriors to the coast, which was the frontier of the Hirosaki Domain, with a watchtower.

Tsugaru Nobumasa and his two younger brothers braved the bitter cold to climb the watchtower, and the three of them did see four warships heading towards them.

These four warships, two of which were 5,000-ton Wuchang-class battleships and two of which were 8,000-ton Zhenghe-class battleships, were rushing towards the shores of Aomori at full speed.

Tsugaru Nobumasa they had never seen a steam engine battleship, let alone seen it, or they had never heard of it, because no one told them.

At first, Tsugaru Nobumasa mistakenly thought that the black smoke of the battleship was because the ship was on fire, and he excitedly ordered his navy to surround the four battleships, but he had more than 100 battleships in his hands, although it was far less large than the warships of the Huaxia Kingdom, and he believed in the truth that two fists were invincible to four hands.

He is very confident that he will win this battle. Because he found that the battleships of Huaxia Kingdom had even burned out their sails, and black smoke was still emitting from the top of the ship, and the weather was also very favorable to them, although the cold wind was bitter, the wind direction at this time was favorable to their own battleship.

Tin Xinwu was puzzled, and he asked Jin Xinzheng: "Big brother, the warships of Huaxia Kingdom don't even have sails, and they seem to be sailing fast, do you see it?" ”

Tsugaru Nobumasa came to his senses at this time, he had always been attracted by the black smoke of the battleship, and he didn't notice that the battleship was rushing towards them at high speed.

"Order, all battleships withdraw! Withdraw them all! Tsugaru Nobumasa howled loudly and desperately.

However, his battleship had already left the port, and no one could hear his howl, no matter how loud it was.

He only hoped to win by relying on numerical superiority.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The earth-shattering explosion came from the sea, and Tsugaru Nobumasa craned his neck to look at the sea, and before he could understand what was going on, hundreds of guns from the four battleships of the Huaxia Kingdom had already begun to fire a salvo.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ……”

The explosion was more violent than just now, there seemed to be countless fire dragons flying on the sea, and columns of water were lifted on the sea, and now the battleship of the Tsugaru family began to emit black smoke, and the black smoke covered the entire sky, Tsugaru Nobu Masanao felt that his heart was pierced by a cold cold sword, and all he saw in front of him was darkness, and he fainted in horror on the lookout.

"Big brother! Eldest brother! The brothers Tsugaru and Tsugaru Nobufang screamed desperately, and after a few minutes, Tsugaru Nobumasa finally opened his eyes.

"The Huaxia Navy is too powerful, let's run quickly!" After Tsugaru said this, he fainted again.

"Quick, carry the feudal lord back!"