Only then did Wang Yue step forward to take Amakusa Shizhen's knife, hand it to Li Xuezhu, the confidential secretary beside him, and said in a condescending manner: "Ben Shaobao can accept your surrender." However, if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wants to be retained, or even become a vassal of our country, it must agree to two conditions. ”

Amakusa Shizhen bowed and said, "Please show Lord Shaobao." ”

Wang Yue said: "According to the practice of my Ming Dynasty, the vassal state must send the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute to His Majesty the Emperor, and the lord of the country is only a legitimate vassal state after being canonized by His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"The rules of the kingdom are known to the ministers, and they will do everything according to them." Amakusa Shisada Road.

"Hmm." Wang Yue nodded, picked up a document, handed it to Amakusa Shizhen and said: "You can take a look at this document, if you really want to become a vassal of our country and surrender sincerely, sign it." ”

After that, Wang Yue sat down and drank tea with peace of mind, and saw Amakusa Shizhen looking at the documents, her hands trembling uncontrollably, and her face kept changing.

After reading it, Amakusa Shizhen handed it to Dongwang An Jing San, and An Gu Jing San couldn't help but gasp after looking at it.

Seeing that these five guys were almost finished, Wang Yue asked, "Have you finished reading?" ”

"Look, I'm done!" Amakusa Shizhen's face was pale, and he said in a cold sweat.

Wang Yue said: "If you have no opinion, sign it." ”

Amakusa Shizhen and the four kings kept making eye contact, except for the North King Pingqiu Sheng, who was unwilling, the other three kings all nodded to Amakusa Shizhen.

This is not difficult to choose, at least it can retain the national body, and it can continue to dominate behind closed doors in the future.

Amakusa Shizhenichi gritted his teeth and said, "The subordinates can sign." ”

Wang Yue nodded with a smile and said, "Very good, the signing of this document should be formal, and a ceremony needs to be held, and the location will be chosen in Maguan." ”

In fact, there is no ceremony, just a simple photo taken, the main reason is that the place is called Maguan.

On March 10, the "Treaty of Shimonoseki (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Version)" was also released.

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Because of the distress letter from the Tsushima Domain, the Tokugawa shogunate was in full swing preparing to deal with the invasion of the Tence army, but when they received the news that the Tence army and the rebel army were fighting, the shogunate was both confused and happy.

"Okay, okay, the Tiance Army has a war with the rebellious people, it's really a blessing for my shogunate." The Tokugawa family was overjoyed when they heard the news.

Elder Sakai stroked his beard and said with a smile: "In this way, the Tiance army will inevitably be dragged down by the rebels, and it will not be able to invade my shogunate territory again." Although those rebellious people do not know the art of war strategy, their combat strength is not weak, and there are many of them, and this war may be protracted. ”

From their traditional point of view, once this war is fought, it will not be a war that can be ended in a short time.

Doi Katsuo also said: "No matter who wins or who loses, those rebellious people will definitely lose their strength, and my shogunate will pacify the rebellious people just around the corner." ”

"Hmm!" Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded and said, "General Ben hopes to fight for a longer time and let them lose both." ”

It's a pity that the sky is not as good as people want, and the people of the shogunate are happily discussing the war between the Tence army and the rebel army, and the samurai of the shogunate came to report: "General, the big thing is not good!" Toyotomi Kunimatsu, the lord of Osaka Castle, sent a messenger to say that the Tence Army suddenly appeared outside Osaka Castle, and there were signs of attacking Osaka Castle, so he asked the general to send troops to the rescue. ”

"What?" Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly stood up from the tatami mat and said, "The Tence Army appeared outside Osaka Castle? Aren't they at war with the rebels, and they still have the strength to invade Osaka? ”

Takeshi Qimoto said: "General, the messenger has brought accurate news, the rebels have been defeated, and Amakusa Shizhen has surrendered to the Tence army. ”

The elder Sakai Nakamori said in disbelief: "The rebels have been defeated? Amakusa Tokisada surrendered? How could it be so fast? ”

The flag warrior said: "The subordinates don't know, they still need to be investigated in detail." ”

Katsuo Doi said, "General, Osaka is an important city in Japan, and we must make rescue measures as soon as possible. ”

"Hmph, Osaka Castle isn't that easy to break." Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "There must be no mistake in urging the armies of the various feudal clans to assemble in Edo." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu did have a high level of confidence in the defense of Osaka Castle.

Osaka is the third largest city in Japan, more than 300 kilometers from the capital Edo, and is also one of the largest castles in Japan, built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1583, which is famous for the castle tower of Osaka.

In order to build Osaka Castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered all the princes of the country to participate in the construction of the castle, and many of the moats and stones of the castle were donated by the princes from all over the country, and hundreds of thousands of laborers were used to build it with their hard work and sweat in three years.

A total of 500,000 stones were used for the entire 12-kilometer-long stone wall outside Osaka. The architectural structure of Osaka Castle is divided into an inner castle, a middle castle, and an outer castle.

Osaka Castle Castle is a defensive fortress consisting of Honmaru (inner castle), Ninomaru (middle castle), and Sannomaru (outer castle). The outer perimeter is a defensive layer consisting of a large number of stone walls and mizuhori, and the interior is a labyrinthine passage consisting of curved roads and shooting holes.

The whole castle can be said to be poorly defended. In 1614, Tokugawa Ieyasu led 200,000 men to besiege Osaka Castle, but in the end he could not defeat it, so he had to negotiate peace.

So Tokugawa Iemitsu had a lot of confidence in Osaka, because his grandfather had a broken tooth there.

The current lord of Osaka Castle is Toyotomi Kunimatsu, the grandson of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Toyotomi Kunimatsu's father is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's favorite second son, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so he inherited Osaka Castle.

At this time, Osaka Castle was on full alert because of the arrival of the Tiance Army.

Osaka Castle was equipped with more than 40 fortifications of various types, the largest of which was 12 24-pounder cannons bought from the Dutch, which were called Hongyi cannons in the Ming Dynasty. This artillery was later improved, and the maximum firing range could reach 1.5 km.

In addition, there were more than 12,000 defenders in the castle, including more than 7,000 iron artillery (arquebuses produced in Japan), so the proportion of firearms in the defenders of Osaka Castle was the highest in Japan. Because firearms from the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era once shined in the Battle of Bunroku, and Osaka was the capital of Japan at that time.

According to the strength of the naval fleet of the Tence Army, it was completely possible to attack Edo directly, carry out a beheading operation against Tokugawa Iemitsu, and force the Edo shogunate to surrender.

But after the First Battle against the Rebels, Wang Yue changed his strategy. Because the main force of the rebel army suffered too much loss, in order to balance the strength of the shogunate and the two rebel forces, it was necessary to slim down the shogunate to a certain extent.

If you directly march into Edo and capture Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japan's strength will still be there. Japan is actually a vassal state, and in order for all the princes to agree with the 21st Article, it is necessary to have a profound lesson and deepen their memory.

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