This battle is like a foundation, one moment you are attacking, another moment I am attacking, and the initiative of the promoter of this war is now in the hands of the Japanese people.

However, it is a pity that the soldiers of the shogunate seem to be like kidney losses, working on both sides of the Hengtong Bridge for five or six days, and the originally beautiful beach in the city was built into a bunker by them, but the decent attack was not launched once, which provoked the Dongjiang army to yawn from boredom day by day.

In fact, it's no wonder that it's not that the samurai of the shogunate lack courage, they are dishes, but they still have the courage to attack, but it's still the psychological barrier left by Mao Jue, this shogunate turned into more than 200,000 stone grains and 50,000 taels of gold, but only in exchange for Mao Jue's verbal promise not to bombard the castle tower, not to shell the rich areas of Ninomaru and Sannomaru where Qiben lives, but in case of a fight, does the other party count?

In a few days, tens of thousands of people were requisitioned, challenging the transportation of soil burdens to Edo Castle, and in front of the castle tower and the forging bridge where Mao Jue had burned a piece of white ground, a mountain of earth was to be raised on the ground.

This is not the same as the casting of the city, as a foundation, you have to tamp a layer to tamp a layer, but purely as a shield, the soil to the ground on the line, then fast, a few days, more than ten meters of mound really piled up, are almost to although there are a few more holes, still full of cherry blossoms picturesque Tokugawa castle tower to block more than half.

In another seven or eight days, this super shield will be completed, and those old people will sit back and relax, and when the time comes, it is estimated that it will be the final decisive battle.

Let's da~let's da~

Straw sandals make a crisp and messy sound when they trample on the bluestone slabs of Edo Castle, and in the small bamboo buildings on both sides of the street, the townspeople poke their heads out curiously, and when they enter, the sharp tips of spears sway past their eyes.

I have to say that the war in Kyushu has indeed entered the most difficult stage now, but this Amakusa Shiro Shizhen is really fierce enough, defending the original line of Amakusa Island, and countless people die every day, but he just carries a cross and stands up and fights to the death, and stubbornly guards the last territory of Cheshitan, so the Kyushu crusade team has not been able to withdraw for a while, but it doesn't matter, another important armed group of the shogunate has arrived, and the Hokkaido garrison is sticking to it.

Very similar to the Chinese dynasties, the Wa Kingdom also faced the threat of the north, Ezo, the full name of the shogun, the Great General of the Shogun, crusading against these Ezo people in Hokkaido, but not compared with the fierce Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Mongolian and other nomadic peoples, the northern plague of the Japanese people is really weak.

However, even so, the people of the non-Japanese clan had a different heart, and after driving all the Ezo people of Honshu and Kyushu Shikoku to the cold and barren Hokkaido, the Japanese people were still not at ease, and there was a large army stationed there, and the Date family of the Sendai Domain in the Tohoku region also sent troops according to the orders of the shogunate, and gathered the Tohoku daimyo and the main force of the shogunate to arrive at Edo Castle at the end of March.

The main force of the Japanese army gathered here has reached an unprecedented 200,000, and the total strength of the two sides in the Battle of Sekigahara was only about 250,000.

The population of Edo Castle is only two or three hundred thousand, naturally it is impossible to let go of such a large army, and the samurai are born with privileges, and the robbery is justified, and the nearby Japanese people have not been robbed by Mao Jue, but they have been tossed enough by these samurai masters, and the placement of these horses has abolished a lot of thought of the shogunate, and they have to turn a blind eye to the robbery and ignore it.

And this time, the one who entered the city was Sakai Tadashi, the shogunate's Hokkaido crusade general, and the Date retainers of the Sendai Domain.

Sengoku Daimyo, the one-eyed dragon Date Masamune is still alive at this time, but he is already seventy years old, as one of the few people who have survived Ieyasu, he can't walk the aisle at this age, so it is naturally impossible to personally supervise the army, and it is his son who sent his son, Date Tadamune, who took over the position of family governor a few years earlier.

This person also experienced the cruelty of Japan's Warring States Period, the last group to survive, and those gentlemen are different in temperament, the armor on his body is actually a little old, but he is walking tremblingly on the horse with a knife, his sunken eyes have a murderous aura, as far as he can see, the citizens of Edo, who were looking forward to reinforcements every day, also felt frightened, kneeling on both sides of the street and quickly lowered their heads, and the second floor snooped on the closed windows.

For the Northeast Army, the shogunate obviously also attaches great importance to it, the old middle Inaba is victorious, Aoyama Yukinari personally went out of the imperial palace to greet him, and saw the horse riding over from a distance, and the two extremely human ministers got off the sedan chair one after another, and waited there with their sleeves on their sleeves with a smile, seeing the two of them, Date Tadamune and Sakai Tadashi did not dare to slack off, and immediately jumped off the horse and bowed with his fists in court.

"Tohoku Takeo meets the two adults!"

"Haha, General Sakai, Sect Master Date, the general has been thinking about you for a long time, and this banquet has been set up in Honmaru, please hurry up."

Inaba Zhengsheng's old face with clicky eyes almost smiled into an old chrysanthemum full of wrinkles, and the two generals were also happy under his hospitality, and hurriedly waved their hands and said that they didn't dare, and they greeted again and again, so the guests and hosts were happy, and this let the retainers lead the way in front, leading the two generals and several important retainers of the Date family to the castle tower, and on the other hand, Inaba Masakatsu also planned to go back to the sedan chair, but as soon as he was short, he turned around and shouted in amazement.

"Aoyama-sama?"

From the moment he met him, Aoyama Yukinari didn't say a word, he was still there in a daze, these days is, his biggest political enemy of Inaba Masakatsu was like losing his soul, and he was reminded by this sound, and then he woke up.

"Two generals...... huh? Already gone? ”

"Lord Aoyama, what's wrong with you these past few days?"

Even if it is a political enemy, the political opinion is not in agreement, looking at Aoyama Yuki being decadent every day, this Inaba Masakatsu can't stand it, and can't help but wonder in surprise.

But it's really a bit of a demon, Aoyama Xingcheng didn't hide it, and still tilted his head and said in distress.

"The old man is thinking, where is the certainty that his surname Mao will turn defeat into victory?"

"Turning defeat into victory?"

Inaba Masakatsu was also stunned when he heard this, but immediately, he laughed and laughed.

"Lord Aoyama is too worried, today the Sendai Domain and the Northeast Defense Army have also arrived, there are more than 100,000 elite samurai, plus more than 200,000 ashigaru, which is more than the number of troops at hand of Ieyasu Gong during the Battle of Sekigahara, even if he Mao Jue is a Kunshamen hoard, with three heads and six arms, he can't resist!"

"But where did he get his confidence and arrogance?"

"It's just arrogant, Lord Qingshan, don't worry too much, in a few days, Huangqiu will be built, that is, when he dies, don't let His Royal Highness the General wait too long, let's go!"

Saying that, Inaba Masakatsu got into the sedan chair nonchalantly, looking at his small sedan chair swaying, the irritable Aoyama Yukinari suddenly pushed the maid away, and shook his head anxiously.

"Don't sit in a sedan chair, the old man wants to take a walk!"

…………

Not to mention, compared to the shabby diet of the Japanese people on weekdays, this one is really hearty, fried shrimp tempura, the small fish that was originally two fingers wide has also become a palm-wide big fish, miso soup, somen noodles, and there are actually clumps of exquisite sushi, but at this time the rice is not a delicious sashimi, but a kind of fish slice after pickling, a bit like Mao Jue's canned fish.

But this meal is also quite pompous in the Wa Kingdom, Sakai Tadashi and Date Tadamune were so moved that they didn't even pay attention to the two dumpling seals that had just been repaired with mud and wood on the wall, and the white face in the middle, but the teeth were dyed black, and the dancing girl danced extremely full and harmonious, and the strange tone of the waka came out from behind the screen little by little, and the Tokugawa retainers pushed their glasses and raised their lamps one by one, which looked very lively.

Especially Tokugawa Iemitsu, the nervousness a few days ago, the fear of being swept away, on the contrary, he has never felt the strength of his own power, the taste of power, it seems that he vaguely understands why his grandfather Tokugawa Iemitsu has to fight for the world with a sharp head, and the feeling of all people is so good.

Personally holding a glass of wine, the young general, who had not yet reached thirty, asked with a smile on his face.

"Governor of the Date family, how is the Zongzheng Gong?"

Quickly stood up suddenly, this Date Tadazong hurriedly raised a glass respectfully and bowed.

"Thank you for the general's concern, my father is very good, I went up the mountain to shoot wild boars last autumn, but this time I heard that the Tang thief entered the Kou, and his old man was very worried!"

"Your Royal Highness General, where is this Tang thief marching now? How many troops? I hope the general will tell me. ”

These words made the corners of Tokugawa Iemitsu's mouth twitch, and the faces of the rest of the Tokugawa retainers couldn't help but show embarrassment, where else did they march, they shared an Edo Castle with themselves, and they could faintly see the lights of the Mihama Imperial Palace every night, and those who didn't know thought that there were two shoguns in Edo Castle.

However, if you can be a high-ranking official, you can naturally speak, and Inaba Masakatsu laughed while holding the wine.

"The Tang thieves are indeed numerous, about fifty or sixty thousand! However, they are at the end of their rope, and His Royal Highness the General personally came to the battle, surrounded them on the seashore, and just waited for the arrival of the Northeast Army, and gave a thunderous blow!"

"Oh, yes, yes!"

"Exactly!"

For the first time, Inaba Masakatsu was so popular, not only the retainers of the family, but even the general Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded slightly, but then, the smile on his old face of the old fox of Inaba also froze.

"It's so good, when I came, my father was still talking to the last general about fighting bravely and to the death under the command of Jiakang Gong, assessing the world's martial arts, and if you can have such a scale of joint battles in your lifetime, even if you die on the battlefield, you won't lose it."

"By the way, Inaba-sama, what is this Tsuchiyama doing outside the Great Imperial Palace?"

The first half is not bad, but the second half is which pot is not opened and which pot is not mentioned, originally the big guy was afraid that the Dongjiang Army shells would fall on the head is shameful enough, saying that they are all turning a blind eye, almost no one mentions this Tushan, and now it is exposed by this barbarian from the northeast of the country, hundreds of retainers, each of whom has been slapped in the face, and the feeling of being hot.

"Hehe, is this ......, in order to attack the Tang thief, His Royal Highness the General ordered to cast this earth mountain, place cannons and iron cannons, and use them to bombard the enemy army from a high position!"

In the end, it was Inaba Masakatsu old fox, and the nonsense was made up quickly and well, followed by a large group of Tokugawa family flags, and he also nodded with a smile.

"That's right! That's right!"

"Exactly!"

"Sure enough, it's still the Tokugawa family's outstanding spirits, and the last general is dull, this method is really good!"

Not to mention, a low IQ is also a benefit, this Date Tadamune actually believed it, and nodded in admiration with a wine glass there, however, these Tokugawa retainers had just breathed a sigh of relief, and this thing pushed the atmosphere of the banquet to a new embarrassment.

"The last general thanks His Royal Highness the general for his hospitality, tomorrow, the last general invites himself to be the vanguard, personally enter the enemy formation, and take the head of the Tang thief leader for the general, please Your Highness no matter what, agree to Zhongzong's request!"

What are you kidding, it cost 200,000 stone of rice, 50,000 taels of gold, and Tushan spent tens of thousands of stones, this has not been repaired yet, you will rush up like a bull, what if you blow up everyone's house?

Everyone's laughter froze again, and their eyes once again converged on Inaba Masakatsu's old face, and the old guy laughed as if he was about to cry, and he clenched his fists sadly.

"Don't worry, the governor of the Date family, you have come all the way from Sendai, since you are relaxed for a few days, first appreciate the water and soil of Kanto, our army is in hand, and then trap him Tang thief for a few days, and lose some samurai, it is also good!"

Absolutely! Even several hawkish young Zhuang factions couldn't help but want to praise Inaba Masakatsu, however, his kindness was exchanged for this Admiral Date full of confused looks.

"When Zhongzong came, there was also a big boat division on the sea, since the land and water armies have arrived, it should be like the battle of Ishiyama Honganji in the past, the water and land flank, cut off the heads of the thieves, and then drink and talk, what else do you have to besiege!"

"This ......"

"Puff ......"

When Inaba Masakatsu was still there with an embarrassed gappa mouth, a cold sip of sake was squirted out, and on the other hand, drinking mechanically and eating vegetables, the stunned Aoyama Yukinari's eyes widened, and he stumbled over the table, and almost fell to the ground.

Under everyone's stunned eyes, he slammed into the front of Date Tadamune and grabbed the collar of the baby's coat.

"Fleet? Where did you see the fleet! What kind of fleet, say quickly!"

Being yelled at was also quite confused, Date Tadazong recalled in a daze, and then said innocently.

"Three days ago, the Takasaki Domain, the Zhongzong Overseer passed by the sea, and saw the building in the sea and the city, although it was only an outline, it also looked magnificent, this is the Shogunate Sailor Daian Residence? It is even stronger than the Maori sailors back then, and Zhongzong admires it!"

"Aoyama-sama?"

At this time, he didn't forget to make a sycophant, this Date Tadamune was not as honest and fierce as he was, and he also had a heart, but at this time, Aoyama Yukinari actually staggered away from him as if he had lost his soul, and ran out of the palace directly.

At the top of the castle tower, the lookout, the old guy put his hand on the pergola, desperately looked down first, the obstructive earth mountain blocked the realization, looked at the sea for a long time, the seaside, some huge shadows faintly came into his eyes, in front of each shadow, there were a few bright lights, like a huge sea beast staring at it.

"It's over!"

As if he had collapsed, the old fellow sat down on the ground.

(End of chapter)