Chapter 302: Evacuation of Nagasaki
Tokugawa Tadanaga's shouts made all the samurai ashigaru nervous, and they all grabbed their weapons and prepared to flee for their lives.
A puff of dust rose at the end of the road, and several horses galloped quickly in the direction of Nagasaki Castle.
When Tokugawa Tadanaga saw the dress of the person on the horse, he was relieved, and the person who came was dressed as an authentic samurai.
As long as it weren't for the fact that Tokugawa Tadanaga suddenly reverted to his general's demeanor, he let his subordinate Ashigaru stand on the road to stop the cavalry.
The shogun of the Tokugawa clan wanted to requisition these horses, and the galloping cavalry had no intention of charging hard, and they were relieved to hear that Tokugawa Tadanaga was here.
When they saw Tokugawa Tadanaga, they did not go to the usual courtesy, but instead put their hands on the Japanese sword at their waists.
Tokugawa Tadanaga couldn't help but be angry when he saw that the samurai who came over not only did not give him a salute, but also planned to do it.
"Yaga!" Just as he was about to get angry, a samurai took out a military order from his bosom and threw it to Tokugawa Tadadenaga.
Tokugawa Tadacho's hands trembled incessantly after reading the military order, and his nephew was going to imprison him. The meaning of the military order is that Tokugawa Tadanaga did not have a military order to transfer troops to attack Nagasaki without military orders, and immediately escorted back to Edo to wait for the fate of the general Tokugawa Hidetada. If you resist, you will be killed!
Tokugawa Tadanaga looked at the samurai in front of him, and then at the defeated remnants of the army behind him. He knew that if he resisted, these warriors would definitely kill him.
So he decisively chose to endure, as long as he could return to Edo Castle, he would have a chance to make a comeback.
Tokugawa Tadanaga's cooperation surprised several samurai, and they were all ready to die on the spot, but they didn't expect Tokugawa Tadanaga to cooperate so much. Not only did he take the initiative to let his ashigaru samurai wield weapons, but he also personally rode his war horse towards the rear army.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was overjoyed to learn that his uncle had been discovered forty miles away from Nagasaki. In three days, he gathered a total of more than 10,000 ashigaru from Chikuzen and Chikugo, and these people were not elite. It's all farmers who have just put down their hoes, and they have to go to Nagasaki Tokugawa Iemitsu as soon as possible.
He traveled day and night, and his more than 10,000 men were tired. But he only hopes that he will be faster, as long as he arrives at Nagasaki Castle and it is not broken, it will not be counted as his uncle's credit.
Fifty miles from Nagasaki, his team could not hold out. Tokugawa Iemitsu had no choice but to let his men rest, and he also sent a group of cavalry to Nagasaki Castle.
As long as this warrant of his own can make the samurai Ashigaru of Shusuke Matsukura of Hizen Kuni chaotic, he will be able to delay his uncle's pace of taking Nagasaki.
This time, he sent his closest samurai, who were fully prepared to disrupt the army with one death.
To his surprise, these people succeeded in bringing back Tokugawa Tadanaga, and not only that, but also brought him the news of the destruction of the entire Hizen Kingdom.
This news made the Tokugawa family break out in a cold sweat, but fortunately their movements were slow. If you are one step ahead of your uncle, you will be embarrassed now.
At that time, his uncle would easily get the position of general if he didn't do anything, and now the situation is reversed. As long as you don't repeat the mistakes of the past, everything will be fine when the pirates retreat.
The next day, Tokugawa Iemitsu changed his usual attitude of desperately urging the march, and his military order was not to march more than ten miles a day to guard against a sneak attack by the pirates.
When Tokugawa Tadanaga heard the news, he came to his nephew's tent and slapped the table and roared, "Iemitsu, what are you doing? The Haikou have been crippled by me, and if we work harder, we will be able to regain Nagasaki. You should now go full speed ahead and reclaim Nagasaki in one fell swoop! ”
Looking at his uncle who slapped the table, Tokugawa Iemitsu smiled. He said, "Dear uncle! You want me to be like you in Nagasaki Castle and break the bloodshed! Then we'll level it out again, and you can continue to delusional about that position! Tell you! Don't daydream, the position of the general already belongs to me, and no one can take it away! ”
Listening to Tokugawa Iemitsu's words, a trace of gray appeared on Tokugawa Tadanaga's face. He knew that his radical method had been seen through by his nephew, and he had lost his position as a general.
Just after Tokugawa Tadanaga left, Tokugawa Iemitsu received news that he had sent cavalry to investigate. It seems that the pirates of Nagasaki Castle want to take all the people of Nagasaki Castle with them, and every day men and women are driven into ships and disappear into the sea.
Hearing the report of his subordinates, Tokugawa Iemitsu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the pirates don't plan to occupy Nagasaki for a long time, what's the point of losing a few people?
The more people in Kyushu died, the better, and if it wasn't for the shogunate's money, he wouldn't want to come to a rural place like Kyushu.
As long as he takes over the position of the great general, he will relocate to Nagasaki.
In this way, Tokugawa Iemitsu crawled towards Nagasaki Castle at a speed of ten miles a day, and by the time he reached Nagasaki, it had become an empty castle.
The young men and women in the city were all taken away by the pirates, even the children and pirates, and they were all loaded on ships and taken away.
There was no one else in the city except the old man. The Tokugawa family, who recaptured Nagasaki, had lingering fears. This group of pirates is too ruthless, if they attack Edo Castle, will their own shogunate family be able to stop the sneak attack of the pirates?
The Japanese people of Nagasaki City were taken away by Yan Siqi for five thousand, and he would take these people to the continent described by Zhang Dou. These people are the capital for him to build the mainland, and once he succeeds, he will be the master of a country.
The remaining tens of thousands of people were scattered on the islands of the Ryukyus, and they were slaves assigned to the meritorious soldiers. It is the vanguard of the development of Taiyuan Island in the future, and it is better to let the Japanese people contribute their last strength on Taiyuan Island, where miasma natives are rampant.
The next thing made Zhang Dou extremely headache, there were about 140,000 Liao people on Changsheng Island. The maximum number of immigrants who immigrated to the outside was 100,000 people, after all, Changsheng Island still had to be discovered, and it could not be left without a single manpower.
In this way, the number of Han Chinese in the territory he conquered was the smallest. This is a very dangerous signal, and if the Japanese rebel, Zhang Dou's efforts will be in vain.
Where did you immigrate from? The merchant group of Eternal Life Island has been mobilized, and this time the continuous overturning battle of Eternal Life Island has made them taste the sweetness of war.
They are the fattest group of people, and a Satsuma clan will make their mouths full of oil. The development and construction of the Ryukyus did not require any silver, and the purchase of cattle alone made the merchants smile crookedly.
Dashuai now needs the population, and they are going all out, and the most people in Daming are homeless now. These people don't have to pay any price, as long as they stutter and they will follow you.
These displaced people, who have lost hope in life, do not ask themselves where they are going, and for them as long as they can live, no matter where they go, it is better than waiting to die.
The local government has always turned a blind eye to this envy of the displaced people, and the reduction of displaced people will make the local area more stable.
So they were happy to see it happen and gave the businessmen the green light.