Chapter 45: A Rainy Night
Seeing Rennie break through the window and hold Tokugawa Kazushin hostage, Tatsuten finally breathed a sigh of relief. Your own fierce brother is here, Nohara Shinnosuke, you're finished! Hum! But the next scene brought his newly raised confidence back to the bottom, because Tokugawa Isnobu made an over-the-shoulder throw very dashingly, throwing Rainey out of the way, and muttered: "I can't do it!" I'm a black belt in karate! ”
So, Chen Tian had to reluctantly say goodbye to Lisa and go to Japan for a short-term "visit" accompanied by Rainey.
In the cabin of the Japanese cruise ship Maple Leaf Maru, Rennie was tied up and thrown aside like a winter melon, and Chentian was still courteous, and he was still free in the cabin. That wild principle was with him like a ghost all day long, especially when he woke up in the middle of the night and saw him sitting there staring at him, which made people shudder.
"Nohara-san, I wonder why you are so firmly in favor of the coup, even more so than Mr. Tokugawa himself!" Chen Tian began to be a little curious about this guy who monitored himself 24 hours a day and almost didn't even go to the toilet.
"Our Nohara family was originally a ninja in Iga, and more than a hundred years ago, thanks to the grace of the Tokugawa family, we became the most loyal servants of the Tokugawa family. More than 40 years ago, when the Tokugawa family was forced into the wilderness, Mr. Tokugawa's grandfather told my grandfather before he died that he must help his descendants revive the family, and my grandfather handed over this responsibility to my father before he died. Ten years ago, during an operation, my father gave his life to protect young Mr. Tokugawa. Now it's up to me to repay the Tokugawa family! When Nohara said these words, his indifferent expression changed and he looked unusually firm.
Ninja? No wonder it's so cold! Chen Tian feels that this time is really not good, if it doesn't succeed, this guy may pull himself to accompany the Tokugawa family to the funeral, then it will be a big loss! He also has to defeat those Russians, British and French, help the emperor win the First World War, and if he hangs here, everything will be over! But Rainey is now tied up, and besides, he is no match for Nohara at all, and he has no hope of escaping.
"Mr. Nohara, forgive me asking again, are you really sure that you will capture all the main generals of those armies? You must know that they must be heavily guarded beside them. Chen Tian felt that it was not too difficult to catch one or two generals, but now they were targeting dozens of military leaders.
"Your Royal Highness, you don't have to worry about this!" Nohara said coldly, his eyes hidden endless murderous intent.
A few days later, Maple Leaf Maru docked at the port of Yokohama, and then Tokugawa and the others took Tatsuten to their secret base in Yokohama, a large manor on the outskirts of Yokohama, where the main building was a Sengoku-era castle, but the interior had been renovated, and Tatsuten was taken to a room with classical Japanese decoration.
The door was gently shut, and the whole room was filled with four people: Tokugawa Kazunobu, Tatsuten, Nohara, and the interpreter.
"Your Royal Highness, I have really wronged you! We have no way to do it, I hope you don't mind! Tokugawa Kazushin smiled, but there was clearly not much apology in his tone.
"Mr. Tokugawa, I think you're going too far! How can you treat a German prince like this, this is very bad for our future cooperation! "Chen Tian didn't give him any face, and now he needs to think more about how not to be dragged into the water by this guy." And one more thing, you must not hurt my retinue! ”
"He's fine now!" Nohara took his words with a smile, "Your Highness, you will be safe and sound, as long as you cooperate with us!" ”
"Alright! Let's see how I can cooperate! Tatsuten walked to the window, and there was a group of people training in the open space outside, and it seemed that it was Tokugawa's private army.
"Your Royal Highness, you'd better not approach the window and don't let anyone else here see it!" Tokugawa motioned for Nohara to pull Tatsuten back from the window, "I don't want my subordinates to know that I'm cooperating with foreigners!" ”
"Since you don't want your troops to know about our cooperation, why did you capture me here?" Chen Tian was puzzled.
"Now that the Japanese government and the British are very close, and after the coup d'état, we will complain to His Majesty the Emperor about the incompetence of the Katsura Taro cabinet and the meanness of the British, and with the support of your German government, I think His Majesty the Emperor will definitely let the Tokugawa family come out and form a new cabinet!" Tokugawa Kazushin picked up the katana behind him and pulled it out, "This is the Yagi that our Tokugawa family has passed down for generations, and now I'm going to make it shine again!" ”
"But do you think that by arresting me, you can threaten the German government?" Tatsuten felt more and more that this Tokugawa was simply a gambler, a crazy gambler.
"Your Royal Highness, how can you say that? Didn't you promise to support our Tokugawa family in regaining power? Tokugawa took his Yagi and walked towards Tatsuten, "What you have to do is to notify your government after our coup d'état, and ask them to declare their support for our Tokugawa family's coup." If you can't deliver on your promises, huh! We Japanese are the most intolerant of deception! ”
Tatsuten was speechless, it was not easy to convince the German government to support this crazy Tokugawa, and he seemed to have overestimated his position in Germany. It's a shame to have Tokugawa wielding that damn Japanese sword on one side, and the German emperor who has just almost deposed himself!
"Mr. Tokugawa, then I need to meet our German ambassador to Japan first, because there are many things that I cannot decide alone, and I must report to our emperor first." Chen Tian can only plan to take one step at a time now, and it is best to find a chance to escape.
"No need! We will inform your embassy of your situation after the coup d'état, and if they do not declare their support for our coup d'état, then Germany will lose a good prince! ”
Ruined! Chen Tian sighed deeply, according to the character of Wilhelm II, he hated being threatened by others the most. Even if he was able to declare his support for the Tokugawa coup because of himself this time, he would inevitably be punished in the future. Compared to Tokugawa, he felt that he was too tender.
"Nohara, you send His Royal Highness back to his room first, and send someone to take good care of him! Then let's start laying out our plans! ”
On a rainy night, after a regular meeting at the Japanese military headquarters, a group of army commanders gathered at the official residence of Chief of Staff Oku Bogong to attend a cocktail party. Present on the day were more than a dozen senior commanders, including Field Marshal Oyama Iwa, Field Marshal Yama Yama Aritomo, Army General Terauchi Masatake, Army General Nogi Noshinori, and Army General Kawamura Keiaki, as well as some other important army generals were also invited to attend.
Singing and dancing in the mansion were peaceful, everyone talked loudly, and from time to time burst into laughter, and no one knew that danger was approaching at this moment. A company of guards around the mansion and the guards brought by the generals were already lying quietly on the ground, and a group of dark shadows were flashing rapidly over their corpses.
Boom! Boom!
Several smoke bombs suddenly exploded in the hall, and everyone suddenly became a mess, and many people felt that they lost consciousness in front of their eyes before they could figure out what was going on.
Five minutes later, the smoke cleared, and Shinnosuke Nohara appeared in the hall, commanded his men to tie up the generals, and planted a large number of bombs in the residence.
That same night, in a barracks in the southern suburbs of Tokyo, soldiers were ready to go in the rain. As the pointer pointed to 10 o'clock, the gate of the camp slowly opened, and under the guidance of the officer, they began to march towards the city. The barracks were empty, except for the kitchen, where some officers were tied up trying to resist. At this time, Tokugawa Kazunobu was quietly waiting near the main temple temple in Tokyo with another group of about 2,000 men.