Under the collusion of Hayashi and others, the Satsuma and Choshu domains, who were dissatisfied with the rule of the shogunate, formed the Satsuma Alliance, and Tosa and Hizen preferred the Satcho Alliance, but did not directly propose to join the alliance. The Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Sacho Alliance was strong and accumulated strength, which also attracted the attention of the shogunate.

However, the shogun Tokugawa Ieki was not interested in politics, and although the shogun's power was still great, Ieki spent more time on women's bellies. Jiaqi had forty side chambers and fifty-five children, and this was only his registered children, and the illegitimate children were innumerable.

The elder Nakamatsuhira Tainobu believed that the Satsuma and Choshu domains were just pretending, and it was impossible for them to really raise troops against the shogunate. Matsudaira didn't know much about military affairs, and he thought that the shogunate army and other feudal soldiers were stronger than the Sacho Alliance, so he didn't really take it seriously.

It was not until May 1790 that Emperor Koka, with the support of the Emperor's forces, staged a palace coup d'état in Kyoto, issued the "Imperial Decree on the Return of the Emperor", announced the establishment of a new government, disarmed the shogunate's personal guards, and at the same time the feudal troops of the Sacho Alliance entered Kyoto and took control of the situation in.

The shogun, Tokugawa Ieki, was furious when he learned that Emperor Mitsukaku had issued an order to return the king's government, and first issued a "Rebellion Table" in the name of the Kiyojun side, and then immediately dispatched the shogunate army, together with the troops of the Tsu, Kuwana and other domains, to attack Kyoto and completely quell the turmoil.

However, the Fallen Curtain faction is also very cunning, on the one hand, they spread false news, saying that the Fallen Curtain faction has the support of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty may send troops from Ao Yu at any time to attack the Kanto region by land and water; On the other hand. Hikokuro Takayama, a progressive on a par with Hayashi Hirai, led people to infiltrate the hinterland of shogunate rule. Destruction behind enemy lines was carried out in Edo and other places. Disturb the law and order and hinder the dispatch of the shogunate army.

Tokugawa Ieki was also a little nervous, not only did Edo arrest troublemakers and propagandists one after another, but he couldn't determine what the attitude of the Tang people was, even if he sent his retainers to the Tang embassy to ask, the Tang side did not give any clear answer, neither said that he supported the Sacho's side, nor did he say that he supported the shogunate. This made the Tokugawa family even more suspicious.

It was also because of this concern that Tokugawa Ieki refused to send all of his main forces to deal with the Sacho Alliance, but left a considerable part of his army to defend Edo Castle to guard against the sneak attack of the Tang people. At the same time, the shogunate's navy's new warships did not dare to be sent to the Seto Inland Sea, which was also a defense against the Datang Navy.

It was under this constraint that the shogunate could not concentrate its forces on the army of the Shogunate, and because the shogunate underestimated the strength of the Shogunate faction and thought that they were not enough to laugh, the preparations were also very inadequate, which also gave the Sacho Alliance an opportunity to take advantage of.

At a time when the shogunate army was not yet fully prepared. The Shogunate Army organized about 6,000 troops and crossed Mount Ibuki. Surprise attack on the back road of the shogunate army. During the battle, the Shogunate attacked the Shogunate Army and the Kuwana Domain's soldiers at night, and secretly dug tunnels and blew open the walls of Nagoya Castle with explosives, seizing the castle of the Owari Domain, which greatly shocked the Shogunate.

It can be said that the Shogunate Army is strategically interspersed behind enemy lines, and it has the style of the Tang Army's operations, which is also related to the fact that the new army of the Sacho Alliance has been trained by Tang instructors, and the Shogunate Army has been cut into two parts through the Battle of Nagoya, the main force of the Shogunate is still in the Kanto region, and the other part is stationed in Osaka, which cannot support each other, especially in Osaka, the situation is even more critical.

The shogun, Tokugawa Ieqi, was in a panic and could not take any precautions against the Tang army, so he hurriedly mobilized a large number of shogunate troops and relatives in an attempt to recapture Shinano and Owari and open up a passage to and Kansai. The Fallen Shogunate Army also gathered a large army, preparing to use the heavy artillery imported from the Tang Dynasty to break through the important town of Osaka and completely grasp the victory of this war.

As a result, the war turned into a situation in which the shogunate forces gathered their forces to storm Owari and Shinano, while the shogunate army stormed Osaka, and each side was in a situation where they attacked and defended. If the shogunate army had recovered Shinano and Owari first, the situation of the fallen shogunate would have reversed; If the Shogunate were able to conquer Osaka first, the entire Kansai daimyo would submit to the new government, and the Shogunate would be strong enough to deliver the final blow to the shogunate.

Far away in Los Angeles, Bai Nan did not expect such drastic changes in the situation in Japan, and within a month, there was already a lot of smoke in Japan, and the Shogunate Army and the Shogunate Army had already become a mess.

In the president's office, the secretary Qi Yuan sorted out the materials from all sides for Bai Nan and said: "According to the analysis and judgment of our intelligence department and think tank, although the shogunate army has the advantage in strength, the reform of Matsudaira Dingxin still has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the shogunate army, especially the shogunate's finances have been relatively tight in recent years, and the work of updating the army's equipment has almost stalled. In the Battle of Nagoya, the Shogunate Army, which had a faster rate of fire and stronger firepower, defeated the Shogunate Army by surprise, and its equipment advantage could not be ignored. Although the shogunate was determined to recapture Nagoya, the Sacho side was able to steadily support the battle ahead, and the shogunate army in Osaka was only stubbornly resistant. We judged that it would only take two to three weeks for the shogunate army to suffer another complete defeat, and it was highly likely that the Sacho Alliance, together with the other feudal domains, would form a new government headed by Emperor Mitsuka. ”

Bai Nan nodded, pinching his chin and pondering for a while. Obviously, Datang opened the door to Japan and brought both positive and negative influences to Japan, but the ability of the Japanese to seize the opportunity is still very strong. If the Tang Dynasty allows Japan to go along this trend, it is very likely that a new Japanese government similar to the Meiji regime will emerge. Although the conditions faced by Japan in this plane are much worse than those in the Meiji period, the powerful Datang is beside him, and many conditions are limited. But a Japan that is too independent and has its own ideas for action is definitely not what Datang wants to see.

According to the inertia of history, as long as Japan becomes strong, it will inevitably embark on a path of foreign expansion, Datang is not worried that the Okuyu overseas territory will be recaptured by the Japanese, but Bai Nan is a little worried that Japan will once again hit the Korean Peninsula. Although Datang did not have much interest in the Korean Peninsula at this time, mainly engaged in trade and did not control it, a Japan with inflated ambitions was always not a good thing for Datang. (To be continued.) )