When the news of the defeat of the Shogunate army by the Ming Dynasty army reached the Great Imperial Palace (the residence of the Japanese emperor) in Kyoto, Emperor Shohito and his ministers were at a loss, and some of the ministers said that in times of crisis, it was important for His Majesty the Emperor to escape from danger as soon as possible, regardless of the shogunate's orders.

Shaoren was only fifteen or sixteen years old at this time, where did he have any opinions, so he had to listen to these ministers, quickly packed up, and prepared to flee Kyoto, and when he left, he did not forget to bring the three "artifacts" of the "emperor": the Kusanagi sword, the Yachi mirror and the Yasaka Qiongquyu.

The emperor fled, and the guards, maids, and ministers in the palace all followed, and there were three or four hundred people, but they didn't expect to be bumped into by Wang Qiang and them as soon as they turned a street.

Seeing the "Ming Dynasty army" surrounding, hundreds of samurai came out of the fleeing queue, but these people were all carrying serious katana swords in their hands, and rushed towards Wang Qiang.

"Kill only these samurai, don't hurt anyone else!" Wang Qiang knew that there were big fish in this team, and he shouted loudly when he saw the warriors rushing over, afraid that the soldiers would kill the people behind them if they opened fire.

Wang Qiang's guards quickly divided into two columns and ran to both sides of the street, so that the shooting would not hurt the people behind the samurai, and raised their rifles at the rushing samurai, and the soldiers of the two phalanxes behind followed their example and stood on both sides of the street.

"Hit!" Seeing the warriors getting closer and closer, Wang Qiang gave the order to fire.

The street was not wide, and the fire of hundreds of rifles was extremely staggering, and after the soldiers of the 7th Division opened fire once, not a single one of the samurai who rushed over was still standing.

Hearing the sound of heavy gunfire in this street, the pursuit of the troops in other directions also rushed here, and soon the fleeing procession of Emperor Shohito was firmly surrounded, and no more samurai rushed out of the ranks.

Lu Wei rushed up with the interpreter out of breath, and when he saw Wang Qiang and the others surrounding a large number of people, he hurriedly asked the interpreter to come forward to ask, only then did he know that the Japanese emperor had been arrested.

When Wang Qiang heard this, he laughed, stepped forward and looked at the so-called Japanese emperor carefully, and saw that it was just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with a burden on his back. He didn't know that Shao Ren was carrying the "Three Great Artifacts".

And Shaoren stared at Wang Qiang with hateful eyes, but Wang Qiang didn't care.

"Bring them all on board!" Wang Qiang commanded loudly.

Not long after Wang Qiang led the soldiers of the Seventh Division ashore, the "Anqing" that remained on the Yodogawa River did not remain idle, and hundreds of Japanese warships of various kinds rushed from the direction of Kyoto towards the "Anqing" and "Fengyang" moored.

Shi Lang saw it, and didn't dare to relax in the slightest, if they all got closer, it would be really troublesome to pounce on them like ants.

Shi Lang ordered the two ships to quickly turn around and flanked the rushing Japanese warship.

The "Anqing" opened fire first, and the shells fell into the Yodogawa River, splashing a huge splash, but the Japanese warships continued to rush over without stopping.

With the simultaneous firing of the six guns on the side of the "Anqing", a small Japanese warship was blown up and capsized.

The guns on the "Fengyang" also fired, and the firepower of the two warships immediately covered the not wide surface of the Yodogawa River, and more than a dozen Japanese warships had already been sunk.

Following the two ships, the shipwrights and sailors on the Japanese merchant and civilian ships that had been recruited watched in amazement as the two ships wantonly tortured and killed the Japanese warships, and they were even more frightened and did not dare to move.

As the Japanese warships got closer and closer, the hit rate of the guns also increased, and the smoothbore guns on the two ships solved a Japanese boat with one shot.

Finally unable to bear this casualty, the Japanese warships began to retreat to the rear, and Shi Lang did not pursue, let them flee, but ordered the guns on the two ships to send them off with artillery fire.

Not long after the Japanese warships retreated, Wang Qiang and Lu Wei escorted hundreds of people to the Yodogawa River and began to organize troops to board the ships.

This time, it was the "Fengyang" that opened the way, and the "Anqing" pressed the formation, tossing and turning for nearly two hours before all the troops boarded the ship and began to march towards the mouth of the sea.

Emperor Shaoren and several older courtiers were brought to the "Anqing", and Wang Qiang wanted to "talk" with them.

When they first boarded the "Anqing," Shaoren and several ministers were frightened by the "huge" "Anqing," and when they boarded the "Anqing," several pairs of eyes were attracted by a row of guns on the ship.

"Bring some little stools!" Wang Qiang shouted loudly, and several soldiers took a dozen horses from the cabin and put them on the main deck of the "Anqing".

"Sit down, y'all!" Wang Qiang pointed to Emperor Shaoren and several ministers and said, and the interpreter translated Wang Qiang's words.

Shaoren held a long burden in his arms and stared at Wang Qiang fiercely, but refused to sit down.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you! Sit down and let's talk! Wang Qiang said.

Hearing that the interpreter said that he would not kill them, Shaoren's expression eased slightly, and several ministers were obviously relieved.

Several ministers muttered a few words to Shaoren, and Shaoren sat down on Mazha with his baggage.

"Are you the army of the Ming Dynasty?" Shaoren, who sat down, kept rolling his eyes and asked Wang Qiang.

"Huh? This one... The Ming Dynasty no longer exists in China, we are China's army! You can think that we are the army of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Qiang couldn't answer, and hesitated for a moment before saying.

Wang Qiang's words made Shaoren and several ministers a little incomprehensible, and looked at each other.

"What's it in your arms? Can you show me? Wang Qiang was very curious, and Shaoren was holding the burden in his arms.

Hearing the interpreter's words, Shaoren's face changed drastically, he didn't speak, and hugged the burden in his arms tighter.

"Xiao Wang, what he is holding must be the artifact of the Japanese emperor." Lu Wei now knows the situation in Japan very well, and he guessed what Shaoren was holding in his arms at once.

"Artifact? ! Show me what the hell it is! Wang Qiang saw that Shaoren was hugging him tighter and tighter, and said with some annoyance.

"Xiao Wang, don't force him, this thing is similar to our previous jade seal, which is the proof of the emperor's accession to the throne." Lu Wei said with a smile next to him.

"It's this thing, so I'm not interested!" Wang Qiang said with a smile.

"You ask him, why does Japan, such a small country, dare to call itself 'emperor'? What should we call China? Wang Qiangchao said in a translation.

After listening to the interpreter's words, Shaoren was silent, but an old man next to him spoke.

It means that the title of "Emperor" has been handed down since ancient times, and it has been recognized by the Chinese Lordship in the past.

"Previously admitted? That was before, and now I don't count! Wang Qiang said fiercely.

Hearing the interpreter translating Wang Qiang's words, Shao Ren and several ministers all had frightened looks on their faces.

After saying a few words, Shaoren and several ministers couldn't say a reason at all, and Wang Qiang also lost interest in talking, so he asked them to be brought into the specially vacated cabin, and he chatted with Lu Wei on the bow of the boat.

"Xiao Wang, why can't you hear the 'Emperor'?" Lu Wei asked curiously.

"Why, I feel uncomfortable when I hear that! This time in Edo, I had to force the shogunate to change the word! Wang Qiang said resolutely.

"Speaking of which, I'm a little worried, we have beaten the shogunate's army so badly in Kyoto, how can we negotiate next?" Lu Wei looked at the fleet down the river and said worriedly.

"What are you worried about? Only the worse you beat them, the easier it will be to negotiate, don't you understand such a simple truth? Wang Qiang looked at Lu Wei with some dissatisfaction.

"Before leaving, the governor explained that we should not change the political pattern of Japan, I am worried that Japan will be in chaos!"

Lu Wei didn't pay attention to Wang Qiang's dissatisfaction, he and Zheng Chenggong and Wang Qiang have been together for a long time, and they usually speak very casually, and they don't feel bad because of one or two sentences.

"Don't be afraid! The chiefs don't know the specific situation of Japan now, and we are 'going to be outside, and there is no military order', so don't worry, we will be scolded, and I will be scolded when I go back. Wang Qiang said with a smile.

Listening to Wang Qiang's words, Lu Wei lowered his head and thought about it, he had always had doubts about the fact that the Metropolitan Governor had to ask Wang Qiang to be responsible for handling Japan's affairs, and now it seems that the Metropolitan Governor has taken a fancy to Wang Qiang's daring to act.

Thinking about it, it is true, I haven't heard that Wang Qiang has any chaotic behavior when he is in the country, and when he arrives in Japan, he seems to have no scruples, and he can fight if he wants, and if he hadn't decisively ordered the bombardment of Edo last time, I am afraid that those treaties would not have been signed.

Zheng Chenggong stood on the deck of the "Yue Fei" parked in Osaka Bay, looking worriedly at the direction of the mouth of the Yodogawa River.

He did not encounter the Japanese warships attacking here, the huge hull of the "Yue Fei" was daunting, and the Japanese warships that were not stupid enough to rush to the death were quite a few Japanese warships staring at a few warships from afar.

Zheng Chenggong held a telescope and looked in the direction of the Yodogawa River, and suddenly a wisp of black smoke floated up from the river, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly looked at it, and saw that the black smoke was getting thicker and thicker, he knew that this was Wang Qiang and they were back, and quickly ordered three warships to meet the sea.

Of course, the first to come out of the Yodogawa River was the "Fengyang" that took the lead, and then one after another sailing ships also appeared.

Wang Qiang had no interest in these Japanese sailing ships, and when the fleet anchored in the port of Osaka, the soldiers escorted the prisoners on board the troop carriers, and Wang Qiang let the Japanese sailing ships leave on their own.

The sky was getting dark, Wang Qiang, Lu Wei, and Zheng Chenggong discussed it, and decided that the fleet would stay at Osaka Port for one night and set off for Edo early tomorrow morning.

The soldiers were not idle after dinner, and were sent by Wang Qiang to Osaka Port to collect grain and vegetables.

Emperor Sakuhito and several ministers were taken to the "Yue Fei" again, and several people were already stunned by the "Yue Fei", no matter how rich their imagination was, they could not imagine that there could be such a large ship in this world.

With the gas lamp hanging on the bow of the ship, Zheng Chenggong also looked at Emperor Shaoren curiously, although he could speak Japanese, he did not know much more about the situation in Japan than Wang Qiang, Wang Qiang knew a lot more than him on this trip.

"Eat! I'm starving! Wang Qiang took off the helmet on his head and shouted loudly, he had been busy all day today, and he only ate a can on the boat, he was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly ordered someone to bring the food.

"Get them a table too, and get them a few more cans." Wang Qiang pointed to Emperor Shaoren and several ministers who were trembling with fear from the giant cannon on the "Yue Fei".

Just when Wang Qiang was holding a bowl of rice and shaving vigorously, Emperor Shaoren and several Japanese ministers were also eating with glass cans, and Shaoren's burden did not leave his body during the meal, but moved from his chest to his back.

"Master Wang, the Emperor of Japan is only a nominal emperor, what's the use of arresting him?" Zheng Chenggong asked Wang Qiang while eating.

"Why didn't it work? I'm calling it 'blackmailing the emperor to order the shogunate'! Wang Qiang said vaguely with a mouth full of food.