Tokugawa Shogunate Imperial Palace, Edo.

The shogun's mansion was in a state of silence, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was mourning his adoptive mother, Haruji.

This Spring Bureau is not a simple character, the drama "Da Ao" tells her story, the meaning of Wen Da Ao is equivalent to the Chinese Imperial Palace Ouchi, this Spring Bureau is the head of the Great Ao, and its power is actually equivalent to the Queen Mother of the West in the Imperial Palace, which is extremely powerful.

Although the Spring Bureau is only Tokugawa Iemitsu's adoptive mother, it is not accidental that she can become the head of the Great Olympics and be in power for a while, because her status in Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart is far greater than that of his biological parents.

Because Tokugawa Iemitsu was taken away from his parents when he was very young, he had a very bad relationship with his parents, and the second general of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Hidetada, originally intended to pass on the position of shogun to his second son, Tokugawa Tadashi, and at the critical moment, Tokugawa Iemitsu's adoptive mother Harumi ran to Tokugawa Ieyasu to cry, which forced Tokugawa Hidetada to pass the position of shogun to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was obsessed with this matter, and after succeeding to the throne, he finally found an excuse to force Tokugawa Tadanaga to death.

Therefore, it can be imagined how deep Tokugawa Iemitsu's feelings for the Spring Saying Bureau were, and her death hit Tokugawa Iemitsu very hard, plus Tokugawa Iemitsu was in poor health since he was a child, and he fell ill after excessive grief.

On this morning, Tokugawa Iemitsu was lying in the back garden basking in the sun under the service of the maid, when a rapid sound of clogs suddenly came from the small stone path outside the garden, and then a guard stepped forward and said, "Lord Shogun, Lord Aoyama and Lord Doi ask to see you, saying that there is something important to do." ”

"Something big?" Tokugawa Iemitsu's brows tightened for a moment, and he said weakly, "Let them wait in the front hall first, and Shogun will arrive later." ”

"Hey."

The guard said yes and took the order.

In the antechamber of the shogunate, Tokugawa Shogunate's old lieutenants (official names) Toshikatsu Doi and Aoyama Tadashi were kneeling on the carpet with respectful expressions, and the sound of clogs came to a halt after the sound of ticking clogs reached the door, and the closed door was immediately pushed open, and Tokugawa Iemitsu, dressed in fancy clothes, appeared outside the door surrounded by two guards.

Doi took advantage of the two of them to quickly straighten up and salute Tokugawa Iemitsu, "See the Shogun." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu waved his hand, walked to the main seat and knelt down, and asked, "Doi-sama, what's wrong?" ”

The shogunate elder Nakatsu Doi Toshikatsu replied respectfully: "Your Excellency, I just got the news that the central army of the Ming Dynasty has captured Osaka and slaughtered more than 100,000 people in Osaka City!" ”

"What!?" Tokugawa Iemitsu was taken aback at first when he heard this, and then shook his head in disbelief and said, "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" The Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, I said that although I have not sent tribute for many years, I have never offended the Ming Dynasty, how could the Ming Emperor send troops to attack? Rumors, this must be rumors! ”

"Your Excellency, General." Doi Toshikatsu said urgently, "This is absolutely true. ”

Tadashi Aoyama also said hurriedly: "Haven't you forgotten the friction that happened in Osaka at the end of last year?" ”

"Friction in Osaka?" Tokugawa Iemitsu really forgot about it and asked, "What friction?" ”

Aoyama Tadashi smiled bitterly: "General, last October, a group of ronins attacked the Ming Dynasty's warehouse in Osaka, and all the goods stored in the warehouse were burned, and many Han people who were responsible for guarding the warehouse also died......

"That's it?" Tokugawa Iemitsu said disapprerovingly, "Isn't it just a storehouse and a few Han people?" If you burn, you burn, if you die, what's the big deal? Do you really think that the Ming Dynasty could go to war with the Great Ming Dynasty for a little cargo and a few lives? ”

Doi Toshikatsu smiled bitterly: "General, it's not possible, but the war has already started!" ”

Seeing that the two insisted repeatedly, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but be suspicious of the letter and asked, "Did the Ming Dynasty really send troops?" ”

"The Ming Dynasty has indeed sent troops." Tokugawa Iemitsu's voice fell, and an old voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "And Osaka has been captured, what Doi-sama and Aoyama-sama said is true." ”

As he spoke, a thin figure stepped into the antechamber and knelt down in salute to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

The person who came is called Sakai Tadashi, is the current elder of the Tokugawa shogunate, speaking of the Sakai family is said to be a famous family, in the early years, Sakai Tadaji was the first of the four kings of Tokugawa, for the Tokugawa Ieyasu unification of the book has made great achievements, after which Sakai Tadayuki and Sakai Tadashi were the elders of the Tokugawa shogunate, and it is really the power of the government and the opposition.

"Sakai-sama?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked, "Didn't you go to Nagoya?" ”

"Yes." Sakai Tadashi replied respectfully, "The minister went to Nagoya, so I knew that the Ming army had indeed captured Osaka and committed a lot of bloody acts in Osaka, it is really unimaginable, the Ming Dynasty, which has always regarded itself as a state of etiquette, would actually create such bestiality, its barbarism, cruelty, blood, and ruthlessness, it is simply outrageous!" ”

"This ......," Tokugawa Iemitsu's face turned pale in an instant, and he lost his voice, "So the Ming Dynasty really declared war on us, but why is that?" ”

"Because we're going to be non-smoking." Sakai Tadashi smiled bitterly, "But the Ming Dynasty didn't let us ban smoking, the Osaka Warehouse incident was just an excuse, the real purpose of the Ming Dynasty was to open the door of the country by force, so that their cigarettes could be dumped in a steady stream, and then squeeze all the silver we had in this book." ”

"What should I do?" Tokugawa Iemitsu hurriedly said, "Then what should I do now?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu has been in poor health since he was a child, and his surname is relatively cowardly, and suddenly he heard that the Ming Dynasty had started a war against him, and he couldn't help but be frightened by the six gods and no masters, and the square inch was in chaos.

"General, don't worry." Sakai Tadashi said in a deep voice, "There is an old Chinese proverb, called 'soldiers come to block, water comes to flood', since the Ming Dynasty has already declared war on us, and committed a lot of bloody acts in Dagu, then we don't have to tell them any etiquette, just gather troops to fight back." ”

"Yes, yes, fight back, you must fight back!" Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded again and again, and echoed, "Immediately mobilize a large army, wipe out all the Ming troops who landed on Yumoto, and avenge the hundreds of thousands of Osaka people who died, we must avenge them, we say that our blood must not be shed in vain!" ”

Aoyama Tadashi said: "Lord Sakai, you just came back from Nagoya, Nagoya is not too far from Osaka, do you know the current situation in Osaka, and do you know the situation of the Ming army that landed from Osaka?" For example, how many troops did this Ming army have in total? Where did they go after the capture of Osaka? ”

Sakai Tadashi waved his hand and said in a condensed voice: "Lord Aoyama, don't worry, I have already sent Abe and Hikuda to to spy on the news, if nothing else, they will be able to bring back the latest news from Osaka tomorrow at the latest, and then we will know the truth of everything we want to know." ”

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Koga Prefecture is located more than 200 miles northeast of Osaka.

Three days ago, the Ming Central Army from Osaka, to this evening to open to the border of Jiahe County, long before the arrival of the brigade, the two advance brigades of the Central Army have captured Jiahe, but this time Wang Pu did not order the slaughter of the city, without Wang Pu's military order, all the officers and men of the Central Army did not dare to kill without authorization.

Although you can't kill people, you can't avoid looting and destroying silver.

The Central Army of the Ming Dynasty has iron military discipline, even Wang Pu's personal guards will never dare to defy the law, but the eight articles of military regulations only stipulate that they are not allowed to harm the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not allowed to destroy the women of the Ming Dynasty, but they are not allowed to harm the foreign people, let alone that they are not allowed to destroy the foreign women.

As soon as the Central Army set up camp, they went around in groups of three or five to "hunt", some were busy robbing gold and silver treasures, some were busy looking for women, anyway, they were busy with their own affairs, the gendarmes who went out with the army not only did not mean to stop, but even took the initiative to join the ranks of the silver plunder, Wang Pu also did not mean to stop, speaking of which, the brothers of the Central Army are all young men, and their blood is strong, and they are going to get sick if they hold it for a long time.

Liu Qingyan and Liu Ru followed Wang Puma into Jiahe County, and saw that two soldiers of the Central Army had pushed a young woman to the ground on the street corner, and the two began to tear up the woman's clothes while laughing, and the woman's struggle seemed very weak.

Soon, the big white buttocks of the woman were revealed, and the laughter of the two Central Army soldiers suddenly became more cheerful and silvery.

"Lord Wang." Liu Ru said coquettishly, "Why are they like this, why don't you care about them?" ”

"Tube?" Wang Pu smiled and said, "What's the matter?" The eight major articles of the military regulations only stipulate that they are not allowed to forcibly annihilate women in the Ming Dynasty, but they are not allowed to forcibly annihilate foreign women, as long as the Central Army goes abroad, all other actions are free except for wars, although this king is the supreme commander of the Central Army, but he can't take care of other people's (chicken) affairs. ”

Liu Ru said angrily: "Lord Wang, you hate it." ”

Wang Pu smiled more and more: "Besides, you don't need to worry about this matter, the two boys of our Central Army have one of them, don't mention how happy she is, do you see, do you see it?" That said that this girl pouted her big ass, you see, she pouted again, and listen, what is she shouting? ”

"Ahmata?" Liu Ru listened attentively for a while, and asked in confusion, "What does Ah Ma Daddy mean?" ”

Liu Qingyan was well-informed, and obviously knew what this meant, so he leaned into Liu Ru is ear, ate and said with a smile: "When the Hou Ye got you last night, what did you shout?" The woman shouted the same thing as what you shouted last night, giggle......"

"Sister Yan." Liu Ru didn't follow the way, "Can that be the same?" ”

Watching the two girls fighting, Wang Pu smiled silently.

The officers and soldiers of the Central Army are wild with the women regardless of time and occasion, and they do not look very beautiful, but everyone is a soldier, rough people, plus they are all quite normal old men, dragons and tigers, who doesn't want women when they go on the expedition? This time I finally met a woman, can you not be in a hurry?

is also a human being, but Wang Pu does not pity these women at all.

What civilization? What humanitarianism? What etiquette is shameful? It's all a fig leaf made by cowards and softballs for their own incompetence.

It's all fucking bullshit, this world has always been a world of the jungle, whoever fucking has hard fists, who fucking holds the barrel of a gun, whoever fucking is the master of this world, who can fucking have the right to mate with women, this thing is natural, it has always been like this.

"Report!"

A loud voice suddenly sounded behind Wang Pu, and Wang Pu looked back, but it was Li Dingguo.

"Dingguo?" Wang Pu smiled and asked, "Why don't you go and find a girl who is happy and happy?" ”

"These short-legged women are not interested in their humble duties." Li Dingguo obviously lacked interest in the woman, so he changed the topic and said, "Lord Wang, the scouts have reported that the front of Yueye, Yongyuan Temple, and Misato in the south have all discovered the shogunate's army, and the number is not large, there are about 5,000 people together, do you want to send a reconnaissance cavalry brigade to eliminate them?" ”

"Ignore them." Wang Pu said indifferently, "This is just an outpost of the shogunate army, spying on the reality of our army." ”

Wang Pu originally wanted to leak the marching route and marching objectives of the Central Army to the Tokugawa Shogunate, so that the Tokugawa Shogunate could gather all its troops to fight a decisive battle with the Central Army. Wouldn't it be better to recharge your energy and save your strength to fight the shogunate army?

"Yes." Li Dingguo suddenly promised, "If the prince has nothing else to order, he will go to check the sentry." ”

"Well, go ahead." Wang Pu said happily, "Don't forget to send more secret sentinels." ”

Li Dingguo saluted Wang Pu again and took the order.

Seeing Li Dingguo's figure walking away, Wang Pu nodded again and again, obviously Li Dingguo's performance made him feel very satisfied, after further study at the Army Military University, Li Dingguo has completely accepted advanced tactical and strategic thinking, and many times his thinking has even kept up with Wang Pu's thinking!

For example, Wang Pu's concept of camping outside and tight inside, the stay of the Central Army in Jiahe County looks terrible, some soldiers are looting everywhere, and some soldiers are annihilating silver women.

However, if the shogunate army really thought that the Central Army was corrupt and its defense was lax, it would be a big mistake!

Someone else made this mistake!

The person who made the mistake was Abe Tadaaki, this guy was the double lord of the Shimono Kuni, the Musashi Kuni, and the Musashi Shinobi Domain, with nearly 100,000 stone fiefdoms, and the size was also a big name, this guy was fierce and fierce, and his reputation in the Tokugawa shogunate was very loud, and he was a member of the shogunate's elder Sakai Tadashi.

Three days earlier, Abe Tadaaki and Mikuda Masamori had accompanied Sakai Tadashiyuki to inspect Nagoya, and as a result, they heard the news that the Ming army had attacked Osaka and slaughtered the city.

[Note: I haven't played Nobunaga's Nobo, so I don't know the map and division of forces in the Sengoku period, and I don't have time to play this small game in order to write a play about this book, so readers who like to nitpick please don't watch this play, so as not to stain your eyes, okay?] 】

Abe Tadaaki and Kakuda Masamori were at Eigenji Temple more than 100 miles north of Koga at this time, and the two had more than 2,000 troops under their commands.

These two thousand men were part of the elite soldiers of the shogunate from Edo, and the other part was the personal attendants of the two of them, all of whom were composed of all samurai, and the samurai were professional soldiers, and unlike the ashigaru (light infantry), they were out of production, and they did not need to rely on farming to obtain food, they could receive it directly from the lord, so they had better equipment and more adequate training, and their combat effectiveness was far from being comparable to that of ashigaru.

The ninjas sent out sent Koga's information back to Yongyuan Temple, and after learning about what the Ming Central Army had done in Koga Prefecture, Abe Tadaaki's face turned green with anger, and he roared with his stubby neck: "It's too arrogant, these damn Ming Dynasty people are too arrogant, they have to pay for Osaka and the many bestialities committed along the way!" ”

Masamori Higata and Tadaaki Abe are the two major generals under Tadashi Sakai, and compared with Tadaaki Abe's brave and good fighting, Masamori Hikata appears to be more cautious and steady.

Seeing Abe Tadaaki's angry face and thick neck, and his hands dancing, Tsukuda Masamori knew what he wanted to do, and hurriedly persuaded: "Abe-kun, the task given to us by Sakai-sama is only to monitor and spy on the reality of the Ming army, but we are not allowed to take action without permission......"

"Digger-kun!" Before Masamori could finish speaking, Abe Tadaaki interrupted him brutally and said sharply, "As a brave and noble samurai, can you bear this shame when you witness the Ming Dynasty people committing murder and silver captivity on the territory of our country?" Anyway, I can't stand it, I must make the Ming Dynasty people pay the price, the price of blood! ”

"But there are only 2,000 of us!" Abe Tadaaki said hurriedly, "But there are at least 50,000 people in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"What about 50,000?" Abe Tadaaki said disdainfully, "When Toyotomi (Hideyoshi) Kanbai went on an expedition to Korea, five hundred samurai were able to defeat the 50,000 Ming army without leaving a single piece of armor, and this time we have 2,000 brave samurai, can't we still deal with this mere 50,000 Ming army?" ”

Abe Zhongqiu persuaded bitterly: "Abe-kun, the Ming Dynasty still has a large number of Hongyi cannons and iron cannons!" ”

In addition, his understanding of muskets is still at the level of flintlock muskets, and they don't know that the Ming Central Army has been equipped with breech-loading rifles at all.

"So what? We say that this samurai is good at ninjutsu, we launched a surprise attack at night, although the Ming Dynasty people have a large number of Hongyi cannons and iron cannons, but these firearms can not play any role at night, and the firearms that cannot play a role are not even as good as burning sticks! ”

Digging Tian Zhengsheng was silent, and he could no longer find a reason to dissuade him.

Although Abe Tadaaki was born with a fierce surname, he is not a reckless man, on the contrary, this guy is still a very scheming person, knowing that the firearms of the Ming Central Army are powerful, so he came up with the method of sneak attack at night, and Masamori was also a little moved by him, if Abe Tadaaki can really teach the Ming Dynasty a lesson, then why not support him?

……

(To be continued)