Tokugawa Iemitsu was removing his clothes when he received a report that a fleet of the Great Han had appeared in the port of Edo.

When he heard the news, he didn't show any surprise. As early as a day earlier, he had learned of the failure of Sekigahara's sneak attack, and since then, he has a clear understanding of the end of Japan, the future of the shogunate, the future of the Tokugawa family, and his own fate.

His last bit of salvage efforts had failed, and there was no way back.

Tokugawa Iemitsu did not regret letting the Five Thousand Banners attack the Sekigahara Han army, and he didn't even think it was a sneak attack. Japan has a tradition of samurai duels, and samurai duels are generally endless, and after agreeing on the date of the duel, in the period before the duel, it is possible to sneak attack or assassinate the other party first, which is not considered immoral, but belongs to the part of the duel, if a samurai can't even prevent a sneak attack from behind, then there is nothing to say about being killed.

Tokugawa Iemitsu pinned all his hopes on the shogunate's 5,000 banners, and he even had 80,000 imperial samurai in Edo, and once the 50000 banners were successfully attacked, his envoy would immediately contact Tokugawa Yoshinao and other daimyos, calling on them to rise up and continue the fight.

And he will lead 80,000 royal family members to Kyoto quickly.

Unfortunately, it failed.

In the high castle tower, Tokugawa Iemitsu has removed his shirt, revealing his strong upper body muscles, he is still very young, but unfortunately he has no power to return to the sky.

A knife was already set up in front of him.

Tokugawa Iemitsu had already chosen the wrong person.

The only thing that made Tokugawa Iemitsu feel a little relieved was that more than 100 retainers were willing to be buried together.

For a noble general, it is a shame to be forced to commit suicide, and if he committed suicide, there was no retainer who was buried by seppuku. That's even more shameful.

Fortunately, there were many people who were willing to be martyred, and eventually Tokugawa Iemitsu allowed one hundred and eight retainers to be buried by seppuku.

The kimono has been uncovered.

Tokugawa Iemitsu picked up a white cloth and slowly wiped the family heirloom knife, then put it down, and finally, he chanted a poem.

The sad hymn is finished. He picked up a headscarf with the words "Seven Lives to Serve the Country" and tied it to his forehead. Then use a white cloth to wrap the part that is going to be seppuku around and around it.

When everything was ready, he took his short knife and stabbed himself in the abdomen, cutting from left to right, making a large wound. A great pain struck, but he clenched his teeth and said nothing.

The intestines flowed out of the wound, and at this time the wrong person of Iemitsu. It was also an old middle school member of the Edo shogunate who picked up Iemitsu's ancestral long knife and made a mistake for him.

"Hey!"

With a loud shout, the sharp katana slashed off Iemitsu's head with a single sword.

After Jiaguang's death, this old middle school also committed suicide by seppuku, and another old middle school served as the wrong person. When he dies, his mischief commits suicide, and the next mourner serves as his intermediary.

One after another killed themselves by seppuku, when they seppuku. Their intermediaries cut off their heads with force, and then cut their stomachs. Then another person will cut off their heads.

The castle tower was full of blood, the heads were rolling, and the last hundred or so people committed suicide by cutting their stomachs, and their heads were cut off.

Yoo Yoon-seung stood on his flagship and watched Edo Port defenseless.

"The Japanese have raised the white flag!"

One hour. The landing craft landed, and the Marine Corps forwards made their way into Edo Castle. The Japanese people in the city, whether they were high-ranking bannermen or royal family members, or former shogunate courtiers, did not resist.

Ieguang had already confessed when he committed suicide. There is no need to resist uselessly, surrender and leave some seeds for the Yamato.

After Liu Yunsheng entered Edo Castle, he couldn't help frowning when he looked at the rows of heads.

"This Tokugawa Iemitsu is quite tough."

"A stupid and incompetent person who can't see the situation clearly." Yoo Yoon-seung defined Tokugawa Iemitsu. If we can't even tell the difference between the strength of the enemy and ourselves, then what kind of struggle can we talk about.

The strong smell of blood made Liu Yunsheng a little bored, he hurriedly led the army to come, hurried all the way, but when he arrived, he only saw hundreds of corpses with their abdomen cut open and their heads cut off, as well as those who knelt down and surrendered.

Liu Yunsheng took out a cigar and lit it for himself, "Send someone to confirm the body, don't let the stand-in fool you." ”

The Han army that landed has always been very cautious and cautious, always guarding against surprise attacks by the Japanese. But the result was surprising, those Japanese people really surrendered, and there was no longer the slightest resistance.

Soon, Tokugawa Iemitsu's body was also confirmed.

"Send the head of Tokugawa Iemitsu to Kyoto immediately." Liu Yunsheng felt a little like a punch slammed into the cotton. This damn Tokugawa Iemitsu, if he says he is dead, he will die, but he has nowhere to use his strength.

"We should be happy, as soon as Tokugawa Iemitsu died, all the Japanese surrendered, and there was no more resistance. In less than three years, this year we will be able to completely swallow Fuso. Feng Sheng's face was full of joy, the widow had surrendered, and there were no more accidents.

In less than a year, a large country with a population of more than 20 million was destroyed, and this great martial art can be regarded as unprecedented and unprecedented.

Think about who in history still has such martial arts.

At the time of the Sui Dynasty, it was also a powerful country that unified the Central Plains, and after experiencing the prosperity of the emperor, it was also the dominant universe at that time, and the Quartet was invincible. Whether it is the Turks, the Western Regions or the Southern Xinjiang, which one is not beaten honestly, but when they go to fight a Goguryeo with millions of people, they repeatedly hit the wall, and finally they are all destroyed.

After the Sui Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, it took three generations and countless amounts of money and grain to destroy the already weakened Goguryeo under the condition of uniting Silla.

During the Ming Dynasty, Vietnam was recovered, but it was not too young and had to withdraw its troops.

Feng Sheng was very proud to be a general of a big man.

Liu Yunsheng felt a little bored, the complete surrender of the Japanese also meant that he, the general of the Japanese army, was at the end. There will be many more occupations and aftermaths, but he will not be needed.

Perhaps, I can start thinking about how to write the music now.

"Congratulations to Master Hou, this time to exterminate the Japanese, Lord Hou will be the first." Feng Sheng smiled and congratulated Liu Yunsheng, no matter how easy this battle seemed to be, after all, it only took less than a year to destroy the Wa Kingdom. And Liu Yunsheng, as a general of the conquest of the Japanese, should naturally be the first in terms of merit.

Liu Yunsheng just smiled. For him, this extermination is not a good thing. He is still so young, and he is a royal clan, and now he is a high lord, and he has made great contributions. But some of the merits are hard to appreciate.

For the sake of the family, my father has retired early.

Before he set out on the expedition, he was the right privy envoy, if he returned to the court this time, what position would he have in the court? Is it difficult to be a left privy envoy?

Maybe I should take the initiative to ask for a foreign appointment again, and it is better to serve outside for ten or twenty years than to return to Beijing now, otherwise, there is no suitable position for Beijing Division.

Feng Sheng didn't expect Liu Yunsheng to think so far, or he thought of it. I just didn't show it.

"This time, our conquest went unexpectedly smoothly, but Marquis Zheng was a little uncomfortable. The war in Central and South Africa is in trouble, and it will not be able to open the situation for a long time. ”

Liu Yunsheng is also very aware of the situation on the battlefield in Burma.

"I just think that Marquis Zheng is not very lucky, originally Donghu Kingdom was embattled, who knew that as soon as my Han army went south, they quickly pulled up an allied army. Coupled with the previous rainy season, this year's rainfall was much heavier than usual, and many roads were washed out. The river swelled, making it difficult to march in. Moreover, the continuous rainy season has a great impact on our muskets and artillery. ”

The Tungoo Kingdom raised several allied armies and recruited many Tusi rebels, and the strength of the army increased significantly, which made the original plan not match the estimates, and the Han army entering Burma was somewhat insufficient, and the impact of the rainy season and roads was underestimated. The combat effectiveness of the Han army was greatly reduced.

Even more unfortunate was the outbreak of an epidemic in the Southern Expeditionary Army.

"All kinds of bad luck happened to him."

Both of them have a little schadenfreude, although the war between China and South Africa is not going well, but in fact it is just not going well. Up to now, the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Zheng Zhilong has still recovered Sanxuan and Six Lieutenants. The front is also not far from the capital of Burma.

It's just that it didn't break through the capital of Donghu as quickly as planned, and fought all the way to the southern outlet to the sea.

The Southern Expeditionary Army was only temporarily unable to continue its southward advance, but it was still no problem for them to defend the area under their current control.

But even so, in the eyes of the court, especially the generals in the military circles, Zheng Zhilong patted his chest when he accepted the appointment, but he still can't open the situation, which is a dereliction of duty.

Liu Yunsheng and Feng Sheng are both considered Chu factions, the emperor's old lords, while Zheng Zhilong is not a real Chu faction, he was considered an ally of the emperor in the southeast in his early years. Therefore, in the current court, Zheng Zhilong is not considered the core Xun faction.

Although the Han Dynasty is not as fierce as the party competition at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there will still be some small hills in any group at any time. The most powerful mountain is naturally the Chu Xun faction that has meritorious service with the emperor.

Liu Yunsheng thought in his heart that this time was an opportunity, and he might be able to fight to replace Zheng Zhilong to lead the army in Central and South China. But when I think about it, I don't think it's good. The main road from Guizhou to Burma is about to be opened, and as soon as the road is opened, the rainy season is over, which means that the southern expeditionary army in central and southern China will be replenished in large quantities, both in terms of soldiers and materials.

Their muskets and cannons, in particular, are back to power. The Han army will usher in a big strategic offensive, and no matter how Donghu tries to pull allies, it will definitely not be able to stop this round of offensive, which means that Zheng Zhilong will soon be able to turn over.

At this time, when I go to Zhongnan, that is to pick peaches. Not only will he offend Zheng Zhilong fiercely, but what he lacks now is not credit, just pacifying the widows and going to destroy Burma, wouldn't it be even more rewarding.

Feng Sheng seemed to suddenly think of something, "I just received the news that his mother's Dutch are sending troops to seize Malacca, which is occupied by the Portuguese, and it is estimated that the Portuguese have now lost Malacca to the Dutch." ”

"Grass, these Dutch people are very arrogant, didn't we sign friendly peace treaties with the Netherlands and Spain, Portugal, Britain and other countries, and agreed to maintain the status quo in the South Seas and not attack each other?"

"Yes, this agreement was indeed signed in the first place. But the agreement, you know, is what it is meant to tear up. The key is to look at strength, although the Portuguese and the Spaniards are now the same king, after all, the Portuguese are no longer as good as they were back then. The Portuguese were the weakest in the South Seas, but because they were the earliest in the year, they occupied a lot of good territory in India and the South Seas. You think that in the early years, the Spaniards and the Dutch tried their best, but they couldn't occupy a piece of territory along the coast of Daming, but the Portuguese occupied the trench mirror for many years, and the Dutch did not attack the trench mirror back then. ”

Feng Sheng smacked his tongue, "I heard that the British have also set their sights on Malacca, and they will come to Nanyang sooner or later, no better than the Spaniards and the Dutch, even if Taiwan is gone, they still occupy a large territory in Luzon and Java." It's just that the British were not as powerful as the Dutch and Spaniards in the South Seas. The Dutch occupy Java, but they keep their eyes on Malacca. ”

"Oh, by the way, the British can't rob the Dutch, they can't beat the idea of Malacca, and now they have turned around and hooked up with the Toungoo."

The Portuguese also took advantage of the civil strife in Donghu to occupy a piece of land, but they were eventually driven away. But now the British in Taungoo are a different model, they supply muskets and artillery to the Taungoo people, sell gunpowder, do arms business, and then exchange it for coastal leased land and become a trading station.

Liu Yunsheng shook his head dissatisfiedly, "These Xiyi are really getting more and more presumptuous." The Dutch have taken Malacca in disregard of the agreement, and the British have sold arms to our enemies. ”

"Yes, these Xiyi probably have forgotten when they were hung and beaten by the emperor in Taiwan, and they have forgotten the fear at that time."

In fact, the Dutch and British have no choice.

In the past, a large part of their profits in Nanyang depended on entrepot trade between China and Japan and to Nanyang. Raw silk was purchased from China and shipped to Japan, exchanged for silver, shipped back to China, and exchanged for gold. Or buy porcelain, sugar, tea, etc. from China, buy cotton from India and other places and ship them to China for sale, and sell spices from the South Seas to China and Japan.

But since the rise of the Han Dynasty, the trade between Korea and Japan has been monopolized by the Han Dynasty, and their ships cannot pass. On the surface, the Han Dynasty is fully open to trade, and they can all go over to trade in the coastal ports.

But the Han Dynasty had a more favored East India Company, and there were many Han maritime merchants.

These people are now not content to be mere entrepot traders, no longer buying goods from China and reselling them to European merchants.

Just like the Han East India Company, this big maritime group, because it is a royal industry, so they can easily get a large number of raw silk, tea, sugar, porcelain and other high-quality goods, and then no longer sell to them, the Han East India Company directly shipped goods to India, the Persian Gulf and other places for sale, which is completely to grab business.

The markets of Japan and Korea are gone, the market for entrepot trade has dropped sharply, and even the share of ocean trade has been robbed by the Han people, and the market share and income of the East India Company of European countries in the South Seas are constantly shrinking, if it were not for the strong Han army, they would have joined forces to kill the southeast coast.

Now that I can endure it until now, I have turned to rob Malacca and open up the Donghu market, which is already very restrained.

However, Liu Yunsheng and Feng Sheng don't think so, they only think that those Xiyi ghosts have crossed the line, which is undoubtedly a provocation to the Han Dynasty, and they have encroached on the sacred and inviolable interests of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Yunsheng suddenly thought that maybe he should go to Nanyang. (To be continued.) )