The first month's money was paid to the shogunate, and it was important to know that the shogunate's income was also supported by the overall plan every year, and there were a lot of extra expenditures out of thin air. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

There is no way to borrow money from various banks, from various daimyo to borrow temporarily, and you dare not borrow money from the general, you really don't know whether to live or die, not only do you have to borrow the lowest interest or no profit.

Fortunately, the big merchants and daimyo in Edo gathered, and they quickly collected the money, and at this time, the Tokugawa family did not patronize for a month, but on the twelfth day, they sent Sakai Tadashi to send the silver to the Broken Army, with the purpose of quickly getting these plague gods to withdraw.

The silver was sent to Zhao Lie, and Zhao Lie immediately issued an order to recall the more than 8,000 cavalry who were still messing around in Shinano, and of course, the 2,000 cavalry who were operating near Hitachi Province to prevent reinforcements from the northeast were also recalled.

At this time, Tokugawa Yoshinobu was still moving forward at Mino Turtle Speed, ten miles a day that could not be moved, and he was simply waiting for the Edo peace talks to end before he appeared on the stage.

Seven or eight days later, all the cavalry of the Breakers withdrew to Edo Castle, and except for a small number of nights still cruising in the western part of northern Edo, there was no trace of the Breakers in other places, and the Breakers completed their strategic contraction.

After all the soldiers and horses rested for two days, Zhao Lie began to lead the army south.

Before heading south, all the cavalry of the Breakers formed a large formation and began a journey around Edo Castle.

Nearly 20,000 horses shook up dust more than ten zhang high, and the cold light of tens of thousands of armors blinded the eyes of the standing guards of the shogunate guarding the city, making them feel terrified.

The soldiers of the Broken Warriors in full armor sang war songs and marched around Edo Castle.

These soldiers and horses were not obvious when they were in the south and west of the city, and when the army of the Breakers marched to the north city. The Uchimaru general, where Tokugawa Iemitsu was located, heard the battle song of the captive army and the neighing of the horses.

Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't want to see the Ming army's behavior of this kind of red fruit fruit. Therefore, they did not climb the city walls.

But at the moment he just didn't want to see it. This Ming army was simply deliberately torturing him, and he had to be heard.

The hustle and bustle of the broken army outside came from afar, making the Tokugawa family hideous and ashamed.

The guards around him were silent, for fear of angering Jiaguang.

But the more this happened, the quieter it became, and the clearer the sound of the Breaker Army became, which made the Great Orry silent.

The Broken Army, which had shaken the morale of the upper and lower Edo troops, began to march south. He rested for a day in Yokohama, which was to release thousands of prisoners of war under Naotaka Ii and Toshikatsu Doi.

These two-month-starved Japanese were able to return home, and although they were a little out of shape, they were much stronger than the dead shogunate.

The return of these soldiers to Edo will restore the military strength of the shogunate, and at least some of the daimyo who are ready to move will immediately lurk, after all, the shogunate has the combat power to take the initiative to attack.

Of course, there was a big problem here, which caused Sakai Tadashi and Doi Toshikatsu to send the Ming army again.

Five days later, when they arrived at Kamakura Hachiman Shrine, the base camp of the Broken Army, they were stunned by the tragic situation at the shrine.

Hachiman Shrine was originally a temple of the Kamakura Shogunate during the Kamakura Shogunate of the previous Shogunate, and was rebuilt after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate. The scale was expanded, and not only the side halls of the main hall were renovated. A new gate was built, and a row of houses were built on both sides of the gate, all of which were temporary residences for samurai and their families who came to worship.

It is also a symbol of the spirit of bushido, as Tokugawa Ieyasu hyped the blessing of the god Hachiman, who ascended to bliss early in the next life, and in this life, he will bravely kill the enemy and serve the country.

Now all the gods in the side halls of the main hall here have been demolished, what is the use, it is very simple, burn the fire to keep warm.

While Sakai Tadashi and Doi Toshikatsu were waiting in the main hall, they saw that the majestic Hachiman Bodhisattva statue in the main hall was now left with a half-broken base.

When they were led into a side hall by the soldiers, the two soldiers were chopping the wooden head of the Great Bodhisattva of Hachiman, but they saw that the head had been cracked open, and the eyes and nose had become a strange shape.

This scene made Sakai Tadashi and Doi Toshikatsu cry out for sin, when the Hachiman Palace was rebuilt, this Hachiman Great Bodhisattva Buddha statue was built with a huge amount of money during the lifetime of Ieyasu Okamasu, and now it is used as a firewood for warmth.

These people are too ruthless.

Through a corner gate in the side nave, they were led into a small school yard at the back, which had earlier been a vegetable garden.

After Zhao Lie became the master, this place was transformed into a small school field for him and the guards to hone their martial arts.

As soon as Sakai Tadashi and Doi Toshikatsu entered the school grounds, they saw a hundred guards guarding here, and the young and tall Zhao Lie was shooting arrows with a bow.

Zhao Lie held a two-stone hard bow in his hand, opened it to the maximum, he did not launch the iron arrow, but held it without sending it, and stood there upright.

Ten breaths, thirty breaths, one hundred breaths, Zhao Lie's arm did not move at all, which made Sakai Tadashi, Doi Toshikatsu and others stunned.

They are all from samurai families, riding and archery are compulsory, Sakai Tadashi is a good archer, as a stationary target is basically nine out of ten, if it is moving, you can be six or seven out of ten within fifty steps, this is already a top good player.

As for what is a hundred shots, it is ten shots and ten hits, all of which are made up by people in history, and they are all nonsense.

There are so many reasons that can affect the stability of a person's shot, such as the direction of the wind, the lack of arm strength after multiple shots, and the difference between the movement of the target and your judgment.

The magic arrows mentioned are all nonsense dreams, and they are simply illusory rumors.

The best thing to control is the arm strength of the archer, if an archer does not have a strong physical support, it is wishful thinking to be a good archer.

After all, this process is extremely boring, and the shaking of the arms is getting bigger and bigger, which conflicts with the peace of mind and makes people extremely irritable.

The average archer holds your breath and holds the bow for a dozen or twenty breaths, and then your arm starts to go numb, and you must release the bowstring and shoot at the target before your arm loses control. Otherwise, you don't know where the arrow flies.

But on the other side, Zhao Lie actually stood with bated breath before letting go of the bowstring. This shows that this Zhao Lie's strength is extremely terrifying. To be exact, they had never seen anyone of this strength.

The two stones' hard bows pushed the arrows to hit the center of the target on the hundred paces in an instant, but when they heard the bang, the feathers of the iron arrows shook violently.

The next arrow was fired after a hundred breaths, and ten arrows in a row.

Sakai Tadayo and Doi Toshikatsu immediately knew that this general of the Ming army was an extremely tough general, not as rough as he looked on the outside.

The way of archery can reveal people's conduct, which really can't deceive people.

When Zhao Lie sent thirty feather arrows to the target in a row, Zhao Lie put down the hard bow.

"Two old men came to our army camp and didn't know what was important."

Zhao Lie smiled while wiping his hands with the handkerchief handed over by the guard.

The two looked at each other, put away all the contempt in the past, and bowed deeply respectfully.

"I came here to discuss something with Lord Zhao on the order of the general."

"That's good. Please. Zhao Lie made a gesture of concession and walked towards the side hall first.

"Lord Zhao, my general has a reluctant request, I want my lord to return all the confiscated armor of our army, I don't know if it is possible."

After taking his seat, Toshikatsu Doi asked first.

This time, although the people went back, all the armor was confiscated by the Broken Army, which was a big problem for the shogunate.

Not to mention the money and food spent on the rebuilding of these armors, even the waiting time is too long, tens of thousands of bows and arrows, swords, spears and shields. It's about two years to go.

However, no one can guarantee whether the situation in the country will be calm or not, and it will be in vain if there are soldiers without armor at that time.

So Toshikatsu Doi came up with an idea. Let the Ming army return the confiscated armor, even if you spend some money to redeem it.

Of course, as soon as they talked about it, Doi Toshikatsu played a trick and wanted Zhao Lie to return the armor.

Although this possibility is too small, maybe Zhao Lie is brainless this day, everything is possible.

"These armors are all exchanged for flesh and blood by the soldiers of our army, which can be said to be extremely precious, how can they be given to others for nothing."

Zhao Lie's face was solemn,

"Of course, if the shogunate can come up with a small judgment of 200,000 silver, this matter is not impossible to discuss."

In the next sentence, Zhao Lie began to open his mouth.

"It's a bit inappropriate for adults to do this, if it's a brand new armor that has just been created, it can have a small judgment of 200,000 silver, but now most of them are old objects, and there are even many that are damaged, this, I'm afraid it's difficult for adults to be strong."

Tadashi Sakai said dissatisfied.

"Haha, in fact, I was going to sell it to the daimyo from all over the world who were willing to pay for it, and I just saw that you were in urgent need, so I kindly sold you, if the shogunate thought that the price was too high and was not very satisfied, Ben Jiang would still sell it according to the original plan."

Zhao Lie didn't care, he had to let these two people figure out who was begging whom.

The two glanced at each other, and their hearts sank, could it be that someone really came into contact with the Ming army, they had experienced too many conspiracies and calculations, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was a veteran in this regard.

It flashed in their hearts that the Satsuma Domain, the Choshu Domain, and even the Kaga Domain and the Sendai Domain were all possible existences.

If they have a large amount of armor, it will greatly increase their strength of Ashigaru, and even allow them to wear armor even if they are not standing and temporarily summoned, which is quite impressive.

No, it's absolutely important to take precautions.

"In that case, my shogunate bought it with a small judgment of 150,000 silver, and Lord Zhao will give some face."

Sakai Tadashi gritted his teeth.

"For the sake of old friends, I wouldn't have been as calculating as those vendors. As Sakai-sama said. ”

Zhao Lie smiled and nodded, his smile was very sunny and sincere.

Toshikatsu Doi couldn't wait to punch this face, and he blackmailed the shogunate with the shogunate's standing armor, and he was ashamed that he couldn't talk and laugh, he was really a loyal but treacherous person, greedy and insidious. (To be continued.) )

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