Duan Fei's words made Tanba Xiaoyuan stunned for a moment, but he quickly recovered and said: "The adults are laughing, the villain still has self-knowledge, and he doesn't dare to betray the head of the family with this delusion." ”

Duan Fei said flatly: "This is not a delusion, everyone can have their own dreams, back then, the Duke of China was just a gangster on the side of the road, and now he has not won a high position above 10,000 people under one person in Daming?" You really don't want to be this Guan Bai? ”

Tanba Ohara said solemnly: "Adults don't embarrass the villain anymore, the villain will not betray the head of the family, the villain brought the proposal of the head of the family, and asked the adult to give a reply." ”

Duan Fei's expression became even more cold, and he said: "The answer is obvious, you are a smart person, you should know what my answer is, since you are going to die with Hosokawa Gaogong, it is useless for the official to leave you, and there are many people who line up to beg for their lives, and someone comes, drag Tanba Xiaoyuan down and behead him, put his head in a box, and send it back to Hosokawa Gaogong to see." ”

Tanbo Xiaoyuan was shocked, and just when the two brocade guards were about to take him down, his knees weakened, and he knelt down to Duan Fei, his face was like the earth, and said: "Adults and slow, please allow the villain to think about it again......"

Duan Fei said: "Okay, this official will give you two more minutes to think about it......"

Duan Fei took out a pocket watch from his arms and began to time, this pocket watch was just made by the craftsmen of the Jinyiwei Research Department when he left Beijing, and the prototype of the transformation was the large table clock that Duan Fei had sent to the capital to dedicate to Zhengde.

Tanba Ohara didn't know how long the two minutes were, his head was sweating, he understood that the emperor and the prince in front of him would never let go of his head Hosokawa Gaogong, if Hosokawa Gaogong united with Ouchi Yoshiko and Ashikaga Yoshiharu, maybe he could fight with Duan Fei, but now the three families can no longer join forces, Hosokawa Gaogong's big gamble has been lost before it has even started.

"When the time comes, what do you say?" Two minutes came in the blink of an eye, and Duan Fei put away his pocket watch without hesitation and asked Tanba Xiaoyuan.

Tanba Xiaoyuan's heart tightened, he thought of a lot of pictures in an instant, if he died for the loyalty of the head of the family today, would anyone know? Who cares a hundred years from now? He died, what happened to his family? His old father has no one to provide for, his wife will be taken over by others, and his son will ......

Tanba Ohara made the final decision in an instant, and he said to Duan Fei dejectedly: "Thanks to the adult's care, the villain is willing to serve the adult." ”

Duan Fei smiled and said: "That's right, you are really a smart person, you can send these two heads for Hosokawa Gaogong, presumably the status of the Hosokawa family is not low, it should not be difficult for the others of the Hosokawa Gaogong family to control the power of Hosokawa Gaogong, now you tell me first, where is Hosokawa Gaogong now?" Ouchi Yoshiko and Ashikaga Yoshiharu are dead, what is the current situation? ”

Tanba Ohara replied: "After the news of the fiasco of the three combined fleets arrived, the three families almost simultaneously attacked, and the head of the family designed to kill Ouchi Yoshiko and Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and after the two chaos, they quickly reacted and launched a counterattack, and the head of the Hosokawa family is now stationed in Kyoto and waiting for reinforcements, and ordered me to come to negotiate with the adults, and he hopes that the adults will bring muskets and cannons to Kyoto to support the mile." ”

Duan Fei's heart moved, and said: "Okay, the rivers and lakes are urgent, let's rush to Kyoto, but this Saijo Castle ......"

Tanba Ohara replied without hesitation: "Don't worry, my lord, the villain is under the secret order of the head of the family, and in addition to negotiating with the adults, he also has the task of recruiting soldiers to go to Kyoto to support, and by the way, I will ask the soldiers to collect military expenses from the wealthy families in the city, and I will definitely satisfy the adults." ”

Duan Fei nodded and said: "It's refreshing to do things with smart people, you remember what you said, just do what you have to do now, we will meet in Zhidu City in five days, Hosokawa Gaogong guards a big city like Kyoto, it shouldn't be impossible to hold this area for five days, right?" ”

In the era when there were no cannons, if the difference in strength between the two sides was not too big, the siege battle would be several months or even years, and Duan Fei didn't really want to save Hosokawa Gaogong, five days was a short time, he wanted to test Tanba Ohara's ability to see if he could gather enough soldiers and horses within five days, and whether he could successfully control the situation.

Tanba Ohara seemed to have made up his mind to join Duan Fei, he borrowed a few guards from Duan Fei and five hundred brocade guard musketeers, Duan Fei generously gave him another twenty horse-drawn cannons, and Tanba Ohara went away murderously.

Duan Fei was not idle, he left Shikoku Island, went north to Honshu Island, continued to plunder along the coast, and passed the edict of the King of Nara, so a few days later, the North Sea Fleet came to the sea near the agreed Zhidu City.

Tanba Ohara was already waiting here, and in five days he had traveled almost all over Shikoku Castle, gathering more than 50,000 men, of whom 20,000 were to be taken to Kyoto, and the other 30,000 were to remain in Shikoku to suppress the rebellion of those loyal to Hosokawa Takagon.

"Lord Guogong, Shikoku has been controlled by me, and the people of the Hosokawa family have almost been killed by me." Tanba Ohara reported the situation to Duan Fei lightly, he said it easily, but Duan Fei could imagine the bloody storm on Shikoku Island during this time.

"Very well, then let's get your people to board the ship and go to Kyoto." Duan Feidao.

The Hokkai Fleet left Shido Port with a merchant ship full of people, and headed northeast, and half a day later docked at Settsu Port, which was still controlled by the Hosokawa family, and in the face of pressure from many daimyos, the people of the Hosokawa family had lost a large part of the place they had occupied, and now they could only retreat in a few large cities that could be held on to wait for reinforcements, and now they were very happy to see that Tanba Ohara had brought reinforcements, especially to see the spirited musket-shiny Nishiki-yi Wei also came.

However, when enough troops were unloaded from the ship, Tanba Ohara suddenly changed his face, and at the sound of an order, everyone acted together, and immediately disarmed the defenders of Settsu Port.

"Tanba Ohara, what do you mean by that!" Akamatsu Harada, the head of the Settsu port, asked in shock and anger.

Tanba Ohara had no shame, his shame had already been wiped out by blood in the past few days, and he shouted awe-inspiringly: "According to the emperor's edict, the Qing monarch will punish the rebellious ministers, Hosokawa Takagong, as a doctor of Jingzhao, despises the imperial court's disrespect to the emperor, kills colleagues in vain, accumulates troops privately, and kills the people, which is a heinous crime!" If you follow the emperor and return to the court, no matter what you have done before, the emperor will not be guilty of the past, and if you follow the rebellion and rebellion, there will be no forgiveness! ”

"You bastard, you dare to betray the head of the family!" A military general roared angrily and rushed towards Tanba Ohara, and before he could take a few steps, his head suddenly flew up out of thin air, and blood splashed on Tanba Ohara's face, everyone was shocked, but Tanba Ohara quietly licked the blood on the side of his mouth with his tongue, and said with a cruel smile: "If anyone else wants to find death, just stand up!" ”

As soon as Tanba Ohara's voice fell, the heads in the air and the staggering headless corpse fell to the ground one after another, and there was silence in all directions, Tanba Ohara looked at Akamatsubada and said: "Akamatsubada, you and I have always had a good relationship, as long as you take the lead in throwing yourself into the imperial court and being used by the emperor, I can recommend to the emperor and let you be my deputy, the emperor has approved for me to serve as Guan Bai, you have to think about it." ”

"Guan Bai?" Akamatsu Harada looked at Tamba Ohara in astonishment, this is a position he never dreamed of, his heart flashed, Akamatsu Harada immediately made a decision, he waved his arms and shouted: "Long live the Emperor!" We are willing to follow the emperor, clear the king's side, and punish the rebels! ”

Tanba Ohara smiled, Duan Fei smiled, and the emperor, who was waiting for good news on the boat, also smiled when he heard the sound coming from the shore.

The gates of Settsu Castle, which had been closed for several days, finally opened again, and the Japanese coalition forces came out in an orderly manner, and just as the besieging enemy army was preparing to meet them, a row of cannons suddenly appeared in front of them, and before they could react, the cannons roared.

The shells fell in the enemy camp and exploded, and in the face of this earth-shattering and terrible force, these Japanese peasant soldiers, who had never seen much of the world, could not hold out for even a second, they turned around and ran away with shouts: "It's the thunder artillery, everyone run away!" ”

Tomorrow, the coalition army took advantage of the victory and pursued all the way to the city of Kyoto, and after a burst of shelling, the enemy left a lot of corpses and quickly withdrew.

The siege of Kyoto has been lifted, Tamba Ohara sent a signal, the Kyoto city gate slowly opened, and Tamba Ohara took the lead in pouring into Kyoto with more than 30,000 people.

When Tanba Ohara Kankan and other people who entered the city were enough to control the situation, he suddenly took out something similar to the holy decree of the Great Ming Dynasty from his bosom, and shouted: "By the emperor's edict, the Qing monarch will punish the rebel thief ......."

Akamatsu Harada and others quickly moved into action, and the defenders of the castle were already exhausted and caught off guard, and they were quickly disarmed, just like in Settsu.

Tanba Ohara and Akamatsubarada continued to attack the rest of Kyoto with their troops, and the Hosokawa army, who had arrived on hearing the news, fought them in the streets of Kyoto.

When Hosokawa Takagong heard that reinforcements had arrived, he was thinking about how to greet the Emperor and Lord Waiko, but he didn't expect to immediately hear the news that Tanba Ohara had rebelled.

Hosokawa Takagong knew that the general trend was gone, and immediately made a decision without thinking about it, he had to go!

Hosokawa Gaogong's reaction was not unpleasant, but there were faster people waiting for him halfway, Tanba Ohara They entered the city from the west gate, Hosokawa Gaogong fled to the east city, he came to the east city gate, and when he ordered his men to open the city gate and let him leave, several figures fell from the sky and blocked Hosokawa Gaogong's way.

Hosokawa Gaogong's crotch and the long horse stood up neighing, only to hear a person in front of him say coldly: "Lord of the family, don't come to call for harm?" ”

Hosokawa Gaogong looked at it intently, wasn't the person in front of him Song Suqing? Song Suqing's side Yushu stood in the wind with a young man with an extraordinary expression, he looked at Hosokawa Gaogong and smiled: "Hosokawa Gaogong, you and I have never met for a long time, and I finally met today." ”

Hosokawa Gaogong's eyes shrank, he looked at Duan Fei and said, "You are the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Duan Fei, the Duke of Weiguo?" I'm about to have a good talk with Wei Guogong......"

Duan Fei shook his head and said, "There's nothing to talk about, Lord Hosokawa, goodbye." ”

Duan Fei waved his hand to Hosokawa Gaogong and bowed, Hosokawa Gaogong was about to speak, when he suddenly heard the sound of gunfire around him, several samurai and ninjas flew in front of Hosokawa Gaogong, but after the gunfire subsided, the samurai in front of Hosokawa Gaogong fell to the ground one after another, and a round hole was broken in the middle of Hosokawa Gaogong's forehead, and a wisp of blood rolled down his forehead......

Hosokawa Gaogong fell off his horse, Duan Fei blew the smoke from the muzzle of the gun, and said with a leisurely smile: "Japan...... Finally half of it fits in your pocket......"