After seeing Tokugawa Iemitsu and Kasuga lying in a pool of blood together, Doi Toshikatsu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since he came over to have a showdown with Tokugawa Iemitsu today, that is, he must not leave until he sees the shogun die, and he knelt on the ground to plead, just to show some sincerity and understand the master-slave relationship for many years, if Tokugawa Iemitsu has been ignorant and refuses to commit suicide, then he has to do it for the shogun.

Fortunately, Tokugawa Iemitsu did understand the righteousness, or he was indeed desperate to the extreme, he did not make unnecessary resistance, did not continue to humiliate the Tokugawa family, but chose to commit suicide directly to meet the expectations of Doi Toshikatsu and others.

Doi Toshikatsu slowly walked in front of the pool of blood, the ground was stained with the blood of two people, a large pool of scarlet liquid was shocking, and the smell was even more unpleasant, but Doi Toshikatsu didn't mind, but carefully avoided the blood stains and walked in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

After stabbing the knife into the abdomen, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't bear the pain and asked Kasuga to make a mistake for him, and although Kasuga carried out his order, but because she was a woman with little strength after all, although she used a sharp blade, she didn't completely cut off Tokugawa Iemitsu's head from the neck, leaving only a terrible wound, and some flesh and bone were attached to the neck, which was really a bit terrifying.

Fortunately, such an injury was fatal, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was now out of breath and no longer had to endure much difficult pain, his head was now tilted to the side, and his eyes were open, staring blankly into the void, full of pain and despair.

From this moment on, he no longer needed to worry about anything, let alone worry about anything.

General, I'm sorry. Doi Toshikatsu silently recited this sentence without much apology, and then ignored the Kasuga Bureau, where the knife in the abdomen was still twitching slightly on the ground, and directly waved his hand, ordering his subordinates to come and cut off Tokugawa Iemitsu's head.

After beheading Tokugawa Iemitsu, Doi Toshikatsu was still not idle, he kept giving orders, urging his henchmen to continue to purge Edo Castle and Ooku while maintaining order everywhere, and then sent people out of the city with Tokugawa Iemitsu's head to meet the commander of the Han army.

When the shogunate envoys came to the front of the Han army, the Han army had already reached Edo Castle, and they could already see the shadowy houses in the distance. After the Tokugawa family converted to Kanto and made Edo their base camp, after decades of management by three generations of shoguns, Edo was already a rare large city, far more extensive than when it was first built, so it was densely populated with houses and streets, which was why the shogunate was so frightened when it heard that the Han army threatened Edo's water and water transportation, because it took a lot of effort to maintain such a population.

After winning the Battle of Tamagawa, the Han army was demoralized and completely defeated the shogunate army led by Tokugawa Iemitsu through a series of pursuits, and then they attacked Edo directly after a short rest, intending to take the city in one fell swoop.

However, the Han army, which had originally planned to fight a final battle, gave up this wish with a little regret after the envoy arrived, but Zhao Song was very happy, because although the shogunate army had been defeated, if Edojo resisted desperately, his subordinates would inevitably have some casualties, and it was naturally best for them to give up resistance now.

Having already won such a glorious victory as the Battle of Tamagawa, he no longer needed a new victory to subdue Japan or add to his merits, and it was a good thing that he could die one less of his subordinates now.

When Zhao Song called the envoy to him, the envoy was a little frightened, and after the Han army won the victory in the battle array with a devastating momentum, Zhao Song, the commander of the Han army, had already established a very terrible image in the hearts of these shogunates, and of course he was a little afraid of him.

And Zhao Song was also as unsmiling as usual, he asked his entourage to accept the box carrying the head of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and then opened it casually and looked at it, and met the head's godless gaze for a moment, and then directly waved his hand and let the entourage accept the box.

"Can you guys control the situation now?" He asked the messenger coldly. "If we can, Edo can spare the fire, but if anyone dares to resist, our army will show no mercy!"

After hearing the interpreter's words, the envoy was so frightened that he kowtowed again, "My lord, now that Edo Castle is completely under the control of the old man, the shogunate has decided to surrender to the Han, and a few stubborn villains have also been killed or locked up by the old man, and there will be no more trouble, please rest assured!" ”

"Alright, then I'll let our army stay here and not march again." Zhao Song softened his attitude a little, "You go back and tell Doi Toshikatsu, tell him that in a few days I will personally lead my entourage to Edo, so that he can prepare for the reception, and besides, the supply of our army must not be interrupted, otherwise it will be good for himself!" ”

"Yes! Be! Got it! Seeing that the Han general had accepted the surrender, the envoy agreed repeatedly, and then hurriedly retired and left.

"Your Excellency...... At the moment, the situation in Edo is still chaotic, and the number of our army is so small, I am afraid that it is not appropriate for you to risk your life and go to Edo in person......? After the envoy left, Yan Guang looked at Zhao Song with some doubts, "If the adults go to Edo and suddenly change their minds, I'm afraid ...... I'm afraid it's not good......"

"It's because of the chaos right now that I'm going to Edo. When I entered Edo Castle, it would be enough to announce to all the Japanese that whoever has the final say now will be able to suppress Doi Toshikatsu and them. We have few soldiers, we really can't suppress the places, and time is pressing, so we must stabilize the situation as soon as possible, in order to achieve this goal, what is it for me to take an adventure? Zhao Song shook his head slightly, "I have heard that the Japanese do not respect their reputations, and they are most afraid of the strong, now that we have defeated the shogunate, they must be afraid of us, in this situation, we should continue to put on the posture of the strong, and there must be no cowardice, so as to be able to scare them and let them act according to our will." ”

After a pause, he smiled slightly, "But what you said is also right, everything we have to be precautionary, we must be bold but not arrogant, so we still have to be prepared - after I take people to Edo, you will continue to stay here and command the army, in case I have an accident, you will continue to attack Edo with the army, and you don't have to worry about my life and death." Also, the navy's warships let them sail outside Edo Castle, which is more or less a deterrent. ”

In the past, Zhao Song's mind was about how to defeat the shogunate, but now that the shogunate has surrendered on its knees, Zhao Song's consideration has become how to stabilize the situation in Kwantung and even the whole of Japan as soon as possible, so that the Han can dominate the whole of Japan with his own will as soon as possible -- Zhao Song knew that for the Han Dynasty, defeating the shogunate was only a means and not the ultimate goal, and their ultimate goal was to squeeze more wealth from Japan at the least possible cost and energy to offer to the Han court and the people.

For this purpose, Zhao Song felt that it was worthwhile for him to show some tolerance for the shogunate and take some risks.

"Good! Then do as Zhao Shuai said. After thinking about it for a while, Yan Guang finally agreed with Zhao Song's statement, "Please take care of Zhao Shuai!" ”

Two days later, Zhao Song arrived at Edo Castle with dozens of his relatives.

They were greeted with great pomp, and when Zhao Song came to the outside of Edo Castle, the shogunate elder Nakatsui Toshikatsu led all the officials and generals of the shogunate who had surrendered to the road, kneeling on the ground, while the streets and alleys of Edo had been cleared, and the pedestrians along the way were extinct, apparently on strict guard.

After coming to Edo, Zhao Song first warmly encouraged Doi Toshikatsu and others to abandon the credit of the darkness and turn to the light, and then reiterated to them that the Great Han did not want to exterminate the Tokugawa family and the officials of the shogunate, and now that the culprit of the two sides had been beheaded, and the others had been punished accordingly, the Great Han would not pursue the others.

After receiving Zhao Song's personal assurance, these people were relieved, and they praised Zhao Song's benevolence and martial bravery, and they did not realize that they were still mortal enemies not long ago, and the objects left by Tokugawa Iemitsu were no longer traceable.

Under the pressure of Zhao Song's personal command, and the pressure of the Han army and fleet stationed outside Edo Castle, the already chaotic Edo slowly returned to stability, the supply of goods was slowly restored, and the people began to return to their normal lives, and only some families who lost their loved ones in the Battle of Tama River can see the scars left by the terrible war.

A series of news such as the victory of the Great Han in the Battle of Tama River and the suicide of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun, soon spread throughout Japan, and the shogunate Daikoi Irotaka also received news of the envoy.

Such a terrible blow made many people in the army cry and feel extremely sad, even Jing Yi Naotaka himself, who had already been mentally prepared in his heart, couldn't help but burst into tears.

But crying and crying, he also knew what was most important - for now, he could only try his best to protect the Tokugawa family and his own family, and he really didn't have enough time to delay for the Tokugawa family.

In addition to explaining Tokugawa Iemitsu's death, the envoys from Edo also told them that the commander of the Japanese army had now been stationed in Edo Castle and that the entire shogunate had surrendered to the Han, and he also conveyed Edo's order that the shogunate army surrender to the Han envoys as soon as possible.

Such an order was of course extremely resistant to many people, who hated the Great Han and were even more reluctant to suffer the humiliation of defeat, but most of them accepted it tacitly - after the fall of Edo and the suicide of Tokugawa Iemitsu, they could no longer find a reason to fight, not to mention that if the rear rescue was cut off, fighting again would only lead to the destruction of everything.

Besides, most of their families are now under the threat of the Han army, and if they continue to resist, I am afraid that it will lead to annihilation.

In such a psychological environment, Naotaka Ii, who was already planning to surrender, was even more handy, he detained a handful of diehards who still wanted to resist to the end and let them commit suicide, and at the same time sent people to surrender to the Han envoys on the opposite side.

The Han envoy Zhou Pu immediately accepted his surrender and ordered his army to be disarmed on the spot, promising that no prisoners would be harmed.

With the cooperation of Naotaka Ii, Zhou Pu had his subordinates take over the garrisons of the shogunate troops on the other side, and then temporarily imprisoned them, but he did fulfill his promise and disarmed them without harming the captives.

At this point, the war between the Great Han and the entire shogunate had ended, ending with the complete victory of the Great Han, and Zhou Pu also issued an edict to the whole of Japan at the same time, ordering all Japanese daimyo to strictly garrison their own territory, not to cross the border for half a step, waiting for further disposition by the Japanese court - now that the shogunate had been defeated, Zhou Pu now needed to reorganize the order of Japan, and at the same time suppress the daimyo everywhere and not allow them to expand wantonly.

Under his orders, most of the daimyo obeyed his orders because they were afraid of the might of the Great Han, and the Maeda family of the Kaga Domain and the Date family of the Sendai Domain, who had begun to cross the border to attack the shogunate territory, withdrew their troops one after another, and then waited anxiously for further orders from the Great Han.

During this period of time, Zhou Pu continued to promulgate, and the order of settlement everywhere was promoted and rewarded at the same time, just like the posture of the emperor, and with the efforts of Zhao Song and him, the order of Japan was slowly re-stabilized.

After the surrender of the army and the dispersal of the army, Jing Yi Naotaka was summoned by Zhou Pu to see his station, because of the surrender, so he got a relatively good treatment, but Zhou Pu has not summoned him because of his busy affairs.

It wasn't until Zhou Pu calmed down the situation a little that he finally got the opportunity to meet Zhou Pu, and at the same time, he was summoned Tokugawa Tadanaga, who was the son of the Tokugawa family and the younger brother of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Because he had known about the arrangement of the Great Han for a long time, he was not surprised when he met Tokugawa Tadacho, but when he saw with his own eyes that the Han envoy who was now used by Weifu was so young, he was still a little surprised.

However, he also knew that the Great Han was a new dynasty, and even the Great Han Emperor himself was very young, so he quickly returned to normal, but he had mixed feelings about it in his heart.

Tokugawa Tadacho came to Zhou Pu's tent not long ago, in order to get rid of his brother's shadow, in order to protect the blood and foundation of the Tokugawa family, he finally decided to join the Han after weighing everything, and became the next head of the Tokugawa family under the support of the Han.

Because of the years of grievances between the brothers, the news of his brother's death did not make him sad, but he was very happy, and he was even happier that he had finally come out of his previous predicament and become the head of the Tokugawa family of his dreams.

Although it is a pity that there is no shogun, the foundation of the Tokugawa family is still there, and a large area of territory is also there, as long as it is slightly rectified and restored, then the Tokugawa family is still one of the most powerful daimyo in Japan, and it will not fall into the situation of ruined family.

However, in order to achieve such an outcome, it was necessary to curry favor with the Daihan, because the Tokugawa family was now the target of public criticism, and only by relying on the protection of the Daihan could the Tokugawa family not be eaten by the imperial court and other daimyos.

With this thought, since meeting the envoys of the Great Han, Tokugawa Tadanaga has always been welcoming and pleasing the other party in every possible way, and has repeatedly promised that he is absolutely different from his brother, and he will definitely be submissive to the Great Han for generations to come.

After Tokugawa Tadanaga and Ii Naotaka came to Zhou Pu's seat, they first saluted Zhou Pu with sincere fear, and then bowed down to listen to Zhou Pu's instructions.

"Although you were enemies of the Han Dynasty before, but this was because you were deceived by the coercion of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and now that Tokugawa Iemitsu has been given the head, as long as you are submissive to the Han Dynasty in the future, the Celestial Empire will naturally no longer be embarrassed by you." Zhou Pu reprimanded these two people again, "Although the situation is initially stable now, there must still be many people in Kanto who have resentments against you and the Han, and after you go back to Edo, you must also pay attention to eliminating these villains, so as not to cause them chaos!" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Pu did not mention the Japanese court at all in his edict - it was clear that the excuse they used to fight with the shogunate was to support Japan's discipline and make the Tokugawa family respect the Japanese court.

Tokugawa Tadanaga and Ii Naotaka naturally understood it, and repeatedly said that they would definitely clean up those who were against the Han and would never let the shogunate be in turmoil again.

Tokugawa Tadashi was more active than Ii Naotaka, because he had been persecuted by Tokugawa Iemitsu and the shogunate's important ministers before, and he had already accumulated grievances for a long time, and now he didn't have much power in his hands, and he knew that there were many people who disobeyed him, so he had long planned to use the sword of the Han to purge the important ministers, so that he could be the head of the family in peace - Ii Naotaka and Doi Toshikatsu were too powerful and famous, he couldn't move for the time being, and he didn't plan to be polite to the others, and how many grievances had to be vented on this group of people.

Although Tokugawa Tadadenaga's mind Zhou Pu couldn't fully see through, he also guessed in his heart that he couldn't leave ten, but Zhou Pu was happy to see it, and the more Tokugawa Tadanaga purged the important ministers in the family, the more he relied on the Han, and it was also good for the Han.

“…… But don't go back to Edo just yet, come with me to Kyoto. Zhou Pu suddenly changed his words.

Why is that? Both of them were a little confused, and secretly glanced at each other.

Now that the imperial court is no longer what it used to be, I am afraid that they will not get any preferential treatment when they go to Kyoto. They were more afraid of being hostages in the hands of the imperial court, as if the relatives of the daimyo were in their hands.

However, Zhou Pu quickly dispelled their doubts. "Your previous official positions have been deprived of your imperial court, and now you need to regain your official positions, since the Tokugawa family is now in charge of you, then you should go and apologize to the imperial court."

"Yes...... It's ......" After getting Zhou Pu's explanation, Tokugawa Tadanaga immediately responded, as long as he could not be in danger of his life, it was not difficult for him to apologize.

"Also...... Your presence is also required for the signing of the peace treaty. Zhou Pu continued to explain, "When the two of you meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person, please don't lose your courtesy, otherwise the consequences will be very serious!" ”

The two men were dumbfounded almost at the same time.

"This expedition is the rear of His Royal Highness the Prince's headquarters and leading this battle, since the war is over, it is natural for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to visit the capital of your country in person." A faint smile appeared on Zhou Pu's face, "Also, if the peace treaty between the two countries is confirmed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, wouldn't it be more justifiable?" (To be continued.) )