"We can't delay any longer, the advance of the Han Empire army is too fast, and according to their current pace, by the time the Han Empire army arrives in Edo, we won't even be able to assemble half of the daimyo samurai!

Even the daimyo on the island of Kyushu and Shikoku have just gotten the news here and are starting to form reinforcements! ”

The elder of the Sakata Matsushita family spoke generously in the meeting hall of the shogunate regime. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"It's easy to say, none of us know the urgency of the situation, and you shouted the loudest at the beginning when you insisted on fighting to the end, didn't you think about the current situation at that time?

It's not the way of a samurai! ”

"You! You cowardly lackey who betrays the country and seeks glory, what benefits do the Han people give you, so that you think about licking their toes every day! ”

"Matsushita Sakata! Be careful when you speak! I want to keep the foundation of our Tokugawa shogunate, and if the Han Empire army enters Edo Castle, everything will be ruined! ”

"Enough!" The Tokugawa general who sat at the top of the house stopped the quarrel between the two famous old families in a deep voice, since the Han Empire's landing reinforcements advanced by leaps and bounds, the main battle situation that was originally unanimous with the outside world immediately changed its taste, with the flax of the American Honor Independent Regiment attacking the city and conquering the land, winning many battles, the voice of the lord and faction is getting louder and louder, and more and more people are joining!

Even if you accept the humiliating 21 articles and become the little brother of the Han Empire far from overseas, it is much better than a broken family!

At least, as long as 21 articles are promised, these people here, including the head of the Tokugawa family at the top, will never be able to run away from the current glory and wealth......

It didn't matter to the old ministers of the shogunate who were in charge of the war, anyway, they were all nobles who 'worked' for people, but for the Tokugawa shogun, who had the sole power and held the actual power of Japan, it was extremely uncomfortable!

The boss and the second seem to be only one level apart, and it sounds quite domineering above 10,000 people under one person, but falling from the position of the boss to the identity of the second child, as long as you are not too cowardly, it is difficult to accept!

Therefore, even if the Tokugawa general saw the soldiers and horses of the Han Empire landing less than 10,000 people, he showed an overwhelming momentum, and he still wanted to fight to the death and call on the world to resist!

The power of the shogunate family is difficult to stop, and the power of the entire country of Japan should be almost inseparable!

According to the calculations of the shogunate regime, if all the armies of the daimyo were gathered, there would be at least more than 10,000 samurai soldiers, and as for the ordinary ashigaru, they could easily gather hundreds of thousands of people!

Among them, there are also a large number of iron cannons, bows and arrows, and horses and horses!

In this comparison, the shogunate felt that its chances of victory were still quite good......

It's a pity that now not to mention tens of thousands of people, the army gathered in Edo Castle does not even have 10,000 people, and these 10,000 people refer to regular troops, and the lowest is the level of archers and iron artillery, and the ashigaru scum is not counted......

Use this person to deal with the army of the Han Empire, there has been a disastrous defeat of the shogunate regime in Yokohama, no matter how you look at it, it feels unreliable, once the Han Empire landing army really comes to the city, it will be difficult for those daimyo foreign aid to converge with the shogunate army, maybe they will be surrounded by the Han Empire army to help, and they will all be eaten little by little!

At that time, Edo Castle will only have the capital to gamble......

General Tokugawa stared at Sakata Matsushita, the pillar of the main battle faction, and said, "What plan do you have to delay the pace of the Han Empire's landing force and buy time for the gathering of the army?" ”

Sakata Matsushita looked resolute, gritted his teeth and knelt down and said: "Lord, I am willing to personally lead the ninja army to assassinate the high-ranking of the Han Empire's landing force, and if I don't take the head of the Han Empire's commander Flax, I will commit suicide by cutting my stomach to apologize!" ”

After being silent for a long time, General Tokugawa responded: "Okay, then I will temporarily hand over the leadership of the ninja army to you, and go to assassinate the commander of the Han Empire army, if I can, it is best to completely paralyze the command structure of the Han landing force, and then, my shogunate army will cooperate with your actions!" ”

"Hey!"

After hearing the order of the head of the Tokugawa family, the elder of the lord and faction couldn't help but stand up and worry: "My lord, the Han Empire is huge, and the landing force is only a part of its military strength, if it is assassinated by its commanding high-level, it will inevitably make the upper class of the Han Empire resentful, and at that time, I am afraid that the retreat of peace will be completely cut off......

Sakata Matsushita immediately retorted: "The Han Empire doesn't know the inside story of our country at all, and the subordinates who assassinated the officers of the Han Empire can do it with all their might, so in the name of the ninja power of the people, I also ask the lord to expel me from the shogunate system, so that it will not bring trouble to the lord on the surface!" ”

A trace of excitement flashed in General Tokugawa's eyes, and he comforted: "Sakata Matsushita is worthy of being a loyal and brave man of our Japanese country, you can rest assured, as long as you drive back the invasion of the Han Empire, all your reputations will be restored to their original state or even further!" ”

When the elders of the lord and the faction saw this scene of sympathy between the monarchs and ministers, they had to close their mouths, and Sakata Matsushita didn't care about being ruined, what else did he have to say?

What to expel foreign enemies, everyone knows in their hearts that it is basically impossible, the determination and combat effectiveness that the Han Empire is now showing are not something that the small Japanese can compete, and the reason why it wants to fight is not to expel foreign enemies, but to make the Han Empire's attack frustrated, so that the 21 can reduce a few bottom lines, even if it is a victory for Japan!

However, even though Sakata Matsushita was ruined, he let the Tokugawa family remember this favor, which is the favor of the Tokugawa shogunate, who is in charge of Japan!

Even if it cannot restore its reputation in the future, as long as the Tokugawa family does not fall, the Sakata Matsushita family will never decline!

Compared with the loss of the ninja army under his command and a retainer general, the Tokugawa family lord still valued keeping the Han Empire army out of Edo and holding the bargaining chips in the negotiations!

At the very least, we must win the status of the younger brother to the status of half an ally......

Sakata Matsushita's 'self-sacrifice for the public' once again set the tone of the collective 'war of resistance', of course, the main peace faction has not completely dissipated, their eyes are bright, once Sakata Matsushita's action completely fails, these people will be wrapped up in their own lords and negotiate!

No matter how powerful the shogun is, at the time of this kind of family prestige, he can't take all his men to death arbitrarily, after all, the current shogun does not have the same prestige as the ancestors of the first generation of open family power!

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