It was a little later than Date and the family received the news, ranging from one day to three days, and the daimyo on Cook Island farther away received requests for help from the Shimazu family one after another. Soon, everyone knew the news of the landing of the Imperial Sailors, which caused huge waves on the island for a while.

Although they were full of anxiety and suspicion, they made almost the same move in response to the Shimazu family's request for help: that is, while gathering troops, they sent people to contact and communicate with each other, and at the same time privately contacted the Imperial Sailors to test the true thoughts of the Imperial people.

After all, the Qianyuan Empire was prestigious. On weekdays, it's okay to indulge the ronin on the island as pirates, intentionally or unintentionally, and I haven't seen the empire go crazy because of it. But if it were to face the army of the Empire, no daimyo would want to face it - it would be a disaster!

In the undercurrent of the island, the envoy secretly sent by the Date family was the first to arrive under Asahikawa Castle.

Although after several days of continuous siege of the city, the Songjiang army looked a little wolfish and suffered many casualties, but it did not damage the majesty of the army in the slightest, but added a bit of blood and slaughter. Compared with the Matsue Army, the situation of the Shimazu family, who were barely supporting, would only be worse. A large number of dead and wounded civilians blood flowed down the stone wall, and the large areas of dark red were terrifying, and the corpses that could be seen everywhere under the stone wall, the future and the cleanup, let people intuitively see the powerful combat power of the Songjiang army.

The envoy of the Date family could guess with just a few glances that the situation in Asahikawa Castle was very bad, and he was afraid that he was about to reach the limit.

"It's only been a few days......"

Although the Date family is stronger than the Shimazu family, it is basically at the same level. The neighbor, who can be called a great enemy on weekdays, was beaten so lightly that he was about to be removed, which made the envoy fearful, but also couldn't help but feel a little complicated. If the Imperial people really want to seize the whole island, then after capturing the Asahikawa Domain. The next most likely target is probably their Date family......

Thinking of that terrifying future, the envoy of the Date family couldn't help but shudder.

Fortunately, Song Wuxing did not refuse his request to see. Instead, he was kindly invited to sit down in the Zhongjun tent and had a face-to-face exchange.

This kind way. It is particularly rare to build on the thousand-year-old prestige of the previous dynasties and the great achievements that hit the Shimazu family hard. The envoy of the Date family couldn't help but feel a little flattered, and subconsciously returned a big gift, and his heart was a lot more steady. The general is so kind that he doesn't seem to have any thoughts about the Date family.

After a few simple and polite words, conveying the Date family's reverence for the kingdom, the envoy asked about the issues that he was most concerned about.

"You ask us why?"

At the mention of this, Song Wuxing's amiable face darkened. Annoyed, he said: "The Shimazu family's pirates invaded Ninghai County and caused great casualties to the local people. That's it, they had the audacity to collude with the Omanis and cooperate with the Omani army to land in Quanzhou Port, which caused the destruction of the entire Shuangyang Town. Although in the end, both the Omani and the Shimazu pirates were wiped out by us, this revenge cannot go unavenged! ”

He made no secret of his anger and complained to the envoy of the Date family, while looking at the expression of the envoy of the Date family without moving, and the other party was really frightened by his words.

"Collusion with the Omanis to attack the port of Quanzhou?"

The eyes of the envoys of the Date family widened. It's a little hard to believe, and a little abrupt.

The unbelievable reason is that the Shimazu family is so stupid. Dare to get involved in the battle between the two great powers. Needless to say, it can be regarded as figuring out the reason why the kingdom broke the established strategy of hundreds of years and suddenly sent sailors to conquer the daimyo on Cook Island.

Although there is no such word as death in this world, only these two words can describe the thoughts in the mind of the envoy of the Date family at this moment!

Of course, although he wished that the Shimazu family would be doomed, the envoy of the Date family, out of various considerations and the dealings with the head of the family before leaving, still tried to persuade peace: "The Shimazu family is arrogant and ignorant, and dares to anger the kingdom. Nature should be taught a lesson. But God has always been magnanimous and merciful, and he is not guilty of seeing as them. The small punishment and the big commandment are just that. If General Song and Shangguo are not satisfied, they can also ask the Shimazu family to compensate for the loss. I don't know what the general thinks? ”

"You don't know."

Song Wuxing coughed, and said, "Your Excellency the Governor sent me and others to come, and I originally had the idea of saluting first and then soldiering. However, the head of the Shimazu family is arrogant. On the surface, he agreed to my conditions, and falsely claimed that he was willing to reconcile, but in private, with the idea of delaying time, he secretly organized troops to attack the camp before dawn. If it is not severely punished, where is the majesty of the kingdom? How can my dead and wounded soldiers be convinced? ”

"What?"

The envoy of the Date family really couldn't maintain his expression anymore and shouted out in a gaffe.

The people sent by the Shimazu family to ask for help only said that the emperor's * team fought all the way to Asahikawa Castle, but did not say who started the battle first. At this moment, when I heard that the Shimazu family had a sneak attack, this angered the imperial people to hit the Shimazu family's root farming from the seaside, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

The head of the Shimazu family is really dead!

At this moment, he was a little curious about what conditions Song Wudaunt had discussed with Shimazu Yoshida, but because of Song Wudaunt's majesty, he didn't dare to ask. But one thing has been understood, it is impossible to persuade the imperial army to release the Asahikawa clan and the Shimazu family.

Then, you have to settle for the next best.

He echoed a few words, saying that the Shimazu family really deserved to die, which made Song Wuxing's face much better. Seeing that the timing was right, he asked: "The above **** Wei, see that Shimazu Yoshida has been unable to resist for a few days." I don't know, what will General Song do after he conquers this Asahikawa City? ”

This is the issue that the envoys of the Date family are most concerned about, and even the many daimyos in the entire Cook Islands are most concerned.

If the Asahikawa clan is lost, it will be lost, and apart from the fact that the Date family may feel a little sorry, the daimyo in other parts of the island don't care about the lack of a competing force at all. What they feared was that the empire would be stimulated by the Asahikawa clan and continue to expand its sphere of influence in the hinterland of the island.

In that case, the other daimyo will be in danger.

However, Song Wuxing's statement seemed to be very sincere, which put the envoy of the Date family at ease.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, the Asahikawa Domain is so poor that it can't even compare to the small town in Songjiang County, and the brothers have complaints. What's more, there is no benefit in transporting food supplies here across the sea to labor and money, and there is no benefit, so the ghost is willing. I guess the above meaning is to use this to appease the people of Ninghai County. After a year and a half, things ceased, and the army withdrew—a place where whoever loves it! ”

"Really?"

Listening to Song Wuxing's last words, the envoy of the Date family almost jumped up with excitement, and his eyes lit up. The people of Shangguo are really generous, and they can't look down on the Asahikawa Domain casually, but the Date family wants it!

If you can pick up an Asahikawa clan for nothing without spending a single soldier, then the Date family will wake up laughing in their dreams. Once the two families become one, and then annex a few small forces in the vicinity, the Date family may also become a top daimyo such as Tokugawa and Shibata!

With indescribable satisfaction and excitement, the envoy of the Date family hurried back to report to the head of the family.

After him, the envoys of the other daimyo came one after another, and got exactly the same statement from Song Wuxing.

They were already surprised by the sudden dispatch of troops from the Empire, but now they received such a reasonable answer, coupled with the prestige of the Qianyuan Empire, almost all the daimyo were convinced that the Empire sent troops to retaliate against the stupid actions of the Shimazu family, and when the matter subsided after a while, and did not get any benefits, they would naturally evacuate!

In that case, why are you still so nervous?

In addition to the nearest daimyo and some forces to pay the necessary attention, the daimyo in the central and northern parts of Cook Island immediately put this "crisis" behind them. There were even daimyo who saw other opportunities from this incident, and began to consider whether to take the opportunity to befriend the Song generals of Shangguo and use the power of Shangguo to strengthen their own momentum.

It can be said that as long as the Matsue army was not stupid enough to destroy its promise to capture more territory, Shimazu Yoshida's plan to get other daimyo on the island to join forces to interfere had already failed.

After getting Song Wuxing's promise, no one is willing to stand up for the doomed shipwreck of the Shimazu family.

Sending off the last of the top daimyo messengers, the Matsue army launched a general assault on Asahikawa Castle the next day.

Barely supported until now, Shimazu Yoshida is really helpless. The number of people in the Asahikawa clan who are willing to continue to support the Shimazu family has become smaller and smaller. The materials and equipment to defend the city are not enough to continue to support it. On the other hand, the reinforcements of other daimyo have not moved for a long time. The little forces that the Shimazu family had scattered outside, such as the pass to prevent the Date family, had also given up and rushed back to launch a night attack and harass the Matsue army, but they were unable to intervene in the overall situation.

When the last wave of 200 soldiers rushed to the city, Shimazu Yoshida had a premonition of his end.

Falling into a state of near-madness, he was unwilling to be destroyed, and personally led a few diehards to fight to the death against the Matsue army who rushed to the castle, fulfilling his samurai dignity with his own death - but this did not change the fate of the Shimazu family in the slightest.

With the civilians defending the castle and the remaining samurai all routed, Asahikawa Castle fell to the Matsue army within a day. And the death of the Shimazu family and the change of ownership of Asahikawa Castle also spread rapidly. The rest of the Shimazu family, according to the rules that had been in use on Cook Island for a hundred years, bowed to the Matsue army, who had entered Asahikawa Castle.

It only took two more days, and the original Asahikawa Domain completely became the territory of the Matsue Army.

Song Wudaunt fulfilled his promise to the daimyos, not only did he not cross the original line of actual control of the Asahikawa Domain, but instead took the initiative to shrink his forces, leaving only a part of the patrol force on the border.

This move dispelled the last doubt in the hearts of the daimyo on the island. (To be continued.) )