"I'm the general of the enemy? Impossible. They would rather Edo Castle be breached than let me be in power again. Abe Tadaaki smiled coldly.

The daimyo who can really fight, the dead die, the retreat, the shogunate has no generals who know the soldiers.

Abe Tadaaki was the only one left to bear fruit, but because of his opposition to the expulsion of Chinese merchants, he was expelled from the court by the elder Sakai Tadashi.

When the Edo ronin rioted, only Abe Tadaaki opposed the expulsion. He believes that the reason why the ronin is making trouble is because he has no life and should let the ronin go to work. From then on, he was isolated by the other daimyo and offended the shogun, who had just succeeded to the throne.

By the way, Abe Tadaaki is the lord of the Musashi Kuni Shinobi Domain, but unfortunately he doesn't know ninjutsu like in the anime.

Inaba Masanori, the feudal lord of the Odawara Domain, was appointed as the chief general at this time. This old man is a daimyo of the spectrum, equivalent to the Tokugawa family's subordinate dragon hero, coupled with the support of the powerful minister Sakai Tadashiyo, no one can object to him as the commander-in-chief.

As for military talent and command experience, it can only be said that he once went to the battlefield and suppressed the Amakusa Shiro Uprising with the army.

The lookout came down from the hot air balloon and took the freshly drawn plan of the castle to meet Huang Fei, the commander of the Japanese War.

Huang Fei is the nephew of Huang Long, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, who served as the chief soldier of the Daming Water Division, and was the first to lead his troops to return to the Datong Army in Shandong. He is not young anymore, and after this battle, he will have to step down from his post and be transferred from the army to take up a position in the Governor's Palace.

Huang Fei looked at the castle plan for a while and said, "This is a bit like a European fortress, with angular walls everywhere. The north side is a mountain, and it is inconvenient to set up artillery to attack, so it is better to camp step by step from the south. ”

Aside from the different architectural styles inside the castle, Edo Castle is very much like a 16th-century fortress in Europe.

It's a bit of a baston shadow, but it only has the rudiments of a bast.

To the southwest is the outermost city, which can be accessed by only one gate. In the middle and southeast is the second city, which is accessible by two gates. To the east and central is the third city, which is also accessible by two gates. To the northeast is the most in-town castle, where the shogun lived.

That is, the entire castle has four areas, each separated by a wall. And as the mountains rise and fall, the city walls are higher and higher, and it is difficult to break through in the era of cold weapons.

"The artillery position has been measured, let's demolish the house." Huang Fei ordered.

The ronin, who took the initiative to take refuge, took the Japanese people who were temporarily hired to demolish the houses closest to the city walls. Artillery positions need to be arranged there, and the removed wooden planks can also be used to make ladders and other equipment.

The demolished block is located in Shitamachi, where it is mainly inhabited by small traders and artisans.

Groups of Edo people were driven away, and they were full of resentment against the Daido army, but they did not dare to show it, and just left silently with their heads bowed. Craftsmen in particular, with cheap goods from China, put them in danger of losing their jobs, and the textile industry in Edo was almost finished, leaving only some special fabrics to sell.

"Boom, boom!"

The sound of artillery suddenly rang out, but it was the city that opened fire, aiming at the Japanese people who were demolishing their houses.

Those hired by the Daido army as civil servants were all unemployed people from Edo. They fled from the shells, and they didn't want to demolish their houses again.

Huang Fei called a few ronins and said to them, "Each of you takes ten people and determines the house you want to demolish." Once the target is dismantled, the team can rest. The sooner it is completed, the higher the reward. The first team to complete the dismantling will be rewarded with one stone of rice each. The second team that has completed the dismantling will be rewarded with half a stone of rice each. The third team that has been dismantled will be rewarded with 20 catties of rice each. After that, according to the ranking, each team will decrease by one catty. ”

When the rice was moved out, the Japanese ronin and civilians immediately had the motivation to demolish those houses under artillery fire.

Huang Fei is not afraid of wasting food, anyway, after winning the war, the loss of military expenses will be compensated by the shogunate.

Under the heavy reward, the house was demolished quickly.

There are also many Japanese carpenters who have also been forcibly recruited to turn the freshly dismantled wooden planks into various siege equipment.

After two or three days of such a grind, a large block was finally demolished, and the next step was to fill in the moat.

Inaba Masanori, the general of the Japanese city guard, found the powerful minister Sakai Tadakiyo and said: "Your Excellency, the enemy has demolished the houses and is building a storm car and ladder for the siege of the city. Those siege equipment, not far from the demolished towntown, can send some brave samurai to attack and burn at night. ”

"A night raid is a good ploy." Sakai Tadakiyo said approvingly.

The plan was approved, and Inaba took immediate action. He gathered 500 dead soldiers, gave them grease, and told the death squad to drink and set off.

Five hundred samurai wore white cloth sashes, received some settling-in allowances, and waited for the night to fall.

They drank half a bowl of sake, set off in high spirits, and crossed the bridge in the dark with cans. Everything seemed to be going well, and the Datong army looked defenseless.

"Jingle bell~~~"

In the quiet night, a bell suddenly rang, and more than 100 of the Datong soldiers who were napping with their eyes closed opened their eyes and picked up the muskets that had already been loaded.

Outside, only a faint figure could be seen, and all the soldiers were shooting at the figure.

Immediately after firing a bullet, he rushed out with a bayonet.

The moment the five hundred samurai hit the bell, they knew they were furious. Some people subconsciously wanted to withdraw, and many more stopped hiding, screaming and rushing forward. Crackling gunshots rang out, and not only did many of them fall to the ground, but the gunfire calmed down the fanatical samurai, and more and more samurai stopped charging.

It was pitch black, and it was retreating again, and hundreds of samurai were completely unorganized, only knowing that they were fleeing in the direction of the castle, and the Datong army who was caught up was stabbed with bayonets.

Of the five hundred samurai, less than half fled back to the city.

"It's better to make peace." Tsuchiya Shushu, who has just been promoted to the old middle school, said straightly.

Hisashi Hiroyuki echoed: "You can send someone to try." ”

Sakai Tadashi looked at Lin Efeng: "Your father and son have served as envoys to the Tang Dynasty several times. Your father has passed away, and the responsibility for this peace negotiation will be entrusted to you. ”

"Yes!" Lin Efeng stubbornly agreed.

He is the son of the Japanese great Confucian Lin Luoshan, named Lin Shu, and Goose Peak is his number.

Lin Efeng came to the outside of the city in a basket, and after he made his intentions clear, he was taken to see the hoopoe, a civilian official of the army.

"Lin Shu, the minister of the lower country, meet the angel of the upper kingdom." Lin Goose Peak said.

The hoopoe arched his hand slightly: "Honglu Temple hoopoe, please sit down." ”

After Lin Efeng sat down, he actually had a very hard mouth and asked, "Dare to ask the angel, what does the heavenly soldier mean by coming here?" The division is nameless, and the unrighteous war is also! ”

Hoopoe sneered: "The subject country expelled the merchants of the Celestial Empire without authorization, and confiscated the property of the merchants of the Celestial Empire without authorization. Is this the way things are big in Japan? Japan is not big, and the Celestial Empire does not need to be small. If you are unjust, then the Celestial Empire can be unkind! ”

The Confucian concept of diplomacy can be summed up in four words: big things and small things.

A big country should be benevolent and righteous in dealing with a small country, and should not be bullied casually; A small country serving a big country should be wise and not easily provoked.

The hoopoe casually said the content of "Mencius", and directly labeled the shogunate "can't do a big deal", which made Lin Efeng not know how to justify. Even if it can be justified, it is only a quibble, because Japan has violated the basic Confucian concept of diplomacy.

The two exchanged words, and the hoopoe had the upper hand.

Lin Efeng, who questioned as soon as he came, could only explain as much as possible at this time: "Closing the country is Japan's internal affair. There may be some profiteers in China who violated the shogunate's edict to smuggle and trade with local daimyos. The expulsion of the people in front of the shogunate was not a good citizen of China, but a traitor of China. Just like the Japanese who plundered the Ming Kingdom, they are also traitors who were expelled from our country. The Ming Kingdom killed the Japanese invaders, and Japan would only applaud. Those involved in smuggling do not need to let the two countries meet each other. ”

"Poof!"

Hoopoe slapped the table angrily: "The Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted in China, could the Chinese maritime merchants have been captured in Japan?" You are so bold that you dare to confuse the good businessmen of China with the heinous Japanese bandits! You and I don't have to say any more, come on, send off! ”

"Angels are angry, angels are angry," Lin Efeng finally panicked, "What is the explanation of His Majesty the Emperor, please say it to the angels, and I will definitely tell the general word for word." ”

Hoopoe said: "First, Japan must bear the full amount of the military expenses for this military trip. Second, the return of the goods of the Chinese merchants. Third, Japan must be founded. Fourth, Chinese gold, silver and copper coins can be used in Japan, and Japanese merchants may not refuse to accept them. Fifth, Ezo Island (Hokkaido) originally belonged to the Nuer Gandu Division of the Ming Dynasty, and is now the territory of our Datong China. I heard that Japan made a map, and I actually painted Ezo Island as a Japanese land. Change the map of Japan immediately and recognize Ezo Island as Chinese territory! ”

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

Lin Efeng took the pen and wrote it all down, took it back and handed it to Sakai Tadashi.

Tokugawa Ietsuna, the shogun, read the content of the article, and finally said something rarely: "Where is Ezo Island?" ”

Sakai Tadakiyo replied, "It was a dependency of the Matsumae Domain. ”

Tokugawa Ietsuna wondered, "Why didn't I know there was another Matsumae Domain?" ”

Sakai Tadashi said, "The Matsumae clan was a daimyo without a stone high, and only had the treatment of a flag. ”

The reason why Sakai Tadashiyo is so clear is because the Matsumae Domain's flag treatment was bought by bribing him.

Before that, the Matsumae Domain didn't even count the flags. Its ancestor, Matsumae Keihiro, defeated the local Ezo people, led Japanese immigrants to build a village, and was recognized for defecting to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and successfully became independent from the Anto family.

A flag is treated, and there is no Shi Gao's name, who cares if he lives or dies?

"It is rumored that Ezo Island is very cold, covered with ice and snow all year round, so it is impossible to grow rice, so you can only hunt and fish. This kind of wild land is the homeland of China, so we don't need to hold it in our hands. I propose that the Matsumae clan be stripped of its title and the Matsumae family's flag status should be revoked. From now on, the Matsumae family will be the people of China, not my subjects of Japan. ”

"As it should be." Many veterans and senators nodded.

No one takes Hokkaido seriously, what do you do where you can't grow rice?

Of the five items in the contract, Hokkaido is what Zhao Han attaches the most importance to, but it is the least important thing that the Japanese shogunate attaches the most importance to.

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