Chapter 170: Charming Edo Castle III

'Bang...'

'Shhhhhh

The swords collided, blood flew everywhere, and for the first time, Keguang first felt that the samurai of the Japanese people were really difficult to fight.

Lou Xingye didn't think so, he and Huang Degong led the rise of the guard regiment to kill, and they had approached the front door of the residence of the general of Edo Castle, which was the place where the battle was fiercest in the entire city.

"Deputy Commander, you have to use a gun..."

A company commander under his command had a face covered with blood, if you look closely, there is a knife on his body, fortunately it is not too deep, Keguang looked at it first: "The training of the recruit eggs is almost over, give the order, shoot freely..."

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

No matter how fierce the samurai was, he couldn't wield a sword in front of the musket, but to Chen Cao's surprise, the samurai guarding Edo Castle had a stronger will to fight than all the feudal daimyo he fought.

"Master Hou, the casualties of the forward regiment have increased, and the flintlock pistol has exploded a lot."

Zhang Fengnian rode a horse, and his family always guarded Chen Cao's side with the Jinyi Guard, but he was now used as a battlefield herald.

"The leader is inside, who dares not to care," Chen Cao also frowned, he was a stunned young man back then, and he dared to attack the Tartar cavalry with his own kung fu, but now it is the leader who drags the family, and that impulse is long gone, what he has to do now is to command, and the key is that he is afraid of death.

"Intensify the attack, be fast..."

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Boom...

Lou Xingye kicked the Japanese warrior in front of him away, and by the way, he pulled the long Qi knife out of the unlucky warrior's body: "Huang Degong, cover me, I'm going to rush in." ”

"Tiger squatting cannon, blast the gate open to Lao Tzu..."

Two soldiers stepped forward with a tiger squatting cannon, and with a cannon sound, the heavy gate of the general's mansion was smashed...

"Ready... put..."

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

was opened, and what caught Huang Degong's eyes was a group of Japanese soldiers holding iron cannons inside the door, if it weren't for his quick eyes to pull Lou Xingye, who was about to charge, Lou Xingye would have been beaten into a sieve at this moment.

"Damn..."

Lou Xingye struggled to get up from the ground, and the soldiers behind them suffered at least fifty or sixty casualties after being attacked by the Japanese army's iron artillery team.

One by one, the soldiers who did not die directly fell to the ground and wailed.

"What the hell... Thunder Jar..."

"Commander, the thunder canister is gone..."

"Then the hell bring the fire oil..."

Huang Degong and Lou Xingye personally threw the two ignited fire oil into it, and after the last wave of gunfire, the gate burst into flames, and wails were heard all over the field...

"Raise your gun..."

"Put..."

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

While the fire was burning, Huang Degong immediately ordered his subordinates to put a round of guns into the door, and then handed the flintlock pistol to the soldiers, and took out the Yanling knife and looked at Lou Xingye: "Rush..."

"Kill..."

Zhang Fengnian rode his horse back again: "Master Hou, the guard regiment has rushed in..."

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin: "Go and give Song Che an order, start collecting money after blocking the four gates, and retreat immediately after calming down." ”

"Yes..."

The battle in the shogun's mansion was extremely fierce, and the samurai here were all loyal fans of the Tokugawa family, and all of them were willing to repay the lord's great favor with death.

But alas, these people always thought that the Ming people would also follow the spirit of bushido in their own country and engage them in one-on-one white-knuckle battles at the last moment.

'Bang...'

Chen Cao personally fired a shot, knocking half of the head of a warrior in front of Lou Xingye.

"Don't waste time with them, Zhang Fengnian, quickly exterminate them."

Zhang Fengnian immediately stepped forward: "Family Ding team, raise the gun..."

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

'Bang bang... Bang bang ... Bang bang...'

After the smoke of gunfire, the more than 100 faithful samurai who blocked the road in the front hall all fell to the ground, wailing and screaming on the ground even if they were lucky enough to be alive.

Chen Cao walked forward with their bodies and went straight to the front hall.

Ishikawa Shuwa sat in the middle of the front hall, followed by twenty or thirty kneeling people, all elite samurai in armor.

'Huh...'

Jinyiwei opened the temple door in the middle, and Chen Cao appeared in front of the temple gate, and Ishikawa Shuhe looked up at Chen Cao: "The people of the Ming Kingdom also want to covet my Japanese land?" ”

After Liao Yaowen translated, Chen Cao sneered: "Ben Hou has no interest in your Wa Kingdom, Jiajing Wa Chaos, you don't care, now let you try the taste of being beaten at home." ”

"Aren't you Toyotomi's helpers?" Ishikawa asked again.

Chen Cao didn't talk, because the secret agent outside the hall was telling Chen Cao the details of Ishikawa Shuhe, and Chen Cao nodded after listening: "It's a little interesting..."

Seeing that Chen Cao didn't answer, Ishikawa Shuhe asked again: "Does General Ming have any conditions?" ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at him, and then said coldly: "Is there no soldier in the general's mansion?" ”

Ishikawa Shuwa didn't lie either, nodding: "No..."

In fact, there are nearly 100 elite samurai in the castle tower protecting Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the reason why Ishikawa Shuwa appeared in the front hall to talk to Chen Cao is also because he wants to give Iemitsu a chance to live.

"You're just delaying time, Benhou won't talk to you more, give you half a pillar of incense, and invite Tokugawa Iemitsu to the front hall for me, if you don't move, Benhou will attack it, and the entire general's mansion will not be left, and, don't talk to Benhou about conditions, now you are all meat under Benhou's knife, go quickly..."

After Liao Yaowen translated, Ishikawa Shuwa took a deep breath, bowed to Chen Cao, and then got up and walked towards the castle tower behind him.

There were only sporadic battles in the city at the moment, which was a trivial matter for Song Che, and Huang Degong and Lou Xingye, the two chief and deputy commanders of the guard regiment who had already solved the threat around the general's mansion, walked up to Chen Cao with a knife to report the battle situation: "Master Hou, I have captured a lot, according to your orders, there is no life, and now I am collecting money." ”

Chen Cao nodded: "You go to do business, and pay attention to whether there are Japanese reinforcements around the city, you must be cautious." ”

"Yes..."

At this moment, the Jinyi Wei Baihu, who was in charge of the intelligence of Edo Castle, personally rushed to the general's mansion, because Chen Cao had something important to ask him.

The head of the hundred households is the standard Japanese samurai dress: "Back to the marquis, there are many branches of the Tokugawa family, the eldest son of the contemporary shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu died at birth, and now he has no heirs, only a daughter, if the family is dead, then the position of the shogun can only be found among his brothers, he has a younger brother named Tokugawa Tadanaga, and now he is the lord of Sunfu Castle." ”

"Is there a chance for the three royal families to get the position of general?" Chen Cao asked again.

Hyaknohe said: "The Ashikaga shogunate had this phenomenon in the past, and now the Tokugawa family has just been the third generation of generals, and Tokugawa Iemitsu is also young, if he dies suddenly, Tokugawa Hidetada may appoint Tokugawa Tadanaga as the next general, as for the three families, if there are many descendants and retainers to support, maybe they can also become generals." ”

"Whew..."Chen Cao let out a sigh, and then thought for a while: "If both Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa Iemitsu are dead, who do you think the Tokugawa family will let be the governor?" ”

Baihu thoughtfully: "Back to the marquis, if both of them die, it is very likely that the twelve feudal daimyo who are loyal to the Tokugawa family will support Tokugawa Tadashi." ”

"Do you know who is more powerful, Tokugawa Iemitsu or Tokugawa Tadanaga?"

"Lord Hou didn't know that when Tokugawa Ieyasu was reincarnated, the two brothers had earned the position of generals."

"Oh?" Chen Cao raised his eyebrows: "In this way, there is still a little dirt between the two brothers?" ”

Baihu nodded: "Hou Ye Mingjian, Tokugawa Hidetada thought that he was smarter and more well-behaved than the current general Tokugawa Iemitsu when Tokugawa Tadanaga was young, but I don't know what reason made Iemitsu inherit the position of general, it is precisely because of this that Tokugawa Tadanaga's personality has become extremely bad, and I heard that he has a habit of killing." ”

Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction, now it seems that if he really wants to pacify the Wa Kingdom in the future, Chen Cao will indeed have to use some means, and after knowing it, he quietly waited for Ishikawa to bring Tokugawa Iemitsu to see him.

Surrounded by heavy surrounding, Tokugawa Iemitsu, accompanied by a group of confidants and samurai, walked into the front hall with Ishikawa Shukazu, and sat down calmly in his own position as a general.

Chen Cao didn't sit still, and when he saw this scene, he asked Liao Yaowen to come forward to translate.

Ishikawa Shuhe walked up to Chen Cao and saluted very politely: "General Mingguo, my general wants to discuss the next matter with you." ”

"Counsel?" Chen Cao frowned: "Now you are all my subordinates, you have no right to negotiate with Benhou, you can only agree to Benhou's conditions." ”

After listening to the translation, Tokugawa Iemitsu waved away Ishikawa Shuwa, and spoke in person: "General Mingguo, what do you want?" ”

Chen Cao was pressed for time, so he spoke: "Benhou said one thing, you all listen well, the people in the palace, except for Tokugawa Iemitsu, Benhou can spare you from death." ”

What does that mean?

Ishikawa Shuwa immediately stood up: "General Mingguo, don't deceive people too much. ”

A short, well-dressed man beside him immediately stood up and scolded, although Chen Cao couldn't understand it, his behavior was similar to that of Miyoshi Zhengkang back then.

After Chen Cao gave him a look, Zhang Fengnian immediately pulled out his close-fitting handcuff and pulled the trigger on the guy.

'Bang...'

The smoke cleared, and the dwarf fell to the ground, blood streaming down the wooden floor in the direction of the temple gate.

None of the people in the hall were surprised, but they were all filled with righteous indignation, and they became noisy in an instant.

Chen Cao understood their swearing, so he took two steps back, and the family soldiers behind him stepped forward one after another, aiming at the group of warriors who wanted to make a move.

"Stop..."

Tokugawa Iemitsu retreated from his retainers, and on a route where everyone got out of the way, Chen Cao had already knelt down on one knee in front of a row of family members, and there was a row of family members standing behind him.