The emergence of the "Fallen Curtain Alliance" is exactly the situation that Li Xianzhong hopes to see.

He ordered the Kaga army in Edo and Azig on Kawanaka Island not to act rashly for the time being.

If too much pressure was put on Tokugawa Iemitsu and he turned around and compromised with the four feudal powers, then his plan to provoke their infighting would have failed.

He wiped out 8,000 shogunate troops on Sado Island, and more than 10,000 main shogunate troops on Edo and Kawanakajima, but in fact only eliminated the main forces of more than 30,000 Tokugawa families.

Although these losses are not small, they are far from the extent of breaking the muscles and bones.

The reason why Tokugawa Iemitsu felt uncomfortable was that he lost the gold mountain of Sato, which caused the shogunate's financial resources to begin to dry up.

What's more, the Huaxia army of Edominato, as well as the Huaxia warship in Edo Bay, are like a sharp sword hanging over his head, making him unable to move.

He had to amass heavy troops at Edo Castle to defend against possible surprise attacks by the Huaxia army.

On one side is the menacing coalition army, and on the other side is the Chinese who are eyeing the tiger, which makes Tokugawa Iemitsu have to make a choice.

It was clear that the Tokugawa shogunate was not capable of fighting on two fronts.

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu's favorite retainer Hotta Masamori said: "Maybe we can try to contact the Chinese people and find out their real purpose for this invasion of our country!" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu was never born with the favor of his father. His father, Tokugawa Hidetada, and his biological mother, E, doted on his younger brother Kunimatsu, but they didn't care much about Iemitsu.

Since childhood, the family grew up under the care of the wet nurse Kasuga Bureau, and in the process of growing up, he also saw countless ugly struggles for power between his biological mother and the nursing mother.

As a result, he gradually developed the habit of misogynism and preference for men.

Later, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo shogunate, announced that Iemitsu would succeed him as the third shogun.

At the age of nineteen, Iemitsu married Takako Masamuro Takashi, but he didn't have much interest in women.

Eight years have passed, and there are still no heirs between him and his filial son, and he usually doesn't even talk to his wife's room.

Therefore, Tokugawa Iemitsu's behavior did not arouse the disgust of his subordinates, and what annoyed them was that Tokugawa Iemitsu had no children under his knees.

For Hotta Masamori's opinion, Tokugawa Iemitsu naturally attaches great importance to it.

Although the news came before that the Chinese Emperor Li Xianzhong wanted to raise a national army to crusade against the Japanese State, it was obvious that the actions of the Huaxia Army in the past few months were a bit thunderous and rainy.

And they did not escalate their war with the shogunate any further in the near future.

Hotta Masamori volunteered and was willing to take on the heavy task of negotiating with the Huaxia Army.

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu's most trusted younger brother Masayuki Hoshina was confronting the Huaxia Army on Kawanakajima, and the most trusted person around him was Hotta Masamori.

The important task of negotiating with an enemy country must be entrusted to one's own cronies, and if the negotiators collude with the enemy country with two hearts, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although he was reluctant to let his beloved take risks, in order to find out the bottom line of Huaxia, Hotta Masamori finally came to Edo Minato.

He was met by Deng Gang, the commander of the Liaodong Naval Division.

He knew that the Japanese had come to hear the truth, so he did not choose to meet them at the port.

Instead, he invited Hotta Masamori to his flagship Jinzhou.

Although the 1,800-ton Galen galleon is now outdated, it still does not affect the use of these Japanese people to deter them.

Deng Gang said: "The main purpose of Huaxia's expedition to the Japanese State this time is for gold and silver, that is, to cross the gold mountain to the left and see the silver mountain with the stone. As soon as the shogunate ceded Tsushima Island, Sado Island, Iwami Province, and Echigo Province to Huaxia, they withdrew their troops from Edo. ”

Except for Iwamikoku, in fact, these places are already under the actual control of Huaxia.

The Tokugawa shogunate was simply not able to recover it.

Iwami Province is now in the hands of the Mori family of the Nagasu Domain, and although it is not a direct domain of the shogunate, the Iwami Ginzan produces a huge amount of silver.

It was a heavy blow to the shogunate, which had already lost the Shogunate to the Golden Mountain.

Hotta Masamori said he needed to ask Tokugawa Iemitsu for instructions.

Deng Gang released the other Japanese back to Edo, but detained Hotta Masamori himself.

And let them bring a message to Tokugawa Iemitsu, if he did not agree to Huaxia's conditions, then they had to take Hotta Masamori back to the Forbidden City in Huaxia to be a eunuch.

If a lover is robbed, he will fight for it, and even kill his rival; If the lover is killed, even with the determination of seppuku, he must find the murderer and take revenge.

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious, and on the spot he ordered all the 80,000 shogunate troops in Edo Castle to assemble and go out of the city to fight to the death with the Huaxia army.

His move frightened many of the Tokugawa retainers, who stopped Tokugawa Iemitsu's crazy moves.

Not to mention whether they can win the Huaxia army, even if they are driven out of Edominato, they will not be able to rescue Hotta Masamori from Huaxia's warship.

In the end, Tokugawa Iemitsu had to consider the conditions of the Chinese people,

The conditions put forward by Huaxia Guo are really harsh.

If only the two outer islands of Tsushima and Zudo were ceded, the shogunate would still be able to accept it.

Iwami Province and Echigo Province are the territory of the main island of the Wa Kingdom, and once it is occupied by the Huaxia Army for a long time, they will definitely use it as a springboard to plot against the entire Wa Kingdom.

Just as Tokugawa Iemitsu was in a dilemma, it was reported that the Coalition Army had formed an army of 70,000 men and was marching towards Kyoto.

Kyoto in Wakuni, also known as Heiankyo, is the residence of the Emperor of Wakuni.

Although the core of the shogunate had long since shifted to Edo Castle, Kyoto remained the nominal capital of the Wakoku Kingdom.

The move of the Shogunate Coalition was clearly intended to compete for the emperor in order to threaten the position of the shogunate.

Despite his reluctance, the Tokugawa shogunate had no choice but to reach an alliance with Huaxia at this time.

On August 15, the third year of the reign of the Emperor of the Emperor's reign, the Tokugawa shogunate signed the Edo Treaty with the Kaxia aboard the Jinshu outside the Edo Port.

The treaty stipulates that the Wa Kingdom will cede Tsushima Island, Sado Island, and Echigo Province and Iwami Province on Honshu Island to Huaxia.

The Wa Kingdom paid 200,000 taels of silver and 200 tons of copper ingots to China every year.

The Wa State fully opened its ports to China, and it was not allowed to prevent Chinese merchant ships from trading with the Wa State.

Kata withdrew its troops from Edo and was not allowed to invade the rest of the Wa Kingdom.

After the Tokugawa shogunate delivered 200,000 taels of silver, the Kata sailors evacuated Edo Bay, and Hotta Masamori returned to the arms of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was extremely angry, could only vent his anger on the body of the Fallen Coalition Army.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun, personally led an army of 120,000 to Kyoto, ready to fight to the death against the Shogunate coalition forces.

Of course, he was not stupid, in order to prevent the Huaxia army on Kawanaka Island from taking the opportunity to sneak attack from behind, he still left 40,000 shogunate troops stationed near Kawanaka Island to confront the Huaxia army.

Although he obtained Iwami Ginzan, at this time Iwami was under the control of the Chosu Domain.

In order to make the fallen feudal clans feel at ease and fight a decisive battle with the shogunate army, Li Xianzhong generously said that the Huaxia army would not occupy Iwami Province for the time being.

In addition, they sold some armaments such as muskets and armor and large quantities of grain to the vassal states at favorable prices.

The feudal states, led by the Satsuma clan, recognized the "Edo Treaty" signed by the Tokugawa clan as a traitorous treaty and called on the feudal states to stand up and overthrow the rule of the Tokugawa clan.

For a time, the originally neutral vassal states came forward to support the Coalition Army.

Soon, the coalition army also grew to more than 100,000 people.

The two sides fought a great battle outside the city of Kyoto.

Originally, the coalition was the attacker, and the Tokugawa family, as the defender, only needed to hold Kyoto.

However, Kyoto Castle had no walls for a long time, and after Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the Wa Kingdom, an earthen wall was built for Kyoto, which was really not suitable for defense.

Tokugawa Iemitsu believed that the coalition forces on the opposite side were just a rabble.

The shogunate army, as an official army, should take the initiative to defeat the other party in one fell swoop, so the shogunate army lined up outside Kyoto Castle.

At this time, the total number of men and horses on both sides exceeded 250,000, and it was another battle of unprecedented scale in the history of the Japanese kingdom after the "Battle of Sekigahara".

Under the cover of artillery, the 10,000 vanguard battalion consisting of the Nagasu Domain and the Hizen Domain soon launched an attack on the shogunate army

Just as the two sides were fighting a decisive battle outside the city of Kyoto.

The elite of the Yachiyama Domain on the island of Shikoku is boarding a transport ship from Huaxia.

Their target this time is Osaka Castle, which is less than 100 miles from Kyoto.

Twenty years ago, Tokugawa Ieyasu eliminated the Toyotomi family at Oban, and the Tokugawa shogunate was officially established.

Now the Shimazu family wants to use the big board as the key to breaking the game.

Oban was not only the largest city in the Kansai region, but also the largest grain and grass stockpile in the Tokugawa shogunate.

In this kind of battle in Kyoto, it is difficult to tell the winner without fighting for a year and a half.

At this time, grain and grass have become an important factor in the victory or defeat.

Although the walls of the Great Board were extremely tall, there were not many shogunate troops left at this time, only 3,000 people.

The sudden arrival of the Satsuma Domain's army under Osaka Castle caught them off guard.

Moreover, the Satsuma clan was equipped with Kaka's bird guns and 6-pounder Franc cannons, and the shogunate troops in the castle were quickly suppressed by the artillery fire under the castle.

An hour later, the Satsuma clan invaded Oita Castle.

The loss of Oita Castle dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the shogunate army.

Not only did the Shogunate lose a lot of baggage, but it also meant that the enemy could enter the hinterland of the Shogunate through the big boards, or even directly enter Edo Castle.

The Tokugawa shogunate also protested against the Kaka's efforts to help transport the Satsuma domain.

Huaxia's explanation is simple: the Satsuma clan chartered their transport ships, and the Huaxia army did not directly participate in the civil war of the Wa Kingdom.

If the Tokugawa shogunate had a similar need, as long as the price was right, the Kaxia transport ships could also transport the shogunate army.

Although he was angry in his heart, at this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu had no other words than to scold the Chinese people for being "shameless".

The Huaxia did not violate the Edo Treaty.

Fueled by the Chinese forces, the Shogunate Coalition Army, which was originally weak, barely reached a draw with the Shogunate Army.

The two sides fought hard under the castle of Kyoto for four months, and each lost tens of thousands of casualties.

In the end, both sides had to temporarily withdraw their troops.

Although the coalition forces failed to take Kyoto, they were able to obtain the big board, and now all the territory west of Kyoto is under their ownership.

Although the shogunate did not admit it, it had to accept this reality.

Li Xianzhong saw that they were almost finished, and naturally it was time for him to collect the account.

As soon as the two sides stopped in Kyoto, Li Xianzhong sent Wu Sangui to lead the army to occupy Iwami Province and control Iwami Ginzan.

After nearly half a year of construction, the road from the mine to the port on Zuodu Island has been repaired, and the efficiency of ore transshipment has been greatly improved.

The gold and silver produced by Zuodu caused a sensation in China.

The Huaxia investment group is even more interested in Iwami Yinshan.

At this time, the Fallen Curtain Alliance relied entirely on the support of Huaxia, and although the Changzhou Domain was unhappy, he still reluctantly handed over Iwami Province.

However, the Tokugawa shogunate was not so lucky.

Tokugawa Iemitsu soon received an ultimatum from Huaxia that they must deliver the 200 tons of copper ingots stipulated in the Edo Treaty by January 1 of the fourth year of the reign of Qianxi.

The Tokugawa shogunate was busy with the war throughout the second half of last year, and a large number of young men were recruited, and the output of various copper mines naturally dropped significantly.

So they only delivered 100 tons of copper ingots.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was still arguing with the envoys of Huaxia, trying to extend the date of delivery of the copper ingots by the shogunate.

On January 1, the Kaka Army declared the Treaty of Edo null and void on the grounds that the Tokugawa Shogunate had failed to complete the Treaty of Edo.

The Huaxia army suddenly increased its troops in Kawanakajima Castle, and the frightened Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately increased his troops in Kawanakajima.

In order to prevent the Huaxia army from landing in Edo again, he had already withdrawn the main force of Kyoto to Edo Castle.

However, when it was unexpected, the Huaxia army did not attack Kawanakajima, nor did it attack Edo.

Instead, they sent troops from Echigo Province and went all the way west to capture the coastal areas of Echichu, Kaga, and Echizen.

Then the Huaxia army went south directly from Echizen and conquered Omi.

At this time, even a fool could see that the Huaxia army was going to capture Kyoto.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate still deployed 30,000 heavy troops around Kyoto, as long as they were dealing with the coalition forces west of Kyoto, they did not expect that the Huaxia army would suddenly attack from the north of Kyoto.

After more than half a year of rest and training, the Huaxia Army has fully adapted to the terrain and climate of Japan.

Coupled with the fact that they were equipped with powerful firearms, it was natural that the capture of Kyoto would not be a problem.

The walls of Kyoto are nothing but an earthen wall, not to mention the corner towers and the city defense, and there are not even soldiers on the earthen wall.

The Huaxia army soon killed people inside the castle of Kyoto.

Although the Japanese army in the city was not afraid of death, they tried to stop the Chinese army through street fighting.

However, the gap in equipment between the two sides cannot be made up by the bravery of the Japanese army.

Moreover, these Japanese armies like to launch group charges, so that the Huaxia army can easily inflict heavy losses on them.

On January 15, the fourth year of Qianxi, the Chinese Emperor Li Xianzhong entered the city of Kyoto surrounded by 30,000 Chinese troops!

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