Daming Military Empire

Chapter 223 The final battle between the Honshu duo

The Tagawa family of Hirado unified Kyushu and Shikoku in less than a month. All the princes of Honshu looked at him with admiration. Now no one dares to despise him. On the contrary, they are all afraid, afraid of this blacksmith wielding Army Honshu and wiped them out.

At this time, the various princes on Honshu Island have already regretted it a bit. Why didn't they form an alliance with him at the beginning? I didn't expect that he was good at blacksmithing, and he was even better at beating people. They're all beaten down, it doesn't matter if they come from a humble background, as long as they have strength.

Just when the princes of Honshu were about to move, and wanted to contact the Tianchuan clan, form an alliance with them, and conspire with Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate issued an announcement or a call to action.

The proclamation first listed the crimes committed by Mr. Tian Chuan:
First, Tian Chuan's family name is Hizen Guardian, but he is actually a traitor. His son-in-law Zheng Zhilong is the Zhennan King of the Ming Dynasty. If he is allowed to seize the power of Dongying, Dongying is likely to become a vassal of Ming Dynasty;
Second, the Tianchuan family colluded with pirates, and they were extremely shameless. They landed in the four countries by relying on pirate fleets to transport large troops. If they were allowed to take power, Japan would become a world of pirates!
Thirdly, in order to expand the power, the Tianchuan clan did everything they could to take in the traitor Amakusa Tokisada. If he were allowed to take power, Japan would surely be in chaos!
Fourth, the Tianchuan clan was extremely cruel. In the name of protection, he killed the head of the Matsuura family and all the retainers of the Matsuura clan. He was an out-and-out butcher;
Well, some of the crimes listed by the Tokugawa family are groundless. Even Tokugawa Iemitsu thinks he is talking nonsense, but, in fact, these are all true!

At the end of the essay, Tokugawa Iemitsu appealed loudly that the shogun can only come from Honshu, and that outsiders should not be allowed to take over the position of shogun, such as Minamoto Yoshimi of the Kamakura shogunate, Ashikaga Takashi of the Muromachi shogunate, including their Edo shogunate The Tokugawas are all from Honshu. It is precisely because they are from Honshu that Honshu has always maintained its position as the center of Japan. If an outsider is allowed to be the shogun, Honshu’s central status will definitely be lost. The princes of Lu, unite and conquer the Tianchuan clan.

This is not his nonsense, the princes of Honshu have always had a tradition of xenophobia, Kyushu and Shikoku are not without great figures, such as Shimadzu Yoshihisa of the Satsuma Domain, Nagamune Kabumoto of the Tosa Kingdom The relatives once had the strength to aspire to the East, but they were all beaten to the ground by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the princes of Honshu.

The princes from all walks of life who received the letter couldn't help hesitating. They had heard about one or two things about the Tian Chuan family, but who can guarantee that they have not made mistakes? It is understandable to have one or two things, but if If the Tian Chuan family is really as stated in the document, then this person is too scary, who dares to cooperate with him!In addition, he is from Jiuzhou, and he is likely to move the center of Japan to Jiuzhou after he takes power. Perhaps, as Tokugawa Iemitsu said, it is the right choice to unite and destroy him.

Just when the princes from all walks of life in Honshu were hesitating, a letter of appeal was passed to Zheng Zhilong. It is estimated that the family will not be able to stand it anymore. Regardless of the fact that the Tianchuan family now has 25 troops, there are more than 50 vassal states in Honshu, and there are at least three to four million troops in combination.

Moreover, the Tagawa family did not have much advantage in weapons. They had a total of one hundred thousand matchlock guns and bird guns. The princes of Honshu also colluded with the Dutch, Portuguese, Spaniards and even pirates. They may not have many arquebuses and birdcracks individually, but the sum of them is terrifying, and it must not be less than one hundred thousand. If there is a real fight, the Tianchuan family may not be able to win!
How to do it?Zheng Zhilong couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask everyone to discuss it, but they couldn't help it. How can you control other people's ideas, you can't pry their heads off one by one, let them lean towards Tian Chuan.

Since everyone had no other choice, the only option was to ask the emperor for instructions. Therefore, he wrote the current situation in Dongying as a memorial and sent it to the capital with the fastest sailing boat.

Zhu Cijiong received the memorial, read the call to action, and thought hard. The key to this problem lies in Tokugawa Iemitsu. As long as he gets rid of him, no one will be organized, and the gang of princes in Honshu will become a mess.

Or assassination?If Zheng Zhilong could be assassinated, I am afraid that someone would have ordered someone to do it. It is estimated that Tokugawa Iemitsu's defenses are tight and there is no way to start.Since assassination is not possible, then there is no choice but to frame him. He must be made to 'make' a very serious mistake, preferably bigger than the one made by Tianchuan Yuhuang, then the princes of all walks of life will not believe him.

What is the biggest mistake you can make in Japan?After thinking about it, Zhu Cijiong finally remembered one thing, and that was to murder that so-and-so emperor.Don't look at the so-and-so emperor who is now a puppet and has no power at all. It will be a big disaster in the future. Just take this opportunity to get rid of him and completely solve this disaster!

Zheng Zhilong was really taken aback when he received Zhu Cijiong's secret decree, what kind of emperor is that!But after thinking about it, the so-and-so emperor is not the emperor of Ming Dynasty, so if he has anything to do with him, just kill him.

Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't expect this to happen, he only thought that the Tagawa family might come to assassinate him, so he guarded himself tightly. As for the emperor, the guards were not so strict.

It was still the old way, a group of masked assassins assassinated the emperor at night, and then left behind a few corpses, and fled, and these corpses were just a few subordinates of Iemitsu Tokugawa, people who knew them a lot.

Now Tokugawa Iemitsu can't argue with it, even if everyone doesn't believe that he will murder the emperor, but the corpse left by the assassin is his subordinate, how to explain this?

So what kind of emperor is a spiritual symbol in Dongying. Although he has no power now, he is the lord of Dongying in name after all, so the great generals of the shogunate in all dynasties are just "holding the emperor to order the princes" and did not kill the emperor. Son, because they don't want to give others an excuse, this is an excuse that can make everyone unite to deal with them, who dares to risk the disgrace of the world.

In short, the Tokugawa family is just yellow mud falling off the crotch, if it is not shit, it is shit. Before this issue is clarified, let alone he united with the princes of all walks of life to clean up the Tianchuan clan. Not bad at all.

Now Tianchuan Yuhuang not only didn't have to worry about the feudal lords of this state uniting to deal with him, but he even had an excuse to send troops. Soon, the Tianchuan family sent troops to this state for revenge against the emperor.

You said that you want to seek revenge from Tokugawa Iemitsu and go directly to Edo by sea. Anyway, everyone in Dongying knows that you have colluded with a group of big pirates. There is no one at sea. It is convenient and fast to go by sea. If you can reach Edo and kill Tokugawa Iemitsu directly, you will be done.

But Tianchuan Yuhuang was not. He even landed from Nagato with an army of 25, and went straight to Edo from the land. That posture was completely in the rhythm of penetrating Honshu all the way!

The Nagato Kingdom is the territory of the Changzhou Mori clan. This Mori clan is incredible. Their ancestors can be traced back to the early establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate (AD 1185-1333). The family famous generals came out in large numbers, like the overlord of the Western Kingdom, Mori Motojo, and Mori Terumoto, one of the five elders of Toyotomi, was a famous general during the Warring States period, but the Western Army led by Mori Terumoto as the general was defeated by the Eastern Army led by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara, which made Mori's The territory gradually shrank, and in the end only the two countries of Zhou Fang and Nagato remained.

The Mori clan is said to be the deadly enemy of the Tokugawa clan, so after the Tagawa clan's army landed at Nagato, the Mori clan not only did not resist, but also sent troops to follow the Tagawa clan to attack the Tokugawa clan.However, due to the suppression of the Tokugawa clan, the Mori clan is not doing very well now, and they only managed to gather 2 horses with all their strength.

After passing through the territory of the Mori family, the next is the territory of the Eastern Army. It stands to reason that the army of the Tagawa family should encounter great resistance, because the Tokugawa family is the leader of the Eastern Army and the general of the shogunate. Now the Tagawa family Going to trouble him, the princes of the Eastern Army are still desperately resisting?

In fact, this is not the case. After the Eastern Army, there are also relatives from far and near. Not everyone is the only leader of the Tokugawa clan. Besides, the Tianchuan clan's army has a terrifying 25 people. How can the princes along the way match it!Therefore, along the way, the Kanto princes did not dare to resist. Those who were close to the Tokugawa clan fled in the direction of Edo with their men and horses, and those who were distant from the Tokugawa clan simply surrendered.

It was not until Osaka Castle, the home of Toyotomi, that Tagawa's army encountered decent resistance. Here, Tokugawa assembled nearly 10 troops, ready to fight Tagawa to the death.

Of course, this is not because the old retainers of the Tokugawa family came to protect the lord loyally, but that the Tokugawa family tried their best to persuade some of the close princes. There is no way, the Tokugawa family has no choice but to take action. Sweeping all the way, it will soon reach Edo. The princes of the Kanto can go all the way to the east. It is impossible for the Dewa country or even the Mutsu country. It is impossible for the Tagawa clan to catch up all the way and kill them all. It's different, losing Edo and the others means it's over. Even if they flee to the Tagawa clan, they will definitely chase after them. Instead of panicking like a bereaved dog at that time, it's better to have a break with the Tagawa clan as soon as possible.

The reason why the Tokugawa family chose Osaka for the final battle is because Osaka is the city with the strongest defense in Honshu and even in Japan. Otomo Zonglin, the governor of the Otomo family who visited during the Warring States Period, once called it "the city of the Warring States Period". Its defense is strong, it can be seen.

Tagawa's army recruited captives all the way. At this time, it had reached a terrifying 30 people. It was natural not to be afraid of facing the 10-strong Osaka Castle.
As a result, the largest battle in the history of Japan - the Battle of Osaka Castle broke out. The total strength of the two sides reached a terrifying [-]. It can be said that there has never been a war of this scale in the history of Japan. The final battle of Japan is now, because the fate of Japan is already doomed, and they have no hope of participating in any battles as an independent country.

(End of this chapter)