Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

There is no suspense in the next battle.There is a saying that the army is defeated like a mountain. Although Cang Qingfan still has thousands of defenders, he has no fighting spirit at this time. A few waved guys who are not afraid of death rushed up, but what greeted them was the powerful melon grenade , and the black muzzle and sharp machete.After a brief resistance, the remaining 3000 people, including Cang Qingfan daimyo, all obediently surrendered.

Sheng Zuo ordered the brothers to guard the city gate, while the prisoners were escorted to an open field at the east end of the town.Kubo Masaosu was very excited at this time. For many years, the weak Kuga clan had been bullied by other clans, and it was the first time that he was proud like this.Following Xiao Ran all the way to the captives, he ordered people to bring the name of Cangqing Fan to the front, and said: "Jiu He Fan and Cang Qing Fan originally lived in peace and did not invade each other, but you secretly sent Man, it is despicable to instigate peasant riots in my territory! This battle is to teach you a lesson, if you dare to invade my Jiuga clan in the future..."

Before he finished speaking, Monk Hua rushed forward, knocked Cang Qingfan's head down, pulled out the hunting knife, and cut off his head with one blow.The movement was too fast, before Kubao Zhengyou came back to his senses, he saw that Monk Hua had stood up with his bloody head in his hands, he was stunned and said, "You, you..."

"Kubao-kun, at this moment, is it still up to you to be soft-hearted?" Xiao Ran sneered, "Did you forget what you wrote in the letter of war you wrote to Cang Qingfan?"

"What did you write?... Ah! You, you want to massacre the city?!"

Kubo Masasuke felt his eyes go dark, and he almost fell down.During the Edo period in Japan, there were nearly [-] vassals and towns across the country. Although there were constant frictions among them, they were all under the rule of the shogunate.Once the shogunate sends troops, there is only one dead end!His legs went limp in a moment of fright, he knelt down in front of Xiao Ran, and wailed in blunt Chinese: "For your kindness, the general, don't let those who slaughter the city! If the city is really slaughtered, Jiuhe Fan will be finished!..."

Monk Hua kicked him somersaults, cursing: "Bah, bastard!" Kubo Masasuke stood up and kowtowed like garlic.

Xiao Ran said coldly: "When you talk about massacring the city, you have to kill him completely. Why, Mr. Kubao thinks that I look like the kind of person who doesn't count?" He waved his hand at Ji Habu behind him, and said, "Kill him!" !"

"kill!!!"

Amidst thunderous roars, the brave Oroqen men raised their long and narrow scimitars in unison and rushed into the group of unarmed prisoners.Rows of sharp knife lights flashed, and there were bursts of mournful howls, and heads flew into the sky with bloody flowers...

"It's over, it's over!..."

Kubo Masasuke sat slumped on the ground, looking at the incomplete corpses in front of him, his eyes were loose.Behind him is the army of more than a thousand Jiuhe Fans, all of whom looked at each other in awe, but in the face of the dark gun muzzles and murderous faces around them, they could only keep silent.A total of more than 3000 captives were a piece of cake for the five hundred Oroqen men. They were killed in an instant. They all stood in front of Xiao Ran, their faces, bodies, and scimitars in their hands, and they couldn't stop looking down. dripping blood.

Sheng Zuo led the hundreds of brothers in Daxing Mountain, and they all looked at Xiao Ran quietly.The morning sun rose, and the golden sunlight shone on Xiao Ran's face, but it looked extraordinarily cold and ferocious.

"Give you three days, money, women, everything in this city belongs to you! Kill, burn, and rob me. After three days, I will see an empty city here!"

The bloody massacre began to turn from soldiers to civilians...

"Kubao-kun, I think you should also know that this time the massacre of the city is under the banner of your Kuga domain." Xiao Ran walked in front of Kubao Masasuke and said calmly.

"You, you want me...how?" Kubo Masasuke's face turned ashen.

Xiao Ran smiled and said: "How? Didn't I say that we are your friends? Your Excellency Kubao, now you have no choice. The only way out is to cooperate with us. As long as you are willing to cooperate, I assure you that it will not be necessary." How long, I will make your Kuga clan the number one clan in Japan!"

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Bao Zhengyou didn't understand how insidious Xiao Ran's actions were until now.In the name of slaughtering an entire feudal town, this practice undoubtedly completely cut off his retreat!Other feudal towns, no matter if they are conservative or respectful, including the shogunate and the emperor, will never tolerate such insane behavior, and the Jiuga clan was completely sent away by Xiao Ran in this bloody massacre. On a road of no return!

The hand holding the knife couldn't help shaking.In fact, Kubo Masaosu did not lack the courage to cut open his stomach, but as a daimyo of a feudal town, he could not allow his territory to be razed to the ground anyway, and he could not watch the family business built by generations of ancestors with hard work , Just ruin it in my own hands!

Cooperate with Xiao Ran?What is this sinister guy trying to do?Kubo Masasuke sighed helplessly.This move is too poisonous, in fact, he has no second choice at all.

"What do you want me to do?" Kubo Masasuke licked his lips and said with difficulty.

"Didn't I already say that? I want to help the Kuga clan to become the number one clan in Japan." Xiao Ran smiled kindly and sincerely, helped Kubo Masasuke up with his own hands, held his hand and said, "Don't be so nervous." Well! Don't worry, as long as we are here, not only you, Kuga Fan, will be fine, but I will also let you, His Excellency Kubo Masasuke, become a great hero in Japan and create your own great achievements!"

After a pause, Xiao Ran said slowly: "Right now, in Japan, you are invaded by foreign barbarians, and internal disputes continue. If you continue like this, you will not be far from the end of the country. Kubao-kun, don't you want to save your land? The country and the people are in danger, save your nation at the critical moment of life and death?"

"This..." Masao Kubo looked at Xiao Ran cautiously, and said in his heart, can you have such kindness?

Xiao Ran saw his doubts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, what I want you to do is actually what you want to do. As far as I know, the various feudal towns in Japan are divided into two factions, one faction supports the shogunate's power Conservatives, one faction advocates the overthrow of the shogunate regime. Kubo-kun, you, the in-laws of the Mito Tokugawa family, are naturally on the side of the shogunate. Although the chief of the shogunate, Nobumasa Ando, ​​proposed the integration of public and martial arts, even at the expense of the emperor His younger sister and Princess Gong played a game of marrying Gongxia. They hoped to reorganize the shogunate system and promote the alliance of powerful vassals, but in the end they encountered strong opposition from the shogunate faction, and they were assassinated outside the door, and almost lost their lives. Kubao-kun , as the feudal lord of the Jiuga domain and the shogunate, you don't know about these things, do you?"

After the assassination of the shogunate elder Jing Yizhi, An Tengxin became the chief senior middleman.In order to resolve the conflicts between the shogunate and the vassals, the shogunate system was reorganized.Introduced the theory of the combination of public and military forces, and forced Emperor Komei's sister and princess to marry general Tokugawa Iemo, in an attempt to use the emperor's authority to restore the power position of the shogunate, but this move was eventually intensified by the two factions.Iteng himself was assassinated outside Sakata's gate, nearly losing his head, and was eventually forced to resign from his position as an old middle school.This incident also directly shows.The conflict between the Zunran faction and the shogunate forces has become irreconcilable.

Masaoku Kubo was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Xiao Ran knew everything about the situation in Japan and himself.Of course he didn't know that besides the history in his own memory, Xiao Ran also specially collected information about the current situation in Japan.After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Hi!"

Xiao Ran said: "The slogan put forward by the Shogunate is to respect the king and fight against barbarians, but once the shogunate falls, what will happen to you as conservatives? I think you must know better than me. At least, even if the Jiuga clan exists, the daimyo It is destined not to belong to your Kubo family anymore, right?"

In the Japanese feudal towns during the Edo period, the forces of several major families existed at the same time.The daimyo depends on the election of each family, including the court also has the power to appoint.So once the Zunlan forces came to power, it was inevitable that the Kubo family would be ousted.

So Kubo Masasuke immediately understood what Xiao Ran meant, and blurted out: "The general is saying that he wants to help the shogunate and eradicate the forces that have brought down the shogunate?"

Xiao Ran patted him hard on the shoulder, and said: "Smart people do things, so there is no need to talk nonsense. Although you slaughtered Cang Qing Fan, the shogunate and the emperor will blame you, but as long as you can help the shogunate, eradicate dissidents, and revive the authority of the Tokugawa family, Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to keep Jiuhe Fan?"

Kubo Masaosu's eyes lit up, but then he hesitated and said: "This is easy to say, but difficult to do. Among all the feudal towns in the country, the Satsuma and Changzhou feudal factions in the south are the most powerful, while the central feudal towns are relatively backward. For example, Cangqing Fan and Nanjia Fan are really incomparable. Even if the general is willing to help me, I'm afraid..." He shook his head and sighed.

Xiao Ran sneered and said: "Kubao-kun, things have come to this point now, in our Chinese language, your only way out is to fight with your back, understand?"

Kubo Masasuke was stunned, and quickly said: "Hi, hi! So how should we deal with the Nanjia Clan?"

"Afternoon! If they don't surrender, they will end up like Cang Qingfan!" Xiao Ran said firmly, "Kubo-kun, from now on, you must let all the feudal towns in Japan understand one thing: as long as we want to There are only two endings for the feudal towns that are attacked, either surrender unconditionally, or massacre the city, and disappear from the Japanese territory forever!"

"Hi!" Masao Kubo obviously wasn't used to this kind of bloody method, seeing Xiao Ran's stern expression, he couldn't help shivering.

Three days later, Cangqing feudal lord city turned into an empty city.The brothers set off another big fire, which lasted for several days, and the huge town was completely reduced to scorched earth.

While gathering troops to go to Nanjiafan, at the same time sending people to fight.The troops sent by Nanjia Fan to Cangqing Fan for reinforcements witnessed the ferocity of Jiuga Fan's army and fled without firing a single shot or arrow. Daming almost fainted from fright after receiving the letter of war.His feudal town itself is weak, and the example of Cang Qingfan is bloody in front of him. How can he have the courage to resist?Had to obediently disarm and surrender.Keeping his promise, Xiao Ran ordered his daimyo to write down a confession of allegiance to the shogunate to the death, and compensated the shogunate.

He won another feudal town without bloodshed, and won two consecutive victories. Kubo Masaosu's confidence increased greatly, and he recruited an army of thousands of people.Edo Castle in history, which was later the capital of Japan, Tokyo, is famous all over the world for its production of famous film and television works such as the famous Tokyo Fever.At that time, it was the seat of the shogunate and the political center of the whole country.But the capital is not here, but in Kyoto, and it was not moved here until after the Meiji Restoration.

This year was the second year of Wenjiu, and the Tokugawa family in Edo Castle was facing an unprecedented crisis.In the Sakuradamon incident two years ago, the elder Naosuke Ii was assassinated by an assassin; in the Sakashitamon incident at the beginning of this year, the chief veteran Nobumasa Ando was almost assassinated to death.And this time the assassins were all the radicals of the Zunren faction who gathered in the Mito domain.Edo Castle and the adjacent Mito Domain also entered an extremely embarrassing situation.

The Mito Domain is located in the northeast of Edo Castle, and together with the Kii Domain and Owari Domain, belong to one of the three Tokugawa royal families designated by the first general of the Edo Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and belong to the Tokugawa clan.According to Tokugawa Ieyasu's will, the successive feudal lords of the Mito clan served as the deputy generals of the world and had to assist the shogun.At the same time, it is stipulated that the successor of the shogun cannot be selected from the Mito clan. It is said that this is because the Mito clan is located in the northeast "ghost gate" position, which is easy to attract evil music.

The conflict between the Mito clan and the shogunate was initiated by the previous feudal lord, Tokugawa Qi Zhao, and the shogunate elder Ii Naosuke.Back then, the U.S. fleet took the lead in sailing to Edo Bend and threatened Japan with force to lift the maritime embargo. In the name of the emperor, Naosuke Ii signed the first unequal treaty in Japanese history with the U.S., and had a sharp conflict with Naomi Tokugawa, who was the main combatant.Another matter is the issue of the succession of General Tokugawa. Naobi Ii recommended Tokugawa Yoshifuku of the Kishu family (later renamed Tokugawa Iemo, the current shogun), while Tokugawa Qi Zhao recommended his own Son, and adopted son Tokugawa Yoshiki of the Hitotsubashi family.The contradictions caused by these two issues were irreconcilable, and Naobi Ii finally set off the famous Anzheng Prison, implicating the Zunran faction and the Hitotsubashi faction, including Tokugawa Qizhao, who were killed and killed by the officials, including Tokugawa Qizhao. There are as many as 100 people!

This big prison led to the decline of the shogunate's political morality and the lack of talents. Due to the aggressive activities of the anti-shogunate faction, it was also one of the reasons for the demise of the shogunate.Tokugawa Yoshiki himself was also sentenced to confinement until after Jingyi Naosuke was assassinated, he served as a general and then took office, basically equivalent to the regent of the Qing government.Therefore, although the Mito Domain is still a shogunate force, the relationship with the Edo Shogunate has become extremely delicate.

According to Xiao Ran's original plan, he planned to go straight to Kyoto, no matter what, he would kill the future Emperor Meiji who was not in power first.But now I drifted to Toyama Bay and landed, just passing through Edo, to meet General Tokugawa for a while.After all, in the history of Japan, the emperor of the Edo shogunate era actually did not have any remaining political decisions, and all major policies were firmly in the hands of the shogunate.

After the Battle of Cangqing Fan, the reputation of Jiuga Fan quickly spread throughout the central fan town.All the respectable forces are afraid of the wind, and if they are a little careless, it will be a bloody massacre!Smaller feudal towns were flexible, even the feudal lord and the people led the people, and ran away directly with oil on the soles of their feet; the larger feudal towns were too late to run, and most of them disarmed and surrendered obediently.There were only two vassal towns that did not know how to live or die, and they bit the bullet and resisted, but they all ended up with their cities destroyed.

Conservative forces, seeing that Jiugafan played the banner of protecting the curtain against rebellion, joined in one after another. By the time of Edo, the team had rapidly expanded to more than [-] people.

The troops marched towards Edo Castle, and Lin Qinger and Nayan Ziqing took care of Sachiko.This girl's life experience is not simple, Xiao Ran was a little worried that she would run away and cause unnecessary trouble.But Lin Qing'er told Xiao Ran that Xing Zi didn't seem to have any intention of running away, and she even pretended to be very happy on the surface.But when no one is around, she will be in a daze for a long time, and even saw her secretly crying a few times.

Xiao Ran felt strange, but he couldn't guess the reason.The battle here is tense, so I put this matter down.

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month in the Chinese calendar is exactly the sixteenth day of the seventh month in the Japanese lunar calendar.It turns out that the calendar used in Japan is the Zhenxiang calendar formulated on the basis of the Xuanming calendar of the Tang Dynasty in China. It is slightly different from the Chinese calendar, and each month is one day later.On this day, the troops were marching to the Ueda Domain, and the daimyo Fujii Ejiro led his troops to surrender.Xiao Ran ordered his troops to station outside the feudal town, and went to discuss the signing of the contract with Kubo Masao.When I entered the town, I saw lanterns and festoons everywhere, full of flowers, and it was said that Ejiro specially praised him to welcome him.

Kubo Masaosu quickly explained that it turned out that this is a traditional festival in Japan called the Gion Festival. It is a festival of Yasaka Shrine. It has a history of more than 800 years. Hang up magic lamps and decorate flowers to pray for peace and expel plagues.In addition, there are floats decorated with spears, various colored guns are lit, and Gion music is played, which is very lively.Generally, this Gion Festival is only popular in the Kyoto area, and it is rare to see it in the central feudal clans.But the Fujii family, the daimyo of the Ueda feudal domain, was originally a branch of the imperial family, so they moved the festival from Kyoto here.

The Ueda domain is not big but the land is fertile, the transportation is convenient, and it is relatively rich.Xiao Ran successfully extorted money from Fujii Ejiro, and he was in a good mood.Back at the camp, I remembered that I have been busy marching and fighting recently.It's rare that the little devil is also celebrating the festival, so he just took his wife to join in the fun and relax.After dinner, they brought Lin Qing'er and Nayan Ziqing into the feudal town.Xing Zi was inseparable from Lin Qing'er now, so naturally they went together.

The night sky is really beautiful, reflecting the whole town with colorful lights and magnificence.Being in the sea of ​​lights and flowers, it is quite confusing and lingering.Nayan Ziqing excitedly pulled Xiao Ran to look around and ask.Lin Qinger walked slowly behind with Xingzi.

Along the way, Sachiko lowered her head and remained silent.Seeing her gloomy expression, Lin Qing'er couldn't help but feel moved. She held her hand and said, "Sister, look at these lanterns, they are so beautiful. I remember when I was a child, in my hometown, there were often lantern festivals on the river on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year." .My family often took me to see it, and it was so enjoyable, it was really nostalgic. Sigh, speaking of it, I have been away from my hometown for many years, and I don’t know if there is still a river in the river today?”

Sachiko stopped walking.Glancing at Lin Qing'er, she immediately lowered her head.But just this time, Lin Qing'er saw tears in her eyes, and said softly: "Why, could it be that my sister is homesick?"

Sachiko shook her head at first, but after a while, she nodded slightly.Lin Qing'er said: "It's inevitable to think about others when you see things. If my sister is in any pain, why don't you tell me how?" After waiting for a while, seeing that she didn't speak, she said again: "Forget it, since my sister doesn't want to Say. I won’t ask. If you want me to say, let’s stop shopping, it’s sad to see these women. How about I go for a walk in the suburbs with you?”

This time, Xingzi didn't hesitate, and gave Lin Qing'er a grateful look, and said yes.Lin Qing'er greeted Xiao Ran, and took Xing Zi out of the town.To the south of the town, there are endless rice fields. July is the season for rice earing. When the evening wind blows, you can hear the sound of the strong rice grains like water waves.On the fifteenth day, a round of bright moon hangs high in the dark blue night sky, and the bright moonlight is as bright as silver.

The two walked hand in hand on the narrow ridge, surrounded by the silence of the evening breeze.Lin Qing'er suddenly stopped, looked up at the full moon above her head, thoughtfully.Xingzi couldn't help but also stopped, and said, "Sister, what are you thinking?"