The reason why the Shogunate did not capture Edo was mainly because the shogunate still had talents, such as the lord of the Aizu Domain, Masayuki Hoshina and the elder Sakai Tadakatsu, the old Naka Matsudaira Nobutsuna, Abe Tadaaki and other ministers who were loyal and unwilling to surrender to those foreign daimyos.

Once they surrender, they can't help themselves, it's better to fight, besides, they still have a strong basis and support.

They claimed to be there were Ming reinforcements, after all, the southeast king of the Ming Dynasty and the former general Tokugawa Iemitsu were brothers, and the ministers intimidated the widows: "Once the king of the southeast comes, the thieves will be killed, and the nine clans will be exterminated!" ”

It really scared a lot of people, everyone thought about it, if you don't surrender, you will die, but if you surrender, you will die, so it's better not to surrender, at least to fight for a good reputation.

So after the initial defeat, they finally gained a firm foothold, and although the Shogunate Army won one battle after another and had strong morale, it could not capture Edo Castle, which was held by the Shogunate Army, and failed to achieve the final victory after all, but made Edo Castle look forward to the long-awaited news of reinforcements!

Kenroku Abe, Kinoyuro Ishihara, and Yasukiyuki went ashore and were immediately taken to the Shogun's mansion, where they came on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, and the news spread like a storm throughout Edo Castle!

On the main hall, the young shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna, accompanied by the ministers, received the Ming envoys at the "Honmaru" palace.

The three ensigns saluted the Tokugawa Ietsuna, and Abe Tadaaki, the father of Kenroku Abe, couldn't help but feel very relieved when he saw his son wearing a large cap on his head, wearing a military uniform of the Southeast Army, and carrying a saber.

Kenroku Abe and Kiyuro Ishihara have been recruited by the Southeast Army to become soldiers of the Southeast Army, but as envoys of the Ming Dynasty, it is really a bit of a mess, but there is no problem at all, so they have saved the etiquette that the Japanese must bow to the general.

They stood in full view, but they were calm.

Facing the scrutiny of the top level of the Japanese state, the pressure was so great that ordinary Japanese people had already knelt down under the many sharp eyes, and they just saluted and bowed.

They will not kneel, because they have the national emblem on their heads, representing the two Chinas!

They explained their intentions in the future, and at the same time presented an official diplomatic note and a private message from Yan Changwu.

Both things are very polite, and the note shows that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Japan in order to justify justice, punish unministers, and promote righteousness and drive away evil.

The private message affectionately called "Jia Gang Xian Nephew", indicating that this is for the uncle's strength to support the virtuous nephew, the family is unfortunate, Yan Changwu and the friendship with the first two generations of the Tokugawa family, as an old friend of Japan, Xing Volunteers to Japan, will destroy the unrighteous ministers, help the Jia Gang Xian Nephew to sit firmly in the position of the shogunate, and protect Japan's domestic peace and territorial integrity!

The monarchs and ministers of the shogunate are all smiling, this is good, after all, the clouds are open and the moon is bright, Yan Changwu, the king of the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, is a generation of heroes, saying that one is one, saying that two is two, and he must do what he says.

However, when asked about the arrival of the Ming reinforcements, when they heard that the reinforcements were still at sea, it may have been halfway, and the faces of the high-ranking officials darkened.

The lord of the Aizu Domain, Masayuki Hoshina, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Not good! ”

The arrival of reinforcements is good news, why not say?

The young Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna looked at Masayuki Hoshina in bewilderment, wanting to hear an explanation.

Hoshina Masayuki, the third son of the second general of the Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Hidetada, that is, the half-brother of the third generation shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, was deeply valued by Tokugawa Iemitsu, and Iemitsu did not, and Hoshina Masayuki became a minister of Toku, and tried to ensure that the Tokugawa shogunate did not fall, and his loyalty and righteousness were unparalleled in the Japanese country.

Masayuki Hoshina said slowly: "When reinforcements come, everyone in Edo Castle knows about it, and the thieves will soon know about it. ”

The ministers nodded in unison, this is a matter that cannot be kept secret, and it is necessary to let the Edo army and people know about the arrival of reinforcements in order to encourage morale, the problem is that there are many people in Edo Castle, there are many wall-riding factions, and the news must have reached the Kyoto bandit army.

What happens when the thieves find out?

Masayuki Hoshina taught Tokugawa Ietsuna: "...... The most dangerous and difficult moment for the troops breaking through is not the process of breaking through the encirclement, but the time when they break through the enemy's defenses and have a way of life in sight. Because at this time, the whole army only wanted to escape, and it had completely lost its fighting spirit. ”

Tokugawa Ietsuna was not too stupid, he immediately understood, and drew inferences: "When the defenders of our city know the news of the arrival of reinforcements, they think that they can destroy the enemy with reinforcements, so they will lose the courage to fight to the death. ”

Bao Ke Masayuki said appreciatively: "General Mingjian! ”

This is the legendary "death at the sight of the light", people's hearts are scattered, and the team is not easy to bring!

The monarchs and ministers of the Wa Kingdom pondered how to deal with the current situation, and An Qingzhi, the real staff officer of the Southeast Army, who had not spoken much before, said: "General Qiqi, before leaving, the king of the southeast has explained!" ”

Everyone was in good spirits, and Bao Ke said politely: "Please speak!" ”

"Heavy firepower, burning the city, and patrolling!" An Qingzhi said calmly.

Listen to him explain: "When you engage the enemy, you don't have to fight hard, you don't need human lives to fill, you can shoot out all the firepower, and when half of the ammunition is used up, you can retreat in an orderly manner and block it step by step!" ”

"I really can't stop it, don't block it hard, evacuate the army and civilians, burn Edo Castle, don't let it fall into the hands of the enemy, the general can patrol and go out, and when my Ming reinforcements arrive, the thieves will be restrained!"

"When the enemy is leveled and Edo is rebuilt, it will be even more beautiful and magnificent!"

This is a good idea, I heard that there is no need to fight to the death, and everyone is smiling!

Tokugawa Ietsuna looked at Masayuki Hoshina with an inquiring gaze, and when he saw him nodding, he decided: "Staff Officer An's idea is clever, and our army can adopt it!" ”

Therefore, the Ming envoy was invited to the state guesthouse "Sakura Pavilion" to rest, and as the general of the shogunate army, Masayuki Hoshina began to deploy the battle and retreat from military and civilian affairs.

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And said that the Ming envoys stayed in the cherry blossom hall in the elegant scenery, the traditional culture of the Japanese country is strong, in fact, it is the Tang style, the museum is full of cherry blossoms, in full bloom season, the guests in the state guest house can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the cherry blossoms without leaving home, the cherry blossoms are the national flower of the Japanese country, it can be said that only the most distinguished guests can stay in the cherry blossom hall, such as Abe Kenroku such a second generation of Japanese officials if not as a Ming envoy, there is no qualification to live here, must occupy a big house.

The Japanese people treat them warmly, and there are two small feudal lords and several ministers accompanying the guests, as well as the ministers under the throne of the Japanese emperor, all together, those ministers don't understand the, they will chant poems against them, and make those disease-free moans of the autumn wind and sad painting fan, their characteristics are that the Chinese culture is special, extremely proficient, and even the Ming Nanjing dialect speaks, which belongs to the Chinese cultural level that can be tested by the former Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, if you want to test their level of Japanese language, they will be dumbfounded and unable to speak Japanese language!

Kenroku Abe and Kiyuro Ishihara are also good players in Chinese culture, and they are like fish in water.

Seeing these people full of Chinese making a pretentious there, An Qingzhi couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart!

Even if you don't conquer Wajima, now is no different from conquering!