Chapter 647: Plans for the New Year (3)
After Li Da of the Railway Department finished speaking, everyone began to study other work arrangements. Among them, Billy Zhou of the Ministry of Intelligence made a special report to the board committee on the situation of the Japanese intelligence station.
Since the defeat of the Tokugawa shogunate at Kyushu last year, the daimyo from all over Japan have been on the rise, and several powerful feudal lords have even sent people to Kyoto to try to contact the emperor.
Although the Tokugawa shogunate was defeated, the nearly 100,000-strong army was simply dispersed, and most of them fled back to Honshu. Tokugawa Iemitsu mobilized all the soldiers and horses of his lineage, including the daimyo of the clan and the daimyo of the pedigree, and the army of more than 200,000 elites, which really shocked the daimyo from all over Japan.
After all, the shogunate controlled a quarter of the country's total grain production at the time, controlled important cities such as Osaka, Kyoto, and Edo, as well as major mines, and monopolized the right to mint gold, silver, and money. Therefore, the daimyo of feudal lords all over Japan still had a certain fear of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Although the Tokugawa shogunate temporarily stabilized the situation in Japan, the daimyo in various regions already had many other thoughts because of their defeat in Kyushu. The daimyo from all over the world are constantly in contact with each other, secretly making some preparations.
The Kumamoto Domain, Takase Domain, and Uto Domain of the Hosokawa family, and the Yanagawa Domain and Miike Domain of the Tachibana family, the plight of the Hosokawa clan in Kyushu had spread throughout Japan, and the daimyo of the feudal lords everywhere were horrified by the tragic fate of the two families.
This can only show one problem, that is, the Tokugawa shogunate's attack on Kyushu this time was inevitable, and after the extermination of the Shimazu family, the other daimyo of Kyushu were also purged to be purged, and the Hosokawa family and the Tachibana family were clear examples.
In this way, the wolf ambition of the Tokugawa family has been revealed, don't look at the Tokugawa family's current signs of action, but it is difficult to guarantee what action will be made in the future, until then. I'm afraid they will all follow in the footsteps of the two foreign daimyos in Kyushu.
Now, even if the Tokugawa shogunate's door-to-door explanations are not credible. Because at that time, in the central region of Kyushu, there was no other military force except the tens of thousands of troops of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain was defending against the attack of the shogunate army, and had no motive at all.
This time the shogunate really fell into the crotch of his pants, and it was not but either. It's even more wronged than Dou E.
The Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain also united all the daimyo of Kyushu and carried out a ferocious attack on several daimyo of the Tokugawa shogunate in Kyushu, including the Ogasawara family and its side branches of the Ogura domain and the Nitta domain, the Okuhira family of the Nakatsu domain, the Matsudaira (visi) family of the Kitsuki domain, and the Matsudaira (Ogi) family of the Funai domain.
In the face of the elites sent by the Shimazu family and the Far Eastern daredevils, as well as other foreign daimyo in Kyushu, several genealogy daimyo did not hold out for a few days at all. The castles and jinya were breached one after another, and the Ogasawara family, the Okuhei family, and the Matsudaira family were slaughtered.
The Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain also issued a joint proclamation to the emperor of Kyoto and the daimyo of feudal lords throughout Japan, hoping that all feudal lords and daimyo would unite to kill the national thieves and jointly conquer the Tokugawa shogunate.
They also aggressively expanded their armaments, mobilized all the samurai and peasants in their territory, distributed weapons and trained them. It looks like he wants to fight the Tokugawa shogunate to the end. This time the Battle of Kyushu shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Tokugawa shogunate. It gave confidence to all the daimyo in Japan. Even some of the daimyo of the Tokugawa shogunate had a very ambiguous attitude.
The daimyo lords of all over Japan who had received the message from the Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain also secretly sent people to Kyushu to meet with the Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain. But these daimyo were all enthusiastic and expressed their strong support for the Shimazu family in their struggle against the Tokugawa shogunate.
It's all nice to say, but there's nothing real at all, and these guys now know that the Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain has completely torn off the skin with the Tokugawa shogunate. It has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible, so they all hope that the Tokugawa shogunate and the Satsuma clan will live and die, and they will come out to reap the benefits of the fishermen.
Zhou Billy explained the situation in Japan to the west, and then he said with a smile: "At present, the intelligence station of the Ministry of Intelligence in Japan has drawn up a plan. Beijing will organize a series of actions in the near future. The current situation in Japan is very tense, and if it is further fired, it may plunge Japan into chaos in an instant. ”
Li Ming listened to Billy Zhou's words, nodded and said, "Can you tell me about the specific plan of the Japanese intelligence station?" ”
Zhou Billy thought for a moment and said, "They will plan a series of assassination operations, and the main target is Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. At present, he has no heirs, Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, but historically he will not be born until August 1641. Although the Tokugawa shogunate would elect four generations of shoguns from among the descendants of the feudal clan, it was bound to cause some chaos in the Tokugawa family.
There were also some feudal lords and daimyo who were also targeted by the Japanese intelligence station in this assassination. This gave the Satsuma clan an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and the Satsuma clan would form an alliance with the Kyushu clans and land in Honshu and go straight to Kyoto. The company will support some feudal lords in Japan, increase their strength, and make them fight with the Satsuma domain and the Tokugawa shogunate, and let Japan fall into civil war again. ”
Gao Jianguo frowned and said, "How sure is the assassination operation organized by the Japanese intelligence station that it will be successful?" ”
Billy Zhou shook his head, he is still preparing for the plan, and I am also ready to let Song Tao lead the special combat team to infiltrate Japan and help the Japanese intelligence war complete the assassination mission. After all, assassinating Tokugawa Iemitsu was not an easy task. ”
Gao Jianguo thought for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Your plan is good, but the assassination operation must not be sloppy." In this case, we still have to study it carefully, and strive to hit it with one blow, and if the operation fails, Tokugawa Iemitsu may not give us a second chance. ”
Li Ming was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Old Zhou, can the Japanese Intelligence Department determine the location of Tokugawa Iemitsu?" ”
Zhou Billy nodded and said: "This is no problem, the Japanese intelligence station has already planted some eyeliner in the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the location where Tokugawa Iemitsu lives can still be determined." Now the question is how to make an assassination plan, after all, the Tokugawa shogunate's guards in Edo are very tight, and it is difficult to infiltrate them. That's why they need the help of Song Tao's special combat team. ”
Gao Jianguo shook his head and said, "Even if it is Song Tao's special combat team, it is not so easy to assassinate Tokugawa Iemitsu silently. While the assault may work, it will reveal the identity of our Far East and influence the next operations. ”
Li Ming said with a smile: "If you send out the airboat detachment, give them a decapitation operation." However, the premise is that the exact location of Kotokugawa Iemitsu in the city must be determined. (To be continued......)
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