The situation in Japan once again took a striking turn - the Tang army, which had been invited by the shogun Tokugawa Ieki to enter the country to assist the shogunate in quelling the "rebellion", suddenly launched an attack on the shogunate's home city of Edo when the shogunate was completely defenseless. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Tang military prophet met with the shogunate and demanded that the ships dock in Edo Bay and the heavily armed troops land in Edo. The so-called hoplites were, of course, armed with infantry fighting vehicles and self-propelled guns, as well as folding regiments with a considerable number of trucks. The shogunate was very happy when they heard that the Tang army had even come up with a killer weapon. Originally, some of the retainers of the shogunate expressed doubts about the shogunate's indulgence of the Tang army to operate on their land, and hoped that Tokugawa Ieki would refuse the Tang army's request to use Edo Bay to land. However, the old Nakamino Tadanari tried his best to disagree with the public, claiming that the key to the maintenance of the shogunate depended on the Tang people, and if the Tang people were offended at this time, then the shogunate would be in big trouble. And Tokugawa Ieki was reluctant to offend Tang Jun, and he himself had soft ears, so he listened to the slander of the traitor Mizuno Tadanari.

As a result, the Tang Army Folding Regiment, carried by the landing ship, successfully landed in Edo.

At the same time, the third group of the Don Army from Ou also arrived in the area north of Edo, a force consisting of two Yamato infantry regiments and the German Second Brigade, which the Shogunate did not make any way to hinder.

However, this special corps of the Tang Army suddenly attacked the shogunate army stationed outside Edo, and due to the huge disparity in strength and firepower between the two sides, more than 2,000 people of the shogunate were wiped out, and most of them were scattered and captured. Before the shogunate could understand what was going on, the Ojiki group suddenly attacked from the coast of Edo Bay. Attack on Edo Castle. Mizuno Tadadashi, who had already taken refuge in the Tang Dynasty, was even more of a fake general's order. Said that the general asked the Don army to help defend the city. Specially ordered someone to leave the door to let the Tang army enter. Without encountering much resistance, the Tang army entered Edo Castle.

By the time the shogunate army reacted and the samurai began to resist, the Tang Navy seals had already stormed the shogun's residence and controlled the shogun's Tokugawa iesai. After that, Edo Castle still carried out some resistance, and the samurai who were unwilling to be defeated launched some desperate counterattacks, but there was no doubt that they could only be meat targets in the face of the fierce guns of the Tang army. The Tang army in order to stabilize the security of Edo Castle. In total, more than 4,000 people were killed and wounded in two days, most of them samurai of the shogunate, including quite a few high-ranking and even daimyo lords. Of course, there are also some people who saw the opportunity quickly, chose to cooperate and surrender, and lost their lives.

Almost at the same time that the Tang army took control of Edo Castle, the Tang army in Nagoya, which was on the front line, also suddenly attacked the shogunate army, and all the high-ranking members of the shogunate army, who did not know what was happening, were controlled, and most of the shogunate army was disarmed by the Tang army without any resistance. Nagoya also soon flew the banner of the Tang Dynasty.

And the Sacho League and the Emperor in Kyoto also heard the news. became extremely stunned, and at this time the five thousand Tang troops had arrived on the outskirts of Kyoto. But there was no immediate offensive against Kyoto. The Tang army sent an envoy into Kyoto to directly demand that the fallen army of the Sacho Alliance surrender unconditionally to the Tang army, and Emperor Guangge also obeyed the arrangements made to him by the Tang Dynasty.

The messenger was actually a Japanese named Keizo Harada, who served in the Corps Political Department of the Yamato Corps with the rank of colonel. Unlike most of the Japanese who served in the Yamato Corps, many of those people were just trying to get a good way out, and at the same time gain social respect by serving as soldiers and receiving military salaries. However, in addition to being a political commissar of the Yamato Corps, Harada Keizo is also a member of the Japanese branch of the Tang Revolution, and he identifies with the Tang Dynasty in his heart, and he is also a staunch internationalist.

With the propaganda of the Tang Dynasty, the number of internationalists also grew. In the Tang Dynasty, internationalists actually have a characteristic that is more in line with this era, that is, the so-called lofty sense of mission to promote the development of human civilization and society. In fact, this kind of complex is also reflected in the United States in another plane, that is, the manifest destiny, that is, the expansion and development of the United States is God's will, which also adds a layer of spiritual support to the expansion of the United States.

In their eyes, the rest of the world's monarchies, feudalism, and even the capitalist system that has been reformed, are backward and will eventually be eliminated. Only Datang-style internationalism is the ultimate answer to promote the development of human civilization. In order to realize the development of human civilization, internationalists must have the spirit of dedication and sacrifice and devote their limited life to the infinite cause of revolution and to the greatest cause of mankind.

Undoubtedly, Keizo Harada, who has been in the party for many years, is such a person. He was born in a middle-class samurai family and received a relatively good education, and later came to Datang to receive Datang education, highly recognized Datang's ideas, and when he returned to Japan, he was very different from the traditional Japanese.

In his later memoirs, a retainer of the Satsuma clan recorded that Harada Keizo came to Kyoto Castle alone, but as if he was carrying an army of 100,000 behind him, his waist was very straight, and even when he bowed, it seemed to be as sharp as an out-of-body sword, and it was difficult to look at directly. His self-confidence puts us to shame, and at the same time we know that this victory is impossible for us to achieve under any circumstances.

After leaving the words, Harada Keizo did not leave Kyoto, and waited in Kyoto City for the reply of the Sacho Alliance and the Emperor's court. At this time, Lin Ziping, who was once the hero of the downfall, came to Harada Keizo's side.

"Harada-kun, I took the liberty to come here to ask for teaching, what does Datang want to do?" Lin Ziping was already in decline, and asked straight to the point.

Harada Keizo glanced back at Lin Ziping, and then smiled, his expression was very rich, not like a Shenhua introverted Japanese, but more like a frank Tang people, he said: "Japan, our hometown, has been stale for thousands of years, there is not the slightest hope here, people live a poor life, and the samurai ministers are ridiculously stupid. It should be time for change, and this is an opportunity to make a difference in Japan and make people happy. ”

Lin Ziping seemed to feel something smelly, and said in surprise: "...... Is the Tang Dynasty trying to annex the whole of Japan? (To be continued.) )