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Chapter 485 Under Edo Castle
Zheng Zhilong led 4000 people, and also detained nearly [-] prisoners of the fallen coalition forces.If it weren't for the fear that too many prisoners would affect military operations, Zheng Zhilong would have captured more than a thousand prisoners in Musashi.

"The Fallen Allied Forces pulled out their camp and retreated thirty miles overnight to avoid our soldiers. I'm afraid they don't want to confront us head-on." The scouts sent by Zheng Zhilong saw that the Fallen Allied Forces' barracks in Jiangwai City had disappeared, so they came back to report to Zheng Zhilong. report.

"This group of people is quite interesting, most of them are observing our attitude. After all, we only have 4000 people here, and it doesn't look like we are going to fight them to the death at all." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Brother, we can already see the outline of Edo Castle. This is a big city with more than 10 people." Zheng Zhihu pointed to the city ahead.

From a distance, you can see the shadow of the fortress of the shogun. The largest scale of Edo Castle is a five-story, six-story castle, as well as a wall to protect the castle.These sections of the city wall are intricately curved and fortified layer by layer, protecting the shogun who lived in the middle.Even if the allied forces of the Fallen Shogunate had stronger firepower than the shogunate, it was still difficult to capture the Edo Castle built by the shogunate with painstaking efforts.

"The castles of the Dongying Kingdom are built on the basis of the terrain and water potential, and their defense capabilities are not bad. I heard from veterans who participated in the Wanli War that when they fought with the mobilized army in the Koryo Kingdom, they were very troubled by the castles built by the Dongying Kingdom relying on the terrain. .” Zheng Zhilong thoughtfully studied the topography of Edo Castle.

"But now it seems that these castles are no longer a threat to us. Our special gunpowder can easily blast these walls. Even if we don't use special gunpowder, we can destroy this fortress with artillery just using black powder." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Hey, that's right. If the military leader tells us to attack Edo Castle, maybe we 4000 people can really take it down." Zheng Zhihu said excitedly, rubbing his hands.

"If Edo Castle is captured at this time, it is estimated that more than 1000 million people in Dongying Kingdom will explode. There are more than 1000 million people, and our 4000 people cannot be provoked." Zheng Zhilong said, "The ancients said that attacking the heart is the top, and attacking the city is the bottom. Those who can do it don't need to dirty our hands."

After the Allied forces retreated, the shogunate army trapped in the inner city also began to send scouts to explore outside the city.They were surprised to find that the Allied Forces had completely retreated, and it was the Kyushu Army that appeared outside Edo City instead of the Allied Forces.

"Your Excellency, the General, as soon as the Kyushu Army arrived, the rebels retreated for [-] miles! The crisis in Edo Castle has been resolved!" Tadakatsu Sakai personally went out of the castle to confirm the news of the retreat of the rebels, and excitedly met with the shogun Tokugawa's family Light.

"The Kyushu Army has finally arrived." Tokugawa Iemitsu's tone was complicated, and the feeling in his heart was unspeakable, but he didn't mean to breathe a sigh of relief.Because in Tokugawa Iemitsu's view, with the arrival of the Kyushu Army, the crisis of the shogunate has not been fundamentally resolved, and the crisis has become more serious.

Now the Eastern Kingdom is in chaos. The Allied Forces of the Fallen Shogunate occupied the west, while the Shogunate controlled the east. There are still many daimyos waiting and watching.But this time the powerful Chinese forces intervened in the war between the two sides, making the already weird situation even more unspeakable.

"Could the rebel army join forces with the Kyushu Army to deceive us out of the city? Based on the contacts between the Satsuma Fan and the Kyushu Army over the years, the Falling Curtain Movement may be a play they jointly performed. China's strategy is false and true, true and false False, we have to take precautions again and again." A shogunate retainer said.

Hiss... Everyone in the room gasped, thinking carefully and terrified.If the Kyushu Army and the Satsuma Fan had reached an agreement secretly and performed this scene together, wouldn't they have been played to death?

"I don't think it's so mysterious. Most of the time, we think too much. Our people have already contacted Abe Zhongqiu. He said that he had seen the Kyushu Army defeat the South Road rebels headed by Satsuma, and wiped out countless rebels. Thousands of people, more than a thousand prisoners. If the Kyushu Army insists on attacking us with the rebels, there is no need to kill each other in Musashi Kingdom, and directly attack our Edo Castle, we will not be able to defend it at all." Said Tadakatsu Sakai.

"Even though the Kyushu Army and the rebels are not in the same group, they are aggressively intervening at this time, obviously with a plan. As the saying goes, the Kyushu Army is greedy wild wolves, and we must take strict precautions against them." A retainer said.

Everyone looked around, and it turned out that it was Matsudaira Nobuzuna, an important retainer of the Tokugawa family, who served as the general in the defense of Edo Castle.

"Exactly. But at least they lifted the siege of Edo Castle for us. For the time being, let them camp outside the city, and we will send food and grass supplies." Tokugawa Iemitsu finally said, "We took this opportunity to convene the eastern and northern The bannermen and samurai came to Edo City and assembled an army of [-] to counterattack the fallen coalition forces. We cannot rely too much on the strength of the Kyushu Army, otherwise we will become docile lambs."

Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu brothers received the order from the Tokugawa shogunate asking them to garrison outside the city and not enter Edo Castle, and their faces were a little ugly.They are the heavenly army to rescue the suffering, and the Tokugawa shogunate dare to look superior?
"Two generals, our shogun is the great general who conquered the barbarians. Although he has declined a little now, we still have to retain the majesty of the great general who conquered the barbarians. Please be a little more considerate. I will enter the city and ask the shogunate general to bring the generals of your army. Good food and drink." Abe Tadaaki said sweating profusely.

He also wanted to scold his mother in his heart.Those people in Edo Castle did not witness the scene of how the Kyushu Army beat down the Allied Forces like Abe Tadaaki. They didn't know how powerful the Kyushu Army was, so they were still very careless.This put a lot of pressure on Tadaaki Abe as a temporary envoy.If this angers the Kyushu Army, the situation of Edo Castle will definitely be much more dangerous than when it was surrounded by the fallen coalition forces!

"You Dongying people like to eat fresh and light food. We don't expect good wine and good food. You see, we have helped you lift the siege of Edo Castle by the fallen coalition forces. I hope you will come to us as soon as possible within half a month. Compensation of 50 yuan in military expenses. Otherwise, if we are angered, our fleet will immediately launch and bombard Edo Castle." Zheng Zhilong said flatly.

"If we don't pay enough 50 taels, we will leave immediately. We will sell the firearms that we promised to the shogunate to the allied forces of the shogunate. Let the shogunate listen carefully." Zheng Zhihu also threatened from the side.

"Yes, yes, what the two big brothers said is..." Abe Tadaaki wiped the sweat from his forehead.

(End of this chapter)