Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 814 The Curtain Opens
After listening to the plan proposed by Matsupan Jiro, all the participating daimyos fell into deep thought, while Fujido Toraka, who had a different focus, broke the silence and asked questions.

"Don't worry, Fujido-kun. Although I don't dare to speak wildly and say that the enemy will be gathered and wiped out, if the Kyushu island's pro-fans and genealogists form a coalition to invade, our Hirado clan will not be defeated in a short time. !"

Matsupan Jiro replied with a relaxed expression, all the daimyos looked at him suspiciously.

Although among the participating daimyos, the Hirado clan is the strongest in terms of the number of samurai and overall strength, but everyone knows that the Hirado clan can gather at most 3000 troops, of which only about 7000 are elite; There are as many as five pro-fan and genealogical daimyos. If they gather all the people to attack, there will be at least [-] to [-] people. However, in terms of the number of soldiers, the coalition army is almost double that of the Hirado clan, and Matsupan Jiro is obviously also Knowing the details of both parties, why are you still so confident?
"Gentlemen, the fall of the curtain is a matter of great importance to the wealth and lives of everyone present, how can I, Matsupan Jiro, joke about such matters?

I only hope that if you feel that this plan is appropriate, then you will act according to the plan.

After copying these back routes, while looking for an opportunity to spread the news, divide the troops to come to the Hirado Fan along the road. If our army is still confronting the coalition forces, then the lords can attack the rear, and we will split the route to attack , will lead to its defeat!

If the enemy army has been defeated at this time, wouldn't it be wonderful for the lords to capture and kill the defeated soldiers along the way, and then take them for their own use? "

Matsupan Jiro did not explain too much, but made his request to everyone with strong confidence.

"Jiro, if this plan succeeds in the end and we win a big victory, how should we distribute the land, population and property that we looted?
What's more, since it is decided to end the curtain, then we have to elect a leader publicly. If there is no leader among the dragons, it is not a good thing to have chaos at a critical moment. What do you think? "

Matsupan Jiro's old friend Ikeda Teruma once again raised two key questions, and other big names also said yes after hearing the words. Everyone understands Ikeda Teruma's intentions in their hearts. chant.

Ikeda Teruma knows Matsupan Jiro best. He knows that this elder brother, who is ten years older than himself, has always been cautious, and will never do something that he regrets for the rest of his life because of impulse. If Matsupan Jiro is so determined, he must have a trump card , So he pushed the boat along the way and raised the most beneficial question for the Songpan family.

The leader means that once the fall of the curtain is successful in the future, no matter whether it is to establish a new shogunate or return the emperor, the person who takes the lead will logically rise to the top and become the person in charge of the highest power. Judging from the strength and reputation of the participating daimyos, the Songpan family will do their part. In the future, if he succeeds at the top position, Ikeda, who is a family friend, will also follow suit.

As for Kyushu Island's five pro-vassal and genealogical daimyos, although the population of the fields is not very large, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. It was the Hirado clan who made the most effort, and the rest of the people were the ones who missed it, so the person who contributed the most can't suffer,

This matter must be realized and made clear, otherwise, everyone will pretend to be deaf and dumb, and no one will spit out the meat in their mouths. No matter what measures are taken afterwards, the morale of this loose alliance will be hurt. If you send a large army to attack, there may be some moths.

"I, the Ikeda family, would like to serve as the head of the Hirado clan! If you have a better candidate, please feel free to propose it, and I will discuss it later!"

Seeing that no one expressed their opinion, Teruma Ikeda made a clear statement.

After hesitating for a moment, Fujido Toraka also took advantage of the opportunity to agree with Ikeda Terumasa's proposal. Although the rest of the people also thought of the huge benefits after the success of the downfall in the future, and had some ambitions for the position of leader, they still expressed their opinions after a short consideration. Supporting the candidate proposed by Ikeda Teruma, Matsupan Jiro finally became the leader of the Fallen Alliance recognized by everyone.

"Since the lords have elected me to be the leader, I would like to express my position once again regarding the distribution of the land and population mentioned by Mr. Huizheng: My Hirado Domain only takes [-]% from each family, and the rest of the land and population will be retained by the lords? Your lords How do you feel?"

In line with the idea of ​​reciprocating, Matsupan Jiro expressed his attitude towards the spoils quite generously. As soon as this remark came out, the big names present applauded, and they all expressed their warm welcome to the generosity of Hirado, saying that this is a big deal The pattern of the leader is aimed at the heart of the leader, and the curtain will surely succeed.

Originally, everyone thought that the Hirado clan would have to share at least [-]%, but they didn't expect that it would only take [-]%. Want to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.

Coupled with the armory that was just given to everyone, these two things are connected together, let alone the final outcome, just this kind of mind and vision is worthy of everyone's respect.

What everyone doesn't know is that Matsupan Jiro's ambition suddenly grows because of the sharpness of the firearms and armor given by Daming.

Because Zheng Qi has already said: The Ming court will provide follow-up assistance to the Hirado clan at any time according to the progress of the situation.

Matsupan Jiro and several retainers knew in their hearts that the armor and armor used by the shogunate army was no different from that of their Hirado clan. The shogunate was strong only in being able to use more resources and population, but victory or defeat in a battle is not determined by the number of people How much, if one army can only be beaten and cannot fight back, no matter how many people there are, it will eventually be defeated.

The range and power of the firecrackers, bows and arrows of the Great Ming Dynasty can definitely make the shogunate army be beaten but unable to fight back. After the previous rounds of firecrackers, bows and arrows, the shogunate army had no choice but to lose.

After the relevant strategies were successively formulated and perfected, Teruma Ikeda suggested that everyone drink blood as an alliance to show that they would never betray. Afterwards, whether they were sincere or forced, they all cut their fingers and dripped the blood into the wine bowl to mix. They drank it separately.

If someone has hepatitis A, none of these people can escape.

After the meeting, in order not to attract the attention of the shogunate inspectors and Muzuke, one of the daimyos left today and two the day after tomorrow. It took several days for all of them to leave the Hirado domain. The appearance of the team was taken back to the feudal country by everyone.

A month later, after it was confirmed that the collapse of the alliance was ready, Matsupan Jiro ordered to take action against the patrol envoys and Muko who were stationed there.

A visiting envoy, three Mutsuke, and other entourages stationed in Nagasaki were beheaded to death by hundreds of Hirado warriors on a dark and stormy night, and only one escaped over the wall in the dark.

Another month passed, and Tokugawa Iemitsu, who received the news, was furious, and immediately ordered the Chin Fan and Pu Dai to form a coalition army stationed in Kyushu Island to crusade against the Hirado Fan, and the collapse incident officially kicked off.

(End of this chapter)