I formed the strongest swordsman group.

Chapter 722: Kill Changzhou! Qingjun side! 【4200】

Anyone who has read the "Three Kingdoms" will not be unfamiliar with the clothing and belt edict.

After Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian to Xudu, he became arrogant and domineering, holding the emperor hostage to order the princes. The officials were dissatisfied and the world was full of resentment. The emperor wanted to get rid of Cao Cao, but since he had no real power and Cao Cao had many eyes and ears in the palace, he had no choice but to hand over the imperial edict to Dong Cheng to plot the incident.

Dong Cheng claimed to the outside world that he had accepted the secret edict contained in the clothes of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and murdered Cao Cao with Zhong Ji, Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu, Liu Bei, Wu Zilan and others.

Qingdeng never expected that after more than 1,600 years, the "Belt Edict" would reappear in the distant island country of Japan, and it would appear right in front of his eyes!

After a brief period of astonishment, he regained his composure, spread out Chen Han in his hands, and took a closer look.

Since becoming an official, Qingdeng has rarely interacted with the court.

His work content and scope of authority have little overlap with those of the imperial court.

However, he was also one of the senior cabinet ministers of the shogunate, and had been canonized by the emperor (Da Cheng of the Ministry of War). He still recognized Chen Han's appearance.

In fact, if you want to check the authenticity of Chen Han, you only need to confirm one thing.

That is the security mark printed at the end of the letter paper - the Emperor's Royal Seal!

The Imperial Seal is made of gold, with a side length of 3 inches (approximately 9.09cm) and a weight of approximately 3.55kg.

The history of the emperor's use of royal seals can be traced back to the Asuka period.

Since the Asuka period, the material and size of the emperor's royal seal have changed many times.

Today's Emperor's Royal Seal has the four characters "Emperor's Royal Seal" written in seal script.

Qingden looked intently at the end of the letter - the red coat of arms with the four characters "Emperor's Royal Seal" printed on it, which was particularly conspicuous.

At this time, Matsudaira Yongho suddenly interrupted:

"Tachibana Military Department, there is no need to doubt that this letter is indeed from the Emperor's Chenhan."

Since Matsudaira Yongho said so, Qingden also has no doubt about it.

"..."

Qingdeng frowned and pursed his lips slightly, thinking.

Suddenly receiving the Emperor's Order on Clothes and Belts... even Qingto, who had experienced so much, couldn't help but feel unbelievable.

Because this matter was really unusual, Qingdeng had to lower his voice and asked with a serious face:

"Higo-sama, how did you get this Feng Chenhan?"

Matsudaira Yongboyan briefly and comprehensively summarized:

"This was secretly handed over to me by His Majesty's personal advisor this morning."

He spoke eloquently.

Qingdeng listened carefully.

Ayoto had no doubts about the whole process of Matsudaira Yōho's acquisition of Emperor Chenhan.

Maintaining contact with the emperor—this was one of Matsudaira Yoshiho's basic tasks.

The function of the governor of the capital is to regulate the capital and monitor the law and punish the party.

The function of the Kyoto Guardian (the official position of Matsudaira Yōho) is to monitor the Satsuma, Nagasaki and imperial court and protect the imperial palace.

In this way, Matsudaira Yongho's chance of contacting the emperor was naturally far better than Aishobu's.

In addition, although Matsudaira Yongho was a supporter of the shogunate, he always respected the emperor and the ministers of the court, and always maintained good friendship with the ministers of the imperial court.

It is said that the emperor had a good impression of Matsudaira Yōho.

The ministers of the Samu faction praised him as "the guardian of the royal city".

In terms of personal connections in the court alone, Qingden was far inferior to Matsudaira Yongho.

Qingdeng has always hated the public.

The reason... we have to start with Wagoniya (the emperor's sister, Tokugawa Iemo's main wife).

The group of scornful Sanba who surrounded He Gong really left a deep psychological shadow on Qingden.

Driven by this shadow, Qingdeng felt upset whenever he saw public figures.

Moreover, he looked down on these short-sighted rats from the bottom of his heart.

Ever since, he has always adhered to the basic attitude of "staying away as much as possible" and "ignoring if you can" towards the public.

To sum up, it is logical that Matsudaira Yoshiho was able to contact the emperor's cronies and then obtain the emperor's imperial concubine.

After Songping Rongbao finished speaking, Qingden started thinking again.

Before he could, he curled up the corners of his mouth and his expression became weird and unspeakable.

"It seems...'The Emperor is being held hostage' is not based on mere speculation!"

This Feng Chenhan confirmed that the statement that "the emperor was kidnapped" that had been widely circulated before was not a conspiracy theory that seemed to be true or illusory, but an actual fact!

It is no exaggeration to say that if this matter spreads, it will definitely cause a huge sensation!

Qingdeng put Chen Han back into the wooden box and continued.

"In that case, what are we waiting for?"

"The emperor is asking us for help. He does not want to be led by the Zunbo faction anymore."

"Higo-sama, we have great justice in our hands!"

Speaking of this, Qingdeng narrowed his eyes, put on a sonorous and powerful tone, and said seriously:

"Kill Changzhou and Qingjun side!"

Crusade against the traitors who held the Emperor hostage - throughout the entire history of Japan, there is probably no more sufficient reason for war than this!

Qingdeng’s words continued:

"The Aizu Army has 1000 troops."

He held up one finger.

"The Shinsengumi has 3000 troops."

He held up three more fingers.

"The two armies work together, and the total strength is as high as 4000!"

"Expelling Changzhou is enough!"

According to available intelligence, the number of troops deployed by Choshu in Kyoto is roughly between 1000 and 2000.

4000 versus 2000, the advantage is mine!

With both a strong and reliable armed force and the right to send troops... With all the conditions in place, what reason is there not to show off to Changzhou!

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Matsudaira Rongho let out a faint laugh: "Hehehe":

"Tachibana Military Department, our strength is more than 4000!"

After Qingdeng heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows.

Just as he was about to ask a question, he heard the sound of footsteps coming from far and near outside the door - judging from the sound, it seemed that there was more than one person coming.

"Lord."

It was Yamakawa Bie's voice.

"He's here."

Matsudaira Rongho laughed dumbly.

"Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here. Let him come in."

"Yes!"

With a "swish" sound, the door opened, and a strong man got in - the light beside Qingden's knees suddenly dimmed.

This person's figure is so tall that it directly blocks the light and casts a wide and long shadow.

Qingdeng looked at the strong man and was stunned.

Strong arms, thick and short neck, bear-like stature, dark skin, fleshy face, not angry and self-proud... This strong man is none other than the current actual leader of the Satsuma Domain - Saigo Yoshinosuke!

"Tachibana, long time no see." Saigo Kinosuke was the first to say hello to Aoto.

Qingdeng calmed down his surprise and responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:

"Xixiang-kun, you are fine."

Saigo Kinosuke took big steps and sat cross-legged across from Aoto and Matsudaira Yōho.

Three people sitting on each side form an isosceles triangle.

Aoto looked at Saigo Kinosuke, and then at Matsudaira Yōho in front of him.

After all, he is also the governor of Gyeonggi Province who manages the state and discusses the Tao.

If he can't even see such an obvious political statement, then there's no need for him to mess around!

Soon, he realized the reason why Saigo Kinosuke was here.

"Higo-sama, Satsuma is willing to be our ally?"

Saigo Kinosuke spoke loudly before he could:

"Exactly! From today on, Satsuma is willing to advance and retreat together with the Shogunate and Aizu!"

Matsudaira Yongho explained half-step:

"Jubingbu, the 'Yamato Xingxing' announced by the imperial court not long ago is indeed a trick created by the Zunbo faction in Changzhou."

"They jointly planned with the ministers of the Zunban faction to rob the emperor to Choshu when His Majesty was on tour, and coerced the emperor to issue an edict, using the name of the emperor to order the shogunate to implement the ban."

"If the shogunate refuses to submit, Choshu will march eastward and bury him in one fell swoop."

"However, the Zunbo faction in Changzhou was planning something secret and was discovered by Satsuma's spies."

"Therefore, just this afternoon, Satsuma took the initiative to send someone to contact me and expressed his willingness to assist us in expelling Changzhou together!"

Saigo Kinosuke answered:

"To be honest, I was really shocked when I learned that His Majesty had issued a belt order to Higo-sama."

"This is probably what is called 'when you want to sleep, come to the pillow'!"

"Our military strength already has the upper hand."

"Now there is great justice on my side."

"How can Changzhou be undefeated?!"

After the assassination of Lord Saionji, Tanaka Shinbei of the Satsuma Domain was identified as the murderer. Tanaka Shinbei committed suicide, and the Satsuma Domain was also implicated, and was stripped of his duty to guard the palace gates.

Judging from subsequent investigations and inferences... the real culprit who assassinated Xiyuanji Gongzhi was probably from Changzhou.

The Choshu people stole Tanaka Shinbei's sword, pretended to have missed the sword when assassinating Saionji Temple, and left the sword at the scene, thereby framing Tanaka Shinbei and then framed Satsuma.

The purpose is probably to punish Satsuma - who told you that Satsuma's position is not firm enough! If you are not determined to resist the foreigners, you are determined not to resist the foreigners! Should be killed!

Inexplicably being blamed for assassinating the minister... Satsuma was really unjust.

However, the strange thing is that even though he suffered such injustice, Satsuma did not argue, remained silent, did not take any action, and always showed an indifferent look.

Unexpectedly...the long silence turned out to be to hold back the ultimate move!

When the battle begins, the people of Choshu will be shocked to see the Satsuma flag flying in the enemy formation.

After listening to the impassioned speeches of the two men, Aomori cast an intriguing look at Saigo Yoshinosuke.

After a moment, he said half teasingly and half seriously:

"Saigo-kun, are you Satsuma finally willing to bet?"

Saigo Yoshinosuke smiled reservedly:

“When tigers fight in the mountains, smart monkeys sit back and watch how it ends.”

Although Saigo Kinosuke said it tactfully, everyone understood it tacitly.

However, ridicule is ridicule. Regarding Satsuma's political acumen, Qingteng had to write a big word "accept".

Previously, they had been sitting on the fence, neither supporting the enemy nor resisting the invaders.

Finally, at the critical moment, bet accurately and join the camp that can definitely win.

Such a keen political sense is really admirable.

Compared with the completely crazy Choshu, Satsuma's political performance is undoubtedly much more mature.

It can be seen from this that Saigo Kinosuke, Komatsu Daito, Okubo Kazzo and others who led Satsuma are a group of real politicians!

"Then... after adding Satsuma's 2000 troops, the total strength of our three families will be as high as 6000!"

Qingdeng said while making a "6" gesture.

"An army of this size is enough to fight a large-scale joint battle!"

Saigo Yoshinosuke nodded lightly:

"Changzhou is definitely not our opponent."

"The only thing I'm worried about now...is the movements of Tosa Kin's party."

"As members of the Zunban faction with a radical style, the Tosa Kinou Party is very likely to lend a helping hand to Choshu."

"While we are concentrating on dealing with Choshu, if the Tosa Kinwang Party jumps out to disrupt the situation... I am afraid it will lead to serious consequences."

"Therefore, we should make the Tosa Kinou Party one of our imaginary enemies."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qingdeng said with a smile:

"As for Tosa... you can feel at ease."

"In order to completely eliminate the Tosa King's Party once and for all, I have already made careful arrangements."

"When the time comes, Tosa Kin's party will be wiped out overnight."

Saigo Kinosuke raised his eyebrows.

"Oh? It seems that I have already prepared for a rainy day, but I have no plan at all! I really shouldn't dig a well when I'm thirsty."

At this time, Matsudaira Yongho suddenly interrupted:

"We will discuss the specific action plan in detail later."

"Now...let us make a covenant first!"

Having said that, Matsudaira Yongho grabbed the saber beside his leg.

Seeing this, Aomori and Saigo Kinosuke picked up their respective sabers.

Choking, choking, choking - the three knives were unsheathed one after another.

The next breath - Keng, Keng, Keng - the three knives were put back into their sheaths in no particular order, making a crisp sound!

……

……

Killing Changzhou, Qing Jun side... It is impossible for a military operation of this level not to be reported to the superior.

Aoto and Matsudaira Yongho sent reliable spies to send a letter to Tokugawa Iemo overnight.

Soon, they received a brief reply from Tokugawa Iemo: Mobilize the army and conquer Choshu!

To put it simply, Tokugawa Iemo's idea is to take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate Choshu in one fell swoop!

Of course, it is certainly unrealistic for the 6000 troops of the "Xinhui-Sa Allied Forces" to go on an expedition to the Western Kingdom and completely wipe out the Changshu Domain, which was defending the two countries.

Therefore, Tokugawa Iemo's request to Qingnobo and Matsudaira Yongho was simple - first expel the ministers of the Choshu and Zunbo factions from Kyoto and weaken their power as much as possible.

As for the next "expedition to the Western Kingdom and launching a general attack on Changzhou"... we will leave it to later.

Although Tokugawa Iemo said it very implicitly, anyone with a little brain would know what he meant by "weakening its power as much as possible".

A bloody war is inevitable!

With Tokugawa Iemo's permission, Aoto and Matsudaira Yōho no longer had any worries.

They secretly communicated with Saigo Yoshinosuke, exchanged opinions and negotiated together.

In the end, they made a careful battle plan - dispatching troops in the early morning of August 8 to block all the palace gates of the imperial palace and prohibit the people of Changzhou and the ministers of Zunbo from entering the imperial palace! Drive them out of Kyoto!

If they dare to attack, give them the title of "Chao Enemy" and raise troops to attack.

If they dare not attack, then lead their troops to attack and kill the Changzhou people as much as possible!

All in all, we must hit Changzhou hard!

*******

*******

Asking for a monthly ticket! Please vote for recommendation! (Leopard head crying.jpg)

When talking about the emperor, Matsudaira Yoshiho and Saigo Kinosuke called him "Your Majesty", while Aoto said bluntly "the emperor". The similarities and differences in the attitudes towards the imperial court can be seen.