Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 807 The battle of the sixty vassals, the bloody Japan

"Lord Qian, the current situation in the shogunate is in crisis."

Representatives elected from within the shogunate are asking Qian Qianyi for help.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu pacified Dongying, the shogunate had a total of 270 six feudal clans. Under the check and balance of three generations of Tokugawa shoguns, some of these 270 six feudal clans remained strong, but some had been weakened miserably.

This is why 270 counties were divided into 320 six feudal domains, and even the size gap between the counties is very outrageous.

270 In the six feudal clans, there are many powerful feudal clans. These strong feudal clans are themselves strong, but they are also supported by branch families and other weak clans around them.

They united with their respective regions to form various vassals. These vassals elected by them undoubtedly have the strongest local power, the most land, the most people and soldiers, and the highest number of stones.

Today, there are a total of 43 representatives who have been elected. They are the most powerful daimyos during the shogunate period. They were either foreign powerful feudal clans or genealogical feudal clans.

In fact, there are 59 powerful feudal clans like this in Dongying, including foreign mistresses, pro feudal clans, and genealogies.

The reason why there are only 43 people here is because the other sixteen people chose to riot, and those sixteen people have united and decided to destroy the status quo of Japan and restore the previous appearance of Edo.

It is precisely because of the alliance of sixteen powerful vassals that riots that affect everyone in all parts of Japan will be set off.

But now, those sixteen powerful clans are attacking Kyoto with great ambitions, wanting to regain the emperor's imperial palace and please the abdicated Emperor Gooumizu.

Looking at the anxious faces of these councilors, Qian Qianyi seemed very calm: "Everyone, according to the agreement we negotiated. Dongying will be handed over to you to govern. Although the feudal clans have been abolished and the county has been replaced, you are still a nation with real power. Your respective territories, people, armies, and taxes are all at your disposal."

"And the only requirement of my Ming Dynasty is to maintain the order and stability of Dongpu. The shogunate is just an empty shell. You should be very clear about this. If you didn't fill in the shogunate, the shogunate would not be able to maintain its operation until now."

"Now there is chaos in Japan, and you should solve it quickly instead of coming to me. If it is time for me, Da Ming, to clean up the mess, isn't your current status and everything you enjoy too cheap?"

The congressmen looked a little ugly, but they also knew that what Qian Qianyi said was correct. If they couldn't prove their worth, then Daming could consider replacing a group of people, or even govern Dongpu himself.

The previous agreement was also because Da Ming did not intend to completely destroy the order of the entire East Ocean, nor did he want to send so many troops to the expedition, but it did not mean that Da Ming did not have this ability.

Seeing this, the Mito feudal lord said, "Lord Qian, we, as a nation and members of the shogunate, will show our value."

"However, we hope to get some help from Shangguo. In this regard, we are willing to form an army and hand it over to Shangguo to fight against those rebels."

The words of the lord of the Mito domain represent the opinions of many people.

The Mito clan is not an ordinary foreign strong clan or genealogy generation, but a pro-fan, or the royal family of the pro-fan, and the Mito Tokugawa family is qualified to inherit the position of general.

Such a feudal lord of the Three Royal Clans with 35 stones had apparently negotiated internally before.

And Qian Qianyi's attitude is also very obvious, either the clans can solve the current chaos in Japan by themselves, or give up their existing rights and let Daming clean it up again.

But isn't there room for negotiation?

Have!
That is, each feudal clan organizes an army and hands it over to Daming to command. This army will definitely not return to the feudal clan in the end, but this army will not fall into the hands of the shogunate, but will be controlled by Da Ming.

It is undoubtedly very cost-effective to hand over part of the army in exchange for one's own status, power and even more things, especially when the vassals do not have much choice.

Qian Qianyi looked at the other congressmen: "Everyone, do you also have the same idea?"

The councilors were silent for a moment, then nodded.

The lord of the Satsuma clan asked: "Master Qian, we can hand over the army to Shangguo, and let Shangguo lead us to defeat those rebels, but what about after that? How will those rebels be punished?"

Qian Qianyi replied without hesitation: "The whole family will be executed, and their territory will be taken back to the shogunate. As for how to deal with it later, Daming is not interested."

The congressmen nodded, which meant that those territories and wealth could be distributed by themselves.

Qian Qianyi took a sip of tea, and threw out another bait: "Besides, I also have some ideas about the current structure of the shogunate. For example, in the current parliament, 270 six members of parliament are too many to meet together. How about One point."

"It is divided into the parliament and the shogunate internal meeting. The parliament consists of 270 six members to discuss major issues in Japan, and the shogunate internal meeting has the right to agree or deny these matters, and the internal meeting also has the right to decide all affairs of the shogunate."

"This internal meeting has a tentative quota of 45, how about it?"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of these congressmen lit up.

The shogunate internal council, the existence above the parliament, has the power to decide all affairs of the shogunate, and can also approve or deny the decisions of the parliament. This is the real decision-making level in Japan.

There are 45 positions, obviously all the 43 feudal lords present have a position. As for the other two, Daming will definitely occupy one as a supervisor, and the other should be a false name for the royal family.

But isn't it the 43 of them who really have the right?
After all, the officials of Ming Dynasty didn't care about these things.

Zhao Yuqi silently listened to these exchanges of benefits, he didn't care about them, he only knew that he was going to fight again.

Soon, the shogunate officially issued an announcement. Represented by the Yusanjia, many pro-fans, genealogists, and foreign daimyos jointly issued an announcement, stating that the sixteen powerful feudal clans and their affiliates were extremely sinister careerists and conspirators. Conspiracy to cause chaos will cause chaos in Japan and destroy the hard-won peace of the shogunate. They will conquer these careerists and restore order in Japan.

Afterwards, the vassals represented by the 43 powerful vassals began to form a coalition army, and the commander of the coalition army was naturally the president of the four towns of Ming Dynasty and General Zhao Yuqi, the envoy of Dongying.

The coalition forces of all the vassals will gather in Kyoto as quickly as possible, with the purpose of fighting the sixteen rebels in Kyoto to determine the future ownership of Japan.

And the power erupted by so many powerful vassals also shocked the countries.

First, those weak vassals gathered their own troops into the army of the local strong vassals, and then the generals of the strong vassals commanded these troops to march towards Kyoto.

There is no need for the shogunate to pay a penny, and there is no need for the shogunate to provide arms and food, and the powerful vassals can provide everything properly.

Bamboo spears, naginatas, bows and arrows, iron cannons, large cylinders, and a large number of samurai and meatballs were supplied to the army, and the elite warriors and direct descendants of each family were also ready to go out with the army.

43 torrents began to march towards Kyoto. Among them, there were 5000 troops with a small army, and tens of thousands or more with a large army. The number of coalition forces assembled by 43 strong and many weak clans was astonishingly as high as 30. Half of them All belong to the elite of each family.

And the strength of the sixteen rebels is not weak, they are not like the 43 strong vassals, they still have leeway, the sixteen rebels know what they are doing, so they gathered all their strength and recruited a large number of The ronin samurai and the low-level nobles who were loyal to the emperor of the shogunate scattered a lot of money, and finally had a force of more than 20.

In Dongying, a narrow place in Kansai, more than 50 troops have gathered. This scale surprised both Zhao Yuqi and Qian Qianyi.

Thinking about it, the shogunate’s standing force was only 12, and the other pro-vassals gathered 18, and only [-] troops were gathered to fight against Ming Dynasty.

But now, the sixteen rebels combined can gather an army of more than 20, and the other 43 can gather more than 30. This is not the total strength of the 43.

Doesn't this mean that if Japan can unite, it can gather millions of troops? !
If it was really a million-strong army, even if half of them were temporarily recruited farmers and soldiers, then Zhao Yuqi's original [-]-strong army would be completely overwhelmed by this huge crowd.

But unfortunately, the shogunate is the shogunate, and the feudal clans are the feudal clans. It is impossible for them to unite. The contradictions between the two sides are obvious, and each family has its own thoughts.

If it weren't for the rebellion of the sixteen vassals and the turmoil in the whole of Japan, and the exchange of benefits from Ming Dynasty, it would be impossible for these 43 powerful vassals to unite and gather more than 30 troops.

This war can be said to be the largest war that broke out in the East since the [-]th century. Because Japan is now opening up sea trade, businessmen from various countries spread the news.

North Korea, Ming Dynasty, Southeast Asian countries, Southeast Asian countries, as well as the Dutch, Spaniards, and Francois in the West all expressed their concern for this war. Among them, businessmen from the Western countries even went to the shogunate coalition forces. Participate in this great battle in person.

This battle was also called the Battle of Hundred Fans by the meddlers.

Because the shogunate coalition forces have more than 200 vassal flags, and there are dozens of vassal flags here, the most conspicuous of which are undoubtedly the 43 strong vassal flags of the shogunate and the Sanyekui vassal flag of the shogunate itself and the sixteen vassals big fan flag.

Therefore, this war is also called the Battle of the Sixty Domains.

After more than a month of marching and logistical preparations, the shogunate coalition forces finally succeeded in joining forces outside the city of Kyoto. At this time, the Sixteen Domains had also captured the city of Kyoto. He ran away, along with members of the royal family, Fengxing, gentry, and wealthy people in the capital city, and ran away together.

Now Emperor Gooumizu is in Osaka, and he can take a boat to go to sea at any time, and Osaka has four battalions of the new Ming army, plus the guards of the shogunate in Osaka and Kyoto. Choose to prepare for war and the decisive battle of the shogunate coalition forces to determine the future of Japan.

Outside the city of Kyoto, there are tents all over the mountains, and the flags of the feudal vassals flutter in the wind, looking like a forest of flags. In the camp of the Chinese army, the flags of the 43 powerful feudal clans surround the sun and moon flag of the Ming Dynasty and the three-leaf sunflower of the shogunate flag.

In the big tent, the feudal lords of the 43 clans were present in person, each wearing a large armor and carrying a pocket, discussing with Zhao Yuqi how to wipe out the sixteen rebels.

"In this battle, we need to defeat the rebels in one battle. Only in this way can we completely establish the victory and everyone can stabilize their positions." Zhao Yuqi said.

The lords of the 43 domains nodded. They knew very well that they wanted to show their strength in this battle, and they had to defeat the rebels smoothly. Establish their status as a big nation and the power of the shogunate.

The two sides exchanged war letters to stipulate the time and place of the battle according to the tradition, and at the same time they were preparing secretly. Obviously, no one really planned to follow the tradition.

The Great War broke out, and the shogunate coalition forces attacked on three fronts, attacking Kyoto from three directions: Ueno, Nara, and Osaka.

The ashigaru who were wearing full-length outfits and holding bamboo spears screamed and collided together. The ronin samurai organized by the sixteen feudal clans wanted to make a surprise attack from both sides, but they met the shogunate samurai who also chose to make a surprise attack. Then these samurai fought between Kyoto and Osaka A scuffle broke out.

The sound of iron cannons crackled in pieces, and the big tube was also erected on the hill and fired shells at the melee below, sending it to the sky whether it was the enemy or our own people.

Compared with the Sixteen Powers, the shogunate coalition forces were supported by artillery from the Ming Dynasty. More than [-] heavy artillery unloaded from the warships were properly arranged by the shogunate coalition forces to bombard them. The entire Kansai was shrouded in flames of war. Under the chaotic battle situation, Human life is worthless than trivial things.

Zhao Yuqi commanded the shogunate coalition forces to continuously launch offensives. The 30 army was originally organized by more than 200 vassal dynasties, and commanding was already difficult. The military orders want to be clearly and unmistakably implemented. It is even more difficult.

The lords of the 43rd Fan were also very helpless about this, even if they themselves could not command the coalition forces well, Zhao Yuqi could only give the order to the lords of the 43rd Fans, and then the lords of the 43rd Fans passed on the orders to all the coalition forces of their own. Fan.

"Such a hastily organized army has inconsistent government orders and lax military discipline. It can only be filled with human lives and rebels." Zhao Yuqi said.

Qian Qianyi nodded: "I don't blame General Zhao. Such coalition forces have not been trained and have no concept of organization. It is difficult for General Zhao to command them. Now that our army has the upper hand, General Zhao maintains the status quo and maintains the offensive. Must fail."

Zhao Yuqi shook her head, he knew what Qian Qianyi meant.

In the Edo period, how many samurai were there in Japan?
More than 40 million!
Some of these warriors have master families, and some are wandering warriors whose master families were destroyed.

And what was the population of the samurai family in the Edo period?
More than 200 million!
If these people are not consumed, how can Dongpu maintain weak stability?
In this war, countless people are destined to die.

Under the attention of Eastern countries and Western businessmen, this sixty feudal battle lasted for more than [-] days, among which more than [-] small-scale battles broke out with hundreds of people and thousands of people, almost every day in various places. Small-scale fighting broke out.

There were also five large-scale wars involving tens of thousands of people, or even 10 people. Shelling has changed.

Finally, the two sides could no longer accept such continuous bloodshed, and chose to fight to determine the outcome.

The rebel army headed by the sixteen powerful vassals gathered an army of [-]. This is all the power they can use now. The [-] army was divided into two parts by them, one part was fighting against the shogunate coalition forces, and the other part was going to attack the shogunate The Chinese army camp.

The Great War broke out, and the rebel army gathered more than 12 elites to fight the final decisive battle with the [-] shogunate army. Amidst the roaring and cursing of both sides, and the roaring of the rumbling guns, the volley of iron cannons hit , Gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield, flesh and blood flew everywhere, the smell of blood and the depression of many days of hard fighting made both sides completely forget everything and only cared about killing each other regardless of life and death.

The [-] elite soldiers gathered by the rebel army were intercepted by another force of the shogunate army outside the camp of the Chinese army.

"General! The elite of the rebel army is attacking our Chinese army camp. The Mito family asked if they should evacuate?"

Zhao Yuqi shook her head with a calm expression: "How many elites can they have? We have enough people in the Chinese army camp to stop them."

"If we evacuate now, the whole front of the war will be affected, and then there will be a complete defeat."

"Let the Mito family stick to the camp, and we will win soon."

Soon someone came to report: "General! The Ozhang family came to report that the main force of the rebel army will not retreat, and now the coalition forces are somewhat unable to resist."

Zhao Yuqi frowned slightly. The 12 allied army could not defeat [-], but the rebels on the opposite side knew that failure would undoubtedly lead to death, and it was not surprising that such a result was achieved with the addition of mourners.

Without thinking, Zhao Yuqi said: "Let the Ozhang family persevere and tell them that the rebel army has no more troops at hand, and we will win this battle immediately."

Sure enough, while the shogunate coalition forces and the rebels were fighting hard on the frontal battlefield, cheers suddenly sounded behind the rebels, and familiar flags of the shogunate coalition forces appeared one after another.

The rebels were stunned, how did the coalition forces of the shogunate come out of the capital city? !

"Kyoto has been conquered! The rebels have failed! Go!"

The coalition ashigaru and the samurai cheered, one by one feeling that they were full of strength again, but the rebel soldiers who had been holding their breath and fighting desperately felt like the sky was collapsing at this moment. If they are gone, naturally they will lose all fighting spirit.

Cheers and shouts of killing continued to sound on the battlefield, and then the rebels were completely defeated and fled in all directions!
After nearly [-] days of bitter fighting, the shogunate coalition forces finally completely defeated the rebels of the sixteen vassals. The sixteen powerful vassals and their affiliated vassals were beheaded by the whole family, and the territory and property were taken over by the shogunate. Since then, stability and order have been restored in Dongying .

In this battle, the combined forces of the shogunate and the sixteen rebels suffered more than 30 casualties, and the entire area around Kyoto was destroyed by the flames of war.

Dongpu is bleeding continuously.

(End of this chapter)