I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 687 Broken City
Wang Zongtan did not keep the baby Tokugawa Zonghan, but directly packed up and sent them to Edo Castle with the captured Kanto daimyo.

Tadashi Ooka realized something was wrong when he saw the flag of the Kwantung Allied Forces captured by the Ming army.

Unfortunately, before he could block the news, the Ming army sent people into the city.

This is just great.

Everyone in Edo City knew that the Kanto Allied Forces were defeated!
They have no reinforcements.

What's more serious is that these captured daimyo who were sent to Edo also spread the message that the Ming army was powerful. Three thousand defeated a hundred thousand strong soldiers of the Kanto vassals.

By the time Tokugawa Yoshimune reacted and wanted to control the person first, it was already too late.

In just two days, rumors were spreading in the city, and the daimyo and samurai from various places who stayed in Edo were all panicked.

Tokugawa Yoshimune had no choice but to summon these daimyo again to the castle tower for a meeting to discuss.

Mizuno Tadayuki said: "The Kwantung Allied Forces were defeated. Even though the reality is not as exaggerated as the rumors, people's hearts are in chaos..."

Honda Tadayoshi hesitated for a moment and said: "Why not, let's talk about peace! Although the conditions of the Celestial Army are harsh, they are not impossible to negotiate. Now that the Kwantung reinforcements have been defeated, rumors are spreading in the city, and the Emperor and the Emperor have also been captured by the Celestial Army... "

There is no need to say more about what follows. Everyone understands that if the Celestial Empire really supports the Emperor, the shogunate will be embarrassed.

This is not the last year of the shogunate. There are a large number of daimyo supporting the shogunate. As long as China really shows its intention to support, civil war will definitely break out in Japan.

By then, the daimyo who support the shogunate's clan, as well as some daimyo who follow the shogunate, may have to fight against the daimyo who support the emperor.

Tokugawa Yoshimune's face was dark, and he still refused to give up and asked Ooka Tadashi: "If you are asked to defend Edo for a month now, is it possible to do it?"

Mr. Ooka fell to the ground and worshiped: "We will fight to the death and never retreat."

The meaning is simple and clear, and it can hold its own.

Let alone a month, with the current situation, even half a month is enough.

Tadashi Ooka has already understood that the Ming army was unable to fight in the past because they had been fishing and besieging the city to bring reinforcements!
Even if the daimyo samurai of the Kwantung Allied Forces were a bit exaggerated, they might not have an army of 100,000, but even if it was only one tenth, 3,000 people defeated 10,000 Kwantung samurai, and they still attacked from Edo to dozens of miles away in one day. of Tonegawa.

This kind of combat power combined with the marching speed is not something that the Japanese samurai who have been unable to fight for a long time can fight.

The banner warriors revitalized by Tokugawa Yoshimune were also talking nonsense against the Celestial Army.

Mizuno Tadayuki stepped forward and said: "The Celestial Army easily defeated the Kwantung Allied Forces. Even if Edo could defend Edo for more than a month, the Kansai Army might not be able to rush to Edo's aid. Now, whether it is war or peace, I ask the General to come to your aid as soon as possible." If you are indecisive when making decisions, you may suffer the disaster of 'two emperors in one day'.

The so-called "Two Emperors in One Day and Southern Beijing" actually refers to Japan's Northern and Southern Dynasties era.

At that time, Japan was not only divided into the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but also had two emperors standing side by side, and the Northern Emperor publicly declared that the Southern Emperor was the orthodox one. Because the emperor of the Southern Dynasties had the so-called "Three Divine Artifacts" inherited from the Japanese royal family, he also held real power.

The current line of Japanese emperors was inherited from the emperors of the Northern Dynasties at that time.

Tokugawa Yoshimune took a deep breath. He knew what Mizuno Tadayuki said. No matter how much compensation the Tianjun asked for, they could pay it back slowly.

After all, China is China, and Japan is Japan. But if China uses this as an excuse to really support the emperor...or even not support it, but only shows some intention, there will definitely be countless careerists who will come to the Tokugawa family under the banner of the emperor. The shogunate dealt a heavy blow.

Mizuno Tadayuki specifically used the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the history books as an example, not only to persuade him to make a decision, but also to remind Tokugawa Yoshimune that Ashikaga Takauji could establish a Muromachi shogunate under the banner of the emperor, so could other daimyo with ulterior motives.

It's a pity that Tokugawa Yoshimune is still unwilling to give up.

"boom!"

A group of ministers and lords from various vassals were waiting for the general's decision when they suddenly heard a loud roar. Even if they are guarding the pavilion here, they can still hear it clearly.

"What's going on?" Tokugawa Yoshimune frowned.

Immediately, a samurai came in and reported: "The Heavenly Army...the Heavenly Army has attacked the city! The wall of Nishinomaru collapsed and was blown down by the Heavenly Army's large iron cannon!"

In fact, it was not destroyed by bombing, but by the Ming army's city-breaking cannon.

The walls of Edo Main Castle have not been repaired for many years. Fires break out here every now and then. In order to rebuild the external commercial area, the shogunate's finances have been drained, and there is no money to maintain the useless military main castle.

After so many years, even if the common people broke out, they could rarely reach Edo City. If they did, there was nothing they could do to the city.

When Tokugawa Yoshimune and the others were in the castle tower, the roar they could hear even from such a distance was the loud noise of the city wall collapsing after the city-breaking cannon exploded.

Even the accompanying samurai warriors of the local daimyo in Ninomaru could feel a slight tremor, like an earthquake.

"Follow me and kill for the sake of China and General Wang!"

"For General Wang!"

"..."

"Ronin General" Yuta Yamamoto put on the samurai armor given to him by Wang Zongtan, held a samurai high, and with thousands of Edo ronin behind him, he took the lead and swarmed into the gap in the city wall that was blown up.

Those Hatamoto warriors inside who were lucky enough not to be crushed to death by the city wall did not escape, but also drew their swords and faced them.

The two sides quickly fought together. One side had gorgeous armor, but the number was small and the organization was disorganized. On the other side, there was no armor, but a large number of people, and also no organization.

The battle between the Edo ronin and the shogunate's Hatamoto samurai gave the impression of two miscellaneous troops fighting each other.

Wang Zongtan took his time and allowed the infantry to occupy the city wall calmly and surrounded the shogunate troops.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

A volley of gunfire.

A group of shogunate warriors who rushed forward to block the Ming army were beaten into a hornet's nest on the spot.

Without the protection of the city wall, the shogunate's banner warriors were like lost dogs, retreating again and again under the attack of the Ming army.

The streets outside Nishinomaru were littered with naked bodies.

After all, these are all Hatamoto samurai of the shogunate. Even if they don't have valuable armor, they still have some wearable armor.

By the time Tokugawa Yoshimune, along with his ministers and daimyo, hurried from the main castle to Ninomaru Castle, the entire outer city of Nishinomaru had already been captured by the Ming army.

The armies of both sides have temporarily ceased fighting. The Ming army is rectifying the ronin and preparing to launch the next wave of attacks. The samurai defenders of the shogunate are also retreating to defend the Ninomaru city wall.

Tokugawa Yoshimune finally let go of his reserve. Although the city of Edo became increasingly difficult to attack the further inside, he did not dare to gamble: "Send envoys out of the city immediately. The shogunate is willing to agree to the previous conditions of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army will not attack the city again." "

Tokugawa Yoshimune is in his fifties this year and has long lost the vigor of his youth.

I was holding on for dear life before, but that was because I wasn't hurt by the beating.

　That's all for now, I'm preparing for the exam recently!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)