Win the Ding 1617

It is conceivable that Matsudaira Nobuzuna, who has always been known as the "wisdom Izu", threatened to commit suicide by caesarean section in front of the governor's mansion guarding Han, threatening death.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna was kneeling on the ground at the gate of the mansion, his upper body naked, and his delicate white flesh was blown by the cold wind, causing countless small bumps, a rib was placed next to his leg, and the retainer behind him was standing with a long knife in both hands. Ready to act as his intermediary, cut off the head of Mr. Songping with the long knife in his hand.

There was such a scene in front of the gate of Li Shouhan, the powerful governor of Guangdong and Guangxi who was suppressing the appeasement, and the Chinese people, who were always very lively, could not help but watch.

For a while, local officials at all levels in Guangdong who came to run around the gate, officials from the provincial capital who tried to get closer to the guards, and a group of idlers near the gate surrounded the outside. A thick circle, pointing and discussing there.

"Mr. Songping, you can be regarded as a high-ranking and decent person in your country. How did you resort to such rogue methods?"

Amidst the sound of drums, the gate was wide open, and the guard came down to the gate under the escort of dozens of soldiers, and bowed his hands to the many officials and people who bowed to him one after another, Shi Shiran came with a resolute and resolute expression In front of the old middle school, Izu Mori Matsudaira Nobuzuna.

"My lord, if your lord refuses to meet the foreign ministers and cannot agree to the foreign ministers' request, then not only the foreign ministers will have to cut open their stomachs to apologize to my lord, but even half of the foreign ministers' entourage will have to cut open their stomachs in front of your lord's mansion!"

"Tsk tsk tsk! It's the root of the new year. You left blood stains everywhere in front of my door, and dead bodies lay all over the place. How unlucky? It doesn't matter if you annoy me. If you annoy my subordinates, I can't speak for you Already!"

Nobuzuna Matsudaira was able to occupy the position of the old middle school, and he was definitely not a person who was in vain. Listening to the meaning in the tone of the Chinese words, he immediately jumped up, knelt and climbed a few steps forward, "The foreign minister is also worried about state affairs. That's why I made this bad plan! I hope your lord will forgive me!"

The thing that can force Matsudaira Nobuzuna to make such a bad move is naturally a big deal.

This is no less than the Battle of Sekigahara, the Battle of Winter in Osaka, and the Battle of Summer in Japanese history.Even worse than that.That is the famous Shimabara Rebellion!

Shimabara Rebellion.It started from the Shimabara Peninsula of the Hizen country. This place belonged to the foreign daimyo Matsukura family. At that time, the Matsukura family governor was Matsukura Katsuie, a ruthless and greedy guy.Just this year (the 14th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. The 1637th year of Kuanyong, [-] AD) in the fall.There was a great famine on the Shimabara Peninsula and the Amakusa Islands in the Higo country to the south.However, the Songcang Sheng family still collected the annual tribute according to the old rules, and brutally executed several farmers who could not pay the annual tribute.

If it is an ordinary execution, it will be fine.In what year in Kyushu did the feudal lord not execute a few peasants who did not pay tribute according to the ratio of six citizens to four?However, it's so survivable.These peasants have another identity, they are believers of Catholicism in secret.After the Matsukura Katsuya arrested these believers, they would hold a ceremony of "stepping on painting" for them.The so-called "stepping painting" refers to throwing a wooden sign with a crucifix on the ground, and letting those who suspect that they are believers step on it with their feet. will be burned at the stake.This method was not created by Matsukura Katsuya, but a boring trick created by the shogunate and promoted everywhere.

However, this group of believers seems to have a firm belief.Refuse to hold a Tae.Therefore, he was sentenced to fire at the stake.

This ignited conflicts that had been pent up for a long time.As foreign daimyos, the Matsukura family, unlike the Shimadzu family, belonged to the foreign daimyos that first started trading with the South China Army and had a natural advantage.However, it is not as good as others, and it must not fall behind among the southwestern feudal clans in the annual visit to the throne.So we can only make ideas on the peasants.The tax collection standard is the highest in the Kyushu region. The hard-earned money sent by farmers to work in Nanzhong will also be charged a layer of tax by the public, and the exchange rate will be calculated at a [-]% discount. In this way, it is conceivable that there is a contradiction How serious it has accumulated.

On October [-]th, Shimabara Ma Village mobilized one after another, killed the deputy official of the Matsukura Clan, Hayashi Bingemon, and broke through the feudal weapon arsenal, surrounding the Matsukura Clan's main castle, Shimabara Castle. .

On the 27th, the Amakusa Islands also erupted, echoing the Shimabara Ikki from north to south.The Amakusa Islands are the enclave of the Daimyo Okubo clan of Karatsu of the Hizen Kingdom. Shigetoshi Miyake, the acting official of the Karatsu Domain, led the army to suppress the riots, but was defeated by Ichikui on November [-]th and died in a different place.Amakusa Kazuki went on to surround Tomioka Castle.

Under the leadership of Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, a 16-year-old boy who was the son of Masuda Yoshiji, the retainer of the former leader of the Western Army, Konishi Xingchang, several forces merged into one. Going to the abandoned original city, the cage city is firmly guarded. Although it has been abandoned, the basic earth and wooden walls have not been leveled, which gave the Yikui Army a perfect base.

"I've heard about all these things. Didn't your lord, General Shangjiaguang, send Itakura Shigemasa to Kyushu to entangle the nearby princes to conquer. Otherwise, this group of religious bandits would not have retreated to the original city!"

Regarding the Shimabara Rebellion, Shou Han had been informed before that, in addition to instructing merchants in Kyushu to pay attention to safety in the process of doing business, and to buy a large number of people, he could also sell various weapons to the Yikui Army.Otherwise, how could the Matsukura family and the Okubo family be defeated with the mob of the Yikui army?

"My lord thinks that I got the news from the merchants in your place, but this news is outdated! The rampantness of this generation is far beyond my lord's imagination!"

The Kitakyushu region is the center of the spread of Catholicism. In the late Warring States Period, a large number of civilians and even samurai converted to Catholicism. These people were forced to hide after the "Great Martyrdom", taking advantage of this turmoil to rise again.Therefore, it is not only tens of thousands of farmers who stick to the original city, but also many ronin who believe in Catholicism.As a descendant of an important minister of the Western Army, Shiro Tokisada was the leader of these wanderers first, and then the leader of the Catholics.It is said that this handsome young man was sent by God to save the Japanese Catholics living in dire straits.The believers all respect him as "heavenly man" and "angel".Everything is up to Shiro Tokisada to follow.

And Itakura Shigemasa, who was ordered to come to conquer the rebels, came to Kyushu and sat in Shimahara Castle. He gathered surrounding princes including Matsukura Katsuya, Nabeshima Katsushige, and Arima Toyoshi. attack.

"Having mobilized so many troops? Isn't that great? Smash the bandits in one fell swoop!"

"My lord! If that's the case, why do foreign ministers force you to die in front of your lord?"

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Matsudaira Nobuzuna's mouth.

After Nabeshima Katsushige brought 2000 soldiers and horses to join him, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, the head of the Shimadzu family who had just returned to Satsuma from Edo Castle, also volunteered to lead [-] soldiers and horses to fight.Veteran Huashan Jiugao also led [-] people regardless of his octogenarian age.

Look at this group of elite teachers.All ashigaru and iron cannons armed with Nanzhong equipment.Itakura Shigemasa couldn't help being overjoyed, he had already seen Amaterasu waving to him and showing a triumphant smile.

"This damn Kagoshima red deer!"

Mentioning the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma domain, Matsudaira-sama couldn't help being furious.

"At the time of attending the pilgrimage that day, the old dog Shimadzu came. He replaced his son Guangjiu. It was for today!"

"how do I say this?!"

It seemed that there was a change in the Shimadzu family.Shou Han couldn't help putting away his calm expression, he instinctively felt that something might be going off track!

Especially after hearing that Shimadzu Tadahisa took the place of his son Shimadzu Mitsuhisa to participate in the annual pilgrimage.Shou Han's back began to feel a little chilly.The old man went for his son and exchanged his young life with an old body, which is clearly going to die calmly!

"On that day, my important minister of the Tokugawa family, Itakura Shigemasa, ordered all the troops and horses to line up outside the original city, preparing to launch an attack on the original city. However, when the Matsukura family, who clearly identified the leading enemy, was defeated, the second enemy When the Arima family was about to make a move, the Shimadzu family, Huashan family, and Nabeshima family on the right side of the entire army turned their spearheads, and took advantage of the momentary chaos in our army's main formation to attack us. General Cang's attack!"

The [-] Satsuma soldiers who were fed with rice on weekdays were divided into five teams, and they opened the way with iron cannons, stabbing with spears like forests.Immediately defeated Itakura Shigesho, who was unprepared.

While rushing, the Shimadzu family team burst out thunderous slogans from time to time, "This place is Wutouzaka, we must avenge Toyohisa!"

"Backward is definitely death, forward may have a way of life. Let's go forward and fight a bloody road back to the country!"

Toyohisa Shimadzu died in Wutouzaka in order to cover the main general at the time, Yuishinzai, in the Battle of Sekigahara. In that battle, of the 600 Shimadzu family dispatched, only 80 returned to China!As for the slogan that going back is a dead end, and going forward may be a way of life, that was what the head of the Shimadzu family, General Wei Xinzhai, chanted that day!

In the first battle that day, the Satsuma soldiers flew past Tokugawa Ieyasu's main line, scattered the Fukushima army, trampled on Tsutsui's army, and crossed Sekigahara. Tokugawa Ieyasu was amazed by the strength of the fighting power!His subordinate is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa", Naomasa Ii. Most of his subordinates are the survivors of Koshu's famous general Yamagata Changjing, also known as "Chibei". He is the number one trump card in the Tokugawa army. The result is here During the battle, Naozheng was hit by an iron cannon in the shoulder, and his injuries worsened when he returned home. He passed away after more than a year in bed.

Over the past few decades, the Shimadzu family has continued to fight hard, while the rest of the family, including the banner of the Tokugawa family, have been at peace for a long time, and their combat effectiveness has deteriorated drastically.Between this ebb and flow, the gap is getting bigger and bigger.

In Kyushu, due to the harsh natural conditions, it is a great happiness for soldiers to be able to eat enough, not to mention that they can eat white rice for three meals a day?At the beginning of the battle, the samurai of the Shimadzu family at all levels told the soldiers, "Do you want to feed the children too? If you don't want to continue to live that kind of starving life in the future, just charge forward!"

Led by nearly a thousand Nanzhong matchlock iron cannons, the Shimadzu family's iron cannon team played the three-stage attack to the extreme.One row to fire, one row to load, and one row to prepare to shoot.The rolling team, iron cannons raining down, violently bombarded Itakura Shigemasa's team, and then even came with spears. The unprepared Itakura-sama never thought that he would be returned just now. The allies who bowed their heads and obeyed their ears fought back.Suddenly panicked and lost control of the entire army.

The Yikui army that was still standing guard in the original city just now is naturally not the kind of Song Xianggong who would wait for the opponent to cross the river and complete the formation before attacking. They don't have the demeanor of the ancient nobles at all. The principle that illness kills you.Seeing the enemy's infighting, immediately a large group of people swarmed out.

"Master Tiantong has an order! Anyone who slays the devil. The armor and weapons belong to me!"

From time to time, some ronin in Yikui's army shouted loudly.As a former samurai, the ronin is naturally full of envy and hatred for the banner warriors in the shogunate army who wear Nanzhong armor and hold Nanzhong swords and guns in their hands.Now that you have such an opportunity, of course you can't miss it!

Under the pincer attack of the two groups of troops, the shogunate army was out of ten.Itakura Shigemasa's head was rushed into the formation by Naoshima Naoshige on horseback, and he took it away alone!

After this battle, tens of thousands of shogunate troops, the elite of seven or eight daimyos, were defeated by a rabble composed of [-] Satsuma soldiers, tens of thousands of peasants and ronin.The impact was a mess.Chased and killed for dozens of miles.It was only when he retreated to Shimabara Castle that he managed to hold his ground.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu generously gave thousands of captured swords and bamboo spears to Teishiro Tokishiro Amakusa, and left more than a thousand stones of rice for him as military rations.He led his men and horses to escort the captured peasants and soldiers to leave the Shimabara Peninsula with the seized supplies, knives and guns, and went to clean up all the famous names on the ground in Kyushu.Toki Sadashiro of Amakusa led an army to attack Shimabara Castle without mentioning it.

In just one month, all the big names in Kyushu.Or be captured by the Shimadzu family.Or be coerced by the Shimadzu family.Or take the initiative to gather under the banner of the crusade against the rebel Tokugawa family proposed by Mitsuhisa, claiming to crusade against the rebel Tokugawa family and return the great power to His Majesty the Emperor!

for a while.Various foreign daimyos in Shikoku and Honshu, and the remnants of the Western Army fleeing everywhere are about to move!The ronin from all over the place gathered in one place by the hundreds, and walked openly in the market with swords and singing, and some ronin gangs impressively displayed the banners and family emblems of the various names of the Western Army back then.The foundations of several generations of the Tokugawa family are in jeopardy.

After ordering Shimadzu Tadahiro, the head of the Shimadzu family, to have a caesarean section, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third general of the Tokugawa family, convened a meeting of all the pro-vassal daimyos, genealogical daimyos, and foreign daimyos who attended the court to discuss how to calm down the outbreak in Kyushu. rebellion.

However, unlike the previous scene where people from all over the world responded, this time, several foreign names arrived at the venue in a dragging manner.

"Humph! Something that doesn't know how to live or die!"

After Matsudaira Nobutsuna passed around Shimadzu Tadahiro's head and saber to all the daimyos, all the daimyos understood the attitude of the shogunate and the general. This battle must be fought without backing down!Otherwise, if the attitude is ambiguous, it will definitely be taken advantage of by the Shimadzu family in the name of the emperor, and it will turn into another Onin Rebellion!

During the Onin Rebellion, the Eastern Army controlled General Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Emperor Goto Mimon, and Emperor Hou Garden, while the Western Army controlled Yoshishi and the great-grandson of Emperor Gokameyama of the Southern Dynasty. Both sides regarded themselves as orthodox and called each other bandit army.The war lasted for ten years.

Seeing General Iemitsu's resolute attitude, all the important ministers of the family and the four great kings of the shogunate expressed their support one after another. They thought that their strength could not be compared with that of the Shimadzu family, and they could not aspire to the throne of the world. True character, firmly stand on the side of the Tokugawa family, and turn against him when the limelight is not right.

As a result, all the big names also expressed their support for the general and launched a crusade against the traitor Shimadzu Mitsuhisa!

I can't guarantee whether those foreign daimyos really support General Iemitsu's crusade against the Kyushu rebels, and whether they will have some sneaky tricks with Shimadzu Mitsuhisa in private.But at least on the surface, the Tokugawa shogunate has stabilized the internal situation and can concentrate on dealing with Mitsuhisa Shimadzu in Kyushu.

However, the news that arrived at Edo Castle from Kyushu was getting worse and worse.

Under the repeated bombardment of more than a hundred gates, the Sagara family's army lasted for less than two hours before completely collapsing, and the entire city was captured by the Shimadzu family's soldiers who swarmed in.

As for the Ryuzoji family, Naomi Naoshima rode out alone and shouted to the samurai on the opposite side, "This is from the same root, so why bother? I am Naoshima Naoshige! Ryuzoji Takanobu's younger brother." Could it be that the samurai of the Ryuzoji family want to cut their swords on the necks of their brothers?! The Hizen Kingdom was entrusted to the Ryuzoji family by Taiko-sama, and you should join me in the crusade against the rebel Tokugawa family!"

The entire Kyushu quickly changed its banner under the cannon or persuasion of the Shimadzu family.The pro-vassal daimyos and genealogical daimyos who were originally here, under the siege of numerous artillery and more and more banners and ashigaru, some persisted for four or five days, and some reported that the city fell on the same day.

Slogans of revenge for Lord Taige are everywhere in the land of Kyushu.

The Tokugawa family no longer has a place to stand in Kyushu.

"Master General! We must attack the rebels from Kyushu! Otherwise, once they cross the sea and enter Honshu and Shikoku, it will become a prairie fire!"

Now Matsudaira Nobuzuna, who has a faint status of one person below one person and above ten thousand people, advises General Iemitsu.

"Now it's not only Shimadzu's rebels who are rebelling, but Shimabara Castle has also been captured by the Ichikui army who believe in the evil god of the Nanban. The Matsukura family is finished! Foolish people and foolish women who believe in evil gods in Honshu, Shikoku and other places are secretly joining forces, preparing to welcome the Ichikui army and Shimadzu rebels! If we don’t clear up the rebellion as soon as possible, the foundation of the general’s father and grandparents will be ruined!”

However, when Tokugawa Iemitsu issued a mobilization order to gather soldiers and horses from all over the country to prepare for the crusade across the sea, at least to set up a defense line on the seaside to prevent the Shimadzu's army from rushing across the strait, even worse news spread to the people of Edo Castle. Tianshou Pavilion.

"what?!"

The news frightened General Iemitsu, who was picking chrysanthemums on Xiao Xing's body, almost broke his life in the valley path of Xiao Xing.

"General! According to the news that our ninja spied on, the Shimadzu family and the Ichikui army of Tokishiro Amakusa sent people to the Nanzhong Trading House in Nagasaki to approach the Nanzhong merchants there and prepare to purchase large quantities of large cylinders, gunpowder, Knives and guns, armor, rice, meat. It is said that gold, silver, copper, sulfur and other items on the Nanzhong purchase list can be used to pay for the price. To purchase food that can supply at least 10 people for a year, and swords, guns and armor for 20 people , Two hundred large cylinders! It seems that the rebels are indeed going to commit crimes!"

This time, General Iemitsu couldn't sit still anymore.

Although the Shimadzu family's rebellion was aggressive, it was easy to deal with.Although the rebels of the Yikui Army fought bravely and feared death, they were nothing more than a mob composed of ronin and peasants.However, if these thieves and rebels are supported by materials and weapons from the Nanzhong Army, two hundred large cylinders?It is enough to raze any city in Honshu and Shikoku to the ground!

In the face of such a powerful threat, Jiaguang can guess the attitude of those foreign daimyos: Facing the big tubes lined up outside the city, these guys will happily raise the banner of the former Western Army and announce that they will join the crusade A traitor, a teacher of justice who returns the great government.

However, such a move also reminded Songping and others, "Instead of raising the soup to stop the boiling, it is better to draw the bottom! The money, population, and various goods in the hands of the Shimadzu rebels and the Yikui army, are there more in the hands of the shogunate? They can buy them." , we can go too! Not only go, but also cut off their way!"

As a result, a seppuku scene was staged in front of the Governor's Mansion. (To be continued..)

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