Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

epydz (the first year of Changroku, [-] in the Western calendar, Ota Michikan, the retainer of the Uesugi family in Ogaya, who was in charge of the Kanto at that time, began to supervise the renewal of the Edo Castle Expressway. When choosing a site, Dōguan took a fancy to this area at a glance. He decided to build Edo Castle here, but what made him hesitant was whether the new city should be built in the mountains surrounding Suruga, Prince Akabane according to the traditional concept. But in the end, he decided to build the city next to an important road leading to the north

The Edo castle built by Ota is just a square tent built with mud embankments, surrounded by bushes, bamboo and fences." "In the middle is a wooden house with thatched roofs, and trenches and wells have also been dug. At best, it is just a camp with a simple structure

In the 18th year of Japan Tensho, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who won the battle of Odawara against the Houhojo clan, transferred Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was based in Mikawa Ene Suruga, to Musashi Kamizo, Shizoanfang and other Kanto Eight Kingdoms according to Toyo Omi Hideyoshi's opinion, Tokugawa Ieyasu chose Edo as his main city

At that time, there was only one castle town in Edo (note: near Chiyoda District), but with the influx of many retainers of the Tokugawa family, one castle town was obviously unable to meet the needs of ri hoeing. In this way, Mikawaya Omiya Store Iseya Isetan and other merchants and townspeople poured in, and the scale of the castle town gradually expanded. Otemachi, Yurakucho, Kagacho, Inabacho, Yamashirocho, and Izumicho, Owaricho were built one by one. In the Tsunayoshi era, it was originally cramped inside and outside. The castle towns in between have broken through the confines of Outer Horo, stretching all the way to the suburbs such as Asakusa and Akasaka.

Before the end of Shenchu, Fu Shaolin led a regiment of soldiers and [-] cavalry to approach the Tiger Gate

"My lord," the outpost sent someone back to report, "I have seen the outer moat of Edo Castle." The ordinary soldiers obviously didn't understand the difference between the Japanese castle and the Chinese city. "According to the captives, what is the Tiger Gate in front of?"

"Tiger Gate?" Fu Shaolin gritted his teeth, "Is there really a tiger?"

After walking in, Fu Shaolin realized that the so-called Toranomon Gate was not only connected by a city wall, but also had no city gate in the general sense. The first thing that came into view was a wide wooden bridge across the river outside Hao, which could accommodate two ox carts or six people in parallel

After crossing the bridge, the road is paved with fine sand and gravel just like when Fu Shaolin and the others came, and not far from the bridge there are two tower-like buildings facing each other on both sides of the road.

"This is Toranomon?" Fu Shaolin obviously didn't know that this is the so-called Tang-style building, but he carefully asked the front soldiers "It looks weird, have you seen the enemy defending?" The answer is no, before the war A considerable part of the townspeople in the southern outskirts of Edo have already run away, and the shameless ronin exaggerated the ferocity of their opponents in order to reduce their responsibilities. Come on, let’s go to Edo next, there are many houses, alleys are winding, don’t be ambushed by the Japanese, there is no place to talk about the loss.”

After saying that, Fu Shaolin left a sentry guard with two teams of soldiers and horses to guard the Tiger Gate, and at the same time sent two riders back to report the situation, and then he led his men carefully into the strange and hostile city in front of him

Through the captives, Fu Shaolin already knew that there were two gates in the south of Edo, so Fu did not advance directly into the city, but moved eastward along the inner side of the outer Hao. After walking for another half an hour, Fu's forward saw Xing Bridge and Kobashi Gate

After leaving behind two liaison cavalry and two guards as usual, Xia Jun began to march towards the depths of Edo along the waterway in the city beside the Xingqiao. Ri himself was pushing and shoving, and someone even moved a knife, which caused the women and children hiding behind to cry loudly

Is this bait or did you really encounter someone who took advantage of it?

Xia Jun's mind hadn't turned the corner yet, the group of Japanese had already seen Xia Jun in the red jacket, and they were also caught off guard by a riot, and immediately turned into birds and beasts, and those things that were supposed to be snatched were thrown all over the place. As for the few who were trying to defend their property, they were startled when they saw the rifles pointed at them, and rushed into the alley next to them with a quick mind. As for those who had no time to escape, they had to follow the women and children and kneel down

"It shouldn't be a show." Fu Shaolin and Mr. Tuanqian looked at each other the same way, "Could it be that the people in the shogunate have fled, and Edo is an empty city, so that's why there are riots?" Now that this idea came up, the two of them were a little at a loss Ning said, "Come here, hurry up and ask clearly." There are many descendants of the Japanese in the Xia army, especially in the Longxiang army. Many of them took the initiative to seek refuge from Siam, Vietnam, Manila, and other places, so entering Japan is basically a must. The question of not using the language barrier "No." The results of the interrogation were quickly put in front of the two of them, but these alone did not explain anything. adults know"

The matter was settled in this way, but what Fu Shaolin did not expect was that the result of the division of troops could only be more and more detailed. After a while, the operation of the whole regiment became a squad-level raid. But even so, the team with less than a thousand people Scattered in a metropolis with a population of tens of thousands, they are simply an inconspicuous group,

After seven turns and eight turns, after walking through more than a dozen streets, Fu Shaolin finally confirmed his judgment, so he told the cavalry who was still behind him: "Send two people to go back and report to the commander-in-chief.