Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Just as Xiao Letian was about to begin the banquet on the same day, another banquet was also in progress inside the Southwest Allied Army's camp outside Osaka City. However, the atmosphere was much gloomier, and even the dishes did not match up to the identities of the distinguished guests in the banquet.

The general command of the allied army, Xi Xianglongsheng, Shan Xianyoupeng and the other important generals were all sitting down respectfully at the seat of honor. The four men in luxurious clothing sitting at the main seats were the real big bosses of the Inverted Pie, the Southwest Tetra Feudal Lord vassal lords.

He was also Sakamoto Ryoma's and Zhong Gangshentailang's previous lord. Back then, when Sakamoto Ryoma got rid of the vassal lords, he almost died at his hands.

He was the weakest and most powerful of the Four Seasons Soldiers.

Ever since Warring States Period became famous for being able to compete with Zhi Tianxinchang, Feng Chenxiuji and Tokugawa, and Changzhou vassal was also known as the birthplace of the modern Japanese army, where Shan Xianyoupeng represented a group of warlords who had come from.

Dao Jinzhongyi of the Samoan was the most knowledgeable in western studies among the Japanese margravines. The earliest naval schools in Japan were built here, and the Samoan was even raising money to buy steam boats from Western China. It would not be wrong to say that this was the origin of the Japanese navy.

The elites of the Tutelage forces were gathered here. Originally, it should have been a grand feast to celebrate, but it caused this battle to become miserable and miserable.

Not only was the Four Fan Clans gathered, even the Mu Clan General had sent the Big River Internal Affairs Bureau as a representative to listen in. It seemed that under the suppression of this fierce dragon, Xiao Letian, the local serpents had finally given up on cooperating temporarily.

The few bottles of sake did not have much of a reaction, and even a few pieces of fish looked dispirited. The flickering flame of the candle made people's shadows look like ghosts, and the generals who knelt on the ground began to sweat profusely.

In the end, Guo Daozhida was the first one to angrily open his mouth, "Eighty! Is this the result of your battle? All thirty thousand of the alliance's essence was swept away, and the remaining survivors were all frightened out of their wits … Do you know that this is the condensed blood of generations of the four vassals? "I really should chop off your heads …"

"Ha …" Please calm your anger, my lord, we will definitely accept your punishment! " The heads of the people from the west side touched the ground, they did not dare to retort.

"You want to die?" "It's not that simple …" Mao Li Yuan De stood up and kicked Shan Xianyoupeng: "Do you want to push this mess to your master? "If you want to die, you'll have to resolve the crisis before me …"

"Idiots, all idiots …" Especially your Mountain County, when they see Xiao Letian's army enter the battle, why didn't they immediately retreat? Why did he still want to gamble? If not for your foolishness, how could Gao Shanjinzuo have died? "I really chose the wrong person …"

"Ha …" Ha... Ten thousand men are to die! Once this matter has been resolved, I will definitely castrate myself and apologize to Gao Shanjun! "

"Forget it, forget it …" It's useless to talk about it now. Even the Frenchmen would have to avoid Xiao Letian, so our defeat was within reason … " At this time, the most cunning Mountain Content Hall opened their mouths. This drunken vassal lords had already drunk two bottles of sake, but his eyes were still shining.

"Before the battle, we never expected that Xiao Letian would directly send troops to intervene, and never expected that he would adopt a neutral attitude of not helping either. I am sure that if our Southwest Allied Army had the upper hand at that time, his cannons would have mercilessly fired at us …"

"There are two reasons as well. The first is that we rejected his suggestion to directly send troops, causing him to gradually abandon his attitude towards our alliance …" "The second point is probably that a strong and united Japan is not in his interest. The more chaotic things become, the more advantageous it will be for him …"

"Ai …" Ever since the appearance of the black boat, it has been difficult for us to solve our domestic problems with our own strength. If the French want to intervene, Xiao Letian will also need to intervene, and in the future, Americans, the British, the Russian and even the Qing Province might need to interfere … "

"Time does not wait for us. From today onwards, we cannot take another wrong step, because the wrong step might mean that we will never be able to turn the situation around for the rest of our lives!"

The young Dao Jinzhongyi continued, "That's right, before this, we didn't expect Xiao Letian to intervene, so it is understandable for us to fail due to lack of preparation, but when the war is over, continuing to anger him is extremely unwise …"

"Master Da He, let's put aside the grudge between our two families for now. I only want to ask you, why did you send White Tiger youth to assassinate Sakamoto Ryoma? The Mu Clan must take responsibility for the rage behind Xiao Letian! "

The internal affairs of the river represented General Tokugawa Yoshinobu, so interrogating him was equivalent to questioning the general. The warrior behind Lord Big River immediately glared at him and held his blade in his hand.

"Please be careful! White Tiger youth was instigated by Hidden Fog Kid, and Hidden Fog Kid has already become our wanted criminal. Furthermore, White Tiger youth has already forbade Xiao Letian from committing such crimes, so it's not like we don't have the attitude towards him … "

"Then what about the assassination by the Tongzhi Emperor? Who did this? At the very least, we will not be so stupid as to assassinate the emperor of the Great Qing. Dao Jinzhongyi shouted.

"Nani?" Do you doubt our Mu Clan? What benefits does killing the Tongzhi Emperor have to us? "In my opinion, you guys are the ones who are the most suspicious and want to blame our Mu Clan …"

The two of them immediately fell into an argument. They glared at the other without yielding to their words. The entire tent was in chaos.

"Stupid quarrel! Since both of us are not suspected, then could it be someone else? For example, the French or Xiao Letian himself … " The Mountain Content Hall suddenly opened their mouths to shut everyone up. The entire tent was deathly silent.

That's right! Assassinating the Tongzhi Emperor was not beneficial to both sides. On the contrary, it was more beneficial to the French and Xiao Letian. The French were eager to let the war escalate, since the one who died was the Asian. To Xiao Letian, an unsuccessful assassination could provide him with an excuse to stay in Japan for the long term.

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. If the matter was as the mountain's content hall had analyzed, then the situation would be difficult to control.

Just then, a warrior walked into the tent. "Master, Itou Hirobumi requests an audience!"

"Wrong, just now Xiao Letian had already pried open the assassin's mouth, and we have found the mastermind … It's still the Hidden Fog Kid! " Itou Hirobumi did not wait for the call from inside the tent before she barged in.

After saluting the four names, Ito said, "It's Hidden Fog Kid. From the results of the interrogation, Hidden Fog Kid has already formed her own division. She has her own Ninja army … Furthermore, I suspect that there is another power backing this woman up … "

"Nani?" Is it this woman again? " A familiar voice suddenly came from behind the four big names. When the warrior opened the door, General Mu Clan Tokugawa Yoshinobu appeared in front of everyone.

"General!" Everyone exclaimed. They never thought that the general would actually come to the camp and no one knew about it.

Almost subconsciously, the warriors of the Southwest Army wanted to draw their sabers, but the four famous men quickly blocked their men's sabers. He actually dared to swing his blade at the general. This was a great disrespect … "Step down!"

As long as your status was high enough, they would respect you even if you were an enemy. If your status was not high enough, even your subordinates could easily humiliate you.

In their hearts, there was no contradiction between the two armies fighting on the battlefield for profit and the social occasions when both sides were respectful in order to abide by the rules of etiquette.

Even if it was the Huizinfan who had the most resistance in the Wanchen War, the ones that died in the end were the citizens and soldiers. Matsudaira Katamori, who had lost in the battle, was not exterminated completely, but was transferred to a bird to obtain a vassal, the status of the aristocrats still did not change.

As for Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the great general, after the end of the Wuten War, he was also reappointed to the Jun Prefecture City, receiving the preferential treatment of 700 thousand Stones. This was Japan, where everything was for the nobles.

If the real history had changed and the Four Seasons Tower had failed in the war, then the four vassal lords s would not have died. At most, they would have been transferred to other territories and their treatment would have been reduced.

"Greetings, Lord General!" Under the lead of the four vassal lords s, everyone kneeled on the tatami and bowed to the general. After everyone stood up, Guo Daozhida was the first to ask, "Why is the General here? Why do we know nothing about it? "

Rongtang smiled and said, "I was the one who protected the lord general, because now we are at the point where if we don't unite Japan, we will destroy the country. What do you think? Lord Ito! "

Itou Hirobumi was extremely nervous now. This kind of feeling was similar to the shock she felt when she first saw the flourishing Thames River. This was what she felt before fate changed.

Itou Hirobumi took a deep breath and laughed, "Master Shan Nai, you are exaggerating a little. Although Japan's national fortunes are not good, it is not at the level of a fallen nation. If you think that the French and Xiao Letian are enemies of Japan, I think you are overthinking it!"

"No no no, I'm not talking about the French, I'm talking about Xiao Letian …" Sakamoto Ryoma and you are the future prime minister of the Japan, right? "He wanted to transform Japan as he had imagined. He knew that the Qing Dynasty was too big, and he couldn't move his existing power. He wanted to use Japan as a test case and see if his theory could succeed or not …"

"Am I wrong? Don't challenge my patience, I cannot deal with Xiao Letian, but I can deal with you. Ito Jun, don't forget that you are a Japanese, don't forget why you returned from England earlier than usual … "

As expected, he was the most cunning one among the Four Seasons Soldiers, his words were as sharp as knives, and the young Itou Hirobumi was not his match at all.

However, he still had to go through with it. If he wanted to reform Japan and create the glory of ruling the world by the civil and official officials, he had to go through with it now.