Choshu Domain, Hagi.

This is the home of the Choshu Mori family and the residence of the Tokugawa shoguns who personally conquered the country.

Because during the Battle of Sekigahara, the Mori family was a god of house, a god of food, and a god of war. They tricked the unlucky man Ishida Mitsunari to death, and at the same time, they also made their own family suffer. Good job

The great name of 1.2 million koku was given to the hard-working man who had cheated the city with more than 300,000 koku - although 300,000 koku was a lot, the Mori family turned out to be a family of 1.2 million koku, with many retainers.

The expenses are high and the ambition is certainly very high.

Therefore, it was particularly uncomfortable after the reduction from 1.2 million koku to 300,000 koku. There was a sense of "rebellion" throughout the domain. So much so that every year during the New Year, the feudal lord of the Maori family would make a symbolic gesture.

asked loudly: "Can the curtain fall this year?"

Of course, the answer must be that the conditions are not mature...otherwise, the Maori family would have perished long ago!

However, this attitude also made the people of the Tokugawa Shogunate very unhappy.

This matter probably didn't happen when Kamito Ieyasu, the second ancestor Hidetada and the third generation Iemitsu were in power, otherwise the Mori family would probably be gone. And this kind of death-seeking behavior certainly cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Inu Lord, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.

Stupid Mr. Fang Jiagang is just stupid and too lazy to care about these things. But Mr. Quan is not stupid!

So he took advantage of this opportunity of the Western Expedition to directly enter Hagi Castle, the main city of the Mori family, and forced Tsunahiro Mori to send troops to Hakata Bay to serve as cannon fodder.

To be honest, this move was pretty good... The soldiers of the shogunate were stationed at Tsunahiro Mouri's house, so what else would he dare to do?

If Mori doesn't dare to fight back, Satsuma Shimazu must not dare to act rashly... After all, Shimadzu's life is much easier than Mori!

The Mori family only has more than 300,000 yuan, while the Shimazu family has more than 600,000 koku. Moreover, there is a Ryukyu country that can provide them with help, so that their life will not be difficult.

Moreover, the Tokugawa family did not feel sorry for Shimazu. Their large territory in Kyushu was deprived by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

However, Inugong was able to take care of domestic affairs in Japan, but he failed to calculate that the fighting power of the Ming army was too strong. In just one day, he defeated the Kuroda family defending Hakata Bay, and even lost the Kuroda family's main city, Fukuoka Castle.

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"What? Even Fukuoka Castle was lost!"

In a spacious Japanese-style room, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi became extremely angry after listening to Kuroda Mitsuyuki's report. He even had the urge to commit seppuku with Kuroda Mitsuyuki.

Kuroda Mitsuyuki also felt that something was not good, and quickly winked at the two feudal lords who came with him - hurry up and help!

"My Lord!" Tsunaki Shimazu, who had accompanied Kuroda Mitsuichi up, quickly explained for Kuroda, "Akiko's combat power is indeed beyond imagination... The deployment of Marquis Fukuoka was not too flawless.

Moreover, the samurai of the Fukuoka Domain have also fought with all their strength. Although they killed many Akiko, their own casualties were even greater. There were at least 4,000 people on Genkai Island, Shiga Island, Karabashi Port, and Uinakamichi.

Wano Kojima and other places were shattered, and the Fukuoka Domain suffered heavy casualties!"

"That's right," Tsunahiro Mouri quickly agreed, "The Battle of Hakata Bay was so brutal... The sea water of Hakata Bay was almost stained red with blood!

The Fukuoka samurai are proud of their defeat!"

In fact, the casualties of the Fukuoka Domain were not that great, and many people were still captured... But Tsunaki Shimazu, Tsunahiro Mouri and Mitsuyuki Kuroda were about to put on a pair of pants now, so of course they had to help him

You deceived the general.

"What's the situation at Hakata Bay now?" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's anger subsided a little, and he asked about the situation of the former enemy.

"The Ming invaders are landing in large numbers," Kuroda Mitsuichi said. "Fukuoka Castle has been occupied by the Ming invaders, and the Ming Emperor himself may have settled in it."

Kuroda paused and then said: "Our army retreated to the highlands around Mikazuki Mountain, Yuecheng Mountain, and Yuanyang Mountain. The enemy was temporarily blocked by the terrain.

If Lord Dongfang can lead the main force of Eastern warriors across the sea to Kyushu, there is still a good chance of stopping the Ming invaders."

In fact, what temporarily slowed down the Ming army was the sea-crossing and landing operation of a hundred thousand troops... This matter would take less than ten days and a half to finish.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi thought about it again and again, finally nodded, sighed and said: "Then the main force of the shogunate army will be stationed in Kokura Castle first... Our army is in the interest of a long-lasting battle, and we cannot blindly fight a decisive battle. As long as it drags on for a few months,

When the Ming invaders run out of food, we will have hope of victory."

Although the current situation is a bit like "Sekigahara", after discussion with Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Tokugawa Mitsuhiro, the elder Hota, the elder Naka Tsuchiya and others, they still felt that it should be lasting.

Kuroda, Mori, and Shimazu also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the general is willing to leave for Kyushu Island, they will have a way to take action...

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Kyoto, Imperial Palace, Purple Palace.

It's a nice day today, with only wind but no rain. Therefore, there is only wind but no rain inside the Zichen Hall.

At this moment, there was a visitor coming to the Shichen Palace, and it was related to the leader of a group of lofty ideals contacted by Shiro Ichiro on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, named Aoi Anton... the Aoi captain, Aoi's true father.

In the past few years, Captain Aoi has been managing the foreign legions for Zhu Heji... It was not until recently that Zhu Heji was preparing to attack Japan that he got such an opportunity to make a great contribution. And he also met His Majesty the Emperor himself!

For people at Aoi's level, the emperor was once a god-like existence.

Therefore, Aoi, who took the opportunity, had to take a good look at what the emperor looked like - he looked like a human being.

After kowtowing like a show, Captain Aoi exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then didn't get straight to the point.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I heard from Ichijo-sama, do you want to rebel?"

Rebellion? Emperor Shiren frowned and thought to himself: "I am the emperor. How can the emperor's rebellion be called a rebellion? That is called a rebellion!"

"If you want to rebel, now is the best time! The Ming Emperor has spoken. As long as you are willing to take a step back and transform from emperor to king, he will be able to help you."

After hearing Aoi's words, Emperor Shiren's brows furrowed even more.

"Then what exactly does the Great Emperor want me to do?"

Aoi said: "Of course I want to be the king, the king of Japan!"

""Co-authored..." Emperor Shiren thought to himself: "I was an emperor before I rebelled. I worked hard and took so many risks to rebel, but I succeeded and was demoted to the king! So why should I be so early?"

When things came to a close, Emperor Shiren seemed to be giving up.

"Your Majesty, this opportunity must not be missed. It will never come back." Ichijo Fuyu said about the emperor's plight and quickly reminded him, "Once the general takes the lead, you will be his puppet for the rest of your life!"

After being reminded by him, Shiren finally remembered that his current emperor was a fake one and he was just acting... and "Dad Ming" could make him a real king! Is the real king no better than the pretended emperor?
Chapter completed!