Zuo Zongtang asked soldiers to surround the Yagyu family mansion, which immediately attracted the attention of the samurai in the mansion.
After all, the Yagyu family is a big family with a long history.
The strength of the Yagyu family almost accompanies the Tokugawa shogunate. The family's heritage is extremely profound. When the soldiers surrounded them, the elders of the Yagyu family responded immediately and ordered the samurai in the palace to assemble. Waves of samurai ran from the house. Come out, then guard various locations in the mansion and start preparing for war.
A white-haired old man came out, with a stooped back but an intimidating aura. This man's name was Yagyu Okamoto, and he was the patriarch of the Yagyu family.
He leaned on crutches and said in a deep voice: "What happened."
A warrior ran over and reported: "Sir, countless soldiers from the Qing Dynasty have come outside the mansion. They have surrounded the mansion. It looks like they will launch an attack immediately." The warrior had already seen the situation outside the mansion, especially when he saw The troops were deployed outside, and the faces of the warriors were full of worried expressions.
Yagyu Okamoto said in a deep voice: "Immediately ask the reason why the Qing army surrounded the Yagyu family."
Yagyu Okamoto gave the order, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. Even though he was used to seeing the big world, he didn't even take the Emperor into his eyes. But when the Qing army came, Yagyu Okamoto didn't dare to ignore it. He glanced around and said in a deep voice. He asked: "Where is the little hero Yagyu? Let him come over here immediately. Where is Harutaro Yagyu? Is he dead? The family is at a critical moment. How can it be unworthy that no one is here?"
"Sir, the young hero Yagyu and Harutaro Yagyu have gone to see Li Zhen." A samurai said.
Yagyu Okamoto's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately knew something was wrong.
Different from what the samurai shouted, he had already guessed that if the young hero Yagyu and Taro Yagyu made progress in visiting Li Zhen, it would definitely not be the case now. The Qing army is surrounding the Yagyu family's mansion. It must be the young hero Yagyu and Hara Yagyu. Something went wrong with Taro, which led to today's situation.
Yagyu Okamoto's heart was lifted and he said loudly: "Immediately summon all the samurai in the house to break out and run towards the place where the emperor lives to avoid Li Zhen's army."
"boom,."
As he was talking, the sound of bombing came from the door.
Immediately, the door shook violently. Yagyu Okamoto stared at the door tightly, his heart lifted, and he shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, you must guard the door, and you must not let the door be breached." At this moment, Yagyuoka just hoped to gather the samurai together as soon as possible and then rush out together.
Outside the mansion, Zuo Zongtang was ordering soldiers to bomb with grenades.
A bundle of grenades was thrown at the gate and exploded with a loud bang.
This time, the power increases in multiples of the set.
The door was blown into pieces of wood, flying everywhere.
Liu Jintang held a pistol and yelled: "Come in and kill all the little devils."
He roared, and the soldiers under his command, incited by him, rushed in with howls and screams. Gunshots and shouts of killing came one after another. The soldiers rushed into the mansion and cut down everyone they saw. The warriors in the mansion resisted, but faced the soldiers' rush to kill them. , coupled with the disparity in weapons between the two sides, the samurai of the Yagyu family could not stop him. Yagyu Okamoto was killed before he could figure out the specifics of the matter.
Within an hour and a half, the Yagyu family was wiped out, leaving no one alive.
Zuo Zongtang ordered: "Take out all the money."
Liu Jintang said with a smile: "Don't worry, Commander, this matter will never be forgotten. I have already started asking the soldiers to search for money and move out all the gold, silver and jewelry from the house."
Zuo Zongtang nodded and waited outside.
Soon, the soldiers under Zuo Zongtang emptied the Yagyu family's money and ordered the soldiers to set fire to it.
Under the fire, the Yagyu family's house was filled with smoke and fell into a sea of flames.
Zuo Zongtang ordered the troops to withdraw and ordered the soldiers to carry boxes of silver and rush towards the location of the warship. Back on the warship, Zuo Zongtang counted all the silver and found that there were millions of taels of silver. I smiled widely, feeling extremely excited and full of a sense of accomplishment.
Next, Zuo Zongtang quickly came to Li Zhen's residence. He saw Li Zhen in the study and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the Yagyu family has been wiped out, and the collected money has been sealed and ready to be put into the treasury. Look again. Let me know about the bill." After that, Zuo Zongtang handed over the collected money to Li Zhen and asked Li Zhen to take charge of the matter.
After Li Zhen read it, he praised Zuo Zongtang a lot before letting Zuo Zongtang leave.
The news about the annihilation of the Yagyu family spread and immediately caused a big wave in Nagasaki. However, Li Zhen was the prince of the Qing Dynasty, and the Yagyu family took the initiative to provoke the family beyond their own control, and ended up being exterminated. Not many people sympathized with them.
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Miyamoto family, in the hall.
At this moment, the leaders of the Miyamoto family outside, as well as the elders of the clan, the chiefs of the clan, etc. all gathered to discuss important matters. This time, the person in charge of the meeting was Yoshihiko Miyamoto, the patriarch of the Miyamoto family. Miyamoto Tai Jian stood nearby and assisted Miyamoto Yoshihiko in handling matters.
Miyamoto Yoshihiko's eyes swept over everyone and said in a deep voice: "We have been gathered together to discuss the next direction of the family. Many uncles and seniors present know that Taiken Miyamoto is connected to Li Zhen. This time, Miyamoto Taiken went to visit Li Zhen and obtained Li Zhen's promise that Li Zhen would fully support the family, prompting the family to replace the Tokugawa family in one fell swoop and become the largest family in Japan. What do you think about this?"
"Patriarch, I agree." A person in charge of the family immediately said.
"I also agree that we are lucky to be able to connect with Zhennan King Li Zhen and we can cooperate."
"I very much agree with the tendency to cooperate with Li Zhen. This is a very good idea. However, I have to be skeptical because Li Zhen has strong strength. Why must he support us in taking down the Tokugawa Shogunate? , will there be any ulterior secrets? I hope we can be more cautious to avoid falling into a trap."
"Patriarch, I object." Among the many voices of support, an old man stood up and said.
This person's name was Miyamoto Ryoaki, and he was in charge of family punishment. As soon as he spoke, the atmosphere immediately changed.
Miyamoto Yoshihiko's expression did not change when he saw this.
From the beginning, he knew that various situations would arise, including a fight at the meeting. Now only Miyamoto Lengming stood up to object. Miyamoto Yoshihiko felt a little happy in his heart, because the matter was not intense, but... The smile on Miyamoto Yoshihiko's face did not disappear, and another person stood up, all opposed to cooperating with Li Zhen.
For a time, the people in the hall were divided into two factions. The first were those who supported cooperation with Li Zhen; the second were those who opposed cooperation with Li Zhen. The two sides argued endlessly. The hall was extremely chaotic and the quarrel was fierce.
The situation became chaotic and out of control.
Taiken Miyamoto frowned and said in a low voice: "Clan leader, some die-hards who are not willing to make progress have indeed emerged. Your expected goals have not been achieved, and the number of people who oppose it is not a small number."
Miyamoto Yoshihiko nodded and said in a low voice: "It is true that there is a lot missing, but anyway we have to unify our opinions. The more people who object, we will deal with it together, which will save a lot of trouble in the future.'