The Takawa clan of Hirado actually unified the Jiuzhou and the four countries in less than a month. All the princes of the state looked at him with admiration. Now no one dares to despise him anymore. On the contrary, they were all very scared, afraid that the iron-storming army would destroy them.

At this time, all the princes on the island of Honzhou were already a little regretful. Why didn’t they form an alliance with him? Unexpectedly, he was good at striking iron and beating people even more. In such a short time, he defeated all the princes of Jiuzhou and the four countries. It was nothing to be born in a low-class family, as long as he had the strength, it was enough.

Just as the princes of the state were about to move and contact the Takawa clan, form an alliance with him, and plan for Japan, the notice or manifesto from the Tokugawa shogunate came.

The manifesto first listed the crimes of Takawa:

First, the Tianchuan family was named Feiqian Guardian, but in fact it was a traitor. His son-in-law Zheng Zhilong was the King of Zhennan of the Ming Dynasty. If he was allowed to seize the power of Japan, Japan would probably become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty;

Secondly, the Takawa clan colluded with pirates, which was extremely shameless. When it landed in the Four Kingdoms, it relied on the fleet of pirates to transport the army. If it was put in power, Japan would become a pirate world!

Third, in order to expand its power, the Takawa clan tried everything to accommodate the rioters, Tiancao Shizhen. If he was allowed to power, Japan would inevitably cause chaos in the world!

Fourth, the Takawa clan was extremely cruel. In order to gain the name of protection, he killed all the retainers of the Matsuura clan and all the retainers of the Matsuura clan. He was an absolute butcher;

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Well, some of the charges listed by Tokugawa are unfounded. Even Tokugawa Iemitsu thinks he is talking nonsense, but in fact, these are all true!

At the end of the manifesto, Tokugawa Ieki loudly called on the shogun that the shogunate generals could only come from Honshu, and no outsiders could seize the position of the shogunate generals. For example, the Genra clan of the Kamakura shogunate, the Ashikaga tribe of the Muromachi shogunate, and the Tokugawa clan of the Edo shogunate, all of them were from Honshu. It was precisely because they came from Honshu that Honshu maintained the central position of Japan. If outsiders were allowed to become the shogunate generals, the central position of the shogunate would be lost. Therefore, he called on all the princes of the shogunate to unite and conquer the Tagawa clan.

This is not something he said nonsense. The various princes in the state of Honshu have always had the tradition of xenophobia. There are not many powerful figures in the Kyushu and the Four Kingdoms. For example, Shimazu Yoshihisa from the Satsuma tribe and Nagatozo Moto-rei of the Tosa tribe have all had the strength to win Japan, but they were all defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and various princes from Honshu.

The princes who received the manifesto could not help but hesitate. They had heard of one or two things about the Takawa clan, but who can guarantee that they had not made any mistakes? One or two is understandable. However, if the Takawa clan is as stated in the manifesto, then this person would be too terrible. Who dares to cooperate with him? In addition, he is from Jiuzhou, and after he is in power, it is likely to move the center of Japan to Jiuzhou. Perhaps, as Tokugawa Iemitsu said, uniting together to destroy him is the right choice.

Just when the princes of the present was hesitating, a manifesto was passed to Zheng Zhilong. After reading the manifesto, he couldn't help frowning. Damn it, if Tokugawa Ie-gwang really united the princes of the present, then the Takawa clan would probably not be able to withstand it. Although the Takawa clan now has an army of 250,000, there are more than 50 vassal states in the present, and when they unite, there will be at least 300,000 to 400,000 troops.

Moreover, the Takawa clan did not have any advantage in weapons. The combined total of only 100,000 mesh rope guns and bird guns in their hands. The princes in this state also colluded with the Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and even pirates. There may not be many mesh rope guns and bird guns in their hands, but they will be terrifying. They will definitely not be less than 100,000 mesh rope guns. If they really fight, the Takawa clan may not win!

What should I do? Zheng Zhilong thought hard and had no solution, so he had to ask everyone to discuss it. There was nothing he could do. How can you stick to other people's ideas? You can't pry their heads open one by one and let them lean towards the Takawa family.

Since no one could do anything, he could only ask the emperor for instructions. So he wrote the current situation in Japan into a memorial and a manifesto, and sent it to the capital with the fastest sailboat.

Zhu Cijiong received the memorial and read the manifesto. He thought about it hard. The key to this problem was Tokugawa Iemitsu. As long as he was given away, no one would organize it, and the princes in the state would become a mess.

Is it still an assassination? If Zheng Zhilong can be assassinated, I am afraid that someone will have to take action long ago. It is estimated that Tokugawa Ie-gun is closely guarding and has no way to start. Since it cannot be assassinated, it is only necessary to frame him. He must make a very serious mistake, and it is best to be bigger than the mistake made by Emperor Yu of Takawa, so that all the princes will not believe him.

What is the biggest mistake that can be made in Japan? Zhu Cijiu thought about it and finally remembered one, that is, to murder the emperor. Don’t look at the emperor who is a puppet now and has no power at all. It will be a big disaster in the future. It just happened to take this opportunity to eliminate him and completely solve the disaster!

Zheng Zhilong was really shocked when he received Zhu Cijiu's secret order. That was the emperor! But then he thought, that the emperor was not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If he had anything to do with him, just kill him.

Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't expect this to happen. He only thought that Takawa might assassinate him, so he protected him tightly. As for the emperor, the guards were not so tight.

It was still the same old method. A team of masked assassins assassinated the emperor at night, then left a few corpses and ran away. These corpses were the men of Tokugawa Ie-Kuang, and there were a lot of people who knew them.

Now Tokugawa Ie-Ki is speechless. Even if everyone doesn’t believe that he will murder that emperor, the body left by the assassin is his subordinate. How do you explain this?

Then what emperor is a spiritual symbol in Japan. Although he has no power now, he is the nominal lord of Japan after all. Therefore, all the generals of the shogunate were just "using the emperor to command the princes" and did not kill the emperor himself as the emperor, because they didn't want to give others an excuse. This is an excuse that can unite everyone to deal with them. Who dares to take the blame for the world?

In short, the Tokugawa family is just yellow mud and it is not shit, but it is shit. Before this problem is clear, let alone joining all the princes to deal with the Takawa clan, it would be good if the princes don’t join forces to deal with him.

Now Emperor Yu of Takawa not only did not have to worry that the princes of the present would unite to deal with him, but even had the excuse of sending troops. Soon, the Takawa clan thought that the emperor would take revenge and led his troops to the present.

You said you want to seek revenge on Tokugawa Ikawa Ikawa Ikki directly to Edo by sea. Anyway, everyone in Japan knows that you have colluded with a big pirate. No one can defeat you at sea. It is convenient and fast to walk by sea. You can reach Edo in a few days and kill Tokugawa Ikki directly. All of them are gone.

But Emperor Takawa Yu-Emperor was not right. He actually landed from Nagato with his twenty-five armies and rushed straight to Edo by land. His posture was to break through the rhythm of Honshu all the way!

The Nagamon Kingdom was the territory of the Maori clan of Chuozhou, which was a great deal. The ancestors can be traced back to the early establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333 AD), and famous family generals emerged, such as the overlord of the Western Kingdom, Maori Mori, and one of the five elders of Toyotomi, were all famous generals in the Warring States Period. However, the Western Army, where Maori Fumimoto was the general general, was defeated by the Eastern Army led by Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekihara, which gradually narrowed the territory of the Maori clan, and in the end, only Zhou Fu and Nagamon were left.

The Maori clan was said to be the mortal enemy of the Tokugawa clan, so after the Tagawa clan army landed in Nagato, the Maori clan not only did not resist, but also sent troops to follow the Tagawa clan to attack the Tokugawa clan. However, due to the Tokugawa clan's suppression, the Maori clan was not doing well now, and he tried his best to gather only 20,000 troops.

After passing the territory of the Maori clan, the territory of the East Army was next. Logically speaking, the army of the Takawa clan should encounter great resistance, because the Tokugawa clan was the leader of the East Army and the Shogunate General. Now the Takawa clan is going to cause trouble for him, so why don’t the princes of the East Army resist to the death?

In fact, this Eastern Army also had close relatives and distant relatives after it. Not everyone only followed the leader of the Tokugawa clan. Besides, the Takawa clan army had a terrifying 250,000 people. How could the princes compete with them? So along the way, the Kanto princes did not dare to resist. Those who were closer to the Tokugawa clan took their subordinates to Edo, and those who were estranged from the Tokugawa clan simply surrendered.

It was not until the Toyotomi family's old nest, Osaka Castle, that the Takawa army encountered decent resistance. The Tokugawa family gathered nearly 100,000 troops here and prepared to fight the Takawa family to death.

Of course, this is not because the former retainer of Tokugawa clan was loyal to protect his master, but the Tokugawa clan tried his best to convince some of the close princes. There was no way, Tokugawa clan had to take action. If the army of Takawa clan swept along the way, they would soon reach Edo. The princes in Kanto could retreat eastward and leave the Hayao clan or even the Muao clan. The Takawa clan could not chase them all the way up and kill them all, but the Tokugawa clan was different. If they lost Edo and the others, they would be over. Even if they fled the Takawa clan, they would definitely pursue them. Instead of being anxious as a dog of a family at that time, it would be better to break up with the Takawa clan as soon as possible.

The reason why the Tokugawa clan chose the final decisive battle in Osaka was because Osaka was the strongest city in Honshu and even Japan. The governor of the Otomo family, Sorin, who visited during the Warring States Period, once called it "the unparalleled city of the Warring States Period". Its strong defense can be seen.

The Takawa army surrendered prisoners all the way, and at this time it had reached a terrifying 300,000 people. Naturally, they were not afraid of Osaka Castle, which was guarded by 100,000 people. Just fight, just fight, and it just happens to be a battle in Japan!

As a result, the largest battle in Japan's history - the Battle of Osaka Castle broke out, and the total strength of the two sides of the war reached a terrifying 400,000. It can be said that such a large-scale war had never broken out in Japan's history. This battle is probably the final battle of Japan, because the fate of Japan is destined to be the next one, and they no longer have the hope of participating in any battle as an independent country.
Chapter completed!