Chapter 166: Hurry up, please, don't be laughed at by Guan Bai
Ge Sanlang quickly understood the meaning of Eunuch Wei. The Imperial Army that the father-in-law said needed friends, which refers to tactics. The battle against Japan by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty personally required the help of Japanese knowledgeable people and local forces, and should not fight alone.
The empire does not need partners but is strategic. Obviously, Eunuch Wei will not really support any new Japanese heroes to replace the Tokugawa shogunate. However, on the tactical level, the emperor's personal army must receive assistance from all Japanese forces, so that the current shogunate will face the dispute between heroes during the Warring States Period again, which will help the imperial army to attack the shogunate.
It seems that there is a conflict between the two, but there is no conflict in essence.
Because time will solve this problem.
"What is the true hero? Only Duke Wei!"
Ge Sanlang only wrote this sentence in his diary that day.
"Counting the romantic figures, I still look at the present day."
Eunuch Wei, who didn't like to write diaries, rarely opened his notebook that day and wrote this sentence. Eunuch Wei, who closed the diary, came to the bedroom leisurely with twelve-minute yearning.
Then, an unknown, angry roar came from Tuhara Castle: "Siba, how could it be a man!"
After dawn, Eunuch Wei, whose feelings were seriously deceived, had dark circles, ordered all the geishas in the city to be collected and shipped to the capital, which was called "for the entertainment of the inner court."
Fortunately, a notice presented by Ge Sanlang entitled "Opening Advice to the Heroes of Japan" made Eunuch Wei's depressed mood slightly better.
This notice was written by Ge Sanlang last night. For this reason, he drank several pots of water and pumped three packs of Zhonghua. In the morning, the chamber pot was full and the nostrils were yellow.
Eunuch Wei attached great importance to this notice. After reading the full text, he couldn't help but reward Ge Sanlang with a thousand taels of silver, saying, "The sky is full of flowers and tears are touched. The talent of the sir should receive this reward!"
The full text of the notice is only more than 2,000 words. Although the length is not long, it is quite important.
The notice began with the Tokugawa shogunate stealing Japanese power, saying that Tokugawa Ieyasu was a despicable villain, neither a virtue of being ordered nor a meritorious person in Japan. It was purely a despicable change and a false determination of the time, and clever control of the shogunate. At that time, the heroes were unable to defeat the force of their military power, and they were so angry that they were so angry that they were so called "people have defeated the heavens", and now it is time for heaven to defeat the man.
Subsequently, the notice launched a comprehensive attack on the shogunate's internal affairs and diplomacy, especially the cruel persecution of Catholics, claiming that "God is tired of his virtue, and the people are tired of his governance." Therefore, the Japanese army was defeated again and again, because "Tokugawa's energy has been exhausted, and the world is abandoned."
The notice also stated that the imperial army "is attacked by the shogunate, not the Japanese people." "The Japanese nation and our Emperor Ming nation have the same race, the same writing, the same ethics, and the same friendship with harmony and glory, and no affection with hatred." The Japanese called on the Japanese to "repel suspicion, observe the direction of heaven and man, follow the general trend of the world, sing the meaning of the nine provinces and four countries, combine strong disciples, and to expel Tokugawa's shogunate, and to create true heroes in the grassroots to entrust great causes, then revolutionize politics, eliminate the harm of the people, and follow the empty texts and follow the purpose of sages and Confucianism."
Finally, people from all over the country who were persecuted by the Tokugawa shogunate and the former forces were called on to help the imperial army so that Japan could become a real paradise for imperial deeds.
"You should get up quickly, don't be laughed at by Guan Bai."
The ending sentence was added by Eunuch Wei, but in just ten words it is full of essence.
"Speedly print and send it quickly. This notice must be known to all the Japanese countryside and heroes."
In the afternoon of that day, Eunuch Wei met with more than 100 Japanese samurai who had just been summoned to join the Imperial Army. These samurai were all summoned by the Emperor Ming. Before that, they were actually no longer considered samurai.
The Tokugawa Shogunate, which ended the chaotic Warring States Period, implemented the shogunate system for the purpose of unifying the regime and restoring order, and weakened the privileges of the Daming state on a large scale. This made the samurai who had originally depended on the Daming state no longer become the privileged class of the various vassal states, and the vassal states were unable to raise so many samurai. In this way, a large number of samurai were "laid off" and either became ronin or went home to farm.
It can be said that these samurai who are professional soldiers can be settled. Therefore, a large number of samurai soldiers in the downward samurai were mixed up, intending to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate so that they could restore their past identities and privileges.
The arrival of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Army gave these laid-off warriors a new hope, which was far stronger than the anti-strait army.
Samurai have no meaning of family and country, and even Japan now has no concept of family and country. Whoever gives money to serve for whom is the most real portrayal of the Japanese samurai in this era.
The Imperial Army of the Ming Dynasty offered a price and gave a system. Being a "Imperial Army" was more tempting than becoming a ronin and being oppressed by the shogunate.
Since the announcement was issued, laid-off samurai came to surrender one after another, and there were even official samurai from the Satsuma clan, with hundreds of people in front and behind.
The Guards Division and the Second Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army that is being formed are being ordered to accept these warriors. The fourth batch of Eunuch Wei met today.
According to the plan, this group of samurai will be handed over to the Third Infantry Regiment, which is carrying out the combat plan of attacking Kyoto. Because the training and military literacy of the samurai cannot be well integrated with the Guard Division, the Guard Division has adopted a compromise plan, that is, each regiment will form a special attack team composed of samurai. This will not only not affect the combat effectiveness and organization of the division, but also can well exert the combat effectiveness of the samurai.
"The Battle of Kyoto is a battle that determines the fate of Japan. I hope you will fight to the enemy bravely!"
"The generals of the Imperial Meanors Pavilion have a place for you!"
"Please!"
Amid the sound of the horn, the First Regiment of the Guard Division, the First Regiment Division, and the Peak Island Special Detachment, boarded the warships of the Combined Fleet together with the Samurai Special Attack Team. They will land in Osaka to attack Kyoto, echoing the cooperation of the main force of the Guard Division that has occupied Nara from Tsu City.
Two months have passed since Eunuch Wei issued the promise of "destroying Xiuzhong in three months", but the Imperial Army still failed to launch a general attack on Kyoto (Luoyang).
The shogunate standing army had already rushed to Kyoto under the leadership of Tokugawa Hidetachi and formed a defensive circle around Kyoto. According to the reliable information of the Kiku agency, Tokugawa Hidetachi is likely to lead the main force out of Kyoto to attack Nara, and stabilize the people's hearts of Kyoto, Edo and even the shogunate's vassals with an active attack attitude.
If Tokugawa Hidetachi wins the battle, the shogunate will get more troops, which will be extremely unfavorable to the Imperial Army.
"As soon as the war started, I did not retreat!"
Chapter completed!