Yamagata Aritomo and Saigo Takamori were absolutely directly responsible for Takasugi Shinsaku's death. If they hadn't still tried to make one last gamble even when the war situation was obviously unfavorable, Takasugi Shinsaku would not have died.
The reputation of Takasugi Shinsaku among the overthrow faction is very high. Yamagata Aritomo and him are actually not at the same level. However, due to various reasons, the Choshu Domain still chose Yamagata Aritomo as the representative of the coalition, and Saigo Takamori There is also a vague barrier to Takasugi Shinsaku.
Xiao Letian didn't even bother to analyze the motives of these people. In fact, if he thought about it, they should be the same as those who hated Ryoma Sakamoto. Before the cause of overthrow was won, these people had already begun to think about how to divide the fruits of victory.
But despicable people will never realize their despicability, just like crows never think that they are black or ugly. Japanese samurai who have no reflection spirit will naturally blame all their sins on others.
When Xiao Letian observed three minutes of silence and was about to turn around and leave, Shanxian Youpeng suddenly said, "This is what you want. Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai is really good at it. He turned his hands to make clouds and rain, and took him away without any sacrifice." He saved more than 10,000 lives in Japan with superb methods..."
Xiao Letian was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Shanxian Youpeng, "You are talking about me. You actually put the blame of the more than 10,000 dead soldiers on my head."
This morning, the coalition forces and the shogunate army have already begun to return to the battlefield. According to simple statistics, the direct death toll in this bloody battle in Osaka was about 15,000 people, of which 8,000 were killed by the Southwest Coalition Army and 7,000 were killed by the shogunate.
This is the number of direct victims, and there are about 10,000 seriously injured and disabled people, while all other soldiers have minor injuries.
In this battle, the Southwest Allied Forces invested a total of 35,000 troops, while the shogunate army invested a total of 25,000 troops. The total strength of the Family has reached 60,000.
This is already a very large-scale battle in the history of Japan. Although the number of people is not as high as the Battle of Sekigahara and the Battle of Nagashino, if compared with the total value, this bloody battle of Osaka Castle is definitely unparalleled.
The penetration rate of new Western muskets has exceeded 70%, and there are even artillery purchased at high prices. These 60,000 troops have looted almost all of Japan's wealth. This is not a war that peasants and soldiers can make up for with bamboo guns during the Warring States Period. Modernization Even if the war reaches a little threshold, it is still a huge gold-swallowing monster.
Twenty-five thousand combat personnel were lost, countless equipment was damaged, and both the shogunate army and the shogunate army were seriously injured. According to the intelligence agency's estimation, if both sides want to train and arm such an army, it will take at least three years.
Three years, what a precious three years. Xiao Letian used his strategy to push back the unification of Japan by at least three years. This is an era of great change that has not happened in three thousand years. The three years you have gone backward plus the three years others have advanced. Years, this is a generation difference of six years.
The Japanese are not fools, they can understand this truth, so the grumpy Shanxian Youpeng couldn't help it today, and he was the first to attack Xiao Letian.
"Who in the world doesn't know the methods of Prime Minister Xiao in the East China Sea? You can even participate in the Western War. With the residual power of your victory in the European War, your status in Asia has been unmatched... But I don't understand, why do you If you don’t want to let Japan go, why do you want Japan to bleed like this..."
Before Xiao Letian could speak, Ryoma Sakamoto was angry, "What nonsense is this? The Overthrow Faction was not established by Prime Minister Xiao, the coalition was not trained by Prime Minister Xiao, and even this war was not started by the Prime Minister. Why should the Prime Minister bear our sins?"
"Not only that, the Prime Minister also gave us thousands of rifles and sold us countless weapons at lower than market prices. Without the Prime Minister's help, how could we have formed such an army so quickly, Mr. Shanxian, Don’t forget your roots..." Sakamoto Ryoma said sadly.
"No... you are wrong. We have all fallen into the trap. Xiao Letian wants us to have a civil war and bleed. He is the last fisherman..."
"Excuse me, Prime Minister, why don't you sell us artillery, why don't you sell us the latest explosive packs, why don't you give me the latest grenades, why on earth." Shanxian Youpeng roared at the top of his lungs.
"How could we have lost this war if we had these weapons? We would have ended this civil war long ago... Damn it, everything was in vain."
Xiao Letian was already shocked. He was not angry or speechless, he was just stunned by this twisted mentality.
"You are weak and you are reasonable. I will give you whatever you want. Japan has an endless civil war. It is my fault."
Xiao Letian was furious: "What kind of bastard logic is this? I, Xiao Letian, have never eaten your Japanese food or drank your Japanese water in my whole life. You have not given me any favor at all... What's the matter?" I still owe you more than I owe you, so I helped you and made trouble."
"Since Sakamoto Ryoma and I reached a military aid agreement, I have given you 3,500 rifles for free, and the total silver is close to 200,000 taels. This does not include the weapons I sold you at low prices. I think that amount is also I have to lose about 100,000 taels..."
"Not only that, the four Southwest vassals have already made a lot of money through trade with Ryukyu. Otherwise, where do you think your coalition's military salary comes from? You eat my food and drink my food, and in the end you dare to bare your teeth at me. OK, OK..."
Saigo Takamori heard the murderous intent in the Prime Minister's voice, and quickly walked over and took Yamagata Aritomo's arm, "You are so rude of not apologizing to the Prime Minister."
Then Saigo Takamori said with a wry smile, "Please forgive me, Prime Minister. This battle was too tragic. Yamaxian Youto was a little distressed and incoherent. Please Prime Minister, please don't take it personally. I apologize to you." After saying this, he said deeply. A bow.
Originally, Xiao Letian was too lazy to talk nonsense with this kind of person, so he walked over at the next step, but he didn't expect that Luo Huo, who was watching the ceremony behind him, would get into trouble with just one word.
"Shit, this little scene can be called tragic. Not to mention the Battle of Pu'ao, it's nothing compared to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom before. At that time, not even 100,000 or 80,000 people died in that bloody battle. The war was still There are immortals.”
This sentence can be regarded as hurting Yamaxian Youto's weakness. The number of poor and backward people in the Japanese archipelago is not large, and it cannot be compared with the Central Plains. Coupled with their fragile and perverted self-esteem, Yamaxian Youto is as sensitive as a lunatic. .
"I want to duel with you. The Yamato nation will never accept such humiliation." Shan Xian drew out his sword and slashed at Luo Huo like crazy.
However, the knife did not cut down in the end. Luo Huo then raised his electric sword like a sword and just raised it above his head when a black revolver was pressed between his eyebrows.
"Chop it. I want to see which one is faster, the bullet or your knife. It just so happens that the pile of firewood hasn't been burned out yet. By the way, I'll take you with me to save the people below me a second time... chop it."
The cold muzzle of the gun pressed against Shan Xian's forehead, and the fanaticism in his mind quickly cooled down. With a glance from the corner of his eye, he realized that countless Ryukyu soldiers had drawn their guns and surrounded them.
Xiao Letian winked. Long Ye rushed over to grab the knife with one hand and the gun with the other. His arms shook and pushed away the two people who were fighting. Xiao Letian looked at the strange looks around him. He sneered and said to Youpeng from Shanxian County. .
"Your performance today is really terrible. It is completely beyond the words of an educated senior warrior. If the Choshu Domain relies on you... I'm afraid it will be over sooner or later."
Xiao Letian didn't give him a chance to refute and continued, "I don't know what kind of rubbish you have in your mind. You just said you wanted artillery, and you also wanted grenades and new explosives. Let me not talk about the political aspect first. Why didn't I give it to you? You, I just want to ask you if I can use the artillery."
"Haha... What is now popular in Ryukyu are breech-loading rifled guns, with a range that is ten times that of old-fashioned artillery. Do you know how to blindly fire? I will give you a coordinate point. How do you calculate the elevation angle? How big are the projectiles to use? Different artillery. How long after firing does rifling wear need to be considered.”
"Do you know trigonometric functions? Do you understand calculus? Do you know how to do quick calculations? How long does it take you to restore the firing state of the artillery after each firing? Don't forget that the artillery has recoil. After each firing To readjust the state..."
"You don't understand any of this, none of it, so why should I give you artillery? Even if I sell it to you, it's just a direct shot at the target, and the power is not even one-third of it... Of course. , and you will say that I should send someone to teach you for free. If I don’t send someone to teach you, I will become a conspirator that you can insult again, right?"
"It's strange to me, how can you be justified if you are weak? You are just a weak chicken, but it has become the reason why I have to help you. If it is not enough to help you once, I have to help you ten times. I have to help you successfully. , otherwise I am a conspirator and I want to harm Japan. Where does this nonsense come from..."
"I don't owe you anything. Why should I help you if I haven't benefited you at all?" Xiao Letian roared so loudly that all the friends in Shan County turned red.
"But...but you are a gentleman from the above country, how can you speak so frankly about the benefits? What about the virtues of the Central Plains people, what about your charity, are you watching Japan fall into civil strife and countless young people die? Are you so indifferent? This is the behavior of a villain."
"Holy shit..." Xiao Leqian's head almost shattered. "Shut up, I grew up drinking foreign ink. I'm not a rotten scholar. I don't have any advantage for you. I'm the one who belongs to your ancestors." , I hate hearing this sentence the most, do you understand?"
What's wrong with China? For thousands of years, the impression given to neighboring nations is that they are a bunch of idiots who can take advantage at will. A gentleman doesn't talk about benefits. Damn it, he doesn't talk about benefits. Why should you let you take advantage?
"Friends from Shanxian County, please remember that I am a villain, a very pure villain who has escaped from vulgar tastes. I am not a gentleman, let alone one of those rotten scholars in the Qing Dynasty. I will not reason with you. Yes, if I want to reason, I will do it after I have finished my fist turn..."
"Now you remember, you have angered me, so I want to add three thousand more troops, I want to expand Osaka Castle, no, no, no... I want to change the name to Osaka Fortress, I want to dig strips here Trenches, permanent fortifications need to be built, I need to deploy hundreds of cannons, and there are countless warships in the bay..."
"And all this is caused by the stupidity of you Japanese people. Kirigakure kid is a fool, and you are also a fool today. I want to see how many more fools will pop up in the future..." This book was first published from, the first time See genuine content!
