Edo, Oo.
The wind was howling and the sky was dark.
The flickering flames of whale oil candles hung on the walls.
Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third-generation general who conquered barbarians, is hidden in the shadow of the lamp, holding a blunderbuss produced by the British East India Company.
There was a map of Kyushu on the desk next to him, and Iemitsu's expression was half cloudy and half clear.
Kyushu was about to fall, and the Tatars were burning, killing, and looting everywhere, killing soldiers and civilians of all vassals wantonly.
In the face of the sharp attack of the Tatars, neither the Satsuma Domain nor the Hizen Domain had the power to fight.
Since the war started, the British and Zheng Sen have disappeared.
Even Amaterasu has abandoned this land of gods.
The floor suddenly made an unsettling creaking sound, and Takako Takaji, the shogun's wife at Goshodai, walked out of the darkness holding a candlestick.
The whale oil lamp shone on her beautiful face, and the flickering light seemed to cover the beauty with a thin veil.
"General, go to bed early today,"
Tokugawa Iemitsu waved his hand impatiently without raising his head: "The war in Kyushu was not going well. The lords of the Satsuma and Hizen domains were martyred. I heard that they were also made into drinking vessels by Liu Zhaosun. After the Tatars captured the samurai, they would treat the samurai To impose castration, the Tatars... are really abominable."
"Hattori Hanzo sent ninjas to Saga Castle, but Liu Zhaosun has been killed, this lunatic!"
The shogun slammed the musket on the table with a ferocious look on his face.
Takashi Takako put down the candlestick and said with a trembling voice: "Ah? Is it true? It's too scary. How could there be such a vicious person? General, if you want to go to the west, you must take care of yourself... ·
Tokugawa Iemitsu smiled coldly and said nothing.
The situation has developed into what it is now, and the Western Expedition is impossible.
Three of the four powerful shogunate feudal lords (Choshu Domain, Satsuma Domain, Hizen Domain, and Tosa Domain) were wiped out by the Tatars. The last remaining Choshu Domain was already in turmoil. The leader of the Choshu Domain ordered that the troops sent to Kyushu Island be sent to Kyushu Island. All reinforcements were withdrawn.
After his lucky escape from Nagasaki, Tokugawa Iemitsu completely lost the courage to continue fighting against the Tatars.
Guo Xingye and the British have not been dispatched for a long time. I don't know what they are waiting for.
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As Takaji Takako spoke, he came closer, snuggled up next to the shogun, stretched out his hand and began to grope the shogun.
Tokugawa Iemitsu only looked at the map and suddenly turned around to see his wife, her face gloomy.
"What are you doing?"
The dutiful son Takaji had long been accustomed to his husband's cold treatment, so he said to himself:
"I don't know what's going on in Nagasaki now. If we don't know about the volcanic cloud mud enshrined in the volcano, the women in the Great Oku will age faster..."
No matter how affectionate this most beautiful woman in the Great Occasion was, Tokugawa Iemitsu remained unmoved and did not even look at his wife.
The woman's chatter made Tokugawa Iemitsu upset. He frowned, waved his hand as if to ward off flies, and said to his wife:
"I'm tired. I'll let Awan sleep with me tonight. You can go down."
With tears in her eyes, the general's wife walked out of the house silently, not forgetting to close the door gently when she went out.
Tokugawa Iemitsu put down the blunderbuss, glanced at Takaji Takako's handsome back, and shook his head as if nothing had happened. When his wife walked away, he also got up and left Oo, but instead of looking for the favored Awan, he walked out directly Dao.
Tokugawa Iemitsu's indifference to his wife, Takako Takaji, has become an open secret in Edo City.
It wasn't that there was something wrong with the shogun's orientation - although that was very likely - there was another woman standing between him and Takako Takaji.
And this woman is Tokugawa Iemitsu's mother, Asai E, the wife of the second-generation general who conquered the barbarians, who is said to be the reincarnation of a fox demon.
It is said that it was his mother, Asai E, who ordered Takaji Takako to enter Ooku.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was separated from her parents at an early age and was raised by the wet nurse Afu (Kasuga Bureau).
Takechiyo’s relationship with her parents is cold, and Takechiyo’s body
He was weak, stuttered, and ugly in appearance. The two of them disliked this son even more.
In the eleventh year of Keicho's reign, Asai gave birth to another son. This son's nickname was Kunichiyo, who would be the future Suruga Dainagon Tokugawa Tadanaga.
After Kunichiyo was born, Ajiang personally raised Kunichiyo with the consent of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the couple also doted on Kunichiyo.
The conflict between Tokugawa Hidemitsu and his parents intensified.
Later, Takechiyo killed his younger brother through a series of conspiracies and forced his father to abdicate. He also hated the filial son Takaji recommended by his mother.
From the moment they got married, the shogun had been very dangerous to this woman.
It is said that the two have never had a substantial married life.
Takako Takaji stood alone at the door of Ooku, smiling as he watched the shogun go away. Suddenly, he took out a straw man wearing a kimono from his sleeve, with an evil smile on his face, and pierced the grass with a steel needle. Among people.
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When Tokugawa Iemitsu left Oku, he did not go to find his hit man Awan, but invited Shiranoshan to host Master Chun Shen.
Hattori Hanzo stood beside the two of them, holding a sword.
"The Tatars are attacking Nagasaki. If Nagasaki is also lost, the shogunate will no longer have a foothold in Kyushu! Hattori Hanzo has sent a capable jounin to the Saga Domain to assassinate the Liu thief. This is the only retreat I can think of now. Enemy method."
Master Chun Shen clasped his hands together, recited Amitabha, and said disapprovingly:
"I'm afraid that a few jounin are no match for Liu Zei. All my brothers and sisters at Yuantong Temple on Tsushima Island died in the hands of Liu Zhaosun, and the Poseidon of Tsushima Island was also killed by him. Liu Zei is not a mortal, and he wants to kill this person. , Xu Lao Na took matters into his own hands."
Hattori Hanzo, who was short in stature and dressed in a ninja costume with only one pair of eyes exposed, looked displeased when he heard this.
"Please be more careful when this mage speaks,"
He pressed his fingers to the scabbard and looked at the rude mage with hostility.
"The ninjas who went to assassinate were all carefully selected and never failed. During the Shimabara Rebellion, the cult members were purged and hundreds of them were killed."
Tokugawa Iemitsu quickly stepped forward, pulled Hanzo aside, and introduced to him in a low voice the miracles of Master Chun Shen:
"Don't be rude! Master Chun Shen is a disciple of the god Hui Ran. He has supreme magical power. He used to live in seclusion in Nagasaki and rarely came to Edo. It is an honor for you to meet him."
Hanzo angrily stared at Master Chun Shen, slowly put away the knife, and sneered:
"The Tatars are attacking Nagasaki. How powerful is it? Why don't they stay in Nagasaki?"
Tokugawa Iemitsu scolded Hattori Hanzo, with a smile on his face:
"Master, there is no need to be angry. Nagasaki cannot be protected, and I am afraid that Honshu cannot be protected either. The Liu bandits invaded this time. Every time they captured a place, they burned, killed and looted wantonly. Even the wheat fields outside the city were burned by them. The Tatars did not send any troops. Stationed, I don’t know what Thief Liu wants to do.”
Nearly half a year after the war began, the shogun still cannot figure out what his opponent wants.
If you want to occupy Japanese land, you will have to quickly send troops to garrison after conquering each vassal, and you will dispatch troops from Tatar to farm. Even if it is not possible, you will have to send troops to garrison. But now, there is no trace of Tatar left at all. plans in Japan.
"He wants to become an immortal."
Master Chun Shen looked to the west thoughtfully, recalling the secret techniques his master had taught him.
"Killing tens of thousands of people and becoming immortals is a kind of immortality technique in the Tang Dynasty. An Lushan used it, but unfortunately it failed."
Hattori Hanzo was very dissatisfied with the nagging monk and said angrily:
"What is it about being an immortal but not becoming an immortal? What are you talking about to confuse the public..."
Hanzo stopped suddenly before he finished speaking.
At some point, the katana slung on his body disappeared out of thin air!
A samurai who loses his sword is no longer a samurai.
Hanzo was looking around, and suddenly found that at some point, his etheric sword had been held by the demon monk.
