"Lord Yin Shushi, I'm afraid it won't work. The enemy's army is too huge..." Another veteran said. He was proficient in Orchid Studies and knew that the twenty cannons of Edo Institute had been cast for a hundred years at least. Can they be used now? Launching is a problem, let alone shooting against the Austrian Empire's fleet.
"Then we can first let them stop in Nagasaki for a while, so that we can use three months to borrow artillery from each domain, and gather all the strength of Japan to defend Edo so that the Austrians can retreat." Masahiro Abe's method is reasonable , well-founded, and disciplined, it can not only resolve crises, but also unite all vassals. If it is used in normal times, it will definitely attract the admiration of all the old and middle-aged people.
But the situation at this time was more difficult than he imagined...
"Lord Yin Shoushi, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Austria's fleet has ten large ships and hundreds of artillery pieces. I am afraid that even the entire power of Japan will not be able to compete..."
"Is this true? The Netherlands and Austria are just small countries in the West. It seems that the whole country has gone out to fight. Then can we summon people with lofty ideals who are brave enough to fight and die to assassinate the enemy chief?" Masahiro Abe immediately changed his mind after learning that he was invincible. Prepare for a heavenly execution, maybe we can recover these barbarians, and then
"Use barbarians to control barbarians".... But soon his hopes were dashed again, said another old man, Masashisai Nakazawa.
"Lord Yin Shoushi, according to the Dutch, the Austrian Kingdom has lasted for more than six hundred years and is not a small country. This time, the leader of the fleet is a collateral member of the royal family. Based on this, it can be deduced that this fleet may not only not belong to the Austrian army. All the strength, maybe not even the main force." This time Masahiro Abe was completely numb. He had read a lot of books since he was a child, and he knew a lot about the past and the present, but there was no book that could teach him to face today's situation.
In Tokugawa Ieki's time, Abe Masahiro was able to perfectly solve the cholera epidemic among monks, without embarrassing the shogun's family or losing his own life.
The once rich catfish is now really helpless. In the end, it was the boss of the pacification office who said some nonsense to avoid Masahiro Abe's embarrassment.
Pingdingshu, the highest judicial organ of the shogunate.
"The top priority is to stabilize the coastal defense of Edo first, and then order the mobilization of samurai warriors in the city for reinforcements. In addition, we also need to send people to inform the daimyo of various places to ask for help..." On the sea of Edo Bay, Friedrich put down his telescope.
"Why did the Japanese transport so many big bells to the shore? Are they planning to use flying thunder gods?" Friedrich looked very confused, because he felt that only that weirdo Franz could think of flying thunder gods. When he came out, he couldn't help but turn his eyes to Kagura, who was wearing a miko costume.
The latter naturally understood what the former meant, and she had indeed listened to Franz's explanation, but her personal loyalty to Franz was unquestionable, and she had not had any contact with the Japanese in so many years.
"Miko is my profession, but I don't know witchcraft. Please rest assured. I have not revealed the secret of the Flying Thunder God to anyone, and the Flying Thunder God is not scary to your fleet." Princess Sneka didn't know what they meant, let alone what the so-called Flying Thunder God was, but she was not stupid.
"Stop arguing, look! They are pointing the bell towards us, like the muzzle of a cannon!" At this time, Friedrich and Kagura looked at the big bells on the shore. They seemed to be upside down. The position of the fort does look like large-caliber artillery pieces from a distance.
This made Friedrich breathe a sigh of relief. Although the Flying Thunder God was not a big threat to the Austrian naval fleet as Kagura said, it would bring a lot of trouble to the formulation of tactics.
At this time, seeing the other party's behavior, it became clear that the Japanese had no idea what the Flying Thunder God was, and what they did was just a bluff. According to Franz, this meant that the other party was at the end of their rope and could implement the next plan.
It has to be said that the Japanese were quite honest at this time. After several shogunate officials asked the Austrian fleet to go to Nagasaki first to wait for the news to be confirmed, they actually pulled out their wakizashi and committed suicide on the spot.
It's just that Friedrich couldn't feel the other party's determination at all. Instead, he felt that the Japanese were disgusting him. After all, blood and grease are difficult to clean.
So he issued an ultimatum to the remaining Japanese officials: "If we can't get a satisfactory answer within three days, Edo Castle will usher in its end." Several members of the Tokugawa meeting, including Masahiro Abe, The elders unanimously decided to agree to peace talks with the Austrian Empire.
Masahiro Abe, the chief veteran, was naturally pushed to the forefront. Some people said that he was afraid of the enemy and timid, while others said that he was called the family elder but was actually a family thief.
But in any case, Abe Masahiro personally led five hundred armored warriors to the seaside to prepare for negotiations with the Austrian envoys.
Masahiro Abe was sitting among the layers of formations. The warriors behind him were all carefully selected warriors. Each one of them was wearing bright armor, holding a long sword in his hand, and full of murderous intent.
In fact, only the first row wore iron armor, while the warriors in the back were all painted with bamboo armor and leather armor to show off.
This is something that can't be helped. After all, the shogunate is declining and the military equipment is weak at this time. Even the samurai can't afford it, let alone the stomach?
There were three rows of guards holding iron cannons standing on the outside. In front of them there were ashigaru wearing simple armor and wearing a formation hat. The flag behind them was blown by the sea breeze and sounded quite impressive.
Soon, two warships of the Austrian Imperial Navy docked on the shore. The towering black iron city and the sharp whistle made the warriors who saw this shake.
Then the Austrian naval honor guard began to disembark. These people were carefully selected from the troops in various regions. Their height, clothing, and weapons all had uniform requirements: white clothes, black trousers, and exquisite semicircular logos on their helmets. The carved and black and gold feathers looked full of momentum, and the heavy leather boots made a heavy sound when they fell to the ground.
Especially after these people had undergone military training by Franz, their uniform steps made the earth tremble, and the sharp bayonets and exquisite rifles in their hands were even more frightening.
Accompanied by the melodious "March of the Double-Headed Eagle", the naval honor guard of the Austrian Empire finally came to Masahiro Abe.
At this time, Abe Masahiro felt the despair of Atobe Ryuta and Lin Qi Chubei, with bright armor and swords and guns?
These words are completely inadequate to describe the shock before my eyes. Every soldier in the Austrian Imperial Navy's honor guard is over 185cm tall, and the uniform sound is so frightening that many warriors even subconsciously took two steps back when the honor guard completed the action of raising their guns on their shoulders. .
At this time, the faces of those warriors were covered with beads of sweat under their visors, let alone the other party's.
With the number of "iron cannons", even in hand-to-hand combat, they didn't have much chance of winning against so many strong men. But what shocked them had just begun. A witch dressed in white and crimson hakama walked out of the imposing Austrian military formation.
"Hello, Lord Masahiro Abe. I wish our negotiations can go smoothly."
