"No, the prince should still be alive. There must be secret passages in these two cities!"
"Although I don't know where it is, it must be there. The houses built by the daimyo will all be arranged. What's more, in Nijo Castle, shout loudly and knock on the ground to tell the king that it is safe!"
Listening to Sawaki Xiaogang's words, everyone picked up the spears and spears beside them and began to knock on the ground, shouting the name of the king loudly.
The people outside Nijo Castle also started shouting, and the whole Edo Castle was very loud.
After this massive search lasted for two hours, when everyone was in despair, the door of an inconspicuous tavern a few hundred meters away was pushed open.
More than a dozen officials in official uniforms but looking embarrassed rushed out carrying one person, and were quickly recognized by the people.
It was the Great Lord Tokugawa Iemitsu who was mistakenly thought to have been burned to death, but at this moment, Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes were closed tightly, and he looked not good.
After receiving the news, Kyoto Governor Daisawaki Kooka immediately led people to send Tokugawa Iemitsu to the Nishinomaru Grand Imperial Palace on the west side of Edo Castle where Tokugawa Hidetada lived.
After some treatment, Tokugawa Iemitsu woke up, half lying on the bed with a pale face, and his body was still twitching from time to time.
"Medical officer, how is Yu's injury?"
"My Majesty, your right foot was hit directly by a heavy object. The flesh and blood of your right foot were all broken, and all the bones were shattered. In addition, the injury lasted for too long, and some of the meridians have begun to become necrotic.
At present, sawing off is the best way to deal with it. Otherwise, if it is not handled well and pus fills up, it will be troublesome. The whole leg may become necrotic, or it may be life-threatening! "
As soon as the medical officer's words came out, the expressions of everyone in the room suddenly changed.
Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was on the bed, also trembled all over, and his already pale face turned even whiter.
Not to mention that Fuso as a whole would not allow it, even the Tokugawa family would not allow a disabled person to become a general who conquered the barbarians.
Although a general may not necessarily go on an expedition, he is the commander-in-chief of Fuso's army. Throughout history, no one with a disability has held this position, whether in Fuso or other countries.
His younger brother will definitely take the opportunity to lobby his father to depose him as a general.
Without the position of general, plus being disabled and offending too many people, he would really be killed.
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately said: "What are the casualties? Where are my father and those ministers? How many escaped?"
"this……"
Sawaki Kooka's face became serious. The loss was too great, and he was afraid that Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't bear it.
But before he could say anything, Tokugawa Iemitsu struggled to sit up: "Someone, please take me to Nijo Castle to take a look!"
"No, Your Majesty, we haven't caught the assassin, and it's not very safe outside. You're injured, so you shouldn't go out!"
"Zawaki, I am still Fuso's general conquering the barbarians!"
Listening to Tokugawa Iemitsu's cold words, Sawaki Kooka's whole body trembled, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he immediately whispered a few instructions.
A quarter of an hour later, after passing through the crowded and eagerly awaited crowd, Tokugawa Iemitsu climbed onto the wall of Nijo Castle.
"call……"
After just one glance, Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes instantly turned red, his breathing became rapid, and his hands tightly grasped the armrests of the chair.
As far as the eye can see, there is ruins.
This palace, which had taken six years and countless resources to build since the Battle of Sekigahara, was destroyed.
You must know that several palaces here were moved here from several buildings left by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Fushimi Castle. Many of the paintings and historical books inside are almost out of print.
The most important thing is that the huge wood used in the castle tower is more than 30 meters high and about one and a half meters thick. It takes a year to transport it from the Kiso River to the Edo port.
The stones used to build the palace were transported from hundreds of miles away by Shura sled, then by ship, and then by Shura sled. The round trip took two months.
A total of 3,000 ships were prepared that year, of which 196 were sunk.
The cost is too great to be estimated.
When it was first built, it was intended to be passed down for three to five hundred years, but now less than thirty years have passed before it was directly burned down.
And within a few hundred meters outside the city, there are also ruins and a large, dark area.
"Huh...huh..."
Tokugawa Iemitsu tried his best to calm down his breathing, and asked in a slightly trembling voice: "What are the casualties? I want to hear the real data!"
"Your Majesty, yesterday evening, we gathered a total of 24 ministers from Edo City, including more than five ministers, to discuss politics. Currently, only eight of them are alive.
Three of the elders died, two of the imperial servants died, three died of Ruo Ji Nian... one person was determined to die,
In addition, while chasing the assassin last night, the commander of the general's bodyguard was killed.
As for your father, there is currently no information, and we cannot determine whether he is still alive.
Your main wife has been confirmed dead, two of the three side rooms have died, and one of the three children has died, and they have now been settled separately.
More than 2,300 guards and chamberlains died in Nijo Castle.
With Nijo Castle as the center, all houses within a radius of 300 meters were burned. Houses between 300 and 500 meters were damaged to varying degrees, and more than 1,200 people were burned to death. "
"After yesterday's incident, I sent two thousand cavalry out of the city to pursue them. However, after chasing for more than ten miles, those fire-breathing monsters disappeared.
Moreover, the cavalry we were pursuing were killed by more than two hundred people without seeing the enemy. "
hiss……
The ministers behind him were covered in cold sweat and their bodies were trembling. Even when they were frightened, they were secretly grateful to have survived the fire last night.
What makes me happy is that now that more than three officials including Lao Zhong and Ruo Ji Nian are dead, they will have a chance.
But there was more fear in their eyes. The enemy could attack once from the sky, and they could attack twice, three times... countless times, and the violent explosion that would occur instantly when they stepped on it made their scalps numb.
There is no way to defend against it, and there is no way to hide from it.
Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes were filled with pain as he sat on the recliner.
In addition to the destruction of Nijo Castle and the casualties within the city, there are also worries about the next situation.
The death of so many high-ranking officials will definitely trigger a fight among the major forces behind the scenes, and the situation that has finally been stabilized will be shuffled again.
The Ming Dynasty is eyeing it from outside, and various forces are fighting within. Fusang may return to the Warring States Period.
"Da Ming, I will follow you..."
"Report..."
Before Tokugawa Iemitsu finished speaking, a hurried emergency call came, and then a guard rushed up the city wall.
"Your Majesty, this is the information sent from Nagasaki Port!"
After listening to the guard's words, Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes narrowed, while the expressions of the ministers behind him changed drastically. Their eyes were fixed on the information in Tokugawa Iemitsu's hands, and their hearts fell to the bottom.
