Judging from the information currently known, the battle with the Ming army should be over soon.
Haha, what was the tone of the Ming Emperor? He directly shouted that he wanted to cede land and pay compensation, but he was not ashamed. Wouldn't he first weigh his abilities before saying such a thing?
Now it's better, slap him in the face hard, cede the land and pay no compensation, and destroy all the Ming troops you sent. When the Ming Emperor hears this news in the future, I wonder if he will have a pig liver face?
Thinking of these, Tokugawa Iemitsu was in a surprisingly good mood.
Everyone said that the little dwarf Toyotomi Hideyoshi was powerful and one of the most powerful figures in Japan!
However, he worked hard to confront the Ming army, but what was the result?
Haha, in the end, even he himself was so angry that he died of illness! Moreover, his descendants were implicated, and his grandfather rebelled and took over the world!
But now, he has destroyed the invading Ming army and achieved great martial arts achievements!
In such a comparison, although I dare not say that I am the most powerful figure in the history of Japan, at least I am much more powerful than Toyotomi Hideyoshi!
Thinking this way, Tokugawa Iemitsu felt even more proud and in a better mood. He drank and had fun every day, and asked his men to start preparing for celebrations, waiting for Matsudaira Nobutsuna to deliver the final victory news to Edo.
However, what he never expected was that the Ming army arrived in Edo first without receiving any news of Matsudaira Nobutsuna's victory.
On this day, Tokugawa Iemitsu was drinking and having fun. When he was calling a beautiful man with a wine glass, suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and then he heard a "crackling" sound, which scared him so much that he didn't even take the wine glass. He stopped and fell to the ground, smashing to pieces.
Such a loss of composure made him a little angry, so he immediately asked sharply: "What's going on?"
At first, he thought it was the sound of thunder, but when he looked up, he saw that the sun was shining brightly, and there was no chance of thunder at all. He immediately started asking questions, thinking that somewhere he accidentally caused the gunpowder explosion.
Naturally, it was impossible for the subordinates in the lobby to know the situation. When they were panicking, a samurai barged in directly. They were as frightened as if their parents had died. With a "pop", they knelt down and asked Tokugawa Iemitsu. He stammered and reported: "General... Sir General, Ming... Ming's army is coming to kill... to kill!"
The Ming army came to kill?
When everyone heard this, as soon as the idea came to their mind, they immediately rejected it. How could this be possible?
One of the courtiers who was close to the warrior stood up, kicked him over, and shouted sternly: "Ba Ge Ya Road, in front of the general, how dare you lie to each other..."
The samurai was kicked back, then immediately turned over and climbed up. He lay on the ground with his hands and raised his head. He looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu and continued to report in fear: "Sir General, the Ming army is really coming to kill them, right on the sea. …”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard another loud "boom", followed by a "crackling" sound.
Hearing this voice, the samurai who reported the report quickly added: "This is the one who bombarded Edo Castle from a huge warship of the Ming Dynasty!"
At this time, the Japanese in the lobby were stunned.
At this time, these people no longer deny it, but become suspicious.
Because they always believed that the Japanese navy would soon destroy the Ming navy, and the war against the Ming army would be won. How could it be possible that the Ming navy suddenly came to Edo?
This reversal is so big that they can't accept it!
No, I heard someone questioning: "This sound is so loud, how could it be artillery fire from Ming warships at sea?"
Seeing that they were still questioning, the samurai who reported the news almost burst into tears. He quickly looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu and said, "Sir General, what I'm reporting is true. You'll know when you go to the top of the city and take a look!"
The frightened Tokugawa Iemitsu really didn't want to believe that this was true. However, there was no way he could act like an ostrich and bury his head in the sand as if nothing had happened.
So, under his leadership, everyone immediately left the lobby and rushed to the top of the city to see the situation.
In fact, without going to the city, Tokugawa Iemitsu saw two huge iron bombs falling on the city on the road, and several unlucky houses had been completely destroyed.
The Japanese in the city were like headless flies, running away in panic.
This situation has not been seen in Edo for decades.
When Tokugawa Iemitsu saw this, his heart sank to the bottom of his heart. His face was so ugly that he was almost frightened to death. Without saying a word, he hurried to the head of Edo Castle, on the sea side.
Outside the city, all the way to the pier, there were Japanese people scurrying about with their heads in their hands, but he didn't care about these and stared straight at the sea.
Sure enough, there were more than fifty Ming warships, and the one at the head was so huge that it even reflected the light of metal under the sunlight.
While he was watching, he suddenly saw a puff of black smoke coming from the bow of the huge warship. When he heard a loud "boom" in his ears, he saw the ground shaking, and he almost He failed to stand firm and fell.
But it was the Ming Dynasty warship that fired another solid bullet, this time hitting the city wall. Some distance away from him, a large section collapsed.
The power of this artillery was greater than any artillery that Tokugawa Iemitsu had ever seen in his life. Or simply put, the solid bullets alone were bigger than what he had seen before. It can be deduced from this that how big the artillery on the warship will be!
Just like the current Edo city wall, if it is hit by such shells a few times, it will definitely collapse!
I have to say, the power of this artillery is so terrifying!
However, what made Tokugawa Iemitsu despair was that when he saw the Ming Dynasty navy on the sea, especially this huge warship, all the luck in his heart was wiped out.
Originally, he was still praying that even if Ming warships came to Edo, the war on the Satsuma domain might not be defeated. Because it is possible that the Ming warships came directly from the sea to Edo and were not encountered by the Japanese navy.
However, when he saw this huge armored warship, he understood that there was no way the Japanese navy could defeat this Ming navy. This also meant that there was no need for the Ming warship to avoid the Japanese navy. , you can come directly along the coastline.
In other words, the war over the Satsuma clan was very dangerous. As for the Japanese navy, it was basically certain that the entire army had been wiped out.
That was all the military power of the Japanese country, and it was supposed to give the Ming army a thunderous blow! Now, he was struck by the thunder of the Ming army and made dumplings!
So what strength does the Japanese side have to resist the Ming army?
While he was in a daze, groups of Ming troops were already disembarking from warships on the side of the Ming Navy. The entire Edo Pier fell into the hands of the Ming troops.
When the Japanese warriors guarding the dock saw Tokugawa Iemitsu at the top of the city, they were heartbroken. They shouted "board load" and led their men to charge towards the Ming army.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The sound of the gunshot brought Tokugawa Iemitsu back to his senses, and when he looked intently, he was struck again.
He saw that the Ming army was all made up of musketeers. They fired outside the effective range that he knew, but they shot all the Japanese who were charging to the ground.
There are such huge armored warships, such powerful artillery, and now even the Ming army's muskets are so powerful, how can they still fight?
Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at all this blankly, and a thought came to his mind: Didn't he want to slap the Emperor of Ming in the face, and he was whipped to the ground now? Is Japan going to end? Is this the end of Japan?
Thinking like this, suddenly, I saw his body swaying and he fainted!
When Tokugawa Iemitsu woke up again, it was already dark. Under the illumination of the oil lamp, he found that the people around him were all Japanese, and they were all familiar faces to him, and there were no Ming troops.
Suddenly, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He sat up from the bed and asked his men: "Has the Ming army been repulsed?"
If that were the case, that would be great! Then this halo is worth it!
But what disappointed him was that his men shook their heads and answered him with a grimace: "The Ming army is still at the port and has not launched an attack. They just give us a deadline to surrender?"
"..." When Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, the smile on his face suddenly solidified: It turns out that the Ming army was not defeated!
As if knowing what he was thinking, one of his subordinates added: "The Ming army's warships and firearms are too powerful, how can we fight them off! What can we fight with? The troops are all on the Satsuma side!" "
These words were like a heavy hammer hitting Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart, and his face became extremely pale!
If the army had not been sent to Satsuma Domain and the Ming army had come directly to attack Edo, Tokugawa Iemitsu believed that even if the Ming army could not be defeated at sea, it would be possible to fight after the Ming army came ashore!
But now, all the troops have been sent to the Satsuma Domain, and there is a high probability that they will be gone. If the Ming army attacks the shore, it will be very easy!
Seeing that Tokugawa Iemitsu was silent and seemed to be in a daze, a subordinate came to him carrying a wooden box.
Smelling a rotten smell, Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at it and was immediately shocked, because there was a head in the wooden box.
After coming back to his senses, he looked intently.
Although this head has been embalmed and is made of white lime, anyone familiar with it can still recognize whose head it is.
Date Tadamune!
As soon as he came to this conclusion, Tokugawa Iemitsu shrank into a ball in fear and waved with his hand: "Get away, get away quickly..."
The head of Date Tadamune is here. Needless to say, it was brought by the Ming army, which explains more things.
"The Ming Army said that all of our navy's more than a thousand ships have been wiped out. Part of our army was blocked on Sakurajima, and most of it was blocked on Kyushu Island..."
After the head was taken away, his men reported to him again, all of which were the worst news.
"Puff puff..." Every word, every word, was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart.
Before his men had finished telling all the news, they saw Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly opened his mouth, spit out a mouthful of old blood, and fainted again.
Tokugawa Iemitsu's health has not been very good these years. If it were in the original history, even if everything goes smoothly, he will die in a few years. Now being hit by the bad news continuously, this old blood can no longer be saved after all.
