Chapter 675: The Dust Sweeping Plan to Sweep the Japanese Island (85)
To Makino Nakano's surprise, the news brought back by the secret envoy he sent was that the North Korean side did not accept his "begging for surrender", but agreed to treat him as a reliable ally who could stabilize Japan as soon as possible.
What does this mean?
Shinosuke Kawai is not only a military talent, but also a political matter.
After being enlightened by Shinosuke Kawai, Makino Nakano suddenly realized that his real opportunity for development had come to his sight this time.
As a result, Makino Nakano became very thorough, and his Changgang Army also became the vanguard of Yu's great advance in the Azumi army.
When the army entered Uto Miyagi, when he heard the order issued by General Yu Zaiyuan that he must find out the corpse of Emperor Komei and buried him for rituals, Makino Nakano was even more impressed by the great righteousness of the North Korean side:
This is the real good person! Only by following such a group of people and keep moving forward unswervingly can there be a truly bright future!
Emperor Komei's funeral should be considered very glorious, although it would never catch up with the luxury of the emperor's death during the Peace Year, nor did Feng Shui master help calculate whether the burial cemetery can bless the glory and wealth of generations of descendants forever. However, with the mourning of thousands of Changgang officers and soldiers such as Makino Nakanoshi Daimai and Kawai Shinosuke, the rolling and wailing of a large number of Utsunomiya refugees, and the on-site memorial of a group of members of the Third Army headed by Yu Zaiyuan, Komei should be able to rest in peace.
The North Korean side helped to manage the glorious funeral of Emperor Xiaoming in the troubled times made Makino Nakatsu famous. Most importantly, all those who have seen such sincere and glorious scenes with their own eyes no longer think about whether Makino Nakatsu's act of actively relying on the North Korean army should still be a shameless betrayal.
On the contrary, in the minds of these people, Makino Nakano has become the only true loyal minister in Japan and the only savior who can take them out of the sea of war and suffering.
In line with the broad public opinion, in the simple shed in the ruined Utsunomiya Castle, Makino Nakano erected a banner of justice that suppressed all civil strife, defeated all the country and the people, and saved all the people from water and fire.
At the same time, on the Western Front, a strong tide of offensive was already surging. In order to quell the intensifying civil strife of Kanto in Japan, the 50,000 troops of King Hiang Kai-shek of the Kanto region began a great strife against the Kanto vassals under the banner of water and fire.
However, whether it was Makino Nagata Nagagang Army on the Eastern Front or the Heian Army on the Western Front, although they all carried out their respective attacks on the great cause, one after another of the Kanto Tou Fen was occupied. A group of Tu Fen and the wealth of wealthy families were all used as military use, none of them were approached by the Edo Castle, which was being killed in the dark.
But it was already the end of March, and the bloody offensive and defensive battle continued.
Although Kazua and his anti-threat army were almost exhausted, they still could not actually send his soldiers into Edo Castle, Tokugawa Keiki in the city was far more miserable than Kazua, who was still anxious outside the city.
The number of guardians in Edo Castle is far less than the officers and soldiers of the fighters outside the city with red eyes. Although Tokugawa Keiki still has nearly 100,000 men, women, and young people. But the people are always the people.
During that initial period, although the number of defenders in the city was small, they still had a beautiful vision for the future, their morale was quite high, and heroes emerged one after another.
For example, when the lieutenant General Togo Hirahachiro of the Navy was in a critical moment when the Mianomaru Castle Grotto was broken by some officers and soldiers of the anti-thief army, he resolutely ignited a powder barrel around him. While he was fearlessly dying with the attacking anti-thief soldiers, he also made great contributions to the final blockade of the gap.
For example, the staff officer of the Army Department, Lieutenant Nogi Haki, on the third day after the start of the Edo Castle Guard Battle, was still standing firm in the position and fighting to the death without retreating. Although he died in the chaos of the anti-threat army due to his inability to support the troops, he bought extremely precious time for the reinforcements to arrive.
With high morale and strong soldiers, and with a strong castle as a support, facing the anti-threat army full of revenge and anger, the protection of Edo Castle did not show much disadvantage for the time being. Therefore, the people at this time can still use it.
But as the war became more and more fierce, as the officers and soldiers of the anti-thieves outside the city suffered losses, they almost immediately gathered again. However, the number of officers and soldiers in the city fought less and less, and the situation naturally became more and more critical. At this time, the people were not so easy to use.
On the surface, thousands of people can still be driven to the city walls. After all, most of them are those who do not work hard. When the artillery fire sounded, all the so-called people's armed forces that were originally black were immediately run away.
The ominous feeling of Tokugawa's Tokugawa began to increase day by day.
On March 29, what Tokugawa Keiki was most worried about really happened.
After paying tens of thousands of troops as a price, Kazua finally made a breakthrough in the big players in Edo Castle, and the thief army successfully entered Mianomaru.
Although Tokugawa Kyoki still had Ninomaru and Maru Castle as a supporter at this time, although Tokugawa Kyoki still firmly believed that the North Korean army would extend his hand to pull him up sooner or later. However, the heavy burden that lasted for nearly a month has already made His Majesty the King of the "Oedo Kingdom" exhausted. All the bright futures for him now have become flowers in the mirror and moon in the water, and they can't wait at all.
On the night when Kazua and his army entered Mianomaru, Tokugawa Keiki actually used a rope to completely free himself from a corner of Marucheng Tensou Pavilion.
Some people say that at that time, Tokugawa Kyoki had already suffered from severe mental paranoia and mental depression.
The death of Tokugawa Keiki completely shakes the foundation of the "Oedo Kingdom".
According to normal etiquette, Honda Tadanaga, Lin Tadasuke, Nishio Tadatoshi and Inoue Masatsu unanimously recommended Tokugawa Akito ascend the king of the "Oedo Kingdom".
But what I didn't expect was that Tokugawa Akitake actually came with someone who you love to do, and I won't do it anyway.
When there was no way, Honda Tada, Lin Tadasuke, Nishio Tadatoshi, Masatsushi Inoue and others could only settle for the second best, that is, to choose another wise man.
Therefore, many people like Inoue Masatsuki recommended Honda Tada, of course, because Honda Tada has many soldiers and generals.
But at this moment, Lin Zhongseng and Nishio Toshito stopped doing it.
Why? Can we only be kings with more soldiers and more generals? Grandma! If I hadn't had the fact that I had completely annihilated the tens of thousands of Prince Chiren's army in the battle between Katsuhiro and the Great Miyagi formation, even the Edo Castle now would have followed Emperor Komeito's surname.
At this critical moment when foreign enemies are hard to resist, but internal turmoil is about to rush again, the President of the Navy Department, Takeo Hiromoto, who has not made many faces since his debut, finally showed his big face. (To be continued...)
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