Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 318 The Battle of Sasha ([-])

"The world is in chaos? Hahahaha~~" On the Jinglei, Zhao Xin couldn't help laughing when he heard Shibata Juezang mention Ishikawa Murumi's emotion.After laughing, he said to Shibata Kakuzo: "I think the world in Igushu Ishikawa's eyes is just a small piece of land."

Seeing Shibata Juezo's puzzled face, Zhao Xin pulled back the curtain on the wall, revealing the huge hand-painted map hanging behind it.

"This is the world!"

This is a world map without the North and South Poles. It roughly depicts the land borders, distribution of colonial powers, and latitude and longitude lines of various countries in this era. The scale is 1:5000 million.

In the Asian part, the regions of Beihai Town, Qing Dynasty, Li Dynasty, Island Country, Tsarist Russia, Annan and other countries are clearly drawn.

The European part draws the outlines of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Russia.In the American part, North America draws thirteen states, the territory of the French in the south, and the Mexican region called "New Spain", while the South American continent is blank; Australia at this time is still called New Holland; and the African continent It's just one piece of light.

For the distinction of the distribution of power in various countries, color marking is used.The UK uses blue, France uses green, Spain uses khaki, the Netherlands uses brown, and Beihai town uses red.

This map was completed by a power plant traveler in a month, and it is based on a seventeenth-century world map published in 1911 by another time and space.The reason why the North and South Poles are not drawn is purely because that guy is lazy.

Shibata Kakuzo looked at the colorful map on the wall in astonishment, walked up to look at it for a moment, and then fell silent.

He has seen a world map.In the early Edo period, the Chinese version of "Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" jointly completed by Matteo Ricci and Li Zhizao was introduced to the island country; later Zhuzi scholar Arai Shiraishi borrowed and quoted this map, and completed "Kunyu Wanguoquantu" in 1713 and 1715 Gathering Different Words" and "Western Chronicles" had a great impact on the "Three Kingdoms World View" (China, Tianzhu, Japan) of the islanders since ancient times.

In fact, the 100 years from the end of the eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century was the period of the disintegration of the "modern empire" and the emergence of nationalism in the East Asian civilization circle.At this time, the intellectuals of the island countries had begun to change from the traditional Chinese "view of the world", and re-established the concept of "Hua-Yi order circle" by accepting world geographical knowledge.

Zhao Xin pointed at the small island country with his index finger, and sneered at Shibata Juezang: "Even if there is chaos here, how much do you think it has anything to do with the world?"

Shibata Juezang's gaze wandered, and it was only then that he noticed that the area of ​​influence of Beihai Town was already larger than that of the island country.

Two days later, the Jinglei moored outside Ishinomaki Port, and a large number of soldiers began to disembark and land.According to the plan, the Jinglei will return to the northern part of Kuye Island after the Northern Navy disembarks, and return here after refueling, and then continue southward with the Northern Navy and Sendai Domain troops.

At this time, Liu Zheng had already arrived at Shijuan Port from Shiqiubin. After receiving a telegram from Beihai Town, he hurriedly brought people back to Sendai Fan on the grounds that Shiqiubin had urgent matters to deal with.As soon as he saw Zhao Xin, he complained: "Brother Zhao, why do you call wherever I go? It's too difficult for me to be a trade representative!"

Zhao Xin chuckled, patted Liu Zheng on the shoulder and said, "Accident, purely accident."

With a displeased expression, Liu Zheng took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin opened it and saw that it was the official text of the "Kanagawa Agreement".He turned to the last page and saw the Gregorian date on it, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"What's going on in Yokohama?"

"Hey, the situation was pretty good at first, but if you make such a fuss, it will be hard to say in the future!"

"Don't worry, have you forgotten? This is a group of people who don't remember to eat. The more fierce we behave, the more cowardly the shogunate will be."

Liu Zheng sighed, "I hope so!"

It is said that after Liu Zheng arrived in Yokohama in early June, in addition to signing and exchanging the official text of the "Kanagawa Agreement" with the shogunate on July 7 in the Gregorian calendar.This guy is not supervising the construction of the commercial hall every day, or distributing food and clothes to the hired island workers; it makes the shogunate officials very headache.

This is so obviously buying people's hearts!If things go on like this, these mud-legged people will only see Beihai Town and not the Shogunate!Now that Liu Zheng is gone, he can be regarded as relieved.

Three days later in the early morning, under the leadership of the men sent by Qingye City, Zhao Xin led the First Battalion of the Third Beihai Regiment and the Qingye Battalion, and set off towards Qingye City in a big way.

Zhao Xin originally wanted to try the islander's ride or shoulder car, which was often seen in film and television works before.The so-called "ride objects" are beautifully decorated driving cages.But when he saw the real thing, he realized that it was too aggrieved, and it was completely incomparable with the sedan chair next door!
Forget it, let's ride a horse.

At present, Zhao Xin, the horse of the island country, can't ride at all, nothing else, he is afraid that the donkey-like southern horse will be crushed.Fortunately, he brought more than a dozen strong Mongolian horses with him when he set off this time, otherwise Zhao Xin would have to take the 11th bus to Qingye City.

Quan Shan walked in the team of the first battalion. Although he kept walking fast, the figures of his parents and A Bin always appeared in his mind.It has been more than a year since I left home, how is my family doing?I don't know if the woman I've been thinking about day and night is still alive
Misawa Yibingwei, who had been naturalized and changed his surname, followed Zhao Xin imposingly. This guy is now called Yin Bingwei.Considering that Yin Bingwei was born as a samurai, he was very familiar with the customs and culture of the Edo period; so he was transferred to Chen Jishan's subordinates before the expedition, and was responsible for personal security, and by the way, he helped Chen Jishan do some things to check and make up for vacancies.

It was more than 150 miles from Ishinomaki Port to Aoba Castle, and the brigade did not enter the castle town until noon on the third day.Ever since they entered the range of Sendai City, Chen Jishan and other guards began to raise their vigilance and observe the surrounding situation at any time.Their right hands are all on the holsters around their waists, so they can react at any time.

When the guards in the platoon signaled that the bridge deck was safe and they could pass, Zhao Xin rode his horse onto the wooden bridge over the Hirose River.On the opposite side is the Green Leaf City standing on the top of the mountain, at a glance, it really lives up to its reputation.

At that time, it was said that Cyclops Masamune used millions of people to build this city, which was said to be the strongest residence in the entire island country.Zhao Xin estimated that if the Tokugawa family wanted to conquer this place, in addition to needing a large number of long-range artillery, tens of thousands of lives would have to be filled.

Zhao Xin lost his mind for a while, then let go of the reins and walked across the wooden bridge, only to see that there were no pedestrians on both sides of the road, and the doors of all businesses in the commercial area were closed.The Sendai Fan also sent many samurai ashigaru to stand on both sides of the street as guards.

When he rode through the main road in the castle town, all the samurai on the side of the road knelt on one knee, looking at this Zhao Wangdian, who was said to be the "descendant of the great emperor", with strange expressions, and various thoughts arose in his heart .

"It's His Highness who helped us repay the debt!"

"Aiya~ Zhao Wangdian is really different from ordinary people, look at this figure, this fine horse!"

But when the brigade behind Zhao Xin also walked across the Hirose River, the expressions of the warriors on both sides of the road suddenly became extremely surprised.

"Look, look, isn't that Saburo from Shibata's family! This kid is shaking now."

"Oh, isn't this my Jiro? I haven't seen you for more than a year. How did this kid grow so strong?"

"Oh~ If I knew it was such a beautiful place, I should have gone there last year too!"

Unlike the Northern Navy, the Qingye Battalion wearing the uniform of the Northern Navy was not equipped with rifles, and each of them carried two "84-type" revolvers on their waists.But even so, in the eyes of these warriors, they were murderous.

Pingtai, who was riding on a horse, was very excited at this time. He never thought that one day he would be able to hold his head high and sit high on a horse and look down on these warriors. Before he saw these people, he had to stand on the side of the road and bow his head. I dare not lift it up, and if I show any disrespect, I will be beheaded.

At this moment, he finally understood what Zhao Xin once said, "The princes and generals would rather have kindness"; and his own fears and worries, now it seems really ridiculous!

Surrounded by the guard platoon, Zhao Xin rode his horse to the famous "Otemon Gate".There is only one photo left of this majestic city gate in another time and space, and it was bombed by the Mi Army during World War II.

In fact, it was more than Otemon, because the terrain of Aoba Castle was too dangerous, and the entire Sendai Castle was demolished after the Meiji.Only the Sannomaru was left and turned into a barracks.

In order to show that he had no ambitions for the Sendai Clan, Zhao Xin got off his horse in front of the Otemon Gate and walked straight in with his men.At this time, all the retainers of the Sendai Domain, headed by Ishikawa Murafumi and others, greeted Zhao Xin's arrival inside the Otemon Gate.

Except for the guard platoon, the Sanying and Aobaying entered the Sannomaru to rest after entering the gate, and Zhao Xin was led to the Ninomaru.

By the way, why don't you go to Honmaru?Nothing else, too high!When Date Masamune built the Honmaru, it was used as a military fortress. The south side of Aoba Castle was a big cliff, and he had to climb the mountain from the west and take a small path to go around.Except for some important occasions such as meeting the shogunate and court envoys, and meeting retainers for congratulations in the New Year, basically no one goes there; even Date Shigemura lived in Ninomaru when he came back.

After everyone sat in the Ninomaru meeting room, the two sides began to introduce each other.

Different from the big group of sixteen families and one family and twenty families and one family in Sendai Fan, only Pingtai and Liu Zheng were on Zhao Xin's side, plus Chen Jishan, Yin Bingwei and other guards. That's all.

After introducing each other, Ishikawa Cunwen bowed again and said: "On behalf of the Patriarch, we thank Zhao Wangdian for his righteous act of sending troops!"

Zhao Xin smiled and said: "There is no need to say more polite words, we are not friends for a day or two. Tell me, what's going on in the shogunate?"

Ishikawa Cunwen said with a smile: "Your Highness has only been here for three days, and people in Edo City are already in panic. I heard that Satsuma Lord just left Edo and is on his way back to Satsuma."

As soon as the voice fell, another person said again: "Currently, all parts of the feudal domain are on alert, and soldiers and horses are gathering in Baishi City. There is no movement in the southern Fukushima and other feudal domains. Send back the message."

The speaker is the ninth-generation head of the Mizusawa Date family, Date Village Zen, who just turned 15 this year.This person is also a short-lived ghost in history, and he won't even survive the end of this year; but now that the Yida family is hugging Beihai Town's thigh tightly, it's hard to say what will happen in the future.

The Shiraishi Castle he mentioned was the residence of the famous "Katakura Kojuro Ketsuna" family. The Katakura family was considered a loyal Date family, second only to the first family, ranking among the family.

As for the Fukushima Domain, hey, it is the place where the nuclear leak in another time and space; it is currently the fiefdom of the Itakura Clan.

Ishikawa Cunwen nodded, and said to Zhao Xin: "In addition, our family's military equipment, food and grass are not enough, please help Zhao Wangdian."

Zhao Xindao: "This is not a problem. I left [-] tons of grain and [-] tons of sugar in the warehouse of the Shiqiubin Commercial Hall, which can be regarded as supporting the Sendai Fan. You can send people back immediately. If it is not enough, I will return Ships will be sent to deliver food."

Many retainers of the Sendai feudal clan present did not understand the word "ton", but Fumi Ishikawa and Kakzo Shibata understood, and they immediately beamed with joy.

Regarding the weights and measures in the Edo period, it was actually similar to that of East Asian countries in this era, which really gave Zhao Xin a headache.

In the so-called "stone high system", this "stone" is actually a unit of volume, and one stone is 180.39 liters.Whether the 180 liters are filled with rice or beans, the corresponding kilograms are completely different.If you have to set a dead number according to the weight of polished rice, what about unpeeled brown rice?Even wheat, corn, beans.
As for some people saying that "俵" can be used to count, that is even more nonsense, because there are four-dou bags and eight-dou bags in straw bags for rice, which one do you count?

That is to say, from this day on, the Sendai Fan began to introduce all kinds of weighing scales made in Beihai Town, in order to move closer to Beihai Town in the use of weights and measures; The use of the catty and even the gram is familiar.

After hearing Shibata Kakzo's explanation of "ton", everyone in the meeting hall was overjoyed, and they were not afraid of the shogunate's blockade.

Zhao Xin said again: "I will stay in the Qingye Camp in Xiantai City. But remember, once you fall out with the shogunate, you can't interfere with how this team uses and fights."

As soon as his words fell, the faces of the people in Sendai Fan became extremely ugly.Without you as the co-author, we can't even direct?How can I say that these people are still warriors of this domain!
Besides, isn't it just a burst of short guns?Last year, Ishikawa Cunwen asked for twenty from Zhao Xin, and distributed them to the dozen or so families.After some demonstrations, other people didn't eat pork, so let's run away when they see pigs.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Shibata Juezang quickly explained: "Everyone, the weapons and tactics of the Beihai Navy are very different from ours. If you don't understand, you can't use it like you used to with iron gunners, and you won't be able to give full play to your advantage!"

Zhao Xin remained expressionless, and continued: "Since I left the Green Leaf Camp behind, each of you will gather a thousand troops and come with me to Kyushu to conquer the Satsuma clan. Since you want to take revenge and carve up the Shimadzu family, then all of you Got it!"

With five hundred Aoba Battalion armed with two guns, Ishikawa Cunwen's confidence was immediately sufficient.According to what Shibata Juezou told him, with the strength of the Qingyeying, they can enter Edo Castle without a hitch.He hurriedly said: "Please rest assured Zhao Wangdian, the 200 soldiers mentioned earlier have been prepared, and there will be no problem sending [-] more soldiers. They can set off in three days."

According to the agreement between the two parties, the Sendai Domain will send out people, and Beihai Town will pay for food and salaries; as for changing weapons, stop dreaming for the time being!

After staying in Sendai City for a day, Zhao Xin returned to Shiqiubin with the Third Battalion the next day.Five days later, the "crusade team" composed of five hundred vassal samurai and five hundred ashigaru from Sendai finally arrived at Ishinomaki Port.

At this time, Deng Fei had returned from Bitter Leaf Island in the Jinglei.Zhao Xin issued an order, and all troops boarded the ship and set off immediately!
(End of this chapter)