The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 855 The Dilemma of the Tokugawa Family (Please Subscribe for a Monthly Pass)
There are not one or two izakayas like this in the entire Edo.

But everywhere!

Although those local daimyos seem to have succumbed to the Tokugawa shogunate on the surface, in fact most of them are convinced.

If it wasn't for the Tokugawa shogunate now having Daming as its backer, those daimyos might have long since been unable to hold back their chariots and horses, and pulled up a team to fight with the Tokugawa shogunate.

Rather than just engaging in such shady little tricks!
Sato Yuji cheered along with the crowd, but just when they were in a heated atmosphere.

With a loud bang, the door of the izakaya was kicked open from the outside.

Countless samurai belonging to the Tokugawa family rushed in.

"on!"

"Seize the rogue!"

"Don't tell people to run away!"

"..."

Amidst bursts of shouts, the people in the izakaya were pushed to the ground one after another.

The face of the middle-aged man who was standing at the front and giving a speech with passion changed instantly, but he was not prepared to be caught without a fight.

Instead, he pulled out the samurai sword at his waist, ready to resist arrest.

As a result, he just drew his knife, and the next moment the gunshot rang out.

With a bang, gunpowder smoke filled the izakaya.

A samurai from the Tokugawa family directly took out a pistol, aimed at the middle-aged man's hand holding the knife, and then pulled the trigger.

Facts have proved that the gun is fast at seven steps, and the gun is fast and accurate within seven steps.

In the blink of an eye, several fingers were blown off the middle-aged man's hand. He couldn't help but knelt on the ground and let out a scream.

"what……"

Amidst the screams, several Tokugawa warriors stepped forward to take it down.

The leader of the warriors came to the middle-aged man and said condescendingly.

"Rebellious party, really damn it!"

"Take away all the chaos here!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and turned to leave.

Everyone in the izakaya was pushed out and headed towards the prison.

In the shops on both sides of the street, from time to time, people peeked at the rebels who were escorted out of the izakaya.

"Hey, these rogues are damned!"

"Poor heroes, they are about to be persecuted by the Tokugawa family again."

"Recently, Japan is really becoming more and more unstable."

"..."

People are talking about it, but their attitudes are completely different.

Some people stood on the side of the Tokugawa family, and they didn't have any good feelings for these rebellious parties.

Because their interests and the Tokugawa family have been deeply bound together, if the rule of the Tokugawa family is overthrown, it is absolutely unacceptable to them.

But there are also people who sympathize with those rebellious parties.

Perhaps it was because they were those famous people, or perhaps it was out of dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa family's disobedience to the emperor.

But some people don't care about it.

They just want a stable life, and they don't care who gave this life.

Life is full of vicissitudes, but this is the case!

……

Imperial Palace of Japan!

After the emperor was sent to Daming, and the Tokugawa family was canonized by Daming and became the king of Japan, Tokugawa Ietsuna moved to live in the Imperial Palace, and began to live a shameless king's life.

Through the decentralization of local daimyo and grace, and the support of Daming's father behind him, he was barely able to secure the position of the king of Japan.

However, it is only barely.

The emperor's influence on Japan is needless to say. After such a long time, countless people still miss the emperor.

The rebels who gather at the izakaya today are part of it!

Tokugawa Ietsuna flipped through the report in his hand, and after pondering for a while, finally spoke.

"Pass down the order, and all those rebellious parties will be publicly executed!"

"Send someone to warn some restless guys, cut some of their trade share, and give those peaceful daimyos, let them know that even if my Tokugawa family doesn't use force, there are ways to deal with them."

The current foreign trade of Japan is probably similar to the trade method of the Thirteen Banks in the late Qing Dynasty.

The Tokugawa family controlled all channels for daimyo to conduct foreign trade, and without the permission of the Tokugawa family, those daimyo's goods could not be sold.

Therefore, even if the Tokugawa family does not use force, they still have a way to suppress those daimyos.

Of course, the reason why the Tokugawa family was able to do this was also because Daming was supporting the Tokugawa family.

Endorse for my little brother!

Tokugawa Ietsuna is really popular.

He has given those big names such a decentralization and grace, what else do those big names want?
They have been tossing and trying to restore the emperor's rule, but is it really good for them to restore the emperor's rule?

Restoring the emperor's rule, what can they get?

For Japan at this time, the biggest problem is not the imminent move of the internal daimyo.

It's an external threat!
That's right, what I'm talking about here is my Qing Dynasty who is still living on Jiuguo Island.

After Sony took over the ruling position of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty first experienced a period of pain.

But during the throes, Sony drastically reformed the Qing regime.

The eight kings' system of discussing government during their time outside the customs was restored.

It's just that, among the Eight Kings who discussed politics after the reform, no matter whether it was only the Manchus, the Han, Mongols, Koreans, and Japanese also participated in it.

Among them, Manchu occupies three places, namely Sony, Suksaha, and Ye Bilong.

Han people occupy two places, namely Zu Zeqing and Hong Shiming.

Among them, Zu Zeqing is the son of Zu Dashou, and Hong Shiming is the son of Hong Chengchou.

The Mongols occupy one place, which is Ozier of the Horqin Department.

The rest of the North Koreans were Kim Kwang-hyun, a member of the Andong Kim Clan, who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Japanese is Shimadzu Mitsuyoshi, the head of the Shimadzu family.

That's right, now the Satsuma clan has made peace with the Manchus and has become a member of the Manchus.

Even Mitsuyoshi Shimadzu has mixed into the high-level people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

And Sony has also finalized that from now on, there will be no king or emperor in the Qing Dynasty, and all government affairs will be discussed by the eight kings.

Then the eight deliberative kings will elect a ruling president to implement it!
Moreover, the ruling president cannot be hereditary and is re-elected every five years.

The first ruling was held by Sony!

After such a political system was established, the interior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was considered stable.

After Zhu Hongyu learned of Sony's actions, he was completely stunned.

He really didn't expect that the first country in the world to abolish the monarchy and implement a presidential system would be the Qing Dynasty.

Then, after resolving internal conflicts, Manchu Qing began to embark on the road of external expansion.

They first tried to attack Japan's Honshu Island here, but were blocked by the Tokugawa shogunate, and the plan failed.

Another attempt to attack Shikoku Island was successful this time.

However, Shikoku Island backhandedly announced that it would separate from Japan and become its own country. It also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, handed over military and diplomatic sovereignty, and asked itself to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

Then he asked Daming's father to make adjustments and make decisions for his vassal state.

Then, under the pressure of Ming Dynasty, Man Qing could only choose to spit out the Shikoku Island that he ate.

After forcing Shikoku Island to give them a large amount of war reparations and ceding several small islands, they withdrew their troops and returned to Jiuguo Island.

What Zhu Hongyu wants is a broken Japan. It is best to have three islands, one island and one country.

He doesn't want to see either the Qing Dynasty or the Tokugawa shogunate grow bigger!
However, the Manchu Qing was obviously not reconciled to this. After returning to Jiuguo Island, they began to accumulate strength and prepare to attack Honshu Island.

Didn't Daming prevent them from fighting Shikoku Island?
Then they can fight Honshu Island, right?
Therefore, one can imagine how much pressure the Tokugawa shogunate is facing now.

With internal instability and strong enemies outside, the only way to survive is to rely on betrayal of the country...

Tokugawa Ietsuna put down the report in his hand, and asked his retainers.

"Yamashita-kun, how is the training of the new Japanese army going?"

In order to solve the current predicament Japan is facing, Tokugawa Iezuna's solution is to strengthen his own force and strive to expand the new army.

Until one day, when his force is strong enough, he can truly unify Japan.

Even if you dare not say to take back Kyukoku and Shikoku, at least you must achieve the true unification of Honshu.

Instead of just being the same as it is now, even Honshu Island has too many separatist forces opposing the rule of the shogunate.

Hearing the words, Yamashita spoke.

"Reporting to the king, the drill of the new army is still going on, and it has been quite effective now."

"And Daming also let go of the matter of exporting the production line of rifled guns to Japan, but we need to purchase a certain number of rifled guns first, and then Daming will agree to export the production line."

Hearing this, Tokugawa Ietsuna had a smile on his face.

It's fine if Daming agrees to sell it. As for the price and the attached conditions, he really doesn't care.

The current Ming Dynasty is very short of labor force, and the price for Japanese labor is very high.

The big deal is that he, Tokugawa Ietsuna, just sell a few more people. Anyway, Japan is small and densely populated, and the most important thing is people.

"There is also artillery. Daming agreed to export some large-caliber heavy artillery to Japan..."

Yamashita continued to explain to Tokugawa Jiagang the current situation facing the Tokugawa family.

Tokugawa Ietsuna nodded in satisfaction.

And opened his mouth to order.

"The training of the new army still needs to be strengthened, and be prepared to go to war at any time..."

The reason why Tokugawa Iezuna said this was because he had received information that the Qing Dynasty on Kyugoku Island in the south might launch troops on Honshu Island in the near future.

He has to be prepared in advance!

Yamashita nodded in response, then turned and left.

……

The 19th year of the restoration of Ming Dynasty, Xia!
After Wu Sangui's funeral was over, Wu Yingqi took people back to Lahore.

The reason why he is so anxious is not because he wants to launch troops against the Mughal Empire.

It was because after Wu Sangui's death, the Mughal Empire wanted to seize this opportunity to regain lost ground, so it took the initiative to attack the city of Lahore.

The war has resumed!

Outside the city of Lahore, the soldiers and horses of the two sides confronted each other.

A large crowd of people was surging in the dark, and the orderly array could not be seen at a glance.

Wu Yingqi rode his horse to the front of the formation, and looked at the battlefield.

Looking at the formation of the Mughal Empire army on the opposite side, he couldn't help frowning.

Facts have proved that once there is communication, the progress of military technology is very fast.

The Mughal Empire has now also used line infantry tactics.

The neat array, the black guns, and the field artillery placed in front of the formation all show that the Mughal Empire has changed its way of warfare.

On the Tianzhu side, Wu Yingqi also commanded the army to form a line formation.

The infantry formations of both sides are almost the same!
The reason for this is entirely because with the strong rise of artillery power on the battlefield, both sides of the war no longer dare to arrange the infantry into a deep and dense array.

In order to reduce the damage that shelling can bring to the infantry array, it has become everyone's consensus to make the infantry array as thin and short as possible.

This is also the reason why in the era of queuing up to shoot, the musket arrays of both sides coincided with only two or three rows.

It's not that the two sides don't want to pursue more intense and intensive firepower, but because neither side can withstand the damage caused by the shelling under the dense array...

Wu Yingqi ordered his own infantry to press on.

The coach of the Mughal Empire also ordered his own infantry to move forward.

Along with the flag, the ground trampled by the footsteps of the infantry on both sides roared.

As the infantry continued to approach each other, the artillery began to fire.

boom!Boom!

The battlefield was filled with gunpowder smoke, and solid shells flew through the air, plundering towards the opponent's array.

In the blink of an eye, shells smashed gaps in the infantry array.

It's just a pity that since the infantry formations on both sides are relatively thin, with only two or three people in a row, the effect of the shelling is not ideal.

A cannonball can kill and injure two or three people at most, and it may not be able to hit.

When Wu Yingqi saw this scene, the expression on his face was not pretty.

Although the infantry array of one's own side also suffered limited casualties under the bombardment of artillery, this also made the superior firepower of one's own side unable to exert its effect.

Suddenly, a general beside Wu Yingqi spoke.

"Your Majesty, why don't you change the shooting angle of our artillery and change it to shoot at an oblique angle."

This general had studied artillery in Daming.

Know how Ming's artillery caused damage to this loose array.

Wu Yingqi heard this, thought for a while, and then gave an order.

"Okay! Just do it!"

"Send the order to the artillerymen to change the shooting angle, and then shoot at full speed!"

Hearing this, the general clasped his fists together and went to deliver the order.

Wu Yingqi continued to pick up the binoculars and observe the battlefield.

Facts have proved that after the firing angle of the artillery is changed, the killing effect on the infantry array is indeed improved.

Anyone who has studied mathematical geometry knows that whether it is a cube or a cuboid, the diagonal is the longest line.

Converted to the infantry formation, that is, if the artillery fires diagonally, it can cause the greatest damage.

The line infantry of the Mughal Empire carried the artillery fire and continued to move forward!

The distance between the infantry on both sides was continuously shortened, and the roar of the field artillery became one.

In such a large-scale field battle, for the convenience of maneuvering, the artillery used by both sides is a portable field artillery.

Heavy artillery is rarely used!

As the distance was pulled into a very close range, the Musketeers on both sides began to load their muskets.

It is worth mentioning that almost all the soldiers on both sides used rifled guns!
Since the Ming army began to install rifled guns on a large scale, all countries in the world have also started the research and development and production of rifled guns.

After such a long time, the production of rifled guns is no longer a secret to many countries.

Although the quality and output are not guaranteed, having and not having it are two completely different things.

Although the Mughal Empire was unable to produce its own products, they could buy them with money.

The third brother has a fine tradition in this regard!
For European countries such as the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France, it is not difficult to produce rifled guns.

They have also begun to equip the troops.

(End of this chapter)