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Chapter 256 The distressed Tokugawa Hidetada

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    Facing the sudden attack of the Ming Dynasty, Tokugawa Hidetada felt extremely confused. However, as the shogun, he must show enough courage and wisdom at this time. However, Tokugawa Hidetada knew very well that the trouble this time was really too big.  Because the Ming army came so strangely and so quickly that the shogunate's army had no time to react!

    The Tokugawa shogunate is known as the "eighty thousand flags", which means that the Tokugawa family has 80,000 samurai, but not all of these 80,000 samurai are in Edo Castle. Most of them were enfeoffed to various places and became landowners.  For the samurai class, this is done firstly to reduce the expenses of the shogunate, and secondly to reward those samurai!

    In this case, the real defense force of Edo City was only fifteen thousand warriors. Of course, there were many ronin hanging around in Edo City, and Tokugawa Hidetada believed that as long as he was willing, these ronin warriors could  He will immediately become his Hatamoto samurai and fight for him, but it will take some time to recruit his troops or recruit those ronin. Tokugawa Hidetada is not sure whether the Ming army will give him this time!

    "Moori Asaki!" Suddenly Tokugawa Hidetada called someone's name!

    "My subordinate is here!" A somewhat thin, gray-haired old man responded, kneeling and taking two steps!

    "Take people to see those Ming troops and see why they came to attack us. If they put forward conditions, then you must agree first!" Tokugawa Hidetada said with his eyes slightly closed.

    "This" Maori Asaki hesitated for a moment and said: "Sir General, do we really want to compromise with Akito?"

    Tokugawa Hidetada knew very well that his subordinates, especially those who had followed his father, always had a kind of distrust towards him, the general who conquered the barbarians. This did not mean that Tokugawa Hidetada was not talented enough, but that his  That father Tokugawa Ieyasu is so powerful!

    How powerful Tokugawa Ieyasu is can be seen through his life experience. Tokugawa Ieyasu was born in Mikawa Okazaki Castle. His father was the lord of Okazaki Castle Matsudaira Hirotada. Yes, Tokugawa Ieyasu was originally  The surname is Matsudaira. The surname Tokugawa was given by the Emperor after he unified the Mikawa Kingdom and became a daimyo!

    Tokugawa Ieyasu, who became a daimyo, was actually born at the wrong time, because there were two unshakable figures in his era, one was Oda Nobunaga and the other was Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It can be said that anyone with lofty ambitions in Japan  It is a tragedy for people to live in the same era as these two!

    However, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not succumb to fate. He first formed an alliance with Oda Nobunaga and became Oda Nobunaga's dog-leg. At the same time, he also used Oda Nobunaga's prestige to encroach on the land of the Imagawa family. It can be said that under the influence of Oda Nobunaga,  During the Tian Nobunaga era, Tokugawa Ieyasu was very good at playing the role of a fox with a tiger's power!

    But the big tree of Oda Nobunaga fell in the Honnoji Incident. At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu thought that he could stand upright and do something in the land of Japan, but before he could stand upright, he  The pole straightened up, and another 1.4-meter giant Toyotomi Hideyoshi stood in front of him, so Tokugawa Ieyasu's 1.62-meter tall body prostrated again!

    Although Tokugawa Ieyasu's surrender was rewarded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who moved him from his hometown of Mikawa to Kanto. Although he lost the base camp where he had been operating for many years, Tokugawa Ieyasu also received the largest fiefdom among the outside daimyo under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.  , relying on the steady improvement of Tokugawa Ieyasu's strength in this fiefdom, he eventually became the Toyotomi family's biggest enemy!

    After defeating the two strong men Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally ushered in his own era. He defeated the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara and confirmed his overlordship in Japan.  status, and finally opened up the Tokugawa Shogunate for 267 years!

    After briefly reviewing his father's great achievements in his mind, Tokugawa Hidetada suppressed the anger that surged due to his subordinates' doubts, and explained: "The Ming army is coming fiercely, and our army is poorly prepared. In order to gather more troops,  There are too many troops, so we have to delay, so I will send you to negotiate with the Ming army. As long as you can delay for three days, we will be able to gather enough troops to defeat those Ming troops!"

    After listening to Tokugawa Hidetada's explanation, Mouri Asaki showed a look of sudden realization and kowtowed: "So the shogun has this intention. It was my subordinate who was rude just now. I promise that I will stabilize the Ming army and win for the shogun."  Three days!¡±

    After making the oath, Asaki Mouri went to prepare to contact the Ming army. At the same time, Tokugawa Hidetada issued orders one after another, and his deployments were sent out one by one. In the end, only Tokugawa Hidetada was left.  A young man of eighteen or nineteen years old!

    "Iemitsu, do you think we can win this time?" Tokugawa Hidetada asked, rubbing his forehead. It turned out that the young man was his son Tokugawa Iemitsu!

    &nbsp"Father, my Japanese warriors are unparalleled in their bravery. How can a mere Akito rival them? As long as my father assembles the army, it will be the end of those Akitos!" Tokugawa Iemitsu knelt down and said in a formal tone.

    "No!" Tokugawa Hidetada shook his head and said: "I have a very bad feeling. It is definitely not a simple matter for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to the Japanese country this time. The Ming Dynasty is a big problem for the Japanese country and even many small countries around it.  Giant, in the past, this giant did not bother to pay attention to everything around him. Everyone, whether it was Japan, Korea, or Houjin and Mongolia, could live under the feet of this giant. But now this giant seems to be aware of everything around him.  I¡¯m interested, in this case, I don¡¯t think the Japanese Congress is Ming¡¯s opponent!¡±

    Tokugawa Iemitsu said eagerly: "Father, are things really out of control?"

    Tokugawa Hidetada nodded, shook his head, and finally sighed and said: "It's too early to say anything now. We still have to see what purpose Mingren came to Japan for. If they are just for the suzerain country,  I don¡¯t mind being a vassal state, but if they come to destroy the Japanese country, you and I will be prepared to die in battle!"

    Tokugawa Iemitsu is also a smart man. Seeing that his father has reached this point, he also understands the current situation. After calming his mind, Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "Don't worry, father, Iemitsu will not humiliate you."  The glory of the Tokugawa family, when facing powerful enemies, Iemitsu will become a true samurai!"

    Tokugawa Hidetada didn¡¯t know whether he could express his son¡¯s attitude, but he just said tiredly: ¡°Let¡¯s wait until Mori Asaaki comes back to talk about everything!¡±

    At this time, Asaaki Mori also left Edo Castle. He took ten guards and rode in the market outside Edo Castle. When Edo Castle was built, there were only one hundred households. Now Edo Castle is in Germany.  Under the management of the Chuan family, there are already tens of thousands of households and nearly 200,000 people. He doesn't know how many of these people will survive after this war!

    After leaving Edo Castle, Maori Asaaki and his guards galloped towards the Ming Dynasty's waiting army formation, but soon they encountered the Ming Dynasty's cavalry scouts. After explaining their purpose through a translator, Maori Asaaki stood in front of more than a hundred Ming Dynasty cavalrymen.  Under the surveillance of Cao Ling, he galloped away from the formation!

    To be honest, Asaki Mouri and his guards were in an extremely depressed mood at this time, because although they were also riding horses, the Kiso horses under their crotches were too short, and their heights were also very small.  Sandwiched between the Ming cavalry, they were like hunting dogs led by a group of hunters!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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