Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 603 Helpless
If the shogunate has no time to take care of the black flag, this mess is not small.

In other words, it was because the Tokugawa family hung their lives for a few days before they died, mainly because they were worried about the rumors that the black flag might invade, which caused the shogunate to prepare for the succession of the power of the shogun while warning the outside world.

Therefore, the conspiracy under the nose is ignored.

Soldiers.

Military scholar, military strategist.

This title is not something ordinary people can have, and the one who rebelled under the nose of the Edo shogunate was Yui Masashiyuki, the disciple and grandson of the Japanese "military god" Kusuki Masanari who shouted the phrase "seven lives to serve the country".

This person opened the "Zhang Kongtang" in Edo to teach military affairs. There are many disciples of daimyo and bannermen under his sect. The dojo is said to have three thousand disciples. The ronin circle can be regarded as well-known.

There were more ronin brothers around him, so the grievances and intentions of the ronin brothers would naturally affect Yujing Zhengxue.

The news of Jiaguang's serious death had been spread in Edo for a few days, and Yujing Zhengxue was about to make a move.

It is also just right.

As soon as Iemitsu died, the shogunate was dealing with Iemitsu's funeral. What Jing Zhengxue did was not considered neat, and the wanderers had no experience in rebellion and were psychologically frightened.

Then the news of the black flag's invasion of Kyushu Island spread to Edo.

Then the shogunate exploded and began to recruit daimyo troops from Honshu Island to rescue Kyushu Island. At this time, Jing Zhengxue was also recommending talents to recommend some talented ronin samurai to join the shogunate army.

After confusing the shogunate for a while, after the first batch of shogunate troops set off, the Jing Zhengxue Rebellion broke out.

More than 3000 ronin warriors were divided into three teams under the command of Jing Zhengyuki to raise troops in three places at the same time. Under his leadership, one team attacked the Tokugawa family treasury of the shogunate in Suruga Kuno Mountain and occupied Sumpu Castle at the same time.

The other team, led by Tadaya Maruhashi, a gunsmith from Hozoin, set fire to create riots in Edo Castle, and encouraged ronin to join them in rebellion in an attempt to occupy Edo Castle.

The last group of ronin named Kanai Hanbei assembled ronin in Osaka, directly snatched the emperor from Kyoto, took the emperor to order the princes, and obtained the order to crusade against the Tokugawa shogunate.

It is a bold idea to dare to do this with less than 4000 initial troops in the three places added together. It highlights the confidence of a military strategist who has never been on the battlefield when he talks about military affairs on paper.

But the shogunate was not prepared.

Junfu Castle is the hermitage of Tokugawa Ieyasu after he relinquished his power. After Ieyasu died here, although the Tokugawa family did not live here, it has always been an important fortress of the Tokugawa family and a place where the family hides money.

It used to be one of the branches of the Tokugawa family.

But later it was transferred directly to the Edo shogunate, and the city representative was appointed to manage it.

So this city was really taken down by Jing Zhengxue.

On the other side in Edo, Maruhashi Tadaya led his troops to set fire to the city and called on the ronin samurai to rise up.

But setting fire is easy.

The fire ignited, and the ronin became polarized. Only a small number of ronin were willing to follow him to revolt, but most of the ronin felt that this was a good opportunity to win the favor of the shogunate, and chose to "support the screen and eradicate adultery".

However, during the spread of the fire, the samurai of the shogunate in the city and the execution office could not tell the ronin who rebelled or the ronin who helped to suppress the rebellion, which caused a riot in the city!

In the end, Marubashi Tadaya escaped from the city alive after making a scene in the city for several hours, leaving behind the burning Edo Castle.

At the same time, Kanai Banbing, who tried to rob the Emperor, was defeated in Kyoto City, fled from the mountains and committed seppuku, and his ronin fled and became rogues in Osaka.

And the chaos has only just begun.

A big fire in Edo Castle burned for four whole days. The fire deliberately lit was much more violent than a sleeve that floated suddenly, and it still started at night.

It was also accompanied by the rogue rebellion in the city.

After four days, the shogunate was so burned that there was no time to count the casualties.

Nearly [-]% of the Edo city area, including the Edo Castle Honmaru, was burnt down, and the charred corpses were in the city. It's like hell on earth.

There were many wounded who fled the city, wailing together in the still angry air outside the city, the doctors had no time to treat them, and many died of burns.

The shogunate pacified the people and rescued the wounded while suppressing the rebellion.

But the rogues in Junfu City had fled long ago, and the mastermind, Yu Jing Zhengxue, had committed seppuku in the city when he learned of the fire in Edo.

Maruhashi Tadaya also committed seppuku while being hunted by the shogunate army.

A few rebels didn't even leave their suicide notes, and the shogunate could only flog the corpses and behead them to vent their anger.

"Thieves should be punished!! Really! Really! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Kazuki Aikawa got the news from the red-eyed Yukimasa Sanada when he arrived on Honshu Island. Because of this, his eyes were tearing apart and he was so angry that he smashed things like crazy.

It's not just a pity for the devastation of life in Edo City, but more importantly, it's the deeds of the rebels, who suffered a great crime and died in a blink of an eye.

Generally, seppuku can be uncovered for petty crimes.

But [-]% of a big city was burnt down, and at least [-] to [-] people died in it!Burn alive!It is said that in the past few days, because of treating the wounded and confining the corpses, many people could not bear the pressure and committed suicide!
Several monks in Edo Castle saw the tragic situation in the city and shed tears of blood!After coming out, he directly stabbed his own eyes!
The instigator wiped his stomach and committed suicide.

His death seemed to be the ultimate mockery of everyone.

Because of an extremely mentally retarded operation, tens of thousands of innocent people died. Now that I am dead, what do you do to me?

"After our army breaks into the hinterland of Honshu, we should search for the disciples of Yujing Zhengxue, whoever has set foot in the 'Zhang Kongtang' military school! We should be punished!"

"Are you still thinking of fighting for the world at this time!? Edo Castle."

Facing Aikawa Kazuki's roar, Sanada Xingchang only said indifferently: "The shogunate is incompetent. After the Great Fire of Edo, it ordered all localities to confiscate and detain ronin for review. Do it, what have you got to do with my vanguard battalion."

After all, he took a deep breath, but finally couldn't hold it back, the flesh and blood in his clenched fists turned white, he gritted his teeth and said, "Get down to the shogunate army immediately, and report the Edo incident to your lord, your lord's intention is in the world of Japan, and the lord of Japan The people are also the sovereign's subjects, and they will show benevolence to the residents of Edo."

At least tens of thousands of people were burnt to death, and the people of the Black Flag Warriors in this state must feel a little bit sad.

But slowing down the offensive pace is impossible.

The black flag landed on Honshu Island just as Honshu was in turmoil due to a series of incidents. Many ronin samurai who caused chaos had to choose between the shogunate army and the black flag. They should have chosen the shogunate.

But the shogunate is jealous of the ronin.

Therefore, the strength of Sanada Xingchang's troops is not only [-] when he first arrived, but more than [-] troops, and it is still growing rapidly.

　In the official history, after Jiaguang's death in 1651, Jing Zhengxue failed to conspire and committed suicide. His plot strategy was the same as in the book, but he failed.

　　In 1657, the Great Fire of Edo caused by an accident did burn very badly. Two-thirds of the city was burned down, killing and injuring more than [-] people.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)