"What? A seventeen-year-old female emperor?" Marshal Liu opened his mouth in surprise, and then fell silent. He held his hand on the railing of the warship and looked into the distance for a long time. His subordinates knew that this was the commander-in-chief thinking about the enemy's strategy, and they all knew it.
He hid aside and said nothing.
"It has been decided to change the original plan, send an envoy to contact the emperor, and form an alliance with him as much as possible to jointly deal with the shogunate."
As soon as the order was issued, the fleet stopped advancing and was stationed in the bay. This is the eastern coast of Japan facing the Pacific Ocean. The water is blue and the sky is cloudless. Looking at the land in the distance, Mount Fuji is floating in the air like a fairyland. It is endless and green as far as the eye can see. There are white sails near the sea.
Diandian, that's the Japanese fishing boat in action. At this time, the Japanese country was still uncivilized and in a state of isolation. Merchant ships from overseas were only allowed to dock in Nagasaki. All other ports were not open to foreigners. Now the Beiyang Navy is located
The sea area was later called Tokyo Bay, but it did not have a formal name at this time.
The Japanese have been ignorant for a long time. They have never seen such iron-clad steam gunboats. The navy along the coast did not dare to fight. They allowed the Beiyang warships to cruise in the bay. Two sampans carrying envoys sailed towards the port. Not long after landing, they unexpectedly
There was a burst of gunfire. Needless to say, it was the Japanese who had attacked the envoys. Liu Ziguang urgently ordered the cannon to be fired. A round of rapid fire hit them and the shore disappeared. The envoys were sent ashore again, and the scale was much larger than last time.
, half a battalion of Navy Bu Yong.
After landing, we discovered that among the first 13 envoys to land, three were killed and the rest were injured. The Japanese troops defending the shore were under the shogun, not the emperor's troops. This was just the right reason for the war.
No need to look for it, it will be delivered to your door.
The troops advanced in battle formation, with the front pointed directly at Ping An Jing. People were supposed to kill people, and Buddhas were supposed to kill Buddhas. Food and grass supplies were collected on the spot. There was a lot of noise along the way, and the people tried to avoid it. The Japanese government reacted very slowly, and even transferred
Not even a single soldier came to resist, but this 500-man naval force was so powerful that it actually fought all the way to the foot of Ping'an Capital.
The current ruler of Japan is the third generation Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. The emperor is Iemitsu's niece, Prince Koukouchi. It was not Koiko's turn to inherit the treasure because Koiko's father was Iemitsu's brother-in-law, Gomizuo.
The emperor had not yet died, and was still in his prime. Emperor Gomizuo just wanted to disgust Iemitsu, so he passed the throne to his daughter and became the Supreme Emperor himself, in order to show the despicability of the Tokugawa family in disrespecting the imperial family.
The emperor is actually a puppet, but in the minds of the majority of Japanese people, he is still the incarnation of God. This is worth taking advantage of. If we can build a relationship with the royal family, the two sides can complement each other's advantages, destroy the shogunate and share power, and each can get what they need.
Unfortunately, Liu Ziguang had this kind of wishful thinking. His original plan was to march directly into Edo and force Tokugawa Iemitsu to sign a city alliance. Later, when he learned that the current empress was only seventeen years old, he took action to sympathize with the royal family.
With thoughts in mind, Bingfeng first pointed at Ping'an Jing.
Although the royal family has become a puppet, the momentum is still there. He was already ready to pack up and run away, but when he heard that this magical soldier fell from the sky to help him regain his power, he immediately became energetic again. Emperor Gomizuo ordered the palace officials
, wrote a reply in gorgeous words, asking Liu Ziguang not to bring troops to the city to meet with Her Majesty the Queen.
At this time, Liu Ziguang was already outside the capital of Ping'an. Looking at this ancient city with a Tang style and mainly wooden buildings, for some reason, he always had a desire to use incendiary bombs in his heart. When he saw the reply from the Supreme Emperor,
, thought about it again and again, and decided to show sincerity and only bring eighteen guards into the city.
The Emperor and his family are quite authoritative in Heian Kyo, and there are many samurai who are loyal to the Emperor. They wear wide robes and long-sleeved kimonos, carry tachi and ribs on their waists, and wear snow-white socks and wooden clogs under their feet. They stand in front of the palace gate.
Arranged in two rows, if they weren't too short, they would be quite powerful.
Liu Ziguang swaggered into Ping'an Jing with eighteen carefully selected guards. Four of these eighteen were foreigners from green hats, four were African black uncles, and the rest were red shirts.
Elite soldiers, the common feature of these people is that they are tall and strong, with an average height of 1.85 meters and a weight of 180 kilograms. Even Liu Ziguang's physique is not enough in front of them, let alone those on both sides with an average height of 1.45 meters.
Japanese samurai.
The eighteen guards all wore red satin battle robes, chainmail armor, and polished shrimp tail cooked copper battle helmets with bright red tassels on their heads, like a ball of fire. At their waists were swords of their own choice, refined.
There are Fenghao waist knives, Western heavy swords, and Damascus scimitars. The same thing is that everyone is carrying two improved six-round blunderbuss. The projectiles are smaller, the muzzle velocity is higher, and the power is greater. Two buffalo hides
The self-made swivel belt was criss-crossed around the body, and it was full of shiny copper-cased bullets. There was a thunderbolt on the back, short and sharp, and the blue six-river gun tube shone brightly in the sun, and the little eyes of the shining warriors were wide open.
It won't open.
The palace is very elegant. It is far from the grandeur of the Nanjing Palace. Instead, it looks like a quiet villa in the forest. Countless female officials and attendants in white kimonos are walking around in the corridors of the palace, looking busy and serious.
I don’t know what they are busy with.
Liu Ziguang stood at the gate of the palace and scratched his head. He was also dressed very stylishly today, with a big red gold silk python robe, a black gauze hat, and the Emperor's Sword given by Emperor Tianqi hanging on his waist.
The Japanese didn't dare to look directly at him, wondering why this man was more powerful than the shogun.
The group of people stood at the gate of the palace for three minutes, but there was still no order to summon him. Liu Ziguang immediately became angry. He said to himself that when I wanted to see the emperor in Nanjing, I just said one thing and went straight to Qianqing Palace. How did I end up here?
The countryside is so remote that they still tried this trick on me. It seemed that the Japanese really couldn't give me face. The more they gave me face, the more they slapped their noses and faces. At that moment, they lost their temper and tried to rush in with their swords in hand.
The official who came to greet Liu Ziguang was an old man in his sixties. He nodded kindly and bowed very politely. But when he saw that Liu Ziguang was about to break into the palace, he became anxious. He ran very fast with his short legs and jumped in front of Liu Ziguang to block the road, without stopping.
Bowing and saying something means I'm sorry for keeping you waiting, but please be sure to wait a little longer.
Liu Ziguang ignored him, threw him to his knees with one hand, and continued to walk in. Now the warriors on both sides stopped, and all rushed up to block the way. They did not bully the others, only the leader
The middle-aged samurai made a fighting gesture.
"Although the barbarians are strong, they are no match for Lord Right Guard."
"Youwei-sama is a disciple of Iai-ryu. As long as you draw your sword, you will definitely see blood. The barbarian will be dead now."
The warriors whispered, their young eyes full of pride and disdain, waiting for Lord Youwei to use his sword to kill this barbarian who broke into the palace.
But the facts made them extremely disappointed. As the strongest samurai, Lord Satoemon was knocked down by the enemy without even pulling out his sword. His fist hit the bridge of his nose, blood flowed across it, and his nose bones collapsed in front of his eyes.
I'm afraid that Youroe-sama's life is dedicated to serving the Emperor.
Liu Ziguang continued to move forward, walked up to the human wall of warriors, glanced at it with his eyes, and immediately made way for a passage. Liu Ziguang smiled contemptuously, led the eighteen guards through them, and walked towards the deep palace.
Since there was no one to lead the way, Liu Ziguang didn't know where the emperor was staying. The Japanese palace was not arranged on a central axis like the Central Plains palace, so Liu Ziguang walked forward aimlessly, looking for a palace that looked larger and more luxurious.
, Suddenly, he stopped and looked to the side. The guards followed the commander's gaze and saw that in the palace next to him, a graceful woman in kimono was sitting with her back to everyone, her head straight.
Her sleek hair was tilted to one side, revealing a section of her white neck from the kimono collar, which looked particularly delicate against the black hair.
There was a gurgling sound, and everyone could tell that it was the commander swallowing his saliva.