Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 41

Chuemon is not going to bring many people to Luo. Edo is one of his greatest assets, and he must not be messed up. As long as Edo can survive, even if there are twists and turns in Kyoto, the shogunate can make a comeback.

Therefore, we will not move the more than 14,000 people of the 1st Edo Division and the Edo Coastal Defense Artillery. All were handed over to Matsudaira Qixuan to guard Edo to prevent chaos.

Having been in the political quagmire for so many years, Chuemon is very clear that moral character is not the standard for evaluating a person completely, and only the real interests may tie people down forever.

Matsudaira Qixuan is just a big name who enjoys the main character of the 100,000-stone city. Without the great backer of the shogunate and the father of the Tokugawa family, he would not have been able to serve as the eldest elder and actually be in charge of the whole of Japan. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to betray the shogunate, and it is safe to hand him over to Edo.

And our iron brother, the sixth, was born in the family of 650 Stone Banners, but now he is the old Chinese and foreign practitioners. Once the dynasty is changed, he will immediately be beaten back to his original form, or even die. Combined with the almost forty years of friendship between the two, he will definitely support Chuemon to the end.

So Chuemon didn’t take anyone else with him, he just took Liu Liu by his side, so he could take care of everything.

The rest only brought more than 200 guards to the side, and immediately set off for Kyoto. Anyway, Shunfu, Hamamatsu, Okazaki, Nagoya, and Hikone along the way are all iron poles of the shogunate, and generally there is no danger.

The other thing is that the development of things is not as smooth as Chuemon expected. Not only did the Maori father and son run away, but part of the history of the past, because of the unexpected resoluteness of the Emperor Xiaoming, turned away early. Especially in the Fukuoka domain, although the Chikuzen King’s Party may not be able to send troops directly to Kyoto, they can threaten the princes of the entire Kyushu, and they can also be optimistic about the back door of the Changzhou domain, which is of great benefit to relieve the worries of the Changzhou domain.

When Tokugawa Iadada and Chuemon were discussing the arrangement of Kanosuke, it was mentioned that the domain theory of the Fukuoka domain was inclined to respect the king. Of course, there are also left-curtain forces, and the two sides are fighting fiercely.

However, due to the changes in the current situation, Chuemon was not sure that the thorns had all jumped out!

If you can’t pick out all the thorns, Chuemon still knows the truth of endless troubles. So before Chuemon has been posing a hesitant attitude, hoping that the thorns will jump out quickly.

Now that the situation has changed, and if Kyoto is allowed to continue like this, the development of the situation will be out of control. Chuemon decided to use himself as a bait to enter Fushimi Town and assume the attitude of Shangluo.

Fushimi Town has only 5,000 people from the second Osaka Division, but there are no less than 100,000 vassal warriors who echo the king. This will give inexplicable courage to many people. As long as the Second Osaka Division in Fushimi Town can be eliminated and Chuemon is captured alive, they can force the shogunate to return, hold a meeting of princes, and establish a constitution.

Under such circumstances, if you don’t dare to jump out, it can’t be called a thorn!

There will be a way to clean up the waste in the future, and it doesn’t require any effort at all.

As for a possible battle, Chuemon believes not only in the strength of the training team, but also in the ability of Yoshida Shoin. It is not difficult to win an enemy army of 20,000 to 30,000 people at your leisure.

Matsudaira Qixuan originally disagreed, but seeing Chuemon’s determination, he didn’t say any more. He only said that if his life was there, there would be Edo Castle. If something happens, Shaojun Shiwan will definitely inherit the lineage to continue Dechuan.

very good!

Immediately, Chuemon announced the plan of Shangluo at the imperial meeting, and then asked the seniors to help Matsudaira Qixuan as much as possible, and he would return to Edo after dealing with the matter to Kyoto.

Don’t persuade, Chuemon left Edo with Sukeroku and more than 200 other guards. The next day, we arrived at Fushimicho Station, south of Kyoto, and immediately got off the train and entered the barracks of the 2nd Edo Division. At the same time, Jiang Chuan Yingmin and a group of middle and senior officers were summoned.

The 2nd Edo Division was a force organized by the French. In addition to having regular light infantry and cavalry, it also strengthened the artillery strength on a large scale at the request of the shogunate. The whole division has 195 cavalry and infantry guns, all imported from France and Napoleon bronze guns.

This kind of cannon, which was also on the battlefield of the American Civil War at this time, was ringing everywhere. It was a temporary choice, and it was sufficient.

All divisions from Egawa Eimin and below, after accepting the summons of Chuemon, immediately began the wartime arrangement. And strengthened sentry and intelligence work.

Tokugawa Keibao of Kyoto came to Fushimi immediately after learning about Chuemon Shangluo, and discussed the current situation with Chuemon. Needless to say, the capital is already under the control of the Changfu coalition of more than 8,000 people. But after all, there was no anti-flag, so there was no large-scale riot.

Perhaps the Zunwang faction is still waiting for Emperor Xiaoming to issue the final “Wangzheng Retro Large Order”!

Chuemon didn’t care much about what he couldn’t get under. It doesn’t matter if he is denounced by the imperial court as an “enemy of the dynasty”, Chuemon is sure that the training team will follow him to the end and enter the capital.

There are only two things to worry about now, one is how the Changzhou army is, and the other is whether there are other troops entering Kyoto~www.mtlnovel.com~ If in the end it is the 8,000 people of the Changfu coalition, That Chuemon even thought that he only needed a thousand people to win this battle.

“Fukui Marquis Danxi sent bullets into Beijing since Echizen, and there is an endless stream of hard-working parties from all over the country, which is difficult to suppress. In addition, there are also 1,000 cavalry of Yuzhou Yu and Daohou, and 300 cavalry of Shizhou Jin and Yehou, who have arrived in Luozhong. In the end, there are about 10,000 cavalry. .” Tokugawa Keibao was not blind at all in Kyoto, he saw everything he should have seen.

A samurai is not the same as a soldier!

It is not bad that 100,000 samurai can pull out 10,000 elite soldiers. The Changzhou domain and the Fukui domain each have 20,000 to 30,000 warriors, but they can only pull out 8,000 soldiers. Chuemon waited for a few more days, and when the thorns jumped out, there would be at most two or three thousand soldiers, at most four or five thousand soldiers, and the Chuanxiu team was not at a disadvantage.

“You send a letter to Banzhong on behalf of Yu, urging the officials to give up the country as soon as possible, so as not to be rude.” Zhongyou guard immediately ordered.

Then they sent people to Osaka to spread the news that the cruise ship was dispatched to Sendai to carry the news of the arrival of the 3rd Sendai Division. The 3rd Sendai Division has more than 8,000 soldiers. Once it is in Luo, the military strength of the shogunate will become an overwhelming advantage. I hope that the thorns can seize the opportunity as soon as possible and start the war first.

If this group of people can’t afford it, then Chuueemon can only arrange for someone to bombard him.