It has to be said that Tokugawa Munebayashi is an unlucky guy. He originally just wanted to live his quiet life, but an assassination case that happened involved Tokugawa Munebayashi. At a cocktail party, a Japanese woman assassinated the Tang prince in Kokura Castle. This woman was the one trained by Tokugawa Munebayashi.
This cocktail party was hosted by the Tang Family Caravan. It was also a farewell party for Chen Yuxian, the highest leader of the Tang Family Caravan, before leaving Xiaocang City. In order to make it more lively, a large number of people were used. In order to show the distinctive Japanese women in Xiaocang City of the Tang Family Caravan in front of all the big merchants, some live performances by Japanese women were arranged at the cocktail party.
Originally, Tokugawa Munebayashi was very happy to show everyone the achievements of his and her team's work over the past few months. However, Tokugawa Munebayashi did not expect that there were masters of ninjutsu among these Japanese women. Even when Sakurako was purchasing them, she did not realize that the Japanese woman was a high-level ninja. The Japanese woman had a needle hidden on her body, a needle with a highly poisonous substance.
However, the Japanese woman didn't know that Tang Tong himself was a master, and there were always many masters around him to protect him. Even in a cocktail party like this with a mixed crowd, there were still many people protecting Tang Tong. The moment the Japanese woman made her move, at least a dozen big martial arts masters or high-level Japanese ninjas rushed over to the Japanese woman. Although Tang Tong had not fought with anyone for a long time, his fighting instinct was still there. He stretched out three fingers and clamped the Japanese woman's hand holding the needle.
After the assassination, it was soon discovered that the Japanese woman was the daughter of a foreign ruler on Kyukoku Island. She was a fish that slipped through the net and sneaked in to seek revenge. This had already proven that she had nothing to do with Tokugawa Munebayashi. However, in order to find another excuse for war, Tang Tong announced to the outside world that the assassin was Tokugawa Munebayashi, who was sent by the Japanese emperor, and he also found that the Japanese woman was an insider.
The war on Kyukoku Island had been suspended for more than a month, and the Japanese emperor had not expressed any intention of surrendering, while the leaders of those foreign countries seemed to be waiting and watching. Tang Tong felt that this was because the Japanese were not hurt enough. To the Japanese, they were the kind of people who would not listen even if you tried to persuade them with nice words, and would only obey after being beaten and hurt. So on the first day of the assassination, Tang Tong announced that the most powerful witness of the crimes of the two Japanese emperors was Tokugawa Munebayashi.
Poor Tokugawa Hayashi had surrendered from the moment he was arrested. He would confess whatever confession Tang Tong and the others asked for. After repeated interrogations, even Tokugawa Hayashi himself felt that he was the assassin sent by the Emperor to kill Tang Tong. Under the contemptuous gaze of the Japanese female assassin, he interrupted the spectators at the public trial to tell them about the Emperor's meanness and shamelessness.
A few days later, the army set out again, this time with the goal of heading straight for Anjing in Japan. When those in Anjing were in a panic, the merchants in Japan became happy again, and followed the army in a mighty manner. They plundered every place they passed by like locusts. The slaves captured last time had not been transported in time, and this time a large number of slaves were added. In a short time, the places where the slaves were kept became overcrowded.
This time Tang Tong personally led the army of 100,000 to kill their way to Anjing from the land. The foreign countries they passed by on the way either surrendered at the first opportunity, or if they were a little late, they would not accept surrender at all. These foreign leaders who fought on their own were no match for Tang Tong. Although Emperor Go-Mizunoo issued a summons, calling on the leaders of those foreign countries to unite, there was no unified command after all, and the minds of the leaders of each foreign country were different. In the real battlefield, they all fought on their own and took care of themselves. In front of Tang Tong's advanced firepower, the backward troops of those Japanese foreign leaders could not resist at all.
Ten days later, the 100,000-strong army gathered at Anjing. Since learning that Tang Tong and his men had sent troops, Emperor Go-Mizunoo had not slept well for a single day. He always woke up from nightmares. He knew that his Japanese royal family was about to end, and that his own life would soon end on the guillotine. He had great ambitions and wanted to revive his Japanese royal family, but he was unlucky and met the rapidly rising Tang Tong. After clearly knowing the fate he was facing, Emperor Go-Mizunoo spent his remaining few days in trance and panic every day and night.
Not only that, the entire city of Anjing was anxiously awaiting the arrival of a tragic fate. Those within the Japanese Imperial Palace, from the Emperor down to the maids and guards, were even more aware of their future fate. Many were plotting how to escape this doomed place. Those in Anjing with some ability had fled to other cities before Tang Tong and his men arrived. Only a few savvy people understood that Japan was so small; there was nowhere to escape to.
After Tang Tong's army surrounded Anjing, they didn't attack immediately. Instead, they created a gap, allowing the people inside Anjing to escape. However, these fleeing people were not so lucky. From afar, numerous small cavalry units would intercept them along the way. At the same time, these cavalry units also kept a close eye on the foreign kingdoms. Whenever anyone came to the rescue of the emperor, the scattered cavalry units would suddenly gather together with the main force and annihilate the reinforcements on the road.
When Emperor Go-Mizunoo and Emperor Nisho first climbed the city walls to watch, they too were horrified by Tang Tong's 100,000-man army. Emperor Nisho was still a young girl, inexperienced, and seeing such a formation had already frightened her to death. Emperor Go-Mizunoo, on the other hand, had more experience. Even facing such a massive formation, he still fantasized about those who had come to his rescue.
But Emperor Go-Mizunoo could never have imagined that after waiting for over ten days, those who came to support him still hadn't arrived. He didn't realize that Tang Tong's decision not to attack was to surround and defeat the reinforcements, eliminating all those who still held ties to the Japanese imperial family. At the very least, under these circumstances, anyone with even a modicum of loyalty to the Japanese imperial family would most likely come forward. Tang Tong wasn't afraid of their numbers; he was only concerned that those who held back would cause him trouble later.
Tang Tong hoped to have a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Anjing, Japan. Only by defeating the Japanese military force once and for all would these Japanese people truly become honest. Moreover, Tang Tong also wanted to take this opportunity to wipe out the Japanese nobles in one fell swoop.
The untouchables were easy to manage. Their ideals weren't high. Being well fed was their greatest hope. To eat, to survive, they didn't mind working for anyone.
In the dilapidated Japanese Imperial Palace in Ankyo, Emperor Go-Mizunoo looked at the oil lamp with heavy heart for more than ten days, but no reinforcements came, and Prince Tang did not attack. Emperor Go-Mizunoo could not guess Tang Tong's intentions. The oil lamp swayed in the breeze, and Emperor Go-Mizunoo felt that it was like his own destiny, always so precarious. He did not expect that in the end it would be extinguished in the wind and become a wisp of smoke in history.
Emperor Go-Mizunoo came in and looked at her father, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, cautiously. Although Okiko had become the emperor, the power was actually in the hands of the retired emperor, Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Ever since the fall of her patron, the Tokugawa family, the emperor had a hard time. There was not only a deep gap between father and daughter, but also some inexplicable hatred. For Okiko now, if she had a choice, she would never be willing to be the emperor.
This puppet-like creature without freedom has no one to care about it. This seemingly huge house always makes Xingzi feel dead, as if she is living in a tomb. Ever since Xingzi was old enough to understand, she has had an urge to escape from this place, and this urge has become stronger as she grows older.
If given a choice, Xingzi was not willing to resist Tang Tong's surrender. In her eyes, the position of the emperor was not important. What was important was to have a breath of fresh air and a free identity. Xingzi, who was still a young girl, did not know that if she did not have powerful forces in her hands, there would be no freedom. Freedom is composed of power and money. No matter what identity one has, without power and money, there is no real freedom.
Emperor Go-Mizunoo came to his senses and looked at his lovely daughter. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Why bother? Why did he treat Xingzi like this in the first place? If he had known that all his efforts would be in vain and become a wisp of smoke in history, why would he bother to fuss with his daughter? What a fate!
"Father, it's so late at night, why are you still sleeping?" When Xingzi said this, she was not really concerned about Emperor Go-Mizunoo. She just used this sentence casually to cover up other thoughts in her heart.
"Xingzi...you...you haven't gone to bed yet? Is there something you want to talk to your father about?" Emperor Go-Mizunoo opened his mouth and wanted to say something emotional, but in the end he found that he seemed unable to say it. Perhaps he had been the emperor for too long, and many things and many people had been forgotten during such a long time.
Xingzi looked at Emperor Go-Mizunoo in surprise. This was the first time she discovered that her father seemed to have a kind side. Xingzi looked at Emperor Go-Mizunoo, who seemed to have aged ten years, and her heart suddenly ached. She wondered why her father spoke to her in such a tone, because at this time Emperor Go-Mizunoo seemed like an old man who had let go of past grudges and was at the end of his road, rather than the person who was always thinking about revitalizing the royal family.
"Father...I just can't sleep. It's nothing." Xingzi lived in a different palace from Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Although the Japanese imperial palace was not very big, it was still a palace after all. There was still a distance between the two palaces. Xingzi originally came to ask Emperor Go-Mizunoo what to do in the future. He had waited for so long but no reinforcements came. The situation seemed very wrong. Now seeing Emperor Go-Mizunoo's appearance, Xingzi didn't want to add to her father's worries.
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