In fact, most Japanese officials in the Amaterasu Palace also believed what Hirohito Kōichi said.
In this battle, Inoue Yu probably lost at least a hundred million soldiers. After such a devastating defeat, even if he still had over a hundred thousand soldiers at his disposal, how could his combat power be compared to his peak strength?
Cabinet Minister, Ichiro Tanaka said: "Your Majesty, at the moment, we should temporarily suspend Zhang Wuji's advance towards Tokyo. Although Inoue Takeshi is a bit incompetent, changing commanders before the battle is a taboo. At this moment, we can only encourage him to defend Dongchuan and temporarily slow down the advance of the Ming army. If the Ming army is stuck west of Dongchuan, it will be the best result."
Hirohito said: "Tanaka, I know all the nonsense you said, but can Inoue Takeshi defend Tokawa?"
Tanaka said: "This is the key."
"Why not transfer some of the soldiers around Tokyo to support Inoue Yu?"
When Hirohito heard this, he was so angry that he overturned the table in front of him and said, "How is this possible? I won't give him a single soldier."
"An army of 200,000 could be beaten like this by a Ming army of 40,000 to 50,000. Even if all the soldiers in Japan were mobilized to defeat him, I'm afraid they would not be enough to defeat him."
"Right now, I wish I could cut him into pieces."
The many Japanese ministers in the Amaterasu Palace looked at each other in confusion. After hesitating for a moment, Saburo Abe said, "Your Majesty, now is not the time to hold Inoue Takeshi accountable. The best thing to do now is to encourage him and let him defend Dongchuan to the death. It is a fortified city after all."
"He is useless in field combat. Even if he lost more than 100,000 soldiers in this battle, he still had at least tens of thousands of soldiers left."
"We will continue to provide support in terms of logistics and food supplies."
"But don't give us the soldiers. Your Majesty, use the troops at your disposal to form a defense circle for Tokyo as a preparation for the worst."
"Also, it's time to work harder on the Queen's Sakura Pavilion."
"Sakura Pavilion!" Hirohito was stunned for a moment.
Ever since Queen Chiba returned to Tokyo, he, the emperor, has been having quite unpleasant disputes with his own queen.
He even asked thousands of women in the palace to verify whether she was still a girl.
How many days had passed since that disgusting incident? Hirohito was still the emperor after all. If he were to ask Chiba for more help to assassinate Zhang Wuji, it would be a very embarrassing thing.
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Inside the Amaterasu Palace, a grand court meeting began with Hirohito Hiroichi's rage, and ended almost with Hirohito Hiroichi's rage.
But in the end, Hirohito Koichi still agreed with Abe Saburo's statement. No matter what, the war on the front line had become a fact, and at this moment, he could not send someone to chop off Inoue Takeshi's head. It would be like beheading a general in front of the battlefield, and the general being beheaded would be his own general. If such a thing really happened, the turmoil caused would be worse than Inoue Takeshi's previous defeat.
Fortunately, Inoue Takeshi was not stupid enough and handed over Kameda Jiro as a scapegoat. No matter what, Hirohito Hiroichi had to accept the reason for Inoue Takeshi's defeat.
That night, Hirohito Hiroichi thought for a long time and finally came to the outside of Chiba Sora's bedroom. Hirohito Hiroichi did not go in, but waited, as if pretending to be passing by, and then asked Chiba to come out to greet him. In this way, wouldn't he save face?
However, Hirohito Hongichi strolled outside Chiba's bedroom for a quarter of an hour, but she still did not come out to greet him. In desperation, Hirohito Hongichi became more and more anxious.
However, how could Chiba not know what Hirohito Hiroichi was doing at that moment?
When Hirohito Koichi just stood there, Chiba already knew that the reason Chiba did not move was simply because she did not want to move.
After all, she was the nominal queen and the head of the Sakura Pavilion. With her status, she was tested for her virginity in front of the women in the palace. I am afraid that in the whole world, Chiba was the only one who had suffered such humiliation. Therefore, how could she not bear a grudge against Hirohito Hiroichi?
"Master, His Majesty has been standing outside for a long time."
A maid came to Qianye again, and Qianye sneered: "So what if he has been standing for a long time? He is an incompetent man anyway. He only knows how to show off in front of women. If such a person wants to stand, let him stand."
After hearing this, the maidservant said nothing more.
Then, Chiba took out a letter from his arms. The letter was about all the matters related to the defeat of Inoue Yu before. Sakura came back at full speed. Chiba knew the news of the defeat at the front line a day earlier than Hirohito.
Moreover, the content reported in Sakura's letter is much more reliable than the information obtained by Hirohito Hiroichi.
In her letter, Sakura directly pointed out that in the Ming army's post-war sweep, Inoue Takeshi would have lost at least 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Inoue Takeshi had been seriously injured, and there were also casualties among the Ming army.
And at the end of the letter, Sakura also tactfully expressed Zhao Min's longing for her. Of course, as for Zhao Min's words about selling Chiba to a brothel, she didn't dare to say a word. As for the defense map of Tokyo City, she did say several words.
Chiba read the contents of the letter again and then burned it. Then she went to sleep. From beginning to end, she ignored Hirohito Koichi's plan.
In the end, the old eunuch beside Hirohito Hiroichi couldn't bear it anymore. He took the initiative to chat with the maid in Chiba Palace. When he learned that Chiba was sleeping, he was speechless.
Having been a eunuch for decades, he knew that this was a lie, but it was a lie that could not be exposed.
In the end, when Hirohito Koichi learned that Chiba was sleeping, he was very angry. He wanted to push the door open and slap Chiba hard, but in the end, he resisted the urge.
In the end, Emperor Hirohito left with a resentful look on his face. However, compared with Hirohito who was turned away, Zhang Wuji was in a much better condition at this moment. After all, no woman dared to refuse Zhang Wuji.
Even Zhao Min was only one-sided in not letting Zhang Wuji touch her. But if Zhang Wuji really couldn't control himself, Zhao Min would still have to follow her own man. If Zhang Wuji really wanted this small space, could she rebel?
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