The Rise of the Japanese Empire

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Chapter LXXXII: Bikkuri! Chibaka no Oukou.. Shuukou!: Oukou!


Nobunaga, after pushing Chibaka out of the castle, became exhausted, and called his ashigaru general, Hideyoshi, to push him the rest of the way to the harbour.

Hideyoshi quickly began to rougly shove the frail Chibaka. As they came out of the castle walls and gates, Shinden and The Complaining One were still deeply absorbed in their game of Go, and did not even notice the two behind them.

After about two days of constant pushing the harbour in eastern Tohoku was reached, and Chibaka was loaded onto one of the ships. "Farewell! Sayounara! Goodbye! Good riddens! " Hideyoshi called after the ship, sneered, and staggered home.

Chibaka was now on a voyage. He looked amongst his crew, and approached one.

"Neehow!" the man said to him.

"Nani (What)?!" Chibaka exclaimed.

He walked to another fellow, who was in strange clothes.

"Hello, Sir!"

"Eh!?" Chibaka yelled surprisingly, "What kind of ship is this!? Chinese and Englishmen. It must be some Wakou pirate ship! With a Nanban* who was either kidnapped, or was in Kyushu too long with those pirates down there (Most Wakou pirates were "headquartered" in Kyushu).. Then joined them. No matter. I am sure there are some Houjin (Fellow Countrymen, a Nihonjin (Japanese) ) here!

Chibaka began to search around the ship, speaking to all of the men. He found a Dutch man being thrown overboard, several Chousenjin (Koreans), and finally..

"Neehow, Captain!" Chibaka exclaimed, thinking the captain was another Chinese.

"Bah!" The captain yelled, in Japanese, "another person who I can't understand! That ninja I hired, along with Nobunaga, needs to look in Japan for a band of pirates. Maybe it has something to do because I hired him in Seoul.. Maybe I should have hired him in Kyoto.. "Anyways, Go away! Scram! Get lost!"

"Oh! Someone who I can understand!" Chibaka yelled, and the captain, whom Chibaka discovered was named "Captain" became good friends.

Chibaka, however, knew that he would need to be captain of the ship for Nobunaga to count him as the one who would circumnavigate the world. After befriending the captain, he rounded up some Dutchmen and Koreans, and tried to explain his point. They caused a mutiny, and threatened the captain with death, aiming 900 cannons at his head, blasting him, and then feeding him to some Pacific Islander cannibals who stuffed thousands of poison darts in his chest.

Chibaka became captain of the ship, and the old captain, Captain, became first mate. He was then in perfectly good shape, as fit as a television set. How he survived is not known. But, it is suspected that it was from the salty rice he ate, mixed with meat from the table at Beijing, the capital of the province of China.

The voyage southeast, through the Pacific was somewhat fast. Chibaka and some Azteks, don't ask how they got there, installed a superspeed engine, and the ship blasted through the Pacific.

However, by the time the Strait of Magellan was reached, the batteries ran out. Now, the journey through the strait commenced...

In the Strait of Magellan, several ships were seen in the distance! It was Magellan himself!

"Arr!" Chibaka snorted, "He wants to try to circumnavigate before us! What do we do to competition!?!??" he called out.

"Sink it!!" his crew called out.

"That's right!"

The cannons were prepared and Magellan was attacked, full broadside. The Portuguese ships were sunk, and the Japanese ship continued, through the Strait of Chibaka .

The Atlantic Ocean was quite a boring crossing. It was far longer than the Pacific voyage, since there was no more a super engine. The men spent most of their time watching the big screen TV. It got TV via satellite from home.

The men didn't need to worry about swabbing the decks: The deck-swabbing robots did that. Soon, however, there was one great adventure in the Atlantic...

A giant sea monster suddenly jumped out of the water! "Why didn't my radar detect him!?" a Dutchman on board, actually a secret agent, exclaimed.

"Because it wasn't invented yet!"

"Oh, yes.."

Chibaka then yelled, "You're not an innocent sailor! You're a secret agent! Out to assasinate me!"

Though the two men couldn't understand he eachother, they somehow understood from the tones of voice, and probably some part of their mind which had developed due to being on board with people you couldn't understand for months.

The two began to yell at eachother, and the men chose sides, with Chibaka or the spy, and barely noticed the sea monster attacking them...



*Nanban means "Southern Barbarian". It is what the Europeans were called at this time.

 

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Wakou (Or Wako) Pirates:

I wanted to describe Wakou pirates quickly. They were pirates who were often especially based in Kyushu during this time period (1500) and the few hundred years before. They raided the shorelines (Some attacked China and got to Nanjing! I believe there is an event for the Chinese for this event ) of China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Originally, most of the pirates were Japanese, but later there were more Chinese and Korean ones. When Chibaka goes onto the pirate ship and meets many Chinese, Koreans, and Dutch people, it is a joke because of how most were from other countries (And the Europeans at times co-operated with them in the region)

Of course, I have conquered China and Korea, and have "Japanized" them in the game. So, these people became pirates before their lands were captured

I hope everyone enjoyed the new chapter. I will try to do another this weekend. And finish the voyage. Once again, sorry for taking so long And sorry about the cliff-hanger ending!


Meiji-Tenno

 

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Chapter LXXXIII: Nobunaga's New Invincible Army


Of the training of the monsterous invincible army that Nobunaga created, which he believed destined to conquer the world.


Narrator: "First of all, you people are probably asking, 'What about Chibaka and the sea monster? What about that Wako pirate ship? What's going on? Is dinner done yet?'

Of course, I would answer that the evening rice was already eaten and desert was on the way.

And, of desert for after the first desert, we would of course..."

[Insert *flash of steel* here]
[Insert *scream* here]
[Insert *sound of head thudding on the ground* here]

"Ahem.." said the murderer, "Tis' I! Oda Nobunaga! Chibaka has returned home. The rest of his voyage was boring, just sailing across the great Oceans, and eventually made it home."

"But," J. Passeportout, a reader asked, "What of the sea monster? What happened to the sea monster battle?"

"Umm.. It concerned explosive bread and a blunt knife... Anyways," Nobunaga continued, ignoring J. Passeportout's further questions, "Chibaka has returned, and now our chapter begins, with Chibaka walking through his glorious majesty, the Shougun, his grace, his benevolent somethingence, me!"


Chibaka indignantly stepped off of the ship and made his way to the palace of Oda Nobunaga. When he got to the entrance, he looked to his left. Shinden and The Worthless.. Err..., Complaing One were still playing Go. The game was getting nowhere! Nobody was nearing the achievment of victory! Just then, a shock of lightning came out of the sky, and struck the board, smashing into kazillions of pieces.

"Arghh!!" Shinden complained, "I was just about to claim victory!"

"What are you talking about!?" The Complaining One complained (As his name would state) "Twas' I who was about to claim victory!"

Just then, a large bearded god-like figure, with a rather ugly face, appeared before them, wearing outlandish (And downright out-of-stylish) clothes, if you could call them that!

"It was the will of Zeus!" the man yelled indignantly.

"Oh yeah?" questioned Shinden, "And who is that?"

"Zeus is Zeus! And I is Zeus! King of Olympus! The most powerful mountain in the world! Surpassing the glory of Mt. Fuji!"

"You will die for that!" Shinden yelled.

"You dare to challenge the divine Will of the gods?" Zeus rumbled, "So be it!"

Shinden drew his sword, and commenced a mighty battle with this fool who called himself "Zeus". He was an evil man, and therefore deserved an evil death! He dared to try to elevate some other, some foreign, some.. mountain above Fuji san! Shinden would kill this man nobly (Though the victim was highly un-noble, but since Shinden is so nice..), punishing him for breaking the law.

5th Law of the "Oda Code": No one shall elevate a "mountain" (Really, they are silly hills!) above Mount Fuji!

Zeus and Shinden fought fiercely, Zeus with a lightning bolt, more powerful than steel, and Shinden with a katana, also more powerful than steel!.. Wait, that's not right..

Anyways, the battle continued and continued, mighty blows being struck by both the man and the god. Nobody could surpass the other. Finally, The Complaining One, also angry about the Go game, picked up his spear and was now poised behind Zeus. "Yaaaaaaaa!!" he screamed, charging at Zeus's back, spear aimed at him. Shinden and Zeus were too busy screaming themselves though, and did not hear him.

They had started screaming, and kept getting louder and louder, trying to outscream eachother, and perhaps even deafen the opponent. Shinden, fighting Zeus from the front, suddenly saw Zeus scream in pain, drop his thunderbolt, and a spear drove through his body, come brutally out of Zeus's chest, shocking Shinden (But he quickly recooperated, so that no one thought him a coward), and then beheaded Zeus.

"Victory is ours!" Shinden yelled.

"Long remain dead Zeus, King of Olympus!"

Shinden turned around, and saw Chibaka. "Ahh! It was quite an exciting Go game, no? I had forgot about you watching our every move!" Shinden rumbled.

Chibaka had now wished he did watch the whole game, as it was far safer than travelling the seas and fighting ferocious sea monsters.

"Well, we must go see Lord Nobunaga now." Shinden sighed, "let's go!"

And so Shinden, Chibaka, and the new third companion (Who became a "groupie" and favored by Shinden because he had drove a spear through Zeus. Shinden always liked a good kill...), The Complaining One.

The trio walked into the golden palace of Nobunaga, and went to Nobunaga throne room, which was expanded nearly eight times larger since the last visit. "Ah~!" exclaimed Nobunaga when they entered, "I missed you Shinden! and Chibaka! and.. Whoever you are! I was so worried about you and..." the Shougun blushed and then regained his sanity, "Where have you fools been!?" he demanded, his face quickly changing from humble to fierce, "I expected you a half hour.. Half a year ago!! No matter.. There is important.. umm.. things to discuss!

"You see," Nobunaga continued, "I want you, Shinden, to lead my army. A brand spanking new army that I am just beginning to train!"

"O Goodie!" exclaimed Shinden, "I always wanted to lead a new army! Does it carry pretty flowers and perform Kabuki?"

"Yes, yes it does!" Nobunaga smiled, "It is beautiful indeed! In fact, I had just watched it perform last night and the most interesting thing happened..."

Nobunaga caught himself, and suddenly scowled again, "I.. I.. I mean NO!!" he screamed, so loudly that the King of England awoke from his sleep because of the noise, "It is an evil, dark army, which is bloodthirsty and has its eyes set on conquering the world alone. No more.. Well, maybe after its first goal is complete.. And, no less (Of course not this!!)."

"Cool! Are there flowers in their helmets?" Shinden asked.

"Um.. No." Nobunaga put on his business manner, "The Army of Doom is not readily prepared with beautiful smelling devices. However, if it is on the general's mind to increase the power and morale of our men by equipping them with these technological achievements, then so be it! How you conquer the world, I care not. I don't care if you order the men to slaughter every person in a city after you capture it (Which your men will probably enact with or without your orders.. They are just so evil and bloodthirsty after all) or you can spare them all (Which I hope dearly that you don't do).

Or, you can let my good friend Tokugawa Ieyasu make the decisions! He will accompany you, as Vice Commander in Chief of this army. Now, I suggest you begin by marching across Asia, and conquering Arabia! Bring all of that oil.. Riches and knowledge from their fine libraries under our control! Though we already surpass them in knowledge! If you like, you could order your men to burn the books! That could make a fine bon fire! And you could roast marshmallows and the like.. How delightful that would be!" Nobunaga was smacking his lips, "Yum.. Delicious! Hot dogs and marshmallows, beef.." he drooled at these words. The Shougun had become quite fond of beef. His ambassador to Scotland (The nation of Western Europe which became his largest beef-supplier) talked the Scottish into sending ship loads of beef to the Shougun every year. Why he liked beef or why this is even being said right now is a mystery.

"Yes sir!" Shinden said, drooling himself thinking of marshmallows, hot dogs, and, of course, beef, "I shall become head of this army.."

"That's 'Army of Doom' " Nobunaga corrected.

"Err.. Yes, right!" Shinden said.

"Good bye, my old and noble and trusted General Shinden! May Zeus go with you!" Nobunaga telepathically told Shinden.

Shinden replied, "Sir, me and my new companion, The Complaining One, slew Zeus. Oh, and what do you think of my new personal pink telepathic text coloring?"

"Oh, its simply marvelous! Beautiful! Awe appealing.." Nobunaga answered, "Oh, you killed Zeus!? No matter... I didn't like him anyways. What was his crime?"

"Saying that some hill, Olympus, of which he is king of, was better than Mount Fuji! What a barbarian!!" Shinden almost said untelepathically, "Yes, isn't it a pretty color? It really is.. me!

"Agreed! That color suits you very well! Hmm.. That Zeus is a fool after all!! I can't believe he would go so far to commit such a crime as that!! I am outraged. You men did good to kill that barbarian.. Grrr.."

"Ummm.." Chibaka interrupted the telepathic conversation (Remember, they can't hear it! They just see the two staring at eachother with expressionless faces like idiots), "Can we go now?"

"Oh!" Shinden jumped, "Yes, yes, of course, of course. Carry on!" and the three turned and walked towards the barracks, just to the east of the palace, where the army was residing.

"Hmm.. That color really brings out the.. um.. you in.. ah... you!

 

[J. Passepartout]

*Waves hands in narrators face* "What's the square root of pi squared?


























Watcha do wid my explodin' bread? Oh, an ya did me wrong puttin off m man Zeus like dat. I's goin to haffta bump ya off."

 

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Hmm.. I think you are complaining but I don't understand everything you said, and neither does my English-Japanese dictionary Hahaha

Leave the poor narrator alone. Don't disturb the dead! ...Or the headless..

Bloody head of narrator, on its side on the ground: "Hey! I am still alive! I AM INVINCIBLE!! WAHAHA!"

Thanks for the [interesting] 'comments', J. Passeportout!

And I hope everyone likes the new chapter.


Meiji-Tenno

 

[J. Passepartout]

Watcha do wid my explodin' bread? Oh, an ya did me wrong puttin off m man Zeus like dat. I's goin to haffta bump ya off.= What did you do with my exploding bread? Oh, and you made a mistake killing my henchman Zeus like that. I'm going to have to kill you.

Hope that helps. It loses a bit in translation, I think.

 

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Very nice MT.

 

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Chapter LXXXIV: The March to Arabia

Shinden and Chibaka arrived at the barracks after what seemed like months (Literally. The AAR wasn't abandoned: I was just waiting for them to get to the barracks. ). They were impressed with the army: Nobunaga had been right, this army was destined to conquer the world. Shinden looked for the training off for the training official, Date Masamune. Date had a golden sword and was lounging on a turquois throne that was plundered from Mexico. "Ah!" called Shinden to get his attention. Date didn't answer. Shinden then heard a voice in his ear, "He is asleep! What a fool! I will make sure he is punished properly before the day is out!!"

Shinden decided to wake up Date, but just then a severed head flew past his face, and the bloody conflict (Which was supposedly "training") was brought to his attention. Throughout the room were hundreds of men, slaughtering eachother with knives, swords, fists, feet, and small golden things that looked like needles. He tore his eyes away from the horrific bloodshed and yelled loudly "Wake up, you fool!". Date stirred, rolled over, snored loudly, and smiled satisfactorily, as if he was dreaming a most pleasant dream. A limb flew across the room.

Shinden drew his sword, screamed a loud battle cry that made the batte cries and screaming throughout the room seem like whispers, and charged towards Date, madly swinging his katana. He swung the sharp blade heavily towards Date and stopped it only 1.5673219 millimeters from Date's neck. Date didn't wake up,nor did he even stir.

"He is useless." Shinden murmered briefly and with contempt. "Now," he turned to Chibaka, "it is time for us to get on our way to Arabia!" Chibaka consented, and Shinden turned to the army, drew a large horn, and blew it loudly. The army continued its battle. Frustrated Shinden yelled loudly to them "Everyone give your full attention to me! General Shinden!!"

The battle raged on. Date snored on. "Let me try." Chibaka suggested. He loudly chanted in a high pitched voice "Peace and prosperity! Peace and Prospertity!!"

Every soldier fell to the ground wailing in agony, their hands covering their ears. "Stop! Stop!!" yelled a voice from behind. It was lazy Date Masamune!

"How dare you utter such terrible, nasty, evil, cruel words to my wonderful army!" he accusingly pointed his finger at Chibaka's face. "Anyways, who are you two intruders!?"

Shinden opened his mouth to speak, but he was interupted by a voice, "They are here to take command of the Army of Doom from a certain lazy fool who was training it!"

"WHAT!?!?" exclaimed Date incredulously.

"They are here to take command of the Army of Doom from a certain lazy fool who was training it." repeated the voice.

Date flushed with rage, and exclaimed "These two idiots will be the ruin of the army! They are the kind of people who sleep on the job and let this glorious army kill eachother, unlike myself who kept it alert and orderly, and never even blinked an eye during my job. Very well then! Give up your plans of world conquest." and he stomped away muttering to himself.

Shinden wasted no time thinking about or watching Date leave (Though Chibaka made sure he did by chasing him and poking him from behind with a yari), and announced to the army (" That's 'Army of Doom'." "Err.. Right." ) that he would be its new commander, and that their mission ordered directly from his glorious majesty, the splending Oda Nobunaga, ruler of the Empire of Nippon, which included Korea, China, Indonesia, India, Granada, Australia, much of that other continent across the Pacific Ocean, and almost to Russia through the Steppes of Asia, as well as various other locations on the map, was to conquer some countries in Arabia, and add that region to his Empire as well. "We shall set sail from some port in Kyushu, and make our way to Shanghai. From there, we will march on southwest, through China, and into India, through northern India and into Persia, and then from there were shall fight the Persians, Mamelukes, and then down the peninsula in Oman, the Hedjaz, and some other countries there. Finally, after they are defeated, our campaign will be finished and we will be given some new one. And now, we march!" he dramtically pointed west with his sword, and marched out of the room, his army ( OF DOOM!! "Sorry..") following him, finally partly recovered, yet their legs were still writhing in pain from Chibaka's evil words that captured their attention. The army.. of Doom... marched south to Kyushu, saying "hi" to local farmers along the way, and helping save some people who were hurt from an earthquake along the way. Finally, they arrived in "some port town", as Shinden put it, "and set off in a large and mighty fleet, and after 4 days of seasickness, arrived in Shanghai. "Ah~" recalled Shinden, "I still remember when we fought the Chinese and later some rebels here under the great Commodore Hondo.. I was a young soldier then..." but none of the soldiers seemed interested in anything but exchanging dirty, nasty looks.

The armies marched across China, gathered some food and supplies from some farms along the way, and eventually made it to Burma. There, they gathered wild elephants and swiftly tamed and trained them to be war elephants, who would help tremendously, thought Shinden, in the conquest of Arabia. Through northern India they marched, meeting up with a few Confucian missionaries being chased away by the local Hindu and Muslim populations, and finally they left India. Further west yet they traveled, and, finally, after two years of traveling, they arrived on the border of Persia...

"Excellent. Now begins the campaign of my great Army of Doom!" He tried to give a sinister laugh Mwa ha ha ha!! but stopped abruptly for it was so terrible it almost made him sound good-natured. He didn't want to spoil his reputation among the daimyo who were visiting him that night.

Next: Chapter LXXXV: The Conquest of Arabia

 

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I hope you have all enjoyed the new chapter!

Sorry about the long wait! I've been too busy lately to write. But now I will try to update atleast every weekend and finish this AAR.


Meiji-Tenno

 

[J. Passepartout]

I must say, if I was trying to write an AAR in Japanese, it'd be something like "Gojira atac Tokyo. Soldjorz bang gannons and gunzs at Gojira." Whereas you could almost pass yourself off as a native speaker on these boards.

Date might be interesting to see later.

 

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MT it's always a plessure to read your AAR's so keep it up. But when will the Cherry blossoms bloom?

 

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finnaly updating this masterpiece!

 

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Meiji-Tenno
I just read the first several chapters, which were wriiten by you nearly one year ago. It's good so far, and I think it's must be absolutly great for the rest of the chapters because of the incredible number of replies. I'll continue to read all of them.

But to be honest, actually I'm feeling a little bit bitter after reading the Japanese great conquering ambitions. That's simple because I'm Chinese and my country is doing so bad so far in the game...

 

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Originally posted by J. Passepartout
I must say, if I was trying to write an AAR in Japanese, it'd be something like "Gojira atac Tokyo. Soldjorz bang gannons and gunzs at Gojira." Whereas you could almost pass yourself off as a native speaker on these boards.

Date might be interesting to see later.

Oh! Thank you very much! Yes, you may see Date later..

Originally posted by Lord_Robertus
MT it's always a plessure to read your AAR's so keep it up. But when will the Cherry blossoms bloom?

Thank you!

I intend on completing this AAR before I finish the When the Cherry Blossoms bloom AAR. Maybe I will have to get back to that old "Ah! The Red Soil of Manchuria" on as well. But I was to work on one at a time, and this one first since it was my first AAR and it was a year ago when I started it

Patric123
finnaly updating this masterpiece!

Arigatou (Thank you)!

Originally posted by SaAdi
Meiji-Tenno
I just read the first several chapters, which were wriiten by you nearly one year ago. It's good so far, and I think it's must be absolutly great for the rest of the chapters because of the incredible number of replies. I'll continue to read all of them.

But to be honest, actually I'm feeling a little bit bitter after reading the Japanese great conquering ambitions. That's simple because I'm Chinese and my country is doing so bad so far in the game...

Thank you very much! Ooh, sorry that the first chapters I fight against China! I know how you feel: Once in a game as the Manchu's I fought against Japan, and it really hurts you to fight your own country, or see it being defeated.. But, do not worry: soon you will see that Japan will be fighting other countries and it will be okay (Except for the readers from those countries.... ).

Thanks again everyone for replies!


Meiji-Tenno

 

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Glad to see this AAR resurrected - and Shinden along with it (still my favorite character). Gotta say Fuji is the most impressive mountain I've seen because it is all by itself and so huge with it's snow capped peak piercing the clouds.

 

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Originally posted by Backpack
Glad to see this AAR resurrected - and Shinden along with it (still my favorite character). Gotta say Fuji is the most impressive mountain I've seen because it is all by itself and so huge with it's snow capped peak piercing the clouds.

Thank you! I remember that you like Shinden!

I think Mount Fuji is beautiful too..


I will make the next chapter soon everyone!

Meiji-Tenno

 

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Arigatou San Tenno (I get that right?)

 

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Well, this was quite a surprise... I have to say that I really thought this was abandoned, but now that you've shown me otherwise, I'll have to keep my eye out for more updates.

Oh, and this is one kick-ass story, in case you didn't know already.

 

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Next: Chapter LXXXV: The Conquest of Arabia - Part One: Persia


Shinden and his troops crossed the border into Persia and began conquering. It seemed that Nobunaga the Magnificent had managed to convey a declaration of war to the Persian government before the army arrived. No, the Persians hadn't massed men to the border, but a gruesome scene awaited Shinden and his Army ( You fool!! Get it right!!!! Army OF DOOM!!! Yes, yes, I'm sorry Lord Nobunaga, the munificent, the noble, the intelligent and the strong. ) discovered a severed head, hastily slid upon the head of a pike. The army scoffed at the head for no apparent reason, while General Shinden approached it: Upon the pike, was the head of a samurai! None other than Date Masamune!

"Oh no!" cried Shinden. Though he rather detested the man's arrogance during their meeting in the army's barracks, he was unhappy to find this.

Just then, the head looked up and spoke to Shinden: "Ah! You have finally arrived!"

Shinden gasped, and then, questioned the head. Date told him of how Oda Nobunaga had sent him as an emmisary to Persia as punishment for some... lie... Yes, a lie that he fell asleep at the Barracks (Date looked terrified for a moment and paused, as if a voice was speaking in his head) "of Doom!!" he quickly added in. "And thus," he finally concluded, after what seemed to Shinden hours, "I was obviously set up by some hooligan who wants to ah...." he paused to think, "Take over my high position! He wants my rich lands. Yes, that's it. Now, take me with you! Maybe we can find my body in some Mameluk Caliph's palace. Yes, that's right: The Mameluks did this to me. I was leading an army, to ah... Conquer Sinai! Remember Uesugi failed? Well, Nobunaga clearly saw that I was the more efficient northern Daimyo and so sent me! Yes, that is correct! So he sent me, and then I was valiantly battling the enemy scum on the front lines! I was captured by the Caliph, and he cut off my head. Yes, yes. That's precisely what happened..." he trailed off.

For a few minutes, Shinden paced the ground before the pike, in deep thought. Finally he turned to the head of Date and spoke, "I will bring you along," he said. Date was overcome with joy. Shinden continued, "Only if you tell us what really happened." Date gasped, "Wha-- What do you mean!?"

"I know that you lie." Shinden said casually. "You led no army. You were an emmisary. Yes, an emmisary sent in a swift ship to Egypt to declare war upon the Persian and Mameluk allies."

Date's face was struck with horror. He yelled, "No, no! That is false! Truly it is!"

Shinden, ignoring him, continued, "You gave the message to the enemy of the declaration of war, and then, because you are not at all an elegant speaker, as well as your extreme arrogance, deeply insulted the Caliph, and therefore he had you sent to the dungeons. However, when the guards came to arrest you, you drew you sword and fought them. You killed two and a half of them, and then the Caliph snuck up behind you and personally smote off your head with his mighty scimitar, and then had your body sent to the dungeons, and your head sent to his Persian allies with the messenger sent to convey that a state of war now existed. The Persians received your head, and instead of remaining quiet, you loudly insulted them and made much noise, as well as sneezing uncontrollably, and therefore, the Persians, in anger, had your head stuck upon a pike and the pike, in turn, stuck here in the ground, to try to scare us off. Or perhaps wondering if you would be a burden to us as well. But, no matter, if you annoy at all you shall be left behind. Only speak when you are asked or it is important."

Date had a terrible look of aggravation, confusion, his usual arrogance, and a hint of happiness, if that is possible. "...Then you will take you with me...?" he said at last.

"Only if you say I told the truth and that you lied." Shinden said plainly.

"Agh?! What... What are you talking about?"

"You know exactly what I am talking about: I just told exactly what has happened to you. You tried to deceive us with that tale of yours. Admit all of this, and you shall come with us. Don't, and we will leave you here to rot. Choose now, for I will not waste any more time with you: I have countries to conquer!"

Date looked as if he had had his head severed and stuck upon a pike... Well, that did happen, but anyways, he looked horrified.

Shinden heard a small laughing in his head, Ahahahaha! Excellent work! I guess we definitely avenged his laziness, eh? Shinden telepathically mumbled his consent.

Date remained quiet. Shinden turned to his men, who were roasting marshmallows over a bon fire they had started, and... There was a dead army upon the ground! It seemed as though the war's first battle had been won already! And with almost no casualties for Shinden's army! "Good, good" he thought. He called out loudly for his men to hear, "Good work! Now, it is time for us to move on through Persia! They are rather weak now, as we crushed them in a previous war, and their lands are rather punitive now. We shall conquer most of it, and annex them later, then, we shall march in to Arabia and conquer Oman. Some reinforements will come by then, and hold off the Mameluks during our Oman campaign. After we defeat the Omani, we shall march back here, and advance west, fighting the Mameluks, and winning some of their eastern provinces in the Middle East, making peace with them, and there our mission shall end, and we will wait for orders from the capital."

The army moved into formation, and prepared to march.

"Wait! What about me?!" a small voice called out. It was Date Masamune.

"I've already told you the conditions, and you've failed to meet up with the simple terms that I appointed." Shinden answered. "So, unless you answer right now, you can't come."

"Fine, fine!! I lied and you told the truth...!"

"What was that," Shinden put his hand to his ear, "I'm afraid you must be a bit louder."

Date yelled at the top of his lungs, "I LIED AND GENERAL SHINDEN TOLD THE TRUTH!"

"Good!" Shinden laughed a good-natured laugh, and he called some men over. Smiling, he told Date that he would join them, and his body would be recovered from the Caliph's palace. Date, flushed red, smiled sheepishly with joy.

The army marched on. There were few major battles to note in the campaign. Only about 12 battles occured during the war, and all were quite small and easy victories for the Army of Doom (Good, good! You finally got it right!). One battle however, which was the second of the war, and not too far from the Persian capital, was quite notable. Both sides lost several thousand men, and the battle was quite equal for some time. About three-fourths through the battle, the Persians were winning, their war elephants impaling many upon their tusks. But, the tides turned in favor of Nippon once some cannons were brought out.

The siege of the capital was grand: The city was surrounded with cannons and soldiers, and pounded with heavy guns, bullets, arrows, and constant swarms of swordsmen scaling the walls until, finally, the city was overrun and captured. The rest of the cities fell quickly, and finally, peace was made. The Persians were left with their capital, and Nippon took the rest. Oda Nobunaga was having a grand banquet with the most important daimyo and Emperor within the Imperial Palace, when suddenly a messenger ran in, and read the message about the victory. Nobunaga, in his joy, spiled his tea and lept up into the air and clicked his heels. The other daimyo and the Emperor all followed his example.

Shinden's men now waited along the Mameluk border, awaiting reinforcments from India. Finally, the reinforcements came. Two-thirds of them prepared to defend the border, and the others marched south with Shinden's men, getting lined up along the Nippon-Oman border, preparing for war with Oman.

Next: Chapter LXXXVI: The Conquest of Arabia - Part Two: Oman

 

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Originally posted by Lord_Robertus
Arigatou San Tenno (I get that right?)

It would actually be "Tenno san". "San" is a suffix.
And, dou itashimashite (You're welcome)!

Originally posted by Oleg
Well, this was quite a surprise... I have to say that I really thought this was abandoned, but now that you've shown me otherwise, I'll have to keep my eye out for more updates.

Oh, and this is one kick-ass story, in case you didn't know already.

Ah, thank you Oleg!
Yes, it was a long time since I got to update it. I almost thought it was abandoned myself!



Thank you again for comments everyone, and I hope you like the new chapter!


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