Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1908 Returning to Japan ([-]) Argument of Kuroda and Son
The generals of the Japanese army greatly improved their morale, and Li Rumei finally found out the origin of this Japanese army. Neither side made any new deployments and mobilizations immediately.

Li Rumei judged that the increase in morale of the Japanese army was mainly psychological, but he was unwilling to force an attack when the morale of the enemy army was high.As a sharpshooter, although he is young, he has a calm personality. While ensuring that the army maintains a distance from the Japanese army, Li Rumei immediately reported to the high-level office.

At the same time, he also sent a messenger to Ma Gui—but Ma Gui was on his way to the army, and Li Rumei didn't know if the military report could be delivered to him in time and accurately.

Because Gao Wushi stayed in Sacheon all the time, the messenger was very convenient to contact him, but he received the news very quickly.Although it was in the middle of the night, Gao Yushi quickly issued military orders to all parties:
Order the Magui part to send out less troops to recover the southern provinces and prefectures, and the main force to march towards Jinhai, arrive in Jinhai within half a month, and report to Jinglue Xingyuan without any mistakes.

Li Rumei was ordered to keep surveillance on the Japanese army, but for the time being, no more large-scale attacks on the Japanese army were allowed, and he was required to report the Japanese army's movements to Jinglue Xingyuan three times a day without any mistakes.

Order the chieftain troops who marched westward to restore Jeolla Province in Korea to return to Sacheon, and Jeolla Province handed over some of the troops from Magui, and returned to Sacheon within ten days to report to Jinglue Xingyuan without any mistakes.

He ordered Liu Ting's troops to advance from Mashan Mountain, pass Xiongchuan to Jinhai, and build a solid fortification outside the city in Jinhai for the army to station.Jinglu Xingyuan will arrive in Jinhai in half a month, and will inspect the construction of the fortifications.In addition, if the Japanese army spies on or tries to occupy Gimhae, Liu Ting's department is responsible for repelling it, and there must be no mistakes.

Order the Pyongwa Fleet to increase inspections of the entire coastal waters of Gyeongsangcho-do on the premise of ensuring the blockade of Busan.The purpose of this move is that the Japanese navy may transport various military supplies to the surrounding areas of Busan within a certain period of time in the future, and the Pingwa Fleet needs to try to prevent this possibility.

After these orders were issued, Gao Wushi once again sent someone to urge Kuroda and his son to accept the quasi-surrender plan he had just proposed as soon as possible, otherwise the Ming army will resolutely and completely annihilate it!

Here is a supplement to the highly pragmatic "previously proposed quasi-reduction plan".This plan is a bit out of the Kuroda father and son - of course, mainly Kuroda Rushui's unexpected.

Gao Pragmatically demanded that the entire Kuroda Army lay down their weapons and send ships back to Japan from the Sacheon Squadron of the Pingwa Fleet (ie, the Maritime Trade Alliance formation).However, Gao Wushi said that since the Kuroda family's territory is located in the northeast of Kyushu Island, if the Sacheon Squadron sent them directly back to Koichi, the sea route would have to pass through Nagoya, the base camp of the Japanese invasion of Korea, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi must have learned about it.

Therefore, the Sacheon Squadron will send the Kuroda Army to the southern part of Kyushu Island, to be precise, to Shimizu Castle of the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma Domain.

This is not over yet, the request that shocked the Kuroda father and son the most came: after the Kuroda army arrived in Qingshui City, Kuroda Rushui, Kuroda Nagamasa and his son were going to pay a visit to the head of the Shimadzu family, Shimadzu Yoshihisa, and publicly announced the Kuroda family's future. Being subordinate to the Shimadzu family, any follow-up military and political affairs must be approved and approved by the Shimadzu family. If the Shimadzu family has any military operations, the Kuroda family also needs to enlist.

In the eyes of Kuroda and his son, this request is simply out of line!

Although the Shimadzu family is a daimyo with 60 koku after the Taiko Senji, the Kuroda family currently only has 14 koku in Buzen (Note 1: There is also a saying that it is 12 koku, but the data of the Taiko Senji is 14 Stone. Note 2: In history, the Kuroda family of the Fukuoka domain owned 52.8 stone, but that was because of the battle of Sekigahara with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the sum of the feudalism after the war.), but it is also the only Daimyo of a country .

Besides, everyone knows that the object of the Kuroda family's allegiance is Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi, what does it mean to ask him to switch to the Shimadzu family?What's the matter, the Shimadzu family was not beaten hard enough in the Kyushu conquest, and now they dare to challenge His Highness Taige again?
But the shock is the shock, Kuroda Rushui is still Kuroda Rushui. He immediately understood the meaning behind this move, and said to his son Kuroda Nagamasa with a changed expression: "I know why Hanyang City fell so quickly—Shimadzu Yoshihiro has already turned to Gao Yushi, and he has many ways to frame Kato Kiyomasa."

Kuroda Nagamasa was dumbfounded: "Did Yoshihiro Shimadzu defect to the enemy?"

"I didn't make it clear, it's not Yoshihiro Shimadzu... No, it's not just Yoshihiro Shimadzu, I mean the entire Shimadzu family has joined Gao Wushi!" Kuroda Rushui took a deep breath and forcibly calmed down Mood said: "From this point of view, North Korea has no chance of winning. With Shimadzu Yoshihiro and Shimadzu Tadahiro and his sons around, Gao Wushi will know every move of our army.

Moreover, they still have [-] elite soldiers from the Fifth Army, and Yoshihiro Shimadzu himself is a famous general of the Western Kingdom. If he cooperates with the Ming army at a critical moment, Busan will definitely not be spared. "

When Kuroda Rushui said this, he stared intently at his son's eyes and asked, "Do you know what this means?"

"It means that the war of invasion of Korea has completely failed, and I am afraid that it will seriously affect the prestige of His Royal Highness Taige." Kuroda Nagamasa replied.

Japan's use of the word "aggression" is different from China's, and it is basically regarded as a neutral term. Therefore, at this time, Kuroda Nagamasa does not shy away from defining the war against North Korea as aggression.

"Is it just a failure to invade the court and damage the prestige of the Taiko?" Kuroda Rushui shook his head with some disappointment, and sighed: "Have you noticed that the 14 troops in the court this time, except for the 4 people from the Mori family?" It can be regarded as the subordinate army of His Highness Taiko, and most of the rest are direct descendants of Taiko, even including the fifth army under the command of Shimadzu Yoshihiro, most of them are soldiers of His Highness Taiko?"

Speaking of this, Kuroda Nagamasa can see the problem no matter how dull he is, he said in horror: "That is to say, once all our troops in the court are wiped out, His Royal Highness is equivalent to losing [-] direct descendants and [-] people at once. Maori allies!"

Kuroda Nagamasa took a deep breath and continued: "If this is the case, coupled with the loss of prestige brought to His Highness Taige by the failure of the invasion, I am afraid that the Tokugawa, Shimadzu and other families may be ready to move!"

This time, Kuroda Rushui lived up to his name, and his face sank like water. He said coldly: "Tokugawa, Shimadzu and His Highness Taiko have never been of the same mind. It is not surprising that they are ready to move. I even doubt that if we really reach that point , the Maori family may not be as loyal as iron...

You have to know that the reason why the Maori family is subordinate to His Royal Highness Taige is only because of the situation at that time.They had thought that His Highness Taiko and Shibata Katsuie would lose both sides in the fight, but unexpectedly, Shibata Katsuie was defeated too quickly. His Highness Taiko quickly cleaned up everything that Nobunaga left behind, and only Tokugawa Ieyasu, an ally of the Cheongju League, remained dissatisfied.

Later, the Mori family pinned their hopes on Ieyasu again. Who knew that although Ieyasu had won the battle, His Highness Taiko's strategy was even better, and he forced Ieyasu to be loyal... Now the Mori family really gave up .

But to say a thousand words and ten thousand, the Maori family's allegiance to His Royal Highness is nothing more than inferior to others, but it is not really convinced.What's more, His Royal Highness Taige takes most of the profits from Ishijian Yinshan every year, and the Maoli family gets very little while sitting on the Yinshan. How can they be reconciled?Once the number of days changes, it is difficult to say the Maori family's position. "

Kuroda Nagamasa was stunned for a while, and asked, "Is there no way to change it?"

"If His Majesty Taige is 20 years younger... No, even if he is ten years younger, it may not be impossible to change." Kuroda Rushui sighed: "Unfortunately, it is too late now, you still remember what I said about His Majesty the Taige before. I'm afraid it's already seriously ill?

Hmph, now that Busan has been blocked for so long, Nagoya has not sent any more reinforcements. It can be seen that there have been major changes in Japan, and even such a major military event has been delayed-what kind of event do you think can have such an impact? "

Kuroda Nagamasa became anxious: "Then what should we do? My father is His Highness Taiko's confidant, if His Highness really... has something to do, what will my father do, and what will the Kuroda family do!
The Toyotomi family doesn't even have an adult heir now!Young master Shi is just a child with a yellow mouth, and Diandian has never shown any ability to govern and rule. How can such a pair of orphans and widows maintain the publicity of Feng Chen?Is it really necessary to rely on five obediences?Also, what is His Maeda's attitude? "

Kuroda Rushui also felt a headache, thought for a while and said: "Maeda, he is too loyal and stable. Once Taiko passes away, Maeda may not be Tokugawa's opponent. Besides, as far as I know, Maeda's body It's not very good either, but it can't compare to Tokugawa Ieyasu. If Maeda can't hold on for a few years, this Toyotomi Koi may really be..."

"Then what about our Kuroda family?" Kuroda Nagamasa's loyalty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi seems to be the same. After all, he is not his father, and he has no experience of following Toyotomi Hideyoshi to unify Japan for many years.

This time, Kuroda Rushui didn't speak for a long time, and after a long while, he said slowly: "I was originally annoyed by Mori Hidemoto and the others. I thought that since they refused to listen to my advice, then my Kuroda army would not accept it." To accompany them to death, I just want to withdraw the troops and return to Zhongjin City early.

But now it seems that things are far from as simple as I thought before.Especially the fact that the Shimadzu family has already taken refuge in Gao Yushi really makes me unbelievable... But since they really took refuge in Gao Yushi, then I think this matter must not be as simple as it seems on the surface. "

"What does father mean by this?" Kuroda Nagamasa obviously has not noticed the deeper problem.

"Since the Shimadzu family can rely on Gao Yushi, what about the other daimyos?" Kuroda Rushui said in a deep voice, "The Shimadzu family has taken refuge in Gao Yushi. Looking back now, there are signs. What does the Crystal Building in Qingshui City mean? Can you feel one or two now?
Then let's extend it a bit, what's the situation in Misaki Castle?What about Narita's Tamawa Castle?You have to know that Narita Kai is a highly pragmatic concubine, and the Shimadzu family can rely on him. Do you have to ask what the Narita family's position is?
This is not the worst case, what will we find if we extend it a little bit?There is a Kanto Fleet in Misaki Castle, and the Kanto Fleet stationed in Misaki Castle happened to seal off Edo Bay, and Edo...that was the residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

In recent years, His Highness Taiko has been urging Tokugawa Ieyasu to attack Misaki Castle, but Tokugawa Ieyasu has found various reasons to shirk and delay. Until now, he has not really fought Misaki Castle, but sent troops to test a few times, and then On the pretext that Misaki City was tightly guarded and there was no way to block it with the help of the navy, they quickly withdrew their troops and returned to Edo.

Now it seems that the reason for this is likely to be a tacit understanding between the two of them.So, don't you now doubt Tokugawa Ieyasu's position? "

"Could it be that Tokugawa Ieyasu also voted for Gao Yushi? Isn't that impossible? He's the Zuo Fu!" Kuroda Nagamasa was surprised, then paused, and added hesitantly: "What's more, if there is no Toyotomi Yi, Tokugawa Ieyasu is the most promising candidate to become the general who conquers the barbarians—he is a famous samurai family! Why does he have any reason to seek refuge with Gao Yushi, an outsider?"

"You're still too naive." Kuroda Rushui sighed, "So what about the famous martial arts family? Even if he really became a general, so what? Is it because of his birth that he dominates the world?

Just a joke, if becoming a member of the world is all about birth, then how did His Royal Highness Taige establish Fengchen Gongyi?If you want to compare your background, even I, Kuroda Rushui, are far more qualified than His Royal Highness Taige! "

"Ah...you mean?" Kuroda Nagamasa didn't expect his father to say such disrespectful words to His Highness Taiko, and he was a little at a loss what to do.

Kuroda Rushui just smiled coldly, and said: "There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that goes like this: 'Son of Heaven, those who are strong in soldiers and horses should do it, and it is better to have a kind!' Have you ever heard of it?"

Kuroda Nagamasa is also a "pillar of the samurai family" and an upper-class person. He can actually speak Chinese, but it seems that he has not read enough books. Hearing this, he shook his head.

"This statement came from An Chongrong, the envoy of Chengde Jiedu in the later Jin Dynasty, but I am afraid it was also the consensus of the commanders of the feudal town at that time." Kuroda Rushui shook his head and said: "You don't have to worry about these, as long as you understand the truth of this sentence That's fine. I am a lineage of the Japanese Emperor Wanshi. It is not something that can be changed by a strong soldier, but the "people of the world" are different...

Let me ask you, once the situation I just mentioned occurs, that is, the entire army of the invaders is wiped out, and His Royal Highness Taige is heading west, how many "strong soldiers and strong horses" do you think there are in Japan?Who among these people can be stronger than that outsider——Gao Wushi? "

At this time, Kuroda Nagamasa realized that something was wrong, and frowned, "But if Gao Yushi invades Japan, all the big names should unite to resist the invasion... After all, we can't let an outsider be the general who conquers the barbarians, right?"

"Who says Gao Yushi is going to be a general? It's a joke. He is a majestic Tang Prime Minister, hereditary Marquis of Nanning. If you kneel down and kowtow to invite him to be the general who conquers barbarians, I'm afraid he will be too small and won't give in!"

Kuroda Rushui sneered, and then sighed: "But what if he supports someone else to be the general? For example, Tokugawa Ieyasu, or maybe Shimadzu Yoshihisa? Who do you think Tokugawa Ieyasu or Shimadzu Yoshihisa can refuse? Such a temptation?"
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