Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 414 Are you willing to fight for Sun King Louis? (Please vote for me, please subscribe)

"The great general of the Ming Dynasty does not want to meet you two. He means that if the Netherlands and Spain want to fight, then the Ming Dynasty will accompany them to the end. The Ming Dynasty has a lot of military spending and elite soldiers. Even if you two countries, the Qing Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty join forces, the Ming Dynasty will There is also certainty of victory!”

"What? Not seeing us? He must not know the power of my Spanish Armada, right?"

In the Dutch Commercial House on Dejima Island in Nagasaki, Juan Carlos, the Spanish Governor of the Philippines, learned about the attitude of Ming Dynasty General Li Zhongshan from a Portuguese bannerman interpreter brought by Yang Qilong, and he immediately became angry. .

Spielman, who was sitting side by side with him, frowned and asked, "Mr. Yang, you probably didn't tell General Li Zhongshan that the Spanish Armada had arrived in the Philippines, right?"

Both of their words were translated into Chinese by the translator brought by Yang Qilong. Yang Qilong had also heard of the name "Spanish Armada" and knew that Spain had formed an invincible fleet many times in history, but he did not know How many great military achievements does this "Invincible Fleet" have?

So he asked Juan Carlos: "I have often heard the Westerners who came to China mention the Spanish Armada, which is very powerful, but those Westerners never mentioned the Spanish Armada." Which naval battle did the Armada win? Therefore, I cannot tell General Li how invincible your country's Armada is. Card Army, why don't you tell me in detail, and then I will go and fight General Li said. If he knew when and where this invincible fleet had achieved such glorious victories, he might be afraid."

The words were translated into Spanish again. During this translation, the Portuguese translators who threw the flag had to hold back their laughter.

Juan Carlos's face turned green with anger, and he just hesitated: "Well, the reason why this Armada is invincible is not because of its record, but because its name is the Armada."

Spielman next to him was not a good person either, and he actually rubbed salt into the Spaniard's wounds: "This Armada is still very powerful. When I participated in the first naval battle that year, I met Antonio de Okun in the English Channel. The Spanish Armada commanded by General Duo. The Armada was a huge fleet composed of 77 large battleships, while we, the Dutch, only had 13 smaller battleships at the beginning. The situation at that time was really scary. I was so scared. I was so scared that I peed myself, but then, hahaha.”

"Governor Spielman, stop talking!" Juan Carlos looked at the 50-year-old Dutch man in front of him, and he almost exploded with anger.

Because the naval battle Spielman was talking about was the Battle of the Downs in 1639. The "Armada" composed of 77 Spanish and Portuguese warships first encountered a beachhead in the English Channel near the Spanish Netherlands. After being severely attacked by 13 small Dutch warships, they were outnumbered and fled to the Downs Bay off the coast of England to anchor and take shelter.

然后又被30艘（原来的13艘加上后来赶来的17艘）荷兰战船死死堵在海湾内，没法逃走30条船堵着77条船，这个西班牙无敌舰队还真是“无敌”啊！

Then the Dutch kept rocking people, no, rocking ships. It took a month to increase the number of warships to 105, and also built 12 fire ships.In the end, the Dutch destroyed 10 of the 77 Spanish and Portuguese warships at the cost of 43 arson ships.
With this kind of performance, this is not an invincible fleet, it is simply a "speechless fleet"!
Now this Spearman wants to say it in front of Yang Qilong, I really don’t know where he is?

Spielman also knew that he had let slip, so he quickly changed the subject and said: "Duke, we already know Ming's position and we are willing to give Li Zhongshan a last chance. If he doesn't cherish it, then we will be rude!
So Duke, I'd like to know where exactly you stand?Now the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan is a friend of the Netherlands and Spain! "

Yang Qilong smiled and said, "Then am I a good friend of the Netherlands and Spain?"

Must be!

Yang Qilong’s sister is the Queen Regent of the Qing Dynasty!Kangxi did not return from Central Asia, and Empress Yang was the largest of the Qing Dynasty's "Eastern Empire".If the Netherlands and Spain did not be friends with him, their cooperation with the Qing Dynasty would not be pleasant.

Moreover, the Tokugawa shogunate now relies on the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, so it is easy to be taken care of by these four countries.

First of all, the shogunate has agreed to open a country to the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Britain, allowing these four countries to open commercial stores in Edo and Osaka, and conduct free trade in the Edo Castle Town and Osaka Castle Town.

Secondly, the shogunate will help the four countries recruit mercenaries in Japan.At the same time, the shogunate will also receive help from the four countries, purchase arms from the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, and Portugal, and invite instructors from the four countries to help train the new shogunate army.

The third is to agree to the establishment of embassies and consulates by the four countries in Edo and Osaka. It also agrees that when citizens of the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom violate Japanese laws, the consuls of the four countries and officials of the Japanese Tokugawa Shogunate must be jointly responsible for the trial.

The fourth was to establish a joint venture with the Netherlands and Spain to establish a shipyard and ship repair yard in the Edo port. The Netherlands and Spain sent engineers to help the Tokugawa shogunate build Western-style sailing warships.

Although these four articles will not cause the Tokugawa shogunate to slip into the abyss of semi-colonialism, the Tokugawa shogunate has been firmly bound to the camps of the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, and Portugal.It has become a staunch ally of these four countries in East Asia, or a candidate for gold medal - Japan has quite a lot of cannon fodder, but its combat effectiveness has not yet been developed.

Therefore, the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, and Portugal no longer need to coax the Tokugawa shogunate.

But Yang Qilong still has to coax him!

"Duke Yang, of course you are our friend in the Netherlands!"

"Duke Yang, our Kingdom of Spain has always regarded you and the Kingdom of Korea you rule as our strongest allies in East Asia!"

Yang Qilong also laughed when he heard the statements of the two foreigners conveyed by his translator: "Since you regard me as a friend, then I will tell you everything. I have Chikuzen, Iki, Tsushima, Sankuni and I am satisfied with the Hizen half country and Ezo Island. As for other places in Japan, I am not very interested, so I will let the Japanese play by themselves."

In fact, Yang Qilong's purpose in fighting this battle was to capture Ezo Island - Ezo Island was vast and sparsely populated. The Ezo people and the Japanese on the island were not of the same race, and their lifestyles were very different from Japan.The Japanese are a farming people, while the Ezo people are a fishing and hunting people.Therefore, it would be very difficult for the Japanese to conquer the entire island of Ezo, but it would be too easy for Yang Qilong to defeat them.

Because Yang Qilong has Sauron soldiers under his command, they are the "savage Jurchens", the masters among the fishing and hunting people. Compared with them, the Eyi people can only act as their younger brothers.Therefore, as soon as Yang Qilong's Sauron soldiers came out, the tribes on Ezo Island would either surrender or perish. There was no third option at all.

Therefore, this Ezo Island can be completely pacified by Yang Qilong as long as he spends some energy and sends more Sauron soldiers or their kind.On the contrary, it would be very difficult for the Tokugawa shogunate to counterattack Ezo Island.Not only are they separated by the sea, but they also have to enter the home ground of the Sauron soldiers and let the Japanese samurai go to the cold primeval forest to fight the Sauron cavalry equipped with flintlocks and mini bombs. That is a real loss of life!
In addition, the bastion built by Yang Qilong on the Dulai Peninsula could not be taken down casually by the Japanese samurai who came across the sea!
Therefore, Ezo Island is not only winnable for Yang Qilong, but also easy to digest.

Yang Qilong's action on Kyushu Island was originally a feint attack.I just didn't expect that the war readiness of the daimyo in northern Kyushu was very poor. After the sudden attack, they were all in chaos. Chikuzen, Iki, Tsushima Sankuni and Hizen Han were quickly occupied by Yang Qilong's new Korean army. .

When Yang Qilong saw that these territories were quite easy to get, he was not polite and took all he could.However, the Tokugawa shogunate and those Japanese daimyo who were not stunned by the first wave of Korean attacks quickly reacted and began to build fortresses, reorganize their troops, and prepare for war with all their strength.

And Yang Qilong is not willing to invest too many resources in Kyushu. He occupies three and a half countries in Kyushu, with about [-] stones of land. Of course, there is also a large amount of mountainous land that cannot be cultivated, as well as several castles and Nagasaki Commercial Market.

The territory looks good. As long as it can be maintained, Yang Qilong will have face in North Korea!

When he first arrived in North Korea, there were still many two groups of powerful people who opposed him. They suppressed him several times and killed thousands of people, but the effect was not great. Rebels also appeared in some remote areas.And when the news that "Prisoner Guo Gong defeated the Japanese pirates and captured the four states of Northern Kyushu" spread in North Korea, Yang Qilong suddenly became a great hero who saved North Korea from fire and water.

These days, some people are even beginning to publicly request that the king of North Korea give the throne to Yang Qilong.
Yang Qilong also discovered that occupying a piece of land in Japan could give him the legitimacy to rule North Korea, so he attracted tens of thousands of "concubine" families from North Korea and began to build castles and arm the fields on the occupied Japanese land.

In any case, he didn't plan to occupy more territory. It was enough to hold on to the existing three and a half countries.

Juan Carlos and Spearman finally found out Yang Qilong's background and both breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, they also need the presence of the Korean invaders on Kyushu Island - if they do not exist, then Japan's Tokugawa shogunate may go back to seclusion.

Thinking of this, Spielman said to Yang Qilong: "Duke Yang, our assistance to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan is mainly to open Japan's door and obtain Japanese mercenaries. It is not aimed at you and North Korea. And we are also We can help you hire experienced European fortification experts. They will help you build an extremely strong defense line in the northern part of Kyushu Island!"

After listening to what the translator said, Yang Qilong immediately replied with a smile: "This is great. I am planning to fortify and build a city in the northern part of Kyushu Island for a long time! I can also assure you that I will cooperate with the Ming Dynasty in Spain and the Netherlands." In this war, we will strictly maintain neutrality and not help each other. You two can completely trust me!
In addition, Nagasaki under my protection will also become a completely neutral port. I hope Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Portugal can recognize Nagasaki's special status! "

"Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the 70-stone lord of Satsuma Kagoshima Domain, meets the general!"

"Nagato, the lord of the 37-koku Choshu clan of Nagato, Tsunahiro Mori, meets the great general!"

"Masatoyo Yamauchi, the lord of the 24-koku clan of Tosa Kochi Domain, meets the general!"

At the same moment when Yang Qilong met with Juan Carlos and Spearman, three foreign daimyo from Japan were meeting the general with the courtesy of a minister. They were not the generals of Japan, but the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this does not mean that these three Japanese daimyo are ready to defect to the Ming Dynasty, accept support, and then raise their flags to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, rush into Edo, and seize the title of general.It's not that they don't want to, it's that they don't have the strength.

Now the Tokugawa shogunate has not completely decayed, and a large number of warriors can still be mobilized in Tianling, and the eldest brother Tokugawa Mitsukuni is not incompetent. After being invaded by the Korean superintendent Yang Qilong, he quickly recognized the Netherlands, Spain, England and Portugal are the four foreign fathers.With the help of foreign fathers, the shogunate obtained a large number of advanced weapons, and also received military advisors sent by the Netherlands and Spain, and began to form a new shogunate army.

In addition, the Netherlands and Spain also hired nearly [-] mercenaries in Japan - these mercenaries were not recruited by the "foreign fathers" themselves by advertising in Edo castle towns, but by retainers sent by the Tokugawa shogunate in the name of the general. Recruited from the ronin who gathered in the castle town of Edo.And after being recruited, they will still be under the management of Tokugawa retainers. In fact, they are a new shogunate army dedicated to fighting for foreigners!
Therefore, facing the shogunate whose military strength has been strengthened, the three vassals of Sa, Chang, and Tu did not have the strength to replace them. To strengthen their own strength, of course they had to "recognize their father."

However, they are not willing to accept North Korea as their father. Firstly, it is too embarrassing. Secondly, North Korea's strength is limited. It has just pushed a small amount of territory in northern Kyushu and cannot move anymore.

And the powerful Daming is the ideal godfather!
That's why the three of them contacted Tagawa Nanasemon, and now they came to Nagasaki to see the Ming Dynasty General.

Li Zhongshan glanced at the three Japs lying on the floor in front of him, looking very filial!However, he cannot be their nominal godfather for the time being, but he still plans to introduce a very foreign father to them.

"Be flat, give a seat!"

As soon as Li Zhongshan uttered his words, three Korean maids immediately moved in three embroidery piers.These three Korean maids were the girls who served Li Zhongshan and Yang Qilong when they ate Fujian-style Nagasaki food together.

Yang Qilong "forgot" them when he left. Yang Xiaohuan saw that the three of them were homeless, so he stayed behind.However, the three of them are quite good at serving others, and they can also understand Chinese.

Not bad. Li Zhongshan looked at these three girls and thought: Since Yang Xiaohuan likes them, take them back to Nanjing!
Tagawa Nanasaemon, who was sitting on one side, immediately said to the three Japanese daimyo in Japanese: "The general lets you sit down."

Is there a "wooden pillar" where I can sit?
Mitsuhisa Shimazu, Tsunahiro Mouri, and Masatoyo Yamauchi all looked a little flattered, but they still sat down on the pier. The three of them put their hands on their knees, looking like obedient primary school students.

It seems that after the North Korean army landed in Kyushu, the Japanese will know who is the boss!
"Have Tian Chuan and Yang Qilong told you that the Ming Dynasty General's Office wants to hire thousands of soldiers from you?" Li Zhongshan didn't waste any nonsense with the three Japs and got straight to the point.

"I've said it before! General, we have many samurai in Satsuma Domain. As long as you are willing to give us money, they can all serve you." The first one to speak was a bad old Japanese man. Very good!
But he was indeed very useful to Li Zhongshan, because there were many "poor people" in Satsuma Domain!
The Satsuma Shimazu family was a famous figure in the Warring States Period who once unified Kyushu!The number of retainers below was huge, but they were later defeated and surrendered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and their territory was reduced to the Satsuma Kingdom, leaving only 60 koku.

The land is less and the income is also less, but the huge group of retainers can't be cut off simply.They all shed blood for Shimadzu and made contributions for Shimadzu, how could they ignore it?We can only suffer together.

But the Satsuma warriors didn't know how to have fewer children, and the poorer they were, the more children they had. There were more and more warriors, and the vassal had no way to arrange it!We can't let them become farmers. They hate him so much that they almost hate Shimazu Mitsujiu to the point of becoming Shimazu Bald - the hair on his head is gone, leaving only a bald head.

"General, the Choshu warriors are also willing to serve!" Tsunahiro Mouri is not that old, but his hair is similar to Shimazu's bald head. He is a "hairless" mori, and he is also worried about the fiscal deficit.

After all, the Shimadzu family had 60 koku, and the gross profit was only 37 koku. It was found out through a forced land inspection. It was originally only 30 koku.

The number of samurai of the Maori family is not lower than that of the Shimazu family.

"General, the Tosa samurai are also willing to serve the Ming Dynasty!" Masatoyo Yamauchi was actually the poorest of the three Japanese daimyo.Because the ancestor of his family, Yamauchi Kazuo, liked to look fat and pretend to be fat. In order to compete with the Haizuka family next door for the reputation of being the best in Kyushu, he insisted on seizing 9.8 koku from the domain inspection area, which was originally only 24 koku. As the government became more prosperous, the number of errands sent by the Tokugawa shogunate to the Tosa domain increased accordingly, but the income could not increase.

Because the situation of Tosa Domain is similar to that of Satsuma and Choshu, and it was also once prosperous.
Li Zhongshan nodded: "Very good, I really need the warriors of your three vassals to help fight the war, because I am about to start a war with the Netherlands and Spain in Nanyang. But this time I don't want to use the name of the Ming Dynasty. But I want to hire soldiers in the name of King Louis of France. Are you willing to fight for King Louis of the Sun? Of course, I will not lose a penny of the money that should be given to you."

"Yes! Of course I do!"

"As long as the general gives the order, we will go through fire and water!"

"General, please give me your orders. How many warriors do you need?"

(End of this chapter)