Wanli 1592

Chapter 200 Tokugawa Ieyasu's Journey to the Shogun

"Don't worry, Yuan Gong."

Knowing that a large group of arrogant soldiers in the army would not accept anyone except himself, especially Li Rusong, Xiao Ruxun naturally took this into consideration and made a plan for Yuan Huang.

"You take my saber with you. This is a sword given to me by His Majesty the Emperor himself. Although it is not a precious sword, it also has a special meaning. You take my sword to command the three armies. No one dares not to obey, at least Wu Weizhong and Ma Gui will definitely obey your orders, and if they obey, the entire army will basically be under their control, no matter how arrogant Li Rusong is, he will only have 4000 people under his command, so there will be no big waves."

Yuan Huang pondered for a while, finally nodded, but still asked: "Ji Xin, no matter what you want to do, I know that you must have your own ideas, and I will support you. Just let go and do it this time. You can’t get anything back, but you can only get back a few million taels of silver, and there are so many captives who returned to the country and handed over to His Majesty, that’s also a credit.”

"The mobilization of troops this time cost about 60 taels of silver, but I will bring back at least five times the income for Daming. I will definitely let the whole of Daming know that war is the fastest way to make money! Similar to Japan The more clowns, the better!"

Seeing the increasingly determined look in Xiao Ruxun's eyes, Yuan Huang instinctively panicked, but calmed down quickly for some reason. He believed in his own vision, and believed that this young general whom he had been with for almost half a year would definitely not be a master The war madman who dragged Ming Dynasty into the quagmire of war.

In the afternoon, after lunch, Xiao Ruxun summoned a group of senior generals, announced that he was going to Japan to preside over the war, and then announced in front of everyone that during his absence, Yuan Huang would be in charge of military affairs, and Yuan Huang would be the chief general. Act temporarily, and hand over his sword to Yuan Huang, let Yuan Huang hold this sword to command the three armies, if there is any disobedience, military law will follow.

The generals suddenly agreed to take orders.

After giving Yi Ying's precautions, Xiao Ruxun took his personal guards on a big lucky ship and quickly headed towards the mainland of Japan. It is expected that they will arrive at the navy station before noon tomorrow.

Xiao Ruxun and Tokugawa Ieyasu are making big moves here, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's big moves are not necessarily small. It is about the safety of his own foundation. He wanted to hold on, so he quickly ordered Tokugawa Ieyasu to personally lead the [-] Eastern Army into Nagoya Castle, preparing to help defend the Ming army.

The artillery of the Ming army made Toyotomi Hideyoshi suffer enough.

It's not that he doesn't have cannons in his hand, he can take out a hundred cannons. Although there are only more than 50 cannons in Nagoya, there are more than 30 that can't be used immediately, and only 20 can be used immediately, but that's still considered Not weak firepower, condescending, relying on the height of the mountain city to shoot at the Ming army's navy, no matter what, it can bring a little loss to the Ming army, right?
Unexpectedly, the artillery of the Ming army is like having eyes. No matter from what angle they push the artillery forward to prepare for a counterattack, the artillery strikes of the Ming army can always come accurately before their artillery fires, and then give all the preparations to them. Destroyed, occasionally one or two cannons can be fired successfully, but they only have time to fire one shell, and then they can't even run away. They can be covered by the artillery fire of the Ming army in an instant, and they are finished with the cannons.

After such a few rounds, Toyotomi Hideyoshi lost ten cannons. Such a loss made his liver ache. He quickly ordered the artillery team not to continue to persist, but to withdraw quickly and continue to shrink out of the firing range of the Ming army's artillery.

The artillery of the Ming army was outside the firing range, and it was also outside the firing range of the Japanese artillery. Although the Ming army could not hit them, they could not hit the Ming army either. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was going crazy listening to the rumble of cannons every day. , but nothing can be done.

The navy was wiped out, and the entire Kyushu Island was stunned to find a usable navy. The famous sailors under him were all fighting in North Korea, and they would definitely not come back. The reserve navy was defeated, and the transport team was all It's over. Those on the front line can't get enough food and supplies. It's very dangerous!The Ming Dynasty is so big, if there is no sufficient supplies, how can the army defeat it?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was very anxious about this. In a critical moment, he thought of using Tokugawa Ieyasu's power.

The navy under him is finished, but Tokugawa Ieyasu must still have a considerable size of navy that can be used. Regardless of whether it can be successful or not, it must be used to deal with the navy of the Ming army anyway and defeat them. The layer blockade cannot be broken through, even if it is won on land, it is useless, and the frontline soldiers will starve to death.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued an order to call Tokugawa Ieyasu to lead an army into Nagoya Castle to assist in the defense.

Everything did not go beyond Kuroda Rusui's expectations. After receiving the order, Tokugawa Ieyasu took a deep breath, summoned several big men from the Eastern Army to discuss the details carefully, and made a decision to go to the shogunate. Lu's determination - he is from aristocratic background and has the qualifications to become a general who conquers barbarians, unlike Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a lowly commoner who pretends to be a godfather and tries his best to become Guanbai, and even invented a Taige by himself Even the down-and-out royal family could refuse his request to conquer the generals.

Akechi Mitsuhide, who rebelled against Oda Nobunaga, was able to obtain the status of the Great General, not because of other reasons, but because he was born in a noble family. The Japanese nobles are the same as the Japanese royal family. In the early years, Fujiwara Shi, later Minamoto, Heiji, etc., Tokugawa Ieyasu has more advantages than Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Looking at the entire history of Japan, there is only one person like Toyotomi Hideyoshi who has fought all the way from the bottom of the common people to the status of the world. In fact, looking at China, how few such people are there?

Tokugawa Ieyasu's path to the shogun has gone.

On the 26th of the first lunar month, when Tokugawa Ieyasu led his army into Nagoya Castle to assist in the defense, it was the time when Xiao Ruxun and Kuroda Rushui formally met on a small boat in the naval formation of the Ming Army.

After Xiao Ruxun arrived on the 25th, he asked the Japanese envoys on the ship to go back and call Tokugawa Ieyasu, and asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to come forward to negotiate with him in person. So he hurriedly set off in person to meet the famous admiral of the Ming army.

The talks between the two sides officially started, and Jing Zhe Xuansu, as the translator of both sides, interpreted for both parties.

"Admiral Xiao is so young, it's beyond my expectation."

Kuroda Rushui's understanding was perfect, and he bowed to Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun returned the salute, and said in a gentle voice, "Mr. Kuroda is too good, please sit down."

The two sat down together and looked at each other.

Kuroda Rushui was plotting against Xiao Ruxun, and Xiao Ruxun was also plotting against Kuroda Rushui.

(End of this chapter)