Xiao Ruxun had seen the training methods of the Qi Family Army in Korea. His own training methods were based on Qi Jiguang's training methods, so he knew the power of this army.
In the original historical process, after the Qi Family Army quelled the Japanese pirates, they went north to resist the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. After Qi Jiguang's death, they entered Korea to deal with the Japanese regular army. In the end, the remaining troops followed Qi Jin to fight the Eight Banners Army. All of them died on the north bank of the Hun River, fulfilling Qi Jiguang's oath with their blood and lives.
It could be seen that this army had a military soul, and an army with a military soul could be called a great army.
However, after the establishment of the Daqin, Xiao Ruxun did not allow the emergence of private armies. No matter what kind of army it was, they were not allowed to have surnames other than Qin, and the Qi Family Army was undoubtedly a taboo.
Regardless of whether this was a common saying or an official title, it was a taboo.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun separated them and sent them to various armies to fill the vacancies, not letting them gather together. He also transferred Qi Jin to serve in his own guards, which solved the problem of the remaining troops of the Qi Family Army.
The remaining troops of the other Qi Family Army had always been in Japan. In order to guard against Japan, Xiao Ruxun had never moved that army, but now there was a chance. He used the opportunity to use the strategy to send this army home. He wanted to visit their relatives and let them know how well their families were living under the care of the Daqin.
Then, they would be sent to different armies. If there were those who did not want to be soldiers and wanted to stay at home to farm, they could also work. However, they could not gather together to form an army again.
Qi Jin and Wu Weizhong were both good generals, and they were the precious legacies left by Qi Jiguang to Huaxia. They had done their best to protect Huaxia, and they deserved respect. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun would continue to keep them and put them in suitable positions.
They would lead the Daqin army to continue to fight on the battlefield.
These southern soldiers would leave Ishikami Town in batches and return to their hometowns. As for Ishikami Town, Wu Weizhong would continue to lead 10,000 Daqin elites to keep an eye on it, and then retreat to Tsushima Island.
They would definitely come back, but before that, they needed to retreat, because Xiao Ruxun would hand Ishiami Ginzan to the Tokugawa clan, to Tokugawa Ieyasu, and not to Toyotomi Hidetsugu.
This was Xiao Ruxun's suggestion to Liu Huangchang.
Rather than letting them negotiate among themselves and come up with a barely acceptable situation in the end, putting Daqin on the spot, it would be better to return it to one of them, leaving the other party with nothing to gain. Naturally, they would be envious and start a war.
The latter was more likely to start a war than the former. If a few more people died along the way, some small conflicts would occur, and the war would be stable.
Xiao Ruxun's goal would be achieved.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun chose to return Ishiami Ginzan to the Tokugawa clan, which occupied a smaller area of land and did not have as many troops as the Toyotomi clan, and calmly attract the Toyotomi clan, which had more serious internal conflicts, to take the initiative to attack.
This was much simpler than manipulating the Tokugawa clan to take the initiative to attack. Tokugawa Ieyasu was the king of ninjas, the king of turtles. Counting on him to take the initiative to attack?
That would have to wait until before he died.
It was better to count on Toyotomi Hidetsugu to take the initiative to attack.
As long as they fought, Xiao Ruxun could sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and then reap the benefits.
With his current strength, it would not be difficult for him to crush them directly, but the consumption of troops, financial resources, and material resources was too great. The cost of pacifying a Japanese island was definitely not less than the battle of Southwest Bozhou. He would save as much as he could. The Five-Year Plan was still waiting for him to use money.
Let them fight, let them fight, fight until both sides' strength was consumed a little, and their spirit was also weakened a little. Then, they would send troops to punish them.
At that time, they had just experienced a bloody battle. Could they still cooperate sincerely?
Perhaps there were people among them who could see through Xiao Ruxun's plan. It didn't matter. If they saw through it, then so be it. As the saying goes, people die for wealth, and birds die for food. A silver mountain was left there for nothing to be given to the competitor.
Watching the competitor get a lot of funds and become stronger, but you can't get the funds, and it is difficult to move forward. Watching the opponent become stronger and stronger, and feeling helpless, if it was you, wouldn't you panic?
This was the power of an overt plot. The conspiracy did not dare to speak out, for fear of being exposed, but the overt plot would not be exposed. The overt plot could be exposed, but if it couldn't be calculated, then it was considered a loss.
Xiao Ruxun had such confidence. He believed that there was no government in the world that was not short of money. If there was money, they would definitely want it, and their desire was stronger than the average person. Once this news reached the ears of the Toyotomi clan, they would definitely explode.
Xiao Ruxun was preparing for the war against Japan in the capital. As he expected, with the arrival of the Daqin envoy to Tokugawa Ieyasu's nest in Nagoya and the announcement of this news, Japan, which had just calmed down not long ago, was stirred up again.
This time, the ripples were not as big as the previous ones.
The Daqin actually wanted to return the Ishikami Silver Mountain to Japan … No, not to Japan, to be precise, it was to return it to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The Daqin Emperor said that he would gradually withdraw the army, and ordered Tokugawa Ieyasu to directly take over the Ishikami Silver Mountain after the Daqin army withdrew, without any mistakes.
At first, Tokugawa Ieyasu thought that he had heard something wrong, or that there was something wrong with his ears. It was not until he received the imperial edict of the Daqin Emperor and read it word by word that he was sure that there was nothing wrong with his ears, and he did not hear it wrong, so he began to suspect that there was something wrong with his eyes.
However, the result made him very embarrassed. Either there was something wrong with the Daqin Emperor's brain, or his civil and military officials were blind.
Obviously, these two answers were a bit unlikely.
However, this was what happened. The Daqin Emperor wanted to hand over the Ishikami Silver Mountain to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
After a period of calming down, about a day or so, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally realized that this might be a scheme of the Daqin Emperor. He said that he wanted to return the Ishikami Silver Mountain, but in fact, this was not his plan at all. He just wanted to use this opportunity to provoke a war between him and the Toyotomi clan.
Yes, that must be it!
Tokugawa Ieyasu was very sure that this was what he said to his group of retainers, and to the other daimyos.
It was definitely a scheme.
Then, seven days later, more than 2,000 people of the Qin Army left Japan on a fleet of ships, heading in the direction of Daqin.
This time, all the people of the Tokugawa forces were in a panic.
The Daqin Emperor … was serious?
The Qin Emperor … was serious?
Were they fools?
Tokugawa Ieyasu was indeed an old fox. After eliminating all the impossible situations, no matter how ridiculous the remaining one was, it was the truth.
The truth was that the Daqin was in chaos, and it was not a small one, but a relatively big one. It was so big that the troops stationed in Ishikami Silver Mountain had to be transferred back to Daqin.
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