No one knew what Toyotomi Hideyoshi said to Toyotomi Hidetsugu when he summoned him. The guards outside could only hear the faint roar coming from inside the hall. Toyotomi Hidetsugu's henchmen noticed that Toyotomi Hidetsugu looked lifeless and disheartened when he came back. It seemed that he had encountered a very big blow. This made Toyotomi Hidetsugu's henchmen worried.
One night passed. Early the next morning, Toyotomi Hidetsugu announced that everyone would pack up and leave for Kyoto.
In the face of such a change, everyone was quite surprised. They did not know why His Highness Guan Bai, who was in high spirits a moment ago, had become like this. They had no idea what caused it, and Toyotomi Hidetsugu did not explain at all.
This happened five days before Chen Lin led the navy to bombard the Japanese mainland.
The news that Toyotomi Hidetsugu left Nagoya and returned to Kyoto had caused quite a stir in the circle of the daimyo of Dongguo. Although it was indeed a good thing that Toyotomi Hidetsugu, who had brought them a lot of pressure, had left, they did not know what was going on. They had heard that Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hidetsugu had a very good relationship. How did it suddenly become like this?
When he left, he seemed to be in a daze. Was he driven away?
Nagoya Castle, which had just stabilized not long ago, became restless again.
After that, Toyotomi Hideyoshi endured his illness and ordered a meeting. At the meeting, he announced that the North Korean Punitive Army had achieved an unprecedented victory and had invaded the Ming Kingdom. However, because the Ming Kingdom's territory was too large, they needed reinforcements. He planned to send Tokugawa Ieyasu to lead 100,000 eastern troops to cross the sea to support the North Korean Punitive Army. They would attack the Ming Kingdom together. After the victory, everyone's territory would increase tenfold!
When they heard this order, a question popped up in the minds of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the others. "Mr. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, are you sick?"
The shocked eastern vassals all said one thing. One said there was not enough food, another said there was not enough ordnance, another said the army was not acclimatized and was sick, and another said he was not in good health and needed to rest. In any case, they all made excuses, making Toyotomi Hideyoshi sneer.
Seeing that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was unmoved, Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded very quietly, indicating that he understood. He went back to reorganize the army and prepare to cross the sea. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was overjoyed and immediately appointed Tokugawa Ieyasu as the commander-in-chief of the eastern troops. He would lead 100,000 eastern troops and would cross the sea seven days later. He would arrange for ships to escort the eastern troops.
Tokugawa Ieyasu calmly left Nagoya Castle and returned to his home. Then, the Eastern daimyo started arguing.
In the face of these noisy daimyos, Tokugawa Ieyasu directly announced that the day before the dispatch of the troops would be the day they would take action. The time they had been waiting for for a long time had finally arrived.
The daimyo were puzzled.
The next day, news came from Nagoya Castle that Maeda Toshiie had been transferred back to Kyoto to supervise the food supply. The daimyo were all shocked and quickly asked Tokugawa Ieyasu why. Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and did not say anything. He only told everyone to be careful and not to leak the news.
In fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart was also beating like a drum, so he immediately invited Kuroda Rusui over. All his confidence came from the famous military advisor, Kuroda Rusui. If Kuroda Rusui did not have the confidence to ask him to do this, he would not have the confidence to do this. Kuroda Rusui had always been very mysterious in his heart. It was the ultimate move that Tokugawa Ieyasu relied on to dominate. Now that this ultimate move was in his hands, it greatly boosted Tokugawa Ieyasu's confidence.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's actions were indeed as crazy as Kuroda Rusui had guessed.
"So, Mr. Guard, can we really take action?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu personally poured a cup of tea for Kuroda Rusui.
"Believe me, everything is under my control. In a few days, it will be the day of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death."
Kuroda Rusui's eyes flashed with a frightening light.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death was indeed near, but it was not in Kuroda Rusui's control. Reality proved that Kuroda Rusui did not fulfill his promise.
Chen Lin led the main force of the Ming Dynasty navy in the direction of the mainland of Country R. It was Xuan Su's first time playing the glorious role of a guide, guiding the Ming Dynasty navy on the sea. Xuan Su was very familiar with this route. He had walked it countless times. He knew how to avoid those small islands and go straight to the mainland of Country R. He also knew how to see the tall and broad Nagoya Castle from the seaside.
According to Xuan Su, Nagoya Castle was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's base and also the headquarters of Japan. If the Daming Navy could attack Nagoya Castle, even if they could not hit it, it would be a huge shock to the whole of Japan.
If another force landed and pretended to attack Nagoya Castle, how glorious would that be?
Although the generals of the Ming Army did not see Japan as a strong enemy, they only saw it as a clown, just like the Yelang Kingdom during the Han Dynasty.
After all, under the command of Xiao Ruxun, they had defeated 100,000 Japanese soldiers in a month. The remaining tens of thousands of people were hiding in their turtle shells, struggling at death's door. They did not have any strong combat power. If it was in another time and space, the Ming Army would not have won easily. That was why there was the saying, "Although strong, they must be killed." However, after careful preparation, Xiao Ruxun directly defeated the Japanese soldiers. This allowed the Ming Army to easily establish a sense of superiority over the army of the Celestial Empire.
How could they look up to these enemies? Of course, their iron cannons were indeed good. This was admitted by the generals of the Ming Army. Many of the firearms troops under them were equipped with iron cannons. However, it was hard to say for the others.
This was not the Wolf Storey Mountain of the Xiongnu. It was glorious to take it down. It might be a huge shock to Japan, but for the Ming Army, it was really nothing. At most, they could show off their strength and proclaim the prestige of the country. Therefore, Chen Lin did not give Xuan Su a good look. She only let him lead the way and asked him some questions about Japan that Chen Lin was interested in.
"I heard that Japan has an emperor, right?"
"Yes, the emperor of Japan is called the Mikado."
"Mikado? Our emperor is called the Son of Heaven. Your emperor is quite arrogant. No wonder he overestimates himself! " Chen Lin frowned and then sneered, "Such a small country dares to call itself the emperor. This time, I will make you lose your emperor title! My great China, the Celestial Empire, only our emperor can be the emperor. The rest can only be called kings. What virtue does your small country have to call itself the emperor? "
"I dare not! I dare not! "
Xuan Su lowered his head like a grandson. "I dare not call myself the emperor, I dare not call myself the emperor."
Chen Lin sneered. "But it's not like you don't have any merits. Where did you learn those cannons? They are indeed good, even better than the Daming's musket. Did you develop them yourself or did you learn from the Francs? "
"That was decades ago when the Franco came to our country to do business with us. Our country's craftsmen learned it. After modification, it can be modified to be better than the guns brought by the Franco, so it was installed. It is quite common in Japan."
"Oh, they also learned from the Francs." Chen Zhao nodded. "These Barbodes rhododendri people are really not simple. Their navy and firearms are better than the Daming's. If General Xiao didn't mention it, I wouldn't believe it. The Daming also fought with the Francs a few years ago. These red-haired barbarians are not only barbaric, but their firearms are also excellent. If the Daming doesn't catch up, he might bring disaster to future generations."
"No, no. How can the Celestial Empire be challenged by a small barbarian country?"
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