Tokugawa Ieyasu thought a lot for himself and these allies. He came out of the confusion and clearly realized the gap between himself and the Ming Army. He also gradually understood the intention of the Ming Army. The Ming Army wanted money. At the same time, they were also worried that after Nippon was reunified, they would send troops to invade Korea again. In that case, it would be very troublesome. Therefore, the Ming Army simply attacked Nippon to interfere with the internal affairs of Nippon. But how could the Ming Army know their whereabouts so accurately? Was there a spy among them?
Tokugawa Ieyasu was not sure whether there was a spy or not, but there must be a traitor. These traitors might have a high status and could grasp the general situation of Nippon. Not only did they lead the way for the unfamiliar Ming Army, but they even told the Ming Army commander about the situation of Nippon. Therefore, the commander of the Ming Army, Xiao Ruxun, grasped the pulse of Nippon and was able to calmly arrange the actions of the Ming Army. That was why the clear situation was once again messed up.
No one could see the future. Tokugawa Ieyasu could not see it. Toyotomi Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie certainly could not see it. The only one who could see and arrange the direction was probably the commander of the Ming Army, Xiao Ruxun. This person was single-handedly controlling the future direction of Nippon.
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Ieyasu was deeply uneasy. He felt that he must reach a compromise with Xiao Ruxun as soon as possible and start negotiations as soon as possible. Otherwise, things would be bad.
Tokugawa Ieyasu then sent a messenger to the direction of Ishimi.
In the headquarters of the Toyotomi clan in Kyoto, the day before Tokugawa Ieyasu's messenger arrived in Ishimi, Toyotomi Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie received the news from Maeno Nagayasu. After reading it, they looked at each other. They had deduced the war countless times. No matter how they deduced, they did not calculate the huge variable of the Ming Army landing in Nippon and intervening in the war. So at this time, they were blind and did not dare to confirm anything.
It was written in the letter that the Ming Army easily killed the elites of the Tokugawa army, and then turned around and defeated the elites under Maeda Toshiie. They were extremely powerful and occupied the whole of Ishimi. They threatened to cede Nippon to Ishimi and compensate ten million taels of silver. It said that this was an upgraded version of the treaty signed with Tokugawa Ieyasu before, and they did not want to violate it. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu took the lead in breaching the treaty, which angered the Ming Army, and the Ming Army attacked.
Obviously, now the Toyotomi clan could not stay out of trouble. Although the elites of the Tokugawa clan were all destroyed, the general of the Ming Army had the idea of negotiating with the Tokugawa clan again. If the Toyotomi clan did not participate, then once the Ming Army and the Tokugawa side reached a compromise again, the Ming Army was very likely to help the Tokugawa clan to defeat the Toyotomi clan. With the powerful combat power of the Ming Army, the current Toyotomi clan was absolutely no match for the Ming Army.
Therefore, Maeno Nagayasu strongly suggested that Toyotomi Hidetsugu and Maeda Toshiie come to talk with the Ming Army and not let the Tokugawa clan seize the first opportunity. Once the Tokugawa clan seized the first opportunity, the Toyotomi clan would really be in danger.
"What should we do? What should we do? "
Toyotomi Hidetsugu was blinded.
Toyotomi Hidetsugu, who lacked the experience of international communication and strategizing, had no way to deal with these things. Maeda Toshiie had followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi to fight for a long time and had some understanding of these diplomatic affairs, but not very much. It was just that as a high-level person's intuition told him that if the Toyotomi clan wanted to survive, they must take the initiative to contact the Ming Army and win the help of the Ming Army. If the Ming Army was willing to help the Toyotomi clan wipe out the Tokugawa clan, then Japan was bound to be stable.
Although the request of the Ming Army was a bit terrible, it should be able to be negotiated. It was not a strict request. The Ming Army would not be so unreasonable. If they really wanted so much money, it would be terrible. Of course, the most abominable one was Tokugawa Ieyasu. If they could pay a certain price for the help of the Ming Army to kill Tokugawa Ieyasu, the price was very worthwhile.
At least Maeda Toshiie felt that with the current strength of the Toyotomi clan, it was still difficult to kill Tokugawa Ieyasu alone. Although the intelligence said that the elites of the Tokugawa clan were lost, would the old fox Tokugawa Ieyasu not leave a way out for himself? Up to today, it had been six days, and the progress of attacking the Tokugawa clan territory was still slow. The troops of the Tokugawa clan set up layers of defense in the territory, and their control was very strong. The advance of the Toyotomi army was very slow.
What would the intervention of this beast of war, Daming, bring to Japan?
Maeda Toshiie was not very clear, so he decided to ask Toyotomi Hidetsugu to authorize him and let him handle the negotiation matters. Then he would set off for Ishimi country and ask Toyotomi Hidetsugu to continue to stay in Kyoto and stabilize the royal family.
The Mikado family was one of the biggest reliance of the Toyotomi clan. With a righteous name, the Toyotomi clan could command the world and take the initiative. They announced that the Tokugawa clan was a rebel army. In fact, the Toyotomi clan treated the Mikado family extremely well. The current Mikado was much better than the previous unlucky Mikado.
Of course, they did not want the Toyotomi clan to fall, so they immediately announced that the Tokugawa clan was a rebel army and called on all the princes to fight against it. This also helped the Toyotomi clan imperceptibly — no one was willing to openly become a rebel army.
So the next day, Maeda Toshiie gathered 3,000 troops and rushed to Ishimi country. When he set off, the envoy of the Tokugawa clan once again came to the Ming Army camp in Ishimi country and asked to see Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun was worried that the scouts sent out could not find traces of Tokugawa Ieyasu. In the end, Tokugawa Ieyasu was unexpectedly obedient and delivered himself to the door.
The letter he brought showed that he realized his mistake and that it was very stupid for him to be hostile to the Celestial Empire. He understood what a serious mistake he had made. For this, he expressed his sincere apology to the Daming side and was willing to negotiate again with Admiral Xiao Ruxun of the Ming Dynasty Army again. If there was anything that could be solved at the negotiation table, they must not start a war again.
Xiao Ruxun smiled coldly and told the envoy, "Go back and tell Tokugawa Ieyasu that he will lead a team to negotiate. If he dares to use weapons again, I will send troops to destroy him!"
The envoy said yes repeatedly and hurriedly retreated, saying that he would definitely bring the message. When Tokugawa Ieyasu led a team to participate in the negotiation, perhaps it was the arrangement of fate, so Maeda Toshiie also rushed to the military camp of Maeno Nagayasu on the same day and sent a letter to Xiao Ruxun, saying that the representative of the Toyotomi clan, Maeda Toshiie, wanted to see him.
Xiao Ruxun was happy when he saw it. This was really a coincidence. As soon as Tokugawa Ieyasu arrived, Maeda Toshiie came. It was really a wonderful coincidence. Of course, this was also what Xiao Ruxun wanted to see. Therefore, Xiao Ruxun sent letters to the two separately, telling them that their sworn enemy had also come.
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