The Ming Royal Navy sailed at sea for several days, and although it encountered several storms, it was still very smooth in general.

During this period, the Tokugawa shogunate sent envoys several times to explain, saying that these were all misunderstandings, asking the Ming to withdraw their troops, and saying that Japan would voluntarily act as a vassal state of the Ming dynasty for generations and would never betray it.

Zhu Cihong had been dizzy at sea for several days, and where could he listen to these, he directly ordered the Japanese envoy to be thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

On July 27, the Ming Royal Navy sailed through the Xiaguan Strait, and a hill rose from the coastline far away.

"Your Majesty, the next pass has arrived!"

On the Wanli ship, Zhu Cihong walked out of the cabin, stood on the ship's tower and looked at the coastline from afar, taking in the Xiaguan Strait.

Shimonoseki is located in the southwest corner of Honshu Island in Japan, its sea area is a piece between Honshu Island, Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, more than 800 miles long from east to west, the largest width of 100 miles from north to south, and the smallest 10 miles, it is an important waterway leading to the Ming Dynasty in the eastern coastal area of Kyushu Island.

Shimonoseki, formerly known as Chima Pass, also known as Chima Pass, referred to as Maguan, is an unforgettable place for Chinese after the nineteenth century.

At the end of the 19th century, after the Sino-Japanese War, the Taqing Dynasty, which was nothing, was defeated and signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", which humiliated the country, which became an important feng shui in the modern history of China and Japan.

Since then, Japan has taken advantage of the remnants of the Sino-Japanese victory and used the huge indemnity payment from the Treaty of Shimonoseki to make its national strength flourish, and finally completed the modernization process, leaving Europe and Asia, becoming one of the world powers, and laying a solid foundation for the future First and Second World Wars, and continuing to invade China in an all-out way.

After the defeat of the Tatar Qing Dynasty, the achievements of the Westernization Movement in the past 30 years were ruined, not only carrying huge indemnities, but also causing the already low international status to plummet, and it was completely nothing.

The Ming Royal Navy is getting closer and closer to Xiaguan, and Zhu Cihong can already see a black-tiled and red-walled temple building in the mountains on the shore.

After the fleet entered the Shimonoseki wharf, 30,000 troops including Li Shaoyou, the protector of the eastern capital, had lined up here to meet them, accompanied by the feudal lords of the Japanese coalition forces.

After the Tokugawa shogunate's lightning attack on Kyoto, the Shogunate was defeated and fled in disarray, almost being driven out of the Sea of Japan, but fortunately, the Eastern Army stationed on the Korean Peninsula sent troops to deter the shogunate army, and was able to gain a foothold in Shimonoseki on the island of Honshu and hold on to the last city on the island of Honshu.

Mori Tsuna, the leader of the Shogunate Alliance and the lord of the Nagato Domain, took the daimyo of the Izumo Domain, the Bichu Domain, and the Iwami Domain to welcome the Emperor at the dock.

According to the order of the Maori Outline, the 20,000 Japanese "Imperial Army" that had been beaten by the shogunate were all dressed up in array, and each soldier must be in a straight uniform and spotlessly clean to welcome the arrival of His Majesty the Ming Emperor and his brother troops.

He believes that with the arrival of the Great Emperor, the Tokugawa Shogunate will inevitably be wiped out, this is the best time to lick the Ming Emperor, and he missed this opportunity to show his face, but I am afraid that I will not meet the second opportunity to lick the dog in this life.

The barrel of the gun is dark, the bayonet is bright, and the military posture of the Japanese Imperial Army adopts the Ming army system, if it were not for the difference in military uniforms and figures, Zhu Cihong even thought that this army was Li Shaoyou's Eastern Army.

Under the dragon flag, Li Shaoyou looked at the Japanese soldiers dressed up to steal the limelight, and let out a disdainful sneer.

This small laughter, in the ears of Maori Outline and other big names, was like thunder, frightening everyone and not daring to breathe.

Maori stood behind Li Shaoyou and said loudly: "It is my honor to fight side by side with Li Daduhu!" ”

The Maori Outline, who is only 40 years old, is emaciated, is quite intelligent, and is the leader of the Downfall Alliance.

When the emperor was killed and Kyoto fell, Maori sent envoys to the eastern capital to beg Li Shaoyou to send troops to help.

Now after a few months of life and death tests, his whole person is more mature and acquainted, and he also knows that these daimyo of the Shogunate Alliance are unreliable, and they cannot be the opponents of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the only hope is to rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty to sanction the destruction of the Shogunate.

Although the Maori outline is also clear, the Ming Dynasty will never be generous enough to help the Fallen Curtain Alliance, relying on the Ming army is tantamount to luring the wolf into the house, but the current situation, he can't take care of it much, being a puppet is better than being destroyed, right?

After all, some people are quite smart dogs, and they may not be able to be them, and the competition in this industry is still quite fierce.

Seeing that he knew each other, Li Shaoyou pressed the sword with his hand, smiled faintly, and said, "Each other." ”

Since they had decided to be dogs, the consciousness of the Japanese feudal lords such as the Mori Tsunade was still very high, and when the battleship Manri approached the dock, the Mori Tsunade and the daimyo immediately fell to their knees and shouted in unison in the direction of the bow of the ship.

After a while, an officer stood on the deck of the battleship and said loudly: "Pass on Your Majesty's message, and conquer the Eastern Metropolitan Protectorate to protect Li Shaoyou, the Japanese feudal lord Maori, and Kamei Takano..... Motoyoshi Ito is on board to see you! ”

Flattered by the names of the daimyo such as the Mori Compendium, they all got up and rushed to board the ship to meet them.

When a few took a few steps, they suddenly remembered something and quickly stopped.

Maori Outline returned to Li Shaoyou with an embarrassed face, and made a gesture of please: "Most of them are protected!" ”

Li Shaoyou didn't even look at them, just stared at Takanao Kamei, the lord of the Tsuwano Domain, who was running in front, and suddenly let out a sneer: "I don't know what to do!" ”

After speaking, he followed the officer who led the way and boarded the Wanli battleship without hurry.

Maori Outline and the others suddenly felt in their hearts, and secretly said that Kamei-kun had offended the emperor of the Sea of Japan and was about to finish the calf.

On the Wanli, Zhu Cihong sat firmly in the conference hall of the cabin.

After Li Shao saluted, several Japanese feudal lords knelt down on the deck neatly and said in unison: "The subordinates pay a visit to His Majesty the Emperor, long live!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Flat!" ”

After Maori Outline and the others got up, Zhu Cihong first chatted with Li Shaoyou for a few words, and then turned his head to look at several Japanese feudal lords, and said: "I led the army across the sea to Japan this time, because the Tokugawa shogunate stopped business for no reason and brutalized my Ming people!" ”

The Maori outline was anxious to perform, and answered: "The great emperor Shengming, the wolf ambition of the Tokugawa family, treachery, bullying the emperor, suppressing the feudal clans, deceiving the high position, and mutilating the orphans of the former emperor Taiko!" ”

Immediately, another daimyo jumped out and cooperated with him as if talking about cross talk: "The Tokugawa family has been passed down to this day, there are four generations, but all of them are unkind, wasteful, corrupt, extravagant, brutal and unkind, so that the Japanese people are bored and complaining!" ”

"Yamato, Yamashiro, Omi Domain, do not know the righteousness, willing to be the Tokugawa Eagle Dog, help the abuse, and vain want to use the mantis arm as a car, to resist the heavenly army, it is really a crime that cannot be forgiven, please Your Majesty the Emperor will destroy the clan to set an example!"