When Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "How to weaken them?" ”

Abe Tadaaki said, "We can order them to continue to assemble ships to attack the Red Eye Dragon King!" At this moment, they don't dare to turn against the Tokugawa family, but they will definitely not work hard when they attack. But we can inform the Red-Eyed Dragon King of the meeting place of their fleet, the route of their march, etc., so that they will lose both! ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu is also a hero, and immediately said: "This method is good! If they lose, their sea power ceases to exist! If we win against the Red-Eyed Dragonlord, we will take the opportunity to surround the Red-Eyed Dragonlord's team on land and force him to hand over to us the means of shipbuilding and forging large cylinders! Very well, you can talk about the second way! ”

"The second option is for us to make some concessions on the amount of compensation, in exchange for him attacking the territories of several seaside daimyo and weakening the opponents in the Gyeonggi region," Abe said. ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu pondered for a moment and said, "The two things should be done together!" I'll arrange this myself. But Abe-kun has to worry more about the negotiation! ”

Abe Chukatsu immediately said, "Please rest assured, General! ”

The next day, negotiations between the two sides continued into the night. However, Abe Tadaaki's negotiation opponent has become longer Liu Dahai! Liu was born in Dahai and is proficient in the art of bargaining. His appearance caused a lot of pressure on Abe Chukyo. Each side led four men, and after a whole night of verbal warfare, it did not disperse until dawn.

During the day, Liu Pei also stopped looting the finances of the Edo region and began to drive the people of the Japanese Kingdom to build a large camp, and began to build a small section of the city wall between the large camp and Edo Castle. The city wall is not long, and the foundation is only 5 zhang long.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was very surprised by Liu Pei's construction of the city wall! Because the walls he built were very short. It's far from the camp and it's completely useless. After he sent spies to check at night, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but be shocked and angry in his heart!

Because the spies reported that that section of the castle wall was exactly the size of the castle tower wall. I can't see the height now, but the thickness and firmness are as good as ever! Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately guessed that the other party might be trying to use the breach of this section of the wall as a threat. It's just that he doesn't know what the other party will do, but this doesn't prevent him from being full of resentment towards Liu Pei. After all, the fence of his house is used as a target, and no one is in a good mood!

The rhythm of the negotiation is to talk for one day and rest for the other. When the negotiations were on the seventh day, Abe Chukatsu suddenly made a request, saying that he wanted to meet the Red-eyed Dragon King. Although Liu Pei felt very strange, he still met with Abe Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the two sides met, Abe Zhongqiu said: "I'm really sorry to disturb the rest of His Excellency the Dragon King late at night!" ”

Liu Pei naturally had to be polite and said, "It's okay, I think Mr. Abe will definitely bring me good news!" ”

Abe Zhongqiu shook his head and said, "It's a pity, Your Excellency the Dragon King, I'm afraid that this time I brought bad news!" ”

Liu Pei said nonchalantly: "I don't care what good news it is, bad news!" If you don't have any news to bring, you might as well tell us about it. ”

Abe Zhongchu said: "Your Excellency the Dragon King, my general has just received the news that not long ago, those who were fighting with the great names at sea gathered more than 200 sea ships, ready to take advantage of the chaos to attack Yokohama Port!" ”

After speaking, Abe Zhongqiu handed over a piece of paper and handed it to Liu Pei. Liu Pei took it and looked at it, and it was written the location, route and time of the fleet's assembly. Liu Pei didn't need to use his brain to understand the truth. This is clearly a trick played by the Tokugawa family because they were uneasy because all the sailors were slaughtered by themselves!

Whether these people won or lost, there was no loss to the Tokugawa family. On the contrary, Liu Pei won, and the strength of the Tokugawa family and other daimyo at sea was leveled. If Liu Pei lost, the Tokugawa family would take the opportunity to mobilize heavy troops from the land to surround Liu Pei's main force, which had been cut off from the back road. I have to say that the Tokugawa family has played a good game.

After Liu Pei looked at it carefully, he folded the paper and said, "Then thank General Tokugawa for me!" ”

Abe Zhongchu said: "Since my general has done His Excellency the Dragon King such a great favor, can His Excellency the Dragon King make some concessions in the negotiations?" ”

Liu Pei laughed and said, "Mr. Abe, don't you spend money to hire people to fight?" It's already good if I don't raise the price! ”

Abe Zhongqiu didn't dwell on it, and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave." ”

Liu Pei sent Abe away for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and immediately ordered the guards to say: "Call Wu Yizhou over immediately, there is something important!" ”

Wu Yizhou was ordered to go out to clean up the surrounding sea ships, and the results were remarkable! He strictly implemented Liu Pei's order, that is, the board must not go to the sea! He wandered outside for several days, but when he could not find his target, he divided the fleet into three parts and took turns attacking. He followed the rest of the fleet and came back to report to Liu Pei.

He had just returned to Edo today when he was called over by Liu Pei. Wu Yizhou entered the big tent and said, "Dashuai, what do you call me?" ”

Liu Pei didn't speak, and directly handed him a piece of paper. Wu Yizhou looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "These widows still don't give up!" Looks like we can give them a hard shot this time! Marshal, this information is very fine, it seems that the people in the Intelligence Bureau have put their minds into it! ”

Liu Pei said with a smile: "This is really not the news from the Intelligence Bureau!" It was sent by Tokugawa Iemitsu. Our people haven't been able to get such detailed information. ”

Wu Yizhou looked surprised and said, "Dashuai, how could he be so kind to send this information?" Isn't it a trap? ”

Liu Pei shook his head and said, "I've thought about it, the possibility of a trap is very small. The biggest possibility is that the Tokugawa family intends to use our hands to weaken other daimyo who have naval armies. ”

Wu Yizhou nodded and said, "That's fine." But we still have to be careful! What does that mean I'm going to block them now? ”

Liu Pei said: "I mean don't rush to do it. The supply ship sent the news that in two days, 11 more battleships would arrive in Yokohama after repairs, and then we would be stronger and it would be easier to win. But I have a request, that is, not to annihilate them, just to scatter them. ”

Wu Yizhou has not been given for nothing over the years, and his political acumen has grown rapidly. I understood Liu Pei's meaning at the moment! He pondered for a moment and said, "It's easy to do that, you just need to hang them and shoot them from a distance." Just a little more time and shells to waste. ”

Liu Pei said: "This doesn't matter. Our negotiations with the Tokugawa family are progressing well. If it succeeds, the little shell money will be easily returned. I just don't want to be a sword for the Tokugawa family! ”

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