A few days later, the army led by Matsudaira Nobutsuna arrived at the ruins of Seoul as scheduled. The reason for this is not only because there is a route for the advance that the scouts have discovered in the early stage, but also because there is basically no fighting along the way, even if they encounter active Koreans, they all flee after hearing the news, and they do not dare to fight with the Japanese army at all, so they do not delay our army's trip at all.

He was very satisfied with this, and along the way, he kept "yelling at Xi", even if Fan Wencheng, who didn't talk to him, didn't understand what he usually muttered in Japanese, he could feel his mood.

Standing on the head of Seoul, looking at the surroundings and looking at the grain fields in the distance, he was even more satisfied if he could use it with a little tidying.

Seeing Matsudaira Nobutsuna pointing his finger and saying something in Japanese language to the leader of his subordinates, I don't know why, Fan Wencheng felt a little lonely. Suddenly, he felt the need to learn the language. Whether it is to prevent bad luck in the Qing Dynasty, to hug the thighs of the Wa State, or as a representative of the Qing Dynasty, it is necessary to deal with the Wa State for a long time.

Thinking so, he took a chance, smiled and stepped forward to praise Matsudaira Nobutsuna: "I didn't expect your army to reach Seoul so quickly. What a gratifying congratulations! ”

The sedan chair carries people, no matter what, it is always right to send a bunch of sycophants as the opening remarks.

However, Matsudaira Nobutsuna glanced up at him, then turned his head to look at the Han River, although he still smiled, but his words were without warmth: "Along the way, there are almost no Koreans, let alone people, so how can we talk about destroying the ancient era?" ”

When Fan Wencheng heard this, he was a little embarrassed, as if people didn't eat this sycophant, but he was also thick-skinned, so he immediately put this embarrassment behind him, and immediately replied according to the meaning of Matsudaira Nobutsuna: "That's right, this North Korea has been swept back and forth many times by my Qing Dynasty, so naturally there are no North Koreans." As for the Ming people, they were pinned down by our Qing Dynasty, and they did not have any extra troops stationed in Korea at all. This time, your army will firmly entrench in North Korea, and there will be no problem! ”

This time, Matsudaira Nobutsuna nodded, and all this was as expected. Thinking like this, he said happily again: "Wen Chengjun, look here, how many farmers are needed to reclaim these grain fields, which is enough for the food needs of the army?" ”

When Fan Wencheng heard that he consulted himself, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly used all his skills to analyze Matsudaira Nobutsuna from all aspects, and finally came up with how much manpower there was. He understood that it was naturally impossible for the Japanese farmers to come to Korea all at once, and if they could get the minimum number of people, it would be easier for the Japanese to arrange some of them, so it was okay to estimate the number of people as accurately as possible.

After answering, Fan Wencheng said with congratulations: "Around Seoul, the land is fertile, and after the grain fields are reclaimed, it must be enough for the army. By the way, there is also the north, all the way to Pyongyang, there are also a lot of fertile grain fields, these are terra nullius, as long as your country makes use of it, not to mention 100,000 troops, it is 200,000, 300,000 troops, I believe there is no problem. ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna smiled when he heard this, isn't this what he and the shogun are looking forward to?

He was about to say something, when suddenly, a Japanese army leader came rushing from the ruins of the city, holding something in his hand. This situation was a bit unusual, and it immediately attracted his attention, and he didn't speak again.

And Fan Wencheng also saw it, a little curious about what the leader of the Japanese army found in the city? Generally speaking, this Seoul has been swept back and forth many times by the Qing army, so there should be nothing important or valuable?

I saw that the leader of the Japanese people quickly went to the head of the city, and panted and prayed to Matsudaira Nobutsuna: "My lord, this has been found in the city! ”

When he had finished speaking, he presented a long wooden plaque in both hands, and it was evident that one end was inserted in the soil.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna took it curiously, and his brows furrowed. Fan Wencheng on the side saw it, stretched his neck slightly and looked at it, only to see that on the wooden card in his hand, Chinese characters were written: The government of Han County, North Korean Province of the Ming Dynasty is located, and the fifth day of December in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

"What's going on?" Matsudaira Nobutsuna asked Fan Wencheng a little unhappily, "Didn't you say that this North Korea is borderless?" How did it become a province of the Ming Kingdom? ”

Although the Japanese decided to start a war with the Ming Kingdom, if they could start fighting later, it would be better to start fighting later.

If Korea is a terra nullius, with the understanding of the Central Plains Dynasty of the Wa Kingdom, they just want to send troops, and those ministers in the court will quarrel first, and if they send troops in the end, it will inevitably be delayed for a long time. However, once Korea became a province of the Ming State, as soon as the Japanese army appeared, there would inevitably be only one opinion in the Ming court, at least one opinion than before. This situation is not what the Japanese army wants to see!

Fan Wencheng himself was also curious, and couldn't help but wonder a little and said: "This brand, could it be a trick played by the North Koreans here, trying to scare off your army?" ”

Seeing that Matsudaira Nobutsuna seemed a little unhappy when he heard this, he hurriedly added: "The villain is just analyzing the facts, after all, when the Japanese army attacked Korea in the past, it was repelled by the Ming State. Those remaining North Koreans, who are certainly unwilling to occupy North Korea, will probably naturally think of this intimidation strategy. However, the villain believes that the adults don't care about this at all, and the bad idea of the North Koreans is useless at all. ”

This is also reasonable, Matsudaira Nobutsuna nodded when he heard it, but he still frowned and ordered his subordinates: "Immediately search a radius of 100 miles to see if there is any trace of the Ming people, if you catch the North Koreans, you will also be tortured, ask for some news of the Ming people, look at this sign, whether it was set up by the Ming people, or the North Koreans made a ghost!" ”

"Hey!" His men said yes and went to work.

Then Matsudaira Nobutsuna gave another order, and the army began to camp and rest, and did not go north. The first is to stabilize the rule of this side and drive those annoying North Korean monkeys out of the mountains and eliminate them. Otherwise, when he jumped out and threatened the rear of the army, it was not what he wanted to see.

In addition, the food of the army had to wait for the sailors to be transported from the Han River to Seoul along the coast. If it were transported by land alone, it would have been too much of a food consumption.

Two days later, in addition to a part of the Japanese army began to search for the Koreans, another part of the Japanese army began to clear the grain fields.

These Japanese soldiers came as farmers before joining the army, and relatively speaking, it was actually their job to tweak the fields. All of a sudden, the surroundings of Seoul were full of Japanese people working, and they were in full swing.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna looked at all this, and he didn't care about the hidden worries brought by the wooden card. What if Ming Guo knew that his side occupied North Korea? They are restrained by the Qing State, how many troops can they divide to Korea, and they will go as far as Seoul? By the time they actually came, their side had already been fully prepared and firmly established. At that time, the Ming Kingdom came from afar, and if you want to fight, you can fight!

At this time, suddenly, Matsudaira Nobutsuna saw a fast rider speeding from the south, and at that speed, it was a desperate run, and he knew that there was something urgent at a glance.

What will happen in the rear? When Matsudaira Nobutsuna saw it, he couldn't help frowning, if it was said that it was not smooth to exterminate the Koreans, it seemed that there was no need to rush into this.

Waited patiently for a while, and after seeing the person who came, Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Isn't this going to deliver food to Qingguo?" How did you get here? ”

Because it is related to the Qing Kingdom, he said it in the words of the Ming Dynasty.

When Fan Wencheng heard this, he immediately had a bad feeling. However, when I think about it, I think it doesn't make sense!

In order to guard against the chaos of the Ming army, when this batch of grain was discussed, it was as far as the sea of Ezo. The activities of the Ming army were only to Zhenjiang Fort at most. What's more, since the Geng Zhongming incident, the focus of the Ming State has shifted to the line of Gaizhou and Haizhou, not to mention Zhenjiang Fort, even near Jinzhou, the activities of the Ming army have decreased.

So, Fan Wencheng ruled out the possibility of the Ming army making trouble, so he frowned and asked Matsudaira Shingang: "Could it be that there is a storm and waves, so there is no way to send food over?" ”

Thinking of this, he felt reasonable, so he added his reasoning: "So the Qing Dynasty has not received food, and the war is tight?" ”

Hearing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna remembered that a few days ago, Ying Ordai was anxious, and couldn't help but believe it a little.

So, he frowned, if this is the case, the pressure on the Qing side will be great. So on the side of the Japanese country, do you still have to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight? I'm afraid it's not the tiger fighting, but the tiger bullying the sick cat!

Just as they were guessing, the galloping leader had already rushed to Matsudaira Nobutsuna and was out of breath.

Fan Wencheng on the side was watching, although he couldn't understand it, but he saw that Matsudaira Nobutsuna's face suddenly changed greatly, and he quickly communicated with that person, including the surrounding widows, his face was ugly. Suddenly, Fan Wencheng's bad feeling just now came out again.

He didn't think about anything, but suddenly, he saw Matsudaira Nobutsuna staring at him, and shouted with a little hideous expression: "What is the combat power of the Qing Kingdom?" Didn't it say that there was no invincible opponent in Liaodong and invincible in the field, so that the Ming army almost lost the capital? ”

As soon as he heard this, Fan Wencheng understood, it turned out that his intuition was not wrong, and it was really related to the Ming Army!

However, in this way, he couldn't figure it out, what was going on with the Ming army, there were traces of them?

So, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, is something wrong?" ”

"The grain was handed over to the hands of Prince Heshuosu of your Qing Kingdom, but before the fleet left, I saw with my own eyes that the cavalry of the Ming Kingdom had been killed, just like destroying the ancient and decaying, and the Qing army was completely wiped out!" When Matsudaira Nobutsuna said this, he was a little panicked, and asked Fan Wencheng even more fiercely, "Say, what's going on, why is this happening, Qingguo won't be the general of my family, right?" ”