With the defeat of Nagasaki, the defeated Japanese in Kagoshima and Fukuoka had no choice but to move closer to Mt. Aso, east of Kyushu, intending to flee back to Honshu Island from the port of Ohonto. At this time, the Ming Dynasty arranged a three-way army on Kyushu Island, deliberately leaving a gap in the east, and in the art of war, it was called the siege of the division Bique, in order to prevent the Japanese dogs from jumping over the wall and following the expeditionary force to the end.

Of course, they were not safe at sea, because the sailors of Minami Juyi and Zheng Zhilong had blocked the Seto Inland Sea, and not only could the Japanese invaders on Honshu Island not be able to enter or exit, but even Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island were isolated. After all, these two places belong to the poor areas of Japan, and the Satsuma (not Samoyed) region of Kyushu has the strongest people, and most of the war criminals who committed heinous crimes in China during World War II came from here.

This land-sea coordinated battle was finally stopped by the Ming army's complete victory, and Zhu Youxiao successfully achieved the goal of the first stage. It was the height of summer, and the monsoon soon began to be a typhoon-prone season, so he ordered the whole army to go on the defensive, and appointed Korean and Luzon immigrants as local officials to clear the island of recalcitrant pirates and spies.

Tokugawa Tadanaga thought that the Ming Dynasty would take advantage of the victory and pursue him, so that he could successfully occupy Edo and become the third shogun of the shogunate. However, the Ming army suddenly and completely retracted the defensive line, which caught him off guard. At this time, he had set up an offensive position outside the river, and after losing the containment of the Ming army, the two wings were exposed, and Tokugawa Iemitsu keenly found this fighter and ordered the shogunate army to press on all fronts.

Since both sides were in ruins, and neither of them thought of retreating, the battle was very tragic. The shogunate army took advantage of the numerical advantage to continuously compress Tokugawa Tadanaga's position, and immediately after driving them to the sea, they built walls and dug trenches, trying to trap Tokugawa Tadanaga on the beach. At this time, Tokugawa Tadanaga had just woken up from a dream, and he was toyed with between applause from the beginning by the Ming Emperor, who wanted not only Nagasaki, but all of Japan.

For the annihilation of Tokugawa Tadadenaga's entire army, Nanju Yi and Zheng Zhilong saw very clearly at sea, and on several occasions they had compassion and wanted to take Tokugawa Tadanaga to Nagasaki, but Zhu Youxiao's order was not to sympathize with any Japanese people, otherwise they would be beheaded on charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Under this high-pressure policy, no one in the Ming army dared to disobey military orders, and thus avoided many non-combat attrition.

After October, the monsoon receded, and Oda Nobuyhiro in Shikoku could not wait to board the Ming Dynasty ships and set out for Kobe. In the past six months, he has tossed Shikoku Island to the bottom, and all officials, retainers and supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate have been executed by him, making the already sparsely populated island even more deserted.

This expedition can be said to be overwhelming, with the help of the Ming Dynasty sailors, a steady stream of people into the outer enclosure of the river. In his opinion, this was a godsend, and the internal strife of the Tokugawa family had already made the already exhausted shogunate even worse, as long as he attacked Edo with all his might, the whole of Japan was within reach. I have to say that Oda Nobuyhiro's judgment is very prepared, he was the eldest grandson of Oda Nobunaga, and after entering Honshu Island, he was supported by many Japanese people, and Oda retainers and ronin continued to join along the way, and the army was approaching Osaka in a mighty way.

When Oda Nobuyhiro's army approached the castle, Tokugawa Iemitsu realized that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not intend to be a spectator, and that both Tokugawa Tadanaga and Oda Nobuyhiro had the Ming Dynasty behind them. At this time, the warships of the Ming Dynasty were on guard outside the river and the sea, and he did not know what the opponent's combat goal was, but such a mobilization would never be just for a Nagasaki city.

Faced with a two-front attack, Tokugawa Iemitsu decided to send an envoy to the Ming army camp to negotiate, and at the same time did his best to attack the Oda army in the west, he thought that as long as he could eliminate Oda Nobuyhiro in the shortest possible time, his subordinates would be greatly boosted, and then use the terrain to fight the Ming army on the island, and it was not known who would kill the deer.

In a desperate posture with Oda Nobuyhiro, the Tokugawa shogunate quickly mobilized the main forces in Honshu to reinforce Edo and intercepted Oda Nobuyhiro's forward forces in Osaka. The two sides have long been old acquaintances, and after meeting each other, they fought in one place without greetings, because Japan itself did not manufacture firearms and ammunition, and soon this group of Japanese people retreated to the era of cold weapons, and broadswords, spears, bows and arrows, and bricks became sought-after goods again.

Just as Oda Nobuhiro and Tokugawa Iemitsu were engaged in a tug-of-war in Osaka, Zhu Youxiao sent diplomatic notes to both sides, asking them to ensure the safety of local Chinese merchants, and at the same time ordering Hong Chengchou and Chiang Dejing to lead 70,000 main forces into Edo Castle under the pretext of protecting Emperor Gomizuo, and secretly carry out the second phase of the battle plan.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was extremely annoyed by the sudden military action of the Ming Dynasty, and he took great pains to drive away the Westerners, but now he was invaded by the Ming army. However, anger without strength was meaningless, and he could only greet the outnumbered and well-equipped Ming army with a smile, and agreed to hand over Emperor Gomizuo and his family to Qi Xingguo's Yulin for protection, and they were soon taken to Nanjing, where they waited for Zhu Youxiao's summons in the Fengtian Temple.

At this time, the Emperor Gomizuo was in the prime of his life, having witnessed the rise of the shogunate and the decline of the imperial family, and knew very well that he was nothing more than a puppet of Tokugawa Hidetada, especially after Tokugawa Kazuko took control of the middle palace, and rejected and suppressed his people, wanting to pave the way for their daughter Koko to become emperor. In the past, he was helpless at the mercy of the Tokugawa family, but now he has become the guest of honor of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is keenly aware of Zhu Youxiao's motives, and as soon as they meet, he bows three times and knocks nine times, and says respectfully:

"The queen of Japan, Mizuo, visited the Ming Emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

Seeing that he was so well-behaved, Zhu Youxiao knew that this was an extremely smart person, and replied kindly:

"Although His Royal Highness lives in Dongyi, he is so familiar with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, which makes me impressed. I heard that there is a war going on in Japan, but I wonder what His Highness thinks? ”

Although Gomizuo's power was hollowed out by Tokugawa, he still had political wisdom, and he knew that Zhu Youxiao was asking him to express his position and publicly condemn the atrocities of Tokugawa Iemitsu and Oda Nobuyi, so that the Ming Dynasty could carry out its next move. He wanted to refuse, but he had no choice but to send someone under the fence, and the family needed to rely on the protection of the Ming Dynasty, so he had to say:

"At the beginning, Oda Nobunaga started his army and unified Japan through conquest, but he was plotted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his whereabouts are unknown after the Honnoji Incident. Later, Tokugawa Ieyasu repeated his old trick and slaughtered the Toyotomi clan and ushered in the Edo shogunate period. From this point of view, both of them are not righteous in winning the country, and they cannot be called legitimate Guan Bai, and everything is up to Your Majesty to decide. ”

Zhu Youxiao thought that this was also an old fox, and his own Taoism might not be able to suppress him, so he decided to talk less and hand it over to Sun Chengzong and Ye Xianggao to clean up in the future. Hou Shuiwei saw that the Ming Emperor was silent, pretending to look up calmly, only to find that the person sitting on the dragon chair was still in the year of the weak crown, with a handsome face, eyes like a torch, and there was an imperial aura looming between his eyebrows.

According to the diplomatic etiquette system, the vassal state needs to set up a banquet to entertain after the pilgrimage, because Japan is the first time to formally bow to the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Youxiao in addition to asking for the highest standard to receive the entourage, but also in the Qianqing Palace banquet Hou Shuiwei family of three.

The table is not only delicacies from all over the Central Plains, but also interspersed with some authentic Japanese dishes, and even a small bottle of Longli rice wine. In addition, the furnishings and utensils in the banquet hall are also placed according to the layout of the Edo Imperial Palace, which shows how much attention Zhu Yu attached to the Hou Mizuo family, and also reflected his understanding of Japan from the side.

As the saying goes, there is no free lunch in the world, the more polite Zhu Youxiao is, the more uneasy Hou Shuiwei is in his heart, he has just come out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den, knowing that everything must be like walking on thin ice to get a glimmer of life. Contrary to the caution of adults, Xingzi, who is less than three years old, has a special relationship with Zhu Cihong, and his innocent childlike fun adds a bit of joy to the atmosphere of the family banquet.

Looking at Zhu Cihong, who was growing up, Zhu Youxiao wiped his beard, and a new plan gradually surfaced. Previously, he had been thinking about how to control the Japanese emperor, but in fact, the method was in front of him, Tokugawa Hidetada could let his daughter marry Gomizuo, why couldn't he let his son marry Koko? For this reason, he decided to agree to Tokugawa Iemitsu's request to jointly support Koko to become the next emperor, and let her pass on the throne to his grandson in the future. In this way, this grandson will have the blood of the imperial family of the two dynasties, coupled with the influence of the Tokugawa family, and the rule of Japan is justified.