The angel he spoke of was Amakusa Shiro, whom these Christians called 'angels', and who had great prestige among these 'traitors'.

Amakusa Shiro looked up at the middle-aged man, shook his head calmly, and said, "Heizaburo, do you think the shogunate will really mobilize so many samurai?" It's nothing more than a bluff, you don't want to be deceived. ”

This Hei Saburo was stunned for a moment, suddenly woke up, and said with a smile: "I understand, this is their trick, the strength of the Nine Kingdoms is no longer enough to deal with us, it is not overnight to mobilize 100,000 troops, it will not be silent, I estimate, it is still collected from Jiuguo Island, and then the major names are recruited, presumably, they will soon pass through the Guanmen Strait, but it will take time to integrate." ”

Amakusa Shiro nodded, looked at the map, and said, "We can't go head-to-head with the shogunate, as long as we survive this winter, as soon as spring plowing arrives, the shogunate will retreat!" ”

Heizaburo is convinced of Amakusa Shiro, after all, Amakusa Shiro has already led them to defeat the shogunate three times with a hoe!

At this moment, a woman hurried in and said eagerly, "Angel, the bishop has a letter." ”

Amakusa Shiro stood up violently, rushed over in one step, and grabbed it, but he was stunned for a moment, he couldn't recognize all the words on it, and hurriedly handed it to Heizaburo, saying, "Quick, read it to me." ”

They are all Christians, they have always been isolated, wantonly slaughtered, encircled and suppressed by various countries, although they are now revolting, but they are isolated, and they have been asking for help from the Dutch and Portuguese missionaries, but they have not replied for a long time.

Hei Saburo was also in a hurry, hurriedly finished, and suddenly said with great joy: "Angel, the bishop said that they said that they would help us if they moved the Ming Dynasty, and they were very sympathetic to us and might send troops." ”

Amakusa Shiro immediately said, "Did they say it? How can I help? Can you take us away? ”

Heizaburo said, "The letter said that the Akito would provide us with weapons, armor, and firearms, and at the same time test the pressure of the shogunate to make them respect our religious beliefs, ensure that human rights are not harmed, and not wantonly slaughter us." The Ming people's ship has gone to sea, and it will take us to Daming if necessary. ”

Amakusa Shiro was overjoyed, holding the letter, although he couldn't read it, and he couldn't understand what 'human rights' was, but he was still very excited to know that the Ming Dynasty was coming to help, and he read it again and again: "By the way, when will their aid arrive?" When and where will the ship arrive? ”

Heizaburo was stunned and said, "Angel, I didn't say this, maybe the letter is too short, or it's not safe, if it's robbed by Itakura Shigema, it will be troublesome." ”

Amakusa Shiro nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's right to do this, you pay attention, the bishop will definitely send someone to contact us again, as long as we have weapons and food, we will definitely be able to defeat the shogunate, we will definitely be able to ......"

"That's right, as long as you survive this winter, as soon as spring begins, the shogunate will definitely withdraw its troops!" Heizaburo agreed.

Soon, the news spread throughout the original city, and everyone was excited, and the silent prayer seemed to have a voice, echoing in the sky above the original city.

The situation over the original castle changed, and Cao Bianjiao left Kagoshima and returned to Jeju Island, while reorganizing the fleet, while collecting more information, and making pre-war arrangements.

Jeju Island base.

Cao Bianjiao, He Xilian, Liu Jingming and a group of people gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Looking at the huge sand table, He Xilian said: "My lords, this pair of horses, between Korea and the Hizen Domain, is the only way from the Wa Kingdom to Korea, if you want to deal with the Wa Kingdom, this Tsushima must be held in your hands!" ”

Liu Jingming was originally a general in Taiwan, participated in the counterattack against Spain and the Netherlands, and has also climbed to the position of deputy chief soldier in recent years.

He said: "In the last two years, Tsushima Island will be infiltrated sufficiently. Tsushima is the territory of the Zong clan, there are few wars, there is relatively little arable land, but there is quite a lot of sea trade, and Korea, I have close contacts with the Ming Dynasty, the population is not large, there is no regular army, only more than 1,000 samurai in the domain of the feudal lord, and other places are basically rabble, without much training. However, Tsushima Island is mountainous and forested, so there is some trouble. ”

Cao Bianjiao nodded when he listened, and said, "It's not difficult to win Tsushima, what is the movement on Jiuguo Island now?" ”

Kasai Lian said: "The military intelligence department received news that Matsudaira Nobutsuna has arrived at Karatsu Castle and is collecting troops, and the troops collected by the Tokugawa shogunate from the major names have also crossed the Kanmon Strait one after another, I judge that in ten days at most, they will be eager to attack the original castle, and now the disasters are continuous, spring ploughing is very important to the Japanese country, even if the shogunate does not agree, the major daimyo will not accept it, and will definitely end the war before spring ploughing, regardless of success or failure." ”

Cao Bianjiao nodded and said: "Our purpose is not to start a war, but to give the Wa Kingdom enough warning to establish the Huayi order of my Ming Dynasty, that is, the heavenly order that the emperor said, and no one or the country will be allowed to provoke!" ”

Kasai Lian said: "The lower official suggests that we preemptively move before Matsudaira Nobutsuna, take Tsushima Island with great momentum, and make clear the offensive posture against Hizen Province, so that we can not only contain Matsudaira Nobutsuna's actions, give the original castle buffer time, but also give the Tokugawa shogunate a time to react, no matter what they do, when the time comes, we will block the Kanmon Strait, if they still refuse to bow their heads, and wait for Matsudaira Nobutsuna to take Ezo after the defeat, and put on a large-scale offensive posture, I believe that by this time, the Wa Kingdom will be obedient in addition to ' Surrender', there is no other option. ”

"If the Wa Kingdom is still dead, we will use the forces of the Satsuma Domain, cooperate with Amakusa Shiro in the original city, attack from two directions, exterminate Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and take the entire Kukoku Island, I don't believe that at this time, what else can the Wa Kingdom do!" Liu Jingming patted the table and said in a deep voice.

"If it doesn't work, take Shikoku Island again, that small island is easy to take, just block the sea lane, and leave a home island for Tokugawa Iemitsu!" A lieutenant followed.

Cao Bianjiao glanced at them lightly, and the few people who spoke suddenly stiffened and did not speak.

According to them, it was almost a full-scale war with the Wa Kingdom, and if it went further, it would be to attack the island of Japan, enter Edo, and destroy the Tokugawa shogunate.

Cao Bianjiao looked at He Xilian and said, "I will agree with Lord He's words, take Tsushima Island first, and then the combined fleet will go to the Hizen Domain in an all-round way, shell the shore, and warn him." By the way, first send a letter to Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Tokugawa Iemitsu, severely condemning their massacre, asking them to ensure the religious beliefs and survival rights of the Christians in the original city, renounce the use of force, and resolve the differences through communication and negotiation, and resolve the matter peacefully......"

He Xilian, Liu Jingming listened to Cao Bianjiao's words, and was in a daze for a while, in this way, the righteousness is awe-inspiring, quite excessive, and there is no reason to refute it.

Others stammered and didn't know how to speak.

He Xilian understood that Cao Bianjiao had followed the Qianqing Palace for many years, and most of these strange statements came from the emperor.

Such a statement is tantamount to asking the Japanese to give up the encirclement and suppression of the rebellion and negotiate with the rebels, which is almost a self-abandonment of martial arts, so to speak, is complete nonsense!

Not only will the Wa Kingdom not agree, but they will be annoyed and angry.

This is also what they want, the more angry the Wa Kingdom is, the more effort it will put in, and the greater the pressure on the Ming Dynasty!

"Yes!"

A group of people reacted suddenly and answered loudly.

On the same day, Liu Jingming led ten warships and fifteen small ships, a total of 5,000 people, out of Jeju Island and headed for Tsushima. And the letter, which had been entrusted to a Japanese merchant before, was brought to Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

At this time, Itakura Shigemasa had raised 50,000 troops again, some of them were soldiers from major names and families such as the island of his own country, and more were entangled in the island of Kyukoku, some were out of 500, some were 800, some were 1,000, some were 2,000, and so on, and many more were still on the way, and had not crossed the Kanmon Strait.

The original city was tense, and I don't know how many Christians were waiting in the city with hoes.

Arima, Hosokawa, Mizuno and other people from various families accompanied Itakura Shigemasa's side, pressed the army, and approached Hara Castle.

Amakusa Shiro really alarmed them, the strength of this group of chaotic people is too strong, Itakura Shigemasa can't be exterminated three times or twice, if it is big, the entire Kyukoku Island will be uncontrollable, and they will all be unlucky, so they all take out their old books and prepare to fight to the death with the original city.

Itakura Shigemasa is even more so, this is his battle of life and death, if he can win, he doesn't need to cut his stomach, if he loses, he will die!

When he was ready to strangle the original city at once, an urgent order ordered him to stop the army immediately and return to the Rotary Hall alone.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna was already not far from the original castle, sitting and watching Itakura Shigemasa's actions.

"Shinzunaden?" In the hall, Shigemasa Itakura sat opposite Matsudaira Nobutsuna, frowning and slightly dissatisfied.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's face did not move, holding a teacup in his right hand, and pushing a letter in his hand to Itakura Shigemasa with his left hand.

Itakura Shigemasa took it, looked at the huge Chinese characters, and suddenly felt bad, he had practiced Chinese characters since he was a child, and he could recognize them, and when he opened it, he immediately felt that he didn't know it.