Chapter 404: Yi Sunsin
Although Tokugawa Ieyasu was valued by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, everyone present knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu was far less obedient than he seemed, and even Toyotomi Hideyoshi knew this.
After the Battle of Barrel and Saga, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga formed the "Kiyosu Alliance", and repeatedly cooperated with the Oda army to defeat strong enemies, and continued to encroach on the territory of the Imagawa family with the Takeda family.
After the Honnoji Incident, he confronted Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Battle of Komaki Nagakute, and was forced to surrender to him due to the situation.
After the Battle of Odawara, Toyotomi Hideyoshi moved to Kanto, and although he lost his base for many years, he received the largest territory among the foreign daimyo under the Toyotomi regime and served as the pen head of the five elders.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in order to weaken Tokugawa Ieyasu, directly moved his fiefdom.
If it weren't for the scruples of Tokugawa Ieyasu's strength and other people's feelings, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would have the heart to kill Tokugawa Ieyasu. Originally, I thought that if I moved the fiefdom, Tokugawa Ieyasu would fall.
But no one expected that Tokugawa Ieyasu would do a good job in the new territory.
During these years, Tokugawa Ieyasu gathered strength in the Kanto region, developing industry and commerce, and developing agriculture as he did in Mikawa. This made Tokugawa Ieyasu's strength expand very quickly, and with the trade with the Ming Li Dan, Tokugawa Ieyasu was already very strong.
Now that the Korean War is like this, Konishi Yukiyoshi Kato Kiyomasa and Kuroda Nagamasa are all finished, Tsushima Island is lost, Busan is in danger, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's position is very delicate.
You must know that this time Toyotomi Hideyoshi has recruited the power of the whole country.
Because he had just conquered the Hojo clan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to suppress Hojo in the Kanto region, so he didn't need to send troops, and to put it bluntly, Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't want to get credit.
After the defeat of Seoul, the capital of the Joseon dynasty in Gyeonggi Province, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was crowned a meritorious hero.
It can be seen that in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's view, it is effortless to take Korea with his own strength, defeat the Ming Dynasty, and finally occupy India and establish a huge empire.
Can such a good thing be given to Tokugawa Ieyasu? You're staying in the Kanto region!
Because of such thoughts and practices, the current situation suddenly becomes delicate, and if the people who entered North Korea do not come back, then who can suppress Tokugawa Ieyasu? There are no fools in the people present, who would have thought otherwise?
At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu opened his mouth, and whatever he said made people think deeply.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi also looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu, and found that after this guy finished speaking, he sat there with the appearance of an old god, as if what he had just said was not what he said.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also very puzzled in his heart, what did Tokugawa Ieyasu mean by this?
Really? Toyotomi Hideyoshi doesn't believe that Tokugawa Ieyasu would be so kind? Fake? Let yourself veto him because it was his proposal? Possibly! Toyotomi Hideyoshi's eyes narrowed suddenly.
Ishida Mitsunari on the side hurriedly said, "I think what Tokugawa-kun said makes sense. ”
"There is nothing we can do now, we can't quench our thirst from far away, we can't send people to retake Tsushima Island immediately, and we can't sit back and watch the entire army in Korea be wiped out."
"In this way, peace talks with Daming have become the best way."
Ishida Mitsunari was really afraid that Toyotomi Hideyoshi would not listen to Tokugawa Ieyasu, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade him. In fact, in the grand strategy of attacking Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi listened to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Facts also proved that Tokugawa Ieyasu's strategy was effective, and all three capitals of Korea were lost.
But now that I think about it the other way, no matter how you look at it, it seems that Tokugawa Ieyasu deliberately instigated Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambitions, let him attack North Korea, and let him go to Daming to touch the nails.
You must know that Tokugawa Ieyasu has always been unclear with the Ming maritime merchant Li Dan before.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi glanced at Ishida Mitsunari, his face was ugly, although he said that he was negotiating peace with Daming, but everyone knew that this was not a peace negotiation but a peace, and his side did not have the slightest bargaining chip.
"Ishida Mitsunari, Ishida will leave this matter to you!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi was silent for a long time, but he still decided to make peace with Daming: "Withdraw the people first!" ”
This is very important, even if you turn your face and fight again in the future, then you must withdraw people first, if everyone dies in North Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi feels that he really can't stabilize the situation.
Although I was unwilling in my heart, at this time, I really couldn't help it.
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi was preparing to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, a fleet came to the port of Busan, and the shape of this fleet was rather peculiar, compared to the sailors of the Ming Dynasty, it looked like a Hanako fleet.
At the bow of the fleet, a North Korean general looked at the port of Pusan.
The person who came was none other than Yi Sun-sin of the North Korean sailors, and behind him was naturally the North Korean sailors. Looking at the bomb crater that was blown out of the port of Busan, Yi Sunsin had mixed feelings in his heart.
On the one hand, it is gratifying that the port of Busan has been brought back, and at the same time, there is also the strength of the Daming Water Division, and the Celestial Empire is indeed the Celestial Empire. On the other hand, Yi Sunsin was ashamed of his side, and when he looked back at the fleet behind him, Yi Sunsin's heart was gloomy.
The Daming Water Division moves quickly and has strong combat power, if he also has such combat power, why wait until today?
At the beginning, in order to cut off the supply of the Japanese army and save the Korean army from a complete rout, he also planned to take the initiative to occupy Busan. He set out with the Zuoshui battalion and arrived in the waters of Busan the next day, but the Japanese navy was ready for defense.
The surprise attack of his own naval army failed, Zheng Yun was killed, and he could only retreat with his own people.
But look at the Ming Dynasty, they directly occupied Tsushima Island, and then took Busan, which made Yi Sunsin very happy, and at the same time a little disappointed, but the joy was even more.
The Ming Dynasty sent troops to save Korea, and Li Sunsin's heart was warm.
When the fleet docked at the port of Busan, Yi Sunsin saw the general of the Ming army coming to greet him on the shore, and after getting off the warship, Yi Sunsin walked straight to the Ming general: "Lower country Li Sunsin, I have seen the general of Shangguo." ”
Yu Zhigao looked Li Sunchen up and down, and then said with a smile: "General Li is exempt!" As he spoke, he helped Li Sunsin up, and then said with a smile: "In Xia Yu Zhigao, General Li is invited, and my marshal is waiting for the general in the city." ”
As soon as he heard Yu Zhigao's registration, Li Sunsin's eyes lit up, and then he asked, "General Yu Zhigao, dare to ask the general and General Yu Dayou?" ”
"That's my father!" Yu Zhigao hurriedly said, with a serious face and a little pride.
Li Sunsin nodded hurriedly and said with emotion: "Sure enough, the gate is a tiger, good, good!" ”
The two of them walked into Busan City together, and naturally saw a lot of Ming troops and Korean people on the way, although they had just experienced the war, Yi Sunsin still saw smiles from the Korean people.
This made Yi Sunsin's heart feel a lot better.