The Dongying envoy held the national letter, and under the bag of the two teams of Ming soldiers, he came to the handsome tent of the Ming army with a solemn face.

At this time, Zhang Bin hadn't arrived yet, and there were a few guards standing around in the tent like stakes, and they didn't talk to him, so he could only stand in the middle of the tent and wait.

Fortunately, in less than a quarter of an hour, there was a sound of saluting outside, and then, a Ming official with a face like jade and no specific age walked in with a big smile, and arched his hand at him: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the military affairs are busy, so you have been waiting for a long time." ”

Chen Hao beside him was about to translate, but the envoy immediately held the national letter, bowed and saluted: "The Japanese Emperor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ishikawa Ichiro will see Lord Shoufu of the Ming Empire." ”

Oops, is this Chinese pretty standard!

It is not surprising that this Dongying person can speak Chinese, because Dongying also has many Confucian enthusiasts, and even many high-ranking officials in Dongying are proud of being able to write Chinese characters.

Zhang Bin nodded slightly, and then walked quickly to the handsome seat and sat down, behind him Sun Chuanting, Kong Zhenyun, Cao Wenzhao and other Wenchen generals also behind the tables on both sides, which can be regarded as accompaniment, leaving only the position on the left and no one to sit.

Ishikawa Ichiro saw that the Ming officials were seated, so he held the national letter and saluted solemnly: "This is the national letter drawn up by His Majesty the Emperor and the general of Zhengyi, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Bin glanced at Chen Hao, who was standing aside, motioned for him to take the national letter, and then opened the national letter and looked at it seriously.

There are also neat Chinese characters on this national book, which saves him the embarrassment of translating.

He carefully read the letter of state, and then said solemnly: "Your country's request, please forgive us Daming can not agree, our Daming is a state of etiquette, is to live in peace with your country, but, you Dongying does not want to, Wanli Dynasty you attacked my Ming subject country twice in a row, at that time our Ming also asked you to withdraw the army, did you take the initiative to withdraw the army?" Your intention is obvious, that is, you want to use North Korea as a springboard to invade our Ming Dynasty, is my Ming Dynasty's Tianwei so easy to offend? I solemnly tell you that this time, we will not take the initiative to withdraw our troops. ”

When Ishikawa Ichiro heard this, he was not shocked, a letter of state asked the Ming Dynasty to withdraw the army, he didn't think about this, and Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't think about it, this letter was just an introduction, an introduction to peace talks.

He stood up again, bowed and said, "I'm sorry, it's true that the Battle of Wenlu Keicho was the first to send troops out of Japan, but that was the decision of the former regent Sekibai Toyotomi clan, and it has nothing to do with His Majesty the Emperor and General Zhengyi, and our Majesty the Emperor and General Zhengyi both want to live in peace with the Ming Dynasty." This is evident from the fact that we have not sent any more troops to North Korea in the past few decades, and I would like to ask Lord Shousuke to stop the war for the sake of our sincerity. ”

Zhang Bin waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then pretended to be embarrassed: "You didn't take the initiative to withdraw the troops when you attacked our Ming vassal country, and now, you let us take the initiative to withdraw the troops from the Ming Dynasty, this is impossible, your sincerity can't be just a national letter, a few words, right?" ”

This is to be good, as long as there is something to talk about, I am afraid that there is no need to talk about it, Ishikawa Ichiro gritted his teeth and said: "We can make appropriate compensation." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he seemed to smile a little, and he asked solemnly: "What compensation can your country make?" ”

This, due to the rush of time, the shogun didn't discuss the issue of compensation with him at all when he came, Tokugawa Iemitsu just asked him to hurry over and let the Ming truce, as for compensation, you can talk about it after the armistice.

He simply said directly: "This depends on what kind of compensation your country wants, what His Majesty the Emperor and the general mean, as long as your country is willing to withdraw its troops, everything is negotiable." ”

It's good to discuss, then I'll give you a lion opening as usual.

Zhang Bin pretended to hesitate for a moment, and then said frankly: "What His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty means, if your country can pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty, we can consider withdrawing the army." ”

Although Ishikawa Ichiro had already prepared in his heart, he was still inevitably taken aback, and called the minister Nagong, this price is too high, how can people bargain!

He knows quite well that this is called a minister and a tribute is not a low head, shouting long live the Ming Emperor, long live, and then the matter will be over, if the minister is called a tribute, the emperor and the general have to listen to the Ming Dynasty, and even the succession or something must be allowed by the Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty the Emperor will be canonized by the Ming Dynasty!

He thought about it for a long time and didn't know how to bargain, because Daming didn't want them to lose money, nor did he want them to lose land, but to lose the entire Dongying!

In the end, he could only say in despair: "This, I can't reply to Lord Shousuke, such a big matter can only be decided by our Emperor His Majesty and General Seiyi." ”

Zhang Bin pretended to understand: "Well, this official knows, so please go back and ask your Majesty the Emperor and General Zhengyi as soon as possible." ”

Even if this round of peace talks is over, Ishikawa Ichiro said goodbye with a solemn face, Sun Chuanting, Kong Zhenyun, Cao Wenzhao and other military generals looked at Zhang Bin with puzzled faces, what does the grandfather of this country mean, just said that he would send troops and promised to negotiate peace with others!

Kong Zhenyun couldn't help it, he directly arched his hand and said: "Grandpa Guo, since you have decided to send troops, why do you want to agree to peace talks with Dongying?" ”

Zhang Bin pretended to be serious and said: "When did I agree to a truce, no, since Dongying didn't agree to our conditions, then continue to fight, right?" ”

Damn, aren't you playing tricks!

Kong Zhenyun was a little unacceptable and said: "Grandpa Guo, our Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, is it a bit inappropriate for you to do this?" ”

Pedantic, reasoning with the enemy, you think that fighting a war is reading.

Zhang Bin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Kaizhong, we also wanted to reason with Dongying during the Wanli Dynasty, did they reason with us?" If they are unreasonable, why should we be reasonable? ”

Kong Zhenyun was speechless for a moment.

This time, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Toei shogunate, was angry with Zhang Bin, and the envoy he sent had just returned, and he hadn't figured out how to bargain with the Ming Dynasty, and then the bad news came.

The Ming Dynasty actually divided its troops into two routes, raiding Shikoku and Honshu respectively!

It's really good to bully, right, the dog will jump off the wall when he's in a hurry!

In fact, he was not unprepared, as soon as he received the letter from the Ming Dynasty, he had already ordered the vassal states to assemble their armies and prepare to resist the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, but the speed of the Ming army's advance was simply too terrifying, which caught him off guard.

The military system of Dongying is not the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty wants to assemble the army and directly give orders to the local capital guards, although there is a serious shortage of guards, the assembly is still very fast.

If Dongying wants to recruit the army, he has to notify the daimyo of the vassal kingdom first, and let them gather their respective subordinates, there is an extra procedure in the middle, and they don't have a guard system, and the speed of assembling into an army is very slow, and it would be good for the army of the vassal country to be assembled in ten days and half a month, and then run to Kyushu Island, at least a month, but Zhang Bin took Kyushu Island in less than half a month, what can he do.

He could only let the ** teams of the various feudal states assemble in the central part of the state and prepare to attack, and at the same time send envoys to sue for peace with the Ming Dynasty, so that the armies of the various feudal states could be gathered together.

He finally understood it at this time, Da Ming didn't think about withdrawing the army, he wanted to let them withdraw the army, only to beat them back!

Fight and fight, in this land of Honshu, will I be afraid of your two or three hundred thousand Ming troops!