As hot as the newspapers, there was also a scorching summer day in June, and Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Japanese state, came to Jinling at this time.

Accompanied by Zhu Dadian, the Duke of Weiguo, Zhu Dadian, who is close to ancient times, although he is still ruthless and strong, Hou Xuanyan can't bear to let him continue to run.

This time, he was specially named to come back with him, and prepared to send another person to Japan to sit in this important island country.

Tokugawa Iemitsu made sufficient preparations for this tribute to the Ming Dynasty, although the war in Korea was not satisfactory, but he had already issued a death order, so that Sakai Nobumitsu must fight a victory during his time in the Ming Dynasty.

Three of Japan's largest ships, bringing a quarter of the officials of the Japanese shogunate, as well as many powerful daimyo domains. There were even more servants and attendants accompanying him, and many of them even crowded into the ship of the Daming Sailor.

Gu Yanwu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, went to Longtan Port to greet him, took a group of people to Honglu Temple, and left after being properly settled.

The Tokugawa shogunate's old middle (the highest official position of the shogunate), Abe Tadaaki, said with a smile: "The Ming Dynasty is really enthusiastic about us, and the original envoys who came to the Ming Dynasty were always criticized. This time the general himself arrived, and their attitude became kind. ”

"Of course, we are the best friends of the Ming Dynasty, and it was their emperor who said it himself."

Tokugawa Iemitsu listened to the words of his subordinates, and was also very happy, and said: "These days, you should observe more of the decrees and measures of the Ming Dynasty, when I came, I saw that the streets were wide and clean, the merchants were like clouds, and there were many high-rise buildings, which were a thousand or ten thousand times more prosperous than Edo, and sooner or later, we will become as rich and powerful as Edo." ”

All the Japanese people in the house knelt down together and said yes, and Tokugawa Iemitsu looked around with satisfaction, this is a desirable national capital.

Wei Guogong Zhu Dadian didn't even enter the door, and went directly to the palace, and Hou Xuanyan had already set up the wine and food.

Hou Xuanyan in the palace stood outside the gate of the inner mansion and waited, and Zhu Dadian's frame arrived from a distance, and it was the Zhu family groom who went to the port to meet him.

Hou Xuanyan stepped forward to hold Zhu Dadian's hands, and smiled heartily: "Haha, Lao Zhu, thank you for your hard work." ”

"Where is the prince, working for the country is both a mission and a duty, the prince personally conquered Jiliao, broke the Shanhaiguan, took Ningyuan City, and captured Shang Kexi alive, this is really hard work."

The two of them complimented each other and walked into the courtyard, where the green willows are shady, the red walls and green tiles, the water pavilion is towering, and the lotus leaves are full of ponds, which is a good place to cool off the heat.

A long time ago, someone had already arranged the wine and food, Qingluan poured the wine for the two of them, Hou Xuanyan secretly gently pinched her, and said, "You stand down." ”

Qingluan retired, and Hou Xuanyan clapped his hands and asked, "Lao Zhu, what did you say about this Tokugawa Iemitsu, a bastard, who came to our Daming Institute?" ”

Zhu Dadian was a little surprised, originally he thought that Hou Xuanyan was good to the Tokugawa family, and he was canonized and rewarded, but it turned out that the prince was very disgusted with this person?

Zhu Dadian paused and said in a low voice: "Tokugawa Ieguang seems to be tame but is actually extremely arrogant, and he must be unwilling to surrender to our Ming forever in his heart." I see that he is here, most of them because he wants to see the reason why the Ming Dynasty is strong, and steal a teacher or two. ”

Hou Xuanyan agreed, Zhu Dadian's thoughts were similar to his own, he frowned and said: "That's right, although the Japanese are cruel, but they have always been shameless teachers, it doesn't matter if he wants to learn, we open the country to let Siyi come to congratulate, who can learn whose ability." ”

"Hmph, even if they know our government decrees and national policies, they must have a master of great talent like the prince to learn a little bit of skin."

Hou Xuanyan felt comfortable in his heart, but said on his lips: "Lao Zhu has said this, haha, punish a glass of wine." ”

The two of them quickly hooked their shoulders and were drunk, Hou Xuanyan got up and sent Zhu Dadian out, then returned to the inner courtyard, and walked to Bian Yujing's room, he didn't want to smoke Huang Ying'er who was waiting to give birth.

Sister Bian Yujing hurriedly helped him to the bed, removed his shoes and socks, and boiled hot water and sobering soup.

Hou Xuanyan, who was lying on the bed, did not take Tokugawa Iemitsu's envoy to heart at all, but the whole country of Japan attaches great importance to it, and the learning of this nation is very high.

And even more important to this is Sakai Nobumitsu, who is far away in North Korea, he has received the death order of his master, and as a general, he must fight a victory to honor the master of the mission.

All the generals in this account understand this, but they know Daniel Zhang's strength best, and if they attack the Qing army, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. But the small victory caused by the sneak attack is insignificant, where can it serve the purpose of adding glory to the Lord.

Sakai Nobumitsu's eyes darkened, he hadn't slept well for a long time, especially when he heard the news that the general had arrived in Daming.

According to the sword in his hand, the Japanese generally use a sword, but today is a special day, Sakai Nobumitsu took out the sword given to him by Hou Xuanyan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Excellency General has arrived in Jinling of the Ming Dynasty, and we are still surrounded here, relying on the support of the Ming Naval Division. Today is the day of the jade shattering, I have decided to fight to the death for His Excellency the General, who of you dares to follow me in the battle? ”

The generals below scolded the eighteenth generation of Sakai Nobumitsu's ancestors, and then expressed their willingness to fight to the death one by one.

They have no choice, and against the will of the Lord, they are also a death.

In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu just wanted a small victory, because there have been too many defeats in the Korean battlefield recently, and he needs a small victory to save a little face.

However, he did not understand the situation in Korea, and thought that like Japan, if he lost, he would lose and recharge his strength and continue to fight. The Korean soldiers are now facing Qing soldiers, and that is not their level of force, only the oppressed soldiers here have a deep understanding of the power of the Han Eight Banners under Daniel Zhang.

That night, there was a heavy fog in Busan, North Korea, and the Japanese people poured out of their nests to attack the Qing army camp at night.

Even the Ming army sailors on the ship didn't know, and after hearing the shouts of killing, they looked at the land in disbelief, thinking that the Qing soldiers were attacking at night.

Daniel Zhang, who was sleeping, got up, grabbed his armor and rushed out of the big tent, and the soldiers had already pressed up like a tsunami.

"What's the matter?" Daniel Zhang roared angrily.

"General, the Japanese soldiers attack the camp!"

"Haha, good time!" Daniel Zhang was not shocked and rejoiced, and raised his voice: "The drum horns are beating, the turtle shrank so badly in the past, I didn't expect them to send them to the door tonight to kill us." ”

The fourth watch day is the time when people sleep most soundly, so thieves generally choose this time to commit crimes, also called dog thieves. The Japanese soldiers attacked the camp around the fourth watch, and it did have a certain effect.

Many Qing soldiers were woken up in a daze, and the rockets fired everywhere caused the already immaculate camps of the Qing soldiers to catch fire everywhere. Daniel Zhang did not expect the soldiers to dare to take the initiative to attack, so the camp tent was built very loosely. But this also left an opportunity for the Qing soldiers, and it was not easy to be successful by surprise attacks when people were scattered, and many of them were startled and immediately went into battle. After a bloody battle, the Japanese soldiers' offensive was gradually blocked, and they began to be beaten instead. Sukh Saha's Manchu Eight Banners and Daniel Zhang's Han Eight Banners were both top troops in land warfare, and although the soldiers were brave, they were still not opponents.

Sakai Nobumitsu looked at the gradually losing battle situation, and his heart was crossed, and he raised his sword to kill the past. Daniel Zhang saw a Japanese general with a sword from a distance, rushed over, and the tip of the gun went straight to the face door of Sakai Nobumitsu, who raised his sword to block, and hit Daniel Zhang's arms, and slashed with his left hand.

With an unwilling dull roar, Sakai Nobumitsu's short body slowly fell, and the Japanese soldiers no longer had the courage to fight to the death, and began to flee outside.

In this battle, the Japanese soldiers poured out, no less than 80,000 men and horses, and tens of thousands of people were left in addition to the dead and wounded, and fled to the sea.

With the help of the firelight, the sailors here recognized that they were Japanese soldiers, and hurriedly raised their guns and opened artillery to bombard the rear to cover them.

The Qing soldiers chased here, afraid of the cannons of the sailors, and they had no choice but to retreat.