Hearing Hui Qiong's words, Xiubao was not very surprised, after all, this old monk's analysis was reasonable, and even Xiubao himself had to admire,

However, it is not only this analysis that Xiubao admires, but also the invisible net that Hui Qiong secretly casts. It sounds logical for Hideho to send his retainers to discuss it, but if you think about it, you can come up with a different answer.

As we all know, there are two reasons why Xiuzhong was captured, first, it is obvious that Xiuzhong was greedy for merit and went into an ambush by mistake; Second, Xiuzhong did not inform Xiuyuan in advance, coupled with the slow attack of the Western Route Army, which failed to take Pyeongtaek, resulting in poor cooperation between the two sides, and Xiuzhong's lone army went deep, and the army was defeated and captured.

The above two reasons, the first is obviously wrong with Xiuzhong, and the second, although both sides are at fault, but Xiuyuan stationed troops in Tian'an and hesitated not to fight, which indirectly led to Xiuzhong being captured.

Well, now it's clear that both Hidetada and Hidemoto were at fault for the defeat of Jishan, and even if Hidetada was rescued safely, he would inevitably be punished by Hideyoshi. On the other hand, Xiubao first took advantage of the situation to capture Xianshan Island, the main camp of the Korean naval army, to eliminate the elbow and armpit of the Japanese army, and then exterminated the remnants of the Korean naval army, capturing more than 300 officers and soldiers.

In ancient times, the righteous knot Jinlan would always be embellished with a sentence of "blessings and hardships together" to show the determination to work together in the future, but Huiqiong knew that although Xiuyuan was Xiubao's brother-in-law, the relationship between the two had not yet reached that point, so "blessings and sharing" could not be expected, and Hideyoshi's reward for Hidebo's 80,000 Zhixing could only watch, and it was impossible to get a piece of the pie; Since this is the case, then you have to "share the difficulties", even if I can't live a good life, you don't want to be stable.

To put it bluntly, Hui Qiong just wants to pull Xiubao into the water and let him mix in this mess. As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, once the commanders of the three legions are involved, then even if Hideyoshi is angry, he will not punish too severely.

"I'm the straw." Xiubao wants to be angry but also wants to laugh, he is angry that Huiqiong is too outward, Xiubao admits that his relationship with Xiuyuan is not as close as Xiuxing, but what does this mean, as Xiuyuan's brother-in-law, whether it is for Qiqi or for the relationship with the Maori family, but whenever Huiqiong proposes to let him send a messenger, Xiubao will never say a word, why play such a small trick?

The reason why Xiubao wants to laugh is also because of Hui Qiong, he underestimates himself too much, how can he be so sure that he can be pulled into the water by virtue of this peace? This is too self-confidence, or the conceit of being the world's number one diplomatic monk.

However, since everyone intends to let Xiubao come out, then he naturally can't refuse, so as not to hurt the harmony, after thinking about it, he said the right person in his mind: "I immediately took a letter of resignation and ordered Fujido Sado Mamoru to rush to Tian'an to discuss peace matters." ”

"Oh, is it His Highness Gao Hu?" Hui Qiong thought for a while, and said with a slight bow: "Sado Shou is the first important minister under the command of Shizhong, and his ability is also heard of by poor monks, I believe that with him on the horse, he will definitely be able to bring Zhong Nayan back safely." ”

"I hope so," Xiubao frowned slightly, looked at Xiuyuan and asked, "Is the Ming army planning to exchange prisoners in Pyeongtaek?" ”

Xiuyuan nodded and replied: Exactly, according to their statement, it is very close to Tianan, which is convenient for Zhong Nayan to return to the army. ”

"Joke, there are less than 3,000 elite Ming troops there, if we bring the power to go, and they go back, wouldn't it be a loss to the lady and the army, besides, the movement of the Ming army north of Pingtaek and west of Jishan is completely unclear, if they take this opportunity to launch a counteroffensive and kill us by surprise, it will be too late." Hidebo knew that Pyeongtaek was a peaceful city, easy to attack and difficult to defend, even so, this city garrisoned by 3,000 Ming troops could not be conquered overnight, and the Ming army had learned the lessons of the Battle of Nanyuan, and would never let the Japanese army repeat its old tricks. At that time, even if Pyeongtaek is surrounded, it will be difficult to rescue Xiuzhong and Gao Hu, but it will give the main force of the Ming army enough time to come to support, and at that time, the north and south will attack, and the rout will be inevitable.

Hearing Xiubao say this, all the generals present thought it was true, and they all got up and asked, "Then according to the meaning of the waiter, where should the place of the peace be arranged?" ”

"Anseong." Xiubao said without thinking, "It can be seen from the map that Anseong is located east of Pyeongtaek and west of Zhushan, which is fair to both armies. ”

"But isn't Ancheng now under the jurisdiction of the Middle Route Army, how can the Ming Army agree?" Such a sentence suddenly appeared in the crowd, but it also reminded everyone.

"That was three days ago," the loyal neighbor looked back behind him, and explained to Hideho: "After the defeat of Jishan, in order to avoid the enemy's edge, the army retreated eastward, except for Zhushan as a bridgehead, a large area including Anseong was abandoned, but please rest assured, as far as I know, it is currently an empty city, and it has not been captured by the Ming army. ”

"Then this will be easy to do, I believe that the Ming army will not refuse." Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to deploy: "Please lead the main force of the Central Route Army to garrison Zhushan, and I will also lead the main force of the West Route Army to move to Chenghuanli, one east and one south, and I will definitely be able to firmly clamp Ancheng." ”

"Since this is the case, I immediately wrote a letter to Sacheon, ordering Gao Hu to lead two thousand elites to come to help, both in terms of momentum and strength, to overwhelm the Ming army, and they dare not act rashly." After Xiubao finished speaking, seeing that the generals had no opinions, he turned around and left the main hall, handed a letter of resignation to Nasu Ziji, and whispered: "The Ming army will never give in easily, if the big war really can't be avoided, I don't care about the others, but for the sake of my family, this time we must select the best sergeants from all armies to come, only in this way can we ensure the safety of his trip as much as possible, and at the same time show the prestige of our army, so that these daimyo will be impressed." ”

On the 11th of January, Shikichi arrived at Sacheon New Town, and on the 15th of January, under the leadership of Fujido Takatora, an elite army composed of Shima Kiyoko, Fukushima Takayoshi, Nasu Shikichi, Aoki Kazuki, Kuwayama Mashiro, Ogasawara Takakiyoshi and other important ministers and the horses under his command crossed the Nakdong River and marched towards the Asasei Huan Dou Road.