At this moment, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is still the de facto supreme ruler of all Japan, there is no doubt about this, even if he is about to fall, even if he is about to die. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tokugawa Ieyasu was ecstatic when he received the news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was being protected by Honda Tadakatsu, but it only lasted for a short time, and then he began to become a little uneasy, because when he heard that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was going to see him, he was a little worried, a little weak-hearted, and a kind of afraid to face this person he betrayed.

"You have to go to Hideyoshi, Lord, it's a symbol that you have taken over the supremacy of Japan from him, that you are not afraid of him, that you can hold the supreme authority over the whole of Japan."

Kuroda Rushui admonished Tokugawa Ieyasu like this.

After figuring out this joint, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally made up his mind, he took a step and slowly walked to the front of the house where Toyotomi Hideyoshi was, and Honda Tadakatsu stepped forward to salute: "My lord, Taiko, he wants to see you, and he is inside." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded, took a deep breath, pushed open the door, and saw Toyotomi Hideyoshi sitting in the center of the room like an old monk.

"Taige."

Tokugawa Ieyasu stopped three steps in front of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, knelt down, and still met Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the same etiquette as he had met Toyotomi Hideyoshi before, but in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's situation at this moment, there was some strong irony.

"Ieyasu, you're here?"

"Yes, Taige, I'm here."

"Would you like to come to see me? I thought that you would send someone to cut off my head and never see me again, so I would still feel a little regretful. ”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi opened his eyes with a deep exhaustion on his face.

"This is what Mr. Kanbei suggested, if I don't come face to face and take Taiko's life, I won't be qualified to replace Taiko as the person in power in Japan, so I'm here."

Tokugawa Ieyasu put his saber in front of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi moved his eyes, looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu, and smiled.

"So that's the case, it turned out that the officers and soldiers were planning for you, no wonder I didn't know anything, no wonder I failed so badly, it turned out to be the officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers guarded him...... He's hating me, right? That is to say, Jang-jeong died in North Korea? ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded.

"According to reliable information, Kuroda Nagamasa was killed in the battle to defend Seoul, and was beheaded by Wu Weizhong, the general of the Ming Kingdom, and his head was cut off, and he died very miserably, and Kuroda Nagamasa's Kuroda troops also suffered heavy losses, and all the generals of the Kuroda family and those who used to be in Korea died, and none of them were alive, and Taiko really made Mr. Kankanwei too sad, originally, this war should not have happened."

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's head was clearer than ever.

"Ieyasu, you all think I'm crazy, I'm delirious, and you're actually right in some of your guesses, and at those times, my head was indeed a little unbright, but you have to know that this war, if not me, will be you, you must know that I started this war, not just for myself.

Ieyasu, I say something to you, I admit that my background is low, I was looked down upon by many people, and I couldn't ask for the general of Zhengyi at the beginning, so I could only get the position of Guan Bai, and I was laughed at by many people, this has always been a piece of my heart, I crusaded against the Ming Kingdom, and I did have the reason to get immortal military exploits to prove myself, but more importantly, do you think these great names in the troubled times of the East and West will enjoy peace of mind?

They grew up in troubled times, they made achievements in troubled times, and their favorite was also troubled times, I was afraid of them, but I couldn't eliminate them, I unified Japan, but more people treated me with yang and yin, one set on the surface, and another set in secret, their existence is an important stumbling block to establishing a stable rule for me, so even if I am very heartbroken, I must find a way to get rid of them.

As long as they are in the day, Japan will not really calm down, rather than let them continue to make a big threat to the hard-won peace, it is better to let them go out, set their eyes on Korea and the Ming Kingdom, vent their energy, reduce the burden on the country, and by the way to obtain merit and grab land, wouldn't that kill three birds with one stone? ”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi thought about Tokugawa Ieyasu and spread his hands, and was surprised by what Tokugawa Ieyasu said.

"It's just that the only thing I didn't expect was that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was so strong, I remember that at the beginning, when we were still fighting, I learned from the mouths of many merchants that all the exiled samurai under the daimyo who were defeated by us went into exile overseas, especially to the Ming Kingdom, in Zhejiang and Fujian of the Ming Kingdom, the Ming State officials and soldiers were beaten very badly, and they made a lot of money and slaves, I was thinking at the time, the Ming Kingdom was so easy to fight, even some exiles ignored the regular army that could defeat them, And what if our regular army passes? ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly interrupted: "But that was decades ago, and those exiled samurai were finally exterminated by the army of the Ming Kingdom, right?" ”

"Yes, I think it's so hard to deal with some of the rogues, and it will take decades to solve, so if they deal with our regular army, how much time will it take them to deal with our regular army? At least that's enough time for us to take down North Korea, right? ”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi showed a distressed look: "But who knows, Ming Guo's reaction this time was so fast, so quickly to send troops to North Korea, and defeated our troops, I didn't expect us to lose so quickly and so badly, so many elites, 150,000 elites, actually lost to the Ming army like this, what an unbelievable thing you say?" Ieyasu, can you figure it out? ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally couldn't figure it out, he hadn't fought the Ming army head-on, and he didn't know the combat effectiveness of the Ming army very well, but he had fought with the Western Army more than once, and he understood the combat effectiveness of the Western Army. With so many cannons in the hands of the Ming army, they can give them some hard dishes to eat, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi can't defeat the enemy, and he Tokugawa Ieyasu can defeat it?

"It can only show that the country is too strong, and it is not what we can defeat at present, Taige, you are a little too hasty, and you have also chosen the wrong object, the Ming Kingdom is so big, we are so small, and the population is so small, how can it be compared with the Ming Kingdom? If you want to choose, you should also choose some small countries that are far away from the Ming Kingdom, so that it is safer, rather than picking the Ming Kingdom that is difficult to defeat as soon as you come up. ”

Toyotomi Hideyoshi nodded bitterly and sighed: "Looking at it now, it is indeed like this, but at that time, how can I be sure?" Ieyasu, many things are not something you can see through in this position, once you can't see through it, the people below don't say it, and hide it from you, my present is your future! ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu's body leaned forward slightly: "I remember your words." ”