Soon, Emperor Chongzhen received a message from the Nanyang Navy about the news he had received from the Xiyi captives.

The first is to find out where these Xiyi come from and what is their purpose?

Second, what is the route and what are the conditions along the way?

For this second one, it was just enough for him to get a general idea of what he wanted to figure out before. It's the case on the tip of the Indian peninsula. Emperor Chongzhen learned that the part on the sharp horn was not the territory of the Mughal Empire, but Goa, which was colonized by the Portuguese, and the lion country, that is, Sri Lanka in later generations, also had Portuguese on it, but the local natives were not conquered and were still fighting.

In the original history, the two sides would have been at a stalemate, and eventually the Portuguese were killed by the Dutch, then the Dutch were killed by the British, and finally the Lion Kingdom became a British colony.

Emperor Chongzhen had a preliminary understanding of the situation, but he was a little confused. It stands to reason that the Portuguese forces on the South Sea side were expelled, and there was always a little reaction, right? For example, send troops over to take a look? How much time has passed, and no one has been sent at all.

Looking at the map of the world, looking at the lion country and the place of Goa, thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly had a little realization.

In the past, when they were on the coast of Daming, the Portuguese were oppressed by the Dutch, but they were powerless to resist. Later, it was the Dutch who were the most jubilant along the coast of Daming, not the Portuguese.

In addition, in the Strait of Malacca, Temasek was also occupied by the Portuguese, according to what was previously known, but they had been fighting against the local natives and could not conquer it. The Dutch came running again and began to build a city in Batavia. But even so, the situation in the South Seas is still like this, and there are no reinforcements.

Now with the addition of the Lion Kingdom, Emperor Chongzhen has probably come to the conclusion that Portugal is really no longer good, at least it is no longer able to send a large number of troops to the Far East. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to let the Dutch be arrogant. Not to mention the non-stop fight with the natives, and the reinforcements have already been sent to conquer Temasek and the Lion State.

As it stands, the Portuguese don't care about that at all, they just want to run the country and the lion country. Unless one day, the Portuguese can conquer the Lion Kingdom and have the strength to fully control this place, so it is possible to continue to expand eastward, right?

After thinking about this matter for a while, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about it for the time being, anyway, he had already sent a Jinyi guard, and he would wait for further detailed news to come.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but glance at the part of the world map again. It's going to be winter soon, and generally speaking, it's time to hide in the house and make people for the winter. However, this winter, the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not stop, but continued to launch an offensive.

Come to think of it, Liaodong is much colder than Honshu in the Wa Kingdom. At present, this cold state of the Japanese state is really nothing to the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. I don't know if Tokugawa Iemitsu sent someone to assassinate Azig, which attracted the crazy revenge of the Manchu remnants, and endlessly, will he regret it?

Let's continue to make trouble, Tokugawa Iemitsu's family has not been defeated yet, and it is best to have a decisive battle next year, and I can reach out and pick peaches. Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, so he quit the chat group.

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu, as he thought, was furious in the shogun's mansion. There is no way, I get bad news every day, saying where Jianyu was slaughtered, how many people were killed, and how many things were robbed. The joy of hearing Miyamoto Musashi report that he killed a prince of Jianyu has long been gone. Even he already suspected that Miyamoto Musashi did not kill the key person, but killed the wrong slave chief, which attracted such crazy revenge. You must know that when it was winter last year, those Jianyu were obediently resting and recuperating, and it would be as abnormal as this year!

For this reason, Miyamoto Musashi was called by him again, and after a scolding, he was designated to assassinate Dolgon or Hauge. The main thing about this winter madness is these two people. Think about it, one is the emperor of Jianyu, and the other is the emperor's nephew of Jianyu, and he will definitely not sit in this position if he has no ability.

After venting his mind, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not lose his mind, and stared at the map of enemy forces and pondered again.

Judging from the news of the battle situation received so far, it is estimated that the southern side of Honshu will fall. It is unrealistic for the main forces sent to follow the Jianyu, and the main forces of those Jianyu, most of them are cavalry, and the speed of coming and going is too fast. The only way to do this now is to shrink the forces, rely on the terrain for defense, and stabilize the position.

Thinking so, Tokugawa Iemitsu decided to shrink the main force to Nagoya, Shizuoka and other places for defense. The chaos in the south must not spread to the Edo side, this is the bottom line.

So, he immediately held a meeting according to this idea, discussed it, and then passed down the order to make arrangements.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's idea is actually very simple, here in central Honshu, there is a Hida mountain range. From north to south, it stretches along the borders of Toyama, Niigata, Nagano, and Gifu prefectures, and forms the central Sanina of Wakuni with the Kiso and Akaishi mountain ranges. Mt. Fuji, which became famous in later generations, is part of this mountain range.

Basically, this mountain range, in winter, the mountains are covered with snow, and it is impossible to pass it. As long as a few major transportation routes are guarded by heavy troops, they can hold the north and south and block the Jianjiao in the south.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu's new deployment was issued, it meant that the pressure on Osaka was greater.

Kobe, near Osaka, has been captured by Kenku. After hearing this, Osaka was already prepared to raid and hoard supplies, but it was limited after all.

After the capture of Kobe, Jianyu immediately marched eastward, except for Osaka, which was not attacked, other villages and towns with weak defense capabilities were basically slaughtered. At this time, it can be said that Osaka is already an isolated city. Before the change, you can expect the main force to come to the rescue, but now that the main force has retreated to Nagoya, Osaka is in danger.

Of course, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not give up on Osaka, and if this nail can be kept all the time, he will be able to effectively contain Kenyu, and he will not go all out to attack Nagoya and other places without worries. He decided to resupply by sea so that Osaka could hold out for as long as he could.

Thinking of this, his eyes stared at the place not far from Osaka, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he smashed it with a punch.

Not long after, the Jinyi Guard secret agent in Edo sent a message to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and then Liu Xingzuo told Emperor Chongzhen that the Tokugawa shogunate had recruited troops in the Edo area and was preparing to send troops to exterminate the remnants of the Manchu Qing trapped on the island of Shikoku.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he didn't care. If the remnants of the 3,000 Manchus, including Duoduo, were destroyed, Dolgon would really be alone. For him, it is better for the remnants of the Manchu to be in the hands of Dolgon, than to be in the hands of Hauge.

However, he already knew from Qian Fugui that Dorgon seemed to have an idea to rescue Dordor from him.

It's okay, let's watch them dog-eat-dog!

Emperor Chongzhen thought about these things with the mentality of the melon-eating masses, and suddenly, the system prompted a private chat. He clicked on it and took a look, but it was a private chat sent by Wu Daji, telling him that the former Korean rebel monarch and Gwanghaejun, who fled to the Wa Kingdom with Dolgon, was no longer good, and he was afraid that he would die in the next two days.

Seeing this private chat, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that there was such a number one person. Whether he dies or not, in fact, it is insignificant, and even the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not think about using him, and they have not been left in Kyushu.

Wu Daji posted several private chats in a row, all of which were about Guanghaijun's situation.

After a series of battles on the side of Kyushu Island, there was a shortage of materials, and on the side of Guanghaijun, there was only a little coarse grain before. However, since last month, even the coarse grains have been gone, and the rice bran is mixed with coarse grains, and that's it, the portion is not much. Speaking of which, Guang Haijun is also in his sixties, and after such torture, it is actually about the same. What's more, he seems to have been having nightmares lately, dreaming of his ancestors and ancestors, and from this point it can be inferred that death is not far away.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen just replied "I know" and did not say anything.

For Gwanghae-jun, his original plan was that if he could be captured, he would be escorted back to North Korea and let the Ming people of North Korea Province judge him, which could be regarded as a great gift to the Korean people. Obviously, though, this is not possible.

Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't care much about Guanghaijun, it was still a very big deal for Wu Daji. After he finished his speech to Emperor Chongzhen, he sat alone for a long time, and then got up and went to Gwanghaejun's residence, a house where ordinary Japanese people used to live.

The house is very dilapidated, but it can still block the wind, and the two soldiers standing at the door, also of Korean nationality, say they are guards, but they are actually surveillance. When Wu Daji came over, he heard the two of them hiding in the next room chatting.

"This dead old man, why isn't he dead!"

"That is, die early and live early, so that we don't have to stand here and get cold!"

"But it seems to be good to say that at least we can cut off half of his ration. If he dies, we'll probably have less to eat, and if we go on like this, we'll starve to death!" ”

"Who knows, anyway, there are a lot of people starving to death in the city every day anyway!"

“……”

When Wu Daji first heard the conversation, anger appeared on his face. No matter how bad Guanghaijun is, it is the master of the two of you, and he dares to intercept his rations? But when he heard it, the anger on his face disappeared, and he sighed softly and "coughed" vigorously.

The discussion in the room immediately ceased, and a guard came out to take a look, and immediately said respectfully: "The villain has seen the adult!" ”

The other guard also followed up and greeted Wu Daji repeatedly.

In their eyes, Wu Daji is a popular man in the eyes of the Qing Emperor, a person who holds real power, and he is much more powerful than the former lord locked up in the house, so he naturally has to take a good stitch.

Wu Daji didn't say much, waved his hand, and asked the two of them to go to the door to guard, and they were not allowed to come in without a summons.

After the two of them went out, Wu Daji pushed open the door of the master bedroom and walked in, without saying a word first.

When I entered the house, it was a little warmer, and the difference between inside and outside the house was only that.

At this time, it was already noon, and the light was still relatively good. There was no one in the room, only the quilt on the bed was raised, apparently hiding in the quilt.

Wu Daji walked over slowly, stood in front of the bed, and sure enough, he saw Guang Haijun hiding in the bed.

The head that was exposed outside, the hair was all gray, and the beard was scumbag, and obviously no one took care of it. Although his eyes were closed, judging from his facial expression, he seemed to be in a little pain, as if he was experiencing something very bad.

Wu Daji didn't speak, just looked at Guanghaijun silently. But there should be something on my mind, and there will be anger on my face, and then I will change to pity.

The room was very quiet, but suddenly, a look of fear appeared on Guanghaijun's face, as if he was shouting with all his might, but it was not clear, it was very vague, Wu Daji couldn't hear it clearly, but he could guess it, as if Guanghaijun was afraid of going to hell.

The sweat on his forehead came out, and suddenly, Guanghaijun opened his eyes and gasped for breath. But when he saw a person standing in front of him, he was so frightened that he shrank into the bed, shouting "Lone is also forced, don't come to arrest me......"

It seemed that he was begging for mercy, but when he saw clearly that the person standing was not a messenger from the underworld, but his courtier Wu Daji, he fell silent and did not speak again. But what happened just now seemed to exhaust his strength, so he just lay there, his eyes looked at the roof, and he didn't pay attention to Wu Daji.

Obviously, he also hated Wu Daji in his heart. Encountering such embarrassment, Wu Daji is a celebrity in the eyes of Dolgon, who controls the people's livelihood, but does not give him any help, no matter what, he will at least not have a good impression. If it weren't for the fear of Wu Daji's revenge, he would even want to scold.

After such a movement in the house, it was quiet again, only to feel that there was a "whirring" cold wind outside the house, although it did not blow into the house, but it made the people in the house feel a little cold, so that Guanghaijun involuntarily shrank back, trying to hide under the covers, as if it could be warmer.

After a long while, Wu Daji said coldly: "Has Your Highness ever regretted betraying the legacy of the previous kings, and finally ended up like this?" ”

Hearing this, Guanghaijun obviously didn't expect it, his eyes rolled, and he stared at him.

"Not to mention before, if it wasn't for the Ming Dynasty, North Korea would have been a Japanese wouldn't have been. You have experienced it personally, why did you not appreciate it at all, but alienated Daming, and even took refuge in Jianyu. In His Royal Highness's heart, doesn't there even have a little basic courtesy, righteousness and shame? ”

Hearing this, Guanghaijun was obviously stunned, but then he seemed to be full of strength again, and he exploded all of a sudden, with anger on his face: "Shut up, what's wrong with Lone?" Everything Lone has done is for North Korea! The Ming Dynasty can't defeat the Qing Dynasty, so Lone naturally has to take refuge in the Qing Dynasty, otherwise, North Korea will be destroyed by the Qing Dynasty, you know? ”

"But the Qing Dynasty in His Highness's mouth has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and the remnants fled to the Wa Kingdom, and they are afraid that the Ming Dynasty will come at any time!" Wu Daji's face suddenly became angry, and he shouted in a low voice, "Your Highness, do you regret it?" ”