Katagiri and Mototo soon brought back the news that the negotiations had failed. This made Toyotomi Hideyori, who was still preparing for the battle, very dissatisfied.

At this time, Toyotomi Hideyori was already slightly different from the historical Liu Chan version 2.0, he was according to Kang Ning and Huang Lin's ideas, counting on Katagiri and Yuan to buy a little more time, so that it could have more time to prepare for the upcoming war.

But Katagiri and Moto let him down. His mother, Yododen, was even more disappointed when she heard the report from the Great Treasury Bureau.

With tears on her face, she said to the Great Treasury Bureau: "You have really contributed to our mother and son. ”

Toyotomi Hideyori didn't know why his mother was crying, and he didn't know what the Epitoma had done and what Tokugawa Ieyasu had done that night. He only knew that Katagiri and Moto's guy had become more and more untrustworthy.

"Mother." Toyotomi Hideyori saluted in front of Yododen, then sat cross-legged on the tatami mat and whispered, "Katagiri-kun really disappointed me. ”

Yododen doesn't want to hear that name anymore. She furrowed her eyebrows fiercely. The Secretariat of the Treasury next to him reported to Toyotomi Hideyoriyu: "Mr. Katagiri said righteously that it was to protect the lord from humiliation that he openly rejected Tokugawa Ieyasu. ”

"He wants us to tear our faces, so he can't help Tokugawa Ieyasu destroy our Toyotomi family."

"Don't say that, my lord. Even if he's a hypocrite. His reasons are above board enough, can't you always say that he will be punished after defending you the most severely? ”

Toyotomi Hideyori gritted his teeth. This analysis hits the nail on the head.

"My lord." At this time, Kimura Shigenari ran in, "Mr. Kang is coming to visit you." ”

Toyotomi Hideyori had already heard about Kangning, and he took Awaji Island in a short period of time, and he was really a rare talent. And the tactics he used were also unheard of.

He actually used the tactics of shouting mountains and tsunamis to make the enemy obediently hand over the city. It's simply unthinkable.

Toyotomi Hideyori still doesn't know that in this era when human life is as cheap as grass. There was no faith left to sustain the samurai defending the city in the face of an overwhelmingly superior enemy.

As for the number of defenders of the city, in the eyes of Kangning, who has seen a large city with a population of more than a million, it is not worth mentioning at all.

The scale of the armed conflict between the princes of Japan's Warring States is probably not comparable to the brawl level of the **** village committee election in later generations.

This phenomenon was actually common in the early Warring States period. At that time, there were many princes, there were not many high-quality fighters, and most of the peasants were still willing to live in the countryside. So there weren't many samurai that a single prince could have. It is not strange to retake the city "for fifty men".

Later, the number of wars increased, and the annexation phenomenon was serious, and the powerful daimyo and princes could control more territories. You can raise more Ashigaru samurai. The increase in landless peasants caused by the war stimulated more people to pursue military training to earn a living. Some people need and others are needed, which naturally caused the rapid increase in the number of troops in the late Warring States period.

So we can finally see that Japan's Warring States have upgraded from rural brawls to the level of cross-county brawls. Presumably, Qi Jiguang found that the scene of the armed fight between the residents of Yiwu County and Linxian County was similar to that of the Warring States Period. Otherwise, how could he have thought of using Zhejiang soldiers? Isn't it because the scale and style of the operations are similar?

As for the public knowledge of ridiculing the "villagers' weapon fighting theory" on the Internet, it is actually taken out of context with the data of the late Warring States period of the Japanese Kingdom, and it is a partial generalization.

Kangning really didn't take the one hundred and ten soldiers in Zhouben City and Yuliang City seriously. Even now he didn't know what those two cities were called.

Now he has come to visit Toyotomi Hideyori. The reason is naturally because Katagiri and Moto, a traitor, did not buy them enough time to prepare for war.

Toyotomi Hideyori told Kanning all the details he knew, which naturally did not include the lingering sympathy of the Daizo Secretariat and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

After Kangning blinked, he said unremittingly, "Katagiri and Yuan's words." Sounds disgusting. ”

Toyotomi Hideyori gritted his teeth again and said, "Yes." Clearly they don't want us to get more time to prepare for war. But that guy is nominally to preserve my dignity, so how can I punish him? ”

Corning smiled and said to him, "It's easy. You sent him to the riverbank, and what you nominally needed was a peaceful outcome. And he once again angered Tokugawa Ieyasu. In this way, the war was inevitable. Since you didn't get the results you wanted. That is, he, a retainer, did not do a good job. ”

At this point, Corning continued.

Toyotomi Hideyori already understood. He turned to Kimura Shigenari and instructed, "Order Katagiri and Mototobu to apologize." Who let him not bring peace to Osaka Castle. ”

Kimura Shigenari was stunned and wanted to say something to dissuade him. But when he heard Corning cough softly, he closed his mouth and turned away.

Toyotomi Hideyori, who had this bad breath, was obviously very happy. He sat cross-legged across from Kang Ning and said with a smile: "Mr. Kang, a young talent, if you can stay by my side all the time, it will be good." ”

Kangning could hear that Toyotomi Hideyori wanted to entrap him, but he was obviously not ready to agree, but it was not appropriate to refuse directly, so he said euphemistically: "I heard from your subordinates that the cost of leasing me for a year is Awaji Province, right?" ”

Huang Lin did not tell Kang Ning the content of the agreement with the Toyotomi family, but Toyotomi was not prepared to keep it secret at all, which made Kang Ning understand Huang Lin's mentality. Boss Huang didn't want to hide it from himself, otherwise he would ask his ally Toyotomi family to help keep it secret, then the only explanation left was that he forgot. He didn't take the agreement with the Toyotomi family to heart at all. He was ready to tear up the covenant at any time.

Since Huang Lin is ready to use the Toyotomi family as a springboard and start the plan to carve up the Wa Kingdom at any time, then he Kangning doesn't mind that this springboard is stronger and more perfect diving moves.

Toyotomi Hideyori nodded: "Although it also includes the clause of continuing to provide us with supplies. But we all pay. So that clause has nothing to do with you, sir. You really deserve to visit Awaji Island. Why don't you call it Awaji Hall in the future. ”

Kangning knew that so-and-so temple was an honorific title in the Wa Kingdom. For example, the current Sado Hall should be Honda Masanobu. This has something to do with fiefdoms.

But Corning was reluctant to accept the title. Awaji Hall is the name in the political and cultural system of the Wa Kingdom, and he has an instinctive resistance mentality. He even preferred to have the Ryukyu Kingdom give him the title of Awaji Qinyun. Although there are many more noble titles in the Ryukyu Kingdom, there are many more noble titles on top of the honorific title of Qinyun, but Kangning is not to be honorable, but a mentality close to the Ming Dynasty is at work.

So Corning instead said, "If you want to keep me around, one Awaji Island may not be enough." A one-year lease will cost you a requirement, if it is thirteen years. Then Kyushu and Shikoku are all mine. ”

"Hahahaha." Toyotomi Hideyori was not deterred by the high cost of Kangning's words, but he laughed out loud and said, "You brought down Awaji Island yourself." Even though I sent the army, it was like I didn't do anything. As long as I can keep you, what's the big deal about paying in this way that doesn't actually pay at all. On the contrary, I think that if you have the ability to take the four kingdoms of Kyushu, I will give them all to you. But when the time comes, I'll still call you Awajiden. Because of Awaji Island, it's the closest to Osaka Castle where I am. ”

A flash of sharpness flashed in Corning's eyes, but it quickly vanished without a trace.

He then laughed and said, "It's too early to say that. We have to avoid Tokugawa Ieyasu taking our lives first. ”

Toyotomi Hideyori also restrained his smile. He asked, "So what do we do now?" ”

"We took Awaji Island from him, and he must be angry. Now, we need to send a second wave of peace emissaries to continue the struggle with him. ”

"Well, good. What we lack most now is time. The river beach still has to be carried out. ”

Corning nodded, but then analyzed it from the other direction: "But procrastination is not enough. We must speed up the mobilization of staff. Also, we need manpower to spread out the battle on Awaji Island. In this way, the daimyo will have hope in you. They will think that you are a young and promising person. Then they wouldn't have overwhelmingly supported Tokugawa Ieyasu. ”

"Makes sense." Toyotomi Hideyori smiled, "But who are we going to send to the peace talks?" You can't send that traitor Katagiri Kazumoto anymore. ”

Corning sneered in his heart. Sure enough, this little kid accepted Huang Lin's guidance and directly accused Katagiri and Yuan of being a traitor.

Although this guidance is correct, the same technique can be used to guide him in the wrong direction in the future.

"Let me handle the issue of candidates. Toyotomi-kun doesn't need to worry. ”

Toyotomi Hideyori glanced at Kang Ning disrespectfully, and said, "You should call me my lord, Mr. Kang." ”

"But I'm only on loan. My lord is still Huang Lin, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Toyotomi Hideyori was speechless, but even more dissatisfied. He flicked his sleeve and turned away.

Kangning didn't take this matter to heart, turned around and left Osaka Castle, returning to Awaji Island.

He didn't even care if Katagiri and Moto followed Toyotomi Hideyori's order to apologize.

He simply opened the scroll, dug out his large box, and found the four people he needed most.

After a flash of white light, Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Feng Tang, and Diao Xian appeared in front of Kang Ning.

Kang Ning smiled, the history of the Warring States of the Japanese Kingdom began to be rewritten from this moment. Tremble, Tokugawa Ieyasu! (To be continued.) )