Chapter 198: The Eight-Nation Alliance's Scourge of the Japanese State and the Black Ship Incident 3
Yan Siqi sat upright on the chair and took the time to accept Li Chunfang's respectful salute. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Although they are all sons and daughters of the Central Plains and descendants of Chinese Miao, this great pirate has never had a good impression of the Japanese kingdom from beginning to end. Not to mention this Li Chunfang, who turned his back on his ancestors and turned to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Li Chunfang is a key member of the Eastern Mahayana Sect, but he is not in Wang Sen's core team. He was mainly responsible for missionary affairs in the Jiaodong Peninsula. This area was originally the origin of the sect, but with the continuous enhancement of Wang Sen's power, the center of gravity of the sect has slowly shifted to the Hebei region.
Subsequently, Xu Hongru and Kang Ning broke with Wang Sen successively. No matter how much truth or falsity existed in this, Li Chunfang and his subordinates were dismissive of it, they seemed to just want to close the door and do their own business.
You must know that within their sphere of influence, the only one who has the intention and strength to compete with them is Che Yongzhang.
Che Yongzhang, who likes to invent and create, played the name of Mozi's successor very early. Originally, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Mo family, which existed as one of the hundred schools of thought, had to go underground after the deposition of the Hundred Schools of Confucianism, and in the following thousand years, it became more and more colored by a layer of secret organizations. In this regard, the description is ambiguous in the official records, but Li Chunfang and others, who are at the bottom, know that this organization is powerful.
So they didn't dare to provoke each other easily, but instead adopted a strategy of guarding the door. In this situation of self-care caused by overestimating their opponents, they have adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards the various conflicts that will take place in the West.
Cha Yongzhang was not aware of this. He focused more on invention and creation, and the improvement of various weapons soon allowed him to achieve a huge advantage in equipment. In addition, he is an engineering student, and he doesn't have a lot of research on the details of history, so he only rents a silent plus, just self-righteously thinking that it is more convenient to integrate into life, and he doesn't know that the Mo family's reputation at this time has fallen to the point where it is not much stronger than the White Lotus Sect. They have no intention of using their mystery to ensure their own safety.
And the measures he took against the White Lotus Sect were more inclined to propaganda and education. After all, the real invention he took out was a strong verification of what he stated.
Compared with the ethereal White Lotus Sect, the truth he stated is undoubtedly more intuitive, so it is easier for the common people to accept. After the improvement of military strength, Che Yongzhang did not think of taking tougher measures, but what is even more helpless is that the other party's life journey is also very mysterious.
The other party was expecting that behind him, there was a powerful Mojia organization hidden, and although he knew that the White Lotus Sect was powerful in ancient times, he had the confidence to challenge them to a certain extent, but he didn't know where they were hiding.
As a result, both sides are busy gathering their strength and preparing for a conflict that could erupt at any time. However, because it was not possible to know exactly the specific strength of the other side, neither side had absolute certainty and launched an active attack.
As a result, time passed slowly in the confrontation between the two sides. They were in such a state, sitting and watching Xu Hongru and Kang Ning get closer and closer, and finally concluded an alliance. Subsequently, a large-scale armed conflict broke out. In the name of Qingzhou regimental training, Kangning's troops fought from Jinan Mansion to Wang Sen's lair, even though Wang Sen bribed many officers and soldiers to work for him, but they failed to stop the pace of Qingzhou regimental training. In the end, he could only end up ruined. Only his third son, Wang Haoxian, may have anticipated the development of the situation in advance and fled from Hebei early, thus escaping the catastrophe.
The subsequent mutiny of the guards of the Fuwang Mansion did not attract the attention of Li Chunfang and others. Among them, there are naturally factors that the officialdom is very concerned about nursing, but the reason why they are too busy to take care of themselves plays a greater role.
Just as Kang Ning was on his way back to Qingzhou, the Black Lotus Sect took the lead in attacking the White Lotus Sect. Since Li Chunfang and others had been guarding against the carrier's attack from beginning to end, they were seriously underprepared for a sudden attack from the direction of Qingzhou and Yizhou.
When they organized an effective counterattack, they inadvertently exposed their own secrets. Che Yongzhang, who has been preparing for a long time, how could he let go of such a good opportunity? As a result, the situation of being flanked from both sides has basically taken shape. Li Chunfang never thought that his resistance would not be as powerful as Sect Leader Wang?
Fortunately, they were not without a way out, and in the long-term trade activities, they had already established good ties with the Tsushima clan of the Wa Kingdom. Through them, Li Chunfang could flee to Korea or the Japanese state at any time. Fearing that the North Korean side would not accept him, or even if they did, they would soon betray him under the pressure of the Ming court, so he finally chose Tokugawa Ieyasu.
But when he finally met the shogun of the previous generation, he unexpectedly found that Wang Haoxian, who had escaped the catastrophe, appeared opposite Tokugawa Ieyasu as a special envoy.
Who he represents here, Li Chunfang does not know. But what is certain is that this person and Kang Ning will definitely not be loyal to a lord at the same time, that is, he will definitely not be Boss Huang's person, so who is the person who has the courage to take him in?
Although he tried to find out the man's background through his old connections - he wanted to know the answer to the question - but after several months, they still did not hear from him.
Knowing that this person's origin was very mysterious, or that he had enough strength to ensure that his secret would not be leaked, he and Tokugawa Ieyasu finally gave up their efforts in this regard, so as not to provoke the other party without knowing it.
Soon after they made this decision, the other party took the initiative to identify themselves and put forward their intention to cooperate. They promised that they would send elite cavalry to land on the Wa Kingdom as soon as possible and help Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat Kanning. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu also had to make a commitment to cooperate with the other side in launching military action against North Korea after the internal pacification of the Japanese state.
Although Tokugawa Ieyasu was not as crazy as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he still agreed to the other party's request. After all, in such terms of cooperation, he has a certain first-mover advantage.
Wang Haoxian left Edo Castle with a result that pleased him, but shortly after he left, Kangning and his fleet of black ships sailed into what would be known as Tokyo Bay four hundred years later.
Helplessly, Tokugawa Ieyasu seems to be unable to wait for reinforcements from his allies. But he still refused to give up, so he sent Li Chunfang as an envoy for the peace talks, and when he was leaving, he carefully explained to him the main points of the negotiations.
When Li Chunfang left Edo Castle, he was still surprised by Tokugawa Ieyasu's shamelessness, and he was ready to betray his allies in this way after signing the covenant.
So when Li Chunfang appeared on this boat, Wang Haoxian, who had not yet left the Wa Kingdom, was doomed to be betrayed.
"I'm here to advise the Kangning Army to withdraw its troops."
Hearing Li Chunfang's words, Yan Siqi was a little surprised. This guy didn't even say any greetings, and straightforwardly stated his purpose.
After being surprised, Yan Siqi couldn't help but feel funny.
"Do you want us to withdraw our troops, and we should withdraw them? Let's talk about it, what kind of conditions is Tokugawa Ieyasu ready to give us? I knew that he hadn't stayed at Sunpu Castle all the time, but had come to Edo Castle to meet with some envoy, and he would regret it. But it's useless to regret it, since the father and son have been served by us, let's show some sincerity, otherwise, we won't leave here easily. ”
Originally, the arrangement of living in separate cities was for the sake of insurance. But this time there was a reason, so Tokugawa Ieyasu and Tokugawa Hidetada appeared in Edo Castle at the same time.
However, this is not what Li Chunfang is worried about, what surprised him is that the other party actually knows something special, which shows that his eyeliner is probably closer to Tokugawa Ieyasu's team than Kangning, who is still shallow.
In fact, the real truth is different from his imagination. Yan Siqi's minions did not penetrate deep into the core hinterland of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the reason why he was aware of Wang Haoxian's visit was because the ship Wang Haoxian was on was owned by his subordinates.
Although Wang Haoxian is dressed as a Han man, there are not many flaws in his gestures, but among his entourage, there are suspected to be several Jurchen figures.
Yan Siqi soon received the news, and finally hugged the Jurchen and stretched out his hand to Tokugawa Ieyasu's judgment.
As for whether this hand brings peace or war? He couldn't make a judgment for a while, but according to the principle of long-distance friendship and close attack, the two sides of North Korea with a gap between them are more likely to reach an agreement that is embarrassing.
And what Li Chunfang said next quickly verified his guess.
"The Great Imperial Palace (Tokugawa Ieyasu) fought all his life, and even though the general's fleet was famous, he never regretted it." Li Chunfang tried his best to hide the surprise in his heart, and said in a tone as gentle as possible, "The reason why he sent the villain here was not because he was afraid, but because he hoped that the villain would tell the commander and general Kang that your real enemy is not him Tokugawa Ieyasu." Therefore, there is no need to come to the crusade with great fanfare. ”
Yan Siqi smiled. Corning's army was fighting outside Osaka Castle not long ago. Now, there are people here who are agitating their lips and tongues, claiming that they have just finished fighting and are not really enemies.
This sounds like such a ridiculous thing, even Kang Ning, who was hiding behind the screen, wanted to know what kind of words Li Chunfang was going to use to clarify his own logic. (To be continued.) )