Chapter 205: The Eight-Nation Alliance's Scourge of the Japanese Kingdom and the Black Ship Incident 10

Bai Qi has been following the Japanese warriors unhurriedly, although they are slightly inferior in physical fitness, but after a fierce battle, their morale is much higher than that of the other party, and the enemy's mentality is far worse than theirs. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

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When the enemy rests, they rest, and when the enemy advances, they advance, they are like a piece of kraft candy, no matter what the opponent does, they follow as always.

In such a situation, some of the enemies will naturally feel upset. But the results just now will quickly shatter the irritability in their hearts.

If you are really not convinced, you can rush up and go head-to-head. The opponent, who is no longer superior in numbers, will have more difficulty in winning than he just said.

As long as they do not take it lightly, the enemy will not want to escape from their following.

This state of affairs continued until the enemy ran back to Edo Castle.

Now, you can pat your chest and boast that we have finally returned to Edo Castle in the shortest possible time to protect our lordship. But if someone asks them, how do you do that? They were really happy to tell each other that there was a group of enemies who were more powerful than them, and they kept chasing them until the end.

This is, probably some people will praise them and say, you have a good interpretation of the following idiom, wolf rush.

However, things were far more terrifying than this, because at the very moment when they fled back to Edo Castle, the fierce Shiraki brazenly ordered to rush through the city gate while the other party entered the city.

All the soldiers, after a twenty-kilometer cross-country run, tried their best to use the explosive power of a 100-meter sprinter, thinking about the city gate that the enemy had just opened.

Edo Castle had not experienced a war for many years, and the soldiers guarding the gate would never have imagined that there would be an enemy in their core. So they didn't react at the first time, but were rushed in by some of the regimental training soldiers.

All kinds of gunpowder weapons also played their effectiveness at this time, since it was a siege war, it was natural that some would fly to Chengdu, although the proportion of many people could not guarantee accurate throwing, but the rumbling sound still affected the mentality of the other party to a large extent.

Why is this happening? Because in the past, this city was still ravaged by artillery fire, and in Tokyo Bay, not far away, there were still many Corning warships.

So when the sound sounded, they thought that the attack from the water had started again. The brave people turned their attention to Tokyo Bay at the first time, and the cowardly people found a hiding place for themselves at the first time, so not many people noticed that their gates had been breached.

The samurai, who had been defeated on the way, finally met their lord Tokugawa Ieyasu without incident, but all they could tell Tokugawa Ieyasu was the news that they had been defeated on the way.

Tokugawa Ieyasu finally made the final decision, even if the invitation given by the other party was a Hongmen banquet, he decided to go to the appointment.

But now, it seems to be too late.

For the enemy has rushed into their city, and the brave warriors are wielding their swords on the seashore and slashing meaninglessly in the air. As for those cowards, Tokugawa Ieyasu was not prepared to count on them from the beginning, in the war, there is always a group of people who cannot be counted on, and this time it is unfortunate that those who can be counted on are not around, and those who cannot be counted on are powerless to stop the enemy's attack.

Therefore, Bai Qi got a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and their charge, again and again, broke down the fragile defenses in the city. The Soviet soldiers, who had been baptized by artillery fire, obviously did not know that on the European continent at this time, there was a Gustav II from the Kingdom of Sweden, who was using this iconic tactic to subvert the entire world military history.

The cannon bombarded the cavalry and rushed at once, and such a strategy would gradually become the mainstream choice in the field confrontation. And Bai Qi preempted Gustav II and used it in siege warfare, which was an unintentional and brilliant attempt.

After pouring all the gunpowder, Hakuki finally led his army to storm Tokugawa Ieyasu's mansion. The shogun had already abandoned his readiness to resist. Yi Xin Chongchuan is even more worried that his main guild will commit suicide by disembowelment, so who can he chase in the days to come?

He mastered the state affairs as a monk and fulfilled a dream that ordinary people could not imagine, and he had a high sense of accomplishment for this. Therefore, he desperately does not want to be pulled off the altar now. If Tokugawa Ieyasu fails, then some historical commentators may think that he is a monk who caused chaos in the country's politics, because in everyone's perception, monks are not associated with statecraft.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu's next performance completely reassured her that the shogun did not commit suicide, and he knew that Kangning had not yet achieved absolute superiority in the Wa Kingdom. If he Tokugawa Ieyasu died, then the Wa Kingdom would once again fall into civil strife, and Kangning, who had not yet become stronger, would not be absolutely sure of dominating the world, but might encounter the joint extermination of various princes.

Therefore, his greatest misfortune is to be like the son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was set up by others, just as he was set up by others.

But in that case, Tokugawa Ieyasu also felt that it was acceptable, and he continued to look for opportunities as before, waiting for the opportunity that belonged to him.

Therefore, he calmly accepted the fact that he was wrapped into a rice dumpling, and he also calmly accepted being rudely escorted out of Edo Castle, and even more calmly, he was tied up and sent to the other party's banquet.

Yan Siqi welcomed them with a smile and cordially untied them, and Kang Ning even pretended to reprimand his subordinates, but the words he used were really terrifying.

"General Tokugawa Ieyasu, it's our guests, not the food you want to eat, why do you want to tie them up?"

Bai Qi replied with a smile next to him: "Tokugawa Ieyasu is naturally not our dish, but the Wa Kingdom behind him is about to be served to the table by us, my lord, when are you going to use your chopsticks?" ”

Hearing their conversation, Tokugawa Ieyasu's expression was fine, but his son, Tokugawa Hidetada's face, was a few points worse.

Their father and son generations can also be regarded as one of the best heroes in China, but they never thought that in front of each other, they would be so worthless.

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't see anything on his face, but in his heart, he was surprised by the other party's ambition, and he dared to expose it without concealment, you know, he endured it for a long time, and then passed the era of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reign peacefully. From the perspective of his worldview, such an obvious expression is actually very unwise, however, the other party does not seem to agree with his worldview, but the more flamboyant dialogue further stimulates him.

"Wakoku is nothing more than an appetizer. Now, the Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles. Entering the Central Plains is our main dish. Also, the world is so big, there are many dishes that can be eaten. ”

With his heart, he knew that the lord he served was actually far less ambitious than Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He just wants to manage his own one-third of an acre of land.

And what Corning wants seems to be his own one-acre and four-cent land. He thought of Hokkaido to the north, because the moment he was escorted in, he saw a map hanging on it, and on it, in the place called Ezo, a small flag was placed prominently, indicating that Corning would also have arrangements there, and for the past few thousand years, they did not feel that it was a useless land.

With a courteous smile, Yan Siqi welcomed them into the cabin of the host banquet. And in this cabin, there are many pictures on the hanging rails, including maps, on which all show the ambitions of Kangning and Boss Huang.

Below, there is a relatively complete world map, in fact, for the world map, Tokugawa Ieyasu and others, are no strangers, those missionaries from the West, also brought them some, but what they saw seemed to be different.

Seeing that Kangning was treating himself like this, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who knew that he would not die, was convinced that his judgment was correct. Kangning did not have enough strength to intimidate the princes of all walks of life, especially his status as a foreign guest secretary, and it was not convenient for him to rule here.

So this time he came with the sound of cannons, but it was just to get what he wanted at the negotiating table.

It was no different from what he had done in the past, except that this time, the advantage they had was too obvious.

Tokugawa Ieyasu knew that he had to promise the other party a lot of conditions this time, but at the same time, he also knew that he would not be able to die for a while, so his first sentence began to harden, since there was something he didn't understand in his heart, he simply asked it directly, and the tone of his question even had some irony.

"Strategist, I have seen the world map hanging here, but I don't know that these two pieces are difficult to distinguish. Could it be that these two big pieces were painted by the military advisor himself? ”

Kangning looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu with interest, feeling that this person seemed to be resisting stubbornly. This tiger who is about to be put in a cage, do you still think that his sharp claws can hurt him by you? Isn't this too confident? Or did he already know that he would not harm his life, but wanted to get enough benefits from the legal rights he still held.

Now that the two sides have such a tacit understanding, it is much easier to talk.

"I didn't draw these two places by myself." Downing said sarcastically, "General Tokugawa Ieyasu, the map of the world you see is only brought by those Western missionaries, and the version they brought is that those navigators went through many difficulties and dangers to do surveying and mapping for them. Now, they use those things to fool us, you know, we also have our own navigators. In other words, those things can only surprise people who have not seen them, and we are not hillbillies in the middle of nowhere. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu was furious, but what kind of angry capital did he have now? His most elite subordinates were now marching on Kyoto, because Corning was doing the same, and he had to avoid that, as he did, to gain the new emperor in order to give the princes an advantage.

But he must never think that the real target of the other side is himself, and since there has been such a major mistake in strategic judgment, then he has nothing to complain about.

In the end, this extremely tolerant general Tokugawa Ieyasu finally found the feeling that he was once familiar with, the feeling that in front of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he had to submit to the feeling of being small, and he found that among the small islands, there was an existence that made them have to raise their heads and look up.

Seeing that the other party finally stopped making a sound, Kangning didn't feel the need to continue greetings, he simply ran out of his own conditions, which was the real purpose of his trip.

The Yamashiro Province and the Omi Province must be placed under the control of Corning.

Tokugawa Ieyasu agreed to this condition at the first time, although the reason for his fame was to try his best to prevent this from happening, but the mistake of strategy made his heroic samurai, even if they rushed to the front line, they could not come in handy, but he was in the rear, dragging down the warriors.

But the second condition made him feel a little unacceptable.

The Wa Kingdom wanted to open ten treaty ports, including Edo Castle and Himeji Castle, and these treaty ports only allowed merchants from the Ming Dynasty and its vassal states to come and go. Merchants from the West and elsewhere were temporarily forbidden to participate unless they were willing to become vassals of the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, the Wakoku had only opened Nagasaki as a treaty port. Dutch, Portuguese and other merchants were allowed to do business there, and as for the trade between them and Korea, it was through the Tsushima Kingdom in the Tsushima Strait.

But now, they have to open as many as a dozen treaty ports, and there are even a few inland cities, which means that many countries from the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty can easily understand their internal national conditions, which has always been closed and conservative for them, almost means losing a lot of security.

But is it still important to feel safe? You know, Corning's weapons are already aimed at this place, and his ambitions will also devour the country.

So what else does he have to say? As a result, the shogun was once again forced to compromise, and he agreed to Corning's request.

The third was the unsurprising issue of war reparations, and Kangning demanded that the shogun compensate him 20,000 taels of gold and 200,000 taels of silver. Although these figures can be said to be insignificant compared to the 200 million taels of silver in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Kangning's bad taste ends here, otherwise, it may be seen by Boss Huang, and he has more excessive demands in the future, and he is not prepared to cause too much backlash on this clause.

Fourth, Hokkaido was ceded and Zuodu Island was given to Corning.

Neither of these two exceeded Tokugawa Ieyasu's expectations, and he agreed almost immediately, but the next two, I want to shake the foundation of his rule and plunge him into a deep coldness all of a sudden.

Article 5, the Emperor was reformed, and the post of Prime Minister was established, nominated by Kanning, and Article 6, the Tokugawa Shogunate, moved to Hokkaido. Since he is a general of the expedition, let's go to conquer Ezo.

Oh, by the way, after the victory, don't forget that it's his Corning territory.