The distant mountains are like daisies.

The spring breeze blows at the foot of Baiguan Mountain, far from the coast, without a trace of fishiness, gently like a lover's touch.

In Changmei Temple, Ukita Hideya was kneeling in the spring breeze, looking through a letter on the low table with his dry hands covered with old age spots.

The letter was long, written by Tadashi Abe, and it described in detail Chu Fan's intricately designed and daring action.

The description of the battle scene of the Ming country Xiucai in a large section of the letter made the Ukita Hideya seem to return to the years of Rong Ma and the horse.

I think back then, when His Royal Highness Taiko did his best to conquer Korea in the west, what a magnificent scene it was: the sails were like a forest, densely covered with endless sea, and the sun was stagnant, and the 160,000 battle-hardened Japanese elites finally united under the banner of His Royal Highness Taiko, and wanted to expand the territory for Japan!

On April 14 of the first year of Munrok, the advance of the army landed in Busan, North Korea; 19 days later, it fell to the king of Joseon, Gyeongseoul; After 2 months and 1 day, Pyongyang was trapped; In a short period of time, the eight provinces of Korea have all entered the pocket of His Royal Highness Taeko, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the speed of progress with the words "invincible". (Crab note: the first year of Wenlu is the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and in 1592 AD, the battle of Wanli Korea began in that year)

Ukita Hideya, who was only 19 years old at the time and served as the general of the Eighth Army, was infinitely beautiful and satisfied, and he was even more convinced of His Royal Highness Taiko's real goal: what Great Japan wanted to capture was not just Korea, but the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty was a generous gift prepared by His Royal Highness Taiko for all the heroes who participated in the war!

Land is the most coveted by the daimyo, and Liaodong happens to have a ridiculously vast land!

And the people of the Ming Kingdom, the masters of that land, did not know how to use them at all, how to make this fertile land produce a steady stream of white flowers, but let the barbarians waste the blessings of heaven!

Just like His Royal Highness Taige said, "Since the people of the Ming Kingdom don't know how to cherish it, then let's do it!" This is a gift from Amaterasu for all of you, bring your retainers, bring your ashigaru, and fight hard for the fertile land of Liaodong! ”

Therefore, when Konishi Yukinaga's First Army encountered an attack from the Ming general Zu Chengxun in Pyongyang, the entire Japanese army, including Ukita Hideya, was not only not panicked, but was extremely excited -- the fact that the Ming army could be lured to Korea and fight in the Japanese-controlled area was in itself exciting and exciting.

As for whether they can be annihilated after luring the Ming army here, is it still a question for the battle-hardened Japanese ashigaru? Isn't Zu Chengxun's hasty retreat the best footnote?

However, after only half a year, Ukita Hideya realized how stupid and unheard of he was!

It was outside the city of Pyongyang that winter that the confident Japanese saw for the first time the charge of the cavalry group that had swept across the entire Eurasian continent and terrified countless people!

When the three-eyed guns in the hands of the Ming cavalry roared, when the rumbling horses' hooves resounded in the sky, when the Ming cavalry jumped up and waved their weapons to harvest their lives, those Ashigaru who made His Royal Highness Taiko, the Ukita Hide, and all the Japanese proud, were terrified! Cowardly! Scattered!

Recalling the tremendous deterrent power of the Ming Kingdom Iron Horse, the sculptural Ukita Hideya's radiant eyes shrank suddenly, and he couldn't sit still any longer, so he stood up and walked to the door of the Seisha, using the distant view of the mountains to relieve his tension and fear.

In retrospect, Ukita Hideya is glad that they made the right choice at the Bihokan - Kobayakawa Takakei dissuaded the generals of the various legions who fled in a hurry, organized them, and took advantage of the complex terrain of the Bihokan and the unfavorable cavalry to go back and forth, and successfully ambushed the Li Rusong brothers who rushed south after the great victory, although the two armies ended in a draw, but they successfully curbed the sweeping trend of the Ming army, and of course also boosted the morale of the extremely low Japanese army.

The Battle of Bihokwan was a turning point in the Battle of Munroku, after which the Ming army stayed in the area of Kaesong, North Korea and no longer went south, and the opponents of the Japanese army reverted to the Koreans who were beaten by them and could not find the north, and the morale of the whole army gradually recovered.

But at the same time, the Japanese sailors led by the Nine Ghosts Yoshiryu were repeatedly defeated by the famous Korean general Yi Sunsin, resulting in the inability of supplies to arrive, coupled with the excessive destruction of Korea, resulting in a plague epidemic, the local food was not easy to requisition, and eager to preserve the results of the occupation of the four provinces in the south of Korea, His Royal Highness Taige sent envoys to accompany the Ming envoy Shen Weijing from Busan to Beijing to negotiate peace. (Crab note: The battle of Wanli Korea is divided into two phases, and the above is the first stage)

Later, due to the discovery of the deception of the envoys of the Ming Kingdom, His Royal Highness Taige was furious, and after 5 years of the first westward expedition, he once again marched to the fertile land of Liaodong with the elite of the whole country.

This time, the Ukita Hideya did not participate, but chose to stay with His Royal Highness Taiko, whose health had deteriorated rapidly and was dying.

However, no matter how much the Ukita Hideya prayed to Amaterasu, they could not save the life of His Royal Highness Taiko, and in the end, this peerless hero, who had completed the great cause of the unification of Japan, died in the third year of Keicho with a full heart of unwillingness to give up - and the two western expeditions to Korea ended hastily.

"Alas!"

After a long sigh, Ukita Hideya's heart ached violently - after all these years, he was still haunted by this matter.

He couldn't help but be angry, everything he had was given by His Royal Highness Taiko - if it weren't for His Royal Highness's strong support, he, the second son, who was only 9 years old, would never have taken the position of governor of the Uki family from his eldest son; In order to subdue the unruly retainers of the Uki family, His Royal Highness Taiko even personally presided over his Yuan costume and personally gave him the name "Xiujia". He knew that His Royal Highness Taige really loved him, otherwise it would never be possible to marry Haoji, the pearl of his palm, to him, and of course, it would be impossible to give him such a huge food seal as 574,000 stones......

Now, His Royal Highness Taiko has passed away for many years, but he Yukita Hide's family can't forget the kindness of His Royal Highness Taiko.

Revive the Toyotomi family! Back to Osaka Castle! Stand off the white again!

This is what he, the Ukita Hideya must do for His Royal Highness! (Crab note: Sekihaku is the prime minister of Japan, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi ruled Japan in the name of Sekihaku and later Taiko during his lifetime)

After taking a deep breath, Ukita Hideya returned to the dwarf and knelt down and picked up the letter again.

In the second half of the letter, Abe Tadamoto talked about a suggestion from Chu Fan, which made Ukita Hideya think deeply.

Ming Kuni felt that the shogunate was too powerful, and in order to revive the Toyotomi family, Kinoshitamaru had to unite all the forces that could be united, including the large number of Kiritan cultists who were also ruthlessly attacked by the shogunate.

As for the past feud between Kinoshitamaru and the Kiritan cultists, it should be put down in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu, a common enemy.

Looking at it, the words of Chu Fan relayed by Abe Tadamoto made the old man who had fought all his life nod slightly.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend!"