Hearing Zheng Chenggong's words, Sakai Tadashi almost fell headlong on the deck.

Seeing Sakai's appearance, Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong realized the importance of the Japanese "emperor", it seems that their understanding of Japan is really not as profound as Wang Qiang's, it seems that Wang Qiang's sentence "coercing the emperor to order the shogunate" is not a joke.

"What did you do with the 'Emperor'?" Sakai asked anxiously, staring at Zheng Chenggong with a blank eye after speaking.

"You tell him that the Emperor is fine now, that he is a guest with us, and that he is not in power in Japan, but is just a puppet, and that we are ready to help him get back the power that should belong to him, and of course this will have to be after he gives up the title of 'Emperor'."

After listening to Zheng Chenggong's translation, Sakai sat down dejectedly and said a few words to a few people around him, who got up and bowed deeply to Wang Qiang and the others, and then stood up and walked towards the side of the boat.

Wang Qiang was taken aback, thinking that a few people were going to jump into the sea, and were about to say something to stop them, Zheng Chenggong said that they would go to the side to discuss, and Wang Qiang was relieved.

Wang Qiang and the others waited for a while, and Sakai Tadashi and the others came over again, and did not sit down after bowing.

Sakai said it to Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong quickly translated it.

It turned out that Sakai felt that the matter was too serious, and he could no longer call the shots, and he had to go back and ask the general.

"Let them go! But you tell him that our patience is limited, and if there is no news by this time tomorrow morning, the fleet will sail directly into the Sumida River! ”

Looking at Sakai, who was staggering away, Wang Qiang laughed.

"I said Xiao Wang, are we going too far?" Lu Wei said to Wang Qiang hesitantly.

"Excessive? I think you're going too far! Wang Qiang glanced at Lu Wei very dissatisfied.

"Let me tell you, the Japanese nation, if you don't completely subdue him, if you are afraid, once they turn over, it will be more ruthless and worse than the Manchu Tartars, not to mention anything else, will you forget the harm caused to us by the Japanese invaders? If it weren't for the fact that our domestic problems hadn't been completely resolved, I would have ruined Edo this time! ”

Wang Qiang stared at Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong, and continued with some anger.

Listening to Wang Qiang's words, Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong were silent.

"I told the two of you, the relationship between countries is like this, whoever has a hard fist will talk and count, you two will have a lot of dealings with countries in the future, you can't use our Confucianism to deal with the relationship between countries, you must put the interests of our country first, as for what morality and righteousness, I suggest you forget it!"

Seeing that neither of them had figured it out, Wang Qiang pulled the two of them to a chair and sat down, and continued.

Wang Qiang kept the interpreter and the guards far away, and pulled Lu Wei, Zheng Chenggong, and Shi Lang to the chairs and sat down.

"I haven't talked to you about this before, but I have to talk about it today."

Lu Wei looked at Wang Qiang with some surprise, in his impression Wang Qiang has always been heartless and doesn't care much about anything, he didn't expect him to be able to say these truths, seeing that he still has something to say, he quickly cheered up and listened carefully.

"After running at sea for so long, you know we're on the same big ball, right? Later, when technology developed, we now think that the earth is not so big. ”

At this time, Wang Qiang didn't look like a general at all, but like a teacher at school, and the three of them were listening attentively.

"The resources on the earth are limited, and every nation and country will spare no effort to expand the living space of their own country and nation in order to survive better, and the Manchu Tatars invaded China for this purpose, right?"

"What animals survive best in the grasslands and forests? Not docile sheep and deer, but tigers and lions with sharp claws and teeth, do you want our country to become a tiger and a lion, or do you want our country to be a docile sheep? Think about it! ”

Lu Wei lowered his head and pondered, but Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang were still a little dazed.

"You think China is very big, and there are not many exchanges with other countries, but we have to look forward, and when science and technology develop in the future, the exchanges between countries will become more and more convenient.

"Now they are not strong enough to pose a threat to us, but when their teeth are sharp, they will pounce on us like wolves, biting at our huge bodies little by little, and then we will be more vicious and vicious as our evil neighbors, you must recognize this!"

"I understand, it turns out that the Metropolitan Governor is still making every effort to develop maritime power under such a difficult situation, it turns out that the Metropolitan Governor sees so far and has such a deep intention, Lu Wei is really convinced!"

After listening to Wang Qiang's preaching, Lu Wei first raised his head and said to Wang Qiang sincerely.

"Zheng Sen also understood, what didn't you say, Master Wang, this time we all listen to you, we will do what you say, Zheng Sen will never be vague again, Shi Lang, what about you?" Zheng Chenggong also raised his head and said firmly to Wang Qiang.

"I also think that what Master Wang said is reasonable, I will listen to you." In order to show his determination, Shi Lang also stood up and said.

"It's not all up to me, let's make our intentions clear, let's just brainstorm around this intention."

Wang Qiang was extremely happy to see that the three of them had figured it out.

"I thought that the Metropolitan Governor gave you full responsibility for handling Japan's affairs because you were bold and daring, but now it seems that I was wrong again." Lu Wei said with a smile.

"Yes, after staying together for so long, I forgot that you are also an 'angel' who came with the Metropolitan Governor, and I Zheng Sen obeyed you!" Zheng Chenggong also said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, let's discuss what we should do next if the Japanese shogunate doesn't agree to our conditions." Wang Qiang raised his hands and pressed them down, and said to the three of them.

"What else can I do? I won't have any more scruples this time. Zheng Chenggong quickly took Wang Qiang's words and said.

"If they don't agree, they will definitely fight, the key is how to fight? To what extent? What about land? Do we want to attack Edo Castle directly? We have to discuss all of this carefully. ”

The four of them discussed for a long time, and when they had arranged their plans and plans for the next step, it was already time for lunch, and the four of them had just eaten, and the port sent someone to report that a large number of Japanese troops were heading in the direction of the port.

When Wang Qiang heard this, he stood up, and then he realized that the shogunate sent Sakai Tadashi to come just to protect, not really want to negotiate, Wang Qiang was a little angry.

"Except for the gunners who operated the artillery, everyone else landed with me, it seems that they don't hurt them, they won't sit down and talk honestly! Damu, you will pay attention to the observation on the ship, and support the battle on the shore with the naval guns at any time! ”

Wang Qiang put on his helmet as he spoke, and after giving the order, he got up and walked under the ship.

When Wang Qiang returned to the port, he received another report that the Japanese army had stopped, so Lu Wei grabbed his rifle and hurriedly followed.

Wang Qiang held the binoculars and looked ahead carefully, it seemed that the Japanese army was afraid of the guns on the ship, and all of them stopped outside the range of the ship's guns.

Wang Qiang carefully compared, except for the main gun on the "Yue Fei", other artillery pieces could indeed not be hit at this distance.

"Order the troops to catch up! I'm going to let them know we're awesome! Wang Qiang ordered in a loud voice.

With Wang Qiang's order, the troops quickly gathered.

The Japanese army was still five or six miles away from here, and Wang Qiang was not in a hurry at all, and led the troops to slowly march forward.

While marching, Wang Qiang called the artillery company commander over and explained carefully that there was basically no fire support from naval guns in this operation, and the artillery must play a role.

The road of five or six miles was soon reached, and the terrain here was extremely flat, so Wang Qiang stopped on a small slope.

Holding a telescope and looking closely at the Japanese troops on the other side, I saw that it was basically the same as the one encountered in Kyoto, and there were also a large number of people dressed as samurai in it, but there were more people using firearms.

Seeing that the Chinese army was coming up, the Japanese army also slowly moved forward, but it did not rush up as it did in Kyoto, and stopped a mile away.

Wang Qiang observed carefully and saw that there was no artillery in the Japanese army, so he was relieved.

Wang Qiang picked up the copper whistle hanging around his neck and blew it, and as the whistle sounded, the troops immediately launched an offensive formation.

Lu Wei was a little surprised, the Japanese army on the opposite side was afraid that there were 30,000 or 40,000 people, and there were only more than 4,000 people on his side, Wang Qiang was going to attack them, Lu Wei was a little worried.

Seeing that the Chinese army was preparing to attack, several generals on horseback in the Japanese army began to shout, and the sound came from afar, Wang Qiang didn't understand it, and he didn't care.

At this time, the formation of the Japanese army also changed somewhat, the shield bearers and musketeers were on the front, and the samurai were on the sides, and it seemed that they also wanted to use firearms against the Chinese army.

"Order the artillery to open fire, first two salvos!" Wang Qiang gave the order.

Just as the Wehrmacht was in offensive formation, the mortar company also set up positions next to it, and after receiving Wang Qiang's order, the gunners neatly put the shells into the barrels.

A crisp cannon sound sounded, and twenty shells flew towards the Japanese ranks, although the impact points were relatively scattered, but the range of tens of thousands of people standing was indeed too large, and it was difficult to miss.

These 20 shells were all loaded with new ZHA medicine, and the sound of the explosion in the ranks of the Japanese army was too loud even for Lu Wei, who was more than a mile away.

The shells had just exploded, and the shells of the second salvo had already flown again.

Forty shells exploded forty large circles in the Japanese army, the Japanese army was already out of formation, a large number of soldiers began to rush to the back, several generals on horseback shouted hoarsely, obviously trying to restrain the team, but the shouts of several people, in the shouts of tens of thousands of people, were almost inaudible.

"Attack!" Wang Qiang looked at it and gave an order directly.

One by one, the small phalanx began to trot, and the distance of five hundred meters was soon reached, and at this time the soldiers of the Japanese army were still in a panic, but the samurai on both sides came up with samurai swords.

A whistle sounded, the infantry began to fire, and as the guns rang out, the samurai with katana swords began to fall in pieces, and not a single one rushed to within thirty meters of the phalanx.

Lu Wei stood still and did not move, he had already understood that although there was a huge difference in numbers in this battle, there was no suspense in the result, and it was only a matter of time before the Japanese army collapsed.

The soldiers who had lived through the Battle of Kyoto became more and more proficient, and as the guns kept rang out, the Japanese soldiers began to fall in rows.

Despite the desperate shouts of the Japanese generals to restrain their troops, fear inevitably spread among the Japanese troops.