Hong Antong took two steps forward, walked up to Kong Youde, bowed, and then said with a smile: "Kong Du Rongyu, their army has already headed for Kaesong, and they will set off at noon today!" ”

After a pause, Hong Antong pinched his fingers and calculated slightly, and then said: "If you follow the speed of my Qing Dynasty's march, you can arrive at Kaesong before dusk tomorrow at the latest!" ”

"Well, 70,000 people gathered for three whole days before setting off, which is really fucking low! forced Hong Taishi to go out of the city to fight and drag the Tuanshan army back! ”

Hong Antong immediately put on a look of "contempt" and echoed Kong Youde: "Who says it's not!" My master still looks at the number of barbarians, and the soldiers are quite worthy of a battle, otherwise how can the master take care of them? ”

Kong Youde's brows furrowed, his face showed disdain, and he said coldly: "Just those deflated three? The Governor of Pontus looked like monkeys one by one, and he didn't know how Taishi Hong thought that they had the strength to fight? If you want the governor of Pontus to say, I'm afraid it's better for Westerners to be safe. ”

"Well, who's to say it's not! But the Westerners ask for too much! Hong Antong had a bitter look on his face, spread his hands, shook his head incessantly, and sighed.

Kong Youde bowed his head slightly and stopped talking. He knew very well that in Hong Taishi's plan, "my Great Qing" would not be able to defeat the Tuanshan Army regardless of the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Khan Eight Banners -- in fact, if "my Great Qing" poured out the strength of the country and gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to confront the Tuanshan Army, the outcome would not be clear. After all, the Tuanshan army had only 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Korea, and it had to be divided into troops to defend it, and the number of soldiers who could fight was just over 40,000.

Let's not talk about whether "my Great Qing Dynasty" can gather such a large number of troops, just rely on the "meticulous work" of the Tuanshan Army that is ubiquitous in Liaodong. The completion of this level of troop build-up must have been known by Zhang Li early on. Don't wait for the Qing army to gather troops to enter the court, and the tension will come out of the shell. Run to attack Shenyang, then it will be a big loss.

So this time in the decisive battle of Kaesong in the Korean country. The treasure that Hong Taishi bet on is not domestic aid, but foreign aid!

Kong Youde sighed slightly, his eyes deepened. Originally, Hong Taishi's first choice was 7,000 Franco-machine mercenaries, and if the 3,000 mercenaries in Kaesong reached 10,000, the Tuanshan army would definitely be defeated. According to the Westerners, if there was no artillery support, their army could only be matched by the "immovable battalion" of the Tuanshan Army. The immovable battalion is 3,000 people, and if the Franco mercenary army is 10,000, it can easily beat the regimental mountain army.

It's a pity that the Governor of Macau, Ma Shijialu, gave Hung Taishi a price of 1,000 taels of silver per person. Seven thousand people is seven million taels -- this is no different from the Ming robbery, and I am short of silver in the Qing Dynasty, and Lord Hong finally managed to get two million taels to come to Korea, and the difference between them and the Westerners' asking price is too far away, so I can only give up.

In retreat, Hong Taishi chose another group of foreign aid, which was quite a few people, a full 70,000 army, and said that it would be possible to get 200,000 people in the follow-up - but Hong Taishi refused!

These people don't want money. As long as the land, I want the land of the Korean country.

Kong Youde laughed dumbly, barbarians are barbarians, how can there be a world of flowers in Daming Pass in North Korea, where birds don't? To be cleaned up the regimental mountain army. I entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, and Dingding Central Plains is the right thing. As for this Korean country, whoever loves it wants it. Whom do you love?

……

On the west side of the courtyard, there are still two wings. And the room on the east side was full of seven people.

These people are not very tall. There was no hair on his forehead, but instead of braids, he wore a bun like a knife handle on top of his head.

They are sitting, yes, sitting, sitting on the ground. The tables, chairs and benches in the wing room were all removed, and a bamboo mat was spread throughout the room.

The man sitting cross-legged on the throne was not very old, about his early twenties, but on either side of him sat two old men with white beards, one on the left and one on the right.

Further down, four people sat cross-legged on the left and right.

The old man on the left sat cross-legged and turned around, his legs did not move particularly much, he held the table with both hands, bowed deeply to the people on the main seat, and said: "Lord, our army has set off, and it is expected to arrive in Kaesong tomorrow, and fight side by side with the Qing Dynasty's Hong Taishi, and will definitely win a great victory." ”

As soon as the man opened his mouth, he spoke in a Japanese language.

That's right, everyone present was the general of the Japanese expedition to Korea, and the main one was called Tokugawa Ieki, who was the younger brother of the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.

It turned out that the foreign aid that Hong Chengchou was looking for was the Japanese army!

Tokugawa Ieki let out a "hmm", there was no expression on his face, his eyes squinted slightly, as if he was really thinking about something important.

The name of the person who spoke just now was Naohiro Ii, and he was the elder of the Tokugawa family. "Eilao" is an official position, and it is also more troublesome to explain, and the so-called "daimyo" in Japan can be understood as the princes and kings. The positions under the command of the "Daimyo" from low to high are: Ashigaru, Ashigaru Group Leader, Ashigaru General, Shogun, Minister, Elder Family, Castle Lord, and Country Lord. Ashigaru is the lowest position of the samurai class, that is, the small soldier who charges into battle, and the lord of the country is the highest position under the daimyo, because he has the jurisdiction of one or more countries, so it is also considered a daimyo level in terms of power. Of course, the "country" of the Wa State is probably equivalent to the land of the Ming Dynasty, and there are many villains in the Wa Kingdom, and it is normal to bluff people in the name.

It can be seen that this "family elder" can also be regarded as an important minister of the Tokugawa family.

Naohiro Ii frowned slightly, glanced at another old Ishikawa Kio on the side, and saw that he didn't say anything, so he continued: "Lord, are you worried about the Qing people?" ”

Since Tokugawa Ieki was a "daimyo", that is, a figure equivalent to the level of a prince and a king, it was normal for Naohiro Ii to call him "lord".

Tokugawa Ieki snapped, slapped the fan in his hand for thirteen on the ground, and said loudly: "I heard that the people of the Qing Kingdom are all barbarians, and a few decades ago they were Tungusic savages. My heart is very troubled! ”

Naohiro Ii was about to speak, but Ishikawa Kio, who was sitting on Tokugawa Ieki's right hand, hurriedly spoke: "Lord Rongyu, the person who contacted our country this time is Hong Chengchou, the Taishi of the Qing Kingdom, he was the minister of the Ming State before, and he was also a powerful figure!" ”

Naohiro Ii glared at Ishikawa Kio, who was stealing the words, with his afterglow, and immediately snatched the right to speak: "Lord, Taishi Hong used to be in the Ming Kingdom, and that was equivalent to the existence of His Royal Highness Taige - even he voted for the Qing Kingdom, which means that the Qing Kingdom has a more future!" And now that the Ming Kingdom has perished, it shows that Hong Chengchou and Hong Taishi's eyes are like torches! (To be continued.) )