If you want to eat the men and horses landed by the Qing Navy Division in one bite, you must induce them to stay away from the port and river, and completely get out of the range of the battleship's guns, otherwise no matter how many people there are, it will not be enough for the bombardment of the battleship's guns.

Inoue Hachiro, Mabe Interpretation, Harada Yoshitoku, and Kitamura Tae finished counting the casualties of the troops, and hurried over, the four of them knew in their hearts what mood Mabe Interpretation was in now, and after a brief discussion, they asked Inoue Hachiro to go in and report, Interpretation had already received a few slaps, but he didn't want to find guilt again.

After being reported by the guards, Inoue Hachiro walked into the hall in a worried mood, bowed in front of the room, but did not say a word, the room looked up at him, and sighed slightly, before asking in a deep voice: "How many casualties?" ”

Inoue Hachiro said in a deep voice: "There are only 10,000 of the 40,000 new troops left, and there are still 30,000 of the feudal lord's coalition army and 11,000 cavalry. ”

"Yaga! Fifty-two thousand people died in this battle? He stood up and shouted in disbelief.

There is no 50,000, but there are definitely 20,000 or 30,000, the lethality of the artillery of the Qing Navy Division is too great, Inoue Hachiro personally led the troops into battle, and he had a deep experience of the power of the artillery bombardment, but he didn't dare to say this, just lowered his head and explained: "It's dark and chaotic, and some ronins haven't had time to return to the team." ”

The room quickly realized his gaffe, and sat down slowly, I am afraid that I will not return to the team if I don't return to the team, that kind of fierce and dense shelling is really beyond the limit of what they can bear, and it is already very good that there are so many people left in these temporarily assembled rabble, although he had expected that the loss would be very large, but he did not expect it to be so huge, and he was more worried. After this battle, do the samurai still have the courage to face the Qing Sains again? Do you really want to send a samurai advance team to fight hard?

It's a deep groan. but listened to the report of the guards. "Lord Shiraishi, the old man of the Heavy Pavilion."

As soon as the words fell, Arai Junmi and Jiushishiyuki hurriedly walked in, and after bowing slightly, the two sat down opposite. Jiushizhong bowed his head and was silent, but Arai Junmi was staring at the room. He asked directly, "Your Excellency, how can you resist the Qing Navy's attack on Edo?" ”

The room glanced at the Ninth Shigeyuki, who bowed his head and was silent, and groaned slightly. Cai said: "What advice does Baishi-kun have?" ”

Arai Junmi also didn't sleep all night. After the battle began, he has been secretly paying attention, and he is quite clear about the tragic situation on the battlefield, and he has a fierce personality, and he said bluntly at the moment: "I can't fight with the Qing Navy Division anymore, and I must send an envoy to negotiate peace." ”

Envoy to negotiate peace? The room is not a row. He stared at him with a surprised face and said, "What does Baishijun mean is to conclude an alliance with the Qing State under the city?" ”

"That's right." Arai Junmi said unabashedly: "After this battle. The Qing Navy will not go deep alone, if they go up the river and shell Edo, or set fire to the city, how will you respond? ”

Go up the river! Judging from the battle report of Edo Bay and the shelling of the night battle before, the range of the naval guns of the Qing naval division should be more than 20 or 30 ding, if the Qing naval division really went up the river, most of Edo would be within their range, and they would not be able to stop it if they wanted to shell Edo or set fire to the city.

Seeing that Mabe was silent, Arai Kimimi continued: "Edo is the foundation of the lord for hundreds of years, once it is destroyed, the lord will not only lose face, but also lose his strength, it will inevitably arouse the covetousness of the powerful feudal lords in various places, they will definitely use this as an excuse to conquer the lord, and the whole of Japan may fall into chaos. ”…,

Mabu Quanfang suddenly felt sweat on his forehead, and the Qing navy shelled or burned Edo, and if he did not resist, the shogunate was bound to bear the infamy, and the people's hearts were discouraged, and they would give people a handle, and the powerful feudal lords in various places would definitely use this as an excuse to take the opportunity to raise troops to denounce. Resist, exhaust the troops, the strong feudal domains in various places will also take advantage of the weakness, and those disgruntled old and middle and lineage royal families will also take the opportunity to make trouble, besides, the Qing Kingdom will not give up.

After pondering for a long time, the room looked at Jiushi Chongzhi and asked in a muffled voice, "What is the opinion of the Chongzhi Pavilion?" ”

Jiu Shizhong said in a deep voice: "Even if you want to fight, you can't fight anymore, not only the army is disheartened, but also there is no fighter, the Qing State Navy Division goes straight up the river, it is impossible to resist at all, and as soon as the day dawns, the Qing State Navy Division will attack, not only do we have no choice, but we also have no time." ”

The room nodded, he really didn't have time to prepare for them, and after a long pause, he asked, "Won't you give someone a handle to conclude an alliance with the Qing State under the city?" ”

Arai Junmei said in a deep voice: "The invasion of the Qing State is nothing more than to ask us to call the ministers and pay tribute, and we are not without a history of calling the ministers and paying tribute to China, and it will not arouse public anger. After speaking, he bowed and said, "Our time is running out, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

The room immediately said, "Let's go talk to them first and see what their conditions are." After a slight sigh, he said, "In order to show our sincerity, please ask Baishi-kun to work hard." He bowed deeply.

"Without further ado, I'll go to the Qingguo Navy Division Camp right away." Arai Junmi did not hesitate at all, got up and took her leave.

Several people in the room immediately got up and bowed to each other, and when Shiraishi went out, the room sat down, glanced at Jiu Shizhong, and said in a deep voice: "Is there really no hope of victory?" ”

Jiu Shishiyuki pondered for a moment before he said: "There are only more than 10,000 Qing sailors, it is impossible to land and occupy Edo, and the threat to the shogunate is far less than that of Satsuma, Choshu and other powerful feudal domains. ”

*

I heard that Arai Kimi, the minister of the Japanese shogunate, asked to see him, and Yinxiang, Shi Shibi, Long Keduo and others who were discussing at the flagship were all in the same place, and Japan was sending an envoy to sue for peace?

"They're really fast." Shi Shibiao said with a smile.

"They're worried that we're going to attack Edo right away." Yinxiang said with a smile: "Arai Junmi is the right-hand man of the previous shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, and he is also the assistant minister of the current shogun, he came to negotiate, and he is qualified, Lord Taka, the negotiation matters, the prince designated you to be in charge, you go and talk to him." ”

Shi Shibi said in a deep voice: "Just give him an hour, it's not good to talk, let's send troops to attack Edo immediately, we don't have time to waste with them." ”

An hour to negotiate? Long Keduo laughed secretly in his heart, where is this negotiation, it is purely a unilateral order, which is also too strong.

Long Keduo hurried to the Marine Corps camp, and after introducing the greeting to Arai Kimi, he said directly: "Lord Shiraishi, we are short of time, and our naval commander has only limited one hour of negotiation time, I think we should get straight to the point." ”

Listening to the translation, Arai Junmei's heart couldn't help but tighten, the Qing people were really fearless, and after a little silence, he said: "We are very sincere in this negotiation. After the translation, he continued: "Can you tell me the reason for your country's unprovoked invasion of my Edo?" ”

Long Keduo smiled slightly and said, "Your country's Japanese invaders invade our southeast coast, is there a reason?" Is there a reason for the invasion of the Ryukyus? Is there a reason for the invasion of North Korea? After a slight pause, he continued: "Our crown prince said that wolves eat sheep, and there is no need for any reason!" To the Ryukyus, you Japan are wolves, but to the Qing Dynasty, you are sheep, and the Qing Empire is now bullying the weak and bullying the small! ”…,

The Manchus are really a barbarian state, where is this negotiation, it is purely a threat! Arai Junmei was slandered in her heart, but her face was as usual, and when she heard him mention the prince, she couldn't help but ask, "Who is the new prince of your country?" ”

"The emperor said that the fourteenth son Yinzhen."

Yinzhen, the fourteenth prince who created the Qing Navy, was made the crown prince? Arai Junmei's heart couldn't help but sink, this is not good news, this new prince is definitely a warlike lord, after a little hesitation, he asked directly: "What are the conditions of your country?" ”

The conditions of the negotiation, Yinzhen has already explained, Long Keduo opened his mouth and said: "Japan must be called a minister, every year to pay tribute, every year to pay tribute, the Japanese emperor can no longer use the name of the emperor, must be renamed the king of the Japanese." ”

Arai Junmi nodded, this article is completely acceptable, it is expected to call the minister Nagong, since it is a vassal country, it is natural that it can no longer be called the emperor, and it is not a big deal to change the name to the king of Wa, but it is just retro. During the Three Kingdoms period in China, the Emperor of Wei had crowned the monarch of Japan at that time as the pro-Wei Emperor, and Japan has since been called the Wa Kingdom, and has been used for a long time, not to mention that the current emperor is just a puppet, just change the name, no one will care.

Seeing Arai Junmei nodding calmly, Long Keduo felt slightly strange, and did not think deeply, and then said: "My Qing navy entered Edo, originally to negotiate, but unexpectedly, it was attacked by you several times, causing heavy losses, you must compensate for this loss, our shells and fireworks are very expensive. ”

You have to compensate for your losses, who will compensate us for the death of so many people? Although Arai Kimimi was angry, but under the roof, he had to bow his head, this, he had to endure, he gritted his teeth and said: "For the loss of the navy, Edo will do its best to compensate." ”

Seeing that he agreed to compensate, Long Keduopi said with a smile: "It's not Edo compensation, it's your Tokugawa shogunate's compensation, more than 30 million people in Japan, one person pays three taels, even if it's a whole number of 100 million taels, our crown prince specially explained, as long as gold." ”