Chapter 724: First Strike, Stronger
Holding the concluded Treaty of Fangjin, Duan Fei and the King of Later Nara looked at each other and smiled, but the two of them were not interested in outsiders, and they also knew very well that a paper covenant could not guarantee anything.
It is easy for the huge Fangjin Port to hide more troops, and it is necessary to maintain sufficient deterrent force, but the idea of the King of Later Nara is to wait for Japan to calm down, and then secretly accumulate strength after he really takes power, and then completely drive the Shu army out of Japan, even if the Shu army hides tens of thousands of troops in Fangjin Port? This is Japan's territory, and it is too difficult for the Shu army to transport reinforcements by ship from Daming.
The two of them had their own ideas, but on the surface they were very harmonious, and after each of them had collected the treaty, King Nara asked impatiently: "Wei Guogong, what is the situation in Japan now?" ”
Duan Fei replied: "It's very chaotic, although Hosokawa Gaogong has beaten Ouchi Yoshiko and fled back to his hometown, but he also wants to completely defeat him for a while, and other subordinate groups such as the Sibo clan and the Changshan clan have more or less joined this melee, the king can rest assured, everything is in the hands of this envoy." ”
The king of Gonara said with some concern: "Waikoko, you must not ignore the power of the Ashikaga shogun, although he is also in power, but when necessary, he still has a strong force. ”
Duan Fei said solemnly: "Thank you for the king's advice, the envoy really ignored him a little......"
Just when Duan Fei was busy revising the plan and preparing for a full-scale attack, somewhere in Omi, not far east of Kyoto, the positions of the Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan stood opposite each other, and the swords were tense, but between the two sides, it was a different look.
A large umbrella covered the mahogany coffee table and thick carpet underneath, and on either side of the coffee table, Hosokawa Takagong and Ouchi Yoshiyuki looked at each other angrily.
In the midst of them, an old man in his fifties with gray hair but very energetic was making tea for the two of them.
"Everyone doesn't have any life-and-death enmity, is it necessary to make a big fight to lose both?" The old man said quietly while making tea.
Ouchi Yoshixing snorted and said, "General, you asked him, if he hadn't been bewitched by the Ming people and sent troops to attack me without authorization, how would I have seen him in the same way?" ”
Hosokawa Gaogong sneered: "Look at what you said, as if everything is my fault, do you dare to curse the heavens that you have never secretly made trouble to weaken my strength?" ”
The two sides have been fighting for more than ten years, what tricks have not been used? Ouchi Yoshixing naturally didn't dare to swear, he retorted: "I also rely on my own strength, if you can't fight, do you have a reason to collude with Mingren?" You're luring wolves into the house and digging your own grave! ”
Hosokawa Gaogong sneered: "Even if I dig my own grave, I will bury you underneath first!" ”
"Okay, give me face, can you say a few words?" Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who is an old peacemaker, frowned and drank lightly, in normal times, he is happy when these two people fight to the death, but unfortunately the time is not right, Ashikaga Yoshiharu can only be able to speak and gather the strength of these two families to fight against powerful foreign enemies.
Ashikaga Yoshiharu is the current shogun, although the power is sidelined, but his situation is slightly better than the emperor, although the family is divided, but after all, there is still a certain strength and prestige, hearing him say this, the two suddenly stopped talking.
Ashikaga Yoshiharu handed the two cups of tea to the two of them and said, "Now is not the time to fight you to the death, the most important thing is to confirm whose hands the emperor is......"
"Ask him!" Hosokawa Takagong and Ouchi Yoshiko pointed at each other in unison, and the two instantly entered a state of cockfighting again.
Ashikaga Yoshiharu sneered: "It seems that you all think that the emperor is in each other's hands, do you dare to swear to the sky that the emperor is not in your hands?" ”
Hosokawa Takagong and Ouchi Yoshiko both swore without hesitation, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu's face gradually became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Either you guys are lying, or things are in trouble." ”
Both Hosokawa Takagong and Ouchi Yoshiko sensed the seriousness of the matter, and at such a juncture, there was no need for either of them to hide the emperor, could it be that the emperor was really missing?
Few people cared when the emperor was there, and everyone knew his importance when he was away......
The Emperor is missing!
A few thoughts flashed through Hosokawa Takagong and Ouchi Yoshiko's minds, their faces were gloomy and terrifying, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu sighed lightly: "Who do you think of to be able to quietly take the emperor away from the two of you, and make you think that the emperor is in the hands of the other party, and the person with such clever means?" ”
Ouchi Yoshixing looked at Hosokawa Gaogong coldly, Hosokawa Gaogong gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth: "Da Ming is coming, Wei Guogong Duan Fei!" ”
"What? The envoy from the Ming Dynasty turned out to be Duan Fei! Hosokawa Gaogong, you hide it from me so hard! Ouchi Yoshihei shouted angrily: "What are you waiting for? The emperor must have secretly snatched it away for Duan Fei, so everyone had to join forces and snatch the emperor back! ”
Hosokawa Gaogong's expression changed, and he snorted: "You can't act rashly, if you want to regain the emperor, you must first kill the two thousand brocade guards musketeers sent by Duan Fei to the patriarch!" ”
The power displayed by the musketeers of the Kinikwei made Hosokawa Takagong and Ouchi Yoshiko very scruples, and the two of them instantly realized that they could not deal with the musketeers of the Kinyi Guard alone, and the general Yoshiharu was right, now everyone has to put aside their grudges and deal with the common enemy together.
The three of them launched an emergency consultation, and at this moment, there was a sudden sound of tight gunfire like fried beans from behind Hosokawa Army, Hosokawa Gaogong's expression changed again, he stood up, turned around and looked back, and shouted: "Go and see what's going on?" ”
Following the gunshots, several explosions came from afar, black smoke rose from the spine in the distance, Hosokawa Takagong's face was ugly, Ashikaga Yoshiharu had not seen the power of the firearms of the Shugun, and he asked with a strange expression: "This is the musket of the Shujun?" ”
The chaos spread rapidly in the Hosokawa army like a wave of water, and a soldier quickly ran to Hosokawa Gaogong, panting and said: "Lord, it's not good, those Ming people...... Raid our rear, brethren...... I can't stand it! ”
Hosokawa Gaogong shouted angrily: "If you can't stand it, you have to top it!" How much gunpowder and bullets can the Ming people carry? As long as you resist them, you can annihilate them all! Resist me! ”
Hosokawa Gaogong's angry shouts were echoing, but his generals all hung their heads, avoiding his eyes, if it was a sword and gun martial art, they would naturally fight bravely, but their enemies don't compete with you, a shot from afar, or a grenade thrown at it, that thing is not a martial power to resist, at least they don't have that ability.
Ashikaga Yoshiharu shook his head and said: "No, the defeat is like a mountain, the firearms are really powerful, the two Jingzhao doctors, let's retreat first, how to deal with these musketeers, we still need to think about it in the long run......"
The reason why Han Xing and the others were able to seize the opportunity to hit the Hosokawa clan by surprise was because Duan Fei had already explained, as long as there was a slight mistake, they could immediately attack, and the news of the negotiations between the Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan was transmitted to Han Xing and them through Hososaku, and these militants naturally did not wait to be beaten, nor did they consider retreating, but immediately thought of attacking, attacking!
More than 1,000 rounds of bullets and more than 10 grenades, the invincible Hosokawa army was beaten to the desert and fled, the power of firearms is of course an important reason, another reason is that the Hosokawa army has seen the power of the firearms, see them fight the enemy refreshingly, who wants to taste it himself, see the army attacked, these people are timid, the heart is weak and only want to escape, where does the combat effectiveness come from?
Han Xing they will accept it when they see it, after the Hosokawa army wolf rushed, they immediately turned around and left, Hosokawa Gaogong predicted well, they did not carry many firearms, they must not fight a tough battle with the enemy, since everyone has torn their faces, Han Xing They plan to take advantage of the news has not spread, first rush back to Fangjin Port to replenish it.
Zhongduan Fei of Fangjin Port has not yet received the news that the two sides have started a war, but he is also ready to start, he asked Song Suqing to recruit all his subordinates to the dock in the port, and Hosokawa Gaogong has prepared 5,000 people here, not to protect the Ming mission, but to kill them if necessary.
Five thousand people were crammed into the dock and looked a little crowded, and these people didn't know what was going on, and their faces were a little dazed.
Song Suqing appeared, after Duan Fei's persuasion and education, Song Suqing is now completely backlashed, he looked at these former 'compatriots' in front of him indifferently, and his heart was suddenly full of contempt, these damned, poor, ignorant, ignorant Japanese...... Why did he get involved with them in the first place?
Song Suqing shouted: "Shut up for me!" Be quiet, I have something important to announce! ”
The noisy voice gradually became smaller, but Song Suqing seemed to feel that these stupid guys below didn't seem to respect him very much, and he usually didn't feel it at all, what happened today?
Song Suqing said coldly: "Everyone listen, do you know why the head of the family wants to go to war with the Ouchi clan? ”
The five thousand turtles in Song Suqing's eyes shook their heads one after another, and Song Suqing said loudly: "This is because the head of the family wants to seize the world, and the Ouchi clan is the biggest obstacle in front of him, as long as he kills the Ouchi clan, Japan will no longer have the strength to compete with him, and the head of the family can abolish the emperor and establish himself as the emperor!" ”
"Song Suqing, what nonsense are you talking about!" The people below became agitated, and some people shouted angrily.
Song Suqing sneered: "I'm not talking nonsense, I am the henchman of the head of the family, I know very well what the head of the family is thinking, if you still have doubts in your hearts, you will not doubt the emperor's words, right?" Your Majesty the Emperor, please! ”
"The Emperor? Isn't the emperor in Kyoto? How can it be in Fangjin Port? "The people below are even more confused.
The king of Gonara, who was wearing the emperor's crown robe, appeared in the window let out by Song Suqing with a cold expression, and there were several exclamations from below, and someone recognized the emperor and hurriedly knelt down to pay homage after exclaiming: "It's really His Majesty the Emperor, it's really the Emperor...... Long live His Majesty the Emperor! ”
More and more people knelt down and bowed, and the mountain shouted long live, and finally there was no one standing on the pier, and the king of Nara nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are all loyal and brave righteous men, why do you obey the orders of Hosokawa Takagon, a traitor?" He sent someone to kidnap me from Kyoto and detain me here, if it weren't for Song Aiqing who accidentally found out and killed Hosokawa Gaogong's henchman Nitta Sanzao to rescue my family of three, I am afraid that I will soon die silently, what Song Aiqin said just now is true, do you still want to serve Hosokawa Gaogong, a traitor? ”