"One of the three principled conditions, the reason why the dispute between the two countries has reached such a difficult point to resolve is that the shogunate usurped power and acted arbitrarily, so for the sake of the relations between the two countries, the shogunate of your country must put an end to the atrocities of usurping power and disorderly government within a limited period of time, return the government to the imperial court of your country, and let the relations between the two countries return to normal as soon as possible.

Second, the trade dispute between the two countries has caused us great losses, and the shogunate's unscrupulous behavior has also caused us unnecessary losses, so your country must pay sufficient compensation, the amount of which is 50 million taels of silver.

Thirdly, in order to ensure that trade between the two countries will continue to be stable in the future and will not be affected by such incidents, the Imperial Court of our country formally requests that your country cede the port of Nagasaki as our commercial port within a limited period of time, and that our merchants have a special status in your country and cannot be arbitrarily restricted or arrested.

The three principles and conditions are the basis for the negotiations between our two countries, and they are indispensable. ”

As Kong Zhang's narration continued, Yanagi Yuanzhai, who had been listening quietly, looked more and more strange, and finally he looked at Kong Zhang as if he was watching a madman.

"Hole...... Master Kong, are these all the conditions officially put forward by your country? ”

"Of course it is, as a Han official, can I still cheat on this kind of thing?" Kong Zhang smiled and took out a text from the side and handed it to the other party, "Here is our paperwork, please look at it and see if you have heard it wrong." ”

As if he had been caught in an evil spirit, Yanagi Yuanzhai stretched out his hand tremblingly, took the paperwork, and then read it carefully, and finally, he found that he had heard it correctly, these three conditions were indeed the requirements of the Han now.

"Lord Yagyu, what do you think of these conditions?" After he finished reading it, Kong Zhang asked unhurriedly.

A burst of blood suddenly surged onto Yanagi Yuansai's face, his face instantly turned red, and he suppressed the urge to rush over and beat the other party, and casually threw the paperwork on the table.

"These conditions ...... We will never say yes, not any of them! And I won't even talk about it! Is this an attempt to rupture relations between the two countries? ”

"So, don't you want to agree?" Yanagi Yuanzhai's reaction did not surprise Kong Zhang and the other Han officials, so it did not cause any repercussions, "In that case, I don't think there is anything to talk about." ”

"What do you mean, sir?" Yanagi Motosai faintly felt that something was wrong.

"The responsibility for the discord between the two countries this time lies entirely in the hands of the shogunate of your country." The smile on Kong Zhang's face disappeared, and he looked at the other party coldly, "Now these conditions are already our last efforts to save the situation, since the adults refuse to agree, then we have no other way." ”

"Your Excellency...... What does that mean? As if he felt something, Yanagi Motosai's whole body was already stiff.

"I've made it very clear that we have no choice but to resort to one last resort to solve these problems." Kong Zhang was still unhurried, "Since the negotiations can no longer save the situation, then we have no choice but to use force to save the situation, so that your country can restore order and restore good relations between the two countries." ”

"Is there going to be a war?" Yanagi Motosai already understood, and he himself didn't know how he could still speak again.

"Yes, war, from this day, from this moment on, my country and your country are already at war." Kong Zhang stared at the other party tightly, "At the same time, because the shogunate is not the court of your country, nor is it a rightful ruler, we don't think that we are at war with Japan, this is just a crusade and punishment against the shogunate, please know." ”

"Crusade...... Punishment ......" Yanagi Yuansai subconsciously repeated, as if his thoughts were already confused.

This was indeed a terrifying and unexpected blow, where did he think before he came, and he would actually get such a result today?

"Yes, the punishment has already begun, and it will soon be clear to your shogunate who should have the final say in the world now." Kong Zhang sneered, "In addition, there is another thing, until the shogunate changes this arrogant and rude attitude and disobedience to the king, our imperial court will definitely not have any more dealings with it, and will never regard the shogunate as an opponent in negotiations again." ”

In other words, there will be no more negotiations in the future, not even peace talks?

What arrogance!

"You wait for thieves, don't think you're sure of victory!" I don't know where the strength comes from, Yanagi Yuanzhai suddenly scolded Kong Zhang and the others. "Looking at the current situation, I'm afraid you have been preparing for war against our country for a long time, right? So why deliberately negotiate? Such treacherous people...... How can He De steal the Central Plains? Bah! ”

Kong Zhang didn't answer, just looked at the other party coldly, his attitude was indifferent, as if he was just a chirping monkey.

"Don't think you've won us!" Seeing that the situation was irreparable, Yanagi Motosai had no scruples, and scolded these ministers, "Our shogunate has been running Japan for several generations, with a strong army, abundant grain and grass, and even more Japanese people!" Even if you have strong ships and guns, you will never be able to defeat our shogunate! When the time comes, we have to see who is uncomfortable. You will attack everywhere in the Central Plains, and you will abuse the people's power to this point, and sooner or later you will be tired of the people's hearts, and then you will be Qin Sui and the like...... No, Qin Sui can still continue for two generations, you thieves, one generation should clean up the world! ”

"This guy is full of foul language, and he has no courtier upbringing, he is really a barbarian." He Jingkun pursed his lips disdainfully, "Come on, let him be cleaner!" ”

The door was immediately opened, and several guards immediately walked in, and Yanagi Yuanzhai saw that the situation was not good, and jumped towards Kong Zhang. His anger had broken through the embankments of reason, the humility he had deliberately made to deal with the Han officials had vanished, and the pride of the samurai and swordsman, and the brutality of the bloodline had returned to him.

He opened his eyes angrily, and then twisted his face and rushed towards Kong Zhang, because the matter was in a hurry, and no one thought that this Japanese would dare to do something in the official office of the Han Dynasty, so no one else reacted, let him rush in front of Kong Zhang, and then grabbed Kong Zhang heavily.

Kong Zhang was also a little confused, but after all, he had much more experience than others, and he had worked out in the troubled times, so his reaction was faster than others after all. He was a thriller at this time, and he didn't know where the strength came from to retreat, but it was still a little slower, and Yanagi Yuansai's hand didn't grab his neck, but slapped him heavily in the face. If he had a blade in his hand, I'm afraid it would have been the result of five steps of blood spattering by now.

With a loud bang, Kong Zhang was swept to the ground by him, and then there was a miserable howl and rolled on the ground.

"Protect Kong-sama! Come up and catch him! He Jingkun also reacted at this time and shouted loudly to the guards.

These guards hurriedly surrounded them, and then rushed towards Yanagi Motosai at the same time.

Yanagi Motosai staggered and wanted to escape, but the room was too small and was quickly forced into a corner, although he pushed away and knocked down the guards a few times, but the difference in numbers was too much, plus he had been worried recently, so his physical condition was not in the best condition, and he was finally pushed down by several guards and pressed to the ground together.

Kong Zhang finally got up, his right face was swollen high, his hair was scattered, and he looked very embarrassed and in pain.

"Call me, call me! Hit hard! He looked at Yanagi Yuanzhai on the ground, his heart was full of anger, "Don't be afraid, he is a prisoner now, and I am responsible for everything!" ”

After getting Kong Zhang's instructions, the soldiers immediately began to beat Yanagi Yuanzhai to repay the hatred of Kong, the two of them held down Yanagi Yuanzhai's body, and the others kept kicking and hitting him, and soon Yanagi Yuanzhai was beaten all over his body.

But Yanagi Yuanzhai never forged, didn't even cry out in pain, just looked at the Han officials present with hatred, and looked really a little crazy.

"These island nations are barbarians, and they are indeed brutal and ferocious!" He Jingkun felt a little chilled in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh, "Back then, I heard the old people say that the Japanese were rampant on their own, like evil ghosts, and I still didn't believe it...... Now it seems, honestly! ”

"Ignoring the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and treacherously, making a surprise attack on our country, and killing our people, who is the evil ghost?" Yanagi Yuanzhai scolded, "You are the evil ghosts!" ”

As soon as he scolded, these soldiers worked harder to fight, and soon Yanagi Yuanzhai was intermittently unable to scold.

"That's it, that's it." Seeing that he had almost beaten him, Kong Zhang also sighed, "I respect you as a good man, and I won't let people humiliate you, now that the situation between the two countries has been decided, it doesn't make sense for you to do more, so let's rest honestly." ”

Yanagi Yuanzhai wanted to say something but was stopped by Kong Zhang, "Originally, when I found you today, I didn't think that I would ask you to agree to our conditions, but after all, you are an envoy sent by the shogunate, so since we are going to war, we will know that there will be a sound." Originally, we wanted you to go back to your general with our proclamation and letter of state and tell him our conditions, but now you are roaring in the official office of our Han and attacking our Han officials, which is really an unforgivable mistake...... So I won't let you go back, I can put a few of your subordinates in Tianjin, and let them go back with their credentials. ”

Can you send someone back to report to the shogunate before the war starts?

After hearing Kong Zhang's decision, even though his mood had fallen to the bottom, Yanagi Yuanzhai still felt a little relieved.

However, as if seeing what he was thinking, Kong Zhang suddenly sneered, "But you don't have to be happy, because our army is about to attack your country, I'm afraid that by the time the envoy goes back and sees the general of your country, my country will already occupy a large area of land...... Ha, I'm afraid the envoy will have to rely on them to return to Edo. ”

So, the big man has already attacked? Shogunate...... How good is that?

Yanagi felt that the pain in his heart was more intense than the pain in his body.

The pain quickly turned to hatred, and he watched Kong Zhang scold again.

"You ...... Even if you want to fight, you should be upright and fight against the country, but you do it! Your name is Zhonghua, and you seem to be full of ministers, but in fact, you are all thieves, and there are a few worthy of the crown! It's all traitors and villains! ”

"I am a descendant of Confucius, how can I not be worthy of the crown of the court?" Kong Zhang laughed, "How can you be in the shogunate, dare to call yourself a country?" Your country has a court, we will levy no ministers for your court, restore discipline, this is the way of heaven, your shogunate is seeking its own death, its own heavenly punishment, and see what kind of fate you can fall in! ”

"Imperial ......" Yanagi Motosai's eyes widened. What has happened to our court? ”

"There's no need to tell you, you'll find out anyway." Kong Zhang waved his hand and asked the guards to escort Liu Shengyuanzhai down, "Okay, take care of it, don't let him suffer too much, someone will naturally send him down when the time comes, we don't have to overstep our responsibilities." ”

In this way, with the imprisonment of Yanagi Motosai, the Japanese shogunate also lost the only official in the Han Dynasty, and the official start of the war between the two sides was officially announced.

The fleet that had already departed from the port of Pusan, of course, did not know about this scene in the capital, and for them, it did not matter at all whether or not they officially declared war on the shogunate.

At noon when Kong Zhang captured Yanagi Yuansai, the fleet of ships formed by the army and navy came to the open sea of Kyushu Island, with warships lined up in front and troop transports distributed behind, like a big curtain of Raqka, encompassing the northwest coast of Kyushu Island with teeth and claws.

Today's weather is surprisingly good, the sun is shining on the world, the visibility is very high, on the Songshan, the flagship of the Han fleet, a large group of officers are clustered on the deck, although the sea breeze makes them feel refreshed, but the hot sun also makes their exposed skin a little painful, but no one has time to take care of it.

In front of them was Hakata Bay, where the Great Yuan had landed during his previous two expeditions. From afar, the bay stretches deep into the interior, while the mountains stretch from both sides, like a giant with outstretched arms around it.

Ships were scattered across the blue sea, like black dots on a blue curtain.

The sea power of the Great Han had been assembled and turned into a sea force that the shogunate could not resist.

The officer standing in front of everyone was the commander of this expedition, the great Han Xingyang Bo Zhao Song, who stood proudly at the bow of the ship, and then held a telescope in his hand, looking carefully ahead.

There was calm on the other side, as if they had not noticed the arrival of such a fleet. However, Zhao Song clearly saw that the forts on the opposite arms were already in full array, although Gu Ying couldn't see how many people there were, but he was ready to resist.

The forts on both sides stood like two small hills in front of his vision, and the loess on the opposite side seemed to be shining in the sunlight, like a mountain of gold. As for the cannons of the battery, they seem to be small in caliber and have strange shapes, which do not give people much fear.

"Only by capturing these two batteries can we smoothly drive the warships into the harbor." It was as if he were talking to himself.

"It's all trivial obstacles, just smash them open." The commander-in-chief of the expedition, Langya Hou Cai De, who was also holding a telescope standing next to him, immediately replied, "Two small forts and a bunch of obsolete goods, just leave them to us to take care of!" ”

"It's useless to rely on you to bomb, and in the end, don't you still want the army to occupy it?" Zhao Song smiled slightly, "However, it's not bad to give them a rain of bullets first." ”

Then, he added, "Langya Hou, this is our opening cannon, we must fire a little, don't be stingy with cannonballs." ”

"That's natural." Cai De laughed, and then waved his hand heavily.

"Prepare for shelling!" The naval officer next to him shouted, and at this moment, the whole ship seemed to be injected with vitality, and suddenly the atmosphere changed greatly, and the command room on the deck heard the order and immediately pulled the bell line, and the lower deck and the lower deck also vibrate.

The seamen on duty on the mast also waved their flags at the same moment, giving the order for the entire fleet to prepare for the attack.

The battleship, full of huge sails, turned almost at the same moment at the moment of seeing the flag, and pasted towards the battery and the shore.

Under Caide's orders, the Songshan continued to sail forward until it came to a halt as it saw fit.

Then, the ship began to turn slowly in place, and white scratches appeared on the blue sea, like the claws of giants, but they quickly disappeared.

All the battleships faced the batteries on the left flank with their side facing the ship's side. The two layers of partitions on the ship's side were lowered, and black barrels protruded from the hollow like spikes from a hedgehog's frightened body.

Then, a ship and a gun emplacement were kept at a fixed distance, as if two men were staring at each other—even though their size seemed completely disproportionate.

Everything fell silent.

Soon, however, the silence that seemed to last for eternity was suddenly broken.

The cannons on the turret began to roar, but because the range of the cannons was too short, the shells fell into the water, only stirring up some spray and mist, and could not cause any effect on the Han fleet.

And the big Han, on the other hand, almost at the same moment, completed the preparations for the shelling.

"Boom!" Dozens of cannons roared at the same time, almost pushing the entire ship backwards, and the sound shook everyone's eardrums. The iron cannonballs fired from these cannons flew sharply towards the battery at a speed unrecognizable to the naked eye, and then smashed onto the ground of the battery.

There were people on the mast who watched and immediately wrote down the effects of the shelling on paper, and then the officers on board adjusted the angles and parameters of the cannons according to these reports, and the hot smoke on several decks was filled with air, and the officers were shouting, and the sailors walked through such a noisy and hectic environment as if they were in hell.