"So, Hirado Island can't be saved?"

The Tokugawa family asked in a voice.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna smiled bitterly: "It's almost 100% confirmed, general, this time the Ming army dispatched tens of thousands of elites, and the combat power is too strong, it is not at all that the troops of Matsuura Zhenxin and Tagawa Nanazaemon can resist, these armies are all muskets, and they are extremely powerful, our soldiers have been killed by others even before they can even reach the front of others, and the defenders of Hirado Island will definitely not be able to hold it, and it is difficult to say whether Nagasaki is still in our hands now......"

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was gloomy to the extreme, this Ming Empire was completely torn this time......

"Matsudaira Nobutsuna, didn't you say that the fleet of the Ming Empire was on an expedition to the South Seas? How could they suddenly appear on the coast of Dongying and launch an attack on us? ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu shouted.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna replied: "Yes, this news is absolutely right, it is the news brought back from the merchants of Ryukyu Island and Luzon Island, the intelligence personnel of the Yiguan Party, our intelligence personnel have all got the same news, the Ming Navy fleet all went out and entered the South Seas, and this time the ransacking of the Ordnance Department of the Ming Empire was originally jointly carried out by the Dutch and the Yiguan Party, without our Dongying anything, even if he wants to take revenge, he must be looking for the Dutch and the Yiguan Party......"

"The sound of the east strikes the west, the sound of the east strikes the west, this is the Ming plank road, the darkness of Chen Cang, the Chinese art of war is too profound......"

Tokugawa Iemitsu slowly closed his eyes, this time, the Great Japan is a disaster to the pond fish, originally the target of the Ming Empire was the Zheng family and the Yiguan Party, I didn't expect that our Dongying fleet and Matsuura Zhenxin intervened, and the people of the Ming Empire would definitely not give up, but the Ming Empire also bullied the weak and feared the hard, and did not dare to provoke the Dutch, but hit Dongying?

"General, now it's no longer time to investigate why the Ming Empire attacked Edo Bay, but we must protect Edo Bay and Nagasaki Domain, these two places, any of us can't afford to lose!"

The righteous Fumio on the side said in a deep voice: "The Nagasaki Domain is our important commercial and trade town, and almost all the trade between Great Japan and the West and the Ming Dynasty was completed there, once the Nagasaki Domain is completely destroyed, such a loss will not lose what we can afford!" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu snorted coldly and replied: "Nonsense, I also know that we can't afford such a price, but how can we make the Ming Empire retreat?" Is it just a few words? Or by force? ”

Righteous Wenfu said in a deep voice: "General, the current situation is very clear, the primary goal of the Ming Empire is to exterminate the Yiguan Party, as long as the Yiguan Party is eliminated, maybe they will withdraw their troops, for us, the Yiguan Party is dispensable, as long as they are willing to stop afterwards, what if we give up the Yiguan Party?" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was cold, what he said was right, but did he really want the Ming Empire to slap his face like this? Moreover, after slapping your face, you still have to bend down and bow to others? Then your own big palace is too much, right?

"Matsudaira Nobutsuna, what is your opinion?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu asked.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna hesitated for a moment and replied, "General, it's nothing for us to abandon the Yiguan Party?" Originally, they were not our Dongying people, and we have no obligation to protect them! However, what if we let go of the Yiguan Party, and the Ming Empire still doesn't let us go? So what to do? At that time, the Yiguan Party has been destroyed, and we don't even have the only right-hand man, after all, the strength of the Yiguan Party at sea should not be underestimated, the Dongying Fleet and the Yiguan Party Fleet joined forces, so that they could barely compete with the Ming Empire fleet, once the Yiguan Fleet's fleet was annihilated, then our Dongying Fleet had no strength to fight against the main force of the Ming Fleet, this time the Ming Fleet that raided Edo Bay was only half of their strength, and the number of their main warships was nearly 100. Their main ship is twice as big as our handsome ships! ”

The fleet that came to raid Edo Bay was only half of the main force of the Daming fleet? I'm a mother!

The shogunate officials in front of them were already stunned, just the general main force, the Edo Bay was turned upside down, if the main force was exhausted, wouldn't it be even Edo Castle down?

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was gloomy, and it was obvious that now he had also fallen into a difficult situation of riding a tiger, but, anyway, this time, he was slapped in the face, which was already doomed! If you can't run, if you give up the party of an official, you will have to bear the risk that the Ming Empire will continue to invade Dongying, and when the Dongying fleet will be alone, it will be even more dangerous; But if you really want to fight side by side with the Yiguan Party, does Dongying have an absolute chance of winning?

Impossible, look at what Matsudaira Nobutsuna said, the two alliances can only compete with the fleet of the Ming Empire, as for the army, it should not be underestimated, tens of thousands of elites, in just two days, they took Fukushima and Hirado Island, you can imagine how strong the army of the Ming Dynasty is, you know, Matsuura Zhenxin's army is one of the best among the Dongying domains, and even the soldiers of the Matsuura family are vulnerable, and the army of the shogunate can really withstand it?

This time, he was really killed by Tagawa Nanazaemon!

Sakai Tadashi on the side said in a low voice: "General, the minister thinks that we are now tied to the Yiguan Party, there is no way out, the minister has some contacts with Zheng Zhi'e these days, and has some understanding of the newly enthroned emperor of the Ming Dynasty, that is an iron-blooded emperor who will repay his eyes, look at Manchuria in Liaodong, all of them have been directly ploughed by the Ming Empire, and the He clan has been wiped out!" And I heard that this emperor doesn't know why he hates us Dongying people very much, and he has always been unapologetic to Dongying merchants, and now we are united with the Yiguan Party, I am afraid that the emperor of the Ming Empire has been completely angered, and he will definitely not give up, this battle is inevitable......"

"Smack!"

"Yaga!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu slapped Sakai Tadashi in the face fiercely, and roared angrily: "It's all you, it's all you and Aoyama Tadashi, it's not the two of you who are behind your back, how can our great Japan fall into the dilemma it is now!" ”

Tadashi Aoyama and Tadashi Sakai hurriedly knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and did not dare to say a word.

"General, now we have to fight with our backs......"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said astringently: "Mobilize all the forces of Dongying, go to Nagasaki, and fight to the death with the army of the Ming Empire, although the Ming army is well-equipped, and the soldiers are brave and good at fighting, after all, it is far away from the country, and the strength is limited, even if we use people, we must drive the forces of the Ming Empire back to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

(End of chapter)