Chapter 656: The Advantage Is Mine!
"Da Ming called?"
When Emperor Kanhito heard the news, his whole person was not good.
As far as he knew, the main army of the Ming Dynasty was brought to the Western Regions by His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Even the Ming Navy is partly in the extreme west, and partly in the extreme east, and there are not many people in the Ming Dynasty at all.
"How many are there?"
"I don't know!"
"Overwhelmed, I don't know how many!"
Daming Jinyi Weishan Benlang, who was lurking in Kyoto, heard the news and immediately sent a telegram to Daming, informing Daming of the good news of Wang Shi's attack on Kyoto.
However, the Ming Cabinet that received the news from Yamamoto was also stunned, and they didn't send troops to attack Japan at all.
Gao Ming took the telegram and looked at it for a long time, and asked the people around him.
"Do you know this?"
The others shook their heads.
"I don't know!"
"What we know is the same as that of Ge Lao, we only know that the Ming Dynasty sent thirty merchant ships to meet the Ming army stationed in Japan, and we never knew that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack Japan."
"That's weird......"
Seeing Gao Ming's puzzled expression, everyone also speculated.
"Gao Ge Lao, could this be His Majesty the Emperor?"
"Your Majesty?"
Gao Ming had no idea in his heart when he heard this, so he could only knock on Lao Zhu's door.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Come in!"
"Weichen meets His Majesty the Emperor, I wonder if His Majesty the Emperor can receive this telegram?"
Gao Ming said as he handed the telegram to the eunuch on the side, who passed it to Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu took the telegram and looked at it, revealing an expression that was more puzzled than Gao Ming.
"This ......"
Gao Ming saw that His Majesty didn't even know, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Doesn't Your Majesty know about this?"
Lao Zhu shook his head honestly.
"We have used soldiers all our lives, how have we ever been in danger?"
"The five thousand recruits sent out this time are aimed at letting them pick up veterans and return home, but I never thought of letting them charge and fight!"
"These are all the seeds of generals carefully cultivated by our rebel grandson, we, the old man who cares about the house, are willing to let them die!"
When Gao Ming saw Lao Zhu say this, he was even more puzzled.
"Since it is not a soldier sent by His Majesty the Emperor, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor personally deployed it?"
"Him?"
Lao Zhu's face was also excited when he heard this.
"Then the rebel grandson shouldn't be pretending to be sick, right?"
Gao Ming's eyes showed a hint of horror when he heard this, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible.
This rebel is not in tune when he is young, maybe he can really do such an outrageous thing!
"Why don't you ask General Lan Yu about Your Majesty?"
Lao Zhu shook his head with a smile when he heard this.
"That dog can't be counted on, he will definitely help his nephew and grandson to deceive us together, let's ask......"
"Ahem, you go down first, we have our own way of distinguishing this matter!"
As soon as Gao Ming heard it, he knew that Lao Zhu had placed an undercover agent next to Xiao Xiaozhu, so he hurriedly slipped out to avoid suspicion, but when he walked to the door, he couldn't help but glance back.
"Your Majesty, if there is really news of Your Majesty, you must breathe a sigh of relief for Wechen, so that Wechen has a bottom in his heart......"
Lao Zhu looked at Gao Ming looking at him almost pleadingly, and he was amused in his heart.
Although this old thing doesn't deal with us, it really cares about our eldest grandson!
"Okay, okay, we'll give you a letter!"
Lao Zhu sent Gao Ming away, and led Qin Deshun to sneak out.
He has a secret liaison station outside the palace, not to mention that the people in the court don't know about it, even Zhu Yunxi doesn't know.
"Qin Deshun, is Wang De's dog still reliable now?"
Qin Deshun shook his head when he heard this.
"It's definitely unreliable!"
"That dog thing didn't listen to the slave after he went to the North Palace, and he was perfunctory to the slave's order."
"But the slave maid has been prepared for a long time, and arranged a new eyeliner in front of His Majesty in advance."
"That's good!"
"Hurry up and activate this dark line, and ask if the rebel grandson is really having an accident or a fake accident!"
"No!"
After a while, Qin Deshun finally contacted his dark line, but the result was a little unsatisfactory.
"Emperor, I replied over there, saying that it is true that His Majesty was attacked, and it is also true that he was injured......"
Lao Zhu almost fainted when he heard this, but fortunately, Qin Deshun quickly helped him.
"Emperor, the slave hasn't finished yet!"
"According to the secret line of the slave maid, His Majesty was not seriously injured, he jumped out of the carriage by himself, and he was full of anger when he cursed......"
When Lao Zhu heard this, he raised his foot and kicked over.
"Dog thing, who taught you to speak big panting!"
Qin Deshun had long expected Lao Zhu's kick, but for the sake of Lao Zhu's body, instead of dodging, he moved back slightly along Lao Zhu's strength.
"The emperor is angry!"
"If it weren't for the fear of disturbing Your Majesty, the slave would have contacted the secret line a long time ago, and there would be no need to let the emperor be frightened for so many days......"
After Lao Zhu was sure that Zhu Yunxi was fine, he was in a good mood for a while, but soon another problem surfaced.
"Since the rebel grandson is fine, why do you have to put on a look like you're going to die, who is he playing for?"
Qin Deshun's eyes shook when he heard this, and he closed his mouth tightly.
This can't be picked up randomly, if it is not done well, it will involve the crime of dividing the flesh and blood of the Heavenly Family.
"Ask him, was the crusade against Japan arranged by the rebel grandson?"
"No!"
After a flurry of telegram inquiries, the other side finally replied after an hour.
"Back to the emperor, according to the secret line of the slave, Kang Du has never heard of this, and it should not be arranged by His Majesty."
"However, the informant also said one thing, saying that His Majesty the new emperor is preparing for the war to destroy the country, and he should not have the energy to take care of the affairs of the Japanese in a short time......
"Annihilation?"
Lao Zhu's eyelids jumped when he heard this, this grandson is addicted to destroying the country, right?
Since ancient times, there have been too many countries destroyed, but there is no good end.
The reason why Qin II died was that he destroyed too many countries and suffered retribution!
Now that the Ming Dynasty has destroyed the Northern Yuan and Chagatai Khanate, there is really no need to destroy other countries, so as not to make too many enemies for themselves.
"Hurry up and ask, which one is destroyed, but the Timurid Empire?"
"Timur is not guilty of any serious crime, and it is ominous to be rashly destroyed, so he must not act rashly!"
"Oh, the slave asks ......"
Now Qin Deshun didn't care about the question of whether he was exposed or not, and asked about the movement on the other side one by one.
Kangdu City, Qin Xiaoxin looked at the non-stop telegrams, and he was about to go crazy in a hurry.
Didn't you say that you didn't contact me if you had nothing to do, why don't you finish asking today!
"Ask who to beat......"
"Timur!"
"It is said that Timur is innocent, and it is ominous to destroy it!"
When Qin Xiaoxin heard this, he looked at his colleagues who were busy, and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he hurriedly replied.
"How can Timur be innocent of assassinating His Majesty?"
In Nanjing City, Lao Zhu, who had just been disgusted with the destruction of the country too much and was afraid of being punished by heaven, was so angry that he became angry after seeing this telegram.
"Timur, who is a straight mother thief, dares to assassinate our eldest grandson?"
"We're just old, otherwise our special mother will have to drive and blow up the dog's eggs!"
Lao Zhu Biao waved his sleeves after finishing the swearing.
"Let's go!"
"Let's go back to the palace!"
"Although we can't drive the expedition in person now, it's no problem to prepare some soldiers and horses for our eldest grandson!"
"Alas......"
Lao Zhu returned to the palace in a rage, and immediately began to gather the governor's office and the military department of the five armies, and transferred people from the guards in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
"No matter what, you've got to squeeze out 200,000 people for us!"
"Your Majesty, now the Daming Guard is really unable to draw manpower, let alone 200,000, even 20,000!"
"Once 200,000 troops are transferred, the local army will be empty, and once a rebellion occurs, the imperial court will not be able to withdraw troops to quell the rebellion at all......"
Lao Zhu slapped the table domineeringly and scolded.
"We don't care!"
"Our eldest grandson has been assassinated, if we can't even draw some soldiers and horses from our grandfather, we might as well die!"
"Huh?"
When the people in the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies heard this, they were collectively dumbfounded, and they dared to say that the rumors were true, and His Majesty the new Emperor was not only seriously ill, but also because he was assassinated!
"The ministers understand, and the ministers will definitely send 200,000 troops to support Your Majesty and avenge Your Majesty!"
Now Zhu Yunxi has long become the core of the military and political circles of the Ming Dynasty, and the military is counting on following him to create more brilliance, and the civilian officials are smiling when they eat the benefits he gives, and praise him as a model of the saint.
In fact, it is very easy to be a saint in the feudal dynasty, be more tolerant of officials, give them more benefits, and they can boast that you are more holy than Yao Shun.
Zhu Yunxi did just that, not to mention a high salary, but after he ascended the throne, he did improve the welfare of grassroots officials.
For the low-level officials who were officials in Beijing, he not only issued them on time, but also never used peppercorns, straw sandals and other physical goods as a salary like Lao Zhu, and never gave them Daming treasure banknotes that were too hard to wipe their buttocks.
For these two items alone, the civil officials in the capital praised Zhu Yunxi as a rare situation in the sky and no place on earth.
In addition, Zhu Yunxi built public rental housing for Beijing officials, so that poor Beijing officials could bid farewell to the embarrassment of renting a house, and directly issued houses for free to outstanding officials.
Under these measures, ninety percent of the Beijing officials were grateful to Zhu Yunxi.
Under the joint urging of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the 200,000 troops were really squeezed out of the hundreds of guards in the Ming Dynasty, and then urgently transferred to the Kangdu area to avenge the new emperor.
Iwami Port, Japan.
Wei Ming and Yan Yi stood on the wooden bridge of the port, looking at the thirty big ships that were gradually sailing into the port.
"Lord Wei, what did the lowly post say to you, the lowly post has already said that Da Ming will not let us go, and will definitely send someone to pick us up!"
Wei Ming saw the ship with the Ming flag, and his hanging heart finally let go, but he defended himself.
"This official has never been worried, but he is afraid that the court will be busy with affairs and forget about the two of us."
Yan Yi smiled when he heard this, but did not debunk Wei Ming's words.
"In fact, even if the imperial court doesn't send someone to respond, with the solidity of our Iwami Castle, there will be no problem at all if we hold it for a year or two."
"As long as the Ming merchant ship continues to replenish our supplies, we will keep him for ten or eight years!"
"Is that so?"
Wei Ming's face was full of disbelief when he heard this, although Iwami Castle was strong, it was a lonely city no matter how it was said.
Now that they are trapped in the hinterland of Japan, even if they can hold on for a year or two, they will not be able to hold on for that long.
Wei Ming typically underestimated the military strength of the Ming Dynasty and overestimated the combat power of the Japanese imperial court.
Yan Yi saw this, but he didn't bother to correct Wei Ming's problem.
After all, Wei Ming is just a civilian official, and it is normal for civilian officials to not understand military affairs.
"Lord Wei, although I am humble, come forward to see who is taking us this time!"
"Good!"
When the two saw that someone had come down from the boat, they warmly greeted them.
Wei Ming frowned when he saw that it was a young officer, and found that he had no impression of this person.
On the contrary, Yan Yi did greet him with a smile and hugged the young officer.
"Let's also tell Lord Wei, I don't know who the imperial court will send to answer, it turns out that you kid was sent!"
"Come on, uncle, let me introduce you, this is Lord Wei, our Ming envoy to Japan, everyone in our Ming Dynasty in Japan has to listen to him!"
"Lord Wei, I would like to introduce you to this person, this person is the child of the third uncle's daughter-in-law's younger brother's family, named Feng Yuncheng, a student of the third phase of the Maritime University, and he has had the honor to listen to His Majesty's lecture in person......"
When Wei Ming heard Yan Yi's introduction, he hurriedly bowed his hand politely.
"It turned out to be a protégé of the Son of Heaven, disrespectful and disrespectful!"
Hearing this, Feng Yuncheng hurriedly waved his hand modestly.
"Don't dare, don't dare, in our Maritime University, only the first batch of students dare to call themselves protégés of the Son of Heaven, and we juniors don't dare to say that."
"Humble Feng Yuncheng, Jing Navy Acting Thousand Households, His Majesty the Emperor appointed a temporary guerrilla general before leaving, and now reports to Lord Wei, please give instructions to Lord Wei!"
Yan Yi saw that Wei Ming was blinded by this battle, and hurriedly explained to him in a low voice.
"My lord, this is the rule they learned in the Maritime Academy, you can just say a few words!"
"Oooh......"
Even if Wei Ming has never been in contact with this, for a two-rank jinshi like him, he can know what the other party means just by looking at words and looks. The reason why he was stunned was just the surprise of encountering this situation for the first time.
"This official has no instructions, please General Feng and the brothers who came from afar to get off the ship and rest first."
"Yes!"
Feng Yuncheng saluted, turned around and left, and came to the dock to give orders to the officers who came down one after another.
"On the order of Lord Wei, everyone gets off the boat and rests......"
After settling the soldiers, Feng Yuncheng came to Wei Ming again to ask for instructions.
This time, Wei Ming really didn't have any instructions, and he thought about it for a long time before he remembered something.
"By the way, General Feng came this time, did he come with His Majesty's will?"
"Yes!"
When Wei Ming and Yan Yi heard this, they hurriedly knelt on the ground respectfully and listened to the holy decree.
Feng Yuncheng was a little panicked on the spot when he saw the two of them giving such a big gift.
"The two officials don't have to be so polite, His Majesty the Emperor is just a verbal message."
Wei Ming and Yan Yi said with a straight face when they heard this.
"Words need to be respectful!"
"Please General Feng pass on His Majesty's message!"
Feng Yuncheng saw that the two of them were so serious, so he could only put away his playful smile.
"His Majesty the Emperor said: We don't know what the situation is on the side of the Japanese Invaders, you go over and see if our people have suffered any losses, and bring back everything that can be brought back. If the conditions do not allow it, you will act cheaply. ”
"Remember, we must ensure the safety and ...... of our Ming people and officers and soldiers."
When Wei Ming and Yan Yi heard this, they hurriedly shouted long live and kowtowed to thank him.
After Wei Ming got up from the ground, he said with a happy face.
"His Majesty the Emperor really loves soldiers like sons, and we are really fortunate to be able to serve as ministers under His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the New Emperor!"
Yan Yi hurriedly echoed when he heard this, but before he could echo a few words, he heard Wei Ming snatch the words again.
"General Yan, General Feng, I wonder when you two think it's better for us to evacuate?"
Yan Yi said without hesitation when he heard this.
"Look at Lord Wei's arrangement, when Lord Wei says to withdraw, we will withdraw when we say."
Hearing this, Wei Ming looked at the soldiers who were disembarking one after another.
"Why don't we leave for Daming in three days?"
Yan Yi didn't have the slightest opinion on this, he had already made enough, and he also knew that Wei Ming wanted to go back to Daming a long time ago.
However, Feng Yuncheng was immediately unhappy when he heard this, he came all the way, and if he didn't have any military merits, he would go back, and he would not be laughed off by the students of the same period.
"Lord Wei, I don't think it's appropriate for us to evacuate."
"Oh?"
"Didn't His Majesty the Emperor say to let us evacuate?"
"Lord Wei, His Majesty the Emperor also said that we should act cheaply......"
"I think that we already have 6,000 people in Japan, plus the 5,000 people brought by the lowly position, that is more than 10,000 people."
Wei Ming interrupted Feng Yuncheng's words.
"General Feng, do you know how many troops Japan has?"
Feng Yuncheng shook his head when he heard this.
"Please show me!"
Wei Ming sighed and said.
"Japan can gather at least two or three hundred thousand troops!"
Feng Yuncheng's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Does Japan only have such an army?"
"Lord Wei, the advantage is mine, this battle can be fought!"