Hearing that Li Jin planned to support one of them and become the general of the expedition to Wajima, the two behaved completely differently.

Ashikaga Yoshinaga was shocked, followed by panic.

Saito Taichi's expression was a little intriguing, although he was also very shocked, but after the shock, he was a little surprised and even greedy.

"My lord, we have no intention of usurping, please be clear."

Without waiting for Saito to speak, Ashikaga Yoshinaga was the first to speak:

"Your Excellency must have a misunderstanding with our Ashikaga family now, please allow us to go back and explain the misunderstanding clearly."

"Hahaha, I'm just kidding you."

Li Jin smiled casually, and he saw the reactions of the two of them.

Ashikaga Yoshinaga still has illusions about the Ashikaga family, and Saito Tachi is indeed worth wooing.

It's just that it's not time yet, so let's stabilize the two for the time being, and when the Ashikaga family is at the end of their rope, it's time for these two to appear.

Then Li Jin didn't say anything more on this issue, but just said:

"If the Ashikaga family really has some misunderstanding about our Daming, then after this time, they should come to their senses."

"If they can send an envoy to negotiate with our Daming in the future, we will still be able to accept your Ashikaga family's apology."

"But if you don't repent and have to go all the way to the dark, then don't blame us for being unreasonable, do you understand?"

The two of them listened to Li Jin's cold words, and immediately nodded like pounding garlic, and did not dare to say anything more.

Li Jin asked Jiang Zhen to take the two of them down first, and these two Li Jin had other uses, and it was not yet time.

After Xu Da saw the two leave, he said softly:

"The top priority now is to take Iwami Prefecture as soon as possible, and then search for Silver Mountain throughout the county."

"Only by finding Yinshan can we get further support from the emperor, and at that time, it will be the time for a full-scale conquest of Wajima."

Li Jin nodded and said:

"The location of Silver Mountain, I have already sent someone to find it."

"Take Iwami now, don't let the news leak out."

"According to the spies, it seems that the daimyo of Iwami Province has found the silver mountain and is secretly mining."

"We can't let him leave Iwami alive, and the news of the silver mine must be controlled, only in this way can we buy time for our army."

"If other daimyo know about the existence of Iwami Ginzan, I'm afraid that neither the Southern or Northern Dynasties of Wajima will be willing to cede Iwami Province to us."

Xu Da frowned slightly and said:

"In this case, our army should quickly dispatch to blockade the entire Iwami country, and we can't let Iwami country run away."

"You take someone to quickly seize the silver mountain, as long as you verify that the reserves are indeed more than 500 million taels, immediately send someone to inform the emperor."

"I believe that after the emperor knows the news, he will definitely not sit idly by."

Li Jin and Xu Dabing split into two routes, Xu Da personally led an army of 20,000 to Iwami Province, and Li Jin led an army of 5,000 to Iwami Silver Mountain.

Xu Da was responsible for blocking the news, while Li Jin was responsible for seizing Yinshan.

There were also hundreds of experienced miners accompanying him, which were specially brought by Li Jin in order to thoroughly explore the output of Shijian Yinshan.

...

Muromachi Shogunate, inside the Council Hall.

Ashikaga Honji, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Ashikaga Yoshitsu were suddenly surprised after receiving reports from their subordinates.

Just now, they were still discussing whether to stop Daming from sending troops, but now Daming has brazenly captured Iwami Province.

The speed of this march greatly exceeded the imagination of everyone present.

Ashikaga Yoshikan immediately opened his mouth and asked the messenger:

"When did the Ming army attack?"

"How many more men did they dispatch? Why did you capture Iwami Province like this? ”

Ashikaga Yoshikan's voice was high-pitched, as if he didn't believe that Iwami Country had been destroyed like this.

The messenger said with sincere fear:

"My subordinates don't know how many people there are in the Ming army, they only know that the number of Ming troops is overwhelming."

"Miyoshi Daimyo led 10,000 people to meet the battle, but after only a stick of incense, he was defeated, and no one survived."

"The subordinates also saw that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly fled and reported to the adults."

10,000 people! A stick of incense! No one survived!!

This kind of terrifying record is enough to show that the Ming Dynasty's combat power is strong, even if their Ashikaga family personally goes out, it is impossible to win the three good daimyo of 10,000 people in such a short period of time.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu frowned tightly at this moment, as if twisted into a pimple, and was silent in thought.

Ashikaga Zunshi said unexpectedly:

"Daming and Emperor Daigo have joined forces."

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, although the sound was small, but it was deafening, so that everyone present was shocked.

Now they are already at a disadvantage, if the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties really join forces, then they are really likely to be at the end of the road.

"Father, we can't let the Ming Dynasty fall to the Southern Dynasty, otherwise it will be an absolutely devastating blow to us."

Ashikaga Yoshitsuna was anxious, and said urgently:

"Iwami is not far from our Kyoto base camp, if the Ming army and the Southern Dynasty attack from both sides, we will definitely not be able to hold it."

"Please ask my father to send someone immediately to contact the Ming army and negotiate peace again."

Ashikaga Yoshimi was in a hurry, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was pondering next to him, raised his head and objected loudly:

"No, you must not make peace with the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Now at this critical juncture, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is still opposed to an alliance with the Great Ming, doesn't he know what the Ashikaga family will experience if they face the Great Ming and Emperor Daigo at the same time?

Ashikaga Yoshikan wants to strangle his idiot son at this moment, he wants to plunge the Ashikaga family into a place of no return.

Ashikaga Zunshi still looked like an ancient well, with a faint doubt in his eyes, looking at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, waiting for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to explain.

"Grandpa, I think Daming came prepared for this time."

"Just imagine, shouldn't the nearest port from our Wajima Island be Satsuma, Hizen, Okuma and other places?"

"Anyway, it could never be Iwami, so why did they suddenly attack Iwami? This is very unusual. ”

"If it weren't for the long-term plot, they would never have appeared in Iwami Province, and Sun Er thinks that the purpose of Daming's visit this time is likely to be Iwami Country."

"Grandpa, even if we make peace with Daming again, they won't be able to spit out Iwami."

"For the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this is to immediately negotiate peace with the Southern Dynasties, and then work together to expel the Ming Dynasty, so that it is possible to protect the safety of our Wadao side."

"If the Ming Dynasty is allowed to stabilize his position in Iwami Country, it will be impossible for us or Emperor Daigo of the Southern Dynasty to be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty at that time."

Ashikaga Yoshi's face was full of horror, as if he had thought of something terrible.

But when he finished saying these words, the venue suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu with strange eyes.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu saw that the crowd didn't seem to take his words to heart, and he couldn't help but want to speak again and convince them to follow his advice.

But before he could open his mouth, he was interrupted by Ashikaga Zun's outstretched hand and said:

"Yoshiman, step aside."

"Da Ming came from afar, and he was originally an ally we invited, so he naturally wanted to ally with my Ashikaga family."

"Yiquan, immediately go and arrange for an envoy to contact the Ming army, indicating that we are willing to give up Iwami as a foothold for the Ming army."

"I only hope that Daming can ally with us and fight against the rebels of the Southern Dynasty."

"As long as the Southern Dynasty is defeated, if the Ming Dynasty has any requirements, even if it is mentioned, we will definitely meet it as much as possible."

Ashikaga Yoshikan was overjoyed, nodded heavily, and then said loudly:

"Yes!"

Subsequently, Ashikaga Yoshitsune left the council hall with the retainers of the Ashikaga family.

A large number of retainers in the venue left in an uproar, leaving only the Ashikaga clan and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu alone in the hall.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu really couldn't understand Ashikaga Zunji's decision, and couldn't help but ask:

"Grandpa, why do you..."

"Yiman, doing things is not only to consider right and wrong, but more importantly, to look at human nature."