In the battle of Sakai Port, more than 10,000 Japanese troops were scattered, and the aftermath caused by it was even more than Zhu Su expected.

In addition to the samurai lords, there has always been a tradition of indicating that a large number of peasants are "ashigaru". Most of these people do not have their own land, and they are used to dig in the land on weekdays, and when they fight, they are used as strong men by samurai lords everywhere. Kusunoki Norihu and a large number of samurai lords died under Sakai Port Castle, and these people lost their organization, so their first reaction was naturally to flee back to their hometown.

With their escape, the news of how powerful the Ming army was also spread to all corners of the Southern Dynasty's rule at a very fast speed. All of a sudden, many samurai daimyo trembled: building a fortified city in a few days, and that mysterious fiery weapon with the momentum of a volcanic eruption, such a Ming army, which daimyo in the Southern Dynasty could match?

And these Ming troops ...... Was he invited by His Majesty the Emperor?

All of a sudden, Prince Huailiang and the daimyos under his command began to look at each other: Prince Huailiang had lost the diehard loyalty of Nanmu Zehu, which was equivalent to a broken arm. At this time, if you stand with this person and oppose the emperor, who knows what will happen in the future?

There were even Ming Dynasty who secretly sent a letter of surrender to Emperor Changqing and the Fujiwara family, the minister who was close to the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chokei was already a catfish on the chopping block, but after this battle, there was a resurgence again. This made Prince Huailiang angry, and within a few days, he had tortured and killed three young people (referring to the waiter boy in the Wa Kingdom).

"Your Royal Highness, although the 'national collapse' of the Ming people is powerful, there are still only 5,000 people after all." Huailiang's family elders gave him advice.

The "collapse of the country" in his mouth refers to the "tiger squat cannon" of the Ming Dynasty. How else to say that the Japanese people have some potential for secondary two? The power of the tiger squat cannon has been rumored in the past few days, and the already terrible power has been further exaggerated, believing that its power is enough to make "a country collapse", hence the name national collapse.

"And the 'collapse of the country' must also have weaknesses, perhaps it can only be used for defense, and it cannot leave the city wall. Otherwise, in the past few days, the people of the Ming Kingdom would have surrounded His Highness's residence city long ago. ”

Hearing that his home city might be surrounded by a "national collapse", Rao was just assuming, or scared Prince Huailiang into a cold sweat. He quickly sat up straight and kicked aside the fourth little surname who was silently crying under him. "Say, keep talking."

"Hello." The little surname left with his clothes wiped his tears, and the old man sat on his knees and moved a few steps forward. "Your Highness, it is better to seek the help of the shogun of the Northern Dynasty...... The strength of the Northern Dynasty is far superior to that of our Southern Dynasty, even if the Ming people who have collapsed can be ten with one, but this Yamato country is not the Ming Dynasty after all, they are not familiar with the place, and they have crossed the ocean and have poor logistics, they will never be the opponents of the shogun. ”

"His Royal Highness always hopes that the northern and southern dynasties can be merged, and if Your Highness is in trouble, the shogun will not sit idly by."

"After all, if His Majesty Emperor Chokei is allowed to return to power, the shogunate's efforts over the past decades may come to naught."

“…… Good way! As he listened, Huai Liang's eyes lit up. Seeking the help of the shogunate is undoubtedly the best way to break the game!

As long as the shogunate is willing to stand on its side, those wall grass daimyo who temporarily fall to Huailiang will definitely weigh it too.

After all, no matter how strong the Ming is, it is always an outside force. If they were only vassals, the Ming army would retreat when they had achieved their goal.

They haven't even completely defeated Dayuan yet, and the Ming Kingdom is also in ruins. Could it be that these Ming people still have the appetite to swallow the Wa Kingdom?

"Quick, give me pen and paper!" Prince Huailiang hurriedly said. "I'm going to write a letter to the Ashikaga shogun in Kyoto right away!"

……

Ryara's letter was soon delivered to the Ashikaga Muromachi shogunate in Heiankyo. After receiving the letter, the current shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, immediately gathered his retainers of all ranks, such as the elders, genealogies, and guardians, and started a discussion.

"The fifth son of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, Zhu Su, the king of Wu of the Ming Dynasty, responded to the call of Emperor Changqing of the Southern Dynasty and landed in Yoshino." Ashikaga Yoshiman is full of tigers and bears, and his face is ruthless, and his body is among the Japanese people, and he can be called a fierce general. He was dressed in a regular dress sewn from Ming silk and satin, and on his neck and wrists, he was wearing Buddhist beads made of fine sandalwood. He has been worshipping the Buddha since he was a child, and the Buddha beads in his hand are also rotating all the time. It's just that the ancestral famous knife "Dadian Taiguangshi" on his waist that has made a lot of killings, as well as the indifference and viciousness in his own eyes, are incompatible with Buddhism.

Holding a rosary in his left hand and wielding a sword in his right hand. The samurai of this era are probably like this.

"Prince Huailiang of the Southern Dynasty hopes that we can move troops to contain this Ming army, gentlemen, what do you think?"

"Lord Shogun, the people of the Ming Kingdom dare to assist the Southern Dynasty, we must let them know how powerful the shogunate is!" There was a samurai who immediately said.

"No! The person who came was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, what if he was injured and angered the emperor of the Ming Dynasty? "An old man objected." In my opinion, it should be slowly figured out! ”

"What about Da Ming?" Some samurai were dissatisfied. "We are blessed by the kamikaze, and my shogunate is invincible!"

"The kamikaze has blessed us twice, will it bless us every time?" Someone else retorted loudly. "Da Ming has expelled Da Yuan, and it must not be taken lightly. Who knows if he will be the next Datang? ”

A group of retainers quarreled and could not make a decision for a long time, and Ashikaga Yoshiman was distraught. In fact, the Northern Dynasties are not much better now, the Southern Dynasties are in civil strife, but the Northern Dynasties also have their own national conditions. After all, the shogunate was only able to unify the daimyo to a certain extent, just like the Zhou royal family and various princes of the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, in the face of these powerful daimyos, although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was a shogun, he did not have too high binding force.

Today, the daimyo under the command of the shogunate have been divided into two factions to attack each other. Now that the two sides have obviously come to the top, when they fight for a result, they don't know that they will argue until the Year of the Monkey.

So Ashikaga Yoshimitsu simply turned his head directly and looked at the tall monk in a black monk's robe, who was hiding in the shadow of the corner, always meditating and chanting with his eyes closed: "Master Daoyan, do you have a high opinion?" ”

The figure who was meditating and chanting sutras paused, and then slowly opened his eyes. Such a tall monk is obviously not a Japanese man, his eyes are extremely sharp, in the dark, like the reflection of a famous sword, so that many of the famous retainers of the shogunate in the room are unconsciously quiet. I only heard this monk named Daoyan slowly proclaim a Buddha name, and then said in a very fluent Mandarin: "Amitabha, General, the poor monk does have a humble opinion, everyone listen to it." ”

"Does the master have a way?" Ashikaga Yoshi's face was full of joy, and his sitting posture couldn't help but relax a lot. "The strategy you think of must be an extremely superb strategy, tell General Ben about it!"

(End of chapter)