"How many people did you say Nian Qianyao killed in Ryukyu?" Hearing Fan Yubin tell the history of Nian Qianyao's conquest in the Ryukyus, Yu Zhong couldn't help but have some cramps.

"No less than eight hundred! As far as the villain knows, only two of the Satsuma Domain's people in the Ryukyus were left alive in the end, and one of these two people had their noses cut off and the other had their ears cut off! Fan Yubin replied with a wry smile.

“…… Or he can do it! Yu Zhong was speechless, but he was not very surprised. If Nian Qianyao doesn't kill people, he won't be Nian Qianyao, he is originally such a person, soft to the top and ruthless to the bottom; Harder on the enemy!

"Speaking of which, the Shimazu family's feudal soldiers are really tough enough, many people are not afraid of death, when the general soldiers fight them, there are a lot of casualties among their subordinates, no wonder there is such a big fire." Fan Yubin said again.

"Where is Nian Qianyao now?" Yu Zhong ignored Fan Yubin's words and changed the subject and asked.

"Nian-sama is now in Nagasaki!" Fan Yubin replied.

"Nagasaki?" Yu Zhong said.

"yes. Nian left some soldiers and horses in the Ryukyus, and as a result, as soon as the news of the war with Japan reached the military gate, he immediately set out with his army. Originally, he planned to fight the Satsuma Domain, but because he encountered the villain's fleet, he changed to Nagasaki. Fan Yubin said.

"Left soldiers and horses in the Ryukyus? Hmph, I see, it's actually him in the Ryukyus! Otherwise, even if the news reached Taiwan, he would not have been able to come so quickly! Yu Zhong sneered.

"This ......," Fan Yubin smiled bitterly. As a big businessman, he still has a lot of eyes and ears. The Satsuma clan has been attacked by pirates several times this year, and this was only after Nian recovered the Ryukyus in their hands. You know, the Satsuma Domain's feudal soldiers are notoriously strong among the Japanese feudal states, at the beginning of the Battle of Sekigahara, the Shimazu family was surrounded by the Kwantung Army led by Tokugawa Ieyasu, as a result, the Satsuma Domain soldiers simply used the method of suicidal charge to fight their way out of the encirclement, so that Tokugawa Ieyasu had to be impressed, even if Japan was finally unified, he did not dare to easily shake the Shimazu family's rule in Kagoshima. And the Satsuma Domain is also a place where pirates are produced, but now they are beaten by "pirates", and this pirate is a little too powerful. And every time the Satsuma Domain is attacked by pirates, Nian Qianyao is almost in the Ryukyus, and there is no need to guess where the cats in this are.

He had a good idea, and it was good to enjoy the shade under the big tree...... What a chance! Yu Zhong smiled bitterly again. Nian Qianyao has always been ruthless, although he was quite honest when he followed him, but the country is easy to change, and his nature is difficult to change. This time, he clearly saw an opportunity to make a fortune. The Satsuma Domain was not only the most powerful feudal clan in the southwest of Japan, but because it had been engaged in trade for many years, it was probably even richer than the Maeda Domain, and if nothing else, there was definitely only a lot more hard currency. It is estimated that this guy has been waiting for this opportunity for a day or two. Originally, he was famous for fighting the Shimazu family in the Ryukyus, but if he went to Kagoshima to directly attack the Japanese mainland, it would be difficult to say. And this time, because of the big tree Yu Zhong blocking in front, he can have a variety of explanations for sending troops again. Although he moved on to Nagasaki again, the original intention should be similar. Maybe Fan Yubin paid him to send troops! …… Yu Zhong had long known from Mo Jing that Fan Yubin had contracted the supply of copper materials at many passes of the Qing court for minting money, and if he could not complete the expected goal for some reason, he would be under pressure from the Qing court. Therefore, it is very likely that Fan Yubin took the initiative to pay for Nian Qianyao to fight Nagasaki, and he could get another copper vote from it. …… This is too much like the practice of the Western devil East India Company!

"How did Nian Qianyao defeat Nagasaki?" Yu Zhong asked Fan Yubin again. Although Nagasaki was located on the island of Kyushu, the city was directly under the jurisdiction of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the only port where the Shogunate allowed Japan's foreign trade, so its population was relatively larger than that of many feudal states, and the Shogunate had a large number of troops there. Although Nian Qianyao was nominally a general soldier, his subordinates were only three or four thousand soldiers and horses left to him by Yu Zhong at the beginning, and he had to stay in Taiwan and part of the Ryukyus, so the difficulty of taking Nagasaki can be imagined. Even if it is Yu Zhong himself, with his current strength, even if he has enough ammunition, it will take a lot of effort to dare to ensure that he will be able to take down there.

"Nian Zongbing, he used ...... Fire Attack! Fan Yubin had some difficulty when he said this.

"Fire attack?" Yu Zhong smiled bitterly again. actually thought of going together, but as you can imagine, Nian Qianyao was much more ruthless than him. In fact, along the way, because Japan did not have a lot of troops, and did not want to lose too many troops, Yu Zhong has been bullying people with artillery. At the same time, he thoroughly implemented the policy of "fighting if you can, leaving if you can't, and coming back after leaving, taking you by surprise and asking you to pay money and food." Moreover, he never allowed his troops to leave the seashore too far, as far as 30 miles. He had more than 20 warships under his command and 10,000 troops, so sufficient that he could divide his troops into two parts. The first part of the soldiers and horses sent out was 3,000, and the second part was 6,000. Moreover, there were constant scouts along the road, and as long as the first unit was attacked, every second unit would hit from behind, and there was basically no possibility of being surrounded and unable to get out. In addition, most of Japan's cities are made of wood, and once the daimyo is besieged in the city, they don't want to burn them to death, so they have to take money. In other words, he basically didn't fight hard with the Japanese army along the way, and just "set fire to make money".

"This fire in Nagasaki must be burning badly, right?" After thinking about it, Yu Zhong asked again.

"Almost...... Burned out! Fan Yubin smiled bitterly, his face slightly pale.

"Burned out? …… How many people were burned? Yu Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly asked.

"No...... I don't know! Fan Yubin shook his head and replied.

“…… This guy is really good at it! Yu Zhong sighed. Although he has long known what kind of virtue Nian Qianyao is, he is still shocked by this guy's hot hands. Yu Zhong can almost preliminarily conclude that Nagasaki may not be much luckier than the atomic bomb in the future.

"Actually, the young adults didn't expect this result. I thought that those Japanese would surrender, but I didn't expect that until the burn was finished, none of the generals of those feudal soldiers would surrender......" Fan Yubin defended Nian Qianyao.

"You don't have to say nice things for him, I don't know what he thinks?" Yu Zhong knew what Fan Yubin was thinking. In the heart of this Fan Dahuang businessman, I am afraid that Nian Qianyao is his descendant of sea cucumber, and belongs to the kind of nostrils that exhale, so he thought of saying something good to excuse Nian Qianyao. However, he didn't bother to care how many people Nian Qianyao killed in Japan, as long as he won. As for the rest, that's Nian Qianyao's own business, and he won't interfere.

"Junmen, the general soldier asked the villain to come, just to invite you to Nagasaki...... This time there was a lot of loot, and he couldn't get it alone! Fan Yubin said again.

"Can't get it away? Hmph, that's a nice thing to say! You don't want me to help him share some of his sins? Yu Zhong sneered.

"Military Gate ......"

"Boss Fan, don't talk about it. Although I don't know why Nian Qianyao asked you to help him as a lobbyist. However, you are a businessman, so it is better to mix less with some things. Don't worry, you can go back and tell Nian Qianyao, just say that I will go to Nagasaki to find him soon, and tell him to wait. Don't leave without permission! Yu Zhong said.

"You're not going now?" Fan Yu Binqi said.

"Don't go!"

……

Yu Zhong did not rush to Nagasaki to "share the spoils" with Nian Qianyao, but separated Lu Buyi and Turha to lead seven warships with more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to divert back to Hokkaido. Then he turned to Korea with his own soldiers and horses, and waited for the Korean sailors in Busan, North Korea, with a total of 30 warships and more than 6,000 soldiers and horses, and then set off for Kyushu together.

"It has the right not to use it, and it will be invalid when it expires. If we don't mobilize the North Korean sailors at this time, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future. Yu Zhong explained to his subordinates the intention of mobilizing the North Korean sailors. However, the current friendly relations between Korea and Japan will not know what will become after the Korean sailors follow him to sweep Japan.

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Nian Qianyao is very "obedient" and has been waiting for Yu Zhong in Nagasaki. He wasn't worried that Yu Zhong would hold him accountable for burning almost all of Nagasaki clean. He followed Yu Zhong for three years, and knew that this former boss did not seem to have a good impression of Japan, and he had always used this island country as an imaginary enemy. Therefore, it is difficult to say that the matter of burning Nagasaki and killing countless people is put to others, but if it is put in Yu Zhong, it will definitely not be a big deal, and besides, what Yu Zhong has done along the way is not so glorious, what qualifications does Ah Da have to say Ah Er? As for the imperial court, he was even less worried. Don't mention it! He knows a lot about this kind of thing.

However, despite his determination in his heart, when Yu Zhong sailed to Nagasaki with more than forty warships, he was still worried in his heart...... Yu Zhong is a person, he can't figure it out.

Nian Qianyao has been staying at sea. Although Nagasaki was destroyed, the island of Kyushu still had soldiers and horses from the shogunate and other vassal states, and if they stayed for a long time, they would definitely have to fight. He didn't want to fight that kind of worthless battle.

……

"The last general will see the military gate!" Knowing that Yu Zhong actually didn't have a good impression of himself, Nian Qianyao didn't show any excitement to see his old boss, but just followed the ordinary etiquette to greet Yu Zhong.

"No need! …… How many soldiers do you have now? Yu Zhong didn't say anything polite to Nian Qianyao, he just used a clairvoyant mirror to look at the place called Nagasaki on the shore, which was once the only port in Japan that was open to the outside world, but now only a ruin remains. From time to time one or two people came up from the ruins, and walked over again, and from time to time lifted the blackened pieces of wood from the ruins, as if looking for something; There is also a faint smell of burnt smell in the sea breeze...... The scene is a bit miserable! Despite being an enemy, Yu Zhong let out a long sigh for the other party.

"This time, I brought a total of one Haiphong-class warship, three Seawolf-class, and a total of 2,500 soldiers." As if he hadn't heard Yu Zhong's sigh, Nian Qianyao replied.

"Two thousand five hundred people ruined a Nagasaki, there are really yours! …… I'm afraid there are more than 100,000 people in Nagasaki, right? Yu Zhong couldn't help but sigh again.

"Back to the military gate, Nagasaki is close to the sea, and as soon as the fire burns, there will be a sea breeze to help it, so ......" Nian Qianyao didn't finish his words, but his meaning was very obvious, Nagasaki was unlucky, who was to blame?

"Don't talk about that. Have all the Kyushu feudal domains already sent their troops over? Yu Zhong asked again.

"Almost. Now there are about 30,000 troops on the edge of Nagasaki! Nian Qianyao said.

"It's okay to come, let them play! …… Come with me with your soldiers! Yu Zhong commanded again.

"Junmen, aren't you going ashore?"

"On what shore? What's so nice about a ruin, do you want me to see your 'masterpiece'? …… Let's go! ”

"The last general obeys!"

didn't ask where he was going, and he didn't care that he was no longer Yu Zhong's subordinate, Nian Qianyao just led his soldiers and horses to follow Yu Zhong's large army in the direction of Kagoshima in the southeast, and his subordinates had no objections. At this time, the Satsuma clan on Kagoshima sent a group of soldiers and horses to Nagasaki with the other feudal states on Kyushu Island, but they still had enough troops to defend all the places.

However, this time the Satsuma clan made a mistake. Yu Zhong ignored them at all. The entire fleet of sailors only flaunted its might near Kagoshima for a while before crossing the Osumi Strait eastward, and then continuing its voyage north.

"Junmen, where are we going?" Nian Qianyao originally thought that Yu Zhong wanted to fight the Satsuma Domain, but when Yu Zhong led the team away from Kyushu Island, he faintly felt a hint of conspiracy, and couldn't help but ask Yu Zhong.

"Go to Edo!"

……

Edo!

In the forty-second year of Kangxi, it already had a population of almost one million, and it was definitely one of the largest cities in the world at that time. And what about Yu Zhong's strength at this time? Hokkaido originally had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and he brought more than 10,000 people, before going south, he stayed in Hokkaido about 7,800 soldiers and horses, and then let Tulha and Lu Buyi take 3,000, and only about 5,000 soldiers and horses left in his headquarters, Nian Qianyao had 2,500, and more than 6,000 sailors in Korea.

Attacking a million-strong city with 15,000 soldiers and horses that already gathered a large number of samurai and ronin would be considered stupid in normal times. However, Yu Zhong's plan was not to attack.

Edo, later known as Tokyo, was on the seashore, but the shogunate did not have enough naval power to defend against it.

"It's too similar. Beijing, Tokyo, why is this the case? Yu Zhong secretly said "lucky" when he drove the warship into Edo Bay, fortunately it was the country led by Beijing that woke up first, and if it was Tokyo, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

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"Yaga, what did you say? The sailors of the Qing people drove to Edo? ”

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was worried that the follow-up 100,000 troops he sent out were blocked in the Tsugaru Strait, but he did not expect to receive such terrible news.

"How many of them are there? How many warships? Tokugawa Tsunayoshi asked.

"Nearly fifty!" Yanagisawa Yoshiho replied softly.

"Only fifty?" Toyotomi Hideyoshi used more than 700 warships when he attacked Korea, but now there are only 50 ships in the Qing Dynasty, which does not seem to be much of a problem. Tokugawa Tsunyoshi's expression slowly calmed down.

"General, I've never seen a ship that big! …… It was dozens or hundreds of times larger than the ships we had seen in Heido, and although I had only seen them from a distance, I could still be sure that the exposed part of the ship was taller than our tallest house! ......," Yoshiho Yanagisawa replied with a slight tremor.

"They...... Isn't it amazing? ”

"I don't know! But, General, we absolutely cannot defend against it! If they attack, Edo will most likely follow Nagasaki...... The same! Yoshiho Yanagisawa kowtowed to the ground and said in a trembling voice.

"Nagasaki?" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi couldn't help but close his eyes. Nagasaki is said to have burned for five days and five nights, and when the troops of the vassal kingdom arrived, all that was left was ruins, countless charred corpses, and a scorching smell all over the sky......

"So what do you think we should do? ......" After a moment of silence, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi asked Yoshiho Yanagisawa in a deep voice.

"General, the Qing people want us to negotiate!" Yanagisawa Yoshiho is a traitor in the eyes of many people, but, it is undeniable that like many traitors, his brain is still quite bright, at least, he has not panicked in the face of the current situation.

"Negotiations? Won't they fight us? Tokugawa Tsunayoshi asked.

"They didn't say it! However, the Admiral of the Qing Kingdom sent this one, and he also asked us to send an official who could make decisions on behalf of the shogunate to his flagship within two hours, or he would open fire! Yanagisawa replied.

"What is this?" Looking at the pile of paper that Yoshiho Yanagisawa took out, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi asked puzzled.

"The negotiating conditions of the Qing people." Yanagisawa Yoshiho's answer was a little bitter.

"They have ...... Yes, what are the conditions? Tokugawa Tsunayoshi asked nervously.

"General, you ...... See for yourself! Yoshiho Yanagisawa bowed his head and handed the stack of paper to Tokugawa Tsunyoshi.

"......" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi looked at Yanagisawa Yoshiho and slowly stretched out his hand, but he still didn't take the pile of paper, but asked Yanagisawa Yoshiho, "What about Ii Naoko?" ”

"Your Excellency Sakai is not here, Elder Ii has gone to dispatch the Edo Defense!" Yoshiho Yanagisawa replied.

"Yaga! It's all their fault! …… If Sakai Tadashi hadn't started the war without authorization, how could the Qing people have come to Edo? Tokugawa Tsunayoshi shouted.

"General, the Qing people don't have much time to give!" Yoshiho Yanagisawa reminded Tokugawa Tsunayoshi again.

“…… Yanagisawa-kun, I now appoint you as the chief elder of the shogunate, and Makino Narisada as the second seat, you immediately go to Ii Naoxing and ask him to negotiate with you on the ship of the Qing people! Tokugawa Tsunayoshi said.

"General, the Qing people sent their conditions here first so that we can prepare, so please wait to set the bottom limit for our negotiations!" Yoshiho Yanagisawa said.

"I'm going to go back to the courtyard to talk to the abbot there, so make up your own minds! ......" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi replied, and after speaking, he stopped paying attention to Yanagisawa Yoshiho and walked straight to the inner courtyard.

"Yaga!" Yoshiho Yanagisawa scolded secretly. Make up your own mind? Don't you have to bear the responsibility for what happened?

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"Have you figured out all our conditions?"

Time was short, and the fate of Nagasaki and the western feudal domains Yanagisawa Yoshiho and others had already known, although Edo had already taken precautions, but when it really came, they found that those so-called arrangements were useless, especially the fire attack, and the result of Nagasaki had completely made them give up the idea of holding on. Although the more than 10,000 Qing troops may not be able to capture Edo, it is definitely easy to set fire. Who called Edo by the sea?

"Your Excellency. We still need to consider your conditions for a while before we can ......" Ii Naoxing, as the elder, the nominal highest official of the shogunate, wanted to make up a couple of sentences first to see if he could delay the time, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yu Zhong, "Not only do I have little time, but you don't have much time, so let's not delay." …… I'm a very reasonable person, let's talk about it first, which ones you agree with, which ones are still to be discussed, let's discuss them now! ”

"Your Excellency......" looked at each other with Yanagisawa Yoshiho and Makino Narisada and several high-ranking officials of the shogunate who were on the ship together, and Ii Naokei had no choice but to come forward again and say: "Your Excellency, our general has not yet ...... with His Majesty the Emperor."

"Stop!" Stopping Jing Yi Naoxing again, Yu Zhong pointed at the old man unceremoniously and said: "I know exactly what the relationship between your Japanese emperor and the general is. Don't delay me and get down to business! …… Otherwise, I'll shoot right away! ”

"Your Excellency, just a few cannons can't destroy Edo! The tens of thousands of samurai in Edo and the hundreds of thousands of shogunate troops that are about to arrive will never allow Edo to be destroyed! Makino said suddenly.

"Can't be destroyed! That makes sense, do you want to give it a try? I don't think there will be much left in Edo if I do do do it. Yu Zhong looked at Makino Chengzhen with a smile and said, "Moreover, even if it really can't be destroyed, if I come here two or three times a year, once at a time, what do you think Edo will become?" Also, don't scare me with that so-called army! …… That group of people can only be good-looking! ”

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

"What sound?" The sudden roar startled Naokei and the others.

"Nothing, test the gun! …… It's been two hours, and you haven't started negotiations with me, and of course I'm going to keep my promise! …… As I said, I'm a very reasonable person! Yu Zhong said with a smile.