Yang Peng stood on the lofty tower and looked at the beautiful landscape of Bianliang. Yan Ji came behind him, handed a report to Yang Peng, and said, "This is our people who just sent it from Rome. ”

Yang Peng took the report, looked at it, and said with a smile: "The Pope of Rome officially declared Shinla and Byzantium heretics, and called on the believers of God to jointly crusade. Hehe, this Pope of Rome is in a hurry. ”

Yan Ji said: "According to the detailed report, more than 100,000 troops have gathered in the city of Rome, and the city of Rome is a heroic city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "If the battle of Rome develops into a protracted war of attrition, it will naturally be most beneficial to us, but I think it will be difficult for us to do so!" Rome and its surrounding city-states swept into wars, calling on other Catholic nations to wage war against the so-called heresy, so that the army there, although beautiful, was useless in the head of a silver-like pewter spear; Moreover, their strongest weapons and shields can be said to be their faith, but this faith has now been completely shaken, and the HRE is very clever, she has presented herself as the spokesperson of the kingdom of heaven, and at the same time, with her successive glorious victories, she has made Westerners feel more like the representative of the kingdom of heaven on earth than the Holy See. The faith of the Holy See cannot be said to have collapsed, and I think it is also a mess now. In this case, if the elite of the HRE army wants to break through Rome, as long as there are no accidents, it should not take much time. ”

Yan Ji frowned and asked, "According to what Fujun said, the West will eventually be dominated by the HRE?" ”

Yang Peng said: "For now, it only depends on whether the combined forces of England and France can defeat the army of the HRE under the city of Paris." If it can win, then the Anglo-French Alliance and the HRE will be able to enter a state of stalemate, otherwise, at least for now, I don't see the power to fight the HRE. It would be best if the Byzantine Empire and the HRE turned against each other, but I have a feeling that they will never turn against each other. Seeing Yan Ji's worried expression, she held her slender hand and said with a smile: "There's nothing to worry about." As the saying goes, when a soldier comes, he will block the water and cover the earth. In fact, it is a good thing to have such an enemy, otherwise it would be too lonely for us to stand proudly on this land alone! ”

Yan Ji smiled and said, "The eldest brother is a hero of the world, so he naturally hopes that there will be an opponent!" ”

Yang Peng took Yan Ji into his arms. At this moment, many fireworks suddenly exploded in the night sky in the distance, and Yan Ji couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful!" ”

Yang Peng said with a smile: "I hope that the event will end soon, and our family will live in seclusion to a place where there are no outsiders, and enjoy life happily!" Yan Ji couldn't help but show a look of longing, but then felt that this was just a beautiful dream and it was impossible to realize. looked up at her husband's face, and said secretly in her heart: As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that this dream will never come true! How could the empire be without him!

Kyoto, Prince's Residence.

Yong Ren received the constant information from Da Ming, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Frequently convened military meetings in front of the emperor to discuss countermeasures, the ministers and nobles were basically divided into two factions, one faction advocated to meet the enemy with all their might, and the Ming army fought to the end, to make every village become the tomb of the Ming people, to let every river flow the blood of the Ming people; The opinion of the other faction is completely opposite, that even the powerful Daliao Empire has fallen under the Ming Dynasty's troops, and it is impossible for their own side to confront the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the previous battles of Kyushu have proved this, so it is very unwise to confront the Ming, except for the Yamato nation corpses piling up like a mountain of blood flowing into a river of blood will not have any gain at all, for the sake of the current plan should give up the old territory, move to the new world, and avoid the Ming.

The opinions of the two factions do not recognize each other, they do not give in to each other, and they quarrel so much that they are red-faced. And Yongren, the head of the family, feels that the opinions of both sides seem to be reasonable, and he doesn't know how to decide.

"Alright, stop arguing!" Yong Ren couldn't help but shout.

The ministers and nobles on both sides stopped arguing, but still glared at each other.

Yonghito looked at Fujiwara Nariko and Fujiwara Shimitsu, and asked hopefully, "What do the two Fujiwara-sama think?" ”

Fujiwara Nariko immediately said: "Our territory was given to us by the great god Amaterasu to the Yamato nation, how can we throw it away, we should fight the enemy to the end!" When the main battle faction heard this, they shouted and cheered in unison.

Fujiwara continued: "This is our hometown, as long as His Highness is resolute, the subjects will definitely fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty!" Although the Ming Dynasty is strong, it will definitely not be able to defeat the will of our Yamato nation! The final victory will belong to our Yamato nation! The main battle faction shouted excitedly, and their blood was boiling.

Fujiwara Shiguang frowned and said, "This is a matter of will!" The crowd fell silent and listened to what he had to say.

Fujiwara Shiguang said: "The strength of the Ming Dynasty today is far from being comparable to us, this is an indisputable fact, and avoiding this point can only harm ourselves!" The Liao Empire was so powerful, but it was wiped out in just a few years! Can we be stronger than Liao? In the previous battles of Kyushu, our army suffered heavy defeats and heavy losses, and the Ming Dynasty only had a lot of troops on Kyushu Island, so I don't need to say more. It's a true fact that we are simply not enough to compete with the Ming Dynasty! Desperate to fight with the Ming army, it can only consume the strength we have accumulated in the past two years. Once these forces are consumed, why should we gain a foothold in the new world? ”

Those migratory factions echoed one after another, saying that Fujiwara Shimitsu's words were no longer correct, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make a clear decision.

The two factions quarreled again, and the quarrel was even more severe than before. Yongren looked at these two groups of people, and only felt that one head and two were big, and he still didn't know what to do.

A military meeting ended in vain.

Yong Ren returned to the harem and was very upset.

At this moment, a close samurai said excitedly: "Your Highness, the former mother of Tamamo is back!" ”

When Yong Ren suddenly heard the news, he only felt incredulous, and the whole person was stunned. came back to his senses and asked urgently, "You said that Yuzao Qianniangniang?" The samurai nodded.

Yong Ren hurriedly rushed out. As soon as he went out, he saw that the person he was thinking about day and night was standing not far away, his hair was like a fairy cloud, dressed in a kimono, slender and charming, wasn't it in front of Tamamo? Yongren had unlimited information, rushed up, and hugged Tamamo into his arms.

Tamamo quickly pushed Yuren away. Yong Ren looked at Tamamo with a surprised expression, and he felt that Tamamo seemed to be a little different from before.

Yingying in front of Yuzao bowed and said, "Your Highness." ”

Yong Ren smiled: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." As he spoke, he reached out to the slender hand in front of the tamamoo. Tamamo retracted his hand. Yong Ren looked at her puzzled.

Yuzao said with a straight face: "Your Highness, now that the enemy is present, these children's personal affairs should be put aside for the time being." ”

When Yongren heard this, infinite troubles came to his heart again, and he couldn't help but say: "The Ming Dynasty is about to be overwhelmed by the army, but the ministers have their own opinions, which is really good for people to know what to do!" ”

Tamamo asked, "Didn't Your Highness ask me how I came back?" ”

Yongren actually wanted to ask for a long time, but he didn't speak well, and then he heard Yuzao take the initiative to say it, so he took the opportunity to ask: "At that time, I got information that Ai Ji was taken away by the Ming army, why did she come back suddenly?" ”

Yuzao sighed and said, "The concubine was indeed taken away by the Ming army. Yongren's heart jumped, and some bad thoughts came to his mind. Tamamo seemed to see Yongren's thoughts, and said angrily: "Your Highness, don't worry about anything, they just put me under house arrest in one place, and no one came to invade me." When Yongren heard this, he couldn't help but let go of the worries in his heart, and smiled happily: "Actually, I'm not worried about anything. Then he asked curiously: "Since you were placed under house arrest by them, how did you escape?" ”

Yuzao looked around and said, "Your Highness, let's go to the study and talk." Yong Ren nodded. The two of them walked straight to the study.

When they came to the study, the two sat down next to a small table. Tamamo asked Yong Ren to retreat left and right.

Yong Ren couldn't help but frown, "I feel as if you always keep your distance from me!" ”

Tamamo sighed and said leisurely: "This is also a last resort!" Then he said: "Your Highness just asked the courtier how she came back. In fact, if Chen Ji wanted to leave Bianliang with her own strength, how could it be? I didn't dare to hide it from His Royal Highness, the reason why the minister was able to come back was because he accepted the mission of the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, the minister was sent by the Ming Emperor. Yong Ren was surprised.

Yuzao continued: "Not long ago, the Ming Emperor summoned the ministers and asked the ministers to sneak back to Dongying as the internal response of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that this was an opportunity to escape from Bianliang, the minister pretended to agree to him. Otherwise, the concubine is now afraid that she will still be detained in Bianliang! After saying that, he left the act, crouched in front of Yongren, and said, "If Your Highness refuses to forgive the minister, please give the minister a death!" ”

Yongren turned his intestines for a thousand times, and hurriedly helped Yuzao up, and said sadly: "It's really bitter Aiji!" Then he said happily: "It's thanks to your cleverness that you pretended to agree to Da Ming to do internal response, otherwise we may not be able to see each other in this life!" Tamamo smiled softly.

Yongren saw that the beauty was smiling like a flower, so he couldn't help but feel emotional, and leaned down to kiss Yuzao.

Tamamo hurriedly pushed Yuren away. Yongren looked at Tamamo with a surprised expression. Yuzao hurriedly said: "Your Highness, now that the country is in a critical situation, how can you only care about the joy in front of you?" Yongjin frowned.

Yuzao continued: "Your Highness doesn't know, the minister actually came to see His Highness secretly, and he can't stay for a long time, otherwise those big details who came back with the minister will definitely be suspicious." ”

Yong Ren raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "I will send someone to kill them immediately!" ”

Yuzao said gratefully: "Your Highness values the ministers so much, and the ministers are happy to be broken!" It's just that this is an opportunity that we can take advantage of, and Your Highness can't be rash! ”

Yong Ren shouted anxiously, "I don't care what chance I have, I'm going to kill them, I want you to come back to me!" ”

Yuzao said excitedly: "Your Highness loves the ministers so much, the ministers have nothing to repay, they can only do their best to help Your Highness defeat the Ming Dynasty!" Then he said: "Your Highness, in fact, now is a very good opportunity!" Da Ming wants to use me to deal with His Highness and deal with us, but they don't know that the ministers are still loyal to His Highness! This is our chance, don't they want you to use your ministers to get information and plot against the ministers? Why don't we take advantage of this opportunity to design the Ming Dynasty? ”

Yongren's eyes lit up, and the dark clouds that had been hanging over his heart seemed to have cleared in an instant.

Tamamo said, "I heard that the ministers are arguing about whether to fight or leave. The ministers didn't dare to say anything, but they felt that now that there were the favorable conditions of the ministers, our Yamato nation could completely defeat the Ming Dynasty! ”

Yongren couldn't help but nod and said excitedly: "You're right!" ”

Yuzao said: "The Ming army should have a month to arrive." Your Highness can use this time to be prepared. The courtiers kept informing His Highness of the information they had obtained. Your Highness, the courtiers have a request. ”

Yong Ren didn't think about it and said, "I will grant you any requests you have." ”

Yuzao said: "After all, the minister is not a Ming person, but I am afraid that the Ming side does not fully believe in the minister." So I wonder if His Royal Highness can deliberately sacrifice some, and the ministers will report this information to Daming. In this way, the courtiers will inevitably gain their trust. This paved the way for the complete defeat of the Ming invading army in the future. ”

Yong Ren nodded and said, "You think very well, I will arrange it." "Your Highness."

Yuhito shook Tamamo's hand. Yuzao felt the strong longing in the heart of the man opposite when he stepped forward, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this is an extraordinary time, please refrain from it!" Otherwise, the great details that followed the courtiers will be noticed, and we will have lost all our efforts! Yongren frowned, but he also knew that Tamamo had a point, so he picked up her slender hand and kissed it, and then let go of her.

Yongren frowned and asked, "You have to stay with the Ming people all this time?" ”

Tamamo sighed and said, "It's a must. Otherwise, it would not make them suspicious. Now is a critical time, and the courtiers can't be cautious! ”

Yongren nodded, sighed, and said, "I, I'm really reluctant to love Ji!" ”

Yuzao smiled and said: "The minister is just not by His Highness's side for the time being, at least one or two months, at most three or April, and when the Ming Dynasty is defeated, the minister will naturally return to His Highness's side." Yongren smiled and nodded, and said, "When this battle is over, I will inherit the throne of the emperor, and then I will crown you as the queen of heaven!" Tamamo bowed happily: "Thank you, Your Highness!" No, thank you, Your Majesty! Yongren laughed and helped Tamamo up.

Tamamo said, "Your Highness, it is best to keep the matter of the ministers secret from all the ministers. Yong-in nodded indistinctly. Yuzao said reluctantly: "Your Highness, the minister is leaving." ”

Yongren was very reluctant, but when he thought of the big event, he could only hold back this temporary parting and nodded. Tamamo bowed to Yongren again, and turned back three times in one step. Yong Ren stared blankly at the door, and one of his own hearts followed.

Yong-in let out a long sigh and collected his feelings. Thinking of having the chess piece in front of Yuzao in his hand, he couldn't help but increase his confidence, and he only felt that it should not be difficult to defeat the Ming army. Immediately called the guards and ordered to immediately summon all the ministers to the main hall to discuss the matter. Soon after, Yong Ren came to the top of the main hall and met with the ministers who had just returned. Yongren announced in public: "We, the Yamato nation, would rather die than give in, never give up an inch of land, and swear to fight with the Yanyun people to the end!" When the main battle faction heard this, they cheered excitedly, and the shouts of thousands of years resounded; The migratory ministers, on the other hand, frowned and looked worried.

Time kept passing, and on this day, Yongren finally received the news that the first unit of the main force of the Ming Dynasty had arrived on Kyushu Island. In the past, Yuren would have been very nervous to get such news, but now he is very excited. Yong Ren immediately wrote a letter and asked a close samurai to take him out.

A part of the First Army and the Third Army led by Xiang Danian arrived in Kyushu.

Liu Zhiliang and Xiang Danian and others were overjoyed and hugged each other. Immediately, everyone sat down, and Xiang Danian said with a smile: "Zhiliang, I brought all your people here!" "Xiang Danian is talking about the part of the Third Legion, and Liu Zhiliang is the commander of the Third Legion, so Xiang Danian said so. Liu Zhiliang smiled: "That's not my people, but the people of Big Brother and Daming!" Xiang Danian smiled: "Which point is so clear, the same, the same!" Then he asked, "Is there any movement from the crowd?" ”

Liu Zhiliang said: "The Japanese already know that we are going to use troops against them, so they have been dispatching troops to hoard grain and grass to prepare for battle more than a month ago. ”

Xiang Danian mocked: "No matter how prepared the Japanese are, they can't withstand a blow from our Ming army!" The crowd burst into laughter.

Liu Zhiliang said with a smile: "Although our army is strong, we can't be too careless. After a pause, "As far as I know, the Japanese people have been quite effective in the past two years. The army has trained 300,000 elites, which is nothing, but their reorganized naval army cannot but attract our attention. According to intelligence, the size of its naval army is already half of that of our army, and many artillery batteries have been built along the coasts to the west and south of Shikoku in Honshu, and a large number of artillery pieces have been arranged, one of which is almost the same as our monster cannon in terms of appearance and size! ”

Xiang Danian said in surprise: "Can the Japanese people also make monster cannons?" I didn't expect that! ”

Liu Zhiliang said: "So I'm afraid the battle with the Japanese people won't be very easy, so it's better not to be careless!" ”

Xiang Danian said with a smile: "Anyway, the eldest brother led the army to conquer in person, let's just listen to the order, and we don't have to worry about it ourselves!" ”

Liu Zhiliang smiled, remembered something, and asked, "When will Your Majesty and the main fleet of the Navy arrive?" ”

Xiang Danian said: "Your Majesty is leading the Second Army and 50,000 Shandong Army Army to march as the Chinese army brigade, and we will be able to arrive in about ten days." The main force of the naval army escorted the Chinese army, and it must have arrived at the same time. ”

Liu Zhiliang nodded, his face thoughtful.

At this moment, a majestic man dressed in black hurriedly rushed in. Bow to Liu Zhiliang: "General! ”

Liu Zhiliang pointed at the big man and said to Xiang Danian: "This is Yan Ji's sister-in-law's subordinates, Hua Xu's assistant leader in Dongying, Hailong." ”

Hailong and Xiang Danian arched their hands to each other. Hailong immediately said to Liu Zhiliang: "I just received a secret report that the Japanese secretly gathered more than 200,000 quintals of grain and grass to Xiasong. "Shimomatsu is one of the westernmost seaside cities on Honshu Island, and although it is a coastal city in the west of Honshu, it is still some distance from the first line facing Kyushu Island.

Xiang Danian asked Liu Zhiliang: "Where is Xia Song?" ”

Liu Zhiliang was not easy to explain, so he led Xiang Danian and others to the full map of the Wa Kingdom and pointed out the location of Xia Song. Xiang Danian saw Xia Song's position, and immediately smiled: "Although this place is not the first line, it is not difficult to assault, I will immediately lead the army to fight him!" ”

Liu Zhiliang smiled: "Since Brother Xiang is going. I'm not going to argue with you, but you'll have to be careful. ”

Xiang Danian laughed and said: "What can a three-inch Japanese slave do!" ”

After nightfall that day, Xiang Danian personally led the elite of the First Army under his command of 5,000 people, and quietly left the bridge under the escort of a naval fleet, sailing into the vast sea and sailing in the northeast direction. This bridge is a port in the north of Kyushu Island, separated from Honshu Island by only one strait, and Shimomatsu is located northeast of the bridge.

The Ming army entered the sea off the coast of Xiasong, and the Japanese soldiers in Xiasong City did not expect the Ming army to come to raid here, and they were defenseless, except for a few sentries dozing off on the wooden city wall, the rest were all asleep soundly. A city is silent.

When the killing was loud and the Ming army had poured into the city, the Japanese people didn't know what was happening, and many people didn't have time to put on their clothes and pants and went to the underworld. The five thousand elites led by Xiang Danian slaughtered and killed two or three thousand Japanese soldiers, and the rest fled in a hurry. More than 200,000 loads of grain and grass in the city all fell into the hands of the Ming army. Xiang Danian immediately ordered the sergeant to carry grain and grass and leave with a triumphant song.

When the news of the defeat reached the Kyoto Palace, the ministers were shocked and demanded that the main general Samuro Nario be severely punished, but to the confusion of the ministers, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only did not punish Samuro Nario, but also looked very happy. The ministers naturally didn't think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was crazy, but they only felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was unfathomable, and several ministers couldn't help but ask, but Yongren just smiled and didn't say anything. Then news came that the navy failed to intercept the Ming army and let them flee back to Kyushu.

Xiang Danian led the army back triumphantly, and when he saw Liu Zhiliang, he said with a smile: "It's easy, if every battle is so easy, it's too boring!" ”

"War isn't for fun!" A voice suddenly came from the window on the left.

Xiang Danian hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw Yang Peng sitting at the coffee table under the window with a smile, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to worship: "Meet the eldest brother!" Yang Peng smiled: "Make a fart salute and get up and talk." ”

Xiang Danian stood up, bumped Liu Zhiliang with his elbow, and complained: "Big brother is here, why don't you tell me?" Liu Zhiliang said angrily: "Where can I have time to speak!" ”

Yang Peng asked Xiang Danian: "How did you gain from this battle?" ”

Xiang Danian said with a smile: "This battle is nothing at all, but the capture of more than 200,000 loads of grain and grass is barely a harvest!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.