"Why? Isn't North Korea good enough to your Min family?" Li Yuanfang asked Min Ji.
"The roots of King Min's family are in North Korea. Ming Dynasty just did this deliberately to weaken North Korea. Without the Min family, there would be other families. Jeju Island cannot be taken back."
Min Ji said cunningly.
Li Yuanfang knew that he was telling the truth. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to do this, other families would be ennobled if there was no Min family.
He just wished it would go slower, giving him time to react. No matter what Min Ji said, it didn't matter.
It just made Min Ji understand his current attitude.
"What do Prime Minister Zuo think of sending troops with Xu Qin?" Li Yuanfang asked another question.
"Does North Korea still have a choice? Xu Qin's firearms are sharp. If he goes with the wind, we will follow him and plunder. If he goes against the wind, we will withdraw. In fact, it may not be without benefits."
Min Ji said.
"But if you offend the Japanese country in this way, North Korea will never have peace in the future." Li Yuanfang said.
"Your Majesty, regardless of whether we are offended or not, the relationship between Japan and us is not good. Secondly, if Ming Dynasty can let North Korea follow Ming to attack Japan, will Japan be asked to attack North Korea?"
Min Ji said.
His words made Li Yuanfang feel sad. This was a small country that had no choice.
"I dare to make a bet with you, your Majesty. If you don't attack the Japanese country and Ming Dynasty's attitude is ignored, I am afraid that the Japanese invasion will become more and more serious in the future."
Min Ji said in an old-fashioned way.
Li Yuanfang's eyelids twitched.
"You are talking about the Japanese pirates on Geoje Island, could it be..." Li Yuanfang said in surprise.
"Xu Qin is young, but he is ruthless in his work. If the king does not agree, he will do anything. The knife is in his chest, even if he has a thousand pounds of strength, he cannot exert it."
Min Ji said.
Li Yuanfang sighed.
In August of the sixth year of Yongle, North Korea sent 20,000 troops to leave Geoje Island with Xu Qin's fleet, aiming for Tsushima Island.
More than 30,000 people arrived at Tsushima Island to protect the great lord Tsunezada Shige and the general Hayata Zaemon Dairo. They were already prepared for the menacing army and closed the city gates with the intention of relying on the city walls to hold on.
The North Korean army finally saw the Ming Dynasty's firearms at close range. More than forty artillery pieces fired two rounds at the so-called city wall.
The city wall that the chief sect Chang Zhenmao was proud of collapsed. The fierce Hayata Yaemon Dairo led people to attack outside, hoping to defeat the Ming army's firearms.
They encountered continuous attacks from the Ming army's fire rifle soldiers, squatting tiger cannons and artillery. There were more than two thousand people in total, half of whom died before they could reach the front.
They had no choice but to retreat, and the North Korean troops rushed in behind them. The Ming army only rode horses to guard the perimeter.
In the end, Sadashige Munedune committed suicide in his room. Zaemon Dairo Hayata took the remaining people from the path to the port, boarded the ship and tried to escape.
As a result, he was hit by two cannons from a cruising ship and died at sea.
The more than 20,000 North Korean troops completely lost their restraints and began to plunder Tsushima Island. The army of the Ming Dynasty chose a good place to set up camp.
Then the extra time was spent building fortifications. This is their habit.
Xu Qin and Zhang Fu got off the boat and just arrived at the military camp. A Jin Yiwei under Zuo Liangmou has arrived. Brought a map.
Xu Qin didn't know much about Japan, but he knew that Japan had a silver mine that ranked among the top three in the world. Stone sees silver mine.
Tsushima is so poor that tens of thousands of people can only rob limited things. But the greed and ferocity of the North Korean army have been aroused.
People from the Dai family also came. Xu Qin handed over Tsushima Island to the Dai family. Dai Deqing was appointed as the general manager of Tsushima Island, and then he brought all the supplies. After more than ten days of sailing, the Japanese island of Honshu was sighted.
After getting off the boat, under the leadership of Jin Yiwei, they directly visited the territories of several nearby daimyo. Then let the North Korean army go out and plunder.
Xu Qin occupied a lord's home city and began to build fortifications based on it. The craftsmen have already begun to explore for silver mines.
Xu Qin, the representative of Dongping Feifu, began to contact nearby daimyo. People from the Dai family also began to contact the daimyo of the Southern Dynasties.
Soon the unwilling daimyo nearby organized a counterattack. Before Xu Qin could take action, the frantic North Korean army fought back.
Xu Qin sent two thousand gunmen and five cannons to the North Korean army. Follow them to attack the enemy. When encountering a so-called city, bombard it with cannons and then shoot with muskets.
Finally, North Korean troops looted.
Supplies were agreed to be stored, as were gold, silver, jewelry, cloth, and even people. Ming’s army doesn’t want it. Let the North Korean army take them away.
Everything within a radius of two hundred miles was ravaged. At this time, the Muromachi shogunate received the news, but they thought it was a Korean thief.
He didn't take it seriously at all. When the army was organized, they fought against the North Korean army.
As a result, they were defeated by the North Korean army with the help of artillery and muskets. Taking advantage of the situation, I grabbed a few more big names.
At this time, the Muromachi shogunate realized that the trouble was serious and quickly organized an army. But organizing an army is not something that can be done in a short time.
Moreover, the North Korean army ravaged the territories of a few rich daimyo, and other daimyo also lost their enthusiasm.
Moreover, it was not an ordinary effort for the Muromachi shogunate to mobilize Daming to fight. Because there is not much coercive power against Ming Dynasty.
A month later, the craftsman returned. A vein of silver ore was discovered.
At this time, the southern daimyo also arrived. Xu Qin held a meeting for them and took them to see the silver mines and the process of smelting silver by craftsmen.
"You mine the silver mine here, and we are responsible for smelting it. After the silver is smelted, we take it away. But we will give you 60% of the silver smelted from the Daimyo Imperial Silver Bank. With these silver banknotes, you can go to Daming." Purchase goods equivalent to silver.
And there are no restrictions on goods. "Xu Qin directly gave a big pie.
These famous names in the south have already experienced the benefits, especially the Great Sun Tathagata brought back from the Ming Dynasty by the Sanxiang sect.
The temples in this area of the Southern Dynasties gathered many believers. This Buddha statue was borrowed from the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank. Just pay it back slowly later.
Now that the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty Royal Bank were actually returned, the Southern Dynasty daimyo believed it. In particular, the Sanxiang sect also brought back a large number of weapons.
The daimyo who supported Emperor Kameyama received a large number of weapons. Now there is this benefit.
The brave daimyo immediately organized people to come over to mine, while the timid ones were eager to try.
At this time, something unexpected happened.
Cochin rebelled again. Zhu Di sent troops back to quell the rebellion. The imperial decree requires the British Duke Zhang Fu to lead troops to Jiaozhi immediately.
"Can you please leave? These devils are about to have a big war. As long as they win, the Japanese country will definitely split."
Xu Qin pulled Zhang Fu and said.
"The imperial decree has arrived. Reinforcement is like putting out fire." Zhang Fu also knew that he could not leave at this time. But the eunuch delivering the order next to him was watching eagerly.
"If I don't accept your life, I can let him drown in the sea." Xu Qin pointed to the eunuch next to him and said.
The eunuch's face turned pale at that time, and he thought to himself, "Oh my God, I have come with an imperial edict. I will kill you if you say it. Who are you? Do you want to rebel?"
Looking at the sea behind him, he couldn't help but look at Zhang Fu pitifully, begging the British father not to agree.
There is no place to run in this broken place.
"Young Master, don't be ridiculous. The Japanese country is just a scabies disease. If it doesn't work this time, there will be a next time. Jiaozhi is my territory of the Ming Dynasty..."
Zhang Fu said. It's nonsense to say that you will not accept the fate of the foreign king.
Xu Qin had no choice but to send Zhang Fu away.
There were 13,000 Shenji battalions, and Zhang Fu took away 10,000. Xu Qin was left with 3,000 men and his 4,000-man Haifansi troops. It's just seven thousand people.
This left Xu Qin's troops stretched thin. But at this time, Xu Qin decided to let half of the North Korean soldiers go back.
Then the Japanese captured by Korean soldiers continued to build fortifications. He was afraid that the Japanese army would rush over immediately.
What he didn't expect was that the Japanese country's work efficiency was so low. After three months, it was almost autumn.
His first batch of 700,000 taels of silver and 100,000 jins of copper have been transported to Haifansi Yamen. The first crusade organized by the Muromachi shogunate barely succeeded.
But this process was infiltrated by the traitor Dongping Feifu, and Xu Qin knew everything about it.
Xu Qin couldn't help but sigh, how could the Muromachi shogunate continue to have such no control over these local daimyo?
It is said to have existed for more than a hundred years. What a miracle.
He felt deeply powerless against Japan's organizational capabilities. He wanted a hearty battle to show the big names in the Southern Dynasties.
Only when the coalition forces of the Muromachi Shogunate are defeated for the first time can the big names in the south dare to resist and have ideas.
But Xu Qin thought very well, but the reality was very skinny. After Zhang Fu was transferred, these people didn't even come back.
The daimyo who belonged to the Southern Dynasty were in disbelief, and this time the Muromachi shogunate only organized 40,000 people. Ashikaga Yoshimochi personally led the team to attack Xu Qin.
At this time, Xia Zifu arrived personally with supplies. Not only are there supplies, but there are also 1,500 urban management personnel from the Haifan Division and two large ships.
Along with them came Haifansi's caravan. They brought with them a large amount of daimyo goods. Under Xu Qin's control, only southern daimyo who had been reviewed by Sanxiang Benzong and Dongping Feifu could buy it.
Dongping is prosperous and prosperous, and it is full of great names in the south.
What he liked most was to choose Xu Qin and Nanako to go on an outing together, and meet those famous names in the south.
Tell them with practical actions that he is the father-in-law of this invincible general. Although his daughter is only a concubine, he has great power.
In fact, Yunhe and Chisu, Guanguan and Wanwan also arrived. The architecture of the Japanese country is very unique, and they were very excited when they first came. But it faded after a while.
The Japanese country was too poor and had nothing. Moreover, there is a language barrier, and the only one who can communicate is Tohira Nanako.
As for those who are soldiers, it is not easy for them to communicate. Even the delicious ingredients are almost gone.
"Mr. Xia, if you don't come here, we will suffocate here." Chi Su didn't care about his manners and almost rushed over to hug Xia Zi and cried again.
Yunhe was not much better. He almost cried when he saw bags after bags of daimyo ingredients. The food here is so meager.
In addition to dried fish, it is rice and wild vegetable soup. The Japanese cooks cook very well, but they are very unrealistic.
Guan Guan and Wanwan were already polite. They took out the ribs Nanako gave them, cut the ham into pieces and ate them.
"Young Master, you have lost weight." Xia Zifu couldn't help but sigh.
"I can't do anything here except sleep with women. I'm convinced by these little devils. It's just a battle, why is it so slow? If I had known, they would have gone straight to Kyoto, I would have been so impatient waiting for it. .”
Xu Qin grabbed a handful of raisins, fed one to Nanako, and ate one himself. He was bored and wanted to die.
Most of the women in Japan were malnourished and looked ugly. How can there be the water spirit of Ming Dynasty?
