At the root of the Liaodong Peninsula, close to the Bohai Bay, there is a medium-sized castle. It was originally the Gaizhou Acropolis of the Ming Dynasty. After it fell into the hands of Hou Jin, the word "Wei" was removed, and it was called Gaizhou City. .
Because the process of Hou Jin's capture of Liaodong was extremely murderous, about two to three million Han people fled into Shanhaiguan or Fanhai to Shandong. Therefore, the population in Houjin decreased sharply, and many areas that were originally prosperous and prosperous gradually became sparsely populated and deserted.
The Gaizhou area is no exception. Except for the somewhat popular area around Gaizhou City, there are almost no people in other places. Qianhusuo and Baihubao, which were originally under the jurisdiction of Gaizhou Guard, were gradually abandoned, turning into abandoned cities and fortresses with no one in them... If anyone breaks into them, they will definitely feel a sense of immersion. Apocalyptic feeling.
However, starting from April of the seventh year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty, the deserted Gaizhou area suddenly became popular. People from all over the Qing Dynasty seemed to be crazy, traveling day and night, non-stop to Gaizhou!
The troops with yellow flags led by Haoghao Ama arrived first, and the troops with red flags led by Yueleue Ama arrived later, followed by Doama Dorgon and Jiama Azi. The officers and soldiers of the Two Hundred Banners led by the brothers Ge and Xiaoduo Amadoduo came from North Korea, followed by Min Ama's men and horses with the Blue Banner from the distant Songhua River, and then came from the Xingkai Lake. The soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner were led by Mang Gurtai Mang Ama, who was not very bright-minded.
On the sixth day of June in the seventh year of Chongde, Emperor Funing of the Qing Dynasty, Queen Mother Taisong, and Daishan, one of the eight Ama, also drove to Gaizhou City with troops from Zhenghuang Banner and Zhenghong Banner.
The originally deserted Gaizhou City area was now in great shape. A hundred thousand troops gathered, and the Eight Great Armas gathered together. It really became the military and political center of the Qing Dynasty.
But Funing, Taisong, and Daishan were not the last to arrive.
Because on June 16, the seventh year of Chongde, the east gate of Gaizhou City opened wide early in the morning, and then came the brightly-armored Eight Banners cavalry, from all banners inside and outside Gaizhou City. The camp came over, and then lined up on both sides of the official road in the east of Gaizhou City. It was really majestic with flags and banners fluttering and embroidered ribbons fluttering!
Stationed outside the east gate of Gaizhou City were the troops of the Zhenghuang Banner Han Army and the Zhenghuang Banner Korean Army. Although they were not the first-class Manchu bannermen of the Qing Dynasty, nor were they the second-class Mongolian bannermen. However, because they were relatively close to Taisong and Funing's mother and son, they gradually became the inner circle of Funing and Taisong. Although their status was not as high as that of the first-class Manchu and second-class Meng, they were more popular with the Qing Emperor, The Queen Mother's trust means that the information is very well-informed.
Now some idle Han and North Korean officers and soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner saw the Eight Banners Guards arrayed outside Gaizhou City from a distance, and began to ask each other.
"Hey, the Eight Banners Guards have been dispatched... Which Emperor Ama is coming?"
"Where is the Emperor's Arma? Aren't all the Emperor's eight Armas here?"
"It's hard to say. Maybe the Emperor has a new Ama?"
"Be careful with your words, be careful with your words... Who doesn't know that the emperor already thinks that Amma has too much!"
"Is that many? Not many, only nine..."
"Nine is not many! If the higher-ups listen to this, there will be no good consequences!"
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this...just tell me who is here today? Does anyone know?"
"I know this...the Japanese and Spanish are here today. They are here to help our Qing Dynasty!"
"It turns out it's them! No wonder the Eight Banners Guards have been dispatched. It seems that the Emperor, the Queen Mother and the Eight Emperors are going to personally welcome the distinguished guests from the East and West."
It turns out that the Spanish ambassador de Salamanca who arrived in Gaizhou today, the Japanese lord of the Gyeongju vassal, Hoshina Masayuki, and 800 Japanese cavalry led by Hoshina Masayuki - these 800 cavalry are the vanguard of 20,000 Japanese reinforcements.
I have to say that the Japanese devils really want to help the Qing Dynasty fight against the Ming Dynasty this time - it is impossible not to help!
Although the Ming Dynasty is still a continental empire, it is obvious to all that it has taken great steps towards the sea. Its determination to invest in the navy is even more shocking to the Japanese... Japan has only built a "Sixty-Six Fleet", and the Ming Dynasty As soon as they took action, there were three "Sixty-Six Fleets"!
Moreover, Ming Dynasty's "Six-Six Fleet" is more powerful than Japan's "Six-Six Fleet"!
The largest warship in the Ming Dynasty's "Sixty-Sixth Fleet" had a displacement of 1,000 tons and carried 54 guns. The largest warship in Japan's "Six-Six Fleet" has a displacement of only 700 tons and only carries 28 guns.
In addition, the training level of Ming Dynasty's "Six-Six Fleet" is also higher than that of Japan's "Six-Six Fleet"!
So once the Ming Dynasty annexes the Qing Dynasty and recovers all of Korea, Japan's crisis will come... The Korean Strait, which is only 400 miles wide, cannot stop the Ming Dynasty's invading army at all!
Therefore, Japan's Tokugawa shogunate and the lower vassals have long reached a consensus - to aid the Qing Dynasty is to defend Japan!
As for the lord of Gyeongju's 500,000 stone, Hoko Masagi, helping the Qing Dynasty fight against the Ming Dynasty was helping him to keep the 500,000 stone seal... This was also the reason why he had returned to Gyeongju Domain. He immediately mobilized 8,000 troops, and together with the 12,000 troops mobilized by Matsudaira Nobutsuna, they traveled to Gaizhou day and night. Because Gaizhou is a bit far away from Gyeongju Domain, the distance between the two places is more than 1,800 miles, and the normal marching speed would take thirty or forty days to complete. Therefore, Masayuki Hoshina simply handed over his main force to Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and he and Sony led 800 horseback samurai to go ahead. They walked hundreds of miles a day for 18 days, and finally arrived at Gaizhou City.
But just as he was about to arrive, Yasukina Masayuki encountered a headache...a real headache!
"Nani? You actually have eight emperors in the Qing Dynasty? And they all brought their troops to Gaizhou..." After Masayuki Hoshina learned this amazing news from Sony, his head hurt a little.
The reason that gave Hoshina a headache was the issue of diplomatic etiquette between Japan and Qing - according to the agreement when Japan and Qing formed an alliance, the two countries were siblings. Well, not brothers, but siblings. Because the current emperor of Japan is a woman, Tokugawa Iemitsu's cousin, named Emperor Meisho. He is only 18 years old this year, a few years older than Funing, so he is the elder sister, and Funing is of course the younger brother.
And Funing's Armas are equivalent to the uncles of Emperor Meisho, and can also be compared to the Supreme Emperor of Japan!
In addition, according to the agreement reached by both parties, when officials from both sides visit the other party's land, the guests must accompany the officiant - that is, they must salute according to the other party's rules. Otherwise, why would Sony, a bachelor, pay homage to General Tokugawa Iemitsu?
So Masayuki Hoshina is in trouble now. He has to kowtow to a Qing emperor, a Qing queen mother, and eight Qing emperors... Can this head not hurt?
Not to mention Masayuki Hoshina's headache, Sony himself had a headache, and even the young emperor Funing and the empress dowager Taisong had a headache.
Eight royal armies gathered together, and they all had soldiers! If it weren't for Zhu Youjian, these eight emperors would definitely fight!
Even with the existence of Zhu Youjian, the "public enemy of the Emperor's Arma", when the eight Emperor's Arma get together, they are still full of gunpowder... Even if they are now welcoming guests together outside Gaizhou City, They didn't forget to bicker.
"Now the Qing Dynasty is fighting a last-ditch battle, and we must fight! So none of the eight of us can think about preserving our strength. We must show our responsibilities as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty... We are all the Emperor's Ama, and we are meant to be No matter how different we are, now we should all be in the same boat!"
The one who was speaking was Daishan Daiama. After the Battle of Luoma River, his Zhenghong Banner, like the Zhenghuang Banner of Taisong and Funing, had been recuperating in the heart of the Qing Dynasty. Now he is singing a high-key tune, wanting to drag the other seven emperors to fight Zhu Youjian together.
Among the eight ama's, the one who spoke the least taboo was Mang Gurtai, a "brainless" man. He immediately took over the topic and said: "Big Beile, what you said is wrong... We eight ama's How can we ignore each other? Queen Mother, you are sleeping alone, and we have no share!"
