"The Korean Strait was blocked by the Ming Navy and no news could be sent out.
We tried to send people to enter North Korea from other parts of the Fuso Inland Sea, but the Fuso Sea is nearly two thousand miles wide. Even if they can cross, it is hard to say whether they can enter the blocked North Korea.
It would take two months to go from the Ryukyu Islands to the Ming Dynasty and then to the Ming Dynasty Beijing City, or from Hokkaido to North Korea via Kuyi Island (Kuye).
Moreover, the coast was blocked by several armies of the Ming Dynasty, and no ship could escape from the Ming waters.
In the past month, we have sent out more than fifty of Fuso's most elite scouts, but so far, no news has been returned.
If you think you can do it, then we old middlemen should step down and you can come and sit down! "
Matsudaira Nobutsuna was not angry and simply stated the facts.
After hearing this, the daimyo sat back. Although they were angry, as Matsudaira Nobutsuna said, they had done everything they needed to do, and it was useless for them to come.
"If the Ming army takes this route, then we will deploy troops in Saga. In this way, no matter whether the Ming army advances eastward or south, we can block their way forward."
As Matsudaira Nobutsuna spoke, he drew on the map with a pen.
From Shanhaiguan in the Ming Dynasty to Saga County, a hundred miles away from the northwest coastline of Fuso Kyushu Island, they are marked by arrows.
"Do you have any questions about this path? If not, I'll continue!"
After waiting for a while, no one said anything, Matsudaira Nobutsuna continued: "The second route is to occupy the islands from northern Taiwan along the Ryukyu Islands, establish a supply line, and finally attack Makurazaki County or Kushima County.
If it is this way, we need Chen Bing in Kagoshima between the two. No matter where the Ming army attacks, we can quickly reinforce it. "
"Ryukyu islands?"
This time it was Hosokawa Tadayoshi, the lord of the Kumamoto Domain, who spoke out.
Without waiting for Matsudaira's new response, Hosokawa Tadori continued: "As far as this feudal lord knows, Taiwan is occupied by the Netherlands and Spain, especially
The northern part of Taiwan is the key business area for both companies. They also operate in the Ryukyu Islands.
Two years ago, the Netherlands fought a war with Zheng Zhilong, who had defected to the Ming Dynasty. In this case, the Netherlands would let them take advantage of it? "
"Mr. Zhongli is right. The Netherlands and Spain are friendly with us, but they are eyeing the Ming Dynasty covetously.
Under such circumstances, did the Ming court reach an agreement with them, or were they afraid of the Ming Dynasty and took the initiative to give way?
Isn't the Ming Dynasty afraid that Holland will make a show of his face, and then attack them midway and cut off their supplies? "
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"Congratulations, you all guessed wrong."
Matsudaira Nobutsuna shook his head: "The Ming Dynasty directly issued an ultimatum to the two of them, compensation of five million taels of silver, get out of Taiwan, and forget the past, otherwise they will be destroyed directly."
"The Dutch and Spanish navies are so arrogant..."
"Why do you think it's arrogance? Isn't it a manifestation of strength?"
Matsudaira Nobutsuna directly interrupted the speaker and said coldly: "Isn't it because I have grown up in ambition and destroyed my own prestige? In the first year of Chongzhen, the battle of Longjingguan destroyed more than 60,000 Dajin coalition forces.
In April of the second year of Chongzhen, more than 100,000 Chahar cavalry were destroyed in the Battle of the Grassland.
Three months ago, they defeated the tripartite coalition of Dajin and Jin in two consecutive battles, killed more than 100,000 people, and forced the coalition to retreat to the Yalu River and defend themselves by the river. This has shown that the Ming Dynasty's military strength is getting stronger year by year.
There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty: without three points and three points, how dare you go to Liangshan?
How could the Ming Dynasty take action against the Netherlands and Spain after facing Dajin, the Eastern Mongolian tribes, and us, Fusang, if it had no strength? "
"Can't it be a bluff or a false accusation..."
"You haven't grown a brain, haven't others?"
Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who had always had a calm face, suddenly became angry: "All the behaviors and decisions of the Ming Emperor showed that he was a wise ruler and a wise king, and he was definitely not a person who enjoyed great achievements and took risks.
Why bluff? Can't you just feint a shot?
Pretend to promise to open the port and allow them to do business, and then kill them after the war is over? "
"Da Ming's attitude is very clear. As long as he agrees to withdraw, that's all. If he doesn't agree, then the old and new grudges will be settled together.
Because the merchants who were plundered by the Netherlands and Spain in the past did not agree, the families of the people who lost their lives did not agree.
According to the ancestral precepts of the Ming Dynasty, those who do not make peace with each other, pay indemnity, cede land, or pay tribute will not be allowed.
The Ming Dynasty has been weak for more than two hundred years since the Battle of Tumubao. The surrounding vassal states that were beaten before were scurrying around now dare to show their teeth and even take a bite of meat.
What the Ming court has to do now is to establish a peerless and invincible image. Wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever the rivers go, it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Let me put it this way, you can understand it! "
clear!
It couldn't be more clear.
Everyone's expressions became serious, and they heard another layer of meaning.
Hosokawa Tadori glanced at the monarch who had been sitting in the first seat with a calm and silent expression, and said in a deep voice: "Nobutsuna-kun, what do you mean by this is that we will definitely lose?
If this is the case, why should we resist? Just surrender. "
"Surrender? Haha..."
Matsudaira Nobutsuna burst out laughing so hard that he burst into tears.
Although it was a laugh, everyone could hear the coldness, sadness and disdain in the laughter.
After a while, Matsudaira Nobutsuna stopped laughing and looked at everyone coldly: "Thank you for thinking of surrendering. Fuso has brought so much pain to the Ming Dynasty. Go check the records of each family for yourselves.
At least one million people in the Ming Dynasty died directly at the hands of the so-called "Japanese pirates", and millions more were left homeless and died indirectly.
Pouring boiling water on babies, divination of men and women, burning houses, raping women, making people angry, looting money, killing games...
Any of these are serious grievances, but... we have committed them all. In the words of the Ming Dynasty, the crimes are too numerous to describe.
With such a great hatred, will Ming Dynasty let us off easily?
Not to mention the extermination of our race, but definitely massacre, enslavement, and complete maiming, without giving us any chance to stand up again.
Under such circumstances, are you still thinking of surrendering? "
Many of the daimyo in the hall had followed Tokugawa Ieyasu to conquer the world, and had experienced countless bloody storms, but they understood what Matsudaira Nobutsuna meant in just an instant.
"Nobutsuna-kun, what you mean is that even if we are defeated, we must gather all our strength and fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty.
If we can kill each one, then even if we all die, we still have to make Daming suffer physically? "
"Yes, and also wrong!"
Matsudaira Nobutsuna regained his wisdom: "If it were just us, Fuso, our defeat would be certain. It would only depend on how much Ming Dynasty lost and how soon we would be defeated.
