In Hyogo-no-jin, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin's army have been resting here for several days. With nothing to do, they began to build a port, forts, and houses in Hyogo-no-jin.
Well, this is a good place. It is a natural deep-water harbor, and it is the core place and economic center of the Japanese country. Liu Jin plans to stay here forever.
Ahem, Liu Jin plans to rent a piece of land from the Japanese state here. Of course, as for whether the Japanese state will rent it or not, he will ultimately have to rely on his fists to decide. If he convinces the Japanese state, he can naturally rent it.
Liu Jin has already planned it, and half of the entire Hyogo Tsu land is under planning. In the future, troops will be stationed here, a port will be built, and it will become an important colonial base for traveling to and from Japan and Golden Island.
"Mr. Zhang, look at this location. It's a good location. Build a gun tower here to cover the entire Hyogo Prefecture. Whether it's coming from land or water, it's enough to mount dozens of artillery pieces here.
Already."
Liu Jin had nothing to do, so he roped in Zhang Mao and used a telescope to plan for Hyogojin. In the future, this place would be the bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty to plunder the Japanese country. What would happen if we didn't plan carefully.
"How come your kid's head is full of weird things? Can this Japanese countryman agree to give us a concession?"
Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin, this kid has so many clever ideas, he can come up with all kinds of weird things.
"You have to agree even if you don't agree. The knife is already on their necks. How can they not agree?"
Liu Jin smiled and said very confidently.
The 5,000-strong army of the shogunate was easily destroyed in Hyogo-no-jin. The entire shogunate was in an uproar, as if a huge earthquake had occurred. In front of the powerful Ming army, the shogunate's army was so vulnerable.
With the right time, place and people, we originally hoped that these five thousand troops could hold off the Ming army for a period of time, so that the shogunate would have time to mobilize more troops from the daimyo from various places.
However, in just one day, the 5,000-strong army disappeared. Even Uehara Motohide died here. The Ming army's frontline was directed towards Kyoto and Muromachi areas.
However, this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that daimyo from all over the country have chosen to watch the fire from the other side, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. There are very few daimyo who responded to the call of the shogunate.
Needless to say, Kyushu and Shikoku, the daimyo from these two places simply have no way to come, because the Ming army has blocked the entire Seto Inland Sea, and there are Ming army warships patrolling the Seto Inland Sea.
Moreover, they did not dare to come over. The destruction of the Otomo family on Kyushu Island greatly shocked Kyushu and the daimyo in the Shikoku region. No one dared to send troops, for fear that the Ming army would easily wipe them out.
Here in China, the powerful Ouchi family has now crossed the river, unable to protect itself. The army led by Polu Hou Yang Yun rested here in Shijian country and then directly attacked Zhou Fangguo, the core of the Ouchi family.
As for Nizi, the Maori family was too scared to move. It is said that in order to please the Ming Dynasty, the Nizi family even sent people to send food to the Ming army.
In the Kanto region, many daimyo were relatively united, and jointly sent troops to fight Wang Shouren's army in the Tokyo area, hoping to severely damage Wang Shouren's east-route army.
The only ones who really responded to the call of the shogunate and were willing to send troops to the Kyoto region were the daimyo of Kanto and Kansai regions, such as Akamatsu, Imagawa, Takeda, Chiba, etc.
Because these places are relatively close to the Kyoto area, which is the core of the shogunate's control, the shogunate still has influence and does not dare to disobey the shogun's orders.
However, just relying on the daimyo from these places to send troops, this daimyo only has a thousand-man-level troops. At most, it can only send a few hundred people. Together, it is less than 10,000. It wants to deal with the Ming army in the Kyoto area.
, this is nothing more than a fool’s dream.
What the shogunate hoped most was that the wealthy families in Kyushu, Shikoku, China, and the Kanto region could send troops. The daimyo in these places were powerful, powerful, and ambitious. Their sending troops could weaken them with the help of the Ming army.
However, the shogunate's wishful thinking was now in vain, and only the surrounding daimyo sent troops.
Liu Jin and Zhang Mao have been waiting for them here at Hyogozu for several days, but they have not yet attacked.
"Such a shabby place is nothing special. Our Ming Dynasty has thousands of miles of splendid mountains and rivers, so what's the use of such a small port?"
Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao shook his head slightly, somewhat confused as to why Liu Jin insisted on renting something out in Japan.
What kind of place does Ming Dynasty want?
What's so good about Japan?
"You will know about it later, Mr. Zhang. Let me tell you in advance that investing here will definitely make money in the future. If you want to invest, hurry up. Don't regret it later and blame me for not reminding you."
Liu Jin smiled. People in the Ming Dynasty in this era were so confident, or arrogant. Everything was good about the Ming Dynasty. The moon in the Ming Dynasty was bigger and rounder than the moon in other places.
The Ming Dynasty is the best place in the world. Places other than the Ming Dynasty are all barbarian lands. People outside the Ming Dynasty are barbarians, ignorant of education and ethics.
Liu Jin sometimes didn't know whether to say whether this phenomenon was good or bad, but thinking about those people in later generations who worshiped foreigners and favored foreigners, he seemed to think that this was quite good, at least where was the nation's self-confidence and backbone.
"Report~"
At this moment, a messenger came hurriedly on horseback.
"Say~"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately said hurriedly.
"Great victory for the army on the east route~"
"Yesterday Wang Shouren led the east-route army to defeat the coalition forces with the Uesugi family as the core in the Kanto Plain, annihilating nearly 10,000 enemies and occupying Tokyo~"
The messenger said hurriedly.
"Haha, okay~"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
"Beautiful, a good person is a good person~"
Liu Jin also laughed immediately, and then took the victory report written by Wang Shouren and read it carefully.
"Gong Zhang, the many famous names in the Guandong region are not of concern at all. Wang Shouren killed nearly ten thousand enemies on the Guandong Plain, and all these famous names in the Guandong region were severely damaged."
"The Ouchi family in China is also restrained by Yang Yun. It is estimated that they are no match for Yang Yun. Only these people in the Kyoto area in the middle are left."
Liu Jin took out the map of Japan and circled the land.
"We've almost rested, and it's time to attack Kyoto and Muromachi."
Zhang Mao smiled and nodded, then looked at Kyoto and Muromachi. This was the core of the Japanese Kingdom. Kyoto had the Japanese kings of the Japanese Kingdom, and Muromachi was the core of the current shogunate.
Once this place was defeated, the entire Japanese country would almost have its backbone broken, and the rest would be much simpler.
"It's almost done. Take this place. Then we will send troops from east to west to attack the Ouchi family. We must uproot this house one after another. If we dare to impose heavy taxes on our Ming merchants, we will not repair such a thorn.
, in the future these Japanese people will not know how to be afraid."
Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded.
"Report~"
Just when the two decided to attack Kyoto and Muromachi, someone else came in a hurry.
"Say~"
Zhang Mao said quickly.
"Envoys from the Muromachi shogunate and the Japanese king came to ask for peace~"
The visitor said hurriedly.
"Seek peace?"
Zhang Mao and Liu Jin were slightly stunned when they heard this.
I was preparing to attack Kyoto and the shogunate area when the envoys from the shogunate and the Japanese king came to seek peace. It felt like a fist hitting the air, which was extremely depressing.
"Haha, it seems that they are also afraid, so they have come to seek peace."
When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
It's better not to fight. This is the best way to conquer others without fighting. There is no need to use force to obtain what can be obtained at the negotiation table.
"At least they are sensible. If they are too stubborn, they will not even have the qualifications to negotiate by the time we reach Kyoto and Muromachi."
Liu Jin thought about it carefully, smiled and nodded.
It is indeed almost time to negotiate. If you think about it from another position, you will take the initiative to seek peace.
The shogunate itself is already in decline, and half of its army has been wiped out. If the battle continues, all the shogunate's troops will be wiped out. What can they do to maintain their current rule?
The original plan was to use the Ming army to weaken the daimyo in various places. As a result, the daimyo in various places were not weakened, but the shogunate itself was weakened first.
It would be unwise to continue fighting. It would be wise to seek peace proactively.
"Liu Jin, do you think we should talk to them?"
Zhang Mao nodded slightly, thought for a while and asked.
"Let's talk, why not talk and see what they say. Anyway, the initiative is in our hands. If they can agree to our request, we can naturally let them go. If they don't agree to our request, we will continue to fight.
, until they agree."
Liu Jin said without thinking.
"Okay, tell them to come in. I want to see what they are going to say."
Zhang Mao nodded. After all, the Ming Dynasty was the suzerain state, and the Japanese country was still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty in name. It was enough to give them a beating and a lesson. Let’s talk and take a look first.
Liu Jin on the side touched his chin and rolled his eyes.
"Negotiation is a good project. According to the rules of later generations, the cession of territory and compensation are basic operations. Unilateral consular jurisdiction and trade priority are also indispensable."
"How should we strike? The shogunate has weak control over the Japanese daimyo, and the Japanese king has no influence at all. Even if they sign the agreement, how to ensure its implementation is another problem."
"It is true that we can't fight. If we continue to fight, the shogunate will be gone and the Japanese country will be even more chaotic. We can't ask these big names to sign agreements one by one."
"Well, we can't fight. We still need to keep the shogunate and maintain the current situation of the Japanese country. A divided Japanese country is the best Japanese country."
