"The country is destroyed and the race is destroyed!! The country is destroyed and the country is destroyed and the country is destroyed!! So and this... what is the difference between my Yamato and the country is destroyed and the country is destroyed!!!"
When Miyamoto Musashi's secret message was presented to Tokugawa Ieyasu, he unfolded silently, read it silently, and put it silently, and then summoned all the elders...
Until now
Not saying a word...
"So what can we do?? Do you really force the head of the family to bow to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and be willing to be his retainers! But even so... how many of us may defeat Liang State? Is there a 10% chance? I'm afraid it's less than 10%!! Then... and then wait for them to force us into the forest and eventually kill us all!!"
"You are so sure that this witch can do it!"
"Since she dared to speak in public in the court, it means she is not afraid of being known to us! And... she is sure that we are powerless to stop..."
"But how did you know that she didn't want to use the mouths of everyone to exaggerate!!"
"Because their hundreds of warships are in Nagasaki Port at this time... If you see that scene with your own eyes... you won't ask this again!!"
After saying that, Hattori Hanzo (Ma) took out a scroll from his arms and turned his head to look at the head of the family...
Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded expressionlessly...
"Swish!"
The scroll was then hidden in the hall by Hattori Han, and was displayed to everyone! The scroll was drawn... it was Nagasaki Port and Liang Guo's new naval master! The scroll was obviously not finished... Because starting from the lower right part of the scroll, the picture gradually began to be sloppy, and it was mixed with blood stains.
Hattori Hanzo stroked the scroll with his hand while murmuring in a hoarse voice: "You... take a look at it yourself! This is the current Navy of Liang Kingdom..."
When everyone heard this, they stood up one after another and lie on the ground to watch carefully...
"How big is this ship? This black one...is a sampan?"
"Sampan!? This sampan is not as big as their anchor! Did you draw the wrong one? Let the ninja who painted this picture come out, I have something to ask him in person!"
"I can't call..." Hattori Hanzo crouched on the ground and smiled bitterly at everyone...
"The person who painted this picture... was my confidant, Kotaro, the ninth-generation eunuch,... After he handed this picture to me, he died yesterday...."
"What!? The Nine-Day Megumi Kotaro!? He... isn't he 'Di Ninja'?? How could he... die!?" (Note ①)
"Ninjas are also flesh and blood, so how can they not die..."
"No! My original intention is that even if he is surrounded by troops by his means, he should be able to fight out safely...! So how could it be...!"
"Oh! Why can't he tell how he died?? Isn't it all drawn on this picture?! Look at this... look here again!! Their soldiers and artillery are everywhere in this port! I guess... they must have died of random guns and heavy artillery..."
"This ship is so big...it's simply terrifying, and the numbers written above the warship are...??"
"The number of artillery per ship..."
"The number of artillery!??This...is this wrong!?"
"Honda Tadashi... Since you have so many doubts, why don't you go to Nagasaki to see it yourself..." A trace of coldness gradually flashed across Hattori Hanzo's face. His most trusted subordinate even sacrificed himself for this picture, and he was questioned by everyone, which gradually exceeded his patience limit...
This group of samurai has always been like this. They seem to never regard ninjas as humans, but only treat them as inferior tools! But when they need intelligence, they always think of ninjas first... Once the intelligence has a little deviation, they will push all the reasons for defeat to ninjas. This chronic disease of determining right and wrong by origin has long been deeply rooted in Japan. Even the so-called famous generals and scholars are inevitably vulgar...
"Where does Your Excellency Hattori start with this? This intelligence investigation is the responsibility of your unrest! Why do you need to go there in person?"
"Then don't doubt it anymore! This is the most real information!! We work hard in front of us to find out the news! You are helpless in the back! Wouldn't you feel ashamed? What qualifications do you have to point fingers in front of me!!"
"Hello Hattori! I have always respected you very much!"
"Then please respect Honda and my ninjas!! This picture... was exchanged for their lives!!"
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For a moment, the hall was silent, but it seemed as if there was smoke hidden under the calm sea...
Seeing the two most powerful "gatherers" glaring in front of him, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was tense and never spoke, slowly stood up and walked in front of them.
Seeing this, the two of them quickly took a step back and knelt down on the ground...
"I... trust Your Excellency Hatto, just as I trust General Honda, you both are my loyal ministers, so there is no need to be like this..." Tokugawa Ieyasu slowly leaned over as he spoke, stretched out his hands on the left and right to support the two of them at the same time... and smiled at them, then slowly turned his head to look at Tadaji Sakai who was standing beside him...
"Just just now, what Master Tadaji Sakai said, what is the difference between us like this and the destruction of the country and the extermination... I... Let me answer you now, the so-called difference... even if we... can still live..."
Hearing this, the first military advisor of the Tokugawa family, who had always been a "peaceful faction", Honda Tadon, at the age of 84, climbed up with the help of two servants...
He has not practiced martial arts to this age. Even his daily life is inseparable from the care of his servants. His mouth has even opened his mouth, and a trace of saliva flows out of his long-toothless mouth... But even so, he has to finish his words tremblingly: "The head of the family...but he has made up his mind!?"
“Undetermined…”
"Then...what the head of the family said just now...??"
Tokugawa Ieyasu slowly turned around, looked at Honda Masato with a puzzled face, and said in a deep voice: "I know that I can't defeat the Netherlands... Even if I unified the entire Kawai country, I will still not be the opponent of the Netherlands... So, I want to wait and see for a while. If Liang can defeat the Netherlands in this battle, then... we will have no choice except to bow our heads and surrender..."
"Yes! Yes!! That's right!!" After Honda Tadon said that, he clapped his hands and laughed. With the help of the two servants, he slowly sat down again, and then panted quickly and said hard: "Since that's the case, I... can also go with peace of mind..."
After saying that, he took his last breath with a smile on his face...
It turned out that the time I got up just now was the old man's rebirth...
On the other hand, Tokugawa Ieyasu and several old ministers in the hall also showed a deep pain.