When General Ma led his troops to the west to "reinforce", Lin Tianshuai was happily counting the heads and seizures.
During the capture of Shimayama Castle Sannomaru, a large number of Japanese pirates were captured. Now that the count has been completed, the total number of captives is 4,106.
In Lin Tianshuai's eyes, these prisoners all smelled like copper coins.
He was afraid that the captives would be distracted and cause some financial losses, so he specially sent Governor Konishi and Shen Weijing to carefully comfort them.
From now on, North Korean volunteers will be used to guard the prisoners, and then the captured food will be used to feed the prisoners, creating a low-cost virtuous cycle.
When President Konishi came back to appease the prisoners and reported the situation, he said: "In this current situation, I can play a greater role."
"What else do you want to do?" Lin Tianshuai asked doubtfully.
Governor Konishi said: "Tian Shuai can be assigned to persuade the remaining Shimayama Castle defenders to surrender."
"No need!" Lin Tianshuai immediately refused, "There is no need for them to surrender now! Don't push too hard, let them hold on!"
President Konishi is confused, what is this idea?
Of course, Lin Tianshuai would not tell Governor Konishi everything about his own strategic thinking.
The distance from Ulsan to Busan, the base camp of the Japanese pirates, is only more than a hundred miles. What if Ulsan is taken too early and the Japanese pirates in Busan are frightened and run away from the sea?
While Lin Tianshuai was chatting with President Konishi, he suddenly received information from Ma Gui and two family crest patterns.
Lin Tianshuai had some guesses in his mind, but just to be sure, he turned around and asked President Konishi.
President Konishi replied: "The cross in the circle belongs to the Shimadzu family, and the three leaves in the circle should belong to the Tokugawa family!"
The Shimazu family and Konishi Yukinaga's territory are both in Kyushu, and the Tokugawa family is the most famous family in Japan, so Konishi Yukinaga must be able to recognize the family crests of these two families.
As a time traveler, Lin Tianshuai was shocked. Why did the Tokugawa lineup appear? Did Tokugawa Ieyasu also come to North Korea?
If this is the case, then history is completely distorted. After all, in the original history, Tokugawa Ieyasu's final status was equivalent to the king of Japan.
Governor Konishi was also surprised. After thinking for a while, he analyzed: "It seems that after Kato Kiyomasa's regiment was completely wiped out last year, Taiko decided to prepare more troops and selected the Tokugawa family!
By this spring, we will almost be able to go to North Korea.
When I first heard that Asano Yukinaga appeared in Shimayama So, I guessed that a new regiment had entered Korea, but I didn't expect that it turned out to be the Tokugawa family!"
Lin Tianshuai asked curiously: "I heard that Tokugawa and Hideyoshi are called monarchs and ministers, but they are actually allies, so he just obeys Hideyoshi's orders?"
President Konishi replied: "If Taigu ordered the Tokugawa family to send troops, the Tokugawa would not dare to resist given his character."
Lin Tianshuai also didn't expect that such a huge butterfly effect would be created after consecutive victories.
In the original history, the future Edo shogunate Tokugawa Ieyasu had always preserved his strength at home, and the Tokugawa family basically did not participate in the expedition to Korea.
Thinking of this, Lin Tianshuai felt that he couldn't sit still in the rear. He stood up and said to President Xiaoxi: "I will go to the west to take charge in person, and you can come with me."
Then Lin Tianshuai ordered Li Rubai to take his troops and continue to monitor Daoshan City.
Lin Tianshuai himself, with three thousand pacesetters, rushed to the Magui camp more than ten miles away.
When General Ma saw Lin Tianshuai barging into the tent, Ma Gui was studying the battle plan with Xie Sheng, Po Gui and other generals.
Looking up and seeing Lin Tianshuai, General Ma couldn't help complaining: "As promised before, Xilu will be under my independent command. Marshal, you will not interfere."
Lin Tianshuai comforted him: "The situation has changed a bit. Lao Ma, please listen to my advice. The enemy's invasion this time is too deep and you can't control it."
General Ma didn't know what had brought the commander in, and he only had a vague feeling that he might not have reported the information in such detail.
"How deep is the water?" Ma Gui asked unwillingly.
Marshal Lin answered truthfully: "As far as I can tell, the future King of Japan is in the enemy's camp."
General Ma was shocked. Although he had little education, Commander, you can't lie to people so carelessly, right?
I was either calculating or being angry, but when you, Commander, deceived Li Rusong, you must have been more careless than this!
After a short rest, Lin Tianshuai personally mounted his horse on the nearby mound to observe the Japanese camp.
But they saw that all the Japanese camps were on the other side of the Taihe River, that is, one mile away from the south bank, facing our own side across the river bank.
You can still vaguely see a large number of Japanese soldiers digging half-height trenches outside the camp and piling up earth as bunkers.
There are also more than 200 ships divided into two groups, east and west, docked on the south bank of the upper and lower reaches of the Taihe River, forming a horn with the camp.
Obviously, the iron cannon ashigaru can be fired on the ship using the cabin as a cover. This is a method that Japanese soldiers are very accustomed to.
Looking at it, Lin Tianshuai frowned and said to Ma Gui: "The enemy is obviously going to take a defensive position. It is too cautious and too steady!"
The use of rivers, river beaches, and trenches as the perimeter was obviously to restrain the Ming cavalry.
Even Tianshuai would have a headache every time he encountered Japanese soldiers who relied on sharp and determined defense with their matchlock guns.
The combat effectiveness of the elite frontier troops of the Ming Dynasty was definitely higher than that of the Japanese troops. In a field battle, 10,000 soldiers and horses could defeat 30,000 Japanese soldiers.
So far, the Heavenly Soldiers have barely overcome the shortage of food and grass, but their biggest weakness is that they have few troops and cannot afford to consume them.
Unlike the Japanese soldiers, 60,000 to 70,000 people were wiped out from Pyongyang to Seoul, but there were still 78,000 to 80,000 huddled on the south coast, and then the Tokugawa army was brought in by sea ships.
Therefore, Lin Tianshuai has always been very cautious about strong attacks and is unwilling to sacrifice too many soldiers.
Hearing Marshal Lin's complaints, Ma Gui also said helplessly: "The enemy army in front of us is obviously here to rescue Daoshan City, and its strength is at least twice that of our army.
Under such circumstances, the other party is unwilling to take the initiative and actively attack, but only wants to defend here, which is really embarrassing."
Through observation of the Japanese army's march and camp building, it can be judged that the total strength of the Japanese army facing them is about 40,000, while our own army, including the Cheonshuai Piao camp, is only 17,000.
Forty thousand people put up a defensive posture against 17,000 people. General Ma was speechless. Isn't the other party worried about the situation in Daoshan City?
Can't there be an enemy general who says "Forty thousand versus 17,000, I have the advantage"?
Lin Tianshuai sighed and said: "First, this shows that the Japanese army has a full understanding of our army's combined cavalry and artillery tactics, so they resolutely avoid field battles;
Secondly, it is really possible that the man nicknamed Old Turtle is here, otherwise how could the enemy be so stable?"
After observing the enemy's position, Marshal Lin called Commander Xiaoxi and ordered: "You and Shen Weijing act as envoys, go to the opposite side and say it's a battle!"
Of course, the main purpose is to detect information and see if Matsudaira Takechiyo is here in person!"
Ma Gui looked at President Xiaoxi and reminded Lin Tianshuai, "I'm afraid Xiaoxi will never come back."
Lin Tailai said nonchalantly: "If you don't come back, you won't come back. As the saying goes, you don't trust the people you employ.
In fact, President Konishi should understand where it is more useful and valuable now."
President Konishi saluted and said nondescriptly: "In the ancient Chinese saying, you treat me as a countryman, and I will repay you as a countryman!"
He returned to Japan as a captured general of the defeated army. He was nothing, and he might even become a scapegoat and be blamed for his anger.
And staying with Tianshuai, who is about to regain all of Korea, is the number one Japanese beside Tianshuai.
In the future, whether he represents Tianshuai in diplomacy with Japan or engages in entrepot trade in North Korea, he has a very bright future.
To use a very popular saying in court affairs, "It is the greatest honor to be the handsome dog." Konishi Yukinaga felt that his own situation was similar.
Before leaving, President Konishi asked again: "How should I talk to them? Is there anything I can't say?"
Lin Tianshuai said nonchalantly: "Show others your sincerity. Just tell them what I usually say!"
After receiving the order, Governor Konishi crossed the river to the Japanese army camp on the south bank as an envoy of the Heavenly Soldiers.
After being led into the Chinese army's enclosure, Governor Konishi raised his eyes and looked towards the center.
Although he was mentally prepared, he was still surprised and subconsciously asked: "Danayan actually came here in person?"
The half-hundred-year-old samurai sitting in the middle is the most famous figure in the Japanese country, the actual controller of the Kanto region, with a stone height of two million and several hundred thousand, the most powerful faction under Taige and Guanbai, from the two powerful lord Nayandoku.
Kawa Ieyasu.
On both sides of Tokugawa Ieyasu were Asano Nagamasa, the leader of the five Toyotomi clans today, and Shimazu Yoshihiro, the lord of the Satsuma clan who had always been highly exposed until the end of the Tokugawa period.
So Governor Konishi knew in his mind that Asano Nagamasa probably followed Tokugawa Ieyasu as a supervisor.
As for Shimazu Yoshihiro, when last year's large-scale military expedition was launched, the Shimazu family kept delaying the move.
Now it is estimated that Shimazu Yoshihiro was finally forced by Taiko and had no choice but to lead troops to North Korea.
There were a group of other military generals sitting next to them, but their status was slightly lower than Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Asano Nagamasa.
Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded gently to President Konishi and asked him to sit down and talk.
"Tian Shuai asked me to give Danayan a message!" President Konishi's opening remarks were still so simple and unpretentious.
But Asano Nagamasa didn't know whether it was because he was in a bad mood, or because he didn't like Governor Konishi, so he scolded him: "How can you survive in the world with such great favor from Taiko?"
Yukinagako Konishi, the 240,000-koku daimyo, responded forcefully: "It's easy to commit suicide, but it's even harder to endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden and survive!"
Asano Nagamasa said angrily: "What you call enduring humiliation and bearing the burden is to serve Minglu?"
Governor Konishi said: "When Tianshuai entered the court, he killed more than 37,000 Chinese soldiers in Ping'an Road and Hamgyeong Road, and basically refused to surrender. He was known as the Blood Demon King!
When we arrived in Seoul, it was only after my urging that the commander-in-chief agreed to surrender, thus saving the lives of more than 10,000 Chinese soldiers.
The day before yesterday in Ulsan, we saved the lives of more than 4,000 people! This is my role!
If I, President Konishi, had not endured the humiliation and shouldered the burden of serving the Ming army, our country would have had another 14,000 to 5,000 innocent souls!"
Everyone present: ""
It sounds so reasonable, but I don’t know where to refute it.
President Konishi continued impassionedly: "In addition, I endured humiliation and hardship at the hands of the Ming army just to promote peace talks!
The current situation is that our country is determined not to defeat the Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty only needs to use a few border towns in the north to defeat half of our country's troops!
Only by lurking in the Ming camp can I promote peace talks and try my best to reduce our country's losses. This is my belief in surviving in this world!"
Asano Nagamasa snorted coldly: "No matter how wildly you talk, you are still trying to survive the people who are suspected of surrendering to the enemy!"
Governor Konishi jumped up, as if he was furious, glanced back and forth at the generals on both sides, and shouted: "Is there anyone who has withdrawn from Seoul? Come out and talk!"
However, the lord of the Yanagawa clan, the adopted son of Kobayakawa Takakage, boasted that his family's three thousand men could serve as ten thousand Ming army general Tachibana Muneshige, stood up and said in response: "What do you have to say?"
Governor Konishi yelled and asked: "On that day, you asked me and Otani Yoshitsugi to go out of the west gate of Seoul to negotiate with Tianshuai, but your army quickly withdrew from the southeast, right?"
Tachibana Muneshige said a little embarrassedly: "It's true."
Governor Konishi said to Asano Nagamasa in grief and indignation: "Am I surrendering to the enemy? I was abandoned by friendly forces! What if I fall into the enemy camp alone?"
Asano Nagamasa gave up reasoning and directly shouted: "You are also a samurai now. Why don't you commit suicide when you are in the enemy's hands? You are indeed a greedy person who was born as a small businessman and is afraid of death!"
Everyone here can understand why Asano Nagamasa is in such a bad mood.
After all, the heir to the Asano family and his only 18-year-old son, Asano Yukinaga, is still trapped in Shimayama Castle, and he might die at any time.
Konishi Yukinaga was not used to Asano Nagamasa's problems and counterattacked: "Your son Asano Yukinaga is now besieged in Shimayama Castle!
When the city is destroyed, you see whether I can save his life or not! At that time, only I can talk to Tianshuai!"
Damn it! Asano Nagamasa directly broke through the defense and had to draw his sword to kill Konishi Yukinaga.
Honda Tadakatsu, one of the four great kings of the Tokugawa family, a giant with a height of over 1.6 meters, and known as the most powerful general in Japan, received the signal from his lord, and quickly stepped forward to hug Asano Nagamasa, and advised him: "Calm down your anger, calm down your anger.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu tried to smooth things over by saying: "It's useless to be angry if we all sit down and talk. It's better to talk calmly!"
Everyone looked at Yukino Konishi in unison, feeling very strange.
Is this indescribable bastard still the Yukinaga Konishi that everyone is familiar with?
It turns out that Konishi Settsumomo was very kind in dealing with people and making money. After all, he was a businessman.
Why did he become like this after staying with the Ming Army for more than half a year?
Tokugawa Ieyasu also wanted to get some information about the Ming army from Governor Konishi, otherwise why would he bother to meet Governor Konishi?
"What kind of person is Lin Tailai, the minister of economic and strategic affairs of the Ming Dynasty? In addition to martial arts, what other characteristics do he have?" Tokugawa Ieyasu took the initiative to stir up the topic and asked.
After thinking about it for a while, Governor Konishi replied: "Tian Shuai's greatest characteristic is that he is able to count, is good at recognizing people, and seems to know everyone well!
When you were still in the country, Dai Onagon, Tianshuai once said that if Dai Onagon had not come to Korea, he would one day replace the Toyotomi clan who had no successors in the world, become the shogun, and be canonized as the king of Japan by the Central Plains!
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Tokugawa Ieyasu: ""
Damn it! When Asano Nagamasa drew his sword just now, he shouldn't have stopped him! It would have been fine if he had killed Yukino Konishi!