When it was almost noon, King Injo of Joseon led hundreds of civil and military officials, under the supervision of Jianlu, to the east gate of Seoul, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army.
In addition to them, there were also people from Seoul who were also driven over. It was grand in large numbers.
On the top of the city, Ying Erdai was handling the final affairs here. According to the plan, after the Japanese army arrived, he would take away the Korean monarchs and ministers and set off north. After returning to Pyongyang, the handover would be carried out again until the end.
The Qing Dynasty withdrew from Korea.
This thing is simple to say, but there are still a lot of things to do in practice.
It can be said that Ying Erdai has been busy with the handover of North Korea throughout the winter.
Food and grass supplies should be transferred to Liaodong as much as possible; North Korean young and healthy women, as well as some children and teenagers who are in good health, should also be taken away;
These things must be transferred before the Japanese army arrives; otherwise, the Japanese side may not agree;
To complete the transfer, the Ming army on Pi Island is another problem.
Three thousand cavalry troops, more or less, is also very fancy.
Fortunately, all these transfer matters are being carried out gradually, and at least so far, they have been smooth.
On the Seoul side, we only need to take away the Korean monarchs and ministers, and that's almost it.
I have to say that the reason why things went smoothly was also related to the obedience of the North Korean monarchs and ministers.
Ying Erdai was thinking about these things. Suddenly, a personal guard came over and reported: "Sir, the Japanese pirates are coming!"
"Huh?" Ying Erdai sighed after hearing this, and then ordered, "Remember, don't call Japanese pirates in the future! They are our allies of the Qing Dynasty now!"
"Cha!" His bodyguard heard this and quickly agreed.
But in his heart, probably like most Jianlu, he was actually unconvinced.
Why did the Qing Dynasty give up Korea to the Japanese?
So what if they formed an alliance? With their short stature, the Japanese pirates actually dared to ride on the Qing Dynasty?
These ordinary Jianlu didn't know so much, so they only recognized what they saw in front of them.
But they didn’t know that even in the original history, the Japanese pirates with short stature would end up riding on the neck of the Qing Dynasty to shit and urinate!
At this time, after Ying Erdai reprimanded his personal guards, he strode to the window of the arrow tower and looked out.
Sure enough, he saw a Japanese cavalry army coming this way, and further away, there was an infantry army. The various flags were different from what he had seen before.
To be honest, Ying Erdai actually looked down on these little dwarfs in his heart. It was just helpless that the Qing Dynasty was weak in firearms and navy. The Ming Dynasty rebuilt Dongjiang Town, which was too great a check and balance on the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, the most important thing is that he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty. If the superiors decide to do this, he can only execute it.
Seeing that the Japanese army had indeed appeared, Ying Erdai did not stay in the arrow tower anymore. Instead, she turned her head and glanced at her own guards, and immediately shouted: "Everyone cheer up and let's go!"
No matter what, the majesty of the Qing Dynasty cannot be weakened. This is the principle!
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On the side of the Japanese army, the big figure mentioned by Inordai was one of Tokugawa Iemitsu's right-hand men, the great general Yagyu Munomitsu.
Yagyu Munomi was a famous military master in the history of Japan, the intelligence chief in the early days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and one of the most powerful swordsmen in Japanese legends.
The only recorded record of this legend is that during the Summer Battle of Osaka, dozens of enemy generals dressed in civilian attire raided the camp of General Tokugawa Hidetada. Yagyu Munomi fought to death to protect the monarch and hacked to death seven generals on his own.
Of course, Yagyu Munenuki was already 75 years old at this time. If the original historical development were to follow, next year would be his death anniversary.
Originally, he would have been retiring at this time. However, since the Jianlu envoy went to the Japanese country, he had to try his best again. After rushing to Nagasaki to prevent Zheng Zhilong from leaving with his family, he did not return to Jiangxi. Instead, he began to monitor the various daimyo in the southern part of the Japanese country and reorganize them according to Tokugawa Iemitsu's requirements.
Later, as a close confidant of Tokugawa Iemitsu, he was among the first to cross the sea to North Korea, and was responsible for conveying the true situation in North Korea back to Edo.
After all, the Qing Empire had never dealt with it before. For such an important matter, the Japanese side was still cautious after all.
When Yagyu Munenuki became too old, he was accompanied by his son, Yagyu Jubei Sangen, who was also the most famous swordsman in Japan. He was a one-eyed swordsman, the originator of ninja, etc. His legends were many in later generations.
But at this time, he was following his father, and he was in high spirits. He looked around and saw everything new. Finally, he stared at Seoul in the distance and couldn't help but said to his father: "This Seoul , it will soon belong to our Japanese country. It is really blessed by the great god Amaterasu. What the previous dynasty did not get despite fighting to the death, we can now get it at our fingertips!"
After listening to this, Yagyu Munomi had a smile on his face, but when he spoke, he was not so proud. He just told his son: "This is the price for the general's change of fundamental strategy. Will he be able to get the entire North Korea as he wishes? Want to see again!”
Hearing this, Yagyu Jubei couldn't help but calm down. Thinking of everything that happened after landing in Busan, he nodded and agreed with his father: "These Jianlu are also cunning. They have emptied the place. How can they have any allies?" Looks like that!”
"So, let's see!" After listening to this, Yagyu Munomi gave an instruction and then said, "When we meet later, don't build the enemy again. They like to listen to the Qing warrior, Batulu."
"I understand, father!" Yagyu Jubei heard this, but he didn't have any objection. At most, he just hid his contempt for the barbarians in his heart.
Not long after, the two sides finally met at the east gate of Seoul.
Ying Erdai stood at the front, followed by King Injo of Joseon and his civil and military officials.
At his age, Yagyu Munenomi is certainly a good man. In fact, he is, otherwise, he would not be able to become a confidant of the Tokugawa family.
Seeing Jianlu greeting them so solemnly, he quickly dismounted, clasped his hands in fists, and said with a smile to the leader Jianlu, who must be Ying Erdai who was mentioned in the communication: "I'm really sorry, let you Long wait!"
Yagyu Jubei naturally followed his father, saluted together, and at the same time looked at Jianlu opposite him.
It's really easy to recognize, you can tell which ones are Jianlu and which ones are Koreans just by looking at the melon seeds on their heads!
At this time, when Ying Erdai saw the greeting from the opposite side, no matter what he thought in his heart, he still smiled, clasped his fists and returned the greeting: "Where is the distinguished guest coming from afar, so you should wait!"
While speaking, he was naturally sizing up the old man opposite him. He really couldn't tell that such an amiable old man could be the head of the Japanese factory guard? But the one-eyed man next to him seemed more like him!
The friendly beginning made the two parties seem to be reunited as old friends. However, in their hearts, they despised each other's barbarian status. What's even more funny is that their communication was all in Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
Because in this era, only the Ming Dynasty Mandarin was the common language. Ordinary Japanese or Jianlu did not understand the Ming Dynasty Mandarin, but the higher-ups could certainly speak it.
Although their speaking in Ming Dynasty Mandarin is not very good, at least it is the simplest way to communicate.
After Yagyu Munenomi said a few useless words, he turned around and introduced his son to Inordai: "I am old, and the person in charge of this handover is my son, named Jubei Sangen."
"I have admired you for a long time!" After hearing this, Ying Erdai immediately said politely, and then turned around quickly and said to the Korean monarchs and ministers: "The distinguished guest is coming from afar, why don't you come forward to greet me!"
Distinguished guest? Bad guest is more or less the same!
The monarchs and ministers of Joseon could not help but murmur in their hearts, but on the surface, including Injo of Joseon, they did not dare to disobey the order and hurriedly paid tribute to the Japanese together.
Ying Erdai on the side was staring at them, and he was actually a little worried. He was afraid that some of these Korean monarchs and ministers might be tame on the surface, but would tolerate it until now to cause trouble, which would embarrass him.
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As a result, it was obvious that he was overly worried.
When I saw King Injo of the Joseon Dynasty with his civil and military officials, they didn't even dare to let out a fart, and they bowed politely, just like seeing another master.
However, just when he was breathing a sigh of relief, suddenly, an older man who was rushing to greet the Japanese army from the side of the official road rushed out, holding a straw sandal in his hand, and threw it at Yagyu Munenomi's forehead, and at the same time
He even shouted like crazy: "Japanese pirates, give back the lives of my whole family!"
This situation happened suddenly, no one expected it. For a moment, no one stopped it.
Fortunately, Yagyu Jubei didn't have to socialize, so he was the first to come to his senses. He saw that the straw sandal was about to hit his father's head. As soon as he said it, he immediately stepped forward to protect him.
In front of his father, he drew his sword at the same time and slashed him with one blow.
As expected of a famous swordsman, he hit the straw sandal with one strike. The sharp blade split the straw sandal in two without injuring Yagyu Munaki at all.
But because he suddenly drew his sword, and standing in front of Yagyu Munenomi was Ino Erdai.
Therefore, when Ying Erdai's guards saw Yagyu Jubei drawing his sword, he almost subconsciously drew his sword to greet him.
After Yagyu Jubei chopped off the straw sandal, he suddenly saw someone slashing at him with a sword. Almost instinctively, he followed the direction of the sword and faced it.
There was a "ding" sound as the two knives collided, making a very loud sound.
They saw that the sword of Inordai's personal guard was broken in two after the collision, but Yagyu Jubei's sword was not broken and continued to cut through.
It was only then that the North Korean monarchs and ministers finally reacted. Seeing this scene, they were stunned and stunned.
Will a straw sandal lead to a murderous murder by Japanese pirates and Jianlu? If this is really going to happen, the culprits will definitely be investigated. Do they think that they were the ones who instigated that untouchable?