In addition, the capital also sent a decree to Wu Sangui. It only had nine words through the signal tower: attack the south, and retreat to the island after the pain.
The more detailed official decree was first sent to Dengzhou by fast horse, and then sent to Pidao by fast boat.
From this, the Ming Dynasty's counterattack against the Japanese country officially kicked off.
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At the end of February in the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, the prefect of Ningbo Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty hurried to the dock to greet a ship from Ryukyu.
However, he actually did not come to greet the envoys from Ryukyu. When Jin Yingyuan and others arrived, he did not come to greet them personally. At this time, he was actually greeted by Zheng Zhilong's family members, namely the Tagawa family and Zheng Zongming.
This made Tagawa and Zheng Zongming a little flattered. They did not expect that they would be welcomed by the prefect upon arriving in Daming.
In response to this, the prefect just smiled and explained: "Your Majesty has already issued a decree, saying that the wife and the young master are probably rescued. If they arrive in the Ming Dynasty, they will go to the capital and your Majesty will receive you."
This is not to take the Tagawa clan and Zheng Zongming as hostages, but that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to take a photo and keep a file at someone's request. Of course, in the original history, the Tagawa clan had more backbone than Zheng Zhilong, and Jianlu invaded
At that time, she committed suicide and martyred her country. Zheng Sen became fierce and continued to fight against the Jianlu. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen himself wanted to see her.
After hearing this, Mrs. Tagawa was even more surprised. She didn't expect that the Ming Emperor would actually want to meet her and her son. She was very excited for a moment.
However, when she arrived in the Ming Dynasty, she was most concerned about her son, so she quickly asked about the situation.
After hearing this, the prefect of Ningbo smiled and replied: "Master Zheng is now the commander of the Jinyi Guards. He patrols the country and has no fixed residence. Madam may not be able to see her. Maybe I can meet Master Zheng when he returns to Beijing to pay the order."
After a pause, he went on to introduce: "My respected husband, Marshal Zheng, is still guarding the border in Liaodong, and he should not be able to return to Beijing for the time being. In addition, the imperial court has just issued a decree, and Marshal Zheng Zhibao, the commander-in-chief of the Luzon Expeditionary Force, has been granted the title of Prince of America. Now he is still
We must guard Luzon. Your Zheng family is really full of loyalty!"
The Zheng family suddenly produced three high-level military attachés, some of whom were knighted. They suddenly became one of the top military generals in the Ming Dynasty from being unknown, which is both enviable and lamentable.
Not to mention anything else, Zheng Sen's potential is that he is likely to become the commander of the Jin Yiwei in the future, which makes it worthwhile for him to please the Zheng family and establish a good relationship with the Zheng family.
Mrs. Tagawa was shocked and happy when she heard this, but at the same time, she couldn't help but worry. She felt that Zheng Zhilong was still in contact with the Japanese country. If the emperor knew about it, would there be any impact?
Therefore, while she was happy, she also had hidden worries in her heart.
Zheng Zongming didn't have so many thoughts. Thinking that his father, his uncle and his brother had all achieved such great achievements, he suddenly became more energetic and wanted to achieve something.
With this thought in mind, the entire group, including the Ryukyu envoy, was sent to the capital.
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At the same time, in Seoul, North Korea, the Japanese country also welcomed a guest. This guest was none other than Prince Heshuoli Daishan of the Qing Empire.
Although the two sides were actually a bit nasty to each other, they were at least allies on the surface, and Daishan's rank was high enough. Therefore, Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who was in charge of Korean affairs, welcomed Daishan in from the city gate.
Both of them are old foxes, and they just pretend that some dirty things don't happen. They always smile when they meet each other. If someone who doesn't know meets the two of them, they will think that they are actually close friends for many years!
No, Daishan said to Matsudaira Nobutsuna with a smile: "Lao Zhong is really good at governing. Along the way, the more people go south, the more people there are. Looking at it, I thought this was the place where the Japanese country was originally. It's really
I can’t tell at all, you Japanese people just moved here not long ago!”
His words were most touching to Ying Erdai who accompanied him.
Because he was the one who handed Korea over to the Japanese in the first place. Of course he knew exactly what was going on at that time.
But this time when we escorted Daishan to Seoul, we found that all the towns, villages, etc. were very popular again. Of course, most of these popular people were actually the Japanese who had moved in. They used Koreans as slaves and restored the fields.
Farm work on the ground.
For them, this kind of life is infinitely better than living in Japan.
In the Japanese country, grain fields were scarce, and most of them were grain fields for daimyo and samurai from various places. It can even be said that many samurai had no grain fields and lived in poverty, let alone ordinary Japanese people.
However, after moving to North Korea, not only were they assigned grain fields, they even had Koreans as their servants. If they had the strength, they could go to the mountains to catch the Koreans who fled into the mountains and forests, and they would also have more servants, which made them
I am even more motivated to do these things.
After going back and forth like this, the southern part of Korea naturally became prosperous. And this was of course also the contribution of Matsudaira Nobutsuna.
At this time, after hearing Daishan's praise, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was indeed in a good mood, so he took the opportunity to say to Daishan: "If Wu Sangui's troops can be wiped out, then northern Korea can be like southern Korea. In that case, I
The Japanese country can send troops to join the Qing Dynasty in attacking the Ming Dynasty!"
Sure enough, the Japanese wanted to run North Korea first!
Dai Shan thought in his mind, and immediately laughed and said: "I came here this time to discuss this matter with Mr. Lao Zhong!"
When Matsudaira Nobutsuna heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He quickly reined in the pony, looked at Daishan and asked, "Really? If the Qing Dynasty can send 10,000 cavalry troops to station in Pyongyang and other places, then
The annihilation of Wu Sangui’s troops is just around the corner!”
Although the Japanese country also had some cavalry, the number was small, and they were ambushed and suffered heavy losses during the initial stage of Wu Sangui's trouble. Later, relying on the mobility of the cavalry, it was impossible to send Japanese civilians over from northern Korea.
The cavalry of the Qing Empire had always been tough. If they could be sent to encircle and annihilate Wu Sangui's troops, Matsudaira Nobutsuna felt that there would be no problem.
Otherwise, just relying on Japan's own infantry would require a large-scale blockade, which would cost a lot of manpower and material resources. Although he had already reported to Tokugawa Iemitsu, if he could save this manpower and material resources,
Of course he would be the happiest.
At this time, when Dai Shan saw him stopping to ask questions, he also reined in his tall horse and said with a smile: "Ten thousand cavalry is a bit too much. Lao Zhong should also know that the Ming army is ready to move.
The pressure on Qing Dynasty is also great! Look, is this good?"
Seeing that Matsudaira Nobutsuna was listening with great concern, he continued: "Your country has a large infantry army. Send 20,000 musketeers to help our Qing Dynasty defend the Ming army on the Ningjin front line. In this way, our Qing Dynasty can free up
Ten thousand cavalry troops are coming to Korea to assist your country in encircling and suppressing Wu Sangui's troops."
Matsudaira Nobutsuna heard that this was going to be a bargain. It was not convenient to talk about this on the road, so he quickly asked Daishan to go to the palace to discuss the matter.
Along the way, Daishan discovered that most of the people in Seoul were Japanese. In addition to Japanese soldiers, they were also dressed as Japanese. There were very few Koreans, and those who could be seen were all Japanese servants, such as those who carried sedan chairs.
Carrying things.
He was not surprised by this. The Japanese occupied Korea, so the Koreans were naturally the lowest class.
When he arrived at the palace, a banquet was held, and after a meal of food and drink, Matsudaira Nobutsuna felt that it was almost done, so he said to Daishan: "Your Highness Prince Li, Korea is not peaceful today. Those Koreans who fled into the mountains and forests have taken refuge with Wu Sangui.
, our great Japanese country’s security war in Korea has held back too many troops. What do you think of this?”
At this point, he paused and saw Dai Shan put down his chopsticks. After listening carefully, he continued: "On the Qing side, first sent the cavalry to help our Japanese country encircle and suppress Wu Sangui's troops. On the Zheng Zhilong side,
My general will send the navy over with several times the force to force Zheng Zhilong to retreat to the Ming Dynasty with dignity. In this way, we will have no worries. By then, let alone 20,000 infantry troops, it will be 100,000 or 20
Everything is possible!”
I really don’t want to give up, I just want to take advantage of the Qing Dynasty!
With this thought in his mind, Dai Shan also replied seriously: "Master Lao Zhong might as well send someone to Haizhou to have a look. There is a lot of movement in Ming Dynasty. Who knows when Haizhou will be suddenly attacked. To be honest, Master Lao Zhong, Haizhou
Haizhou is too close to our capital of the Qing Dynasty, so we dare not be negligent. Ten thousand cavalry is a lot. Once too many troops are deployed, the defense of Haizhou will be worrying!"
Yes, both sides continue to stick to their respective opinions.
The two old foxes tested each other, but they didn't care and continued to test each other's bottom line. They talked for a long time and finally reached an agreement.
On the Jianlu side, five thousand cavalry troops were stationed in Pyongyang, and the relevant grain and grass supplies were provided by the Japanese side for a period of one month.
These five thousand cavalry troops were not responsible for fighting to the death with Wu Sangui's troops. They were only responsible for restricting the maneuvers of Wu Sangui's troops. The encirclement and suppression battle was still completed by the Japanese infantry.
In addition, if the Qing cavalry suffered battle losses, the Japanese side would also be responsible for pensions and other related expenses.
In return, the Japanese side must speed up and drive the Ming army back to the Ming Dynasty. In other words, the Japanese navy must dispatch a large scale to "drive" Zheng Zhilong back to the Ming Dynasty to ensure that there are no Ming troops on the Liaodong Peninsula.
After wiping out Wu Sangui's troops, the Japanese sent 5,000 musketeers to Haizhou to assist in defense. At least before the winter came in the second half of the year, they sent a large army to launch the Jinzhou War, drove the Ming army to Shanhaiguan, and launched an attack on the Ming Dynasty's Gyeonggi as planned.
war in the land.
This agreement actually means that Jianlu wanted to push forward the war against the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.
Both parties were relatively satisfied, so Daishan returned to Liaodong to make a business trip.
At the same time, Wu Sangui also received a decree from the capital. Although the number of words was small, the meaning was very clear, that is, let him do big things!