"Nani?" When Matsudaira Nobutsuna heard the report, he was as shocked as if he saw the sun coming out of the west. It was still unbelievable. "The Ming army is attacking the mainland?"
The other Japanese people had almost the same expression as him. Even Daishan and others had shocked expressions on their faces.
They were a little confused, how could the Ming army attack the Japanese mainland?
"Hey, at least a thousand Ming warships have landed from Satsuma Domain to attack the mainland."
Mitsuhisa Shimazu, who had lost most of his warships and looked depressed, almost fainted when he heard that the Ming army had attacked Satsuma Domain first.
After finally coming back to his senses, he immediately shouted in a hurry: "Hurry, come back for help!"
This eight-hundred-mile emergency was sent by Yagyu Jubei who was staying in Seoul. The news of Yagyu Jubei was that after Kyushu Island was attacked by the Ming army, the fast ship reported the news, not first to Edo.
, and then send the military order from Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Therefore, this report only stated that there is such a situation, but did not ask what North Korea should do.
But now that the news has spread, the meaning is actually very obvious: there is a fire at home, go home and put out the fire!
Matsudaira Nobutsuna did not lose his mind because his home was stolen. He did not pay attention to Shimazu Mitsuhisa's shouts, but frowned and considered the gains and losses.
If the mainland side can destroy the invading Ming army, or repel the invading Ming army, then the North Korean army does not intend to move.
After all, the troops on the North Korean side are advancing north, and the Navy is preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming Navy.
It's like being filled with anger and preparing to punch out. At this time, there must be no leakage of air!
But if the mainland cannot stop the Ming army's invasion, then there is nothing we can do. No matter how important North Korea is, it is not as important as the security of the mainland. Matsudaira Nobutsuna must return to the army to rescue his home base.
In this way, it is key to judge whether the homeland can be defended or whether the Ming army can be defeated!
Matsudaira Nobutsuna was still aware of the reality and reality in Japan.
The Ming Dynasty had thousands of warships. It was impossible to pass through North Korea, so the only way was through the Ryukyu Kingdom.
I just don’t know how many transport ships the Ming Dynasty had. How many Ming troops will land on the Japanese mainland?
Twenty thousand? Or thirty thousand?
If there are more, the Ming army's logistics will have problems!
With this strength, Kyushu Island may be destroyed a lot by the Ming army, but once the troops directly under Edo are sent to Kyushu, they will definitely be able to fight.
But I just don’t know if there will be any more Ming troops in the future?
Thinking about this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was really worried.
As soon as he thought about it, he remembered the war in front of him again.
If we don’t take this opportunity to capture Pi Island, we don’t know how long it will take to attack Pi Island again!
And if Pidao was still in the hands of the Ming army, Korea would be unrest!
Thinking of this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna gritted his teeth and made up his mind to ignore the mainland side first and capture Pi Island first.
Upon hearing this decision, there were many objections from the Japanese side, but there were hundreds of thousands of approval from the Jianlu side.
After all, Matsudaira Nobutsuna is the commander-in-chief. Once he makes a decision, his subordinates can only execute it and wait for the main force of the navy to arrive.
However, what Matsudaira Nobuya never expected was that Shimazu Mitsuhisa saw that he could not persuade him, so he went south in advance, intercepted the main force of the navy heading north halfway, and revealed the news in advance.
The navy of the Japanese country all drew warships from daimyo from various places. A large part of the main force of the navy came from Kyushu Island.
As soon as these lords of Kyushu Island heard that their homes were attacked by the Ming army, they immediately panicked.
If their home is gone, what's the point of fighting the Ming army here?
Not only that, Shimazu Mitsuhisa also told them that the Ming Dynasty had very powerful iron-clad and smoking warships, and he was almost wiped out. It can be predicted that the Battle of Pidao will definitely be a hard battle.
The daimyo of Kyushu Island was the first to quit, and immediately ordered his warships to turn around and go south to save his home base. The other daimyo saw that half of their warships were missing, so they also quit. Anyway, the law does not punish everyone, so they
He also followed south.
In order to fear that Matsudaira Nobutsuna would know that they had turned around and headed south and ordered them to fight Phi Island first, they simply did not report it.
As a result, Matsudaira Nobutsuna waited and waited here at Tieshan. When the flowers were about to wither, he still did not wait for the main force of the navy to arrive.
Two days after the deadline was overdue, he finally sent people south to check the situation of the navy, and only then did he know that the main force of the navy had secretly gone south!
The moment he received the report, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
Even if the main force of the navy goes south, by the time they rush back to the mainland, the reinforcements from Edo will have definitely arrived. If Kyushu is harmed, it will be too late for them to go.
A bunch of pig brains, can’t they use their brains?
But when Matsudaira Nobutsuna came to his senses, he finally understood. The Japanese were all frightened when their homeland was attacked by the Ming army, especially the Japanese on Kyushu Island.
If people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult to lead the team!
With no other choice, he could only leave Daishan temporarily and lead his troops south first, and then deal with this crisis.
Daishan had no choice but to lead his troops back to Liaodong.
Just like that, the vigorous battle to attack Pi Island ended in an anticlimactic manner.
Of course, in order to prevent the Ming army from coming ashore for a sneak attack, both the Jianlu in Liaodong and the Japanese in North Korea set up observation posts along the coast. If they found signs of the Ming army coming ashore, they would use beacons to send messages.
Naturally, Wu Sangui and Zheng Zhilong learned about the movement on the shore soon. They naturally guessed that the expeditionary force against Japan must have gone to Japan. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong also led the fleet south, but he did not go directly.
The southernmost point, but the one that starts to capture the islands along the way and slowly moves south.
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In Shengjing, Liaodong, Dorgon was dealing with government affairs. Hearing that Daishan had returned with his troops, he was overjoyed and immediately went out of the city to greet him. When he saw Daishan, he excitedly said: "Brother, you have worked hard and made great achievements. From now on, Liaodong will be the leader."
No more worries!”
Since he became the regent, he usually addressed Daishan as Prince Li, but this time he changed it to "eldest brother". This shows how happy he is.
It’s no wonder that the establishment of Dongjiang Town seriously affected the Qing Dynasty’s flanks and rear areas, preventing the Qing Dynasty from focusing on dealing with the Ming army on the Guanning front line. In particular, the Dongjiang Ming army’s combat power was not weak, far better than Mao Wenlong’s back then.
This made Da Qing want to pull out this thorn in his back as soon as possible.
Now, I finally got my wish!
But who would have thought that when Daishan heard what he said, he smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Stop talking, there's no credit for it, it's just a trip in vain!"
The Jianlu who followed Dorgon out, heard Dorgon's words and looked at the troops brought back by Daishan. They seemed to have no losses. They were all very happy and cheered "Long live the Qing Dynasty". They found that something was wrong.
They all calmed down a little awkwardly.
"What's going on?" When Dorgon heard this, he was immediately puzzled.
At this time, he also felt something was wrong, because Daishan came back much sooner than he expected!
However, this time the Qing Dynasty really wanted to cooperate with the Japanese country and pull out the thorn in Dongjiang Town, so as not to have trouble with the Japanese country again!
Daishan did not speak immediately, but after returning to Chongzheng Hall, he explained the situation again.
Finally, he said with emotion: "The navy of the Ming Dynasty is too strong, especially the armored and smoking warships, which really opened my eyes. If the Ming Dynasty navy over there in Japan had many of these armored and smoking warships,
As for warships, it will be difficult for the Japanese country!"
Dorgon's heart felt heavy after hearing this, and he felt the tremendous pressure again.
At this time, Bumbutai, who had been hiding behind him and said nothing, became curious and rarely asked: "It's an iron armor and a smoking ship. How do you do this?"
When Daishan narrated the story just now, he particularly emphasized the armored steam warship, which naturally became the focus of attention in Chongzheng Hall.
After hearing this, Daishan thought for a moment and said, "This must be the steam engine. Since it can pull a car, it shouldn't be difficult to push a ship!"
"Is this steam engine so powerful?" Bumubutai sighed in surprise, and then asked, "Can we in the Qing Dynasty build it?"
Who doesn't want to own a steam engine?
After Dorgon heard about the application of steam engines, he did come up with this idea. After thinking about it for a while, he issued an order to send Turge to see him.
Then, he asked Turg in detail about the steam engine.
Although Turg worked on a steam train, he was a prisoner most of the time. He had no freedom and was kept in a prison. Therefore, it was impossible for him to find out anything.
Although he was later told to change his ways and sent to the grasslands to instigate rebellion against the Mongolian tribes, he still left the capital in a hurry and did not stay long.
Therefore, at this time, Turg could only answer Dorgon and others: "I just know that the steam engine is built using coal to burn fire and boil water. As for the specific details, I really don't know."
At this point, he suddenly remembered something and quickly added: "By the way, when the Emperor of Ming Dynasty introduced this steam engine, he said that it was the same as boiling water in a kettle!"
After hearing this, Dorgon thought for a moment and then ordered an edict to be sent to Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng.
The two traitors received the order and hurried to Chongzheng Hall, where they discovered a strange scene.
I heard that there was a stove in the middle of the hall, and there was a kettle on the stove. The coals underneath were so hot that the water inside was bubbling.
However, there is no lid!
Neither Hong Chengchou nor Fan Wencheng knew what he meant, so they hurriedly paid their respects.
Dorgon waved his hand for them to stand up, and then said to the two of them: "You two are both talented people in our Qing Dynasty. Can you understand how to build a steam engine?"
While speaking, he pointed at the kettle with his hand.