Konishi Nagamasa is here again, this time he is Tokugawa Ieyasu's plenipotentiary negotiation ambassador. Of course, a more civilized term is the messenger of peace.

Peace is just a lie. If your enemy is stronger than you, you can't get peace. If you are stronger than your enemy, you still can't get peace. When it comes to bullying people, no matter what nation or nation in the world you are.

Every regime has striking similarities.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was stronger than Mouri Terumoto, so they came. Li Xiao was stronger than Tokugawa Ieyasu, so Konishi Nagamasa came.

"Your Excellency, Chief Military Officer, I came here with the will of peace. I hope we...!" Konishi Nagamasa began his opening remarks very formally.

"Forget it! No need to talk so much nonsense, since you are here to negotiate. Then we will tell you our demands, and you go back and ask Tokugawa Ieyasu. If he agrees, then the peace you talked about will be achieved." Negotiation.

This thing uses the most civilized language and says the most shameless words.

Li Xiao is a soldier and does not like this kind of purely diplomatic rhetoric! As a soldier, it is better to be more pragmatic.

"Uh...! All ears." Konishi Nagamasa quickly recalled the last conversation between the two, and gradually got used to the temper of the chief military officer.

"Lord Maori, what he wants is the fiefdom lost in the Battle of Sekigahara." Li Xiao pointed at Maori Terumoto, which was the request of the Maori family.

"Uh...! Please continue." Konishi Nagamasa began to sweat on his forehead. Once the Mori family wants to return to their previous fiefdom. After several years of self-cultivation, they will definitely not forget the shame of defeat in the Battle of Sekigahara. The civil war.

Dark clouds will fill the sky over the islands.

"His request is that when you invaded Pyongyang and Wangjing, you took away many treasures of the North Korean royal family. I hope you can return them." Li Xiao pointed at Wu Dalji, the representative of the North Korean side.

This guy had just unloaded his army at the port, and the camp had not yet been set up. He was pulled over by Li Xiao to participate in this meeting to look forward to peace. After all, these guys are the real gains for nothing.

However, considering the military supplies that the Koreans brought for themselves, and the North Korean King Li Xiao’s promise to reduce or reduce the payment for various minerals, Li Xiao still agreed to the North Koreans’ conditions which were not too harsh!

"This...! Keep talking!" Xiaoxi Nagamasa glanced at Wu Daji, he was here to fight against the autumn wind.

"The following are my conditions, which are also very simple. The ports of Kashima, Yokohama, and Edo are open, and my ships can dock at will. I am exempted from all customs duties on Pido products in Japan.

In addition, I will be compensated for the military expenses of this expedition, thirty thousand taels of gold. That is what Jiugui Jialong snatched away in Shawogou, and finally...!

I want Huang Taiji!"

Li Xiao was not sure whether Huang Taiji was dead, so he took advantage of this opportunity to cheat.

"I can go back to the General to discuss the conditions proposed by the Chief Military Officer."

"It's best to discuss it quickly. These...are all letters written by the daimyo of various ministries to the Maori lord. If you discuss it longer, I'm afraid all the daimyo will be unable to wait and want to escape." Li Xiao raised the hand in his hand.

Five or six letters.

Li Xiao intentionally waved the letter inside. Konishi Nagamasa couldn't see the words on the envelope, so he could only make random guesses.

This threat is so effective. Tokugawa Ieyasu's men are not monolithic. Many daimyo have their own hidden agendas. It is quite normal for a few to join Mori Terumoto now.

"Okay, I understand. Farewell!" Xiaoxi Nagamasa bowed deeply to Li Xiao, then stood up and left.

"Brother Xiao, are there really so many big names who want to vote for him? Then why should we talk to him? Just call him and that's it." Li Xiu looked at Li Xiao with some confusion. This boss didn't seem to be that easy to talk to.

"Tch...!" Li Xiao glanced at Man Gui, who had a confused face. He was a man with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.

Seeing the envelopes Li Xiao threw on the table, Man Gui picked them up and took a look. He found that they were just blank envelopes, not to mention no letters in them.

"Oh no! You are bluffing!" Man Gui looked at Li Xiao in surprise.

Li Xiao wanted to sew this guy's mouth shut!

"Let's go, go quickly! Otherwise, we won't be able to leave!" Huang Taiji thought that Tokugawa Ieyasu would be defeated, but he never expected that he would be defeated so quickly.

"Master Beile! Li Xiao is still far away from Edo." Obai looked at Huang Taiji with some confusion. The ship has been booked and will leave tomorrow. Why Mao has to leave in a hurry today, Zheng Baiqi is doing business in Edo

The balance of the payment has not yet been confiscated.

"What do you know? Kato Kiyomasa died in the battle, and Tokugawa Ieyasu will definitely find someone to negotiate with Li Xiao. What do you think Li Xiao will want? He already knows that I have come to Japan, and is he willing to let me go back?"

"You mean...! I will make arrangements now." Obai finally woke up and rushed out to arrange for Huang Taiji to board the ship. As long as they enter the sea, even if the Japanese pirates have great abilities, it will be difficult to catch Huang Taiji.

.

Huang Taiji sighed helplessly. He missed Sony too much now. There was no need for Obai to fight, but when it came to his brains.

Does this bastard have a brain?

Zheng Baiqi's shop in Edo immediately started to get busy. He didn't care about the final payment of the goods and frantically loaded things on the ship.

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On the reed mat where Tokugawa Ieyasu sat kneeling, the memorial tablet of Kato Kiyomasa was placed next to him on the left side. The daimyo and important retainers of the Tokugawa family sat around on both sides.

"These are the conditions for the people of the Ming Dynasty." Nagamasa Konishi once again described the conditions for peace talks required by the Ming Dynasty.

As far as Tokugawa Ieyasu was concerned, exchanging the gold stolen by Kuuki Yoshitaka, returning the royal treasures stolen during the Japanese Rebellion, and capturing Kotaiji were not problems.

The last thing he wanted to face was to demand the restoration of Mouri Terumoto's fiefdom.

Before the Battle of Sekigahara, Terumoto Mori's fiefdom amounted to 2.2 million koku. He was the most powerful daimyo in Kansai, and was only a little smaller than Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Tokugawa Ieyasu tried his best, and with the help of Kato Kiyomasa, he used various methods to defeat Mouri Terumoto in the Battle of Sekigahara. Within a few years, the strength of the Mouri family plummeted. Just then

At the end of the day, I didn't expect that some general of the Ming Dynasty would show up.

In one fell swoop, almost half of Tokugawa Ieyasu's life-long business was destroyed. Now that Mouri Terumoto's fiefdom was to be restored, Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't swallow this breath.

"What do you think?" Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the daimyo sitting around him with a dark face.

There was one thing that Konishi Nagamasa did not say in public, and that was that a daimyo had contacted Mori Terumoto privately. Threats from within were what Tokugawa Ieyasu cared about most.

Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't speak, and no one dared to speak. Everyone knew that Kato Kiyomasa died yesterday, and Tokugawa Ieyasu suffered consecutive defeats. He was on the verge of going berserk, and whoever talked more at this time would be unlucky.

"Hirado-kun, what do you think?" Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at Seichi Hirado, who was kneeling on the reed mat not far from him.

"Shogun-sama...!" Hirado Seichi didn't expect that Tokugawa Ieyasu would be the first to ask him. The Hirado family was only a small vassal of several hundred thousand koku, and they usually didn't receive much attention from Tokugawa Ieyasu. Moreover, Sekigahara

During the war, the previous generation lord of the Hirado family had an affair with Terumoto Mori.

All of this made it difficult for Tokugawa Ieyasu to get close to the Hirado family. Because the Hirado family joined the Eastern Army at the last moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not destroy the Hirado family.

"Hirado-kun! Don't worry, just say it!" Tokugawa Ieyasu said encouragingly when he saw Hirado Seichi's face was red and he was stammering.

"General...! Lord General. I think...! I think...! We should agree to Mingguo's conditions. After all, our army has no chance of winning now. Kato-kun and Wakita-kun are both capable warriors. They were defeated one after another.

It’s not that they are not brave. It’s because our weapons are far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty.”

Hirado Seichi was still stumbling when he just spoke, but after saying a few words, he gradually entered the state. His words were approved by most people. If you say he can fight, Kato Kiyomasa, who is a member of the Seven Guns of Qigue

Wakisaka Anji is not good enough, and the best fighters have all been defeated. Who among you here dares to say that he can fight better than them?

"Haha! Hirado-kun, do you also think that the Maori family's fiefdom should be returned to the Mori family?" Tokugawa Ieyasu's smiling face disappeared in an instant. It was replaced by a ferocious look!

"Sir...! Lord General, this matter...! It's up to you to decide this matter!" Hirado Seichi's face suddenly turned pale. At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu looked more like a man-eating evil ghost.

"I'll make the decision? I think it's better for Terumoto Mori to make the decision. Didn't you write a letter to Terumoto Mori? How many benefits did he promise? Are you going to form a Western Army in the future and bring your Hirado family to share it with me?

The fiefdom of Tokugawa Ieyasu." Tokugawa Ieyasu finally showed his fangs.

Hirado Seichi shivered with excitement and looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu nervously. "Shogun, I didn't. I didn't! I really didn't write a letter to the Maori Domain Lord. You can send someone to trace it."

"Hmph! Drag it down!" Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't take another look at Hirado Seichi, who was shaking like chaff, and allowed the two samurai to drag out the wailing Hirado Seichi.

There was a horrifying scream outside the door, followed by silence.

The tent was so quiet that one could hear the heartbeat of people, and no one dared to speak anymore. Several daimyo who were close to Mouri Terumoto on weekdays were trembling all over. They were afraid that what just happened would implicate them.

The hawk-like eyes swept over the faces of one daimyo after another. Tokugawa Ieyasu had already raised the butcher's knife and was not going to put it down easily this time.

"Ono-kun, Fujita-kun! You all hope that Mouri Terumoto will take charge of the shogunate and take charge of the overall situation."

"Sir General, we don't dare. We really didn't contact Mouri Terumoto. We really didn't!" The two of them felt that they were being targeted by the tiger, and the feeling of terror flowed from the top of their heads to their heels.

"No? Xiaoxi-kun has seen the letter you wrote to Mouri Terumoto. Aren't you relatives?"

"We are not, we are just marrying the Maori family, General...!"

"Pull out!"

Mouri Terumoto gave the order, and four samurai immediately rushed out. They pulled two people out, and two screams were heard outside the door again.

The other big names were all in danger, not knowing who Tokugawa Ieyasu would operate on next.

"Tonight! The whole army attacks the Ming army. All the kings must work together as one. Anyone who delays the battle or cowers and refuses to stand will be killed without mercy!" Tokugawa Ieyasu said the countermeasures he had long studied with his confidants.

The North Korean army had just arrived and the forts had not yet been built. Although the Ming army was powerful, it relied solely on the power of firearms and had no numerical advantage at all. Although Mouri Terumoto had more than 8,000 warriors under his command, after several years of continuous weakening,

The strength of the Maori family has been greatly reduced. This can be seen clearly from yesterday's battle.

As long as an assault is carried out at night, it is very likely that the enemy will be wiped out in one fell swoop. After all, the Tokugawa family still has a numerical advantage, and close combat in the field is the strength of the Japanese warriors. Tonight, we must use our strengths to compete with Ming.

Those in the army will work hard.

"Hai!" Under the high pressure, no one dared to disobey Tokugawa Ieyasu's order. Although this hastily organized night attack was very dangerous, no one dared to speak.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at everyone with satisfaction. It was already evening. The order was given now to keep it as secret as possible. He didn't believe it and killed three daimyo in a row. There are still people who dare to hook up with Mouri Terumoto!

Although no one said anything, some people were still dissatisfied.

Tagawa Kojiro of Hiden Country saw Tokugawa Ieyasu killing three people in a row, and he was extremely nervous. Speaking of his relationship with Mouri Terumoto, Tagawa Kojiro's father and Mouri Terumoto were close friends. Sekigahara back then

In the battle, the Tagawa family did not join the Eastern Army or the Western Army.

There were many such daimyo, and Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't put them all in trouble. He just picked out one or two and killed them to serve as a warning. But what happened today really frightened Tagawa Kojiro, and he killed three daimyo at once on unfounded charges. Even

In the chaotic Warring States period, it was really rare.

Tagawa Kojiro was very worried. One day, Tokugawa Ieyasu's fierce eyes stared at him.

"Zheng Sang! You are from the Ming Dynasty. Take this letter from me and go to the general military officer of the Ming Dynasty. Just tell me that at three o'clock tonight, Lord Tokugawa's army will launch a general assault on them." Tagawa Kojiro

When he returned to his camp, he immediately called Zheng Zhiyuan.

Zheng Zhiyuan was from the Ming Dynasty and his ancestral home was Fujian, Ming Dynasty. Tagawa Xiaoerlang came to him because Tagawa Xiaoerlang's sister was married to Zheng Zhiyuan's brother Zheng Zhilong. The two families were considered relatives!

This time Zheng Zhiyuan was ordered by his eldest brother to come to Japan to pick up a batch of goods. By the way, he took his nephew Zheng Sen and his sister-in-law Tagawa back to Fujian!
Chapter completed!