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Volume 1 Dragon Trapped in the Shoals Chapter 160 Different Reactions

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.    Chapter 160 Different reactions

    After Toyotomi Hideyoshi came to the living room, although he seemed calm on the surface and seemed to be admiring the young man making tea in the hall who seemed to regard this place as his own, in his heart he was like the boiling water in the teapot.  calm.  (!.Win phone bills)

    As the overlord of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is certainly not stupid. This young man who does not see anyone else in his own home seems to have everything so natural. This man who casually shows off his majesty wherever he stops, even when he is meticulously making tea,  But with his graceful demeanor and confidence that he had everything under control, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was sure that with his eyes that could read countless people, this young man must be the leader of this raid on Busan!

    Looking at the entire North Korea, and even the Ming Dynasty, there are not many such young leaders of the Ming Dynasty, and there seems to be only one in North Korea at present!  The answer is already coming out. Even if Toyotomi Hideyoshi doesn't want to believe it in his heart, he is as smart as he is and has vaguely guessed that there may be no results in Nanyuan, and he still had a glimmer of hope in the idea of ??exchanging hostages.  Shattered in the face of reality!

    At this moment, Toyotomi Hideyoshi suddenly felt a trace of sadness. He had tried every means to catch the person, and until not long ago, he was complacent and thought he was sure of it. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he became that person's prisoner!  I have experienced the ups and downs of life, and I have also experienced a lot of joys and sorrows, but this is the first time I have encountered such a dramatic thing, and it may be the last time I have encountered it in this life!

    "Master Guanbai, please!" Zhu Changluo poured two cups of tea himself, picked up one cup, closed his eyes and sniffed it gently, with a satisfied look on his face, and then raised it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, full of confidence.

    Toyotomi Hideyoshi smiled and nodded, as if he was facing an old friend, without the restraint and uneasiness of being a prisoner. He picked up the tea cup and took a careful sip. His eyes were fascinated and seemed to enjoy it for a while, and then suddenly opened his eyes.  He opened his eyes and said: "Being able to drink the tea brewed by His Highness the Great Prince of Ming Dynasty himself, even if I die, it will be worth it!"

    Then he shook his head and smashed his mouth, and continued: "It's a pity, it's a pity that I drank this tea. It's so out of season. This is the tea of ??joy!"

    "Haha" Zhu Changluo smiled to himself, looked at Toyotomi Hideyoshi and asked, "It seems you already know who I am."

    "Of course!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi raised his head and pointed to his eyes, but then his expression darkened: "I underestimated you! No, everyone underestimated you, with all due respect, including the great master of Ming Dynasty.  His Majesty the Emperor, your father."

    "Father?" Zhu Changluo whispered to himself, picked up the tea cup and drank it in one gulp, then a smile appeared on his face: "Don't you think that it is much better to be underestimated than to be overestimated? This prince hopes to be  People are always underestimated. Isn't that why you are able to have tea and chat with me under such circumstances? It is a good thing to be underestimated. In that case, you will continue to create surprises for your enemies!"

    Toyotomi Hideyoshi frowned slightly. Zhu Changluo mentioned to his face that he ended up like this because he underestimated him. This made Toyotomi Hideyoshi a little uncomfortable, but then he laughed: "Your Highness, it seems that maybe,  I will be the last victim who underestimates you. From today on, you have captured me, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, alive because of your clever plot. Even if you want to keep a low profile and want others to underestimate you, it is impossible! Haha  ¡­¡±

    Looking at Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was smiling extremely happily without any sense of being a prisoner, Zhu Changluo curled his lips and whispered softly: "Really? Then I will work harder so that others still underestimate me!"

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    In early September of the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, an extremely shocking news centered in Busan and spread rapidly to North Korea, Japan, and the Ming Dynasty. When they first heard about it, they were all shocked at first, then shook their heads and smiled, thinking it was a joke!  However, before they could come to their senses, with Seoul as the center, the envoys of King Lee Ho of Joseon began to fly in all directions, passing through every village, township, county, prefecture, road, and road, all of them holding high the handwriting of the King of Joseon.  The document announcing the great victory shouted that His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Ming Emperor, was brave and invincible, and personally led his guards to defeat Busan and capture Japanese Sekihaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi alive!

    At the same time, the North Korean King Li Huo even sent a 800-mile rush to deliver good news to the Ming Dynasty.

    At this time, the people who originally thought it was just a joke were stunned. After being surprised, they began to be ecstatic. No one thought that the actual ruler of the Japanese would actually be captured alive by the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty after breaking the city in North Korea.  !  It¡¯s really unimaginable, but since the King of Joseon has already made a big fanfare, it¡¯s obviously true!

    How can the Koreans be unhappy? They know that the Japanese who have harmed them and almost made them slaves to subjugation will probably never be able to stand up again!  The North Koreans suddenly felt proud and proud.??

    Unlike ordinary North Koreans who were elated after learning about this incident, after Yang Hao and Ma Gui in Seoul learned the news, needless to say, their first reaction was extreme shock and disbelief. However, after confirming that it was true, they  People obviously had mixed reactions.  Yang Hao scratched his head and thought for a long time, and finally grinned. He was finally sure that not only had he not offended Zhu Changluo, who was about to become the prince, but he had also secretly taken refuge in him. This is good news!  It seemed that he was indeed very foresight; Ma Gui was different. His first reaction was to send troops to receive the eldest prince when he returned, so as to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall and desperately attacking His Highness the eldest prince. However, he then smiled bitterly.  When I got up, I thought it was His Highness the First Prince who was surrounded in Nanyuan City. Most of the few thousand cavalry in my hands had been dispatched. Now, I only have more than a thousand cavalry left in my hands!

    Well, Ma Gui just hesitated for a moment, and then sent out all the more than a thousand cavalry in his hand, but not to reinforce Nanyuan, but to meet Zhu Changluo.  Of course, he had already started to regret it. Why didn't he join the eldest prince earlier?  At least judging from the current situation, the eldest prince can be regarded as a man of great talent and strategy, and he is a very worthy person to be loyal to.

    Xing Jie, who was far away in Liaodong, dispatching troops and raising supplies, received the news, and his first reaction was also disbelief!  How many Ming troops did North Korea have at this time?  It would be good to be able to save a few important cities before he led his army to Japan. How could he capture Toyotomi Hideyoshi alive when the Korean navy was wiped out by the Japanese?  Yes, the eldest prince has thousands of cavalry guards, but weren't those cavalry sent to the front line by the emperor's order?  Even if the eldest prince follows, how much effect will it have?  After all, the Japanese are said to have as many as 200,000 people, but how many people entered the dynasty in the Ming Dynasty?  Including the eldest prince's cavalry escort, there are only 40,000 people!

    However, the King of Korea, Li Hao, not only sent a 800-mile rush to Beijing to report the victory, but also sent an envoy to report the victory to Xing Jie's camp in Liaodong. Now Xing Jie could no longer remain calm - North Korea  There is absolutely no way that Wang would joke about such a thing.  In other words, the eldest prince who came to North Korea with the purpose of appeasing him was not only "lucky" to capture alive the more than 20,000 Japanese troops led by Kobayakawa Takakage, but now he was even more lucky to capture alive the actual ruler of Japan, Toyotomi.  Hideyoshi!

    This made Xing Jie not think deeply. Capturing more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers alive can be said to be good luck. However, as a governor with rich war experience, he knew that it is almost impossible to have a fluke in a war. Victory only favors absolute victory.  Strength and careful and detailed planning!  From this point of view, is the eldest prince really lucky?  In Xing Jie¡¯s opinion, absolutely not!

    In the document reporting the victory, Xing Jie discovered that after the eldest prince captured Busan, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, his cavalry escort only suffered less than 500 casualties!  There are less than five hundred people!  You must know that this is a siege.  How could such a result have been achieved without careful planning and premeditation in advance?  Busan is not an undefended city. It is Japan's base camp in North Korea. In any case, since Toyotomi Hideyoshi is in Busan, how could Busan City not be garrisoned by thousands of troops?

    But just like that, the young eldest prince miraculously did it, he actually did it!  In a siege war, unless one party surrenders or a high-ranking general rebels, the biggest losses in a siege war are always the siege troops. This is almost common sense.  But His Royal Highness, the eldest prince, destroyed Busan City and captured the actual ruler of Japan alive with less than 500 losses. How great an achievement is this?  The war was originally expected to last for several years, but it was less than two months before the full-scale war started and it was almost over. How much will the eldest prince's prestige in the army increase now?  How much more will the eldest prince's prestige in the Ming Dynasty increase?

    Xing Jie knew that after this battle, the eldest prince had completely made his name and established a very high prestige. The more than ten years of struggle over the country had finally come to an end. Even His Majesty the Emperor had no  There is no reason to stop it. If His Majesty the Emperor still forcibly stops it, he will immediately lose the support of the people and chill the ministers!  It seems that even the emperor can no longer suppress the eldest son of the emperor easily.

    In this case, Xing Jie had already made a decision and immediately ordered the more than 8,000 cavalrymen who had arrived in Liaodong to follow him to meet His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor. The remaining 17,000 or so infantrymen also marched into North Korea - in  Until the Korean War is completely over, they can go wherever they can. At least this also represents their sincerity.  Of course, if the cavalry can reach His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, it will be regarded as a credit, and it will also make the eldest son of the emperor have a good impression of him.

    When the King of Joseon¡¯s eight hundred miles was rushed to Beijing, the first reaction of many ministers who heard the news was, had the King of Joseon sent the wrong information?  Could it be that His Highness the First Prince was captured by the Japanese?  But then I thought that this was good news, notEight hundred miles away, the ministers who got the news were all excited. Of course they knew what this good news meant!  This good news means that the eldest prince who went to North Korea has once again made great achievements after capturing more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers alive last time. No, this is a much greater achievement than a great achievement. You know  Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the king of Japan canonized by the Ming Dynasty and the actual ruler of Japan!  This good news means that the menacing Japanese are finished, and the Korean War, which is expected to last for several years, is expected to be over soon!  This good news means that Ming Dynasty can save countless silver, money and food, no longer has to recruit troops and horses, and can fully cope with domestic crises!

    This victory means that no one can erase the achievements of the eldest prince, and no one can stop the rise of the eldest prince. In other words, after this battle, the eldest prince is not only famous all over the world, but also has become famous for many years.  The battle for the crown prince can be over!  At this moment, the ministers are no longer anxious about establishing the crown prince. After seeing the good news, His Majesty the Emperor will surely make the most reasonable decision consciously.  The battle for the crown prince has no meaning anymore. The third prince, who was still playing in the palace all day long, is out!

    When Zhu Yijun saw the victory in North Korea, he was happy for a long time. Being able to win a foreign war was something that almost every emperor enjoyed doing. After all, no emperor wanted to leave a failure in the history books.  What's more, Ming Dynasty paid too much for the Korean War. If the war could end one day earlier, Ming Dynasty would pay a lot less. For a war that is expected to take several years to end in just two months, Ming Dynasty can at least save several dollars.  One million taels of silver.

    Of course, when Zhu Yijun, who was almost overjoyed, realized the political significance behind this document reporting victory, his originally uneasy expression could not remain calm anymore.  Zhu Yijun hardly thought about it carefully. He could also imagine that his son was almost out of his control. At this moment, even if he was himself, he would no longer be able to stop him from establishing a prince.  If you want to suppress this son again, you have to at least get past this limelight, which will take at least a year or even longer.  However, his son was already a prince at that time. Even if he wanted to suppress it deliberately, he would have to reconsider it. After all, this son had ascended to the position of prince by virtue of his merits and prestige. He was not the kind of person who had always lived in Shenzhen.  The prince in the palace.

    After Zhu Yijun got over his excitement, he began to have a headache. He was afraid that he would break his trust with his beloved concubine. For the third prince, he could only try his best to fulfill his other wishes. There was almost no need to aspire to the position of prince. He hoped that his beloved concubine could understand his difficulties.  In fact, even the emperor cannot do whatever he wants. If he loses the support of the people and completely disappoints his ministers, he will really become a loner.

    However, to be honest, my eldest son does have some abilities. He is just like me in this regard. Only such a person can become an effective emperor, enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment, maintain long-term peace and order in the world, and win over the world!

    "Tian Yi, pass on my oral edict to all the cabinet ministers, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of Official Affairs, and the Zuodu Yushi of the Duchayuan to come to the Wenhua Hall to discuss matters. In addition, I send an edict to the Qintian Supervisor.  Ask if there are any auspicious days for the crowning ceremony in the recent period, and plan a few good days." Zhu Yijun thought for a while and ordered Tian Yi.

    "Follow the order."

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    The 100,000 Japanese troops have been besieging Nanyuan City for 12 days. Although Nanyuan City seemed to be crumbling and about to be breached, the next moment, it was still so strong.  It¡¯s not that the Japanese didn¡¯t try their best. In order to break through Nanyuan City as soon as possible, they made great efforts, almost regardless of losses. For this reason, nearly 30,000 Japanese have fallen in these twelve days, and every time Nanyuan City  When the city is about to be broken, Nanyuan City always rushes out about two to three thousand cavalry in a timely manner and rushes in quickly.

    Although there are not many cavalry rushing out, they can always cause the siege troops that are about to succeed to lose a lot. After all, they are not the opponents of the cavalry. In addition, when the cavalry rushes out, almost all the siege soldiers will be killed.  With attention focused on the siege, how could it be possible to prevent a cavalry surprise attack?  However, the cavalry that rushed out were not having a good time. The number of cavalry that rushed out in recent times was getting smaller and smaller. After all, there were only so many people in Nanyuan City, and a group of soldiers who were defending the city were lost. What were they going to do to fill the vacancies?  It can only be filled with cavalry, although this is a bit like drinking poison to quench thirst.

    In Nanyuan City, both Liao Zhongai and Yang Yuan were a little worried. It had been twelve days, and there were only three days left before the half-month mentioned by His Highness the First Prince.  If His Highness the First Prince had not predicted well, Yang Hao and Ma Gui, who were far away in Seoul, indeed sent a total of 4,000 cavalry to come for reinforcements. It is unknown whether Nanyuan City could still report to stay in these two days.  However, with the addition of these four thousand cavalry, Liao Zhongai and Yang Yuan were overjoyed. In front of them, they were short of soldiers.At that time, the arrival of four thousand cavalry was tantamount to providing help in the snow.  Of course, even though these four thousand people alleviated a lot of the situation, after all, the Japanese attacked more fiercely than previously imagined, and the damage caused to Nanyuan City was a bit large.

    Liao Zhongai and Yang Yuan sat together and discussed how many days they should hold on to Nanyuan City. They had already suffered a lot of losses. According to the current momentum of the Japanese's crazy attacks, it was a bit reluctant for Nanyuan City to hold on for another three days.  Well, as for persisting for more days in order to create favorable conditions for His Highness the First Prince, that is what they have to consider now.

    The two have some differences on this point. Liao Zhongai believes that after fifteen days, there is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices. According to the request of the eldest prince, it is time to withdraw in order to preserve some strength.  But Yang Yuan disagreed. Instead, he believed that as long as he could hold on for one more day, things would go smoother for the eldest prince, and similarly, his contribution would be greater!

    However, it is obvious that they no longer need to discuss today, because suddenly a soldier came rolling and crawling outside, with an ecstatic expression on his face, and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat! The Japanese are retreating!"

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