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Soon, Emperor Chongzhen received a report from the Nanyang Navy about the news obtained from the Western Yi prisoners.

The first is to find out where these Westerners come from and what is their purpose?

The second one is, what is the route, and what are the situations along the way?

For this second one, it just gave him a rough idea of ​​what he wanted to figure out before. This is the situation on the tip of the Indian peninsula. Emperor Chongzhen learned that the part on the sharp corner was not the territory of the Mughal Empire, but Goa, which was colonized by the Portuguese, and the Lion Kingdom, which was later known as Sri Lanka. There were also Portuguese people on it, but the locals The natives were not conquered and continued to fight.

In the original history, the two sides would have been in a stalemate. In the end, the Portuguese were killed by the Dutch, and then the Dutch were killed by the British. In the end, the Lion Country became a British colony.

Emperor Chongzhen initially understood the situation, but was a little confused. Logically speaking, if the Portuguese forces in Nanyang are expelled, there will always be some reaction, right? For example, send troops over to take a look? How much time has passed, and no one has been sent at all.

Looking at the world map, looking at the Lion Country and Goa, and thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly realized something.

In the past, when they were on the coast of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese were oppressed by the Dutch, but they were unable to resist. Later, it was the Dutch who caused the most excitement along the Ming Dynasty, not the Portuguese who came first.

In addition, in the Strait of Malacca, according to what we learned before, Temasek was also occupied by the Portuguese. However, they had been fighting with the local indigenous people and could not conquer it. The Dutch came over again and started building a city in Batavia. But even so, the situation in Nanyang is still the same, without any reinforcements.

Now with the addition of the Lion Kingdom, Emperor Chongzhen probably came to the conclusion that Portugal was really on its last legs, at least it was no longer able to send a large number of troops to the Far East. Otherwise, it would be impossible to allow the Dutch to be arrogant. Let alone keep fighting with the indigenous people, reinforcements have already been sent to conquer Temasek and the Lion Kingdom.

Judging from the current situation, the Portuguese no longer care about this side. They just want to run the country and the Lion Country well. Unless one day, the Portuguese can conquer the Lion Country, and only if they have enough energy to completely control this place can they continue to expand eastward, right?

After thinking about this matter for a while, Emperor Chongzhen stopped thinking about it for the time being. Anyway, he had already sent out the Jinyi Guards and would wait until further detailed news came.

Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but look at the Japanese part of the world map again. It's going to be cold soon. Generally speaking, people spend the winter hiding in their houses. However, this winter, the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not stop, but continued to launch offensives.

Thinking about it, Liaodong is much colder than Honshu in Japan. The current coldness of Japan's main state is nothing to the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. I don’t know that Tokugawa Iemitsu sent people to assassinate Azig, which triggered crazy revenge from the remnants of the Qing Dynasty. It will be endless. Will he regret it?

Let's keep making noise. Tokugawa Iemitsu's family fortune has not been ruined yet. It's best to have a decisive battle next year so that he can reach out and pick peaches. Emperor Chongzhen thought and quit the chat group.

At this time, just as he thought, Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious in the general's mansion. There was no choice but to receive bad news every day, telling where Jianlu had massacred, how many people he had killed, and how much he had robbed. The joy of hearing that Miyamoto Musashi reported that he had killed a prince of Jianlu was long gone. He even suspected that Miyamoto Musashi did not kill the key figures, but killed the wrong slave chief, which led to such crazy revenge. You must know that when winter came last year, those Jianlu were all recuperating and recuperating. It would be as abnormal as this year!

For this reason, Miyamoto Musashi was called by him again. After scolding him, he was designated to assassinate Dorgon or Haug. The most important thing about this winter craziness is these two people. Think about it, one is the emperor of Jianlu, and the other is the nephew of the emperor of Jianlu. If you don't have the ability, you will definitely not sit in this position.

After venting his anger at the right place, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not lose his mind and began to ponder again while staring at the map of enemy and friendly forces.

Judging from the news about the war situation received so far, the southern part of Honshu is expected to fall. It is unrealistic to send the main force to follow the Jianlu troops. Most of the Jianlu troops are cavalry, and they come and go too fast. The only plan now is to shrink the troops, rely on the terrain to defend, and stabilize the position.

With this in mind, Tokugawa Iemitsu decided to shrink the main force to Nagoya, Shizuoka and other places for defense. The chaos in the south must not spread to Edo. This is the bottom line.

So, he immediately held a meeting based on this idea, and after discussion, he issued orders and made deployments.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's idea is actually very simple. Here in central Honshu, there is a Hida Mountain Range. It extends from north to south along the borders of Toyama, Niigata, Nagano, and Gifu prefectures, and forms the central mountain chain of Japan with the Kiso and Akaishi mountains. Mount Fuji, which became very famous in later generations, is part of this mountain range.

Basically, in winter, this mountain range is covered with snow, making it impossible for people to pass through. As long as a few traffic arteries are heavily guarded, the north and south can be guarded and the rebels can be blocked in the south.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu's new deployment is issued, it means that Osaka is under great pressure.

Kobe, near Osaka, has been captured by the Japanese. After hearing this, Osaka was already prepared to stock up on supplies, but it was still limited.

After Jianlu captured Kobe, he immediately sent his troops eastward. Except for Osaka, which was not attacked, other villages and towns with weak defenses were basically massacred. At this time, it can actually be said that Osaka is already an isolated city. Before changing, you can still expect the main force to come to the rescue, but now that the main force has retreated to Nagoya, Osaka is in danger.

Of course, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not give up on Osaka. As long as this nail can stay there, he can effectively contain the Japanese and not attack Nagoya and other places without worries. He decided to supply supplies by sea so that Osaka could hold out as long as it lasted.

Thinking of this, he fixed his gaze on the place not far from Osaka, and with a ruthless look in his eyes, he punched it.

Not long after, the Jinyiwei spies in Edo sent a message to the Jinyiwei commander, and then Liu Xingzuo reported to Emperor Chongzhen that the Tokugawa shogunate was recruiting troops in the Edo area and was preparing to send troops to exterminate the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty trapped in Shikoku Island.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care when he heard this. If the three thousand remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, including Duduo, were destroyed, Dorgon would really be alone. For him, it would be better for the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to be controlled by Dorgon, rather than being controlled by Hauge.

However, he already knew from Qian Fugui that Dorgon seemed to have an idea and wanted to rescue Duduo.

It's okay, just watch them dog bite dog!

Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about these things with the mentality of a melon-eater. Suddenly, the system prompted a private chat. He clicked on it and saw that it was a private message sent by Wu Daji, reporting that Lord Guanghae, who had rebelled against the monarch in Korea and fled to Japan with Dorgon, was no longer alive and was afraid he would die in the next two days.

After seeing this private chat, Emperor Chongzhen remembered that there was such a number one person. Regardless of whether he died or not, it was actually of no importance. Even the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not want to use him and left him in Kyushu without any care.

Wu Daji sent several private messages in succession, all talking about Guanghaijun's situation.

After successive battles on Kyushu Island, there was a severe shortage of supplies. Lord Guanghai had only had a little coarse food before. But starting last month, even the whole grains were gone. Rice bran was mixed with whole grains, just that, and the portion was not much. Speaking of which, Guanghaijun is also in his sixties. After such torture, he is actually about the same. More importantly, he seems to have been having nightmares recently, dreaming about his ancestors. From this, it can be inferred that death is not far away.

In response, Emperor Chongzhen just replied "I understand" and said nothing more.

As for Lord Gwanghae, his original plan was that if he could be captured, he would be escorted back to North Korea and let the Ming people of North Korea Province judge him, which would be a great gift to the North Korean people. But obviously, this is impossible.

Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't care much about Lord Guanghai, it was still a very big deal for Wu Daji. After he finished reporting to Emperor Chongzhen, he sat alone for a long time, then got up and went to Guanghaijun's residence, a house where ordinary Japanese people used to live.

The house is very dilapidated, but it can keep out the wind. The two soldiers standing at the door are also Koreans. They say they are guards, but they are actually monitoring. When Wu Daji came over, he heard the two people hiding in the next room chatting.

"This damn old man, why isn't he dead yet?"

"That is, die early and be born early, so that we won't have to stand here and get cold all the time!"

"But it seems to be beneficial. At least we can cut off half of his ration. If he dies, we may have less to eat. Do you think we will starve to death if this continues?"

"Who knows, anyway, many people starve to death in the city every day!"

"..."

When Wu Daji heard the conversation, anger appeared on his face. No matter how bad Mr. Guanghai is, he is still the master of you two, but you still dare to cut off his share of rations? But when he heard it, the anger on his face disappeared, he sighed softly and "coughed" hard.

The discussion in the room immediately stopped. A guard came out to take a look and said respectfully: "The villain has seen the adults!"

The other guard also came out and said hello to Wu Daji.

In their eyes, Wu Daji was a popular figure in the eyes of the Qing Emperor. He was a man with real power and was much more powerful than the former master who was locked up in the room. Naturally, they wanted to fawn over him.

Wu Daji didn't say much. He waved his hand and asked the two of them to guard the door. They were not allowed to come in without a summons.

After the two people walked out of the door, Wu Daji opened the door of the master bedroom and walked in without warning first.

When we entered the house, it was a little warmer, and that was the only difference between the inside and outside.

It was already noon, and the light was still relatively good. There was no one in the room, only the quilt on the bed was bulging, and it was obvious that he was hiding under the quilt.

Wu Daji walked over slowly and stood in front of the bed. Sure enough, he saw Guang Haijun hiding under the quilt.

The hair on the exposed head was all gray, and the beard was unkempt, and it was obvious that no one had taken care of it. Although his eyes were closed, his facial expression seemed a little painful, as if he was experiencing something very bad.

Wu Daji didn't speak, just looked at Guanghaijun silently. However, he must be thinking about something in his heart. His face would be filled with anger and then turn to pity.

The room was very quiet, but suddenly, a look of fear appeared on Mr. Guanghai's face, as if he was shouting with all his strength, but his words were unclear and vague. Wu Daji couldn't hear clearly, but he could guess, It seems like Gwanghae-kun is afraid of going to hell.

Sweat broke out on his forehead. Suddenly, Guanghaijun opened his eyes and gasped for air. But when he saw a person standing in front of him, he was so frightened that he shrank into the bed, shouting, "I was forced to do this, don't come and catch me..."

It seemed that he was begging for mercy, but when he saw clearly that the person standing was not the messenger from the underworld, but his own minister Wu Daji, he was stunned and said no more. But what happened just now seemed to have exhausted his strength, so he just lay there, looking at the roof, and ignored Wu Daji.

Obviously, he also hated Wu Daji in his heart. Faced with such an embarrassment, Wu Daji is a popular person in Dorgon's eyes. He controls people's livelihood, but does not give him any help. No matter what, he will not at least have a good impression. If he weren't afraid of Wu Daji's revenge, he would even want to curse.

After all this movement in the house, it became quiet again. I could only feel the "whooshing" cold wind outside the house. Although it did not blow into the house, it made the people in the house feel even more chilly, which made the people in the house feel even more chilly. Guang Haijun involuntarily shrank back and tried his best to hide under the quilt, as if he could stay warmer.

After a while, Wu Daji spoke coldly: "Has Your Highness ever regretted betraying the teachings of the previous kings and ended up in this situation?"

Hearing this, Lord Guanghai obviously didn't expect it. He turned his eyes and stared at him.

"Not to mention the past, if the Ming Dynasty had not sent troops, North Korea would have belonged to the Japanese pirates. You have experienced it yourself, but why are you not grateful at all? Instead, you alienated the Ming Dynasty and even took refuge in the Jianlu. In your heart, does your Highness not even have a little bit of basic etiquette, justice and shame? ?”

Hearing this, Lord Guanghai was obviously stunned, but then he seemed to be filled with strength again, and he burst out with anger on his face: "Shut up, what's wrong with me? Everything I did was... It’s for North Korea! If the Ming Dynasty can’t defeat the Qing Dynasty, it will naturally turn to the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, North Korea will be destroyed by the Qing Dynasty. Do you know?”

"But the Qing Dynasty in your Highness's mouth has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, and the remnants fled to the Japanese country. They are in panic all day long, fearing that the Ming Dynasty will attack at any time!" Wu Daji's face suddenly became angry, and he shouted in a low voice, "Your Highness, what are you doing? Do you regret it?"

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