The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Regarding the rights and wrongs of the court three thousand miles away, Lin Tianshuai now has no ability to directly interfere. He just habitually teases him, such as first helping the sixth prince to be granted a title, and then reporting the eldest prince for rebellion.

Although this fishing method is old-fashioned, it is still useful. As long as there are people in the court who can decide the position, there is a high probability that you can catch a few fish.

After sending Yin Zhuoran to Pyongyang to deal with the aftermath, Lin Tianshuai's main attention shifted from Jin Shunbin to Wang Jing and Seoul.

By the time Governor Konishi, who was captured again, was escorted back to Kaicheng by the Fourth Corps, it was already March.

Lin Tianshuai personally met with Governor Konishi and encouraged: "Setsumi Mamoru! Congratulations on passing my test. Now I can give you a more important task!"

President Konishi was in a daze. What's going on with your tone of voice that sounds like a superior? We are not your retainers.

Then Lin Tailai said again: "I don't want too many casualties in Seoul. I want to negotiate peace and want to send you to Seoul to spread the word!"

"How dare you disobey me!" Xiao Xixing said happily. If he could broker peace talks in the middle, he would be considered a great achievement, and the shame of being captured would be erased.

After Lin Tianshuai rewarded the newly arrived Li Yu's Fourth Corps, he issued a military order to march out the Sanbiao Battalion, most of Li Rusong's First Corps, Dong Yiyuan's Third Corps, and Li Yu's Fourth Corps, totaling 60,000 people. Go south and march toward Seoul, a hundred or so miles away.

When passing by the Bi Ti Pavilion, Lin Tianshuai wanted to stay one more day and conduct review research on the last battle of the Bi Ti Pavilion at the original location.

However, General Li with a dark face firmly refused and urged the army to continue southward.

He had promised in advance that Li Rusong would be solely responsible for commanding this battle, so Lin Tianshuai didn't say much.

In fact, when it comes to marching and formation, Li Rusong is definitely more professional than Lin Tailai, so Lin Tailai deliberately gave up the command to save himself more worry.

There is a saying that Seoul in this era was not small. The city was located to the north of the Han River. The city wall was more than thirty miles long. It was built on the surrounding mountains and had four gates and four small gates.

The urban area is relatively large and the terrain is complex. It would be difficult to completely encircle Seoul with 60,000 troops. Therefore, the main force of the army is camped in the west and north directions, with partial divisions in the east to respond.

General Li did not rush to attack the city, but followed the original plan and first let Xiaoxi Xingchang enter Seoul.

A large-scale force of heavenly soldiers descended on the city. This time it was not a small fight like Li Rusong did a few months ago. The Japanese pirates in Seoul immediately became very nervous.

When Governor Konishi entered the city from the Donui Gate on the west side, the top Japanese pirates were having a military meeting at Boxin Pavilion.

General Ukita Hide is at home, and on one side are the three military supervisors Ishida Mitsunari, Otani Yoshitsugi, Masuda Nagamori, and Konishi Yukinaga. They all belong to the Western Army in the future Battle of Sekigahara, and now they all want to retreat from Seoul;

On the other side are the corps commanders Takakage Kobayakawa, Nagamasa Kuroda, Masanori Fukushima and others. In the future battle of Sekigahara, most of them will be the Eastern Army, and now they all want to fight first.

When President Konishi came in, Fukushima Masanori, the head of the "Seven Guns of the Hakigake", snorted coldly: "Did you lure Minglu here?"

President Konishi ignored Masanori Fukushima and said directly to his "old master" General Ukita Hideie: "The Ming army asked me to bring a message!

It was said over there that they were not willing to pay too many casualties for the siege. As long as we agree to negotiate peace, our army will be allowed to leave Seoul safely! "

Kobayakawa Takakage, who is also a member of the main militant group, slapped the case and yelled: "Daydreaming!"

The first military supervisor, Ishida Mitsunari, thought about the food stored in the city and asked with great interest: "How to talk about it?"

Governor Xiaoxi followed Lin Tailai's instructions and replied: "The Ming army can send people into the city to negotiate."

Ishida Mitsunari shook his head, "It's not appropriate. If the Ming soldiers are allowed to enter the city, I'm afraid that our army's reality will be revealed by them. Therefore, if we want to talk, our army will send people out of the city."

Then Mitsunari Ishida said to General Ukita Hideie: "What does the prime minister want?"

The useless official position system of the Japanese country was modeled after the Tang system. Those above the rank of counselor can be called the prime minister. However, Ukita Hideie's current official position is the counselor, so he uses the title of prime minister as an honorific.

According to Japanese military habits at this time, other people were responsible for beeping and arranging specific affairs, and the general was responsible for making the final decision.

Ukita Hideie decided to say: "Let's talk first."

Ishida Mitsunari then said to Governor Konishi: "I'd like to trouble Settsushou to go to the Ming camp again. We can negotiate at the Muhua Pavilion outside Dunyi Gate tomorrow, but Jinglue Lin must come forward in person."

Donuimun was called Seodaemun in later generations. As the name suggests, it is the main gate on the west side of the city wall.

On the outskirts of the city two or three miles outside Dunyi Gate, Li Chao built a Muhua Pavilion, as you can understand by the name, which was specially used to welcome the envoys and imperial edicts of the Celestial Dynasty.

This distance is quite appropriate, but the risk for Japanese envoys is greater. After all, there are Ming troops outside the city.

After receiving the report from Governor Konishi, Commander-in-Chief Li Rusong gave an "order" to Lin Tianshuai: "The military gate will go to the Muhua Pavilion in person tomorrow to negotiate, and we must use our greatest strengths!"

Lin Tianshuai asked doubtfully: "What is your greatest specialty? Do you want our headquarters to kill the other party's envoy on the spot?"

"In your words, it's pretentious! You have to bring out your greatest strength, pretentiousness!

According to my research on the habits of Japanese slaves, I know that the more awesome you are, the more Japanese slaves will trust you! "

Lin Tianshuai: ""

It can be seen that General Li has really worked hard to study the Japanese.

On the second day, Lin Tianshuai led a thousand people from the personal guard camp and arrived at the Muhua Pavilion outside Dunyi Gate with great fanfare.

Outside the Muhua Hall, there is a two-column archway with three large characters "Yingen Gate" written on the plaque.

Every day when the envoys from North Korea arrived in Seoul carrying the imperial edict, the King of North Korea would personally hold a ceremony to welcome the edict and salute the edict placed in the Dragon Pavilion.

Moreover, this place is located in the suburbs outside the west gate, so it also conforms to the etiquette of "suburban welcome".

Lin Tailai stopped and looked up to admire the Yingen Gate for a while, his mind racing with thoughts.

In the original historical time and space, the Yingen Gate was demolished after the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894, symbolizing the complete collapse of the Chinese power on the peninsula.

Later, Ying'en Gate was rebuilt again. What's even more funny is that Ying'en Gate was finally renamed Independence Gate and is still standing in Seoul more than 400 years later.

Anyway, Lin Tailai didn't know which sect this independent sect was independent of.

"Let's talk at Ying'en Gate." Lin Tailai told Shen Weijing and President Xiaoxi, "The house must have been destroyed long ago, it's better to feel comfortable outside."

The Japanese envoy appeared from the courtyard, still no higher than Lin Tianshuai's chest, with his face covered with a white cloth.

Governor Konishi stood in the middle and was about to make an introduction when he heard Lin Tianshuai say: "One of the three Japanese soldiers, Yoshitsugi, the young assistant of the Otani Criminal Department?"

Governor Konishi was shocked again. Tianshuai’s understanding of himself was always beyond his imagination!

Can you guess who the other person is just by covering his face with a piece of white cloth?

Because Otani Yoshitsugi suffers from leprosy and has pus on his face, and is usually covered with a cloth, Tianshuai even knows this!

Lin Tianshuai continued arrogantly: "Why don't you see the general Ukita Hideie or the first minister Ishida Mitsunari? Only a mere Otani Yoshitsugi came?"

The general manager next to him, Shen Weijing, was interpreting the words truthfully while complaining in his mind that Tian Shuai could really piss people off when he spoke in an irritating way.

After all, Yoshitsugi Otani is one of the three followers of the Japanese army. How much do you look down on people? Moreover, he directly looked down upon him in front of his face.

Besides, negotiating outside the city is a huge risk for the Japanese envoys. It would be nice to have Otani Yoshitsugi. Is it possible to send the general or the first monk out of the city?

Otani Yoshitsugi didn't know whether he was calm by nature or didn't dare to get angry. He bowed slightly to Lin Tianshuai and replied:

"Ishida Harubu wanted to come in person, but he was ill and unable to travel, so I replaced Ishida Harube for the talks."

Lin Tianshuai sneered: "Who are you lying to? I think the real reason is that if something happens to you, can you die in his place?"

I know that your gratitude to Ishida Mitsunari is extraordinary and that you would die for him. "

Otani Yoshitsugi's psychological defense seemed to be torn directly, and he was confused on the spot. Why does Tianshuai know his own heart so well?

Lin Tianshuai looked at the dazed Otani Yoshitsugi and sighed: "You really don't mean anything. Among all the Japanese generals, I am the least interested in you.

It would be nice to have Masanori Fukushima, I heard he is the leader of the Seven Guns.

Kato Kiyomasa, who ranked second among the seven guns, only withstood three punches from me. I wonder how many more punches Fukushima Masanori could withstand? "

General manager Shen Weijing found that whenever he acted as a translator for Lin Tianshuai, he would often sympathize with him.

Just like today, before even a word of serious business could be said, Otani on the opposite side was already being humiliated repeatedly.

The most important thing is that when faced with Lin Tianshuai's physique, most people would not dare to take action even if they were humiliated.

President Konishi walked up to Otani Yoshitsugi and spoke eagerly in Japanese, probably for on-site psychological counseling.

Otani Yoshitsugi finally came to his senses, remembered his responsibilities, and asked: "If we negotiate a peace in this battle, what are your conditions?"

Lin Tianshuai directly made a condition: "Put down your weapons, leave the food and grass, and we will let tens of thousands of you Japanese soldiers leave Seoul safely."

"This is absolutely unacceptable!" Otani Yoshitsugi said excitedly, "Our army also has generals who advocate the defense of the city. If you are not sincere in negotiating peace, we can only fight each other on the city wall."

Lin Tianshuai seemed to say casually: "Desperately? Your food and grass stocks are limited, right?

If my calculation is correct, the food stored in the city should be less than 20,000 dan, or about 15,000 dan?

If calculated based on an army of 50,000, these grain reserves can last for up to two months.

We heavenly soldiers have been waiting for three months and don’t care to wait another two months.

It is impossible to attack the city. All we need to do is dispatch a large number of horse soldiers to intercept your food and grass transportation outside the city.

By the way, all your grain reserves are in Longshan Granary, right? It's not far from the south city wall. If you think of something, you might be able to set a fire. "

Yoshigina Otani had just been comforted by Yukino Konishi to a normal state of mind when he collapsed again!

This is too scary! How did the other party know the secret of the amount of food stored in it?

Only a few people know this number. It’s impossible for anyone to leak the secret. Even President Konishi doesn’t know!

Lin Tailai urged, "Why are you in a daze again? Can I agree to this condition?"

Otani Yoshitsugi has no intention of negotiating anymore and just wants to go back to the city to report!

The general of the other side knows the base of his own food reserves. This in itself is very important information and must be reported back as soon as possible!

Otani Yoshitsugi said anxiously: "I already know your conditions, but I can't make the decision. I need to go back and report for instructions."

Lin Tianshuai said extremely impatiently: "It's really troublesome if someone can't make the decision!

Ask Mr. Konishi to accompany you back to the city. If there are any results, ask Mr. Konishi to come back and let you know! "

Otani Yoshitsugi saluted, said nothing more, and hurried back to the city with Mr. Konishi.

After watching Dagu leave, Lin Tianshuai reviewed the process of today's negotiation in his mind.

In general, it was quite satisfactory and could be considered as normal performance. It should be considered as completing the task of "startling the snakes"?

He returned to the camp and told Li Rusong about the situation.

General Li said: "If your intelligence is accurate, the Japanese pirates will definitely abandon the city and retreat after being frightened like this."

Then he asked with some worry: "Is the intelligence you mentioned really accurate? The Japanese pirates really only have two months of food left? Do the Japanese pirates really want to retreat?"

Lin Tianshuai said mysteriously: "If the other you is not fooling people, the information should be accurate."

General Li: "?"

What is "another me"? Do you want to talk about philosophy?

In the previous life, anyone who has seen the process of the Wanli Imjin War will have an impression of the recovery of Seoul, and will be confused if you think about it carefully.

In history, General Li's battle report was: burning the Japanese pirates' Longshan warehouse in early March, burning hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates' food reserves, and then the Japanese pirates escaped from Seoul.

However, according to records, in General Li's battle report, tens of thousands of Japanese pirates who had lost all their food and grass in early March did not retreat from Seoul until mid-to-late April.

By comparison, it can be inferred that General Li used his family's artistic skills and brag in the battle report.

The real situation is probably that in mid-to-late April, tens of thousands of Japanese pirates in Seoul were worried about the problem of food and grass and took the initiative to retreat from Seoul.

It happened that General Li had previously carried out some sabotage work on the Japanese pirates' Longshan warehouse, and then he took the credit for the Japanese pirates' retreat and recovery of Seoul.

Based on this information, it can be inferred that now, that is, in early March, the actual food reserves of the Japanese pirates in Seoul can only support two months at most.

So in history, the Japanese pirates in Seoul retreated in mid-to-late April.

In addition to other reasons, another important reason why Lin Tianshuai delayed attacking Seoul until March was to try to match the original history and facilitate the inference of relevant data of the Japanese pirates.

Soon, Konishi Yukinaga returned from Seoul and brought back the latest news.

"Ishida Jibe Mitsunari said that it would take some time to think about the conditions and convince the pro-war factions such as Kobayakawa Takakage and Fukushima Masanori.

After two days, we will negotiate again at Muhua Pavilion. I hope that the governor will relax the peace terms a little to facilitate the peace talks."

Lin Tailai and Li Rusong looked at each other. This reply seemed very reasonable and flawless.

But if you believe in the character of the Japanese pirates, you should be able to think that it takes two days to prepare for escape?

Restarting the negotiations after two days is a delaying tactic and a cover for hiding the truth?

Li Rusong said: "In any case, we have to continue to trouble the general to attend the negotiations to avoid the Japanese pirates' suspicion."

When the time comes, you can talk to the Japanese pirates slowly, and I, your brother, will go to kill the enemy and make merit!