God and mystery

Chapter 405

Ji Xiang watched this scene from the sidelines as a shadow god.

As for the successors of North Korea, Ji Xiang didn't know the conduct of these people, but he didn't care either.

No matter who comes to be the king of North Korea, as long as he doesn't have anything to do with Jingling Palace, then anyone can.

Mr. Guanghai was just one of the people who took the initiative to show his favor, and he was very well informed. He knew that his father had been to the ancestral temple before he disappeared. Although he didn't know what happened, he concluded that it was related to his own ancestral temple. He thought that it was the Japanese Onmyoji who planted some weird tricks in the ancestral temple.

When Ji Xiang met him, and he hoped to use Ji Xiang's support to stabilize the status of the heir in exchange for Ming Dynasty's recognition, the two hit it off.

And after hearing some secrets about Jingling Palace from Ji Xiang, the prince's face became very exciting.

One emperor and one courtier. The former emperor is not the current emperor. The vassal state has just experienced a war. Even if it wants to take back its own rights from the suzerain state, it has to wait for the opportunity. If you rush out so impetuously, you will be crushed to pieces. What about the future.

Ji Xiang left here, not caring about the chaotic Shengxian farce behind, and the blood child followed Ji Xiang by his side. After the Shadow God dispersed, a cloud fell from the sky.

"Master Uncle, there is news from the court that His Majesty and the Celestial Master have a decree."

The little celestial master couldn't detect the existence of Ji Xiang before, and was flying around in the sky, only now could he sense Ji Xiang's position.

"I'm waiting for the monks to return home."

The little Tianshi's tone was strange: "However, those generals who are stationed in the fields are still stationed here, and about the arrangements after returning to China, Shi Bogong has something to do. His Majesty and Tianshi want to have an interview with you."

"As for us, we all stay in Shuntian, waiting to be dispatched at any time."

The little celestial master showed a tired look: "The Korean War almost ended in the west. After returning to China, it seems that there is still a big war to be fought."

"Grandpa can call people."

Ji Xiang showed doubts on his face: "Could it be that it's the problem of the Tatars breaking the border?"

Originally, the fate of the Ming Dynasty was declining, and the fate of the country was in jeopardy. It was not far from the time of its demise, but after that, it was forced to continue. Although the fate of the country has recovered, the wars in all directions will not stop because of this. .

What should be fought still has to be fought, and there are various reasons for foreign enemies.

I heard that the northern Tatars have repeatedly harassed the important towns on the Nine Borders in recent years, and not long ago they rushed directly to the vicinity of the Great Wall, so Li Rusong, who conquered North Korea, was transferred to the north to fight against the enemy, and the famous pit teammate General Yang Hao came here to replace Li Rusong. .

"I don't know, maybe it is, it is said that something big happened there."

The little celestial master's azure robe shook, turned left and right to look around for a while, and especially used the technique of looking at the breath, then approached Ji Xiang, who followed Ji Xiang's ear, and the little celestial master said quietly: " Uncle Shi, please don't spread it randomly."

"Li Rusong is dead."

Ji Xiang's eyes were slightly serious.

Counting the time, it seems to be around this time. I didn't pay attention to this matter before. Ji Xiang only remembered that this person died in the battle with the Tatars. I can't remember the specific time. I didn't expect to die so quickly.

"Although I haven't seen him, I have heard about him. He is 50 years old and he is in his prime. Could it be that he was attacked and killed by the Tatars?"

The little celestial master nodded: "At first, I used three thousand light cavalry to attack Huanglong, but I encountered tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers and horses. I heard that there were also some great monks participating in the battle. Two fists were no match for four hands, so I died like this. , didn’t even figure out who the other party was.”

"Don't say he was a hero, at least he was a famous general once. He died so easily."

Generals will inevitably die in battle, Li Rusong is also one of the rare famous generals in this period who can take the lead, he did not expect to die at the hands of unknown rats without even seeing him, Ji Xiang was also quite embarrassed, while the little Tianshi was eloquent Absolutely:

"I've read the folk drama "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in my free time, and it was the same when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei died. Those who killed them were also unknown people, and they only became famous because they killed them. "

"It's a pity that the person who killed General Li is not known at all. The other party does not have a name, because he is afraid of being targeted by the great monks in my court, so he is very cautious."

Ji Xiang: "I have no friendship with Li Rusong, and we have never met, but the general has fallen, and the vacancy in the north is unguarded. Now that the Korean War has only lasted for two months, it is time to send someone back to take care of Beiting."

The little celestial master nodded, and suddenly put on a happy face, and even said gloatingly:
"Senior Uncle, there is another big thing! We have news from Jinyiwei in Japan, and it seems that there is another war over there, and it is fighting fiercely now!"

Originally, Hideyoshi did not die in this plane, but instead was made into a man-made god. Ieyasu, Terumoto, and Nagamasa, one traitor and two rebels, would jump to the side of the Qing emperor at any time. A joint battle is out of the question now.

But there are still new wars.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Ji Xiang was very curious.

The little celestial master explained the causes and consequences of this new war.

The reason for this is the "War of Cleansing" caused by the mutiny of "Kobayakawa Hideaki", "Shimadzu Yoshihiro" and others.

"The specific situation is not very clear. It is difficult for Jin Yiwei to obtain more accurate information. I only know that Ieyasu and the others were ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to clean up the family power of the traitors in the Korean War. Those families did not want to sit still, so they fought with Hideyoshi. gone."

The information that the little celestial master knows is also limited, but the general information, as well as the movements and reactions of various forces, are still very clear.

Japan at this time.

Because many Japanese generals on the Korean battlefield suddenly rebelled, all their clan forces in the mainland were implicated. Hideyoshi ordered the three of Ieyasu to clean up these traitors. Families and powers are crazily released into the sea.Not only did they send people to secretly tip off the news, but they also gave the opponent time to organize troops to move in.

As for Xu Fu, he didn't take care of this matter and let Hideyoshi take care of it.After all, for a lord of the kingdom of God, the traitor should indeed be purged.

Hideyoshi is also worried that the population will be killed more and less, so the order to Ieyasu is to capture most of them alive if they can, and it is best to make them surrender as a whole.

Ieyasu replied that he had received it, and after repeated battles and repeated defeats, it abruptly turned into a [-]-[-] situation.

The general of the Eastern Army is still Ieyasu, but the general of the rebel army is the Kobayakawa family.When he got the news of "Xiuqiu"'s rebellion, the head of the Kobayakawa family, Long Jing, who was about to die, secretly sent people everywhere to find the life-prolonging medicine. The post of general of the army.

However, the purpose of the rebel army is not to defeat Ieyasu's army, but to escape across the sea.

"There is nothing left to miss in Japan. If you stay here again, not to mention the land and fields, your life, and even your soul will not be preserved. Taking advantage of Emperor Jimmu not paying attention to our small fight , secretly communicate with the Ming Dynasty, use North Korea or Ryukyu as a transit, and flee to the Ming Dynasty."

"Only in this way can the fire of the family be preserved. In the future, we must remember to take revenge on Hideyoshi."

The Kobayakawa family and the Yoshikawa family are actually branches of the Mori family, but with the status of the branch family, they can sit on the same level as Terumoto Mori, the head of the Mori family, and Longjing is of course an extraordinary figure.Faced with his plan to flee to the Ming Dynasty, the head of the Yoshikawa family was puzzled and complained:
"If it wasn't for Xiuqiu's rebellion as a general of the West Route Army, we wouldn't have ended up like this! It's just that we just finished the war with the Ming Dynasty and are fleeing now. If the Ming Dynasty doesn't accept us, where are we going? ?”

Kobayakawa Takakage responded in a weak tone: "It's okay, even if the Ming Dynasty doesn't accept it, we can go south to Nanyang and go to the Ming Dynasty's Old Port Xuanweisi in Luzon. The Ming Dynasty banned the sea for many years. Very weak, let's just say that they are sea merchants who fled from overseas in Japan. No one on their side will be suspicious. There are sea fugitives who go to Luzon every year, from the east, from the west, those red-bearded Francois , the Dutch are everywhere."

"With our strength, we can live well in Luzon, but if we can enter the Ming Dynasty, we will have the opportunity to use the Ming Dynasty to counterattack Honshu Island in the future. Once the liquidation is successful in the future, the family can last for hundreds of years."

"Going to Luzon is just resigned to the development of fate. It is now the name of the Old Port Xuanweisi, but in fact it is already the territory of the Franji people. Although it is very prosperous because there are all kinds of people, but the same The land is also very chaotic."

Both paths have their pros and cons, but in short, the sea is so big, as long as you can leave the scope of the Kingdom of God, you don't have to worry about Xu Fu's revenge, and it is impossible for Hideyoshi to let Ieyasu go out to sea with so many fleets to arrest himself and others. Of course, because of the rebellion The number of the army is also quite large, and the strength of tens of thousands of people has to gather many large ships to carry them away.

So the head of the Yoshikawa family asked about this matter.

"This is also arranged."

"There is a priest willing to provide us with an escape fleet."

Kobayakawa Takakage's weak face also had three points of brilliance: "When I found out about Xiuqiu's rebellion, I realized that something big was going to happen. Fortunately, the fairy of the Ming Kingdom came here to make a big fuss, so that Hideyoshi and the others were temporarily absent. Thinking of our recent situation, plus me and the adopted son of the Mori family, Xiubao, were still fighting in North Korea and had never betrayed, so we have not moved our minds for the time being. It is now after the war that the liquidation begins."

"In the 11th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, a group of priests came here to preach. Later, when Hideyoshi sent people to hunt and kill the missionaries, a priest named Ba Fanji escaped and did not know where he was hiding, but according to his knowledge Said, what kind of God's secret law sheltered him and never left, he is not an idle person."

"Hideyoshi captured Christian priests with the intention of the God's secrets they mastered. Originally, these priests were unwilling to hand them over, so Hideyoshi used military force to capture them."

"Many of ghosts and gods' wishing monsters, including the current spells of ghosts and gods, were cultivated by referring to the secret arts of God at that time."

"All laws are unified, learn from each other's strengths to make up for their weaknesses, and those priests have no use value after being thoroughly studied, and they are naturally executed."

"There is no need to hunt down the rest of the priests. In order to ease the relationship with foreign countries, they are no longer pursued. Many of Ba Fanji's comrades were captured and killed. He hated Hideyoshi to the bone. One of the seeds of disaster that Hideyoshi planted for himself."

Patriarch Yoshikawa showed joy on his face: "It's so good!"

Long Jing continued: "This priest is willing to take us to Shuntian. It is said that he has a colleague who became a high official in the Ming Dynasty, called Matteo Ricci. He can introduce us."

Everything has been arranged, and Ieyasu is also making excuses for the attack. Mori and Kuroda are even more ineffective. The situation is constantly evolving in an unknown direction in a strange atmosphere, and Hideyoshi is very angry about this .

"Ieyasu, listen to me! I will give you ten days to prepare. Within this month, I will launch a decisive battle against the rebels, especially the Kobayakawa family! And defeat them all! If you can't, I will kill you, and then hang your body on the top of the King City of Kyoto!"

Ieyasu did not see Hideyoshi, but learned the news from the envoy of the shrine who came here.

After Mori and Kuroda learned about it, they talked secretly in private, thinking that Hideyoshi must have something important to get out of now. He said before that he would attack Ryukyu, but now he is being held back by the rebels.

"I remember that Hideyoshi said that if he wants to seize the national destiny of Ryukyu, he must do something about the ascension of the Kingdom of God. Now there is no way to deal with the rebels. He must be repairing the national destiny of the Kingdom of God."

"However, if he is angered, maybe he will really take action himself, and the consequences are what we don't want to see."

Mori Terumoto didn't want to watch his own brothers being killed by Hideyoshi, so he couldn't fish any more in the future. Taking the initiative to attack was also a way to keep them alive.

On the other hand, Ieyasu thought so too.

"Their preparations should be almost done, and I have almost used up all kinds of excuses for my illness. I can use this opportunity to communicate with the Ming Dynasty."

Next to Ieyasu, a priest dressed in western style was here, listening to Ieyasu's inquiry, he kept nodding his head, indicating that everything had been arranged properly.

"Father Ba, it's all up to you. If one day I can become Guanbai and rule the world, when Emperor Jimmu dies, I will definitely open the door for your Christianity. I swear here, there is no joke."

"Mr. Tokugawa's morality, I can trust."

Ba Fanzi convinced Tokugawa Ieyasu of his sailing skills, even if there were sea monsters, he would never think of getting the Kobayakawa family into the sea.

"Then when will the decisive battle be launched next? If Hideyoshi is to see clearly and stabilize his restless and vicious intentions, he must attack as soon as possible without delay and let them run away."

"Two days later! I will lead the army across the sea, enter the four countries and Kyushu, and start a decisive battle."

(End of this chapter)