Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 347

How far is Zhenwa Castle, the original Tsurumaru Castle, from Edo Castle where the Tokugawa Shogunate is located?
If it is estimated from the map, it is about three thousand miles, which is still a straight-line distance.

At the moment, Dongying doesn't have any bridges across the sea, and it is naturally impossible to go in a straight line. The only way to get from Edo Castle to Zhenwa Castle is by sea and by boat.

If you count the waterway, it is relatively far away, because the coastlines of Honshu Island, Shikoku Island, and Kyushu Island are all tortuous, and it takes at least two thousand miles to turn around.

In other words, by sea, it is at least five thousand miles from Edo Castle to Zhenwa Castle.

At the moment, the Dongying people are mainly rowing boats, and the speed of short-distance sprints is relatively fast, but it will not work for long-distance sailing.

After all, the physical strength of rowing paddlers is limited, and it is impossible to row desperately all the time.

This Taichang has been tested when it was on the southeast coast. Even the fastest octopus boat can row three to four hundred miles a day without any supplies.

On the other hand, the Anzhai boats in Dongying are all gimmicky, and some messy things are carried on them, and it is impossible for such a large boat to carry no food and fresh water, as can be seen from the waterline of the boat. They are at least half full.

In this state, they must not be able to row three or four hundred miles a day, and they will be able to row 250 miles.

In other words, it would take at least forty days for the envoys of the Tokugawa shogunate to travel back and forth between Edo Castle and Zhenwa Castle.

Taichang has also verified this point.

After they took Zhenwa Castle, the Tokugawa shogunate did not send an envoy until about forty days later.

This gives him room to maneuver.

As long as the envoys of the Tokugawa shogunate go back and forth, he will have at least forty more days!
At least for these forty days, it was impossible for the Tokugawa shogunate to gather in Japan, so people ran to the Satsuma clan to fight him desperately.

After all, he gave people hope, and he didn't reject them outright.

And these forty days are enough to do a lot of things.

Of course, it is impossible for him to negotiate peace with the Tokugawa shogunate.

Dongying people are notoriously reneging on their promises and being ungrateful.

When they think they can't beat you, they will pretend to be grandsons and ask for peace. Once they think they can beat you, then you pretend to be grandsons and ask for peace, and they will still beat you!

Therefore, it is impossible to withdraw troops.

This time, he must destroy Dongpu!
The reason why he pretended to talk to them was nothing more than to fool them, making them think that they would retreat, so that they would not rush to gather an army to fight them desperately.

This flicker is forty days!

The Dongyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy took turns to go into battle. Ship after ship of soldiers and supplies were continuously delivered. About a month later, the 40 troops of Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp finally arrived.

Moreover, the light Thor cannons of the Shenji Battalion and the war horses of the Shenwu Battalion were all transported over.

At this moment, the three-story fortress of Zhenwa City has also been completed, and the three-story platform has only erected hundreds of [-]-jin and [-]-jin Raytheon II rifled guns.

At this time, let alone the navy of the Japanese, even the fleet of the Dutch, the overlord of the sea, will be blasted to pieces!

Everything seems to be ready, as long as Taichang gives an order, more than [-] troops will be able to launch a full-scale attack on Kyushu Island and even the entire Dongpu.

However, at this time Taichang was still not in a hurry to send troops.

Because he was going to fool the Tokugawa shogunate again.

After all, there is a big difference between someone desperately resisting and being caught off guard.

If they resisted desperately and assembled an army of 50 to [-] to fight recklessly with them, then the Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion would probably suffer heavy casualties.

After all, Japanese pirates in Japan are not joking when they go crazy. They are the kind of mad dogs who know they are dead and want to pounce on you!

Facing this kind of mad dog, it is natural to be able to fool for as long as possible.

Because he fooled people once and could paralyze them for forty days.

Sometimes even an extra day or even an hour on the battlefield can reduce a lot of casualties. I don't know how many casualties of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion can be reduced in forty days.

Naturally, he could not let go of this opportunity to gain a strategic advantage by lip service.

Therefore, after the soldiers of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion gathered, he did not immediately launch a full-scale attack.

He just sent Jinyiwei scouts and navy clippers with binoculars to spy around the territory of Satsuma Fan and near the coastline.

About ten days later, the envoy of the Tokugawa shogunate really came again.

Taichang still stood on the city wall and let people answer the questions under the city wall.

However, this time he was not standing on the third-floor city wall of Zhenwa City, but on the city wall of Dongyang New City by the port.

After being whipped for a few days, the captives of the Satsuma clan became more honest, at least they did not dare to be lazy, and with the cement as a powerful tool for building the city, the city wall facing the port was finally completed.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu was frightened and at a loss what to do at the moment.

What on earth does this Daming want to do?
Why did they build such terrible fortresses and cities?
In fact, it was not the cities and fortresses that were terrifying, but the armies of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion.

The reason why Taichang ordered people to whip the captives to build the city wall of the Dongyang New City facing the port was because he didn't want the envoys of the Tokugawa shogunate to see the army of Shenjiying and Shenwuying.

If people saw the army of Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp, it would probably be a bit difficult to fool them again.

Tokugawa Laixuan really couldn't see through the city wall, so he felt that there was still hope for the peace talks.

After bowing respectfully to Taichang on the city wall, he raised his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty, our general said that we are sorry for the occupation of Ryukyu, and it was our fault for the invasion of Dongfan. Compensation for these two matters, as for what and how much to compensate, is open to discussion, as long as you can retreat."

The shogunate Tokugawa Hidechu had no choice but to be so humble.

Because the most powerful Satsuma Navy navy in Japan was wiped out by the Daming Navy.

At this moment, all the navy and warships of the other feudal kingdoms in Japan combined can be a little bit stronger than the Satsuma Navy's navy. Facing the Daming Navy, which can easily annihilate the Satsumo Fan's navy, they must still be unable to do so.

And if Japan, an island country surrounded by sea on all sides, loses its advantage in water, it will suffer too much in a war.

He knew that he would suffer a big loss in a fight, so he naturally didn't want to fight.

Therefore, he could only send envoys to beg Daming to retreat in a low voice.

It is naturally impossible to retreat.

However, this flicker still has to continue.

Taichang pretended to think about it seriously, then nodded slightly and said: "Okay, as long as your general is willing to compensate Daming and Ryukyu for the losses, it is not impossible for us to retreat, after all, we don't want to go to war."

Hearing the words, the emissary couldn't help but said hopefully: "Your Majesty, what kind of compensation do you want? Just tell me. If you can't make the decision, you can go back and ask the general for instructions."

Of course you can't be the master!
Taichang nodded slightly, and then estimated: "Dongfan, you caused our Daming navy to encounter a sea storm, and lost dozens of warships and thousands of sailors. People can't be resurrected after death. Forget the money, you pay Daming 1000 million taels, so that I can properly appease the families of the fallen soldiers, and forget about it."

Nani, why don't you grab it!

Although we in Dongpu have a lot of money, we don't have such a big mouth like you!

At this time, Japan is indeed rich in silver, and the output is quite high. Except for the Americas, Japan has the highest silver production in the world.

As for how much silver can be produced in a year, Taichang is not clear. Even if he said 1000 million taels, he didn't really want the Tokugawa shogunate to pay 1000 million taels.

Anyway, as long as Japan can win it, all the money will be his, 1000 million taels is nothing!
Tokugawa Yoshinobu didn't know that Taichang was deliberately embarrassing him.

The amount of 1000 million taels is really too big, he really can't decide.

He could only helplessly said: "This lower official can't be the master, so he has to go back and ask our general for instructions. What kind of compensation does His Majesty the Emperor want for the matter of the Ryukyu Kingdom?"

Taichang pretended to think for a while, and then slowly said: "You sent troops to occupy Ryukyu. This kind of behavior is too bad and must be punished severely! How about this, you cede the Satsuma domain to Ryukyu, and then compensate Daming 1000 million taels , forget it.”

Nani, how is this possible?

Hearing this, the envoy couldn't help being dumbfounded and said: "Your Majesty, this is impossible, and our general will definitely not agree."

Taichang was not angry either, he even smiled slightly and said: "Didn't you say that you can discuss it? You should understand the so-called exorbitant asking price and sitting on the ground to pay back the money. You can go back and ask your general, how much can we pay at least? Let's discuss it again, shall we?"

That's what it means!
You are asking a lot!
A high asking price can scare a person to death!

It is absolutely impossible to lose the entire territory of Satsuma, and it is possible to lose a few small islands at most.

It seems that this is what His Majesty the Emperor of Ming meant.

It seems that there is still room for discussion.

After all, after the Ming army took Tsurumaru Castle, they didn't make any moves, and Shimadzu yelled for a while but didn't yell.

This proves that the emperor's Majesty most likely came to extort their money.

After all, there have been many wars and disasters in Daming these years, and there are too many places to spend money.

In this case, let them choose, they will also choose to blackmail other people's money or even rob other people's money!
Tokugawa Yoshinobu nodded self-righteously, then bowed respectfully and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, I understand what you mean, and I must go back and convey to our general."

Looking at Tokugawa Yoshinobu's back, Taichang almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

you understood?

What do you unserstand?

I'm just fooling around, you still understand!
Do you really think that the capture of the Ming Dynasty and the invasion of the Ming Dynasty can be done like this?
dreaming too!
(End of this chapter)