I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 697 Chahar War

The news that Yan Siqi successfully invaded Kagoshima quickly spread to the surrounding areas.

Since the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Shimazu family came first, Yan Siqi invaded Kagoshima later.The vassals of Kyushu naturally connected Yan Siqi with the Ming court.

The experience of being defeated by the Ming army in the Korean War is still vivid in my mind.Now seeing that Yan Siqi, supported by the Ming Dynasty, had invaded the Satsuma Domain again, the Kyushu vassals did not know what to do for a while.

In the end, he could only gather his troops and wait for Yan Siqi's next move, while quickly sending a message to the shogunate and requesting support from the shogunate.

And Yan Siqi also understood that a fox can fake the power of a tiger. In order to buy time, he sent envoys to Kyushu Domain such as Hizen and Higo, telling them that it was to punish the Satsuma Domain for disrespecting the Ming Dynasty and attacking Ryukyu. He promised that he would stay in Kagoshima for a short time. We will evacuate Kagoshima after a while.

At the same time, he accelerated the recruitment of Han people, Koreans, and Ryukyu people from Nagasaki, Ryukyu, Korea and other places to Satsuma Domain to stabilize his rule.He also wrote another letter to Li Dan, willing to spend 10 taels to ask him to persuade the Nanzhili Navy to go north and patrol Kyushu in Japan to show the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course Li Dan knew that Yan Siqi was a fox and a tiger, but when it came to this, Yan Siqi's heavy bribes and many years of friendship.Let him successfully persuade Qi Jin and Wang Jianzhong to let them send him to take three ships north to inspect Kyushu Island to show the power of the Ming Dynasty.

So half a month later, Li Dan appeared in the sea outside Nagasaki Port with a warship flying the Ming flag. The people in Nagasaki were shocked.

Even though Li Dan didn't say anything, he left and continued to patrol Jiuzhou.But it also made the statement that Yan Siqi received the support of the Ming Dynasty confirmed in the hearts of the nine states.

Yan Siqi was indeed protected by the Ming Dynasty, and the purpose of coming was to punish the Satsuma clan.

This also made all the vassals in Kyushu become more and more afraid of taking action.

After the Tokugawa shogunate knew about it, they were hesitant and did not dare to take action.Finally, it was discussed that the problem should be solved through courtesy first and then attack.

But no matter what the various methods were used, as long as there was no rush to send troops to attack Kagoshima, it gave Yan Siqi precious time to calmly arrange his troops, prepare his troops, and prepare for the fierce battle in the future.

May 25, Beijing.

Although the information about Yan Siqi's uprising in Japan is important, for Beijing residents, it is too far away from Japan, and most of them regard it as a temporary topic of conversation and not important at all.

Compared with Yan Siqi's news, the stock price of Daming Trading Company has risen to 500 taels per share, various novelties from Southeast Asia, the war between Daming and Chahar, etc., are all more concerned by the people.

And if you want to find someone in the capital who cares about you the most, it is Zhu Youxiao.

"Yan Siqi is really smart. He actually came up with the trick of pretending to be powerful. Unexpectedly, he actually suppressed the feudal lords from all over Japan and bought himself precious time."

In the Dongnuang Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao held the report sent by Jin Yiwei and others, and couldn't help but praise Yan Siqi.

His efforts in the past two years were indeed in vain. Yan Siqi, who had historically failed to raise troops in Japan, not only succeeded in the surprise attack with his strong intervention, but also successfully captured Kagoshima Castle and the historically famous Satsuma Domain. was also destroyed by it.

As a result, the imperial court successfully maintained its authority as the suzerainty of Ryukyu.And after the Nanzhili Navy defeated Shimazu Tadahashi, the leader of the Ryukyu Kingdom knew that the overall situation was decided.

So he wrote a letter requesting that Ryukyu, like North Korea, allow Ming Dynasty to station troops in Ryukyu to prevent another invasion like Japan.They were afraid that Ming Dynasty would not agree, so they actually proposed that Ryukyu bear the military expenses of Ming Dynasty's garrison in Ryukyu, just like North Korea.Ryukyu's request makes no sense to Zhu Youxiao. This is a very profitable business.

The Ming Dynasty now has troops stationed in Ryukyu and North Korea, which is equivalent to controlling the direction of Japan's escape.As long as Japan is captured in the next step, the entire Northeast Asia will return to the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence, facing the Pacific to the east, and the road to the Americas will be unobstructed.

"How many people has Yan Siqi recruited in Ming Dynasty now?"

"Your Majesty, more than 2 refugees have been recruited so far. We have now arranged for the Daming Trading Company's ships to depart from Tianjin to Kagoshima Castle."

Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jin Yiwei on the side, immediately bowed and replied. From the beginning of the Battle of Ryukyu to Yan Siqi's capture of Kagoshima, they, the Jin Yiwei, were always in contact with Yan Siqi.Therefore, he knew everything about Yan Siqi.

When Zhu Youxiao heard this number, he was immediately dissatisfied and felt that the number was too small.

What Ming Dynasty is worried about now is that there are too many people and there is no food to eat. If they can go to Japan to rob the Japanese people of food and harm the Japanese people, it will kill two birds with one stone.

"This number is too small, far from enough. I heard that Yan Siqi had to pay to recruit people in Ming Dynasty before. From today on, he only needs to pay for travel expenses, food and other basic expenses. We must encourage more people People have to go to Japan.”

Upon seeing this, Luo Sigong looked at Ye Xianggao, Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi and others, and then nodded in agreement.

Yan Siqi's matter has come to an end now.Zhu Youxiao has already helped him as much as he can. The next step depends on his performance, and Zhu Youxiao can't control it anymore.

Because at this time, he had more important things to do, and that was the Chahar War in Mongolia, which was also the most important thing for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Since discussing the attack on Chahar with Lin Dan Khan in February this year, Zhu Youxiao has not been idle. In March, he sent the Jingying Zhenwu Army and Xuanwu Army to Guangning to garrison.

Subsequently, with Zhu Xieyuan as the governor, assisted by He Shixian, Mangui and others, he assembled nearly [-] soldiers and horses from Liaodong, Liaozuo, Jingying, Haixi, and Mongolia. They agreed with Lin Dan Khan to prepare to attack on March [-]th. Chahar.

But at the critical moment, Lin Danhan slipped up again. When March [-]th approached and Ming Dynasty was preparing to attack, he was silent.

It turned out that at the last moment, this person actually had another evil idea. He felt that the Ming Dynasty was powerful and wanted the Ming Dynasty to fight Huang Taiji first, and then he would send troops to seek opportunities.

Such unfaithful words caused the Ming Dynasty to delay the date of dispatching troops originally scheduled for March [-]th.

But by April, Liaodong Governor Zhu Xieyuan wrote to the emperor, feeling that he could wait no longer.Even without Lin Dan Khan, Ming Dynasty could capture Chahar.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Youxiao agreed deeply. Now he had no patience and immediately approved Zhu Xieyuan's title book.

So on April [-]th, the Jingying and Liaodong armies set off from Guangning and have been fighting for nearly a month now.

(End of this chapter)