Wanli 1592

Chapter 159 Depressed Chen Lin

Seeing this, the Japanese envoy knew that his mission was fruitless, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave. After walking a few steps, Xiao Ruxun yelled "slow down".

The terrified envoy looked at Xiao Ruxun as if he saw a ghost, which seemed to mean that Xiao Ruxun was going to kill him. Xiao Ruxun said with a smile: "What do you think this governor is doing? Is this governor an evil ghost? Come on." People, go to Huotoujun to get fifty dumplings, take them back to Ukita Hideo's house, and tell him that these are the dumplings I invited him to eat. After eating the dumplings, think about whether money is more important or life is more important. "

The Japanese envoy breathed a sigh of relief, staggered and almost fell, which made the generals burst into laughter.

Amidst a burst of laughter, the five of them rushed out of the Ming army's camp in a panic. As soon as they left, Xiao Ruxun's face became serious: "They don't want to continue fighting anymore, and they are starting to seek a way to retreat back to the country, but the governor guessed that Toyotomi Hideyoshi probably didn't know the specific information yet, so they were not allowed to retreat, and they couldn't guarantee that our army would not make trouble when they retreated, so they came here to test it out.

Order Li Sun-shin to closely monitor the route from Tsushima to Busan Port today, and sink the Japanese pirate ships as soon as they can be sunk. Don't use artillery and let the Japanese pirates take precautions. When the main force of the Japanese pirate navy can retreat, some ships will be sunk as much as possible, blocking the contact between the Japanese pirates and the Korean Japanese pirates, so that the news will be delayed. The imperial navy will arrive in seven or eight days at most. The Japanese pirates are being wiped out by the navy, and the generals are gearing up, waiting for the decisive battle! "

"promise!"

The generals suddenly took orders.

After the envoys returned, Ukita Hideo's family and Ishida Sancheng ate fifty dumplings presented by Xiao Ruxun in Wacheng, and found that there was meat in them, which were stuffed with vegetables and meat. Their mouths were full of taste, but their hearts were getting worse The more it is not the taste.

Due to Yi Sun-shin's activeness, it was difficult to supply supplies, even in the New Year, there were no good things to reward the soldiers, not to mention that the army set off fireworks and firecrackers on the opposite side. The momentum directly stimulated them and made them very frustrated.

"Xiao Ruxun's meaning is very clear. If we don't hand over everything from North Korea, we don't even have the door to negotiate. He is really too domineering..."

After that battle, Ukita Hideka was psychologically shadowed by Xiao Ruxun. He wanted to be tough, but he couldn't be tough no matter what.

Naturally, Ishida Mitsunari was not much better, he ate the dumplings one bite at a time, and swallowed three in a row, but the gloom in his heart could not be dispelled for a long time.

"I guess if there is no more result, Taige may also come back and ask us these and other things. Let us be honest. To be honest, I am not very confident that I will survive if I go back now, let alone After a while, Xiao Ruxun should not agree to the seven requests from Taige, it is estimated that a decisive battle will be launched after reading this side, and we will not be able to hold on."

"Then what should we do, really return all those things to Xiao Ruxun? Then we came here and lost 10 people. Why?"

Ukita Hideka put down the spoon unwillingly.

"Then you are going to fight Xiao Ruxun? If you die in battle, you don't need to talk like that."

Ishida Mitsunari was not polite, and Ukita Hideka was furious, and opened his mouth to scold, but couldn't utter a word, and ate dumplings in silence.

"Someone must know about our affairs, but Taige doesn't know yet. There is no time. We must get out as soon as possible. The deadline Xiao Ruxun gave us is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. After this deadline, we really want to go back. not going."

"Do you really want to give it?"

Ukita Hideka hesitated.

"Give it, you must give it, nothing is worth life."

Ishida Mitsunari's attitude has been very clear.

"Let's call everyone to discuss..."

The Ukita Hide family still had no choice but to make up their minds like this. After all, he was too young, nervous, hesitant, and did not dare to take up the responsibility of the entire army alone. He first came to Japan for gold plating, but now he is still being gilded After wiping a whole body of feces, how to wash it is still a problem, let alone bear the lives of tens of thousands of people in the army.

There is another person who feels similar to Ukita Hideka's family, and that is the veteran Chen Lin.

Chen Lin is already 60 years old. He is an out-and-out veteran, a superb veteran, with ups and downs in the officialdom, and several ups and downs. Reached the realm of Xu Da Chang Yuchun, but didn't want to be born at this time, so that he ended up like this.

He's in his 60s, maybe it's the last time he will lead the army, but he still has to serve as a subordinate to a boy in his 20s. Listening to his command, the imperial court simply regards his 40-year experience in combat as a waste of time. , It is not as effective as that brat in quelling a rebellion.

Counting carefully, he put down more than three rebellions, right?

When he arrived in Beijing, Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, clearly warned that when he arrived in North Korea, he should not recklessly rely on the old and sell the old, and should cooperate sincerely with the admiral Xiao Ruxun to wipe out the Japanese pirates together, and he would not lose his title of knighthood after the war.

It sounds like encouragement, but the words are full of distrust and threats and warnings. He has a conscience. If he hadn't been mistreated by military commanders and civil servants ten years before he joined the army, he wouldn't have developed the bad habit of bribing everyone, but Under that kind of situation, if you don't give them some favors, you can't move an inch at all, and you can't even get the supplies of the army.

What is even more tragic is that when you meet someone with a sense of responsibility, you will do things after taking the money; You bribed the superior!

Forced me to give money, or cut off my supplies. After I gave the money to the smugglers, the bastard took the money, hid the big head and handed in the small head, and then bit back and said that I bribed the Shangguan. You said it was such a jerk the Shangguan?

Just like this, I have been tricked all the way, unknowingly for 40 years, and I have a hard life. I have not been cheated to death by those guys until now, and those who cheated me back then are said to be dead, and one dead is better than one. Miserable, it can be regarded as avenging himself, and it can be regarded as the retribution of heaven's law.

But what should I do with my lost 40 years?Every reinstatement is tantamount to deleting the number and retraining from scratch. Everything before it has been wiped out, and there is not much left. It has been up and down like this. For so many years, Chen Lin thought that he was just like this. the future.

However, the Japanese pirates’ invasion of North Korea gave him new hope. He was rehabilitated and commanded the largest naval force in Ming Dynasty since Zheng He’s voyages to North Korea to deal with the Japanese pirates. He himself is still ambitious and plans to flex his muscles.

As a result, he was greeted head-on when he arrived in Beijing. Shi Xing didn't give him a good face, and the relevant officials of the Ministry of War told him to act cautiously. Even if he wasn't given the title of admiral with the army commander, he didn't get a symbol of trust. The post of "General Officer of the Japanese Navy" has only one rank of general, and it is still under Xiao Ruxun's command, without independent combat power.

This undoubtedly exacerbated his depression.

(End of this chapter)