Wanli 1592

Chapter 165 False Peace Talks and Uninvited Guests

Xiao Ruxun has also discovered that the fundamental reason for the decline of the Ming army and generals is the Weisuo system established by Zhu Yuanzhang, but now the Weisuo system has collapsed, and the court will not abolish it on the surface. In fact, the powerful troops are all recruits Instead of guards.

Only by getting rid of the mess of the guard system, can the Ming army rejuvenate. Otherwise, no matter how many strong soldiers are trained now, it will not be able to become a system. After these people die in battle and get old, the fighting power of the Ming army will continue to decline.

At this time, Xiao Ruxun began to plan whether he could establish a new military town by destroying a small country, and wrote to the emperor to come to try it out.

Taoist scholars and bureaucrats only care about the current one-acre three-point land. It is really not easy to get them to turn their attention overseas. Instead, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to get out of their control and to embark on a new path.

That being the case, the Taungoo Dynasty in Myanmar was missed by Xiao Ruxun.

The pace of eradicating the Japanese will be accelerated.

On the afternoon of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the second wave of Japanese envoys came to Daegu camp to see Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun had just finished arranging the plan for the Tsushima attack on the [-]th day of the first lunar month. In order to create an advantage in attacking Tsushima, it is meaningless whether the Japanese envoys come or not at this juncture.

They accepted Xiao Ruxun's request to return the North Korean princes and North Korean captives and property. Of course, no one knows the exact number, and it is impossible for them to detain some Xiao Ruxun themselves. The most valuable ones are the two North Korean princes. It has strong political significance.

The Japanese pirates also knew the importance of the two princes, so this time they brought a thousand youths and ten carts of property as tokens in order to get Xiao Ruxun to meet them. Fang handed over the two North Korean princes and the captives to the Ming army as soon as possible, so that he would meet with Ukita Hide's family and start negotiations.

In the early morning of the [-]th, Ukita Hide’s family sent another batch of North Korean young men and property, saying that after the negotiation was completed, all the young men and the two North Korean princes would be left in Wacheng for the Ming army to receive, but this must be established on the basis of the Ming army. Put them on the basis of leaving safely.

Xiao Ruxun was furious, saying that he would not hand over the two princes and all the young and strong property, and immediately sent troops to attack the Japanese city, and drove the Japanese envoys out of the camp, threatening to show them some color.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xiao Ruxun sent fifty cannons to launch a demonstrative bombardment on Ulsan Wa Fortress. The bombardment lasted for half an hour, and the Japanese pirates in Wa Fortress were blown up. "Poison gas bomb", that is, a smoke bomb that can paralyze people, is a special product of the Liaodong Army, and it caused a lot of horror for the Japanese pirates.

Xiao Ruxun didn't know how many Japanese pirates were killed or injured, but on the evening of the [-]th, Japanese pirate envoys came, and when they arrived, they knelt down and asked Xiao Ruxun to stop the bombardment. They were willing to accept Xiao Ruxun's request, but they asked for the release of a prince and half of his property first. The remaining half waited for the army to retreat and stayed in Wacheng for the Ming army to take by themselves.

Xiao Ruxun took a tough stance, saying that if you don't let him go, I will continue to bombard you!Teach you that there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go down to earth!
That night, Xiao Ruxun delivered an ultimatum to the Japanese pirates, and at the same time ordered the three battalions to send gunners to shell the nearest Japanese city. The rumble of cannons lasted for an hour, causing the Japanese pirates in Busan to be in turmoil all night.

The high-level Japanese army negotiated urgently. Faced with Xiao Ruxun's tough stance, they had no choice but to say that they would return the two North Korean princes and leave only some young and strong North Koreans as hostages to ensure their sense of security. This was their minimum requirement.

They thought that at least the Koreans deserved Xiao Ruxun's fear, and Xiao Ruxun would definitely not hurt them unscrupulously.

Only then did the heavy rain turn overcast, and Xiao Ruxun agreed to the Japanese pirates' request. So when the [-]th was approaching noon, the Japanese pirates raised a white flag with great fanfare and sent the two princes of North Korea, Lord Linhai and Lord Shunhe, to the camp of the Ming army. The generals of the coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty greeted the return of the two princes together.

Somewhat strangely, Kwon Yul, the representative of the North Korean army, and Yi Sun-sin, the representative of the navy, did not seem to be so enthusiastic about the return of Lord Linhai and Lord Sunhe.

On the contrary, Xiao Ruxun was very enthusiastic, entertained the two princes well, asked the soldiers to boil water to bathe and change the clothes for the two princes, treated the two princes to a full meal, and then asked the two dejected princes to bring the youth of Korea and some of their belongings to send someone to Sent back to Seoul.

As for the remaining property, Xiao Ruxun naturally accepted it with a smile, and then distributed it to the troops.

This is a great diplomatic victory. Of course, it is not Xiao Ruxun who needs to pay attention to the North Koreans, Li Yan, and what Linhai Lord and Shunhe Lord mean, and he will not pay attention.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, Xiao Ruxun negotiated with representatives of the Japanese army and decided to hold a face-to-face negotiation between the commanders of the two armies at the midpoint between the front lines of the two armies at noon on the [-]th. At the same time, Xiao Ruxun sent a secret order to Chen Lin and Li Shunchen , ordered the naval operations to continue as usual, not to be affected by the peace talks.

At noon on the [-]th, the negotiation between the top leaders of the two armies was successfully held. Xiao Ruxun attended in person, and Ukita Hideka also attended in person. The two had a face-to-face conversation for the first time. Depressed, the negotiating table was a little slow to respond to Xiao Ruxun's request. Basically, Ishida Mitsunari replaced Ukita Hideka and Xiao Ruxun to negotiate.

Xiao Ruxun made many demands that were difficult for the Japanese army to accept, such as the request to hand over all weapons and return to Japan, but Ishida Mitsunari rejected them one by one, saying that this was too unreasonable and their lives could not be guaranteed. How could they accept it?So Xiao Ruxun began to back down on the surface but actually procrastinate for time. One by one, he always got involved with Ishida Mitsunari for a long time, and he didn't talk much after a day.

Throughout the [-]th, the two sides were in the posture of smashing the table and smashing the benches to start a war. After all, Japan lacked momentum, kept a low voice, and could not make a loud voice. At noon, Xiao Ruxun threw a big banquet on the negotiating table, serving chicken, duck and fish together. , I ate my mouth full of oil, and invited them to eat, looking confident.

In the end, when the afternoon was approaching the evening, Ishida Mitsunari still accepted the condition that Xiao Ruxun would leave [-]% of the ordnance supplies and return them to Japan.

The two parties agreed that the Japanese army would withdraw in batches within one month, and no one person should stay there. The Ming army would then take over what the Japanese army left behind and promised not to pursue them.

The Japanese thought this was the end.

The Ming army did not harass the Japanese army on the [-]th, and it seemed that it was indeed a good start for the peace treaty between the two sides. This made the high-level Japanese army and ordinary soldiers feel relaxed. Chen Hideyoshi sent a letter, explaining that the army had agreed to his conditions, the strategic goal of the Japanese army had been achieved, and he hoped that the army could withdraw.

However, on the [-]th, early in the morning, a group of uninvited guests came down from the Ulsan Walled Fortress, kicking off the prelude to the drama.

(End of this chapter)