634 Only the enemy knows you best
The journey of the Mizuki Devil's escape from the Qing Dynasty to Japan can be said to be calm and stable. It seems to be dangerous all the way, but in fact, under the influence of the silver, a sharp weapon, all the barriers are useless.
Only along the way from the capital to the south, the new army had two barriers that pose the greatest threat to her, but China was too great that it would be difficult for anyone to block all passages. After bribing several local officials, the Mizuho Ghost easily broke away from Xiao Letian's blockade line.
The road ahead became easier. During the period between the capital and Cixi, the little ghost in the fog hidden gathered a lot of wealth. She had more than a dozen wealthy businessmen who had framed and blackmailed her. It took only a few months for this woman to grow from being poor to being 100,000 taels of wealth.
The money was made for spending. The little ghost in the Mizuki led the way, fled from the capital to Zhejiang, and then transferred from Zhejiang to the north to Japan. After only a fraction of the 100,000 taels, she fled back to Kyushu with the loyalists she had won.
When they arrived in Kyushu, Kirihiko immediately connected with the Tokugawa family's ninja system and headed north under their protection. At the beginning of the New Year, he finally arrived in Edo Castle and met the Tokugawa family base camp that he was loyal to.
But everything has changed. Tokugawa Ishimaki died of illness in the Second Battle of Choshu, and the personnel changes within the Xinxuan Group, and the four deceased feudals were in full swing. Even in the Edo Castle, there were untold remarks that dared to publicly talk about the emperor's return to power.
The little Kirihiko Kiri is really a loyal minister of the Tokugawa family. When she saw the shogunate look, she felt like a knife. When she entered Edo, she didn't bother to go back to Edo Castle on the day of rest to meet Tokugawa Keiki.
Tokugawa Keiki didn't want to see an unknown female ninja, but when he heard that the woman was returning from the Qing Dynasty and knew all the details of Xiao Letian, he was shocked and immediately ordered to receive the legendary female ninja in Tianshou Pavilion.
The little ghost of Mizuki was so excited that she was crazy. She had never thought of having the glory of being personally received by the general in Tianshou Pavilion. Even the ninja group had the highest status, they could only hide on the ceiling and listen quietly to the master's orders.
Being able to jump off the ceiling by the master's gift and be able to get the master's reception on the tatami is the greatest honor that the ninja can get. Today, she was able to get the general's reception in the Tianshou Pavilion. The little ghost of Mizuho was so excited that he whispered all over his body.
"Tokugawa's outer ninja, the leader of the Kyushu team of the new selection group, Kirihito, has seen the general..." Kirihito's trembling body lay on the tatami, not daring to move.
Tokugawa Keiki stared at the Kirihiko Kiri. The sake cup in his hand that looked like a plate was filled with milky white turbid wine. Another warrior in front of him was brushing the sauce on the barbecue at the ventilated window, and the air was filled with a strong barbecue aroma.
Time passed minute by minute, and Japanese daimyo liked to use time to put pressure on his subordinates the most. The more he ignored his subordinates, the less he felt. The strong pressure made the little ghost Mizuho sweat all over.
"Well... I heard you just came back from the Qing Dynasty." Tokugawa Keiki said coldly.
The little ghost in the Fog Hidden Ghost felt relieved. "Yes, the foreign king just lurked back from the Qing Dynasty and was willing to report all the details of the Qing Dynasty and Xiao Letian to the General..."
Immediately afterwards, the little Guy Kiribe began with her capture of Heita No, from the day when Xiao Letian entered Ryukyu, and until the new army entered Beijing.
She said it very carefully, and Tokugawa Keiki was very fascinated by what she heard. The legendary experience of the Kirihiko Koi was enough to write a book. The two little surnames who served him finally forgot to pour the wine and even the meat was baked.
From noon to the dark, the little ghost said that it was dark, and people only realized that the fire in the charcoal furnace had already been extinguished.
How could Japan ignore Ryukyu and how could it ignore Xiao Letian's existence? Especially now, the Japanese elites have known Xiao Letian's feat of expedition to Europe. In that era, any Asian who could fight with foreigners could be considered heroes, not to mention that Xiao Letian actually won the Pakatan and Austrian war.
At this time, Japan was still in the medieval world. The people's fear of the West had not yet receded. Besides making Xiao Letian admire his actions, all that was left was fear.
Looking at the swaying candlelight, Tokugawa Keiki said coldly, "You mean that you gave up the position of guard in the Qing Dynasty to be loyal to the Tokugawa family."
"Hayi..." The little ghost in Fog looked down and said.
"Baga..." Tokugawa Kyoki suddenly kicked the wine bottle in anger, pulled out the sword and chopped the little ghost Kirihiko. "How dare you lie to me, kill..."
The general roared, and then all the sliding doors around were opened. The little knives rushed in and shouted "Kill." More than ten swords roared at the Mizuho Devil.
The little ghost of Mizuho didn't move at all, just knelt on the tatami with his eyes closed, letting the blade be placed on her neck. This is a common test trick used by Japanese daimyos. Although it is old-fashioned, it definitely works.
The Taidao stopped at the neck of the Kirihiko Kotoki and did not cut it down. Tokugawa Kyoki nodded and the little knives all retreated back one by one.
The general used a finger to lift the little ghost Fumi Hidden's chin and sneered, "You have lived in the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty. How do you make me believe in your loyalty? Such a prosperous place, you will be willing to abandon it, and you can still maintain your loyalty to Japan."
The little ghost in Fog opened his eyes and his heart was filled with shame. "General, although the Qing Dynasty is good, it is not my hometown after all. Although the Forbidden City is magnificent, it has already smelled of decay under the rule of the Qing Dynasty for two hundred years... No matter how precious the golden nanmu coffin is, it is just a coffin. Why do I envy my life in the coffin..."
"Hahaha... OK, I love to hear this sentence. Japanese people must have the arrogance of Japanese people. Although we are young, we are also a country. I remember that when Lord Guan Bai tore up the enthronement of Ming Dynasty, we Japan have become independent from the Chinese..."
The Lord Kanbai mentioned by Tokugawa Keiki is the world's people during the Warring States Period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a famous daimyo in the Warring States Period of Japan, which was the Momoyama Period of Anto. He came out of the civilian class and started to be a choreographer for the samurai. Later, he rose because he served Oda Nobunaga and was good at managing interpersonal relationships. After Akichi Mitsuhide rebelled, launched the Honnoji Incident and killed Oda Nobunaga, quickly returned from China, defeated the Akichi rebels, successfully inherited Oda Nobunaga's status, gradually conquered and surrendered to the daimyo in various places, and successfully unified Japan again after the collapse of the Muromachi shogunate.
It was he who launched the famous war of invasion of South Korea. In 1592, in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi raised an army of 200,000 across the sea and attacked Korea, and launched the famous war of Wanli Korean.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi eventually failed, but there was one thing that was not praised by later Japanese people, that is, he tore up the enthronement edict of Emperor Wanli and formally rejected China's sovereignty over Japan to the whole world.
It was from that moment that Japan did not care about the so-called enthronement of the Central Plains regime, and the dependence on Central Plains civilization for thousands of years was completely torn apart.
After Wanli, although Japan claimed to be a small state, it no longer recognized that it was a vassal state of Central Plains civilization. When the Qing Dynasty was founded, the Manchus ignored maritime rights and were too lazy to care about Japan's good or bad.
The Japanese rulers have been separated from the Central Plains civilization since the Wanli period. Now Tokugawa Keihi was even more happy when he heard the words of the little ghost Mizuki. He took a wine cup and actually poured wine for the little ghost Mizuki himself.
"Come on, after drinking this glass of wine, I'm willing to talk to you at night. I know you have something to say in your heart, don't be afraid that you can tell them all..."
The little ghost of Mizuki burst into tears. A lowly ninja was able to get the general's gentle words to comfort him. This was the greatest reward.
"God of General, Xiao Letian is definitely not a mortal. His wrists are so terrifying that they cannot be described in words. Not only us, but even European countries have surrendered. And I can foresee that Xiao Letian has taken great action against us, Japan..."
Under the description of the Misty Hidden Ghost, the image of a powerful prime minister in East Asia appears in front of the general. This devil-like character can easily understand people's hearts and accurately judge the situation. What's even more terrifying is that this person is very calm, as calm as a wolf.
"Xiao Letian never cared about fame and fortune. He didn't even want the official position rewarded by the Qing Dynasty. What others dreamed of was like in his eyes. Until now, he was just dealing with various countries with the title of Ryukyu Prime Minister..."
"And his new army, he can obviously afford a 100,000 army, but he has been reluctant to expand his army. The core new army has only about 4,000, and the auxiliary soldiers are only more than 10,000. Why didn't he expand his army? If we had such financial resources, we would have probably raised an army of 100,000 or even 200,000 long ago..."
No wonder people say that the enemy is the one who knows you the most. Wuyin Gui’s in-depth analysis of Xiao Letian is so accurate.
"Cunning, calm, good at bewitching people's hearts and judging the situation... This terrible man is too pragmatic. He only wants inner self but not a trace of face. Just by looking at his military system, he actually has a 100% literacy rate."
"He raised a group of officers. He used his super small force to paralyze the Qing Dynasty and the Westerners, so that when they were eroded by Xiao Letian, they still couldn't feel the danger, and they always thought they could control the situation..."
"Isn't this the case with the Qing Dynasty? I fantasized again and again that I could defeat Xiao Letian, and was tempted by the number of troops deliberately created by Xiao Letian again and again. So they attacked Tanggu again and again. What was the final result? It was just a crushing defeat, and in the end they were even lost in the capital..."
"General, Sakamoto Ryuma accepted Xiao Letian's secret blood exchange technique. Xiao Letian's blood was already flowing in his blood vessels. Now Sakamoto Ryuma's sea aid club has become the largest arms consortium in southern Japan. Why did the surprises have so many rapid-fired foreign guns in the Battle of Changzhou? There is no other possibility except for Xiao Letian's funding..."
"General, Xiao Letian's magic hand has reached Japan. We must make the worst plan. If the new army set foot on the island, it will be the moment when our country and the race is destroyed."
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Chapter completed!