Zheng Zhilong glanced at his wife Tian Chuan Song and said with a smile: "What are you thinking? They won't use these. If that were the case, they wouldn't send their own people. Sending one of their own people along would only alert the enemy and do nothing."
After hearing what Zheng Zhilong said, Tian Chuan Song finally relaxed and continued to wash Zheng Zhilong's feet. She thought for a moment and said, "Then why are they doing this? After all, they have a big agenda. And judging from the current situation, they will also alert the enemy."
Looking up at Zheng Zhilong, Tian Chuan Song hoped that he would give him an answer.
In this regard, Tanakawa Song was not a useless woman, she wondered.
Zheng Zhilong said: "Maybe he doesn't care."
"Don't care?" Tianchuan Song asked back with some confusion on his face.
After a sigh, Zheng Zhilong said, "I actually fought with them on the way back, but I didn't win. Not only did they destroy sixty or seventy of our ships, but we also captured them. But in this battle, we didn't sink a single ship."
"How is this possible?" Tian Chuan Song's face was full of shock. He looked up at Zheng Zhilong with disbelief in his eyes.
In Tianchuan Song's heart, his man is a very capable person, whether in business or combat, he is very, very good. After so many years at sea, he has experienced many wars, big and small, and he has rarely been defeated, let alone such a terrible defeat?
I lost so much, but the other party did not lose anything.
"Their fleet is very powerful," Zheng Zhilong said helplessly. "Their artillery has a very long range. They can blow our ships to pieces before they even enter our range. And their accuracy is also very high. Their shells can accurately hit our targets. That's why they don't care."
"Even if we knew and were prepared, it would be useless against them. Once their warships arrive, all of Hirado will be a sea of blood."
Tianchuan Song still couldn't believe it. It was really unbelievable.
But she also knew how proud the man in front of her was, and he wouldn't try to deceive her with such a thing. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't say such a lie. So there was only one possibility: this was true. But how could such a thing happen?
After a long silence, Tian Chuan Song raised his head and looked at Zheng Zhilong and asked, "Since they are so powerful, why don't you just attack them? What are you doing here?"
"They want to persuade people to surrender," Zheng Zhilong said. "In the eyes of the Ming people, they need some people in the front. To put it bluntly, if someone surrenders in the future, they don't have to go directly to the Ming people. That way, those people will have much less resistance. After all, the number of people sent by the Ming is small, and it is impossible to directly occupy this country."
"This time I convinced them to agree. If the feudal lord agrees, the Ming Dynasty is willing to support him as the new shogun of Japan. After conquering Japan, he will be the general of Japan. The Ming Dynasty sent people here to discuss this matter."
"Of course, if the negotiations fail, the Ming will attack. Once they capture Hirado, or rather, Hizen Province, Korea will also send troops. The forces of both sides will combine to continue the conquest of Japan."
Tianchuan Song fell silent again.
After a while, Tian Chuan Song looked at Zheng Zhilong and asked, "Do you think the feudal lord will agree?"
Sighing helplessly, Zheng Zhilong said, "To be honest, I'm actually unsure. This time, I came back not only to persuade you, but also to protect you. Once the war starts, this will be a battlefield, and casualties are inevitable. But I don't want you to die in this war. I want to protect you and take you away. That's why I came back. You must also be prepared. Once the war starts, you must leave with me."
After a moment's silence, Tagawa Matsu raised his head and said, "If there is no war, I have nothing to say. But if there is a war, I will not go with you. You take my son with you, and I will stay. I am the daughter of the Lord of Hirado Island."
Looking at Tian Chuan Song, Zheng Zhilong felt helpless and sighed, saying, "Why is it so?"
Without saying anything else, Tianchuan Song just shook his head.
In real history, in 1645 Zheng Zhilong sent people to bring Tanaka to Anping, while his second son Shichizaemon was left in Japan.
When the Qing army attacked Anping in 1646, Tanaka committed suicide for his country.
Huang Zongxi's "The Beginning and End of the Granting of Surnames" records: "Chenggong was filled with great anger, so he used barbarian methods to cut open his mother's womb, took out her intestines and cleaned out the filth, and then put the body back in to bury her." Commentators say that Zheng Chenggong's lifelong determination to resist the Qing Dynasty was largely due to the harm his mother suffered at the hands of the Qing.
Shoushan Zhengyi's "Pingfan Yulu Zhengshi Binghua" believes that Zheng Chenggong's mother was not afraid of violence and died heroically in the struggle against the brutal Qing Gushan and Han Dai. "The mother was not moved and died cursing Gushan."
If Zhu Youxiao were here, he would understand Tianchuan Song's choice.
This is a very strong-willed woman, even more so than Zheng Zhilong. Zhu Youxiao would not be surprised at her choice.
Seeing that there was no way to persuade Tianchuan Song, Zheng Zhilong stopped talking.
Things have come to this point, and there's no point in talking about it any further. Besides, the real situation isn't so clear-cut as to require escape, so we can leave these things aside for now.
Tian Chuan Song took Zheng Zhilong's feet out of the basin and wiped his feet with a cloth on the side.
After taking out the water for washing feet, Tian Chuan Song came to Zheng Zhilong and said, "Go to sleep. If things develop as you said, it may become more and more troublesome in the future. When that happens, we may not be able to live in peace anymore."
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