Although I knew that Yi Tusheng had such a plan, Hidetachi Tokugawa still had to go. When people were in desperate situations, they only had one way to go before them. Even if they were indecisive, they would know what to do. Without food and grass, what else could they do besides going home? Not to mention General Tokugawa or Zhuge Wuhou, who made the northern expedition to the Central Plains several times, was because the food and grass were not enough to withdraw his troops.

But Tokugawa Hidetachi was not blind either. The Ming Dynasty warships swam in the inland sea day and night, blocking the waterways tightly, and he could see them. With the super power of the Ming Dynasty fleet, even if he notified the Japanese army opposite to send ships to respond, he would definitely be defeated. Maybe Yi Tusheng would deliberately let him get on the ship and then launch an attack. When the ship is sunk, it is hard to say whether he has the luck to climb to the shore again.

How can we transport the army back to the Shanyin area without knowing it? Tokugawa Hidetachi thought hard day and night, and finally came up with an idea, so he snorted coldly and said to himself: "Mr. Onitsuka, I will write a letter and please give it to the 'King of Luzon'. Please wait..."

Tokugawa Hidetachi took out a pen and wrote a letter, and threw it out of the tent suddenly. A black shadow flashed outside, and the letter was rolled up and disappeared without a trace.

The idea that Tokugawa Hidetachi thought was actually very simple. Since the Japanese navy was stared by the Ming army, it would only rely on the power of other countries. Fortunately, Japan is an island country surrounded by water, and there are many small countries nearby that depend on Japan. The distance is not very far. If you ask for help from them, you will be able to arrive soon. Tokugawa Hidetachi knew that the King of Luzon had always been afraid of the Ming Dynasty's invasion, and if you ask for help from him, there was hope.

However, after the rescue of the King of Luzon, Hidetachi Tokugawa must ensure that the Ming Dynasty people did not come to attack. If Yi Tusheng launched a general attack on him tomorrow, maybe he might not be able to wait for the support of Luzon and the entire army would collapse. Of course, even so, Hidetachi Tokugawa also had the ability to escape, and it would not be so easy for Yi Tusheng to capture him alive.

Yi Tusheng had never thought so much. Although he took various military measures to block all the retreat routes of Tokugawa Hidetaka's retreat, he could not have expected Tokugawa Hidetaka to ask for help from the nearby small countries. (The so-called Luzon State is actually the Philippines today. It is the island country second only to Japan in the Yellow Sea.) He thought that Tokugawa Hidetaka's navy stationed in the Xiaguan area despite all his orders, and he could use the power of the Ming Dynasty fleet to eliminate Tokugawa Hidetaka on the sea. Tokugawa Hidetaka saw this clearly. Because Yi Tusheng thought this way, he did not launch any attacks these days, but he had sent a fleet to block the strait and ensured that a grain of food would not be transported to Tokugawa Hidetaka's military camp.

About three days later, the King of Luzon Wen Hala finally talked about the letter from Tokugawa Hidetaka. After reading the letter, he couldn't speak for a long time. Wen Hala was forty or fifty years old this year, and was not a capable king. He was known to all over the world. There were more than a thousand concubines in a small country, which was even better than the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. When it comes to the luxury of the palace and the specifications of the food, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were slightly better. His country had already been swaying in the wind and rain, but this old guy still didn't know how to restrain himself, and he was still thinking about expanding his territory and glorifying his ancestors.

Wen Hala had been salivating about the territory of the Ming Dynasty for a long time. When Tokugawa Ieyasu was alive, he also wanted the shogunate to express his joint efforts to seize the territory of the Ming Dynasty. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu was busy quelling the civil strife in Japan and really had no energy or time to invade, so this matter was put on hold. However, in recent years, Wen Hala has become older and has become less courageous. It was said that an outstanding prince had appeared in the court, invading and destroying countless countries everywhere. He was very worried in secret. He had written letters to Tokugawa Hidetaka several times to ask for protection for the shogunate. But he did not expect that the shogunate would be difficult to protect himself before he came to protect him.

The Ming Dynasty was indeed not easy to mess with, especially the current Ming Dynasty. But Wen Hala was very clear about the truth that the lips were lost, the cold rabbit died and the fox died. The Ming Dynasty destroyed the two island countries, Ryukyu and Tsuma without any effort, so they would not mind wasting a little effort to destroy Luzon after destroying Japan. Therefore, helping Tokugawa Hidetachi is equivalent to helping himself. This is what Wen Hala thought at this moment.

However, with the national strength of Luzon, I could not save Hidetaka Tokugawa. Wenhala thought about it and there were at most fifty warships in China, each of which could accommodate up to five hundred soldiers. Even if they were all sent out, they could only help Hidetaka Tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa tokugawa. However, I could not put my old capital in to save others, and at least twenty ships were left to look at my own territory. It seemed that I had the will but lacked strength.

Wen Hala did not respond hastily to Hidetachi Tokugawa. He thought about it and decided to ask for help from neighboring countries to work together to resolve the disaster brought by the Ming Dynasty.

There are many island countries near Luzon, such as Xisheng (Singapore), Qiandao, Sulu, Java, etc. They have similar areas and similar national strengths. Occasionally, some minor frictions occur, but they can rely on each other for support. Now the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Japan and destroyed the two allies of Tyranny and Ryukyu in one fell swoop. Everyone in these small countries is in panic all day long. Now is the opportunity to unite them.

Wenhala immediately sent a messenger to visit the four countries and invited the kings of the four countries to discuss major events. It took about four or five days to come and return. Fortunately, these kings were really worthy of face. They all came with military ships. Maybe they were afraid of the invasion of the Ming Dynasty.

After some discussion, the five countries decided to form a joint fleet to save Tokugawa Hidetachi who was suffering. This was really unlucky. He had a good life but came to this muddy water. In fact, Yi Tusheng had no intention of sending troops to conquer these island countries. If he wanted to deal with him, he would not be able to deal with those superpowers, but these people just ran into the muzzle.

Half a month passed, and Yi Tusheng was still waiting for Tokugawa Hidetachi to cross the sea. According to his estimate, Tokugawa Hidetachi's food should have been eaten. Now the soldiers must be hungry and exhausted. They have not yet withdrawn, so they should never be able to leave. So Yi Tusheng decided to launch a general attack tomorrow.

But unexpectedly, when he swept through Tokugawa Hidetaka's military camp, he realized that he had been fooled. Although the barracks were full of flags, there were only two thousand old, weak and disabled soldiers garrisoned, and the rest had already escaped without a trace. This was impossible. Yi Tusheng was shocked and immediately ordered a search in the nearby mountainous areas, but found nothing. All signs showed that Tokugawa Hidetaka had not entered the mountainous areas at all.

"This is impossible, this is so strange. Our fleet has been patrolling the waters near the Shanyin area. If Japan's warships appear, they will definitely be discovered. But now Tokugawa Hidetaku and his 200,000 to 30,000 people have disappeared out of thin air. Could it be that they have flew with their wings or turned into fish swimming back?!" Yi Tusheng really couldn't accept the facts in front of him, just like he couldn't accept the flying of a cooked duck.

"This matter is indeed too strange. Why did the enemy disappear in front of us? I see that we brought all the more than a thousand prisoners outside to torture. Someone must know the whole story of this matter!" Seeing Yi Tu's look angry and blew his lungs, Lu Wanling hurried forward to make a statement.

"Yes, go and interrogate them quickly. You must figure out what's going on. It's so strange. It's simply a fantasy. Such a long trench and such a steep port, how could the 20,000 to 30,000 people disappear out of thin air? Geng Zhongming, go and ask!" Yi Tusheng ordered decisively.

Geng Zhongming went for two hours before walking back with a bloody whip and gasped, saying, "Prince, there is a clue. Most of these people were also kept in the dark. They only knew that the large army had withdrawn, but they didn't know how they walked. However, one of them was an officer who said that it seemed that Tokugawa Hidetaka wrote a letter to another country. Tokugawa Hidetaka took his soldiers to slip down from the cliff, boarded the ship from the other coast and took a detour back to Shanyin. If that was true, it would not be surprising that Gao Yigong and others did not discover it. There were water on all sides of it and it was possible to dodge everywhere. How many warships we have could not block all the waterways!"

"Damn, this bastard Maori Yuan didn't let me fly pigeons go. I've been waiting for so many days in vain. Did he change his mind again?" Yi Tusheng cursed loudly. Qian Longxi said tremblingly: "Prince, this, this, Maori Yuan hasn't crossed the suspension bridge at all, or has died in the sea. Now it's extremely delayed that I still have to find out where Tokugawa Hidetaka is going, and try to find out where he received the troops and ships from, so that he can also inquire about the crime!"

Yi Tusheng thought to himself that it was useless to lose his temper. Maori Yuan was very likely not to go to the suspension bridge at all, because he knew from the beginning that he would attack the suspension bridge and would definitely find many excuses to come to the palace. But what kind of people helped Tokugawa Hidetachi, who was so brave. Moreover, they came so quickly, and in just half a month, they actually made such a big noise... @ws
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