Steel Dynasty - Chapter 920

[Chapter 917 Treaty of Nanotsu]

“Defeated!”

In Nagasaki, just one day later, Yamada Nobunaga received the news of the tragic defeat of Nanotsu. Takasugi was killed in battle, and 70,000 musketeers were killed and wounded. This was almost his death. All the elites under his command.

The vassal soldiers of the Tokugawa family, Sato family, Otomo family, Mori family, and Rokkaku family also suffered heavy losses.

Now these defeated soldiers are on their way back, and the most miserable Tokugawa family has fled directly to Nagasaki. Now it is Tokugawa Huiji who brings him the news.

“Twenty thousand soldiers and horses were lost to the Chongqing Kingdom of 20,000 people, and all the naval battleships were lost?” Yamada Nobunaga said in disbelief.

Tokugawa Huiji was in a very embarrassed state. At this time, his clothes were full of holes, and his face was black and white, like a beggar.

“We lost, we all lost. Dayu’s firearms were too powerful. We were no match at all. The other daimyo and I persisted until the end, but the soldiers still collapsed.” Tokugawa Huihe burst into tears.

In the past, Yamada Nobunaga might have suspected that this was Tokugawa Keiji’s excuse, but now he understands that this is a fact.

For him, this news was like cold water on his face, extinguishing the hope that had been ignited in his heart.

“In that case, how did you come back?” Yamada Nobunaga asked coldly.

Mentioning this matter, Tokugawa Huihe looked guilty, “It was a general named Liu Chen who let us go. He asked me to send a message to the daimyo.”

“Say!”

“Commander Liu Chen said, as long as the daimyo sends a message to the Chongqing Kingdom, Surrender and sign the Treaty of Natsu, and the war between the two countries can be stopped. If the daimyo persists, their next target will be Nagasaki until the Japanese country is destroyed,” Tokugawa Eji said cautiously.

“What is the Nanotsu Treaty?” Yamada Nobunaga frowned.

Tokugawa Eji immediately took out a copy of the treaty from his arms and handed it to Yamada Nobunaga. After taking the treaty, Yamada Nobunaga just glanced at it and stood up angrily.

“Bastard, bastard, the war compensation of 200 million taels of silver, is this going to make us slaves to the Great Chongqing forever for generations to come?” Yamada Nobunaga was furious.

Tokugawa Eji sighed, “Even if we don’t eat or drink, it will take more than ten years to gather the power of all the daimyo.”

Yamada’s Nobunaga’s chest heaved violently, and he suppressed the anger in his heart and read on. In addition to the first article of the treaty, which paid 200 million taels of war reparations to Dayu, the second article of this treaty humiliatingly formally designated the Japanese country as the name of their country by Dayu, and the third article required them to recognize the independence of the Sanshan Kingdom. From then on, The Sanshan Kingdom and a series of islands to its south were not allowed to be coveted by the Japanese. Article 4 required the Japanese to cede Nanotsu Castle, open ports such as Nagasaki, Shimoda, Uraga, and Kanagawa, and provide coal and water to ships traveling to the Yu Kingdom.

Article 5: Dayu has the right to navigate the Japanese inland rivers. Attacks on warships and ships of Dayu in the inland rivers will be regarded as acts of war.

Article 6: All costs of the Chongqing garrison in Nazhijin shall be borne by the Japanese state. All Japanese islanders in Nazhijin who have not been approved by the Chongqing State must be removed from Nazhijin within a three-month period. All buildings and materials in the city must be destroyed. It is the property of Dayu State.

Article 7: The Japanese city allows Qingzhou Bank to settle in, agrees to use the currency of Chongqing for domestic transactions, gives the most preferential treatment to merchants of Chongqing, and is not allowed to levy any taxes.

Then, the following also agreed on the time for the Japanese country to repay the war compensation. The two hundred million taels of silver must be paid off in eight installments. The first payment will be 40 million taels of compensation to Dayu, and the remaining seven installments will be paid in descending order.

After reading all the treaties, Yamada Nobunaga almost fainted. This treaty was a naked humiliation to the Japanese country. If he signed it, he would be infamy for forever.

“I’m so angry, I’m so angry!” Yamada Nobunaga slowly sat down holding the pillar, and threw the treaty to the ground.

Tokugawa Keiji was more anxious than Yamada Nobunaga. Nanazu was an asset of the Tokugawa family, and it would be more painful to cede it than to cut off his flesh.

“Daimyo, Dayu Country has gone too far to bully others, why not gather all the daimyo and fight them to the death.” Tokugawa Huihe said angrily.

Yamada Nobunaga covered his head and shook his head in pain. He said: “We can’t win. Maybe we can achieve a short-term victory, but the Chongqing Kingdom only sent 20,000 people this time. If it were more than 100,000 people, it would be 20,000.” How about tens of thousands of people? The most important thing now is to maintain our position. “

Tokugawa Huiji suddenly realized that they already knew what Dayu did in Korea, and they couldn’t help but shudder when they thought about it.

“The world has changed. If we continue to fail to keep up, we will be severely left behind. We can agree to these conditions, but Dayu must agree to us sending people to study abroad.” Yamada Nobunaga said.

“But will the people of Dayu agree to us?”

“If they don’t agree, we will fight them to the death until the last person is left.” Yamada Nobunaga narrowed his eyes and said.

Tokugawa Keiji nodded when he heard this, “If that’s the case, I will send someone to pass the news back now.”

After that, Tokugawa Keiji called a cavalryman and asked him to return to Nanotsu with the news.

The next day, the news was delivered to Yue Yun.

“Hahaha… This Yamada is a bit interesting. He requested to send samurai to study abroad in Dayu.” Yue Yun gave the letter to Liu Chen.

“It seems that the emperor is right. This Yamada Nobunaga still has some foresight.” Liu Chen asked: “Then what should we do now?” Yue Yun

had already made a plan. He said: “The emperor said when he came that if Japan proposed Such conditions can be agreed, but the war compensation must be increased to 300 million taels. At the same time, as a defeated country, Japan must hand over the command of the army. Without the approval of Dayu, Japan cannot form an army and can only retain soldiers to maintain public order. “

“The emperor agreed?” Liu Chen said in disbelief, “Why? What if the Japanese country becomes stronger because of this?”

“The emperor must have thought more carefully about this than us. Even if the Japanese country sends personnel to Dayu, what they teach and how much they teach are under our control. Otherwise, if they go to Europe and learn from Europe, the trouble will be even greater. As for industry, Dayu will The ability of Chinese businessmen can completely take advantage of the opportunity to control the economic lifeline of Japan. All of this is to control Japan more deeply. The most important thing is that we cannot fall into the mud of war yet. We must implement a strategy of gradual encroachment. At present, we still use plunder. “Resources are the main focus.”

Liu Chen nodded, “Yes, it is unrealistic for Japan to stay at this technological level forever. Now that they have been defeated by us and understand the power of industry, it is even more unrealistic. They will definitely do everything possible to develop. Industrial. “

“So, instead of letting them steal our technology secretly or learn from the West, it is better to let businessmen take the opportunity to control their industrial lifeline with some technology, coupled with military and political control, it will be difficult for the Japanese country to turn around. day.” Yue Yun said coldly.

(End of chapter)