Although Tokugawa Ieyasu was highly regarded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, everyone present knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu wasn't as obedient as he looked. Even Toyotomi Hideyoshi knew this.
After the Battle of Tanigama, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga formed the "Chingzhou Alliance". They cooperated with the Oda army to defeat strong enemies, and together with the Takeda family, they continuously nibbled away at the Imagawa family's territory.
After the Honnoji incident, he confronted Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Battle of Komukuro Nagato, and was forced to submit to him.
After the Battle of Odawara, Toyotomi Hideyoshi moved his territory to Kanto. Although he lost his long-time base, he obtained the largest territory among the foreign daimyos under the Toyotomi regime, and became the pen of the five elders.
In order to weaken Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi moved his territory.
If it wasn't for the fact that he was worried about Tokugawa Ieyasu's strength and other people's thoughts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would have killed Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Originally, he thought that after moving his territory, Tokugawa Ieyasu would decline.
However, no one expected that Tokugawa Ieyasu was doing well in his new territory.
All these years, Tokugawa Ieyasu had been accumulating power in Kanto. Just like in Samha, he developed industry, commerce, and agriculture.
This caused Tokugawa Ieyasu's strength to expand very quickly. Coupled with the trade with Daming Li Dan, Tokugawa Ieyasu was already very strong.
Now that the Korean War was like this, Kato Kiyomasa and Kuroda Nagamasa were both finished, Tsushima was lost, Pusan was in danger, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's position was very delicate.
This time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had mobilized the entire nation's resources.
Because he had just conquered the Hojo Clan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to suppress the Hojo in the Kanto region, so there was no need to send troops. To put it bluntly, he did not want Tokugawa Ieyasu to get credit.
After conquering Seoul, the capital of North Korea in Gyeonggi Province of North Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was honored as a hero.
From Toyotomi Hideyoshi's point of view, it was a piece of cake for him to conquer North Korea, conquer Daming, occupy India and build a huge empire with his own strength.
How could such a good thing be given to Tokugawa Ieyasu?
You can just stay in the Guandong region!
Because of these thoughts and actions, the current situation suddenly became delicate. If those who entered North Korea cannot return, then who can suppress Tokugawa Ieyasu?
The people present were not fools. Who would have thought of this?
At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu opened his mouth. No matter what he said, it would make people think deeply.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi also looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu and found that after this guy finished speaking, he sat there calmly as if he did not say what he just said.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also very puzzled. What did Tokugawa Ieyasu mean by this?
Was he sincere?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not believe that Tokugawa Ieyasu would be so kind.
Was it fake?
Did he want me to reject him because it was his suggestion?
It was possible!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Ishida Mitsunari, who was on the side, quickly said, "I think what Tokugawa-kun said makes sense."
"At this point, we have no good solution. Distant water cannot quench present thirst. We can't immediately send people to recapture Tsushima, and we can't sit back and watch the army in North Korea be destroyed."
"If that's the case, negotiating with the Great Ming Dynasty would be the best solution."
Ishida Mitsunari was really afraid that Toyotomi Hideyoshi would not listen to Tokugawa Ieyasu, so he quickly tried to persuade him.
In fact, in the grand strategy of attacking North Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi listened to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The facts also proved that Tokugawa Ieyasu's strategy was effective. North Korea's three capitals were destroyed.
But now that he thought about it, it seemed like Tokugawa Ieyasu had done it on purpose. He had deliberately instigated Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambition, made him attack Korea, and made him go to the Great Ming Dynasty to be rebuffed.
It must be known that Tokugawa Ieyasu had always had an ambiguous relationship with Daming's sea merchant, Li Dan.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi glanced at Ishida Mitsunari, and his expression was very ugly. Although he said that he wanted to negotiate peace with Daming, everyone knew that this was not a negotiation, but a request for peace. His side did not have the slightest bargaining chip.
"Ishida Mitsunari, I'll leave this matter to you!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi was silent for a long time, but he still decided to negotiate peace with Daming. "Withdraw the people first!"
This was very important. Even if they fell out with each other again in the future, they had to withdraw their troops first. If all of them died in North Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi felt that he wouldn't be able to control the situation.
Although he was unwilling, at this time, there was really no other way.
Just as Toyotomi Hideyoshi was preparing to negotiate peace with Daming, a fleet arrived at Pusan Port. This fleet's shape was quite strange. Compared to Daming's navy, it looked like a fleet of beggars.
At the bow of the fleet, a North Korean general looked at Pusan Port with his sword at his waist.
The person who came was none other than Lee Sun-sin of the North Korean navy. Naturally, the North Korean navy was behind him.
Looking at the crater in Pusan Port, Lee Sun-sin's heart was filled with mixed feelings.
On one hand, he was gratified that Pusan Port was back. At the same time, Daming's navy was powerful. Celestial Empire was indeed Celestial Empire.
On the other hand, Lee Sun-sin felt ashamed for his side. Looking back at the fleet behind him, Lee Sun-sin's heart was sad.
Daming's navy was fast and powerful. If he had such strength, why would he have waited until today?
In order to cut off the Japanese army's supplies and save the completely defeated North Korean army, he had also planned to take the initiative to attack and occupy Pusan.
He led the Left Water Battalion and arrived at Pusan the next day, but the Japanese pirates' navy was already ready to defend.
His navy's surprise attack failed, Zheng Yun was killed, and he could only retreat with his men.
But looking at Daming, they directly occupied Tsushima and then took Pusan, which made Lee Sun-sin very happy. At the same time, he felt a little disappointed, but he was more happy than happy.
Daming had sent troops to save North Korea. Lee Sun-sin's heart was warm.
When the fleet docked at Pusan Harbor, Lee Sun-sin saw a general of the Ming army coming to greet them. Disembarking from the warship, Lee Sun-sin walked straight up to the general of the Great Ming Dynasty and greeted him, "I am Lee Sun-sin of this lowly nation.
Yu Zhigao looked at Lee Sun-sin up and down, then said with a smile, "General Lee, you may rise!"
Then he helped Lee Sun-sin up and said with a smile, "I am Yu Zhigao. General Lee, please come in. My Grand Marshal is waiting for you in the city."
As soon as he heard Yu Zhigao's name, Lee Sun-sin's eyes lit up. Then he asked, "General Yu Zhigao, may I ask who you and General Yu Dayou are?"
"That's my father!" Yu Zhigao said quickly, his face serious with a hint of pride.
Lee Sun-sin nodded quickly and said with emotion, "He is indeed a tiger from a family of generals. Good, good!"
The two of them walked into Pusan City together. Along the way, they saw many Ming Army and North Korean civilians. Although they had just experienced the flames of war, Lee Sun-sin could still see the smiles on the faces of the North Korean people.
This made Lee Sun-sin feel much better.