Ji Feiji was very curious about the owner of the Sea Trade Alliance and asked Gao Yunping about it whenever she had the opportunity, which gave Gao Yunping a headache.
First of all, although Gao Yunping is a "six-bedroom old man" born in Sanshenyuan, because Gao Pragmatic did not personally manage affairs for a long time, he is not actually very familiar with his father;
Secondly, the Narita clan leader promised that if there is no objection from Gao Pangshi, he will call Kaibihime "Mrs." in the future. To a certain extent, it is a distinction between master and servant. Therefore, if he says a word to her now, he may not be able to speak to her in the future.
It is a huge sin, how can it be done?
He was feeling a little melancholy now. He had been living well in Taiwan, and although the conditions were poor, wars would break out from time to time, and he would just throw all his fuss at the natives, and he was in a very good mood.
Now that I have come to Japan, although I have suddenly become what others call a "jodai", it is a pity that I have only stayed in the city for a few days, and I just went to work as a messenger.
It was easy to get out and win a battle, but who knew that the opponent's level was not much better than those natives in Taiwan - If Toyotomi Hidekatsu heard this, he would have gone crazy. The defeat of Toyotomi's army that day was obviously
It was caused by not understanding the situation. How can we say that we are on the same level as Taiwanese natives?
After the battle, things got even worse. A girl who he should have kept away from would wander in front of him from time to time, saying "Gao Situ" incessantly.
Princess, can't you ask the lord by yourself when the time comes... Bah, ask the master?
Thinking of this, Gao Yunping remembered that ambiguities and misunderstandings sometimes occur between Japanese and Chinese, especially the title "Your Highness" that has been the most embarrassing for him during this period.
This is Your Highness. This word cannot be used casually in Ming Dynasty. It may not matter to you if you call the wrong person, but you can scare the other person to death!
But having said that, Gao Yunping still doesn't know enough about Japan. In fact, the "palace (との)" in Japanese actually refers to different objects in different historical periods.
For example, in the Nara period, although the "palace" was translated into Chinese as "Your Highness", there was nothing particularly worth mentioning. Its real meaning was basically the same as Your Excellency.
During the Heian period, His Highness's "status" increased and became the honorific title for the highest-ranking regent, Guanbai, and General of the imperial aristocracy.
During the Warring States Period, perhaps because the status of the samurai family was greatly improved, this title suddenly became popular again, and any samurai could be called "Your Highness" respectfully.
In Japan during the Tokugawa shogunate period, only feudal lords whose territory had a stone height of more than 10,000 koku and samurai families directly connected to the Tokugawa family (Hatamoto Hatamoto) were worthy of the title of "Temple".
In addition, "dian" and "dianfang" are also respectful terms for women to men, and wives to husbands. In this case, there is a very corresponding word in Chinese: official. And maybe in some cases, "Xianggong" is similar to it.
As for modern times, the situation of a wife calling her husband "Your Highness" has almost disappeared, and the remaining usage is quite different from that of "ancient times". There are generally two types of situations:
The first is to express the meaning of "My status is not lower than yours, but I respect you very much", and occasionally it is regarded as slightly ironic. At this time, "Your Excellency" in Chinese may be the best way to express it.
reflects this meaning.
The second is to express that although the other person's status is high, it is not high enough to be called "様"; or because there is a person with a higher status than this person who should be called "様", in order to distinguish, so
"Dian" is used; or because the person is older than the other person in terms of age, seniority or other aspects, and the relationship between superior and subordinate is confusing, "Dian" can also be used.
All in all, Japanese itself is an imprecise language. Many times, expressions are too euphemistic or even ambiguous. In addition, different meanings in different eras make it even more complicated.
From this point of view, the so-called "His Royal Highness" in Japan at this moment is actually almost equivalent to "Your Excellency" in Chinese. However, although Gao Yunping generally understood it, it still sounded awkward and even a little uneasy.
Gao Yunping originally thought that this problem would be basically solved after arriving at Ninja City, because he had checked the situation outside Ninja City before and felt that the situation in Ninja City was pretty good. Especially after Mitsunari Ishida "flooded the Jinshan Mountain", the surrounding areas of Ninja City were surrounded by
Lannitan doesn't look like he can start a war.
This means that his support army will not be used for the time being, and as the general of Ninja City, Kaibihime is responsible for defending the city, so it is bound to be impossible for him to come to him to inquire about the master's situation.
However, something unexpected happened. Ishida Mitsunari's flag of the general general suddenly disappeared. Instead, the flag of the Nagasuke Masaika family was erected in the central army formation. The Nagasuke Masa family launched the campaign the next day after hanging the flag of the general general.
A fierce attack.
It was still limited to the trouble of muddy ground. The effect of this attack was actually average. However, due to its large scale, except for the east near Arakawa, Toyotomi troops launched attacks in the other three directions.
I don’t know if Kaihime thought she was a fool without reinforcements. At that time, she proposed to ask the Sea Trade Alliance reinforcements to decide on their own to launch an attack from either side of the Toyotomi army in the north and south to help her contain the opponent.
Since it was about containment, of course she still had to personally lead the main force of Ninja City to attack again, and her target was to the west - she was confident in the mud pond outside the city, and she was not afraid at all of the Toyotomi troops coming from the north and south.
Encirclement and annihilation.
Perhaps it was because Ji Feiji was very smart and did not intend to command Gao Yunping and gave him full autonomy. Therefore, Gao Yunping agreed after a moment of thought, without saying whether he planned to fight on the northern or southern front.
On the next day, Kaiji acted like a normal person, as if she had completely forgotten her plan to go out to war, and calmly arranged the defense in the city. She even responded with a few waves of arrows, hitting the slow-moving Toyotomi army.
Some corpses ran back.
Not to mention that the young wise general Sakemaki Renegao saw the problem, even Shibasaki Izumi noticed something was wrong and wondered: "What is Daisuke Nagasu Daisuke doing? Those sent out are all trash fish, not to mention Toyo.
There are no direct descendants of the Omi family, not even the Uesugi, Maeda, and Sanada families sent anyone, and the highest family status flag is actually the Asano family?"
Kafiji smiled, nodded and said, "Although Daisuke Ozo is not famous for his martial arts, he is indeed a rare political talent."
"What?" Shibasaki Izumi asked in confusion, "What does Princess Kai mean by this?"
Sakemaki Renegai couldn't help hearing it and explained: "His Majesty Shibasaki, if what I have predicted is correct, Daisuke Nagasuke's move should be why he cooperated with Ishida Harubu to intercede for Toyotomi Hidekatsu."
Shibasaki and Izumi said in astonishment: "Is this...are these two things related?"
"Yes, it's related." Shibazaki said, "The absence of the general's flag from the Ishida Administrative Division means that he has left Ninja Castle. At this moment, he must be going to Odawara Castle to intercede with His Highness Hidekatsu. This is Shibazaki.
Your Highness, do you agree?"
"Uh... Agreed." Shibazaki Izumi nodded blankly.
"Then, in order to convince Lord Guan Bai that His Highness Hidetoshi's defeat was a 'crime other than war', the best way is to make other experienced seniors be disgraced by the Sea Trade Alliance just like him." Sake Roll
Ren Zhi laughed: "So, although there are three routes of attack today, there is no main force on the west route. Where did the people go? Naturally, it is the north and south routes.
But the North and South Routes are too close to Arakawa. I asked His Highness Gao yesterday, and His Highness confirmed that the Sea Trade Alliance's ship-borne giant cannon can hit the attack areas of these two routes. Considering that Daisuke Nagasu has been responsible for logistics affairs for a long time,
, and Guan Bai had already obtained the giant barrel from the Tang Dynasty, so Daizang Daisuke must have known that the northern and southern counties would probably be beaten by the big barrel today...
The Maritime Trade Alliance was shooting in the Arakawa River. The Toyotomi Army lacked large guns in the north and south. It could not even counterattack and could only be passively beaten. Wasn't it already doomed to be disgraced? Therefore, Daisuke Daisuke's strategy almost never failed.
possible."
Shibasaki Izumi was stunned and murmured: "I didn't realize that Daisuke Ozo was actually so powerful."
Kaiji couldn't help laughing, shook her head and said: "Your Highness Shibasaki, I have just said that Daisuke Daisuke is a political strategy, not a strategy. If you really let him win, then he may not be able to do it, but
If you let him use victory and defeat to achieve his political goals, he will definitely be a hero in the world."
Shibasaki Izumi also shook his head and said repeatedly: "Never mind this, never mind this. Princess Kai, just tell us what we should do today, and I will be ready."
The word "chen" here is somewhat different from the Chinese word "chen", but the difference is not big. It generally means "the lord's retainer" and has nothing to do with the emperor. This kind of self-proclaiming was very common in Japan at this time.
It's normal and not a taboo. If you want to make an analogy, it's roughly equivalent to when Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was still in power. A group of people under Sun Quan, the Marquis of Wu, called their boss the lord and at the same time called themselves subordinates.
After hearing this, Princess Kai pointed to the east of Ninja City and said: "After His Highness Gao's side starts fighting, we will prepare to attack." After a pause, he added: "Anyway, Your Highness Gao and the others are safe. Wait until they take Feng.
By attracting the attention of the army, we can save a lot of trouble by attacking."
Shibasaki Izumi smiled and said, "I like this."
However, Sakemaki Renagai was a little hesitant and said thoughtfully: "Princess Kai, I feel that... there are not many capable people in Toyotomi's army. I'm afraid we can't hide our plan from others."
"You're right, I think at least Sanada Masayuki can see it." Kaiji raised her eyebrows slightly: "But it doesn't matter even if he sees it, he won't tell."
"Oh?" Shumaki Renegao frowned slightly, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Oh, I understand, Sanada Masayuki has great ambitions but limited capital. His strategy is obviously not inferior to others, but he lacks the strength to do anything he wants to do.
He has been conserving his strength in this battle of Ninja City, and it seems that he has never offered even a single trick. There must be something wrong with this..."
"The reason is not complicated. Sanada Masayuki just doesn't want Lord Guan Bai to unify the world too quickly. If there is an opportunity to delay the process one day at a time, he will definitely not refuse it."
In fact, Sakemaki Renegade has already thought this in his heart, but it's just hard to say it. Now that Kaiji has made it clear, he no longer evades, nodding and saying: "Princess Kai's words are reasonable. Alas, I just don't know how many more people there are in the world.
If everyone were like this, how could Guanbai be as good as he is today?"
"Today's Guanbai, who knows that it won't be yesterday's Youfu?" Kaiji frowned: "He led nearly 200,000 troops to besiege the main hall in Odawara Castle, and even took over the Yodo Palace. It was simply debauchery.
How can such a person deserve to be a member of the world! I don’t think he can live in this world for a few days longer than the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven."
The "main hall" mentioned by Kaihime does not refer to "a certain main hall", but to the specific name of "lord's lord" and "father's lord". Theoretically speaking, it refers to Hojo Uji Nao, but it can also refer to it in general.
The Hojo family.
"It's true that he is extravagant, but after all, Guan Bai is not the former Youfu (Oda Nobunaga). He... after all, he still knows the rules and abides by them, otherwise he wouldn't want to be the Taizheng Minister and Guan Bai.
And having Konoe Kanshiro Maekyu-sama as my adoptive father is much smarter than Oda Youfu Nobunaga-sama."
Ji Feiji did not answer this sentence. Instead, she looked westward and murmured: "My father promised me to Gao Situ of the Ming Dynasty. I have made careful inquiries in the past few days and found out that Gao Situ's navy was easily defeated."
The Nanman people, in the East (as mentioned before, the Philippines was regarded as the East at this time), took over a territory about the same size as Japan in one fell swoop.
I thought that since he has such a powerful force, if he can agree to my father's proposal, I might have the opportunity to persuade him to send troops to Japan in the future, overthrow Toyotomi Kōki, and drive the upstart with no loyalty to Mount Koya.
Become a monk."
Shibazaki Izumi opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't speak. Instead, Shibazaki Izumi laughed and said, "I also feel that the master is really a genius this time. As long as the pragmatic master Gao Situ can agree, with the beauty of Princess Kai,
Are you afraid that he won't agree to send troops to Japan and fight for the Narita family's family status? Ah, no, the Narita family's family status is already very high. In the future... it will only restore its former glory."
Kafihime was about to speak when she suddenly heard the sound of cannons in the distance. She couldn't help but immediately ran to the other side of the second floor of the castle tower and looked towards the place where the cannons were heard.
Sure enough, at some point, the flag of the Maeda family in the north of Ninja City was flying, and the formation, which was originally relatively neat, suddenly became a little commotion because two solid cannonballs were thrown into it, killing and wounding more than 20 people.
She was overjoyed when she saw this, and immediately shouted: "His Royal Highness Shibasaki, His Highness Shumaki, get ready, we will immediately send troops outside the West City to send all the trash fish into the lake!"
The two shouted in agreement. Just after running a few steps, suddenly another gunshot sounded from the southern front. Both of them were surprised. Apparently they did not expect that although there were only eight Sea Trade Alliance warships coming to rescue Ninja City, they actually
They can also divide their forces for artillery attack, which is really shocking - how many giant cannons are there on one of their battleships?
Kafeiji didn't care so much, she simply ran towards the stairs and shouted: "Without further delay, your two highnesses will follow me and quickly mobilize troops to attack!"
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