Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 361 A poignant story

The army of the Japanese shogunate has arrived, and the hundreds of thousands of troops have a battalion of hundreds of miles!

The messy tents almost covered the small Izumo country, and even the seaside was densely packed with tents, Daming naturally knew it soon.

This speed was indeed fast enough. The Ming army had only taken Shi Jianguo for more than 20 days, and the Dongying shogunate even assembled a large army to rush over.

You know, Ishimi country and Izumo country are more than 1000 miles away from Edo!

To be honest, Taichang was taken aback.

How did these guys get here, how did they come so fast?

Of course they ran over!
Running hundreds of miles a day is naturally fast.

At this moment, the Japanese infantry are lying in the dilapidated tents and sobbing!
To be honest, they don't even know how they got here, they were ordered to run, keep running!
If you run for a day or two, it may be nothing. If you run for more than ten days in a row, you will be numb!
A lot of people ran and fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.

I have to say that Maeda Toshitsu is really ruthless, a lot of people ran to death, he just said: "If you can run to death after running for ten days, can you still expect these people to go to the battlefield?"

Immediately afterwards, he continued to urge the army to move forward.

Everyone believed that Maeda Toshisō led his army to Izumo country so eagerly for the sake of the country and the people, for Dongying, or for the Tokugawa shogunate, for his wife Tokugawa Zhuko, and for his children.

Otherwise what is he for?

The Tokugawa shogunate even began to praise it.

This Maeda Toshitsu is simply a once-in-a-century general!
To send out troops so decisively and march so swiftly, the battle must be unparalleled in bravery!

At this time of crisis, with the flower of this famous general, Dongpu can be saved!

Well, Taichang thinks that the Dongying coach who led the army this time is a talent.

After all, Dongying does not have cavalry, and it is more than 1000 miles. It may take more than ten days for Dongying pony horses to go back and forth. This person was able to lead an army here in more than 20 days. He is really a talent!

For this reason, he even made a special trip to the junction of Ishimi Country and Izumo Country to inspect the defense line of Shenji Battalion.

Opposite Anon County is Shenmen County in Izumo Country. There is a coastal road here, which is the largest road from Izumo Country to Iwami Country.

And it is less than a hundred miles away from the Iwami Silver Mine.

If the Japanese shogunate army wanted to retake the Iwami Silver Mine, they would most likely choose to march through this road, because the other roads are all mountain trails, which are not suitable for the army to travel quickly.

Standing on a high mountain along the coast, Taichang held up his binoculars to scan carefully, and then said solemnly: "General Qi, the Japanese shogunate army is likely to launch a surprise attack from here, you must be careful!"

Qi Jin hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, the emperor, all the 50 elites of the Shenji Battalion are assembled like this, and we also occupy the advantage of the geographical situation. The hillsides and mountains along the way are full of troops, coupled with the artillery support of the Beiyang Navy Fleet, Even if the Dongying shogunate sent [-] troops, they would never want to rush into Ishijian country from here!"

Well, the terrain here is indeed quite favorable for the elite of the Shenji Battalion.

Because the elite of the Shenji Battalion are not only equipped with an astonishing number of firearms, but also thousands of small Thor cannons.

They only need to set up a defense line on the hillside about [-] steps away from the main road, set up muskets, and then set up artillery on the mountain behind. If the enemy wants to rush into Ishijian country from this main road, it will be their target.

50 horses, probably about the same.

Judging from the scale of the battalion of the Japanese shogunate army, there are at least 50 million people!
The question is, can 50 horses resist the 5 million horses rushing forward?

Taichang was still a little worried.

He simply ordered people to drive the flagship to the sea north of Annong County to guard this most important channel with the Beiyang Navy fleet.

The Shenji Battalion and the Beiyang Navy Fleet are already in full battle, will the Japanese shogunate army still choose to rush into Ishijian country through this road?
A day passed, and the army of the Japanese shogunate remained silent.

Three days passed, and the army of the Japanese shogunate still remained silent.

Five days have passed, and the Japanese shogunate army still has no intention of marching.

What is going on here?
This is a poignant love story.

The protagonists of this story are Maeda Toshitsune and Horio Tadaharu.

The Horio clan was originally a small prince of Hamamatsu in the Yuanjiang country, and his territory was only 12 stones high.

Where is Yuanjiang Country?
Yuanjiang Country is just below the Kaga Domain, and Mino Country and Sanjiang Country are separated in the middle.

The story happened in Dongying Yuanhe three years.

At that time, Horio Tadaharu was only 16 years old, and he had already won the reputation of "the most beautiful boy in the world".

At that time, Maeda Toshitsune was only 23 years old. He had already become the lord of the Kaga Domain, and his power can be said to be second only to the Shogun.

It was that year that Maeda Toshino heard of Horio Tadaharu's reputation, and he did not hesitate to ask a high-ranking shogunate official Hamoto to be a matchmaker, so that he was able to meet Horio Tadaharu.

When the two met for the first time, Maeda Toshitsuko saw Horio Tadaharu's incomparable appearance instantly froze, and he couldn't even speak.

In the end, he also uttered a famous saying "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight"!
Are you here to see the moonlight or to see me?

When Horio Tadaharu heard the words, as soon as his temper came up, he directly said, "It seems that Brother Zun likes the moon very much, so let Brother Zun enjoy watching the bright moon by himself. Let me take my leave first, so as not to disturb Brother Zun's leisure time of reciting the wind and enjoying the moon." .

After he finished speaking, he walked away.

Obviously, the two had misunderstood.

Maeda Toshino did not come to see the moon.

Horio Tadaharu didn't come here to play a petty temper.

Maeda Toshitsu regretted it so much that he didn't think about eating or drinking after returning home.

Horio Tadaharu also felt that she had gone too far, and felt very regretful.

Later, Horio Tadaharu came to the door in person and explained, and the two finally settled down and came together.

Maeda Toshitsune was really quite obsessed with this beloved confidante. Not only did he put Horio Tadaharu on the position of Horio family head, but he also ran around for Horio Tadharu, hoping that Horio Tadharu would go one step further and become the head of the country.

Maeda's influence in Dongpu is still quite large. Once he stepped out, this matter really came true.

However, by mistake, Horio Tadaharu moved to Matsue and became the lord of the Izumo Kingdom.

No way, he boasted about Haikou, wanting to overturn the Horio family's stone height and make Horio Tadaharu the lord of the great country.

If the height of 12 stones is doubled, it will be 24 stones high. There are not many feudal states in Japan with so many stone heights.

At that time, the Izumo country could barely reach this number, and it happened that the Mori clan of the Choshu domain was cut off because of the defeat, and the Izumo country became a land without an owner.

Maeda Toshitsu fulfilled his promise and promoted Horio Tadaharu to the position of the lord of the great country. However, the two are separated by thousands of miles, and it is difficult to see each other.

I have to say, this is really a poignant love story.

Originally, the ending of this love story was quite tragic.

In history, Horio Tadaharu was saddened by this, and he never even married a wife and had children in his life. The Horio family also lost the lineage because of this, and the lord of the Matsue Domain became the Kyogoku clan because of this.

However, at this moment, by accident, the Ming army suddenly attacked Shi Jianguo, and Maeda Toshichang took the risk to lead the army to rescue his beloved confidante, and the two were together again.

At this time, in Songjiang City Feudal Lord's Mansion...

The picture is too poignant to describe.

In short, the reason why Maeda Toshitsune led his army here was to save Horio Tadaharu.

As for attacking Shi Jian country and taking back the Shi Jian silver mine, how could he have the spare time!
(End of this chapter)