Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 364 The Battle of Izumo Country

Izumo Kingdom, one of the 66 countries in Japan, seems to be no different from other vassal states.

However, this is only a secular point of view!
According to the point of view in the Japanese mythology, the Izumo country is quite special.

Legend has it that this Izumo country is the place where the ancient gods lived together, and it is one of the birthplaces of Japan.

In Japanese mythology, there has always been controversy about the birthplace.

This controversy has continued into later generations.

Regarding the birthplace of Dongying, there are three different places in Dongying mythology.

These three locations are Gao Tianyuan, Hyuga Country, and Izumo Country.

Among them, Gao Tianyuan is not in the four islands of Dongying, but an island floating in the sea and in the clouds.

The myth system of the Hyuga Kingdom has the same origin as that of Takamahara, and it is roughly that the Takamahara protoss came to the Hyuga Kingdom, and then created the Era of the Human Emperor in Dongying.

The myth system of the Izumo Kingdom is completely different from the myth system of Takamahara and Hyuga.

Of course, myths are myths and reality is reality.

At this moment, Gao Tianyuan in the myth did not appear, and Hyuga Kingdom had already been occupied by Ming.

If according to the myth, if the Izumo Kingdom is occupied by Ming Dynasty again, then Dongying's national fortune will be broken, and there will be no Dongying in the world!
That is to say, the battle of the Izumo Kingdom will be the battle of Dongpu's national destiny. If the Izumo Kingdom is occupied by Ming, Dongpu will be over!

Neither Tokugawa Hidetada nor Maeda Toshinari realized this.

Taichang had never heard of Dongying Mythology, and naturally he didn't realize it.

However, the situation at the moment seems to indicate that Japan is about to perish.

Because the Japanese shogunate army assembled the Izumo Kingdom to fight against the Ming Dynasty, they lost all three battles!

In the first battle, the Tokugawa Yusan family ran to attack An Nong County, and they were beaten and fled without even seeing the Ming army.

In the second battle, the Tokugawa shogunate's own army, the strongest in Japan, went to attack An Nong County, but was also killed by the Shenji Battalion and fled with heavy casualties.

In the third battle, General Maeda Toshinaka personally led an army of 30 troops, but was killed by the Shenji Battalion and fled with heavy casualties.

These three battles have heralded the doom of Japan!
This is reality, not myth.

You know, the 40 army is already most of the possessions that the Tokugawa shogunate can take out. The [-] soldiers of the Shenji Battalion alone can't do it, so there is no hope for Dongpu.

If calculated according to this strength, the 20 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion alone can destroy Dongpu!
However, Maeda Toshitsu didn't realize this at all, because his mind was not on it at all, he just wanted to stay with his beloved beauty.

Therefore, after the defeat of the 30 army, he did not panic, nor did he want to flee.

He only has eyes for the lord of the Izumo Kingdom, Horio Tadaharu!
So what if the battle is lost?

He just couldn't take Shi Jianguo down.

What about where?
His goal is to defend the Izumo country and stay with his true love forever!

Although he lost this battle, that's okay, because his men didn't lose much.

He led 30 horses and lost less than [-]. Moreover, the [-] elites of their Kaga domain were all behind to supervise the battle, and there was no loss at all.

In other words, he lost less than 40 in total with 30 horses under his command in the three wars, and he still has more than [-] horses under his command at this moment.

It is naturally impossible to take down Shi Jianguo with these more than [-] people, and he has not considered this issue.

It would be enough to defend the Izumo country with these more than [-] troops, at least he thought so.

Because the Ming army infantry they encountered in the three wars totaled only a hundred thousand!
The Ming army built a stone fort on the hillside next to the road by virtue of the favorable location. It was really difficult for them to break through the defense line and take Ishi Jianguo.

However, it is impossible for the Ming army to break into the Izumo country with only 10 troops and defeat his more than [-] troops!
After all, the geographical situation has changed.

They attacked Shi Jianguo, and the geographical advantage was on the side of the Ming army.

The Ming army attacked Izumo, but the geographical advantage was on their side.

Not to mention the 2-odd army that stretched over hundreds of miles to set up multiple lines of defense, even Matsue City, where the [-] elites of the Kaga domain and the [-] troops of the Izumo Kingdom were stationed, could not be captured by a hundred thousand Ming troops!
Therefore, even though he lost three games in a row, he did not panic. After returning to Izumo Country, he even patrolled around with a calm face, and carefully arranged the defense of various places, as if he was not affected by the defeat at all. .

It has to be said that he once again showed the style of a general by mistake.

The army of the Tokugawa shogunate was miraculously stabilized by him!
At this time, Taichang couldn't bear it anymore, because he had waited for too long, he had waited for more than 20 days just to wait for the shogunate army to gather.

Immediately afterwards, Maeda Toshinaga gave them more than ten days of grinding.

It's been more than a month, and he really can't wait.

Moreover, at this moment, he has a good understanding of the strength of the Japanese shogunate army.

Judging from the performance of the three battles in Anon County, the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate army is not very good.

The tens of thousands of people in the second wave of attacks were a bit strong, and the strength shown in the first and third attacks was like a mob.

Moreover, he can also be sure that the main force of the Japanese shogunate army was the one who attacked for the third time, because as a result of their investigation from the sea during the third war, most of the barracks in Izumo Kingdom were empty.

In other words, for the third attack, the Japanese shogunate army almost came out in full force.

The 10 troops assembled by the Dongying shogunate army this time were slightly stronger than the tens of thousands of horses in the second attack, and nearly half of the tens of thousands of horses in the second attack had been killed by the elite of the Shenji Battalion.

In other words, there are basically more than 30 mobs left in the Japanese shogunate army.

In this case, what else would he have to wait for, he just sent his troops to surround the Izumo country and do it right away!
After Qi Jin and Qin Minping led the army to repel hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates, he began to think about how to eliminate the hundreds of thousands of Japanese shogunate troops entrenched in Izumo.

This Izumo country turned out to be the territory of the Mori clan of the Changzhou domain, and he had a detailed map of the Izumo country in his hand.

This is also one of the reasons why he waited quietly for the Japanese shogunate army to come to the decisive battle after taking down Ishijian country and An Yi country.

Because he left the original territory of the Mori family, he did not have a detailed map. Only by leading the Japanese shogunate army into the original territory of the Mori family, could he be able to advance, attack and retreat.

If he takes all the original territory of the Mori family in one fell swoop, and waits for the Tokugawa shogunate to gather an army, then the west will be basically dark. With his eyes darkened, how dare he rush to fight with the Tokugawa shogunate? The decisive battle of the army?

It's different now. With Mori's map, Izumo Kingdom has no secrets in their eyes.

In fact, Izumo country is not a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Because there is a basin in the middle of Izumo country, and the north and south sides are basically hilly terrain, and there are no dangerous mountain passes.

This kind of terrain can be said to be a rare and livable place in Dongying. Therefore, in Dongying mythology, this is the place where the ancient gods lived together.

However, this terrain is not a good place for the defender.

Because there is no danger to defend!
The defense doesn't have much of an advantage at all.

The entire Izumo Kingdom is only one Matsue City, and it may take a little effort, and it is not too easy to attack other places!
Of course, there are still hundreds of thousands of Japanese shogunate troops in Izumo at this moment, and Taichang dare not take it lightly.

After much deliberation, he decided to let Ma Xianglin lead [-] Shenji Battalion infantry back to guard Kyushu Island, and replace all the Shenwu Battalion iron cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao.

Because the basin in the middle of the Izumo country is really suitable for cavalry raids, and, according to their investigations, most of the Tokugawa shogunate army camped in the middle basin of the Izumo country.

In this case, once the iron cavalry of the [-] Shenji Battalion charged, the Tokugawa shogunate army would be in chaos. At that time, the infantry would take advantage of the chaos and charge up, and it would be much easier to clean up the Tokugawa shogunate army.

(End of this chapter)