Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 385 The Last Stubbornness of the Japanese Pirates
Yamashiro State, Luozhong County, Heianjing.

This is an ancient city with a history of nearly a thousand years. It has been the capital of Dongying since the 13th year of Yanli, which is the tenth year of Zhenyuan in the Tang Dynasty.

Dongying Emperor has also lived here.

Therefore, Dongying people generally call this place Kyoto City.

Following the example of Chang'an and Luoyang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the capital city also has the imperial palace, the imperial city and the triple capital, and even a Suzaku street.

This place has always been the most prosperous place in Japan, and even Edo Castle, where the Tokugawa shogunate is located, cannot compare with it.

However, now, this prosperous place looks extremely desolate, the nobles and rich people in the city have all run away, even the merchants have almost run away.

Because the Ming army has already reached the Danba country, and it is only a few dozen miles away from the capital city!
At this time, those who have the ability to run will naturally run away.

The originally bustling commercial area in the south of the city has become deserted. The shops on both sides of the street are basically closed, and there are not many pedestrians on the road.

There was no one in the aristocratic area in the north of the city, which was originally full of traffic, like an empty city.

Empress Mingzheng didn't run away, or she didn't have the ability to run at all.

Because she is only a few years old, and she has no power.

To put it bluntly, she is a puppet, a decoration.

However, she is the nominal emperor of Dongying after all, and she is also the granddaughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, will Tokugawa Hidetada leave her alone?

of course not!

The Emperor of Dongying represents the face of Dongying, and the Five Kingdoms of Gyeonggi is also the core of Dongying. Naturally, Tokugawa Hidetada will not leave Empress Mingzheng and the Five Kingdoms of Gyeonggi alone.

He has mobilized 20 troops to guard the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi.

Moreover, he also gave a death order to Abe Shoji, the acting representative of Osaka Castle, that he must defend the Gyeonggi Five Kingdoms, or he will die!

By the way, who is Masaji Abe, and what is Osaka Joyo?

This starts with Osaka Castle.

Osaka Castle is actually located in Dongcheng County of Settsu Country.

Uh, the name of Settsu Country is really a bit out of place, and I don’t know how the Dongying people came up with it.

However, this Settsu country is really one of the 66 countries in Japan, and it is also one of the five countries in Gyeonggi, and Osaka Castle is the old nest of the Toyotomi family.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi had not unified Dongying, he began to build Osaka Castle on the original site of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, and it has been expanding since then.

Osaka Castle is like the capital of Ming Dynasty, the city walls were built round after round.

Until the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Osaka Castle was still being expanded. At that time, Osaka Castle already had three circles of walls, large, medium and small.

It can be said that Osaka Castle is the strongest city in Japan.

After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu led his troops to attack Osaka Castle twice.

For the first time, he brought more than [-] troops and failed to take down this fortified city.

It's just that Toyotomi Hideyori's mind was a little tricked. In order to let the Tokugawa clan withdraw their troops, he actually agreed to demolish the outer two circles of city walls!
As a result, when Tokugawa Ieyasu came again for the second time, he naturally couldn't resist.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Dongying and established the shogunate, he ordered the reconstruction of the walls of Osaka Castle. Moreover, he also stipulated that the lord of Osaka Castle could only be held by the shogun, even if they moved the shogunate to Edo.

And the one who really manages Osaka Castle can only be called Osaka Castle Dai, that is, the acting city lord.

At this moment, Abe Shoji, the representative of Osaka Castle, was kneeling and sitting in the castle lord's mansion of Osaka Castle, frowning and meditating.

The Great Imperial Palace Tokugawa Hidetada actually ordered him to defend the Five Kingdoms of Gyeonggi!
If you can't keep it, you will die!
He couldn't help counting the rollers, too.

One of the nine rollers is missing, you have eight rollers!

At the beginning, Maeda Toshisune led a 40 shogunate army and failed to withstand the attack of the Ming army, so you gave me 20 troops and asked me to defend the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi!

Eight pressure roads!

If you had given me 60 troops back then, I would have no problem defeating the Ming army!

Now, you give me 20 horses, what's the use?

Eight pressure roads!
Maeda Toshitsune, that idiot, actually wasted 40 troops!
If you can give him 60 horses, it will not be too easy to defend the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi!

At least he thought so.

Because he is the number one general under the Tokugawa clan.

It was he who led the army to attack Osaka Castle.

His generation of city lord was earned through military exploits!
He didn't know how many times he cursed inwardly, but his face was still gloomy.

He was really pissed off.

To be honest, this guy still has a little bit of ability. Since his founding, the Abe clan has indeed produced many famous generals, and the so-called "Flower of Famous Generals" Abe Norihide is his descendant.

So, why didn't Tokugawa Hidetada think of letting him be the general of the shogunate?

Tokugawa Hidetada also regretted it too much!
He was dizzy at the beginning, but he didn't expect this general from the Tokugawa clan.

If this guy was in Edo Castle at the beginning, he would definitely let this guy be the general of the shogunate army!

It's a pity that Abe Shoji has been in Osaka Castle, responsible for guarding the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi and suppressing those foreign daimyos who had participated in the Toyoda Western Army.

He was very anxious at the time, and he didn't see Abe Shoji, and Maeda Toshinori suddenly jumped out to ask for a job, so he gave the position of general general to Maeda Toshitsune in such a muddled manner!
At this moment, he was thinking of the general Abe Masaji.

It is a pity that Maeda Toshinaka has already led the 40 shogunate army into the ditch, and the Ming army has also attacked the five countries of Gyeonggi.

Even so, the Gyeonggi Five Kingdoms cannot be lost!
Because the Five Kingdoms of Gyeonggi is not only the place where the Emperor of Japan is located, but also the nominal capital of Japan, and also the most important line of defense on Honshu Island.

You must know that the narrowest part of the Gyeonggi Five Kingdoms is less than two hundred miles from north to south, and it is still possible to withstand the Ming army.

Once the Gyeonggi Five Kingdoms are broken through, the terrain will instantly open up.

After passing the Yamashiro State and to the east of the Omi State, the width of Honshu Island from north to south becomes more than [-] li at once!
How to defend such a wide line of defense?
Therefore, no matter how difficult it was, he still gathered 20 horses and handed them over to Abe Shoji, ordering him to defend the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi.

He even deliberately left his granddaughter, Empress Mingzheng, to put pressure on Abe Shoji and everyone guarding the place.

The emperor of Dongying is here, and you are still protecting her with all your might?
This can be said to be the last struggle of the Tokugawa shogunate, and also the last stubbornness of the Japanese pirates.

So, can Abe Shoji defend the Gyeonggi Five Kingdoms?
Honestly, it's impossible!

However, Abe Shoji did not give up.

Because if you can't keep him, you have to die!
This is not a joke.

The Emperor of Japan is here.

If he can't defend the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi, he really has to die, otherwise he will not be tolerated by the Tokugawa shogunate and the entire Dongying.

He can't help it, no matter what, he has to bite the bullet and guard!

The question is, Maeda Toshichang led an army of 40 troops and failed to block the attack of the Ming army. Can his 20 troops defend the five kingdoms of Gyeonggi?
He believes that there is still a little hope.

Because Shancheng Kingdom and Setjin Kingdom are just in the west of the Gyeonggi Five Kingdoms, if the Ming army wants to attack the Gyeonggi Five Kingdoms, they must first take the Mountain City and Setjin Kingdom.

The Kyoto City of the Yamashiro State and the Osaka City of the Settsu State are the two strongest cities in Japan, and the distance between the two cities is not far, so they can completely support each other.

He felt that as long as he could defend these two cities, he still had hope.

Therefore, he directly stationed all 20 troops in Kyoto City and Osaka City.

He personally led 10 horses to guard Osaka Castle, and his eldest son Abe Shigeji led 10 horses to guard Kyoto City.

In this way, no matter which city was besieged by the Ming army, the other city could send troops to support, wait for an opportunity to sneak attack on the periphery, and break the siege of the Ming army.

As for whether the Ming army will besiege these two cities at the same time, he thinks it is impossible.

Because the Tokugawa shogunate's [-]-strong army besieged Osaka Castle and failed to take it down, while the Ming army had a total of more than [-] troops.

If the Ming army divided into two groups and besieged Osaka City and Kyoto City respectively, there were less than 20 on both sides. How could it be possible to take these two fortified cities guarded by 10 troops?
At least he thought it was impossible.

What else would the Ming army bypass Yamashiro and Settsu and directly attack Yamato, Hanoi, or Izumi?

He also thought it was impossible.

Because their 20 troops are stuck here, the Ming army just went around like this, and the food road was cut off!

He believed that the Ming army would not have such a little basic common sense.

I have to say, he thought really well!

(End of this chapter)