Ming Zuo

The Tokugawa shogunate judged that it would take about three months for Xia Guo to complete the preparations for war against Dongying.

This judgment, right?
Correct.

Not right either.

That's right, if you launch a war to destroy the country, you really need to prepare for at least three months.

What's wrong is that Xia Guo did not want to completely destroy Dongying.

At least according to the current situation, Xia Guo definitely can't do this.

Since it is not a war to destroy the country, then the preparation time can naturally be greatly reduced.

The most important thing is that, in view of the current situation, the Xia Kingdom Center has already arranged corresponding countermeasures.

First Zheng's, then Dongying, Fang Daming.

In other words, for the current Xia Kingdom, the most important opponent is the Zheng family.

Eliminating the Zheng clan and opening up trade routes between the East and the South is more important than anything else.

Only by destroying the Zheng clan first can the Xia Kingdom completely remove the obstacle to entering the deep sea.No matter what kind of strategic deployment you are making in the future, you can let go of your hands and feet.

And Dongying, its domestic itself is relatively solid.After a long time of operation, there is not much change, Xia Guo wants to swallow it, but it is really powerless.

This time the declaration of war against the Tokugawa shogunate was the same.

Note that the object of Xia Guo's declaration of war is only the Tokugawa shogunate, not the entire East Ying.

And this is also the main reason why those famous masterpieces are on the sidelines.

For the Tokugawa shogunate, Xia Guo's purpose was to weaken its strength through war, so that it could not completely control the situation in Dongying.

At the same time increase the degree of confrontation between the various daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate.

Only Dongying, which is in civil strife, can be greatly weakened and provide conditions for the invasion of Xia.

Under this policy, the scale of the war against Eastern Ying was actually very limited.

Xia Guozhong just handed this task to the North Korean Military Region and the North Sea Fleet, and did not provide too many resources.

"General Lou, why are you here? Where is our North Korean governor?"

Looking at Lou Fu who arrived in Busan, Zhang Keda was quite surprised.

Lou Fu laughed and joked: "Commander Bai said that he is the governor of North Korea, and his responsibility is only in North Korea. It is not easy to interfere in the affairs of Dongying. I have to come."

Zhang Keda couldn't help but smile.

"General Bai is extremely smart, and he will definitely have a bright future."

In a short conversation, there is a lot of information.

Bai Xiaoqi is a very smart person.

When he was appointed as the Governor-General of North Korea, the commander of the North Korean military region, and the rank of general, he knew that he was somewhat woodsy in the forest.

Although the current political situation in the Xia Kingdom is relatively stable, if you don't know how to be cautious, you will definitely invite disaster.

Therefore, when he was going to launch a war against Dongying this time, he simply found an excuse, instead of being the commander, he pushed out his deputy Lou Fu.

Except for Lou Fu, the major troops of the entire North Korean military region have not been mobilized.

Because according to the plan of the center, not so many troops are needed.

In land operations, only the First Division of the Marine Warfare was involved.

Even if it is the First Marine Division, only the First Marine Regiment will be put into use in the early action.

"Our plan is to take the lead in destroying Matsudaira's department and isolate Kyushu Island from the rest of the East. As long as this step is achieved, we will take the initiative in the next war or peace."

Tang Wenhuan, the new commander of the First Marine Division, reported the battle plan.

As an admiral of the navy, Zhang Keda, of course, had to cooperate in combat.

He asked: "If you act like this, will the famous names on Kyushu Island be worried?"

Lou Fu has been authorized by the center and has mastered the whole situation.

"Except for the Karatsu Domain and the Saga Domain, which have been wiped out by the Shimabara Yoshi Army, we will control the Shimabara Yoshi Army and will not attack the rest. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent people to contact various daimyo on Kyushu Island. I believe They can't wait for this to happen."

The conflict between the Daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate has already formed various materials, and the generals of this battle will naturally have a firm grasp.

"If it's just to eliminate Matsudaira Nobuzuna, it's enough to rely on the Marine Corps and the cooperation of the Shimabara Yoshijun."

It's not that Xia Jun's generals are arrogant.

Although Matsudaira Nobuzuna had more than [-] troops at this time, in fact, he brought in less than [-] cronies from the shogunate.

The rest are the power of various famous names.

Except for the [-] people of Mizuno Katsuhiro of the Fukuyama domain of the Bizen country, the rest are all daimyo on the island of Kyushu.

The reason given by the shogunate was that since the riot was born in Kyushu, the local daimyo should be responsible for the suppression.

The shogunate sent people here to perform command and supervision duties.

If there is no interference from outside forces, this arrangement is very appropriate.

The Tokugawa shogunate can deeply intervene in the affairs of Kyushu Island, and at the same time investigate the responsibility of the daimyo who neglected their duties during the operation, and complete the integration of power.

But now that Xia Guo is here, the people around Matsudaira Nobuzuna will not only not be a help, but will also become a ticking time bomb.

Once without the help of these Kyushu daimyo, Matsudaira Nobuzuna's own soldiers and horses can't even protect themselves.

The plan was formulated, and Xia Jun immediately went into action.

The North Sea Fleet is divided into two groups.

Zhang Keda personally led the main force, cruising in the waters between Kyushu Island and other islands, forming a partition.

At this point, the Tokugawa shogunate no longer wanted to send troops into Kyushu, let alone rescue Matsudaira Nobuzuna.

Even if the shogunate responded quickly, they had already sent someone to inform Matsudaira Nobuzuna.But the messenger went to Osaka and heard that Xia Jun had blocked the sea area, so he had to stop and sighed at the ocean.

Huang Fei led the squadron and went straight to the Shimabara Peninsula.

This squadron will be a surprise force against Matsudaira Nobuzuna.

At this time, the Shimabara Yoshi Army had lost most of the captured land and returned to the Shimabara Peninsula because of the consecutive defeats.

Yuan Shengtu received the battle order, and after discussing with Amakusa Shizhen, he simply retreated to the end and defended the original city.

Although Matsudaira Nobutsuna fought very hard, he was still very excited to see the Shimabara Yijun being cornered.Immediately lead the army to charge forward and besiege Yuancheng.

The next thing to do is naturally a siege.

No matter how long it takes to fight, as long as the food in the city is completely consumed, breaking the city will definitely not be a problem.

"Why are the soldiers and horses of Fengqian Kingdom arriving so late? Send someone to urge them. If you dare to delay, the military law will be engaged."

"The troops and horses of the rest of the roads were too slow to move, so I ordered them to quickly clear the remaining soldiers from all over the country and come to meet."

After attacking the Shimabara Peninsula, Matsudaira divided the troops and horses into several parts.In addition to the fact that he personally led the main force to pursue the original city, the other daimyo were assigned to various places by him to clear the remaining forces.

As a result, he has been fighting outside the original city for three days and three nights, with heavy losses, and the famous people from all walks of life still haven't come to meet, which makes him very dissatisfied.

He didn't know that it was impossible for the soldiers and horses of the famous names in Kyushu to come to rendezvous.