Ming Zuo

Chapter 1150 stalemate
For a long time, when talking about the rulers of Japan, people's first reaction must be the shogunate.

After all, it has been more than five hundred years since the Kamakura Shogunate, Muromachi Shogunate, and now the Tokugawa Shogunate.Although the king's banner changes at the top of the city, the rule of the shogunate has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Facing the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate, although the various daimyos were very dissatisfied, they did not think of a way to deal with it.

But China's long and rich history soon allowed Chonghua to find a way to operate.

People are used to the shogunate, but they completely ignore that behind the shogunate, there is always a orthodox and nominally real king in Japan.

That is the Emperor.

Once the emperor is moved out, the legal status of the shogunate will be untenable.

In this way, opposition to the shogunate became justifiable and impeccable.

Even in the struggle for popular support, foreign daimyos can gain the initiative.

Respecting the emperor, naturally respecting the emperor is the emperor.

Treat the Emperor as the real king, and anyone who does not respect the Emperor is naturally a rebellious person.

To punish traitors is to punish those who do not respect the emperor.

As soon as this slogan was put forward, it immediately cheered up the discussions among the big names from all walks of life, and suddenly became enlightened.

"As expected of Lord Shangguo, with your guidance, we can finally feel at ease."

In fact, these big names are not very worried about the situation on the battlefield.

After all, with the existence of the Xia Kingdom, even if the Tokugawa Shogunate cannot be eliminated, there is still no problem in wanting to protect itself.

As long as they are not eliminated, then as time goes by, the strengths of both sides will ebb and flow, and sooner or later there will be a chance for them to come back.

Chonghua provided them with the slogan of the uprising, which allowed them to gain the moral high ground.

With such an advantage, if they don't know how to operate, then it's really mud that can't support the wall.

But Kuroda Tadayuki was a little worried.

"Your Majesty is connected by blood with General Da'ao, so he may not agree with our actions."

The current Emperor Meisho is the daughter of Emperor Gomizuo and Tokugawa Kazuko, the niece of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

With this relationship, the outside world has always rumored that the relationship between the emperor and the shogunate is very friendly.

If the emperor was on the side of the shogunate, the slogan of honoring the emperor and punishing adultery would lose its power.

Seeing the embarrassing expressions of all the big names, Chong Hua sneered.

"In the face of power, is family affection important?"

A short sentence swept away the haze for the big names from all walks of life.

The people present are all old foxes in the political arena, so they naturally understand the true meaning of power.

Although today's emperor is young, he must be dissatisfied with the shogunate's usurpation and is full of desire for power.

However, the shogunate was powerful and had no chance, so it had to put on a kind face.

Once there is a chance, I believe that the young empress will definitely be unwilling to be lonely.

"The shogunate army came all the way west under the leadership of Sakai Tadakatsu. Not surprisingly, the defense will become an important place to block the shogunate army. At the same time, we must prevent Sakai Tadakatsu from crossing the mountains, attacking the mountain pass, and outflanking the rear of the defense. Changzhou Fan can Deploy the main force at the mountain pass and take precautions. As for the Fangfu, just leave it to our Xia army."

After completing the integration of forces on Kyushu Island, the next thing to do is to help the Changzhou Domain resist the attack of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Lou Fu and Tang Wenhuan synthesized the existing intelligence and the terrain in the western part of Honshu, and came up with a countermeasure.

Dongying is not only an island country, but also a country of hills.

Many parts of the island of Honshu are rolling mountains, only some narrow plains along the southern coast.Therefore, the march of the shogunate army can only rely on the sea.

The Fangfu is the gateway to the outside world of the Changzhou Domain today. If you guard this place, the troops of the Shogunate will not be able to enter.

Hearing that Xia Jun will take action in person, Mao Liguang was overjoyed.

"With Xia Jun taking action, our Changzhou Fan can rest easy."

Lou Fu looked at Zhang Keda.

"How does your navy plan to act?"

Naturally, the navy has already made plans.

"The shogunate army came to attack the Changzhou domain, and we cannot passively defend. Our navy planned to attack Osaka through the Seto Inland Sea. Sakai Tadakatsu lost his way, and he had to return to the army."

Both Lou Fu and Tang Wenhuan were very supportive of this plan.

The Xia army has absolute command of the sea. In a place like Honshu, which has a long and narrow terrain and faces the sea on all sides, it has a great advantage in fighting.

Although in the previous plan, there was no plan for the Xia army to attack the hinterland of Japan.However, it is enough for the Tokugawa shogunate to use the navy to attack a few big cities along the coast of Japan.

The battle situation on the Japanese side is orderly, and the domestic side is also able to deal with Ming's imminent move.

The news of the Zheng family's defeat made all the Ming troops feel paralyzed.

"My lord, even if the Xia bandits defeat the Zheng family, they will definitely suffer heavy losses. As long as we take the opportunity to advance, we will surely win the battle."

Zuo Liangyu jumped up and down, constantly urging Hong Chengchou, hoping that he would attack immediately.

Hong Chengchou frowned, unmoved.

He knew very well that Zuo Liangyu had become the laughing stock of the world because of Zuo Menggeng's relationship.That's why they have to fight and kill, just to get back the scene.

But Xia Jun's strength was clear to him.

Originally, he was opposed to attacking Xia Guo, but now that the Zheng family had lost, he didn't even want to fight.

Not only him, He Renlong, Zu Dabi and others are also very afraid of Xia Guo.

"I don't think it's better for His Majesty Zuoming. While the situation is okay, it's better to stop here. Let's hurry back to the division and wipe out those rogues first."

"How about Lu Bingxian?"

Hong Chengchou was very cautious and did not dare to agree to the opinions of the generals.

Now the situation is very clear, the attack on Xia Guo is the strong claim of Chongzhen and Yang Sichang, the monarchs and ministers.If you object rashly, you may be on Chongzhen's blacklist and seek your own death.

The best way is to look at the dynamics of other Ming armies.

If everyone can be consistent, in the face of the emperor's anger, they can also get a situation where the law does not blame the public.

"Master Lu wrote several times, asking Ding You to return home. However, that old man Yang Ge refused, and now the two sides are at a stalemate."

Speaking of Lu Xiangsheng's situation, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help gloating.

Back then, he had been punished a lot for cooperating with Lu Xiangsheng in the battle.Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was unlucky now, he was very happy.

"That old man Yang Ge's temperament is getting stronger and he can't accept human affection. If things go on like this, people's hearts will be alienated, and the overall situation will collapse even more."

Hong Chengchou's eyes were full of sorrow, and he became more and more pessimistic about the current situation.

Like him, Lu Xiangsheng was not in favor of attacking Xia Guo.

Not only did he object publicly, but Lu Xiangsheng also had strong reasons.

His father passed away last May.According to the etiquette system, Ding You should return to his hometown and keep his filial piety for three years.

In the beginning, Lu Xiangsheng applied to Ding You for the reason of abiding by the etiquette and not leaving anything to say.In recent days, they simply used this reason to oppose the use of force against Xia Guo.

Yang Sichang naturally understood his original intention, so he rejected his application one after another, and the order to urge the war became more and more serious day by day.

Now the center and the local government have fallen into a stalemate, but the time that Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng can persist is not long.

How to prevent the situation from getting out of hand?

Hong Chengchou racked his brains, but couldn't think of a proper way.

But he didn't know that at this time in Liaodong, Huang Taiji helped him solve it.

(End of this chapter)