Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 270: Undeclared War Leads to Punishment

"Tsushima Island, lost?"

Hearing the news reported from below, Tokugawa Iemochi felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

A few days ago, various countries sent him news that the Ming Dynasty planned to attack the Wagua Kingdom.

At that time, he was a little bit unconvinced, thinking that the Yanhuang people would not do such a thing with their character.

Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang listed them as a country that could not be conquered, the Ming Dynasty had never attacked their homeland.

The situation of the Qing Dynasty was not much different. Their homeland had not been invaded for many years, which made them skeptical about the news.

However, when they learned that the Ming Dynasty had really come and started fighting without even notifying them, the little Japanese people became a little panicked.

Although the Japanese pirates were so arrogant when they attacked the Ming Dynasty border, they had a natural fear of the Ming Dynasty.

There were also some Japanese who did not believe in evil. For example, a guy named Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was beaten black and blue by Japanese pirates from the Ming Dynasty as soon as he arrived in Korea.

At that time, the cucumbers were all confused.

Wasn't it said that the Ming Dynasty was weak? Wasn't it said that a few small Japanese could chase after the Ming army? How did the situation turn out like this?

After that war, the Japanese became very wary of the Ming Dynasty. Without complete preparation, they did not dare to start another war.

As a result, before they were ready, and when they were about to swallow an elephant, the huge elephant leg from the Ming Dynasty stepped over directly.

"General, this situation is not right."

A minister frowned and asked in confusion: "Although the current Ming Dynasty may not be the same as the previous Ming Dynasty, their character is such that they will not rashly fight back unless we provoke them."

"It's unprecedented to go to war without any prior notice. It's totally contrary to their thinking."

"Do you think it is possible that those blond-haired and blue-eyed Westerners deliberately created a sleight of hand? In fact, they took over Tsushima Island and put the blame on the Ming Dynasty, forcing us to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, and then they profited from it."

After hearing his subordinates' analysis, Tokugawa Iemochi nodded hesitantly.

"Yoshi, what you said is very likely. These damn guys are very shameless. They are very likely to do such a thing."

After analyzing the situation, Tokugawa Iemochi gave an order with a cold face: "Notify the consuls of various countries. I want to meet with them and find out what is going on."

"Hi!"

However, after a while, the subordinate who went to inform came back in a hurry.

"General, it's bad. Those foreign devils have all run away."

"According to the report from the people who served them, before they ran away, they said something like the Ming army was coming and our country was doomed. In order not to get involved in the war, they decided to retreat."

Tokugawa Iemochi, who was originally thinking about how to blame various countries, suddenly widened his eyes when he heard the news.

"Is everything they say true?"

Tokugawa Iemochi hesitated for only a moment and made the decision in an instant.

Those proud foreigners all ran away, which shows that the news is definitely not false and the Ming army is really coming.

"what should we do?"

After confirming the news, Tokugawa Iemochi, who always considered himself wise, became a little panicked and asked his subordinates around him.

However, in response to his questions, his subordinates remained silent.

They are no longer the small country that was closed off from the outside world some time ago until the door was kicked open by Da Piaoliang.

According to what they have learned from the outside world during this period, the original Qing Dynasty had been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had regained its territory.

Not only did the other side defeat the Qing Dynasty, but they also beat up the powerful Russian Empire and other Western countries that had been forced to compromise with just a few ships.

Although they are also carrying out reforms now, they are only a small part. The vast majority still retain old ideas and even oppose reforms.

They couldn't even deal with a few broken ships from the West. The Ming army coming to fight them definitely had much more people than those broken ships from the West.

How they fight and what they use to fight.

"They left us some weapons and artillery."

The person who reported the news gave a barely good news.

"hehe."

Tokugawa Iemochi sneered.

These foreign devils left behind weapons and artillery not because they were really helping them, but because they wanted to use them to deplete the Ming army's strength.

"General, what should we do?"

Tokugawa Iemochi fell silent for a long time before he asked, "Where is the Ming army's attack direction? Have you found out?"

The result was silence.

Their people heard about the Ming army's attack on Tsushima Island from the Western devils. They have no idea what the current situation on Tsushima Island is or whether it has been occupied by the Ming army.

They don't even understand the most basic things. Isn't it embarrassing to ask them about the Ming army's next offensive target?

"you……"

Seeing the silence below, Tokugawa Iemochi pointed at everyone angrily, but after a moment he put his hands down dejectedly.

"What do you think the Ming army wants?"

There was silence again below.

They really didn't know what the Ming army wanted. If it was a Western army, they could guess that they would ask for a trading port and various preferential policies, just like Da Meiliang.

But the Ming army thought about the conflicts between the two countries over the years and the time when dozens of Japanese pirates had attacked the other side's secondary capital.

Thinking of the scene of the two countries' armies fighting to the death in South Korea, they didn't think that the Ming army had spent so much effort and wanted the same thing as the Westerners.

And based on their understanding of Ming Dynasty culture, if they notify you in advance and declare war on you, it means that the war will not last long and there is still room for negotiation.

This kind of people start fighting you without even notifying you, and they are determined to fight to the death and destroy your country.

Tokugawa Iemochi, who already had the answer in his mind, wanted to hear different ideas from his subordinates, and volunteered to talk to the Ming Dynasty.

Maybe some of the people who come in here are fools.

If we go to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty at this time, they are at the peak of their momentum. We will definitely not be asking for trouble if we go there now.

It is possible that the Ming Dynasty generals were in a bad mood and simply tied them up with ropes and threw them into the sea to feed the sharks.

"Get ready, gather the forces of each clan, and prepare for a decisive battle to defend the territory."

Tokugawa Iemochi sighed, stood up and said to everyone in a serious tone: "Tell them not to try to hide their power by being sneaky."

"This is a war of destruction. If we fail, our country of Japan will forever become a slave of the Ming Dynasty and will never have a chance to turn things around."

"You have fought for your current status with blood from generation to generation. If you think being a slave to the Ming Dynasty will be better than your current life, then you can surrender to the Ming Dynasty yourself."

As Tokugawa Iemochi left, everyone present fell silent.

After a long time, an old man slowly said: "Let's get ready. The Great Japanese Empire needs our protection. We can't give in anymore."

"Everyone, fight to the death, for the family, for the future children."

"Also, pay close attention to monitoring the situation at sea, and report immediately if you spot Ming warships."

"The main surveillance target is the area around Tsushima Island."

"The Ming army must be a large force to attack us. It is disadvantageous for them to sail long distances. The closer they are, the more convenient it will be for them."

"Hey!"

As the old man slowly spoke, everyone present gradually had an idea in their minds and stood up and responded loudly.

One has to admit that this old man was very cunning and his guess about Zhu Zhanjun's next move was correct.

Zhu Zhanjun had an army of 100,000 under his command, plus 80,000 passionate young people recruited from Korea.

If he wanted to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops to a certain area by sea transport alone, the naval forces at his disposal were not enough to do so, so he could only choose the nearest one.

The landing target set by Zhu Zhanjun was Jiangpu District in the future generation of Xiaowogua.

This is a transit station between sea and land, and it can attack Honshu Island upwards and Kyushu and Shikoku downwards.

At the same time, the navy can carry part of the landing forces and directly attack other areas along the coastal line.

Attack from multiple fronts simultaneously and resolve the war within three months, this was Zhu Zhanjun's request to Gongsun Qi.

After learning about the situation in the Kingdom of Wogua, Gongsun Qi felt that three months was a bit too long. To fight against a country with such a huge disparity in strength for more than a month would be a humiliation to him, Bai Qi.

As the red sun in the east slowly climbed out of the horizon, the little fish on land who had just woken up to go fishing or farming looked towards the sea in horror.

At some point, warships appeared on the sea.

"Damn it, it's the Ming army."

The guarding soldiers who had received the news looked at the warships on the sea, shouted in fear, turned around and crawled on their knees to inform the guarding general here.

However, not long after he ran, the Ming army, which had just had breakfast, began to attack.

The artillery roared, and shells hit the shore, taking away buildings and lives.

"Hurry up, all of you guys. If you delay the battle plan, I will throw you into the sea to feed the sharks."

On a small boat, a group of soldiers dressed in Korean clothes were rowing the boat hard.

At the bow of the ship, leading this team of Ming Dynasty soldiers, he leisurely crossed his legs, basking in the morning sun, chewing an apple in his hand, and urging the Koreans to speed up.

After Zhu Zhanjun demonstrated it once, he handed over the rest of the war to Gongsun Qi.

Considering that if we attack the enemy's homeland, the enemy's will to resist would be very strong, Gongsun Qi assigned the task of the first attack to the newly formed Korean Legion.

The weapons held by these sticks are flintlock rifles that were eliminated by the Ming army.

Although the weapon is a bit old, it is enough to deal with the same-looking squash.

In order to prevent these guys from firing randomly without understanding the tactics, each century-man team was assigned a Ming army soldier as a guide.

Accompanied by the scolding of the Ming army commander, the Koreans finally rowed the boat to the shore with sweat on their foreheads. Under the command of the Ming army, they held up their flintlock rifles with bayonets and launched the attack with roars and shouts.

These guys were just undergoing simple military training, and they didn't even have time to learn about military discipline.

Coupled with the hatred between the two sides, once they reached the shore, anyone they saw, whether they were military or not, would rush up without hesitation with ferocious faces and start stabbing and shooting randomly.

These guys played really badly, but the other team wasn't much better.

Perhaps they did not guess that the Ming army would land here, so the defense here was extremely weak.

The defensive armed forces of dozens of people were stabbed into hedgehogs by a round of charge with sticks.

As more and more Koreans landed, their superiors did not issue strict orders to restrain the troops. Without any enemies, the Koreans let their sheep go and rushed to the villages, starting a crazy revenge for years of invasion by the little guys.

(End of this chapter)