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Chapter 390: The House God Mori Terumoto
The vassal state of Korea launched a massive counterattack.

The core town of Juchang on the western front was captured in an instant.

The Japanese pirates guarding the city fled madly towards Daegu, the capital of Gyeongsang Province, as if their butts were on fire.

These guys don't seem to be good at fighting, but they are very good at escaping.

Juchang is more than one hundred or two hundred miles away from Daqiu, and these guys escaped back in less than two days!

At about 5 p.m. the next day, before the sun had even set, the defender of Geochang Castle, Shishido Mototsugu, was the first to ride his horse into Daqiu Castle and head straight for the Daofu.

The provincial government office seemed to be still peaceful at the moment. Mori Terumoto was sitting cross-legged in a quiet room with a focused expression, looking down at the things on the small table.

On the small table was not a map, but a piece of calligraphy, and it was not in Japanese, but in the cursive script of the Tang Dynasty.

As he read it, the guy actually muttered, "Huaisu of the Tang Dynasty, is this real? If it's real, it must be priceless."

Do Japanese pirates like the cursive script of the Tang Dynasty?

This may seem a bit absurd, but it is a historical fact.

It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, envoys from Japan searched for more than a hundred years and finally obtained Wang Xizhi's "Sangluan Tie", which has always been regarded as a treasure in Japan.

This guy, Mori Terumoto, doesn't like fighting, but he likes to steal antiques, calligraphy and paintings everywhere, especially calligraphy works from the Tang Dynasty, no matter they are real or copied, he steals them all!
There are calligraphy works from the Tang Dynasty in Japan, and naturally there are even more in Korea, its vassal state.

This calligraphy and painting was snatched away by his men.

He didn't know how long he had been watching.

At this moment, the defender of Geochang Castle, Shishido Mototsugu, suddenly walked in quickly and bowed, saying, "Master, the vassal state of Korea launched a counterattack. Forty to fifty thousand troops suddenly attacked Geochang Castle, and I was unable to defend it."

what?
When Maori Terumoto heard this, he was shocked.

Forty to fifty thousand troops!
He only has more than 20,000 but less than 30,000 troops.

Now the defeated soldiers and the rebel army of the vassal state of Korea seem to be getting stronger and stronger. He doesn't know whether he can defeat those 40,000 to 50,000 troops.

He frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "How many men did you lose?"

Shishido Mototsugu said without blushing or breathing heavily, "I saw that there were too many enemies and I couldn't defeat them, so I simply abandoned the city and ran back."

This guy is so shameless!

As a defender, he didn't feel ashamed at all for abandoning the city and fleeing.

Unexpectedly, Mao Li Terumoto actually nodded in praise and said, "Well, not bad. If you can't win, just run away. Very good. You can run back with your men. Daqiu City has nearly 20,000 troops. The vassal state of Korea with 40,000 to 50,000 troops should not be able to break through."

This guy!
If Toyotomi Hideyoshi knew this, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

It's obvious that he wants his men to work without putting in any effort!

Of course, he couldn't let Toyotomi Hideyoshi know the truth.

He calmly put away the calligraphy scroll and then picked up the pen to write quickly.

When Shishido Mototsugu saw this, he actually came over to take a look with a licking face!
It's not that he disrespected Mori Terumoto. He dared to come up to him because he and Mori Terumoto were close relatives. Mori Terumoto's wife was his aunt, so he was considered Mori Terumoto's eldest nephew.

The two of them are usually very close.

The general meaning of what Mori Terumoto wrote was that the vassal state of Korea suddenly sent more than 50,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on Geochang City. The defenders of Geochang City suffered heavy casualties and failed to hold the city.

Please advise us, Your Highness, on what to do next.

What I mean is, I tried my best, but their 50,000 troops are more than all my troops combined, and there's nothing I can do.

When Shishido Mototsugu saw that he had finished writing, he actually gave him a thumbs-up and said, "Uncle, your handwriting is really good."

Can you take a picture?
Do I just write well?

Can't you see I'm making excuses for you?

If I don't exonerate you, Toyotomi Hideyoshi will definitely punish you.

You're a deserter.

Mao Li Terumoto picked up the urgent report and said angrily: "Hurry up and send someone to deliver it back to Nagoya. Also send a confidant to pass on my order. Tell the defenders of Xingzhou and Miryang that if the enemy launches a large-scale attack, they should run away and return to Daegu. We only need to defend Daegu."

Shishido Mototsugu took the urgent report and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, I understand."

Mao Li Terumoto thought about it again, then waved his hand and said: "Remember, tell your guys to be careful and don't talk nonsense. Go."

Shishido Mototsugu nodded repeatedly and said, "I know, I know. I told them last night, and they won't say anything."

After saying that, he walked out quickly.

Maori Terumoto looked at his back, shook his head slightly, and then opened the scroll again to admire it. Is this guy so heartless?

You know what, that's just his temper!
In fact, he was not deliberately pretending to obey. The reason why he acted like this had a lot to do with his father and the teachings he received since childhood.

His father, Mori Takamoto, died of exhaustion during a campaign when he was ten years old. His grandfather, Mori Moto, was deeply saddened by this and left him special instructions, asking him to be content with the status quo and not to work so hard to expand the territory.

Therefore, he has been so heartless since he was a child, or rather, he has never had the idea of ​​expanding territory since he was a child. In his view, maintaining the status quo or preserving strength is the first priority.

The reason why he surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi was to preserve his strength and not want to fight.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered him to lead an army to attack the vassal state of Korea, and he did not disobey.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi would punish him for disobeying orders.

He couldn't disobey orders, but wanted to preserve his strength, so he could only pretend to obey.

This guy has been like this since he surrendered to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

He never disobeyed Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders, but he basically worked without putting in any effort.

This guy later got a nickname because of this, Sekigahara God of Home!

In the historical Battle of Sekigahara, as the general-in-chief of the Western Army, he did not put in any effort and just stayed at home in Osaka Castle!
The three gods of the Mori clan became famous in the Battle of Sekigahara, and their various bizarre performances were simply jaw-dropping.

He just stayed in Osaka Castle without moving, and that wasn't the weirdest thing.

There are even more bizarre ones.

His cousin Hiroie Yoshikawa deliberately blocked the friendly army's attack path on the pretext that our army was having a meal, and thus earned the nickname "Sekigahara God of Food".

His other cousin, Kobayakawa Hideaki, was even more bizarre. This guy actually changed sides in the middle of a battle and helped the Western Army defeat the Eastern Army, thus earning the nickname the God of War of Sekigahara.

The nicknames of these three gods are actually a bit ironic. They are the main force of the Eastern Army, yet they fight like this!

In short, the Maori family is full of weirdos.

The homebody Mori Terumoto simply didn't want to fight, so it was useless for Toyotomi Hideyoshi to send him to his vassal state, Korea.

This is also true in history. He had the largest number of troops under his command among the nine legions. The number of troops under the other two legions with fewer people combined was not as large as that of his single legion.

However, he seemed to be invisible in the war against his vassal state, Korea!
The only thing that seems to be recorded in historical records about his performance in the war is that he killed thousands of cavalrymen from the vassal state of Korea at the very beginning.

That's not to say he was actively active at first.

The key point is that he had just landed in the vassal state of Korea and was on the march. Thousands of cavalrymen from the vassal state of Korea, not knowing whether they had taken the wrong medicine or thought he was easy to bully, actually came straight towards him to kill him.

He had no choice. The people coming were cavalry, and they could not outrun them on four legs.

If it were infantry, it would be easier, they might be able to dodge, but they couldn't dodge the cavalry at all, so if they couldn't dodge, they would have no choice but to fight.

He had no choice but to give the order, ordering his artillerymen to deploy in battle formation and shoot at all the thousands of cavalrymen from the vassal state of Korea!
Therefore, it is not that the Maori army is incompetent, they are simply not working hard in order to preserve their strength.

He didn't even want to work hard to expand his own territory, so why did he work hard to expand the territory for Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
Isn't this a joke?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi chose the wrong person when he asked him to lead an army to expand the territory.

This guy lost Juchang, a core town on the western front, but he acted as if nothing had happened. He continued to appreciate Huaisu's calligraphy, which was difficult to distinguish the authenticity. He didn't even send people to investigate the enemy situation, nor did he send an army to recapture Juchang.

He just stayed at home in Daqiu City and didn't move.

Even Qi Jiguang didn't expect this.

Qi Jiguang thought that this guy, Mori Terumoto, would gather reinforcements from the other three legions to fight even if it was just for show.

In order to prevent the loss of Jingzhou due to carelessness, they worked hard to dig trenches to the west of Juchang City.

In two days, they didn't know how many trenches they had dug.

At this time, the west of Juchang City could no longer be described as a spider web, it was simply a Pansi Cave.

There are trenches piled up one after another on the mountains and spider webs everywhere.

They also mobilized thousands of horse-drawn carriages, which were constantly moving back and forth, as if they were transporting food and supplies.

They even sent scouts to explore the mountains and fields in the direction of Miryang, as if they were going to continue their surprise attack and capture Miryang.

As a result, it seemed like they had performed in vain.

Mori Terumoto stayed at home in Ooka Castle and did not move, ignoring them at all.

This guy wanted to concentrate his forces to defend Daegu, the largest city in Gyeongsang Province.

As for other cities, there was more than one legion in Gyeongsang Province, so he was too lazy to care about them.

(End of this chapter)