The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 445: Maori Terumoto suddenly goes crazy
By the end of October, cold winds were howling in Japan and all things were withering.

In the eastern part of Honshu, a fierce battle was underway between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Both sides mobilized their main forces, ready to fight to determine the winner.

In the western part of Honshu, the Mori clan seemed to be watching from the sidelines, without making any movement.

At this time, not to mention Toyotomi Hideyoshi, even Tokugawa Ieyasu felt something was wrong.

What is this guy Mori Terumoto doing?
Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't help but write a letter and ordered someone to send it over the sea by speedboat.

As a result, there was no news at all. Mori Terumoto even seized the clipper ship he was using to deliver the letter and did not let him return.

At this time, both Izumo and Bizen had gathered their armies, and the coastlines on both the north and south sides were densely packed with centipede ships.

If the other princes saw this, they would definitely be shocked.

The naval and land forces assembled by Izumo and Bizengoku are more than one million. Where did the Mori clan get so many troops?
Of course, they definitely couldn't see it. Even the Ukita clan in neighboring Izumo Province didn't receive any news.

In early November, Mori Terumoto suddenly went mad and mobilized his troops of more than 100,000 and rushed into the territory of the Ukita clan.

This guy really seems to have gone crazy.

Not only did he lead his army to surround all the cities of the Ukita clan, he even did not spare the civilians outside the cities, and arrested them all without exception.

Wherever the Maori army passed, it was like a swarm of locusts, sweeping away civilians, food, property, clothes, bedding, pots and pans, etc.

How much hatred does this guy have?

Ukita was dumbfounded.

They have less than 20,000 troops in total at this moment.

The Maori clan actually came out in full force and mobilized more than 100,000 troops to deal with them.

That’s all.

The civilians outside the city didn't seem to provoke you, so why did you arrest them all?

What on earth is wrong with Mr. Maori?
This approach is really incomprehensible.

What they cannot understand is yet to come.

The Maori army passed through the border like a swarm of locusts and actually ran away. More than 100,000 troops headed westward and disappeared without a trace. Even the troops besieging the city followed them!

What the hell is going on?
Could it be that the Mori clan came here just to rob the civilians outside the city?

Mr. Ukita was almost driven crazy.

They were just about to go out of the city to investigate, but something even more incomprehensible happened.

More than 100,000 troops of the Maori clan had just crossed the border when hundreds of thousands more troops came to attack from behind!
These troops were all wearing the military uniforms of the Mori clan and carrying the flag of the Mori clan, as if they were the troops of the Mori clan.

The question is, where did the Maori clan get so many troops?
The hundreds of thousands of troops behind them did not show them any courtesy and surrounded all their cities.

Immediately afterwards, the generals of the Mori clan ran to the city wall to persuade them to surrender.

Do you surrender or not? If you don’t, we will not be polite.

You know what, this trick is quite effective.

The Ukita clan had less than 20,000 troops in total, and if they were divided into several cities, there would only be a few thousand troops in each city.

The Maori clan has hundreds of thousands of troops, and their formation is very neat, and their weapons and equipment are so neat that it is difficult to understand.

It's obvious that these are elite soldiers who have undergone training and even actual combat. They are not just randomly pulled here to scare them.

Hundreds of thousands of troops are scattered across several cities, with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers in each city. How could they possibly defend it?
If the Maori clan really doesn't show any mercy and attacks the city madly, they will be doomed.

After this persuasion, most of the Ukita clan's cities actually surrendered.

As for those who refuse to surrender, we will be treated rudely.

The Mori clan's siege was terrifying. They simply formed a layer upon layer of shields and pushed forward. When they reached about 200 steps, they were met with a barrage of musket fire, which made it impossible for them to raise their heads. If they did, they would be pockmarked.

Immediately afterwards, the shield formation rushed towards the bottom of the city wall frantically, and when it got close, a dense pile of sky bombs were thrown up.

Then, the shield formation will quickly form a human wall under the city wall, followed by a row of armored generals carrying weapons and flying up on the human wall.

These generals are all very skilled in martial arts, and they can't resist at all.

There is no way. There are not many big cities in Japan, and the height of the city walls is generally only about ten feet.

Most cities cannot withstand this kind of fighting style.

The Ukita clan's only two countries did not last for three days before they were taken over by the mad Mori clan.

At this time, the Ukita clan's people might have guessed why the Mori clan had so many troops.

Because the muskets and sky bombs used by these cavalry were weapons and equipment only possessed by the Ming army.

These guys are not from the Mori clan at all, they are the elite of the Ming army!
Unfortunately, it was useless even if they guessed it.

Because the ones who rushed over at the beginning were the Mori clan's troops, and many people knew the leaders, Mori Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takakage.

So, the urgent news they passed on to Toyotomi Hideyoshi was that Mori Terumoto suddenly went mad and led his army to charge.

As soon as the news got out, they were surrounded. The east was full of Mori's troops, the west was Mori's territory, and the sea on both the north and south sides was densely packed with Ming warships. They had no way of spreading the news that the elite Ming army was disguising themselves as Mori's troops.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a little confused when he received the news.

Did Mori Terumoto suddenly go crazy?

This guy actually led more than 100,000 troops under his command and attacked the territory of the Ukita clan!

Hasn't the Mori family always prioritized preserving their strength?

Why didn't Mori Terumoto preserve his strength this time?

Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi could figure out what was going on, urgent news came in like snowflakes.

Mori Terumoto was like a madman. After taking over the territory of the Ukita clan, he did not stop at all. He led his army straight to Kyoto and Osaka!

This guy is rushing forward like crazy as if he has a mental illness, advancing forty or fifty miles every day!
In three days, the Mori army was only more than a hundred miles away from Osaka Castle!

It was only at this time that Toyotomi Hideyoshi realized that the Mori clan's territory was too close to Osaka Castle, with a total distance of only about 300 miles.

If the Mori clan launched a crazy attack like this, it would take less than seven days to reach Osaka Castle!
He had never considered this because he thought he knew Mori Terumoto very well.

For this guy, Mori Terumoto, preserving his strength is his top priority. No matter whether the enemy has tens of thousands or even thousands of troops, he would not fight if he could avoid it.

Who knew this guy would suddenly go crazy!

Even if he reacted this time, it would be useless because his main force was still fighting Tokugawa Ieyasu in Ueno Province thousands of miles away.

Even if the more than ten feudal states from Osaka Castle to Ueno Province frantically conscripted able-bodied men, they would not be able to gather tens of thousands of troops.

Moreover, even if these more than ten countries can gather tens of thousands of troops, it will take time.

This guy Mori Terumoto doesn't give him any time at all!

What else could he do?
The only people who can be transferred here at this moment are the several thousand troops stationed in Kyoto.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi probably thought that no matter how crazy Mori Terumoto was, he would not dare to do anything to the man in Kyoto Castle.

If Mori Terumoto dared to do anything to the man in Kyoto, all the daimyos in Japan would not let him off.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to call back the thousands of troops stationed in Kyoto City, barely enough to gather tens of thousands of defenders for Osaka Castle.

Then, he wrote a letter to Tokugawa Ieyasu asking for peace, wrote a letter to Maeda Toshiie asking for help, and ordered the main force of Ueno Province to return to support quickly. He didn't care at all about what would happen to the person in Kyoto City.

This time, he killed everyone in Kyoto City, his entire family, and all nine clans.

(End of this chapter)