Wanli 1592

Go and stay

On April [-]th of the second year of Longwu, when the Qin army was in full swing, the first batch of population screening teams and accompanying troops began to march towards Japan.

Four days later, they landed on Kyushu Island.

At the same time, Ma Hu and Chai Guozhu had swept away the resistance forces in the entire Kyushu, defeated all the Tokugawa forces on Kyushu Island, and were further cleaning up the remnants, and Kyushu Island was basically pacified.

The number of Tokugawa troops on Kyushu Island is not too small. After all, there are five or six thousand regular troops. However, they could not form a whole to fight against the Qin army, so they were divided and wiped out by the Qin army, and they could not support each other. This is the end of fighting each other.

The main force led by Ma Wei is still advancing. There is basically no strong defense along the way. The largest scale is more than 1000 people. It collapses after one impact. The next step is to march all the way. The defense of Japan is unbearable. One blow, what's more, he just abandoned the place and ran for his life.

Of course they fled to Kyoto.

It is the core of Toyotomi's rule and the seat of the emperor. It has been the political and economic center of Japan since ancient times. It has fertile land and wealthy households. Whoever occupies it will have the righteousness of the world.

Right now, this is the core of Toyotomi's rule, but it is threatened by Li Rusong.

Li Rusong was famous for burning, killing, and looting all the way. The civilians who fled from this direction were also the most panicked and the fastest, and some people were even robbed and killed three or four times along the way. Those who managed to save their lives tried their best to exaggerate See Qin Jun's ferocity and ruthlessness.

If you don't run, you will die. It is safest to run to the capital.

Such thoughts filled everyone's heart, and they were really panicked.

Little do they know that there are those who are more terrified than they are, that those they seek protection are more afraid of the fierce and merciless army of demons than they are.

The Kyoto side got the news that the Qin army had been marching towards them on April [-], and the guards of the countries along the way were defeated, and the army was defeated like a mountain.

The main reason is that the elite main force was taken by Toyotomi Hideji to a decisive battle with Tokugawa Ieyasu, so the powerful daimyos and troops from all over the place were not stationed, and what remained was a group of crooked melons and bad dates, naturally they were not the opponents of the elite Qin army .

They galloped at high speed on war horses, left no blade of grass wherever they went, set fire to many places, and killed innocent civilians everywhere, which is really a heinous crime.

But the more it is preached like this, the more it will aggravate the fear in Kyoto. All the main personnel of the Toyotomi Group in Kyoto have been taken away, and the ones left in charge are Maeda Toshinaga, the son of Maeda Toshiie, and [-] troops. With such a shabby lineup, to face "One Hundred Thousand Qin Cavalry"?
Li Rusong's [-] cavalry, known as a [-]-strong army, kept spreading rumors that the [-] cavalry rushed over. When it reached the capital, it really came true. The capital was shocked, and everyone was frightened. I was startled three times a night.

When they found that they couldn't sleep at all, they didn't sleep at all, and all ran to the house of Maeda Toshinaga, who was in charge of the military, to ask for an explanation, and asked Maeda Toshinaga how he planned to deal with this problem, whether to flee or defend.

Maeda Toshinaga's talent is far inferior to that of his father, and his prestige is not as good, but at least he has received a good education. Knowing that the most important thing to do now is to contact Toyotomi Hideji and collect enough information, so he sent a loyal His retainers went to Tanba to investigate intelligence.

While waiting for the information, the ministers of the imperial court and the family members of the generals who were going abroad all came to make trouble. They all came to ask what to do, and asked Maeda Toshinaga to provide troops to protect them.

The people in the city also heard the news, and turned pale with shock, they also sought protection from the government one after another, looking for definite information, but Maeda Toshinaga did not have definite information now, so he could only send the most capable retainers to lead He led two thousand troops to fortify the north of Kyoto and became a line of defense.

Then urgently issued conscription orders throughout the city, he needed more troops.

However, even if the reward was increased to ten times the normal amount, there were only more than 500 people who applied for the recruitment. In desperation, he could only issue a forced conscription order, that is, to arrest strong men.

Threatened with the lives of their families that they must serve in the army, at least more than 1 people were arrested, and an army of 5000 people was assembled to decorate the front.

But the most important problem has not been solved yet, which is the problem of intelligence. Only with accurate information can he make an accurate judgment, otherwise he will just listen to rumors and make the decision to abandon the capital and flee. assume full responsibility.

He can't bear this responsibility, really can't bear it, after all, this is the capital of the country, and the emperor of the eternal line is still here.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi came from a humble background, and he is the only legend in Japan who ascended to the top of the world as a farmer. Even so, he was looked down upon and rejected by many ministers for generations.

Therefore, Toyotomi Hideyoshi treated Emperor Goyosari very well, and this habit continued to Toyotomi Hideji, who also respected Goyosari Emperor, and treated him as a banner to bully the Tokugawa clan.

So the pressure on Maeda Toshinaga is very great.

He had only just taken over the heavy burden from his father, and he was actually faced with such a thing, which was really unacceptable and unimaginable for him.

But it happened like this. Two days later, the information came back. In order to speed up, his retainers used flying pigeons to send the information to Maeda Toshinaga as quickly as possible. Maeda Toshinaga Look, shocked.

The iron cavalry of the Qin army broke through the Danbo country while burning, killing and looting along the way, and wreaked havoc on the Danbo country.

Now they have entered the territory of Yamashiro State, and the progress is very fast. It is expected to arrive in Kyoto in two days, but it is strange that they continue to destroy villages and burn houses, forcing a large number of people to move towards Kyoto.

Only now, a large number of refugees can already be seen. Many refugees have appeared around Kyoto and are heading towards Kyoto. The vassals who set up the defense line to the north asked him for instructions on whether to let the people enter Kyoto. city.

Maeda Toshinaga began to think about whether to do this.

But before he could figure out a result, more troubles came to his door. Emperor Goyosari sent someone to ask him what was going on, whether he was going or staying, what was going on with Toyotomi Hideji, the capital Faced with danger, does he want to ignore it?
Maeda Toshinaga hadn't made a decision yet, but the emperor had to answer the question, so he had to put down the question at hand and let the retainers block the refugees from coming, and then went to the palace to meet the emperor.

Meeting the emperor is tantamount to meeting the entire imperial court, and a large group of ministers and emperors sent soul torture to him.

(End of this chapter)