Wanli 1592

Chapter 219

Tokugawa Ieyasu led the army to attack the city in a hurry, and Maeda Toshiie was unambiguous here, quickly assembled the power of his family and the strength of his servant daimyo, and assembled an elite army of 3 people. Toyotomi Hideji opened The arsenals in Osaka and Kyoto were armed, raising the combat effectiveness of this army to the extreme.

Then, Toyotomi Hideji sent his capable retainers to join forces with Maeda Toshiie's fierce generals, and an army of 1 people marched towards the Edo area, preparing to directly destroy Tokugawa Ieyasu's lair and use his family Small as coercion.

Of the remaining 2 people, 1 people were split as officers to lead the newly recruited 3 horses, and under the leadership of the veterans, the recruits began to train. Maeda Toshiie personally supervised the training and strived for the fastest time. The remaining [-] soldiers and horses were sent to the direction of Iwami country to set up a defense line, keep Iwami Yinshan, gain the initiative early, resist Tokugawa Ieyasu's attack steadily, and buy time for the army to support.

It can be said that both Maeda Toshiie and Tokugawa Ieyasu are racing against time, making every effort to fight and prepare for future hegemony, whoever seizes the upper hand will win, and the rewards for winning are very rich, which will be the whole of Japan.

As time went by, the news could not be concealed completely. Tokugawa Ieyasu's rebellion and the killing of Toyotomi Hideyoshi have spread throughout the capital city. Everyone has psychological expectations that the world will soon be in chaos again. Looking at it, the two largest powers in Japan are still the Toyotomi clan and the Tokugawa clan. Although the Tokugawa clan has won a major victory, the Toyotomi clan is a centipede who is dead but not stiff. In hand, everything is not yet clear.

No one dares to say that he can definitely win. No one dares to say that if Tokugawa Ieyasu has more people, Tokugawa Ieyasu will definitely win. If Toyotomi Hideji has fewer people, Toyotomi Hideji will definitely not win. There are too many examples in the past few decades. No one dares to say that he can predict whose victory. He responded like last time, but he didn't make it clear that he wanted to avoid it.

This is an investment, and it is a very risky investment. Whoever wins will win the future, and whoever loses will lose everything. No one dares to bet on himself.

The little daimyos under Toyotomi's command are all waiting and watching, and the foreign daimyos are also waiting and watching. No one dares to say that they will be able to make the right bet. Everyone has few things in their hands. Once they all bet, then But it is really a team, if the team does not stand well, there will be no future, and there has never been any kindness in fighting for the world.

Tokugawa Ieyasu killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi and wantonly beheaded those who disobeyed him. Although it will make many people feel fearful, it will also make many Toyotomi Hideyoshi's supporters or sympathizers very dissatisfied, and thus completely collapsed. To Toyotomi Hideji's camp, because Toyotomi Hideji originally had a retainer group, which would make Toyotomi Hideji's power stronger, and with the existence of Maeda Toshiie who is not weaker than Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu does not seem to be It doesn't have much of an advantage.

The only advantage is the destruction of the main force of the Toyotomi army, and the main force of the Tokugawa army is still there. Therefore, in the weakened West Country area, the Tokugawa army is invincible and invincible. Some areas have fallen. Tokugawa Ieyasu's vanguard general Tadakatsu Honda has already reached the Nagato country. The soldiers are pointing directly at the Iwami area, and the goal is to take down the Iwami Ginzan.

At this moment, the Ming army fleet led by Xiao Ruxun had rested on Tsushima Island for a day, and started sailing again. There was a storm on the sea a few days ago, and Xiao Ruxun did not order a risky march. After a few days of recuperation, when the storm passed, the army Set sail again, headed straight for the Iwami area, and prepared to take advantage of the situation to attack the Iwami country after landing. More than a dozen Japanese pirate prisoners who were familiar with the terrain of the Iwami area were picked out and rewarded with a lot of money in exchange for their guides.

The number of cannons of the Ming army also increased further. Song Yingchang converted all the collected cannons into cannon carriages and handed them over to Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun now has at least [-] cannons to use, but there is still a lack of heavy cannons, which are basically light and medium-sized cannons. The artillery, the heaviest of which is only five or six hundred catties, obviously does not have much chance of winning against the Japanese pirates' Wacheng.

This is not important, a few isolated cities cannot prevent the Ming army from raging. The equipment and combat effectiveness of the Ming army obviously surpassed the Japanese army at this time. The Ming army who has accumulated rich combat experience has no experience in fighting the Ming army in Japan. The victory of the Japanese army in the field is beyond doubt.

On February 100th, three days before Xiao Ruxun arrived in the coastal area of ​​Iwami, Tokugawa Ieyasu's main force invaded the Nagato country, and the Honda Tadaka vanguard, which had been delayed a little before, got enough support. Nagato The forces supporting Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the country were completely wiped out, and the pro-Tokugawa regime was established. Tokugawa Ieyasu symbolically left more than [-] soldiers to express occupation, and rushed to Iwami country. As long as Iwami Ginzan was taken down, He was not afraid that there would be no military expenses, and after taking Iwami Yinshan, he would be able to lead his army to take Kyoto and fight in a straight line.

It is unwise and unrealistic to attack all the regions. He has no troops and no time to attack the entire world. As long as the opponent surrenders and surrenders, the rest can be resolved by political means after the world is settled. Attacking the world means making the world an enemy. , Those local real power factions have always been talking nonsense when they see people talking about people, talking nonsense, and talking to whoever is strong. These people will obey as long as they face the strong, and they will not fight. If you want to beat them, aren't you just asking for fun?

But the Iwami area is different. The Iwami Ginzan area was under the control of Toyotomi Hideyoshi after the establishment of the Toyotomi regime. It originally belonged to the Maori family. Of course, the Maori family was not happy about taking it over.

But facing Toyotomi Hideyoshi and most of the Japanese daimyos, he really had no confidence and could only admit defeat. Toyotomi Hideyoshi set up enough troops here to protect Iwami Ginzan. When it was intense, no troops were drawn from here.

Therefore, there are almost 8000 Toyotomi troops in the entire Iwami area that can be mobilized. Most of them are diehard Toyotomi. They are very loyal to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After the news of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s death came, these troops felt grief I hate Tokugawa Ieyasu's betrayal, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi is dead, and they face two choices, one is to surrender, and the other is to fight to the end.

They chose the latter.

(End of this chapter)