Zhu Cihong was not surprised by Empress Mingzheng's remarks, but squinted at the empress who was difficult to ride a tiger for a while.

He doesn't like to be embarrassed by women, but in the interests of the country, Emperor Zhu has no choice.

Zhu Cihong looked at everyone and said, "You all know that the Tokugawa shogunate is still at large, and the land of Kanto in Japan is still under the rule of traitors!" Our war is far from over! ”

He asked Xu Qingshan, "How many people have gathered in Kyoto now?" And how many daimyo responded to the downfall? ”

Xu Qingshan saluted and said: "Back to Your Majesty, in addition to the 60,000 horses in my Ming Dynasty, now Kyoto has gathered the men and horses of the eighteen domains, with a total strength of more than 53,000 people, and there are also fifteen clans who are willing to respond to the fall of the curtain and will arrive in Kyoto within five days!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded: "Then what about the other daimyo in the Kanto region, is there any news!" ”

When it comes to intelligence issues, Li Tingbiao said: "Back to Your Majesty, there are eight daimyo in Kanto who have expressed their willingness to join the Fallen Curtain Alliance, but only four daimyo have sent troops to respond, and the rest are just expressing their stance and still standing still!" ”

"So little?"

Zhu Cihong pondered for a moment and said, "What about the Yonezawa Domain and the Sendai Domain!" ”

These two feudal clans were large feudal clans near Edo, and the income of the stone high reached 300,000 yuan, and among the hundreds of daimyo in Japan, there were not many that exceeded 50,000 stone.

Like the Yonezawa Domain and the Sendai Domain, among all the daimyo in Japan, they are at the top of existence, and they belong to the lord level of the feudal lord, and they can get seats in Edo Castle Honmaru Daihiroma.

If they were to fall, the Tokugawa shogunate would have to be completely destroyed.

Li Tingbiao replied: "Uesugi Tsunakatsu, the daimyo of the Yonezawa Domain, directly rejected our recruitment, and Date Tadamune, the daimyo of the Sendai Domain, sent an envoy, but there was no mention of sending troops, and the minister judged that they were looking for a way back for themselves. ”

Li Tingbiao paused, and then said: "According to the news from the Kanto Jinyiwei, the two of them still have contacts with the Tokugawa shogunate, and Sakai Tadashi is also trying his best to win them over, promising to give them a fief of 200,000 stone per feudal domain after repelling my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked disdainful: "It seems that the Sendai clan wants to find a source left and right in the cracks, and please both sides." ”

Needless to say, although their wealth was high, they were the poorest feudal clan in Japan, and in order to maintain their façade, they forcibly maintained the size of a retainer group of 6,000 people, and even raised a large group of samurai.

Raising so many people is naturally beyond their means, and they need the assistance of the Tokugawa shogunate, as long as Sakai Tadakatsu is willing to spend money, it is equivalent to raising an obedient dog.

The Sendai Domain is different, they are purely two or five boys, the wife of the feudal lord Date Tadamune, Bei Ji, is the sister of the mother of Emperor Gosai Ryohito, according to the kinship, Empress Meizheng Xingzi, and you have to call that old thing an uncle......

Therefore, the Date Tadashi sect sent envoys to Kyoto to maintain a certain relationship with the Ming Dynasty, wanting to leave a way back for the Sendai Domain.

Zhu Cihong said: "Let's ignore them first, how is the situation on the Edo side!" ”

Li Tingbiao said: "The Jinyi guard behind the enemy found that the Tokugawa shogunate took advantage of the autumn sowing to seize mulberry fields on a large scale in the rear of the Kanto Plain, and converted them into farmland for grain planting, in an attempt to restore grain production and fight against our army for a long time!" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "It's really hard for them." ”

His laughter immediately caused the climax of the Japanese traitors, and they all ridiculed the Tokugawa shogunate.

"Don't measure yourself, grasshoppers shake the tree!"

"I don't know what to do, hurt others and hurt myself!"

"If you don't know the power of heaven, you will bring about your own destruction!"

“......”

Zhu Cihong pressed his hand, stopped the Japanese traitors' behavior towards each other, and continued: "What about the deployment of military forces? ”

Li Tingbiao said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Tokugawa shogunate mobilized nearly 100,000 troops from the Kanto region and stationed them in Shouyanne, Gifu and other places. ”

Immediately afterward, he took out a piece of information from his bosom and continued: "The specific deployment is that the lord of the Matsue domain, Matsudaira Tsunaka, the lord of the Takamatsu domain, Matsudaira Yoritsune, and the lord of the Odawara domain, Inaba Masanori, will each lead the army to assist the lord of the Hikone domain, Ii Naotaka, to garrison Hikone and prevent us from advancing eastward, with a total force of more than 50,000 people. ”

"The lord of the Iwatsuki domain, Abe Dingdaka, the lord of the Kofu domain, Tokugawa Tsunesge, led an army of 30,000, and the lord of the Ota domain, Abe Masano, and the lord of the Nitta domain, Abe Masaharu, led 20,000 troops to assist the lord of the Owari domain, Tokugawa Yoshinao, to garrison Gifu......"

"In addition, the Kanto Plain has gathered more than seventy daimyo and nearly 100,000 troops, and the Tokugawa shogunate is still continuing to recruit other daimyo to jointly send troops against our army's eastward advance!"

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, if the expectation is good, the Tokugawa shogunate is planning to fight a decisive battle in the area of Sekigahara at the junction of Kansai and Kanto.

More than 50 years ago, after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu led the "Eastern Army" under his command to fight a decisive battle with the "Western Army" composed of Ishida Mitsunari in the Battle of Sekigahara.

Now, the Tokugawa shogunate wanted to fight a decisive battle in the land of the unification of its ancestors, and its arrangement and determination speak for themselves.

Zhu Cihong sighed softly, it was the mulberry for the rice to carry out the autumn sowing, and it was the preparation for the decisive battle, and the Tokugawa shogunate's preparations were very sufficient!

However, the weak and pitiful and helpless shogunate, is it useful to toss like this?

Perhaps, Sakai Tadakatsu is counting on crowd tactics to win?

That's right, this is the core military thinking of the cold weapon era, which pays attention to the strength of many people, and one person can wash away the other party with a soak of urine.

At this time, the Maori outline suddenly jumped out and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, the ignorant shogunate army has nearly 100,000 troops in the Owari area, and our total strength in Kyoto Prefecture is also 100,000. ”

"After we occupy Sekigahara, we will immediately march eastward, conquer Edo in one fell swoop, and then sweep across the Kanto Plain to completely unify Japan!"

Ito Tiaoko also jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that while the shogunate rebel army has not yet gathered, let's strike first, defeat the shogunate thieves of Owari first, take them by surprise, and disintegrate their deployment!" ”

One by one, the rapists were very excited, and they expressed their opinions hard, wanting to make meritorious contributions.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said with a smile: "I understand your loyalty, but don't rush now, if you want to make meritorious contributions, send people to Kanto to persuade and win over those daimyo who are still swaying from side to side, especially Yonezawa Domain and Sendai Domain, as long as you have all the gains, I will reward you without hesitation!" ”

"My attitude is very clear, those daimyo of the shogunate, don't have the illusion of being left and right, either immediately and completely break with the Tokugawa shogunate, or continue to be loyal to the shogunate and fight to the death with my Daming!"

When several daimyo heard this, they were all very excited.

This kind of thing is similar to pimping, as long as the publicity is strong and the description is good, there will always be some people who want to rush over!