Chapter 804: Lian Heng (2)
"Tell them that if they want to gain a foothold, they must cooperate, otherwise they will only be broken by the Tokugawa family one by one." Liu Hong said calmly.
"Oh, this king will help them." Liu Hongjian added.
If those big names were not fools, they would definitely understand the countermeasures in the current situation, but the reason why Liu Hongjian sent this anonymous letter was not an extra move.
Not to mention whether the daimyo and the Ming trust each other or not, if there is no one to reconcile in the middle, even if the alliance is finally realized, it will take a lot of time.
Or if the Tokugawa family has to send troops to destroy one or two of them, these daimyo are estimated to be forced to unite, and Liu Hongchuan is like an invisible hand in the sky.
When the anonymous letter was sent for the first time, all the daimyos, including the Saito family, were dismissive, thinking that they had met two fools.
The second time they sent an anonymous letter, they were skeptical, but they chose to take a gamble in order to save their position and their lives.
After tasting the sweetness, the weight of this third anonymous letter was weighed by all the daimyos, and the civil strife of the Tokugawa family was over, and they were bound to face the wrath of the Tokugawa family.
It's just that no one knows who this anger will be sent to first, and the only thing that is certain is that cooperation will benefit both sides, as long as the daimyo's heart is not too inflated, they all know it in their hearts.
And almost all the daimyo muttered a little in their hearts, since the owner of this anonymous letter could assassinate Chiyo Honda, Korridge, Tokugawa Iemitsu, and Jon one after another, is that okay...... Hiss - I dare not think!
On May 18, Tokugawa Ietsuna issued a conquest order, and gathered 80,000 troops at Edo Castle to quell the rebellion, and by this time, 50,000 daimyo from all over the country had gathered in Oko Town.
50,000 to 80,000 Mo said that Liu Honggradually had no confidence in the coalition army, and Da Ming had no confidence in himself.
The Tokugawa family was able to hold the bull's ear during the Warring States period, and the military level was still online, as the family that ruled the entire Toei, the Tokugawa family's army was not only in number, but also much stronger than the coalition army in terms of weapons and equipment and individual soldier quality.
Moreover, the new group of coalition forces, not to mention whether there have been festivals in the past, there are many people who fight for each other.
"Well, it looks like we'll have to stir it up." Liu Hong gradually sighed and said.
"Ermu, this king remembers that the commanders of the Dongying people like to sit on the high ground, I don't know if it's or not?"
Liu Hongjian suddenly remembered that he had seen a movie called Shadow Warrior in later generations, in which whether it was Takeda Nobuhiro, Oda Nobunaga, or Tokugawa Ieyasu, he would find a high ground to command during the war.
Akira Kurosawa is a very pragmatic and truth-seeking director, and Liu Hong gradually feels that the habit of being a Japanese person should not be groundless.
"Back to the prince, this is indeed the tradition of the Dongying people, could it be the prince ......" Nanazaemon looked at the guards with strange muskets behind him, thoughtful.
"Tianbao, Zhennan, Xiaojin, you bring ten people over to 'watch the battle', remember, don't interfere until the last moment!" Liu Hong gradually answered the doubts of Shichizaemon with his actions.
Putting a cold gun in the back is addictive, and Liu Hongjian definitely does not want the Tokugawa family to succeed in quelling the rebellion, but he also does not want the Japanese coalition to achieve a big victory.
The best result was that the Tokugawa family was defeated and the Japanese coalition army won a crushing victory, which required the tactical ability of Yang Tianbao and the three of them, if he was not mistaken, the officers of the Japanese were the same as the leaders of the Jiannu, and their clothing and equipment were different from those of ordinary soldiers.
Ten ultra-long-range snipers, if coordinated properly, can make a difference in a war by picking the commander of the winning side.
After all, there was no electronic equipment at this time, and at the beginning of the war, communication except for the flagbearer relied on roaring, and if the opponent's standard-bearer and commander were killed first, even the most well-equipped army would become a headless fly.
"Yes, my lord, I've been waiting for your order for a long time!" Before Yang Tianbao finished speaking, Jin Yangming rushed to say that he finally got a hundred taels of addiction after sniping Jon a few days ago, and this guy is a bit addicted.
"Pay attention to safety, all actions are under the command of Yang Tianbao, those who do not obey will be engaged in military law, and immediately rush to Shimane to meet after the end, let's go." Liu Hong gradually knew that Yang Tianbao didn't like to speak, so he added another sentence.
It is impossible for Liu Hongjian not to itch in his heart in such a big battle, but there are more important things waiting for him to do.
"Ermu, are those Japanese warriors ready?" Liu Hong gradually asked.
"Back to the prince, following your orders, the order has been passed over half a month ago, and now it should be almost to the island root, and the three thousand sets of Japanese military uniforms that the prince asked for have also been prepared."
Tagawa Nanazaemon truthfully reported that Shimane was the location of the Iwami silver mine, and the Tokugawa family had nearly 10,000 troops stationed alone, and although a number of them were transferred due to civil strife, there were still 5,000 people.
Although his samurai were loyal, they were not regular soldiers after all, and they did not have the ability to fight five against one, and Liu Hong gradually asked him to prepare three thousand more sets of Japanese military uniforms, which made him very puzzled.
Could it be that the prince came with an army? But this is too incredible, if this is the case, wouldn't the prince have already started the layout more than a month ago?
All of this is under the control of the prince?
"It's time for us to move our nest, pack up, and let's go immediately, let's go to Shimane!"
After more than a month of tossing, it's time to close the net.
A few days later, as soon as the group arrived near Kyoto, Yang Tianbao and several other snipers rushed over and brought the latest battle report of the Battle of Okocho.
After listening to the intermittent reports of several people, Liu Hong gradually fell silent.
The battle of Oko Town can only be described in two words, tragic!
The war lasted for three days and three nights, and only 10,000 of the Tokugawa family's 80,000 troops were defeated and retreated to Edo in disarray, and the more than 50,000 Japanese coalition troops were not much better, and less than 20,000 people lived to see the sun on the fourth day.
This is a war without a win.
It stands to reason that the commanders of the general army choose to retreat when the battle losses reach one-third of the battle, because morale will become low, but the battle of Okocho is completely different.
First of all, the soldiers of the Tokugawa family are all arrogant generals, including Tokugawa Ietsuna himself, he did not take the coalition of Saito and others in his eyes, a group of miscellaneous troops, and the Tokugawa family can gather 80,000 troops from other cities again, but there is no need at all.
At the beginning, the battle was indeed one-sided, and the Nishimoto family was almost disabled in less than three hours after the battle, but it was only by chance that the main commander of the Tokugawa family in charge of the left flank was suddenly killed by a stray bullet, and the situation stabilized.
By the next day, the situation was still deadlocked, and Tokugawa Ietsuna thought that the Saito coalition army had been ordered to attack at the end of the crossbow, and every time there was a critical moment of imminent victory, his generals would be inexplicably killed.
At first, Tokugawa Ietsuna didn't care, after all, there was a war, and the big guys had artillery and muskets, so bad luck was inevitable.
But four or five key charges in a row were killed, which made Tokugawa Ietsuna angry, but sometimes fighting this thing is actually similar to gambling, and under the psychological trend of gamblers, Tokugawa Ietsuna can only continue to fight, after all, it is too humiliating to lose to a group of miscellaneous armies in the first battle of the shogunate.
The morale of the Saito coalition was very high, after all, they were forced to fight, and losing the battle would be the destruction of all families, but later many Ming gradually came back to their senses - the guy who wrote them anonymous letters was helping them.
Saito saw with his own eyes that the head of the Tokugawa family, who was about to rush to their headquarters, was cut off and half pulled, so he felt the surprising unity of the leaders of the coalition forces in his heart, and decided to fight the Tokugawa to the end.
By the third day, the battle losses between the two sides had reached an outrageous level, and Tokugawa Ietssuna finally chose to retreat with bloodshot eyes, but he did not return to Edo Castle with his men in the end.
Because Jin Yangming, who is hundreds of steps away, has been aiming at this guy for three days......
Nanazaemon's eyes widened incredulously, and Liu Hongjian was silent for a while, then sighed and said:
"You are all talents!"
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