Compared with the shock that the shogunate army brought to the Western army, in fact, Mao Jue brought far more shock to the Wa State.

Two years ago, Mao Jue was just a small border trouble in that remote place in Kyushu, a year ago, Mao Jue was just one of the disasters that made the shogun's face ugly, and now, he became a big problem for the shogunate, landing in Kyushu in March, and in May, he has swept through half of the Japanese country, bringing a full 160,000 horses to compete with his Tokugawa family for the world.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third-generation shogun, couldn't even figure it out, when his father, Tokugawa Hidetada, who was called cowardly, prejudiced, and mediocre, was alive, the world was peaceful, but when he had just taken over the power and was about to carry out a new deal that had been brewing in his chest for an unknown amount of time, the world was suddenly in chaos.

Isn't this temple immoral? Can't sit in the position of this world?

On the night of May 1, the entire shogunate quarreled into a pot of gruel, and the relatives and clansmen, Pudai, and even those who were full of resentment, all opened their mouths to scold Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who ordered to retreat, at this time, even Aoyama Yukinari, who had planned to advance and retreat together, did not dare to speak here, but on the throne, Tokugawa Iemitsu was as stunned as if he had lost his soul, and the quarrels of his subordinates did not hear him in the slightest.

Before the war began, the sky over the shogunate was first clouded.

After arguing for a long time, the Daimyo Sakai Ieji impatiently bowed down to the throne.

"Your Highness the General! Matsudaira-sama discarded the western country, please condemn it! ”

Only then did he come back to his senses, but Tokugawa Iemitsu's words were diametrically opposed to what a group of retainers expected.

"Shin Tsuna! How do you think you should fight this battle?"

"Send a messenger into the Western Army camp first, and negotiate peace, the shogunate can cut Kyushu Island in exchange for the Ming retreat!"

"Matsudaira child, do you still want to betray the country and bring disaster to the people? You're still a child of Sanhe! If you're afraid of death, go back, and we'll be the warrior men who fight this battle!"

Almost didn't break his belly, and the Date Tsunade of the Sendai Domain even pulled out the knife, but Matsudaira Nobutsuna's words, even the opposition Inaba Masakatsu, who hated him, couldn't help but nod slightly, and then the old guy slapped the floor heavily.

"Draw a sword in front of the general, is the Date family going to rebel?"

In the angry reprimand, dozens of daimyo below suddenly became dumb for a while, and then this Inaba Masakatsu kowtowed to Tokugawa Iemitsu again.

"General, today's army is tired, and the enemy army is also coming in a hurry, and tomorrow will definitely not be able to fight, how about retreating first, resting for the night, and then making a decision?"

The old guy is a traitor, but often the traitor is the most victorious king, looking at him meaningful, Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately nodded yes.

"Today is dispersed first, all the daimyo will return to the camp to rectify the soldiers and horses, and they will go out at any time in the near future to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop!"

In Tokugawa Iemitsu's drinking order, a large group of daimyo retainers had to withdraw from the Chinese army in groups of three or five, but this clamor demanded the disposal of Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and this time it was over.

However, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, a group of messengers set off.

Western Army, Noda Village Battalion.

When the shogunate army was still busy pursuing responsibility, Mao Jue was much more dedicated, a big table was set, and dozens of generals and daimyo were all in full swing discussing how to fight this battle, after all, compared to the shogunate's nearly 300,000 army, the western army was only 160,000, and Kankan was almost half of the other party.

But compared with the Western Army in history, the Western Army at this time is much more active, first of all, there are a few families that have no way out, the Maori family is already on the shogunate's blacklist, and if it is defeated, it will be dead, relying on Mao Jue to re-emerge the Nagazong I family, and the Asano family of the Hiroshima Domain of An Yun Country is similar, betraying the shogunate, and the shogunate will not let him go.

It can be regarded as a bit of a retreat from the Kuroda family, the Shimazu family, the Nabeshima family and other Kyushu daimyos, but they also have to weigh how miserable the Maori family, who did not fight in Nangong Mountain, fell after the war, that is, they were a foresight, and there were more than 30,000 samurai ronins gathered, many of whom were behind the famous families who fell lonely with the rise of the Tokugawa family, and even the descendants of the former Hiroshima feudal lord Fukushima Masanori were among them, whether they could rise again depends on this battle.

But in the middle of the military discussion, Mao Jue suddenly walked in in a hurry, lying on Mao Jue's ear and whispering, Mao Jue was really stunned.

"From the Tokugawa family?"

"Let him in!"

To tell the truth, the Eastern War has the gameplay of the Eastern War, the two families are eager to strangle each other and fight to the death, but the envoys before the war come and go, emphasizing their own righteousness is indispensable, but Mao Jue often ignores this, fighting the island country is really like a pirate, come when you want to, fight if you want to.

This envoy received it, but it felt a little new.

Other daimyo couldn't help but raise their appetites, many of them were still hostages in Edo, and after all, the other party was a shogun, the first person in the world, before the war, what conditions he could put forward affected everyone's hearts.

A moment later, a general with a high hat, a black samurai robe, and a three-petal sunflower pattern printed on his back was brought in, and looked at a tent of Han Han and Wa Wa, first looked around, and then the young man took out a yellow book of covenant from his sleeve.

"My general sent me here and was willing to negotiate peace with Daming, that is General Mao? As long as the general's Ming army is willing to retreat, His Royal Highness the general of my family is willing to cede Kyushu Island to General Mao, and the annual salary is 50,000 taels of gold and 500,000 stone of rice and grain!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of almost all the daimyo changed drastically, especially the three main daimyos of Kyushu Island, Shimazu, Kuroda, and Nabeshima.

The problem is that Mao Jue nodded seriously, and took the covenant with a smile as they were short of breath.

But in an instant, Mao Jue's actions were angry, and the Tokugawa family servant almost didn't draw his sword, he didn't even look at it, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, Mao Jue casually threw the covenant into the brazier, and then waved his hand like a fly.

"I know your general's proposal, go back!"

"General Mao, you can think about it! The shogunate's million-strong army is here, and my general doesn't want to hurt the peace with the Ming Dynasty, so he retreats from this step, and misses this opportunity, thousands of troops and horses are coming, and the general regrets it! ”

"General Mao has a marriage contract with His Royal Highness Chiyohime of my Toyotomi family, and he is the great minister of my Toyotomi family, and his heir is also the righteous son of His Royal Highness Kunimatsumaru, the head of the Toyotomi family!"

Another sonorous voice sounded in the tent, and everyone's eyes fell on the Kai Temple, who had been obscure on the side, this remark was heavy news, and it also made all the Western Army daimyo feel like they had taken a reassuring pill.

Just shrinking in the corner of the tent, Yu Dacheng, the governor of Denglai Road, picked his eyelids violently and turned his head hurriedly, while the eunuch Cao Xi hurriedly lowered his head.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna really wants to cede Kyushu? Fart! He is completely playing psychological warfare, and now the main force of the Western Army is the Dongjiang Ming Army, and the second is the Kyushu Army as the backbone.

But what conditions did the Kai Temple give? Married to the Toyotomi family, his son also passed under the knee of Kunimatsumaru! It means that Mao Jue is the master of the Toyotomi family! If he wins, he is the man of the world! How can a small Kyushu be compared?

was completely speechless, and after the waiter bowed, he immediately withdrew from the tent, rolled up his sleeves, and Mao Jue then lay down in front of the map.

"Everyone, go on, where did General Ikeda talk about how the Osaka Winter Battle was fought last time!"

…………

The next day, the 300,000 shogunate troops still relied on Osaka Castle, and it seemed that there was no plan to send troops at all, and they did not move like a mountain.

After the last Battle of Osaka, Osaka Castle was seriously damaged once, but now Osaka Castle not only does not look dilapidated, but seems to be better than the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era, the magnificent castle tower towers into the sky, and the flat castle is wide and straight, after all, the Tokugawa family is the Toyotomi world, in order to eliminate the influence of the Toyotomi family, after the Battle of Osaka, the second general Tokugawa Hidetada ordered the rebuilding of Osaka Castle, as an important stronghold of the Tokugawa family to rule Kansai, there are at least one million stone of grain stored here, enough for the shogunate army for a year.

And the topography of Osaka Castle is complicated, easy to defend and difficult to attack, here is the earliest Ishiyama Honganji, surrounded by the Kizu River, Shimano River, Hirano River, and Edo Castle is almost a peninsula floating island terrain near the sea, if you want to attack the city, you have to attack the river first, now the Western Army is out on the other side of the Kizu River, and the Tokugawa family siege strategic points, such as Chausu Mountain, Tennoji Temple and other areas are all in the hands of the shogunate, he is like a turtle group, it is really difficult to swallow.

Holding a small cannon barrel binoculars, looking at the other side, Mao Jue also grinned.

To tell the truth, if the war drags on, don't look at the shogunate twice as many people and eat more, but it is really him Mao Jue who can't be consumed.

After all, he came from afar, and the western country was only accepted by hand, and he was far from really establishing his rule, and those Japanese daimyo had different thoughts, and once the war was protracted, the shogunate would make some tricks behind his back, and sooner or later he would have to be defeated and go back.

Siege possible! Sun Tzu's art of war has clouds, ten rules to surround it, and times it to attack it, but he didn't say that half of it was also attacked, and the army did not occupy an advantage, and then went to fight the Tokugawa army with a favorable location, which was looking for death.

"Still have to lure the snake out of the hole!"

Putting down the binoculars, as soon as he turned around, Mao Jue tilted his head to Li Shanhai, who was also looking at the scenery of Osaka City.

"Master Li! I heard that the Kii country and the Yamato country on the other side of the sea are all flat rivers, fertile fields for thousands of miles, abundant products, and beautiful scenery, adults can be interested in visiting? ”

It's really bad with those civil officials, and the robbery is so civilized, but Li Shanhai, who has just made a fortune on Shikoku Island, immediately lit up, laughed and hugged Mao Jue.

"Old decay is a bit of a fetish, he loves landscapes, of course, it's better to be respectful than to obey his fate!"

At noon on that day, under the noses of the shogunate troops guarding the shore, more than 20,000 Lee Korean troops swaggered onto the boats, and under the escort of the Dongjiang gunboats, they swayed and drove obscenely behind them.

Immediately, there was a great daimyo of Dongguo who was in a hurry!

(End of chapter)