Although Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were both cattle men of the Warring States period, their authority was established by individuals and was not institutionalized. The system takes time to form habits, and what the two great cattle lack most is enough time to cultivate the next generation and form a system, and the result is that they are usurped by outsiders before the bones are cold.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, people saw that Ieyasu was the lord of the world, but the daimyo all over Japan were holding back, hoping that after Tokugawa Ieyasu died, they would find a way to copy the descendants of the Tokugawa family as they did with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

But no one expected that after the Battle of Sekigahara, the old turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu continued to live tenaciously for 16 years, until the shogunate power was stable and died at the age of 74. After the Battle of Sekigahara, Ieyasu killed Ishida Mitsunari and did not pursue Toyotomi Hideyori and Yodohime, because after all, Hideyori was still his master in name, and there were also a large number of Toyotomi former ministers in the Eastern Army camp.

Tokugawa Ieyasu endured for 14 years, waiting for the Tokugawa daimyo to be full-fledged, and it was not until he was in his 70s that he launched the Osaka Battle Winter and Summer Battles under the pretext of the Hokoji Zhongmei Incident, and physically eliminated Yodohime and Hideyori, and then closed his eyes with confidence.

Tokugawa Ieyasu divided the daimyo into three categories: the daimyo of the pro-feudal clan set up the Imperial Three Clans to guard the shogunate, the daimyo of the genealogy controlled the key territories, and the daimyo of the outer daimyo was the object of surveillance, and was surrounded by the first two types of daimyo layer by layer.

And when he didn't die, he passed on the position of General Zhengyi to his son Tokugawa Hidetada, and he himself retreated to the second line to become a general. After the death, there was no succession infighting and palace coup, which gave outsiders an opportunity. Anyway, Tokugawa Ieyasu did have two shots, and it also laid a solid foundation for the Tokugawa shogunate to rule for more than 200 years.

This time, Shimazu Tadashi of the Satsuma Domain led the Kyushu coalition army to crusade against the Tokugawa family, the "national thief", and at the beginning of the war, he was supported by daimyo from all over Honshu. The Mori clan of the Choshu Domain even allowed the Kyushu coalition to land in its territories, Nagato and Zhoufang, and provided them with a large number of supplies.

The daimyo from other places were also very supportive, and they sent the Kyushu coalition army led by the Satsuma clan to the front line to fight a decisive battle with the Tokugawa shogunate army. At that time, Tokugawa Iemitsu and the important ministers of the Tokugawa family were beheaded by the Far Eastern surgical style. Almost wiped out, so that Shimazu Tadashi was a little in a hurry, hoping to take advantage of the chaos of the Tokugawa family, occupy Kyoto in one go, and then order the daimyo from all over Japan to jointly conquer the "national thief" to destroy the Tokugawa family in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, the Tokugawa shogunate, with a few old ministers, quickly responded and shrank the defense line across the board. The Kyushu coalition army was blocked on the line of Kii, Harima, Tajima, Tanba, and Settsu. The Tokugawa family invested heavily in this line of defense and resisted the frantic attack of the Kyushu coalition forces. It also consumed a large number of personnel and materials of the Kyushu coalition army.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Satsuma Domain and the Kyushu coalition was unmatched in the whole of Japan, the Tokugawa family had been operating in this area for a long time, and logistics and supplies were very convenient. On the other hand, since the Shimazu family and the Kyushu coalition army fought with the Tokugawa shogunate, the supply of various foreign daimyos in Honshu was cut off, and they could only transport supplies from Kyushu to the front line.

And the water transport line of the Kyushu coalition army. It was also often attacked by the Tokugawa family's naval forces. As a result, the offensive of the Kyushu coalition army was contained, and a stalemate with the Tokugawa shogunate army was formed. By the end of the day, it was getting tired.

After withstanding the attack of the Kyushu coalition, the Tokugawa family gathered the elite reserves of the various feudal clans and the daimyo of the Sakayo dynasty and prepared to launch a fierce counterattack against the Satsuma domain. At present, the troops of the Tokugawa shogunate army participating in the counterattack have basically been assembled, and they will launch a fierce attack on the Kyushu coalition army as soon as they wait for an order.

This time. Even the Kyushu coalition army guessed the intentions of the Tokugawa shogunate and immediately responded with it. However, the morale of the Kyushu coalition is now low, the supply of materials is intermittent, and the support of the Far East Company is even more delayed.

Although Shimazu Tadatsune had already mobilized several times in succession throughout Kyushu, a large number of wandering samurai and peasant soldiers were recruited. As a result, the young and wandering samurai on Kyushu Island were almost exhausted, but after several months of fierce fighting, there were heavy casualties, and the loss of personnel and materials was very large.

At present, the Satsuma Domain and the major mycories of Kyushu have reached an extremely dangerous moment, and they are in danger of defeat at any time. The Shimazu family can only win this battle, and the other feudal lords are at most reduced stones and moved seals, but the Shimazu family who started this war may be exterminated. Therefore, Shimazu Tadashi has sent more than a dozen envoys in a row to the Tanegashima garrison in the Far East and the Sakai Port Kitai Trading House, kneeling down to beg the Far East to support the Satsuma Domain.

At the headquarters of the Kyushu Allied Army, Shimazu Tadashi convened the generals of the Kyushu Allied Army at all levels to discuss how to deal with the counterattack of the Tokugawa Shogunate Army. However, at present, there is panic within the Kyushu coalition army, and there is a general phenomenon of unstable military morale.

The Tokugawa shogunate was not idle during this time, and before launching the attack, they sent people to meet with several daimyo secretly, promising a lot of benefits, so that several daimyo within the Kyushu coalition army are currently entangled.

Shimazu Tadashi glanced at the coalition forces in the big tent, and said with a solemn face: "According to the report of the ninjas in front, the Tokugawa family is gathering forces and will launch a fierce counterattack in the near future. The current situation is relatively critical, and I hope that you will be ready at any time to resist the attack of the Tokugawa family. ”

The generals of the Kyushu coalition army in the big tent listened to Shimazu Tadashi's words, and they were all silent. Most of them have already had the idea of retreating, and they don't want to fight. After a few months, the Kyushu Coalition Army suffered heavy casualties and serious material consumption, and if it continued like this, the Kyushu Coalition Army would fall apart without the Tokugawa Shogunate Army attacking.

A daimyo thought for a moment and said, "The Tokugawa shogunate army has always been on the defensive, and their losses are much smaller than ours, and many elites have been recuperating in the rear, and once they launch a counterattack, they will be unstoppable." Our Kyushu coalition army has been fighting, the troops are tired, and the morale of the army is also a little unstable, but it is a little difficult to block the attack of the shogunate army.

In that case, should we send someone to negotiate with the shogunate, and use the tactic of delaying the army to buy some time, so that when we have finished replenishing the personnel and materials, we will not be afraid of the attack of the Tokugawa shogunate army. ”

Shimazu Tadashi listened, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm afraid it's too late, the shogunate army has already been deployed, and it may attack at any time." At this time, we go to negotiate with them, and no matter how stupid they are, they will not negotiate peace with us. ”

Another daimyo also said with a worried face: "Then let's take the initiative to retreat, shrink the defense line in the country of Beigo, reorganize a defense line, advance can be attacked and retreated, and if it can't be done, we will withdraw into the Choshu Domain." (To be continued......)

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