On the morning of April 2nd, under the guidance of Shimadzu, Mori and other daimyo, the coalition forces from the important towns of Jiubian landed safely and then launched quickly.

Of course, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, 50,000 civilians and related logistics supplies are a huge amount. It would take ten days and a half to figure this out. Therefore, although the landing did not encounter any resistance,

But tomorrow's coalition forces will not be able to advance on a large scale at this moment.

Therefore, before this huge army could take effective action, news of it naturally spread to Edo City first.

"You mean, the people of the Ming Dynasty, led by that rebellious group, landed in two groups, one of which went to Kyushu?"

"Hi."

"How many troops does the other party have?"

"Forgive me, Your Highness, but there are too many enemy soldiers, and the security is tight, so we can't investigate carefully. But looking at the situation, there are at least 50,000 on the Kyushu side, and at least 100,000 on the Nagato side.

But what is certain is that after the troops from Nagato’s side arrived at the eastern border of Nagato Country, they stopped at a dangerous place and began to build various fortifications.”

"Well..." After thinking for a moment, Tokugawa Yoshihiro turned to look at Masazumi Honda: "Uenosuke, what do you think of this matter?"

"Hi." After bowing his head slightly and saluting, Honda Masazumi said: "In Gongfang Palace, judging from the current situation, there are two possibilities. First, the Ming people seem to be worried about this invasion and taking down the entire Japan at once.

I lack confidence, so I want to completely capture Kyushu Island first so that I can have a way out in case of failure. Secondly, after excluding the rebellion of Maori and other families, the Ming Dynasty’s invasion force is only 70,000 to 80,000? This is really too few.

Yes. Based on my guess, there should be another batch of troops to land."

"Hmm...then where do you think the landing place is?"

"...It's really difficult to determine this, but there is a high probability that it is in Nagato Country. After all, this is the old territory of the Maori family, and you can get a lot of guidance and help if you land here."

"Okay." Tokugawa Yoshinao stood up: "Sakakihara Chuji!"

"Hi!"

"Gather our new army, enter Harima, and launch with Himeji Castle as the core... What else does Uenosuke want to say?"

"Kongboden, if we put all the new troops into Harima, it seems a bit too far to the west. Once something happens, it will be very inconvenient for us to move around. In my opinion, can we concentrate all the new troops in Settsu Province, with Osaka Castle as the base?"

Core expansion? After all, as you said, the places where the Ming Dynasty landed were only Nagato, Osaka, and Edo. This Edo city was protected by a coastal fortress area, and there were 60,000 troops from the Tokugawa family tree and pro-domain daimyo.

Garrison. Even if all our new troops leave, the Ming Dynasty finds out such information and puts all the second troops in Edo to land. The existing garrison strength is enough to hold on until our new troops turn around. But if we go

They arrived at Harima, but the Ming people landed in Osaka again? You must know that they have the only son of the Toyotomi family in their hands."

"Well, ah~! What Uenosuke said makes sense! Then let's do it this way! Sakakihara Chuji, did you hear that?"

"Hi!"

The coalition forces will land tomorrow on April 2nd. On the 7th, Edo City receives the news and begins to make adjustments. At the same time, on April 8th, on the north side of Honshu Island, Japan, along the Sea of ​​Japan, several more emergencies suddenly appeared.

Thousands of galleons.

The core of Japan's four mainland islands is Honshu Island, which is a large island with an area of ​​more than 220,000 square kilometers and ranks seventh among the global islands. Therefore, like many islands, it has a basic topography of high in the middle and low on the periphery.

.also has its own characteristics.

One of them is that the two ends are high and the middle is low. In other words, there are taller mountains at the west end and the east end of Honshu Island, and the two mountain ranges are not completely connected. Between these two mountain ranges, there is a rare area in the middle.

Plain: It is not a coastal plain like the Kanto Plain, but a plain inside the island that is more similar to a basin.

The civilization of the Japanese archipelago generally began in the west near the mainland, and then gradually developed eastward. There was no effective development in the Kanto region. The flat land between these two mountain ranges is the essence of Japan: Nara and Kyoto are both places.

at this location.

Forty or fifty kilometers northeast of Kyoto is the Tottori Domain.

The landing place of the new Ming army troops was chosen here.

"Your Majesty, Mitsunaka Ikeda, paid a visit to Taikaku's orphan. My ancestors fought side by side with Taikaku. Later, the Ikeda family also became loyal and obedient officials of the Toyotomi family. Unfortunately, the Tokugawa traitors were so powerful that we had no choice but to give up on Toyotomi for the sake of the continuation of the family name.

Allegiance to the family. Now that Lord Dongxiu has returned home safely, I am very grateful and shed tears!"

"But Ma Shou, please get up. I don't blame you for what happened in the past. After all, everyone has their own difficulties. Come, let me introduce to you. This is General Cao Wenzhao of the Ming Dynasty."

"Hi! I'm here, Mitsunaka Ikeda, and I've met General Cao."

"Well, um, Ikeda...ah, we are here this time with a total of more than 95,000 soldiers and 50,000 accompanying soldiers and civilians. What are your preparations?"

"General, Tottori is a poor place with a sparse population and poor output. In addition, we can't make grand preparations in advance to avoid being discovered by the ninjas of the Tokugawa rebels, so there are no barracks or anything like that."

Seeing that Cao Wenzhao's face turned a little cold, Mitsunaka Ikeda hurriedly said: "However, these days, in the name of restoring the field's strength through fallow, I have deliberately abandoned a large field and cleared away all the weeds and other things on it.

The general has gone there. As long as there are enough materials, barracks can be quickly built to accommodate 100,000 troops. General, this is a small piece of flat land in our Tottori domain. The annual output is no less than 3,000.

Stone grain."

"I will give you five thousand stones first. Hurry up and take me to see that place."

"Ah? Thank you so much, General! The General is such a good man! Please follow me."

Tottori is a super poor place. Even in the 21st century, it is the least populous prefecture in Japan. At the same time, in addition to sea intrusion, this place is also affected by cold waves. It is a rare place in the west of Honshu Island where you can see heavy snow.

In short, Mitsunaka Ikeda didn't want to stay in this place for a day. What he never forgot was to climb over the mountain that stretched across the western part of Honshu Island and go to Harima Country to the south of the mountain to take over the land of the Ikeda clan - in this way, he took the risk.

I took the initiative to respond internally.

Of course, the Japanese are still meticulous in doing things. After Cao Wenzhao saw a completely flat land with not many weeds, he was determined in his heart - an army of 100,000 people must have an advance base no matter what.

, and then we can talk about the subsequent war, right?

After he nodded in recognition of this fast place, the engineering troops who had landed in advance led a large number of civilians to remove the corresponding materials from the ship and began to build barracks. The combat troops, led by the few feudal soldiers of Tottori Domain, went forward.

Occupy various passes.

"Um, Ikeda."

"Hey, General, what do you need?"

Putting down the telescope, Cao Wenzhao pointed to a series of mountains in the southeast that were not too high: What is behind that mountain?

"General, that is Mount Meiho. Beyond this mountain is Tajima Kingdom. The coastline of Taima Kingdom is very short. Go southeast for at most twenty miles and you will enter the boundaries of Kyoto. That is the plain of Kinki region.

where."

"Oh~" Nodding, Cao Wenzhao turned around and said, "Commander!"

"Commander please give the order!"

"Order Huang Degong from the Seventh Town to help me take down the mountain top immediately."

"Got the order!"

…

"Hiss~ Mitsunaka Ikeda, how dare he be so bold? The fight hasn't even started yet, and he's already choosing a side?"

Of course, such a large-scale landing cannot satisfy anyone. Although Tottori is a poor place, the Tokugawa family has almost no spies there. However, the Ikeda clan of Harima country is watching the place very closely. After receiving such news

Afterwards, the Ikeda family yelled at the branch family for being too shameless and hugging the family too quickly. On the other hand, they could only quickly report to the shogunate - the branch family had already embraced the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty won, this family would

The days must have been extremely sad. I can’t say, I can only hope that the shogunate can drive these Ming people into the sea.

On the 13th, news of another Ming Dynasty army of no less than 100,000 men landing in Tottori reached Osaka: Yes, at this time Tokugawa Yoshinao had already entered Osaka from Edo West.

While being angry, Tokugawa Yoshinao couldn't help but feel lucky: Fortunately, Honda Masazumi stopped him, otherwise his new army troops would have gone to Harima: Although Harima and Tottori are geographically very close, but

There is a very long and high mountain range between the two, and it is not easy for large troops to march in it!

But it is much better now that the main force is placed on the front line in Osaka: this is a plain area, which is very conducive to army deployment.

"Huh, it seems that the situation has become clear. The new army of our country and the new army of the Ming Dynasty, both about 100,000 people, will fight a decisive battle in Kinki. The winner will gain the right to rule Japan." 1619

On April 15, Tokugawa Yoshinao held a combat meeting in Kyoto. With the help of increasingly detailed intelligence received recently, the Japanese finally determined that those who landed in Nagato, Hirado and other places were not

The main force of the Ming army. The real main force of the Ming army, that is, the new troops, are all in Tottori Domain at the moment - and because of the strong support of the local feudal lord, these guys have established a firm foothold in Tottori. They are moving towards the north of Kyoto

Drive in!

"Gentlemen!"

"Hi!"
Chapter completed!