Ishimi Castle built a castle at the southern end of the flat land near the Whale Sea (Sea of ​​Japan), guarding the road leading to the Inma area.

Dongqing chose to build a city here because it was close to Shijian Yinshan, which shows the importance of Shijian Yinshan to Dongqing.

After capturing the Nagamen, Dongqing expanded northward with Dongqing as its base. After capturing Ishimi, he chose to build a city in Ishimi. The reason why they chose this place was not just because of the Yinshan Mountain, but more importantly, it was far away from the Ming Dynasty.

Even if you escape to Japan and face the Ming Dynasty across the sea, in the hearts of Huang Taiji, Haoge and others, fear of the Ming Dynasty was still inevitable.

Therefore, when they were building a city, they deliberately chose to stay away from the Ming Dynasty. Even the name of the city was not named Shengjing, but deliberately chose "Shijian".

However, as a newly built city, this "Shimi" can definitely be described as a fortress. It is completely built according to the Western fortress. It is a giant castle-like city. Such a city is definitely an irresistible fortress in Japan.

At least for the Japanese, it is obviously unrealistic to conquer this giant fortress with no less than 400,000 residents.

When Huang Taiji set up the capital in Ishimi, the main consideration was its superior geographical location. The most important thing is that if there is any disturbance, they can escape inland or into the sea at any time.

In short, since the time of building a city, they have made up their minds and escaped when the opportunity is not good.

However, this does not mean that they have no plan to stick to. In fact, Jiannu attaches great importance to Shimiya's defense. Not only did he build it into a fortress, but the so-called "Ten Banners of the East Qing Dynasty" were also stationed in the city, just like in Shengjing back then, and there were also acropolis, forts and other facilities outside the city to prevent the enemy from attacking from the sea. It can be said that Shimiya has a comprehensive land and sea defense.

Want to kill a stone!

Not easy!

If you can't fight such a tough guy in the first battle, if you can't fight for a while, and you can't win it cleanly, it will inevitably have an impact on the morale of the army and may even delay the situation for a long time.

The dog is anxious and jumps over the wall!

Moreover, Jiannu has already started to recruit soldiers. If they fight to the death and want to break the ball to death, this tough bone will probably be really hard to bite!

Zhu Hezhen looked at Liangshan and said:

"General Liang, if you were asked to lead 20,000 troops to attack Shi Jian, how long would it take to take it?"

With 20,000 troops, this is almost the largest force Zhu Hezhen can give Liangshan.

He thought about it and replied:

"Twenty thousand troops, cooperation between sea and land, I can win the stones within one month!"

Liangshan said it was very conservative, because Shi Jiancheng was not only tens of thousands of so-called Dongqing Ten Banners defense, but also many Japanese soldiers. He didn't know how many reinforcements Jiannu would send when he attacked Shi Jian, maybe 50,000, or 100,000.

One month is the most conservative estimate in Liangshan, and it is a time given based on the strength of both the enemy and us.

Zhu Hezhen nodded slightly, Jiannu's strength was still relatively powerful. Although the so-called Eight Banners soldiers were old and small, they also had more than 200,000 standing troops.

Moreover, there were quite a few people under the rule of Jiannu. According to their own statistics, there were 800,000 households and more than 4 million households, while the corresponding population of Tokugawa Shogunate was only 2 million households and more than 10 million people.

The Tokugawa Shogunate seems to have a large population, so it should be difficult to have strong strength, but the problem is that they are divided within, which is why the shogunate has been unable to repel Jiannu, as an invader, Jiannu is stronger in the opposite direction.

Especially Jiannu took over the Ming Dynasty's county system and directly ruled the occupied areas. The result was that compared with the Tokugawa shogunate, they not only had higher ruling efficiency, but also had stronger strength. It has to be said that this was a completely institutional advantage.

This institutional advantage has made it difficult to mobilize all the power to fight against Jiannu unless the Tokugawa shogunate can take over all the power of Daming, but this is obviously impossible. If they want to regain Daming's power, it will only lead to internal unrest.

Even if it weren't for the concerns of Jiannu's reaction, the rule of the Tokugawa family would have been overthrown by Jiannu, and the Tokugawa family would have been driven into the sea.

It can be said that Jiannu is still extremely strong now. If they want to fight a protracted war, it is not impossible.

On the other hand, Zhu Hezhen cannot afford to delay. If he delays one more month, he will consume his own financial resources. If he delays for a year, the military expenditure will probably exceed one million. Such a huge military expenditure will inevitably affect the aftermath work in the future.

After all, in addition to Jiannu, there is also the Tokugawa family and local daimyos.

If you fight like this, you will definitely lose money!

Therefore, Zhu Hezhen thought about it and agreed to the plan to attack Shi Jian.

He glanced at the names of several vassal lords and asked:

"Along the way from Xiaguan to Shijian, there are many mountain cities established by Jiannu. I hope that you several vassals can restrain their troops on land."

After hearing the names, those famous people hurriedly said:

"Please rest assured by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, we will definitely assist the army of the Celestial Empire in fighting this battle!"

There is something to do as soon as you come!

This made these daimyos very excited. They shouted "Respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" and did not call them as slogans. Many of them were daimyos from Kyushu, and Nagasaki was in Kyushu. They knew very well the power of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, I also know the treacherousness of the shogunate. They have been bullied by the shogunate over the years and rely on "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" to maintain a certain degree of independence.

Zhong didn't even know what kind of enemy he had offended!

Now that the Crown Prince comes with the Daming Tian Army, "Respecting the King and Repelling the Barbarians" can no longer be used as a slogan. They understand the gap in strength between Japan and the Ming Dynasty. The only idea is to take advantage of the Crown Prince's return to win the trust of the Crown Prince to ensure future interests/

Since you can't beat it, it's better to join it early, stand in the team of winners, and enjoy the fruits of victory together. In fact, all the surrender factions in the world are essentially different. To put it bluntly, they are all for the benefit. Of course, when they surrender, they often have various excuses, but here, in Japan, their reasons are very sufficient. They are the Japanese crown prince!

Of course this is not a decline!

This is the righteousness. Where is surrendering and not surrendering.

Zhu Hezhen nodded and said:

"Liangshan!"

Liangshan immediately stood up and said:

"I'm here!"

Zhu Hezhen Road:

"You are commanding 20,000 troops to attack Shimiya by sea. Within one month, Shimiya must be defeated. Are you sure?"

Liangshan Road:

"Please rest assured that you are guaranteed to complete the task!"

Zhu Hezhen said again:

"Li Ganwei, you led the coalition forces of various vassals to start from land and gradually recover the Chinese region. You will create momentum along the way, and the bigger the better, so as to attract the attention of the shogunate vassals."

The "alliance" mentioned by Zhu Hezhen is naturally the surrendered "Japanese soldiers" and the army of Daming of various vassals.

Of course, a general must have a unified command for such a joint force. This general must not be a Japanese.

After all, they are all dogs of the Ming Dynasty. If they are dogs, they cannot separate the same level. In order to balance their psychology, a general from the Ming Dynasty needs to direct them.

In this way, Zhu Hezhen decided to divide his troops, one by Liangshan, led 20,000 elite troops to attack Shi Jian by water, and one by Li Ganwei, led 30,000 miscellaneous troops to take over land, which was actually to restrain Jiannu's army from land, so that they could not return to the rear. In short, the way to use troops is to combine Qizheng.

This is the first battle to enter Japan, so you must be more secure. After all the matters were determined, Zhu Hezhen said solemnly.

"This war has a great relationship, and Japan's future will depend entirely on you."

I have to say that Zhu Hezhen is very fast in the role. Just like when he is talking now, he often puts Japan in front. Of course, this is nothing. After all, he is the future emperor of Japan, so of course he has to do this.
Chapter completed!