Yoshino.
After receiving the news that Ashikaga Yoshimochi was coming with troops, Komatsu Reiko returned here again.
At Eizan Temple, Komatsu Reiko prepared a grand welcome ceremony for Ashikaga Yoshimichi to express his welcome to his arrival.
Ashikaga Yoshimochi is also a proud and arrogant person. If it weren't for the food in Komatsu Reiko's hands, he wouldn't bow to her so easily.
Now that he sees how much Reiko Komatsu attaches importance to him, Ashikaga Yoshimochi feels a lot better. When he saw Lingzi Komatsu, who was dressed in bright red armor and came to greet him in person, he suddenly fell in love with Lingzi Komatsu, and even had the urge to hold her in his arms and play with her.
No rush, no hurry... Wait until he finds out where Komatsu Lingzi's food is hidden and gets the food, then he will take down Komatsu Lingzi. What he wants to do by then is not up to him. Does he have the final say?
Komatsu Reiko and Ashikaga Yoshimochi exchanged greetings for a few words, then walked straight towards Eizan Temple. Not long ago, the two sides were fighting to the death, and now there are indeed not many topics to talk about when they meet.
When I arrived at Eizan Temple, as soon as I sat down at Ashikaga Yoshimochi, I couldn't wait to ask for food from Reiko Komatsu.
However, Komatsu Reiko temporarily postponed the matter to Akito on the grounds of thanking Ashikaga Yoshimichi for coming to help.
That night, after the banquet was over.
Hosokawa Noriyuki came to Komatsu Reiko worriedly and said: "Master, Ashikaga Yoshinori is so undisguised, I'm afraid he won't be thinking about food for a day or two."
"Of course I know that." Komatsu Reiko sat down and then chuckled: "Now food is the foundation for my survival. If there is no food, will the other generals listen to me? Can you, Hosokawa, listen to me? ?”
Hosokawa Mochiyuki immediately knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Hosokawa will follow his master to the death and never leave without any regrets!"
Komatsu Reiko chuckled, "If you say you can do it, then I believe it. But can you guarantee that the other members of the Hosokawa family have the same idea as you?"
"Master, if anyone in the Hosokawa family is unwilling to follow my master, my subordinates will immediately chop off their heads and will not tolerate it! The Kikuren proves it!" Hosokawa Mochiyuki held up the family master's sword in his hand and made an oath.
With a smile on his face, Komatsu Reiko quickly helped Hosokawa Mochiyuki up with his own hands, nodded and said, "Okay, if Mr. Hosokawa can be absolutely loyal to me, then I will be relieved."
Hosokawa Noriyuki reminded again: "Master, Ashikaga Yoshinori comes with an army, I'm afraid he has a bad plan. Master, you must be careful."
Komatsu Reiko was very happy that Hosokawa Mochiyuki surrendered, and she didn't mind revealing some of her inner plans to him.
"Don't worry, I know his purpose very well. He just wants to ask me for a batch of grain first. It would be best if he could find the place where I store the grain. When the time comes, he will probably fall out with me at the first opportunity. Even if the food is not found, after he changes his tone, he will use force to force me to hand over the food."
Seeing that the master knew everything, Hosokawa Noriyuki stopped reminding him. He turned and sighed: "The threat of the Ming Dynasty is right in front of us. Ashikaga Yoshimichi still wants to have internal conflicts with us. He is really short-sighted."
"Haha, there are only a few people with far-sightedness in this world. There is nothing surprising about this." Komatsu Reiko said calmly.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki paused and asked the doubts in his heart, "Since the master knows that Ashikaga Yoshimochi has evil intentions, why did he let him come to Yoshino?"
No matter how you look at it, Hosokawa Noriyuki feels that letting Ashikaga Yoshimochi come to Yoshino safely is a big failure. Even if you want to give him food, just send someone to deliver some. This can also avoid the threat of Ashikaga Yoshimochi. After all, Kyoto is not close to Yoshino.
But now Ashikaga Yoshimochi's army is close at hand. If he is determined, he can even catch Komatsu Reiko by surprise.
Unlike Hosokawa Mochiyuki's worries, Komatsu Reiko looked confident of winning.
"Now the Ming army is looking for our main force everywhere. If they can't be found, they won't give up. Ashikaga Yoshinori's strength is pretty good. With his help, I will be even more confident. Defeat the Ming Dynasty and even drive them out of Japan!"
Hosokawa Mochizuki felt excited when he heard that the Japanese country became what it is now, all because of Ming's deliberate instigation from both sides. The mountains and rivers are broken, and the bones are everywhere. If the Ming army can really be driven out, then it will really be a bad breath???????????????
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After Ashikaga Yoshimochi begged for several days, Komatsu Reiko had to temporarily give him some food to appease him first.
This amount of food was enough to barely sustain Ashikaga Yoshitoshi for five days, which was far from what he wanted. Ashikaga Yoshimochi was naturally dissatisfied with this, and even became more and more rude to Komatsu Reiko in his words.
But before the conflict between him and Komatsu Reiko actually broke out, the news that the Ming army was heading towards Yoshino forced both sides to put aside their grudges for the time being and work together to deal with the Ming army.
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"...I will die! I braved the enemy and advanced lightly, so I was ambushed by the Japanese..."
Han Du and Zhu Biao sat opposite each other, their faces looking ugly.
Han Du knew clearly from Tang Ding's report. In the battle of Yoshino, Tang Ding was going very smoothly. With the advantage of firearms, the Japanese soldiers were dozens of times stronger than the Ming army, but they couldn't resist it at all. It's not any different. Facing a city right in front of us, or a city without walls, isn't this just like a beauty with no clothes on at all? There was no room for resistance at all. Tang Ding didn't think much and directly ordered the army to continue charging in.
The scene that made Tang Ding regret the most came. When the Ming army rushed into the city after chasing Japanese soldiers all the way, countless fires suddenly ignited around the city.
Countless houses in Yoshino were all made of wood. After being ignited, the fire quickly burned with the help of strong winds.
The entire Yoshino Castle, with more than 100,000 houses, was like firewood piled together, and the flames soaring into the sky soon completely enveloped the entire city. In addition to the two thousand guards around Tang Ding, only a few thousand people who rushed behind turned around and rushed out in time. The other more than 20,000 Ming troops were all buried in the sea of fire.
Han Du could see Tang Ding's despair at that time from between the lines.
Zhu Biao's eyes turned red when he saw it. He lost more than 20,000 soldiers in the first battle. This was the biggest loss since Zhu Biao ascended the throne.
Moreover, from the report, Tang Ding could clearly see at that time that it was not only the soldiers of the Ming army who were buried in the sea of fire, but also three to four hundred thousand Japanese soldiers who were also buried in the sea of fire. It was precisely because of the presence of these Japanese soldiers that Tang Ding did not expect that the Japanese would choose a fire attack that would destroy both jade and stone. He never thought that these Japanese people would be so cruel to their own people. In order to defeat him, he not only destroyed a city, but also buried hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers with him.
"So ruthless... so ruthless!" Zhu Biao sighed and his voice could not help but tremble. He felt sad for the loss of the Ming army, but also frightened by the ruthlessness of the Japanese.
After a long time, Zhu Biao recovered, raised his eyes to look at Han Du, and asked: "Do you think such a handwriting could be the work of Komatsu Lingzi?"
Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao and didn't know how to answer him. In Han Du's impression, although Komatsu Lingzi was extremely intelligent, he did not have such a vicious character. But if it wasn't her handiwork, she was now the leader of the Southern Dynasty, who else could it be if it wasn't her?
Zhu Biao finally calmed down and issued an order: "Send an order for Tang Ding to retreat to Jeolla Province for the time being. The destruction of the Japanese will be postponed for the time being. In addition, another 50,000 troops will be sent to Tang Ding's command. I don't believe it. , the Japanese country can still give me another city, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers in exchange for me!"
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Not only did Tang Ding not be held accountable for his crimes, Zhu Biao also dispatched 50,000 troops to him again. This shows that Zhu Biao was no stranger to battle formations and knew that this battle was not Tang Ding's fault. In other words, Tang Ding can be considered a winner in this battle. After all, it only cost more than 20,000 people to completely destroy the capital of the Southern Dynasties of Japan, plus hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers.
Where are the immortals in a war? Even when Han Du swept across the grassland, he lost 70,000 to 80,000 people before and after due to his huge artillery advantage. Even if some of them were soldiers and horses of the three guards of Wuliangha, the losses of the Ming army were not small.
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Time returns to the battlefield of the Battle of Yoshino.
When Tang Ding saw the huge fire, he knew that the Ming army still in the city was finished. When all the soldiers of the Ming army were frightened to death, Tang Ding ordered a retreat as expected, and even withdrew directly from the Japanese country as if fleeing for his life.
It's not that Komatsu Reiko doesn't want to keep Tang Ding here completely. She knows that Tang Ding is Han Du's good friend. If Tang Ding can be killed here, Han Du will definitely feel extremely sad.
But she couldn't do it.
She had no way of arranging Japanese soldiers to intercept Tang Ding in advance. If that were the case, her ambush would definitely be discovered on Tang Ding's way to Yoshino, which would make her plan in Yoshino fail.
And when Yoshino Castle was ignited, the fire blocked the Japanese soldiers' pursuit, and they could only watch Tang Ding escape in embarrassment.
"Master, master...this..." Hosokawa Mochiyuki didn't even know that Komatsu Reiko had a plan to burn Yoshino.
When he saw Yoshino Castle on fire, he immediately felt something bad.
You must know that this battle is the first battle fought by Ashikaga Yoshimochi. Of course, Ashikaga Yoshimochi does not want to waste his strength in vain, but when Komatsu Reiko uses food as bait, Ashikaga Yoshimochi can only fight for the food. . But I am afraid that even Ashikaga Yoshitomichi just thought that Komatsu Reiko was just trying to weaken his strength, and he would not have thought that Komatsu Reiko would actually bury him and the Ming army.
Ashikaga Yoshichichi, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers, and himself were burned clean by Komatsu Reiko.
