Inside the castle tower.
Toyotomi Daikichi, wearing a gorgeous golden haori, sat on the main seat. Looking at the famous names and important ministers below, he couldn't help but sigh.
Most of the daimyo whose territory was in Nishi Fuso rebelled. The remaining daimyo's territories are all in Higashi Fuso.
but.
The rest are also elite.
Toyotomi Daikichi's spirit perked up, and his eyes passed over the faces of Toyotomi's Four Heavenly Kings, Sixteen Divine Generals, and Katakura Kageju, full of confidence.
"Although West Fuso is temporarily unstable, East Fuso has always been the Toyotomi family's sphere of influence. As long as we work together, we can defend East Fuso."
Toyotomi Daikichi said loudly.
"Yes." All the great names and important ministers of the shogunate lowered their heads and responded loudly.
Then, without waiting for Toyotomi Daikichi to speak. Matsudaira Kagetora bent down and said: "Sir, I want to defend Higashi Fuso. The defense of Osaka Castle and Edo Castle is the top priority."
"Please, Lord General, let me lead the northern samurai, and allocate me five thousand elite soldiers to guard Osaka Castle."
Toyotomi Daikichi thought for a moment.
East Fuso, West Fuso.
Osaka Castle is the front line of the confrontation between the two sides and needs generals to guard it. Edo Castle is the headquarters of the Toyotomi family, and the Kanto Plain is rich.
He sits in the base camp and the most capable general guards Osaka Castle.
This arrangement couldn't be better.
"Okay." Toyotomi Daikichi agreed and said to Matsudaira Kagetora: "Kagetora. I will leave you enough food for three years. And a large amount of military supplies."
"Thank you, General." Matsudaira Kagetora thanked him calmly.
Immediately, Toyotomi Daikichi, the daimyo and the shogunate officials took out the map and discussed the details of the defense.
Their confidence is high.
With the power of the Toyotomi family in Higashi Fuso and Matsudaira Kagetora, Osaka Castle was in charge. Defending Dongfusang is by no means difficult.
Toyotomi Daikichi led the army to repair Osaka Castle for three days, and then led the large group of troops back to Edo Castle without stopping.
The way of power.
One goes down and the other goes up.
As the Toyotomi family weakened, Wu Nian naturally rose.
Harima country.
Himeji Castle has been burned to the ground. A Han army camp was built where it turned into charcoal. As the current base camp of Wu Nian.
Inside the Chinese army's tent. Wu Nian was wearing a dragon robe and a black gauze winged crown. He was sitting on the Taishi chair. There was a tea table next to him, and the tea cup was steaming.
There were two rows of chairs in front of him, with Wang Gui sitting first on the right. The remaining positions are left vacant.
Inside the tent, there was also a group of eleven internal guards, wearing armor and holding their hands on the hilts of their swords, looking majestic.
There were three Fuso men kneeling on the ground, bowing their heads respectfully.
The clothing materials of the three of them are all of excellent quality, and each has its own style. They are Eiji Nagasawa, Yasuda Katori, and Tsunao Kato.
They are all small names.
The territories are also in Xifuso.
Not long ago, he left the Toyotomi Army and came to join the Han Army.
It's not just them. Before that, many big names came to vote.
Wu Nian looked down on these big names in his heart, but he didn't show it. He said comfortingly: "It's really gratifying that the three gentlemen can turn from darkness to light."
"Afterwards, I will reuse the three gentlemen. Now I ask the three gentlemen to restrain the troops and horses first. I will arrange people and designate locations for the three gentlemen. The three gentlemen will go and set up camp."
Two of them could not understand Chinese.
An imperial guard performed the translation.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." They all showed joy and thanked him. Immediately, Wu Nian comforted them again and sent them away.
"These big names each have their own territories and armies. How to deal with them requires means." Wu Nian raised his head and said to Wang Gui.
"That's what the king said." Wang Gui said very rudely.
Wu Nian rolled his eyes at him.
After a while, an Ouchi guard broke in from the outside and reported with a joyful face: "Your Majesty, after learning that the Toyotomi army was defeated and retreated to Osaka, Kumamoto Neiji led his troops to surrender. The Toyotomi family's navy, Chaos occurs.”
"The daimyo or general who had territory in Higashi Fuso led his troops back to Higashi Fuso."
"Nishi Fuso's navy basically surrendered."
"At present, General Li Tianbao and others have landed in Kyushu."
"Very good." Wu Nian cheered up and stood up. Everything was expected, Chi Kaiqi and Ii Naobi were killed in battle.
It dealt a huge blow to Toyotomi Daikichi's prestige. And then tore Fuso apart.
After thinking for a while, Wu Nian said to the Ouchi guard who came to report: "Send someone to tell Li Tianbao. Ask him to take the family members of the surrendered daimyo as hostages and take them with him in the army."
"Let those daimyo lead their own armies to join me in Harima Country."
"Then, he led the navy and the daimyo's family members to attack Shikoku Island. Finally, he landed in Harima Country and met with the others."
"In addition. Send someone to ask Matsudaira Isshin, Kyogoku Dosan and others who are staying in the Kyoto plain to also lead their troops to Harima Country to join the others."
"Finally, send someone back to the court. Ask the prime ministers to send more civil servants who are proficient in Fusang language and Fusang customs."
"yes."
The Ouchi guard had a very good memory and recited silently in his mind while listening. After responding, he turned around and went down.
"So far. Half of Fusang has been obtained. But don't act too hastily. Even if I seize the families of the great names as hostages, if I show my decadence, the great names will betray me."
"First, manage the territory we have obtained so far. Then we will compete with Toyotomi Daikichi for East Fuso."
Wang Gui nodded, he should proceed step by step.
Everything went according to Wu Nian's plan.
After Li Tianbao's navy swept across Kyushu Island, they landed on Shikoku Island. The daimyo on the island surrendered one after another. Finally, the daimyo of Nishi Fuso surrendered to the Han army, and the eleven thousand warriors who came to Fuso with Wu Nian this time, as well as the ten thousand households of Kyogoku Dosan and Maeda Tadamichi, gathered in Harima Kingdom.
For a time, there were more troops than farmers in the entire Harima country.
The farmers couldn't help but tremble.
The time has also reached the fifth year of Jianwu.
At present, Wu Nian's rule over Xifusang is still very weak. The officials dispatched from the imperial court are still on their way. But here in Fuso, we have our own grassroots order.
Don’t delay spring plowing.
Wu Nian asked all generals and great names to enforce military discipline and put spring plowing first.
Although the farmers were shivering, they did not dare to let their fields go unused, and could only carry out farming work cautiously.
The weather in March is still relatively cold.
But spring is getting stronger.
Young buds sprouted from the bare branches. The weeds on the road are lush and green.
Inside the original site of Himeji Castle.
In the Han army camp, soldiers wearing thick clothes were patrolling and on guard.
Inside the Chinese army's tent. Wu Nian was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the main seat. Below stood all the great generals and all the surrendered lords.
Some of the daimyo were so smart that they put on Hanfu and hats to cover up their Tsukiyo hair.
Some still have Tsukiyo heads, wearing haori and carrying swords, in standard martial arts attire.
Wu Nian was noncommittal about this, but he felt that Hanfu was more pleasing to the eye. Wu Nian picked up the tea cup on the coffee table, took a sip of tea, put it down, raised his head and said, "I want to confiscate all of your territories."
"And redistribute your military power."
