The Battle of Sekigahara was postponed.
It is said that there were traitors within the shogunate army.
The Catholics of Osaka Castle temporarily revolted, and the general who conquered the barbarians needed to deal with "his family affairs" first.
The Portuguese repeatedly urged the Kaiyuan Army to go to Osaka to rescue this group of "God-forsaken people", but Ping Liaohou refused on the pretext of insufficient troops.
Of course, Liu Zhaosun would not do something stupid like taking chestnuts from the fire.
He needed to use this period of time to accumulate more troops, deliver a fatal blow to the Kanto vassals, and deter Japan and surrounding forces with a great victory, so that the shogunate would unconditionally accept the "Treaty of Ushioseki" proposed by him.
On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kaiyuan Army ended its short rest in Mikawa Domain. The entire army broke out of camp and advanced towards Mino Sekihara.
Sekihara is a small basin.
It is located in the middle of Honshu Island, with Mount Ibuki to the north, Mount Sasao and Mount Tenman to the west, Mount Matsuo to the southwest, and Mount Nangong to the southeast.
This place is an important route connecting the Hokurikudo to the northwest and Ise to the southeast, making it an excellent venue for field battles.
Twenty-two years ago, Tokugawa Ieyasu led the Eastern Army to defeat the Toyotomi Western Army headed by Ishida Mitsunari here, thus laying the foundation for unifying the world.
Twenty-two years later, the Grand Master of the Ming Dynasty, the Marquis of Ping Liao, and General Liu Zhaosun of the Conquest of Yi, will lead an army to defeat the shogunate coalition forces here, establishing a new order in East Asia that he single-handedly led.
On the sixth day of the lunar month, all armies were deployed to advance at night, and the cavalry regiments sent large groups of cavalry to cover the flanks of each army.
Gungun Jingqi rides on the thin snow on the mountain road of Matsuo Mountain, whizzing past the column of soldiers marching in order.
Artillery, infantry, cavalry, and auxiliary troops formed a long and continuous line. The marching team extended northward from the Mikawa Domain plain to Matsuo Mountain, with a distance of a hundred miles from the beginning to the end.
On the icy mountain road, the auxiliary soldiers pushed field guns slowly forward, and the sound of cavalry whips and cracks could be heard from time to time.
Liu Zhaosun was riding on horseback, looking around, feeling like he was back in a trance at the Saarhu battlefield at the beginning of his time travel.
Sun Chuanting, Yuan Chonghuan, Qiao Yiqi and others rode together and surrounded Pingliao Hou.
"One general's achievements can lead to thousands of bones being withered, let alone establishing such unparalleled achievements. After this battle, I don't know how many people will die."
Liu Zhaosun looked at the artillery that was marching hard on the mountain road and expressed compassion for the people.
Everyone was silent after hearing this.
Sun Chuanting walked all the way from Kyushu. What he saw along the way was that everyone in Kaiyuan, from the training department to the representatives of the soldiers, from the Liao people to the Mongols, was in a state of fanaticism.
If I had to find the calmest person right now, it would be Marquis Ping Liao.
Sun Chuanting didn't feel that what he said just now was hypocritical. As the saying goes that one does not seek political advice if one is not in his position, what Marquis Ping Liao was thinking now was beyond his ability to understand.
Liu Zhaosun didn't pay attention to the reaction of his subordinates and muttered to himself.
"I hope this is the last battle. After returning to Beijing, I can recuperate and restore peace to the people for ten years."
At this point, everyone has come to their senses.
Ma Shiying took the lead and said:
"After this battle, the Marquis of Ping Liao became a very popular minister, and the timing was good. After returning to the capital, Emperor Tianqi must abdicate, and then he ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, and changes the Yuan Dynasty's organizational system. Everything will happen naturally, so don't hesitate."
As soon as Ma Shiying opened his mouth, others did not want to fall behind and followed suit.
Qiao Yiqi’s second statement:
"What Ma Zhizhou said is true. Marquis Ping Liao should first call Supervisor Kang back to the capital, let him build momentum in the capital, and encourage the officials in the capital to persuade them to advance. Yang Jinglue should also contribute to this."
Wu Aheng, representative of the hawks, said:
"The last general will follow General Liu to the death. If necessary, the navy can cut off the canal and land in Tianjin."
Liu Zhaosun looked at Wu Aheng encouragingly but said nothing.
Seeing that the three of them had spoken, Sun Chuanting also said bravely:
"What the three adults said makes sense. Marquis Ping Liao, this matter is of great importance. You must prepare in advance. Don't forget what the purpose of this eastern expedition is? The lower official heard that there was a change in the capital. Emperor Tianqi took advantage of the army's expedition to unite with Xun Xun. A noble official conspired to rebel. Although he cannot stir up trouble, it cannot last long."
Liu Zhaosun suppressed his laughter, and the image of himself holding Tianqi's arm tightly and threatening the emperor appeared in front of his eyes:
"Your Majesty must not rebel!"
Finally, Liu Zhaosun's eyes fell on Yuan Chonghuan behind him.
"Yuan Ducha, what do you think?"
Yuan Chonghuan's expression remained unchanged, and he said resolutely regardless of everyone's gaze:
"The lower official believes that changes in the capital are not a cause for concern. Military merit is paramount. The battle of Guanyuan should be prioritized. Only after the battle is won can we think about the next step."
Liu Zhaosun nodded approvingly to Yuan Chonghuan, rode his horse forward a few steps, turned back and said to his confidants:
"Emperor Tianqi is young and vigorous, and he is unwilling to settle down as Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Since I have spared his brother Zhu Youxiao's life, of course I will not kill him. Let the little emperor torment in the capital first, but those sycophants around him cannot If you stay, I have asked Shen Lian and the others to prepare and assassinate all Li Mingrui and others after returning from the Eastern Expedition."
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The rumble of horse hooves echoed through the mountains of Honshu.
The image of the powerful armored cavalry, sophisticated armor and equipment, and the cavalry battalion deeply shocked the Japanese people around Mt. Matsuo.
It's no wonder that compared to those short warriors and weak Guo Xia Ma, the tall Kaiyuan cavalry are undoubtedly the existence of gods descending from the earth.
Kaiyuan Cavalry refreshed the Japanese people's understanding of cavalry. The Japanese people who were shocked by Kaiyuan's military appearance could not help but worry about the future and fate of the shogun.
"The barbarians who came this time are all giants. I wonder if the stupid son of the Tokugawa family can survive."
The foolish son of the Tokugawa family in the people's mouth refers to the second-generation general who conquered barbarians, Tokugawa Hidetada.
In the eyes of the people, the second-generation general Tokugawa Hidetada was a standard playboy.
Compared with his father Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Hidetada's qualifications and ability were too poor to be compared with him. It is more appropriate to describe this father and son as a tiger father and a dog son.
Twenty-two years ago, in the Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Hidetada led an army of 3,000 troops to attack Shinano Ueda Castle, which was guarded by 100 people, but was blocked for ten days.
In the end, he failed to catch up with the Sekigahara alliance led by Ieyasu in time and was almost beheaded by his father.
Later, Tokugawa Hidetada indulged in female sex, and was instigated by his wife Ae. He sent someone to poison the tempura and poisoned his father to death.
Then he exiled his elder brother on the charge of disrespect, and on the eve of Ping Liao Hou's eastern expedition to Japan, the second-generation general who conquered the barbarians was devoted to the great cause of persecuting Catholics in Japan.
If Liu Zhaosun hadn't intervened, this scumbag's path to the top of power would have been as smooth and straightforward as ever.
Of course, it is no longer a matter of success or failure.
Tokugawa Hidetada would probably die.
Liu Zhaosun didn't know much about Japanese history. Before traveling through time, he once thought that the history of the Warring States Period was basically equivalent to "village chiefs fighting each other."
After supplementing relevant historical knowledge during this period, the time traveler corrected this view in time. He no longer equated the war between Japanese daimyo with the fighting of villagers.
It was a fight between the township chief and the town chief.
Liu Zhaosun also deeply realized:
"All kinds of despicable cruelty and perversion caused by the narrow territory and many disasters are the original sin of the island country."
Transforming this nation's bad nature can only begin with conquest.
As the decisive battle of Sekigahara approaches, some daimyo on Kyushu Island who were not massacred by the Korean soldiers, either in order to avenge the Tokugawa shogunate, or due to the effect of Stockholm syndrome (Note 1), have taken refuge in Heiliaohou and strive to become The vanguard of the Kaiyuan Army's Eastern Expedition.
Among them, Satsuma Domain is the most typical.
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Zhaosun's twenty-second birthday, the Shimazu clan, the lord of Satsuma clan, brought two samurai and came all the way from Satsuma clan.
Shimazu expressed his intention to surrender to the Kaiyuan Army, hoping to follow in the footsteps of Marquis Heirao and complete the crusade against the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Marquis Pingliao personally negotiated with Shimazu and expressed his appreciation for his action of abandoning the dark side and turning to the bright side.
Liu Zhaosun thought of the Battle of Guanyuan twenty-two years ago.
In that battle to "define the world", Tokugawa Ieyasu used intrigues to bribe the Western Army's Hideaki Kobayakawa.
At the most critical moment of the Battle of Sekigahara, Kobayakawa Hideaki ordered an offensive against Otani Yoshitsugi of the Western Army, which led to the gradual collapse of the right wing of the Western Army. Subsequently, the morale of other Western Army units was greatly damaged, and the Western Army quickly disintegrated.
Liu Zhaosun will use Tokugawa's method to defeat Tokugawa at Tokugawa's location.
Finally, the Kaiyuan Army incorporated some of the Western troops, and about 8,000 Western troops were incorporated into the vanguard and became cannon fodder in front of the Koreans.
Ping Liaohou paid these cannon fodder generously enough.
He promised the Shimazu clan lord that after defeating the Tokugawa shogunate, Satsuma would enjoy autonomy and allocate half of Kyushu's land to the Shimazu clan.
On the 13th of the twelfth lunar month, the six legions arrived in Guanyuan one after another and immediately set up camp in Guanyuan.
The Kaiyuan Army's powerful troops formed a confrontation in Guanyuan with the shogunate's coalition forces arriving one after another from various Kanto vassals.
The decisive battle is about to begin.
The Kaiyuan Army participating in this battle included the entire 1st Guards Army, the 2nd Guards Army, part of the 3rd Army, and all the 5th, 7th, and 8th Army, plus auxiliary troops and North Korean and Mongolian troops. , Jianzhou, Jiuzhou surrendered troops and other ministries, each with a total of 98,000 troops, of which more than 40,000 were directly fighting.
Note:
1. Stockholm syndrome, Stockholm effect, also known as Stockholm syndrome or hostage complex or hostage syndrome, refers to a complex in which the victim has feelings for the criminal and even helps the criminal in turn. This emotion causes the victim to develop a liking for, dependence on, and even help the offender.
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