Soldiers who, deception also!
The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and the third is to attack the city.
A good leader always knows exactly what he wants.
After a war, what can you gain?
War is just a continuation of politics!
As long as you can achieve the desired goal, you don't have to let your soldiers carry their heads to attack the city and capture the territory.
There is a saying from ancient times: Kill one thousand enemies but suffer eight hundred losses.
No matter how powerful the army is, if one mistake is made, the entire army may be wiped out.
Obviously, Yijun has been doing a good job in this regard!
Subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is called good.
As the news of Yi Jun's policy of dividing land and tax reduction in Japan continues to spread, many landless farmers and handicraft workers are now eagerly looking forward to Yi Jun's arrival to rescue them.
This also caused the serf soldiers of the shogunate to have a very weak sense of belonging to the shogunate. Many serf soldiers even secretly escaped to the Yijun while they were out on sentry duty to surrender, so that the samurai and sergeants of the shogunate had nothing but to do. In addition to guarding against Yijun sneak attacks, you also have to watch the movements of your own serf soldiers. Lest they flee with their weapons.
Of course, although Yijun's policy is very good, not all the people at the bottom will look forward to the arrival of Yijun.
After all, the Japanese Emperor Ichi has been passed down in Japan for thousands of years, and has an indelible power of belief among the people. Especially those "samurai" who are given noble titles, unless they really can't find a way out, they are more willing to join the ranks of the shogunate.
This phenomenon is reflected in the radiation from the political center.
The closer you are to Kyoto, the more faith the people and samurai have in the Emperor of Japan, while the faith in the poorer areas on the edge will be much weaker!
Jiuzhou is the furthest from the main island.
Especially the people of the Satsuma Domain, most of whom lived a life without enough clothing and food. In addition to all kinds of corvee labor, they also had to suffer various kinds of exploitation from the daimyo and the shogunate. All of them had no regard for the shogunate and the emperor. Too many emotions.
On the contrary, the arrival of Yijun gave them hope of survival.
Of course, the most important point is that they cannot defeat Yijun.
Moreover, the Yijun did not kill them for no reason, and they could not be said to have any hatred. Even after the daimyo's army took away their food rations, the Yijun more or less helped them.
Yijun also divided the fields and reduced taxes.
Whether they want to endure hunger or shout empty slogans, they are not fools.
As a result, Japan now has three extreme situations.
One type is those who support the arrival of Yijun. One type was funded by some hidden daimyo and established a group of people who supported the emperor's regime. Another type is those who support the shogunate.
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August 23, the fourth year of natural selection (the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong)
The shogunate's war in Kyushu was completely defeated, and Tokugawa Ieharu had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to Japan's main island and the lands of Shikoku in a defensive posture.
In the same month, there was turmoil in Edo, and Tokugawa Ieharu had to return to Edo to take charge. He appointed his general Tokugawa Furu as the coach, and his veteran Inoue Masamasa helped coordinate the work. .
The Yi army occupied Kyushu Island. As soon as the news came out, the whole country of Japan was shocked.
There are those who are excited and expectant, but also those who are depressed and pessimistic.
The foreign daimyo who had a lot of hatred towards the shogunate also gradually became dissatisfied at this time, and they started to violate the orders of the shogunate. It seems that as long as the shogunate is weak, they can abandon the shogunate and join the Yijun without hesitation.
After all, with various vassal states in Kyushu, such as Satsuma Domain, Dayu Domain, Qiu Fei Domain, etc., surrendering to the Yijun in front, it is not unacceptable for them to surrender to the Han people.
Some ambitious daimyo believe that this may be their own time. They can use the shogunate's orders and massively expand the samurai army in the name of supporting the emperor. After the shogunate's army fights to the death with the Yijun, Then come out and reap the benefits.
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The next ones are the three royal families of the shogunate and many pro-vassal daimyo. Their relationship with the shogunate is about sharing honor and loss, advancing and retreating together, and they absolutely do not want the shogunate to fall.
All in all, the situation in Japan was chaotic and far beyond the control of the shogunate.
September, the fourth year of natural selection (the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong)
The Allied Forces of the Yi Dynasty announced another expansion of the army. Under the various support policies of the Yi Dynasty, many civilians and samurai from all over Japan rushed to surrender, even the samurai of various daimyo. At this time, the main force had reached an astonishing 40,000. people.
In the same month, war broke out on the main island of Japan, with the imperial army and the shogunate army fighting.
In order to ensure the political power, the shogunate army reduced its troops in the four countries and focused its attention on the main island.
However, due to the existence of the Yi Dynasty, the shogunate still did not dare to devote all its troops to deal with the imperial army. At this time, the shogunate could only show its wealth, once again mobilized the main force of the shogunate of 50,000, and coordinated the 30,000 pro-vassal troops, in an attempt to destroy the imperial army that claimed to have 500,000 troops in one battle.
Immediately, the armies of both sides engaged in dozens of brutal fighting in a separatist style near Osaka Castle.
Although the Imperial Army had an extremely high faith and a strong morale, they seemed to overestimate themselves and underestimated the shogunate's army. They thought that the shogunate's army would be defeated against the Yijun. If it fails again, it will be rotten, incompetent, and vulnerable.
But obviously, their hastily formed imperial army was still incomparable with the professionally trained shogunate army. If it had been supported by the military power of dozens of foreign daimyo, this imperial army with hundreds of thousands of troops would have been defeated by the shogunate's army.
The shogunate's troops also showed that they overestimated themselves and underestimated the enemy. They thought that the Imperial Army was just a bunch of rabble, but they obviously didn't expect that the Imperial Army's belief was so tenacious, and that under the command of those foreign lords, they were evenly matched with their own army.
Of course, this is mainly because the main force of the shogunate is still defending the Yijun. If it weren't for the existence of the Yijun, this so-called imperial army would not be a match for the shogunate at all. You must know that the shogunate has more than 180,000 troops from the direct line army and the Yusan family, not counting those from the shogunate.
Because of the existence of the Yijun, they were completely unable to spare more power to deal a fatal blow to the Imperial Army.
Early October of the fourth year of natural selection (the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign)
The Allied Forces of Yi Dynasty attacked the second of the three Japanese islands: Shikoku
Since the shogunate was still fighting to the death with the imperial army on the main island at this time, it was unable to gather strength to resist the invasion of the Yi army. Without the military support of the shogunate, the daimyo of the various vassal states on Shikoku Island would have to surrender or run away if they still had the courage to resist the menacing Igoma coalition forces.
Soon, the four countries of Japan were once again invaded by the Yi army.
