Go to the study.
Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Li Wenzhong again, and Li Jin asked for help again, which made Zhu Yuanzhang hesitate, so he could only find Li Wenzhong for discussion.
Monk Li Wenzhong was confused. He had already told the guards to assist Xu Da last time, so why was he asked to come to discuss matters this time?
When Li Wenzhong entered the main hall, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang looking at a map and observing it.
When he saw Li Wenzhong, without waiting for him to salute, Zhu Yuanzhang directly called Li Wenzhong to his side and said loudly:
"Wenzhong, come here quickly."
Li Wenzhong's doubts deepened and he slowly stepped forward.
As a result, when he got closer, he realized that the map Zhu Yuanzhang was looking at had never been seen before.
You must know that Li Wenzhong, as the Zuo Governor of the Governor's Mansion, has the entire map of the world in his heart. How could there be a map that he has not seen?
I saw four islands drawn on the map, surrounded by the ocean. This is basically an island country.
"Uncle, where is this map? How come my nephew has never seen it before?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said:
"This is the map of Washima."
"You see here and here, they have all been occupied by our Ming Dynasty."
"The gold and silver mine reserves in these two areas are also being explored."
"It's just that there are really many gold and silver mine resources in Japan. It seems that there are gold and silver mines everywhere underground."
Li Wenzhong was surprised. Is this the Japanese island? Why is it different from what I imagined.
But what he didn't expect was that his uncle's progress was so fast. In just ten months, he had already occupied a large area of Japan Island.
"Congratulations, uncle. With this, my Ming Dynasty will no longer be restricted by gold and silver."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a smile, then changed the subject and asked:
"Wenzhong, Xu Da and Li Jin have asked us for help again."
"Now the dispute between the north and the south of Japan has entered a white-hot stage. They all say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"What do you think?"
Li Wenzhong did not answer immediately, but instead asked about the current situation of the Northern and Southern Dynasties on the Japanese island.
When he learned that the Northern Dynasty was overwhelming the Southern Dynasty and was about to capture the capital of the Southern Dynasty, Li Wenzhong said cautiously:
"If this is indeed the case, my nephew thinks that we should support Wei Guogong and others."
"Once the Northern Dynasty has completed its unification and its strength has greatly increased, it will never be able to be as submissive to the Ming Dynasty as it was before."
"We need to send troops to forcibly interrupt the reunification process of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so that the Northern and Southern Dynasties will continue to divide, so as to maximize the interests of our Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this and said:
"But Li Jin's plan is to swallow up the Japanese island in one go."
"This is his battle plan, take a look."
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the memorial on the table and handed it to Li Wenzhong.
Li Wenzhong took the memorial and began to read it carefully. After reading Li Jin's battle plan, Li Wenzhong felt that it was bold and unreasonable.
"Uncle, this memorial should not have been written by Marshal Xu. Marshal Xu fights steadily and wins by surprise."
"But this battle plan is too bold and arrogant, and it doesn't take the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops into consideration at all."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly and said:
"This is a battle plan drawn up privately by Li Jin. Only we know it now."
"Since you think his battle plan is audacious, that means you don't support his plan?"
Unexpectedly, Li Wenzhong shook his head and said:
"No, uncle, I think Li Jin's plan has a high success rate."
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised and asked:
"Oh, why?"
"If even we can't think of this plan, then it's natural that the enemies of Japan Island can't think of it either."
Li Wenzhong thought for a moment and said:
"As the saying goes, if you are surprised, you will hit with one strike. If this plan is really completed, then Japan Island will only become a subsidiary of our Ming Dynasty, and will no longer have the power to resist."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and then he thought of something and said loudly:
"In this case, we plan to appoint you as General Zhengdong, leading a hundred thousand capital troops to Japan Island. Are you willing?"
Li Wenzhong was stunned, but the next second, he was overjoyed and immediately knelt down on one knee to Zhu Yuanzhang and said loudly:
"My nephew will definitely live up to his uncle's high expectations and capture the Japanese island and completely incorporate the Japanese island into the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded happily. This nephew and adopted son had never let him down.
...
Osaka.
This Japanese meat grinder, now Ashikaga Yoshiki personally leads an army of 200,000, attacking the city day and night, turning this place into a Shura field.
There are traces of war everywhere on the city wall, large areas of bloodstains, traces of fire under the city, and scratches left by swords and guns on it, which are enough to prove how brutal the war has been here before.
Ashikaga Yoshiki looked at Osaka Castle with evil eyes. There were only 30,000 defenders in the city, but he led an army of 200,000 and was powerless. It was simply a shame in his life.
Fortunately, more and more daimyo are choosing to turn their backs on Emperor Daigo, and more and more Southern Dynasty armies are switching sides.
Before Ashikaga Yoshiki attacked Osaka, there were 200,000 troops. Now, with 40,000 to 50,000 casualties, there were still 200,000 troops.
Saito Douzan, who was established, did not receive any compensation.
In Ashikaga Yoshiki's view, this Saito Douzan is like a trapped beast still fighting and cannot hold on for a few more days.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"
The desolate horn sounds again, which means that a new day of siege warfare has begun again.
"For His Majesty the Emperor, kill!!"
Following waves of shouts, the Ashikaga samurai under the city once again howled and howled towards Osaka Castle.
The tidal wave of offensive made the soldiers on the city feel frightened.
After defending the city for a month, the arrows, arrows, wood and stones had long been used up, and all the kerosene was used on the third day of the war.
Now they are all relying on their flesh and blood to resist tenaciously on the city.
But after a month of fighting, these people's bodies and minds have reached their limits. They don't know when this hopeless war will end.
Saito Douzan stood calmly at the top of the city, looking closely at the howling and charging soldiers, with no emotion on his face.
The large banner behind him was raised high, allowing all the soldiers guarding the city to clearly see that Saito Douzan was always with them.
This is why the soldiers who defended the city continued to fight.
Even the coach is working so hard, so what qualifications do they have to retreat?
Whenever the soldiers were about to lose their hold, seeing the large bamboo pole, they seemed to have regained their strength and fought bravely with the enemy.
But none of these people noticed that the worry in Saito Douzan's eyes was getting heavier day by day.
As the barrier of Yamato, Osaka Castle's position is not unimportant. Once Osaka Castle falls, Yamato Castle will not be able to hold it.
The people on the Japanese island also know that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.
The reason why Saito Douzan insisted on defending Osaka was that he knew that Emperor Daigo would not sit idly by and would definitely come to support him.
But now the battle has lasted for a month, and his men have suffered countless casualties, leaving only a few defeated soldiers.
However, the reinforcements he expected have not yet appeared, which makes his heart sink.
He felt that he might have become an outcast and Osaka Castle had become a place of death.
However, his loyalty to Emperor Daigo made him unwilling to surrender to the Ashikaga family. Under such entanglement, Saito Douzan could only quietly put away his thoughts and choose to defend Osaka Castle.
He believed that Emperor Daigo would never give up on him. After all, his loyalty to Emperor Daigo was well known throughout the country.
If Emperor Daigo doesn't even save himself, then who else will serve him in the future?
The war continues in Saito Douzan's thoughts.
Unfortunately, it took half a month for Saito Michizan to run out of water and the entire Osaka Castle was reduced to rubble. Saito Michizan did not wait for the rescue of Emperor Yamato Daigo.
For his own loyalty, Saito Dōzo defended Osaka Castle for 50 days, fighting 30,000 against 200,000, and finally died of exhaustion.
On that day, Ashikaga Yoshiki captured Osaka and ordered the massacre of the city!
Hundreds of thousands of Japanese people died at the hands of Ashikaga Yoshiki, and the fire in Osaka Castle burned for three days and three nights.
Saito Douzan's head was hanging on the city wall, his eyes wide open angrily, looking at everything in front of him, as if he was accusing God of injustice.
Later, Ashikaga Yoshitte led an army of 200,000 troops to suppress Yamato Castle, and Ashikaga Takauji also led 50,000 elite Ashikaga clan members to set out from Nara City to join Ashikaga Yoshitte.
Under Yamato Castle, 250,000 troops surrounded it from all sides, and the unified Japanese island gradually entered the final chapter.
