The moonlight illuminates the camp again.
After experiencing what happened just now, the Satsuma warriors suddenly lost their sleepiness and became highly tense.
On the ruined battlefield, there was not even a breath of wind. The soil was turned earthy red. Nearly five hundred corpses were scattered around the battlefield. This was a warrior who could leave intact corpses.
Among them, many were photographed into mincemeat.
Of course, the Ming army was not without losses. Even with the blessing of the right time and place, and strictly adhering to the principle of never going deep alone, there were still casualties.
A total of one hundred and eighty-one corpses were carried in front of Onishimazu so that he could observe them in detail.
"Liaodong Army."
"It's not fake by North Koreans."
"About 700 cavalry. The leader is an orthodox military general, but the deputy general is a Korean monk."
While muttering, he looked to his side: "I remember that there is a temple near Nanyuan."
"Yes, you can see it across the Tatebe River."
Shimazu Toyohisa nodded in agreement.
"Well, the temple will be slaughtered then." Onishimazu nodded.
The loss of nearly 800 family warriors is not to mention a serious loss of vitality. Now that they are on guard, if the Ming army does this again, it will be tantamount to death.
But Shimazu Yoshihiro was a little unsure. How many Ming troops were stationed in Nanyuan?
First, more than a hundred cavalry troops went deep.
Now nearly 700 horsemen launched a night attack.
If the positions were reversed, he would have to have at least 5,000 cavalry and nearly 10,000 infantry under his command to dare to act like this.
After all, judging from the current situation, the Ming army's front line is too long, and they have to defend the important military location of Nanyuan City. Only with more than 10,000 mercenaries can they be considered safe.
However, where could the Nanyuan Guards summon so many soldiers? Long before the invasion, they sent spies to find out that the Ming Dynasty's army was still gathering, and the number of troops that could be dispatched would never exceed 8,000.
Could it be that they were all sent to Nanyuan?
It is true that this place is very important, but it does not mean that everything will be pressed up. They still have other areas to defend.
"So this is another bluff?"
"The army will set out tomorrow morning. We'll know when we touch it."
Lu Li's approach was very risky. No matter how confident he was, it was actually a desperate move.
There were a total of three thousand cavalry, but he, the commander, personally pulled out one thousand and came to the battlefield so far away. If something unexpected happens, when the Japanese troops reach Nanyuan, they don't even need the main force. They only need a partial division of more than 8,000 people to conquer it in three days.
In the eyes of Onishimazu, this strategy is quite ordinary.
I wonder if there is any nation in the world that is less lacking in gambling than them?
This invasion of North Korea, and even the last planned operation to devour the Ming Dynasty, were a huge gamble.
Japan needs land. With land, there will be people. With population, there will be wealth, and there will be capital that can be passed down for hundreds or even thousands of generations.
In the past, many daimyo complained that their fiefdom in Kofu was too small to support their retainers, and Taiko had no choice. The mainland was only such a big place, so it was necessary to expand the territory.
As a result, all the daimyo invested most of their family fortunes passed down from generation to generation, devoted themselves to this protracted war, and dreamed of a better future.
His old friend Kato Kiyomasa said that after the Ming Dynasty was conquered, at least twenty counties would be allocated to him;
The great pirate Kamei Shizuki longs for Taizhou, hoping that he can become the Taizhou shou, so that he will have no regrets in life.
Naoshima Naoshima was very frank. He said that as long as it was sealed within the Ming Dynasty, everything would be fine.
The Shimadzu family also needs more land under the sun.
In the last war, they were all like wolves and tigers, and they didn't feel bad about how many families they destroyed. Unfortunately... they barely lost the Ming Dynasty in the first battle.
"Now as long as the Eighth Route of Korea is achieved, it must be achievable." Onishimazu sighed up to the sky.
They bet on the fate of the country and launched a second war, hoping that the outcome would be unsatisfactory.
at the same time.
Japanese island, mainland.
Fushimi Castle.
Hideyoshi, who should have looked pale, regained his energy. Not long ago, he suddenly announced that he would go to the peninsula battlefield and personally urge the daimyo to fight bravely.
In this regard, some loyal retainers wanted to persuade him, but seeing Taige's deep eyes, this unrealistic idea was completely abandoned.
Maybe... Hideyoshi-sama's long-term illness and sudden recovery so well are related to this matter.
"Prepare the ship and set off tomorrow at the latest."
"Hi!"
Hideyoshi felt that he had regained his youth and became heroic again. He wanted to personally keep an eye on those monkey cubs to prevent them from failing to do their job.
Expanding territory can extend one's life, and can also make the "Toyotomi" surname more noble, and luck can protect one's body, and everything will go against him!
Hideyoshi, who accepted the allegiance of many daimyo, knew that he was a person with low self-esteem at heart.
Although the Warring States Period was a period of "lower control" and the near collapse of the old order, some traditional concepts have been deeply ingrained in people's bones and cannot be eradicated even with the use of extraordinary force.
As the son of a farmer, Hideyoshi could stir up troubles in East Asia and spread military power across the world, but he could never get into the aristocratic class.
Genji, Taira, Tachibana, Fujiwara.
The guardian daimyo scattered across this land have more or less the blood of these four lines of daimyo in their bodies, such as:
The master he once loyal to, Oda Nobunaga, was a descendant of the Taira clan.
Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu are descendants of the Minamoto family.
In the past, every time there was a battle, the generals and even the daimyo of the two sides had to check their family trees to see whose ancestors were more prosperous. If the ancestors were not good enough, the fighting power would be weaker before the fight started.
And Hideyoshi's ancestor... came from a humble background. He sharpened his head and wanted to join the ranks of the nobility. In this way, no matter what the future holds, his son Hideyori will have a talisman.
In the past few decades, Hideyoshi made up various theories, first dressing himself up as a descendant of the Taira clan, and later recognizing Konoe Maekyu, a member of the Fujiwara lineage, as his godfather and joining the Fujiwara clan.
In recent years, he has changed his story, claiming that his mother had been blessed by the emperor and that he had extraordinary blood, so he had to create another surname in addition to the four major surnames:
Toyotomi.
However, no matter how hard he tried to put money on his face, he never achieved much results. No nobles dared to object, but no one took the initiative to applaud him.
On the surface, these noble-blooded people were very respectful to him, a man with mud legs, but after turning around and leaving, their noses would twitch with disgust, as if breathing the same air would shorten their lives by ten years.
Therefore, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who has become a royal noble and can mobilize the military power of the whole country, still has to fight!
During this period of time, he felt that he looked very much like Ying Zheng, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty.
However, the old Qin people respected their king very much, but Hideyoshi had not yet given all the Japanese a reason to respect him.
"Soon."
"Just conquer North Korea."
A few years ago, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would have boasted that he would conquer the Ming Dynasty, and then the entire world, including the West, so that all places where the sun shines would be under his jurisdiction!
But in the first war, the generals of the Ming Dynasty let this monkey jumping up and down know that he was still far from conquering the Ming Dynasty. If there were not too many hidden worries in the country, the expeditionary force would be sent to the Japanese island to pacify the country.
behind.
A retainer stood silently, meticulously recording the family head's remarks for future generations to admire.
[Exhibiting good reputation in the Three Kingdoms]
This is his ultimate goal. Once he conquers Korea, the prestige of the Toyotomi family will be completely spread, making up for the fact that Hideyoshi was of humble origin, and making all nobles admit from the bottom of their hearts that Toyotomi is a great surname.
…
Just when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was preparing to set off from his homeland with great ambitions.
Nanyuan region.
Suxing Ridge.
Lu Li, who was about to lead an established Ming army to fight against the Japanese, was chatting with Zhao Feng and was not worried about the situation after dawn.
In fact, they had already guessed that there would be a head-on encounter during the day, and there was no way to avoid this.
"It would be great if the Japanese country was completely wiped out."
The mountain god spoke in a serious tone.
"Yes."
"Only by annihilating this nation, which is full of aggressive blood in its bones, will peace be ushered in."
During the Tang Dynasty, in the naval battle at Baijiangkou, the Tang army defeated the large number with a small number, which made the Japanese deeply aware of the gap between themselves and the Tang Dynasty, so they decided to take the initiative to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty to make peace.
During that time, various cultures and technologies were continuously exported to the Japanese country, making it stronger and stronger. At the same time, the seeds of ambition were planted in the hearts of the Japanese people. They thought about it day and night, and wanted to invade the fertile land far away. soil of.
"You have such intention, but you don't have enough power."
Looking at the two people in front of him, the mountain god sighed:
"As early as more than a thousand years ago, the Japanese invaded this land. I fought with them. The strength of that group of people was far inferior to what it is today."
"Is Ji Zun enough to be angry?"
There was some certainty in Zhao Feng's words. After all, since he dared to choose the North Korean camp, he must have done a lot of homework beforehand.
Lu Li, on the other hand, had a blank look in his eyes. Based on the two conversations, he roughly guessed that a Japanese woman invaded North Korea more than a thousand years ago.
Next, Zhao Feng briefly talked about this period of history. In 200 AD, the Japanese country gave birth to a Wu Zetian-style empress. She was the wife of the 14th generation Emperor Zhongai. She was titled "Qi Changzu Ji Zun" and went to Korea three times.
However, from what Zhao Feng and the Mountain God said, this woman seemed to have little education, and was almost like a mean person without any measure.
On the occasion of the victory, he used the bow handle to write on a huge stone: The King of Silla Kingdom, the Dog of Japan.
Not only that, but they also forced the king of Silla to write in the tribute book that he would become a dog of Japan and prepare to pay tribute every year.
Being so straightforward is really uneducated, and his behavior is similar to that of a young kid on the street. After bullying a child, he doesn't say anything but forces him to call him daddy.
As for China, since the Xia Dynasty, whenever there is a major national event, there will be special scribes drafting texts. It is common for them to be magnificent. In the later period, it was even required to be parallel to four and six, with neat and neat confrontations. How could such a self-degradation be done? .
Of course, this uneducated and vulgar woman had a very high status in the Japanese country. After her, for thousands of years, every time the Japanese invaded Korea, they acted like a mad dog, like a bastard who found someone to blackmail, and their covetous heart penetrated deeply into their souls. It hasn't weakened.
In addition, North Korea is different from the past. This time, it has the support of Daming...
A few years ago, in the face of aggressive Japanese bandits, the Korean royal family continued to move north and came to Uiju next to the Yalu River. The king, who had no way to retreat, waited for his princes, concubines, and ministers, and called out affectionately:
Dad, save me.
Dad, save me.
…
On the other side of the river is a behemoth that the combined territories of Japan and Korea cannot match.
As the earnest calls reached his ears, the giant Ming slowly turned his head, looking thoughtful, staring at the small country fighting in a corner of the northeast.
After pondering for a moment, He raised his palm and moved.
After all, as the father of the Li Dynasty, the child was bullied by the villain and did not retaliate, which would bring shame on him.
"Oh, if you slap me twice in a row, your strength will be exhausted."
This late-night chat that took place in the autumn of the 25th year of Wanli ended with the sigh of the general, Lu Li.
The mountain god vaguely guessed what it meant, thinking that the Ming army would never hesitate to fight for the Li Dynasty again, but the next sentence made him wildly surprised:
Tomorrow I will transform into a youkai and block Onishimazu in this form.
When two armies confront each other, the commanders and generals of both sides can guess what each other is thinking.
Shimazu Yoshihiro did not believe in evil and wanted to attack head-on to test the strength of the Ming army.
Under this situation, Lu Li had to resist in order to complete the most important first step of his plan.
And you can’t appear as the guard general of Ming Nanyuan. Since people can’t do it, then don’t do it!
Anyway, the same goes for turning into a monster.
…
time flies.
There was a flash of white light in the sky.
Neither of the two sides who were about to fight had a good night's sleep.
Death in battle is nothing to the soldiers of Liaodong, as is reputation and morality. They roar when fighting, and they roar when they grab things. This is endowed by the complex form of the bitter cold land.
"We will fight in a while, just kill, and whatever you grab will be yours."
"If you die, your family will be well taken care of. The court will give you meritorious service, General Lu and Admiral Li will give you money, and your children will have a good background."
Mr. Qian Fei gnawed on the cake and only said a few words.
Needless to say the last sentence, the reason why the Liaodong Army was able to become a brave division in the Ming Army was because it had no worries.
The previous sentence made the cavalry even more excited. The Japanese had a lot of valuables. As long as they killed these dwarfs, everything would be theirs.
The edge of Xiuxing Ridge.
Onishimazu, who spent the whole night reading the art of war, was ready to go.
Zhao Feng made a very interesting analogy last night:
The peninsula is a sharp knife between Japan and the mainland. Whoever can obtain it will have an advantage.
Therefore, in the eyes of Japanese daimyo, the Li Dynasty is like the sword in the stone in Western legends. Whoever can pull it out will be the master of destiny.
Onishimazu had no ambition to provoke Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He wanted to march forward for the king, enjoy a glory, and pull the sword out of the stone for his master.
Coincidentally, Lu Li, who was unable to rebel, also had a very strong impulse:
In this difficult world, you can rewrite a corner of history by yourself.
"The cavalry charges forward to waste their horsepower, prepare their weapons, wait for the enemy to arrive, find the right opportunity, and charge head-on to kill them."
After saying these words, Commander-in-Chief Lu Li disappeared. Zhao Feng and Ling Fei knew that he was standing with the mountain god, the two demon kings, and the black-maned horse.
What kind of monster will he turn into to fight the Japanese and create conditions for the cavalry to charge?
The mountain god keenly noticed that the Ming Dynasty general was standing on a high place, looking to the southeast.
What's there?
Tunshan Ridge and Seomjin River.
Then, he looked back.
There is a mountain range there called the Tategawa River, and it is named after the rapid Tategawa River.
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