Among the four major Japanese islands, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkai are relatively smaller in area, far less than the last Honshu.
Moreover, Honshu is also the most powerful place in Japan, and the most powerful daimyo basically have their territories in Honshu.
For example, daimyo such as Oda, Mori, Takeda, Tokugawa, Hojo, and Uesugi are all the most powerful daimyo in Japan, but their territory is now in Honshu.
Oda is the most powerful, with two-thirds of Kansai's territory in his hands, and there is even a faint idea of expanding to the Kanto Plain. It was precisely because Oda was too strong before that it aroused the common hostility of several other daimyo.
No matter where they are, whether they are united vertically or horizontally, it is an eternal truth that weak families unite to deal with the powerful ones, and it is also the instinctive reaction of the weak families.
It is precisely because of this that Oda Nobunaga was somewhat unable to survive after a long period of fighting. He had no choice but to take the risk and attack the big man, which ultimately triggered this system mission and also triggered Li Xiang's action.
Otherwise, if it weren't for this system task, if it weren't for this system task that would only be rewarded after completing it within three years, Li Xiang wouldn't bother to cause trouble for this island now.
After all, after he has sorted out the entire Han Dynasty, it will be easy to deal with this small island at that time. How can it be like now when he has to contact so many princes!
In the Kansai Plain, apart from the Oda daimyo, the most powerful daimyo should be Mori. Apart from these two daimyo, the remaining daimyo such as Nizi are not considered powerful daimyo in Japan. , that is, just trying to survive in the cracks.
If it weren't for Li Xiang's expeditionary force, they might be eliminated soon!
These famous names may not be worse than other famous names at the beginning, but in troubled times, after all, survival of the fittest still has to be emphasized. Some daimyo are becoming more and more powerful, while these daimyo are gradually becoming weaker.
At least, no matter whether these big names are strong or weak, they should feel lucky. Although this era is not the Warring States Period that was originally supposed to exist, with a series of balanced characters, it is even more exciting than Japan's Warring States Period.
The Warring States Period was a famous era of inferiority overcoming superiority. It belongs to you to sing and I will appear on the stage. How many people can get a good ending!
But at least in the future, they will die resisting the invasion of foreign enemies instead of dying in internal fighting. Perhaps, in future Japanese history books, they may be among the ones remembered. Some people will even be shaped into heroic figures.
Of course, the greater possibility is that they have no future. Even the best result is to be assimilated into a part of the big man, and the worst result is even more exaggerated. After all, there were so many famous generals in the Jin army, why did Li Xiang send Bai Qi out?
In addition to Bai Qi, there is also Chang Yuchun. If these two people want to use up all their skills, it will require a lot of blood. What Chang Yuchun said was trivial, but if Bai Qi wants to master all his skills, it's not certain what the Japanese country will be like in the future!
Compared with the simple Kansai Plain, the Kanto Plain is more lively. Takeda, Tokugawa, Hojo, and Uesugi are all the most powerful daimyo in Japan, except for the Oda family. There are also some other less powerful daimyo, but they are all crowded together in such a Kanto Plain, competing with each other.
It can be said that although there are four islands here in name, among these four islands, Honshu, the largest one, occupies more than 60% of the entire power of Japan.
Among the remaining three islands, Kyushu is dominated by several famous names such as Otomo, Shimazu, and Ryuzoji. The four kingdoms are mainly dominated by several famous names such as Miyoshi and Chozonggabu.
In Hokkaido, due to its location, there are no particularly powerful daimyo. They are all small forces competing with each other.
But this time, the five princes are at least apparently an alliance, so naturally there is a priority.
The method of distinguishing this priority is also very simple. Whoever is more powerful will be the priority! No matter what this so-called master actually is, whether the generals of the remaining princes are truly convinced and 100% obedient, at least it is like this on the surface!
Among the five princes, Li Xiang is the one who sends the most troops. He provides half of the 200,000 troops, so naturally he is the leader, or in other words, among the coalition forces, Li Xiang is the leader. The leader here is Bai Qi.
Besides, although there are many generals in the coalition, judging from their superficial resumes, who can compare with Bai Qi!
In order to check and balance Li Xiang and Bai Qi, the remaining princes pushed Liu Bei to the position of deputy. In other words, among the 200,000 troops, Bai Qi is the well-deserved boss, and Guan Yu can appear to be the second-in-command.
For the first battle of this expedition, after discussions with several major generals, the target was finally set on Honshu.
Indeed, Honshu is the strongest among the four islands. In other words, the combined strength of the other three islands is not comparable to Honshu.
The first battle of this expedition is usually to attack the enemy's weak point. In this way, there will be a greater chance of building a bridgehead in one fell swoop and paving the way for the real war to follow.
However, it is obviously not Bai Qi's style to pick on the weak. Secondly, there is a reason why Bai Qi picked the strongest enemy to attack.
On the one hand, the enemy does not know that they are coming at this time, and the first battle is destined to catch the enemy by surprise. Such a huge advantage should naturally be used as much as possible.
In other words, to take advantage of such an advantage, instead of raiding the enemy's weak point, it is better to attack the enemy's stronger point directly, so as to cause greater losses to the enemy.
On the other hand, it is a teacher who is well-known and upright in his conduct. Oda Nobunaga robbed the big man, and the big man should directly attack Oda Nobunaga first. Although things like war are ultimately for profit, at least on the surface they have to be looked past.
In addition, it is a psychological war. If you defeat the strongest enemy, the remaining enemies will naturally be demoralized. Even if they do not surrender immediately, it will be much easier to clean up again. .
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