The Tokugawa shogunate judged that it would take about three months for Xia to complete preparations for war against Japan.
Is this judgment correct?
right.
Not right either.
That's right, if you launch a war to destroy the country, you really need to prepare for at least three months.
What's wrong is that Xia Guo did not want to completely wipe out Japan.
At least judging from the current situation, Xia Guo absolutely cannot do this.
Since it is not a battle to destroy the country, the preparation time can naturally be greatly reduced.
The most important thing is that in view of the current situation, the Xia Kingdom Central Committee has already arranged corresponding countermeasures.
First Zheng family, then Japan, to guard against the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, for the current Xia State, the most important opponent is the Zheng family.
Eliminating the Zheng family and opening up the trade channels between the East and Southeast Asia are more important than anything else.
Only by eliminating the Zheng family first can the Xia Kingdom completely remove the obstacles to entering the deep sea. No matter what kind of strategic deployment we are making in the future, we can feel free to do so.
Japan, on the other hand, is relatively strong domestically. It has not gone through a long period of operation, and there has not been much change. Xia Guo wants to swallow it in one gulp, but it is really powerless.
The same was true for this declaration of war against the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Note that the object of the Xia Kingdom's declaration of war was only the Tokugawa Shogunate, not the entire Japan.
And this is also the main reason why those famous masterpieces with their appearance remain on the sidelines.
Regarding the Tokugawa shogunate, Xia Guo's purpose was to weaken its strength through war so that it could not fully control the situation in Japan.
At the same time, the degree of confrontation between the various daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate was increased.
Only Japan, which is in civil strife, can be significantly weakened and provide conditions for the Xia Kingdom to conquer.
Under this policy, the scale of the war against Japan was actually very limited.
Central Xia just handed over this task to the Korean Military Region and the North Sea Fleet, and did not provide too many resources.
"General Lou, why are you here? Where is our North Korean Governor?"
Zhang Keda was quite surprised when he saw Lou Fu rushing to Busan.
Lou Fu laughed and joked: "Commander Bai said that he is the governor of North Korea, and his responsibilities are only in North Korea. It is not good for him to interfere in Japan's affairs. I have no choice but to do it."
Zhang Keda also couldn't help but smile.
"General Bai is extremely smart and will definitely have a bright future."
There is a lot of information in this short conversation.
Bai Xiaoqi is a very smart person.
When he was appointed as the Governor-General of North Korea, the Commander of the North Korean Military Region, and the rank of General, he realized that he was a bit out of his league.
Although the political situation in Xia Kingdom is relatively stable now, if you don't know how to be cautious, you will definitely cause disaster.
Therefore, when he wanted to launch a war against Japan this time, he simply made an excuse and did not take the command. Instead, he pushed his deputy Lou Fu out.
Except for Lou Fu, no major troops in the entire Korean Military Region were mobilized.
Because according to the central plan, there is no need for so many troops.
Among the land operations, only the First Marine Division participated.
Even among the First Marine Division, only the First Marine Regiment will be put into use in the early operations.
"Our plan is to take the lead in eliminating Matsudaira Nobutsuna's troops and isolate Kyushu Island from other Japanese places. As long as we achieve this step, we will take the initiative whether it is war or peace."
Tang Wenhuan, the new commander of the First Marine Division, briefed the troops on the battle plan.
As a naval general, Zhang Keda must of course cooperate in combat.
He asked: "If we act like this, will the various daimyo on Kyushu Island be worried?"
Lou Fu has received the authorization from the central government and is in control of the entire situation.
"Except for the Karatsu Clan and Saga Clan that have been eliminated by the Shimabara Rebel Army, we will control the Shimabara Rebel Army from attacking the rest of the areas. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent people to contact the various daimyo on Kyushu Island. I believe They can’t wait for this to happen.”
Various information has already been formed on the conflict between the soteri daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate, and the generals in this battle naturally have a firm grasp of it.
"If we only want to eliminate Matsudaira Nobutsuna, the Marine Corps alone and the cooperation of the Shimabara rebels will be enough."
It's not that the Xia army generals are arrogant.
Although Matsudaira Nobutsuna had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command at this time, in fact, the number of trusted followers he brought from the shogunate was less than 10,000.
The rest is the power of various daimyo.
Except for the 5,600 Mizuno Katsunari of Bizen Kuni Fukuyama Domain, the rest were all daimyo on Kyushu Island.
The reason given by the shogunate was that since the riot originated in Kyushu, the local daimyo should be responsible for suppressing it.
The shogunate sent people here to perform command and supervision duties.
This arrangement is very appropriate if there is no interference from outside forces.
The Tokugawa shogunate could deeply intervene in the affairs of Kyushu Island, while at the same time holding the daimyo responsible for dereliction of duty during the battle to complete the integration of forces.
But now that the Natsu Kingdom is here, the people around Matsudaira Nobutsuna will not only not be a boost, but will also become a time bomb.
Once they lost the help of these Kyushu daimyo, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's own troops could not even protect themselves.
The plan was formulated and Xia Jun immediately went into action.
The North Sea Fleet was divided into two groups.
Zhang Keda personally led the main force and cruised in the waters between Kyushu Island and other islands, forming a separation.
At this point, the Tokugawa shogunate no longer wants to send troops into Kyushu, let alone rescue Matsudaira Nobutsuna.
Even though the shogunate responded quickly, they had already sent someone to notify Matsudaira Nobutsuna. But when the messenger reached Osaka, he heard that the Xia army had blocked the sea area, so he had to stop and look at the ocean and sigh.
Huang Fei led the squadron and headed straight for the Shimabara Peninsula.
This squadron will become a surprise force against Matsudaira Nozuna.
At this time, the Shimabara rebels had lost most of the captured land due to their consecutive defeats and retreated to the Shimabara Peninsula.
Yuan Shengsheng received the battle order and after discussing with Amakusa Tokisada, he simply retreated to the end and defended the original city.
Although Matsudaira Nobutsuna fought hard, he was still very excited when he saw that the Shimabara rebels were forced into a corner. He immediately led his army to advance and surrounded Yuancheng.
The next thing to do is naturally the siege.
No matter how long the fight lasts, as long as the food in the city is completely consumed, destroying the city will definitely not be a problem.
"Why are the soldiers and horses of Bunzen Kingdom so late in arriving? Send someone to urge them. If you dare to delay again, we will engage in military law."
"The other soldiers and horses are also moving too slowly. Order them to quickly clear out the remaining soldiers in various places and come to join them."
After entering the Shimabara Peninsula, Matsudaira Nobutsuna divided the various troops into several parts. Except for the fact that he personally led the main force to pursue the original city, he assigned other daimyo to various places to eliminate the remaining forces.
As a result, he had been fighting outside the original city for three days and three nights and suffered heavy losses. The various big names still did not come to join him, which made him very dissatisfied.
But he didn't know that it was no longer possible for the soldiers and horses of the Kyushu daimyo to come to join them.
