Once... After a few times, no one on Kyushu Island, Honshu Island, and Shikoku Island dared to go to the open sea.
Fishing, seafood, etc. all stopped;
All merchant ships have also been suspended... No, there are no ships.
We are accustomed to the convenience, speed and low cost of sea transportation. Now that there are no ships, there is also an urgent shortage of land carriages.
A large amount of goods were accumulated, and some of the goods that could not be stored for a long time simply rotted. It was rotten here, but there was an urgent shortage in other places.
Especially Kyushu Island, which is the most serious, is almost out of contact.
"Your Majesty, this is the summary of the current situation. Although there are no riots in various places, there are still shouts and curses.
If we do not solve the transportation problem, we will suffer serious losses and lose the support of the people. "
"Obviously, the Ming army wants to use this method to cause panic among the people, and then cause us to have civil strife, and then take the opportunity to attack us. We must not sit back and wait to be killed."
"There are only two ways to go now. One is to mobilize the armored fleet in the Seto Inland Sea to escort, or to go all the way from the Seto Inland Sea to the Kanmon Strait and kill part of the Ming Dynasty's navy by surprise;"
"no!"
As soon as one of the Fudai daimyo finished speaking, the new veteran Nobutsuna Matsudaira objected: "As of now, the armored fleet is our last naval support.
Logically speaking, after the Ming army destroyed our two naval divisions, they should immediately destroy the armored fleet, so that they could march straight in, but why not?
It is because the armored fleet is in the Seto Inland Sea, and they dare not enter the inland sea. Once they enter, we can block the entrance to the sea and wear them out.
What they are doing now is probably to lure us out.
Once the armored fleet is annihilated, the Ming Navy can continue eastward along Honshu Island, enter Tokyo Bay from Miura, and go straight to Edo Castle. With the artillery of the Ming Navy, landing will be easy.
You all understand what the consequences will be! "
The faces of all the daimyo changed drastically, and then became gloomy. One of the daimyo said angrily: "Then what do you think we should do? Don't just object, what we want now is a solution!"
"Of course there is a solution, and it requires your cooperation!"
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Matsudaira Nobutsuna continued: "If sea transportation is blocked, then we should take the land route. There are many carriages for transporting military supplies in the major armies, and some of them have been borrowed to relieve the pressure.
At present, the area north of Edo Castle has not been attacked by the Ming navy. As long as the goods are transported to Kobe by land, and from Kobe via the inland sea to western Honshu Island, northern Shikoku Island and Oita on Kyushu Island,
Then we take the land route from each dock to each prefecture. This distance can be solved by each place on its own. What we have to solve is the transportation from Edo to Kobe, which is more than a thousand miles.
I have calculated that for a lord with a weight of 100,000 kilo or more, there will be 50 carriages, for a lord with a weight of 10,000 kilo, there will be 30 carriages, for a lord with a weight of 5,000 kilo, there will be 15 carriages, and for a thousand kilo...forget it, if we add the carriages from various places, we can solve the problem. No, it won’t have much impact on the operation of your territories.
Whether to watch the civil strife of Fusang people or to retain your own strength, you make your own choice! "
What a choice... Is there still a choice?
All the great names cursed angrily in their hearts.
The Ming Dynasty is waiting for the opportunity and may attack at any time. If internal chaos breaks out again, it will be completely waiting for the country to be destroyed.
If the country is subjugated, let alone maintaining their current status and wealth, whether they can survive is a question.
Therefore, all the great names agreed without exception.
"Okay, let's talk about the second thing!"
Matsudaira added a look of wisdom: "If Ming Dynasty wants to attack us, we have deduced four ways at present.
“The first route is to send troops from Shanghai County, which is directly under the direct control of the Ming Dynasty, using Jeju Island as a transit, then attack the five islands, and then attack Hirado in the northwest of Kyushu Island, Xihai in the west, and Nagasaki in the southwest.
But this route is too risky. The weather at sea is changeable and the wind and waves are ruthless. Whether transporting troops or supplies, there will be great dangers that they cannot bear.
Therefore, it can basically be ignored. "
“The second route goes north along the Yalu River in North Korea, passes through Kuyi Island, enters Ezo Land (Hokkaido), goes all the way south from Hokkaido, and then crosses the Tsugaru Strait and enters Honshu Island.
But this can be ruled out directly. First, the distance is too long and there is no way to supply supplies.
Second, to cross the Tsugaru Strait, which is 60 to 70 miles wide, a large number of warships are needed, which is completely impossible. "
"Okay, after excluding these two unlikely routes, only the last two, and the two most feasible, are left."
“The first is to take advantage of North Korea, use warships from Busan to transport them through the Korean Strait to Genkai Town on Kyushu Island, and then gradually attack.
If you use North Korea..."
"Wait a moment!"
Everyone followed the voice and found that the person who made the noise was Mouri Hidesunari, the second generation lord of the Choshu Domain.
Matsudaira Nobutsuna looked at Mouri Hidesuna and said in a deep voice: "Hideju-kun, do you want to say that Dajin occupied Liaodong, and that the three parties worked together to occupy North Korea, and the Ming army could not take advantage of it?"
"right!"
Following Mouri Hidesunari's response, all the daimyo's eyes were focused on Matsudaira Nobutsuna.
Matsudaira Nobutsuna's plain face suddenly became serious, and he said coldly: "You all know about the Ming spies' raid on Nijo Castle some time ago, right?
Because we received urgent military information, the three-party coalition of Jiannu, Mongolia and Fusang was defeated twice by the Ming Dynasty's Northern Army and retreated to the Yalu River.
After we learned the information, the king convened the ministers to discuss the matter, and the Ming army seized the opportunity to make a surprise attack.
I regret to tell you that since our naval forces in Busan and Nagasaki ports in Korea were destroyed, we have not received any news about the tripartite coalition.
Where are they now? How is the battle going? What’s next? None of us know.
The worst plan we have deduced is that the three-party coalition forces will be destroyed, and the Ming army will reoccupy the coastal route of the Bohai Sea, open up the western Liaoning Corridor and the area north of Liaoyang, and connect Ningyuan, Liaodong Peninsula, Pidao, and North Korea. "
"What?"
"What?"
"What?"
"Matsuhira Nobutsuna, what do you old Chinese do for a living?"
"If it works, if it doesn't work, let someone else do it!"
…
Several exclamations resounded in the hall, and most of the daimyo stood up, staring at Matsudaira Nobutsuna with burning eyes, their faces full of shock and anger.
Tens of thousands of troops went out to fight, and no news came for more than a month. It was impossible for any force.
But now it has really happened to them, Fusang.
It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
And they suddenly realized that the second route they just thought was wrong. They thought Matsudaira Nobutsuna meant that the Ming Dynasty used warships to transport soldiers to the mouth of the Yalu River, and then went north along the Yalu River.
Now after listening to Matsudaira Nobutsuna's words, I realized that it went directly through Liaodongbei.
"As incredible as this sounds, it is what it is."
