Chapter 1109: The Sorrow of Fukada Valley
The war in the Wa Kingdom is in a state of stalemate, and if one does not get it right, it may be wasted. If the battlefield with Beiming is opened, it is still unknown whether the economic system of Chichicheng can supply two major wars.
Even so, Yang Chendong still does not regret helping Zhu Qiyu establish the Zhu Family Bank, because that is a move to strengthen Ze and fish, and that is digging the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Don't look at the expansion for a while, but once something goes wrong, it is the beginning of the building will collapse.
It's just that it will take time, maybe a few years, and it may be possible to hold on for decades without external forces. Yang Chendong can't put all his expectations on the other party's initiative to collapse.
Just don't wait, do you really want to send troops? Not to mention that the intelligence department had already reported that Beiming, Nanming and Wara had reached a temporary alliance, and he was in a weak position in terms of troops. Even if it is only against one Beiming, it is difficult to say that the five-star army in the division of troops will win a big victory.
Hu Mang and the others' worries were reasonable, but fortunately, the commander of the New Second Army did not send a telegram. This is enough to show that the situation may be serious, but at least he is still holding on. This is the only thing that Yang Chendong is happy about, after all, it is too inappropriate to start a war with Beiming now.
Gently set the suit aside. Not calling back and not expressing a position is an attitude, a kind of indication that Yang Chendong is waiting. The most important thing now is to capture the Nankai Road, as long as the naval division of the Wa Kingdom is completely destroyed, then this sea area can be controlled, and the news about this place will not leak out at all. Let's see what Zhu Qiyu will do without any news.
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Five days after the high-level military meeting, military operations against Nankaido began. The first to do it was the sea ship of the Fourth Sea Division. In the waters of Awaji Island, they suddenly appeared, and then a burst of artillery attack, destroying all the ships on the island's dock, and then the transport ships sailed to the dock, and more than 60,000 fighters, led by the 1st Reserve Division, landed and landed.
At this point, the attack on Nankai Province was officially launched.
As the main base of the Japanese naval divisions, they have rarely participated in their own civil wars. The main territory is at sea, which gives them a great advantage. Especially in this island nation, they can maneuver to almost any area in the sea, whether it is firing artillery from a distance or finding a suitable place for landing operations, it is their specialty.
The Wakuni Sea Division has also become the biggest hole card of the great shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. In particular, the commander of the Navy, Governor Kuroda, was even more hand-picked up by him, and he was absolutely relieved of his subordinates, which is why he didn't show much panic when he saw the sudden appearance of the Five-Star Army.
Emperor Gotenen was dead, although the process was a bit unexpected, and even had a very bad impact on Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and he was caught off guard. But the thought of settling a mountain weighing on his head because of this, it all seemed to be worth it again. As long as the current civil strife can be resolved, it will be the harvest period after the short pain.
Especially seeing that Hiraida, the biggest force against him, was retreating step by step under the pressure of his own army, and seeing that it was not long before he was completely wiped out, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was in a good mood. He has even begun to fantasize about waiting to be solved
After the civil strife, how to get back all the territory eaten by the Five Star Army, and then let them get out of the country in disgrace.
I never thought that the Five-Star Army, when its strength was obviously at a disadvantage, would dare to suddenly attack Nankaido and launch a sudden onslaught on Awaji Island. This kind of move, which was completely unexpected by everyone, was indeed a surprise to Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
"Yaga! King Wunan of the Ming Dynasty is unbelievable. "In the middle of the army, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was angry.
The coach was angry, and the others naturally closed their mouths one after another, for fear that the anger would involve themselves. Among them was the daimyo Fukada Valley who returned from the defeat of Heiankyo.
At the beginning, the general left him 30,000 soldiers and asked him to stay in Heiankyo, he thought that this was the safest job, and immediately patted his chest and assured that Heiankyo was there, and Heiankyo was not there, and he died. Therefore, he was really praised by Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
Subsequently, the Five Star Army launched a sudden attack, first covered by artillery, reducing the soldiers of the whole army to freezing point, and then the assault of the 1st Division of the Cavalry of the World began. The horror of this army still lingers in Fukada Tani's mind, and the thought that the other party has only been in the city for more than half an hour, and then attacked the city, forcing him to flee in panic, and now his legs can't help but tremble.
Next, Fukada Valley joined the main force and came to Ashikaga Yoshimasa's side. At this moment, no one is mentioning the original military order, the so-called city is in the people, and the city is lost. But he knew in his heart that the general must not have forgotten this incident.
Sure enough, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who was furious, began to look at the generals below one by one. When his gaze moved to Fukada Tani's face, he stopped moving, but slowly stopped.
Although he didn't look up, he still felt the burning gaze, and Fukata Gu slowly raised his head with a fluke mentality, which happened to see Ashikaga Yoshimasa's gaze looking at him. This scene frightened him so much that he almost didn't scream.
Fukada looked up, and then there was a look of horror on his face. Ashikaga Yoshimasa didn't care about this, because he had already spoken, "Fukada-kun, give you 50,000 troops, can you recapture the lost Heian-kyo?" ”
This sentence can also be understood as giving you a chance to make up for your mistakes, whether you take it or not.
The strength of the five-star army has long been proven by facts, let alone an army of 50,000, what if it is double the number of 100,000? I didn't see that Mori Masanori, who led 100,000 troops to attack, had no intention of marching to Heiankyo after defeating and killing Uehara Toda, the overlord of San'in Michi, but instead went to San'in Michi. Even this famous general knows that persimmons pick up soft pinching, Fukada Valley is far from such a person in all aspects, what to take to recover?
It's just that Heiankyo was lost by his own hands.,Now it's tantamount to giving him a chance to make amend.,If you refuse because you're afraid.,Want to come to Ashikaga Yoshimasa's temper.,I'm afraid he'll have no future.。
The extension and retraction of the head are all one knife. At least if you take this errand, you can live a little longer, and maybe it will be a miracle. In desperation, Fukada Valley could only pretend to be high-spirited and said: "Rest assured, the general, 50,000 soldiers are enough to reclaim Heianjing." ”
As soon as this was spoken
Go, the other generals looked at Fukada Valley like idiots, but then everyone closed their mouths knowingly. This is an impossible task, and it is better to be tough than to pretend.
In fact, not only the others, but also Ashikaga Yoshimasa himself knew that with a Fukada Valley and the 50,000 troops given to him, it was impossible to pose any big threat to the five-star army guarding Heiankyo. But he did it anyway, naturally he had his intentions, but there was no need to tell others.
Fukada Valley took over the task with a very happy look, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa naturally didn't mean to trouble him, but just said that he had already selected the 50,000 troops for him, and the grain and grass that should accompany the army were also prepared, and he could prepare for one day today, and he could set off tomorrow to end the military meeting.
As soon as the meeting ended, all the colleagues looked at Fukada Tani differently, as if they were looking at a dead person. Everyone can imagine that they have lost Heiankyo and failed once. If it fails again this time, of course, it will fail. At that time, I am afraid that it will be the end of his life.
Fukada Valley, who saw a little taste from everyone's eyes, was helpless, who let himself be targeted by the general. Now there is nothing but obedience, and the rest is only obedience.
A little pessimistic walked out of the big tent, and when he returned to his camp and heard the deputy's report, he almost didn't scold his mother directly. It was also from the mouth of his deputy that he learned that most of the so-called 50,000 troops that the general pulled out for himself were old, weak, sick and disabled, and almost all of them were prisoners, which were the harvest of Ashikaga Yoshimasa all the way to the war.
Although being a captive does not necessarily mean that they are incapable, it is not wrong to say that some people are greedy for life and afraid of death. And to rely on such an army to subdue Heianjing, which is occupied by the elite five-star army, is there any difference between it and looking for death?
"General, we don't have much food and grass, only enough for fifteen days." Although the deputy saw Fukada Tani's face was not good, he still had to say some things to report, otherwise his work was not in place.
"Fifteen days of bread and grass? Hehe, hehe. Fukatani suddenly realized that he was no longer so angry, and laughed instead.
Naturally, this is not really happy, but a sad and bitter smile for his uncertain future. If it takes eight to ten days to arrive at Heiankyo from Echichu County, and only give yourself fifteen days of food and grass, doesn't that mean that you only give yourself five days to attack? If it doesn't work, there will be no food and grass in the army, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to withdraw safely.
It's just a mission with no return, Fukada Valley can't figure out why the general is arranging like this, is it just that he doesn't like it? Then why not just order to kill yourself? Why is that?
The reason is naturally known only to Ashikaga Yoshimasa himself. At this time, in his big tent, the leader of the samurai team, Yamaguchi Fukada, was standing there with a nervous expression.
Previously, he was tasked with killing Matsumoto Kazama, and although he didn't see the corpse, with his years of experience, he thought that his old opponent who had lost too much blood was certain to die. He also reported this way when he returned to the general. But who would have thought that in the end, Matsumoto Kazama did not die, and openly stood up and blamed the general?