In the first battle of Nangong Mountain, 50,000 appeasement troops fought against 30,000 shogunate troops, and ended in a crushing defeat, with more than half of the casualties, and the rest all fled.

On Sekigahara Sasao Mountain, Li Shaoyou, the commander of the appeasement army, led a large army here, and after learning that the first battle of the defeated generals such as the Maori Outline was lost, he was very angry, and he carried a horse whip on the spot and whipped it one by one, and several daimyo did not let go.

"A bunch of rubbish! I can't even take the little Nangong Mountain, what is the use of Daming asking you dogs? ”

Li Shaoyou was never polite to the Japanese, and always used them as minions, and this time several minions lost the first battle, which really made him lose face.

Several daimyo such as the Maori Outline did not dare to raise the bar, although there were many dissatisfactions in their hearts, but they could only bear it silently.

They all know that this Marquis of the Ming Dynasty is a ruthless stubble that is rare in a century, and he has killed tens of thousands of prisoners of the Eight Banners Army in North Korea, which is really not easy to mess with.

And this guy is the capital protector of the Eastern Capital Protectorate of the Ming Dynasty, and in the future, the Tokugawa Shogunate was destroyed, and the Ming generals who stayed in Japan are eighty percent of this guy, or it is better to offend less.......

Li Shaoyou also beat and scolded, and was about to send troops to fight Nangong Mountain again, when he suddenly got the news that the emperor had come to Sasao Mountain.

At this time, it was already autumn, and in recent days, there has been a light autumn rain from time to time in the sky, and there is a slight mist, which has significantly increased the humidity in the Sekigahara Mountains.

On October 8, Zhu Cihong and Empress Mingzheng climbed Sasao Mountain and set up a royal camp on the top of the mountain.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he did not impose substantive punishments on the defeated daimyos, but only verbally demerits, saying that they would atone for their merits and deal with them according to their merits in battle.

Several daimyo such as the Maori Compendium immediately thanked Dade and vowed to regain their strength and be ashamed.

At this time, the Ming army and the shogunate army had already entered the Sekigahara area, and the two sides had deployed hundreds of thousands of troops in the mountainous area within a radius of dozens of miles.

Located in the middle of Honshu Island, the Sekigahara area is known as the Buba Pass and is one of the three passes in Japan and the boundary between Kanto and Kansai in Japan, leading to Omi, Kyoto and Osaka to the west, and bordered by the North National Highway to the north, the Ise Road to the south, and the Nakasendo Road to the south.

Sekigahara is surrounded by mountains, with Mt. Ibuki to the north, Mt. Sasao and Mt. Tenman to the west, Mt. Matsuo to the southwest, and Mt. Nangong to the southeast.

Now, the Ming army and the shogunate army are facing off here, and Zhu Cihong only left more than 1,000 people to stay in Hikone Castle, and the rest are all in battle.

The battle of Nangong Mountain is enough to prove how unreliable these surrendered little Japans are, so Zhu Cihong ordered Li Yu to lead the second royal division of the Tianwu Army to garrison Songwei Mountain in the southwest, and Xu Qingshan to lead the first royal division of the Tianwu Army to enter Sasao Mountain in the northwest.

On the middle road, the appeasement army led by Li Shaoyou was still garrisoned, and the Xiazhai was deployed on the east and south sides of Tianman Mountain, responsible for the main attack.

Continuing to let the appeasement army fight the main offensive was Zhu Cihong's strategy after careful consideration.

The shogunate army plus the men and horses of Gifu had a total strength of 250,000, while the Ming army and the appeasement army combined were only 130,000, excluding the appeasement army's garbage equipment and combat effectiveness, only 50,000 Ming troops could be defeated, of which 10,000 navy had to be subtracted.

Zhu Cihong only has 40,000 reliable people, and at the same time, he has to guard against the group of pig teammates.

This battle of Sekigahara is really difficult, which is why he pulled Empress Mingzheng and let the Ming army branch two wings.

The Japanese emperor is a mascot, and he still has a certain political influence, and he can also give this battle a big hat of justice and weaken the morale of the shogunate army.

And Zhu Cihong's military deployment has ulterior motives.

Mt. Matsuo and Mt. Sasao are located in the southwest and northwest of Sekigahara, and the two mountains are about seven miles apart, and the Tenmu army occupies two highlands in the north and south, which can stand side by side with each other's horns, and form a guard on the middle road with one south and one north, just in case.

In addition, the Ming army arranged artillery on the two hills, which could basically cover the entire area of the central road, and once the shogunate army attacked the middle road, the two sides could provide fire cover for the appeasement army.

If the Shogunate attacked the two hills to the north and south where the Tenmu Army was located, the Appeasement Army in the middle could break through from the center and surprise the Shogunate Army's flank.

What is even more profound is that if the appeasement army has a big name against the water or does not move, the Ming army on Matsuo Mountain and Sasao Mountain can flank them.

In any case, the Japanese who surrendered in the appeasement army in this battle must participate in the war, and they have to fight the main attack!

Although the Ming army was strong, it could not withstand the attrition of more than 200,000 shogunate troops.

The consumption is small, and what Zhu Cihong is most worried about is that even if the Ming army defeats the shogunate army alone, it will inevitably lose a lot.

After all, this is not in China, he is in a foreign country, Zhu Cihong must ensure that after the victory of the Ming army, he still has enough strength to suppress these Japanese daimyos.

If it can't be suppressed, even if this battle against Japan is fought in vain, the hard work of the Ming army will become someone else's wedding dress.

Maybe a few years later, when telling this period of history, Japanese storytellers will only vigorously publicize the daimyo who picked up the omissions, but instead cover up several battles of the Ming army against the shogunate, and even list the Ming army as a heinous invader, which will be reviled by future generations.

History is written by the victors, and this kind of thing is not uncommon in history, as long as the face is thick, white can also be said to be black.

Since the 8th of October, the two sides have been stationing their troops in the small area of Sekigahara and holding each other against each other.

Until October 10, there had been no further fighting, not even skirmishes, and the two sides seemed to be trying to figure out each other.

After two days of investigation, Long Xiang did not accept the deployment map of the shogunate army and submitted it to Zhu Cihong's imperial case.

This defense map was not stolen from the enemy, but was obtained by Long Xiang who risked his life at night to go deep into the vicinity of the enemy camp to reconnoitre, and the painting was very detailed.

With Nangong Mountain as the core, the shogunate army deployed a triangular formation around it, with Sakai Tadashi stationing the shogunate army's main formation at the top of Nangong Mountain, and converging with daimyo such as Matsudaira Tsunaka, the lord of the Matsue domain, and Inaba Masanori, the lord of the Odawara domain, with a strength of about 60,000 troops.

Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi, the lord of the Owari Domain, and Tokugawa Tsunashige, the lord of the Kofu Domain, and other 50,000 horses, camped at the foot of the Moppai Mountain west of Nangong Mountains, serving as the arrowheads of the shogunate army;

Tokugawa Mitsuki, the lord of the Mito Domain, and Abe Masaneng, the lord of the Oki Domain, led 50,000 horses and horses to the north of Nangong Mountain, and arranged a formation on the Nakasendo Road in the north of Nangong Mountain, with the right flank.

Tokugawa Yorinobu, the lord of the Kiyin domain, and Abe Masaharu, the lord of the Nitta domain, led 40,000 troops, and in the south of Nangong Mountain, they crossed the Isedo and went down to the left flank.

Zhu Cihong sighed, the arrangement of the shogunate army is quite good, could it be that Sakai Tadashi also knows that the triangle has stability?

Zhu Cihong looked at the distance between the two sides, the main formation was about ten miles apart, and the closest armies in the front were only six miles.