Nangong Mountain Shogunate Army Camp.

Inside the wooden fence, outside a simple barracks, Yoshizawa squatted next to a shield cart after finishing equipment maintenance, took out a notebook and pen from his arms, and began to record the new day.

After being forced to serve as a soldier, Yoshizawa was worried that he would die in battle for no reason, so he developed the habit of writing a diary.

"On the sixth day of October, we arrived at Nangong Mountain, where we were armed, I was very worried about encountering the main force of the Ming army, but fortunately there was no ......."

"On the seventh day of October, a vanguard army of the rebels arrived at Nangong Mountain, and we started a fierce battle, we were under the wise command of the old Sakai-sama, and broke the enemy army, I and the strong comrades-in-arms killed five rebels, unfortunately, the big man died, after the war, I was promoted from ashigaru to infantry, and I also captured a piece of equipment, I was very happy......"

"On the eighth day of October, I heard that the main force of the Ming army was coming, and the emperor of the Ming Kingdom was also coming, and I was even more nervous, not only me, but also my comrades-in-arms in the same battalion......."

"On the ninth day of October, we deployed the camp, and the Ming army and rebels on the opposite side were also arranged, and we had another tense day."

"On the tenth day of October, there was no fighting, and the two sides were peaceful......."

"On October 11, the rebels still did not attack, and the Ming army did not come to attack us, and of course, we did not move."

"On October 12, we were nervously waiting for orders from our superiors, but my captain, Samurai Yagyu, was at a loss, because he didn't know when the war would start."

"On October 13, the two armies were still calmly opposed, but fortunately, today I met several comrades from the next battalion, and we met on the way to get water.......

"On the 14th of October, the alarm bell in the camp rang, we gathered in a hurry, and Captain Yanagi told us that a night cavalry of the Ming army had just passed by our main camp and left safely, and I don't know what our sentry was doing......."

"On October 15th, when we were ordered to fetch water, we found a Ming army night not harvest squad again, this time I saw our sentinels, but they were dead, they were cut off their heads by the Ming army night not harvesting, Captain Yanagi ran away in time with us, glad I was still alive, grateful to my captain......."

"On October 16, there was a clash of 1,000 men in front of the two armies, and I heard that the comrades from the next battalion had joined the battle, and half an hour later, Ito Konan, Yoshida Shoji, and Ashigaru, whose name I can't name, returned from the battlefield, and I saw their exhaustion and silence."

"On October 17, skirmishes broke out again between the two armies, and as yesterday, the enemy fought with the rebels, and both sides won and lost."

"On October 18, the largest battle since the confrontation took place today, and both sides sent 5,000 men and horses each, and fought fiercely for nearly an hour near the female pond in the middle of Sekigahara, and finally the Ming army sent a battalion of troops into the battle, and the shogunate army immediately retreated, and the rebels took advantage of it, and their cheers echoed in the valley......"

"For the next two days, there was no fighting, but we spent two days in tension because the next time we played, it was our turn."

"On the 21st of October, the rebels continued to call in front of our position, remanded a group of prisoners who had been tied up into rice dumplings, and then said something loudly and executed the Japanese.

According to my comrades-in-arms, these people who were killed were sent by several lords of the shogunate to the rebel camp to plot against the feudal lords who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

I admire them very much, the people who can be meticulous are not simple people, and they are very powerful.

If it were me, I guess I would be nervous at night, and then I would be cut off by the enemy sleeping next to me......."

"On the 22nd of October, perhaps because the lords of the shogunate wanted to find a place to return, we took advantage of the darkness of the night to attack an outpost of the Ming army on Matsuo Mountain, and by the way felt the enemy situation on the mountain.

Before leaving, the comrades-in-arms resting in the tent could not sleep, and one comrade-in-arms repeatedly sorted out his belongings and prepared for the worst if he could not return.

His actions caught everyone's attention and, of course, my particular attention, as we were all staring at his package......"

"After evening, as it grew dark, our battalion was ordered to go out, and I followed Captain Yagyu, step by step towards the overgrown battlefield.

The reports of the enemy situation in the front came intermittently, true and false, false and true, and our battalion was quite nervous, after all, our opponent this time was not the rebels, but the famous Tianwu Army in the Ming army.

The night was so quiet, so quiet that we could hear our own heartbeats, and it turned out that death and soldiers were so close, were we afraid? Of course I'm afraid, I'm not afraid, it's a lie!

We lay on a shady hillside and waited, waiting for the best time to strike, as Captain Yagyu told us......"

"On the 23rd, the sky was dark, we came back, a lot of them came back, Captain Yagyu went to General Ashigaru to report the results of the battle as soon as possible, we were in the camp, several comrades-in-arms looked at each other and smiled, tacitly......"

"On October 24, the two armies held each other in Sekigahara for nearly half a month, and the soldiers on both sides listened to the wind and watched the rain together, admired the moon and counted the stars together, and today there is finally a big move, because the boss of the family issued a pre-war mobilization order for the whole army."

In the big tent of the Chinese army of the shogunate army, Sakai Tadashikatsu's brows were not relaxed, and it was obviously unfavorable to the shogunate army to continue to hold on for such a long time.

The strength of the shogunate army was twice that of the Ming army and the rebel army, and it was a good thing that there were more people, but the material consumption was also doubled, and the supply lines of the shogunate army were too long.

If this kind of consumption continues, there will be no need to fight this battle, and the morale of the shogunate will be greatly reduced due to the lack of materials, and the various departments will be dissatisfied with each other due to the competition for supplies, which will eventually lead to internal collapse.

The Ming army was different, they came all the way and destroyed more than a dozen feudal domains in a row, obtained a lot of goods and materials from these domains, and they also had three sea supply lines, one from the Korean Peninsula, one from the southeast sea of the Ming Dynasty, and one from Shandong and Beizhili.

Even though long-distance supplies were extremely costly, the Ming army had an advantage over the shogunate army in terms of logistical supply.

In addition, the shogunate also had worries, and if the two daimyo of the Sendai Domain and the Yonezawa Domain, which sat on the ground, learned that the shogunate army was not in a good position, it was difficult to guarantee that they would take action in the rear of the Kanto region.

All this made Sakai Tadakatsu more determined to fight quickly and resolve the strategy.

In the past half a month, the old man has not done nothing, he has been secretly contacting the daimyo of the appeasement army, telling them righteousness, moving affection, and inducing them to benefit, hoping that these guys can turn against the water and re-support the Tokugawa shogunate.

In order to gain the support of these Japanese traitors, Sakai Tadakatsu promised all kinds of benefits, such as fiefdoms, official positions, marriages with the Tokugawa clan, etc., as long as the shogunate could get his hands on them, he threw them all out.

Even, Sakai Tadashi talked about the end, he didn't ask them to fight back, they just needed to stand still after the battle.

Just as Sakai Tadashi was about to take the risk of launching a decisive battle, a news that made him almost desperate spread to the shogunate camp in Nangong Mountain: the Ming Imperial Navy had copied their back road, and Kofu Castle had been lost!