Koga Prefecture is located more than 200 miles northeast of Osaka.

A day ago, the Ming Royal Combined Fleet was divided into three, leaving behind 10,000 logistics soldiers and 100 No. 1 armed Daifuku ships, responsible for guarding Osaka Castle and dealing with the aftermath to create a complete large-scale logistics base.

The rest of the Royal Navy officers and men marched towards Edo by land and sea in two routes, and began to push and sweep along the Wa Kingdom.

One route was led by Zhu Youxiao and Zhong Jixiang, among whom were the officers and men of the three Royal Marine Cavalry Brigades, all of whom were cavalry.

There were also 30,000 marines and 10,000 logistics troops, a total of 70,000 soldiers, advancing by land.

This army of 60,000 marines and 10,000 logisticians of the two royal fleets marched by land.

It is mainly to fight in enemy territory, which requires too many logistical materials, and the roads are rugged and difficult to travel, which is very inconvenient, and the size of the troops cannot be too large.

However, it was enough to have an army of 60,000 well-armed marines and 10,000 logisticians to sweep and advance through the territory of the Japanese country.

At least in this day and age, there is no enemy who can defeat this army before it runs out of ammunition.

And with the large fleet, which is not far away, advancing from one side by sea and land, there is still no problem with the logistics of this large army.

When you want to replenish military supplies, you can approach the sea, and you can quickly replenish military supplies.

On the other hand, there are 110,000 Royal Navy officers and men, and a large fleet of 10,000 logistics troops, while advancing with the Marines along the coast, they are also responsible for providing regular military supplies to the army.

In addition, they were also responsible for clearing all the large and small islands, villages and towns that were inhabited by the Japanese in the area where the Grand Fleet passed.

Only in this way can we destroy the Wa Kingdom within this year and turn it into a state capital directly under the Ming Empire.

In this state capital, Zhu Youxiao even gave a name, and it was called Yingzhou.

Zhu Youxiao originally set the time required to attack the Japanese state, that is, before the end of this year, the task of destroying the Japanese state must be completed.

An army of 70,000 troops marched from Osaka yesterday morning, and only this evening did it reach Koga Prefecture.

As you can imagine, this journey can be difficult.

Fortunately, long before the brigade drove here, a 10,000-strong ironclad cavalry brigade of the Daming Royal Marine Corps had already captured the county seat of Jiahe.

At this time, it was already dusk, and the capture of this county seat also exempted the army from the worries of camping in the wilderness, and easily entered the county town of Koga, and it was only serious to rest for the night.

Just as the army marched into the county town that had been cleared and controlled, a group of scouts sped in.

"Your Majesty! General Zhong! There is an update. ”

A loud voice suddenly sounded behind Zhu Youxiao, and when he looked back, it was Huang Jianjie, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, who came with the army.

"Your Majesty, the scouts and the people from the Military Intelligence Bureau have reported that Hino, Eigenji in the front, and Misato in the south, these three places have discovered the shogunate's army!"

"However, their numbers are not too many, there are about 50,000 people in total, shall we send a few cavalry brigades to destroy them?"

"Ignore them."

Zhu Youxiao said indifferently, "This is just an outpost of the shogunate army, coming to spy on our army." ”

Zhu Youxiao originally intended to leak his own march route and the goal of the march to the Tokugawa shogunate, so that the Tokugawa shogunate could gather all its troops and launch a decisive battle with the Royal Marines.

If you don't want to hide the route of the march, and you don't want to make a surprise attack, why go to the trouble of destroying the outposts of the shogunate army?

Wouldn't it be better to recharge your own energy and save your energy to fight the shogunate army?

"Yes!"

Huang Jianjie respectfully promised, "If Your Majesty and General Zhong have no other arrangements, I will immediately order it." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Zhu Youxiao said happily, "Don't forget to send more secret sentry scouts and strengthen personnel ties with the Intelligence Bureau." ”

Just because you ignore your enemies doesn't mean you don't need to be vigilant.

You must know that the Japanese are the most adept at night attacks and sneak attacks, and they must not be careless, lest they capsize in the gutter.

That will not only cause heavy losses, but will also be laughed to death by the enemy!

Although there is a highly vigilant T34 by his side, there is basically no such concern, but the 70,000 army is so wide, and the warning range of T34 is only a mile away, and there are so many places that cannot be seen.

Huang Jianjie hurriedly gave a decent military salute to the emperor, and immediately took the order.

Seeing the licking dog that once made people sick and the figure that walked away quickly, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but nodded.

Obviously, Huang Jianjie has changed a lot now, and he has completely entered the role of a qualified senior officer of the Military Intelligence Agency. TXT Book House

Now this guy's performance makes him very satisfied.

This Huang Jianjie is not only talented, smart and flexible, but also likes to observe and learn.

During this period of time, he studied all kinds of routines of the Intelligence Bureau, and combined a series of practices with theories, and in just two or three months, he, the deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, was already quite qualified.

Zhu Youxiao had just led the army into the county seat of Jiahe, but found that most of the Japanese houses here were very simple and dirty.

How do you stay in this kind of place?

So he reluctantly let the army out of the city, camped on a large plain not far from the county seat, and continued the march tomorrow.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao and Zhong Jixiang never thought that at this time, there was really a team of Japanese robbers, who were playing the idea of themselves and others!

This guy is the famous general Abe Tadaaki, who is the dual feudal lord of the Shimono Kuniyu Domain and the Musashi Kunishino Shinobi Domain, with more than 10,000 stone fiefdoms, and the size is also considered a big name.

This guy is twenty-six years old, fierce and fierce, and has a very good reputation in the Tokugawa shogunate, and is a fierce general under the shogunate elder Sakai Tadashi.

A few days ago, Tadaaki Abe and Masamori Higata visited Nagoya with Tadashi Sakai, and as a result, they heard the news that the Ming army had attacked Osaka and easily occupied Osaka Castle and port.

After confirming the authenticity of the news, Sakai Tadashi was shocked, and while personally rushing back to Edo to report to Tokugawa Iemitsu, he ordered Tadaaki and Masamori to lead the army to stay behind to reconnoiter and monitor the Ming army.

Abe Tadaaki and Kakuda Masamori, at this time, were stationed in Yongyuan Temple, more than 20 miles north of Koga County, and the two had about 20,000 troops under their commands.

The 20,000 men were some of the elite soldiers of the shogunate who came with Edo, and the other part was the personal attendants of the two, all of whom were samurai.

In the Wa Kingdom, the samurai were professional soldiers, and unlike the ashigaru, that is, the light infantry, they were out of production and did not need to rely on farming to obtain food.

They could receive it directly from the lord of the country, so they had better equipment and better training, and their combat effectiveness was far from being comparable to that of Ashigaru.

Several teams of scouts sent out by the two of them sent the information from Koga County and other places back to Yongyuan Temple like flowing water.

Among these intelligences, there are not only most of the current 70,000 Ming Army, but also reports on the previous Osaka Campaign, as well as the Ming Empire's army and the sweep along the way.

After receiving the general information of the Ming Empire's advance army by land and water, as well as the army's actions in Koga County, Abe Tadaaki's face turned green with anger, and he roared with his stubby neck:

"It's so arrogant, these damn Ming people are so carried away! They have to pay the price for Osaka and the many evil deeds they committed along the way! ”

Masamori Higata and Tadaaki Abe, who are listed as the two major generals under the elder Tadashi Sakai, are not in vain, they are truly talented, and they can be called two war geniuses.

Compared with Abe Tadaaki's brave and good fighting, Masamori Hikuda appears to be more cautious and steady, and is a commander of the type of wise general.

Seeing Abe Tadaaki's angry face and thick neck, and his hands dancing, Higata Masamori knew what he wanted to do, and hurriedly persuaded:

"Abe-kun, the mission given to us by Sakai-sama is only to monitor and spy on the reality of the Ming army, but it didn't let us take action without permission......

"Digger-kun!"

Before Masamori could finish speaking, Abe Tadaaki interrupted him brutally and said sharply, "As the most heroic and noble samurai in the Land of the Rising Sun, can you bear this shame when you witness the Ming Dynasty people committing murders and even sweeps on the territory of our country?" ”

"Anyway, I can't stand it, I must make the Ming Dynasty people pay! The price of blood! An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! ”

"But we only have 20,000 people!"

Abe Tadaaki said hurriedly, "But the Ming Dynasty has at least 70,000 troops, including 30,000 ironclad cavalry!" ”

"Not only that, they even have an artillery team with the army, with nearly a hundred cannons!"

Masamori said with some concern, "Although I don't know how powerful their cannons are, they can easily move with their troops, but they must not be easy to deal with." ”

"What about an army of 70,000? What about 30,000 ironclad cavalry? ”

Abe Tadaaki said disdainfully, "In the past, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi went on an expedition to Goguryeo, a few thousand samurai could defeat tens of thousands of Ming troops without leaving a piece of armor, have you forgotten? ”

"Now that we have 20,000 brave warriors, and all of them are battle-hardened warriors, are we afraid that we will not be able to deal with this mere 70,000 Ming army?"

"Our samurai are good at concealment, and they attack suddenly at night, although the Ming Dynasty army is full of guns and cannons, nearly half of them are ironclad cavalry, so what's the use?"

"No matter how well equipped those Ming troops are, they can't play any role at all in the night raid battle, and the cavalry that can't play a role is not as good as the infantry!"

Digging Tian Zhengsheng was silent, and he could no longer find a reason to dissuade him.

Although Abe Tadaaki is fierce by nature, he is not a reckless man.

On the contrary, this guy is still a very scheming person, knowing that the cavalry and guns of the Ming Empire are powerful, so he came up with a sneak attack at night.

Masamori was also a little moved by him, and if Abe Tadaaki's night attack on the Ming Dynasty army was successful, he would definitely gain a huge harvest.

Not only can it avenge the dead and wounded soldiers and civilians in Osaka, but it can also capture a large number of military supplies, and even the best war horses, iron armor, and guns that are urgently needed by the Japanese country.

So, why didn't you support him?