"Your Majesty, ahead is the Grand Canyon of Uenohara."

Huang Jianjie, the deputy director of the Royal Military Intelligence Bureau, had just received the news from the intelligence bureau personnel who had come out of the front, and hurriedly came to Zhu Youxiao's side to report to the emperor.

Now is the busiest time for the personnel of the Royal Military Intelligence Bureau, the Ming Empire is expanding step by step, in addition to the steppes in the north of the empire, the five-way field army is slowly advancing, and the war of the Japanese country is the most important.

At this time, although the Wa Kingdom was far inferior to the threat of the northern steppes of the empire, the ferocity and aftermath of the Wako were far beyond all other battlefields.

Therefore, thirty percent of the manpower of the Ming Royal Military Intelligence Bureau has been gathered in various parts of the Wa Kingdom in order to provide various information in a timely manner.

It is conceivable how busy Huang Jianjie and Xiao Guizi are today.

Take Huang Jianjie as an example, from last night to this morning, he has received at least 100 secret reports from all over the country.

On the morning of this day, Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Guangzhe, and Zhong Jixiang led the officers and men of the 150,000 Royal Combined Fleet to enter the Uenohara smoothly.

According to reports from scouts and intelligence bureau personnel, the Japanese were already gathering 500,000 troops of the Kanto Army at the exit of the eastern side of the Grand Canyon in Uenohara.

Among them, there were about 200,000 regular shogunate warriors, and the remaining 300,000 Wakoku soldiers were all ronin and ashigaru who came from all over the Kanto region in response to the call of the shogunate.

Obviously, the all-out anti-Japanese war of general mobilization of the Japanese state has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and all the people have worked together to vow to defeat these arrogant and brutal Ming expeditionary forces in a war and wipe out all the invaders!

In addition, the scouts in charge of the support of the army in the rear discovered that there was another huge Shogunate Kansai Coalition Army, with a total of about 300,000 people, following the Ming Expeditionary Force like a shadow.

They always kept a distance of about five or six miles from the Ming Expeditionary Force, that is, they were not too close, and they would never let the enemy distance themselves.

"Leave them alone, let's go straight into the Grand Canyon and go straight ahead."

Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry, and waved his hand calmly, "Since the Wa Kingdom wants to have a life-and-death battle with us in this Grand Canyon, I will decide the victory or defeat in one battle as they wish!" ”

"Your Majesty, this army of Japanese robbers in the rear must want to block our retreat, this ...... It's safer for us to get rid of them first, and then go deeper into the Grand Canyon. ”

Huang Jianjie also wanted to persuade His Majesty whether to defeat or even kill most of the Kansai coalition forces in the rear before entering the Grand Canyon to avoid his own worries.

"No!"

Doesn't Zhu Youxiao know the benefits of doing this?

However, if the Kansai coalition forces in the rear were defeated first, the main forces of the Wa Kingdom blocking the way in front would definitely change their tactics, and it would be impossible to continue to stay where they were and foolishly fight their own side head-on.

In that case, it would be quite difficult to gather most of the main forces of the Wa Kingdom and annihilate them.

In the unlikely event that the enemy wantonly launches guerrilla warfare in the mountains and forests, it will be the last thing Zhu Youxiao wants to see.

Later generations of earthlings know how speechless and troublesome it will be once the enemy engages in endless guerrilla warfare with them.

Not to mention himself, even the awesome and roaring Stars and Stripes Banner country in later generations was tossed to death by the guerrilla tactics of some small countries.

Therefore, this kind of thing cannot be done, and it is imperative to stabilize the two armies of the Japanese State first, and the two sides officially start fighting.

Although there are a staggering 800,000 people, Zhu Youxiao has enough confidence to defeat them, or even annihilate most of them, and defeat the core resistance armed forces of the Japanese State in one battle!

With Zhu Youxiao's order, 150,000 officers and men of the Ming Royal Navy, armed to the teeth, carried a large amount of military supplies and went straight into the Grand Canyon in front, as if they did not take the enemy's conspiracy to heart at all.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the Ming Expeditionary Force entered the canyon, the 300,000 Shogunate Kansai Coalition Army, which was following behind the army, immediately accelerated their march and quickly blocked the valley mouth on the west side of the Grand Canyon.

At this time, on the east side of the Uenohara Grand Canyon, the 500,000 Shogunate Kanto Army had been waiting outside the valley for a long time.

The camp of the Shogunate Kwantung Army, the Tokugawa Iemitsu Tent.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was discussing with Doi Toshikatsu, Aoyama Tadashi and others, but he saw Kukuta Masamori hurriedly walking in, kneeling on one knee and reporting: "General, the army of the Ming Kingdom has entered the canyon!" ”

"Oh? Hahaha......"

Tokugawa Iemitsu was overjoyed when he heard this, stood up and laughed, and then thought of something, and asked Masamori Tsukada, "Did the 150,000 troops of the Ming Expeditionary Force really enter the canyon?" ”

"It's true! Shogun. ”

Digging Tian Zhengsheng's face was happy, and he said with great certainty, "The army of the Ming Kingdom is very arrogant, and when they arrived at the mouth of the valley on the west side of the Grand Canyon, they directly entered the canyon without stopping. ”

"According to the reports of the scouts, their army is heading towards us, and the speed is not slow."

He thought for a moment and added, "In a day at most, we will be able to reach the exit of this Grand Canyon and face our Kwantung army." "Look at the Chinese network

Tokugawa Iemitsu just wanted to burst into laughter, but suddenly thought of something, and asked again and again: "What about Sakai-kun's Kansai Group Army?" Where are they now? Did you block the entrance to the west side of the Grand Canyon? ”

Digada Masamori said solemnly: "Your Excellency General, the 300,000 Kansai army personally led by His Excellency Sakai has firmly sealed the mouth of the valley after the Ming Expeditionary Force entered the Grand Canyon, and is building various fortifications to block the enemy's retreat!" ”

"Now, the 150,000 Ming Expeditionary Force has no way to escape! To paraphrase a common saying in the Ming Empire, their current army is already a turtle in an urn, and there is no possibility of breaking through and escaping! ”

"Okay, great."

Tokugawa Iemitsu said overjoyed, "This time, the arrogant and invincible Ming Expeditionary Force is difficult to fly even if it has wings!" ”

"We must do whatever it takes this time to firmly block their 150,000 army in this Grand Canyon!"

"Let these invaders pay the price of blood for their evil deeds such as slaughtering our soldiers and enslaving our people!"

Qingshan Zhongjun on the side also Huo Ran got up, clenched his fists viciously and waved: "It's too arrogant, these Ming expeditionary forces are really arrogant, they are simply arrogant to the extreme!" ”

"They knew that the terrain of the canyon in the Ueno Plains was not good for them, but they dared to drill into it! This is not taking our 800,000 Kwantung and Kwantung coalition troops into account! ”

"The blood debt will be paid with blood! We will not let go of any soldier of the Ming Expeditionary Force! In other words, it is a good arrangement to kill them all after defeating the captives. ”

Everyone present was discussing, and everyone was relieved to vent their inner joy, only Doi Toshikatsu's face looked a little dignified.

The fact that the enemy army had entered the canyon so easily was somewhat unexpected for him.

Originally, he thought that the enemy's army would definitely stay at the western end of the canyon for a day or two, and then decide whether to cross the canyon after inspecting the terrain clearly.

What is surprising is that the opponent's army actually drove directly into the canyon, is this enough confidence in himself, or is it really arrogant?

However, at this time, with the continuous march of the Ming Expeditionary Force, the distance between the armies of the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the war is about to break out.

"Hah!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu got up suddenly, pulled out his samurai saber abruptly, slashed forward hard, and said viciously, "Inaba Masayoshi!" ”

A daimyo dressed as a samurai stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and replied, "My subordinates are here." ”

The samurai's name was Inaba Masayoshi and he was the second son of Tokugawa Iemitsu's adoptive mother, Afuku.

Inaba Masakatsu and Inaba Masakatsu are two brothers, who have been Tokugawa Iemitsu's companions since childhood, and although the three are not brothers, their feelings are better than brothers.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu ascended to the throne, the brothers also rose to the top, and immediately became his hardcore cronies, and were successively named daimyo by Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "I order you to lead the 20,000 troops of the Zhenbi Domain, firmly block the valley mouth, and make every effort to block the attack that may be launched at any time after the arrival of the Ming Expeditionary Army." ”

"Hey!"

Inaba Masayoshi suddenly agreed and took the order.

Tokugawa Iemitsu said again: "Toda Iron." ”

Toda immediately stepped out of the ranks, knelt down on one knee and responded, "My subordinates are here." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "I order you to lead the men and horses of this domain, as the reserve of Inada Masayoshi, ready to respond to the auxiliary Inaba-kun at any time, and make every effort to block the breakthrough action of the Ming Expeditionary Army!" ”

Toda Railway: "Hey! ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said again: "Matsudaira Nobutsuna." ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna responded and said, "The subordinates are here." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "I ordered you to lead the men and horses of your own domain to dig trenches and set up obstacles at the exit of the Grand Canyon to prevent the Ming army from breaking through." ”

Because of the fear of the Ming Empire expeditionary force and the perception that something was wrong and changed the route, until now, the Shogunate Kwantung Army has not dared to dig a trench at the mouth of the valley and set up barriers, so as not to be detected by the enemy and change the plan of action.

At present, the enemy's 150,000 troops have finally entered the canyon, and the Kansai Group Army led by Sakai Tadashi has also blocked the retreat of the Ming Dynasty army, which can be said to be a great success.

Now, the Shogunate Kwantung Army can finally build fortifications with confidence and firmly block these hateful Ming expeditionary forces in this Grand Canyon.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is now full of confidence, with absolute geographical and numerical advantages, plus his own soldiers all dare to fight and fight to the death, he doesn't believe that these Ming expeditionary forces can still have any way to escape!

Defeat them! Capture them! Pit and kill them!

That's all the thoughts in Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart, at any cost!