Completely different from what outsiders imagined, the agenda of the Imperial Council was very consistent, that is, to continue the war until the conquest of the Wa Kingdom.

Whether it is a civil official or a military general, the officials who can be a squire, a scholar, a governor, enter the Wenyuan Pavilion and the Military Aircraft Department, and have the opportunity to assist the emperor in handling political affairs, all of them are elites, and they have a clear understanding of the current situation.

Chu Zheng, no one will investigate his misconduct, but will publicly commend his bravery and courage, this is all due to the situation.

The Wa State has already issued a mobilization order, and the matter is irreparable.

According to the descriptions of Sheng Yong and others on the front line, the Japanese people have changed their previous strategy of restraint and began to send a large number of personnel to Kyushu and Shikoku, and these people have incited the local Japanese people to poison and assassinate our defenders, and even attack and kill small groups of our army, which has become more and more intense.

General Sheng Yong, the commander-in-chief of the conscription army, wrote to the imperial court for this reason, requesting more troops, and the army in his hands was only more than 60,000 people, including two guards, two marine brigades, and some troops requisitioned from Korea and Fujian.

In response to this situation, the Ming Dynasty had only one choice, and that was to end the war quickly.

There are two ways to end the war, one is to completely conquer the opponent and make the opponent bow down, and the other is to give up the conquest of the Wakoku Kingdom, withdraw from Kyushu and Shikoku, and return to the track of praying for the other side to fight the Wakoku.

For the latter, the Ming Dynasty is unacceptable, especially Zhu Yunwen, who understands later generations, even more unacceptable.

Because, after the meeting, the topic quickly turned to the details of the conquest.

It was relatively easy to recruit the army, and Zhu Yunwen decided to recruit the Jurchens, Koreans, and captured Mongols from Korea and Northeast China to go to the Wa Kingdom to take charge of law and order; At the same time, military households from Fujian and Zhejiang were requisitioned to go to the Tuntian of the Wa Kingdom, which had a similar environment and climate to the Wa Kingdom and should be relatively easy to adapt.

The more difficult thing is the grain and grass, which requires at least 500,000 stone of grain, which can be directly withdrawn from the treasury, but in addition to this, a large number of biscuits, canned food, and meat are required, which need to be purchased from merchants with real money, and the estimated expenditure is about two million silver yuan. However, fortunately, the Wa Kingdom is near the sea, and part of it can be solved by fishing, and the navy near the Wa State has already gone out to sea to fish according to Sheng Yong's order.

As for the specific combat strategy, it was not discussed at the meeting, because Sheng Yong, who had returned to Beijing after being edicted, had not yet rushed back.

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On the sixth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Jianwen, Sheng Yong, the commander-in-chief of the conquest of the Japanese, returned to Beijing, met the saint in the Qianqing Palace, and then discussed the specific strategy of the conquest with important ministers of the Military Aircraft Department such as Xu Huizu and Geng Xuan.

On June 10, Emperor Zhu Yunwen of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to set up the Haidong Xingdu Division on the three islands of the Wa Kingdom, and the first capital secretary was Lieutenant General Chu Zhi, and the old name of Kyushu Island was restored - "Chikushi Island", and the old name of Shikoku Island was restored - "Iyo Island".

On June 11, Sheng Yong, the commander-in-chief of the expedition, set off to return to the Japanese state, and Zhu Yunwen ordered the crown prince Zhu Wenkui to see him off.

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Wakoku, Kyoto, shogunate.

"Is the news true?"

"Yes, it's been confirmed repeatedly, it's true!"

After receiving Hosokawa Yorimoto's reply, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was silent for a long time and muttered, "Yoshimoto, what a disappointment for me!" ”

"Hosokawa, you go to see the emperor," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took out a token and handed it to Hosokawa Yorimoto: "Let him remove Ashikaga Yoshinori from the post of general of Seiyi and let Ashikaga Yoshitsugu take over." ”

"At the same time, he was informed that Ashikaga Yoshitsu was stubborn and stealing, and he was not a son of man, and this minister dismissed him as the governor of the Ashikaga family."

"Also," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was silent for a while, and said, "Pass the order, kill the righteous bearer, and reward a thousand taels of gold!" ”

"Your Excellency, is this appropriate?" Hosokawa Yorigen hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice.

"Also, immediately purge Yizhi's henchmen and kill them all, and leave no one behind!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu ignored Hosokawa Yorimoto's words and continued.

"Alright! Hosokawa will do it! ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto bowed, got up and went out.

"Someone, call Shibukawa for a trip!"

"Yes!"

After a short time, Shibukawa Mitsuyori walked in from outside and gave a salute: "Your Excellency, what do you command?" ”

"Shibukawa-kun, you sit down first!"

"Your Excellency Minister Xie Nei!"

"How's the Spo family's affairs going?"

"It's basically the same, Mutsu and Dewa are far away from Kyoto, but Shogun Spo Yoshishige and Shobo Yoshishige have been walking in Kyoto for a long time, and their retainers already have centrifugal tendencies, so it is relatively easy to deal with, and Commander Hosokawa and Captain Uesugi have also helped a lot, but they seem to be a little dissatisfied with Your Excellency's practice of bringing the two places under the direct jurisdiction of the shogunate!"

"This, I know!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's gaze became more and more profound: "If it weren't for the invasion of the Ming army, I wouldn't have done this, but Shikoku is lost, Kyoto is difficult to defend, and Kanto is a place, and this minister must control it in his hands!" ”

"Well, the little one understands!"

"Is the situation okay with the personnel withdrawn from the four countries?"

"Fortunately, they are all people who have lost their home and country, and they have frequently asked for war in recent days, and they have trained very hard."

"Very good," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said with satisfaction, "You tell them that the day this minister repels the Ming army, he will definitely reward them!" ”

"Your Excellency Xie is magnanimous, thank you for your kindness!"

"Well," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded, then turned his face to face the map on the wall, and said: "Shibukawa, the Ming Kingdom has officially established the Haidong Metropolitan Division, covering the land of the three islands of our Wa Kingdom, and the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, Sheng Yong, has also returned to Kyushu and will soon attack Honshu, what strategy do you think the Ming army will adopt?" How should our army respond? ”

"......" Shibukawa Manyori was silent for a while, stood up, walked to the map, looked at it for a while, and then said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, the strategy of the Ming army is actually not difficult to guess, but it is difficult to deal with it, because the Ming army has too many options, they can land anywhere, but our army cannot be deployed everywhere, so our army can only delay the landing of the Ming army, but it is basically impossible to stop them." ”

"But the critical place of our army must be the place that the enemy wants to capture, and according to this line of thought, the enemy's choice should be roughly as follows."

"First, Changmen and Zhou Fangguo, the Ming army has already controlled Xiaguan, and they are likely to enter Honshu from here, gradually advance, and force our army to fight a decisive battle."

"Second, Awaji Island, the Ming army controls Shikoku Island, then they are likely to land on Awaji Island, and then advance to Kyoto and force our army to fight a decisive battle."

"Third, Wakasa country, the Ming army can land from Ogki Island and attack Kyoto from the direction of Wakasa country, this road has been walked by the Ming envoys, and they should be more familiar, so the possibility of the Ming army choosing this road is also relatively large."

"Among the third places, the most likely are Nagato and Wakasa, although the Shikoku Island side is closer to Kyoto, but there is a lack of good ports, and the terrain is complex, and there are certain difficulties in large-scale marching, so it is likely that this road is only a partial division, and the other two places are the main force."

"So the focus of our army's defense is still Kyoto."

"Well," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was silent for a while, then said, "What if Kyoto can't hold it?" ”

"......" Shibukawa Mitsuyori was stunned for a moment, moved his finger to the east, and then nodded: "Then you can only retreat in turn, here, Sekigahara, you can block the enemy." ”

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After a long time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu stood up, took a deep look at Shibukawa Mitsuyori, and said, "Shibukawa, you come with me!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"