Although Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Toei shogunate, was ready to jump over the wall in a hurry, the speed of the Ming army's advance still caught him a little off guard.

He had just set out from Edo Castle with his headquarters, and bad news came from the front line that Nagato Province on Honshu Island and Iyo Province on Shikoku Island had been occupied by the Ming army!

What is the speed of the Ming army, it will occupy two feudal states in less than two days, and at this speed, the entire Dongying will be occupied by the Ming army in less than two months!

Tokugawa Iemitsu was really miserable by Zhang Bin's paralysis tactics, if he led the army to the direction of Kyushu Island at the beginning, it is estimated that the Ming army would be blocked between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island at this time, but Zhang Bin showed hesitation, whether to fight or not, and even promised to talk with him peacefully, paralyzing him vigorously, making him like having polio, his mouth was crooked!

He had just led the army from Edo and the Ming army had landed on Honshu Island, and occupied Nagato Province, he had already lost the first move, the battle situation was already a little unfavorable for him, Edo was thousands of miles away from Nagato Country, he had to lead the army to rush over, at least more than ten days, with the advance speed of the Ming army, what would happen after more than ten days, he really didn't dare to think about it.

Doesn't he think about it?

Of course it's useless, whether he wants to or not, the speed of the Ming army's advance will not change.

The day after he led his army to set off, the Ming army took the Zhou Defense Province on the island of Honshu and the Tosa Province on the island of Shikoku;

On the third day of his expedition, the Ming army took Iwami Province on Honshu Island and Awa Province on Shikoku Island;

On the fourth day of his army's departure, the Ming army took Izumo Province on the island of Honshu and Sanuki Province on the island of Shikoku;

Since the main armies of the various vassal states were summoned by him to the vicinity of Kyoto, there were not many men and horses left in the local area at all, and it was not very strange that the Ming army was overwhelmed, but at this rate, he was afraid that before he arrived in Kyoto, the Ming army would rush to Kyoto.

He did not dare to march normally at a speed of seventy or eighty miles a day, but ordered his men and horses to speed up, march quickly, and rush to Kyoto regardless of everything, and go to join the main army of Dongying!

Fortunately, he quickened his speed, otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the decisive battle, because at this time, Sun Chuanting had already led the rear army to land in Honshu and Shikoku, and Lu Xiangsheng had already led the forward army to join Zhang Bin's Chinese army in Honshu, and the advance speed of the Ming army suddenly accelerated, and in the following days, Anyi, Bigo, Bichu, Bizen, Misaku, Harima, Tanba, Tango, Inaba, Tajima, Hakuki and other feudal states were lost one after another, and there were even groups of refugees on the main road from Edo to Kyoto, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was simply anxious.

On the eighth day, he finally led his army to Kyoto, and by this time the advance of the Ming army had already arrived in the territory of Iga Province, only a few dozen miles away from Kyoto!

After Tokugawa Iemitsu arrived in Kyoto, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, fortunately, Kyoto has not been lost, the main armies of the feudal states are still gathered, and there is still hope for Toei.

Kyoto is where the Toyotomi clan came to power, and it is also the place where the Tokugawa clan rose, and there were the famous Sekigahara Battle and the Battle of Osaka, which were the rise of the Tokugawa clan, and almost all the feudal kingdoms of Toei were also involved in these two battles, and they can be said to know the terrain here well.

This is the best battlefield, and this is Dongying's last hope!

Tokugawa Iemitsu did not hesitate to order, and ordered the ** teams of each domain and the army of the headquarters to immediately set up a large array on the front line of Kyoto and Osaka, occupy various mountains and key roads, and prepare to fight to the death with the Ming army!

At this time, near the port of Kobe, tens of thousands of Ming troops are quarrying in the mountains, cutting trees and cutting trees, busy in an orderly manner, on the coastline, a huge port is slowly taking shape, and on the sea, thousands of Ming warships are densely arranged around the new port, as if guarding the port, and as if waiting for the port to build a city, and then unload the goods on the battleship.

In fact, at this time, this place is not called Kobe Port, but called Kobe Village, Zhang Bin received a report from the front line, knowing that Dongying had gathered nearly 400,000 troops on the front line of Osaka and Kyoto, ready to fight to the death with the Ming army, and immediately ordered the forward army to stop the pace of advance and began to look for a suitable port nearby.

It just so happened that he saw a small place called Kobe Village on the map, so he ordered the vanguard army and the Chinese army to assemble here and build a port to replenish grain and baggage.

The advance speed of the Ming army was too fast, in less than ten days, it advanced six or seven hundred miles, the entire Shikoku Island had been occupied, and more than ten feudal states in the west of Honshu had also been taken, and the main army of Dongying had been in front of him, waiting for the battle, he had to stop, take a breath, make a good adjustment, and then put into the decisive battle with Dongying.

Near the port of Kobe, in the tent of the Ming army's battalion, Zhang Bin was frowning and looking at the sand table model in front of him, without saying a word, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, Qin Liangyu, Zheng Zhilong, Yu Chenglong and other major generals of the Ming army also surrounded the sand table and did not say a word.

There was a faint excitement on their faces, some excitement, and at the same time some worry, it has only been more than a month since the start of the war, and they have already taken nearly half of the entire territory of Dongying, it stands to reason that they should be very excited, but they all know in their hearts that this is not Dongying's real strength!

Dongying invaded North Korea and could organize more than 300,000 troops, and insurance estimates that if they were beaten desperately, there would be about 500,000 troops that could burst out, and along the way, they encountered less than 50,000 Dongying troops!

In other words, almost all of the land of these feudal states was picked up, and Dongying did not organize a decent resistance at all.

Of course, this has something to do with Zhang Bin's paralysis tactics, but there is another important reason, that is, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Toei shogunate, understands his weakness, and he does not want to fight the Ming army in Kyushu or Shikoku, but wants to fight the Ming army in the Gyeonggi region of Honshu, which is most beneficial to him.

There are nearly 400,000 Dongying troops in front, they not only have muskets and artillery, but also occupy favorable terrain, in this case, if they are careless and do not take the Dongying army seriously, it is not impossible to stage a miraculous defeat like Salhu!

Zhang Bin stared at the sand table model for a long time, then sighed and said: "I was a little careless, at the beginning, maybe I should have adopted the tactics of dividing the troops, taking advantage of the advantages of the water division, blossoming on all sides, and dividing the troops to attack, in that case, Dongying may have collapsed." Now, Toei has gathered the main army on the front line of Kyoto and Osaka, and there are still support coming from behind, this battle is really a bit difficult to fight! ”

All the generals sighed, indeed, it would have been good if they had chosen to divide their troops, the troops would have been divided into four routes, and at the same time they would attack Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido, and Dongying would have been in chaos, where could they gather so many troops to block their way.

The time, place, and people are almost all occupied by the enemy, and this battle is really a bit difficult to fight!