Chapter 881: Attacking North Korea (6)

Historically, Hideyoshi Hashiba sent troops to Korea from Tsushima, which is just a small island between Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula, with a population of less than 5,000 and a population of just over 10,000. Located between Hizen Province in Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula, it is so close that you can see Busan in North Korea even on a sunny day. Therefore, in history, whether it was Japan's invasion or foreign attack on Japan, Tsushima was always the front-line position.

However, Oda Yoshinobu did not intend to set out from Tsushima for the simple reason that it was too close...... With an army of 300,000 and more than 300 huge ships, it is impossible for the North Koreans not to see even if they are blind. Unlike Hideyoshi Hashiba in history, who did not intend to hide anything at all, Oda Yoshinobu did not want to let Ming quickly enter the war because his actions were exposed.

Although the feud between it and North Korea was already known to the Ming State, as long as it did not send troops, it was obviously impossible for the Ming State to take any action.

Therefore, Oda Yoshinobu made a short stay in Bunzen Province in Kyushu, and then divided the 200,000-strong army into eight armies, each with 25,000 men, and slaughtered them in the eight provinces of Korea.

The Gyeongsang Province directly opposite Tsushima was headed by Mori Terumoto, with Yoshishige Satake as the deputy general.

The adjacent Jeolla Province was in charge of the Hojo clan, and Ryuzoji Takanobu was the deputy general.

Chungcheong-do general Shibata Katsuie, deputy general Takeda Katsuyori.

Gangwon Provincial General Akechi Mitsuhide, and Deputy General Shimazu Yoshihisa.

Hamgyong Province General Date Terumune, Deputy General Ukita Naoie.

Gyeonggi Province general Niwa Nagahide, deputy general Uesugi Keikatsu.

Hwangkaido General Hashiba Hideyoshi, Deputy General Minami Harumasa.

And the Heian Road, which was next to the Liaodong region of the Ming Kingdom, was personally commanded by Oda Yoshinobu.

In addition, the navy had Ozuru as the general and Mishima and Higo as the vice-admirals, who were responsible for transportation and maritime vigilance, and also assisted in the attack on the coastal castles.

In the end, Matsudaira Ieyasu was the general, and Murai Sadakatsu was the deputy general, and more than 100,000 logistics troops stayed at Hizen Hirado Port, ready to cross the sea for reinforcements at any time.

"A month! I'm just giving you 1 month! If you can't capture the entire target territory within one month......," Oda Yoshinobu said to everyone before he set off.

Is this Oda Yoshinobu embarrassing Mori Terumoto and others? Apparently not, because in his opinion, 1 month is more than enough time to rub it all in.

Historically, the Toyotomi regime's expeditionary force took less than two months from its arrival in Pusan to its capture of Pyongyang. Who were the generals of the Japanese National Unification Army at that time? Yukinaga Konishi, Kiyomasa Kato, Nagamasa Kuroda and others...... It can be said that except for Kobayakawa Takakei and Shimazu Yoshihiro, two veteran generals of the Warring States period, everyone else is just a newcomer who only rose at the end of the Warring States period.

Let's not talk about the ability of these people, it is obviously impossible to compare with those generals who have dominated the Warring States for tens or even decades.

Coupled with the fact that the troops, equipment and other aspects are far stronger than the historical Toyotomi regime, how can Oda Yoshinobu not have confidence? And more importantly, at that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dominance under his leadership was far inferior to that of the Oda family today. In fact, not only Oda Yoshinobu, but also people such as Mori Terumoto were also full of confidence.

After all, this kind of star lineup that gathers the entire Warring States Troubled Times is really difficult for them to lose confidence. Although they also knew that Oda Nobunaga had the intention of weakening them by attacking Korea, they had never given up looking for a way to overthrow the Oda family regime for five years.

But! At such a time, no force would choose to hold back, and not because it was a war between countries. It's because of this battle that they see a lot of feats beckoning to them. If their procrastination could overthrow the Oda regime, they would not hesitate to do so. But obviously, this is not a reality, so they naturally cannot risk being replaced.

General, adjutant general. It sounds like a big difference, but even if you swap it around, it doesn't seem to make a difference. Even the Uesugi family's governor, Uesugi Keikatsu, was very young and had not experienced much war, and the Takeda family, which had killed countless important ministers, was enough to face any war alone.

The Uesugi family's retainers suffered almost no casualties, and although the Takeda family lost many casualties, Oda Yoshinobu sent Maeda Toshiie, Sasa Narumasa, Ikeda Tsuneko, and others to help. It can be said that at this time, in charge of any military situation, several samurai who are qualified to serve as generals can be selected.

From Kyushu, the 8 provinces were attacked at the same time, all in one day, and on the same day, the Oda army was forced to land and break through the nearest castle. It cannot be said that the North Korean troops are too weak, although they are really weak, but the strength of the Oda army cannot be ignored. At the very least, the North Korean army had absolutely no way to stop the bombardment of the city by a large number of ships.

Historically, after the Japanese troops landed in Korea, they took three parallel routes and marched directly to the three capitals of Korea, Kaesong, Seoul and Pyongyang. The goal was clear: to completely destroy the North Korean regime in the shortest possible time, so that it would not be able to organize troops to resist.

It's just that for today's Oda Yoshinobu, although he will not ignore the importance of Sandu, what he attaches the most importance to is to take Yishu in the shortest possible time. Therefore, after landing in Pyongan Province, he immediately ordered Oda Shinna to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Pyongyang, and he himself led the rest of the troops to start marching towards Uiju.

After the 200,000-strong army landed in Korea, Admiral Da Zhu He, in addition to leaving some ships to help attack the coastal city, the remaining ships quickly returned to Kyushu and began to continue to transport logistics and garrison troops to Korea.

The Japanese invasion soon alarmed the Korean court, but it was difficult not to be alarmed, after all, Niwa Nagahide, the general who attacked Gyeonggi Province, went straight to Seoul after landing.

"What to do?! What to do?! You're trying to figure it out! Li Jun looked at the civil and military officials below in a panic, where did this 22-year-old king experience this? Or how many years has it been since the entire Korean state experienced a war? Not to mention Li Jun, even the Manchu civil and military forces below were panicked.

"Your Highness! The minister thinks that the most important thing now is to defend Seoul first! Liu Chenglong stood up and said loudly.

In a word, everyone in the panic suddenly found the backbone, and soon after, a general was elected to lead the defense of Seoul. Subsequently, under the leadership of Yoo Chenglong, the leader of the council, the imperial court began to try to send people out of the city, to various places to inquire about intelligence, and at the same time to send people to Busan to hold accountable. Obviously, after the panic, the Korean court miscalculated the situation in front of it.