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Chapter 1o21 Final Battle

（1o21）

Today's first update is delivered!

"My lord, the latest battle report."

"My lord, the latest battle report."

"My lord, the latest battle report."

In the castle near the port of Hiroshima, Wang Shide and Wang Junyu, two staff officers, sent the latest battle report to Zhang Zhun like a stream. Lu Xiangsheng has taken over the command of the front line, and Lu Xiangsheng is responsible for the specific battles. Zhang Zhun just needs to know. Chang Zhun's more important task in Hiroshima was to send more troops to Japan.

The battle reports sent every day are actually not very prominent, they are nothing more than where the Tiger Ben Army has occupied today and how many enemies they have killed. Those place names are very unfamiliar. This shows that the Tiger Ben Army is not advancing very quickly. You may have encountered some resistance on the way, or you may have difficulties.

Judging from the number of Japanese soldiers killed, it shows that the Japanese army only cares about retreating, and has no intention of resisting head-on at all. From this, it is speculated that the Tokugawa shogunate should have deployed a new front further back. Chased by the Tiger Army, the main forces of the Chieftain Masaoshi and Abe Yuki were basically scattered. Unless the Tokugawa shogunate transferred the main force from the rear to build a new defensive line, it would be absolutely impossible to stop the advance of the Toramoto army by relying on the two of them alone.

The Tiger Army relied on superiority in weapons and equipment, while the Japanese army relied on numerical superiority. In the previous battle, the strengths and weaknesses of both sides were very obvious. The disadvantage of the Tiger Army is that the number of soldiers is too small. The disadvantage of the shogunate army was that the weapons and equipment were not advanced enough to pose effective damage to the tiger army.

It is estimated that in the next battle, such advantages and disadvantages will continue to be maintained for a period of time. The disadvantage of the Tiger Ben Army can be compensated for by time. Zhang Zhun can mobilize more troops to arrive. The disadvantages of the Tokugawa shogunate army were not possible to be remedied for the time being. From a long-term perspective, the victory of the Tiger Ben Army is inevitable.

The only thing the Tokugawa shogunate now relied on was the arrival of the main fleet of the Dutch. Only the appearance of the Dutch can reverse their inferiority. However, so far, the main fleet of the Dutch has never had the intention of going north. Taking into account the climatic reasons, the arrival of the main fleet of the Dutch will be as soon as next year.

By the end of November, the front was advancing to the territory of Shinano and Enjiang provinces. The gradual strengthening of the Japanese army's blocking force here shows that their reserve forces have been mobilized. However, the war was over. When winter comes, the snow is falling, and it is difficult for both the Tiger Army and the Shogunate Army to attack.

At this time, news came that the shogunate was preparing to negotiate peace. Sure enough, at the beginning of December, the envoy of the shogunate officially arrived at the Tiger Army and asked the Tiger Army to negotiate. The shogunate envoy suggested that the two sides resolve Japan's current predicament peacefully through friendly negotiations. If the Tiger Army agreed, the Shogunate army was willing to retreat thirty miles out of battle.

"Peace?"

"Good!"

Zhang Zhun readily agreed.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the shogunate's purpose in proposing peace was to buy time. It is estimated that the Tokugawa shogunate wanted to gain about three to six months to gather the scattered army, and at the same time to form more troops and establish a more complete defense line.

It is estimated that Tokugawa Iemitsu and others are still anxiously looking forward to changes in the situation in Nanyang. If, in the course of a few months, the Dutch had moved, for example, to send their main fleet north, they would have been doomed.

The wishful thinking of the Tokugawa shogunate is not inaccurate. Under normal circumstances, Zhang Zhun would not have given the Tokugawa shogunate a chance to survive at all, but, painfully, the Tiger Ben Army also needed time.

After all the 1st Expeditionary Corps of the Tiger Ben Army boarded the 6th, they rushed all the way and rushed to the central region of Japan in one go. Whether it is physical strength or logistical supplies, it has reached its limit. If we continue to fight like this, we may be pushed back by the Japanese army. There was not enough ammunition supply, and the Japanese army could bulldoze the Tiger Army just by using the tactics of a sea of people. This is the most suitable time to negotiate.

The place of the negotiations was in Tsukumo-gun, Shinano Province. Shinano Province, located in the middle of Japan, is a large area. With the exception of Dewa Province, 6 Austria Province, and Echigo Province, it is almost the largest area controlled by the daimyo in Japan. However, this area has never produced a strongman. In Japan's history, all it has left behind is the constant flames of war.

There are a total of ten countries around Shinano Province. This is doomed to make its own defense a very painful matter. In fact, it is. During the Warring States period, the Takeda family of Kai Province in the south and the Uesugi family of Echigo Province in the north often engaged in fierce competition here. The Hojo family and others in Musashi Province also often joined the battlefield.

It can be said that this place has always been an ancient battlefield, and under every inch of land, there are dense bones buried. Probably, with any digging by hand, you can dig out a human bone. It seems a little inappropriate for the two sides to choose such a place to negotiate. It doesn't matter, though. Anyway, anyone with a discerning eye knows that negotiation is just a façade. Behind the negotiations, the most important thing is to desperately accumulate strength.

The negotiator on the Tiger Army's side, of course, is still Mo Yu. It is naturally best for him to come forward in such insincere negotiations. His poisonous tongue can make the other party embarrassed. The negotiator of the Tokugawa shogunate was Matsui Daisuke. As a result, the negotiations broke down after only half a day.

The shogunate was reluctant to relinquish power.

The Tiger Army must be relinquished by the shogunate.

There is no possibility of reconciling the differences between the two sides.

Actually, all negotiations are nonsense. If negotiations can really solve the problem, why bother? In the end, Mo Yu proposed that Japan should be divided into two parts, divided and ruled. In the east, it was ruled by the shogunate, and in the west, it was ruled by the Japanese imperial family. As a result, the shogunate refused to agree, and neither did the Japanese imperial family. Since he refused to agree, he had to fight.

After the breakdown of the talks, both sides are actively mobilizing troops and accumulating more strength. Zhang Zhun will not even go to the Central Plains for the New Year, and will directly sit in the port of Hiroshima and deploy more troops and resources, in order to completely stabilize the Japanese war situation before the Dutch react. As long as the main force of the Tokugawa shogunate army was basically annihilated, even if the Dutch arrived, the tiger army had nothing to worry about.

The New Year passed quickly. This New Year, there is no festive atmosphere at all. On the contrary, there is only a thick smell of gunsmoke. This is especially evident in Hiroshima. The entire port of Hiroshima was crowded with merchant ships every day, and a large number of soldiers and supplies were constantly unloaded from the merchant ships and then marched to the front line of Shinano Province.

The atmosphere of war throughout Japan has become even stronger. Not to mention the Japanese near the battlefield for the time being, even the Japanese who have not participated in the battle, even those who are far away on Kyushu Island, can feel that an unprecedented war is brewing. Because, whether it is the Japanese imperial family or the Tokugawa shogunate, they are desperately asking for supplies from them. The taxes of the Japanese peasants were levied long after 165o AD.

Even, in the distant South Seas, some people felt the momentum of the imminent explosion of the Japanese battlefield. The anxious Governor of Samoa, Putman, made a special trip back to Jakarta on New Year's Day to meet with Stekelenberg, the director general of the Dutch East India Company. He was very worried that once the Tiger Army completely controlled Japan, it would turn south and attack Samoa.

However, for Mr. Director-General, the war in Japan is indeed a headache. With the strong strength of the Tiger Army, if the Dutch wanted to intervene, they would inevitably have to dispatch the main fleet. However, once the main fleet of the Dutch leaves the South Seas, it is not known how those hateful Spaniards will react.

According to the Dutch leadership, the main targets of the Dutch attack were still the Spaniards. Because, in order for the Dutch to be completely independent, they must first get rid of the control of the Spaniards. At present, Spain still has considerable strength, and the Dutch cannot stop there. If the Spaniards were to catch their breath, the Dutch might be in for tragedy.

As for Japan, it is indeed a good place, rich in white flowers. However, that's about it. Without Japan, the Dutch could have just as well. Whether or not the Dutch controlled Japan was of great significance to the emerging country of the Netherlands. Silver, you can earn it from anywhere.

"First."

Mr. Director-General can only conclude by saying this.

"Good!"

The Governor of Samoa also knew that the current international situation was indeed not conducive to interfering in the Japanese war situation, so he had to leave with a reluctance.

……

In February of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, a new round of war began again.

After three months of preparation, the Tiger Army mobilized more troops and formed several heavy army groups. From west to east, divided into five offensive directions, advancing in unison. The middle road is the direction of the key offensive of the Tiger Army, and in this army, it is not only equipped with a large number of artillery, but also equipped with a cavalry group with a strong breakthrough ability.

Similarly, the shogunate also formed more armies and deployed dense and layered defense lines within the territory of Shinano Province. Daisuke Matsui, the commander of the Japanese army, used all the power at hand. The iron cannons that were temporarily collected were very light, and the number was more than 200,000. There are many more ashigaru that are being recruited.

This is a big war with a total of more than half a million troops. On the Tiger Ben side, the strength is close to 100,000. On the side of the Tokugawa shogunate, there were more than 300,000 troops. The battle line, which stretched from the northern part of Shinano Province to Ene Province, continued to spread.

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