When the gap in the defenses was opened, the steel defense line built by Toei near the ports lost its meaning, and it could no longer stop the Chinese expeditionary force from sweeping Hokkaido.

On 5 June, when Ouyang Shuo and his entourage arrived at Kushiro Port on the Yuhuang, the three-way army commanded by Han Xin had already completed the siege of Sapporo, the central city of Hokkaido.

In just two days, the expeditionary force swept through the entire territory of Hokkaido, leaving only Sapporo as an isolated city.

Seeing that the enemy was unstoppable, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the commander of Hokkaido, dispatched all the Hokkaido garrisons to Sapporo, preparing to fight the Chinese expeditionary force here to the death.

In contrast, although the Southern Route Army successfully landed on Kyushu Island, its progress on the island was not very fast, and only half of the island was taken in two days.

After receiving the news, Ouyang Shuo, as the leader of the national war, sent a letter to Emperor Chen, ordering the Southern Route Army to speed up the progress, be sure to enter Honshu Island as soon as possible, and complete the siege of Edo, the royal city of Dongying, within the specified time.

The statement given by Emperor Chen is that the terrain of Kyushu Island is complex, and the army needs to fight steadily and steadily, and never take the enemy lightly. Ouyang Shuo listened to this explanation, just smiled coldly, and made Di Chen's reply directly public.

No one is a fool.

Ouyang Shuo didn't care whether Emperor Chen's move was deliberately causing trouble for Great Xia, or whether he was forced by the pressure of the silver hand, he had to cooperate with the battle of Dongying against his will, Yang or both.

As long as it is exposed, Ouyang Shuo doesn't need to say a word, and the people's hearts will naturally turn their backs.

"Dig your own grave!" Ouyang Shuo commented.

Of course, Di Chen is not a fool, but in the hands of silver, when he enjoys the convenience brought by the organization, he will inevitably be constrained by the organization.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Sure enough, as soon as the news came out, the crowd was excited, and the player asked Di Chen to give an explanation. Of course, Di Chen couldn't give anything, so he could only be silent, presumably his heart was very tormented.

Handan City's prestige in the Huaxia District almost fell to the freezing point.

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On the morning of June 6, Sapporo.

After a day of fierce battles yesterday, the majestic city of Sapporo has long been in ruins, the walls are stained with blood, and there are holes with large grinding plates, as if they could collapse at any moment.

At the foot of the city walls, the corpses of both sides of the battle were piled up into a hill, oozing blood staining the moat outside the city. At the head of the city, there are only a handful of Dongying soldiers who can still stand.

Everyone knows that Sapporo can't hold it.

Han Shin deserves to be a master tactician, and it is precisely because of his "quick success" and his decision to quickly sweep Hokkaido that Tokugawa Ieyasu's arrangement seems very hasty.

Sapporo was not as stable as the tall walls looked like.

Castle Lord's Mansion.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the generals in front of him, his expression was not very depressed, but he looked very fanatical, "Soldiers, Sapporo can't hold it, and it doesn't have to be defended anymore." Even if it is death, we will die with honor, and we will bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy. I ordered the remaining troops to assemble at the South City Gate and take the initiative to attack. ”

"Hey!"

The generals were also fanatical, looking at death as if they were home.

Tokugawa Ieyasu exclaimed, "For us, this is the final battle, enjoy it!" ”

"Fight to the death, fight to the death!"

"Go ahead!" Tokugawa Ieyasu swung his arms vigorously and gave the final military order.

The generals marched out of the city lord's mansion in formation, assembled their headquarters, and hurried to the south gate in an orderly manner. The war was brutal, and in just yesterday day, more than half of the defenders of Sapporo were killed.

At present, there are less than 30,000 people who can still assemble.

"Squeak~~"

The south gate took the initiative to open, and outside the gate was the Chinese army.

"Kill!"

Thirty thousand fanatics rushed out of the city gates without their lives, and once they went, there was no turning back.

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It's still the Lord's Mansion.

After sending the last troops to the path of death, Tokugawa Ieyasu, a member of the Tokuei Hokkaido Garrison and the Three Heroes of the Warring States, bathed and changed clothes, and then went to a quiet room that had been prepared long ago.

I saw him calmly take out a seppuku knife specially used for seppuku and slowly stab it into the abdomen......

At 10:15 a.m. on June 6, Tokugawa Ieyasu committed suicide by seppuku in the castle lord's mansion. At the same time, the remnants of the 30,000 Dongying who rushed out of the city gate were all killed in less than two hours.

In this way, the entire territory of Sapporo Castle and Hokkaido was destroyed.

The death of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the fall of Hokkaido became a landmark event in the Battle of Toei, which unexpectedly took only six days for the North China Route Army to take one of the four islands of Toei.

With such military might, how can it not make people feel frightened?!

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On the afternoon of June 6, Ouyang Shuo and his entourage arrived in Sapporo City.

In Sapporo Castle, Ouyang Shuo delivered an enthusiastic speech, highly praising the bravery of all the officers and men of the Northern Route Army, commending their meritorious deeds, and rewarding the soldiers who performed outstanding in this battle on the spot.

Even the player group had three people rewarded, each with a piece of purple gold equipment, which made the other players blush. They are working desperately, in order to exchange for a piece of purple gold equipment?!

Ouyang Shuo even said that after the army attacked Edo Castle, a group of outstanding soldiers would be rewarded, and the scale of the reward would be three times larger than this time.

Ouyang Shuo's entrenchment was obviously a good catalyst, and as soon as these words came out, the player's enthusiasm instantly rose, and they screamed one by one.

After the commendation, Ouyang Shuo met with Han Xin alone and announced his opinion on the handling of Hokkaido, "Immediately send troops to loot all the food that can be found in the territory to support the front line; Mobilize all the people and civilian ships that can be requisitioned to be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass; Recruit all craftsmen to make expendable war materials such as arrows for the army. ”

Ouyang Shuo used three "all" in a row, which shows the resoluteness of his attitude.

In this expedition, the transportation of grain and grass is the biggest trouble, if you only rely on the support of Great Xia, you can't transport it back and forth a few times, and you can't support the astonishing consumption of two million people at all.

The problem of grain and grass must be solved on the spot.

Before the start of the national war, Mikasa Castle had already controlled the grain and grass in the cities and villages under its command, and it was impossible to find a large amount of grain from the granary.

The only way to do this is to loot the food stored in people's homes.

"Even if there is only one grain of rice left, it will be collected by the king. If the people don't want to starve, they sign up for the service, and the army ensures that they are provided with basic food. The rest are left to their own devices. ”

Ouyang Shuo was so ruthless this time, not to mention that all the Dongying people should be killed, he was not so narrow-minded, but when it was extraordinary, he had to use extraordinary means.

Taking Dongying as soon as possible is the top priority.

"In addition to the large-scale slaughter of the people, the army can do it freely, and this king has granted you the right to do it exclusively, without regard to the will of the people, and do not consider the impact of post-war reconstruction, everything is at the heart of the current war."

Ouyang Shuo drew a bottom line for the army that would never be allowed to be crossed.

The army's large-scale massacre of civilians, no matter who the target is, is a taboo, and it will also be a big hidden danger to the army itself, harming others and itself.

This opening must not be opened.

Even in the Dongying battlefield, Ouyang Shuo must stick to the bottom line of being a man.

"Understood!"

Han Xin nodded solemnly, the king rarely made such a ruthless move.

This battle is clearly no better than before.

Ouyang Shuo said: "Go ahead, prepare for tomorrow's sea-crossing operation, and officially send troops to Honshu Island." ”

"No!"

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Looking at Han Xin's departing figure, Ouyang Shuo sighed deeply, his eyes gloomy. 9.