Chapter 57: The Ouchi Clan and the Shogunate

Yoshihiro Ouchi is patrolling the city with the daimyo of Kyushu.

The walls here are not too high. After all, this is the reason why the city was built here. This is because it is a major transportation route connecting Japan. But they never imagined that the situation would change so quickly that it had become a battlefield in just a few months. The so-called dungeon is only a semi-finished product.

The city is not high, if it were not for the special topography of the peninsula. Several layers of rammed earth were temporarily reinforced. Not even a city does it look like.

Yoshihiro Ouchi looked at the northwest from afar, but a few miles away, the battle flag was waving, and the camp was like a mountain. Tens of thousands of troops lined up, covering several miles, the scale is not under the so-called Puseong of Busan. Ouchi Yoshihiro can still be calm, but the daimyo generals behind him are as earth-colored as earth. Even if you pretend to be calm, you can't raise the slightest morale. new

Yoshihiro Ouchi originally wanted to say something to boost morale. But he spoke, but he didn't know what to say. Among the 66 countries of Japan, he was a famous general, and in the generation of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu fathers and ancestors, he fought for the world, as well as the battle between the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, and made many meritorious generals. It is a well-known presence in Japan. But in the battle with the Ming army, there was no wave at all.

Whether it's a water war, or a land war. Even the defense of Jinju, where Japan had the most advantage, was beaten without a temper.

Although it is said that it was because of the instability of the rear that Jinju City had to be abandoned. But Yoshihiro Ouchi himself knows. If you don't know him decisively, he retreats quickly. Even if the rear is stable, Jinju City will not be able to hold it.

Yoshihiro Ouchi said, "Don't worry, this place bears the danger of the mountain castle and the sea, and there are hundreds of thousands of stone of food, which is enough to support it for several years. The Shogun was the Shogunate. He will not take our safety at risk. We just need to stand by and wait for help."

Yoshihiro Ouchi believed that the shogunate would come to help.

It's not that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the shogunate is not a British lord. Rather, it is the tens of thousands of troops here, which are the elite of almost all the great feudal domains in the entire Kyushu and China region. It can be said that once Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gave up this tens of thousands of troops. It is tantamount to giving up the hearts and minds of most of the people in southern Japan.

After all, the foundation of Japanese society lies in these daimyo samurai. And this is the elite of most of the South Japanese samurai.

The rule of the Ashikaga family was based on the support of many daimyos. If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu does not care about the hearts of the people of the whole of southern Japan. It was enough to shake the rule of the Ashikaga family.

Yoshihiro Ouchi appeased, but it is not known how much effect it has. However, Yoshihiro Ouchi privately sent many people back to Japan to ask for help.

It's just that the Japanese ships, crossing the sea, have some enough to choke. Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken Tsushima so seriously. This transit station. Not to mention, now that Fang is riding the wind to make new achievements, it is the time when the spirit is high, while blocking the sea, it begins to harass the coast of Japan.

If not, Lan Yu would have said hello a long time ago. Let Fang Chengfeng deliberately let them pass. It is very difficult for Yoshihiro Ouchi to contact Japan.

But even so.

Of the dozen or so ships sent by Yoshihiro Ouchi, only three or five could reach Japan.

However, Japan was shocked by how many ships.

This shock was not only that tens of thousands of troops were trapped in Goryeo, but also that the Ming army directly attacked Japan. The shadow of the Yuankou attack seems to have shone into reality. It must be known that when the Yuan Kou attacked, although it did not enter Japan, it was not without impact.

The biggest impact is that the Hojo family, which was originally powerful in the world, exhausted its strength in the fight against Yuankou. So much so that Emperor Go-Daigo later launched a campaign against Hojo, which opened the precedent of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan. And the Ashikaga family stabbed the Hojo family from the back, so as to independently enter the stage of history, and became the final winner in the chaos of Japan's northern and southern dynasties.

Speaking of which, it's only a matter of more than 100 years.

The impact of that year once again enveloped Japan.

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When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu got the news, he was first terrified. Although he tried to be calm, this was the end he never expected. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not fail to think that the war in Goryeo was unfavorable. But in his mind, if the loss of the army is defeated. That's it.

It's just that he didn't expect that there would be such a flip. The front is obviously good. The two sides are at loggerheads. It can't be fought on land and at sea, and there are even private negotiations. It's only been a month, and the situation has turned for a different level.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the shogun of the Ashikaga family during their heyday. Although a lot of shortcomings. But one thing is good. That's to be sober enough.

He reacted quickly.

Blue jade, fighting in Goryeo, meaning in Japan.

The battle was a trap from the start. If it's for the sake of Goryeo an enclave. I will never go back to enduring it for so long. This is to hit Japan.

After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu figured it out, he calmed down instead. He knelt in the ashram and slowly drew his long knife. Seeing the light reflected by the blade into his eyes, his gaze was as cold as a blade, and he secretly said in his heart, "Lan Yu, Marquis Yongchang, I want to see the strength of the warriors of the Yuan clan."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu calmed down from his panic, and the first thing he had to do was to meet his teacher.

It's just that when Ashikaga Yoshimitsu came to Hosokawa's house, he saw Hosokawa Yorimoto. I didn't see Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's teacher, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who assisted the young ascendant, sat firmly in his position and laid the foundation for the strength of the Hosokawa family. In the second half of his life, in the trust and suspicion of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Hosokawa Yoriyuki spent the rest of his life. Passed away.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard the news.

lost his mind for a while, but it was also expected, and Hosokawa Yoriyuki was already over sixty years old. At this age, it's not strange to die. And Hosokawa Yoriyuki's health has been bad before. and I do not know what has no warning. It's just that at this critical juncture. Lost such an important advisor.

It's not a good sign.

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was alive, he repeatedly jumped between suspicion and trust. But at the moment, the person died. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu really remembered the teacher's goodness. There are teachers here, a lot of big decisions. Someone will give him an analysis and understand. Point out the key.

Now, there is none.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu changed his clothes and saluted in front of Hosokawa Yoriyuki's tablet. The memorial service is not mentioned.

After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu saluted, Hosokawa Yorimoto was also the current head of the Hosokawa family. Yoriyuki Hosokawa's adopted son. Respectfully saluted Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. He said, "When the master was here, he had already heard the news of the invasion of the famous cowards. This is his last suicide note, which was dictated and written by me. Your Excellency, please take a look at it."

In the last years of Hosokawa Yoriyuki, he was a monk. Therefore, he is called a master.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took it. Open it and take a look. Although it is Hosokawa Yorito's handwriting, Hosokawa Yoriyuki's tone, at first glance, my heart is sour, and I think of all kinds of Hosokawa Yoriyuki. Suddenly, his eyes moistened.

In the letter, Hosokawa Yoriyuki's opinion is that the war must be fought. The momentum must be huge. Mobilize the power of the whole country. But how to fight it is to pay attention to it.

First of all, we must not make the mistakes of the Hojo family. The loss of strength in the family is too large, resulting in the inability to stabilize the situation in the world.

Secondly, the goal is to retreat from the enemy, not to know the victory. If it's possible. So, tens of thousands of troops in Goryeo. You can't help it, you can't really save it. If you can't save it, you can't lose the hearts and minds of Kyushu and southern Japan. It can't really be saved. That is, the shogunate's armed forces must not be put in such a dangerous situation.

In short, don't try to fight the Ming army. Find a way to end the war as soon as possible.

It is necessary to learn from Emperor Tenchi's decision after the Battle of Shirae Estuary. Forbearance is the best.

The interests of the shogunate were above the interests of Japan, and the interests of Japan were above the interests of the southern daimyo.

Although he did not say it explicitly. But Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was taught by Yoriyuki Hosokawa, already understood. Where is this to fight the Ming Dynasty, it is clear that the Ming Dynasty is fighting Goryeo, and Kyushu is secretly determined. It's like killing two birds with one stone.

As mentioned earlier, the influence of the Ashikaga family on Kyushu is very weak. There were many daimyo in Kyushu who swayed from side to side during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. I don't care much about the Ashikaga family at all. Originally, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu fought Goryeo, not necessarily to the many Kyushu daimyos.

Now, though, the details have changed. But the guiding ideology is the same.