Chapter 243: Your Majesty Can't Hold It Anymore, Ask Your Excellency to Send Troops!
Yamato Castle.
Emperor Daigo walked up to the city tremblingly, only to see the flags outside the city, overwhelming, the enemy army was black and oppressive, and there was no end in sight.
The shock brought by the 250,000 army made Emperor Daigo only feel a little weak in his legs.
After the fall of Nara Castle, Emperor Daigo quickly issued an order for King Ken, allowing the daimyo of the Southern Dynasty to lead an army to support Yamato.
Unfortunately, there are very few daimyo arrivals.
As long as you are an individual in Wajima, you can see that Emperor Daigo is now weak, and there is a feeling of the end of the road.
Not only the northern gateway, Nara City was occupied overnight by the Ashikaga family, but even Saikaido and Nankaido, two important territories of Emperor Daigo, were occupied by the Ming Dynasty.
This shows that the Ming Dynasty has united with the Ashikaga family to deal with Emperor Daigo together.
Most of the daimyo of the Southern Dynasties fell into a strange wait-and-see state.
Fortunately, Emperor Daigo still has a few henchmen, otherwise he would not have been able to hold on to the Ashikaga family for so many years.
In the east, Yoshishige Satake, Ashina Mori and others led an army to King Qin, and after more than a month of accumulation, the strength of the army in Yamato Castle gradually reached 100,000 troops.
It's just that the army of 100,000 didn't bring any sense of security to Emperor Daigo.
Looking at the boundless enemy army under the castle, Emperor Daigo felt a chill, especially when the enemy army shouted loudly.
The momentum of the mountains and seas made the soles of his feet cold, and a cold air rushed from his spine to the heavenly spirit cover.
If it weren't for Tian Shangjiro telling Emperor Daigo that the Ming reinforcements were coming, I was afraid that Emperor Daigo might have run away with his family by now.
With the support of Takami Jiro, Emperor Daigo barely walked around the castle, briefly boosted his morale, and then turned around and hid in the palace.
It didn't take long for an envoy from the Ashikaga clan to beg to see Emperor Daigo under the castle.
He claimed that as long as Emperor Daigo could hand over the three artifacts of Wajima, the Ashikaga family would be willing to withdraw from the army and return the city of Nara that had already been occupied.
It's just that now that Osaka City has been destroyed, the strategic location of Nara City is no longer so important.
When the envoy's words were transmitted to the Imperial Palace, Emperor Daigo's originally panicked face instantly turned hideous.
If he said that he wanted to meet Emperor Daigo's sword soldiers, he would be scared and tremble.
But if someone wants to fight the idea of the three artifacts in his hands, then he will not hesitate to fight with anyone.
You must know that the reason why Emperor Daigo is respected as orthodox is because of the so-called three artifacts of Ujima.
If even the three artifacts of Wajima were snatched away, then what kind of face did he have to claim to be orthodox?
I'm afraid that if he doesn't say anything else at that time, the people of Yamato City will never approve of him.
Since there is no way to talk, there is only a fight, and on that day, Ashikaga Yoshitsune led an army of 200,000 to besiege the city on all sides, and the ants attached to the siege of the city.
The tragic siege battle broke out again.
It's just that after the slaughter of Osaka Castle, these samurai under Ashikaga Yoshikan became more manic and bloodthirsty.
When a fierce siege battle broke out on the side of Yamato Castle, the army on the side of Daming was already on its way to the port of Busan.
Since the last time Zhu Yuanzhang asked Mao Xiang to have a friendly and cordial conversation with the North Korean envoy, the North Korean envoy cried and begged Zhu Yuanzhang to lease the port of Busan.
Based on the principle of helping others, Zhu Yuanzhang directly waved his hand and leased the port of Busan to the DPRK for 300 years.
Now Daming has become a veritable master of Busan Port, and the route between Dengju and Busan Port has been completely opened.
The elite of the 100,000 Beijing battalion led by Li Wenzhong took this route for the sake of insurance.
Compared to the shortest distance of this route, and after many round-trips by the Ming fleet, it has proved to be a completely safe route.
Li Wenzhong stood on top of the flagship, this time it was Zhu Di who came to pick them up, looking at the blue sea and blue sky, Li Wenzhong seemed to think of Poyang Lake back then.
At the beginning, it was on the endless Poyang Lake that he followed his uncle, defeated the powerful Chen Youliang, and laid the foundation for the unification of Jiangnan.
He clearly remembered that in that battle, Chen Youliang's ship was like the one under his feet, so huge.
Now they Daming also have their own huge ships, and they are not even just crisscrossing Poyang Lake, but galloping on the entire sea, which really makes Li Wenzhong a little embarrassed.
"Fourth brother, how is the situation on Wajima now?"
Li Wenzhong followed Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years, was accepted by Zhu Yuanzhang as his adopted son, and followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight in the south and north at the age of thirteen.
Whether it is the pacification of Jiangnan or the Northern Expedition to Mengyuan, there is Li Wenzhong, who can be described as a great meritorious service, and was named Cao Guogong for his merits.
When he was a child, Li Wenzhong's father, Zhu Yuanzhang's brother-in-law, often helped Zhu Yuanzhang's family.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang is particularly fond of his nephew and treats him as his own.
Li Wenzhong did not live up to Zhu Yuanzhang's cultivation, the level of bravery was the first among all generals, and his military exploits were only after Xu Da often met spring.
Li Wenzhong grew up in Zhu Yuanzhang's house since he was a child, and he is quite familiar with Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, and usually calls Zhu Di his fourth brother.
When Zhu Di heard this, he didn't twist, and said his thoughts:
"Now, under the impetus of Mr. Berwyn, Xu Dashuai and Master Li, the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Wadao have entered the white-hot stage of sword and soldier encounters."
"Yamato, the capital of the Southern Dynasty, has been forcibly attacked for three days by the 200,000 troops of the Northern Dynasty, and both sides have suffered heavy casualties."
"Emperor Daigo keeps asking us for reinforcements, but I don't think Lord Lee has any intention of sending troops."
"Master Li seems to have a bigger plan, but I don't know exactly what he wants to do."
When Li Wenzhong heard Zhu Di mention Li Jin, his curiosity about Li Jin became heavier and heavier, and he couldn't help asking:
"Who is this Master Li in your mouth?"
Zhu Di's face was a little complicated, and then he slowly said his encounter with Li Jin.
and the naval strategy proposed by Li Jin, and finally because of Li Jin's persistence, the current situation of Wajima was formed.
After listening to Li Jin's legendary life, Li Wenzhong couldn't help but sigh a little, maybe Li Jin was the only official who embezzled in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and was not skinned by Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, thinking of Li Jin's political achievements and achievements, Li Wenzhong felt that Li Jin was really a genius in the world, and if this kind of person really died, it would be a loss for the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Li Wenzhong wanted to meet this Li Jin more and more and see what kind of person Li Jin was.
Li Wenzhong thought of Li Jin's bold and crazy plan, and his desire to see Li Jin became more and more urgent.
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"My lord, please send troops quickly, will you? We've blocked Ashikaga Yoshikan's seven-day attack, and we're about to be unable to hold on. ”
Tian Shangjiro knelt at Li Jin's feet with tears in his eyes, and pleaded loudly:
"If the adults don't send troops again, I'm afraid that the adults' hard work will be ruined."
In the face of Tian Shangjiro's bitter pleading, Li Jin was unmoved, there was no trace of waves on his face, but said softly:
"Tian Shangjun, don't worry, our Ming reinforcements are on the way."
"As long as our Ming reinforcements arrive, I guarantee that the Ashikaga family will be wiped out."
"Seven days, you tell Emperor Daigo that if you hold out for another seven days, our army will definitely send troops."
"When the time comes, not only will the siege of Yamato be relieved, but even the Ashikaga family will be prostrate at his feet, trembling."
"Please be sure to inform Emperor Daigo that if you hold out for another seven days, our army will never disappoint Emperor Daigo."
Tian Shangjiro was dumbfounded, seeing that Yamato Castle was already crumbling, and it was impossible to hold on for another seven days.
"My lord, our army is exhausted. That Ashikaga Yoshikan was like a madman, and he didn't stop attacking the castle at all. ”
Tanakami Jiro pleaded again:
"Please send troops to rescue Yamato Castle first, as long as you don't let Ashikaga Yoshitsun capture Yamato, there is no need to annihilate the Ashikaga army."
"The army under the adult, the small one has seen it with his own eyes, as long as the adult makes a move, the Ashikaga family is not an opponent at all."
"Please send troops."