Chapter 158: Dominating Kyushu Island

Today's Kyushu Island, except for Hizen Country, has all fallen into the hands of Toyotomi Hideyori, and the operator behind it is naturally Chen Cao, as long as the countries around Kyushu Island are very perfect ports, now they are all in the hands of Chen Cao.

This is also the bargaining chip that was negotiated with the Toyotomi clan before, of course, if it weren't for the help of the Shenmu cannon, it would be impossible to break the rule of Kyushu Island in a few months.

The construction of Kumamoto Castle is still going on, and before the Toyotomi clan takes Osaka Castle, Kumamoto Castle will become a replacement for Osaka Castle, mainly because Kumamoto Castle was the largest base of the shogunate on Kyushu Island to defend the Satsuma Domain, and it is also the most powerful feudal state in Kyushu Island except for the Satsuma Domain.

The situation in the castle tower was much better than before, because they had a lot more words in their minds than before.

"To be in this situation, in addition to the courage of Lord Yukimura, the more important thing is to have the strong help of Dingwuhou, I respect Dingwuhou for a cup."

Chen Cao raised his wine glass and raised it towards Toyotomi Hideyori: "It is really a blessing that General Hideyori can have a talent like Lord Yukimura, and Benhou is just doing things according to orders." ”

"Hizen Province is rumored now, I heard that they are recruiting troops and horses, and now the Hiraiwa clan has recruited nearly 40,000 people in its territory to prepare to resist our army," Sanada Yukimura put down his wine glass and said to Toyotomi Hideyori: "My lord, as long as my lord gives an order now, my Toyotomi's army can go north in one fell swoop, and the minister is confident that he will take the entire Hizen country within fifteen days." ”

"Don't worry..."Toyotomi Hideyoshi laughed, and then looked at Ukita Hideya: "Lord Hideya also has a plan, which can take Hizen Province without bloodshed." ”

The status of the Ukita Hideya family today can be said to be second only to Hideyoshi himself, the Fumi Ukita Hideya that Hideyori relies on, and the Takeshi Sanada Yukimura, as for Shimazu Tadashi, is about the same treatment as his father Yoshihiro in front of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

"The Maori family is now a target for both sides of the world." Ukita Hideya said in a deep voice.

Chen Cao just ate and listened to them at this time, and there was no need to interject at all, because in his heart, all the efforts of these people were planning for his future success.

"The two countries of Zhou Defense and Nagato are all in the hands of the Mori clan, the lord of Choshu, and the soldiers in their hands are strong in combat, which can be fully demonstrated in the Azuchi Momoyama era, although Huiyuan has now retired, but the thing that is beneficial to the lord is that Huiyuan is still alive now."

Ukita Hideya said with a long sigh: "Although Terugen was forcibly promoted as the commander of the Western Army back then, everyone knew at that time that the old man himself was in charge of the Western Army, so now if the old man is Tokugawa Hidetada, he will definitely stabilize the Maori family as soon as possible, and then gather the armies of various Chinese vassal states, and when the army goes south at that time, the Maori clan will not dare to act arbitrarily;

Even if they sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, it will be a great help to the Tokugawa family, but for us, it will be a great harm. ”

Shimazu Tadashi was sitting below, and the base camp of Kumamoto Castle was now the assembly point for all the important ministers of the Toyotomi clan, and he himself was now serving the Toyotomi family again, so naturally he could not continue to stay in the territory of the Satsuma Domain.

"The ministers of the Xiu family also agreed, for this reason, the minister had already sent several teams of messengers to the Choshu Domain a month ago, and told the Maori family about the matter, but fortunately, now the government affairs of the Choshu Domain seem to be in the hands of the governor of the Yuan family, but in fact, Hui Yuan is in charge, as long as Hui Yuan is moved, the overall situation can be decided."

"It's a pity that now that a month has passed, the Changzhou Domain has never sent anyone here, and the minister is wondering, is Huiyuan scrupling about something?"

Ukita Hideya thought carefully, and Osamu Ohno spoke: "They are also waiting, and now they are in the stage of vacillation, not only that, I believe that the Chinese daimyo who learned of the return of the lord must also be thinking about the desirability of this matter." ”

Oh, yes... After all, it was the former Toyotomi regime that had disappeared for more than twenty years.

"Betting on a bet is like winning money in a casino, but once you make a mistake, there is no way out," Chen Cao drank a glass of sake with a low degree to relieve the fishy smell of sashimi, and then whispered to them.

Sun Chuanting ate a lot, for such a thing as playing with wisdom, no one played as well as the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the person in front of him who was promoted from the county order to the center, and he also deceived and killed so many bandits during the term of the county order.

"Do you think that the resourcefulness of these people is pediatric in you?"

Being asked by Chen Cao in such a whisper, Sun Chuanting stopped his chopsticks and wiped the greasy on his mouth: "Hey, although Xia Guan can't understand their words, at least Lord Liao's translation can understand a little, where is the use of being so entangled, this matter is simply up to them." ”

"Oh, Boya is insightful again?" Chen Cao raised his eyebrows.

Sun Chuanting smiled and waved his hand, brought the uneaten plate of sashimi in front of Chen Cao, and then said with a smile: "Master Hou, although the lower officials guess that they don't know what they think over there, they know what you think, Master Hou." ”

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows, revealing an expression of 'waiting for you to whisper'.

I saw Sun Chuanting put a piece of sashimi stained with mustard juice into his mouth, and he immediately sweated all over his head: "After the two countries surrendered to Chikuzen and Chikugo, Hou Ye used the excuse that the army would rest and not move forward, obviously wanting to use the swaying of the Maori clan to wait for the action of the Edo side;

Because the opponent is their mortal enemy, and with the help of Hou Ye's heart, this group of people has now developed to nearly 100,000 troops, and three months is no longer enough, so the Tokugawa clan will definitely gather heavy troops to encircle and suppress them after finding out their truth and truth, which is definitely comparable to the 500,000 that Hou Ye said at that time; ”

I saw Sun Chuanting swallowing the sashimi, and then looked at Chen Cao with interest: "If the lower official guesses correctly, Hou Ye will definitely take advantage of the fact that they are in a hurry to attack from the sea and directly attack the hinterland of Edo, at that time, the Tokugawa family's troops are all here, as long as Sanada Yukimura is not a waste and drags their main force, Hou Ye can lead the army to attack Huanglong?"

Yes and no? ”

Chen Cao's expression remained unchanged, and he sneered for a long time, and then observed Toyotomi Xiulai and them, fortunately, these people are now immersed in the spirit of dominating Kyushu, and they don't care about them at all.

Chen Cao looked at Sun Chuanting with an evil smile: "Boya is really a roundworm in my stomach, do you know this?" ”

Sun Chuanting smiled and arched his hand towards Chen Cao: "Hou Ye don't want to make fun of him, Xia Guan Xi is Hou Ye's chief of staff, and Hou Ye mobilizes sailors to come and go frequently, so he must be exploring the local sea route situation in order to land in a good place, isn't it?" ”

"It's kind of interesting..."

Chen Cao admired Sun Chuanting a lot, this guy actually saw his own thoughts completely.

Sun Chuanting continued: "According to this situation, the enemy will come with all his might, and there will definitely be a great commander, at that time, the defense of Edo Castle is empty, even if there is, it will not exceed 50,000 people at most, but in front of my Dingwu army, 100,000 people can block it, so with the help of Shenmu cannon, Edo Castle is at your fingertips." ”

"It's a pity that Edo Castle is too far away from Heiankyo, the residence of the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom, otherwise I, Chen Cao, would have to 'go to Luo' once to have face."

Chen Cao sighed and whispered, then stared at Sun Chuanting and said, "Then Boya thinks that once this plan is implemented, what is our chance of winning?" ”

"Master Hou never does things that he is not sure of."

One sentence choked Chen Cao, this guy is not simple: "Oh, how can you see it?" ”

"Judging from the fact that Hou Ye does not interfere in their affairs, I know that Hou Ye has his own ideas, otherwise Hou Ye would not have thrown all the things to do for them."

As he spoke, Sun Chuanting dipped another piece of sashimi and put it in his mouth, chewing it with happiness on his face.

Chen Cao shook his head, and then said, "In the future, you, the chief of staff, can completely replace me." ”

Sun Chuanting hurriedly shook his head: "Xiaguan doesn't have the courage of the Hou Ye." ”

Good guys don't be fooled.

After listening to the reports of the ministers under his command, Toyotomi Hideyori looked at Chen Cao and politely bowed his hand: "Marquis Dingwu, between you, when will Hizen Kingdom act?" ”

After listening to Liao Yaowen's translation, Chen Cao said: "It's a small country, and now it has been frightened by the reputation of Lord Yukimura, according to Ben Hou's opinion, only Chen soldiers need to be on their border, and then after the summer harvest, they can enter the Hizen country." ”

Chen Cao's suggestion is honest and pertinent, the national conditions of the Wa Kingdom are not so perfect, now the Toyotomi army is 100,000 people, it is a big problem in terms of food, the food source of the Dingwu Army depends on domestic shipping, and his assets are no longer enough to supply the grain and grass of the Toyotomi Clan, so they can only decide their actions on the premise of satisfying the Dingwu Army, and now part of the food of the Dingwu Army is still provided by the Toyotomi Clan, and their food is not rich.

The Wa Kingdom was mountainous and had few paddy fields, and the grain also needed to trade with the Ming Dynasty, so they did not have the strength to enter the Feiqian Kingdom before the new batch of grain arrived.

Food is also the most important cause of trouble for them.

In fact, this kind of thing was not said, because Chen Cao needed to build several seaside ports in Fangjin during this period of time, so as to make long-term plans for the future.

Toyotomi Hideyori also agreed with Chen Cao's opinion, and the food issue has been controlled by Osamu Ohno, he knows best, but after listening to Chen Cao's words, he also looked at Toyotomi Hideyori and said that it was completely reasonable.

"The subordinates dare to ask the Marquis of Dingwu," Ukita Hideya suddenly spoke, "I don't know what Marquis Dingwu's opinion on the Choshu Domain is going to move, or if the Choshu Domain turns against the Shogunate, how should we deal with it?" ”

Chen Cao was stunned for a moment, he dared to love that there were still a lot of smart people among them, at least this Ukita Xiujia did not live up to his reputation as a wise general.

"The idea Benhou has it..."