Chapter 160: Pour the power of the whole country

After thirteen days of thinking, a fast horse finally ran into Chen Cao's Dingwu army camp.

The knight is dressed as a samurai of the Wa Kingdom, but he speaks fluent Da Ming, needless to say, this is a spy of the Jinyi Guard who broke into the interior of the Wa Kingdom.

"This time, the Tokugawa shogunate was led by the second general Tokugawa Hidetada, and the general was selected as Sakai Ieji, the son of Sakai Tadaji, who is known as the head of the four heavenly kings of Tokugawa, and the deputy generals were Honda Tadamasa, the son of Honda Tadasakatsu, the grandson of Sakakihara Yasumasa, the son of Ii Naomasa, Ii Naotaka and Ii Naokatsu, all of whom are descendants of the four heavenly kings of Tokugawa;

Among them, Sakai Tadaji and Honda Tadamasa were the most courageous, followed by the descendants of the Tokugawa Twelve Divine Generals and *** Generals who directly led the troops to participate;

The Tokugawa Imperial Three Daimyos, the Thirty-six Daimyo of the Kin-Domain, and the Fourteen Daimyo of the Foreign Clan, with a total of 570,000 troops, and 400,000 troops from the surrounding areas of Edo and Hokkaido have been assembled in Edo...

In addition, with Tokugawa Yoribo, one of the three imperial families, as the former general of the army, he led a total of 170,000 troops of the daimyo in Honshu China to complete the assembly in Osaka, and is now on the way to the Choshu domain. ”

The tent was calm, except for the sound of breathing, no one spoke, Sun Chuanting broke the silence and said: "Really let Hou Ye say it, but the number of the other party is 70,000 more than the previous estimate." ”

"And that's not all..."The agent continued, "Because of the news of Hizen Province and the fact that the Toyotomi clan had a large number of sailors, Tokugawa Hidetada requisitioned all the ships that had gathered in the waterways of Edo and Osaka in one go, and mobilized the ronin ships around Iyo Province, so that there were a total of 300 ships of various warships, which was all the ships available in the Wa Province except for the Satsuma Domain. ”

Chen Cao knocked on the table and said coldly: "They are from all over the country... How about Edo's defense? ”

"Lord Hou, among the twelve great names of the clan, the closest one is ten li to the main castle of Edo, and the farthest is thirty li." The agent said.

Sun Chuanting hurriedly looked at the map, and then looked up at Chen Cao: "Master Hou, you can arrive in Edo City in half an hour at the earliest, this official asks you, which one of them is ten miles away, and what are the defense forces?" ”

The secret agent said: "The Sakakihara clan was sealed in the Pavilion Forest City, and this time the family governor Sakakihara Tadaji led the troops as the deputy general, and took away more than 11,000 soldiers from the domain, and there were about 8,000 people in the Pavilion Forest City;

The other eleven feudal daimyo were all more than thirty li, and it took at least two hours or more to lead their troops to Edo Castle. ”

"Is there a route for the U Marine?" Sun Chuanting continued to ask.

"Yes," the spy took out a secret letter and handed it to Liao Yaowen on the side: "This letter was sent by the brothers on Shikoku Island, and I heard that the Japanese army sailors will go directly to Hizen Province through the waterways of the Seto Inland Sea this time, and then lead the army of Hizen Province as an internal response." ”

"Yes..."Chen Cao knocked on the table, "That means you don't know exactly where they will go?" ”

The spy nodded: "Humble and incompetent, although it has penetrated into the interior of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there is really no specific news." ”

After hearing this, Song Che turned his head to look at Chen Cao: "Master Hou, if we attack their sailor troops on the sea route, will it delay our march to Edo?" ”

"Three hundred ships, even if our army wins a big victory, it will take at least two days," Chen Cao shook his body: "Shi Xiu means to give up the Japanese army and sailors, and then make a detour to the open sea and approach Edo Castle." ”

"That's exactly what it means."

Chen Cao thought about it carefully and felt that this method was feasible, so he asked again: "How long does it take to arrive at Edo Castle after landing in Musashikoku?" ”

The spy tried this route carefully for a long time: "There is an official road in it, and the horses can travel for a maximum of two hours to arrive, and it takes at least a day to walk;

In addition, Oyama Castle, which was a veteran of the clan and Naoji Ando, was located behind the port, and if our army landed by sea, Oyama Castle would have to be uprooted. ”

"How's the strength of it?" Chen Cao asked.

"Ando Naoji's health is not as good as before, he did not personally lead the troops this time, and he is the only surviving person among the 36 generals of the Tokugawa clan, the Tokugawa clan respects him and treats it, and the Ando family also sent the next family governor to participate in the war with the army, and the number of troops left in the city will not exceed 3,000."

Chen Cao nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, in this way, after landing, he only needed to quickly open the way with artillery, and he could take the under-armed Oyama Castle in the shortest possible time, and then approach Edo Castle behind it.

"Ben Hou asks you one last question..."

"Please show it to the master."

"How long is it for Musashi to travel to Heiankyo?"

The spy was stunned for a moment, then took out the road map in his arms and looked at it carefully: "Master Qiqi, if the horse is fast, it will take about three days..."

Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully, and then ordered: "You are familiar with the Japanese language, and immediately report the news of the Tokugawa clan's dispatch to Toyotomi Hideyori in Kumamoto Castle." ”

"Yes..."

As soon as the spy left, Chen Cao stood up and stared at the map, and said for a long time: "If I am Tokugawa Hidetada, I will definitely mobilize all my troops and directly bulldoze Kyushu Island with crowd tactics, and at that time, even our Dingwu army will all die under their hands." ”

Sun Chuanting raised his eyebrows: "Master Hou means that they can still gather more troops?" ”

"At least another 500,000 people..."

Sun Chuanting took a deep breath, he always thought that this kind of military force was only capable of the Ming Dynasty, how could this small land country have such strength?

"Master Hou, when are we leaving?" Lu Xiangsheng was eager to try.

After Chen Cao stood still, he immediately arranged: "We must be surprised, but the war here is indeed to give them assistance, this time in the battle of Kyushu Island, I decided to take Sun Chuanting as the commander, Lu Xiang was promoted to the deputy general, and led the third division to assist Toyotomi Hideyori to win the battle of Kamigugawa;

The two of you must remember that if there is a discord, it must be for the purpose of protecting Fangjin, understand? ”

Sun Chuanting was stunned, of course he knew what Chen Cao meant, if the Toyotomi clan lost the battle of the Kamiya River, there would be no room for turnaround, and it was already worth the loss to protect them, what they could do was to keep Fangjin, the largest port in the Japanese country, while reducing the maximum loss.

"The lower official (the last general) is ordered..."

Saying that, Chen Cao looked at Song Che: "You and I joined forces and led the first and second divisions to Edo..."

Song Che nodded calmly.

"The order goes down, the army is ready immediately, and tomorrow we will leave for Fangjin to board the ship..."

"Yes..."

..

The night before Chen Cao's departure, the castle tower of Kumamoto Castle had already gathered all the people loyal to the Toyotomi family, and although the candlelight was dim, with the help of a large amount of fish oil, the castle tower was already brightly lit at this moment.

Toyotomi Hideyori had just ordered someone to send off the spies, and after the door of the temple was closed, the sound of needles falling on the floor could be heard in the hall.

"Five hundred and seventy thousand... The Tokugawa family is already so strong..."

I don't know how long it took for Ukita Hideya to be the first to sigh.

"Tokugawa Mitsusada, one of the three royal families, led a total of 170,000 people from the fourteen daimyo families to gather in Osaka, and according to the steps of the Battle of Bunroku that year, it took at least fifteen days for them to reach the Choshu Domain with grain and grass, and about twenty days to reach the Kamiya River." Shimazu Tadashi said in a deep voice.

"When my father conquered the dynasty, there were only more than 300,000 troops nationwide, and now Japan has been cultivating for more than 20 years, and it has developed so well..."Toyotomi Hideyori sighed.

Sanada Yukimura laughed, everyone in the hall looked over, and Xiujia smiled and asked, "Isn't it that Lord Yukimura already has a good plan?" ”

Yukimura nodded after laughing: "Nobunaga's battle in the barrel is more than a battle, and it seems that the old man also has a chance to become that person in Japanese history." ”

Everyone thinks that Sanada Yukimura is too optimistic, 570,000 people, they only have 100,000 people, how can they fight?

I saw that Yukimura returned to his previous calm after speaking, and looked at Hideyori very seriously and said: "Lord, after the Tokugawa army is placed on the plain of the Kamiya River, once the other party's army collapses, then there will be a huge chain reaction..."

Ukita Hideya and Shimazu Tadashi were shocked because they had already thought about what Sanada Yukimura would probably do?

"Yukimura-sama is ready to be like that?" Xiulai asked.

Sanada Yukimura looked at Miyoshi Masayasu beside him, and then the corners of his mouth rose: "The old man gave up the general general to the command of the Hideyasu, and then led 10,000 people with Masayasu to divide the surprise attack troops into two parts, interspersed from the valleys on both sides of the Kamiya River, and directly killed the main camp of Tokugawa Hidetada's main camp, here, once there is chaos in this formation, the Tokugawa front army troops who are fiercely fighting with our army in front will definitely be in chaos, and when the time comes, everything will depend on the Hideya lord who commands in the middle..."

"The surprise attack force is extremely dangerous, but you killed three shadow warriors in exchange for the opportunity to get close to Ieyasu's main camp, and now..."

Sanada Yukimura said arrogantly: "This time is different from the past, at that time, I was only ten Sanada warriors..."

Also, at that time, Sanada Yukimura entered Osaka Castle with only 600 troops, and he was able to rush into Ieyasu's main camp, but now it is a surprise attack force of 10,000 people, and the situation is much better now than it was then.

What's more, there is still the Ming army on the side to support this operation, and even if the battle starts now, it can be ended in the fastest time period after the comparison.

"Our army cannot afford a war of attrition." Shimazu Tadashi immediately threw out this most acute question: "The grain ships of the Ming Kingdom are not enough for 100,000 people, although the minister has mobilized all the grain in Kyushu, but at most it can support the supply of the army for a month, and then it will be very difficult." ”

The three armies did not move the grain and grass first, and the crowd fell silent again.

"Hizen Province is near the sea, they should have a lot of food, otherwise it is impossible to maintain the armament of 50,000 men, and by the time the Tokugawa army arrives, they will already starve to death."

Osamu Ohno spoke.