Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, another half a year has passed.

In the past six months, the war in North Korea has been in full swing, fighting has been staged in every part of the front line, and countless soldiers have spilled their blood on the ground.

The total strength of the Japanese army is as much as 250,000, even if the casualties in the battle have reached 70,000, but it still maintains an advantage in numbers, and the total strength of the coalition army of the Ming Dynasty is also quite a lot, but the Korean army is too stretched, even after receiving a large number of support from Luzon, their combat effectiveness is still only enough to defend the city, and they have dragged a lot of hindquarters.

Fortunately, whether it is Xu Wei or Li Rusong, their command level is crushing compared to the Ukita Hideya.

As the commander-in-chief, Xu Wei commanded the overall situation, coordinated the combined forces of the Ming and Koreans, and formulated the overall battle plan, while Li Rusong was responsible for the campaign command of the front.

Under such a combination, the Japanese army could only rely on the number of people to hold on, but even this was quickly compressed to the southern four provinces, Kaesong and Wangjing were recovered successively, and the remaining Japanese troops repeatedly fought with the Ming Dynasty coalition forces in Chungcheong Province and Gangwon Province.

"It can't be like this anymore!" Ukita Hideya looked at the map in front of him and slammed the table:

"Your Excellency has entrusted me with a heavy task, hundreds of thousands of soldiers obey me, and I, now, fight like this! North Korea has seven roads, and three roads have been lost in a row, what face do I have to meet adults! ”

With a hideous expression, he decided to make the final dying throes:

"Order all departments, gather troops, and launch a counterattack against the Ming army!"

"I don't believe it, my hundreds of thousands of soldiers will not be able to defeat them with tens of thousands!"

The Japanese began to gather their forces, preparing for the final madness.

At this time, Japan also began to have an undercurrent surging.

The Japanese army's rampant conquest in Korea led to the depletion of Korea's resources for a time, and from the beginning of feeding back to Japan, now the supplies still need to be supplied locally, and the huge number of casualties also made the daimyo feel unbearable.

They can all see that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's so-called entry into the Ming Dynasty is completely an unattainable dream, and the Ming Dynasty sent only 50,000 troops, so that the Japanese army could not even take down a single North Korea, not to mention the behemoth with millions of troops in the country?

The only one who can defeat this monster may be themselves, and no one else can do it.

They gradually began to feel dissatisfied with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's obstinacy, and at this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was the strongest under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, also secretly threw an olive branch to these daimyos.

Many daimyo who were dissatisfied with Toyotomi Hideyoshi gathered together with Tokugawa Ieyasu and faintly formed a rivalry with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The fierce fighting in Korea could not be extricated, the domestic political situation in Japan was unstable, and the opportunity that the Luzon Governor's Office had been waiting for finally came.

……

Japan, a port.

Suddenly, a shrill sound of gongs and drums came from the silent bay, waking up the soldiers who were on the night watch.

As far as they could see, they saw a sentinel ship approaching the harbor, and the soldiers on board were paddling desperately with their oars.

It's the sentinel ship on the periphery and the alarm horn! The soldiers immediately realized what was happening, and they began to sound gongs, hoping to warn the garrison behind them.

However, the sound of the siren was eventually drowned out in the sound of artillery fire in the sky.

The guns roared, and countless shells smashed heavily on the Japanese camps and ships in the harbor with a scream that pierced the air.

As soon as the ship raised its sails, it was hit by a cannonball, and the raging fire instantly submerged the entire ship, and the soldiers on it were either forced to fall into the sea or die in the fire.

When the artillery fire fell silent, the enemy ships finally showed their true faces from the darkness - it was the Luzon Navy!

On this night, I don't know how many ports were raided, and in the following days, the Luzon Navy repeatedly appeared on the docks in Japan, and one ship after another sank under artillery fire.

Three days later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi received a report that the Governor's Office of Luzon had brazenly torn up the non-aggression pact and launched an attack at the weakest time of Japan, and now all his ports had been destroyed, and almost none of the ships that had sailed had survived, and Japan had become an isolated island.

His hands were shaking.

This was followed by the Luzon Army, which landed in large numbers, and the Luzon Army, which was already occupying a corner of Japan, also quickly began to act.

The war went very smoothly, and to be precise, the Luzon army encountered basically no obstacles.

Japan's war potential was placed there, and the 250,000 troops that could be supplied to the expedition were already at their limit, and now there were only 80,000 soldiers left in the entire country, and most of them were old and weak.

How could such an army withstand 100,000 well-armed and well-trained Luzon soldiers?

What's more, even if there are 80,000 people, there are 30,000 soldiers who are following Tokugawa Ieyasu and are in Nagoya Tuntian, and Tokugawa Ieyasu has not moved in the recent period, obviously wanting to see them fight with each other.

Territory after territory was conquered, daimyo were captured or killed in battle, and Japan's territory fell at an alarming rate, but in just a month, most of the country had been occupied.

The Japanese have lost five of the seven provinces, and the Luzon army has come to the city of Osaka.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi stood at the head of the city and looked into the distance, he never dreamed that this war against Korea, in the end, would lead to his great cause in danger.

10,000 Luzon soldiers were arranging fortifications outside the city, and seeing them, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's heart was lit with a little hope.

No, not necessarily without a chance.

There is a cloud in the art of war, siege warfare, "ten are to besiege, five to attack", which means that the besieging side needs to have at least an absolute advantage in troops.

However, the Luzon army did not. The fact is that the Toyotomi family has 10,000 soldiers in Osaka Castle, and this is not counting the young people who can be mobilized.

Even if you fight a little more safely and do not go out of the city to engage in field battles, but hold on, it will be difficult for the opponent to capture them.

The number of the besieging side is not even as large as the defending side, which can take the city, unless he Toyotomi Hideyoshi is really old and confused.

And as the base camp of the Toyotomi family, the food in Osaka Castle is enough for the whole city to eat for more than half a year, and most of the time is enough for the army to rush back, and the Ukita Hideya has always been very loyal to him, once he finds out that there is a situation in Japan, he will definitely rush back in a hurry!

Thinking of this, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's heart became hot again.

Who is he? He is Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who pacified the troubled times of the Warring States! It is true that he is afraid of Luzon, but after all, he himself has been fighting for half his life, and if the army of the DPRK returns, it is very likely that he can still repel them and continue his rule!

Moreover, Tokugawa Ieyasu will definitely send troops too! Although due to the increasingly delicate relationship between the two, he has been standing still before, posing as if he was sitting on a mountain and watching the tiger fight, but now that he has become this virtue, he should also realize the problem, he will definitely take action!

In a short period of time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had a lot of thoughts and had already made a decision.

Adhere!

He ordered the distribution of the gold and silver in stock, boosted morale, and smiled with satisfaction when he saw the soldiers' blood boiling and expressing their desire to die.

(End of chapter)