On July 21, Xu Yongning, the Duke of Dingguo, and Chen Mingde, the Marquis of Xinghan, came to Sakai Port with the main force of the naval division.

It was accompanied by 5,000 sets of armor, 10,000 guns, and 100 cannons.

However, these are not for the Ming military.

As soon as the ship arrived in port, Xu Heng asked the Akamatsu clan to take the ordnance away.

This batch of ordnance was not given or sent, but was temporarily loaned and needed to be returned after the war.

Akamatsu Mansuke assassinated the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshikyo, and the shogunate army almost killed the Akamatsu clan.

Now it's time to settle the grievances.

In order to break the situation quickly, Xu Heng started a proxy war.

The Akamatsu clan was very happy to fight this battle and made meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty, so that they were qualified to continue to buy food from the Ming army, and they could also be in a favorable position after the war.

The most important thing is that more than 70 people died in the Akamatsu clan back then, and now that the Muromachi shogunate has become a reservoir dog, the opportunity for revenge has arrived.

On July 26, as soon as Ashikaga Yoshimasa opened his eyes, Tomiko Hino came to report that the 20,000 elites who had been blocked by the Ming army in Owari would return to Kyoto in two days.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was stunned after hearing this, before the Kamakura shogunate Ashikaga Nari clan and the Kanto governor Uesugi clan fought, the Muromachi shogunate sent 30,000 people to support the Uesugi clan.

Later, the Ming army landed in Ise and Owari, and the Muromachi shogunate transferred back another 20,000 in order to defend Kyoto.

As a result, the 20,000 people have been blocked by the Ming army in Owari, unable to advance or retreat.

But suddenly, the Ming army let it go, and casually returned to Kyoto with 20,000 people without the slightest hindrance.

Something is wrong, what does the Ming army want to do?

Tomiko Hino advised: "No matter what, it's always a good thing to have 20,000 more people." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimasa replied angrily, "What a woman's opinion?" Originally, there were 60,000 or 70,000 troops in Kyoto, but now they have 20,000 back.

Is that 20,000 people? That's 20,000 mouths!

There is no need to fight, the lack of food alone is enough for us to collapse without a fight.

This is all a conspiracy, and Daming's An Guogong is too ruthless. ”

The situation has reached this point, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa has become discouraged. Since the sneak attack on Busan and Jeju Island failed one after another, and the entire naval division was wiped out, the failure was already doomed.

Today's battlefield situation is exactly the same as the Battle of Changping. Let's fight a decisive battle, the camp of the Ming army is extremely strong, and the strong attack will definitely not succeed. If you don't fight a decisive battle, and you don't have food to eat, in less than a month, you will definitely collapse, and you will collapse without a fight.

At the end, Ashikaga Yoshimasa slapped the table fiercely: "I personally wrote a war book, about the Ming Dynasty Anguo Gong, five days later, I am willing to fight a fair battle with equal forces." ”

In the afternoon, Xu Heng received the battle letter and spread it to everyone.

Yue Zheng said with a smile: "Why do you want to accept the invitation of the Great General Zhengyi, we will defend for another month at most, and we will be able to win without a fight." ”

Xu Heng shook his head: "I think it's better to agree, Ashikaga Yoshimasa needs to pass a decisive battle and give an explanation to the upper and lower levels."

With this confession, they can surrender with peace of mind.

Let's fight with equal forces, and it will save them from saying that we are not victorious and unconvinced.

According to our agreement, neither side will use firearms, and the heavy armor will kill the light armor, which is not a one-sided massacre. ”

Xu Heng said this, and others no longer objected. After all, soldiers also need to cut off heads, and with heads, they can be rewarded for meritorious deeds, promoted and rich.

Hindering others from making meritorious contributions is like killing their parents.

So Xu Heng also personally replied to the letter and ordered the whole army to fight.

July 27, early in the morning.

On the first day of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's command of his soldiers to prepare for the battle, the 5,000 elite of the Akamatsu clan entered Kyoto.

There are no city walls in Kyoto, and it is really a bit difficult to learn from Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty to defend the capital.

But at first, Ashikaga Yoshimasa didn't care, and scolded the generals: "It's just that there are more than 5,000 sinners of the Akamatsu clan, and it will be good to mobilize heavy troops and kill them all." ”

Arima replied with a bitter face: "Gongfang, the enemy is all wearing heavy armor, we are all light armor, or even no armor, it is too much to fight and we can't bear it at all." ”

"Heavy armor? Where did the heavy armor come from? ”

No one answered, the question was self-explanatory.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa suddenly realized, no wonder Daming An Guogong agreed so happily, it turned out that it had been arranged clearly a long time ago.

There was no way, I was going to reorganize the army and prepare for a decisive battle, but now I could only send the most elite samurai to resist the attack of the Akamatsu clan.

The battle lasted until the afternoon of the next day, when the 20,000 elites who had returned from Owari finally arrived, and under the internal and external attacks, they fought hard for two more hours until it was dark and the Akamatsu clan retreated.

The shogunate army repaired for two days, and the difficult July finally came to an end.

On the first day of the eighth month, Ashikaga Yoshimasa got up early and prepared to set off with his army, and tomorrow was the agreed decisive battle, and he had to rush to the battlefield in advance.

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to eat breakfast, and the soldiers came to report, and tens of thousands of people poured into Kyoto, occupying Hoshoji Temple and its surroundings, and confronting the shogunate army.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was dumbfounded again, how to drink cold water and stuff his teeth, why is it so coincidental, Tuichi will not break out sooner or later, and there will be a decisive battle tomorrow, you told me that Tuichi broke out.

This question can be answered by the soldiers: "Gongfang, when the 20,000 reinforcements returned, they robbed the people of food and livestock along the way. In previous years, they robbed it, but this year's drought has made it impossible for everyone to live happily, where can they resist such a robbery, it is strange if they don't resist. ”

I see, Ashikaga Yoshimasa understood what happened, but there was no way. Tens of thousands of people, boom, boom can't leave; Persuade, persuade not to understand.

Killing them all seems to be possible, but An Guogong and the others have to smile crookedly.

In this way, the Ming army crusaded against Japan, which was a dignified king, raised an uprising, punished the unreasonable, and saved the people of Li from fire and water.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa figured it out, this popular rebellion was also in the calculation of Ankoku, he deliberately put back 20,000 reinforcements, and sure enough, Kyoto was in trouble.

can't play this old fox, Ashikaga Yoshimasa has a sense of powerlessness from the bottom of his heart, so he broke the jar and fell:

"I'd rather be a broken jade than a complete tile, leave 30,000 people to protect the palace and guard Kyoto, and the rest of the people will fight to the death with me and the Ming army, and bring the Ming Emperor in our hands."

Ashikaga Yoshimasa marched to Sakai Port with an army of 40,000.

Xu Heng and the others had breakfast and were gathering in the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss the matter, and the soldiers came in to report: "Grandpa Guo, the great internal affairs of the country sent a special envoy to ask for surrender." ”

Xu Heng smiled at everyone: "It's really time for him to surrender, a few days later, he doesn't need to surrender alone." Alright, let the envoy in. ”

The envoy of Masahiro Ouchi entered and handed over a letter of surrender and a letter from Masahiro Ouchi who accepted the surrender and praised Masahiro Ouchi.

Everyone stood up and watched, and it was not surprising that they surrendered, but Hiroshi Ouchi would take precautions and get the approval of the Son of Heaven.

(End of chapter)