Watching the ships of the Ming army quickly move away and disappear into the vast sea, Hosokawa Yoriyuki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alas, it's a pity that we came late and couldn't take advantage of the victory to hit the Ming army!"

Yamana Tokiyoshi has some regrets.

Hosokawa glanced at him, and the others looked at him as if they were fools.

What is a pity, what is fortunate to be late!

When the Ming army left, these daimyo were secretly relieved, but without the Ming army, their relationship with the shogunate immediately became a little delicate.

"Thank you, Lord Guan, for helping me expel foreign enemies from Kyushu!"

Otomo Sobayashi respectfully thanked.

Yoshihisa Shimazu and Yoshiko Ouchi also thanked them.

And Hosokawa Yoriyuki chuckled: "This is all as it should be, everyone works for the shogunate, and the shogunate is naturally responsible for being in trouble in Kyushu!" ”

Otomo Sobayashi has a very polite attitude and treats him like an outsider, while Hosokawa Yoriyuki is the opposite, not treating himself as an outsider at all.

The Shaoji clan and Otomo Sobayashi and others secretly made eye contact, the Ming army left, and what they were thinking about now was that the shogunate should withdraw the army as soon as possible, don't stay in Kyushu, but looking at Hosokawa Yoriyuki's attitude, they had no intention of returning to the division quickly, which made them faintly uneasy.

The shogunate has a lot of troops this time, and they have suffered heavy losses in front of them, if the shogunate takes the opportunity to control Kyushu, it will be really difficult for them to resist!

"Let's go, everyone come back to Dazaifu with me, and I'm going to report to Ashikaga Shogun quickly!"

With a smile on his face, Hosokawa Yoriyuki turned around and left first.

The daimyo were worried, but now that the situation was stronger than the people, they had no choice but to follow him back to Dazaifu first.

After returning to Dazaifu, Hosokawa Yoriyuki immediately sent someone to report to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but the supporting army did not have the slightest intention of retreating.

Imagawa Sadayo also officially succeeded the young two Puten and assumed the post of Kyushu control.

These actions of the two suddenly made the guardian daimyo of Kyushu nervous!

At sea, the sailors led by the ironclad ships broke the waves, and after leaving the Japanese country for dozens of miles and believing that it was impossible for the Japanese to see their shadows, Li Wei put down the binoculars.

The coast of Kyushu gradually disappeared, and Li Wei withdrew his gaze.

"Master Hou, are we just retreating?"

Lu Tang next to him asked a little unwillingly.

Although they also had extraordinary achievements this time, and the Wa Kingdom also agreed to all the conditions of the Ming Dynasty, which was considered a triumphant return, he always felt that it was not enough.

Li Wei also felt the same, so after he withdrew his gaze, he did not look at Da Ming, but turned his head to stare at the north, and said in a deep voice:

"Of course not! The order went down, and the army turned north and went straight to Kyoto! ”

"What?" Lu Tang was taken aback, a little incredulous.

Li Wei took a breath and said coldly: "I wasted so much time with them in Kyushu, and I finally attracted the troops of the shogunate, in order to take Kyoto directly!" ”

When Lu Tang heard this, his heart suddenly became hot.

But after thinking about it, he said with some concern: "But we don't have much ammunition, I'm afraid we can't fight for a long time!" ”

"It's okay, I've already sent someone to send a secret letter back to Beijing, and someone will send the baggage directly to the place where we're going."

Just in case, he specially asked Zhu Yuanzhang for Wang Jinghong in the letter, and with his leadership, it would definitely not be a problem to accurately deliver ammunition, grain, and grass to the designated location of the Japanese State.

Seeing that Li Wei was confident, Lu Tang was immediately overjoyed: "Great, my subordinates will go and give orders!" ”

Lu Tang turned to leave, and after a while, the herald on the ironclad ship waved the order flag and gave orders to the other ships.

Hu Hai and Guo Ying were chatting on the sailboat that originally belonged to Tang He.

In this expedition, they basically didn't get any military merits, Hu Hai was better, and Guo Ying basically didn't participate in the war.

But he didn't care at all, anyway, the main purpose of his visit was not to make military achievements.

Guo Ying looked at the ironclad giant in the distance, although he had seen it a few times, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

With this kind of giant ship, the Daming Naval Division is basically invincible in the world!

Just thinking that the founder and controller of the giant ship was Li Wei, he couldn't help but be a little worried.

When he was watching, he suddenly noticed the flag on the ironclad ship waving, and suddenly exclaimed:

"What's going on? Why did the army turn north? ”

After the battle is over, why don't you drive south to Beijing, what are you going to do in the north?

The army could not be moved indiscriminately, and the designated operational purpose had been achieved, so it should be returned to Beijing in a timely manner, and the troops and horses of all units should be returned to the capital of the guard. Li Wei's sudden move made him uneasy.

When Hu Hai heard his words, he also raised his head and looked over, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said:

"I see, he's going to take Kyoto in the north of the Wa Kingdom! What a trick to turn the tiger away from the mountain......"

When Guo Ying heard this, he looked at him in shock: "Do you want to fight?" ”

Hu Hai nodded lightly, and at the same time, he couldn't help but admire this young Jiang Duhou in his heart.

The soldiers and horses of the Wa Kingdom are now in Kyushu, Kyoto must be empty, and their naval warships are marching very fast, even if the Wa army in Kyushu returns to the division now, it will not be able to catch up with their speed, and the Ming army only needs to take advantage of this time difference to quickly capture the Kyoto of the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom will inevitably fall into chaos.

Although Li Wei's trick of transferring the tiger from the mountain is not clever, it is bold and unexpected!

The Japanese people definitely couldn't believe that the Ming army dared to go deep and take their Kyoto directly!

Hu Hai pondered for a moment, only to feel that although this plan is risky, it also has its great feasibility, if you can really take the Kyoto of the Japanese Kingdom in one fell swoop, it will be a battle to destroy the country!

How magnificent it is to destroy the country in World War I!

If this battle can be won, the record will be much better than the conquest of Yunnan! As the commander of the army, Li Wei can't say that he can't go back and not be crowned.

Guo Ying also quickly figured out Li Wei's plan and couldn't help but be shocked.

"Give the order to turn around and go north with the general!"

Hu Hai couldn't help but feel pride in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

Guo Ying nodded silently.

The Ming army sailors slowly drew an arc on the sea, turned to the north, killed a horse pistol, and pierced the heart of the Japanese kingdom - Kyoto!

……

At the same time that Li Wei ordered to go north, Hosokawa Yoriyuki sent messengers to send messengers to Kyoto on fast horses.

The overland march was far less convenient than by water, but the fast horse delivered the letter quite quickly, and within two days, Hosokawa Yoriyuki's letter was handed over to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu saw what the letter said, he was relieved.

The Ming army finally left, although it took some time, but fortunately, the result was as he expected, and the shogunate army arrived in Kyushu, just in time to take advantage of the situation to control it, and the shogunate's power will expand again.

After reading Yoriyuki Hosokawa's letter, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wrote a reply to him, asking him to temporarily garrison Kyushu, and at the same time take the opportunity to support the minor lords of Kyushu and split the daimyo lords in order to consolidate the rule of the shogunate.

After handing over the letter to Koteng, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu put away the letter and continued to study the Buddhist scriptures.

It's just that for some reason, he was faintly restless in his heart, which made him unable to calm down.

That night, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu couldn't sleep, and suddenly woke up again in a hazy sleep.

In the darkness of the night, his eyes widened and his eyes were full of horror, and he hurriedly put on a magic robe and got up, lit an oil lamp, and read the letter sent back by Hosokawa Yoriyuki again.

On this letter, there is such a simple sentence: "The Ming army left on an ironclad giant ship, and the speed was very fast!" ”

Hosokawa Yoriyuki didn't describe the ships of the Ming army too much, but he simply said it big and fast, but it was this sentence that he didn't pay attention to before that made him realize that something was wrong!

With such a huge ship, it was much easier for others to cross the ocean, and it could be said that they could go wherever they wanted.

Then will they come directly to attack Jingshi?

Thinking that the Ming army had been in Kyushu for so long, and it looked like it would not leave for a long time, after the shogunate's army arrived, it easily gave up all the cities that had been robbed before, and after holding on for a period of time, it was so decisive to withdraw the troops, which is also too abnormal!

In order to expel the Ming army and quickly take control of Kyushu after that, he sent most of the shogunate's troops over, and now if the Ming army suddenly attacked, would Kyoto be able to hold it?

"Someone, someone!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu roared hurriedly, and his normally calm face was full of horror at this time!

Hearing his voice, the samurai guarding outside immediately ran in and knelt down in salute.

"General!"

"Go and call the Persian righteous general and Tian Shan Manjia to see me immediately!"

"Yes!"

The samurai responded, turned around, and hurried away.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wore frugal robes and walked anxiously back and forth in the house.

Out of his understanding of the Chinese Empire, subconsciously he has always felt that it is impossible for the Ming army to really come to destroy the country, so he is a little careless, at this time, the Ming army generals are clearly extremely hostile to the Japanese country, even if the monarch of the Ming Dynasty does not have this intention, this general may also make his own opinion, after all, he will not be subject to the life of the monarch outside!

If this is the case, and the Ming army attacks Kyoto directly by boat, then the shogunate will be really dangerous!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu waited for a long time, and the Persian Yoshimi and Tayama Mitsumi finally came together.

The Persian clan and the Tayama clan were equally famous with the Hosokawa clan, and the three families took turns to serve as governors, and in addition to them, there were four other families that served as deacons in rotation, including the Yamana clan, and together they were the backbone of the shogunate.

"See the General!" The two saluted respectfully.

Although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was young, none of their subordinates dared to despise this general of the expedition.

This was only ten years old when he succeeded to the shogun, and it only took more than ten years to not only firmly control these daimyo in his hands, but also to suppress the Southern Dynasty to the near extinction, and his wit is terrifying.

However, at this time, the resourceful general had an anxious face, and there was no longer the light clouds of the past, and when he saw them, he asked anxiously:

"How many soldiers and horses are there near Kyoto?"

The Persian general Hetianshan Manjia was slightly surprised and looked up at him.

"General, there are enough soldiers and horses to support Kyushu, and my subordinates feel that it is not appropriate to continue to increase troops!"

The Persian general bowed out.

However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu waved his hand violently: "I didn't ask this, you just tell me how many soldiers and horses are available near Kyoto?" ”

The Persian general was slightly stunned, and replied directly: "Our two families plus the other soldiers and horses of the shogunate can probably have less than 100,000." ”

As a shogun, the Ashikaga clan directly controlled more than ten command countries, accounting for nearly a quarter of the Wa country, and the largest number of troops in the Wa country, plus their three leaders and four positions, the total number of troops can reach nearly 300,000.

However, they have already sent nearly 200,000 troops to support Kyushu this time, and it is impossible for these daimyos to hand over all their troops to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, so it is already very good to be able to round him together.

Hearing the words of the Persian general, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu frowned even more.

100,000 soldiers and horses, which sounds like a lot, such a strong force in the Wa Kingdom is by no means something that any daimyo can compete with.

But in the face of the Ming army, he had no bottom in his heart.

You must know that the lords of all parties in Kyushu also gathered more than 100,000 troops, but they were defeated by the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming army and fled.

Can the shogunate's 100,000 soldiers and horses stop the Ming army?

"Immediately, immediately gather these soldiers and horses and deploy defenses along the coast!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately commanded.

The Persian righteous generals and Tian Shan looked at each other.

"Where to defend the coast?" Tian Shan asked suspiciously.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu paused, and instructed the samurai serving on the side, "Go and get the map!" ”

"Yes!"

The samurai turned and fetched the map, unfolded it and spread it out in front of the three of them.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu carefully examined the terrain near Kyoto, which was located in Yamashiro Province at this time, with the north closest to the coast and Yoshino to the south, and Yoshino to the south, with two bays to the left and right.

After a little thought, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu pointed his finger to the north of Kyoto: "Here, immediately order the army to deploy here, and send troops to patrol the coast, once they find the ships of the Ming army, they will stop them with all their might, and they must not be allowed to land!" ”

There is a Southern Dynasty in the south of Kyoto, even if the Ming army really comes, it will destroy the Southern Dynasty first, they have enough time to react, the only thing to guard against is that the Ming army lands from the north!

"Ming Army? Is the general saying that the army will come to attack Kyoto? The Persian generals were astonished.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded solemnly: "The Ming army has withdrawn its troops from Kyushu, but I don't think they will stop so easily, I'm afraid they used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain to attract our soldiers and horses to Kyushu, and they came by boat to attack Kyoto!" ”

Tian Shan Manjia was a little unconvinced: "The Ming army has already lost troops in Kyushu, and it dares to attack Kyoto alone?" ”

"If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, you should quickly prepare according to what I said, you must take strict precautions, and you must not take it lightly!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said solemnly.

Seeing that he was so solemn, the two Persian generals immediately paid attention to it: "Yes! Don't worry, general, let's go and mobilize troops! ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu bowed his head lightly, and reminded: "The Ming army is very powerful, you must remember to deal with it carefully, if it is really inviolable, immediately retreat to Kyoto!" ”

General Persian and Tian Shan looked at each other and nodded solemnly. Then the operation began overnight.

The soldiers and horses near Kyoto were quickly concentrated and moved to the coast to the north.

Kyoto was only seventy or eighty miles from the northern coast, and it could be reached in a day by a hasty march, so close they had little to defend, and the only thing they could rely on was the coast and Kyoto.

The Ming army came from the sea, and they could launch a half-crossing attack when they landed, which was a very common tactic and the most practical.

And once the Ming army successfully landed, then they could only retreat to Kyoto.

After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu instructed Persian Yoshinori to transfer troops to defend the two, he immediately sent a letter to Hosokawa Yoriyuki, asking him to return to the division as soon as possible.

Now that the situation is urgent, he can't take care of the affairs of Kyushu, and if Kyoto is breached, the shogunate and he, the general of the expedition, will fall into a life-and-death crisis. (End of chapter)