Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2360 The Ming Kingdom joins the war, and Zhu Di expedition

Chapter 2356: The Ming Kingdom joined the war, Zhu Di personally conquered

Zhou Yu ordered Xu Huang to lead [-] troops and [-] descended troops to land in Shijian country first. Naturally, it was because most of Shijian Yinshan was in Shijian country.

That's right, Iwami Yinshan is not a mine, but a whole mountain range of mines.

There are also many silver mountains in the three countries of Izumo, Aki, and Bingo. This is the main reason why Zhou Yu took all the six countries in the west of Honshu.

After allocating [-] troops, Zhou Yu still has [-] troops at his disposal. He will personally command the landing from Echigo Kingdom in the central part of Honshu Island, and mainly attack Echigo, Echichu, Echizen, and Noto Shikoku.

The reason why Zhou Yu chose to land in the Echigo Kingdom is naturally because the Echigo Kingdom has the No. [-] gold mountain in the Japanese country, the Sado Gold Mountain, which is also the goal that Zhou Yu must win this time.

Echigo Kingdom is the territory of the Uesugi family, that is to say, Zhou Yu will once again confront Uesugi Kenshin, an old opponent, in this expedition.

As for the Kai Gold Mine in the Kai Kingdom, Zhou Yu will naturally send troops to occupy the Kai Kingdom after capturing the Iwami Silver Mine and the Sado Gold Mine.

Zhou Yu didn't know that Uesugi Kenshin was the maid Shang Shanshan who had served him. If he knew, he would be frightened into a cold sweat. After all, Shang Shanshan had more than one chance to kill him.

This time Qin, Wei, Song, Wu and the four countries agreed to send troops to Honshu together. The rich and powerful Qin army chose to directly divide into two groups, and at the same time landed from the Ishimi country in the west of Honshu and the Echigo country in the middle. So they all concentrated their forces and stormed all the way.

The Wei army will land in the country of Inaba and mainly attack the four countries of Inaba, Hoki, Tajima, and Tango.

The Song army will land in the country of Bizen, mainly attacking the lands of Bizen, Bichu, Misaku, and Harima.

The Wu army will land in Tango country, mainly attacking Tango, Danba, Wakasa, and Omi.

If the troops are dispatched according to the arrangement of the four countries, the entire western and central parts of Honshu will face the front of the Allied Forces to Conquer the Japanese, and will be divided up by the four countries.

Just before the Allied Forces of the Four Nations were about to invade Honshu, something that surprised everyone happened, that is, the navy of the Ming Dynasty suddenly appeared and attacked Shikoku Island by surprise.

The sudden participation of the Ming army in the war not only caught the Eastern forces off guard, but even the princes of the Central Plains were also extremely surprised. Obviously, they did not expect that the Ming country would also come to grab the cake.

Zhu Di originally intended to obtain a large amount of money and food by enlisting the Japanese to develop his own internal affairs. The reason why he has been holding back is that he wants the Allied Forces of the Four Nations to take the lead and test the reality of the Japanese country.

After Zhu Di received the news that the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms had occupied Kyushu Island in just one month, he felt that the Wa Kingdom was simply vulnerable, so he decided to personally lead [-] navy troops and [-] troops to conquer Japan, hoping to pass the war. Drain the blood of the Japanese country to strengthen yourself.

Zhu Di originally wanted Zhu Tianpeng to be the chief general of the war, but was persuaded by Fan Zeng for the simple reason that Zhu Tianpeng's prestige could not be increased.

Zhu Tianpeng had always wanted to promote the merger of Ming and Qi, but the process was not smooth, not all Qi generals were willing to join Ming.

Ming, whose foundation is already weak, does not have the financial resources to digest Qi in one go, and a forcible merger will only result in indigestion.

Therefore, even though Qi and Ming are now the same country, Zhu Di still has not officially announced that Qi has merged into Ming.

As long as the merger statement is not announced for a day, even if Qi Ming has merged militarily, the two countries are still not the same country in terms of law, and Zhu Di and Zhu Tianpeng are also equals.

Zhu Tianpeng's prestige is already higher than Zhu Di's, and the act of selflessly allowing Qi State to merge into Ming State has won the favor of a large number of Ming soldiers. If he is allowed to serve as the chief general of conquering Japan and continue to build his prestige, he will really be successful High cover Lord.

Fan Zeng prevented Zhu Tianpeng from serving as the chief general in order to protect Zhu Tianpeng, and suggested that Zhu Di personally recruit Japanese Liwei.

Nowadays, there are many generals in the Qi army who are quite critical of Zhu Tianpeng's defection to the Ming country, and some of Zhu Tianpeng's confidantes even think that Zhu Di is not as good as Zhu Tianpeng at all, so the Ming country should be merged into the Qi country.

Zhu Di's prestige is not enough to convince the generals of the Qi State, so he must make contributions to improve his prestige, and this conquest of Japanese is a good opportunity for Zhu Di to make contributions.

As for whether Zhu Di's personal expedition will be in danger and will be jointly targeted by the Four Nations Alliance?Or even an outbreak of war?
Fan Zeng thinks absolutely not. After all, the main theme of all countries is self-cultivation, and no one is willing to take the lead in breaking the current balance.

Among the four kingdoms of the Central Plains, no matter which monarch is in turmoil, it will only be Qin who will benefit in the end.

Therefore, if the state of Qin targeted Zhu Di, the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Wu would never sit idly by, and would even stand up to stop it.

Besides, Zhou Yu is also a smart person. Before the local forces in Japan are completely resolved, he will never take the risk of turning against his allies to target Zhu Di.

Zhu Di felt that Fan Zeng's words made sense, so he decisively decided to recruit the Japanese himself.

This time he personally conquered the Wo Kingdom with the mentality of establishing his prestige and conquering the generals of the Qi Kingdom, so naturally he did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and the lineup of generals who conquered the Wo Kingdom was also extremely luxurious.

Chief General of the Ming Army: Zhu Di

Military Adviser: Yao Guangxiao
Generals accompanying the army: Zhang Yan, Zhou Cang, Zang Ba, Xiang Zhuang, Li Yan, Li Guo, Chang Yuchun, Chang Mao, Tang He, Mo Ying, Lan Yu, Feng Guoyong, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Kang Maocai, Guo Xing , Guo Ying, Zhou Dexing, Wang Yanzhang, Wang Yantong, Xia Luqi...

Troop strength: [-] sailors, [-] soldiers ([-] overlords, [-] five battalions)

Among the war gods of the Ming army, there are Chang Mao, Wang Yanzhang, and Xia Luqi.

Even among the allied armies of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu, only the Great Qin sent out more gods of war than the Ming.

Zhu Di dispatched such a lineup, which shows his determination to conquer the Japanese.

Zhu Di didn't attack Honju rashly, but instead fire Zhou Yu and lay down a stable logistics base first.

Therefore, Shikoku Island, which the Allied Forces of the Four Nations looked down upon, became the target of the Ming Army.

80.00% of Shikoku Island is mountainous, and the arable land is scarce, and there are no gold and silver mines, so it is extremely barren. The total population is only 50, which is not even half of Kyushu.

It is precisely because Shikoku Island is too barren to squeeze out too much oil and water, let alone the four countries.

Therefore, after the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms captured Kyushu Island, they never thought about attacking the Four Kingdoms at all, but chose to attack Honshu directly.

The Shikoku Island that the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms looked down on was because they had already tasted the sweetness in Kyushu Island, and they were used to eating big meals, so they naturally couldn't eat Kangyan dishes.

But the Ming Dynasty just wanted to use Shikoku as a springboard, and if it could monopolize the entire Shikoku Island, the population and resources on the island would be considered a delicious meal, so it targeted Shikoku Island.

There are only two forces in Shikoku Island, Imagawa and Hojo, but neither of them are native forces of Shikoku. Instead, they were forced to retreat to Shikoku Island after being destroyed by the Oda family, and then divided Shikoku Island into two after the destruction of the major forces in Shikoku.

Imakawa Yoshimoto and Hojo Shiyasu both received news that the Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu allied forces were about to send troops to attack Honshu.

Both of them realized that the Allied Forces of the Central Plains might look down on the barren Shikoku Island. Although they both felt a little humiliated, they were more relieved, and their defenses were slightly lax.

Imakawa Yoshimoto and Hojo Shiyasu never imagined that besides the Qin, Wei, Song, Wu and Four Kingdoms, the Han coalition forces who conquered the Japanese would have another country, the Ming Dynasty, and they would also target the barren Shikoku Island.

The sudden attack of the Ming army caught the Imagawa Hojo family off guard. After they reacted, all [-] Ming troops had landed, and they also sent naval forces to destroy the major ports, preparing to completely blockade the entire Shikoku Island.

After learning of the actions of the Ming army, the Imagawa and Hojo families were terrified, and quickly formed a coalition to fight against the Ming. At the same time, they contacted the major forces in Honshu for support, hoping that they could send people to support Shikoku.

The six daimyos of the six major forces on Honshu Island, Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Date Masamune, Mori Motokiyo, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, were all terrified after receiving the summons from Shikoku Island.

After all, the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu were enough for them, but now that there is another Ming country, does this make people live?

Although the six daimyos all want to support the four countries, the armies of the four countries of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu have already made it clear that they are going to attack Honshu, and they don't know where they will land.

The coastline of Honshu Island is too long, and the six countries are all countries that rely on the sea, and their military strength is not enough to defend their own coastline. After being passively attacked, there is no sense of security, so how can it be possible to allocate troops to support Shikoku Island.

But if they don't help at all, once the Ming Dynasty completely occupies Shikoku Island, it will definitely use it as a springboard to attack Honshu, and the pressure on Honshu will be even greater.

Therefore, for the forces in Honshu, the best situation for the four-nation war is to let the Ming army fall into the quagmire of Shikoku Island, and there is no way to allocate troops to attack Honshu Island.

Although the six families could not allocate troops to support Shikoku Island, they were able to provide arms and material support to help the Imagawa and Hojo two families expand their army, so as to use the Imagawa and Hojo two families to hold back the Ming army.

As for the Qin, Wei, Song, Wu and Four Kingdoms, the attitude towards the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Japanese is naturally a welcome attitude.

After all, everyone is Han Chinese, and the territory of the Wa Kingdom is not too small. The Ming Kingdom is free to fight wherever it wants, as long as it does not grab the territory designated by the Four Kingdoms and affect their respective interests.

However, in order to prevent everyone from strife due to interests in the future, Zhou Yu still decided to send envoys to express their attitude to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations.

The Four Kingdoms Alliance can allow the Ming Kingdom to enter the Wa Kingdom, or not interfere with the actions of the Ming Army, or even accept the Ming Army into the alliance, but the Ming Army cannot harm the interests of the Four Kingdoms Alliance, nor can it attack the territory already occupied by the Four Kingdoms, otherwise it will be punished. The four-nation alliance jointly suppressed.

Zhu Di had no intention of becoming an enemy of Zhou Yu, and he only had two purposes in recruiting Japanese, one is to accumulate meritorious service, and the other is to make money.

Since everyone's purpose is the same, and the Wa Kingdom's cake is big enough to be shared by five countries, there is no need to fight at all.

Therefore, after learning that the four-nation alliance of Qin, Wei, Song, and Wu was eyeing the western and central regions of Honshu, Zhu Di decided that after occupying the four countries, he would lead his army to attack the eastern region of Honshu, avoiding the four-nation alliance as much as possible and not fighting against it. conflict.

But as to whether to join the Quadruple Alliance?

Zhu Di originally intended to join. After all, the other four countries were allies, and his own country was fighting alone, so it was too weak. However, under Yao Guangxiao's persuasion, he finally gave up this idea.

The Ming Dynasty is different from Qin, Wei, Song and Wu. The reason why the four countries of Qin, Wei, Song and Wu can form an alliance and cooperate seamlessly with each other is because the other three countries are all younger brothers of Qin.

Ming is not Qin's younger brother, and he doesn't want to be Qin's younger brother. If he joins the alliance, it will be easier to be secretly targeted by the four countries, so it is better to fight alone.

Zhu Di declined to join the alliance, and wrote his thoughts in a letter, and asked the envoy to pass it on to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu pulled Zhu Di to join the alliance because he wanted to dig a hole for Zhu Di, but after reading Zhu Di's reply, he also realized that Zhu Di had an expert around him, and it was unlikely that he would easily fall into his schemes, so he temporarily gave up digging for him. pit plans.

In the second year of Shenwu, April [-]th.

General Xu Huang of the State of Qin led an army of [-] troops and landed in Ishijian Country on Honshu Island, which opened the prelude to the Honshu War.

Immediately afterwards, the armies of Wei, Song, and Wu also landed in Inaba, Bizen, and Tango respectively.

For a time, the western and central areas of Honshu Island were full of wars.

Oda Nobunaga, Mori Motokiyo and other daimyos were terrified after receiving the news, and hurriedly mobilized an army to resist.

In fact, after the end of the Tsushima Sea Battle, Oda Nobunaga, Takeda Shingen, and Uesugi Kenshin made a lot of preparations for fighting the Central Plains Allied Forces during the period after they fled back, such as rebuilding warships and wantonly building weapons. , and publicize the cruelty of the Han people internally, etc.

If the Honshu countries that live on the islands do not regain control of the sea, they will be passively beaten forever, without end.

Therefore, even though they knew that Japan's shipbuilding technology was not as good as that of the Central Plains, the major forces still chose to continue building ships, so that at least the gap could be shortened a little.

But warships that can go to sea are not the same concept as ordnance, and they cannot be built in a short period of time.

Therefore, in addition to shipbuilding, the six major forces are also wantonly building weapons and publicizing the brutality of the Han people in order to arouse the hatred of the people against the Han people, thereby expanding the army on a large scale.

In addition, Oda Nobunaga even recruited the coalition forces, preparing to be transferred to the frontline Kyushu Island to help Otomo, Mori, and Shimadzu against the Central Plains coalition forces.

But what Oda Nobunaga and others never expected was that the entire territory of Kyushu Island had already fallen before their army was recruited.

It took less than a month for the Han coalition forces to not only destroy Otomo and Shimadzu, but also occupy the entire territory of Kyushu Island.

The speed was so fast that Oda Nobunaga and others had no time to react.

Now that the entire territory of Kyushu Island has fallen, and the Han navy has blocked Kyushu, the supporting army can't land on Kyushu Island, so naturally it loses the meaning of rushing to help.

(End of this chapter)