Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 356 Raid on Changzhou Domain

Kyushu has fallen, but Taichang has not stopped.

He directly took the flagship to the north, came to Hirado Port, and commanded the Dongyang Navy Fleet and the Beiyang Navy Fleet to take Iki Island and Tsushima Island in the north of Kyushu, and directly wiped out Matsutaka, the famous Japanese pirate of the three islands.

So far, the southwestern part of Dongying belongs to Daming, and there are no Japanese pirates in the west of Honshu Island.

Taichang still didn't stop, because he wanted to raid Honshu Island before the Tokugawa shogunate reacted, and gained a firm foothold on the west side of Honshu Island, and Nagato and Zhoufang Erguo on the west side of Honshu Island were the territories of the Changzhou Fan Mori clan.

The Mori family of the Changzhou Domain is not simple.

The ancestor of the revitalization of the Mori family, Mori Moto, was second only to the so-called Warring States Three Heroes Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Warring States Period in Japan.

The Mori clan rose under the command of Mori Motojo. At its most powerful, it owned eleven countries including Nagato, Shuo, Aki, Iwami, and Izumo, and basically unified the western part of Honshu Island.

Moreover, Mori Motozuru's second son Yoshikawa Motoharu and third son Kobayakawa Takakage also controlled the Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa clans that were equally powerful at the time.

It can be said that if it weren't for Mao Liyuan, he would have been born early, and the Three Heroes of the Warring States Period would be a fart.

Because when Mori Moto died, Oda Nobunaga was only 37 years old, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was only 35 years old, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was only 29 years old.

Oda Nobunaga didn't really take control of Japan until ten years after Mori Moto's death.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not truly rule Japan until 20 years after Mori Moto's death.

Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Edo Shogunate 32 years after Mao Liyuan died and became the shogun who truly controlled Japan.

In other words, as long as Mori Moto was born about 30 years later, with his strength, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, the three heroes of the Warring States Period, were all dishes in front of him.

Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu are all equivalent to the grandchildren of Mori Motoko.

Mori Motono's grandson, Mori Terumoto, was one of the five elders when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was in power in Dongying, and his strength was second only to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was also one of the five elders at the time.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, it was Mori Motonari's other grandson, Mori Hidemoto, who commanded the Western Army and Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Army in a decisive battle against Sekigahara.

It's a pity that Terumoto Mori, Takakage Kobayakawa, and Hidemoto Mori all led their troops to participate in the Wanli Korean War. In the two wars, the Mori clan invested a total of more than [-] land and water troops, and suffered the heaviest losses.

As a result, the Sekihara War was defeated, and the Mori Clan of the Changzhou Domain was left with Nagato and Shufang in the end.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and the strength of the Changzhou Domain should not be underestimated.

Historically, it was the downfall movement led by the two powerful clans of Choshu and Satsuma that overthrew the Edo shogunate of the Tokugawa clan and led the Meiji Restoration.

At this moment, the Changzhou Domain is still a powerful domain, and the Maori navy can be said to be second only to the existence of the Satsuma Navy's navy, and the Mori clan's infantry is even stronger than that of the Satsuma Domain.

Facing such a force, Taichang naturally would not take it lightly.

The third wave of the Ming army's offensive has just ended. The day after the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion captured the six kingdoms of Kyushu, Taichang had just commanded the Dongyang Navy Fleet and Beiyang Fleet to take Iki Island and Tsushima in the north of Kyushu. Island, a group of sailors and infantry generals were summoned to the flagship.

In the meeting hall on the third floor of the Aegis ship, the generals of the three armies gathered.

On the table between them is a huge map of Japan.

At this moment, on the map, Kyushu Island in the southwest of Dongying and nearby islands such as Iki Island and Tsushima Island have been included in the territory of Ming Dynasty, and the next step is to attack Honshu Island and raid Changzhou Fan.

Taichang stared at the map for a long time, and then said solemnly: "We have taken Kyushu Island, and the Tokugawa shogunate should know our intentions no matter how careless they are. After the news reaches Edo Castle, the Tokugawa shogunate will surely Let the Japanese army resist desperately.

Therefore, there is not much time left for us. We can no longer be as steady as before, sending out scouts to spy slowly, and making a sand table model before attacking.

This time, we must march into Honshu Island as quickly as possible, raid the Changzhou Domain, and overthrow the strongest Mori family in the west of Honshu Island.

Then try to win as much territory as possible before the Japanese army organized by the Tokugawa shogunate rushes over, and gain a firm foothold in the west of Honshu Island.

In this way, we can gain a strategic advantage in the next decisive battle, so as to defeat the Tokugawa shogunate army as quickly as possible and win the entire Japan. "

It can be said that this battle is the key battle to determine whether Japan can be quickly won.

If they can win the Changzhou Domain in one fell swoop and gain a firm foothold in the west of Honshu Island, then even if the Tokugawa shogunate army comes, they will be powerless.

If they are held back by the Mori clan of the Changzhou Domain and cannot quickly gain a foothold in the west of Honshu Island, then the Tokugawa shogunate army will be in trouble. They are likely to be blocked between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island, forced to Fight a war of attrition with the main force of Japan across the sea.

This scenario is not impossible.

After all, this is a battle to destroy the country. Even if the Dongpu people have poor weapons and equipment, it is not impossible for the Dongpu people to defend the west of Honshu Island across the sea under the desperate resistance and the favorable location.

The most feared thing in this kind of battle with hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops is negligence and not taking the enemy seriously.

If you really think that you are invincible in the world, it is not impossible to make a mess and capsize in the gutter in the end.

Therefore, Taichang was always vigilant, and he never underestimated the enemy because of the performance of the Japanese pirates.

This time, the same is true.

So, how to successfully cross the Shimonoseki Strait and gain a firm foothold in the west of Honshu Island?

What if the Maori family insisted on stopping them on the opposite coastline?

Lu Xiangsheng stared at the map for a long time, and then carefully suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't we come up with a plan to attack east and west."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but said with great interest: "Oh, what is the plan to attack the west, please explain in detail."

Lu Xiangsheng pointed to Hagi Castle on the map and said: "Your Majesty, look, this is Hagi Castle, the home of the Mori Clan. If we send an army of water and land to attack Hagi Castle, the Mori Clan will definitely mobilize an army of water and land to rescue.

And Hagi Castle is about a hundred miles away from the Shimonoseki Strait. Once all the Mori land and water troops rush to Hagi Castle, it will take at least one day to return to aid.

We have also explored the Maguan Strait, and its narrowest point is less than two miles wide. At the speed of our Spike warships, we can travel back and forth in less than a cup of tea.

In other words, we only need to send the main force of the Eastern and Northern Navy and tens of thousands of infantry to attack Hagi, attract the Maori army to rescue, and then send hundreds of Spike warships to transfer the main force of the infantry in the Shimonoseki Strait. Inner Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion must be able to land on Nagato.

When the time comes, the armies of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenwu Battalion will push all the way across, no matter how powerful the Mao Li family is, they will not be able to resist it. "

It turned out to be such a trick.

In this way, the army of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion will be able to land on Nagato as quickly as possible, and once hundreds of thousands of infantry have passed through, the Mori family will be powerless.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help admiring: "Okay, this plan is very clever, let's make a move!"

All the generals also nodded again and again to show their approval.

Taichang glanced around slightly, and then ordered decisively: "General Qi, you lead the Shenji Battalion to rush overland to a place twenty miles west of the Maguan Strait to assemble, and prepare to cross the sea and land. The cruising Maori water army has spotted you."

Hearing this, Qi Jin hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

Taichang then ordered: "Yuanfang, Shihong, you should speed up the Dongyang Navy and Beiyang Navy fleets to transfer the infantry of Xianglin and Zushou. You must transfer all [-] infantry to Fukuoka before dark today. After dark, you will pick up Bianjiao's [-] infantry and rush to Hirado Port to stand by."

Zhang Yuanfang and Shen Yourong heard the words, they hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "I will understand in the end."

Taichang then said to Cao Wenzhao: "Wenzhao, Kyushu Island has just arrived, and a large army needs to be left to guard it, and it takes time to transport the horses across the sea. You don't want to participate in the war this time. You lead [-] cavalry on Kyushu Island." Stand guard and hold the rear."

When Cao Wenzhao heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

(End of this chapter)