Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1866 The Sword Points at Japan ([-]) Gambling

After Gao Wushi's question, Gao Qi suddenly interjected and added: "Ah, by the way, the main force of the Japanese pirates was in Sangju three days ago, and they were marching as hard as they could to the south. Now... it should be on the Daegu line, but It is not certain whether they have crossed the Nakdong River."

The Nakdong River is the second largest river after the Han River in South Korea in later generations. The overall direction is from north to south. The Sangju mentioned by Gao Qi is in the north, west of the Nakdong River, and Daegu is in the south, east of the Nakdong River.

Normally, the Japanese army going from Sangju to Busan would naturally go south by east, that is, they should go to Daegu, so this involves the question of when the Japanese army will cross the river, so Gao Qi added this paragraph.

While listening to his report, Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo brothers looked at the map of the battlefield situation hanging in the room, and they were a little puzzled after hearing this.

Gao Wuzheng asked: "Since the Japanese army is going to Pusan, it is natural to go to Daegu. The south of Daegu is Changning, which should be the only way for them to pass. However, Changning is located to the east of the Nakdong River, but Liu Zongrong Going to Sanjia to meet the enemy...

Brother, these Sanjia are located in the southwest of Changning, west of the Nakdong River!How can this be said to meet the enemy, at most it is to face each other across the river, right? "

On the other side, Gao Wuruo pondered: "Liu Zongrong only said to go to the vicinity of Sanjia to meet the enemy. Could this be just to point out the direction of the march, and the specific location of the battle still depends on the location of the Japanese pirates?"

Gao Wuzheng seemed to think that this was wrong, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Otherwise, maybe Liu Zongrong didn't mean 'meet the enemy', but just 'defend the enemy'?"

He emphasized the words "meet the enemy" and "defend the enemy". Gao Wuruo immediately understood what he meant, and suddenly said: "It means that Liu Zongrong's actions are essentially worried about the safety of his brother, so he Going north to Sanjia is not to take the initiative to attack the Japanese pirates, but just to prevent the Japanese pirates from crossing the river to attack Sacheon?"

Gao Wuzheng nodded and said: "I really think so..." Then he turned to Gao Wushi and asked, "Brother, do you think Liu Zongrong means that?"

Gao Wushi didn't comment, but asked rhetorically, "Do you think Ukita Hideka and Mori Hidemoto will come to Sacheon?"

Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo looked at each other and said in unison: "Yes!"

"Then, they know that Liu Ting's headquarters is in Jinzhou, which is equivalent to holding up the shield for Sacheon. Under such circumstances, how will they choose to enter Sacheon?" Gao Wushi continued to ask.

"What about this..." Gao Wu was rubbing his chin, staring at the map of the battle situation, thinking, "If Yu Fu (Gao Qizi)'s information is accurate and the Japanese pirates are near Daqiu at the moment, then it would be best for them to come to Sacheon Naturally, the best way is to hurry to Changning and cross the Nakdong River with lightning speed before Liu Zongrong's troops can be mobilized."

Gao Wuruo took up the conversation and said: "Yes, as long as the Nakdong River is crossed safely, the biggest risk for the Japanese pirates is avoided, that is, being attacked by Liu Zongrong's troops in the process of crossing the river.

As long as they cross the Nakdong River, in the eyes of the Japanese pirates, they may have the advantage in this battle.After all, their military strength was far superior to that of Liu Zongrong, so they naturally felt that they would be able to defeat Liu Zongrong's troops after crossing the river, and then go straight to Sacheon. "

"Why do they think they are far superior to Liu Ting?" Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "You must not look at the battlefield from the perspective of those who know the inside information, this will lead to a serious misjudgment.

You must know that in the eyes of Japanese pirates, the total strength of Jinzhou and Sacheon is about [-], and Jinzhou is obviously responsible for resisting their southward travel to Sacheon.Normally speaking, Jinzhou should have significantly more troops than Sacheon, perhaps [-], or more.

At the same time, the Liu family army was one of the three main forces of the Southern Army of the Ming Dynasty fighting against the Japanese decades ago. The Japanese pirates know a lot about them. Will not underestimate him.

The Japanese pirates have been at war with my Ming Dynasty since the year of Renchen, and they have almost never got a bargain in the field battle. But if they come here, once they want to fight the Liu Tingbu in the field, can they really be sure of victory? "

"This..." Gao Wuruo said hesitantly: "In my opinion, the Japanese pirates have always been rampant, but this time they went south with a total of [-] people. Encouraged by the strength of more than three times, the Japanese pirates would not dare to fight with them." Liu Zongrong's battle? My little brother thinks it's unreasonable."

Gao Wushi said: "It's not that they didn't dare to fight Liu Ting, but that they didn't dare to pin their hopes on quickly defeating Liu Ting's troops."

"Quick break?" Gao Wuruo was taken aback when he heard the words, obviously he didn't understand why Gao Wushi thought the pirates would make up their minds to defeat Liu Ting quickly.

Gao Wuzheng slapped his forehead, and suddenly said: "Oh, I understand... Brother means that the Japanese pirates know that our army has an advantage at sea, so when Liu Zongrong's troops are in a stalemate with the Japanese pirates, Sacheon will be able to stand still Don't move, there is no need to worry about the pirates going south.

Besides, once they are in a stalemate with Liu Zongrong's troops, Li Ziqing (Li Rumei) who follows them behind them will obviously arrive soon, and then maybe they will have a back and forth attack with Liu Zongrong or something.

Li Ziqing's hands are full of elite cavalry!There are both Liaodong Jingqi and Xuanda Jingqi. These are [-] to [-] Jingqi who are not inferior to the Mongols, and they are all in his hands at the moment!I don't think it's a pincer attack from front to back, even if you set up a formation and charge forward forcefully, I'm afraid that the hundred thousand Japanese pirates will definitely not be able to resist it. "

After his analysis, Gao Wuruo also became interested, his eyes brightened, and he said: "Ah! If Mr. Liu seizes the opportunity well and just stops the Japanese pirates at the position just crossing the river, then this battle will not be enough. All the defeated Japanese pirates were forced to jump into the river?"

Seeing that the two of them talked more and more excitedly, Gao Wushi immediately poured cold water on it: "What's the matter, only you know how to fight, and there is no smart person on the Japanese pirates side, and none of them can see the danger?"

The two of them didn't dare to say anything at once, and flinched back.Gao Wushi glanced at Gao Qi and asked, "Is Kuroda Rushui still in the Japanese pirate army?"

Gao Qi replied: "Yes uncle, Kuroda Rushui has always been in the army, and if there are no major changes at this moment, he should still be there."

Gao Wushi snorted softly, and said to his two younger brothers, "How much do you two know about Kuroda Rushui?"

The two looked at each other in embarrassment, and in the end it was Gao Wuzheng who was the elder brother and replied: "I heard that he is the military advisor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he is called the 'No. ... and so on and so forth."

"Shigeharu Takenaka." Gao Wushi glanced at the two of them expressionlessly, and taught a lesson: "Knowing yourself and the enemy can win every battle. Do you need me to remind you? You can't even remember the name of Shigeharu Takenaka, so it must be Kuroda." What merits Rushui has had, you must ask three questions and don't know?"

The two were dejected by what their elder brother said, their heads drooped, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

However, Gao Wushi didn't just want to criticize them, but to point them out, so he waved his hand at Gao Qi and said, "Yu Fu, tell your two uncles about Kuroda Takataka's past events."

"Yes, Uncle." Gao Qi was not stage fright because he was an intelligence secretary, and he had already memorized the intelligence information of many important figures in Japan.

Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo bowed their hands to the nephew with a bitter face, and said, "I'm here to serve you."

"I don't dare to say such things as my two uncles." Gao Qi said politely, cleared his throat, and spoke eloquently.

Kuroda Rushui's original name was Kuroda Officer Wei Xiaotaka. He and Takenaka Shigeharu were the most important military advisers of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and made outstanding contributions to Hideyoshi's victory in the world, so they were called "Two Soldiers".But because Takenaka Shigeharu died young, it was Kuroda Rushui who really helped Hideyoshi win the world, and his display of strength is also worthy of the name of "the first military division of the Warring States Period".

For example, he used one person to make all the rich families of Harima belong to the Oda family, which was appreciated by Oda Nobunaga.However, he really showed his talents after following Hideyoshi.

In addition to the flooding of Takamatsu during the war with Maori, the most classic strategy was to suggest Hideyoshi to fight for the world after the Honnoji Incident, and contributed to the famous "China Return" in Japanese history.

At that time, when the Honnoji Incident happened, a monkey named Hashiba Hideyoshi was fighting against the Mori family in Takamatsu Castle in Bichu.The situation at this time is extremely favorable to Hideyoshi, the Maori army was beaten back steadily, Hideyoshi flooded Takamatsu Castle under Kuroda Rushui's strategy, and the defender Shimizu Zongzhi was fighting the last trapped beast.

The Mori family has made several requests for peace talks, but Hideyoshi has rejected them all.However, Hideyoshi did not launch a general attack, he was waiting for Oda Nobunaga to send reinforcements to attack the Mori family together - not because he couldn't defeat them, but only in this way, so that he would not be envied by others because of his great achievements.

But what he waited for was not reinforcements, but the sad news of Nobunaga's death.On this day, Hideyoshi's subordinates caught a spy and found a letter from him. The letter was written by Mitsuhide Akechi to Terumoto Mori. Hideyoshi.

At that time, Hideyoshi felt as if the sky was falling, and immediately wailed loudly.Immediately, he pulled out the waist knife, reversed the tip of the knife and stabbed himself in the stomach.At least at this moment, Hideyoshi's actions should be sincere.

You know, it was Nobunaga who gradually promoted Hideyoshi from a farmer to a prince, and before Hideyoshi had time to repay, Nobunaga was killed by a traitor.Hideyoshi felt that the only thing he could do at the time was to commit seppuku and follow Nobunaga.

But his military adviser Kuroda Takataka stopped Hideyoshi with a roar, and immediately began to teach and induce: "The most important thing at present is to avenge the lord, and this is also a critical moment for His Highness to become a man of the world!"

Gratitude was instantly replaced by ambition. Hideyoshi slowly calmed down and began to meditate. After a while, he issued an order: "Negotiate with the Mori family."At the same time, he can also take this opportunity to take over Nobunaga's territory and become the overlord of the world.

At this time, the Maori family did not know the news of Nobunaga's death. Seeing that Hideyoshi took the initiative to send an envoy to negotiate peace, of course they couldn't ask for it, so the two sides quickly reached an agreement: the Maori side ceded the three countries of Bichu, Misaku, and Hoki, and Takamatsu Castle Guard Muneji Shimizu committed seppuku.

Soon, under the planning of Kuroda Rushui, Hideyoshi led the army to start the journey of "China's Great Return". That night, he walked [-] kilometers and settled in Guishan Castle.

The next day, Yu Chai's army braved the heavy rain and started a whole day's rapid march. They walked a total of [-] kilometers and arrived at Himeji Castle.Himeji Castle is the residence of Hideyoshi and the base camp of the Hashiba Army.At the same time, the past lord of this city is none other than Kuroda Rusui's father, Kuroda Chitaka.

Hideyoshi first ordered to rest in the city for a day.Next, Hideyoshi is faced with a difficult choice: Should he stay in Himeji Castle and wait and see what happens, or take the initiative to defeat Akechi Mitsuhide?
No matter how bad the former is, it is enough to settle down, but it has lost a good opportunity to win the world; the latter is obviously a big gamble, if you win, you will become a man of the world, if you lose, you will be smashed to pieces.

Not surprisingly, Hideyoshi approached Kuroda Rushui to discuss it, and the latter's answer was simple: "If you gamble, you have to bet big." So the two looked at each other and laughed.

On that day, Hideyoshi distributed all the wine and treasures in Himeji Castle to his subordinates.He said to his soldiers: "These things are useless to all of us, so please send them home quickly!
This time, I want to avenge my lord, and I will kill Mitsuhide Akechi!If you lose the battle unfortunately, you must fight to the death on the battlefield. Naturally, wealth, wine and meat are useless to the dead.If we win, we will become the people of the world, and the treasures of a city are like dust in the eyes of the people of the world, worthless! "

What responded to him was boiling.All the soldiers expressed that they must kill Akechi Mitsuhide to compete for the wealth of the world.

So the troops set off again, and in less than two days, they traveled more than 100 kilometers to Amagasaki.This march created a miracle in Japan's war history, coupled with the huge impact of this move on Japan's subsequent political and military trends, it was later called "China's Great Return".

After listening to this paragraph, Gao Qi originally planned to continue to talk about some deeds after Kuroda Rushui, such as the conquest of the four countries, the conquest of Kyushu, the battle of Odawara cage city, etc., which also came from his own strategy, but Gao Wushi waved his hand at the right time to signal enough.

Gao Wushi asked his two younger brothers: "After listening to Kuroda Rushui's performance in the 'Great Return', what do you two think?"

After all, he is also a younger brother, but Gao Wuzheng still knows how to be a pragmatic person, knowing that this eldest brother cares enough for his younger brothers, even if he criticizes, it is only to help them correct their mistakes, and he is not right about people.

Therefore, when Gao Wushi asked, he knew that his brother's "fire" had passed, and now it was time for the school examination. As long as he answered well, he would not only be free of faults, but might even be rewarded.

So Gao Wuzheng immediately said: "Judging from this case, Kuroda Rushui has at least two characteristics: first, he has sharp eyesight, decisive decision-making, and is able to find the key to the problem in the fastest time, and immediately use it as the goal planning strategy;
Second, this person has a lot of gambling, and because of his talent in strategy, he is very sure that he can bet right, so he is willing to bet all his chips!His style should be that if he wins, he will fight for the future, and if he loses...well, he probably didn't think about it at all, or he didn't care. "

Gao Wushi's serious face finally looked better, and he looked at Gao Wuruo again, but Gao Wuruo replied very simply: "My little brother seconded the proposal."

"Finally, I didn't let Yufu waste his words in vain." Gao Yushi commented: "Heitian Rushui is indeed such a person, and..."

He paused for a while, then suddenly laughed a bit inexplicably, Shi Shiran said: "Not only him, most of the Japanese are the same, they always like to put a shuttle...all-in."
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