Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 860 Beheading Plan
"Thank you, Your Highness! Your Highness, please move around and watch!"

Regarding Zhang Qingyuan's accusation and the contempt implied in it, Li Dingguo didn't take it seriously, nor did he show any intention of currying favor with the other party.

He first expressed his thanks to Zhu Cihong, and then asked the prince to come to the map hanging in the cabin, and then he tapped on it with a wooden stick, and began to explain the new battle plan.

Li Dingguo's overall strategy was to take advantage of the fact that the shogunate army was now concentrated in the southwest of Kagoshima, send a group of troops to land near Gongling, and then give him a fatal blow from behind.

Another group of troops landed near Osaka, took advantage of the unexpected, and raided the seat of the Kyoto shogunate, directly removed the head of the shogunate, and then selected people close to Ming Dynasty to form a new shogunate, and under the guise of Emperor Akiyoshi issued an imperial edict to dissolve the shogunate. Armed with daimyo, if there is any dissatisfaction, the daming official army will split up and attack.

Li Dingguo's plan is quite risky, and it overthrows the steady plan that he made step by step when he was in the country. If this strategy is successful, the process of the Ming Dynasty's invasion of Japan will be greatly shortened, and Zhu Cihong's time will also be reduced. Time in a foreign land.

"According to General Dingguo's strategy, how many troops will be needed to raid the capital? How many will be needed to attack the enemy in front of us?

What if the raid is blocked?

Kyoto is the core of Japan, so I think its defenses should be quite strict! "

Although Zhu Cihong has never been in battle, but in the past half a year of observing the government of the Ministry of War, he still knows a lot of common sense about the use of soldiers. Absolute advantage, but after all, the geographical advantage is not dominant, so he is still a little worried.

"His Royal Highness, I oppose General Li's strategy!

Our army's strength is too small, so we should not take such a risky plan!

According to the previous information, the current enemy number is no less than [-]. Although our army is good at fighting, we should fight with all our strength. If we divide our troops to other places at this time, if we are in danger, the consequences will be very unfavorable to me!
The minister thinks that it is better to follow the previous strategy, step by step, and fight steadily! "

Before Li Dingguo could answer Zhu Cihong's question, Zhang Qingyuan spoke up to express his opinion.

Zhang Qingyuan is still very confident in the combat capabilities of the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers. In recent years, the officers and soldiers have won overwhelming victories in all directions, no matter who they are fighting against. It is full of self-confidence, which is why the Ministry of War dared to land in Japan to fight after only sending 1 people.

Since he is absolutely sure that he can win, spending more time is nothing, there is no need to take risks, if there is any accident, it will leave a stain on his future career.

"Your Highness, Mr. Zhang.

It was judged based on a lot of intelligence that our army had to take risks!
Based on the strength of the shogunate, if it fights with our army, the number of soldiers it can use should be 30 to [-]. Based on this calculation, our army's face-to-face enemies are only about [-]% of them. We must follow the previous strategy In the whole of Japan, although our army can win in the end, it will also face the shortage of supplies and supplies, and will attack the enemy from all sides, which will lead to a large increase in casualties. "

Facing the crown prince's question and Zhang Qingyuan's questioning, Li Dingguo spoke calmly and eloquently, Zhu Cihong couldn't help nodding his head when he heard the words, while Zhang Qingyuan showed a noncommittal expression.

"Based on the analysis of the domestic situation in Japan, the shogunate is the real power controller. As long as it is unprepared and wiped out in one fell swoop, there will be no one in the whole of Japan who can summon an army to fight against me. Although the forces of the various ministries are still there, they are looking forward to the choice. There is no power to gather in time, and our army can deal with it calmly at that time, and we can destroy them one by one if necessary!"

Over the past year, Zheng Qi arranged his entourage and used various channels to spare no effort to collect information on various aspects of Japan. The total force that Li Dingguo just mentioned that the shogunate can mobilize is one of them. After the shogunate collection order, the Ming Dynasty from all over the country put together a small number of banner warriors as the standing army of the shogunate.

"His Highness Shicai asked how many troops would be needed to raid the capital, and I thought that two thousand would be enough!
The remaining 8000 troops should have no problem dealing with the enemy in front of them!

The minister thought that the top and bottom of the shogunate would never have thought that our Ming army would participate in this battle, let alone attack its headquarters. Therefore, this surprise attack has a great chance of winning! "

Li Dingguo's remarks seemed arrogant, but in fact he did not mean to underestimate the enemy.

In the so-called "Imchen Japanese Invasion" in North Korea during the Wanli period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi successively sent 14 troops to North Korea. The Ming army, which was ordered to "resist the Japanese and aid the North", only invested less than 4 horses in total when they participated in the war for the first time. Fuck the shit out of the 14 Japanese army.

During the second war against Japan and aid to Korea, the Japanese army also had 14 horses, and the number of the Ming army increased to 14. As a result, the [-] Japanese troops fought were almost wiped out.

Since then, Japan has adopted a policy of seclusion and seclusion, and its national power has declined even more. Armaments, equipment, strategies and tactics are far behind the development of the times, while under the leadership of Zhu Youjian, the Ming Dynasty has equipped everything from armaments to tactics far beyond the contemporary era. The strength of any country's army, under the ebb and flow, of course has full confidence in fighting the shogunate army.

"Since General Dingguo said so, I agreed with this strategy. However, General Dingguo, as the leader of the expedition, should not put himself in danger. It is better to choose someone else for the surprise attack general. General Dingguo will still lead the main force to deal with the enemy in front of us." Bar!"

Based on the principle of not interfering with the commander's military command and deployment, Zhu Cihong finally agreed to Li Dingguo's new battle plan after thinking about it for a long time. Zhang Qingyuan wanted to refute it again, but after seeing Zhu Cihong's extremely trusting attitude towards Li Dingguo, he finally came to his senses There was no more sound.

The Fang Division of the Ministry of War is usually responsible for collecting and controlling military information in various places. Of course, Zhang Qingyuan knows how powerful the Ming army is. The objection just now is because of the factors of civil and military disputes. I still agree with it in my heart, since the prince has made a decision with one word, there is no need for him to sing bad faces.

After the overall strategy was set, Zhu Cihong stopped asking about this matter. In the next few days, Zhang Qingyuan, Li Dingguo and several other major generals of the expeditionary force began to formulate detailed battle plans, including arranging for the generals who led the raid to board Zheng's ships Go to the vicinity of Osaka to check the landing site, the Zheng family's Japanese-speaking entourage went ashore in disguise, and collected as much information as possible about the location of the shogunate, etc.

As for how long the coalition forces, which are still struggling under the heavy pressure of the shogunate army, can last, it has long been selectively ignored by everyone.

No. 12 days after arriving in the sea near Nagasaki, all preparations were in place. With Zhu Cihong's order, the warships of the Beihai Fleet showed their true colors and sailed into Nagasaki Port. The Ming Dynasty's attack on Japan officially began.

(End of this chapter)