Wanli 1592

Chapter 141 The Uneasy Ukita Hideka

The Japanese army learned how to behave. Knowing that the Ming army has strong firepower and is not weak in field combat, they began to play turtle tactics, and they had to be more patient with the Ming army.

What's more troublesome is that as the Japanese army retreated and the Ming army made great strides forward, the strengths and weaknesses of the two sides' supplies also quietly changed. The Ming army's supply line was stretched longer and the transfer was more difficult. Efforts have been made to prepare, but North Korea's weak national strength still makes it difficult to maintain supplies.

On the other hand, the Japanese pirates were backed by the sea and very close to Tsushima Island. As long as Yi Sun-shin did not come out to make trouble, supplies for the Japanese invaders could be continuously transported from the sea.

Xiao Ruxun carefully observed these Japanese cities on the front line, and he knew that such a military fortress, even if he used all the artillery in his hand to bombard the sky with solid bullets, it would be impossible to break through. The Eastern Expedition Ming Army with a number of less than [-] was absolutely not acceptable, and a strong attack was definitely not the best option. After clarifying this point, Xiao Ruxun returned to the Daegu camp with a sullen face.

Right now, we can only see if those gold mines and silver mines can impress Emperor Wanli to dispatch his navy.

Xiao Ruxun is worried, and Ukita Hideka is also worried, and his troubles are not under Xiao Ruxun's. Xiao Ruxun is waiting for the arrival of the navy, and his offensive attitude is very clear, while Ukita Hide's family is looking at the total number of troops and the total number of troops that have just been counted. Kotoyotomi Hideyoshi's letter inquiring about the current situation of the war was frowning.

How to tell Toyotomi Hideyoshi?Ishida Mitsunari's strategy of reporting good news but not worrying can no longer be sustained. This big lie has reached the point where it cannot be sustained.

Before the Ming army joined the war, although the battle between the Japanese army and the Korean army was smooth sailing, and there were still some losses, but there were no losses of thousands of people. It was the battle with the Korean rebel army and the naval battle with Yi sun-shin that caused them losses. However, this is nothing to the Japanese army of 1 soldiers.

However, the participation of the Ming army changed the balance of the war. In the first two battles, the 5-strong First Army of Konishi and the Second Army of Kato Kiyomasa were wiped out. More than [-] people, and nearly [-] main forces of the headquarters were wiped out in the Battle of Bichikan, and now the Ukita Hide family still has less than [-] troops.

However, the momentum of the Ming army on the opposite side did not seem to have changed much, and it seemed that there was no loss of much force at all. This made Ukita Hideka fearful and puzzled. Could it be that the Ming army on the opposite side was really invincible? The siege of 2 people couldn't eat their 5000 people, and they fought back, causing the entire army to collapse. Ukita Hideo's family escaped from Shengtian by chance, but they didn't dare to stay in Seoul for even a second.

Masuda Nagamori must be dead, Kato Koyasu died in front of them without any doubt, Kobayakawa Takakage escaped, but Kuroda Nagamasa has no news, I don’t know if he is dead, forty or fifty officers with surnames and even daimyo are here Killed or disappeared in this battle, and some important generals of Ukita Hideka's family were also killed on the spot. The Japanese army was really hurt.

10 people!The elite soldiers and horses of nearly 10 people are finished like this!He was still beaten like this by the [-] Ming army. If Toyotomi Hideyoshi knows about this, what will happen?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi should bring a reserve team of 10 people across the sea to North Korea in person, kill the frontline officers first, and then fight Xiao Ruxun in person.

But that would cause the whole of Japan to collapse. Japan does not have so much manpower and material resources to support Toyotomi Hideyoshi's militarism, or half of Japan controlled by Toyotomi Hideyoshi is no longer able to continue to support it. The strength of Kawanie Yasushi's daimyos from the Eastern Kingdom will surpass that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Western Kingdom!
It's not that the number of people is not enough, but that the economy of the entire Western Kingdom is about to collapse. Tokugawa Ieyasu has a large territory, a large population, and there are no soldiers and horses, and the economy is still intact; The 10 people brought here, food and military expenses have to be paid by Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself, and the economy will collapse!
This is what Masuda Nagamori said before he died in battle.

And the more critical point is that without the deterrence of the 15 main force, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the others will let Toyotomi Hideyoshi bring their 10 people to North Korea to die?Are they all fools or retarded?If one is not good, they will rebel quickly, and we are all exhausted, maybe we will die directly in North Korea, and none of them can go back!
For some changes in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's spirit and state in recent years, Ukita Hideyoshi saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. He couldn't help thinking about what kind of attitude Toyotomi Hideyoshi would use if he knew all this. Treat all the officers of the Japanese invaders?

If he knew that his beloved generals Kato Kiyomasa and Konishi Yukyo had died in battle, if he knew that Masuda Nagamori and Kato Koyasu were dead, if he knew that Kuroda Nagamasa might also have died, would he go crazy?

In all fairness, if the Ukita Hideyoshi family themselves were Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they would go crazy. When Ishida Mitsunari's strategy of reporting good news but not worrying was implemented, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was very happy to write letters everywhere to show off his great victory in North Korea.

He wrote a lot of ostentatious letters to the daimyos of the east country. The daimyos of the whole east country knew that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was going to take down North Korea and attack the Ming country. Toyotomi Hideyoshi showed his favor.

If Toyotomi Hideyoshi knows that all of this is a lie to him now, that none of this is true, that everyone is just deceiving him and not telling the truth, what will he do?
At the beginning, everyone thought that there was still hope for a comeback, so they agreed to Ishida Mitsunari's strategy, but now seeing the army's defeat, they couldn't hide it no matter what.

Three of the main generals of the eight main battle regiments have disappeared, and the established system has been destroyed, and the remaining five with remnants of defeated generals gathered in a place in Busan. How can this battle be fought?How can I hide it?Toyotomi Hideyoshi mentioned President Konishi several times, wanted to ask about President Konishi, and said that President Konishi was a "bastard" for not writing to him, but how did Toyotomi Hideyoshi know that President Konishi was no longer able to write to him? Believe it?
Of course, what the Ukita Hide family didn’t know was that they were almost completely annihilated in North Korea. In Japan, except for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his people who didn’t know about it, all the daimyos with a little ability in Dongguo already knew about it. Now, it was not someone else who spread the news, but Tokugawa Ieyasu. In order to grasp the news of the Korean Raiders at the first time and avoid being unprepared for a surprise attack by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu planted a lot of eyeliners in the Korean attacking army.

Basically every legion has them, and it’s not just Tokugawa Ieyasu’s eyeliner alone. The 1 troops of the Dongguo daimyo are still under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. sent to North Korea.

But if they were really defeated, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi really went crazy, they might not be able to stop him.

So we can only prepare early.

(End of this chapter)