Chapter 1021 The final battle (1)

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"Sir, the latest battle report."

"Sir, the latest battle report."

"Sir, the latest battle report."

In the castle near Hiroshima Port, Wang Shide and Wang Junyu, two staff officers, sent the latest battle report to Zhang Zhun like flowing water. Lu Xiangsheng has taken over the command of the front line, and Lu Xiangsheng is responsible for the specific battles. Zhang Zhun only needs to know. Zhang Zhun’s more important task in Hiroshima is to dispatch more troops to Japan.

The war reports sent every day are actually not very prominent. They are nothing more than where the Hu Ben Army occupied and killed many enemies today. Those place names are very strange little place names. This shows that the Hu Ben Army's advance speed is not very fast. It may have encountered certain resistance on the road, or it may have difficulties in itself.

Judging from the number of Japanese troops killed, it means that the Japanese army was only concerned about retreating and had no intention of fighting head-on. From this, it is speculated that the Tokugawa Shogunate should have deployed a new front line in the back. After being chased by the Tiger Army, the main forces of Masato Kaezaki and Yuki Abe were basically disbanded. Unless the Tokugawa Shogunate transferred the main force from the rear to build a new defense line, it would be absolutely impossible to rely on them alone to stop the Tiger Army from the advancement.

The Hu Ben Army relied on its advantages in weapons and equipment, while the Japanese Army relied on its advantages in numbers. In previous battles, the advantages and disadvantages of both sides were very obvious. The disadvantages of the Hu Ben Army were that the number of soldiers was too small. The disadvantages of the shogunate army were that the weapons and equipment were not advanced enough to cause effective damage to the Hu Ben Army.

It is estimated that in the next battle, such advantages and disadvantages will continue to be maintained for a period of time. The disadvantages of the Hu Ben Army can be compensated by time. Zhang Zhun can mobilize more troops to come. The disadvantages of the Tokugawa Shogun Army are temporarily unresolved. From a long-term perspective, the victory of the Hu Ben Army is inevitable.

The only reliance of the Tokugawa shogunate now is the arrival of the Dutch's main fleet. Only when the Dutch appear can they reverse their disadvantages. However, so far, the Dutch's main fleet has never intended to go north. Considering the climate, the arrival of the Dutch's main fleet will be next year as soon as next year.

By the end of November, the front line was advanced into Shinno and Tono River countries. The Japanese army's blocking efforts here gradually strengthened, indicating that their reserve forces had been mobilized. However, the war ended. When winter came, snow was flying, and it was difficult for both the Tiger Army and the Shogun Army to launch an attack.

At this time, news came and the shogunate was preparing to negotiate peace. Sure enough, in early December, the shogunate envoy officially arrived at the Hu Ben Army and requested the Hu Ben Army for negotiations. The shogunate envoy suggested that the two sides peacefully resolve the current dilemma of Japan through friendly negotiations. If the Hu Ben Army agrees, the shogunate army is willing to retreat thirty miles and escape from the battle.

"Peacemaking?"

"good!"

Zhang Zhun agreed readily.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the shogunate's purpose of proposing peace talks was to gain time. It is estimated that the Tokugawa shogunate wanted to fight for about three to six months to gather the broken army, and at the same time form more troops and establish a more complete line of defense.

It is estimated that Tokugawa Iemitsu and others are still anxiously looking forward to the situation in Southeast Asia to change. If the Dutch had any movement in these few months, for example, sending their main fleet northward, they would have survived the disaster.

The Tokugawa shogunate's wishful thinking was not bad. Under normal circumstances, Zhang Jun would not give the Tokugawa shogunate a chance to survive. However, the pain was that the Tiger Army would also take time.

After all the First Expeditionary Corps of the Hu Ben Army landed, they rushed and rushed to the central part of Japan in one breath. Both physical strength and logistics supply were already at their limit. If they continued to fight like this, they might be pushed back by the Japanese army. Without sufficient ammunition supply, the Japanese army could defeat the Hu Ben Army by using the sea of ​​people tactics. At this time, negotiations were the most suitable.

The negotiation location was in Shinno's Tsukimo County. Shinno was located in the central part of Japan and was a large area. Except for the Imperial Kingdom, Muro and Echigo Kingdom, it was almost the largest Daiming controlled area in Japan. However, this area has never had strong men. In Japan's history, all it left behind was the continuous war.

There are ten countries around Shinno country. This is destined to be a very painful thing for its own defense. In fact, this is true. During the Warring States Period, the Takeda family in the south of the Kata country and the Uesugi family in the north of the Echizen country often fought fiercely here. The Hojo family in the Musashi country and the Hojo family in the Musashi country also often joined the battlefield.

It can be said that this place has always been an ancient battlefield, and there are dense corpses buried under every inch of land. Perhaps, just by digging with your hands, you can dig out a bone of the human body. It seems a bit unsuitable for both parties to choose such a place for negotiation. However, it doesn't matter. Anyway, anyone with a discerning eye knows that negotiation is just a cover. Behind the negotiation, the most important thing is to accumulate strength desperately.

Of course, the negotiator of the Hu Ben Army was Mo Yu. It would be best for him to come forward with such unsincere negotiations. His vicious tongue could make the other party embarrassed. The negotiator of the Tokugawa Shogunate was Matsui Daisuke. As a result, the negotiations only took half a day to break down.

The shogunate was unwilling to hand over power.

The Tiger Army must hand over power to the shogunate.

There is no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides.

In fact, all negotiations are nonsense. If the negotiations can really solve the problem, why do you have to make a big fuss? Finally, Mo Yu proposed to divide Japan into two parts and divide it and govern it. The east side is under the rule of the shogunate, and the west side is under the rule of the Japanese royal family. As a result, the shogunate refused and the Japanese royal family refused. Since he refused, he had to start a fight.

After the negotiations broke down, both sides were actively mobilizing troops and accumulating more strength. Zhang Zhun would not even go to the Central Plains to celebrate the New Year. He directly took charge at the Hiroshima Port and dispatched more troops and resources to completely stabilize the Japanese war situation before the Dutch responded. As long as the main force of the Tokugawa Shogunate army was basically annihilated, even if the Dutch came in full bloom, the Hu Ben Army would have nothing to worry about.

The New Year passed quickly. This New Year has no festive atmosphere at all. On the contrary, there is only the strong smell of gunpowder. This is particularly obvious in Hiroshima. The entire Hiroshima port is crowded with dense merchant ships every day, and a large number of soldiers and supplies are constantly unloaded from the merchant ships and then marched to the Shinno front line.

The atmosphere of war in Japan is even stronger. Not to mention the Japanese near the battlefield, even the Japanese who have not participated in the battle, even those who are far away on Kyushu Island can feel that an unprecedented war is brewing. Because both the Japanese royal family and the Tokugawa shogunate are desperately asking for supplies from them. The taxes from Japanese farmers have long been levied after 1650 AD.

Even in the distant South Ocean, people felt the momentum of the Japanese battlefield coming out. The uneasy Samoan Governor Putman, specially went back to Jakarta during the New Year to meet Stekrenberg, the director-general of the Dutch East India Company. He was very worried that once the Hu Ben Army completely controlled Japan, it would turn south and launch an attack on Samoa.

However, for the Director-General, the war in Japan is indeed a headache. With the strong strength of the Hu Ben Army, if the Dutch interferes, they will inevitably dispatch the main fleet. However, once the Dutch's main fleet leaves the Nanyang, it is unknown what reaction the abominable Spaniards will have.

High-level officials from the Netherlands instructed that the main target of the Dutch attack was still the Spanish. Because if the Dutch were to be completely independent, they must first get rid of the Spanish's control. At present, Spain still has considerable strength, and the Dutch cannot stop. If the Spanish breathed, the Dutch might be in a tragedy.

As for Japan, it is indeed a good place, rich in white silver. But that's all. Without Japan, the Dutch could live well. Whether the Dutch controls Japan is not very important to the emerging country of the Netherlands. Silver can be earned anywhere.

"Let's take a look first."

The Director-General can only say this in the end.

"All right!"

The Governor of Samoa also knew that the current international situation was indeed not conducive to interfering in the war situation in Japan, so he had to say goodbye and leave.

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In February of the 12th year of Chongzhen, a new round of war began again.

After three months of preparation, the Hu Ben Army mobilized more troops and formed several heavy troops. From west to east, it was divided into five attack directions and advanced in unison. The middle route was the direction of the Hu Ben Army's key attack. In this army, it was not only equipped with a large number of artillery soldiers, but also a cavalry group with strong breakthrough capabilities.

Similarly, the shogunate also formed more troops, deploying densely packed and layered defense lines in Shinono. The Japanese commander Daisuke Matsui used all the power at hand. The temporary collection of iron cannons was more than 200,000. There were more sought-afters being collected.

This is a war with a total force of more than 500,000. On the Hu Ben Army, the force was close to 100,000. On the Tokugawa Shogunate, the force was more than 300,000. The front line, from the northern part of Shino country to Toho-ei country, still had a tendency to spread.
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