Chapter 2328 Edo Alliance, Gambling and National War
Chapter 2324: Edo Alliance, Gambling and National War
The Central Plains in Japan were extremely awe-inspiring and believed that the Central Plains was the superior country of the Celestial Empire, but why did they dare to rob the Celestial Empire?
The biggest reason is actually to compete with the growing Oda family.
The expansion of the Oda family was really too fast, and after Oda Nobunaga occupied most of the Honshu Island, he dared to directly call himself emperor and called "Emperor", as if he was the Lord of Japan.
The major Japanese forces naturally find it difficult to accept this, but all their forces can only barely compete with the Oda family when they form an alliance.
After several major wars, the casualties of major forces were extremely heavy, but the power of the Oda family was not weakened too much, but instead recovered faster than the recovery speed of various countries.
Only through plunder can the major Japanese forces quickly recover the war and grow stronger, otherwise they will be annexed by the Oda family sooner or later.
All countries in Japan know that robbing the Celestial Empire will inevitably be retaliated for revenge, but they are already on the verge of destruction of the country and the clan. How could they care about the revenge of the Celestial Empire?
After I die, what do you care about the flood?
Besides, even if the Heavenly Dynasty wants to take revenge, it is not that easy.
The heads of all major Japanese forces, like Kenshin Uesugi, believed that before the Qin Dynasty unified China, it would be impossible for the Qin Dynasty to cross the sea to conquer Japan, after all, this would delay the pace of Qin''s unification.
It is precisely because of this that these forces dare to disguise themselves as pirates and send troops to plunder the coastal areas of the Celestial Empire.
The leaders of major Japanese forces all thought it was beautiful, believing that even if the Qin Dynasty would send troops to retaliate after robbing China, it would be more than ten years later, and they might not even be able to survive until that time.
But what they never expected was that the revenge of Daqin came in the second year after the robbery.
The heads of Japan have not thought that this may be fake news, but the source of the news was Kenshin Uesugi, the governor of the Uesugi family.
Uesugi Kenshin has a noble character and is a person who even admires his opponents very much. He will never release fake news to deceive all the forces in Japan on such major issues. This will not benefit Uesugi Kenshin and the Uesugi family.
So, this news must be true. The revenge of the Celestial Empire has really come. It came so quickly and suddenly, which caught people off guard.
Kenshin Uesugi''s message made the heads of Japan realize that the Qin army would come soon, but they knew nothing about the specific forces of the Qin army, the direction of the main attack, and even the scale of the war.
This makes people very scary. After all, enemies who know the depth are not scary, and unknown enemies are scary, let alone unknown enemies like Daqin, which are much stronger than Japan?
Shortly after Uesugi Kenshin''s message was sent, the heads of Japan reached an agreement and decided to hold an alliance in Edo Castle to discuss how to deal with the invasion of the Qin Dynasty.
Edo Castle, which is later Tokyo, is located in the Kanto Plain. It was previously the territory of the Tokugawa family. Later, the Tokugawa family was defeated by the Oda family, so this land naturally fell into the hands of the Oda family.
The location of the alliance will be set in Edo. Obviously, the heads of various countries are also aware that if you want to repel the invasion of the Qin Dynasty, the giant, you must focus on the strongest Oda family.
Of course, they also have the idea of ??letting both the Oda family and the Qin Dynasty suffer losses, so that Japan will still be theirs in the future.
Based on this consideration, the leaders of major Japanese forces agreed to participate in the alliance and then took a boat to Edo in person.
This time, the Japanese daimyo that went to Edo:
Uesugi Kenshin Uesugi
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Takeda Nobugen
Every Maori family supervises Takamoto Mori
Ida''s family governs Ida Masato
Hojo every family governs Hojo Shiyashi
Imakawa Yoshimoto, Imakawa family
Shimazu Yoshihisa Shimazu
Otomo every family supervises Otomo Sorin
Oyzaki Nobuhiro
The previous governor of the Maori family and the Hojo family, Maori Moto and Hojo Tsunazuki, both died in battle while plundering the Celestial Empire, and then Hojo Ichiyasu and Maori Takamoto succeeded to the throne.
As for Hojo Ichimoto, Imakawa Yoshimoto and others, they were all aliens, and they were born.
The heads of all Japanese forces gathered in the small town of Edo, which is a unique grand occasion in Japan.
As the host, Oda Nobunaga, although he wanted to kill all these people directly, he naturally could not do such a stupid thing before repelling the threat of the Qin Dynasty, so he still treated everyone with the courtesy of the king.
On March 9, the Edo Alliance officially began in the second year of Shenwu.
After the meeting began, there was no direct discussion on the anti-Qin matter. The Oyzaki family in Hokkaido, Nobuhiro, took the lead in attacking Tokugawa, Takeda, Maori and other forces, asking why they were sending troops to plunder China? He even made a proposal to hand them over to calm the anger of Daqin.
In the view of Nobuhiro Oyzaki, if there is a wrongdoer and a debt, then the forces such as Tokugawa, Takeda offend the Qin Dynasty, so they will take responsibility themselves, and let the entire Japan bear the anger of the Qin Dynasty for them. This is unreasonable.
As soon as Oyzaki Nobuhiro said this, the faces of Daming present became extremely ugly. After all, most of the forces present participated in sending troops. If they were handed over, then what would be the matter with this alliance?
Tokugawa Ieyasu Takeda Gennobu and others naturally knew that they had recruited the Qin army, but they were obviously unwilling to take on this responsibility.
If you want to blame, you must blame Oda Nobunaga. If you don’t leave us a way out, otherwise how could we take the risk and send troops to the Celestial Empire to rob?
Besides, Oda Nobunaga did not offend the Qin Dynasty. During the Youzhou War, he directly dispatched naval troops to help the Qing Dynasty, and also offended the Qin Dynasty.
The Qin Dynasty will expedition to Japan this time, not necessarily because of you, Oda Nobunaga, why did you push all your mistakes on us?
Daming, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Gennobu and other soldiers, all refuted Oyzaki Nobuhiro and kept making excuses for themselves.
The two sides started to argue, and even after an hour of argument, they had not yet reached the point.
After the quarrel, even Oda Nobunaga stood up, scolding Oyzaki Nobuhiro for his short-sightedness and promised that he would never hand over any of the people present, which ended the debate about who is right and who is wrong.
Oda Nobunaga personally participated in the Youzhou War and suffered losses at Zhou Yu''s hands, so he knew how powerful the country of Daqin was.
Although Oda Nobunaga did not understand why the Qin Dynasty retaliated against Japan before unification, if the Qin Dynasty really decided to conquer the Japanese, it would definitely be sure to win, and the local forces of Japan might not be able to resist.
Therefore, for Japan today, the most important thing is unity. If it is still in conflict at this time, Japan will definitely not be able to withstand the invasion of the Qin Dynasty.
Oda Nobunaga''s promise made Daming, who had sent troops to Shenzhou, relieved. After all, this time has come, so they naturally don''t want to have internal strife. Oda Nobunaga''s attitude made them very satisfied.
Soon, after halfway through the meeting, Oda Nobunaga saw everyone, and he said a word or something, but he still had no point in his mind. He immediately raised his hand to interrupt everyone''s later words and said loudly:
"Everyone, the Qin Dynasty is an extremely powerful country, and Ying Hao is one of the rare wise kings since ancient times. Since he dared to cross the sea to expedition to Japan, it means that he must be sure to win.
Japan has reached the critical moment of national destruction, and it is definitely not the time to be blindly optimistic. ”
As soon as Oda Nobunaga said this, everyone present couldn''t help but remain silent. After a long time, Kenshin Uesugi stood up and said, "Mr. Oda is right. Although we had their own conflicts before, we should now have prejudices and be consistent with the outside world in terms of national justice."
Kenshin Uesugi did not call Oda Nobunaga the emperor or the emperor, and obviously did not recognize his status as the emperor.
Not only Uesugi Kenshin, but all the forces in Japan do not recognize the identity of Emperor Oda Nobunaga, even if the Oda family is the overlord of Japan,
On the contrary, foreign forces such as the Qing Dynasty and Wang Mang recognized Oda Nobunaga''s status.
As Uesugi Kenshin spoke, Takeda, Tokugawa and other forces that also supported the union, all agreed to let go of their prejudices and hold an alliance to fight against Qin.
At this point, the Edo League has officially entered the main topic.
Although all major forces agree to the alliance, it is obviously not a matter of time before they want to integrate so many forces and form a coalition force to fight against Qin.
But the key is that the Qin navy was about to come, but they knew nothing about the forces deployed by the Qin Dynasty and even the direction of the main attack.
There is not much time left for Japan. Even if the heads of Japan want to increase their deployment, it is too late, and they don’t know where to transfer their troops.
"So, for our Japan, the most urgent task should be to figure out the strength of the Qin Dynasty and where the Qin army will attack." Oda Nobunaga said in a deep voice.
Danames such as Takeda Shingen, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Imakawa Yoshimoto and others nodded in agreement. After all, they didn’t even know the main attack direction of the Qin Dynasty. The area of ??the four islands of Japan is not small. You can’t be defended like a headless fly, right?
"Although I don''t know the specific forces of the Qin army, I think the direction of the Qin army''s main attack should be Kyushu Island." Kenshin Uesugi pondered.
As soon as this statement was made, the three major forces in Kyushu, Maori, Otomo and Shimazu, were immediately disgusted.
Maori Takamoto hurriedly asked, "Why did Lord Uesugi so conclude that the Qin Dynasty will use Kyushu as the main attack direction?"
Kenno Uesugi replied: "If the Qin Dynasty was the chief general who conquered the Japanese, it would definitely be Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Qingzhou Navy. He was lurking by Zhou Yu for two years and thought he still had some understanding of Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu was the first general in the Great Qin Water Battle, and his method of using troops was good at combining righteous and strange styles. ”
As he said that, Kenshin Uesugi took out Zhou Yu''s portrait, pointed at the portrait and said to everyone: "From the following understanding of Zhou Yu, if he conquers the Japanese, he will definitely choose the weak points of his strength first, so as to make a breakthrough and build a stable base first.
This state is the essence of Japan and the strongest place. With Zhou Yu''s shrewdness, I think this would not be used as a breakthrough, so Zhou Yu can only choose Jiuzhou and Four Kingdoms.
Most of the four countries are mountainous, with a narrow land and few people, which is not conducive to the deployment of large troops and even more unfavorable to logistics transportation. The Qin army''s possibility of main attack on the four countries is smaller.
Therefore, it is concluded that Zhou Yu’s main attack direction must be Jiuzhou. ”
After listening to Kenshin Uesugi, the daimyos on Honshu Island and Shikoku Island all breathed a sigh of relief, while the daimyos on Kyushu Island all looked extremely ugly.
The Qin army is about to fight. The main attack direction is likely to be Jiuzhou, but they are not prepared at all. How can they resist this?
"This is just your personal speculation, what if it is not?"
Otomo Sorin said with a look of reluctance. He also knew that Kenshin Uesugi was very likely to say it, but he was lucky in his heart and did not want to believe that the Qin Dynasty would lead the Kyushu.
Seeing this, Kenno Uesugi was about to refute it, but was stopped by Nobunaga Oda.
“What Uesugi Daming said is only a personal guess, but it is the only information we can rely on so far.
Therefore, you can have the courage to take the national fortune and bet on whether the main attack direction of the Qin Dynasty is Jiuzhou. ”
Oda Nobunaga looked at everyone with a burning gaze and said in a deep voice: "If you are right, in the face of the invasion of the Qin army, our Japan will at least not be passively beaten.
But if you bet wrong..."
Oda Nobunaga did not say the following words, but everyone knew that the situation would definitely be worse by then.
After hearing this, the three famous locals in Kyushu swallowed unconsciously. After pondering for a long time, they all decided to believe Uesugi Kenshin and decided to use the national fortune to make a gamble. After all, the Qin army''s main attack direction is indeed Kyushu.
"Since you have this courage, we should accompany you."
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Shingen and others all agreed.
Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga said, "Since that''s the case, let''s use Kyushu as the first defense zone."
"But, it''s probably too late to dispatch troops now."
Maori Takamoto said worriedly, after all, the Qin Dynasty will send troops soon. When reinforcements from various countries arrive in Kyushu, the Qin Dynasty may have occupied Kyushu Island.
Oda Nobunaga said, "It must be too late to transfer infantry to help Kyushu, but we can concentrate our naval forces first, wait for the effort in Kyushu, and fight a naval battle with the Qin army.
If the Qin army won by chance, the Qin army would naturally not be able to land in Jiuzhou, and the crisis would be resolved by itself. ”
"But what if you lose?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked.
"Then after the Qin army landed, we were trying our best to drive the Qin army into the sea." Oda Nobunaga said firmly.
Everyone looked at each other, obviously agreeing with Oda Nobunaga''s statement.
Fight a water battle with the Qin Dynasty first. If you can’t win, it’s not too late to fight a land battle.
"Everyone, this battle with the Qin Dynasty is a national war. If you lose, the price will be unbearable for us.
Therefore, I hope that everyone here can abandon past grudges, concentrate their strength, and unite to the outside world, first win the water battle with the Qin army, and achieve their contributions in one battle.
The Qin army warships are much more advanced than ours in Japan. We cannot win by quality, so we can only win by quantity.
Therefore, if you want to defeat the Qin naval army, you must concentrate all the naval army in Japan.
Our Oda family is willing to dispatch 30,000 naval troops to rush to help Kyushu. ”
After hearing Oda Nobunaga''s words, Kenshino Uesugi immediately said, "The Uesugi family is willing to dispatch 4,000 naval troops to rush to help Kyushu."
"The Takeda family is willing to produce four thousand navy troops."
"The Tokugawa family is willing to produce five thousand navy troops."
"The Jinchuan family is willing to produce five thousand navy troops."
"Hojo Family Wishes..."
“…”
(This chapter ends)