Chapter 913: Overall

"Hojo Kawakawa Kei and Ono Town are coming down along the west coast. Please let me go to stop them!" When Watanabe An was deploying his troops, someone stood up.

It was Watanabe An's deputy general, Yamada Haruno.

"This battle is a decisive battle between our southern lord and the four northern lords. I am willing to sacrifice my life for the supreme cause of the general!" Yamada Haruno's eyes were bloodshot, and his right hand was pressed tightly on the Japanese sword.

The failure of the Goryeo War made him ridiculed by other generals.

It was Watanabe An's trust that allowed him to retain the position of deputy general.

In this regard, he was willing to die for Watanabe An.

At the same time, the intelligence they collected from all sides showed.

This was a joint encirclement and suppression of them by the Yan Wang troops and the four northern lords.

Whether for their general Watanabe An or for his own hatred, he would not allow the Yan Wang's plan to succeed.

"Go, I'll give you 200,000 troops and bring back the heads of Hojo Kawakawa Kei and Ono Town." Watanabe An said coldly.

He directly controlled 200,000 elite soldiers, and the southern feudal lords also gathered 200,000 troops.

Their available troops reached 400,000.

However, this should not be the original strength of their southern feudal lords.

In the past, they could even gather a million troops.

But the continuous harassment of the Yan Wang troops in the south during this period has cut off their trade and seriously affected farming.

Many Japanese people could not bear the war and fled to the northern feudal lords, which greatly reduced their strength.

But even so, he still had the confidence to defeat the northern feudal lords.

This is a contemptuous name for the loser by the victor.

Back then, he unified the entire Japan with only the Watanabe family.

A wounded lion will not be afraid of a group of goats!

"Yes, General!" Yamada Haruno bowed deeply.

After that, Watanabe assigned tasks to each general.

Finally, he stood up and shouted with all his strength: "The King of Yan and the lackeys they support want to destroy us. We must use our own strength to tell them that this is wishful thinking."

After a pause, he encouraged the generals, "You all know that the warships of the United States have arrived, the Westerners have returned, and Britain must be dealing with the King of Yan now. They will soon launch a war against the King of Yan and crush him to ashes."

"And here is a battlefield in this war. As long as we hold on, victory will belong to us. In the future, whether it is Goryeo, Dasong, or other Eastern countries, they will crawl at our feet."

"Think about this supreme glory! For this supreme glory, even if Japan dies in glory, it will not hesitate!"

When the last word was spoken, Watanabe's chest rose and fell violently.

"Onboard! Onboard..." The generals were inspired by Watanabe and shouted repeatedly, with high morale.

"Let's go to the battlefield and make our enemies tremble!" Watanabe looked at the generals who were loyal to him, and felt that his ambition to unify Japan was revived.

This time, he not only wanted to unify Japan, but also the East Continent.

After receiving the order, the generals turned and left.

That afternoon, Watanabe personally led the 200,000 East Route Army to Shirakawa Castle.

The army marched along the road in the valley plain, and the soldiers in front held the long flags unique to Japan, winding through the city like a long dragon.

The West Route Army led by Yamada Haruno set out from Fukuoka and headed north, preparing to fight with Hojo Kawakawa and Ono Town in Takeda Castle.

...

At the same time.

After a short period of preparation, the 20,000 marines stationed on Wufeng Island boarded the troop transport ships under the command of Pan Chang.

These troop transport ships were towed north by steamships.

In order to protect the safety of the troop transport ships, Gong Ying personally led the fleet to escort them.

They were heading in the direction of Edo.

This battle plan was formulated by them personally, and the four northern clans were only responsible for execution.

After analysis, he and Pan Chang believed that the Hojo family and the Ono family could be responsible for one route alone.

As for why they were responsible for the western route instead of the eastern route, the reason was very simple.

The Edo Castle area is the largest plain in Japan.

The Watanabe case must focus on defending this area.

Although the Hojo family and the Ono family are strong, they may not be able to defeat the Watanabe case with overwhelming force.

In this way, the war will easily become a protracted war.

And this is not what the King of Yan wants.

Therefore, it is better to let them be responsible for the western route alone.

Their marines will not provide support to the western route, but will fully support the Oda family and the Mori family in the eastern route.

Let the two families directly contain the Watanabe case's army, and they will look for opportunities to launch surprise attacks.

"It's finally over." On the flagship at the head of the fleet, Gong Ying looked towards the Edo direction, seeming to be relieved.

Pan Chang laughed, "You can't wait to fight the Westerners' fleet, right?"

"Hahaha, you understand me, don't you?" Gong Ying laughed, "In fact, in the final analysis, His Highness only cares about the lives of the soldiers and leaves time to cultivate the four northern vassals, which is why the Watanabe case has survived until now. How can a small Japanese island need a separate fleet and 20,000 marines to guard it?"

"This is the character of our His Highness. Sometimes he takes care of us too well." Pan Chang smiled bitterly, "But we are not afraid of death. It is said that the Westerners are coming aggressively. This time, let us risk our lives to protect His Highness."

After that, the two smiled at each other.

After a day and a half of sailing, the fleet arrived at the Jiangtai Sea.

Gong Ying ordered the fleet to anchor far away from the port so that people on the shore could not observe the position of the fleet.

At the same time, a warship was sent to continue northward to contact Dong An.

This time, Dong An was also in the coalition of Oda and Mori.

Another day and a half later, the warship went back and brought back the current battlefield situation.

"General, our chief Dong An has made contact. The coalition is currently in Shirakawa City. Watanabe An personally led 200,000 troops to station in Shirakawa City to resist the coalition's southward advance." The warship in charge of reconnaissance reported back.

Upon hearing this, Gong Ying immediately spread the map of Japan on the table.

"Shirakawa City is in the valley plain north of Edo. It is the only way to go south. This is similar to our calculation." Gong Ying said.

"In this case, we will land directly in Edo, copy Watanabe An's retreat, block him in the valley, and attack him from both sides to eliminate him." Pan Chang said seriously.

Gong Ying nodded, "Let's do it, finish it early, and we'll go meet the Westerners."

"Hehe, Watanabe treats the Westerners as his father, and just a warship from the United States has made him tough. This time we not only have to deal with him, but also his wild father." Pan Chang sneered.

Just as Gong Ying said, it's not that their Marines can't deal with Watanabe.

The King of Yan just doesn't want them to go into the mountains and sacrifice in vain.

Now there are the four northern vassals who will go into the mountains and clear the mountains for them.

They just need to defeat the main force of Watanabe.