In the first battle of Nangongshan, 50,000 Pacification Army fought against 30,000 shogunate troops, and ended in a crushing defeat. More than half of the casualties were killed and half of the rest fled.

On Satoi Mountain in Sekihara, Li Shaoyou, the commander of the Pacification Army, led the army to this point. After learning that Maori Dagang and other defeated generals failed in the first battle, he was very furious and whipped one by one with a horse whip on the spot, but no one of the daimyos was spared.

"A bunch of waste! Even the little Nangong Shan can't take over. What's the use of Daming asking you guys?"

Li Shaoyou was never polite to the Japanese and always treated them as slaves. This time, the failure of several slaves in the first battle really made him lose all his face.

Maori Outline and other daimyos dare not argue. Although they were dissatisfied with many dissatisfactions, they could only bear it silently.

They all knew that this Ming marquis was a cruel man who was rare in a century. He had killed tens of thousands of prisoners of the Eight Banners Army in North Korea, which was really hard to mess with.

Moreover, this guy was the big archer of the Ming Dynasty's Eastern Protectorate. In the future, the Tokugawa Shogunate was destroyed. The Ming general who stayed in Japan was probably this guy, so it would be better to offend him less...

Li Shaoyou also beat and scolded him. He was about to send troops to fight Nangongshan again, but suddenly he received news that the emperor had visited Saoweishan in person.

Autumn has begun at this time. Recently, there has been a slight autumn rain in the sky from time to time, and there is a slight mist, which has significantly increased the moisture in the Guanyuan Mountains.

On October 8, Zhu Cilang and Empress Ming Zheng climbed to Mount Saowei Mountain and set up the imperial camp on the top of the mountain.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he did not impose substantial punishment on the defeated damings. He only verbally wrote down his demerits and told them to atone for their merits and be dealt with according to their military achievements.

Maori Outline and other daimyos were immediately grateful and vowed to revive their past shame.

At this time, the Ming army and the shogunate army had entered the Guanyuan area. Both sides arranged hundreds of thousands of troops in this mountainous area with a radius of dozens of miles. The entire Guanyuan was filled with murderous aura, and the atmosphere was very tense for a moment.

The Sekigahara region is located in the middle of Honshu Island. It is known as the Unbreakable Pass. It is one of the three passes in Japan and the boundary between Kanto and Kansai in Japan. It leads to Ori River, Kyoto and Osaka, connects to the north to the North National Highway, and connects to Ise Road in the south, and the Nakayama Road lies across it.

Seihara is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with Ibuki Mountain to the north, Sasuo Mountain to the west, Matsuo Mountain to the southwest, and Nangong Mountain to the southeast. These mountains form a basin topography, which is a strategic road that Japanese military strategists have fought for in the past dynasties.

Now, the Ming army and the shogunate army are confronting here, and Zhu Cixuan only left more than a thousand people to stay in Hikone Castle, and all the rest go to fight.

The battle of Nangongshan is enough to prove how unreliable these surrendered Japanese were. Therefore, Zhu Cixuan ordered Li Yu to lead the Royal Second Division of the Tianwu Army to station at Matsuo Mountain in the southwest, and Xu Qingshan to lead the Royal First Division of the Tianwu Army to station at Sasuo Mountain in the northwest.

In the middle road, Li Shaoyou led the Pacification Army to garrison, and set up formations on the east and south sides of Tianman Mountain, responsible for the main attack.

Continuing to let the appeasement army attack the main attack was Zhu Cilang's strategy after careful consideration.

The total force of the Shogunate Army and Gifu's troops was as high as 250,000, while the Ming army and the Appeasement Army had only 130,000. Excluding the garbage equipment and combat effectiveness of the Appeasement Army, only 50,000 Ming army could fight, of which 10,000 naval forces had to be subtracted.

Zhu Cilang only has 40,000 reliable personnel, and at the same time he has to guard against the group of pig teammates.

This war between Sekigahara is really difficult to do, which is why he brought Queen Ming Zheng and the two wings of the Ming army branch.

The Japanese emperor is a mascot and still has a certain political influence. He can also give this battle a great hat of justice and weaken the morale of the shogunate army.

Zhu Cilang's military deployment has even more ulterior motives.

Matsuo Mountain and Sasuo Mountain are located in the southwest and northwest of Kanbara. The two mountains are about seven miles apart. The Tianwu Army occupies two highlands in the north and south. They can stand together as one horn and form a guard against the middle road, just in case.

Furthermore, the Ming army arranged artillery on two hills, which could basically cover the entire middle formation area. Once the shogunate army attacked the middle road, both sides could provide fire cover for the appeasement army.

If the shogunate army attacked the two north and south hills where the Tenwu Army was located, the appeasement army in the middle could break through from the center and raid the flanks of the shogunate army.

What is more profound is that if the Appeasement Army had a daimyo rebel or held its troops unmoved, the Ming army on Matsuo Mountain and Satoo Mountain could attack them.

In any case, the surrendered Japanese in this battle must participate in the war and fight the main attack!

Although the Ming army was strong, it could not withstand the consumption of more than 200,000 shogunate troops.

The consumption is small. What Zhu Ciyang is most worried about is that even if the Ming army defeated the shogunate army alone, it would inevitably suffer a lot of losses. How should these Japanese 25-year-olds turn against each other?

After all, this is not in China. In a foreign country, Zhu Cilang must ensure that after the Ming army wins, he still has enough strength to suppress these Japanese daimyos.

If it cannot be suppressed, even if this battle against Japan is in vain, the Ming army's hard work will become someone else's wedding dress.

Maybe several years later, when Japanese storytellers tell this history, they will only vigorously promote the Daming who has made bargains. Instead, they will cover up several battles of the Ming army against the shogunate, and even list the Ming army as an unforgivable invaders, allowing future generations to curse.

History is written by the winner, and this kind of thing is common in history. As long as you have thick skin, white people can be said to be black.

Since the eighth day of October, both sides have stationed troops in the narrow area of ​​Guanyuan, and held each other with each other.

Until October 10th, there was no war again, even in small-scale confrontations, and the two sides seemed to be confronting each other.

After these two days of investigation, Long Xiangye did not accept the deployment map of the shogunate army to Zhu Cixuan's imperial case.

This defense map was not stolen from the enemy, but was obtained by Long Xiangye who risked his life to go deep into the enemy camp to investigate. The drawing was very detailed.

The Shogunate Army took Nangongshan as the core and deployed a triangular formation around it. Sakai Tadaokaku stationed the Shimoshimatsu's main formation at the top of Nangongshan, and joined Daming, including Matsue's lord Matsuhei Tsunataka, and Odawara's lord Masashima Inaba, with about 60,000 troops.

The Ohashi-ben vassal lord Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi, the Kofu-ben vassal lord Tokugawa Tsunage and other 50,000 troops were camped at the Momota-sanshita, west of Nangong Mountain, as the arrows of the shogunate army;

The Mito family lord Tokugawa Mitsuru, most of the Hi-fai lord Abe, led 50,000 troops to cross the Zhongshan Road to set up a formation on the north side of Nangong Mountain, and was the right wing.

Ji Yin's vassal lord Tokugawa Rai-hsuno and Shinda's lord Masaharu Abe led 40,000 troops. In the south of Nangong Mountain, he crossed the village of Yisedao and was the left wing.

Zhu Ciyang sighed that the shogunate army was well arranged. Could it be that Sakai Tadao also knew that the triangle was stable?

Zhu Cixuan looked at the distance between the two sides. The main formation was about ten miles apart. The closest armies in the front formation were only six miles away. It can almost be said that they could connect with each other in the effort to get water.
Chapter completed!