Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 132 Tokugawa Ieyasu raises troops

Nagoya Castle in Kitakyushu, Japan, the rear headquarters of the Japanese invasion of Korea. This city has hoarded a large amount of military supplies, and a hundred thousand troops are stationed here, ready to support the Korean battlefield at any time. This huge barracks was jointly run by Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie.

Tokugawa Ieyasu thought it was another ordinary day, until his retainer Torii Motoada hurriedly sent him a book.

"Lord Tokugawa, someone found this book this morning. You must read it." Torii Motoadaka said.

Tokugawa Ieyasu took the book and was shocked when he saw the title, because the title directly said Tokugawa Shogunate.

Tokugawa Ieyasu suppressed the shock in his heart and read the book carefully and quickly.

"Mototada, among the 100,000 people in Nagoya Castle, in addition to the 20,000 people from our Tokugawa family, how many people will be on our side?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked solemnly.

"The head of the family is preparing to do something big?" Torii Motoadaka was a little surprised.

"I don't know whether this book was written by people from the Ming Dynasty or by my enemies in Japan. But this book is definitely not the only one. Maybe there is already a copy in Taige. There is no way." Tokugawa Ieyasu said.

"Among the remaining 80,000 people, more than 20,000 are the subordinates of Maeda Toshiie, and there are 5,000 Taige's personal soldiers. The rest are the armies of various princes in the Kanto region. Taige's personal soldiers also include Maeda Toshiie's soldiers. More than 20,000 people are definitely going to fight against our army, and it’s hard to say for the other Kanto princes." Torii Motochu thought for a moment and said.

"The arrow must be fired when it is on the string, Torii Motoadaka, you immediately summon the Tokugawa family's samurai guards and immediately attack the Maeda Toshiie's mansion. I will personally go to the barracks and seize the military power of the camp." Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered.

"I obey the order. Your Excellency, don't you need to send someone to protect you?"

"Don't worry about me, I'll just ask Hattori Hanzo's people to follow me."

"Hi!"

In this way, Maeda Toshiya, who was having a banquet at home, was unprepared and surrounded by the heavily armed Tokugawa family samurai group.

"Is Lord Tokugawa planning to rebel?" Maeda Toshiie asked Torii Motoda without any fear.

"Sir Maeda, I won't say much more. Please don't resist unnecessarily. Otherwise, don't blame me for being blind." Torii Motoadaka said.

"That's all, Torii Motoadaka, take me to see Tokugawa Ieyasu. I want to see what he wants to do."

"Your Majesty Tokugawa is not here."

"Oh, it seems that Tokugawa Ieyasu has already taken control of the camp. It seems that you have been preparing for a long time to rebel against Taige." Maeda Toshiie sighed.

Torii Motochu didn't say much, he just ordered his samurai to swarm forward. Except for Maeda Toshiie, who didn't passively move, everyone else was disarmed and guarded.

Within the camp, the Tokugawa family's troops suddenly launched an attack. Hundreds of five thousand Toyotomi family soldiers were killed before they had time to take action, and the rest were all disarmed and captured. The remaining princes' troops did not understand what was happening at all, and watched as Tokugawa Ieyasu's troops took over the entire camp.

Several leaders of the Kanto princes quickly got together to discuss, and then Uesugi Kagekatsu went as a representative to discuss with Tokugawa Ieyasu what happened.

"Your Majesty Tokugawa, are you going to rebel?" Uesugi Kagekatsu saw Tokugawa Ieyasu and asked directly.

"Toyotomi Hideyoshi seduced the emperor and insisted on attacking the Ming Dynasty. Now he has lost consecutive battles in Korea, and countless brave warriors have been killed or injured. At present, our country's country is in danger and the people are exhausted. I have to list Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the emperor. The enemy, raise your troops and attack them." Tokugawa Ieyasu said righteously.

"Your Excellency Tokugawa, you proposed this plan to invade North Korea by land and water. Now it seems that the main force of Taikaku has been defeated and is trapped in North Korea without being able to withdraw. Are you going to rebel against the Toyotomi family and become the shogun yourself?" Uesugi Jing Sheng said.

"I, the Mikawa Tokugawa clan, are the direct descendants of the Minamoto clan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi just pretended to be the Taira clan. Even if the Toyotomi family is the real Taira clan, the direct descendants of the Minamoto clan will not willingly succumb to the Taira clan. The ancestors of the Uesugi clan were members of the Ashikaga Shogunate. Why don't the Kanto governors support the restoration of the shogunate by direct descendants of the Genji family?" Tokugawa Ieyasu asked. "Forget it, Lord Tokugawa, you have raised an army like this. We Kanto princes say that we are still loyal to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but we may not even believe it ourselves. I also hope that Lord Tokugawa can end this troubled world as soon as possible and bring peace to the world. But Lord Tokugawa, do you have the imperial edict from His Majesty the Emperor?" Uesugi Keimori said helplessly.

"Of course there is. His Majesty the Emperor has secretly issued a decree to me, asking me to contact the princes of Kanto to attack the enemy Toyotomi Hideyoshi." Tokugawa Ieyasu said.

"In this case, we, the princes of Kanto, all obey the orders of His Excellency Tokugawa."

"Okay, okay!" Tokugawa Ieyasu said happily.

In the camp outside Nagoya City, an army of tens of thousands of people has been assembled.

Genji's white flag was raised. Tokugawa Ieyasu shouted to all the soldiers: "Namu Hachiman Daibodhisattva, our enemy is Japan's enemy in the court, Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Osaka Castle."

Torii Motochu drew his big bow and shot out the bow and arrow.

All the soldiers cheered, and just like that, the reserve army that was supposed to conquer North Korea was now attacking Osaka Castle and Kyoto Castle.

Japan suddenly fell into the flames of civil war.

In Busan Castle in North Korea, Ishida Mitsunari quickly received the news of the mutiny in Nagoya Castle. As soon as he heard the news, Ishida Mitsunari's eyes suddenly darkened and he almost fainted to the ground. The guard who reported the news quickly helped Ishida Mitsunari.

"Ichiro, don't worry about me for now, call all the regiment commanders here immediately." Ishida Mitsunari said quickly after sitting down and calming down.

Several legion commanders hurried to the castle tower. When they heard the news about what happened in Nagoya Castle, they were also shocked.

"There is no other way. Now our army must negotiate a peace with the Ming Dynasty. We can no longer stay in the land of Korea. If we don't return to the country, our foundation in Japan will be destroyed by these rats from Kanto. You see, what will happen if we negotiate a peace? Only through a peace negotiation can the people of the Ming Dynasty agree to the withdrawal of our troops." Ishida Mitsunari asked.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Sir Ishida, Kato Kiyomasa is still holding on to Ulsan. If we want to negotiate a peace, should we also bring Kato's Ulsan Castle with us?" Kobayakawa Takakage asked.

"You must have read those two demon books. You must have heard those rumors." Ishida Mitsunari did not answer Kobayakawa Takakage's question, but asked another topic.

Everyone became even more silent.

"If you read those two books, you will know that Kato Kiyomasa later joined the Eastern Army. In other words, he was later with Tokugawa Ieyasu." Ishida Mitsunari said.

"Your Excellency, these two demon books must have been fabricated by people from the Ming Dynasty. You cannot assume that Kato Kiyomasa will join the Tokugawa family just because of these two books." Kobayakawa Takakage couldn't help but say.

"It's too late to talk about this now. If these two demon books were really deliberately spread by the people of the Ming Dynasty, then Kato Kiyomasa must have seen these two books by now. Even if he didn't want to take refuge in the Tokugawa family before, he doesn't now It won’t work anymore. Since Kato Kiyoshi is our enemy in the future, why save him?” Ishida Mitsunari said.

"Isn't that Hideaki too..." Kobayakawa Takakage hesitated to speak.

"I will personally apologize to Xiuqiu. No matter what grievances we had in the past, now only by uniting can we return to Japan and rescue Taige. Otherwise, everyone will become a lonely ghost who died in a foreign land." Ishida Mitsunari said.

(End of this chapter)