Hirohito Koichi was not a fool. He knew better than anyone what Tokugawa Hideyoshi meant. He didn't want to enter the city. It was obvious that he was afraid of him. He was afraid that he would chop off his head.
Hirohito Hiroichi roared again, shouting "Baka" loudly and furiously again.
"Zhang Wuji is about to attack the city, but that Tokugawa guy still dares to play tricks on me. He deserves to die, and I will chop off his head."
At this moment, Japan's national destiny was almost gone. If Tokugawa Hideyoshi entered the city, Hirohito would have killed him. However, Tokugawa Hideyoshi had already turned around and left. If he was chased and killed at this moment, there was a high probability that a mutiny would occur. At that time, the morale of the army in Tokyo would probably collapse.
Abe Saburo, the Japanese "Little Zhuge" (Zhuge of the East), said, "Your Majesty, you must not punish Tokugawa Hideyoshi now. He has already turned around and left, showing no rebellious intentions. Even if he harbored some ulterior motives, they would not be punishable by death. But if you were to kill him by force, how much would it cost? Should we send the troops in the city to engage in a battle with his troops?"
"No matter who wins or loses, the one who benefits will be Zhang Wuji."
Ichiro Tanaka on the side said: "That's right. At such a critical moment, the fate of Japan is at stake. Besides, even if Tokugawa Hideyoshi really deserves to die, it cannot be denied that he is a capable man. There is nothing wrong in letting him leave an army outside Tokyo."
"If we gather all the soldiers in the city, then when Zhang Wuji attacks, we will have no choice but to defend."
After taking a deep breath, Hirohito Hiroichi managed to calm down.
The matter ended there, and Hirohito Hiroichi could only accept what Tokugawa Hideyoshi had done.
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, two days have passed.
In recent days, Zhang Wuji has been taking every step carefully, and he has to be more cautious at this time.
Because he couldn't afford to lose. After all, this was Japan, not the Ming Dynasty. Replenishing troops was by no means an easy task. Even if he could capture some local Japanese, he could only use them as labor, or let them carry the Ming army's flag and do something to seek their own death. He would never dare let them engage in real fighting.
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Tokyo City is already visible to the naked eye. It must be said that the grandeur of this city is somewhat beyond Zhang Wuji's expectations.
"It's so high. I wonder how the city defense here is."
"If we attack by force, there will probably be heavy casualties."
Zhao Minyan said: "The defense of Tokyo City must be very strict. It concerns the fate of the country and Hirohito Hiroichi's own head. If he is not careful at all, he deserves to die."
Zhang Wuji thought for a moment, then turned to Zhou Zhiruo and asked, "Zhiruo, when will the third batch of reinforcements from Yu'er, which is also the last batch of reinforcements originally planned, arrive?"
Zhou Zhiruo replied: "It is very likely that they have already landed in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Gong Yu doesn't know that we have already reached the city of Tokyo. Otherwise, it would be much more convenient to let her transport the soldiers directly to a nearby port."
Zhao Min said: "The original plan was just the original plan. Who could have thought at that time that the Japanese would be defeated so quickly."
"However, Tokyo City will definitely be our most difficult battle, but we don't know what the city defenses are like yet."
Zhang Wuji said, "Let's set the deadline as midnight tonight. If Qianye Kong can deliver the defense deployment of Tokyo City and the deployment of troops in the city, I will credit her with a merit. If the time is up, even if it's only a quarter of an hour, and the city is breached, her life will be in jeopardy."
Zhao Min said: "That's right. We are already at the gates of the city. Even if we fight for a few days, I'm afraid we will be able to get a rough idea of the deployment situation in the city."
Zhang Wuji said: "If the fighting continues for just a few days, I'm afraid many soldiers will lose their lives."
Zhao Min smiled slightly: "You enemy, what nonsense are you talking about? I am the Grand Marshal, how can I easily throw away the lives of my own men."
As he spoke, Zhao Min sent someone to call Duan Zihao and Wang Baobao to his front: "Two generals, let's not rush to attack the city. Send people to the surrounding areas and capture more people. If possible, capture all the men in the surrounding towns and cities. Start with 200,000 people. If possible, more is fine."
"Tokyo City has high walls and thick walls. This kind of siege is bound to result in many casualties. When the time comes, let's let those captured Japanese attack Tokyo City first."
"No matter how much effort they put in, it's just to consume the arrows and supplies in Philadelphia."
"After it's been grinding for a while, we'll make other plans."
Wang Baobao and Duan Zihao hurriedly took the order and left, but at this moment, Zhang Wuji gave Zhao Min a thumbs up: "Min'er is indeed smart. Why didn't I think of such a good idea?"
"No matter how much effort those Japanese can put in, what can it matter even if they don't put in any effort? If we can drive them into the city of Tokyo, wouldn't it be a good thing? At that time, there will be hundreds of thousands of mouths in the city, and eating will be a problem, and the city defense will naturally collapse."
Zhao Min smiled and said, "That's true, but we still need to be mentally prepared. It's not surprising that a siege, especially one for such a large city, could last for several months."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "It's okay to wait for a few months. I can afford it."
Zhou Zhiruo on the side said: "Letting a group of monkeys fight each other is nothing. Fewer casualties among our own soldiers are better than anything else. But if this war can be ended quickly, it should be ended quickly. After all, you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not good for you to stay in such a filthy place all the time."
Zhao Min smiled and said, "That's true. It's not good for an emperor of the Ming Dynasty to stay in a place like this all the time. Who knows what the country is like now."
"I have already thought about it. Once the situation stabilizes, I will keep Wang Bao in a few places for a few years. The only purpose of keeping him here is to let him kill people and set fires."
"When the massacre is almost over, which will be in two or three years, we will transfer him back and then send some serious officials from the Ming Dynasty. By then, we will be able to promote Chinese studies and the imperial examinations smoothly, and naturally make the people here truly surrender."
"If the Japanese still remain stubborn, we are still young. In ten years, we will be the age of the Queen. It will not be difficult for us to make another expedition to Japan."
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