"Gentlemen, at present Jiangyuan, the two roads of loyalty and Qing Dynasty have been lost. Do you think we should go south to re-open the retreat route and join the navy, or should we defeat the Ming army on the opposite side first and then go south?"

Just when the Undefeated God of War received the victory report from the Royal Navy and was preparing to start the battle to recapture Seoul, in the palace of the Han Dynasty, Ukita Hideie, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese "Korea Expeditionary Force", was also fighting with the leading Tibetan troops at this moment.

The Lord Daimyos discussed the next action.

Unlike the first and second armies that surrounded and annihilated the Japanese troops, Li Rusong took a roundabout route through Jiangyuan. It was naturally impossible for the Chung-Qing 2nd Army not to leak the news. Therefore, the Japanese troops stationed in Seoul at this time naturally received the bad news of the fall of the 2nd Army.

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Of course, they naturally don't know about the fact that their own navy has been almost completely wiped out due to the loss of Jiangyuan and Zhongqing.

Otherwise, at this time, they would not be entangled over whether to go south to re-establish contact with the navy, or to stay and fight the Ming army first.

"Yu Xijun, Jiangyuan, and Zhongqing Road are the places that our army's food route must pass through, and they must be recaptured first!"

Just as Ukita Hideie finished his words, Kuroda Nagamasa, who had been defeated in a battle with the Jizhou Army and then quickly fled back to Seoul, was the first to jump out and chose the plan to open the south passage first.

"I also think that we should open up the passage to the south and get in touch with the navy and Hashiba-kun."

After Kuroda Nagamasa, Shimazu Yoshihiro also stood up and expressed that he would first open up the two states of Jiangyuan and Chuqing.

"I would like to ask Kuroda-kun and Shimazu-kun, if we choose to open the south passage first, should the whole army go south or should we divide our troops to go south? If the whole army goes south, the Ming army on the opposite side will definitely pursue them. There will be interceptors in the front and pursuers in the back.

, how shall we fight?”

After looking at Kuroda Nagamasa and Shimazu Yoshihiro, Tachibana Munege, who belongs to Kobayakawa Takakage's Sixth Army, stood up.

"According to the report of the defeated troops, Li Rusong of Jiangyuan and Zhongqing had 60,000 to 70,000 Ming troops. If the troops were divided and went south, the fight would be impossible if there were too few troops, which would only increase casualties; but if the troops were divided too much, Seoul would definitely be short of manpower. By then,

, what we have to face is a situation where there are interceptors in front and pursuers in the back. Therefore, it is better to defeat the Ming army in front of us first, and then seize the opportunity to win a big victory..."

After analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of opening the south passage first, Tachibana Munesege chose to 'solve' the Ming army stationed at Bokutokwan first, and then use the momentum of a great victory to reopen the Jiangyuan and Chungcheong Roads.

Obviously, Tachibana Munesege was opposed to this plan of first opening up the Gangwon and Chungcheyo 2nd Road.

"Tachibana-kun is right. The Ming army on the opposite side is at most 40,000 to 50,000. We have an army of more than 80,000. There is no reason to retreat without a fight!"

As the general of the Sixth Army, Kobayakawa Takakage was the first to stand up and express his support for Tachibana Muneshige.

"Yes, we also agree to defeat the Ming army on the opposite side first, and then move south!"

Immediately afterwards, a large number of military commanders such as Kobayakawa Hidehiro and Kato Mitsuisu also expressed their intention to fight the Ming army of Bokutokan first.

"Hey, you guys have never fought against the Ming army, so you probably don't know who we are facing, right? That's the Qi family army led by Qi Jiguang and Qi Huhu!"

Looking at Munesege Tachibana, Takakage Kobayakawa and others with war-like expressions on their faces, Nagamasa Kuroda couldn't help but smile coldly, and even called out the Japanese pirate's nickname for Qi Jiguang.

There is no way, the reputation of Qi Jiguang and the Qi family army is not only popular among the Japanese pirates and Tatars, but also in the eyes of these regular Japanese troops!

"What about Qi Jiguang? How can we be compared to those ragtag gangs of rogues and pirates?"

Qi Jiguang, Tachibana Muneshige and others were still very dissatisfied with Qi Jiguang who moved out from Kuroda Nagamasa.

After all, the Japanese pirates that Qi Jiguang dealt with were, in the eyes of regular troops like them, just pirates composed of some down-and-out ronin warriors and fishermen. How could they be compared with regular troops with strict disciplines like them?

"Haha, when Tachibana-kun actually meets Qi Huhu, you will know why he is called Tiger!"

Seeing the dissatisfied look of Tachibana Muneshige and others, Kuroda Nagamasa just laughed, but did not make any excuses. But it was obvious that Kuroda Nagamasa was opposed to fighting the "Qi Family Army" on the opposite side.

"What do the supervisors think?"

Seeing that no one of the two factions could convince the other of the "Qi Family Army" who was going south or facing him, Ukita Hideie had no choice but to turn his attention to the three military supervisors, including Ishida Mitsunari, Ohtani Yoshitsugi, and Masuda Nagamori.

Speaking of which, the leading feudal clans did not have a good impression of these supervisory troops sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

The reason is mainly because although these supervisors have no right to interfere in military deployment, they are in charge of the rise and fall of the "official careers" of the various feudal lords.

As long as they said something about themselves and laughed evilly in their report to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they would be punished.

Therefore, apart from the necessary flattery, most of the time, the feudal lords and lords of the Tibetan dynasty kept a respectful distance from these people.

"We don't understand military affairs, so we can't make up our minds whether this should go first from south to north, or from north to south!"

Seeing Ukita Hideie's inquiry, Otani Yoshitsugi and Masuda Nagamori, the supervisors who were the first to go out with the army, had troubled expressions at this moment.

"It is better to shrink the troops outside the city to Seoul, and then rely on the city to resist and delay the Qi family's army. At the same time, send out elite troops and generals to go south again..."

Well, these supervisors dared to offend even the leading names of the Tibetan lords in winter, but at the critical moment they came to cut both sides of the problem, and no one could be offended.

"The so-called food king? Let me share your worries for you! Even though I am a civil servant, I am willing to defeat the so-called 'Qi Family Army' with you first, and then go south to attack the enemies of Jiangyuan and Chungshu from north to south with Fukushima Lord and others...

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To the surprise of the Ukita Hide family and other Tibetan lords, Ishida Mitsunari, who was the peace envoy sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was also newly appointed as the commander-in-chief of the military, after several other military supervisors expressed their indignity, he was

He clearly expressed his support for Tachibana Muneshige and others.

In fact, what Ishida Mitsunari didn't know was that in the original history, he was a staunch defender of the city, advocating to defend Seoul to resist Li Rusong's attack.

But this time, I don’t know if I was stimulated by the previous ‘negotiation’ with Wang Bing, but now I have changed from a defender to a determined fighter.

"Gentlemen, as Tachibana-kun said, we have more than 80,000 troops. If we retreat in the face of 40,000 to 50,000 Ming troops, it will be really..."

Seeing that Mitsunari Ishida, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's most trusted confidant, had taken a stand, the commander-in-chief Hideie Hakita had no choice but to take a stand at this moment.
Chapter completed!