Chapter 336 The intention of the 80,000 troops

Hideyoshi's army actually numbered 62,150, claiming to be 80,000, and it was planned to march into Mino and Owari in one fell swoop. The enemy this time is unusual, and Nobuo Kitabata is no problem, but behind him is the skilled Tokugawa Ieyasu. "From now on, don't expose any weaknesses to Ieyasu. That guy is an expert, and he didn't leak anything even to the old You Fugong in the past. I have to let this guy know how great I am Hideyoshi. Well, we have 80,000 Soldiers, let me spread the word along the way, my 80,000 army is surging like a tide, unstoppable." The same is true of elections in modern society, whoever presents a good image can win.Warring States military generals would not use psychological warfare back then, and Hideyoshi was a famous player in psychological warfare.

"Sakichi, listen carefully. Ieyasu and Nobuo's coalition forces add up to only 10,000 to 15,000, and 20,000 to 30,000 people are enough to deal with it. Why do you need to mobilize an army of 80,000? Do you understand the reason here? " As soon as he entered Sakamoto Castle, Hideyoshi called Ishida Saki Mitsunari with a smile and asked. "Yes, I thought this was Hashiba's way of winning without a fight." "Yes! You still know. This is the way to win without fighting and subdue the enemy without losing troops. You should remember it well." "yes!"

"If our side only sends 25,000 soldiers, it is already a large army for the enemy, but once such a large army overwhelms the border, the other party must be very nervous, and must fight to the death to fight against the multiplied enemy. In that case, the side that has traveled a long distance will be exhausted It’s unbearable, even if you are undefeated, there will be many casualties, it’s not worth it. Those who fight this kind of battle are simply stupid.” "As His Highness said." "Now, I, Hideyoshi, led an army of 80,000 to deal with an enemy army of only 10,000 to 15,000. The situation is completely opposite. 80,000! Ieyasu and Nobuo will be out of their wits when they hear this number. Of course, Ieyasu is not It must be so, but his vassals will definitely feel defeated and demoralized. Subdue the enemy before the war begins, this is the way to win without fighting, you should remember it well."

"Understood, I will not forget." "Then send a message to the front line. Should Ikeda Katsuri Saixinhui enter Inuyama Castle?" "It should be. Maybe Katsunori's son-in-law Morinagako (Ranmaru's brother) is already preparing to capture the land of Owari." "Really? Mori Musashi is the commander of the vanguard. Send an envoy to Nagako and Katsushi, and tell me that I, Hideyoshi, will lead an army of 80,000 to Mino, and the army will reach Gifu with the momentum of breaking bamboo. In our army Before entering Gifu Castle, Meicho can attack Owari and break through Ieyasu's front line at Komaki."

"Understood." Zoji sent the order with great energy.As soon as he left, Yuan Saburo Zuo came. "Your Highness! Something is wrong!" "Something is wrong? Idiot! I, Hideyoshi, is leading an army of 80,000 troops to Omi. You are not allowed to use such unlucky words! Idiot!" "Okay, it's a small... small things are not good." "Hmph! What's the matter?" "Tokugawa Ieyasu is such a cunning guy. I heard that he and Nobuo co-signed an instigating letter asking people from Kishu, Zaga, and Nelai to revolt!" "What, Zahe and Genlai... Hahaha, this is interesting."

"I heard that the number of people has been increasing, and has reached 20,000. They are going to attack His Highness's Daban Empty City, and take the hostages of the generals and Daban City." As soon as he said this, Hideyoshi stopped him sharply: "You bastard! Shut up!" Yuan Sanlang blushed, swallowed the rest of the sentence, and thought: This is not a trivial matter, I must have been terrified after shouting so loudly. "Do you think I... I, Hideyoshi, listen... will be surprised when I hear this?" "No, it's not." "I'm getting more and more excited. Hmph, Ieyasu is going to take my hostage and Osaka Castle? Saburo Zuo, I'm sure I'll win!"

"You mean..." "I'm finally excited. Ieyasu, I thought that after hearing that I, Hideyoshi, led an army of 80,000 to suppress the border, he would immediately return to Mikawa and propose a peace. Since he wanted to find me bad luck, it made me a lot more energetic. War is meaningless without that. I get excited, and it's won." Hideyoshi's theories are often different from ordinary people's and very jumpy.But what he said was true, until just now he had thought that Ieyasu would not really fight him. "Ieyasu is not so stupid." Hideyoshi had always thought this way.He believed that his 80,000 troops were pressing down on the border, and Ieyasu would at most resist slightly during the outpost battle, put on a show in front of Nobuo, and then quickly retreat to the east of Mikawa.Hideyoshi has calculated that in order to provide an excuse for his retreat, he needs 80,000 troops.

But when Ieyasu was about to attack Osaka Castle, things were different.Hideyoshi cursed secretly: "Ieyasu the idiot!" In fact, Hideyoshi couldn't set off from Sakamoto Castle as planned because of this.He entered Osaka Castle on the 11th and arrived at Gifu Castle on the 24th.About thirteen days were used to deal with the chaos in Kishu. One can imagine how angry the strong Hideyoshi was. Another theory even believes that Hideyoshi withdrew to Osaka Castle on the 21st. Hideyoshi called Ishida Mitsunari loudly again: "Saki! Send an envoy to Kishiwada Castle quickly. Tell Nakamura Kazushi that Ieyasu did something neat."