Yang Rui and Fang Lan's navy's mission was to restrain the anti-Seguro Alliance's navy. Before this, they had already completed their mission in Kyushu and Shikoku.
Due to the Japanese's military background, most of the navy's power was actually supported by the army. Thus, restraining the anti-Seguro Alliance's navy was equivalent to restraining the entire anti-Seguro Alliance's power.
The Japanese's main focus was on the land. While Yang Rui, Fang Lan, and Gan Ning's navy were on the move, Wako Uesugi was not idle on the land.
Wako Uesugi was the most prepared for the land war. He had made preparations for both offense and defense. Right now, it was time for him to go all out.
Wako Uesugi's first step was to take control of the entire Yamashiro Country. Several armies moved out, and in less than half a day, they had taken over all of Yamashiro Country's territory.
The most important one was naturally Kyoto, where the shogunate was located. To be more precise, Kyoto could no longer be called a mountain city. It was a city that was most similar to the cities in the Three Kingdoms' civilization.
The similarities between the two were not only in the layout of the city, but also in the intelligence of the city. In a sense, Kyoto was a complete copy of the cities in the Three Kingdoms' civilization.
Jingdu City was not completely under the control of a single power. Among them, the Uesugi kid had a large auction house in the city, so he was very familiar with Jingdu City.
As for the current Jingdu City, it didn't belong to any faction. The three families that originally controlled the Jingdu City were already on the verge of collapse after hearing that their forces in the Four Kingdoms were almost uprooted. Coincidentally, they encountered the Uesugi kid's attack on the city and all of them had already slipped away from the city.
At this point, Wako Uesugi no longer had any obstacles in communicating with the shogunate. In other words, Wako Uesugi had actual control over the Ashikaga shogunate that had lost its power.
For example, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was able to obtain a certain amount of power and glory in various regions because of his family background in the shogunate. Yang Rui's Princess Qingyue, Princess Kangyue, and Princess Xushan also had the bloodline of shogunate generals.
Since the third general of the Ashikaga Clan built a new shogunate on Shitachi Street in Kyoto, the Ashikaga Clan's shogunate was called the Shitachi Shogunate since then. At this time, the Ashikaga Clan's shogunate only had some symbolic meaning left, and it was somewhat similar to the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms region.
In this sense, Wako Uesugi controlled Kyoto and directly controlled the fate of the Ashikaga clan's Shiromachi shogunate. It was also similar to Yang Rui's control of the Han Dynasty.
As for Wako Uesugi's attitude towards the Ashikaga Clan, he had already discussed and communicated with Yang Rui. For the time being, he still prioritized respect and control.
Wako Uesugi had the intention to control the entire Nihon civilization region. This time, Yang Rui and him had formulated a strategy to help him achieve this goal. However, in the short term, the Ashikaga Clan's shogunate could still be used as a tool.
Just like how Yang Rui controlled the Emperor to control the vassals, after Wako Uesugi controlled the Ashikaga Shogunate, he first used his name to issue an order, which was to remove the 'legitimacy' of the Uesugi Alliance. He also ordered the children to go on a punitive expedition against the so-called members of the alliance.
In the order, the Ashikaga Shogunate expressed the greatest degree of approval for Uesugi Kenshin's success in stopping Oda Nobunaga from going to Luo. He also emphasized that they were still at the stage of stopping Oda Nobunaga from going to Luo. Anyone who tried to stop the unification of the Uesugi camp would be considered a faction of the Uesugi camp.
Such an order might not have much influence. After all, everyone knew what the current situation was. The biggest help of the order was to provide Wako Uesugi with a basis for his next move.
Of course, the daimyos and factions of the Uesugi Alliance might have to change their wording. For now, they still acknowledged the Ashikaga Shogunate. Since the shogunate had said so, they still had to obey on the surface.
As for those who opposed Wako Uesugi and were considered a faction of the Uesugi camp, the daimyos and factions knew that this was impossible. The shogunate did not have the ability to make such a judgment. Both sides knew that this was just an excuse that could be ignored.
"Shogunate Ashikaga, I will definitely wipe out all the factions of the Uesugi camp …"
When Wako Uesugi met the Shogunate Shogunate, all the formalities were decided to be simple. Before he left, he left behind a sentence. Just as the Ashikaga Shogunate was about to praise him, he had already stood up and left.
If Yang Rui was here, he would have noticed the eagerness in the child's eyes. After all, the goal of the Shogunate Shogunate was not to be controlled by him. What the child wanted was to become the Shogunate Shogunate himself.
Especially after Wako Uesugi learned about the Tokugawa shogunate in the real world, he was even more certain about becoming the Shogunate Shogunate. After all, in the real world, after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the new shogunate, he had continued his power for nearly 300 years.
At the same time, Wako Uesugi also confirmed another point. The Ashikaga Clan's Shido shogunate was also on the verge of collapse. At this time, the conditions were ripe to step forward and replace them.
Wako Uesugi's eagerness made him carry out the strategy after a simple meeting with the Shogunate Shogunate. Under the name of the Shogunate Shogunate, he divided the troops and pushed the remaining forces within the Asai clan's traditional sphere of influence.
This was the time when Gan Ning launched a surprise attack on the Alliance's navy. In the strategy, the direction of the navy and the army's attack was basically crossed to distract the Alliance's attention and forces.
The Alliance's navy was heavily involved with Yang Rui and Fang Lan's navy. Later, Gan Ning attacked from the side. However, the Alliance also had arrangements for the land.
Those nodes closer to the coastline were needless to say. Even if there was enough time, the Alliance might not be willing to invest too many troops there. After all, no one could guarantee that the threat of fire from the air would not fall on them.
At this time, another decisive battle such as the Battle of Guanyuan was possible. However, under the command of Yang Rui and Wako Uesugi, the probability was not high. The location of the joint battle was even more unlikely to be in the Guanyuan area.
The Alliance set the most important blocking node or decisive battle node on the land at the junction of Danbo, Dan Ma, and Bomo, which was also the junction of Yamaguchi and Shanyang Sect.
This area was naturally a place full of hills and was very far from the surrounding coastline. The terrain was favorable for blocking, and they did not have to worry too much about the enemy's fire from the air.
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