Fenghou

Chapter 1573
The sea off the southeast of Koryo was covered with dense black spots, and 10,000+ Japanese troops landed in four groups on the southeast coast of Koryo.

Although there are conflicts between the emperor and the emperor, the conflict between the imperial family and the Shiguan family, the ruling minister Fujiwara's internal conflicts, and the struggle between the imperial court and the local countries, there are many contradictions in Japan.

However, when it came to expanding abroad and attacking Goryeo, Japan was united and supported. Soon, the imperial court gathered 15 troops, and the princes from all over the country sent [-] troops, making a total of [-] troops.

With Kanbai Fujiwara Tadamichi as the coach, a 15-strong army conquered Goryeo mightily.

In fact, Japan’s invasion of Korea this time was also planned for a long time. Decades ago, a group of Baekje nobles attempted to restore the country and asked Japan for help. The Japanese court was moved and they had been waiting for an opportunity.

When the Kingdom of Jin was destroyed, Koryo was weak, with few soldiers, and hated the suzerain, the Japanese court realized that their opportunity had come.

This time is the best opportunity to annex Korea.

The 15 Japanese troops actually set off from the Chikuzen Kingdom, using Tsushima Island as a springboard, and set off on a day in May on more than 6000 thousand stone turtle ships.

Except for the [-] troops of the vanguard who encountered a sudden storm and lost more than a dozen ships, the entire crossing of the sea went smoothly.

10,000+ troops assembled on the beach, more than 1 Baekje Restoration Army sent food and water, and the soldiers had a hearty meal on the beach.

At this time, Xie Xuan, the chief of the Baekje Restoration Army, inquired all the way and found the main general Fujiwara Tadatsu.

Jiexuan is the brother of Jiezhen. There are thirteen noble families in Baekje. Baekje was originally in the southwest of the peninsula, and Silla was in the southeast of the peninsula. After Koryo unified the peninsula, all the nobles of Baekje were moved to the peninsula. Southeast, let them leave their homes.

But these Baekje aristocrats are powerful, and they quickly developed even if they went to the southeast. The northern part of Koryo was plundered by the Jin State many times, but the southern part had little influence. They controlled a large amount of land and population.

Coach Fujiwara Tadamichi asked the Baekje Restoration Army Jie Xuandao: "Where is General Yuan now?"

General Yuan is the vanguard general Yuan Weiyi, who led an army of [-] troops to rush to the beach three days ago to find the base city for the Japanese army.

"General Yuan Weiyi led his army to Jincheng. There is our internal response in Jincheng, so we should take it down."

Fujiwara Chumichi nodded, and asked again: "Is there any news about Yong Jun?"

"Not yet. We have received information from Xie Zhen from Luoyang and Jingzhao that the Yong army is fighting in the Western Regions and grasslands, and has no time to take care of Liaodong for the time being."

Of course Fujiwara Tadatsu knew that the Yong Dynasty was fighting against Xiliao and the Naiman tribe in the grassland, and it was precisely because they knew this that they decided to seize this opportunity to send troops.

When the Yong Dynasty reacted, they had already occupied Goryeo. At worst, they sent envoys to Jingzhao to make amends, allocated part of the land to the Yong Dynasty, and compensated several million taels of silver.

This is the wishful thinking of Japan, but they obviously don't understand the truth that the mantis catches the cicada and the oriole follows.

Fujiwara Tadamichi nodded, "I hope! We don't have much time. If we want to win Korea within a month, I will let you restore Baekje, but it does not belong to Korea, but belongs to Japan's vassal state."

Of course, Xie Xuan and other Baekje nobles would not expect to restore the former Baekje, and they would be satisfied if they could become a Japanese vassal state.

After resting enough, the army immediately assembled and swung towards Jincheng, a hundred miles away.

Jincheng is the largest city in the southeast of Koryo, with a population of more than [-]. It is also the home of the Baekje Restoration Association. Nearly [-]% of the shops and more than half of the land are controlled by the Baekje nobles.

Jincheng is currently guarded by two thousand Koryo troops. Due to Koryo's financial difficulties, the soldiers are not treated well, their salaries are in arrears, and the food is very poor, so that morale is generally low.

At midnight, only a few soldiers stood guard at the city gate, and everyone else went to find a place to sleep.

At this time, more than 100 black shadows appeared from the alley beside the city gate. They were all dressed in black and held weapons. All of them were soldiers of the Baekje Revival Society.

The leader waved his hand, and a hundred soldiers divided into two groups. Some rushed to the top of the city, and some rushed to the city gate. After hearing a few screams, the top of the city fell silent, and then, the city gate creaked open.

The [-] Japanese soldiers ambushing outside the city rushed into the city, and the [-] Koryo soldiers were unable to resist and were almost slaughtered.

Immediately afterwards, [-] Japanese troops began bloody rape and looting against civilians in the city, killing and setting fire everywhere, and even many rich families with Baekje Revival signs on their gates could not escape the looting.

Originally, the Japanese army from various vassal states joined the invasion of Goryeo just to plunder property, want to make a fortune in the war, and let them have strict military discipline. How is it possible?

As the sky gradually dawned, the lord general Yuan Weiyi ordered to stop the looting. At this time, the city was already in a mess.

Two days later, 14 main Japanese troops arrived at Jincheng, and they immediately took Jincheng as their base and began to attack Korea in an all-round way.

On Tamra Island, [-] Yong army warships carrying [-] sailors were dispatched under the leadership of Tang Huai himself.

The Tsushima Strait has been calm for the past few days. Thousands of stone turtle boats are coming and going on the sea, transporting the grain hoarded on Tsushima Island to Korea.

Although this thousand-stone turtle boat is small in size, it is not bad against wind and waves, and it is not easy to tip over, so it can be used on the coast.

Turtle boats were loaded with food and sailed towards Korea. The calm weather these days was a good time for them to deliver food supplies.

Although it is possible to plunder Goryeo's food, as a large-scale war, the Japanese army must also establish its own logistical support.

At this time, a large number of warships of the Yong army suddenly appeared on the sea, almost all of them were large ships over [-] shi, and they were fast, much faster than the turtle boats.

And galloping at the forefront are dozens of five-thousand stone warships. Their special feature is that they are equipped with pig iron bumpers, which are specially used to deal with small boats.

After the paddles were installed, these five-thousand-stone warships were extremely flexible and faster than the ten-thousand-stone ships. Dozens of five-thousand-stone ships cut through the waves and rushed towards the turtle boats that transported food.

The sudden appearance of the warships of the Yong army caused the turtle boats to flee in all directions. Many turtle boats threw the food on board into the sea in order to escape.

The weakness of the turtle boat is speed. Its regiment shape is good for stability, but it is not good for sailing. The shuttle shape is the best for sailing to reduce resistance.

A thousand-stone turtle boat can't outrun a five-thousand-stone wheeled warship.

"Boom!" A turtle boat was hit by a five-thousand-stone warship of the Yong army, and it was instantly torn apart. Several soldiers fell into the sea, and were shot by powerful arrows and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Although the other turtle ship escaped the impact by chance, the soldiers on board could not escape the shooting of strong bows and crossbows, and were shot dead by dense arrows on the spot. Immediately afterwards, a thin-skinned clay pot smashed on the ship, and the pot was shattered. The boat cracked, kerosene filled the boat, a rocket hit the boat, and a raging fire burst into flames.

When a hundred thousand stone ships arrived at the scene, there were broken logs everywhere on the sea, and hundreds of burning fires.

More than 200 five-thousand-stone warships are chasing and killing the fleeing turtle boats. The turtle boats have no ability to resist, and once they are hunted down, they will undoubtedly be destroyed.

In less than an hour, thousands of turtle ships were destroyed, but this was only a part of it. Tang Huai immediately ordered the troops to divide into two groups, one to Tsushima Island and the other to Koryo. The army withdrew to the island's retreat.

(End of this chapter)