Outlaws of the Marsh

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Soon after the army set off, they received news from the front line one after another.

All these news came back from the right army.

The message said:

After they set off from Hepu (near Mashanpu, Houshizhen Bay), they successfully landed on Tsushima Island three days later and wiped out the Japanese defenders on the island.

Eleven days later in the evening, the commander Guo Jin led more than [-] people from his headquarters to land on Iki Island. The Japanese guards led more than [-] cavalry to stop them and were wiped out. Hong Tianlei fought, but the Japanese army was defeated and retreated to the city.

This Guo Jin is Yue Fei's fellow countryman, and he is very brave. He has been a soldier all the way to the command position, and now he has become a capable general of Yue Fei and Zhang Xian.

The next day, Zhang Xian personally led the army to attack the city.

In just half an hour, Tsushima City was breached by the Liangshan Army, and the defender committed suicide.

The Liangshan army then prepared to land in Hakata Bay. When they approached the coastal islands of Hizen, they were bravely resisted by the defenders of Hizen.

The two sides fought again.

In the end, the Japanese army was defeated and suffered heavy casualties.

After the Liangshan Army successfully landed in Hakata Bay (near Fukuoka in later generations), they advanced on Imajin.

The terrain in this area is not conducive to the deployment of large forces, and it is one day's journey away from Dazaifu. Yue Fei ordered the right army to withdraw to the ship that night, preparing to re-land and launch an attack the next morning.

The next day, the right-hand army landed in Hakata Bay in two east-west routes.

The Emperor Baihe announced through the hall and lower court that he would gather about [-] troops from the Kyushu countries and prepare for a decisive battle with the right army.

The West Route Army from the Right Route Army landed in Momodohara, and the Japanese army sent [-] cavalry to fight. The East Route Army from the Right Route Army successfully landed in Hakata Hakozaki in the east of Hakata Bay, defeated the defenders, and occupied the pine forest on the shore. Raid the Japanese army fighting the West Route Army in Baidaoyuan from behind.

The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of the troops retreated towards Shuicheng, Dazaifu.

After the first confrontation, Emperor Baihe knew the strength of the Liangshan Army, so he ordered that the guards from all over the country return to the country and recruit men under the age of 65 from all over the country to serve as reserve soldiers.

At the same time, Emperor Shirakawa also made a detailed division of labor for the warriors of various countries: the warriors of Shikoku and Kyushu strengthened their local defenses; the defense of Chinese local warriors can be called Shufang and Nagato of Ximen Key, and they are ready to support the resistance of Shikoku and Kyushu at any time; The samurai in Gyeonggi and Kanto rushed to the aid of Kyoto; the samurai in Ou should also be ready to fight at any time.

From the deployment of the Emperor Baihe, it is not difficult to see that the Emperor Baihe has realized that this will be a battle that will destroy the country.

Faced with the deployment of Emperor Baihe, Xu Guanzhong also sent back a letter of appeal to Li Yan, and repeatedly asked to ensure the logistics supply.

From Xu Guanzhong's request for help, Li Yan could tell that this battle was not as easy as he had imagined.

Li Yan considered again and again, and finally sent Liu Minjun, Li Yanjun, and Shi Bao's third wing to reinforce the right army. In addition, Li Yan sent Chen Kangbo as a transfer envoy and Yelu Dashi as a transfer envoy, and told Chen Kangbo and Yelu Dashi must ensure the supply of materials ahead.

A few days later, Yue Fei led an army to attack Dazaifu.

Dazaifu is the local administrative agency of Kyushu, Japan. It is equivalent to the local capital and the accompanying capital of Japan. It is the western capital of Japan connecting the world. In short, Dazaifu is extremely important and cannot be missed.

Therefore, the Japanese army had to organize an army of 15 to fight a decisive battle with the right army.

In this battle, Yue Fei used Wu Lin and Ben Lei Che as his trump card to beat the Japanese army to pieces. In the end, less than [-] Japanese troops fled to Shikoku, and the rest of the Japanese army were killed or captured. Kyushu Island has now been drawn into the water of Liangshan territory.

Xu Guanzhong ordered Zhang Xianjun to stay and wipe out the remnants of the Japanese army on Kyushu Island. The East Route Army of the Right Route Army continued to attack Zhoufang and Nagato in the north, trying to completely open the door to Japan.

The West Route Army of the Right Route Army will attack Shikoku Island together with the Right Army of the Sun Never Set Fleet-if they can capture Shikoku Island, they will be able to counterattack the dangerous Zhoufang and Nagato from behind.

In short, whether it is the right army, the east army, or the west army, as long as one can win, the door of Japan will be opened.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the right-wing army is in full swing to achieve such a great result in just over 20 days since the start of the war.

But even so, Li Yan's heart was still on his mind.

Where did the Left Army go?
According to the previously specified plan, the Left Route Army should have already completed the beheading, and at worst, they should be approaching the city of Kyoto.

But now there is no news from the Left Route Army.

Xu Guanzhong asked Sakabe to inquire in Japan, but he did not inquire about the left army.

This is so anomalous.

You know, the Left Route Army has the best flying slaves, so it really shouldn't be impossible to get any news back.

What happened to the Left Army?

This made Li Yan very upset.

You know, that is an army of [-], half a fleet on which the sun never sets, and countless talents!
Such a big loss, even Li Yan, is unbearable.

Because of his irritability, Li Yan held back countless evil fires, so the spring of those Korean and Taifeng beauties came.

During this time, Li Yan had to visit more than a dozen beauties every night before he could fall asleep.

In half a month, Li Yan visited more than 200 beauties who had been sent to the palace some time ago.

Li Yan's lack of restraint made everyone in Shuibo Liangshan very worried. They were very afraid that Li Yan would die young because of this.

Liu Huiniang persuaded Li Yan several times.

But every time Li Yan said: "How is my body, you still don't know?"

Liu Huiniang was speechless.

It's not easy for others to persuade Li Yan on this matter.

In the end, Qiao Daoqing and Gongsun Sheng came to see Li Yan hand in hand, and they insisted on teaching Li Yan a set of breathing skills, and asked Li Yan to practice every day.

Li Yan couldn't shirk it, so he could only practice with Qiao Daoqing and Gongsun Sheng for a few days.

What Li Yan didn't expect was that this set of exhalation skills is really unique.

After Li Yan practiced, his body became better, and he was not tired when driving twenty girls at night, and his strength was stronger than before.

Qiao Daoqing and Gongsun Sheng didn't expect that Li Yan's Taoist breathing technique would be so effective.

Later, after Qiao Daoqing discussed with Gongsun Sheng, Gongsun Sheng went to Jizhou himself and invited his master Luo Daoren to Li Yan.

Li Yan was a little embarrassed to see this expert who was slapped by him back then.

fine--

Master Luo seemed to have forgotten the previous unhappiness, and solemnly re-introduced Li Yan's method of exhalation, and Li Yan's method of picking yin and nourishing yang.

These two sets of exercises have benefited Li Yan a lot—not to mention that the relationship between men and women is stronger than before, the key is that Li Yan's mind has calmed down, and he is no longer as irritable as before.

For Li Yan, this is a good thing that is beneficial to the body and mind.

Li Yan also realized the extraordinaryness of Taoism because of this, and agreed to Taoism to preach in his own territory.

Later, Li Yan simply appointed Luo Zhenren as the national teacher.

Therefore, Taoism has been well developed in Li Yan's territory.

Of course, these are things to follow.

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(End of this chapter)