Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 27
At this time, the country of Kyushu was destroyed, and the news of the annihilation of the [-] troops had spread to all of Japan.

Kyoto was shocked overnight, and even the price of food rose, and the people were hungry.

The Kamakura shogunate far away in the Kanto region was finally unable to sit still.

The shogunate, that is, the supreme ruler of the Kamakura shogunate, Hojo Tokimune, listened to the report of the spies and roughly knew the several battles since the landing of the Yuan Kou.

He sat on the spot helplessly, and sighed, "If I had dispatched the Shikoku Kinki troops to Shao Er Dazai earlier, it wouldn't have ended like this."

The old man comforted him, "Your Majesty, don't blame yourself so much. No one expected that a group of soldiers from Yuan Kou would land from Kyushu's Rixiang Kingdom. Otherwise, they should have died together with the [-] troops on the East Road."

Hojo Tokimune looked at the many ministers below, and said: "Yes, the matter has come to this point, and there is no point in regretting it. The most important thing now is how to deal with this huge group of Yuan bandits! Qing and others have a plan."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and one of the elders who was good at government affairs said: "My lord, the shogunate can now gather [-] standing troops.

If the guarding families of various countries are called together to concentrate their forces, they can gather about 20 troops.In terms of numbers, they naturally far surpassed the Yuan Bandits, so I don't know if they can beat them if they seek a battle. "

Hojo Tokimune said in a deep voice: "Yuan Kou used [-] troops to defeat Shao Er Dazai's [-] troops, and the result of the battle was to wipe out Shao Er Dazai!
Its own losses are weak, and many soldiers of the Eastern Route Army who survived the kamikaze have been collected, and its strength may even be expanded. "

"This..." Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, they didn't expect Yuan Kou to be so powerful.

According to this comparison of combat effectiveness, 20 vs. [-] seems to have no upper hand at all.

"Ba Ge Ya Lu! You bunch of idiots, there is nothing you can do! Are you just waiting for Yuan Kou to come and chop our heads?"

Hojo Tokimune cursed.

At this time, the guard at the gate came in and reported, "General, a group of Song people want to meet with the general to discuss how to deal with the Yuan invaders."

"Song people?" Hojo Tokimune frowned slightly.

A family elder said: "My lord, why don't you meet me? Song Guo and Yuan Kou have fought for decades, and it must be able to provide us with some strategies."

Hojo Tokimune then ordered those Song people to be invited in.

After several Song people visited Hojo Tokimune according to Japanese etiquette, they introduced themselves respectively.

The leader was Hu Qi, who was originally an Imperial Army of the Southern Song Dynasty. He participated in the Lin'an Defense War and a series of subsequent wars. He was dispersed and fled to Japan by sea.

Hu Qidao: "Your Excellency, may I ask how many troops the shogunate can send to fight against the Yuan invaders?"

"20." Hojo Tokimune told the truth.

Hu Qidao: "That's twice as much as Yuan Kou, and there is no absolute certainty of victory."

Everyone was embarrassed, but they also knew that what Hu Qi said was true.

Hojo Tokimune said: "Our country has been sparsely engaged in wars for a long time, so the soldiers are not as capable of fighting as those in China."

Hu Qi said: "In this way, if there is no way to continue to expand the army, or to win by a conspiracy, then the only way is to improve the quality of the existing soldiers of the shogunate, so as to ensure that we can fight the Yuan invaders head-on!
The Yuan bandits occupying Kyushu Island were originally descendants of the Song Dynasty. I know the Song Army very well, and I am willing to train troops for Your Excellency, General, so as to create a way to target them! "

Hojo Tokimune was greatly surprised, "Are you willing to dedicate the method of training soldiers?"

Hu Qi nodded and said: "At present, we rely on Japan to survive, if Japan perishes, we will have to eat yuan millet and serve as lackeys for the Tartars.

It's okay to subjugate the country, but in any case, China cannot be subjugated.Now the Chinese civilization is passed down to Japan. If such a fire is extinguished, we will be guilty of dying, so we are willing to dedicate all our strength to resist the powerful enemy! "

Hojo Tokimune was overjoyed, and got up to help a few Song people, "So, I'm counting on everyone!"

Hu Qidao: "If the shogunate army also practiced infantry formations on weekdays, they can form combat effectiveness in four months, and can fight the enemy head-on in half a year, but the premise is that they need to be diligent every day, and logistics must be fully supplied .”

Hojo Tokimune said: "Of course our army has also practiced some basic square formations. The country will be destroyed soon. Of course, all supplies will be fully supplied to the army. Please rest assured, sir!"

Then he looked at the sea outside the window and said, "The typhoon season is not over yet, we still have time.

Sir, please train for me. When the typhoon season is over, I want to gather an army of 15 in Kinki, claiming 40, and fight the Yuan Kou to the death! "

Hu Qi asked: "I see that Kamakura is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there are many mountains and lands, which are very convenient for defense. Why didn't your Excellency lead Yuan Kou across the sea to come here for a decisive battle?"

Hojo Tokimune shook his head, pointed to the northeast and said, "Over there are Kai, Suruga, and Shinano, all of which are important grain-producing economic zones for the shogunate.

If the Yuan bandits are invited to fight here, it may cause great damage, and the Yuan bandits can also obtain a large amount of supplies on the spot.

Therefore, I would rather fight with them in the dangerous place of Kinki than introduce them into Kanto. "

In the final analysis, outside the gates of defending against the enemy, the only ones to lose are the wealthy families of Kyoto and Kinki, not the power of his shogunate.

The shogunate is far away in Kanto, and there is still a distance from Kyushu, so the Kamakura shogunate can still sit firmly.

But Kyoto is only separated from Kyushu by a land of four countries, and Kyoto lacks sufficient troops, so it is impossible to resist the attack.

Emperor Kameyama has not thought about food and drink for many days, and he has lost a lot of weight. After thinking twice, he finally decided to write a book and secretly sent envoys to Kyushu with gifts.

……

It was mid-July at this time, and it was the season when typhoons were frequent. If Fan Zhuoyuan wanted to conquer Japan, he had to rely on naval warships.

Such a stormy season is not conducive to dispatching troops, so he simply stayed in the four countries, while training the army, and at the same time gave preferential policies to recruit local farmers as soldiers.

Due to Fan Wenhu's strict implementation of the land policy, many farmers got the land, and the tax was reduced, which greatly won the hearts of the people.

In order to prevent the samurai family from killing and taking their own land again, many of these farmers actively joined the army. Many of them served in the lord's army, and some even fought against Fan Zhuoyuan's army in Kyushu.

It's just that ordinary militias have low combat effectiveness and are often defeated at the first touch, but they are rarely killed.

After joining Fan Zhuoyuan's army, they will train intensively at first, and after the typhoon season is over, they will be dispersed and incorporated into various armies to enrich themselves.

Therefore, Fan Zhuoyuan's army at this time originally had [-] soldiers, and the remaining [-] were half-civilians and half-soldiers. They had been transferred to farming, economic development, and operating warships.

Therefore, the available army in Fan Zhuoyuan's hands was only [-]. With the addition of the newly added farmers and soldiers and some reformed warriors who surrendered early, the number of soldiers expanded to [-].

At this time, the emperor's envoy arrived.

Carrying the letter of confession, he knelt on the ground fiercely, held up the letter and said: "This trip to the kingdom of God conquered our country for crimes, and His Majesty the Emperor has already confessed.

I am willing to accept all the punishments from the Shang Kingdom, and send envoys to worship every year, just hoping that the Shang Kingdom will show mercy and refrain from fighting, so as not to make people miserable. "

Regarding the envoy sent by the emperor to seek peace, Fan Zhuoyuan had expected it, but more he thought that the other party would move the capital.

He looked at each other blankly, "Is your emperor teaching General Ben how to do things?"

The emissary originally wanted to show his strength, but he knelt down, and the last bit of stubbornness in his heart dissipated completely with Fan Zhuoyuan's cold words.

He simply threw himself on the ground, held up the letter of credence, and said in a sobbing voice: "It was not His Majesty's wish to kill the envoy of the upper kingdom before! Everything was done by Hojo Tokimune, who is in power in the shogunate!
General Shangguo, please be sure to know the reason. His Majesty the Emperor is innocent, and he is willing to help the general to punish the samurai thief Hojo Tokimune! "

(End of this chapter)