Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 147: Landing on the beach (two in one)

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese country...well, it's hard to describe in one word.

Zhu Zhanhe could only comment like this.

The size of the entire Wa country is actually not as big as Yunnan. Under such circumstances, it is divided into nearly [-] vassal states, and the combat effectiveness of each vassal state can be imagined.

In addition, the military model of the Wa Kingdom is very primitive. Most of the wars between countries like this are ordered by the shogunate. The villages within the territory negotiated.

Seems simple, right?But it was not the case. At the last step, the retainers wanted to give some benefits, so that the peasants were willing to put down their hoes and pick up weapons, form an army, and fight for the great feudal lord.

In addition, in the busy farming season, the great feudal lords usually disbanded the army and returned to the farm so as not to affect the harvest.

But now it is a war between countries, and it is impossible to withdraw the troops and return to the countryside. Therefore, the morale of the Japanese soldiers is also very affected.

This is why the internal war of the Wa Kingdom was jokingly called a village fight by later generations. Because of many restrictions, and the people's own desires are not high, the number of people is naturally stretched.

It wasn't until the later Warring States Period that the famous Oda Nobunaga overturned the policy of separating soldiers from farmers, and the combat effectiveness of the Wa Kingdom was truly improved.

Artillery and swarming volleys were fired, and since May was the busy season for farming, the Japanese soldiers' desire to fight was not high, and the Shenji Battalion quickly captured a piece of cultivated land.

"Go!" Zhu Zhanhe took a deep breath, and then gave the order firmly.

Landing on the beach, in his opinion, was the most difficult part of the expedition against Japan.

The first echelon, which became the second echelon, quickly used all its strength and left the fleet and rushed towards the Nagato coast. The eyes of the Yunnan soldiers on the ship were all red.

After the Battle of Jiaozhi, they had already placed themselves under Zhu Zhanhe's command, but until now this battle has been going on without them having a place to perform. Just watching the Shenji Battalion shoot indiscriminately, how could they not be anxious?
No matter what era it is, no matter what kind of strength comparison, as long as the opponent has the determination to defend, landing on the beach is a battle of numbers for victory, unless you have absolute crushing in weapons and equipment.

Now Da Ming has been able to achieve absolute crushing in terms of weapons, but some relics from the old era are still lethal.

For example, crossbow.

After a round of attacks from the Shenji Battalion, the beach was quickly cleared. Small boats were launched one after another. The already red-eyed soldiers jumped into the sea, climbed onto the small boats, and rushed towards the coast. .

This was the worst of the worst, and Zhu Zhanhe... was impatient.

If it's not attacking Wa, if it's not landing on the beach, if it's not him...

After half an hour, Zhu Zhanhe got off the ship, transferred to a small boat and landed on the land of Nagato.

Looking at the scattered corpses on the ground, Zhu Zhanhe took a deep breath, and squeezed his jaw hard where no one else could see.

From now on, we can’t be so anxious...

"His Royal Highness!" Li Bin hurriedly ran from a distance, panting, but he still couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! The soldiers captured the guard of Zhanhai City alive!"

Just as Li Bin was speaking, two soldiers walked over escorting a man from behind. The man was wearing a Japanese-style armor with a frightened expression on his face.

Before the Ming army launched its attack, no one thought that Zhu Zhanhe would bypass Tsushima Island and Hizen and Higo, the two must-win landing points in the past, and attack Nagato instead.

The same goes for this guard.

Clang~
There was a crisp sound, and everyone present knew it was the sound of a sword being unsheathed, because they were all too familiar with it.

"Keep going." Zhu Zhanhe put the blood-dripping saber back into its sheath, and didn't stop taking a step.

Behind him, Li Bin and a group of soldiers stared blankly at Zhu Zhanhe's back. At their feet, the Japanese guard was covering his throat with a face full of horror and twitching continuously.

This was Li Bin's first expedition with Zhu Zhanhe. Although he was a loyal supporter of the King of Han, he had never followed Zhu Zhanhe on an expedition before.

In the past, he only knew that Zhu Zhanhe was always resolute and decisive in killing, but he had never seen Zhu Zhanhe like this.

No, he has never seen a general like this!

Although Zhanhai City is a small city, it is still the first strategic point in the battle against Japan. The defender in front of him is the first decent military merit achieved by the Ming army.

If it were him, Li Bin felt that he should show off first, and then interrogate the guard to see if he could get information about Japan's military deployment and other information.

However, Zhu Zhanhe did not stop and directly wiped the guard's neck with a knife.

Suddenly, Li Bin felt that he was old. Compared with Zhu Zhanhe, Li Bin felt that he could not kill a chicken so cleanly.

But these are Li Bin's own thoughts. The war is still going on. Zhanhai City in front has been destroyed and the soldiers defending the city have fled, but this does not mean that the war is over.

First of all, people must be captured as much as possible, otherwise they will give information to the city behind.

Secondly, things in the city also need to be cleaned. After all, this is a battle at sea, and there are many places that did not need to be taken care of now.

For example, supplies.

In the end, this was just their first stop. Liu Sheng was still pestering Tsushima. There was always something to be resolved there, and they couldn't just leave it alone.

Tsushima Island is a problem that must be solved. Although Zhu Zhanhe temporarily bypassed it, it doesn't mean he can ignore it.

There are two supply lines for this expedition to Japan, one of which is from North Korea, and this line passes through Tsushima Island.

If it is not dealt with, future supplies will definitely be affected.

"Your Highness, we have captured more than [-] people in total..."

Standing in front of Zhanhai City, Zhu Zhanhe looked at the four characters "Zhanhai City" on the top of the city. For the first time, he felt disgusted with the character "Zhan" in his name.

"Why so few?" Zhu Zhanhe asked Tan Zhong without looking back.

"Your Highness, in order to gain a firm foothold during this landing operation, and because you are also on the ship, the soldiers are a little...

Tan Zhong's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he simply stopped talking.

Zhu Zhanhe was speechless after hearing this.

Indeed, this is a problem.

Why did so many people object when the old man insisted on the Royal Conquest?In addition to preventing the emergence of the situation of calling the door emperor, there is also a situation like the current situation.

It is true that the emperor's personal conquest will greatly improve the morale of the soldiers, but it will also make the soldiers look forward and backward. This is why the old man of the Northern Expedition basically sat in the rear until he chased after the Alutai Department. Go into battle in person.

"I know..." After a long time, Zhu Zhanhe replied.

This has nothing to do with the soldiers, it's his problem, he shouldn't have landed so early, it will distract the soldiers.

The obsession in his heart still greatly affected Zhu Zhanhe's behavior.

"Your Highness, these prisoners..." Tan Zhong suddenly became excited.

Building a temple in Beijing is a way to show military merit, but few people can appreciate the pleasure brought by this method.

Last time Zhu Zhanhe took the initiative and built a Jingguan on the grassland. Then Zhang Fu followed suit and built a Jingguan in Jiaozhi. However, the Jingguan built by Zhang Fu only had 2000 people, so the effect was really not very good. .

Now, seeing that he has the hope of doing this, Tan Zhong is naturally a little expectant and excited.

However, Zhu Zhanhe's words poured a basin of cold water on his head.

"Male and female, young and old, young and old, young and old, all will be imprisoned."

"Ah? This..." Tan Zhong was a little at a loss.

Is this still the Crown Prince of Han?Why is it different from the rumors?

"Your Highness, although there are only more than 3000 people, it will be a big burden if you take them with you. Let alone the need to allocate manpower to take care of them, let's talk about the consumption of food and grass..."

"Follow it." Zhu Zhanhe looked away from the words "Zhanhai City" and glanced at Tan Zhong coldly.

"Yes..." Tan Zhong couldn't help but trembled when he was stabbed by Zhu Zhanhe's cold tone.

He had never fought with Zhu Zhanhe, so he didn't know what Zhu Zhanhe looked like on the battlefield, but just now, he felt that he was facing a body without any emotions.

But in fact, Zhu Zhanhe has never had such a situation, because he actually only commanded the war alone when he was in Jiaozhi, and the enemies in Jiaozhi were not enough to detonate his emotions.

The Japanese can do it.

"Pass down the order, the whole army must be assembled, and the vanguard of the [-] battalions will march towards the southwest!"

Tan Zhong faithfully conveyed Zhu Zhanhe's order.

"Wang Jinghong!" When the soldiers were moving, Zhu Zhanhe reached out and called Wang Jinghong over.

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On the other side, Tsushima Island.

Even if there was a ship with such a heavy load as the treasure ship, Liu Sheng still had to order to return.

In order to suppress the Japanese army on Taima Island, Liu Sheng had to order full firepower because he knew that Zhu Zhanhe had gone around to the northeast.

If he doesn't suppress the enemies on Tsushima Island, then they are likely to return to support and make dumplings for Zhu Zhanhe.

Although the Ming Dynasty would never defeat the Japanese in naval battles, it would more or less cause trouble to Zhu Zhanhe. If something unexpected happened...

Liu Sheng couldn't even think about it.

Therefore, even if he returns to North Korea for supplies, even if North Korea is only a hundred miles away from Tsushima Island, and even if the weather is clear and the visibility is high, the coast of North Korea can be seen from here, Liu Sheng still does not dare to be careless.

He asked the soldiers to supply supplies in batches. Even if fire suppression could not be carried out, he had to ensure that the Japanese troops on Tsushima Island were under his surveillance.

"Report!"

Just as Liu Sheng nervously held the monocular telescope given to him by Zhu Zhanhe, the voice of the messenger startled him, and he almost threw the telescope in his hand.

It's not that his mentality is bad, it's because this war is too risky for him.

Others didn't know it, but he knew the importance of Zhu Zhanhe in Zhu Di's heart.

Angrily snatching the secret report from the messenger, Liu Sheng stared at it intently.

After a while, he looked in the direction of Tsushima with a smile on his face and squinted his eyes.

……

Nagato.

Zhu Zhanhe stood on the beach, feeling the salty sea breeze, with a smile on his face.

Kanmon Strait is the closest place between Honshu and Kyushu. However, the Kanmon Strait was not called this name at this time. Zhu Zhanhe disliked its current name.

Shimonoseki Strait.

After coming out of Zhanhai City, Zhu Zhanhe ordered Li Bin's three thousand battalion to set off as quickly as possible to the pass of the Kanmon Strait.

It is also the place where the soles of his feet are stepping on now, Earth Abyss City.

"Set fire, end it quickly!" Through the monocular, Zhu Zhanhe saw that people had begun to gather on the other side of the strait.

The Guanmen Strait is very narrow, Zhu Zhanhe's position at the moment is the narrowest part of the Guanmen Strait, the distance between the two sides is only more than one mile.

One mile, that is, more than 500 meters.

Not to mention using binoculars, you can see the crowds of people on the opposite side with the naked eye.

"Yes!" Li Bin's heart trembled, and he took the order and left.

He didn't quite understand before that Zhu Zhanhe had always been famous for his decisive killings, and the two incidents of building the Beijing Temple and setting fire to the mountain can be said to have subverted people's cognition.

But after arriving in Japan, Zhu Zhanhe restrained himself.

Not only did they keep the prisoners captured in Zhanhai City, they also ordered that they be captured alive as much as possible when attacking Tuyuan City.

This made Li Bin very puzzled.

Only now, after Zhu Zhanhe gave the order to set fire, did Li Bin feel that Zhu Zhanhe was still the same Zhu Zhanhe.

Japan is a country located in the Pacific volcanic and seismic belt. Earthquakes are the most frequent natural disasters. This has led to the fact that most of the buildings in Japan are light wood structures.

Such a structure can prevent large casualties when an earthquake strikes, but its shortcomings are also obvious.

Afraid of fire.

In terms of fire attack, in the entire Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanhe dared to claim to be second, but no one dared to claim to be first.

"The Three Thousand Battalion retreats! The Mu Family Army steps forward!"

Li Bin gave the order and looked nervously in the direction of Tuyuan City.

Fire attack, this can be said to be the most proficient tactic Zhu Zhanhe used, but he didn't plan to use this when he came to Japan this time, this time it was an accident.

Rows of rockets were fired into Tuyuan City, and the effect was not very good without too much fuel. Zhu Zhanhe beckoned when he saw this.

Soon, Mu Jiajun pushed something up.

A relic from a bygone era: the catapult.

In the battle of Xiangfan in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the catapult, also known as the return cannon, played a great role, but after the appearance of the Shenjiying, this kind of thing was rarely used.

Catapults have a huge disadvantage, that is, they are bulky and can basically only be used to siege cities.

However, Zhu Zhanhe improved it a bit, and now the catapult used by Mu Jiajun fired not stone bullets, but cannonballs.

It was specially made by Zhu Zhanhe. The outer iron shell was filled with gunpowder, and the inner layer was also filled with iron sheets, nails and other things.

"put!"

Regardless of the battle situation, if we only talk about the troops, the commander of the Mu family army is Xu Heng, and Xu Heng follows Li Bin's command.

Following Xu Heng's order, the rocker arm of the catapult creaked, and the cannonballs flew out in a parabola with the kinetic energy converted from the potential energy of gravity.

(End of this chapter)