Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

The partial division led by Yuan Weiyi mostly came from Hanoi and nearby areas.

To put it bluntly, it is the Osaka Legion.

When Minamoto was fourteen years old (actually only thirteen years old), the family governor of Kawachi Genji was assassinated.

Various signs indicate that the murderer is Yuan Weiyi's second uncle. Emperor Shirakawa took the opportunity to intervene and asked the thirteen-year-old Yuan Weiyi to attack him. The Emperor also sent other troops to help.

Genweiyi successfully overthrew his second uncle and took control of the power of the Genji in Kawachi. From then on, the Genji in Kawachi became loyal to Emperor Shirakawa.

A few years ago, the truth came out and the murderer was actually his third uncle. Moreover, the grandson of the second uncle who died unjustly took revenge by killing his third uncle.

Taking control of the family power at the age of thirteen, and being recognized and favored by the Emperor, Yuan Weiyi developed an arrogant character.

To the point of being cruel and cruel, treating the world's heroes as if they were nothing, bullying even local wealthy families at will.

This partial army of thousands of people plundered all the way from Bingo Kingdom to Iwami Kingdom. Before they even fought against the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they had already grabbed a lot of loot. The warriors even clamored to take the loot home.

The wealthy families in the southeast of Shijian Kingdom originally planned to watch the show and let the Ming army and the Emperor's army fight first.

Unexpectedly, before the battle broke out, they suffered disaster instead.

Out of anger, these wealthy families led their troops to join Yuan Weiyi, and at the same time secretly informed Zhu Xiaozhong. The local wealthy family tried to use the Ming army to kill Yuan Weiyi, the murderer of thousands of swords.

Xia Yuqing led three hundred Salmon Island soldiers, each wearing medium-sized armor, over the mountains and ridges to reach the source for justice.

The distance of the attack was actually not that far. Even if it was going around and around in the mountains, including the winding mountain roads, the whole journey was only over 200 miles.

The straight-line distance is actually only forty or fifty miles.

On the way, we encountered many fleeing people, mostly farmers in the valley.

They were all frightened away by Yuan Weiyi's evil reputation, and hid in the mountains with their young and old. When they met the Ming army, they ran away frantically. Later, they discovered that the Ming army did not pursue and rob them, so they were no longer afraid, and there were even people willing to be guides. No reward is required, just two bags of grain.

These Salmon Island soldiers cannot be called civilized troops.

They didn't plunder randomly, they simply looked down upon the little wealth. How poor each and every one of the farmers was...

At night.

A newly recruited guide pointed ahead and said: "Over this mountain, we will reach our village. At noon, many warriors came to rob us. They wanted all the food and cattle, and they also took away many women in the village. .”

Xia Yuqing said to the officer beside him: "Fourth brother, take a few people and a guide and walk lightly without armor to find out where the enemy is camping. Go back as soon as possible!"

"yes!"

About two hours later, the officer came back to report: "The enemy has passed the village and camped in a depression in the mountains. There are so many people that the depression can't be squeezed in. There are people everywhere on the slopes and at the foot of the mountains. There is nothing decent about it. The camp was just built with wooden strips to protect it from wild beasts.”

"Is the defense tight?" Xia Yuqing asked.

The officer smiled and said: "Only the sentries who are standing guard everywhere are also sleeping."

Xia Yuqing said: "Kill them immediately and make sure to arrive before dawn."

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Although Yuan Weiyi is very famous, he has only fought one decent battle, that is, he joined forces with the French emperor's army to kill his second uncle.

The rest of the time, he either works as a bodyguard for Emperor Shirakawa or works as a security guard at the manor for his father-in-law. By the way, I will help King Baihe with the forced demolitions and my father-in-law to suppress the unruly people.

The Pillar Warriors in his hands were all inherited from his adoptive father (uncle)!

Since he has no decent military exploits and has never commanded any major battles, Yuan Weiyi must think of other ways if he wants to win over those warriors.

Leading the samurai to rob will naturally yield the quickest results.

After leaving Gyeonggi Province, we fought all the way, and our morale was really high. Even the peasants and soldiers were given a small amount of food and were willing to sacrifice their lives for righteousness.

As night fell, the camp was still lively.

The samurai and peasant soldiers were counting the spoils of the day, dreaming of doing something big again in Iwami Castle.

From time to time, laughter could be heard from the nobles and senior warriors, drinking and chatting around the bonfire.

After getting drunk, they went back to the camp to have fun, and there were girls kidnapped along the way to sleep with them.

Their logistics have been "livestock-based" and are all stolen livestock. Even the cattle are used to carry grain and grass.

Yuan Weiyi also returned to his military tent, where there was a beautiful woman. This does not violate the regulations. The army can carry Gui women, that is, camp prostitutes.

The woman in front of her was not an ordinary laurel woman snatched away, but a gift from a wealthy family in Bingo country.

Because of her beauty, Yuan Weiyi even planned to take her back to the capital to be her concubine.

Why is it beautiful?

First of all, she has beautiful long hair that can cover her knees when spread out. This is not something that ordinary women can have, because it requires daily maintenance, and even washing hair has to choose an auspicious day.

Secondly, eyebrows are well groomed. There is no green stubble visible on the eyebrows that have been shaved off, and the two eyebrows are dotted particularly beautifully.

Again, the teeth stain well. Although he is still young and has stained his teeth not long ago, his teeth are already black and shiny, and his smile is particularly charming.

Finally, the facial features are straight. After applying the lead powder, the whole face becomes fair and gorgeous, and when combined with the black teeth and silky eyebrows, it is simply stunning.

A complete description of this woman shows that she has knee-length hair, her whole face is pale and bloodless, her eyebrows only have two black dots, and she has a grin full of black teeth.

Don't think it's outrageous. None of the things here can be done by ordinary people, and they all show economic strength behind them.

After a while of tossing, Yuan Weiyi fell asleep holding the beautiful woman in his arms.

Sleeping with Godardan?

Not to mention armor, he didn't even wear any clothes, and he was already exhausted from all the primitive exercise.

I don't know how long I slept, but the shouts one after another woke Yuan Weiyi from his dream.

Yuan Weiyi sat up and shouted while putting on his clothes: "What happened?"

A warrior rushed over, panting and saying: "The Tang people... The Tang people are coming to kill us!"

Yuan Weiyi panicked and put on his clothes. It was too late to put on his armor, so he hung up his knife and gun and walked out.

Looking around, I saw mountains and hills everywhere being set on fire. Countless warriors and peasant soldiers were running south, and it was impossible to tell how many enemies were coming.

The shouts of death and wails were getting closer and closer, and Yuan Weiyi became more and more frightened. He didn't care about the beauty in his account, and even called a few trusted warriors to run away without their lives.

Xia Yuqing only had 300 soldiers, while Yuan Weiyi had as many as 6,000 soldiers.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty shouted in the Japanese they had learned temporarily, and chased them all the way: "Kneel down and don't kill, kneel down and don't kill..."

The peasants and soldiers were already malnourished, and many suffered from night blindness. They ran away randomly for a while, then gave up resistance when they heard the shouts, and fell to their knees in patches on the ground.

Yuan Weiyi led a few warriors and fled over the mountains and ridges until dawn. When he felt that there were no pursuers behind him, he sat down to rest with lingering fear.

A warrior said in fear: "Those Tang soldiers are ghost warriors. They must have the blood of the ghost clan, so they can fight in the mountains at night!"

Yuan Weiyi held the knife and nodded: "It must be so."

They retreated to the nearest village in the south, and broken troops returned one after another.

There are not many walking paths in the mountainous areas, and scattered soldiers may encounter wild animals. Therefore, after getting rid of the pursuit, the defeated soldiers all left the forest and walked along the mountain road, and naturally came to join Yuan Weiyi.

After gathering the defeated troops for several days, only more than a thousand soldiers and horses were left out of 6,000, which made Yuan Weiyi angry and frightened.

He did not dare to advance further and chose to retreat to the territory of the wealthy families and ordered the local wealthy families to contribute military rations.

Xia Yuqing only captured less than 2,000 people. The remaining Japanese samurai and peasant soldiers actually had very few casualties, and most of them fled into the surrounding mountains.

After gathering all the prisoners, Xia Yuqing said: "Samurai and peasants of Shijian Kingdom, you can go home separately, and you will be given rations to go home."

Dozens of people immediately rushed out, crying with gratitude to Xia Yuqing.

Compared with Yuan Weiyi, who was looting and plundering, these captured soldiers of Shijian Kingdom felt that General Ming was too kind!

Xia Yuqing added, "Come here, all warriors."

A group of warriors stepped forward quickly.

Xia Yuqing smiled and said: "Go back to Shijian City and write a letter to your family and ask them to redeem you with grain or cloth."

When the warriors heard that they could live, they were equally grateful.

The rich ones in the family stopped making trouble, and An An was content to be a prisoner, since he could be redeemed anyway.

But there are also poor warriors who sit there sighing, wondering what their fate will be in the future.

In fact, it is quite promising. The irredeemable samurai will be left as overseers to supervise the miners mining the Iwami Silver Mine. Individual outstanding ones will be left in the public land of Shijian Kingdom to serve as public land warriors for the Ming Dynasty's overseas legions.

At this time in Japan, samurai were not overpopulated and they were all available talents.

Three hundred Ming soldiers, escorting nearly two thousand prisoners, returned to the Dasen Mountain area in a swagger. This is where the Iwami Silver Mine is located. The valley to the north is home to farmers, and the valley to the south is the territory of monks.

Xia Yuqing selected poor warrior captives at home and took them to chat with the monks.

The monks who dared to resist were all captured and mined.

The monk who surrendered to Ma Liu was handed over to Xue Daoguang as his disciple, and from then on he practiced Taoism near Dasen Mountain. The temples of the monks were also converted into Taoist temples, and this place soon became Xue Daoguang's monastery.

This move shocked the world in Japan. After hearing about it, the nearby wealthy people all claimed that Zhu Xiaozhong was the reincarnation of the devil.

When Xia Yuqing attacked Poyuan Weiyi's partial army at night, Zhu Xiaozhong personally led two thousand soldiers and horses towards Ping Zhongsheng's main force.

Ping Zhongmori was much more cautious and had better military discipline without exposing too many flaws.

Zhu Xiaozhong planned to defeat them head-on, which would also be more conducive to capturing prisoners and mining. There were too many broken troops who could escape during the night battle.

"Tang cavalry was discovered in the valley ahead!"

"If we go to investigate again, the whole army will camp to defend it and occupy the mountains on both sides."

Ping Zhongmheng still didn't know that Yuan Weiyi was defeated. This place was not far from Iwami Castle.

He planned to form a camp and confront the Ming army here, wait for Yuan Weiyi to lead his troops to fight out from the east, and then block the Ming army in the valley and attack from both front and back.