The two armies fought bloody battles in Kitakyushu, but Li Luo of Tsushima Island was leisurely and happy.

He temporarily entrusted the Jianghua Water Division and Hai Yong to the command of the Ninghai Sea Division Qianhu Luo Yu. Let Luo Yu twist the five thousand sailors under his command into a rope and train for naval warfare.

Luo Yu is a rare sailor general, although he has been standing still in the position of thousands of households over the years, but his actual talent is completely able to lead a sailor and ten thousand households.

In half a month, Luo Yu integrated the Jianghua Naval Division, the Ninghai Division, and Haiyong into one, and also trained several tactics to deal with the Japanese naval divisions.

Luo Yu even personally selected 200 people who were proficient in water to train "water ghosts", which were specially used to dive and attack the generals of the Japanese army.

Jianghua Xiangyong belonged to the army, and Li Luo was handed over to Xiao Bei, Wu Yan and others, and repeatedly trained high-intensity landing and beach grabbing tactics.

The beach-grabbing tactics designed by Li Luo and Cui Xu Xiuning contain a lot of tactical deception, and even refer to the landing tactics of the navy of the ugly country in the Pacific War in World War II in later generations.

The army and navy are all in charge, and Li Luo is happy and at ease. He became the shopkeeper, set up a pergola on the beach, either went to swim in the sea to touch the fish, or grilled fish and lobster on the beach, and personally feasted his subordinates, and lived a chic and comfortable life.

On this day, several Korean sailors actually caught a few surviving Japanese women on the beach. These Japanese women escaped the massacre before the Yuan army, but they have been hiding in the cave. It wasn't until the food was eaten that they had the courage to come out to find food, and they happened to be caught by the patrols of the Jianghua Naval Division.

Under Li Luo's rectification, Jianghua Sailor had a much stricter military discipline, so the Goryeo soldiers who caught the Japanese girl did not dare to do anything wrong, but were escorted to Li Luo to ask for disposal.

Li Luo saw that the eldest of the four women was only in her early twenties, and the youngest was only thirteen or fourteen years old, what could he do?

Especially when he saw their deer-like frightened eyes, Li Luo couldn't help it.

Just let it go like this, it will definitely not work, and it may leave some hidden dangers. Killed? Li Luo is not a murderous maniac like Xindu, how could he raise a butcher's knife to a few women from Japanese people's families?

Killing people is definitely not a happy thing for Li Luo. Especially to kill such a weakling.

"Lord, why don't you take them to the beach and behead them?" A Goryeo soldier commander said. To be honest, he was a little reluctant, these little Japanese ladies are really good-looking.

But he also understands Li Luo's temper, and when it comes to insulting innocent women, Jiang Hua Sailor can't do it.

"Don't kill them, Ben Shuai is useful." Li Luo suddenly thought of a solution.

The Goryeo soldier was a little speechless, and said in his heart, Lord, how can you claim to be the commander? We're just a little bit of a teacher.

"Come on, give these Japanese women to His Excellency Shao Er, and be his maids, they are all Japanese anyway. Let's just say that they are gifts from Ben Shuai to him. Li Luo commanded.

Because of Li Luo's mercy, these women were blessed by misfortune and became the maids of the aristocratic son Shao Erxinzi.

Who knows, just a few days later, Shao Er Xinzi taught them to choreograph a dance and teach them to sing a song. Then, when Li Luo held a beach lobster banquet again, there were more singing and dancing.

The main force of the Yuan army in front fought to the death, but he didn't want Li Luo to enjoy himself in the rear.

At the beach lobster banquet, Li Luo and his generals sat around, and of course the "Keqing" Shao Er Xinzi was also present. At this time, a bright moon reflects the sea and sky, a bonfire is burning on the beach, the sea waves are in the position, the sea breeze is blowing, and the scenery is picturesque.

Under the moonlight, four women danced and sang a waka composed by Shao Er Shinzi. The words say:

"The sea and the moon are bright and the sky is shining, and the sound and appearance are separated by one side of the sky. I will be drunk on the side of the sky, and I will return to my hometown drunk......"

One song is about to stop, and another song is coming back, and the words say:

"It seems that the western country has been drifting for many years, how can you ask the past to the sky? snubbed the end of the world and closed the way back, and cried cuckoos in tears. Under the moon, the sea waves are foggy, and the golden bulge of Kyushu is full of smoke......"

The poems are beautiful and compassionate, and the tunes are tactful. Although the four women's Chinese words are inaccurate, their tones are graceful, and they have a unique taste that lingers in their ears. Li Luo and the generals frequently bowed their heads when they heard this, but Shao Erxinzi looked sad, his eyes were hazy with tears, and even the folding fan in his hand trembled slightly.

Li Luo couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart when he saw the state of the young man's sons and daughters. In his opinion, Shao Er Xinzi belongs to Cao Zhi's general character, although he is literate, he is sentimental, and Shao Xiong is magnificent, compared with his brother who is the general of Kyushu defense, he is really heroic.

Such a noble loser is best used and is not easy to hurt. Therefore, Li Luo was so "courteous" to Shao Erxinzi.

"Shao Erjun is really brilliant, I might as well too!" Li Luo said with a smile, took down a grilled lobster, and said with a pun: "This lobster, serving guests to the Dragon Palace Hall, and making Chinese food for heroes at dusk." It's a pity, it's a pity. Come on, come on, this shrimp is handsome and roasted, and it will be given to Shao Erjun! ”

Shao Er Xinzi smiled bitterly: "Then thank you, Your Excellency." ”

If Jin Fangqing knew that Li Luo was so free in Tsushima, he would definitely regret his decision.

If Cui Xiuning knew Li Luo's current state, he would definitely despise his concern for him.

However, don't look at Li Luo and Zhu being happy, but in fact, it seems to be loose and tight. On the temporary watchtower, people are observing the surrounding sea at all times, and once an abnormality is found, all the generals can take their places as soon as possible.

Li Luo guessed that the two sides of Yuan and Japan in front of him were estimated to have fought to the ground. The Yuan army was unable to land in Kitakyushu, so it is estimated that they will go south to attack Hirado, right?

Jiangnan Army, it shouldn't have arrived yet.

Regarding the Japanese casualties in the Yuan-Japanese War, the Japanese side has always been vague. On the contrary, this proves from the side that Japan's losses must be very large, because Japan has had the ability to cover up or reduce its own military losses from ancient times to the present.

Moreover, after the Yuan-Japanese War, a large number of samurai families went bankrupt, and many warriors were even in debt, and the shogunate was unable to support it, which led to the collapse of the Hojo family, and within a few decades, the Kamakura shogunate perished. This also shows that Japan suffered great losses in the Yuan-Japanese War.

Li Luo hopes that Xin Du and Shao Er Jingzi would better beat out the dog's brains, and the more ferocious and fierce the bite of both sides, the happier he will be.

Counting it, at most half a month, the replenishment of military supplies from the Goryeo side will arrive. When they got the military supplies, the 6,000 dark road troops in Haidong also set off. He was just in time to leave Tsushima Island and go to Yakushima Island in the north of the Ryukyus and south of Satsuma to join the Dark Route Army.

The convergence of the two armies is more than 14,000 people, which is enough to do great things.

As for how to explain to Jianghua and Ninghai at that time, it will be easy to do. Let's just say that the Dark Road Army is a partial division of the Jiangnan Army, and they will definitely not think much about it. Although they are the armies of Goryeo and the Yuan court, they are their commanders after all.

Jiang Hua Xiangyong and Hai Yong are completely his own soldiers, so there is no need to explain. Regarding the matter of keeping secrets, Li Luo had already arranged for the members and officers of the Township Yong Middle School to emphasize it to the Township Yong.

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On the night of June 25, in order to boost morale, Shao Er decided to boldly take the initiative to attack. The Kyushu battalion sent 5,000 elite soldiers to attack the Yuan army's water camp stationed on 1 Qi Island.

In the eyes of the Japanese generals such as Shao Erjingzi, Yuan Kou has been taking the initiative to attack in recent days, arrogant, and must not have imagined that the warriors of the Kingdom of God would take the initiative to attack, and they would definitely be able to catch the paralyzed Yuan Kou by surprise.

The 5,000 elites were divided into more than 100 nimble "Gong Xiaozao" and more than 10 fast-moving "Seki ships", carrying pine oil, sulfur and other fire-igniting objects, and quietly sailed from Dazaifu Suijo to Ichiki Island under the cover of night.

The Japanese army plans to follow the example of the Wushu coalition army during the Three Kingdoms period and burn 1 Qi!

Who knows, the commanders of the Goryeo Army, Kim Fangqing and Hong Chaqiu, are all veterans who have been in battle for a long time, and they are cautious, and they have long been prepared for the night attack of the Japanese army.

Therefore, the Japanese army's sneak attack at night not only failed to work, but was also tightly bitten by the Goryeo naval army. The warships of the Yuan army are taller than the Japanese "Gong Xiaozao" and "Guan Ship", and they are also equipped with large combat equipment, and the number of Japanese naval divisions is at a disadvantage, where will it be the opponent of the Yuan army's naval divisions that have been prepared for a long time?

Although the Japanese sneak attack fleet escaped from the encirclement by virtue of its flexibility and mobility, it also lost dozens of ships, and only 3,000 of the 5,000 elite soldiers at the time of departure returned.

The Japanese army, who stole chickens and rice, no longer dared to take the initiative to attack easily.

However, the Japanese army was not completely defended on land, at least Takeki Jicho, Matsuura Party, and Kono Party formed a naval team (mainly Japanese invaders), and they always harassed the Yuan army camp out of nowhere.

Takeki Jichang is very talented in water warfare, he does not confront the Yuan army fleet head-on, but divides the sea team of nearly 10,000 people into dozens of squads, and harasses the Yuan army from all directions.

The daring "sea warrior" Takeki Jicho, who even took the best samurai and pirates in the water, dived into the sea at night, secretly climbed onto the warship of the Yuan army, and assassinated the Yuan army, and succeeded several times.

Although the Japanese naval team did not bring any losses to the Yuan army, its harassment day and night caused a lot of trouble to the Yuan army. Even, whether it was the Korean soldiers or the Mongolian soldiers, they did not dare to nap at night, for fear that the Japanese pirates like water ghosts would sneak up and assassinate them.

The Yuan army, which could not bear the disturbance, finally set sail south on July 1 after enduring it for a few days.

Shinto decided to change the direction of attack from Hakata Bay to Ivan Bay, and from a direct attack on Dazaifu to an attack on Hirado and Shikashima.

First of all, these two places are not defended by stone walls, and they can be taken down in one fell swoop. Second, once the tide of these two islands is low, they lead directly to the land of Kyushu. Thirdly, it was not too far from Kitakyushu, and once it landed from there, it would be possible to attack Dazaifu in the north, a journey of less than 200 miles.

When the Japanese army saw the main force of the Yuan army moving south, did they dare to put the main force in Kitakyushu?

On the one hand, he personally led the elite of Kyushu to support the south, and on the other hand, he ordered the naval team of Takeki Kicho to pretend to intercept the Yuan army and put on a posture of decisive battle at sea to attract the attention of the Yuan army going south, delay the pace of the Yuan army going south, and buy time.

It worked. Therefore, a few days later, when the Yuan army slowly came to Ivan Bay in the north of Shika Island, Shimazu Kukei, who was defending Hirado, was not only ready for battle, but also the main army of Kyushu, which had little capital and resources, could also be rushed.

After the Yuan army arrived, without saying a word, they directly attacked Shikashima, the closest to Kyushu itself. The thousands of Japanese troops on Shiga Island resisted desperately, but because there was no stone wall to defend them, where were they the opponents of the Yuan army?

A ferocious group charge of the Yuan army destroyed the Japanese defense on Shikashima. After a bloody battle, the Yuan army finally occupied Shiga Island, and all the more than 4,000 defenders on Shiga Island were killed.

The Mongol soldiers beheaded the fallen Japanese soldiers, lit a bonfire several feet on the island, and invited the shamans in the army to sacrifice the Mongol warriors who died in battle.

At the same time that the Yuan army captured Shikashima, the Japanese army again temporarily built fortifications on the opposite coast. After the Yuan army captured Shikashima, they waited for the low tide to reveal the road to the land after the low tide, so they followed the road after the low tide and landed directly.

But what made Xin Du and the others angry was that they waited for two days, and they didn't wait for Shikashima to reveal the road to the land after the tide dropped.

The Japanese fortifications on the other side were built decently.

Shikashima is a small island, not enough to garrison so many Yuan troops, and the Yuan army has not built a camp, so they can only wait for the tide to fall.

By the time the tide finally dropped and revealed the ground leading to the opposite shore, it was July 7.

This day is Halloween, and many people may be destined to die.

The largest bloody battle since the beginning of the war broke out in Hirado.

Due to the narrow battlefield and difficult to deploy troops, Xin Du, Jin Fangqing and others divided the 60,000 army into three teams and mixed them to attack the coast in turn.

And the tens of thousands of elites of the Japanese army were condescendingly defended by relying on fortifications. As soon as the bloody battle began, it entered a white heat.

The strength of the two sides was equal, but the Japanese army had a geographical advantage after all. Under the back-attack of the Yuan army, in the face of the stubborn Japanese army, it was repeatedly blocked, and it was unable to break through the Japanese army's defense line for half a day.

In the afternoon, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and nearly 10,000 corpses, and finally retreated to the Songpu Peninsula.

However, although the Yuan army, which also suffered heavy casualties, occupied Hirado Island, when it landed in Kyushu, it encountered the second line of Japanese defense on the Matsuura Peninsula.

The second line of defense on the Songpu Peninsula was built by Shao Er to mobilize the surrounding people for several days. The people used wooden horses to build an earthen wall less than a zhang high. Therefore, in front of the wall, there is also an additional trench more than one zhang wide and half a zhang deep.

There are earthen walls, and there are ditches.

Behind the earthen walls and trenches were tens of thousands of Japanese troops. The uneasy Shao Er Jingzi personally guarded the second line, and at the same time ordered the people in the rear to make every effort to build the third and even the fourth line of defense!

When the Yuan army saw the earthen walls and trenches, they were dumbfounded.

"Damn cowards! Waiting for Ben Shuai to attack, no old women and young will be left! "Xin Du hated these fortifications. Can't you just fight in a dignified way?

Although Xin Du scolded the Japanese army as cowards, he knew very well in his heart that the Japanese army was not a soft persimmon, these people did not look short in stature, but their temper was not small, and their fighting spirit was tenacious, like wild dogs on the grassland, which was very difficult to fight.

In today's bloody battle, the Yuan army has suffered seven or eight thousand casualties, and originally thought that it would be able to really land this time. Who knew that there was a second earthen wall trench!

Hit or withdraw?

The generals of the Yuan army suddenly disagreed. If the attack continues, even if it is defeated, at least 8,000 soldiers and horses will be killed or wounded.

But if you withdraw, then today's losses will be in vain, and all the previous efforts will be wasted!

"Marshal, after days of bloody battles, our army now has only more than 50,000 people. The old man thought that in order to be safe, it would be better to wait until the Jiangnan army came to join the division, and then it would not be too late to fight. Jin Fangqing said with a serious face.

Jin Fangqing was already over seventy years old, and he looked even older at this time. He couldn't help but think of Li Luo, thinking that this little slippery head was hiding quickly, and this series of bloody battles was actually avoided by him.

It's okay, just let him retain some of the vitality of the Goryeo sailors. This son is really a little fox, and he is unequivocal. Alas, to have a son is to be... Li Zhongzheng.

Hong Chaqiu also suggested: "Xindu Badu, the general also thinks that after the Jiangnan army comes to converge, he will attack with all his might." Although the Mongolian warriors are invincible in the world and dare to fight tough battles, the casualties are not small now. The Mongol warriors are very expensive, and if there are too many casualties, it will be difficult for Xin Duba to explain to the Great Khan. ”

Xin Du groaned. Speaking from the heart, he didn't want to fight hard. When he set out, he brought 20,000 Mongolian troops and 10,000 Semu troops, but after days of bloody battles, the Mongolian army had suffered 3,000 casualties, and several Mongolian generals at the level of 1,000 households were killed. And the Semu army also suffered more than 2,000 casualties.

With so many casualties among the Mongol soldiers, it was no longer easy for him to explain to the Great Khan. If you continue to fight hard, wouldn't it be the Mongol army that took the lead for the later Han Jiangnan army?

How can he do this? Even if he was willing to do it, the other Mongol generals would oppose it.

The Mongol army is not like the Han army, but the generals have a say (military democracy). If he rejected the unanimous opinion of the Mongol generals, these generals could not obey the order at all.

Xin Du thought about it and decided to wait for the Jiangnan army to come. However, he would not just withdraw his troops so happily, and he would always teach the Japanese a lesson again.

"Command, arrow attack! Ben Shuai doesn't feel sorry for hundreds of thousands of arrows! Xin Du once again gave the order to attack with a bow and arrow.

This time, Xindu dispatched 20,000 people to shoot arrows, and the dense feather arrows rained down on the Japanese position, so that the Japanese army could not rise.

However, in order to prevent the Yuan army from taking the opportunity to attack, Shao Er's capital could not organize archers to counterattack.

For a while, the air-to-air shooting was staged again.

The Japanese were completely suppressed in the counterfire, and although they were protected by shields, the Yuan army's arrow rain was too dense and too strong. The Mongol soldiers, in particular, were very skilled in archery, shooting accurately, fast and ruthlessly, and often only greeted the door. Many samurai were killed by arrows in the face.

At every turn, a large number of Japanese troops were shot. However, the damage they inflicted on the Yuan army was completely unequal.

Even, the Yuan army dispatched Mongolian marksmen to shoot the generals wearing gorgeous armor in the Japanese army at designated points, and several generals were shot. What particularly angered Shaoji Jingzi was that even Hirado's defense commander and Higo Province's guardian Anda Morimune died with an arrow in his right eye.

Anda Morimune was the highest-ranking general to be killed in the Japanese army since the beginning of the war.

Half an hour later, Xindu, who had consumed hundreds of thousands of feather arrows, had to order the collection of feather arrows from the Japanese army, and then ordered the troops to retreat and get on the ship.

Even if the feather arrows fired by the Japanese army were collected, the Yuan army lost nearly 200,000 arrows this time.

As a result, the Yuan army's reserve of feather arrows was only four or five hundred thousand, and more than half of it was consumed.

At this moment, the Yuan army no longer dared to play air shooting. Seeing that Hirado could not be defeated, Xin Du had to order the Yuan fleet to set sail north again, return to the 1 Qi Island in the waters of Kitakyushu and station, and honestly wait for the Jiangnan army to come to join the army.

On the way back to the north, Takeki Jichang led the Japanese naval fleet and constantly harassed the Yuan army, making the Yuan army tired and unrestful for a moment.

And the general of the Kyushu defense, Shao Er, learned that the Yuan army was going back to the waters of northern Kyushu, and he had to lead the main force to the north in the starry night to defend Dazaifu again, and he was also exhausted.

At this time, the young and second economic resources are also worried. After many major battles, the casualties of the Kyushu Legion have exceeded 30,000. The number of troops that he can still use now, plus the pirate army led by Takeki Jichang and others, is only more than 40,000 people.

If Utsunomiya Sadazuna's reinforcements arrived, he really didn't have the confidence to hold Dazaifu.

Yuan Kou's strength, especially the combat power of Meng Tatar Yidi, he has a deep understanding. If it is successfully landed by Yuan Kou, the Kyushu Legion is likely to be the end of all the jade.

Fortunately, on July 13, Shaoji had just returned to Dazaifu, and the 60,000 cavalry of the reinforcement general Utsunomiya Sadazuna finally arrived in Kitakyushu.

The Japanese army in Kyushu suddenly soared to more than 100,000!

However, Shao Erjing was only happy for one day, and the 60,000 wandering horse cavalry who had traveled long distances had not yet finished repairing, and an astonishing news came again.

The overwhelming Yuan army fleet came from the southern seas.

According to the report of Zhuqi Ji Chang, the number of Yuan army reinforcements from the south was at least 100,000!

Shao Er's news was reported, where did he not know that the Yuankou Jiangnan Army had arrived? While he quickly reported to the shogunate's ruling Hojo Tokimune, he once again mobilized Kyushu with reckless force.

On July 16, the Jiangnan Army, which was as high as 120,000, finally arrived at the agreed place under the leadership of Fan Wenhu: 1 Qi Island.

After the Eastern Route Army and the Jiangnan Army met, the strength of the Yuan Army reached 1780,000, and its morale was greatly boosted.

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