General Li in Numazu Castle soon received the news of the success of the naval division's raid on Edo Bay. Zheng He reported in a letter that more than 7,000 Japanese sailors had been killed, more than 3,000 ships had been burned, and more than 1,000 had been captured. It's a big win.

The two great victories on land and at sea made the morale of the Eastern Expeditionary Army even higher, making Li Luo's prestige in the army unparalleled.

The naval division of the Eastern Army was strengthened before departure. Li Luo once allocated 3,000 Jiangnan Army, who had served as a sailor, to join the sailor, bringing the strength of the sailor division to 18,000.

Now, after a big battle, although the naval division has suffered another three or four thousand casualties, the number of combatable sailors is still as high as 15,000, which is overwhelmingly superior to the Japanese naval division that has fled to land and only a few thousand remnants remain.

"General, the Japanese army has retreated, do you want to pursue it like a prey?" Jeza's cavalry observed the Japanese retreating north, and immediately came to ask for instructions.

Li Luo shook his head and said: "The Japanese army will definitely be more defensive this time, and your cavalry will not take much advantage." However, you still have to chase until you reach Kamakura Castle! ”

There was only one purpose for this purpose, to keep the Japanese army marching in a tight formation during the retreat to the north, so that the Japanese army would return to Kamakura Castle exhausted and demoralized. At the same time, the appearance of the Mongol cavalry under the castle of Kamakura could also greatly increase the prestige of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

"Wow!" Zhezha smiled and received the order, the general of the heart is really a famous general.

When Zheza left, Hugu said: "Lord Lang, now that the land and water are victorious, and the Japanese army is cold, what should our army do next?" ”

Li Luo rubbed his eyebrows and thought for a while, "The main force of the Japanese army has withdrawn to the city, and the big battle has not been fought for the time being." Next, let's make some profits. You and Zong Day, lead the Jurchen cavalry and capture all the Japanese swordsmiths within a hundred miles. ”

The Japanese swordsmith is a very important talent, completely inheriting and carrying forward the knife-making technology of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the knife-making technology has been leading East Asia, and Li Luo has been coveting it for a long time.

"No!" Hu Gu and Zong Ri received the order, and both of them were very happy, and the Jurchen cavalry finally came in handy.

Li Luo smiled again: "We can't weaken the strength of the Japanese army too much, not only can't weaken, but also give them the opportunity to accumulate strength, otherwise there will be no way to use the Japanese army to consume the Yuan army." Therefore, we can only grab a small one, not a big one. ”

Jiang Jun asked, "What does that infantry army do?" ”

Li Luo said: "Don't do anything for the time being, just wait for the harvest of the cavalry." After the cavalry captured the Japanese craftsmen, we sailed south, landed at Matsusaka Bay, and entered Kyoto in the west! Get all the emperors and ministers of Japan, or books and classics. ”

Yang Qingque said with a smile: "The lord is clever, he captured the Japanese emperor and sent it to the capital to dedicate it to Kublai Khan, which is another great achievement." And it will not affect the mobilization of the shogunate. ”

Li Luo said: "Not bad. There is another one, which can arouse the resistance of the Japanese even more, and make the Yuan army coming behind more headaches, and then the Yuan army will kill more and more ruthlessly. In the end, kill all the nobles who resisted. ”

Li Luo knew very well that if Japan was given another period of time, the strength of the Japanese army would be doubled. In this era, Japan was unified and had a large population, but it was not as divided as it was during the Warring States period, and as long as there was enough time, it was not difficult to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

During the Warring States Period, dozens of warlords fought in Japan, with tens of thousands of soldiers from big warlords and thousands of soldiers from small warlords, adding up to more than 500,000.

It makes no sense that Zhao, with a population of 5 million, can mobilize an army of 400,000, while Japan, which has a larger population, cannot. You must know that when the million Sui army attacked Goguryeo, Goguryeo, with a population of 3 million, mobilized 300,000 soldiers.

Li Luo used to be interested in history, and he once asked his master, the "cultural relics expert", why the Song and Ming dynasties did not have this kind of mobilization, and if so, with a population of more than 100 million in the Song and Ming dynasties, how could the Mengyuan and Manchu Qing Dynasty sit in the world?

Master replied because Song Ming was a bureaucracy. The bureaucracy cannot replace the role of the powerful of the world.

The powerful clans have more control over the place and the population than the local officials. However, the acceptance of foreign rule by officials is far greater than that of the world.

In the era of the world, once the alien race invaded, the powerful people of the world would launch the population expansion force under the banner of the central government, although the central government was weakened, but it also greatly mobilized the power to resist the alien race.

This is the reason why in the late Han and Tang dynasties, a warlord or jiedu envoy could beat a foreign race. The world's heroes belong to the most conservative vested interests, and the interests of the alien race are the most harmful to their interests, so they have the strongest will to resist.

In the era of bureaucracy, the worldly power did not exist. Once the alien race invades, the local officials are unable to mobilize, and as long as the alien race kills the central government, most of the officials will change bosses, as long as they pay salaries.

To put it bluntly, the family is a shareholder, and the bureaucrats are just professional managers. In the face of hostile takeovers, Shizu Haoqiang must of course have one mind with the chairman. But a professional manager, it's good not to sell trade secrets to a hostile acquirer, who to work for isn't a part-time job?

In the north of Wuhu Rebellion, due to the existence of the Shi clan, Wubao was everywhere, and the Han people were always fighting back, and finally turned the tables. But in the Song Dynasty, the Han people in the sixteen states of Yanyun did the Khitan Shunmin for two hundred years, and the Song army went on a northern expedition, but scolded the Song army.

Despite this, once Li Luo really has the destiny to sit in the world, he will still not resurrect the politics of the world. It is true that the clan has a positive effect on resisting aliens and inheriting culture, but the disadvantages are still too great.

Let's talk about Japan, assuming that the shogunate completely loosens the restrictions on the wealthy clans in various places and allows them to mobilize forces to resist the Yuan army, even if the Yuan army is driven away, the central authority of the shogunate will no longer be there.

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On October 2, the Jurchen cavalry, which had been out to capture and plunder for several days, finally returned to Numazu City. Zong Ri and Hu Gu brought back nearly a thousand Japanese craftsmen, mainly swordsmiths and blacksmiths.

And the Mongolian cavalry has not been idle these days, they burned and looted everywhere with Li Luo's acquiescence, and many Japanese cities and villages were scolded, and no less than 100,000 people died. They not only murdered and robbed, but also wantonly abused Japanese women, and their behavior was as heinous as they did to the Han people in the Central Plains.

The brutality of the Mongol army was so brutal that even the other officers and soldiers of the Eastern Army could not stand it.

When the Mongols left the camp, they did not take a grain of grain with them. But when he came back, he brought back a cart of pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses, money, grain, and cloth, and even women and slaves, all of whom were tied to the horse's tail in strings.

As for those who fled and resisted, of course they were all killed.

"My heroic Zheza, you have worked hard and have not disgraced the Mongol warriors. Come, drink! In the big tent, Li Luo raised a glass to Zheza and other Mongolian generals to "celebrate".

"Hahaha, thank you, General!" Zheza drank a large bowl of sake very happily, "General, this untouchable people of the Japanese country are not honest, just like the horns of an elk, and they want to take two hits. But what is that for? Kill and kill, and they will be honest. ”

Although Li Luo's face was smiling, his heart was really evil. These Mongol cavalrymen are all butchers.

The Jurchen cavalry also killed a lot of people when they went out this time, but they did not kill indiscriminately, and they were much better than the Mongol soldiers.

"General, the last general has captured more than 4,000 young women this time, and I want to give half of them to the general!" Zheza said with a very "filial piety".

Li Luo smiled: "Then the handsome man will accept it." Well, Ben Shuai has already given you credit to the imperial court last time. I believe that it will not be long before you will be the real Mongolian household. And you, too, can be a real thousand households. ”

When Zheza heard this, he was overjoyed, and immediately stroked his chest and bowed: "The general's bosom is as tall as the Altai Mountains. The last general's gratitude to the great general is like that of a well-fed wolf to a brave and wise wolf king. Although the general was not a Mongol, he had the power bestowed by Genghis Khan. May Tengri bless the generals as much as they bless the Mongols. ”

A group of Mongolian thousands of households who were promoted by Li Luo's line of fire also bowed down and saluted together: "A good horse will not forget the way back, a person who enjoys the shade will not forget the person who planted a tree, and we will not forget the kindness of the general!" May Tengger bless the general! ”

Li Luo said: "No courtesy, no need to be like this!" We are all fighting for the Great Yuan and the Great Khan! ”

More than 2,000 Japanese women, of course Li Luo will not want it. When he returned to Haidong, in addition to craftsmen and coolies, women could not be less. Of course, if a Japanese woman catches Haidong, it is definitely not a disaster, and Li Luo doesn't have that heart. They are wives and concubines for the soldiers under their command.

On October 3, the Eastern Expeditionary Army left Numazu Castle and arrived at Ito Bay a day later, where a large fleet of naval divisions was waiting.

Nearly 100,000 people sailed south, taking with them a large number of captured Japanese ships, horses, craftsmen, and children.

The news of the withdrawal of the Crusade Army from the Kanto Plains immediately relieved the shogunate, which was fully defensive.

Hojo Tokimune leaned pale into the arms of a Japanese woman, coughing from time to time. Although he is now sleepy, his power is still missing.

A large group of military generals, Zhao Mu knelt on both sides in an orderly manner, listening to the instructions of Hojo Tokimune. Even the shogun, Prince Yuyasu, sat respectfully on the side, and even served the decoction himself.

Hojo Tokimune's health was not good, and the last time he got the news of the cavalry defeat, he vomited blood and fainted. After relieving himself, he learned that the Edo Bay sailors had been defeated and the ship had been destroyed, and he vomited blood and fainted again.

This is also the reason why the Japanese army withdrew to Kamakura Castle.

In the past few days, there has been bad news caused by Yuan Kou everywhere. The Mongols slaughtered, looted, and so on. Even the Mongol cavalry rushed to the foot of Kamakura Castle and showed off their might.

And the shogunate army could not do anything but shrink from the turtle, and there was nothing to do with the Mongol cavalry.

Finally, I waited for a piece of good news.

"Hmph, where is the Yuan Kou evacuating, they are going to fight Kyoto." When Hojo Tokimune heard the "good news" reported by his retainers, he didn't look happy at all.

Nani? Hit Kyoto?

The generals looked at each other, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that what His Highness said was very likely.

I have to say that Hojo Tokimune is indeed a smart and superior person, otherwise, he would not have defeated his political enemies when he was a teenager, took control of the power of Japan at a young age, and got rid of the opposition one by one.

Historically, the Yuan Dynasty was repeatedly deflated at the hands of Hojo Tokimune, and the emperor and generals were also crushed to death by him, not for no reason.

Therefore, when Hojo Tokimune heard that Li Luofu was heading south, his first reaction was not that Yuankou was evacuating from Honshu, but that Yuankou might want to attack Kyoto.

"My lord, could it be that Yuankou will land in Matsusaka and then enter Kyoto west?" Family Ling Ping Lai Gang said.

Hojo Tokimune nodded, "Mostly." If the main hall is a general, it will also land in Matsusaka and enter Kyoto in the west. The purpose of the last landing in Kanto is now clear to the main hall. They are here to wreck our ship. We have fallen into the plan of diverting the tiger from the mountain. ”

Chiba said: "Since the lord has judged that Yuankou will attack Kyoto, then the minister is willing to personally lead the last cavalry to support. ”

Hojo shook his head indifferently: "Just fight them, if you take Kyoto, you won't be able to destroy the Kingdom of God, but it will hurt His Majesty the Emperor and the Minister of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

The shogun's face changed greatly, and he suddenly knelt down and cried: "Your Highness, please send troops to rescue Kyoto!" His Majesty the Emperor and my father are both in Kyoto! Kyoto is where the imperial court is located, and His Royal Highness can't ignore it! Please! ”

Hojo Tokimune said angrily: "His Royal Highness the General, you must not do this!" The world has the gift of kneeling to the king! What kind of system... Ahem... Shogun, please hurry up......" The two samurai immediately stepped forward and helped Prince Weikang up.

"General, our army lacks cavalry and sailors, how can we save the Jingshi? Do I dare to go to Luo to save the driver? I can't! ”

Hojo Shizong said in a cozy manner, tears fell, and he slammed the bed and screamed: "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and he can't go into Luo to save the driver!" If the minister is a national thief, may God punish him, and God will punish the national thief! Ahem...", coughing and his face flushed as he spoke.

Prince Weikang's face was suddenly full of embarrassment, and he said in his heart, what are you pretending? Who in the world doesn't know that your Hojo Shizong is Cao Cao?

Prince Weikang slandered Hojo Tokimune for hypocrisy, but he himself just begged Hojo Tokimune to rescue Kyoto, but he was also acting.

Now that the situation is so difficult, of course Hojo Tokimune will not rescue Kyoto, it will be in vain. He just begged again, but it was useless.

The reason why Prince Wei Kang knelt down and pleaded with dignity was because his identity was here, and he had to beg. Although he was a general of the Kamakura shogunate, he was also a descendant of the imperial family, and he had to express his loyalty and filial piety. If he did not plead with the Hojo clan to rescue Kyoto, it would have tarnished his reputation.

I don't want to, Hojo Tokimune is better at acting than him, coughing and crying, and pointing to the oath of heaven.

The generals immediately looked at the shogun with dissatisfaction, and Heira Raitsuna said even more aggressively: "Your Excellency, Your Highness is loyal to the Kingdom of God and His Majesty, and Amaterasu is also grateful, why should your Excellency be so forced?" ”

The Chiba attendant even shouted with a sneer: "General! My father-in-law worked hard for the country, and he became ill and has not yet recovered. Please also respect yourself! ”

Prince Weikang, a dignified shogunate general and a nobleman, was reprimanded by his subordinates, which was really a mixture of shame and anger. But he could only swallow his anger and bow to Hojo Tokimune: "Please also ask the ruling hall to cherish the noble body for the safety of the kingdom of God, please!" ”

After saying this, the shogun no longer had the shame to stay in the Uchiyama Palace, but returned to the general's palace in a gloomy manner.

When the shogun left, Hojo Tokimune finally talked about military affairs.

"The chief craftsman told all the craftsmen in the country that from today on, the production of the Song Dynasty's divine arm bow and bed crossbow will be the first priority, and the production of the second spear will be the second priority. As for the sword, you are not allowed to do it again! ”

Hojo Tokimune's order really made it a little difficult for the samurai to accept.

Don't make too many knives. And the sword, in fact, is already a symbol of the samurai. However, no one dared to oppose and will not object. Because the decision of the Archons is right.

Facts have proved that against the Yuankou army, the role of the Taidao is minimal, and it is far less effective than the Zhanger spear. Moreover, the cost of a knife is worth more than a dozen spears, and the man-hours consumed are dozens of times that of spears. Moreover, it is also much more difficult to make.

There have been many exiled Song people in Japan over the years, so the Japanese have been able to prevent the Divine Arm Bow and Bed Crossbow, but they have not been made on a large scale.

Hojo Tokimune forbade the production of swords, and made the Divine Arm Bow and Bed Crossbow the highest priority for the production of weapons, of course, to deal with the Yuan cavalry.

In fact, it is indeed these two weapons that pose the greatest threat to cavalry.

"Your Highness, what about the carcass (armor)?" Shigechi asked, Tokichi Guardian Meatdo. The question that the meat user knows is also the question of other people, don't you do the carcass?

Hojo Tokimune gritted his teeth and said: "What is the use of the peasant soldiers who will be mobilized in the future?" Just let them use spears and wooden shields! Now, only make the Divine Arm Bow, the Bed Crossbow, the Spear, the Feather Arrow, and nothing else. ”

"It is commanded that within a month, every man in the kingdom of God between fifteen and fifty must have a spear. If there are not enough craftsmen, let the farmers do it themselves. If there is not enough iron, the firewood knife will be turned into a spear head! Without a spear, decapitate! ”

The generals were all stunned, too ruthless.

This is all soldiers, isn't it too much?

But this trick is really powerful.

A simple spear is nothing more than a stick and a spear head, and even the peasants themselves can make a simple spear. It is not difficult for all the young people in the country to have long guns.

Well, more than two million pikemen! Even if it is a rabble, but the number is so huge, it is definitely a terrifying force.

But if you do this, even if you drive away Yuan Kou, it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath. Millions of peasant soldiers were armed...... Isn't this drinking to quench your thirst?

"Your Highness, please think again! If this is arranged, so many peasant soldiers, we will wait for the future... I'm afraid that there is no place to bury me. ”

"Yes, my lord, so many peasants have weapons, and they will burn us to ashes!"

The great samurai were terrified by Hojo Tokimune's order that all the people should be soldiers. They were afraid of the Yuankou, but they were also afraid that the peasants would be armed.

"Yaga!" Hojo Tokimune couldn't help but scold, he wasn't a good-tempered man in the first place.

"Gentlemen! Yuan Kou will not stop until the Kingdom of God is destroyed! Soon there will be a second and third batch of Yuan Kou landing! What will the kingdom of God resist then? Well?! ”

"There are no eggs under the nest! Don't you know the lesson of the Song Kingdom! The heart of the Mongolian Yidi jackal is like hell on earth everywhere it goes! Shouldn't the peasants fight hard in order to survive? ”

"The Yuan Kou is cruel and cunning, but the peasants are ignorant and ignorant. When the Yuan Kou is defeated, no matter how many peasants and soldiers there are, it will be easy to deal with. The big deal is to reduce taxes, promote some leaders to officials, and divide and disintegrate, and there will be no peasant rebellion. ”

"Even the peasants are afraid, can you still defeat the Yuankou! cough cough cough cough ......" The man's face flushed again because of anger.

The generals didn't dare to persuade again, and after thinking about it, there was no way out, so they had to obey the order.

"Your Highness, please take care of your dignity......" the generals bowed together.

Hojo Tokimune straightened his breath and said again: "Chiba-kun, you personally go to Ezo (Hokkaido) to meet the Ezo King. Tell the King of Ezo to lend me 5,000 Ezo cavalry ......"

The Chiba attendant suddenly knelt down, "Lord, don't do it, Mao Fan Yidi is savage, how can you believe it?" Isn't that the wolf lured in? ”

Hojo Tokimune smiled: "The Ezo people are ignorant, and they only have benefits in their eyes. Grant them salt and iron, and they will come. Besides, their unseemly cavalry, completely disorganized, how can they be the opponents of the Mongol cavalry? Just borrowed the hand of Yuan Kou to get rid of it. Moreover, it can also consume some Yuankou cavalry to some extent. ”

The Ezo people live by fishing and hunting, and because they live in the bitter cold zone, they are very strong. I have been entangled with the Japanese for thousands of years. The so-called King Ezo is nothing more than the chief of one of the largest tribes. Although they also had horses and were skilled in horsemanship, they did not have the discipline of cavalry.

If they are organized, they can still play the role of cavalry.

Hojo Tokimune believed that as long as he was given iron and salt, the greedy and stupid Ezo chieftain would most likely take the young and strong tribe on horseback south.

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On October 4, the fleet of the Eastern Expeditionary Army came to Matsusaka Bay and landed directly in Matsusaka.

The warriors and horses of Matsusaka Castle have long been emptied and are very easy to fight. But Li Luo did not attack the city at all. He didn't even bother to take care of Nara and Osaka, which were not far away, but went straight to the west. In four days at most, you will be able to reach Kyoto.

Of course, Li Luo will definitely not spend four days. He ordered Tetsuza's cavalry to advance and besiege the castle of Kyoto within two days.

But this time, Li Luo forbade the Mongol cavalry to attack the city, and also forbade them to slaughter and destroy the city, and not to delay their efforts because of burning, killing, looting, and looting on the road.

Zheza led the Mongol cavalry to gallop west under the leadership of the Japanese traitor guide, while Li Luo's Sulu ingot Daxu followed behind, marching neither fast nor slow.

The people of Japan could see the dust rising from a distance, and then they saw the overwhelming army.

Along the way, the Japanese villages and towns, cities, and manors were all trembling, and both the common people and the wealthy families hid and did not dare to let the Yuan army find out.

The way for children to stop crying is none other than Yuan Koulai.

Therefore, although the place where the army marched was a densely populated place, there was no human figure for half a day, and even the chickens and dogs were hidden.

Further west, the mountains slowly appeared, and the villages were empty, but smoke rose from the mountains.

Needless to say, the Japanese people are hiding in the mountains.

However, Li Luo only thought about Kyoto, and he had no time to take care of it, so he didn't commit any crimes.

On the morning of October 8, Li Luo led his army over the inari mountain, which is not high, and passed the Inari Shrine, and at the foot of the mountain was Kyoto.

Li Luo raised his eyes at the top of the mountain, and what caught his eye was a kind of brilliant city.

What a magnificent city!

This is the Japanese Kyoto built on the Chang'an Castle: Heiankyo.

The name of this city, called Ping'an City, is also modeled after "Chang'an". This is a high-quality imitation of Chang'an City. Many things that have disappeared in the Central Plains are in Ping'an City.

Therefore, Li Luo will never allow it to be destroyed.

At this time, outside the city of Ping'an, the neighing of war horses was the Mongolian cavalry besieging the city. They arrived two days early and had blocked all the city gates.

When Li Luo's Sulu Ingot Daxu and the Blue Wolf Battle Banner appeared under Ping'an City, the princes and nobles in the city suddenly fell into complete despair.

I'm coming, Kyoto!

Li Luo looked at Ping'an City, his eyes full of unconcealable pride.

ps: It's time to hit Kyoto, everyone give us some support! Crab crab!

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