For a month, the Kamakura shogunate made a lot of preparations for war.

The shogunate not only ordered the dispatch of every samurai and every local servant (ashigaru), but also demanded that everyone donate money, food, iron tools, and horses.

Even the imperial family and ministers in Kyoto have also destroyed their families. The shogunate even took the opportunity to extort merchants on a large scale, and merchants of all sizes donated most of their wealth. All ships of maritime merchants and fishermen were also requisitioned.

The Ezo people and horses in Hokkaido must be requisitioned if they can be requisitioned.

Under the national system, Japan's war expenses and materials accumulated like a snowball, and their terrible potential exploded.

The shogunate's plan was very thoughtful. The anti-Yuan army was mobilized in three batches.

The first batch was a month to mobilize 160,000 people, these people were mainly the shogunate's direct legions, the Kyoto Praetorian Legion, samurai from various countries, local servants, and even monks and soldiers from major temples, almost all of whom had armor and strong combat power, and belonged to the main heavy army group.

The second mobilization was completed by early October, and another 160,000 people were mobilized. These people are mainly ashigaru and young strong, and some bandits and pirates have been training in various places for a month, but because of the shortage of weapons, they will not be able to form an army until early October.

The third mobilization, which was to be completed by mid-November, numbered as high as 200,000 people, almost all of whom were young and able-bodied, including farmers, fishermen, hunters, woodcutters, miners, etc.

As a result, two months later, in mid-November, the shogunate's armed army exceeded 500,000 men!

In addition, the shogunate also set up a master craftsman's office, and requisitioned tens of thousands of blacksmiths, swordsmiths, carpenters, leather craftsmen and other private craftsmen to make weapons and armor day and night.

Under the deliberate rendering of the shogunate, the island of Kyushu under the occupation of the Motoko has become a hell on earth. What Yuan Kou did was completely a vicious bloodthirsty beast, and there was no other way to survive except to resist desperately.

As a result, in order to survive, the Japanese people have the money to contribute money and strength, and many people are willing to let go.

If the Yuan court knew that Japan could break out with such potential, it would definitely not easily launch two wars to conquer Japan. Japan is a closed and arrogant island country, and the more such a country is, the stronger its cohesion in the face of foreign enemies.

In fact, it is normal, when the Yuan army conquered Chen's Yue Kingdom (Annan), Annan also once rebelled, mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops and the Yuan army to fight to the death, and finally saved Sheji. There is no reason why Annan can do it, but Japan, which is stronger, cannot.

And Hojo Tokimune was most worried that before the second batch of mobilization was completed, the Motoko of Kyushu Island would take the initiative to attack Honshu, which would inevitably affect the implementation of the mobilization order.

Sure enough, Sato Yeren, who was also one of the four important ministers of the shogunate, came out and said: "Your Royal Highness, the kingdom of God has only completed the first batch of mobilization, and the armor is not yet fully prepared. If Yuankou goes north at this time, we will be passive. ”

His worries were not only those of Hojo Tokimune, but also those of the vast majority of people present. The annihilation of the 100,000-strong army in Kyushu made them afraid of Yuankou's combat strength, and they did not dare to confront Yuankou without twice the superiority in troops.

With each day of delay, the military strength of the kingdom of God increases by one point. But the question is, will Yuan Kou honestly stay on Kyushu Island until the beginning of next month?

Crown Prince Heehion from Kyoto, although he was only fifteen years old, also said worriedly: "The most worried person in the main hall is Nai Yuankou who went north from the edge of the West Sea and went straight to Kyoto. In this way, the imperial court is in danger. The main hall thought that it was inappropriate to gather all the troops in the Kanto region. ”

Of course, he was taught by the emperor and minister in Kyoto. In order to fight the Motoko, the shogunate drained the army in the Kyoto area, causing Kyoto to be extremely empty, which made the Kyoto court very dissatisfied.

The crown prince's worries, in addition to the court ministers present sympathized, but the martial arts magnates did not think so.

What about Kyoto being captured by the Motoko? Even if the imperial court is served by the Yuankou, isn't there still a shogunate? Anyway, the crown prince and several princes are here, and the emperor of the kingdom of God will never be decided. Moreover, Kansai is mountainous, and if Yuankou really attacks Kyoto, it can still delay time, so that the army of the Kingdom of God is more prepared, and then defeat Yuankou and recapture Kyoto.

In the eyes of the great samurai who held real power, the importance of Kanto was far greater than that of Kansai. Kamakura Castle is even more important than Kyoto.

Although Crown Prince Heehito sits on the most prestigious throne, Hojo Tokimune didn't bother to deal with this young man at all, let alone the crown prince, even His Majesty the Emperor, how could he really take it seriously? It is not the first time that the Hojo clan has intervened in the abolition of the emperor and the shogun.

This is the paradox of the political situation in Japan at this time. It doesn't matter if the emperor says it, it doesn't count if the shogun says it, and the one who really has the final say is Hojo Tokimune, the shogunate's minister.

"Your Highness's peace of mind is that as long as there is a great army of the Kingdom of God, His Majesty the Emperor will still have a long-lasting foundation." Hojo Tokimune saluted Crown Prince Heihito and said, which can be regarded as a direct statement that he can't take care of Kyoto.

Hojo Tokizong also has no way, you need to know that the five fingers are clenched is a fist, if you go to the disposal of troops and fortify everywhere, how can you be the opponent of Yuankou? The forces of the whole country must be gathered in order to eliminate the Yuankou and defend the kingdom of God.

What Hojo Tokimune didn't know was that just as he was in full swing of the general mobilization, Li Luo's army to conquer the east had already been dispatched.

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On September 18, Li Luo only asked the cautious Zhu Jietong to lead 10,000 Jiangnan soldiers to garrison Dazaifu, and then joined Luo Yu and Zheng He's sailors in the Maguan Strait, crossed the Seto Inland Sea, followed the Bungo Waterway, entered the East China Sea of Japan, and then went north along the coast.

The day before the expedition, Li Luo once again gave a piece of music to Dadu:

"Your Majesty the Holy Monarch again...... The military situation is like fire, and instead of being trapped on Kyushu Island, it is better to attack and defend. On September 18, he led tens of thousands of tired soldiers to the north to attack the Japanese Kwantung region...... However, the enemy army is ten times larger than mine, or I am afraid that it will be difficult to meet the Holy Lord again, only the liver and brain are smeared, and the horse leather is shrouded, and I am the great Yuan Heavenly Majesty in a foreign land......"

"Please ask the imperial court to send urgent assistance to the division as soon as possible, so as not to waste the previous achievements...... The Japanese country is arrogant and difficult to govern, the people are still martial, and if there are countless Mongolian elite soldiers, it will not be able to govern ......"

The meaning of this letter is to show loyalty, to send reinforcements, and urge Uncle Kublai Khan to send some troops and horses to help first, and then send a large army to destroy the Japanese in one fell swoop.

Li Luo estimated that if he only sent 20,000 or 30,000 people, he would definitely be able to come within a month. He just had to hold on for a month.

Why not attack Kyoto, Japan, even closer? Because the Japanese army is now gathering in the Kanto, if the Kansai is attacked, the shogunate can completely bear the pain and continue to gather troops and horses in the Kanto.

Li Luo's strategy was very simple, not to give the shogunate the convenience of continuing to riot troops, but to constantly bleed the shogunate and interfere with the general mobilization of the Japanese state.

The most important point is to kill the Japanese sailors, so that the ships that the shogunate has requisitioned with great difficulty will be destroyed again. If the shogunate has no ships, it will no longer be able to attack Kyushu even if it has armed hundreds of thousands of troops. He can go back to Kyushu Island and continue to mess around.

To implement this strategy, of course, tactical deception.

The huge fleet, of course, could not hide from the eyes of the coastal Japanese, and the news that the Eastern Expeditionary Army went north to Kanto could not be a secret. However...... Useless. Because, at this time, the southeast wind is blowing, and the speed of the sailboat is faster than that of a horse galloping on a winding road.

Therefore, when the eastern army reached the sea area two hundred miles south of Edo Bay four days later, the shogunate still did not receive any information about the northward march of the Motoko.

On September 23, the army reached the Ito Peninsula, which was more than 100 miles away from Kamakura Castle, and the shogunate received news that Motoko was heading north. Hojo Tokimune, who was studying military strategy in the mountain hall of Kamakura Castle, was shocked when he heard the news.

It's only twenty-three today, but Yuan Kou has arrived......

Immediately afterwards, Hojo Tokimune received another military report that Motoko did not come to Kamakura Castle and Edo Bay, but landed directly on the Ito Peninsula and marched in the direction of Mt. Fuji. According to the observation of the horses, the strength of the Yuankou landing force was 70,000 or 80,000, including nearly 20,000 cavalry!

Landing from Ito Bay, it is almost a flat Kanto Plain, and it is the most densely populated hinterland of Japan, if 70,000 or 80,000 yuan is wreaked havoc, then it will be worth?

If you wait for your work and let Genko kill all the way to Kamakura Castle, you don't know how much damage you will suffer. Not to mention the impact on the morale of the military.

Therefore, it is necessary to take the initiative to block the Yuankou to the east of Mt. Fuji and prevent the Yuankou from continuing to go deeper.

Almost all the great samurai and ministers from Kyoto were on the same page as Hojo Tokimune. This is the most correct. It is impossible to watch the Yuan Kou wreak havoc in a populated place, while an army of more than 100,000 people sits and guards Kamakura.

However, Hojo Tokimune and the others never imagined that Li Luo had no intention of landing and pushing all the way to Kamakura, he was just turning the tiger away from the mountain.

This is simply a conspiracy. Once he landed on the Ito Peninsula and assumed the posture of marching inland, the shogunate army could not sit idly by and inevitably go south to encircle him.

As a result, the Edo Bay area was empty. Then, his sailor took the opportunity to go straight to Edo Bay.

According to the confession of the captured Japanese spies, a large number of Japanese ships were anchored in Edo Bay, which the shogunate had with great difficulty to collect and use to transport troops south to counterattack Kyushu Island.

Seventy or eighty thousand land soldiers made such a big fanfare in order to divert the tiger from the mountain and cover the sailors to kill the Japanese fleet.

After Li Luo landed, the reinforced naval division left the Ito Peninsula, then headed south, away from the coast, and then made a big circle, and then went north to Edo Bay.

There are a large number of Japanese ships in Edo Bay, but the strength of the sailors is not very strong.

After the landing of the Eastern Army, the Mongol cavalry, as the vanguard, really began to kill again. Everywhere the horse's hooves passed, there were ruined villages and shrines.

Li Luo did not order the massacre of the people, but he did not stop the Mongol cavalry from slaughtering the Japanese people.

The main force of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was almost slowly moving north along the blood trail of the Japanese people.

When the news of the slaughter of the Mongol cavalry reached Kamakura, everyone hated it.

"Every day is above, if I don't destroy the Yuankou, I will become an evil demon after death, and I will never be able to turn over!" Hojo Tokimune refers to the heavenly oath and roars!

"Destroy the Yuankou!"

"Destroy the Yuankou!"

The great warriors snorted and drank with their swords, and their killing intent boiled.

As soon as Hojo Tokimune gave an order, the first batch of 160,000 mobilized troops surged south with the belief that the mourning soldiers would win and swore to destroy the Yuankou.

On 25 September, the advance of the two armies finally met east of Mt. Fuji. Without saying a word, tens of thousands of cavalry wiped out thousands of Japanese cavalry with a single charge.

Then, the Mongol cavalry completely ignored the shogunate army that spread all over the mountains, and constantly fired arrows on the periphery to make a nuisance, whistling back and forth, and being extremely arrogant.

Even, many Mongolian cavalry rushed to the vicinity, jumped off their horses, changed the strong bow used for foot shooting, and shot the Japanese soldiers. They have excellent marksmanship, strong bows, and high heads, and most of them are not in vain when they go out with one arrow. What's worse is that it often shoots straight at the door.

When the Japanese rushed over, they shouted again, jumped on their horses and evacuated with great skill, and turned back with their bows to shoot arrows.

However, the shogunate army, which had poor cavalry, had no choice but to defend in formation.

In half a day, the shogunate army had so many men and horses, but they were tossed by the Mongol cavalry enough, and the infantry who were shot dead alone was no less than a thousand.

While Hojo Tokimune and other generals gritted their teeth hatefully, they couldn't help but gasp.

For the first time, they saw how powerful and difficult the Mongol army was. No wonder the Song Kingdom died, there are tens of thousands of such cavalry, how can the battle be fought?

In the first battle between the two armies, the shogunate army suffered a big loss! The originally high morale has also been worn out a lot.

On September 26, Li Luo and the shogunate's army were encamped east of Mount Fuji, and the two armies immediately faced off from afar.

The shogunate's army was 150,000 or 60,000, and Li Luo only had more than 70,000 people, less than half of the opponent's.

Of course Li Luo will not take the initiative to fight, is it really a soft persimmon when the other party is a soft persimmon? That's a loss-making deal.

Although Hojo Tokimune had a strong army, he saw the strength of the Mongol army, and he did not dare to start a decisive battle rashly.

When the two armies confronted each other, the sailors led by Luo Yu and Zheng He had already come to the waters near Edo Bay.

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On the same day, Li Luo's first recital, after ten days, was finally sent to Dadu.

"Good news for the Eastern Army! Li Luo, the general of the expedition to the east, has captured Dazaifu......"

At the first time, Li Luo's recital was like a shock, and there was a lot of movement in the Yuan Court.

A military intelligence report from the Japanese Eastern Army!

After the hurricane, the Goryeo Army's protector Yu Hou Li Luo, when he was ordered to defeat the army, he turned the tide between the dangers, and was elected by the remnants of the army as the general of the Eastern Expedition, and turned the tide of the war, eliminated the main force of Kyushu in Japan, captured the western capital of Japan in one fell swoop, and also abolished the country and set up counties in Japan, and did a great thing.

Since Xin Du, Fan Wenhu and others were defeated more than a month ago, everyone thought that the Japanese army was completely annihilated. The emperor was furious, killed several officials, and ordered the construction of warships to conquer Japan again.

The dignified Great Yuan was defeated in two expeditions to Japan, not only costing countless amounts of money and food, but also annihilating more than 200,000 troops before and after. This fact, like a slap in the face from heaven, slapped the faces of the Yuan court and Kublai Khan.

This makes the sweat of the sweaters, who are extremely conceited and high, feel uneasy no matter what. The entire Yuan Court was so troubled that it was headless and faceless.

Even, Kublai Khan did not emphasize the failure caused by the hurricane. Because hurricanes represent heaven. He would rather believe that the army was defeated because of its poor combat strength, rather than believe that it was the heavens who were protecting the Japanese country and punishing Dayuan.

Under Kublai Khan's anger, whether it was a Mongolian official or a Han official, they were all trembling during this time, and even Boyan, An Tong, and Ahma, the three of them, did not dare to face the moody Khan.

However, Li Luo's recital suddenly made the entire Yuan court turn anger into joy.

On the splendid Daming Palace, Kublai Khan laughed heartily for the first time in more than a month.

"I said a long time ago, I am a big yuan iron horse, how can I not wait for this. Hmph, do the Japanese think that across the sea, they think that my whip can't pull their heads? But today, my whip has been whipped in their faces. ”

The noble ministers of the hall knelt down together and congratulated the emperor one after another, saying that the Great Khan had blessed thousands of miles, Weijia Haine, and now there is another country, chasing Taizu Genghis Khan.

Kublai Khan's wolf-like slender eyes swept Li Luo's recital again, and said, "This Li Luo, is it the nephew of Li Qian of Goryeo?" ”

Prince Zhenjin smiled and said, "Father Khan, this Li Luo is Li Jian's nephew." Eji's illness was cured by him asking Zhang Zhenren. He used to be a Daru Huachi in Ninghai Prefecture, which is also the meaning of Erchen. ”

Zhang Sanfeng, who has already become the minister of Jixian Academy, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, it is this Li Luo, who is also considered a poor old man. Zhang Sanfeng was very emotional, he didn't expect Li Luo to be so bold and make such a great achievement.

This is not only to reverse the defeat and expand the territory, but also to save the face of the Yuan court and the emperor.

Yu Shi Zhong Cheng was also surprised and said: "Is it him?" Immediately came out and played: "Great Khan, in this way, this Li Luo slave also knows it." Last year, the servant was ordered to inspect the coastal prefectures and counties and met this person in Ninghai Prefecture. This Li Luo is really a rare talent, he is not only a good shepherd who can herd sheep, but also a loyal and good falcon. The slave is also ready to recommend him as a naval army. ”

The privy deputy envoy Boyan said: "The servant received the military report, so he checked Li Luo's official file. He is a native of Ganghwa Island, and he went out with the military position of Goryeo Sipin Yuhou, and the soldiers he led were only Jianghua Sailors and Jianghua Xiangyong, but he was able to accept orders in danger and turn defeat into victory, and he was indeed a talent. ”

Kublai Khan closed Li Luo's piece and said, "Unexpectedly, he is really a rare talent. Well, now Li Luo occupies the western capital of Japan, so that the entire island of Kyushu is in the hands of my Dayuan. The army of the Eastern Expedition turned defeat into victory, and I was very happy, Li Luo was a good official and a good slave in Goryeo. He has done a great job, and he deserves a reward! ”

"Proposed edict, Feng Li Luo as the governor of the Japanese province Pingzhang, the general of the expedition to the east, rewarded the cowardly Xue Wei, and gave the marquis of Jianghua County!"

"Wow!"

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