On 17 August, the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which landed at Omuta, split the whole army into two. The 15,000 sailors, led by Luo Yu, Zheng He, Liu Tuo, and Han Shao, led all the ships back to Kitakyushu to blockade the Maguan Strait.

The remaining 90,000 land divisions, led by Li Luo himself, passed through the Tsukushi Plain and went north to Dazaifu.

Along the way, the Japanese people saw the mighty Eastern Expeditionary Army, as well as the Blue Wolf Battle Banner and the Sulu Ingot Black-tailed Daxu, and they fled in fright, and the fear spread rapidly like the wind.

Yuan Kou has landed!

At this time, in the interior of Kyushu, because the soldiers and horses in various places were all evacuated by Shao Er, the defense was extremely empty, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army was still in a no-man's land. But Li Luo didn't bother to take care of these Japanese people.

On the morning of August 18, Li Luo led his army to the first city after the landing: Sanchi Castle.

Miike Castle is a small castle in Chikugo Province, with a wall of less than two zhang and a population of only a few thousand. The lord of the city, Miikeya, led the samurai to serve under the command of Shao Erjing early tomorrow, but there was only a group of peasant soldiers to defend.

When the peasants and soldiers of Sanchi City saw the Eastern Expeditionary army approaching like a black cloud, they were so frightened that they screamed, rushed down the city tower and shouted everywhere: "It's Yuankou!" What a plurality! ”

"Ahh How good is that! ”

"Run for your life, I heard that Yuankou likes to slaughter cities, if you let them in, it's over!"

Before Li Luo attacked the city, the people in the city were frightened and ran around. However, under the supervision of a few left-behind samurai, hundreds of peasant soldiers still bravely went up to the castle tower.

"Yaga! Coward! I'm afraid to be like this when I see Yuankou......" a samurai scolded.

But before he could finish his sentence, he saw a large stone whistling towards him.

With a "boom", a watermelon-sized stone smashed the city tower, instantly collapsing half of the fragile city tower, and several peasant soldiers screamed that they would not die or be injured.

Immediately afterwards, a large group of cavalry rumbled to the city and fired a dense rain of arrows around the city. The Mongolian soldiers were very accurate in archery, and even if they galloped on horseback, they rarely missed their arrows within dozens of steps.

"Ahh

"Escape ......"

The few samurai and hundreds of peasant soldiers without armor fled to their deaths under the rain of arrows.

In the blink of an eye, Sanchi Castle fell. Not only did it fall, but all four gates of the entire city were blocked. The people of the city could not fly.

When Li Luo entered the city, all the people in the city knelt on the ground. Since there is no way to escape, and Yuan Kou is so powerful, it is better to pretend to be obedient and pass by. They were just ordinary people, not samurai. If you don't even have a weapon, how can you resist?

The Japanese people knelt on the ground and trembled, and they did not dare to raise their heads. Thousands of people coughed without a single cough, and they could even hear the gurgling of noodle soup at a street noodle restaurant.

Li Luo looked at the Japanese people kneeling on the street, and couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth.

"General, do you want to kill them all?" Zheza pointed to the Japanese people and said, his eyes were full of murderous excitement.

This is what the Mongol generals loved to do, slaughtering cities.

Li Luo didn't answer Zheza's words, he said a word to Yan Falcon, and soon Yan Falcon brought a Japanese people. The people were still the fishermen captured by Li Luo on Yakushima, and after a month, those captives had already become "Japanese traitors".

"Ask them what the population of the city is and if they would like to serve the army." Li Luo said to his captives in Japanese.

By effectiveness, of course, he meant being a coolie in the army, that is, a military slave. Of course, Li Luo can speak Japanese, but he is the commander of the first army, and it is not appropriate to talk directly to a group of Japanese people.

The "Japanese traitor" nodded and said, "Haiyi, General! ”

Then, he walked over proudly and shouted to the people who were kneeling on the ground: "Baga, when you see the general, isn't there anyone in charge who comes out to serve?" ”

Immediately after, he pointed to a well-dressed middle-aged man in the crowd with a high crown on his head, "You are an official of the City Lord's Mansion, right?" Tell the General, how many people are in the city. ”

The middle-aged man replied tremblingly, "There are more than 5,000 people." ”

The Japanese traitor said: "The general asked you, would you like to serve the army?" Huh? ”

What the? Serving Yuankou?

Many people's faces suddenly turned ugly, they knelt here, just to live, not to serve Yuankou! Playing for Yuan Kou, this... It's also too shameful.

"The general asks you if you would like to serve! If you want to, stand up! "That day the traitor became more and more arrogant.

But after several questions, no one stood up. On the contrary, many people are still angry and hateful.

Li Luo's face also sank, and he said lightly to the Japanese traitor: "Tell them that those who don't want to serve the army will die." ”

That day, the traitor's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said, "Haiyi! ”

"The general said, if you don't want to serve, you're dead!"

However, still no one stood up

Many people actually want to stand up and express their willingness to serve, but under the collective consciousness, they are embarrassed to stand up first, and feel too ashamed.

In order to survive, everyone stood up and took refuge in Yuankou, which is really ...... It's too shameful to do it.

The Japanese people were scared to death, but the strong sense of shame and hatred made them refuse to take refuge.

Li Luo sneered, turned the horse's head, and said to Zheza: "My Zheza, this handsome is as you wish." However, leave a few live mouths to spread the news, so that the Japanese people know what the fate will be if they reject Dayuan. ”

"Wow!" Zheza responded with a grim smile.

After Li Luo said this, he took people out of the city, he didn't want to watch such a scene, and even hated it.

However, it is necessary to kill the backbone and hardness of the Japanese and wear out their courage to resist.

After Li Luo left the city, Zhezha gave an order, and the Mongol soldiers and Semu soldiers immediately raised their butcher knives......

Li Luo heard the screams in the city, and his expression was very flat. Anyone, once they want to stick to something, they have to pay something. The same is true for the Japanese people.

In less than half an hour, calm had returned to the city.

The food and supplies in the city, as well as the more than 1,000 mules and horses collected, were all taken away by the army of Zhengdong.

What happened in Miike Castle spread out like wings. More and more Japanese people not only knew the misery of Miike City, but also knew the words released by "Yuankou".

Anyone who resists the Yuan army dies; Resist collaborators, die!

The atmosphere of fear spread out like a plague, and gradually permeated the sky over Kyushu as the army of the expedition to the east deepened.

Li Luo's march was slow and not in a hurry at all.

If you march quickly, you will reach Dazaifu in the western capital in two or three days at most. If that's the case, Shaoji Jingzi won't have time to react, and he will retreat back to Dazaifu and rely on Dazaifu's fortified castle defense. In this way, Li Luo will attack the Dazaifu that tens of thousands of elite soldiers are strictly defending.

This is, of course, the next step.

Therefore, Li Luo deliberately slowed down the pace of the march and gave Shao Erjing a certain amount of time to prepare, so that the two Japanese forces in the north and south had a chance to converge.

In this way, Shao Er's capital will not shrink back to Dazaifu, and it will be possible to fight a decisive battle in the field.

This was a common tactic used by Temujin. Due to the high mobility of the Mongol cavalry, the Mongol army deliberately created opportunities for the enemy to slow down the advance and build up the enemy's confidence in the field, rather than shrinking back.

Therefore, while marching unhurriedly, Li Luo sent cavalry out in all directions to collect the mule and horse materials of the Japanese wealthy families and the common people, and forced the Japanese people to perform hard labor.

Those who resist, of course, will be put to death. Therefore, more and more Japanese were killed by the Mongol soldiers. The royal family of the Hao clan alone was slaughtered several times. Of course, the wealthy families and people who cooperate obediently can also survive. As the atrocities of the Motoko spread widely in Kyushu, more and more Japanese people chose to give in.

As long as the goal is achieved, Li Luo will not kill indiscriminately. After all, Japan is a member of the Confucian cultural circle, belongs to a civilized nation, and is not a savage, Li Luo is not willing to kill.

In just two days, the army of the expedition to the east grabbed thousands of mules, horses and carts for transportation, relieving the pressure of the army's insufficient land transportation strength. There were also 3,000 Japanese young men who were used as military slaves as coolies.

On August 19, the Eastern Expeditionary Army reached Yanagawa Castle. Yanagawa Castle was larger and more populous than Miike Castle, but it was also defended only by sporadic samurai and peasant soldiers.

When Li Luo's Sulu ingots appeared outside the city, the people in the city looked at the black and oppressive army outside the city, and immediately disagreed in horror.

One faction believes that the city should be defended to the death, even if all of them are killed in battle, and they swear to burn both Yuankou and jade. This faction is dominated by the remaining officials and samurai of the castle lord's mansion, and they hold the power in the city.

The other faction was dominated by the merchant clans in the city, who feared that the resisting Yuan army would be slaughtered like Sanchi Castle, and advocated opening the city gates and surrendering immediately.

As a result, the samurai officials who held the power in the city still had the upper hand, and ordered all the young men in the city to go to the city to defend and fight to the death against the Yuankou.

When the young men were going to the city one after another, a Japanese traitor came to the city tremblingly and brought Li Luo's words.

"The warriors in the city, the general has an order, as long as the city surrenders and obeys the general's military order, the whole city is a good citizen, and they will not be killed. If you resist the army......"

Before he could finish his words, an arrow shot out of the city, and he screamed "oops" and fell on his back.

"Yaga! Peasants who are greedy for life and afraid of death! Not worthy to be a member of God's kingdom! The samurai who shot the Japanese traitor said hatefully.

"Well done, Uemon!" Another samurai laughed, "Today is the time to serve the country with seven lives, what is there to fear in death!"

Several other samurai also drew their swords and roared, pointing at the Zhengdong army outside the city, "Come on! Try the samurai-sama's sword, it's not good or not! ”

The army of the expedition to the east was lined up in a two-mile wide military formation, and the momentum was incomparably majestic. Li Luo rode a black horse, stationed under the Sulu ingot, he looked at the shouting warriors at the head of the city, and then said to Zheza: "Zheza, this Liuchuan Castle is handed over to you." ”

"Wow!" Zheza rode his horse to the cavalry array, raised his whip and pointed at the city, "Warriors! Let the city in front of you, and the cowards hiding in it, be buried for the Mongol warriors who sank into the sea! ”

The Mongol soldiers roared together:

"Mordoga!"

"Woohoo Hehuning!"

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of Mongolian warriors rushed to the city gate, and under the galloping of thousands of horses, the earth trembled, and the entire Liuchuan City seemed to be shaking.

When the samurai and peasant soldiers at the head of the city saw this scene, they were all so frightened that their legs went limp.

When the tens of thousands of cavalry approached the city gate, they divided into two groups and walked around the city, while the knights immediately shot arrows.

This is a cavalry siege tactic, and the Mongol army often uses it, called cavalry shooting around the city.

Cavalry should not have besieged cities, but that doesn't mean that cavalry really can't siege cities. In the case that the defenders are too weak, the cavalry's cavalry attack around the city can attack the city, and there is no need for the siege equipment of the infantry army.

That's it at the moment. A rain of arrows from tens of thousands of cavalry plunged the warriors and peasants at the head of the city into a situation from which they could not recover. Even, thousands of defenders couldn't fight back at all, they couldn't hide, and they were completely bathed in the baptism of arrows.

After only one round of arrows, most of the defenders at the head of the city were killed or wounded.

It also survived the second round of cavalry shooting around the city by the Mongol cavalry, and more than a thousand defenders were destroyed. Even the people in the city were killed by the feathered arrows that flew in from outside the city.

From the beginning to the end, the defenders had no chance to fight back.

The gates of the city were opened widely, and immediately afterward, the Mongol cavalry swarmed in. Soon, there were screams from inside the city.

After Miike Castle, Yanagawa Castle was once again slaughtered by the Mongol army.

As a result, when passing through the next city, Mizuta Castle, the gate of Mizuta Castle was opened to welcome the Eastern Army into the city. And in accordance with Li Luo's instructions, he levied 3,000 mules, horses, and cattle and presented them to Li Luo.

Even, Shuitian City also recruited thousands of young men to serve as military slaves.

As a result, not only was no one killed in Shuitian City, but a big businessman in charge was also appointed by Li Luo as the new city lord.

The real Japanese rape, under the brutal killing, finally appeared.

Because, after Li Luo left Shuitian Castle, the big merchant who was appointed by Li Luo as the lord of the new city said to the people of the city: "The army landed in Kyushu, and Kyushu is over, maybe the Hojo clan and the shogunate will also be finished." Why do we have to work for the shogunate? Do you want to repeat the mistakes of Miike Castle and Yanagawa Castle? ”

As a result, it became easier for the Eastern Army to collect mules and horses along the way.

What's even funnier is that Li Luo actually began to build credit.

Whoever resists and refuses to cooperate, he is to be killed. But as long as you surrender and agree to the conditions, you really won't kill anyone.

On August 20, the army of the Eastern Crusade came to a medium-sized city: Kurume Castle.

Kurume Castle is one of the main castles of Chikugo Province, and it is not only taller, but also has a moat.

Looking at the closed city gate, Li Luo's face became gloomy. Hmph, Kurume thinks it's a "big city", and if it has a moat, is it a fluke?

However, it is clear that it will take some effort to capture Kurumme Castle. So Li Luo did not attack the city immediately, but sent a "Japanese traitor" into the city to deliver a message.

The letter said that those who do not come down within a quarter of an hour should not be unprepared.

Then, Li Luo sent a 10,000-strong team of archers and arrows from Goryeo, as well as a 10,000-person crossbow team of the Jiangnan Army, to prepare to attack the city. Although it was a piece of cake to capture Kurume Castle, which was empty in defense, and there was no need for so many soldiers and horses, Li Luo did not let go of any opportunity to train his troops.

It didn't take long for a head to be thrown down the tall city tower, which was the head of the "Japanese traitor" who sent the message.

If the messenger is killed, it will not die.

Well, let's siege the city. Since you are not afraid of death, am I still afraid of killing? My heart has long been as hard as a stone. Li Luo pretended to be angry and pointed at Kurume City: "The two armies will not fight and will not be killed!" Rats dare to bully me! With a wave of the command, "Siege!" ”

"Woo-" The horn of the Eastern Army sounded.

More than 10,000 Goryeo foot archers lined up in a horizontal line, raised their bows and arrows at 45 degrees, and prepared to shoot.

"Put!" Du Lie's command flag waved.

"Buzz!" With a bang, under the fire of ten thousand arrows, the sky above the city head was darkened in an instant. The overwhelming feather arrows, like a storm, blasted towards the head of the city, covering every corner. After the rain of arrows, I don't know how many people were killed and wounded.

"Put!" Zhu Jaw waved the command flag, hundreds of stone cannons bombarded the city together, the black pressure of the big stone fell from the sky, rolling down, the city tower collapsed, dust and sawdust in the stirring, there was a terrible wail.

With such a large density of arrows and rain stone projectiles, it only dealt with dozens of warriors and thousands of young people, which was completely like killing chickens with knives, and the result could be imagined. So Li Luo didn't even bother to use the cloud ladder.

The thousands of young men in Kurume Castle were only temporarily brought to defend the city, and they didn't even have armor, how could they resist such a ferocious attack? Suddenly there were heavy casualties, and they couldn't even fight back.

And the only dozens of samurai left behind were also killed or wounded. They couldn't even take the lead, they could only blindly shoot a few pitiful feather arrows, which had no lethality for the eastern army.

"Yaga! Steady! Throw back the rocks! "The few remaining samurai, still hysterically ordering the young man to operate the only remaining intact stone thrower.

But such resistance is completely futile.

By the time another round of attacks by the Eastern Army came, most of the young men defending the city had already suffered casualties, and their morale was lost, and even many people shouted and rushed down the city without heeding.

"Zhang Yong! Build a bridge to cross the river! Build a ladder to siege the city! Lift the sassa to hit the door! Li Luo finally ordered the siege of the city with a ladder. Although there was no need to use a ladder to attack the city, Li Luo needed to practice a ladder siege.

"No!" Zhang Yong, the 10,000-strong infantry team of the Jiangnan Army, immediately began to organize the siege of the city.

"Kill!" Tens of thousands of Jiangnan troops, carrying long bridges in front, ladders in the middle, and sassalwood in the back, shouted and rushed to the moat.

At the same time, more than 10,000 Goryeo archers also advanced together to release arrows to cover the attacking team.

In fact, in Li Luo's opinion, this is not a real battle, because the defenders did not have a decent counterattack at all, it was just a real gun and knife exercise, and the opportunity was rare!

The few remaining warriors at the head of the city, as well as the young men of less than a thousand people, were stunned when they saw the black siege army under the city.

We only have this number of people, and most of them are still young and strong, do we need this?

"Kill the chicken and give it!" A samurai braved the rain of arrows and roared frantically, ordering the young man to return fire. But in the rain of arrows from the Korean soldiers, there were not many young people still standing.

The last two samurai who survived the rain of arrows could only shoot the besieging Jiangnan army with bows and arrows in vain, but as soon as the two of them appeared, several arrows were inserted in their bodies and the city wall was planted headlong.

The remaining hundreds of young people suddenly dispersed.

Next, there was an extremely strange scene:

10,000 people besieged the city decently, put the bridge on the bridge, cross the river across the river, climb the ladder to climb the ladder, hit the door and hit the door, and there were even many shield soldiers holding big shields to cover.

It's really busy and nervous.

But what about the city? There wasn't even a shadow of a ghost, not a single arrow, not a single stone down.

What's even more ridiculous is that the city gates have been smashed open, but the soldiers who climb the ladder are still... Crawl.

Even Jiang Jun, the division of the left army, couldn't stand it anymore, he felt a little ashamed, and asked, "General, this is... Training? ”

Li Luo said with a straight face: "Isn't it? This soldier is to practice often. ”

Yang Qingque, the right army division, couldn't help but snort and laughed, "General, this battle is like a player's house, like child's play." "She's fought a lot of battles, how could she have fought such a battle? It is a joke to take a city without a single casualty.

Li Luo was also speechless, it really seemed like child's play.

But are there still few child's play battles between ancient and modern China and foreign countries?

Soon after, the Crusade finally entered the city.

A new round of killings is happening again.

In the end, only thirty-six live mouths were left behind, and they were deliberately allowed to pass on the message. With the help of their mouths, warn the Japanese, do you still dare to resist the city?

Kurume was the third castle to be destroyed in the five days since the Crusade landed on Kyushu Island.

Three massacres in five days soon spread the "name of the murderer" to the entire island of Kyushu. Nearly two million people on the island of Kyushu were suddenly enveloped in a cloud of fear.

On August 22, the army of the expedition to the east finally reached Jishan. This place is only a few dozen miles away from Dazaifu.

As soon as Jishan City saw the appearance of the Eastern Army, it opened the city gates, and even slaughtered pigs and sheep for reward.

Li Luo swaggered into Jishan City, and then ordered to camp in Jishan and wait for the main force of the Japanese army in Kyushu to come to the decisive battle.

He has already given Shaoji and Hojo three days to do so, they should be ready for the two armies to converge, right?

Then fight a decisive battle in Kishan.

However, if the Japanese army in Kyushu did not dare to fight in the field, but all of them retreated to Dazaifu to defend with all their might, it would be troublesome. Capturing Dazaifu, which was heavily defended, would be too costly and could fail. But Dazaifu is too important, and it won't work if you don't fight.

But this possibility is very small. It is impossible for Shao Erjing to be a turtle with a shrunken head, blindly defending Dazaifu, and allowing himself to run rampant in the hinterland of Kyushu. Even if he was willing to do so, his samurai would not agree.

As long as he joins forces with Hojo Minimasa, he should come out for a decisive battle.

Li Luo really guessed correctly.

On the second day after he set up camp in Kishan, Tanma reported that nearly 100,000 Japanese troops were marching southward, and the advance was less than twenty miles away.

Here it comes!

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