Iwami Silver Mountain is located on the Sensan Mountain in the eastern part of Iwami Province, which belongs to the Omori Mountain Range, and Li Luo has traveled here in modern times.

However, today's Iwami Silver Mountain has not been mined, and due to the remote location of Xianshan, the people of the time have not yet discovered the huge silver mine here.

Of course, Li Luo would not organize people to slowly open the mine, he did not have that time. However, in the earliest days, Iwami Ginzan was an open-pit silver mine, and the summit and mountainside of Senzan contained a large amount of silver ore with extremely high silver content, which was hidden by vegetation. If you pull it, you will find beautiful stones.

Historically, it was only after the silver ore in the open pit had been used up that the mine was opened to mine silver.

As long as Li Luo took away the silver ore in the open air, he would make a lot of money. As for opening a mine, he was not interested.

More than 10,000 soldiers and horses pressed the young and strong of the 3,000-day country and climbed the immortal mountain, which was not tall.

"The general said that the gods pointed out that there is a silver mine here, and everyone will be rewarded after finding it!" Jianghua Township Yong said.

This time, it was Jianghua Xiangyong and some Jiangnan troops and Goryeo soldiers who came with Li Luo, not all of whom were Li Luo's descendants, so they needed interests to stimulate the morale of the army.

"The general has an order, the silver mine is at the foot, let the coolies dig it! Dig out the silver ore and roll it down the hill to the west. And then to the West Coast! ”

The soldiers urged the three thousand days of the country's youth and let them dig.

"Got it!" Soon, the first piece of silver ore was dug up, and with a single blow of a knife, it made a sound of gold and stone, and the dirt was brushed away, and the stone was found to be silver-gray. This must be silver ore.

This first piece of silver ore was sent to Li Luo as soon as possible.

"At least 10% silver!" Li Luo knocked on the stone, the pores all over his body were laughing, and his heart was right, and he finally didn't worry about it in vain.

The highest silver mine in history is the Rico Hill Silver Mine, which was discovered by the Spanish colonists with a silver content of up to 40%. In fact, silver ore with a silver content of more than 5% is a high silver ore. But it is clear that the ore of Iwami Silver Mountain is far more than 5% silver.

"Keep digging!" Li Luo issued a military order, "Those who slack off work will be killed." ”

Then, Li Luo set up a military tent on the top of the mountain, and drank wine with Jiang Jun, Du Lie and other generals in the tent. Japan is in the north, it is already very cold at this time, and the cold wind on the top of the mountain is strong, if you don't bake the fire, General Li can't stand it.

The Japanese coolies were working, but Li Luo and other generals were roasting and drinking.

"Lord, it's snowing outside." Yang Qingque came in with a few snowflakes, "This place is even colder than Qilu." ”

"Come on, Qingque, you can also drink a cup to warm up, don't stare at them, they can't take away those silver ores, they can't eat them." Li Luo said with a smile.

Now he has only more than 10,000 soldiers, and only a few hundred cavalry. But this does not prevent this man from being powerful in Kansai, Japan.

Yang Qingque sat down, poured out a bowl of steaming rice wine from the hanging jar above the fire, drank it, and said with a smile: "When the last general left, my little cub was still not at ease, afraid that his wife would lose her life on the battlefield. But he didn't know that his wife was very relaxed in Japan. ”

Li Luo asked, "Your son is eight years old, right?" I'll take him as a little apprentice so that he can do something in the future. ”

Yang Qingque was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly saluted: "That's really a great blessing for dogs!" The last general thanked the lord! She is really happy, if her son follows the lord, he will never be useless in the future.

Du Lie hurriedly said, "Lord Lang, do you remember my Nizi?" ”

Li Luo smiled: "Why don't you remember?" The little girl was neatly grown, but she was hungry at the time. It should be a lot better now, right? Well, let her follow Madame. ”

"Lord Xie Lang!" Du Lie was also very happy, and his beard was shaking. His son Yan Falcon has long followed the lord, and his future naturally goes without saying. Now that his daughter is with his wife, the future of his Dulie family will be completely stable. Even if the daughter marries in the future, her status will be much higher.

Utu only has one son, Yan Tong, who has already followed Li Luo, so he can only talk about business: "Master Lang, after transporting the silver ore, what should I do next?" Do you want to go to Kanto to fight? ”

Li Luo shook his head, "Our army will stay in Kansai, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and get some benefits by the way." Xin couldn't find me, even if he sent a letter for help, there was nowhere to send it. ”

Jiang Jun said: "Lord, Xin has 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, will he still ask for help?" ”

Li Luo said: "It may not be necessary to ask for help, and he can't pull his face." But Xindu's life must be difficult now. To put it mildly, the Japanese are more united with the outside world than the Han people. And they all believe in Amaterasu, which is easier to twist into a rope. They also have a ruthlessness in their bones, they are not as gentle as the Han people, and the people are martial. The battle of Xindu is very difficult to fight. ”

Yang Qingque smiled: "He can't look down on our soldiers." ”

…………

Li Luo guessed right, Xindu's life is indeed not easy.

After Xindu confidently led 30,000 iron cavalry to land in Kanto, he rushed all the way to Kamakura Castle and encountered hundreds of thousands of troops from the shogunate. The shogunate divided the army of 500,000 into three separate formations, each with more than 100,000 people, distributed in a zigzag pattern with horns on each other.

What Xin didn't know was that the Japanese army had an advantage, that is, the samurai system. The samurai of the Japanese kingdom were both civil and military, and they were considered to be an early officer corps. During the war, a large number of samurai served as officers in the new army and were able to quickly organize the young and strong.

At the beginning, Xin Du saw that although the Japanese army was huge, most of them had no armor, and thought that they were a vulnerable rabble. So I despise it.

However, as soon as they fought, they found that the Japanese army not only had a large number of imitation stone cannons, bed crossbows, and divine arm bows, but also that the soldiers were equipped with spears more than one zhang long.

As soon as the Mongol cavalry approached, a large number of stone bed crossbow god arms were fired first. When the Mongol cavalry rushed up and fired their arrows, they found that the arrow rain of the opposing infantry was even denser. Even if you rush to the front of the battle, you are faced with a dense array of spears, and you are like a hedgehog, and there is nowhere to put your mouth.

Xin Du had no choice but to use a killer move, wanting to harass and cut off the supply routes of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army would collapse without a fight. However, the Japanese army was backed by Kamakura Castle, and the Mongol army was unable to cut off the Japanese supply. Not only that, but the Japanese in Kamakura Castle also beat drums and cheered at the head of the castle every day to cheer for the Japanese troops outside the castle.

Xin Du had no choice but to resort to the usual trick of the Mongol army and took the initiative to retreat, wanting to lead the Japanese army to a favorable terrain and use the terrain to destroy the Japanese army.

But the Japanese army was completely ignorant and not deceived.

Xin Du was furious, and simply dispatched three thousand heavy cavalry to charge into the formation, and finally broke through the formation. Although the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, it did not collapse, and the Mongol heavy cavalry suffered considerable losses.

Fighting like this, it became a war of attrition of confrontation. Although the exchange ratio was very large, the difference in the strength of the two sides was too great, and the Mongol army was in a dilemma.

In the past ten days, Xin has not only failed to realize his plan to capture Kamakura Castle, but also has not eliminated the main force of the Japanese army, but has suffered thousands of casualties.

On the other hand, although the Japanese army suffered tens of thousands of casualties, it did not break its bones.

Wanhu Zheza couldn't help but be very depressed. If it were the general Li Luo, he would definitely not command like this. With the method of the great general, it is impossible to spend hundreds of thousands of well-prepared Japanese troops under Kamakura Castle, but will divide his troops everywhere and destroy the villages, manors, and towns in the Kanto region.

This is the way to play at the bottom of the kettle.

If all the rich lands of Japan were destroyed, what was the use of the shogunate holding a Kamakura castle? The hometown was destroyed, does the main force of the Japanese army still have the heart?

"Marshal Xindu, the last general suggests that it is better to wreak havoc in Japan, and leave the Japanese army and Kamakura City alone." Zheza suggested.

Xindu was stationed in front of the horse formation, looking at the Japanese army's zigzag formation and Kamakura Castle not far away, his eyes were extremely gloomy.

Of course, he wanted to do the same, but after spending so much time here, and losing more than 3,000 precious cavalry, he was very unwilling.

But it is clear that the morale of the Mongol cavalry has dropped a lot.

Xin Du eventually accepted Zheza's suggestion.

As a result, the 27,800 Mongolian cavalry immediately divided into more than a dozen teams and dispersed, starting the most powerful sabotage tactics of the Mongol army.

And during this time, the Japanese army was even more uncomfortable.

I confronted the Mongol cavalry under the city for ten days, eating, drinking, and sleeping in the formation, not to mention how uncomfortable it was. Although morale remained, it was clear to everyone that the infantry could not outwhelm the cavalry.

Hojo Tokimune was already haggard at this time, and he had always had a habit of cleanliness, and he hadn't bathed for ten days.

"My lord, the Yuankou cavalry has divided its troops, and it should be destroyed everywhere." The Chiba family came to report the movements of the Yuan army as soon as possible.

"Alas, how difficult things are. The Kyoto Imperial Court was destroyed, and now the Yuan Kou is trampling on the Kanto region, which is really the autumn of life and death. Our situation is ten times more difficult than that of Wuhou. Hojo Tokimune said with a tired expression.

Chiba Make said: "So, do you still want to carry out a chaotic war?" ”

Hojo Shizong hugged his coat and coughed a few times, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his face became even paler, "Since Yuankou wants to destroy Kanto, then he can only implement a chaotic war strategy." ”

The so-called chaotic strategy was to leave only 100,000 soldiers and horses to guard Kamakura Castle, and all the other soldiers and horses were scattered into dozens of shares, with 10,000 people per share. These 10,000 troops were stationed in various places, defending cities and manors, mobilizing all the people to resist the plundering of the Yuan army.

One was attacked, and several nearby places came to the rescue.

This is Hojo's version of "War for All". There was no bottom on how long Hojo Tokimune could hold out, but he had no other way to deal with the Mongol cavalry that came and went.

When the Mongol army was divided, the Japanese outside Kamakura Castle were also divided into dozens of units and scattered in all directions.

A few days ago, the Mongol army was successful everywhere, and I don't know how many Japanese people died under the butcher's knife, and hundreds of villages were destroyed. Everywhere the Mongol army went, there were rivers of blood.

Brutal massacres were staged everywhere on the Kanto Plain. The Mongol cavalry burned, killed and looted all kinds of evil, and Li Luo was a good man compared to them.

In less than 10 days, millions of Japanese people were slaughtered. Many people were frightened by the butcher's knife killing, and at the same time, many people picked up rudimentary weapons in grief and anger, formed a civilian anti-Yuan army, and fought with the Mongolian soldiers.

Just like the Central Plains, of course there are scumbags who surrender and admit cowardice, but there are also many men who dare to resist.

Under the painstaking arrangement of the shogunate in the early stage, the rebel army of the entire Kanto region surged for a while, and hundreds of thousands of young people joined the anti-Yuan torrent, and more and more.

As the main force of the Japanese army was dispersed to various places, the rebels suddenly had an intermediate force, and under the integration of the two, the anti-Yuan forces of the Japanese people rose sharply.

This was Hojo Tokimune's "chaotic war" plan. It is conceivable that this strategy is a double-edged sword, once activated, even if the Yuan army is driven away, the whole country will be full of warlords, the Japanese Congress will enter the Warring States period in advance, and the central authority of the Hojo clan will no longer exist.

And the large number of peasants who are armed are likely to become a raging fire, burning the wealth of the wealthy to ashes.

However, Hojo Tokimune could only drink to quench his thirst, and he had no choice.

In fact, whether it is Japan or the Yuan court, they have been led off the pace by Li Luo.

Through Li Luo's recital, the Yuan court believed that the Japanese would not surrender easily, and could only be completely conquered and conquered. At the same time, Li Luo made the shogunate think that the Yuan court would definitely destroy itself completely, and could only resist to the end and could not compromise.

But in fact, after Li Luo occupied Kyushu Island, Japan and the Yuan court could actually negotiate and win the status of a vassal state like Goryeo, which was still possible.

It's a pity that he was manipulated by Li Luo and lost the best opportunity to negotiate.

By the end of November, the situation of the Mongol detachments was becoming more and more difficult, because there were anti-Yuan forces everywhere. The Mongol army had only 2,000 horsemen per detachment, but it was impossible to face more than ten times the rebel army.

The brutal massacre continued, but the anti-Yuan rebels were everywhere, and the Japanese people, who were full of national hatred and family hatred, completely plunged the Mongol army into a quagmire. The arrogant Mongol soldiers finally began to attrition. Whether it's looting or slaughtering, it's not as easy as it used to be.

After being slaughtered a large number of civilians, Hojo Tokimune finally succeeded in using a large number of human lives to consume the Yuan army.

The anti-Yuan rebels were invincible, and they couldn't be suppressed, which gave Xindu and other Mongolian generals a headache.

The furious Xindu, in desperation, could only order all detachments to assemble, and then led more than 20,000 cavalry to Kamakura Castle again, so that the surrendered Japanese people could be used as cannon fodder to attack the city.

However, after braving the heavy snow for two days in a row, the cannon fodder of tens of thousands of Japanese countries was almost dead, and Kamakura Castle was not taken, but only the moat was filled.

On November 30, the futile Mongol army had no choice but to abandon the attack on Kamakura Castle.

Hearing the news of Motoko's retreat, Hojo Tokimune was enjoying the snow and plum blossoms in the garden of the Gan Rope Mansion.

"Lord, Yuan Kou has withdrawn." Family Ling Ping Lai Gang said.

Hojo Tokimune, who was pale and sick, held the shoulders of a maid, looked at the red plums that were budding in the snow, and suddenly covered his mouth and coughed, and when he took off the handkerchief, the handkerchief was a dazzling red.

"My lord......" Ping Laigang said with tears in his eyes, "please cherish it a lot." ”

Hojo Tokimune stretched out his slender and thin fingers, stroked a red plum, and had the heart to pick it, but after all, he couldn't bear to pick it. The plum blossoms reflected in his long, dark eyes, like two flames.

"My life is not long, how can I not know." Hojo Tokimune stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake, and his smile was as fragile as blue and white porcelain. "The big things are not finished, and the teacher is not successful, I am very unwilling."

When Ping Laigang and the others heard this, they couldn't help but kneel in the snow, "The lord is very precious, please." ”

Hojo Tokizong was sick from hard work, the medicine stone was ineffective, and they had no choice, even eight million gods and virtuous monks, and they couldn't save Hojo Tokizong's deteriorating body.

"Amitabha, life has its own length and shortness, and there is always cause and effect in the world. His Royal Highness is wise, it is time to do it, and the old fate is over when the new fate is knotted. ”

With a clear old voice, an old monk in gray turned out from behind Merlin.

"Master, the disciple's old fate is coming to an end, but he will not forget it in his heart, and he will be obsessed with planting his heart deeply, what should I do?" Hojo Tokimune asked.

This old monk, of course, is his teacher Daxiu Righteous Thoughts.

Daxiu Zhengnian is a Song person, and he traveled east to Japan with Zen Master Lanxi. After the death of Zen Master Lanxi, he was the head of the Song monks of Japan, and he was highly respected by Hojo Shizong.

"Your Highness is obsessed with the heart of the world, and he should be exhausted with the dust, how can he plant his heart deeply? The day of returning to the void, the time of the bliss of passing away, this is the supreme joy of getting rid of the sea of suffering, how can it be obsessed with the previous life. ”

"This thought is not mine, what does it have to do with me? In this life, only the causes of this life are planted, and the results of this life cannot be forced. One light is out, and one light is bright. It is the end of the understanding, and it is the eternal understanding. Daxiu said in mindfulness.

Ping Laigang and the others listened to it with a clear heart, and said together: "The master's wonderful words, I will be taught below." ”

Hojo Tokimune finally showed a relaxed smile, and looked at the plum blossoms falling in the snow Lin Yuan and said: "He has a plum blossom every year, and Huangquan also knows about it." The ghost under the monument is cold, that is, when the snow falls. Life and death are one thing, and yin and yang are the same branch. If this life is long, that life will come late. ”

Daxiu Zhengnian said: "Good, good, Your Highness is so clear-sighted, you can break the boundary between life and death, the old man is relieved." Amitabha! ”

Ping Laigang and others also showed joy together and congratulated: "Congratulations to the lord for his enlightenment!" ”

Hojo Tokimune laughed and said, "Although there are only a handful of my lives in this life, the cause of this life still has to be planted, so I can do as much as I can." Ping Yoritsuna! ”

"In!" Ping Lai Tsunade said.

"You have to find a way to send someone to the Yuan court and tell the Tartar chieftain that my kingdom of God is willing to be reduced to a vassal and serve the great ......"

"My lord! How does this make..."Ping Laigang blurted out, he never imagined that the lord had a heart of submission.

Hojo Tokimune waved his hand and interrupted Heira Yoritsuna's words, "Where did the previous Genko army go?" This time, the Yuan Kou, only 30,000 cavalry, put the kingdom of God in a desperate situation. If the last Yuankou army comes again, how can the kingdom of God resist? ”

"If tens of thousands of Yuan cavalry land, how can they resist? If what I expected, the Yuankou reinforcements are almost there. At that time, how long can the anti-Yuan rebels in various places hold out? The island of Kyushu has been lost, and the Motoko will continue to land in Honshu. We simply can't stop it. ”

"If this battle continues like this, my kingdom of God will hold out for a year at most. After all, it's going to... Failed. My original intention was to severely hurt the Yuankou, to make them realize that the kingdom of God is unconquerable, to let them retreat in the face of difficulties, and to strive for a decent condition. The bottom line of submission is to be emulated from Goryeo. ”

Hojo Tokimune's mind is still very clear-headed. With the loss of Kyushu Island, it will be difficult for Japan to win the war. But the final result may be submission to vassals, or it may be complete destruction like the Song State.

Hojo Tokimune's purpose was to force peace with war, consume the Yuan army in the quagmire, defeat the arrogance of the Yuan Kou, and then take the opportunity to hand over the steps of voluntary surrender in a low profile, in exchange for the withdrawal of the Yuan Kou.

I have to say that Hojo Tokimune's calculation is still feasible. It is not impossible to strive for a semi-independent status.

"Hello!" Ping Lai ordered the program, and he knew that this was the best way.

Zen Master Daxiu said: "Amitabha! The Yuan army killed the evil and the gods and men were angry, and they would be punished by heaven, and retribution was imminent. ”

Hojo Tokimune said again: "A Yuan army came to Iwami Province in Kansai, and I heard that there are more than 10,000 people. They have been in Iwami Province for more than half a month, but they have neither fought nor evacuated, which is really strange. ”

Chiba Zhenjia smiled bitterly: "This Yuankou, we have no time to deal with it. can only let them run rampant in Kansai. I hope they don't come to Kanto. ”

Hojo Tokimune snorted coldly, "What about coming?" The Kwantung rebels are like clouds, the warriors are like rain, and they are afraid of more than 10,000 yuan? There are two major things in front of you, and you must work hard. The first is to remotely control the samurai rebels in various places to fight against the Yuankou. The second is to contact the Yuan court as soon as possible and start peace negotiations. In the future, the kingdom of God will be entrusted to you. ”

The generals said with tears in their eyes: "Haiyi! ”

However, at the beginning of the month, just a few days after the shogunate's peace envoy set out, the second batch of Yuan reinforcements arrived in Kanto.

Due to the fact that there were more ships of the Yuan court this time, a full 40,000 troops were transported.

Among them, there were 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, 10,000 Tanma Red Army, and 20,000 Han Army.

The 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, of course, are still assigned to the commander of Xindu. But the commander of the 20,000-year-old Han army turned out to be... Zhang Hongfan!

The big traitor Zhang Hongfan originally died of illness this year. But because of the butterfly effect, Zhang Hongfan found Zhang Sanfeng for treatment, but he did not die, but recovered.

Although Kublai Khan alienated Zhang Hongfan in the past two years, he still believed in Zhang Hongfan's ability and loyalty. This time, Zhang Hongfan took the initiative to ask for help, and Kublai Khan immediately agreed.

Due to the lack of ships, Zhang Hongfan only transferred 20,000 troops under his command this time, most of them were infantry troops, and only 3,000 cavalry.

However, Zhang Hongfan's infantry was the most powerful siege corps in the Yuan army. Zhang's army once captured dozens of Song army cities, and the siege tactics were unparalleled.

In addition, another 20,000 Zhangjia troops will arrive in Japan at the beginning of next year as the third batch of reinforcements.

According to the plan of the Yuan court, the army of the Japanese army should reach more than 100,000. This is also what Li Luo said in the chapter, "All the people of the Hojo clan are soldiers, swear to resist to the death, and they cannot be suppressed unless there are 100,000 elite soldiers."

As soon as the reinforcements arrived, the strength of the Yuan army in Honshu reached more than 50,000 (not counting Li Luo).

"Hahaha, Jiubadu, I didn't expect you to come too!" Xin Du, who was anxious, was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Hongfan, and hurriedly put down the shelf of the clan to greet him.

During this time, he was very troubled by the swarming anti-Yuan rebels, although he was killing every day, and the old, young, women and children were all spared, but he was still attacked all the time, and it was becoming more and more difficult to supply materials. He once sent a letter to Kyushu Island to ask Li Luo to pacify Kanto together, but was told that Li Luo had gone to fight Kansai.

Now that the second batch of reinforcements has arrived, his strength has increased greatly, and he can finally kill the Japanese army and civilians. Then there is Zhang Hongfan's siege soldiers, he must take Kamakura Castle and destroy the shogunate.

Zhang Hongfan Jue was named the Duke of Qi, the official residence was a product, and he was given the title of "Nine Pull Capital", and he was also a great hero of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, even if he is Han, Xin Du is more polite.

"Xindu Badu, I have been looking for a long time to find you." Zhang Hongfan was also very enthusiastic when he saw Xin Du.

Zhang Hongfan came to the big tent in Xindu, and before he had time to sit down, he said solemnly: "Xindu Badu, the Great Khan said, you are the master of the field battle, and I am the master of the siege." ”

"Good! Then it's decided. In the field, Jiuba cooperated with my Xindu. Siege the city, I Xin Du cooperate with Jiubadu! Xin Du said happily.

Zhang Hongfan smiled and said, "Isn't there still a general Li Luo who conquered the East?" What, isn't he around? ”

Xin Du snorted coldly and said: "What is the general of Zhengdong, he has suffered heavy losses under his command, there are not some remnants of the army, and his sharpness has been lost." I heard that he ran to Kansai and picked soft persimmons and pinched them, haha. ”

Zhang Hongfan's handsome face was full of knowing smiles, and he stroked his long hair and said, "His credit is big enough, it's time to rest." Since Kublai Khan reactivated him, the originally decadent Zhang Hongfan immediately regained his original ambition and pride.

Xin Du said with a strange expression: "Speaking of this Li Luo, you have a lot of fate with Qi Guogong." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Hongfan asked, "Li Luo and I still have fate?" ”

Xin Du laughed and said, "Qi Guogong, you give the number of Jiu Badu." That Li Luo was also given the name of the Great Khan, called Xiao Jiu Badu! Isn't this fate, you say? Ha ha. ”

What the? Little Nine Badu?

Zhang Hongfan felt very strange when he heard it. Your grandmother's bear, this is also called fate?

PS: The weather is on tamales mode. Oh my God, you forgot to turn off the fire. As for the gods of the wind department, where are you dead? The heat died. Please support me a lot, woo~

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