Chapter 314: Secretly Heading North
Yes, Muramasa is right, this is the flat land at the foot of the mountain, and it can't beat the cavalry of the Yuan army at all, and the top priority now is to save strength and continue to resist them!
Hojo Aso turned his eyes and saw that there was a general commanding on the mountainside not far away, and this general was so afraid of death that he ordered his men to die!
The samurai in the field were still dying, and Hojo Aso hurriedly ran halfway up the mountain, but the general recognized Hojo Shogun and immediately handed over the command.
Hojo Aso did not dare to delay, and ordered the people to shout loudly, calling everyone to the mountain to defend against the enemy.
The cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty didn't know what they were shouting, they just watched them retreat and tried their best to chase them, but after reaching the mountains, the situation was different, the horses were unusable, and then under the resistance of the island people, there was no progress at all.
The large army on the other side of the hill was like his own side just now, so Hojo Aso found an opportunity to bypass it again and resisted the attack of the Yuan army in the same way.
There are 3 generals on the mountain, all of them are generals of the same level as Hojo Aso, and they see that Hojo Aso is commanding properly, the losses are decreasing, and the Yuan army is also retreating.
"Hahaha!" Hojo Aso's heart was so happy that he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.
"Sure enough, it was Prince Zhao Rui who blessed me and let me retreat from the enemy soldiers!"
The generals next to him didn't quite understand, and took advantage of the retreat of the Yuan army to ask for details.
Hojo Aso said the truth, these generals all think that Hojo is not brainy, the mountains can resist cavalry, this is known to everyone, just now was just caught off guard by the Yuan army.
Perhaps seeing the doubts of his companions, Hojo Aso said confidently: "Wait and see, Lord Zhao Rui has already launched the 'kamikaze', and their Yuan army will soon fail!" ”
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Now everyone was even more speechless.
The Yuan army has come ashore, what is his name, what can the wind do?
But it was finally defeated, everyone was very excited, and immediately wrote a war report to the shogunate, and at the same time, Hojo Aso also wrote Zhao Rui's matter clearly.
Coincidentally, the Yuan army, which felt some resistance to the battle for the first time that night, perhaps feared a sneak attack or something, returned to the ship not far from the shore to rest.
At night, the wind was howling and the rain was raging.
The strong wind could even sweep the emaciated people into the sky, and everyone else was sheltering from the rain in the camp, but Hojo Aso himself was in the rain, holding a big tree and howling.
"Haha! The kamikaze is coming! The kamikaze is coming......"
The next morning, the Yuan army was not seen coming.
The islanders sent people all the way to investigate, and there was no trace of the Yuan army on the road, but they saw a lot of corpses of the Yuan army on the coast, and these corpses had no external injuries, more like drowning.
The beach on the shore is still full of debris such as broken ship boards.
It seems that it was indeed the wind that completely destroyed the ships of the Yuan army.
There are more and more officers and soldiers in the island countries on the shore, and they are all stunned, unexpectedly that there was a Yuan army like a hungry wolf yesterday, and now they are buried at the bottom of the sea.
On the entire shore, only Hojo Aso was there smiling and shouting, and he had already thrown the five bodies that Zhao Rui admired to the ground in his heart.
Perhaps because the emperor died, the Song Dynasty sent additional troops to the city near Zhao Rui's forces, not because of anything else, but because Zhao Rui was also surnamed Zhao, worried that he would take the opportunity to launch an offensive and take the world again.
It's just that they were greatly injured by the vitality consumed by the Yuan Dynasty, and the number of officers and soldiers sent was scarce, which was not enough for Zhao Rui to see, maybe they were just trying to comfort themselves.
The idea of replacing it is not unheard of on Zhao Rui's side, and even Zhang Zhennan specially proposed it.
But Zhao Rui knew that the decay of the Song Dynasty was formed overnight, and even if he didn't do anything, the Song Dynasty would play itself to death.
Rather than replace it, it is more appropriate to break it and then stand up.
Xia Gui went first and came back quickly, Jia Yidao should have hemorrhaged this time. More gold and silver treasures were given than before.
Okay, Zhao Rui was thinking about dealing with the Yuan Dynasty.
Although it may be that Liu Sheng took the initiative to contact them, they quietly killed so many people from the White Lotus Society who now belonged to them, which really made Zhao Rui very unhappy.
It happened that Zhao Yuan died of an overdose, Zhao Rui simply buttoned a hat for Borkin, and Emperor Yuan poisoned Emperor Song to death, and the fake news sent people to disperse.
Because the reason for Zhao Yuan's death was not very good, the court avoided it, and just said that he died of illness, so as soon as this fake news came out, it was simply a national uproar.
The news spread all over the country, and they all despised Borkin's personality. Finally reached Borkin's ears.
"Bastard thing!"
In the Dadu Palace, it was the early dynasty, Borkin, in front of the minister of civil and military affairs, was furious!
"Your Majesty, there are too many gossips outside now, and the Song people are so hateful, they can't beat us, so they want to slander the emperor?"
The minister who reported it hurriedly said good things.
"What gossip? Tell me about it! "Borkin takes this very seriously and wants to ask carefully.
"Uh...... The minister didn't dare to ......"
The message is too rebellious, and it is really not suitable to say it in front of civil and military officials in the court.
"Though I forgive you!"
Borkin was furious, the whole world was talking about his own affairs, and he was the last one to know, and the ministers below probably heard a lot!
In fact, it was not Borgin who was covered by officials, but in order to make him less angry.
It's just that Borkin was pressing, and the minister who reported it had no choice, so he had to say curtly: "Some people say that you have taken a fancy to the current queen mother of the Song Dynasty, and you did this for the sake of feelings!" ”
"Fart! I am so vast, what woman can't find it, and I have to go to see his Zhao Yuan's wife, it's really a big joke! ”
"Yes, what the emperor said is, otherwise how can it be said that it is false! We didn't believe it at all when we heard it, but the Song Dynasty confused the people's hearing and hearing, which is really hateful! ”
The minister's words were like adding fuel to the fire, and Borkin was furious, and immediately ordered a vigorous conquest of the Song Dynasty, which was bound to capture the city south of the Yangtze River.
On this day, Zhao Rui was discussing with Ma Yue about the White Lotus Society.
Ma Yue heard Zhao Rui say that he had met the Pseudo White Lotus Society in Luzhou, and suddenly said with a stunned face: "So that's ......"
"How?" Zhao Rui frowned and said.
"That Liu Sheng has been in contact with the Song Dynasty during the period, and I wonder if the gang in Luzhou has anything to do with him."
Although Ma Yue said it rigorously, Zhao Rui thought about it, I am afraid it is very possible.
The group of White Lotus who developed in Luzhou will have a good reputation, even better than Du Wanyi's group, if there is no support from the big forces behind them, Zhao Rui will not believe it.
Thinking of the recent large-scale attack of the Yuan Dynasty along the Yangtze River, it is very likely that Luzhou is the civilian force they buried.
If Zhao Rui didn't get rid of them, it is very likely that when the Yuan army captures Luzhou, these pseudo-White Lotus will become their internal responses, and when the time comes, Luzhou will be in danger.
"So the Yuan Dynasty also wants to use civil power to achieve its goals? Haven't the arrangements I planned before become a wedding dress for the Yuan Dynasty? What to do......"
Zhao Rui was really a little embarrassed.
Even if he knew the exact location of the northern branch of the White Lotus Society, it was impossible for Zhao Rui to lead the troops to exterminate them, they were originally the people, and when Zhao Rui came with the troops, they would naturally blend in with the people, and no one would be able to tell the difference at that time.
And Zhao Rui doesn't want to destroy the Northern Branch of the White Lotus Society, now with the support of the Yuan Dynasty, I'm afraid that the strength is still in the same way as the Japanese drama, if it returns to his own hands again and uses it for himself, how good it would be!
This force equivalent to religion, Zhao Rui decided to guide him to develop for the better, not only to become an existence against brutal rule, but also to gather the hearts of the people, or to broaden the wisdom of the people.
"Ma Yue, we're going to take a trip to the north."
"The prince wants to solve this matter secretly?" Ma Yue may also think that this is the best way.
Zhao Rui nodded and said: "Yes, get rid of Liu Sheng and develop a few more reliable people, let's make this trip worthwhile!" ”
With a decision, Zhao Rui asked Zhang Zhennan and the generals to discuss again.
Zhang Zhennan sat in Xiangfan, he was full of literature and martial arts, Zhao Rui was naturally relieved, but he just told him to beware of the infiltration of the White Lotus Society.
And the generals are here to arrange for the Xiong brothers to go to Tubo, and the reason is just to find them to intrude on Dali.
The territory of Tubo is too big, so Zhao Rui just let them fight steadily, and the main role is to attract the attention of the Yuan Dynasty. Perhaps they will relax the defense of the northern part of the Central Plains while deploying their troops.
And Zhao Rui can take the opportunity to settle the matter of the White Lotus Society.
At the same time, Zhao Rui had to admire the Yuan Dynasty, such a large territory, said that it was occupied, especially that area where the tribes were scattered and sparsely populated, I don't know how much thought the Yuan Dynasty spent at that time.
This place is next to Zhao Rui's territory, and it originally belonged to Zhao Rui's battleground, but the area is too vast, and I don't know how many years it will take to conquer it.
After the arrangements were made, Zhao Rui took Zhao Gong, Xiao Yi and twenty elite soldiers to the north.
The 20 officers and men he brought with him are worth mentioning, and they are the people with the best training results in the entire unit. Since Zhao Rui is now practicing special forces training, these twenty people are equivalent to the level of the king of soldiers in the special forces.
If you go to the north and have any special tasks to perform, these people are well-deserved good hands.
The people found a few carriages, put cloth on them, and dressed them as merchant travelers, looking no different from many merchants selling cloth.
Zhao Rui and others went to Tangzhou and then to Xuzhou, and then arrived at Kaifeng Mansion.
Along the way, I only felt that the population in the north was not as large as in the south, and the Yuan Dynasty naturally killed a lot, but many fled to the Southern Song Dynasty in the early years.
This is also a special place in the Song Dynasty, prosperous commerce, produced a large number of handicraftsmen, they are really out of the land of a group of people, which is in China, a big agricultural country is a very positive significance, that is, the Southern Song Dynasty in the later development process, the speed is very rapid, the economic level has also developed to the situation that is not inferior to the Northern Song Dynasty.