In Kyoto Castle, the head of the Hojo family, Hojo Tokimune, stands with his hands behind his back in a garden full of delicate flowers and willows, watching the beautiful birds fly up and down among the flowers and plants. The mind is flying out of the clouds.

Since the first time they fought against the Yuan Dynasty coalition forces, the Wa Kingdom has been impressed by the powerful combat power of the Mongol warriors, who are far taller than their samurai, and their strength is even better, only their scimitar material is not as sharp as the samurai swords of the Wa Kingdom.

The five hundred samurai who died tragically on the spot in the first battle, the scene was still vaguely flashing in front of his eyes, the Yuan army did not pay attention to the rules at all, there were no rules of battle at all, just shooting arrows frantically at the samurai who rushed over.

The 500 cavalry led by Fujiwara Keishi, the commander of the Wa Kingdom, who had been deployed here last night, did not attack when the Yuan army landed, but only after the coalition army had reorganized its formation, did it follow the practice of the Wa State at that time, which was suicidal, and no matter how many people the other side had, he had to take the initiative to attack only after the other side was ready.

First, a samurai drowned on a single horse, rushing ahead, followed by a large group of cavalry. It is conceivable that this practice of the Japanese army startled the Yuan army at first, but as soon as they came into contact, the Yuan army found that these people were all nonsense, and their martial arts could not be compared with the combat skills of the regular army.

The outcome was already predictable, the five hundred Wa cavalry were all over the field, and the two charges were all dead before they were finished, but in several other battlefields, the Yuan army encountered stubborn resistance, although they could attack the land, but the resistance was great and the progress was extremely slow.

And then a storm on the sea overturned countless warships of the Yuan army crossing the sea, and more than 10,000 Yuan soldiers who jumped into the sea were drowned, and the floating corpses floating on the sea blocked the channel on the shore.

Early the next morning, the Japanese army lined up at Dazaifu Mizuki City, but did not see the allied forces attacking, and sent soldiers to reconnoitre, only to learn that there were no ships on the Hakude Sea, and the Yuan army retreated. The Japanese government and opposition were pleasantly surprised by the sudden typhoon to drive away the enemy, and launched a nationwide large-scale worship campaign called "kamikaze."

However, today's news from Ningbo made Hojo Tokimune's heart sink to the bottom, and the things that had been worrying him were finally implemented, and the fleet of the Great Song South China Sea Fleet, which went north from Quanzhou, finally headed for the East China Sea, and the target was the Wa Kingdom Islands.

The Wa Kingdom has always respected the culture of the Han and Tang dynasties, and at the same time felt honored for the identity of its own subject country, and had endured the national letters of the Sui Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty for so many years.

However, in the interaction with the Yuan Dynasty, the barbarism and unreasonableness of the Yuan Dynasty were not recognized, and the rude Yuan army, which had no traditional culture, triggered the top-down resistance of the Wa State, and even the farmers in the fields carried hoes to fight against the Yuan army, otherwise there would be so much resistance when the Yuan army attacked the land.

After the retreat of the Yuan army, the Japanese government and the opposition believed that the sudden arrival of the kamikaze was a miracle of the gods protecting the Japanese kingdom from foreign enemies, and that the Hojo family of the Kamakura shogunate, which had unified the power of the islands, had a desire not to submit to any country again.

To put it simply, I think that the Japanese archipelago is really blessed by the gods, and no foreign force can win when they come to the mainland, and I am still afraid of you hairy? Why should you be your vassal, listen to your orders, and pay tribute every year.

The Hojo family has repeatedly dealt with heavy hands these times, eliminating some small forces, co-opting and subduing large forces, actively integrating their own internal contradictions, and firmly controlling the Kamakura shogunate in their hands, the emperor at this time is just a puppet, and Hojo Tokimune is the real emperor.

The forces under his direct control were already tens of thousands, which could be said to be the most powerful moment in the 100 years of the Kamakura shogunate, plus hundreds of thousands of commoners who could participate in the war, plus the protection of the gods on the homeland, he was no longer able to defeat his opponents.

"My lord, there's an urgent letter from the dock again!"

A thin black-clad samurai hurried from outside, stopped in front of Hojo, knelt on one knee and raised his hands above his head, holding a sealed letter.

Hojo Tokimune retracted his trance, took a few steps forward to take the letter, and was just about to open it to read, when he turned his face and asked again: "What about the person who sent the letter?" ”

"My lord, you are recuperating at the dock at the moment, do you want me to bring them over?"

"No need, you can go too!"

Hojo Tokimune took the letter sealed with fire paint, but instead of tearing it up immediately, he slowly walked into the spacious study with the water on his back, placed the envelope on the thick wooden table, and stared at it intently for a long time with his two eyes.

The person who wrote the letter was his confidant Hojo Higashiyama, who had been stationed in Ningbo with merchant ships for several months, because people doing business in Quanzhou had sent back news that the Song army had been building warships on a large scale in Quanzhou for more than half a year.

Where exactly is the target of the attack, no one is sure, at that time Hojo Tokimune had a prevention, for this Song Dynasty that was almost destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty was able to counterattack, Hojo Tokimune was really surprised.

In particular, the power of the Song army's cannons relied on word of mouth to reach the Wa Kingdom, and Hojo Tokimune was very interested, so he sent several groups of people such as Hojo Higashiyama to Ningbo Port with a large amount of property, and stayed on the grounds of establishing a trading house to do business, and the ultimate goal was to find a way to obtain the secrets of the Song army's artillery.

However, as the South China Sea Fleet of the Song Army advanced northward, there were people from the Wa State who were inquiring about the news along the way, although they could not understand the key points, but such a large fleet sailed to the East China Sea, and the first target of the threat was the Wa State.

When the sealed fire paint was opened, there were only a few words in the letter.

"My lord, the warship army of the Song people covers the sky and the sun, and the number is so large that a few of us can't count it clearly, and the ships are strong and the soldiers are brave, Dongshan feels that the Song army is invincible, and I hope that the adults will do a good job in advance."

Hojo Tokimune was silent after reading the letter, and after a moment, a few sneers came out of his throat.

"The ships are strong and the guns are sharp, jokes, no matter how powerful the fleet is, it is difficult to break through the kamikaze to protect the islands of the Wa Kingdom, it will only make them remember what it means to fail, and the Wa Kingdom itself is a sacred place protected by the gods, and they can't help but come to harass and make trouble.

If the Song Dynasty comes to attack, they must be told to leave the cannon behind and leave, haha, my Hojo family is striving to be strong and integrate the forces of the islands, isn't it just to step out of this narrow island in the future and go to the distance to find a suitable soil for survival! ”

With a "snap", Hojo Tokimune threw the letter and envelope on the wooden table, his expression was angry, and he was really anxious about the lack of progress in Hojo Higashiyama. In his opinion, the steelmaking and forging technology of the Wa Kingdom is unique in the world, and they have made a lot of improvements in the process of iron quenching in the Tang Dynasty.

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