Chapter 686: The Yuan Army's Expedition

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Although the Mongol army at that time suffered setbacks in the battle of Xiangfan, the remnants of the sweeping world in the era of Genghis Khan were still there, and the military discipline was strict, every ten, hundred, thousand, and ten thousand people were each a combat team, and each team was led by a chief, and the organization was extremely tight, so it was brave and good at fighting, and the combat effectiveness was extremely strong. In addition, the firearms equipped by the Yuan army at that time borrowed advanced technology from the Song Dynasty (which Sun Hui did not expect after making artillery for the Song Dynasty), and was also at the leading level in the world, and once commanded Europe, so artillery appeared in the battle sequence of the Yuan army as the secret weapon of the Japanese campaign.

The basis of the Japanese samurai army was the Shou and Jie Ji Tou system (Zhuang Tou system). This city was formed during the establishment of the shogunate by Minamoto Yoritomo. Most of the samurai who held the position of head of the prefecture were generals or retainers who had contributed to the past dynasties, that is, the "imperial family". Shou is the highest administrator who holds the power of soldiers and horses in a certain place, but from the perspective of his rank, he is only a middle- and lower-level official from the top five to the sixth; The head of the land is the official who administers public and private land for taxation, and has police power over the land under his administration, and his position is lower and subordinate to the guard. They kept private soldiers according to the size of the land they managed. When a certain guard leads a team to go out to battle, the family members and clansmen of one of his clan become the backbone of the garrison and go out with them, guarding the land under their jurisdiction, and also leading their family members and Lang Party to form a team of their own and return to the command. The troops formed by this master-slave relationship are organized and consolidated, and are not easy to break up, but can be reunited when they are scattered. The retainers were proud to die in front of the monarch's horse, so they were quite strong in battle. However, this kind of team fought separately, the command was not uniform, and the battle was biased towards a one-horse one-on-one fighting method, so the battle was almost chaotic, unorganized, undisciplined, not easy to command, no tactics at all, and could not compete with the Yuan army at all, and the overall combat effectiveness was actually quite weak (the local army of the Tran Dynasty in Vietnam was also a similar system, and its combat effectiveness was also very low).

In the 11th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1274 AD), under the command of the three generals Xindu, Hong Chaqiu, and Liu Fuheng, the Japanese army set out from Goryeo Hepu on October 3 and sailed to Tsushima. October 5** near Tsushima Island. The local head Zongma Yunzhuguo gathered more than 80 cavalry to land on the Yuan army, and the two sides fought fiercely. Due to the disparity in numbers, a total of 12 people from Zongma Yunzhuguo and his adopted sons were killed in battle, and all the Tsushima Guardian Army was annihilated. The 6-Japanese Army occupies Tsushima. On the evening of the 14th, the Yuan army attacked Iki Island. About 400 people from the two ships of the Yuan army landed first, and after the troops were lined up on the land, they set up a red flag as a mark, and fought fiercely with more than 100 cavalry led by the captain of the Zuoemon of the guardian army, Hei Jingtaka (Heinai Saemon Keitaka). After the battle of the Gao army was unfavorable, they retreated to the city to defend. On the 15th, the city was broken and broken, and Jinggao committed suicide and martyrdom. On the 16th, the Yuan army approached the coastal islands of Hizen and the northwest coastal area.

After Fujiwara Keizei, the Japanese Dazaifu Nishi Guardian who also served as the guardian of the "Sanmae and Two Islands", received the battle report of the Yuan army's attack on Tsushima, he reported to the shogunate while deploying defenses. The war report was sent to the Kamakura shogunate on October 17 and to Kyoto on the 18th. By October 22, it became known that Tsushima Island was occupied by the Yuan army.

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