Chapter 46: Eight Directions Press the Sword to Hide the Wind and Thunder (12)
[I'm sorry everyone, I have been burning for two days, I owe a bunch of debts, the previous debts have not gone, and the new debts have come again, so I have to work hard to repay the debts. γ
With Han Gang's sentence, several privy envoys were relieved.
It's not that they have to get Han Gang's approval to dare to issue ordersβa few of them still have the confidence and self-esteem of being privy envoysβbut Han Gang, who has redefined Huayi's distinction, and he stands up and says a sentence that is more useful than their defense. At worst, there is also Han Gang in front of him as a shield, which saves a lot of trouble.
Although they are all public and beneficial to the country, they will inevitably poke their backs for a group of nerds. Wang Shao died early, and died of a festering carbuncle in his abdomen, and he 'saw the five internal organs', and some people said that he was the retribution for his excessive killing in Hehuang. Zhang Dian and Han Gang cut off countless toes in Jiaozhi, which was also criticized.
"Alright, so be it." Su Song stood up with his legs propped up, and he was tired after sitting for a long time.
Zhang Dian nodded, "I will send the command to Wang Sunchen today, I hope there will be no delay on the road." β
It's annoying enough to say, and there are endless hearts in front of and behind you.
If there was enough time and manpower, several people here, including Han Gang, would not be willing to give such an order.
Han Gang's consistent preaching is to educate the four yi. And the so-called indoctrination is by no means to kill all the people, but to focus on the elimination of the upper strata, the purge of the stratum that have mastered power, wealth, knowledge, and history.
Without a leader, the people below are much easier to deal with. Strictly indoctrination, after a long time, no one will remember the previous grievances, and even forget the ancestors completely.
Unfortunately, Wang Sunsin was left with only a winter and a group of Uighurs who could never be trusted. In this case, only the simplest and most crude option can be chosen.
Feeling that the atmosphere seemed to be a little heavy, Xue Xiang smiled and said, "If you capture Shule, the Western Regions will be recovered." Connected to the Han and Tang Dynasties, this skill should be able to shine through the ages. β
"Let's wait until we take Shule." Han Gang shook his head, and he was the only one who was convenient to pour cold water.
Zhang Dun Ha laughed twice: "That's right, it's not too late to celebrate when the good news comes." β
Han Gang said: "If you go south recklessly, even if you have merit, you have to get a discount." lest you get used to recklessness in the future and suffer a big loss. β
"Not really." Guo Kui said loudly, "Wang Sunchen seems to be reckless, but he is actually steady. Since he dared to pursue, he had his own reasons. It won't be a rash move with blood rushing to the head. This Shule ...... There will be no problem taking it down. β
Han Gang was surprised in his heart, but he didn't expect Guo Kui to give Wang Sunchen such a high evaluation.
Xue Xiang smiled when he heard this: "If you have Zhongtong's words, I will be more at ease." β
Zhang Dian and Su Song both nodded, feeling the same way.
Guo Kui's vision of people is recognized by the DPRK and the Central People, and there is a saying that it is called 'turtle divination candle illumination', and there is no objection to the fact that there is no doubt about it.
If you can clear the wall before the Black Khan's army comes to help, the enemy army will be unavailable. They could only storm the strongholds held by the officers and soldiers.
In terms of the time left for Wang Sunchen, it was enough for him to arrange Shule City to the point where it was difficult to penetrate the needle. Black Khan can be forced to admit the reality, surrender their hands to the Shule region, and withdraw their hands to the west of the green mountains. The land thus vacated could accommodate a large number of Uighurs, Tibetans, and Han Chinese.
Once the official army firmly controlled the gateway to the Green Mountains, then the Great Song Dynasty's control of the south of the Tianshan Mountains would no longer be challenged by anyone. Whether it was the Uighurs or the Tibetans, or the Black Khans west of the Green Mountains, they had to be more tidy in the Western Regions under the control of the Han Chinese.
As for the north of the Tianshan Mountains, it is necessary to strengthen the guarding forces of the North Garden. From the North Court to the west, there is also a road that leads to the hinterland of the Black Khanate. Only by holding the north court steadily is equivalent to cutting off all the passages for black sweat to enter the western region of Kouxi.
With the Uighurs, who had been beaten to the point of not daring to raise their heads, they could not think of shaking the Great Song Dynasty's control over the Western Regions. The feat of the Han and Tang dynasties to open up the Western Regions was completed so silently. Speaking of which, I really want to cry out for Wang Sunchen.
However, before the threat of the Liao people was resolved, the merit of recovering the Western Regions was also like this. No matter how large the territory of the Western Regions is, it is not as big as the land south of Yanshan.
Han Gang shook his head imperceptibly, and then asked, "What about the Japanese side?" β
"Let's wait and see. Let's figure out the strength of the Khitans who crossed the sea. Zhang Duan said, "Or do you have any other ideas, Yukun?" β
"Nope. The same is true of Han Gang's meaning. β
"Yukun, as far as you are concerned, how many people will there be in the Beiyu?" Su Song asked.
"No amount will exceed 10,000 riders." Han Gang thought for a while and said, "This is different from Goryeo, you can advance and retreat when you fight Goryeo, but Japan is not a place where there is a way out." Whoever puts it on it, there will be no doubts in his heart, Yelu Yixin can't drive so many people across the sea. You can only send someone to test the depth of the water before you can lure people to the bait. β
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Brother Wan Yan Ying was looking at the crumbling Dazaifu government hall.
The Saikaido Office, which resembles a small city, is the last stronghold on Kyushu Island that has not yet been conquered.
The thousand five elite horsemen under his command were shooting at the head of the city under the city, and the more than 5,000 new annexed troops were divided into several batches, taking turns stepping on the long ladder and rushing towards the wall. From time to time, people fell down the ladder, but the defenders were at a disadvantage in the cross-fire, and more climbed the walls.
The city was broken only in the last moment.
Dazaifu is the largest city in Japan after the capital and the most familiar city for Goryeo merchants. Located on the island of Kyushu, it is the seat of the Saikaido province and controls Japan's foreign trade.
Dazaifu is surrounded by mountains, with a long wall at the pass to the northwest, and a walled castle on the hills to the south and north, so even if there are no walls around the city, it has a certain defensive capacity.
It's a pity that Japan has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and it has never fought a war, and its military equipment has long been rotten, and it is a state of defenselessness.
After Yan Yingge landed on the island, he rushed straight to Dazaifu according to the predetermined plan, and captured the outer city walls and walled forts with lightning speed, and directly attacked the official hall of Dazaifu.
It's just that Brother Wanyan Ying saw that the central wall of Dazaifu was towering, so he gave up the urge to attack with an army. After plundering the city of Zhongfang, some people were left to guard the long wall and the walled city, and they did not attack Dazaifu for a month, but robbed around the island, and grabbed people everywhere to repair the port defenses, in case the Song army intercepted the back road.
When the port was repaired, the Song people did not come, and there were no reinforcements from Honshu, Japan, so they brought a large army to solve the enemy behind the island of Kyushu.
The ground shook a bit, then it shook again.
Brother Wanyan Ying's war horse shook his ears, without the panic at the beginning. Brother Wanyan touched the mane of his beloved horse, and he no longer cared.
After landing on the island, I experienced more than a dozen earthquakes, large and small, except for the initial shock, both people and horses quickly got used to it. The smoky volcano, I don't feel anything terrible after seeing too much.
Cheers followed the shaking of the earth, flags were dropped from the city, the defenders on the walls were retreating, and the gates of the government hall had been slowly opened. Hundreds of horsemen who had been guarding the gate rushed in and rushed directly into the city gate that had not yet been fully opened.
"Alright, you guys go in too. Men don't stay! Brother Wan Yan Ying gave an order to the hundreds of subordinates guarding him, "Be careful." β
There are only 100 guards left to guard the royal side, and Brother Wan Yan Ying is not afraid, he is only afraid of senseless casualties.
In addition to breaking through the undefended defense line on the periphery of Dazaifu, Brother Wanyan Ying also attacked dozens of country granges, and the soldiers he encountered were all armed with bamboo guns, and only about seven or eight of the hundred people had iron knives and guns, and only one or two of them were equipped with tattered armor that could cause him a little hindrance, and there was no army.
But Brother Wan Yan Ying fought for many days, and knew that the Japanese soldiers he came into contact with were only low-class village soldiers, and he didn't think that their level could be compared with the legendary most elite warriors in Japan, who were invincible, invincible, and had eight guns of the Four Heavenly Kings and Eight Guns, Red Ghosts, and Blue Gods - the officials and nobles captured on Kyushu Island said so, and Brother Wan Yan Ying had to believe that there was such an elite group in Japan.
Dazaifu is a big city after all, and there may be a small number of Eastern samurai guarding the official hall, which is likely to bring a lot of casualties to the defenseless subordinates, so it is necessary to be guarded against.
From the previous Goryeo maritime merchants, as well as the dozens of Zhuangzi who have killed so many big names and small names and broken them now, Brother Wanyan Ying and his subordinate generals have more or less understood the situation in the Japanese court. In Japan, most of Japan's troops are now in the northeast. It is rumored to be the remnant of the traitor who was exterminated twenty years ago, and now it is beginning to stir again, so that the Japanese court has to send elite soldiers to defend the east.
This is something to be thankful for. There is no need to worry about the samurai of the Eastern Kingdom, who may come west at any time, which means that the 1,500 elites of the Liao who come to Japan will be able to make full use of their expertise in looting and looting more and better treasures from the Japanese.
Brother Wan Yan Ying can be sure that this is not a lie. Many members of the Tokai Women's Tribes crossed the sea to Japan to rob. Some of them snatched a pass home, while others were hired to fight for their employers in Japan. Under his command, there were two old men from the East China Sea Jurchen who were familiar with the road and could even speak a few words of Japanese, and when they were recruited for questioning, they also boasted about the generosity of the Japanese employer who paid the bill with gold sand more than 20 years ago. However, none of the two old slippery heads mentioned how powerful the Eastern Samurai they had encountered.
The whining horn interrupted Brother Yan Ying's memories. This is a sign of a big win. He raised his head in surprise and saw his nephew Ah Guda carrying a head, leaving the official hall and coming straight to his side. He was followed by more than a dozen horsemen, some with heads in their hands, and some with captives on horseback.
When Ah Gu got off his horse, he straightened his chest and folded his belly, and carried the head of someone who he didn't know, and came to his uncle's horse triumphantly.
Brother Wanyan Ying ignored him, the child couldn't boast, and he couldn't let his tail.
Pointing to one of the most gorgeously dressed monks among the captives, he was brought over and asked about the current situation of the Japanese court. Being able to stay at the bottom of the line during the war, the status of this monk will not be low. The monks of the Wa Kingdom all spoke Chinese.
was slashed with a knife by Brother Wanyan Ying's guards, and as soon as Brother Wanyan Ying opened his mouth to inquire, the monk talked endlessly.
But after listening to the monk from Benzhou talk about the political situation in the country, Brother Wan Yan Ying was dizzy. What the Han people say, he doesn't know how to say it very well, and it sounds a little difficult, and this monk has a strong accent, which is completely different from the Han people that Brother Wan Yan Ying usually hears.
Brother Yan Ying's brows gradually twisted, and after the most impatiently, he raised his foot impatiently and kicked the bald donkey into a somersault: "What is this talking about, is it a ghost chanting?!" β
He was so angry that Ah Guta, who was breathing a sigh, stepped forward and glared at the monk viciously.
When the monk saw Ah Guta, it was like seeing an evil ghost, and his face was even more frightened, and he was so anxious that he forgot the words of the Han people, and he didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, Brother Wan Yan Ying has an interpreter by his side who was captured from Goryeo, who can speak Japanese, Chinese and Khitan dialect, and can also talk a few words about Jurchen. I wanted to hear undistorted news just now, so I didn't call him, and then I was called over to be a translator.
After listening to a few words, the interpreter turned around and pointed to Ah Guta, and said to Brother Yan Ying: "The little general only brought five or six people, and he killed the most warlike Kwantung samurai among the dozens of Japanese people. A fierce general like the little general is regarded as a reincarnated evil ghost in the Wa Kingdom, which is why he is so afraid. β
Brother Wan Yan Ying frowned: "A bone fight!" You didn't meet a samurai when you went in? β
"Yes!" Ah Guda raised his head, "They all have knives, and they all have armor." But the mess was stupider than quails, and I shot a few arrows, and I went up and killed them all. Ah Gu raised his hand and showed the head, "Then I cut off the head of this big official." β
Could this be the samurai of the Eastern Kingdom?! Brother Wan Yan Ying is really unimaginable. It's just that the monk's attitude seems to be the right one.
Brother Wan Yan Ying thought for a while, couldn't figure it out, and simply gave up. In any case, the Japanese on this side of Kyushu are too weak.
For so many years, the Koreans have been trying to arch to the north. If you can take advantage of it, you will never let it go. But now look at Japan, if the kings of Goryeo were to use the strength of arching the western border to the Yalu River from a hundred miles north of Kaijing, they might have knocked down Kyushu Island long ago.
Probably not. Brother Wan Yan Ying shook his head.
He was one of the members who attacked Goryeo. He personally cut down dozens of high-ranking officials and eunuchs in Goryeo, and turned their wives and daughters into concubines and maids who served as Emperor Chen. In this process, there were more than ten battles, and he didn't even draw his knife many times. It was all the forwards who rushed, and the Goryeo army collapsed. The arrows that come over can't even break the armor of the war horse, let alone the strong armor on the human body, which is basically tickling.
At that time, he was thinking, what was going on with the Goryeo people three times in the past, why did he fail to destroy the country? This Goryeo is a little too weak!
Weak on both sides. Perhaps that's how peace was kept. Just like the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty, both sides were strong to have a peaceful situation for decades.
Brother Wanyan Ying rode his horse into the city, and the monk and the interpreter followed behind him, describing to him in detail the inside story of the Japanese government and the opposition.
The situation in Heiankyo is similar to that of Dazaifu, with no walls and only a fence on the perimeter. It's just that the central location, that is, the imperial city, has a parapet. Moreover, there is an outer wall on the Dazaifu side, and Heiankyo is just a moat.
As for the main force in the army, it is the dozens of Kwantung samurai who have just been solved by Aguda cutting vegetables and melons, all of them are famous owners of Arida, and the whole of Japan, the total number of people is only a few thousand.
Standing at the door of the opened warehouse, listening to the confession of the captive, looking at the coins and silk silk piled up in the warehouse, Brother Wan Yan Ying's eyes were red, the small mansion is so rich, so can the capital be returned? Let him only hate that he didn't have eight hands and couldn't catch so many good things.
The splitter grabbed a cronie, and Brother Yan Ying hissed and shouted: "Go back and overlay the king, people here are stupid!" More money! Come on! β