"Emperor, our army has been assembled, and the total number of infantry and navy is 30,000." The Cabinet Secretary reports to Emperor Jimmu.

"What's the situation with Dali Jun now?" Emperor Jimmu took the military book and flipped through it carefully.

"In the past few days, the Dali army has captured Kobe, Osaka and other places, frantically plundering gold and silver property in various places, and also grabbed many young and strong men and transported them away by warships."

"What? Transported our people away? Where did it go? Emperor Jimmu took the case, "Dali deceives people too much, is it really that I have no one in Japan?" Immediately gather the troops and sail to Osaka, where they will fight a decisive battle. ”

"No! Emperor, Osaka is not in danger, and if we fight the enemy there, the right time and place will not be on our side. The defense of Pingcheng and the capital is solid, there are dangers to defend and there are enough exercises, so it is better for us to wait for them to attack. ”

Emperor Jimmu rebuked angrily: "Confused, can't we just shrink here for the rest of our lives?" What if they don't attack Heijokyo? We have gathered all the troops here, and the lack of defense in other places is the fat in the mouth of the Dali army, do we have to watch the Dali army sweep the whole country before making a move? ”

The cabinet minister said yes, "What the emperor said is very true, so the minister will go and prepare." But it is said that this time the leader of the Dali army is their king, named Li Shan, who was an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, but I don't know why he became the king of Dali, this person has never been defeated for many years, and has staged many legendary battles with less to win more, and it is difficult for our army to have its opponents. ”

Emperor Jimmu frowned and said, "The Li Shan you said is the Li Shan who invented gunpowder?" ”

"It was this person who was once canonized by the Tang Dynasty as the secretary of the arms department, and when the minister went to the Tang Dynasty, he was fortunate to meet this person, who was only twenty years old at the time. Now it's only thirty, but this person has unparalleled wisdom and scheming, and he can be called the first person in Dali. ”

Emperor Jimmu said, "Do you think the Great General Nakamaro has the possibility of defeating him?" ”

The cabinet minister said: "The minister thinks that the probability is less than one percent. Although there are less than 20,000 sergeants in the Dali army, they are all elite soldiers and strong generals who have fought all year round, and they have the most advanced weapons. Although our army has more than 30,000 people, the elite troops of Goryeo World War I suffered great losses, coupled with the lack of firearms, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness is not as good as the 20,000 Dali army. What's more, Zhong Malu's art of war was learned from the Tang Dynasty, and among the military generals of the Tang Dynasty, no one could be on the right side of Li Shan. ”

Only then did Emperor Jimmu realize the seriousness of the problem and said, "So, we will definitely lose this battle?" ”

"Emperor, although the Dali army can fight well, but after all, after a long journey, it is inevitable that the water and soil will not adapt, plus the division is nameless, it is an unrighteous army, and the people are not attached, these points are the key to our victory."

Emperor Jimmu was overjoyed and said, "So you have a clever plan?" ”

"The minister thinks that first of all, we must tell the world about the crimes of the Dali army, let all the people hate the same enemy, fight against it, as long as the people do not cooperate, we will let the sergeants strictly guard each city, block the march route of the Dali army, so that they will pay a heavy price if they do not go further. Second, the emperor sent people to ask the Tang Dynasty for help, so that the Tang Dynasty could send troops to deal with Dali. ”

"Let the Tang Dynasty send troops? How is this possible? We just had a conflict with the Tang Dynasty in Goryeo, and when we turned to the Tang Dynasty for help, how could they agree to us? ”

"Emperor, Li Shan is the king of Dali, and he used to be an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, this doesn't explain the problem? He must have defected from Datang and taken refuge in Dali. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty must have hated Li Shan. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and Datang will definitely be willing to send troops. ”

Emperor Jimmu: "Okay, then we should cooperate with the outside and stick to avoid the war and delay time." Wait until the Dali soldiers are sleepy and tired, and then give them a head-on blow. If Dali is involved in the Tang Dynasty and cannot divide troops to help, even if Li Shan is powerful, he will be dragged down by us. ”

The two of them thought that they had found a way to defend themselves against the enemy and were complacent, but they didn't know that Li Shan had already seen through everything. What Li Shan has to do is not as simple as simply capturing Pingcheng Jing? What Li Shan wants to do is not to kill people, but to punish his heart.

The three cities of Kobe, Osaka, and Kumamoto are important port cities in Japan. Li Shan was not in a hurry to march after choking the port, but divided his troops into three routes to defend the three cities, and at the same time implemented a new strategy in the city.

"This is my rule, and I'll start it in these three cities right away." Li Shan issued the edict to his generals.

The generals asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this regulation?" I am well aware of the collection of grain and grass, the storage of money and property, and the survey of household registration. But here's what ...... here."

"What's the matter? If there's anything you don't understand, let's hear it. Li Shan is not in a hurry, he must explain it if he doesn't understand, otherwise his subordinates will have problems if they act blindly.

"You see, this third one, the establishment of private learning. Didn't we come to fight, how did we build schools again? The fourth article is even more difficult, which is to organize the land and distribute it to the sergeants. Your Majesty, you don't want us to make a home here, do you? ”

Li Shan smiled and said, "You kid is quite smart, I just want you to settle here." Not only do you want to settle here, but I want you to marry and have children here and live here. ”

All the generals were taken aback and said: "Your Majesty, this is unacceptable, we are all old and young, if we settle down here, what will happen to our wives and children in our family?" ”

Li Shan smiled: "You are really full men, you don't know that hungry men are hungry." You have already married and had children, but what about the soldiers under your command? Do you know why I deliberately set a standard for being unmarried when selecting sergeants this time? That's why I'm going to make my sergeants make their home here and marry the Japanese. ”

The soldiers said, "Your Majesty, don't you hate the Japanese? How did you come up with the idea of intermarrying soldiers with the Japanese? Besides, we killed so many of them, how could they dare to marry our Dali sergeant? ”

Li Shandao: "Aren't I helping you create conditions?" Why else did I kill or transport all the strong men in Japan? and gathered up all the money, grain, and land. I just want them to live unsurviving, and they can only survive by marrying our sergeants, or they will starve to death. Not only that, from now on, we must carry out the Huairou strategy, as long as you marry our soldiers, you will be rewarded with ten acres of fertile land, a set of real estate, and no taxes will be charged for three years. However, the condition is that they obey. Those who obey are rewarded severely, and those who rebel are severely punished. Within three years, there will be a big change. The best way to conquer a nation is to merge it. (To be continued.) )