Chapter 335: Japanese Colonization
In 730 AD, a battle broke out that went down in the annals of Japan and Goryeo, and of course, if their history continues.
As Li Shan expected, the battle was extremely hard, and because of the support of Dali's weapons, Japan had an absolute advantage in the battle against Goryeo. But the Koreans did not give up, and the Tang Dynasty sent 10,000 volunteers to join the battle. The battle was fought for almost two years. Until 732 A.D., when Japan was weak and wanted to withdraw from the battle,
And Goryeo was powerless to pursue, and the two forces fought and made peace. And what they didn't expect was that the real battle had just begun.
In 732 A.D., on the third day of the ninth month,
Li Shan abandoned his armor for many years and put on his armor again.
Liu Ruyan put on Li Shan's cloak, tightened his collar and said, "Xianggong, it's good for you to send other generals this time, why do you have to attack and go out in person?" ”
Li Shan smiled slightly: "I've been waiting for this moment for more than ten years, do you know?" From the moment I came into this world at the age of eighteen, I had this idea that one day, I would make them pay with blood. You don't know what will happen to Japan in China in the next millennium, but for me, these are enough reasons to make the Yamato nation disappear. ”
Qing'er said: "Japan's treasury is now empty, and they have purchased 30 ironclad ships from us in the past four years, and there are countless firearms and ordnance, worth millions of taels. ”
Li Shan sneered, a million taels? So what's that? The Treaty of Shimonoseki that year, the indemnity of 200 million taels of silver, is this not a small drop in comparison with that? It's not worth mentioning, but Japan will pay their price.
Li Shan boarded the battleship and waved goodbye to Qing'er and Liu Ruyan, drew his sword and pointed: "Advance to Japan." ”
Fifty large iron-framed ships loaded with munitions and 20,000 sergeants marched toward Japan.
Kumamoto Castle is Japan's southernmost port and the only port where Japanese warships dock.
Through the binoculars, Li Shan had already seen the dilapidated Japanese warship, which was caused by the battle with Goryeo. No more than ten of the more than thirty battleships are intact today.
Li Shan waved his hand and said, "Zheng Peng, order the troops to surround the Japanese warships and sink all the warships." ”
At this time, the Japanese patrol warship had already seen Li Shan's warship and wanted to come over to stop it first, but Li Shan did not give him a chance to speak at all.
"Bang, bang"
Dozens of guns were fired together, and in an instant a patrol ship was blown to pieces.
Japan's coastal defense immediately raised the alarm, and all the warships were on standby, ready to go to sea to meet the enemy.
But what made them desperate was the strong combat strength of the enemy army, and several times the number of troops. Ten warships were sunk almost without firing a few shells.
Emperor Jimmu of Japan, who was the ruling emperor at this time,
The cabinet minister made an urgent report: "Emperor, the warships of the Dali Kingdom have suddenly captured our Kumamoto Castle, claiming that our country is in arrears with the military expenses of the Dali Kingdom, and we want to compensate our country. ”
Emperor Jimmu was worried about the failure to capture Goryeo, but unexpectedly, bad news suddenly came: "What, arrears of military expenses? Where does this start, and Dali has always been friendly with our country, why is it suddenly facing each other? ”
The cabinet minister said: "The minister doesn't know, this is a war letter under Dali, please look at it." ”
The letter reads: Japan has purchased 37 warships from China, plus firearms and ordnance, totaling 10 million taels, which will be repaid on the same day. If it is unable to pay, Dali will take coercive measures to recover the cost.
Emperor Jimmu angrily tore the letter to shreds, and said angrily: "This is a bandit act, they sit on the ground and raise the price, and take advantage of the fire to rob." Why didn't I see his wolf ambitions, he was trying to squeeze us out of Japan. ”
The cabinet minister said: "But the emperor, we are now empty of the treasury and lack of soldiers, so we can't afford to fight with Dali at all." This time, Dali brought 50 warships and 20,000 sergeants. Kumamoto Castle was captured after only an hour, and now what can we do if we don't sue for peace? ”
Emperor Jimmu smiled bitterly and said, "Sue for peace? If the peace is effective, Dali will not send an army to attack us directly, if we are weak now, we can only wait for Dali to bully us to the fullest. Do we want to grovel like this? No, you must give them a head-on blow in order to make them retreat. ”
"But we are not sure to defeat them now, the weapons in their hands are much more advanced than ours, and most of the weapons we imported have been buried in Goryeo, and now most of our soldiers can only rely on cold weapons to fight."
Emperor Jimmu said: "Even so, we can't admit defeat, this time I will personally go out and lead our soldiers to defeat a strong enemy." Go and prepare, I order you to gather all the soldiers in the country within ten days, raise enough military funds and food and grass, and we will fight them to the death in Heijojing. ”
Emperor Jimmu was resolute, and the Minister of the Interior had no way to dissuade him.
At the same time, Li Shan also couldn't sleep all night in Kumamoto Castle.
When he set foot on the territory of Japan for the first time, and stood here as an aggressor, or even a conqueror, there was not a trace of joy in his heart.
It stands to reason that he should have the pleasure of revenge and hatred, and the sense of glory of being ashamed of the snow country. But when all he could see was helpless cries and ruins, his heart was indeed indescribably heavy. Only then did Li Shan realize that maybe he couldn't be a good conqueror.
Although Li Shan invaded in South Africa and the Americas, most of them were bartered, a ton of grain in exchange for a diamond, a grain of gold, a very fair deal!
But such blatant aggression made Li Shan feel at a loss. In order to retaliate against Japan, Li Shan deliberately did not give three orders when he sent troops, and there were no strict orders wherever he went.
In other words, the sergeants can burn, kill and loot at will, which is all acquiesced by Li Shan. Li Shan was full of contradictions in his heart, at this time, he had already opened the bow and had no turning back, and now even if Li Shan wanted to stop, he couldn't stop.
"The First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Eight-Nation Alliance's War of Aggression against China, the 918 Incident, the 77 Incident, the Nanjing Massacre, ......" Li Shanru counted the treasures of his family, slowly recalling the history of blood and tears in this scene.
Gradually, Li Shan's heart hardened again, and there was no fairness in this world. If you are weak, you will be beaten, and if you are poor, you will be bullied, and China was like a delicious cake that was ruthlessly invaded and eaten away by those invaders. Those innocent people were brutally killed.
There should be no mercy, there should be no soft-heartedness. I came into this world to change all that, that's what I'm all about, tooth for tooth, blood for blood, that's what I'm going to do.
In a daze, Li Shan fell asleep, and in his sleep, Charlie and Mark crawled out of the abyss of the Cape of Good Hope, chasing Li Shan and shouting grievances, asking Li Shan to pay for his life. Li Shan was startled and hurriedly ran home, but when he saw that his family was empty, Li Shan shouted his wife's name one by one, but no one responded. (To be continued.) )