To the east of the river is Guanzhong and Heluo, to the west is the Western Regions, to the north is the Mongolian Hetao, and to the south is the Qilian Mountains. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info It's just that because Tubo's current strength is no longer enough to pose a threat to either Mongolia or the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jin and Tang Zhen have actually been subconsciously ignoring Tubo.

But in fact, at this time, Tubo was not weak enough to send officials to take over in another time and space, although the intensity of the intrigue between the various sects in Tubo was even no less than the Mongolian civil war, but at least on the surface it was still obeyed by the orders of King Bailan, although the Ming authorities did not know how many elite troops in Tubo could be drawn out to participate in the war, but it is certain that their hands were not empty, It's just because it looks quite weak in the face of the strength of the Mongol army and the Ming army.

However, now the strength of the Shence army is too small, and the two Mongolian soldiers and horses have gone through several major battles, except for a small number of elites, the rest are actually rabble, and they are not even as strong as the Mongolian Xiangyang War, so for the Dunhuang defenders, these Tubo soldiers can definitely solve the urgent need.

"At the beginning, His Majesty negotiated with Sonam Sangpo, and the two armies mentioned would be allied in Xingxing Gorge, and now that we have just arrived in Dunhuang, we will ask Tubo for help, and Tubo will take advantage of the situation to put forward any conditions." Wang Jin's gaze kept falling on the map.

As soon as Wang Jin said this, the people present couldn't help but think of the maritime alliance in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty and the Jurchens made an alliance on the sea to divide the Liao State, but because the Northern Song Dynasty was really guilty in the process of the Northern Expedition to Yanyun, the result was that after the Jurchens handed over Yanyun to the Northern Song Dynasty, they finally couldn't bear it and killed it again, which directly led to the Southern Crossing of the Great Song Dynasty Jianyan.

As a result, when the Mongols destroyed Jin, it was like this, and it was not until the Jurchens retreated south to Caizhou that they were surrounded and strangled by the Southern Song army led by Meng Heng, and the Southern Song Dynasty further tore up the agreement and directly sent troops to Heluo, which was beaten by the Mongols and withdrawn in embarrassment, and even Xiangyang did not hold it.

Once the Tubo people have the same abacus as the Jurchens, although the Ming Dynasty is not afraid of the Tubo people, it is inevitable that the Tubo will stir up trouble in the future.

Liang Yanwu frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The Ming Dynasty is not the former Song Dynasty, and the Tibetan people are far from being able to do the Jurchens and Mongols at the beginning, so there is no need to worry about the repetition of the maritime alliance." However, we can't stand still in Dunhuang, and we should also make some noise for the Mongolian Tatars and the Tibetans. ”

"It's hard to grasp this degree." Wang Jin and Tang Zhen both had worried looks on their faces.

After all, the current grain and grass of the Shence army is not very sufficient, and there is no way to do the whole army, not to mention that on the vast Gobi Desert, the march of the infantry is easy to be defeated by the enemy's cavalry, and once the Ming army is pressed too tightly, it is inevitable that Kublai Khan and Haidu will jump over the wall in a hurry and join forces to directly attack Dunhuang.

Stretching out his hand to hold down the table, Liang Yanwu's face was solemn: "Tubo this trip, a certain person will go in person, no matter what to do here in Dunhuang, you must not let the Mongolian Tartars join forces, and the best way is to concentrate forces to attack one end." ”

"We haven't fought with Haidu yet, and we don't know much about Haidu's strength, so we can't act rashly," Wang Jin said in a deep voice, "So I think it's better to start with Kublai Khan, Kublai Khan still has a few state roads in the north of the river, you can attack first, and see how Kublai Khan responds." Hexi to the north is mainly based on the grassland, a certain led half of the cavalry to dispatch, the rest of the army Lao Tang you take, be sure to hold Dunhuang and Hexi. ”

Tang Zhen took a breath and wanted to refute, but seeing Wang Jin's firm gaze, he finally nodded slightly.

"The whole Hexi is a pool of stagnant water, and the Shence Army and Dunhuang are live fish in this stagnant water, if you want to blow this pool of stagnant water to connect it with the lake and river outside, then we can only give it a go, desperately tossing." A smile appeared on the corner of Liang Yanwu's mouth.

"Da Ming Erlang, fighting in the south and in the north, I haven't been afraid of anyone yet." Wang Jin said in a deep voice, "Since this is the case, then wait for Liang Xianggong's good news." ”

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Dazaifu, Kyushu, Japan.

The black smoke from the burning houses was still billowing up, even enveloping the entire street, and the passing Ming soldiers drove the shivering Japanese people out of the houses and forced them to carry water to extinguish the fire.

After all, it is now the period of the Japanese shogunate, and the emperor has been completely reduced to a puppet, coupled with Japan's poverty and backwardness, the ideological education of the people is far inferior to that of the former Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that compared with the Meiji Restoration, it is very appropriate to use "the wisdom of the people is not transformed" to describe these people standing in front of the Ming army.

What's more, these Ming soldiers still have bright swords and guns in their hands, plus the prestige of Dazaifu Castle where the Ming army went down in a battle, even if these Japanese people are still in the stage of drinking blood, they all know what choice they should make.

Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng did not stop at the city gate too much, and while instructing their generals to lead their men to occupy the city as soon as possible, they directly rode their horses and rushed directly to Dazaifu.

The purpose of the construction of the entire Dazaifu Castle is to protect the Dazaifu in the center of the city, Dazaifu is the symbol of the emperor and the shogunate in Kyushu, and it is also the supreme ruling body of Kyushu. In the event of a major war, the emperor and the shogunate appointed the Shinsai government to lead the war in Kyushu.

It's just a pity that Fujiwara, the Zhenxi Governor who commanded the Kyushu Coalition Army this time, has been killed by the Ming Army's artillery fire in Boluo Bay, so the commander of the Kyushu Coalition Army has once again become a young man.

As the Ming army broke through the dam outside Dazaifu Castle, the Shaoji family, as the master of Dazaifu, was first unable to support it and began to rout, and then the teams of the Kikuchi family and the Shimazu family also withdrew from the city like an avalanche, giving up the huge Dazaifu Castle directly to the Ming army.

In this regard, Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng did not order the pursuit, after all, further forward is inland, which is not a good thing for the Ming Navy who is not accustomed to land warfare, and their own family knows their own affairs, Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng have no hope for the total annihilation of the Japanese after seeing the performance of the Ming Navy when attacking the dam.

Now for the Ming navy, the best thing to do was to co-opt the local ministries and thus divide the Kamakura shogunate's rule throughout Kyushu.

After all, the current Japan is actually somewhat similar to the Three Kingdoms period of China, the Kamakura Shogunate coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and many of the following families had to bow down to their orders because they were scattered and weak, but now there is a more powerful Celestial Empire than the Kamakura Shogunate, and these families who have been aggrieved for too long naturally understand how to choose after two major wars.

Even if it is a puppet placed in front of the stage by the Celestial Empire, it is always better than the small family that occupied a corner of the land before. Now there is a Zhuqi family on the side of the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure the stability of the domestic order in Japan after the retreat of the main army, the Ming will inevitably support at least two puppets, so in order to compete for the remaining places, these princes in Kyushu want to say that they can still work together to fight against the Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible, let alone obey the orders of the Kamakura shogunate.

The horses stopped in front of Dazaifu, and the advance team of the navy had cleared the inside and outside of Dazaifu. Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng glanced at each other, turned over from the war horse and jumped down, and the soldiers standing at the door saluted at the same time.

"Gao Yang, commander of the first brigade of the first division of the Oriental Fleet of the Ming Navy, see the two generals!" A middle-aged man strode out and bowed his hand to Fan Tianshun and Liu Chengyi.

Gao Yang is nominally the brigade commander of the first brigade of the first division, but in fact, those who know the details know very well that in fact, the only brigade that can pull the Oriental Fleet ashore to fight the war is Gao Yang's brigade on top of the dam before, and then the naval warship blew up the water gate of Dazaifu, and it was Gao Yang's soldiers and horses who were the first to rush into the city.

Although the captains of the other naval warships were very angry at these marines who did not look at them on a daily basis, there was nothing they could do, after all, only Gao Yang's soldiers and horses were equipped with firearms on a large scale, and everyone was wearing armor. If the shirtless soldiers of the navy are allowed to rush upward, I am afraid that it will not be enough for other crossbowmen to greet them.

Fan Tianshun nodded, Gao Yang is his henchman, and he is also the only few old people left in the Yingzhou Navy, so Fan Tianshun has a lot of importance for Gao Yang. After capturing the dam, Gao Yang's actions were very fast, giving full play to the spirit of the Ming army generals taking the lead in the charge at a critical time, personally carrying the flag and leading people to rush straight to the city, and finally killed the city at the same time as the naval warship, so as to avoid the retreating Kyushu coalition army in the panic to destroy the city and take away the property, which is definitely a great achievement.

In this way, Gao Yang's previous procrastination in attacking the dam can be regarded as overdue.

"Two generals, we earned it this time." As soon as he crossed the threshold, Gao Yang's face was full of excitement, "Before the dam was conquered, the Japanese people obviously had the mentality of co-living with the city, so their grain, grass, money, and family members didn't have time to withdraw, if it weren't for the fact that a few of these rabble were the first to collapse, I'm afraid we would still be fighting with them now." ”

Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng also showed joy on their faces, Dazaifu, as the center of the entire Kyushu, is naturally also the place where the wealth of Kyushu Island gathers, and four or five families such as the Shaoer family and the Fujiwara family have settled in Dazaifu City, and the wealth of these families who have dominated Kyushu Island for several generations is estimated to be able to make up for the consumption of the Oriental Fleet in the past few days.

"The seized grain, grass, money and silk, and all the family property confiscated in this Dazaifu will be counted quickly," Fan Tianshun said in a deep voice, "and have you caught any important prisoners?" ”

"Well," Gao Yang said with a strange smile on his face, and suddenly reached out to open the door in front of him.

Fan Tianshun and Liu Cheng couldn't help but gasp.

In the courtyard of Dazaifu, there were densely packed with warblers and swallows, and I don't know how many men, women, and children in fancy clothes shrank into a ball in horror. The surrounding Ming soldiers did not dare to step forward at will, but they were on guard from a distance.

"It's all here," Gao Yang smiled and made a gesture of please, "The last general has already sent someone to inquire about the situation, because the families of the Japanese coalition are worried that their families will be frightened in the war, so they gathered them in this place, who would have thought that the coalition army would be defeated too quickly, and they couldn't take care of anything when they left, so these men, women, and children were all thrown here." The last general sent men to search around, but these family members were not very bold, and they had not yet found anyone who had escaped. ”

After a pause, Gao Yang continued: "Because these people are extraordinary, the last general will not dare to act rashly, but because Fujiwara has died in battle, the Fujiwara family has basically disappeared, so the Fujiwara family has been separated, among which there are many young men and beautiful women, how should the Fujiwara family and the families of many other Japanese families be decided." ”

Fan Tianshun coughed lightly and looked at Liu Cheng with a strange look on his face.

Liu Cheng raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Let the people of the Fujiwara family let it go first, anyway, Fujiwara is already dead, and the people of their family have nothing to use, so don't make any calculations for you." In addition, the people of each family are well taken care of, which is a good bargaining chip, depending on whether there are these wives and children in the hearts of those families who have escaped. ”

When the three of them turned around the courtyard, Fan Tianshun solemnly patted Gao Yang's shoulder: "Changshun (Gao Yang's words), this time you did a good job, at least you and Lao Liu have a way to give the Ministry of Rites when they go back, after all, now those old guys in the Ministry of Rites are eager to collect all the women in the world and stuff them around Your Majesty." This matter is also for the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty's incense, as the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, we should naturally do our best to share the worries of Your Majesty. ”

Gao Yang and Liu Cheng glanced at each other, and the three of them all showed inauthentic smiles.

And Liu Cheng waved his hand: "Okay, these are all afterthoughts, now that Dazaifu has taken it, the navy is equivalent to having a place to stand on Kyushu Island, but we have made such a big move, and even the Japanese people in the west of Kyushu have been killed in battle, and the Kamakura shogunate can no longer sit idly by, and now it depends on whether we are one step ahead or Hojo Tokimune is one step faster." ”

Fan Tianshun said: "Wait until the list of money and silk materials is sent, and then make a decision, after all, we have consumed a lot of supplies from the southwest to the northeast of Kyushu, and now the supply fleet does not know where it is, and if you want to gain a foothold, you can only rely on ・・・・・・ first."

Before he could speak, a herald outside had already hurried over: "Qi Qi a few generals, there are many fleets in the open sea!" ”

"The Kamakura shogunate is moving so fast?" Liu Cheng suddenly frowned slightly, the Oriental Fleet had just gone through such a big battle, although it did not hurt its vitality, but after all, it was a fierce battle for a day, and it was impossible to say that the brothers were not tired, not to mention that it was not clear the details of the Kamakura Shogunate Navy, so there were not many choices in front of the Oriental Fleet, and it was difficult to make.

Fan Tianshun shook his head: "We have flying clippers in the northeast and northwest directions, if there is a fleet, it is impossible to be so quiet, so this fleet can only come from the southeast or southwest, and the Kyushu coalition has just been defeated by us, and the news given by the Zhuqi family is that they have no warships that they can handle, and the Zhuqi family does not dare to deceive in this kind of major matter." ”

"Our supply fleet?" Liu Cheng was stunned.

"No matter who it is, if it can be let go by the Flying Shear Clipper, it should be a friend or foe, in that case, then let's go to the sea immediately! If it really is one who will not die, our Oriental Fleet will not be afraid of him! Fan Tianshun clapped his hands, "Changshun, I'll leave it to you here, the order in the city will stabilize immediately, gather the team, appease the people, and don't hurt the innocent!" ”

Gao Yang hurriedly responded, he didn't believe that his old boss, who had never shown mercy to the Mongol Tatars, would suddenly show mercy to the Japanese people, and the main purpose of not letting the Ming army kill them was to be able to save the lives of these Japanese people.

After all, all of them are good labor, and Fan Tianshun doesn't want to waste it easily. What's more, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War in China are all waiting for it, and Fan Tianshun does not have the courage to waste it, unless he is ready to be troubled by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War at the same time. (To be continued.) )