Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has entered the early winter season. In order to meet the coming harsh winter, many families are stockpiling winter food, and as the weather turns colder, many people try to minimize activities outside, after all, in this cold day, it is really not suitable to stay outdoors, especially those poor people, even have cold clothes, so in winter, it is nested in the house every day.

However, the various places under Li Su's rule were very busy, for example, the sea ships from Dengzhou to Si Yu and Si Wei to Jincheng have not stopped, and they are even busier than before.

And in the port outside Si Yu City, during this time there were suddenly a number of large military ships, these ships have wide hulls, the speed is not too fast, and there are not many weapons, generally only used to transport troops or materials, during this time in and out of Si Yu City, and all of them are military docks, ordinary people don't know what these ships are transporting? And when the last batch of such military cargo ships left the port, only a very small number of people knew that Li Su also left Sixian with the fleet on the King of Qi.

Li Su followed the fleet to the southeast first, then entered the Tsushima Strait, stopped at Danluo, and finally drove the ship north, until he came to Tsushima Island, but compared with the past, the current Tsushima Island is full of troops, and the military camps of each army are continuous, almost the entire island is occupied.

After Li Su arrived on Tsushima Island, he immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, and the army on this island was divided into four parts, of which the number of firearms troops was the smallest, and the two thousand broken camp was only 3,500 people. Conducted by Liu Renliang. The Kunlun Nu army of 4,000 people was under the command of Huli. Chang'an's wealthy nobles will have 6,400 people. Conducted by Li Shi and Xu De. There were 50,000 grassland archers, controlled by Xue Rengui and Zhou Long respectively. In this battle against the Wa Kingdom, Su Dingfang served as the commander to control the armies. In addition, the army of the Silla people still has 15,000 men, but these people are not strong in combat and are only used as a backup.

In the brightly lit handsome tent, Su Dingfang sat on the middle handsome seat, while Li Su only accompanied him on the right side. Everything in the army is based on handsomeness, even if Li Su's status is noble, but he can't snatch the position of commander-in-chief. After all, as the so-called military order is like a mountain, if it is impossible to establish the supremacy of the commander, then how can it serve the people? So don't say it's Li Su, even when Li Shimin goes out on the expedition, if he is not the commander, he can only sit under the commander when he summons the generals, this is the military might.

"Your Highness, the army participating in the war this time totaled 80,000 people, and more than 730 ships of all sizes were requisitioned. You're fully prepared to land in the country at any time! Su Dingfang wore his armor and sat majestically on the handsome position. The troops were a bit haphazard, but they were well organized by him. All the generals are very convinced, and they can be described as a rare general.

Li Su nodded after hearing this, and then glanced at the people in the handsome tent. Especially when he looked at Xue Rengui, who stayed with Su Dingfang, he was also a little secretly proud in his heart. The cadets of the previous military academy have all gone back. However, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui stayed and had already submitted a letter of withdrawal to the military academy. made up his mind to help Li Su make a career.

For the two of them, Li Su naturally couldn't ask for it, and this was also what he had planned before. After all, he is now short of people, especially in the military aspect, except for Zhou Long, Hu Li, and Lu Qing, there are really no generals who can take action, and now with the help of Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, he can finally be much easier.

"What's the reaction from the Wa Kingdom?" Li Su asked after looking around. In order to conquer the war of the Japanese Kingdom, he has been preparing for more than half a year, although not many people know about this matter, but after all, such a big move, it is simply impossible to keep it secret, so Li Su estimates that the Japanese State should have gotten the news a long time ago, but I don't know how they will deal with it?

As early as a few months ago, Wu Meiniang's information in the Wa Kingdom had been completely handed over to Su Dingfang in his hands, so when he heard Li Yu's question, Su Dingfang immediately replied: "Your Highness Qiqi, according to the information obtained in detail, the Wa State did already know the news that we were going to use troops against it, but because the last time the Wa State sent troops to help Baekje fight against our Datang, the merchant ships of the Wa people could not enter the various ports of the Tang Dynasty, so they did not have any news channels in our Datang, and it was precisely because of this, The news of our military mobilization is not accurate, nor does it know our strategic goals this time, and even many nobles in the Japanese country think that we are only retaliating for the last time they sent troops to help Baekje, and they don't know that we have made up our minds to destroy them! ”

Hearing Su Dingfang say this, Li Su finally nodded with satisfaction, it seems that his side's intelligence work is doing well, at least he has won in this regard. Next, Li Su asked about the preparations of each army separately, and the generals Zhou Long and Xue Rengui made their own reports, and Li Su was also very satisfied after hearing this, and discussed with the generals until midnight before returning to the camp to rest.

Early the next morning, 4,000 Kunlun Nu troops and 10,000 steppe archers were the first to set out by boat, sailing north along the Tsushima Strait to what would become the Sea of Japan, and then preparing to land in the southwest of Honshu Island, where the Iwami silver mines would later occur.

Iwami silver mine is the main silver mine from the Warring States period to the Edo period of Japan, the output once accounted for 30% of the world at that time, it can be described as an extremely large vein, and the ore has a high silver content, it is a rare bonanza, the residents of the Japanese island began to mine the silver ore here very early, and reached a peak in the late Warring States period, and in the Tang Dynasty where Li Su was located, although there were some people here to collect silver ore, but the value of silver is not high, and secondly, the silver smelting technology of the Japanese country is backward, so the output is very small, and it has not attracted the attention of the Japanese country at all.

On the huge troop carrier, Xue Rengui stood alone in the bow of the ship, looking at the Honshu Island of the Japanese Kingdom that was already in sight in the distance, and his face couldn't help but surge with excitement. This is the first time he has led troops alone, and he is also one of the 10,000 grassland archers, which is one of the two vanguards of this attack on the Wa Kingdom, and the other vanguard is the 4,000 Kunlun Nu army led by Hu Li.

Thinking of Hu Li, who was also a pioneer, Xue Rengui turned his head to look at another troop transport ship not far away, where was General Tiger's boat, and the other party was the same as him, standing on the bow of the ship and observing the terrain of the landing site in the distance. Although Hu Li's qualifications were older than Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui was not convinced, and he was holding his breath from the beginning, ready to compete with the other party in this vanguard battle, so as to prove his worth to His Royal Highness King Qi.

And the tiger power on the boat in the distance also seemed to feel something, suddenly turned his head and glanced at Xue Rengui, both of them burned with an unspeakable fighting spirit in their eyes, the martial arts of the two were comparable, they had tried several times in the army before, and both sides won and lost each other, but this result was not accurate, after all, if you can't fight to the death, no one dares to say that they are better than the other party. However, since they can't compare in personal martial arts, they can only compare their military exploits on the battlefield, and it just so happens that the two of them are the pioneers of this landing, so they finally have a good show.

The Iwami area is not a political and military center of the Wa State, and there is no concept of coastal defense in this era of the Tang Dynasty, so the Wa State did not have any troops stationed here, and there were only a few small fishing boats on the sea level.

Xue Rengui and Hu Li didn't bother to pay attention to those fishermen, ordered the fleet to find a suitable landing site, and then sent a small boat ashore, when the first team of Kunlun Nu troops landed ashore, they were not hindered at all, and even a few Japanese people saw these black Kunlun Nu, and immediately screamed, and fled with fright.

When Huli and their army completely went ashore, the news that the black demons came by big ships had spread in the coastal areas of Iwami, especially when they landed in a few small villages nearby, and they couldn't even find a single chicken feather when they fled, which gave Huli and Xue Rengui some problems, because the first thing they did after they went ashore was to find a local, and then ask the other party to show them where the silver mine was, so that they could occupy the silver mountain in the mouth of His Royal Highness King Qi first.

However, although the people in the vicinity ran away, it was not difficult for them, and this time in addition to transporting soldiers and supplies, they also brought hundreds of good horses, which were used by scouts, and now they could come in handy.

Xue Rengui selected fifty of the best steppe soldiers from among the steppe people under his command, and then asked them to ride down the path, making sure to bring back a few Japanese who were familiar with the local situation.

After sending these people out, Hu Li and Xue Rengui immediately sorted out the team, after all, at the time of landing, the establishment between the various teams and battalions had been disrupted, and the combat effectiveness of the troops had been greatly reduced, so they had to be adjusted as soon as possible. Although the information I received before said that there were not many garrisons here, we had to be careful in everything.

Xue Rengui and Hu Li are both strict people in governing the army, so their team was quickly sorted out, but to their surprise, the fifty grassland cavalry sent out have not come back yet, which makes Xue Rengui's face gloomy, after all, they are all his own subordinates, although fifty people are not many, but they are all cavalry, and as far as he knows, there are not many horses in the Japanese country, and the horses are short, and they can't be compared with the Hequ horses they transported, so even if they encounter a large number of enemies, they can't beat the total run, right?

Seeing that Xue Rengui's people had not returned, although Hu Li did not gloat, he couldn't help but look down on Xue Rengui a few times. But at this moment, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, which finally put Xue Rengui at ease, but what he didn't expect was that the cavalry sent out this time actually brought him a big surprise! (To be continued.) )