"My lord, I hope you can make the right choice!" After leaving Jin Zongrui's mansion, Pu Liang turned his head to look at the courtyard behind him, muttered to himself, and then left quickly,

To tell the truth, Pu Liang was not afraid that Jin Zongrui would hand over the list, because he knew very well that Jin Zongrui, who was deeply favored by the previous king, would not do this, otherwise Jin Zongrui would not have gone to the Hancheng Affairs Office of Wutang to seek justice for Li Xuan, and as a result, he lost his official position and fell to the point of guarding the city gate.

The reason why Pu Liang gave the list to Jin Zongrui was that he hoped to drag Jin Zongrui into the water, in his opinion, their strength was not enough to capture Li Yuntian after attacking the Hancheng Office of Jiangwutang, so they needed Jin Zongrui's help, otherwise it would be tantamount to sending him to death.

I have to say that Park Liang gave Kim Jong-seo a problem, he didn't know whether he should report them, if he did, then he would be sorry for the royal family, and if he sat back and watched this happen, then he would definitely anger Daming, and then God knows how Daming would punish North Korea.

For Jin Zongrui, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

At the same time, the Seoul Division.

"Lord Wang, just now the spies came to report that Pu Liang had left the Jin Mansion, and it seems that he had already told Lord Jin about his intention to attack the affairs office."

When Li Yuntian was standing in front of the wall looking at a map of the four islands of the Japanese Kingdom hanging there, Yun Na walked in and reported to Li Yuntian with a smile.

Whether it is Jin Zongrui or Pu Liang, they are all under the all-round monitoring of the intelligence officers of the Wutang, and Li Yuntian will get the news about their every move.

"Jin Zongrui is going to be nerve-wracking this time!" Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, Pu Liang's move was undoubtedly to force Jin Zongrui to Liangshan, which was enough for Jin Zongrui to worry.

"Lord Wang, Pu Liang's family has arrived." Yun Na laughed too, and then reported another thing in a coquettish voice.

Pu Liang had already been sent away by his wife and children yesterday, but he could not have imagined that all his actions were under the monitoring of the Jiangwutang intelligence network, and not long after his wife and children left Seoul, they were intercepted by the intelligence officers of Jiangwutang and secretly sent back to Seoul.

"Bring it in." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, nodded to Yun Na, and prepared to meet Pu Liang's wife to calm her frightened state of mind, it was obvious that she was now in extreme panic.

"My subordinates will go." Yun Na replied with a coquettish voice, and then walked away quickly.

"The inner woman has seen an adult." After a while, Pu Liang's wife followed Yun Na into the house with a frightened look, and hurriedly bowed down after seeing Li Yuntian, she was Pu Liang's wife, naturally she was the wife of the Korean country, and she could see the official without kneeling.

"Do you know why you're here?" Li Yuntian saw that Pu Liang's wife's eyes flickered, and he was deeply frightened, so he asked quietly.

"I don't know, please let me know!" Pu Liang's wife shook her head a little confusedly, her cheeks flushed with excitement, she really didn't know why she was brought here.

"Deputy Lieutenant Park wants to attack here and capture this king, do you think he can succeed?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian smiled slightly, looked at Pu Liang's wife quietly and asked.

"This king?" Pu Liang's wife was slightly stunned when she heard this, she never expected that the polite and personable man who appeared in front of her was the loyal king of the Ming Dynasty, and then came back to her senses, her face turned pale in an instant, and she knelt on the ground with her legs bent, and said with her head to the ground, "The sinner woman is willing to recruit, please be gracious to the prince." ”

Pu Liang's wife is a relatively smart woman, otherwise she would not have found out what Pu Liang was doing, and when she learned that the extraordinary man in front of her was the loyal prince of the Ming Dynasty, she immediately realized that Pu Liang's matter was exposed, otherwise she would not have been arrested.

Obviously, what Pu Liang wants to do is a capital crime, and of course Pu Liang's wife has to intercede with Li Yuntian, she doesn't want her children to be implicated and lose their lives.

Because it was late at night, Pu Liang's children had already fallen asleep in a side room, and their mother and son would stay here until Pu Liang's matter was resolved.

"This king wants to tell you that you can live here with peace of mind, and you will not be guilty of knowing and not reporting in the matter of Pu Liang, and you will not die for your crimes." Li Yuntian said quietly when he heard this, Pu Liang's matter has not happened yet, and the dangerous result has not been formed, so Pu Lang's wife's crime must be reduced a lot.

"Thank you, thank you." Pu Liang's wife immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and kowtowed to Li Yuntian to thank her.

Li Yuntian knew that Pu Liang's wife was now in shock, so he sent her back to his residence, and she would become his killer weapon against Pu Liang.

After Pu Liang's wife left, Li Yuntian once again came to the map of the four islands of the Japanese Kingdom hanging on the wall, and stood there concentrating on his thoughts.

"Lord Wang, after the matter between Lord Jin and Pu Liang is resolved, the prince can free up his hands to deal with the Wa Kingdom." Yun Na knew what Li Yuntian was thinking, stood aside and looked at the map and said, "The Wa Kingdom will definitely be taken by the prince." ”

"The Wa State is not as easy to deal with as you think, when the two conquests of the Mongol and Yuan wars of the Wa State were all returned, although there are many factors in this, but it is enough to prove that the Wa State is not easy to deal with."

Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, shook his head and said, in order to conquer the Japanese State, he collected a lot of information about the failure of Meng Yuan's conquest of the Japanese State back then, hoping to improve his future expedition plan and avoid the same failure as Meng Yuan.

According to historical records, the biggest defeat of the Mongol Empire, which swept across Eurasia and was invincible, in the East can be said to be Kublai Khan's two eastward expeditions to the Wa Kingdom, both of which suffered heavy defeats.

The reason why Kublai Khan went east to conquer the Wa Kingdom was naturally because the Wa State was far away in the East China Sea and Ocean refused to submit, Kublai Khan sent envoys to the Wa State many times to ask the Wa State to call the Wa State a tribute, and even the king of Goryeo sent a letter to the Wa State asking them to submit to the Mongols, but each time the Wa State refused Kublai Khan's request.

As a result, the Mongol Great Khan, who ruled over the world, of course, could not tolerate such provocative behavior of the Wa state, and two large-scale crusades were born.

However, Li Yuntian knew more than the historical records recorded, and he believed that Kublai Khan's reason for submitting to the Wa state was that there were many more practical considerations besides showing the authority of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.

Although the Mongol Great Khan was wealthy, the Mongol nobility's strong appetite for luxury goods and the Mongols' poor financial management meant that the finances of the vast Mongol empire were often stretched.

It is worth mentioning that the two Great Khans before Kublai Khan, the Guiyou Khan and the Möngke Khan, were both known for their extravagance, and they mainly paid for luxury goods with precious metals, and even used some of the arrears as collateral for future booty.

In addition, Kublai Khan and Ali Buge fought for the throne for four years, and the Mongol Empire's finances were further deteriorated by a costly civil war.

As we all know, the Ming Dynasty was short of silver mines, but the Japanese were very rich in silver mines, and for hundreds of years in ancient times, the world's largest silver producer and exporter, so this silver-rich island country was an out-and-out fat in the eyes of the Mongolian aristocracy who urgently needed to solve their financial difficulties.

Therefore, solving the financial problems of the Mongol Empire was also a potential factor in Kublai Khan's eastern expedition to the Wa Kingdom.

Historical records, the first eastward expedition of the Mongol Yuan to the Wa Kingdom was 1274 A.D., the Mongol Yuan expeditionary force sailed from the port of Goryeo to the island of Kyushu of the Wa Kingdom, the expeditionary force had a total of 25,000 soldiers, of which the Mongols and Goryeo accounted for about half, as well as some Jurchens and a small number of Han Chinese.

The commander of the expeditionary force was the Mongol Hudun, and the two deputy commanders were the Goryeo Hong Chaqiu and the Han Liu Fuheng.

When the Yuan army sailed to Hakata Bay, they first captured Tsushima Island and Iki Island, and then landed in Kyushu in three places and invaded the interior.

Among the armies attacking on three fronts, one was the main force and two were countermeasures, and the landing place of the main force was near Nagasaki.

In the face of a sudden Mongol attack, the Kamakura shogunate of the Wa Kingdom mobilized some regular troops to meet the battle, and the coastal feudal clans of Kyushu also urgently organized samurai and villagers to participate in the war.

According to historical records, the tragic battle lasted for more than 20 days, Liu Fuheng was killed in the fierce battle, and the Yuan army retreated to the beach after losing most of it.

At this point, the heavy casualties of the Yuan army were inevitable, and they could not continue to hold their positions because they ran out of arrows and food, so they could only board the ship and retreat after some resistance.

For the First Eastern Crusade, Li Yuntian learned by consulting the historical materials left by the Ming Dynasty and the Wa State that because the tactics of the Wa people were relatively backward, they had huge casualties in the beginning of the battle, but their ferocity was beyond the imagination of the Meng Yuan army, and they were not afraid of death, so they successfully stopped the advance of the Yuan army.

Moreover, after a few days of stalemate, the Japanese gradually adapted to the tactics of the Mongols, so they began to counterattack, and the Japanese heavy cavalry, composed mainly of samurai, was particularly heroic, and with the support of archers, they braved the rain of arrows to attack the camp of the Mongol army, and fought close to the soldiers of the Mongol army, causing the Mongols' bow and arrow superiority to fail, and finally retreated.

It is worth mentioning that on the way back to Goryeo, the fleet of the Yuan army was hit by a storm and suffered some losses, but most of the ships returned home safely.

The Mongol Yuan's First Crusade was called the "Battle of Wenyong" by the Wa Kingdom, and for the first time in East Asia, the Mongols encountered an opponent who was not inferior to them in terms of combat effectiveness and courage.

Since the Koreans were mainly responsible for close combat in battle, they suffered heavy losses from the frontal impact of the Japanese people, so the Koreans were particularly impressed by the fighting power of the Japanese army, especially the Japanese sword.

It is rumored that the swords of ordinary soldiers of the Yuan army broke when they touched the sword, which shows the power of the sword.

Comparatively speaking, the Mongols who used bows and arrows suffered smaller losses, and although the bows and arrows of the Wa Kingdom were powerful but had a short range, they could not be compared with the Mongol horn bows, so the Mongols took advantage of them.

If the Mongolian iron cavalry can participate in the war, then the Japanese will definitely not be able to compete with it, but it is a pity that the four islands of the Japanese country are on the sea, so that the Mongolian iron cavalry can not cross the ocean to participate in the war, which is also the biggest reliance of the Japanese people.

After the end of the first Eastern Crusade of the Mongol Yuan, Kublai Khan believed that the Japanese had learned the power of the Mongols, so he sent an envoy to the Japanese again to ask for submission, but the victorious Japanese beheaded the Mongol envoy, which angered Kublai Khan.

As the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan naturally did not allow the Japanese to challenge his authority, so after the unification of China, he began to prepare for the Second Eastern Crusade, where soldiers were recruited to the coastal areas for training in landing operations, and the expeditionary force was constantly being supplied with food and straw from all over the country.

At the same time, shipyards in Goryeo and on the southeast coast of China were also working day and night, building large and small warships and troop carriers.

Preparations for such a large-scale expedition naturally could not be kept secret, and the Japanese closely monitored the movements of the Yuan Empire and made sufficient war preparations for the upcoming Second War.

At this time, the political situation in Japan was stable, and Hojo Tokimune's control over the Kamakura shogunate and the Japanese feudal domains was much greater than in previous periods, so the Japanese were able to mobilize more manpower and material resources to resist the Mongol expedition.

In order to prepare for a rainy day, the shogunate requisitioned people in Kyushu to build a stone wall along the beach in the area around Hakata Bay where the Mongol army was most likely to land, and used it against the world-famous Mongol cavalry.

Moreover, as the date of the Mongol Expeditionary Army's attack approached, Hojo Munemori and Hojo Munemasa led elite samurai armies to the coastal areas of Honshu and Kyushu respectively, and Hojo Munemasa's Zhenxi Army later became the main force of the battle.

Not only that, but the Kyushu feudal clans began to mobilize their villagers to fight, and the samurai from other parts of the country also responded to the call to join the war, and they were well prepared compared to the first war.

The second eastern crusade of the Mongol Yuan was in 1281 AD, when a huge expeditionary force set out from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Goryeo at the same time.

The battle was quite spectacular, with nearly 5,000 large and small ships and about 200,000 troops, including 45,000 Mongols, more than 50,000 Koreans, and about 10 and a half Han Chinese as new annexed troops (the Southern Song Dynasty Army).

The Mongols in the expeditionary force were naturally the backbone of the operation, and in early June, the Yuan army began to land on Jiulongshan, not far from the place where the main force of the last war had landed.

Due to the early preparation of the Japanese people, the expeditionary force encountered more stubborn resistance, and the commander of the Goryeo army, Hong Chaqiu, was captured and killed, and several senior Mongol commanders were killed one after another.

The fierce fighting lasted for more than a month, and the losses of the expeditionary force were more than a third, because the Japanese built a strong stone wall along the beach, which made it impossible for the Yuan army to break through repeated attacks.

By the end of July, the Yuan army's food, grass and arrows had basically run out, so it ended in the retreat of the Yuan army.

Through the analysis of historical data, Li Yuntian believes that the reason why Meng Yuan failed to conquer the Wa Kingdom in his two attacks was mainly constrained by six factors:

First, the first eastward expedition to the Wa State was insufficient, the Southern Song Dynasty had not yet destroyed the Mongols, and only controlled northern China, and the Mongol Empire was gathering heavy troops to prepare to attack the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, and the troops used to attack the Wa State were only 50,000.

Of course, the reason for the lack of troops was not only the multi-front battle of the Mongol Empire, but also the fact that Kublai Khan underestimated the military strength of the Japanese state.

Second, the Mongols did not have the slightest advantage in tactics, and according to the hindsight of the Japanese people, the Mongols were not as strong in combat as they thought.

After the start of the war, the Japanese adopted the tactics of close combat with the Mongols, which invalidated the Mongols' superiority in bows and arrows and return artillery.

Although the Mongol soldiers were able to endure hardships and stand hard work, they could rely on eating raw horse meat and drinking horse blood to sustain their lives when necessary, and they were very mobile in combat, generally carrying only a small amount of food and grass, and the problem of food and clothing for the soldiers was mainly solved by plundering the war area.

However, during these two crusades, the Mongols were unable to give full play to their own strengths, and they were never able to break into the inhabited areas of the interior, so there was no place to plunder.

Third, Mongolia did not have a clear advantage in weapons and equipment, and the expedition to the Japanese Kingdom made Mongolia meet an opponent whose weapons and equipment were not inferior to its own for the first time.

It is said that the swords of ordinary soldiers of the Yuan army broke when they touched the sword, and the smelting and knife making technology of the Japanese were world-class at that time, and the performance of the Japanese sword was comparable to that of Damascus steel knives produced in North India and West Asia.

As a result, the Mongol bow and arrow were powerless to penetrate the armor of the Japanese samurai at a distance, and lost the power of the bow and arrow, on which they were proud.

Fourth, the samurai of the Wa Kingdom began to receive strict military training since childhood, and their combat skills far surpassed those of the Mongols, according to the records of the Mongols, the Wa people were good at fighting alone and had strong combat effectiveness.

Fifth, the secrecy of the cross-sea operation was not strict, and the two Eastern Expeditions to Kublai Khan were not sudden attacks, and the attack was unprepared, and the Japanese state received information in advance and made corresponding preparations for the battle.

Especially in the Second Eastern Crusade, the Japanese closely monitored the movements of the Mongol Yuan and made full preparations for the Mongol army's attack.

Sixth, the heavens are not beautiful, and the hurricane helped the Wa country, so it was later respected as a kamikaze by the Wa people.

On August 1 of the second expedition, a violent hurricane suddenly blew on the sea, and the storm lasted for four days, so that the ships of the Southern Fleet of the Yuan Army were basically destroyed, and the ships of the Northern Fleet also lost most of them.

The remaining ships of the Northern Fleet fled the battlefield and returned to Goryeo with the commander and part of the Mongol and Goryeo armies, while the commander and some high-ranking officials of the Southern Army had no choice but to abandon their large forces and flee on the few remaining ships of the Southern Fleet.

It is worth mentioning that at this time, there were still nearly 100,000 Yuan troops on the beach of Jiulong Mountain who were fighting against the Japanese people, and these people lost their supplies and retreats, and were unable to break through the Japanese defense line, and finally fell into a desperate situation.

Three days later, the Japanese began a major counteroffensive, driving the remaining Yuan army to a narrow area called Bajiao Island and attacking in columns, which killed most of the Yuan army and captured the remaining 20,000 people, and the second Eastern Crusade of the Mongol Yuan was also declared a failure.

Whenever Li Yuntian thought of the 100,000 helpless Yuan troops on the beach of Jiulong Mountain, he felt quite emotional, and he never imagined that the commander of the Mengyuan army would actually throw those soldiers on the empty beach, so that the 100,000 army would be annihilated after the food and grass were exhausted, which was really regrettable.

Therefore, in order to be able to smoothly conquer the Japanese state in the future, Li Yuntian began to prepare for relevant matters very early, which can be explained that the establishment of the military and naval division is to deal with the Japanese state, and in his opinion, the Japanese state is the ultimate enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be eradicated to avoid future troubles. Goryeo, and the commander of the Southern Army and some high-ranking officials had no choice but to abandon their large forces and flee on the few remaining ships of the Southern Fleet.

It is worth mentioning that at this time, there were still nearly 100,000 Yuan troops on the beach of Jiulong Mountain who were fighting against the Japanese people, and these people lost their supplies and retreats, and were unable to break through the Japanese defense line, and finally fell into a desperate situation.

Three days later, the Japanese began a major counteroffensive, driving the remaining Yuan army to a narrow area called Bajiao Island and attacking in columns, which killed most of the Yuan army and captured the remaining 20,000 people, and the second Eastern Crusade of the Mongol Yuan was also declared a failure.

Whenever Li Yuntian thought of the 100,000 helpless Yuan troops on the beach of Jiulong Mountain, he felt quite emotional, and he never imagined that the commander of the Mengyuan army would actually throw those soldiers on the empty beach, so that the 100,000 army would be annihilated after the food and grass were exhausted, which was really regrettable.

Therefore, in order to be able to smoothly conquer the Japanese state in the future, Li Yuntian began to prepare for relevant matters very early, which can be explained that the establishment of the military and naval division is to deal with the Japanese state, and in his opinion, the Japanese state is the ultimate enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and it must be eradicated to avoid future troubles.