Chapter 52: The Eastern Crusade to Kyushu - Prelude
readx;?? On April 5, 208 BC, Zhang Jiashi personally led a force of 5,000 men as the first wave of maritime troops to attack Kyushu Island. Biquge.info.d.m
In this operation, in addition to the 5,000 infantry units of the Qin Army, there were also 1,000 horse-drawn carriages used to transport supplies.
In addition to a small number of large ships guarding Liaodong County and the eastern shipping of the Korean Peninsula, Qin Min's main building ship unit, consisting of 15 large building ships, 40 ships, and 50 transport ships of various kinds of medium and large ships that have been modified to a certain combat capability, and more than 100 Liaodong Lou ship troops, which can be regarded as "capital ships", will serve as the most solid backing for this operation.
A larger number of small vessels, mainly from the private sector, are responsible for offshore transportation.
For example, grain and grass are transported from the southeastern coast of the Korean Peninsula to Jeju Island and ports on the Tsushima Islands for transit.
Of course, it was a good idea to let Qin Min dedicate a part of the Fuchuan troops to be responsible for the transfer of materials in the Liaodong County area, but on the premise that it was necessary to seize the time to complete the combat objectives, Zhang Jiashi opposed this opinion.
In the words of Zhang Jiashi, as long as we can seize this area (referring to the Hakata region in later Japan) and this area (referring to the west of Japan's Kyushu Island), we may be able to grasp the key to victory with ease on the premise of sufficient supplies.
After all, from Zhang Jiashi's point of view, with the Japanese society, which is still mainly primitive or in the early days of slavery, if he wants to deal with the troops he mobilized this time, he can be defeated and lost, and he doesn't want to compete with Xiang Yu and others for the world, just wash and sleep.
The troops and officers transferred by Zhang Jiashi this time are:
The main general Zhang Jiashi himself is also the commander, and there are two military advisers, one is Sun Po and the other is Zhang Cang. Of course, even Zhang Cang himself knows very well that he is not so much Zhang Jiashi's military advisor as the top handyman under Zhang Jiashi.
Regarding internal affairs, he didn't want to expect Zhang Jiashi to take the initiative to deal with these things.
Zhang Jiashi personally led a force of 5,000 troops, as a directly subordinate unit under his command, to carry out the first phase of landing operations in the Hakata area.
In the military, the adjutant is served by Xiahou Ying and his uncle and grandson.
Among them, Xiahou Ying also served as the coordinator of the transport team, while the uncle and grandson brothers were responsible for commanding the troops to fight.
As for the 500 people of Zhang Jiashi's personal guard force, they were commanded by the pervert Yu Yong.
For this arrangement, the uncle and grandson brothers were originally a little dissatisfied, but in the case of being one-on-two with Yu Yong, the uncle and grandson brothers who were directly pressed and beaten by the other party finally understood how terrible Yu Yong, a person who was born as a slave, was.
After all, unless Zhang Jiashi hangs up, don't use all kinds of rune paper to greet them directly, relying on the strength of martial arts alone, Zhang Jiashi can't say that he will win one-on-one, let alone one-on-two.
As for the remaining 15,000 people, Zhang Jia Shi was responsible for indirectly commanding two lieutenant troops, that is, 6,000 people, while Nguyen Weng Thieu became the commander of the rank of commander responsible for leading the army to attack the west of Kyushu Island.
Two of the five lieutenants were Koreans, and three were Zhang Jiashi's old subordinates in Liaodong County.
They were Zifu and Qingyou, who followed Zhang Jiashi's actions, Wen Qing, who fought with Ruan Weng Shao's department, Wei Xun (Wei Chong's cousin, the captain of the guards who entered Liaodong with Yingqin), and Chai Mao (originally subordinate to the 500 lords of the county soldiers of Liaoxi County, and was promoted from 2500 lords to the rank of captain in the second expansion of Zhang Jiashi's division. The number of such promotions is quite large. )
Due to some considerations, Zhang Jiashi did not mobilize the prisoner army under Li Cang's command, although there were some things that the prisoner army could do better. But Zhang Jiashi had to be wary of some ideas that might be groundless.
The Qin army troops that went out, except for a 500-person guard knight unit under Zhang Jiashi's command, the other troops were basically reorganized and equipped by Zhang Jiashi in response to this operation.
Of these, of the 3,000 men of the 1st Colonel, 500 knights who were not fully concentrated, 100 crossbow chariots (500 troops), 1,000 light infantry, and 1,000 heavy infantry.
Although it is said that the troops of 1,000 people are light infantry, they are very aware of the combat effectiveness of their subordinates and give priority to replenishing and rearing iron armor and strengthening protection, and the defense of these light infantry is also very good in the face of the Japanese in this period.
Perhaps, some units will have some changes due to some factors, but the overall equipment of the troops ordered by Zhang Jiashi to go out this time has not changed too drastically.
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Before sending out the troops, Zhang Jiashi, who thought that many things were ready, was actually in a very unhappy mood, especially Zhang Cang, Sun Po, Ruan Weng Shao and others, who felt that Jeju Island was later receiving the transfer order, and they could clearly see Zhang Jiashi's reaction.
They didn't dare to say anything, after all, Zhang Jiashi wanted to command the troops to fight in person so suddenly this time, and this alone explained the reason.
Ruan Weng Shao, who was originally heading towards the western region, may not know exactly what happened, but Ruan Weng Shao is not stupid, and from the eyes of Zhang Cang and Sun Po, Ruan Weng Shao did not touch Zhang Jiashi's moldy head and found himself unhappy.
Of course, Nguyen Weng Thieu is not the kind of person who can be invisible to anything.
After all, in many cases, he had to understand what it was.
So he asked Zhang Cang and Sun Po: "Two military advisors, what is this?"
"......" Sun Po and Zhang Cang glanced at each other, and after being silent for a long time, Zhang Cang said: "Duwei Ruan, this matter must not be publicized. ”
After hearing Zhang Cang's words, Ruan Weng Shao could also feel the seriousness of the matter, and he nodded hurriedly.
After the three of them came to a place far away from Zhang Jiashi's tent, and there should be no one nearby who could hear the conversation between them, Zhang Cang said some relatively simple problems.
After knowing that something seemed to have happened to Zhang Jiashi and his wives and concubines at home, including the two princesses, Ruan Weng Shao opened his mouth wide and could almost directly stuff a goose egg.
Zhang Cang and Sun Po were not surprised by Ruan Weng Shao's reaction, after all, after they got some "rumors", the expressions of the two of them and Chen Pingxiao were so good?
You must know that in the entire General Zuo's Mansion, Zhang Jiashi is completely the "peerless Gu family man" in the eyes of General Zuo's Mansion. It's just that after understanding some of the facts, they also have a trace of sympathy for Zhang Jiashi's "awkwardness".
These things are very clear to them, needless to say Chen Ping, Xiao He, even Sun Po and Zhang Cang, they all know very well that Zhang Jiashi even did not hesitate to communicate with Mo Hong in order to keep it secret, and asked the other party to send a considerable number of Mo family swordsmen who were proficient in assassination to enter Liaodong County in several places to lurk.
Perhaps on the bright side, they knew very well that more than five envoys from the Xianyang region had died in an unknown way, but in secret, how many people died in this arrangement, only God knows.
Under this premise, they can understand what Zhang Jiashi's mentality is.
As the wife, Yingxi, in that case, was certainly not wrong to question Zhang Jiashi, but after working together for such a period of time, even Sun Po knew very well that Zhang Jiashi's heart had a touch of gentle and firm self-esteem.
Therefore, under the condition that Zhang Jiashi does not think that he has done wrong, such a scene is inevitable in an accident.
Of course, Chen Ping and others are honest, and they don't think Zhang Jiashi has done anything wrong.
Compared to this situation, when Ruan Weng Shao heard what Zhang Cang said, that is, the culprit who caused this scene was in Zhang Jiashi's tent, Ruan Weng Shao almost stumbled and fell to the ground......
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Zhang Cang is right, Zhang Jiashi is still so unhappy, and he is the culprit who almost did not cause the Zhang family's "first domestic violence incident", that is, the Miao Jiang girl who called herself Ling'er, actually followed him cheekily.
Zhang Jiashi was in full view, especially in front of his own personal guards, so it was naturally difficult to turn his face with this pitiful girl.
He is not stupid, from the moment he entered the room and began to be questioned by Yingxi, he found that this Miao Jiang girl had left, and he was already very suspicious that such a thing was directly related to the other party.
And after leaving his home, Zhang Jiashi, who was blown by the night breeze, figured out a lot of things, there is no doubt that this Miao Jiang girl, who is simply his disaster star, is the most direct culprit.
Although Zhang Jiashi is not a stingy person, he will not be so generous as to give the other party a good look after meeting such an "enemy" again.
If no one else was present, Zhang Jiashi would point at Ling'er directly, and then look at each other with his hands on his hips, and say a sentence very domineeringly: "Get out! Aren't you bad enough for me!"
However, in front of his own guards, after Zhang Jiashi was stopped by the other party, he could only hold back his anger and say one sentence: "Why are you here?"
"I want to see more places and following you is the best way to do it. Ling'er didn't seem to have the idea of feeling guilty for harming Zhang Jiashi, and she said this sentence directly that made Zhang Jiashi half angry.
When Zhang Jiashi heard this, the corners of his eyes jumped a few times inadvertently, and then he took a deep breath, pretended to be smiling, and said: "Miss Ling'er, General Ben is going to lead the troops to fight, and it is not so convenient for one of your daughters to be in the barracks." ”
Zhang Jiashi said such a sentence, originally wanting the other party to retreat. However, Zhang Jiashi never thought that such a thing would be known by the other party.
"Didn't Sister Mo Yan'er follow you last time?" Ling'er looked at Zhang Jiashi with a very curious look, and said this sentence that exposed the blue tendons on Zhang Jiashi's forehead.
"Meow a, who is so open-mouthed. Zhang Jiashi thought of such a sentence in his heart.
But for the girl in front of him, Zhang Jiashi knew that he couldn't be rude directly with the other party. Although he knew very well that with his current strength, it would not be a problem to teach her a lesson, but it was not a good thing for such a thing to spread.
Zhang Jiashi could only take a deep breath again, hold back his anger and smile: "Hmm, isn't Miss Ling'er afraid that General Ben is not a righteous gentleman?"
"No, if Brother Zhang was a bad person, he wouldn't have helped Ling'er a few years ago. ”
Ling'er said such a sentence, Zhang Jiashi couldn't remember what was going on, but with the other party's explanation, Zhang Jiashi knew very well that Ying Lian sold him directly.
In the end, under the gaze of this Miao Jiang girl with a very cute and innocent expression, Zhang Jiashi was completely defeated......
Zhang Jiashi, who wanted to make a speechless gesture to ask the sky, found that he could no longer be angry with this girl, so he could only say weakly: "Okay, since you are so relieved of General Ben, then you will follow General Ben." Of course, if something happens, it is estimated that no one will save you if you shout to break your throat. Understood?"
Hearing Zhang Jiashi's words, the first person to react was not Ling'er, but the uncle and grandson behind him......
"Poof...... Ahem......"
Zhang Jiashi, who heard the movement behind him, naturally looked back, and the uncle and grandson brothers immediately straightened their expressions.
And after Zhang Jiashi turned around, the uncle and grandson made eye contact:
"Brother, I've endured it a lot. ”
"Third brother, second brother is not like this, but if you want to die, you can laugh at this time. I guess the odds of an adult letting us go are low. ”
"Well, brother, I know, that's why I'm holding it. ”
"A must!"
If Zhang Jiashi knew that the commanders of his two personal guards would have such thoughts, it is estimated that he would directly let them understand the true meaning of Taoism.
Of course, from Ling'er's mouth, he heard the words that almost didn't vomit blood directly:
"If Brother Zhang has this idea, the sisters will not ...... Uh-huh. So Ling'er is very relieved of Brother Zhang. ”
Zhang Jiashi couldn't hold back any longer, and with a godly expression, he said a sentence that could be regarded as a return to the field: "That's okay, if something happens, don't blame me!"
As a result, Zhang Jiashi was surrounded by an entourage that Zhang Jiashi thought was a disaster......
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After arriving at Jeju Island by boat, Jang Jiashi enjoyed the scenery of the island for the first time.
Although Jeju Island has been under construction for several months, and many places have been built corresponding artificial facilities, it has to be said that on the whole, the scenery of Jeju Island is also attracting the attention of Jang Jiashi.
Of course, if there was one less pale, vain landlubber by your side, then everything would be better.
Zhang Jiashi looked at Ling'er from the corner of his eye, and he was happy in his heart, but he still said this sentence on his lips: "Do you want to take a break? After all, Ling'er, your face is very bad." ”
"Brother Zhang, do you want to abandon Ling'er, don't even think about it! Ling'er will ...... "Vomiting ......" Before he finished saying this sentence that made Zhang Jiashi's face helpless, Ling'er directly held on to the side of the landing ship board and vomited at the sea.
And Zhang Jiashi looked back again and found the uncle and grandson behind him, with a normal expression.
"Hmm, is it a delusion?" Zhang Jiashi turned his head suspiciously, thinking about whether he was a little too distracted.
And what Zhang Jiashi didn't know was that the uncle and grandson brothers looked at each other again:
"It's so dangerous, if it is seen by adults, it is estimated that we will be miserable. ”
"Uh-huh, third brother, it seems that adults are not so easy to fool, but when will we be able to laugh this time?"
"Brother, how do I know, unless adults ......"
"Third brother, what's wrong?"
Seeing Uncle Sun Ji turn around in astonishment, Uncle Sun Zhong followed his younger brother's gaze, but saw Zhang Jiashi looking at them suspiciously.
"What are you thinking?" Zhang Jiashi is not an immortal, and he can't read minds, he happened to say something to his uncle and grandson brothers, so he turned around again, and found that his uncle and grandson brothers were looking at each other affectionately in "brotherly love", and had to ask the two suspiciously.
"No, my lord, we were thinking that this was our first time on such a large island, and the two brothers were just very excited. ”
"Yes, my lord, we can assure us that we are indeed happy to be here. ”
When Zhang Jiashi heard these two words, his expression became more and more suspicious, but when he couldn't find any suspicious clues from the expressions of the two, he had to say what he thought:
"General Ben wants you to be able to ......"
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Before the official departure, Zhang Jiashi issued a series of orders from Jeju Island, first of all, to hand over the troops that had been undergoing training on Jeju Island for a period of time to be commanded by Shusun Zhong and Shusun Ji.
Zhang Jiashi's idea was not a whim, but the result of a long period of deliberation after getting on the ship.
After all, the ability of the uncle and grandson brothers is not low, and in this situation where many places need to employ people, Zhang Jiashi thinks that this time to arrange the other party's tentative command of the troops, Zhang Jiashi thinks that it is the best opportunity to investigate.
Therefore, there is a reason why Zhang Jiashi arranged for his uncle and grandson to command the troops.
And among Zhang Jiashi's current four personal guard commands, only Yu Yong is this person, although the combat effectiveness is very amazing, but Zhang Jiashi knows very well, don't expect the other party to be a commander who can take charge alone, Chen Heng, Shusun Zhong, and Shusun Ji are not difficult to promote to the middle-level officers of the troops under their command. The trio should be able to do this.
As for Chen Heng, Zhang Jiashi has no more stable ideas for the time being, after all, there are only Chen Heng and Yu Yong left at home, and if he mobilizes personnel to come over, I am afraid that if something happens, he will have no place to cry.
Therefore, after asking Qin Min to carry a personnel transfer order for Chen Pingren, Zhang Jiashi personally observed the training of the troops on Jeju Island.
Perhaps, except for Ling'er, who came a few days later, Zhang Jiashi was silent for a long time in front of a piece of paper the night before he wrote a few words:
"Two Ladies Personally Enlighten ......"
Perhaps, and only Ling'er knows, after Zhang Jiashi wrote a few words, he was silent again for a long time before slowly picking up the piece of paper and placing it on top of the flame of the candle......
"Xiaohong, Brother Zhang is really interesting. After Zhang Jiashi rested, Ling'er, who slept in a small tent next to Zhang Jiashi's tent, picked up the little red fox and said this sentence.
And Zhang Jiashi didn't know that after he was "peeped", Ling'er also handed over a bamboo slip to Qin Min after he would give some things to Qin Min, and hoped that he could transfer it to Zhang Jiashi's wife and concubine.
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