At this time, the news of the destruction of Kyushu and the annihilation of 100,000 troops had spread throughout Japan.

Kyoto was shocked overnight, and even the price of food rose, and the people were hungry.

The Kamakura shogunate, far away in the Kanto region, was finally unable to sit down.

The shogunate, that is, the supreme ruler of the Kamakura shogunate, Hojo Tokimune, listened to the report of the secret agent and roughly knew about several battles since the landing of the Motoko.

He sat in place weakly, and let out a long sigh, "If I had dispatched the troops of Shikoku to Shaoji Dazai earlier, I wouldn't have ended up like this." ”

The elder of the family comforted: "The lord doesn't have to blame himself so much, no one expected that Yuan Kou's soldiers and horses would land from Kyushu Hyuga Country, otherwise he should have died under the kamikaze with the 40,000 troops on the East Road." ”

Hojo Tokimune looked at the many subordinates below and said, "Yes, the matter has come to this point, and there is no point in regretting it." The most important thing now is how to deal with this huge group of Yuankou! The secretary can have a plan. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and one of the elders, who was quite good at government affairs, said, "My lord, the shogunate is now able to assemble a standing army of 80,000.

If you gather the guards of various countries to concentrate their forces, they can gather about 200,000 troops. In terms of numbers, they naturally far surpass the Yuan Kou, and I don't know if I can defeat them if I can defeat them in a battle. ”

Hojo Tokimune said in a deep voice: "Yuan Kou once defeated the 70,000 troops of Shaoji Dazai with 20,000 troops, and the result of the battle was to wipe out Shaoji Dazai!"

His own losses were weak, and he also collected a lot of soldiers from the Eastern Route who survived the kamikaze, and his strength may even be expanded. ”

"This ......" Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Yuankou's strength to be so strong.

According to this comparison of combat effectiveness, 200,000 vs. 100,000 does not seem to have the upper hand at all.

"Eight Tooth Road! You bunch of rice buckets, there's no way around it! Are you just waiting for Yuan Kou to come and cut off our heads? ”

Hojo Tokimune scolded.

At this time, the guard at the door came in to report, "General, there is a group of Song people who want to meet the general and discuss the matter of dealing with Yuan Kou. ”

"Song people?" Hojo Tokimune frowned slightly.

An elder said: "My lord, you might as well meet, the Song State and the Yuan Kou have had a war for decades, and they must be able to provide us with some strategies." ”

Hojo Tokimune then asked those Song people to be invited in.

After several Song people visited Hojo Tokimune according to the etiquette of the Wa Kingdom, they introduced themselves separately.

The leader was named Hu Qi, who was originally a forbidden army in the Southern Song Dynasty, participated in the defense of Lin'an and a series of subsequent wars, and was later dispersed and fled to Japan by sea.

Hu Qidao: "Your Excellency General, dare to ask how many troops the shogunate can send to fight against Yuankou now?" ”

"Two hundred thousand." Hojo Tokimune told the truth.

Hu Qidao: "That is twice as much as Yuankou, and there is no absolute certainty of victory." ”

Everyone was embarrassed, but they also knew that what Hu Qi said was the truth.

Hojo Tokimune said: "Our country has been at war for a long time, so the soldiers are not as good as Middle-earth. ”

Hu Qi said: "In this way, if there is no way to continue to expand the army, or to win by trickery, then the only way is to improve the quality of the existing soldiers of the shogunate to ensure that they can fight head-on with the Yuankou!"

Yuan Kou, who occupies Kyushu Island, was originally a Great Song Dynasty army, and he knows the Song army very well, and is willing to train for His Excellency the General to create a way to target! ”

Hojo Tokimune was surprised, "Are you willing to dedicate the method of military training?" ”

Hu Qi nodded and said: "We are currently relying on Japan to survive, and if Japan perishes, we will have to eat Yuansu and be a Tartar lackey."

It is okay to lose the country, but in any case, you can't lose China. Now that the Chinese civilization is inherited in Japan, if the fire is extinguished, we will not be able to escape the guilt of death, so we are willing to dedicate all our strength to resist the strong enemy! ”

Hojo Tokijong was overjoyed, and got up to help a few Song people, "In this way, please everyone!" ”

Hu Qidao: "If the shogunate army also practiced foot drill on weekdays, it could form combat effectiveness in four months, and it could fight head-on with the enemy in half a year, but the premise was that it needed to be diligent every day, and the logistics must be fully supplied." ”

Hojo Tokizong said: "Of course, our army has also practiced some basic square arrays, and the country is about to die, of course, all materials will be fully supplied to the army, please rest assured!" ”

Then he looked out the window at the sea and said, "The typhoon season is not over yet, and we still have time."

Please sir while training for me, when the typhoon season passes, I want to gather 150,000 troops in, known as 400,000, and fight to the death with Yuankou! ”

Hu Qi asked: "I see that Kamakura is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with mountains and extremely good defense, why didn't Your Excellency the General lead Yuankou to cross the sea to come here for a decisive battle?" ”

Hojo Tokimune shook his head and pointed to the northeast, saying, "Over there are Kai, Suruga, and Shinano, all of which are important grain-producing economic areas of the shogunate.

If the Yuan Kou were to be brought to this decisive battle, it would probably cause great damage, and the Yuan Kou would also be able to obtain a large amount of supplies on the spot.

Therefore, I would rather fight them in the dangerous places of than lead them into the Kanto region. ”

In the final analysis, it is outside the enemy country that will be lost, and only the Kyoto and wealthy clans will be lost, not the power of his shogunate.

The shogunate was far away in the Kanto region, and there was still some distance between it and Kyushu, so the Kamakura shogunate could still sit firmly.

However, Kyoto is only separated from Kyushu by a Shikoku region, and Kyoto lacks enough troops to resist the attack.

Emperor Kameyama had not thought about tea and dinner for many days, and he had lost a lot of weight, and after thinking about it again, he finally decided to repair a book and secretly sent an envoy to Kyushu with gifts.

……

At this time, it was the middle of July, which was the season of high typhoons, and Fan Zhuoyuan had to rely on naval warships to conquer Japan.

In such a stormy season, it was not conducive to sending troops, so he simply stayed in Shikoku, while training the army, and at the same time giving preferential policies to recruit local peasants as soldiers.

As a result of Fan Wenhu's strict implementation of the land policy, many peasants were given a share of the land, and taxes were reduced to win the hearts of the people.

In order to prevent the samurai from reclaiming their land, many of these peasants actively joined the army, many of them served in the lord's army, and some even fought against Fan Zhuoyuan's troops in Kyushu.

It's just that ordinary militias have low combat effectiveness, and they often collapse at the touch of a button, but they are rarely killed.

After joining Fan Zhuoyuan's troops, he first trained intensively, and when the typhoon season ended, he would be scattered and integrated into various armies to enrich himself.

As a result, Fan Zhuoyuan's troops at this time originally had 60,000 soldiers, and the remaining 40,000 were all half-civilians and half-soldiers, and they had all been transferred to Tuntian and economic development, as well as operating warships.

Therefore, the available army in Fan Zhuoyuan's hands was only 60,000, plus the newly replenished peasant soldiers and some of the warriors who surrendered early and were reformed, the battle army expanded to 80,000.

At this time, the emperor's envoy arrived.

He carried the letter of confession, knelt on the ground violently, held up the letter of state, and said: "His Majesty the Emperor has confessed his guilt to the country for his crime on this trip.

He is willing to accept all the punishments of the kingdom, and sends envoys to worship every year, only hoping that the kingdom will be merciful and reap all the grievances, and not to cause misery to the lives of the people. ”

Fan Zhuoyuan expected the emperor to send an envoy to sue for peace, but he thought more that the other party would move the capital.

He looked at the other party expressionlessly, "Your emperor is teaching General Ben to do things?" ”

The envoy originally wanted to have a strong backbone, but he knelt down, and the last bit of stubbornness in his heart dissipated with Fan Zhuoyuan's cold words.

He simply threw himself on the ground, held up the national letter, and sobbed: "It is really not the wish of His Majesty the Emperor to kill the envoy of the kingdom before!" Everything was done by the shogunate ruling Hojo Tokimune!

The general must also know the reason, His Majesty the Emperor is not guilty, and he is willing to help the general to punish the samurai thief Hojo Tokimune! ”