Chapter 39 The whole country was shaken

After Fan Zhuoyuan captured the county seat of Himeji, he counted all the war resources reserved by the shogunate in the city and in the major walled forts, such as grain, grass, gold and silver, ordnance, etc.

These resources were originally used to ensure that the shogunate's 200,000 troops were used for half a year, which was extremely huge!

It is enough to save a lot of resources by feeding Fan Zhuoyuan's army.

Fan Zhuoyuan first rewarded the meritorious soldiers in the army and compensated the soldiers who died in the battle to make up for the low morale after heavy casualties.

Even so, the remaining gold, silver, grain and grass and other baggage could not be counted, and they were piled up in front of him like mountains.

In order to raise this amount of grain, grass, gold and silver, the shogunate emptied almost all the savings of the people and merchants in the land of.

Of course, Fan Zhuoyuan didn't have the kindness to clean up the aftermath of the shogunate, and the people and merchants in the land of starved to death or went bankrupt, so they had to wait until he took Kyoto.

At that time, even if there is compensation, it will only be arranged according to the minimum, just like the disaster relief in Middle-earth, which must be provided in exchange for work, and will never give food for nothing.

In this way, there is a lot of cheap labor in vain.

During the time when Himeji Prefecture was dealing with these chores,

But interestingly, I received many letters, and the basic requirement of the wealthy families from all over the country who intend to work is to preserve the existing land and interests.

There are also letters to scold, cursing Fan Zhuoyuan for not dying well.

For the latter, Fan Zhuoyuan still has a group of 10,000 elite soldiers who are attacking and wandering around, and after finding out the address of this person, he will directly take a battleship ashore to destroy his clan.

Fan Zhuoyuan's ruthlessness in using soldiers can be seen at a glance.

And the envoy sent by the emperor also came to meet Fan Zhuoyuan again.

This time he cried with a sad face, knelt on the ground and said to Fan Zhuoyuan: "General, His Majesty the Emperor is not unwilling to surrender, but the many wealthy families below, after absorbing the soldiers and horses of the former shogunate, as many as 100,000 people, think that they can still fight with the general, so they hold Your Majesty hostage and cannot surrender, please don't blame Your Majesty!" ”

Fan Zhuoyuan looked at the other party expressionlessly, and said indifferently: "This matter is easy to do, let your emperor urge them to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle, Fan will kill them all, won't you rescue the emperor?" ”

"Ahh This... I'm afraid the emperor will be infamous ......"

Zhang Xi on the side sneered: "I want to be a female cousin, and I still want the archway?" ”

The envoy said with a sad face: "But after all, His Majesty the Emperor maintains the dignity of the whole of Japan. Rescued by the general, then ......"

Fan Zhuoyuan said: "So what? Ben Jiang promised to ensure the glory and wealth of the emperor's family, could it be that your emperor still wants to make inches of money, and you can't hold real power? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." The envoy hurriedly threw himself to the ground, and said, "I just want the general to give His Majesty the last bit of dignity......"

"Decent? Ben will attack Kyoto, then there will be no dignity at all.

Ben doesn't want to talk nonsense with you, but in five days, Ben will definitely raise troops to cross the sea, so let Kyoto prepare early. ”

After finishing speaking, Fan Zhuoyuan made the messenger blast out.

He didn't care whether the emperor surrendered or not, Kyoto was already in his pocket, and the only thing he was worried about was letting the emperor's family escape.

He ordered the 10,000 divisions to go to Lake Biwa and block the route of escape from Kyoto to the east.

Then he called in 10,000 Japanese troops, who had little fighting spirit, but it was not a problem to block the mountain road to the east.

The main force landed from Settsu Province in the south of Kyoto, which later became Osaka, and attacked from the main gate in a dignified manner!

After receiving the envoy's return, Emperor Kameyama walked back and forth in the palace all day.

Even when you sit down, it is as if you have a needle eye on your buttocks, and you writhe from time to time.

I can't eat food, I can't drink tea, and the thought in my head is to run away!

But where to flee?

The place to escape is usually Lake Biwa in Otsu to the east, but not long ago news came that the army of Yuankou had appeared, and it was clear that the general Fan Zhuoyuan had blocked the road.

Then there is Mt. Atago to the west, where there is a mountain road leading to Harima Province, but at this time Harima Province has been occupied by the Yuan army, and it is not clear how many troops and Japanese traitors are waiting for them.

The only thing left is the narrow and rugged mountain road to the north, which is not only difficult to walk, but also extremely long, and not only is the mountain road unsupplied, but also often infested with wild animals.

However, since the Yuan army thought of blocking himself in advance, the two mountain roads would naturally not be let go.

Therefore, Emperor Kameyama was very entangled at this time, he only had one way to surrender, according to what General Fan Zhuoyuan said, at least he could save his life, it would be good if he could survive!

But those damn warriors in the court and the country want to break their own jade with the country!

Why don't they go to jade shattering! I, the emperor, should be a puppet, why should I bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the country!

The Japanese character of evading responsibility in the face of major events is evident in Emperor Kameyama.

"No, we have to find a way to surrender, it's better to sell these wealthy bastards first, but how to sell them?"

Emperor Kameyama was so heartbroken that he summoned the envoy and gave him a sub-map, which marked the deployment of the armies of the major nobles and the secret passage into Kyoto......

After Fan Zhuoyuan emptied the county seat of Himeji, he left only a little basic food for the local people, and then spent two days on Awaji Island to prepare his troops, and then directly crossed the sea to attack Settsu Province.

As the gateway to Kyoto, Settsu Province is not good for attack.

Fan Zhuoyuan successfully landed almost without any resistance, and most of the defenders were terrified, and they hurriedly fled when they saw Fan Ziqi from afar.

So much so that the cavalry swept across the city, unhindered, and even rushed to the city wall of Kyoto.

Fan Zhuoyuan led 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison in Asada Castle, Toshima County, only thirty miles from Kyoto.

At this moment, he unfolded the blueprint that the messenger secretly gave him, and the secret passage in the drawing could directly enter the palace.

As long as he can send an elite army deep into the palace and exert pressure from the outside, Fan Zhuoyuan is sure that he will break the city one day.

He shook his head slightly, and now the whole of Japan has been trampled under his feet!

But Fan Zhuoyuan didn't have much pride in his heart, because the day before yesterday on Awaji Island, he received a letter from Fan Wenhu.

He said that the imperial court had sent an envoy to Japan, and it was expected to arrive on the island of Kyushu within a month.

The reason why it was so fast was because when the typhoon blew three months ago, the imperial court had already arranged for people to go to Goryeo, preparing to find out the situation of the destruction of the 40,000-strong army on the eastern road.

After exchanging news, the envoy sent by Fan Wenhu landed in Goryeo and met the imperial envoy, and after exchanging news, the envoy sent someone to continue to report the situation to the imperial court, and he decided to rush to the palace in person, so it was two months earlier than Fan Zhuoyuan expected.

This can only force Fan Zhuoyuan to attack Japan as soon as possible and pocket the credit for destroying the country, otherwise the envoy will give an order and force him to seize power, which will be very troublesome.