Fan Zhuoyuan took Kyoto and carved a monument to commemorate the past month.

This month, the army was not without moves, except for arranging for the bureaucrats who had defected to themselves in the iron heart of Kyoto to serve in the local area to assist in governance.

It is a large army that strikes in all directions, sweeping away the scattered resistance forces in various places.

These resistance forces composed of samurai are extremely strong in individual combat, and they are scattered in the wilderness and mountains, which are extremely difficult to eliminate.

Therefore, Fan Zhuoyuan and his subordinates discussed a way to take advantage of the fact that Japan has a large number of mountains and few plains, and each plain is an important grain-producing economic area.

First, he strictly controlled the grain-producing areas of the plains, and then used the policy of benefiting the people to win over civilians and merchants, and on this basis, he established a militia that broke away from the samurai class and controlled the mountain strongholds that held the plains.

Then take the major strongholds as the key, take the soldiers and generals of the Fan family army who have experienced a hundred battles as the backbone, and lead the local militia who are familiar with the place to sweep into the mountains, and often reap miraculous feats.

After all, the tactics of guerrilla warfare rely heavily on the support of the local people, and without the intelligence resources and food supplies quietly provided by the people, guerrilla warfare can starve to death in the end.

Fan Zhuoyuan's move completely cut off the foundation of the local samurai class, even if there are still many samurai in various places who still insist on resisting, it is difficult to become a force like mountain bandits and wild bandits.

And the imperial envoy also came to Kyoto from Kyushu with Fan Wenhu this month......

The envoy was a Mongol named Yuxi Timur, dressed in traditional Mongolian aristocratic attire, with hair similar to the Mediterranean Sea, and long braids on both sides of his forehead.

The body is extremely thick, with a typical inverted triangular face, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, dark skin, and a thick beard, which still looks like a simple nomadic style, and has not been corrupted by the extravagant life of the capital.

Yuxi Timur was not a diplomat, but an imperial historian.

Although he was a civilian official, he had outstanding military talents, and in the twenty-fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, King Naiyan launched a rebellion, Kublai Khan personally conquered, and Yuxi Timur led a leading army to defeat Naiyan. In the following year, he fought against the rebel king Hadan in the HLJ River valley and made great achievements.

This time, he went south to Goryeo and went to Japan by the way, also because he had just pacified the rebel king Hadan, he encountered the defeat of the Eastern Route Army and heard the news that the Eastern Route Army was destroyed by a typhoon.

Therefore, at the same time as reporting to the imperial court, he led his cronies to the south, and took advantage of the typhoon to stop, and went directly to Japan, with strong action and political acumen.

Since Fan Zhuoyuan completely took Kyoto and controlled the situation in Japan, Yuxi Timur, who landed on Kyushu Island, did not have the initial eagerness to fight for military power in the front and took the merit of destroying the country into his own hands.

Because he knew that it was too late, although Fan Wenhu, the commander of the Jiangnan Army, was a straw bag, but as soon as he arrived on Kyushu Island, he inquired a little, and Yuxi Timur immediately knew that the person who really spoke in the army was Fan Zhuoyuan, the son of Fan Wenhu.

The various deeds of this person are known to be a decisive person, and if he fights for power, he is afraid that his life will be worried.

What's more, in Kyushu Island and his entourage, Yuxi Timur had already discovered that Fan Zhuoyuan had run the place into an iron bucket, political and military were under both control, the people's will was attached, and a new interest group attached to the surrender army of the Southern Dynasty had gradually taken shape.

It is impossible for a team of dozens of people to fight for power, so I can only take one step at a time, and by the way, inquire more about the ability of Fan Zhuoyuan, who is leading the battle on the front line.

As a result, it is okay not to inquire, but when he inquires, even Yuxi Timur, who is accustomed to seeing famous ministers and fierce generals in the court, can't help but be shocked.

Although the strength of the Japanese army is insufficient, after all, it has an absolute numerical advantage, and there are veterans of the Song Dynasty who fled here to help.

However, Fan Zhuoyuan was able to win several battles, and the original victory was nothing, once the defeated army disappeared into the mountains and forests, it was difficult to do anything when Fan Zhuoyuan's subordinates were scarce.

However, he still uses both political and military tactics, occupying one place can easily sweep away the local resistance, and then gather troops to attack the next place.

Yuxi Timur had seen too many generals who could fight, but there were very few generals who could combine politics and military affairs, and the only way for most generals to settle the place was to slaughter the city.

In the court, there are only two people who can do this. As soon as he was Prime Minister Boyan, the conquest of the Southern Dynasty combined the method of political attack, with less or even no killing, recruited a large number of Southern Dynasty troops, and forced many places to surrender without a fight.

The second is the Han general Guo Kan, who once accompanied the Hulegu expedition to West Asia, alone in West Asia, repeatedly broke more than 120 cities of the Green Cult army and more than 180 cities of the Crusaders, and crusaded against many countries.

However, such a famous general who shook the world, since returning from Hulegu, has not been reused by Kublai Khan, and is mostly only used for local counterinsurgency, and has not been reused when attacking the Song Dynasty, and has died of illness the year before last.

In Yuxi Timur's opinion, Fan Zhuoyuan's ability may not be as good as the above two, but he has one of the biggest advantages, that is, he is young!

Now that he is only 22 years old, he already has the merit of destroying the country, and if he is appointed in the future, he has a great chance of matching or even surpassing the above two generals.

The only pity is ...... He's a southerner!

Like Guo Kan, a famous general who grew up in the Mongolian military camp since he was a child and was regarded as one by the Mongols, but because he was not a descendant of Kublai Khan, even if he destroyed the country and slaughtered countless cities, he was not of great use.

And Fan Zhuoyuan, as the southerner who was most feared by the Mengyuan regime, naturally could not be of great use, and it was even possible to take great precautions and control.

However, Yuxi Timur is not sorry for this, as a descendant of Kublai Khan, his thinking is the same as that of Kublai Khan, and the southerners are unruly and cannot be reused.

Now Yuxi Timur is watching in front of the monument at the gate of the palace, he has heard what Fan Zhuoyuan did a month ago, and this kind of murderous method is definitely not available to reckless people.

Yuxi Timur seemed to be looking at the inscription on the monument, but in fact he was thinking about what Fan Zhuo had done since the expedition, and none of the tricks did not hit the key points in Japan.

Divide the ruling class and the common people, and then divide the ruling class, win over one faction against the other, and promote civil forces to check and balance the old ruling class, and reconcile with the conqueror in the middle.

All kinds of means, no matter how you look at it, don't look like a twenty-two-year-old young general can play.

Thinking about it, Yuxi Timur looked at Fan Wenhu with a flattering smile on his face next to him, and laughed meaningfully.

Xindao: It is said that the tiger father has no dog son, but if the dog father can give birth to a tiger son?

For Fan Wenhu, a general who took the initiative to surrender without firing a single shot, Yuxi Timur had never looked down on him, but this time he knew how to delegate power to his son, so he made a wise decision.

Fan Wenhu said: "Timur's envoy, the dog doesn't know the rules, he is handling government affairs in the main hall, and he failed to greet him in time, Fan must teach him a good lesson!" ”

Yuxi Timur looked at the main hall, only from this person knew that he would come but did not come to greet him, he knew how unruly he was, even if he had the merit of destroying the country, he could not be reused!

He strode into the main hall, Fan Zhuoyuan sat on the top, looked at Yuxi Timur who was striding from a distance, squinted slightly, and then left his seat accordingly.

"The last general is busy with government affairs, and he has not yet arrived at the distance, please don't blame the special envoy of the imperial court!"

Fan Wenhu stepped forward angrily and said, "Hengwu! Why don't you even understand this rule, the envoy represents His Majesty and is the authority of the imperial court! You should have gone out of the city to greet you! ”