Chapter 457: The destruction of the country is imminent
The Japanese suffered two crushing defeats, and the regular army was almost completely lost. Although the number of local troops gathered from all over the country was in the tens of thousands, they could not stop the advance of the army. Instead, it was the Japanese and ordinary people who were delaying the pace of the army.
O these foolish people! was bewitched by the Japanese government's mansion, saying that the Song army was a group of robbers who came to enslave everyone. People are fighting to protect their homes.
not only hated the Song Dynasty army, but also secretly hid the food at home. Sometimes, they will unite their own country's army, and use the deep mountains and old forests and remote villages as strongholds, and be active in the rear of the Yangsan army! Organize the manpower to exterminate this group of foreign bandits. The time of each sneak attack is uncertain, and the number of people is more or less.
Anyway, when the team turns around, this group of people will have disappeared a long time ago, and no matter how they continue to advance, they will do things in the rear like flies.
For example, setting fire to camps at night, destroying roads, and attacking logistics and supply teams...... All kinds of means that can delay or kill the enemy are used. It was just to prevent the army from continuing to advance and not be able to reach the Imperial Palace.
Such as the sparrow war during the Anti-Japanese War in Chinese history!
This made Wang Jin cry and laugh, but he didn't expect it to be used on their Han people now. It has to be said that the main theme of the war is much the same. War will only bring destruction, there will be bloodshed and sacrifices, it is unacceptable!
But this has to be done, very contradictory!
If he had traveled through the beginning, Wang Jin might have gone to extremes and ordered a massacre, but the longer he came to this world, the more he realized what the people needed, such as the people of the Song Dynasty who didn't care who was the emperor, they cared about food and clothing. Whoever gives them bread will do it!
The Ainu people of the Watari land are the same, and the same is true for the ordinary Wazu
Be.
In short, no one will choose to play with their lives if their own interests are not violated. Wang Jin has more lessons from the past of later generations of little devils, and it is impossible to follow the old path.
Therefore, he, the marshal who commanded the army in the rear, ordered the armies of all walks of life not to pursue speed, but to win the hearts of the people first. It is strictly forbidden to wantonly kill people, it is strictly forbidden to destroy villages, it is strictly forbidden to loot property, and it is strictly forbidden to insult women.
Of course, he's not pedantic either!
For those who attacked the leader of the team or the regular army of the Japanese state. As long as they are caught, they will not show mercy, and all of them will be handed over to the Ainu for interrogation and execution. Let these people vent their decades-old grievances and anger.
In the indigenous army, orders not to harm women and children civilians are also being conveyed.
This order and various actions did not make the natives dissatisfied with the rebellion, but became more and more identified with the Song Dynasty army and were willing to accept the command and dispatch.
The speed at which the Liangshan army killed the imperial city was not fast, but it was in the process of advancing. If you encounter a Japanese person who is in trouble along the way, you will actively lend a helping hand. They will also harvest the ripe grain and send it to the villages in the slightest, leaving some supplies such as chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep or wine from the Song Dynasty, and will bring money and food to comfort the poor and treat them for free.
The army advanced steadily, getting closer and closer to the imperial city.
Those nobles of the Japanese kingdom were anxious and hysterical and desperate. Emperor Toba and Emperor Shirakawa released their suspicions and fought against the enemy together. Relying on this time, gather young people to train into an army and make a last stand.
The whole country of the Japanese state came to attack, which was a challenge to Liangshan.
Liangshan was fully replenished by reserves with each division and plunged into the Wajima battlefield
The number of troops is as high as 300,000. It may be necessary to guard the rear to prevent riots. With the help of the people, tens of thousands were needed, but only 250,000 were actually put into the battlefield.
Divided into four routes, each with an army of more than 60,000 men.
The Japanese state dispatched troops and sent generals, and the other three routes sent 30,000 or 20,000 people to harass and delay. The remaining army of more than 100,000 people rushed towards the Northern Route Army with great momentum. Because of the vanguard division, Deputy Marshal Xu Guanzhong's army repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the enemy army in battle, and the speed was the fastest, less than 100 miles away from the imperial city of the Japanese Kingdom.
The Yamato nation has a kind of resilience and a spirit of not admitting defeat. At this time, the shogunate did not rise, and the spirit of bushido was not prevalent or extreme, but it was still terrifying, even if it was poorly equipped, even if it was at a disadvantage. Most of the Japanese recruits were undaunted and took the initiative to attack and besiege the Northern Route Army.
The two sides fought and attacked and defended the city in the wilderness. Even if Liangshan's morale was like a rainbow, relying on his well-equipped, the enemy army was defeated and retreated.
However, the Japanese people are very fierce, every time they fight, charge, they are not afraid of death, the closer they get to the imperial city, the more crazy the samurai wearing leather armor and carrying katana swords. The enemy is also very cunning, relying on the terrain and stubbornly resisting.
The Emperor is the object of their defense!
It is precisely because of this that the farther you go to the back, the slower you advance closer to the imperial city. There are fewer and fewer people who surrender, or even none, and they charge knowing that they are dead. The Liangshan army that replaced it had an increase in the proportion of casualties because of its small number of people.
The three-way army was dragged down, and the battle in the north was white-hot.
But the Liangshan base camp continued to grab fresh blood from the Song Dynasty. Recruit young men to become reserves, and come to the Wa Kingdom to assist in guarding the rear.
In October, Liangshan won Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Xuanzan, Han Tao, Peng Xi, and Ling
Zhen, Suo Chao and his apprentice Zhou Jin and more than 30,000 forbidden troops rebelled.
On Liangshan, he broke up and reorganized. The number of the troops and the main and deputy generals were established, together with the reserve army, a total of 50,000 people, all of whom went to overseas battlefields by ship.
This is a powerful new force, like the last straw that crushes the camel's back! The Japanese army lost its numerical superiority and fell into a heavy encirclement. Defeat was only a matter of time, and the fall of the Japanese kingdom was imminent.
Compared with Liangshan, he absorbed the imperial army and expanded his territory in overseas battlefields. Erlongshan Tuota Heavenly King Chao Gai received the imperial court's surrender, but buried hidden dangers.
Erlongshan suddenly absorbed tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers who were unwilling to go up the mountain to be thieves. This made the original army even larger, with a total of more than 40,000 armed forces, and its prestige soared. But there are very bad signs!
Song Jiang, who was already restless, jumped up again.
He based on the characteristics of these people who have a repulsive mentality towards going up the mountain. lobbied everywhere to win him over, saying that he would accept Zhao'an in the future and re-enter the officialdom. I don't believe this set of rhetoric, but it has scared many people. Of the tens of thousands of soldiers, at least half of them took refuge in Song Jiang, and even Wenda was close to him.
Song Jiang had a lot of people in his hands, and he suddenly shook again!
The news of the annihilation of the imperial army of bandits spread quickly.
The prefect of Qingzhou Murong collapsed to the ground, shouting with despair on his face!
It's over! This greedy prefect will do anything for money. Listen to slander, put the rich merchant surnamed Kong in the city into prison and raid his house to get money.
Erlongshan Kong Ming and Kong Liang were furious when they heard the news.
In order to win the hearts of the people, Song Jiang took the initiative to lead the imperial court close to him to surrender troops to be the vanguard. After the Chao Gai army was united, 20,000 people went down the mountain to kill Ben Qingzhou.