Chapter 59: Dungeon Shock
Heiankyo, the capital of the island country, is named after Heian in the current era because of this capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although it is useless to know more about the history of the island country, it is necessary to understand some of the needs of the war at this time.
Due to the huge export of Chinese civilization, the island country was actually in a state of cultural colonization until the island country fell into financial difficulties, and then it broke off its contact with the Tang Dynasty in 894 AD.
The ability of the island nation to imitate has always been good, just like the Heianjing in front of us, regardless of the shape or layout, all imitate the capital of the Tang Dynasty in China, Chang'an and Luoyang.
Along the central axis, Suzaku Street, Heiankyo is divided into Youjing Chang'anjing and Zuojing Luoyangjing.
However, the area where Youkyo is located is swampy and gradually abandoned, and the main development of the city is concentrated in Sakyo.
The nobles and bureaucrats of the island country lived in dense dwellings in the northern part of Sakyo, while the poor began to live on the Kamogawa River, which was beyond the eastern limits of Heian East.
In short, it is today's Heianjing, near Chang'anjing in the west of China, which can be regarded as basically deserted, and the main residential area is in the east.
Lin Ran came from the direction of Huaxia, and the first thing he attacked was naturally Chang'anjing in the west, and although this side was deserted, the garrison that should exist still existed.
Looking at the bustling capital in front of him, Lin Ran shook his head speechlessly, because everything was completely different from what he had expected.
Lin Ran fought all the way from Kyushu Island, except for the hundreds of thousands of people who could support for a moment at that time, the rest of the island country's army was basically like paper paste.
For this situation, Lin Ran was neither disappointed nor happy, after all, all this was caused by various factors.
In short, the island civilization has not only not developed for a few years, but is also at the end of peace at this time.
The end of peace means that the island nation has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and it is in a period of extreme decay, otherwise it would not have been possible for the regime to fall in the following decades.
As mentioned above, the political situation of the island country at this time was very rotten, and all kinds of nobles and bureaucrats only knew about pleasure, and did not know how to develop outside.
As for the army, it doesn't even know how to put the most basic gun array, if Lin Ran has to find a description, it is the peasant rebel army in the Northern Song Dynasty who don't know how to fight.
And when it comes to the army, we have to mention an anecdote, that is, the Emperor's Praetorian Guard, the army controlled by Emperor Shirakawa.
In this era, the entire society of the island country is almost a deformed state, and the emperor Shirakawa, the ruler of the island country, is an unscrupulous gay lover.
The emperor of the island country is a gay lover, and the Praetorian Guard, which is his personal guard, has become his exclusive alternative harem, but almost everyone who can join this army is the son of the nobles of the island country, in order to be favored by the emperor.
In a word, at this time, the Emperor's Praetorian Guard was a very large number of sissy artillery troops, and if you want to talk about combat effectiveness, it is almost equal to no at all.
From landing on Kyushu Island to entering Heiankyo at this time, the island country gave Lin Ran the impression that he was vulnerable.
The lack of combat effectiveness of the regular army is equivalent to paper paste.
Although the strength of the samurai is good, it has just emerged at this time, and even the famous bushido spirit in the later period is far from budding at this time, which is basically equivalent to the stragglers in the rivers and lakes.
The only thing that could give Lin Ran a little threat was the monk soldiers of the island country's characteristic troops.
However, a little threat is always just a little threat, and when Lin Ran's 1,000 special elite soldiers and fierce generals were used as knives and slammed into Heianjing, countless blood still gushed out.
There is nothing to say about this battle, in short, Lin Ran won in the end, but this victory is also relative, after all, the losses are very heavy under the tactics of the sea of people.
Looking at the entire battlefield, during the battle for nearly a month, the corpses of Heiankyo that were originally covered with Heiankyo had been disposed of by the two sides, but the corpses spread red blood, but they were soaked and stained red with the ground under their feet.
The war was ruthless, and in this month, Lin Ran adhered to the principle of cutting grass and eradicating the roots, desperately and frantically killing the army and strong men of the island country, even if he hit his own blood, he still refused to let go of the other party.
It is also this method of fighting to the death, although it has destroyed the forces of the island country alive and killed, killing countless army of the island country, samurai, monks, and strong men, but at the same time it has suffered heavy losses.
Not to mention that it was almost disabled, there were few Goryeo troops left, and only 6,000 were left after deducting the 10,000 left behind.
As for Lin Ran's most important attention to a thousand special elite soldiers, after the Battle of Heianjing, there were only five hundred survivors left.
It's not that Lin Ran doesn't know how to be flexible, he is bent on fighting with the island country, and he doesn't know how to use deceptive tactics to recruit the enemy first, but because of ...... Lin Ran really didn't want to use tactics and tactics this time, he just wanted to destroy the island country with his toughness.
Nothing else, what Lin Ran wanted was a breath.
For most of the month, Heianjing was basically beaten into ruins, walking among the broken bricks and tiles, Lin Ran walked straight to the palace of the island country.
The Imperial Palace of the Island Country is located in the middle, and the damage caused by the war is naturally minimal, and when Lin Ran stepped into the Imperial Palace where the Emperor lived, this place also officially changed hands.
In the Water Margin world, in addition to the palaces of Western Xia, Dali, and Jinguo, other Northern Song Dynasty, Liao, Goryeo, and island countries are all taken care of by Lin Ran.
Most of them were directly conquered by Lin Ran.
Just like the island country at this time, with Lin Ran walking to the first seat, one of the few men left in Heiankyo, the ruler of the island country, Emperor Shirakawa, and the grandson of Emperor Toba, were pressed to the bottom of the stairs at the same time.
Sitting in the center of power, Lin Ran glanced at the two prisoners who had become prisoners. "Raise your head and let General Ben see what kind of virtue the emperor of the island country looks like!"
Emperor Toba's ability, now that he is only a teenager, he has not had time to play at all, but Emperor Shirakawa is a good political player.
This person started the system of imperial government and gradually regained the power that had been lost since the middle of Heian.
But it was precisely because of this person that the rise of the two major samurai groups of Taira and Gen eventually led to political chaos in the late Heian period.
Stubborn, fierce, and strong, it has always been Emperor Baihe's face, but at this time, as a prisoner, he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and quickly raised his head and stared at Lin Ran flatteringly.
Sometimes, however, living old may not see some things as well as a newborn calf.
Seeing Emperor Shirakawa's flattering face, Emperor Toba was full of disdain. "The Song people didn't even allow us to surrender, and slaughtered all the men of Heianjing, what's the use of you making this face!"
Emperor Toba is right, but how does Emperor Shirakawa not know?
It was the same person who was in the upper position that he could figure out what Lin Ran was thinking a little, so that he could deliberately meet and obtain that glimmer of life.
Just like at this time, seeing Lin Ran glancing at them, he was not interested in taking another look, and instead swept his gaze behind him, Emperor Baihe knew that the chance to survive might have come.
That's right, it was the captive women of the castle who knelt in a row behind Emperor Shirakawa and Emperor Toba.
Among them, there are not only the emperor's middle palace, princesses, and concubines of the imperial palace of the island country, but also the families of various important ministers of Heiankyo.