Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Zhao Chen said word by word: "The envoy represents the Son of Heaven, and killing the envoy is disrespectful to the Son of Heaven and declaring war on Song Dynasty!"

Hojo Kiyoyasu stepped back several steps, and the expressions of the Japanese missions who came with him changed drastically.

"This... this is a misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!" Hojo Kiyoyasu yelled, "When the envoy came from Kyoto, the king and the Daisuke repeatedly emphasized the need to negotiate peace with the angel and meet the requirements of your country. We hope The two countries will continue to trade!"

"Bullshit! You kill people, and then you come in front of this king to make me retreat, and you are shameless to say that you are talking about credibility, so you lied to me to quit, and then kill all the people who dig mines?"

"This..." Hojo Kiyoyasu turned his head quickly, and he seemed to think of something, and said quickly, "The Dazaifu in Hakata is from Kanbai, and it is Fujiwara Yorimaga! They are the public, and they have always wanted to prevent Dasong from doing business with our country! They must be making claims!"

"Do you think this king will still believe what you say now?" Zhao Chen said with a big wave of his hand, "Come on, delay and chop!"

As soon as Zhao Chen gave an order, a group of Song soldiers rushed in to attack the Japanese.

"Wait." Han Shizhong said suddenly, "Keep it first."

"What's Shuai Han's plan?" Zhao Chen asked.

Han Shizhong asked Kiyoyasu Hojo: "Who is Guan Bai you are talking about?"

"Guan Bai is the prime minister of the celestial dynasty. He is the most powerful under the lord of the country. He assists the country to govern the country. The current Guan Bai is Fujiwara Tadashi, and the Taizheng Minister is Fujiwara Tadashi, the eldest son of Fujiwara Tadashi. The Fujiwara family has always opposed our country. The commercial exchanges in the Song Dynasty were vigorously promoted by Ping Zhongsheng, the Minister of State Affairs."

Han Shizhong roughly understood this.

Han Shizhong's military ability is naturally extremely strong, but the politics of the year were really mediocre.

However, at any rate, he has also experienced great storms in these years, and there have been rumors in Song Dynasty more than once that he wants to support himself.

Han Shizhong, who persisted in the changing political environment, now has a lot of political ability.

"What is the official position of this Central Affairs Minister Hira Tadamori?"

"He is also equivalent to the Prime Minister of the Celestial Dynasty, but he was born as a warrior and is not welcomed in our country. The Fujiwara family is a family of ministers, and has been at the center of power in our country for generations. It is a family with great authority."

Now everyone is more clear.

Liu Chu said: "It seems to be a struggle between the two factions of Japanese nobles and samurai!"

"Chubu Daisuke made a lot of money through business with Song Dynasty, and also won a lot of fame in Kyoto Prefecture, which threatened the authority of the Fujiwara clan."

"If that's the case, why did you send people from the Fujiwara family to such an important place as Dazaifu?" Zhao Chen asked, "Isn't this clearly a trap for us?"

"There is really no way around this. Tadashi Fujiwara is Guan Bai, and Tadamichi Fujiwara is the Minister of Taizheng. Their father and son have great authority. They have the right to say who will go to the Dazaifu."

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Dazaifu?" Han Shizhong asked again.

"Don't talk about thousands of people. The Dazaifu is different from a remote place like Shi Jianguo. The Dazaifu is an important place for the military defense in the west of our country, and it was hundreds of years ago."

What Kiyoyasu Hojo said was true. Back then, the Japanese mayfly shook the big tree and jumped up and down crazily at the mouth of the Baijiang River, as if I was invincible in the world.

More than 170 warships, [-] troops, and the whole country went north to prepare to enter Baekje on the Korean Peninsula, but they were beaten by [-] warships from the Tang Dynasty until their parents didn't know each other.

At that time, the results of the battle were reported back to Japan, and the Japanese elite, who were dancing happily, suddenly became dumbfounded.

So he hurriedly dispatched Tang envoys, knelt down to beg for peace, and learned from Datang in an all-round way.

As for the Dazaifu in the west, it is a military center specially set up by Japan to prevent the Tang Dynasty from retaliating.

There is a complete military defense system there.

Unlike Ishijian country, if Da Song hadn't said that he would come here to mine silver mines, a place like Iwami country would have no sense of existence in Japan.

Poor and broken, the military defense force is naturally rotten to the extreme.

"It's only 1 people!" Zhao Chen said, "Han Shuai, please give Xiao Wang two thousand soldiers, and Xiao Wang will go to Dazaifu immediately!"

But Liu Chu said: "Your Highness, the grassroots have a word."

"You said."

"The Japanese have a heavy army in Dazaifu. The defense of Dazaifu is probably stronger than that of Tatara's castle. If they monitor our army approaching, they must set up defenses by the sea. They have many people and our army is on the boat. I am afraid it will suffer."

Zhang Rong also said: "Ishijian country we fought is just a small place in Japan, and we can't see the whole picture of Japan. I think what Liu Chu said makes sense. If we want to fight Dazaifu, it is not impossible, but we have to borrow from Liaodong." Soldiers."

"Borrow troops from Liaodong again?" Zhao Chen frowned, and when he talked about this matter, he was quite dissatisfied, "We asked Li Gang to borrow people, but he only gave 1000 people, so it may be even more difficult to ask him to borrow troops now !"

Han Shizhong said: "Your Highness is right. Li Gang has no right to transfer troops, and Wu Lin has no right to transfer troops. It must be authorized by the Military and Political Council. Li Gang can give us 1000 people, and he is already under great pressure. Someone in the court must say Li Gang is gaining power in Liaodong."

For Li Gang's position, Han Shizhong felt the same way.

The Great Song Dynasty is different from the Great Tang Dynasty. The power to deploy troops in the Great Song Dynasty is all in the capital. It used to be the Privy Council, but now it is the Military and Political Council.

In the Tang Dynasty, the local army had too much power, and the Anshi Rebellion broke out. The Song Dynasty was extremely cautious in this regard.

Even though the Zhao official family trusted the commander-in-chief again, he never granted the commander-in-chief the right to deploy troops.

Li Longji was in order to deal with side affairs, to make side affairs more efficient, and to continue to give power.

From the perspective of the current Song-ri battle, it is naturally a great thing for Li Gang and Wu Lin to rush to reinforce, but once this is the case, can other frontier commanders do the same in the future?

Is it possible to find excuses to send troops at will without the approval of the court in the future?

Then the army will quickly become a wild horse.

The army can expand the frontier, but it can also create doomsday inside.

"Then we just sit here now, watching Japan kill our ambassador, and remain indifferent?" Zhao Chen asked.

Liu Zhen said suddenly: "The lower official has a word."

"Say."

Liu Zhen looked at the Japanese mission.

Zhao Chen asked people to take the Japanese mission out.

Liu Zhen said: "I heard from the Japanese mission that they have internal political problems in their country. This time, it is the family of Gongqing who is hostile to us. The interests of the Central Affairs Minister are with us. It is better to release the two Japanese. The envoys returned to Kyoto, informed their lord of the matter, and also conveyed our attitude, and told them to hand over the murderer, otherwise our 30 troops from the Song Dynasty will come to the east and destroy their country. The Lord puts pressure on him to cause disputes with the Gongqing family, intensify their internal problems, and cause internal chaos!"

Liu Zhen is really afraid of death, but in this way, he really has political wisdom.

Han Shizhong nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but the Fujiwara family is extremely powerful and may overwhelm Hira Tadamori. If we can defeat Dazaifu in a short time, it will definitely cause great political trauma to the Fujiwara family in Kyoto. After the internal power is evenly matched, the debate is even more chaotic!"

Han Shizhong thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, immediately arrange for someone to send a letter back to the capital."

"Okay, Xiao Wang will make arrangements now."

Han Shizhong said again: "Zhang Rong listens to the order!"

"The end is here!"

"I will give you three thousand soldiers and horses, go to Dazaifu, and wash Dazaifu with blood for me!"

Chapter 1273 The Art of Siege and Fighting Aid (Third)

"Han Shuai, when I was in Bodo, I heard people say that the Japanese have a long bow with a length of several feet, usually five feet three inches, and the longest one reaches seven feet three inches. It is extremely powerful."

"Seven feet three inches?"

It was the first time Zhao Chen heard of such a long bow.

"According to the new weight and measure of Gewuyuan, seven feet three inches has reached two meters two."

"Yes." Liu Zhen said seriously, "Xiaguan has seen this kind of bow with his own eyes in Shuicheng. The range of this kind of bow is similar to that of my bow. According to the weight and measure of Gewuyuan, it is more than 100 meters, but it is extremely powerful. big."

Zhao Chen was puzzled, and he asked: "The range is the same, why is the power different?"

"Because the Japanese longbow is made of bamboo, wood and swim bladder. Because the bow body is very long, the instantaneous explosive power is extremely high, but the arrow is thick and long, so the shooting range is shortened, but the power is greater."

Liu Chu quickly said, "It's like a child throwing a stone one meter away, and I throwing a stone one meter away, the power is different."

"That's right! The Japanese used the longbow to enhance the power of the bow itself, but they didn't pursue the range. A range of more than 100 meters was enough. They increased the weight of the arrow and the arrow to make the arrow more powerful."

Zhao Chen immediately asked: "How powerful is it?"

"It can break armor at about 40 meters. I once heard it from a Japanese friend."

Han Shizhong asked: "Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

"I once saw a Japanese samurai shoot through a pair of iron armor at about twenty meters away."

Liu Chu said: "Han Shuai, I'm afraid..."

"It's okay. Bows and arrows are just one type of warfare. Our bows are not weaker than the Japanese. In addition, the artillery is prepared with some pieces of iron, so we can command the formation well."

Han Shizhong said in a very positive tone.

"Since the Japanese have killed the people in our embassy, ​​Dazaifu will definitely notify Kyoto. It is not ruled out that Kyoto will send more troops to Dazaifu. If we can capture Dazaifu in a short period of time, it will greatly shock Japan's Kyoto. This made Japan’s domestic forces for peace rise up in Kyoto, quickly ended the war, and forced the Japanese ruler to cede more finances to us.”

Zhao Chen said: "Han Shuai means that the time cannot be extended?"

"With the current strength of our troops, it is best to fight quickly and wait for the imperial court to send reinforcements. That is the next stage."

Zhao Chen deeply agrees, and at the same time, he feels that he has been in the army for seven or eight years, but there is still a big gap between Han Shizhong and Han Shizhong in terms of military deployment.

"Han Shuai, Xiao Wang also wants to go together."

Han Shizhong hesitated, but agreed.

For political reasons, he had to agree.

Now he wants Zhao Chen to make more contributions. The more contributions Zhao Chen makes, the greater his prestige.

In the early morning of the sixth day of June, with Zhang Rong as the main general, [-] imperial troops were dispatched, plus [-] boatmen, a total of ten warships, and quickly advanced westward.

At the same time, Han Shizhong also arranged for people to return to Haizhou to send the news of the Japanese declaration of war to the Song Dynasty to Tokyo City.

The reason why the troops were sent out quickly was also to catch the Japanese by surprise.

As for the mission from Kyoto, they were detained by Han Shizhong, and only two people were released to send a message to the emperor.

On the ninth day of June, the Song Army was already very close to Hakata Port.

On this day, Zhang Rong called all the generals to discuss the matter, and also called Liu Zhen who led the way.

Liu Zhen actually didn't want to come because he was afraid of death, but when he thought that Ma Ruyuan gave him the chance to live that day, he mustered up his courage.

Liu Zhen said: "About 25 miles southeast of Hakata Port is Ono Castle, and a few miles south of Ono Castle is Shuicheng. Tang revenge, Dayecheng is a mountain city built there when the Tang Dynasty destroyed Baekje, and the nobles of Baekje fled south, and the distance between the two is less than five miles."

"Less than five miles?" Zhang Rong frowned, "So, if we attack Ono City, the Japanese army in Shuicheng will come to support at any time and surround our army."

Liu Zhen continued: "You can attack Shuicheng first. Shuicheng is on the plain. Now the government office of Dazaifu has been moved to Ono City, and the main force of the Japanese army is also in Ono City."

Zhao Chen looked at the extremely simple map drawn by Liu Zhen, and thought to himself, Liu Zhen is really a soul painter!

Zhao Chen said: "The best tactic is to attack Shuicheng with the fastest speed and defeat the Japanese army in Shuicheng. The Japanese army in Ono City will definitely come to support. Since Ono City is on the mountain, the Japanese army after going down the mountain is a tired army. At this time It's just right to besiege the city and fight for aid!"

Zhang Rong nodded and thought Zhao Chen's proposal was very good. Zhang Rong said: "There is a crucial point here. We want to defeat the Japanese army in Shuicheng in a single battle. At least they will not dare to leave the city. Be afraid, otherwise we will be flanked when the Japanese army from Ono City arrives."

"How many Japanese troops are there in Shuicheng?" Zhao Chen asked.

Liu Zhen shook his head, expressing that he was not clear.

"No matter how many Japanese troops there are, they will fight a battle that will severely injure the Japanese army in Shuicheng. Use the technique of luring the enemy to let the Japanese troops in Shuicheng leave the city and fight us in the field!"

Early in the morning on June [-], fishermen in Hakata Harbor suddenly saw ten large ships appearing on the sea.

The fishermen thought it was a merchant ship. After all, Hakata Port has been an international trade port for Song, Japan, Korea and Korea for more than 100 years.

Although in the past era, those in power in Japan were unwilling to open up, the trade between the people and the Song Dynasty and Korea has never been interrupted.

The fishermen didn't take it seriously until the ten warships were very close to the sea, and the Japanese coastal defense patrol team arrived at the seaside, only to find ten large ships approaching.

They immediately sent the news to Ono City through the post station.

"No defense, dock, land!" Zhang Rong looked over and ordered immediately.

The Japanese never imagined that after killing the people from the Song Dynasty embassy on the first day of June, the elite soldiers of the Song army would come to kill them on June [-]th.

Ten large ships docked one after another. Only at this time did the Japanese patrols realize that something was wrong, and immediately began to gather for coastal defense.

Bodo's coastal defense force is about 500 people. When killing the Song people in the embassy, ​​in order to clean things up, the army was specially transferred from Shuicheng.

Song Jun lowered the ladder, and the first batch of light armored infantry began to disembark.

Immediately after disembarking, they began to line up, leaving a large open space on the bank to make room for the artillery and eight-ox crossbow behind them.

Seeing more and more Song troops appearing, the Japanese Coast Guard panicked.

Not long after, a few Japanese came over, the leader was wearing a long robe, he seemed to be a scholar.

He raised his hand and shouted: "I am the messenger, I am here to negotiate."

Zhang Rong didn't give the order to shoot, but let those envoys come over.

The scholar was about thirties, 1.4 meters tall, with a flattering smile on his face. He asked, "Where do you all come from?"

Zhang Rong didn't answer him, but asked, "How many people are there in Shuicheng?"

"Huh?" The scholar was stunned for a moment, then continued, "I don't know where you all come from?"