As the weather warms up, spring returns to the earth, everything recovers, and the fields are full of vitality and prosperity.
Five years ago, the young Lu Xun served as the main general, led 25,000 sailors to leave Jiangdong, followed the Yangtze River into the sea, and occupied Yizhou Island with Liu Wei's great navigation chart, and set up counties here, appointed officials, and officially incorporated Yizhou into the territory of the Han Dynasty.
Lu Xun used Yizhou as a base, opened an arsenal, built warships, recruited troops, and pointed his sword at the Japanese state.
With the support of Zhuge Jin, the state assassin, after more than a year of development, the number of people under his command has doubled to 50,000 people.
At this time, the productivity of Yizhou Island was still relatively backward, about equivalent to the scientific and technological level of the Warring States Period on the mainland, there were more than 300,000 residents on the whole island, and the population density was acceptable, but unfortunately the productivity was relatively backward.
Zhuge Jin was ordered by Liu Wei to bring 5,000 craftsmen to Yizhou to serve as assassins, and brought a large number of craftsmen of all kinds, as well as grain seeds, advanced agricultural tools, farming tools, iron tools, and even hundreds of excellent breeds of cultivating cattle, which greatly promoted the scientific and technological development of Yizhou Island.
Lu Xun recruited 25,000 strong men on the island under superior conditions and issued them weapons and armor, and after more than a year of training, they had begun to take shape and had a certain combat effectiveness.
The soldiers of the Han army were even more enthusiastic and eager to fight, hoping to leave Yizhou Island as soon as possible to attack the Japanese kingdom, in order to make meritorious contributions and shelter their descendants.
Just when Lu Xun was sharpening his troops and sharpening his sword, the rebel army led by Oda Nobunaga swept through all the princes of the Wa Kingdom, and the Queen of Himiko collapsed, and had no choice but to cross the sea to ask the Han Emperor for help.
Fearing that Oda Nobunaga would continue to grow, Lu Xun did not wait for Liu Wei to issue a holy decree, so he led Di Qing, Ding Feng, Maeda Keiji, Lu Kang, Shi Lang and others to lead their troops into the sea, and sailed east on more than 300 ships of different sizes to begin the journey of conquering the Japanese kingdom.
Lu Xun first led his troops to capture the Ryukyu Islands, that is, the Okinawa Islands before Liu Wei crossed, and then launched an attack on the Kyushu region of the Japanese Kingdom.
Oda Nobunaga ordered Date Masamune and Uesugi Kennobu to be the main generals, and each led 30,000 horses to fight against Lu Xun in Kagoshima, Tanegashima and other places.
Because the soldiers under Oda Nobunaga already had rich combat experience, coupled with being more familiar with the geography and environment of the Japanese island, Lu Xun fought hard for several months and could not win.
At this time, Liu Wei completely annihilated the 400,000 Guishan army led by Meng Tian and Wang Ben in Jiaozhou, completely pacified Jiaozhou in the first battle, and ordered Wu Qi and Su Liexi to conquer Guishan at the same time, and ordered Qi Jiguang and Zhao Kuo to lead 50,000 horses each, sail into the sea from Jiuzhen County in Vietnam and Nanhai County in Jiaozhou respectively, and assist Lu Xun in attacking Oda Nobunaga to the east.
The three Han armies supported each other, echoed the north and south, and lasted about two years, successively conquering southern Japan such as Kyushu and Shikoku, occupying important towns in southern Japan such as Saga, Matsuyama, Kobe, and Gifu, and incorporating two-fifths of Dongying Island into the territory of the Han Dynasty.
In the spring of last year, the Sanji Han Army continued its efforts, successively capturing Shizuoka, Kofu, Toyama and other places in Honshu, and the troops were directed at Edo, the capital of Oda Nobunaga, that is, Tokyo before Liu Bi crossed.
At the end of September, Sun Wu led the Han army to conquer Chang'an, and the Western Han court was completely destroyed.
Bai Qi took his entourage to the south, sailed into the sea from Lou County, Jiangdong, and drifted at sea for half a month under the guidance of the guide, and finally arrived at the Japanese island and landed from Shimonoseki.
Before Bai Qi arrived in Japan, Liu Wei's holy decree had been sent to the Japanese island one step in advance, announcing the appointment of Bai Qi to replace Zhao Kuo.
Knowing that Bai Qi had landed, Gao Xi, who was the assassin of Yingzhou, personally went to the beach from Kobe, the governing office, to greet him, and gave Bai Qi a high-standard courtesy.
This made Bai Qi grateful to Gao Xi and became a confidant.
Gao Xi held the holy decree and personally sent Bai Qi to Zhao Kuo's camp in Kofu, announcing that the new commander would take office, hoping that the soldiers would obey Bai Qi's dispatch in the future as if they were following Zhao Kuo's orders, and work closely with the other two corps to strive to eliminate Oda Nobunaga as soon as possible and pacify the entire Dongying Island.
Zhao Kuo had 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command when he set out from Nanhai County, and he continued to kill, recruit, and recruit prisoners along the way, and after two years of campaigning, the army was still maintained at about 50,000, and the harvest was the fertile land in southern Japan.
Zhao Kuo's number one military commander was Deng Qiang, and in addition to relying on Zhao Kuo's own strategy, he sometimes followed Sima Zhao's advice, and the naval battle was dominated by He Qi.
This configuration can only be regarded as so-so, if you are in the Central Plains, you are afraid that it will be difficult to eliminate princes like Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, but Oda Nobunaga does not have a few decent talents, Honda Tadashi died in battle, and after Uesugi Kenshin was captured, there was no general available, and he could only rely on Oda Nobunaga himself to fight against Date Masamune's army.
When he just learned that Zhao Kuo was transferred back to the mainland, Sima Zhao secretly rejoiced in his heart, and thought that he would take over Zhao Kuo's position as the main general, but he did not expect a little-known "Gongsun Qi" to be parachuted from the mainland, which made Sima Zhao both angry and unwilling.
But the holy decree is glorious, and Yingzhou assassin Shi Gaoxi personally sent Gongsun Qi to the army to take office, Deng Qiang and He Qi both expressed their support, Sima Zhao could only swallow the evil anger in his heart, and welcomed Bai Qi's arrival on the surface, but planned to secretly make a stumbling block and give Bai Qi a little hardship.
"Haha, thank you for the support of the generals, my Gongsun Qi doesn't have any great ability, but since Your Majesty has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, I will do my best for the Han Dynasty, and take all the soldiers to make meritorious contributions and hunt for fame."
Bai Qi stood on the parade platform and inspires the military impassionedly, and at the same time, he also counts his own debriefing speech.
However, Bai Qi also knows that as a military general, only by showing outstanding achievements on the battlefield can his soldiers be convinced; Only by leading the soldiers to make meritorious achievements and win rewards and fame can they gain their support, and relying on iron teeth and copper teeth to eat is a matter of civil officials.
After the beginning of spring this year, Bai Qi led his troops to attack the county towns of Takayama, Matsumoto, and Okaya, and in half a month, the three counties of Lianke were invincible, and they successively annihilated more than 8,000 Japanese troops, and slowly won the trust of the soldiers under his command, "Alas, it seems that this General Gongsun is really capable, it seems that he is more powerful than General Zhao Kuo, and it seems that he will not suffer a loss."
Oda Nobunaga, who had been defeated in successive battles, decided to break the cauldron and gather the strength of the whole country to fight the Han army to the death: "Spread the word from all directions, and recruit people from all over the country to join the army, whether they are men, women, old or young, up to seventy years old, down to seven years old, all the people are soldiers, swear to defend Edo to the death, and expel the Han Kou from the country." ” t1706231537: