A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 831 Allied Forces
The wharf is huge, with large and small blessing boats docked. The dense cargo and people are loaded onto the ship just like that, and then the flag is waved. Amid the sound of long horns, the blessing boats raise their sails and head for the open sea.Ships flocked endlessly, and the sea was covered by sail shadows.

Behind Duduo and Abatai, many generals of the Qing Dynasty stood upright, watching all this with greedy and joyful eyes.

At this time, it was the end of August, and it was also the second time that the Qing army landed in Japan.

After Dorgon conspired to attack Japan last year, after a long period of preparation, in April this year, the first group of about 8000 allied forces of various banners tentatively landed in Japan, and retreated in May after successfully detecting the reality of the country.Then avoid the two typhoon-prone seasons of June and July, and land in Japan again in August.

This time their strength increased to [-], and among the banners of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchurian Army of the Eight Banners, the Mongolian Army of the Eight Banners, the Han Army of the Eight Banners, and the Outer Fan Mongolia all sent troops. Baylor and Beizi led the army.

Moreover, their harvest was also huge. In less than a month, they captured 10,000+ people, and there were countless gold and silver treasures.

Seeing the tide of people and resources gathering below, Duoduo's eyes lit up, and he murmured: "This country is so fat, it's time to come here to attack."

Behind him, Zazak Geerma, the left-wing flag of Karaqin, flattered: "What the general said is very true. The wealth of Japan is very different from the dilapidation of the Ming Dynasty. Maybe it is peace for a long time, but their city does not have a city wall." , This greatly facilitates our army's raids, and the sons and daughters have gained a lot!"

Dodo laughed out loud.

When the Qing army invaded Japan for the second time, Duoduo was appointed General Yangwei, and Abatai was appointed General Zhengdong, with Abatei as the leader and Duoduo as the deputy.

After Dorgon proclaimed himself emperor, although he still pursued the same policy of suppressing Abate as Huang Taiji, he also knew his talents and abilities, so in military affairs Abate was the main one, but Duoduo was also the general of this conquest. Status is extremely expensive.

However, since Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japan has been generally peaceful, so the population has grown rapidly. At this time, it is estimated that the national population has exceeded 3000 million. For a small island country, this population is very amazing.

Therefore, the Qing army raided and plundered everywhere, and it was very easy to capture the population, because the population was too dense.It's not at all like when they attacked Daming, because of the troubled times, there were often no people living for thousands of miles, and they usually had to run thousands of miles to capture people.

And because of social stability, Japanese folks have also accumulated a lot of wealth.What's even better is that they implement a feudal system here, and in a small country of Japan, there are more than 200 feudal lord daimyos, such as pro-vassal daimyos, genealogical daimyos, and foreign daimyos.

So they go their own way, it is difficult to unify government orders, and they have different opinions when facing foreign enemies.

And their force...

The feudal lord here implements the stone high system, and according to the rewards of the sentry, they can only support 80 to [-] samurai for [-] shi, or [-] to [-] ashigaru miscellaneous soldiers, or [-] to [-] iron gunners. .Here, there are many feudal lords below [-] shi, who are completely powerless to resist the Qing army's attack.

What makes people happy and surprised is that the city here is completely different from the city in the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains. Except for the residence city where the feudal lord and his retainers live, ordinary people actually live in places called castle towns outside.There is no wall protection at all, or there is only a short wall, and you can just climb in.

Duoduo admitted that the Japanese city where some feudal lords lived was still very strong, but why did he need to attack the city?His goal is to capture the population and supplies, directly capture the people in the castle town, and take away their wealth, isn't it enough?

Those feudal lords either watched their own people being taken into captivity, or could only walk out of the city to fight.This is in the hands of Duoduo and the others again. In terms of field battles, who will the elite and heavily armored Qing soldiers be afraid of?Often the daimyo and samurai who went out to fight against the city were wiped out!
After a few times, those vassal lords also learned how to behave. When the Qing army came, they all closed the city and watched the Qing captives wreaking havoc outside.

Some feudal lords also tried to evacuate the townspeople into the city, but how many people can be packed into a small city?Most of them still fell into the clutches of the Qing army.

Ma Guangyuan, the Eight Banners Han Army, Xianghuang Banner Gushan forehead, said: "Are these Japanese people stupid? There is a city but no walls, how to prevent foreign enemies? I heard that Hongyi castle is like the Japanese country. The lord lives inside the castle, and the people live outside... short virtue It was once said that the castles of the lords in their country are extremely strong, and they are often built between mountains. If you are a bare lord, you will starve to death, there is no need to attack their castle!"

There was puzzlement in his tone, and flattery in his eyes when he looked at Duo Duo.

After the Songjin War, the Eight Banners Han army lost 2 people, and also lost all the Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion.After Dorgon ascended the throne, he rebuilt the Han Army of the Eight Banners. After more than a year of training, he regained some vitality. At present, the Han Army Banner has a total of 1 bird gunners. Ma Guangyuan personally led three soldiers to conquer Japan. Thousands of gun soldiers joined the battle.

He intends to express himself, and he also pleases Doduo in everything.

Duoduo sneered and said, "Sturdy? If Hongyi's castles are like the cities of the Japanese kingdom, why attack their cities? You must know that when the Taizu was around, there was a saying that the city was invincible. Let's take away all the people from outside and see them If you don’t come out, if you don’t come out, all the people under your rule will be robbed, will the lord still be called the lord? If they go out of the city to fight, what good will the castle be, no matter how strong it is?”

All the banners behind him stood on the front of the mountain, and Bei Le and Bei Zi all praised General Wei's ability. His tactical strategy is really a sharp weapon against pure military fortresses like the Ruowo people.

Karaqin Right Wing Banner Zasak Gulusiqibu said in puzzlement: "The Japanese are so vulnerable, I don't know why the Yuan Dynasty failed in the second conquest?"

Duoduo snorted disdainfully: "How does Da Yuan compare with my Da Qing?"

Because the failure of the Mongolian Yuan Conquest against Japan back then often made all parties who were interested in conquering Japan feel suspicious. Dorgon was also worried at the time. The Qing Dynasty repeated the same mistakes.

At first, it was generally believed that it was caused by hurricanes, and the legend of kamikaze was widely spread among Japanese people. Later, Abatai’s investigation believed that it was caused by warships. This time, the supervision of the warships for attacking Japan was very strict.

But after the attack on Japan, Duoduo had a new view. He believed that it was because the Mongols were too weak in combat power back then.

According to historical records, there were two conquests against Japan by the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty. The first time the Japanese called it the "Battle of Wenyong". , one main force, two support.

However, in just one month, under the fierce resistance of the Japanese, the Yuan army had to retreat back to the country due to heavy casualties.But this time, the Yuan army never encountered a hurricane from the beginning to the end, and there was no problem with Zhanban.

The second time was even worse. The Mongolian Yuan mobilized 20 troops, and the proportion of Inner Mongolians and Koreans reached half. However, the fierce battle lasted for two months, and the army suffered huge losses, but even a temporary stone wall built by the Japanese at the seaside could not break through.

Until the food, grass and arrows were exhausted, and the army lost more than [-]%, they still could not break through the stone wall, and the Yuan army had no choice but to retreat.

However, they were unlucky this time. When they were about to escape temporarily, a violent hurricane suddenly blew up on the sea. The storm lasted for four days and completely destroyed their fleet.

In other words, the failure of Meng Yuan's conquest of Japan was actually not related to the hurricane or the quality of the warships. If they were strong enough, the first conquest of Japan would be successful, and there would be no need for a second attempt.

If they were strong enough, they would not conquer Japan for the second time. In two months, they could not even break through a temporary stone wall built by the Japanese sea.

It took more than two months for the 20 troops to land in the hurricane. If during this time they can break through the stone wall, gain a foothold, and even successfully occupy the whole of Japan, what does it matter if the hurricane comes?
Therefore, the failure of Mongolian Yuan Zhengri has little to do with the "Kamikaze" spread in Japan, and has little to do with the quality of the ship. It is purely a problem with the Mongols' combat power, just like they have now become a vassal of the Qing Dynasty. The same is also a question of combat effectiveness.

It must be a strategy for the Japanese to publicize the kamikaze, which made the Yuan people fearful and cut off their third and fourth conquests. Sure enough, Kublai Khan had no follow-up, obviously because he was afraid of the sea, the Japanese successful psychological warfare.

Of course, Doduo thought this way, but he would not say it in front of those Mongolians. He turned to Abate, who had been silent all the time, and said loudly: "Brother Seven, Nagasaki is nearby, and there are a lot of money and people there." Like a mountain, it is the most affluent place in Kyushu, Japan, why do you keep preventing the army from attacking and looting?"

There was a sense of dissatisfaction in his tone, and behind him, some Baylors from various banners also looked faintly, obviously they were also puzzled and dissatisfied.

Abatai's expression remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "Praise the great general, the emperor entrusted me with the task of conquering the sun, and I have my reasons for doing all kinds of things."

Abatai replied to Doduo indifferently, but he still explained: "The matter on the Wa country... After the Guanyuan War, the southwestern vassals were submissive on the surface, but they had always been hostile to the shogunate. And this At that time, the Japanese shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu, had strict laws and frequently reduced and changed daimyo and minor daimyo. Many feudal lords in the southwestern feudal lords were wiped out. The two sides were in conflict because of the matter of cutting Chidan followers. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty attacked and plundered the Wa kingdom Afterwards, the Tokugawa shogunate made all kinds of public appearances, but privately waited and watched. At this time, Japan pursued a policy of sequestering the country, and Nagasaki was the only port, and it was directly under the shogunate. If Nagasaki is captured..."

He said: "This place is no small matter. It is not only a place where the Tokugawa shogunate has a huge tax revenue, but also involves many fleets of the Ming Dynasty, and the business and trade of the Hongyi parties. Before attacking and plundering, you need to think carefully!"

Seeing Duoduo's disapproval, Abatai said: "The scout came to report that the powerful feudal clans of Changzhou, Satsuma, Saga, Tosa, and Mito in Japan have formed a coalition army, and they will come to our army in a few days. If our Japanese army can defeat them, and then organize them into the Eight Banners of Japan, we can attack Nagasaki!"

(End of this chapter)