Everyone understands that this war cannot last long.
Autumn has entered, and in another two or three months, winter will begin.
After winter, the fighting may be temporarily suspended due to weather conditions. But the Han army has the support of the huge resources of the Central Plains of China and Kyushu, so it will not be too difficult.
However, the shogunate will be difficult.
Considering that this war was different, the shogunate issued an order to "strengthen the walls and clear the country" from the beginning, resulting in almost no autumn food in Japan this year; then they also demolished all the civilian houses, and the civilians did not even have a roof over their heads to keep out the cold this winter. There is no place.
Although following the Yijun's "land distribution" policy, the shogunate also lifted the order of "building walls and clearing fields" so that civilians could go back and build their own thatched houses to protect themselves from wind and rain, the money and food they stole were not returned.
It would be good if these civilians could find a job in the city and be able to barely fill their stomachs. However, most of the civilians who cannot find jobs can only go back to the mountains to dig tree roots and collect wild vegetables to survive. As a result, most of them are hungry and about to starve to death every day.
Although some far-sighted celebrities will occasionally come out to donate porridge and the like, it is just a drop in the bucket.
In such a situation, after one winter, countless civilians will freeze to death and starve to death.
So many civilians, after hearing the Yijun's propaganda, envy the Japanese living in their occupied areas and imagine that they will be able to have a full meal after next year.
If this is the case this year, what will happen if the war continues until next year?
Moreover, if civilians are like this, how can those ronin samurai who almost rely on civilian life fare better?
Although they have the status of warriors and will not be captured as free coolies like civilians, the lack of life will make it difficult for them to survive. Because you have to eat when you are hungry, and it is easy to get hungry!
As a result, there were many ronin samurai who looted homes, killed people and expropriated goods.
But after all, this is not a long-term solution.
Many ronin samurai who have some conscience or feel that robbing homes will damage their honor can only rely on constant wandering to find a suitable place to survive.
And in this war, they saw the future and hope.
As for talking about doing it for the emperor and bushido, they are just lies!
Everything is for profit and for your own future.
Perhaps in two or three months, or in another year and a half, this war will finally end. In short, the few opportunities that can change your destiny are here, let's see who can seize them.
Amidst rumors one after another, the mighty Ronin warriors quickly strengthened their beliefs.
They traveled over mountains and ridges, climbed mountains and waded in rivers, and even broke through many obstacles, just to reach this place where they thought they could have a future.
At first, these ronin warriors were worried that the Han army would break their promises.
But they were obviously worried. From the moment they entered the recruitment area, they felt something called "trench inhumanity" that they had never experienced before.
Here, anyone who signs up can have a meal of radish white rice with salted fish, pickled cabbage, and miso tofu soup.
When they picked up the food, they all sighed at how rich the Han army was. The food was so delicious that many of them forgot how long it had been since they had eaten it.
You must know that Hosokawa Shigeken, the lord of the Kumamoto clan, only eats green vegetables and tofu every day!
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Of course, this food may be delicious to the Japanese, but to Yijun, it is just average.
Under Zhang Rui's vigorous development, the Yi Dynasty changed the Manchu trade state where silver flowed in without any desire or demand. It continues to absorb large amounts of rice grains and production materials from neighboring countries.
As a result, all countries that trade with Yi Dynasty know that even if nothing comes, they will not lose money if they bring a ship of food to Yi Dynasty for trade.
What's more, you can buy a lot of expensive silk, tea, porcelain, sugar, and more
Add expensive luxury goods such as perfume, bicycles, flashlights, electric lamps, etc. and sell them at high prices.
Nowadays, British merchant ships coming to Dayi for trade are bringing ship after ship of wool and mutton, and then they are bringing back ship after ship of luxury goods. The profits in the middle make all the businessmen who come to Yi shine.
In addition to trading grain, Zhang Rui also vigorously developed agriculture and established an agricultural college. He also pioneered the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which increased the yield from fields that could only produce two shi per mu to six to eight shi per mu.
At the same time, Zhang Rui also proposed the idea of mechanized farming to free up a large number of manpower. High-efficiency turbine steam engines were built, a large number of factories were established, and strict labor laws were established to allow money to flow further to the people.
It can be said that at this time, the Yi Dynasty's economy reached unprecedented prosperity and development, and the people were wealthy and had abundant materials.
Especially when the imperial court issued war bonds, the people rushed to buy them with great enthusiasm!
If we talk about attacking Japan, Zhang Rui only allocated 6,000 people, but the money and food he paid would be enough to supply 100,000 people.
Abundant resource supply is also where Kai-fu Lee’s confidence lies.
At this time in Japan, the vast majority of civilians are indeed not suitable for the battlefield. Most of them are only about 1.2 meters tall, and their illiteracy rate is far over 90%. He has not received any systematic military training and is completely confused about military instructions and cannot remember them. Although many have some strength, they are only suitable for logistics and transportation work!
On the contrary, although many ronin warriors are unable to train into an army in a short period of time, they have good personal force values. A ronin warrior can kill several or even a dozen serf soldiers, and it is completely useless. Next words.
This is why the Yijun gave up on civilians who were more obedient to orders and chose ronin samurai who were less stable to form the Japanese vanguard army.
Of course, it is not impossible for Yijun to handle them. The easiest way is to throw money at it.
The instructions given to them by the Yi army were: for each serf killed, they would receive 100 Wen, and for each serf captured, they would receive 80 Wen. Warriors can receive money ranging from 20 taels to 20 taels depending on their level. In addition, according to the performance of military merit, fields can be divided when the soldiers retire in the future.
Therefore, throughout the entire Kumamoto Domain war, the ronin samurai who killed the most enemies and were the most vicious were the Japanese vanguard forces.
There is no other reason.
That is to say, the Han army kept its promise, and gave military merit fields as promised, and gave money as promised, without any deductions. If they dare to make any deductions, they can go to the military administration, the supervisors, or even the shadow guards.
If the Han army hadn't strictly prohibited them from killing prisoners, they would have killed all the enemies they saw on the battlefield.
Wherever there is an enemy here, they are all clearly covered in money.
This also caused them to feel regretful every time they saw a serf soldier kneeling down and surrendering, and another twenty coins were lost.
