The commander who led the troops to invade Japan was of course the good brothers of Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan. The navy of the Song Dynasty (the navy of the Song Dynasty was divided into river and sea armies) was in charge of the left capital and was responsible for the artillery and artillery affairs. The king of Su was Zhao Shu.
He and the left deputy commander of the Navy, Zhao Buqiu, took the fleet on an expedition from Jinling at the beginning of the year.
However, they did not want to come to Japan at that time, but went to Korea.
But they did not go to Haeju, because they expected that the Koryo people would heavily defend Haeju, so they took the fleet to Jinju, Jinju, Yuju and other places in the south of Koryo to fight against the Jin - Goryeo belonged to the Jin Kingdom. As a vassal state, attacking Goryeo was of course equivalent to attacking the Jin Kingdom.
After resisting the Jin for a while, I heard that Wanyan Zonggou, the fifteenth prince of the Jin Dynasty, had led 10,000 Jin soldiers to settle in Haizhou, Goryeo, so he had to give up his plan to go north to seize Haizhou as a stronghold to resist the Jin.
But the anti-gold cause must continue!
If we want to continue to resist gold, shouldn’t we have an anti-gold stronghold?
Therefore, in order to resist the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Shu occupied Sizhou, Hedong County, and Nanhai County (Nanhai Island) under the Jinzhou Mu of Goryeo.
Zhao Shu occupies so much territory, not because he is coveting the land of Goryeo. What he wants is actually a South China Sea Island. The reason why Sizhou and Hedong County were occupied together was not only to collect some people and food to run the anti-gold stronghold on Nanhai Island, but also to use these two places as bargaining chips in negotiations with the Koryo Kingdom. Come up with a unilateral free trade between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and ask for compensation at the same time.
However, Zhao Shu underestimated the determination of King Wang Kai of Goryeo to resist the Song Dynasty. If he had the courage to fight outside Kaijing City, Wang Kai would certainly give in.
But Zhao Shu is not that bold. After all, there are 10,000 gold soldiers in Haizhou! All he did was fight against the Jin in Jinzhou, Jinzhou, Yuzhou and other places, but this did not threaten Wang Kai's throne at all, so of course Wang Kai didn't care.
Zhao Shu can take over the land in Jinzhou, Jinzhou and Yuzhou if he wants, but Wang Kai is required to sign any unequal treaty. Not to mention the doors, there are no windows!
And Wang Kai refused to sign a contract to pay compensation, so Zhao Shu, the invader, would lose money... This time he brought a total of 10,000 armored infantry, 10,000 naval officers and soldiers, and 50 vehicles and ships ( Ten of them were cauldron ships with strong ships and powerful ships), and eighty-five merchant ships left Jinling.
Not to mention the expenses of the 85 merchant ships, but the various expenses of the 20,000 new troops and 50 vehicles and ships during this period would have been in the millions.
Invasion is very expensive!
And after spending millions of dollars, we only managed to capture a small Nanhai Island (which could not be saved if Sizhou and Hedong County troops were stationed there). Isn't this a huge loss?
In order to make up for some losses, Zhao Shu had no choice but to send Zhao Buqiu with ten vehicles and boats to occupy the slightly larger Tamna Island.
However, after Zhao Buqiu completed his mission and returned to Nanhai Island, he told Zhao Shu that Tamluo Island was extremely poor. There was not even a decent house on the island, and even the county guards lived in thatched huts... It would take hundreds of years to receive a million dollars in taxes on Tamna Island.
And in order to maintain the occupation of Tamna Island, the Song Dynasty court may have to put more money into it!
Where is the invasion? It’s simply to help the poor!
In order to make up for the shortfall, Zhao Shu set his sights on Japan, which was across the sea from the Korean Peninsula.
Zhao Shu sent troops to Goryeo this time to attract many maritime merchants. Some of them had done business in Japan and knew that Japan was much richer than Goryeo.
Japan has a lot of minerals, including some gold, silver and copper, and Japan is also rich in sulfur, which is an important raw material for the production of gunpowder! The Japanese swords produced in Japan were also very popular among the scholar-bureaucrats of the Southern Song Dynasty... After these people ruined the Song Dynasty's own iron weapons industry, they were very interested in Japanese swords, Xixia swords, and Qingtang armors. For admiration.
In addition, Japan's military force is very weak today... This is not the Kamakura period more than a hundred years later, but the end of the Heian period before the rise of the samurai regime.
Although the samurai class has long appeared in Japan, they have not been trained in long-term "village warfare"... samurai who have not been trained in actual combat are at most a group of martial artists who talk about martial arts, rather than being able to form a strong force. Army warrior.
And most of the Japanese samurai are still servants who look after the homes and courtyards of the princes... Those princes are not famous in the Warring States period, so they don't need to raise their servants too fiercely. As long as it can help suppress the farmers and scare the servants in the manor next door, it is basically enough.
In this case, except for the northern warriors who specialize in suppressing warriors, most of the warriors are relatively weak and are no match for Zhao Shu's armored infantry.
There was another reason that also prompted Zhao Shu to decide to invade.
The reason is that Japan's Kyushu Island is far away from the mainland of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Kai without a navy cannot defeat it! Moreover, the area of Kyushu Island is not too small, the climate is relatively comfortable, and the products are rich. If it can be occupied entirely, it can be used as a refuge for Zhao Huan and Zhao Chen...
Standing on the second floor of a restaurant near Hakata Bay, looking at the rows of Tang-style or Song-style buildings and prosperous markets in the Tosaki Tangbo (Zhao Shu restrained the troops, Qiu did not commit any crimes), Zhao Shu felt a little He said emotionally to Zhao Buqiu next to him: "We in China have always believed that there is no two days in the sky and no two kings in the people... The eldest brother of the Gu family does not know how to fight with soldiers, and sooner or later he will be defeated by the third brother of the Gu family. By then, given the size of China, there will be no place for him to survive.
The climate, customs, and products here are not much different from those in China, but they are located overseas and have their own pattern. They can be used to provide for the elder brother of the lonely king and save the life of the King of Jinling! "
After hearing this, Zhao Buqiu felt a little more respect for this "Five Wise King".
He is also a member of the Zhao family. Although he is a collateral member, he also knows the rules of the emperor's family... Zhao Kai can tolerate a brother like Zhao Shu, which is already a great magnanimity. It was impossible to accommodate Zhao Huan and Zhao Chen.
Therefore, Zhao Huan and Zhao Chen had no choice but to go overseas if they wanted to survive after their struggle failed!
And if you want to go overseas... you have to prepare in advance!
But we can't wait until Zhao Kai reaches the outside of Jinling City before thinking of escaping... At that time, if we are not fully prepared, we will not be able to go to the sea at all, and we will have to jump into the sea!
Zhao Buqiu raised his hand to Zhao Shugong and said, "The king can consider these two officials like this. He is truly the wise king of the Song Dynasty. I don't want to admire you!"
While the two were talking, there was a sound on the stairs, and then one of Zhao Shu's staff came to report: "Your Majesty, there is an old man who claims to be the powerful master of Japan's Dazaifu. He has brought hundreds of Japanese soldiers to the river. Outside the Honglu Pavilion on the other side, they said they wanted to negotiate peace with us."
Zhao Shu smiled and said to Zhao Buqiu: "Okay... someone has come to negotiate with us. This is a good thing! Buqiu, what do you think we should ask for?"
Zhao Buqiu thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid it won't work to just let people cede the territory. We have to fight hard... We have to deceive step by step."
Zhao Shu shook his head, "How can you lie? Our Song Dynasty is a country of etiquette and benevolence. How can we lie to others?"
Zhao Buqiu was right, "What the king said is absolutely true, we are here to help Japan... just say that we are here to help Japan fight against gold! The gold thieves have already occupied Korea, and soon they will We are going to invade Japan and rob Hakata’s wealth!
We got the news and came over to protect Hakata in advance... Let their emperor give us an island to garrison warships. From now on, we will protect Hakata and the entire Kyushu from gold thieves. Damn it, they just need to pay us some military expenses. "
Zhao Shu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay... let's just say it! The Gu family heard from those businessmen that there is a small island called Hirado in the northwest corner of Kyushu Island, which can be used to station the navy, so why not Want it there!
In addition, we will secure a great matchmaker for King Jinling and let him marry a Japanese princess to be a princess (little wife). This will make it easier for us to manage Kyushu in his name in the future. "
Zhao Buqiu added: "Your Majesty, please bring a few more explosive pots...let the Japanese power master know how powerful we are!"
Zhao Shu smiled and said: "Okay! That's it!"
It has to be said that Zhao Shu and Zhao Buqiu’s colonial skills have also improved!
I suffered a loss in Korea last time (is this a loss?), but this time I was much more careful when dealing with the Japanese.
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"Rumble..."
A loud bang!
It almost gave Gen Sui Xing a heart attack... His life was really miserable! Originally, he should be singing and reciting poems with those handsome young warriors from Kyushu. Now he is being frightened by a dark, strong, and bearded Prince of the Song Dynasty (Zhao Shu is tanned and has become strong and strong) with a "magic" that can make thunder!
"Come here, bring up the target and show it to Dazai!"
Zhao Shu glanced at the old man whose face was full of lead powder, and then asked someone to move a screen that served as a target to continue scaring the old man.
This screen is made of wooden boards, which was originally very strong, but now it has been punched with dozens of large and small holes by the fragments of the explosion and the iron sand filled in the bomb pot!
"Haha, such a strong wooden board can't stop it. If it were a samurai wearing armor, it would explode in a big way!"
Zhao Shu touched his beard and said with a smile: "Now when fighting in the Central Plains, they first use cannons to throw hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of explosive pots out, and then the cavalry and infantry go up to fight. .If anyone doesn’t have a bombing pot, it will be a disaster... he can only survive the bombing!
Dazai, do you have fried pots in Japan? "
"No..." Although Genji Xing is a Genji, he is a public official (Uwa Genji is a public official). His cultural level is still very high and he can speak fluent Chinese.
But he didn’t know how the frying pan was made!
It seems that it is too early to close the country! The old man thought to himself: Why did he close himself off to the country if he didn't learn how to make explosive pots? This backwardness will be bombed... No, Japan has to send envoys from the Song Dynasty!
Zhao Shu was a little confused when he saw the "old white face", so he smiled and said: "Dazai, from now on, I, the Song Dynasty, will protect Japan. Even if Japan does not have a bomb, it can rest easy. Because I, the Song Dynasty Navy... .Invincible!"
