The surprise attack was actually unsuccessful!
These traitors are happy too early!
This is the land of Japan. Can the majestic Japanese Empire be allowed to have these traitors launch a sneak attack?
This is impossible!
Moreover, long before Wanyanyan and Zhao Shanzhen's mother and son came to invade, Zhao Shu and Zhao Buqiu had already visited Bodo once with the Southern Song Dynasty navy with strong ships and powerful artillery. What came back was a real sailing battleship, equipped with a 12-pound long-barreled cannon, which was terrifying when it fired. It woke up the Japanese court who was still sleeping!
It’s impossible not to wake up... People are already at the doorstep. The power of the Song Dynasty turned out to be even more powerful than that of the Tang Dynasty!
The Tang Dynasty only showed its power on the territory of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, and could not come to Japan at all.
And the fleet of the Song Dynasty sailed directly into Hakata Bay, and their ships actually had large tubes and hot pots that could destroy city walls... If they really wanted to launch a war, not a single castle in Japan could resist it. No warrior can stand against it.
Even the best warriors from the north couldn't withstand a blow from a 12-pound barrel!
This is a crisis of national subjugation!
Fortunately, Zhao Shu and Zhao Buqiu had no interest in becoming generals to conquer the barbarians. They only came to Japan to plan a retreat for Zhao Huan.
After the layout was completed, they went to invade elsewhere...
But this time, the arrival of a "tube boat" was like a thunder, which frightened the Duke of Kyoto, who was still immersed in the comfortable and decadent life of the late Heian period, and the Emperor Toba, who was known as "the only emperor who governs the world." His face was pale.
When the news reached Heian Jing, the court was in chaos. All the ministers, including the elder Fuji clan and Sekishiro Fujiwara Tadamichi, were at a loss.
I don’t know if I should proclaim myself a vassal? Or should we pay tribute?
In the end, Emperor Toba's confidant, Taira Tadamori, the leader of the northern samurai, offered the emperor a strategy of "using Song as his teacher and making friends on the surface, but guarding against him secretly."
That is to say, while being a student of the Song Dynasty, sending Song envoys to study in the Song Dynasty, and at the same time giving gifts to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty; at the same time, he quietly built fortresses and beacon towers in Chizen, Hizen, Satsuma and other places in northern Kyushu to strengthen defense.
Chikuzen Province, which owned Hakata, the largest seaport in Japan at the time, was of course the focus of defense. The focus of Chikuzen Province's defense is of course the Hakata Bay area.
However, Taira Takaramori, who held the actual power of the Dazaifu as the Chief Supervisor of the Dazaifu, was very talented in military affairs. After he understood the power and range of the Song Dynasty's big cannon, he felt that the coastal defense castle guarding Kyushu could not be built within ten miles of the coastline to avoid being directly destroyed by the big cannon carried by the Song Dynasty ships.
Therefore, the newly built Dazaifu Castle by the Japanese in the Hakata Bay area was built on the edge of the Naka River, ten miles away from the beach. This is also the new site of Dazaifu, and of course it is also the centerpiece of the Japanese Song Dynasty Movement.
Since the Song Dynasty Movement was to be carried out, the new Dazaifu Castle was of course a "Song style" castle, with a square rammed earth wall and a moat connected to the Naka River.
The city also imitated the regulations of Song Dynasty cities and built streets, schools, government offices, and barracks. Although the facilities are complete, the castle is not very big, and the perimeter of the city wall is only about eight miles (Huali). The city wall is not too high, less than two feet, and its thickness is only about one and a half feet.
It would be completely unworthy of such a castle to be placed in the Warring States Period of history. But in Japan at the end of the Heian period, it was simply the number one fortified city in Japan! I don't know how many times stronger than the city defense of Heiankyo - Dazaifu Castle really has walls!
The city defense of Heianjing is an unfinished project. Once a city gate is built, there will be nothing more. I don’t know how they were able to defend themselves when the Song colonists attacked them.
Because there is the most fortified city in Japan, Taira Takaramori was very calm when he learned that the "Song invaders were coming".
He did not leave the city immediately to meet the enemy... because there were not many samurai living in Dazaifu City. There were only more than a thousand Taira clan samurai and Lang party who followed Taizadamori from Heiankyo, as well as some who served in Dazaifu. The total number of Kyushu warriors is less than 1,500. There was no way to resist the soldiers of the Song warships that almost covered the entire sea surface of Hakata Bay!
So many warships... just looking at them makes my scalp numb!
Standing on a high observation deck built against the north wall of Dazaifu Castle, looking at the scene on the sea of Hakata Bay, Taira Takaramori had a feeling of impending disaster.
Did the Song people have too many ships?
There are hundreds of ships, and there must be tens of thousands of expeditionary troops on board!
Did the Song people want to conquer Japan? It’s such a bad road!
While he was cursing in his mind, he heard the sound of "thump thump thump" footsteps. When he looked back, it turned out to be Dazai Quanshi Gengying Xing climbing up panting.
The old man is almost seventy this year, but his legs and feet are still nimble, and he climbed up to the high platform in no time. Before Ping Zhongsheng saluted him, Yuan Jingxing started shouting: "It's not good, it's not good, the Song invaders are attacking, what should I do? Superintendent Dazai, why don't you lead the troops to attack?" ? Do you want to watch tens of thousands of Song troops land on Japanese soil? Superintendent Dazai, you are the emperor’s northern samurai, you are not afraid of the Song people, are you? "
Ping Zhongsheng's face darkened after hearing this, and he thought to himself: Aren't the warriors from the north allowed to be afraid? Who stipulated it?
Besides, there are so many people in Song Dynasty...
"Master Quan, don't be anxious," Ping Zhongsheng tried his best to maintain a calm and respectful appearance. "The Song invaders are powerful and have powerful firearms. If our army fights them on the coast, they will be attacked by the Song soldiers on the warships." The bombardment from the giant barrel contained was very detrimental.
Moreover, the number of samurai in Dazaifu is too small. Not only will it be impossible to win if we attack rashly now, but our limited troops will be wasted. Therefore, I have decided to fight the Cage City War and wait for the arrival of warriors from all over Kyushu... By then, Song Kou will be defeated and flee like Daoyi back then! "
The "Daoyi" mentioned by Ping Zhongsheng refers to the Daoyi invasion incident that occurred in the third year of Kanren (1019). At that time, a group of mainland pirates (composed of Koreans and Jurchens) suddenly attacked in 50 ships. After entering Japan, they occupied Tsushima and Iki islands, and then invaded the main island of Kyushu. It took more than ten days before they were repulsed by the mobilized Kyushu samurai.
To be honest, this battle was still very embarrassing, but Daoyi eventually retreated, and he did not join the invaders in large numbers. Obviously, he did not take any advantage.
And the Song invaders who invaded this time are obviously not comparable to the swordsmen... The Song invaders have strong ships and sharp barrels, so they must not be impulsive!
However, Ping Zhongmori's decision this time was a huge mistake!
Because the invaders this time were not the Southern Song Dynasty with strong ships and powerful guns, but a group of traitors who lost their foothold in the war between Song and Jin Dynasties.
Although they also have some artillery, their power is not comparable to the large naval guns of the Southern Song Dynasty. Among the five forces that currently have artillery, including the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Pseudo Song Dynasty, and the Western Tang Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty is undoubtedly the one with the highest level of cannon casting. After all, This golden finger was pointed out by Zhao Kai!
The Southern Song Dynasty relied on the huge copper smelting and casting industries to support its own cannon casting level and closely followed the Northern Song Dynasty.
The cannon-casting level of the Jin Kingdom and the Pseudo-Song Dynasty was much lower than that of the two Song Dynasties. The large-scale artillery cast by them were basically useless, and only camel cannons and hot pot cannons were of some value.
As for the Western Tang Dynasty, they can only make hot pot cannons now, and their cannon casting level is the worst among the five parties.
Although the level of the Pseudo-Song Dynasty was not at the bottom, there were no usable naval guns, and Wanyan Yan did not have a true gunboat. Most of her warships were merchant ships and fishing boats collected along the coasts of Shandong and Korea, and could not be equipped with naval guns.
Therefore, if Ping Zhongmori immediately brought samurai and gang members to the shore of Hakata to set up defenses after discovering the approach of the puppet Song fleet, as long as they could withstand the bombardment, they would most likely be able to block the puppet Song forces on the beach.
But he happened to lure the enemy deeper!
...
Wanyanyan, who had vomited at sea for several days, now not only set foot on Japanese soil, but also entered the newly expanded Jinzaki Tangfang.
This Tangfang was originally managed by the Tsuzaki Shrine under the name of Emperor Toba of Japan, but after the "Tsubofune Arrival", it became the de facto "Song Concession". Although there was no treaty stipulation, the management rights of Zhongqi Tangfang were transferred to the "hangshouhui" composed of merchants in the Song Dynasty, that is, the heads of each bank were autonomous.
The officials of the Song Dynasty basically did not interfere with the management rights of the Gongshouhui. However, Zhao Huan still gave the Hakata Gongshouhui a sum of money under Zhao Shu's persuasion, allowing them to expand Tangfang and build a refuge palace for Zhao Huan. ...
Now that Tangfang has just been expanded and the palace has just been completed, everything has fallen into the hands of Wanyanyan, Zhao Shanzhen, and Zhao Shanhe, mother and son.
And the armies they led were now landing one after another through the docks of Hakata Beach and Tonozaki Karabo, and began to camp and set up defenses at Karabo and Koroji Temple on the west bank of the Naka River.
Kozaki Shrine Omiya Shrine Munakata Nobuyoshi and the leaders of the Hakata Tangbo Association were now brought to the large house built for Zhao Huan. Among them were Wan Yanyan, Zhao Shanzhen, Li Cheng, Liu Lin, Kong Yanzhou, Luo You and others knelt in a row in front of them.
These people are a little confused and really don't know what happened? Especially those leaders of Song Dynasty merchants, they vaguely knew the purpose of the Southern Song Dynasty court spending so much money to expand Zhongqi Tangfang.
But now aren’t the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties peacefully reunited? Why would they send troops to invade Japan?
Also, who is this woman talking about? Who is that boy with the bun face?
When everyone was wondering, Luo You had already spoken triumphantly, "We are the generals of the Song Dynasty who conquered the barbarians. We were ordered by the emperor to come to Japan to conquer the barbarians who did not respect the king... Who of you can say that Japan Human language? You can go to Dazaifu Castle and ask the Japanese soldiers there to surrender immediately and submit to the general, otherwise you will die!"
