On the whole, these civilians who transport logistics for the Ming army are more like people than their daily lives.
Although the Ming soldiers who guarded them were strict with them, they were not cruel and did not beat them with whips.
Someone fell down from exhaustion and was not abandoned. Instead, he was sent to the rear to receive treatment from military doctors and was allowed to rest.
There is time for eating, time for resting after meals, and time for sleeping at night. There is time for resting and time for getting up.
Most of them have been conscripted to work for free for local powerful people to build some large-scale construction projects to satisfy the powerful and powerful people's selfish desires. They understand how painful it was during that period.
In comparison, the job of delivering food to the Ming army was so happy, and the stern faces of the Ming army soldiers who abided by the rules looked extremely gentle.
They don’t know what aggression is and what liberation is, but they know what it means to be full and hungry. They can distinguish the feeling of being full and hungry, and then naturally follow the group of people who can feed them, and spurn the group of people who make them hungry. people.
It has nothing to do with country, blood, or inheritance.
Only survive.
Of course, in addition to the big pie offensive, the Ming military and political cadres did not just eat for nothing.
They spent some time and wiped out all the local exploitative groups such as the rich and powerful that they caught, leaving no one behind.
In the absence of language advantages, it was meaningless for the Ming Dynasty to retain these literate and educated exploiting classes of the country, and it only added to the troubles.
With the current size of the Ming Dynasty and its future disposal methods, it is not difficult at all to digest these millions of illiterate people, and there is no need for the cooperation of these local forces.
The local exploiting classes in the Ming Dynasty were almost wiped out, not to mention the Japanese exploiting classes.
Except for the top dignitaries in Heianjing who need to be sent to Zhongdu for trial, other local exploitative groups have only one outcome - to be eliminated.
The Ming Dynasty does not need these pampered exploiters. After wiping out all these people, who account for about 5% of the total population, more than 95% of the ordinary people will be left. It will be easy to control and assimilate them. them.
After all, they have no culture, and all they can learn is the culture of the Ming Dynasty, the culture of revolutionaries.
They are a piece of white paper without any contamination. Whoever draws on it belongs to him.
Neither Minamoto Yoritomo nor Hojo Tokimasa saw this scene. They did not see Japanese civilians taking the initiative to deliver logistical supplies to the Ming army.
And they didn't know that there were even some people who took the initiative to look for the Ming army after hearing that they had food to transport to the Ming army, and asked in groups to join the logistics team to transport food to the Ming army.
Because there were so many people who wanted to come, the logistics department of the Ming Army had to select more suitable people to transport logistics for themselves, because the number of logistics personnel was not unlimited. They also had to eat, not robots.
Therefore, it is surprising that transporting logistics supplies for the Ming army has become a popular job among Japanese civilians. There are even local Japanese who act like intermediaries in some areas. This situation is very unexpected and funny.
After the logistics were guaranteed, the Ming army only needed to slow down a little, and the logistics problem was almost solved. Therefore, the Ming army's offensive speed was still very fast and unusually fast in the eyes of Minamoto Yoritomo, Hojo Tokimasa and others. .
It was so fast that they were frightened and even felt a little bit desperate.
There are really many areas that are threatened right now, including Kaga Country, Hida Country, Shinano Country, Owari Country, and Mikawa Country. This line is completely crumbling under the powerful offensive of the Ming army. People are asking for help everywhere. Looking for support.
And the troops they can use are too few.
Minamoto Yoritomo and Hojo Tokimasa gathered a large number of close subordinates to discuss strategies. One said they should support Shinano Kingdom, another said they should support Owari Kingdom, and the next said they should support Hida Kingdom.
Anyway, everyone has their own reasons and ideas, but there are only so many troops. Reinforcements are not arriving for a long time. It is really difficult to support so many places.
In the end, Minamoto Yoshitsune had no choice but to make a suggestion to concentrate the main forces in Shinano Country. If the war went unfavorably, they would immediately transfer to Echigo Country. He would contact reinforcements from Mutsu Country and other countries and try to gather them in Echigo Country. Launch a new round of resistance.
If everyone can resist in Shinano Country until the reinforcements from the Tohoku countries are mobilized and arrive in Echigo Country, then the war may continue.
If you can't hold on...
Minamoto Yoshitsune did not continue. Anyway, he believed that under the current situation, continuing to disperse troops to support various countries was tantamount to seeking death. The Ming army was strong and powerful, and the Japanese army could not defeat it if they were gathered together, let alone dispersed.
Focusing on one point of resistance is the only way, leaving other places...
May everyone wish you good luck.
Minamoto Yoshitsune's suggestion was regarded as cowardly and cowardly by many people, who believed that his behavior was not like that of a samurai, but was completely a cowardly and cowardly rat, and they criticized him heavily.
Minamoto Yoritomo and Hojo Tokimasa were also very dissatisfied with him, refuted his views, and insisted on confronting the Ming army on the front line of Shinano country to stop the Ming army's advance.
So Minamoto Yoritomo decided to personally lead an army into Shinano Kingdom, Hojo Tokimasa led an army into Hida Kingdom, and Minamoto Yoshitsune was asked to prove his loyalty and bravery and led an army to Mikawa Kingdom for support.
Minamoto Yoshitsune felt regretful, thinking that the battle would be lost, he would die, and the rest would not be much better, so when he was leaving, he toasted to Minamoto Yoritomo as a farewell.
Minamoto Yoritomo didn't have much affection for his younger brother. He felt that he was scared out of his wits by the Ming army. He blindly believed that the Ming army was powerful and invincible, while his own side was weak and incurable. What was this?
Therefore, Yoritomo Minamoto did not give him a good look and asked him not to lose the prestige of Genji.
The last meeting between the two brothers ended so hastily. Minamoto Yoshitsune left Izu with full of worries and a trace of regret, and headed for Mikawa Country.
But before he arrived at Sanhe Kingdom, Sanhe Kingdom was broken through by the Ming army. The defender of Sanhe Kingdom was killed by the Ming army, and the entire army was annihilated.
The Ming army did not wait and quickly broke into the Yuanjiang Kingdom. The Yuanjiang Army was also attacked by the Ming army and suffered heavy losses. When Minamoto Yoshitsune led an army of only 4,000 people to the Yuanjiang Kingdom, the Yuanjiang Army had already shrunk. There was no way to make any resistance in Sano County.
Minamoto Yoshitsune saw the overwhelming strength of the Ming army, but he only had 4,000 troops in hand. It was obvious that nothing could be done, and the Yuanjiang Kingdom was over.
Once Toe Country is defeated, Suruga Country will be behind it. Once Suruga Country is defeated, Izu Base Camp will be right in front of them.
But now the only one standing between the Ming army and the Suruga Kingdom is his own army. Most of the Suruga Kingdom's own army followed Minamoto Yoritomo to Shinano Kingdom, and a small number followed him to the Enji Kingdom. Once If he were defeated, Izu would be finished.
The whole battle is over.
Did Minamoto Yoritomo anticipate this before assigning the mission?
Or did he not expect it at all and just naively thought he could complete the task?
(End of chapter)
