"After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty once wanted to recruit his army. However, the Song Dynasty's armaments were too worrying." Guo Kang continued: "At that time, Yuan Dynasty officials counted the Song Dynasty's arsenal and found that a large number of ordnance was unusable, so they had to re-select and classify them. "
"These ordnance armor rods are divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. The lower grade is actually a euphemism for garbage. It is useless at all. If they are piled up, they feel like it takes up space, so they are simply destroyed. The quality of the medium grade is also more worrying, and it is just a waste. If they are usable, they can only be issued to the Mongolian soldiers; only the superior ordnance that roughly meets the requirements can be collected and used by the newly formed 'Jiangnan Army', also called the 'New Affiliated Army'."
"The quality of soldiers in this army, as mentioned before, also has problems. In places like Zhongshu Province, the Yuan Dynasty implemented the military household system. Soldiers farmed the fields on weekdays and participated in battles during wartime. But when they arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, the Yuan Dynasty discovered that The soldiers in the Southern Song Dynasty were so poor that they didn’t even have land, so they relied on being paid as soldiers to survive, effectively becoming mercenaries.”
"The Yuan Dynasty was a tolerant government and never re-divided the fields in the south of the Yangtze River and transferred the fields to the fields. Therefore, the matter was left here. The newly recruited auxiliary troops could still only rely on money from the court to support them. The combat effectiveness of these people Of course there is no hope.”
"I also find this strange." Borjan commented: "According to what I read in the book before, mercenaries should be better at fighting than militiamen. Why do you think it is the other way around in Seris? Already?"
"Because you were led astray by Barbarian. The upper limit of Barbarian's military system is too low, so this situation is normal." Li Xuanying interjected disdainfully.
"We'll talk about this later." Guo Kang had no choice but to stop him.
The Greeks also experienced the system of farming and warfare: the peasant soldiers and the military soldiers of the Purple Horde Khanate were both included in this category. However, as someone who has experienced it, Guo Kang understands that the known upper limit of the farming system in agricultural countries is not 221 BC, nor 630 BC, but 1950, the end of the agricultural era - this is difficult to explain to everyone.
Guo Kang thought for a while and continued the previous topic.
"These are also lessons for us. The combat effectiveness of soldiers is directly proportional to the actual resources invested." He concluded: "Similarly, although there is a slight improvement, the Jiangnan Army of the Yuan Dynasty will definitely not be able to exert its true strength. Combat ability."
"In actual combat, the Southern Route Army composed of the Jiangnan Army did not even demonstrate basic organizational capabilities. Originally, Kublai Khan had high hopes for the Jiangnan Army, using them as the main force to conquer Japan, and let the important minister Arahan serve as the commander-in-chief of each route. He personally went to Ningbo to take command. But when Arakan arrived at sea, he seemed to be acclimatized and died of illness."
"Kublai Khan wanted to change people again, but it took too long. The North Route Army was still waiting at this time, so he could only let Fan Wenhu lead the South Route Army. But the Jiangnan Army's fighting will was very low, and Fan Wenhu His commanding ability is also very worrying."
"Fan Wenhu left with the vanguard himself, leaving the others behind in Ningbo and unable to manage them. Some troops set off on their own, while some were still waiting for the new commander-in-chief to take office. The generals of each department had different orders, and they each brought dozens of troops with them. Hundreds of ships are floating on the long route from Ningbo to Jeju Island.”
"This battle organization ability is terrible even in Europe." Perdiccas commented: "The Arab fleets are more orderly than them."
"There is no way. From here we can see why they cannot win." Guo Kang continued: "At this time, the situation of the Northern Route Army was also very bad. They defeated the Japanese Navy with their strong ships and powerful artillery, but the army A plague broke out."
"In addition, the Koryo Army, which served as the vanguard of the North Road, also performed poorly. Originally, according to the plan, they should have captured Tsushima Island as a transit point before the main force was assembled. However, the Koryo Army, which seemed to have an absolute advantage, inexplicably They were defeated by the Japanese defending the island. Two Goryeo generals were killed and the soldiers suffered heavy losses. This made the morale of most of the Northern Route Army very low."
"The arrival of the main force of the Southern Route Army boosted their morale. However, at this time, there was another storm at sea, and the fleet was severely damaged. Among them, the Koryo Army suffered the most losses, and even the general was drowned. In this way , everyone doesn’t want to fight anymore.”
"Encountering storms at sea is a common occurrence for military strategists. When Rome and Carthage were fighting, they encountered strong winds that destroyed the entire fleet more than once." Perdiccas said: "I understand what you mean. If the naval battle is stopped because of a storm, , that really only shows that this war was not taken seriously in the first place.”
"Indeed." Guo Kang nodded and said: "The impact of this storm on the main force of the North Route Army should be very limited. Zhang Xi's troops of Wanhu Zhang Xi's troops in the navy have good habits. They went ashore in advance and stationed themselves. The warship therefore suffered no losses.”
"After the storm, Zhang Xi proposed that those who were drowned were not the troops who could fight, and those who were left were the elite warriors. It happened that those who were holding back were gone, and we could take advantage of the situation to fight against the enemy, attack the Japanese army, rob them of their rations, and realize the war. Target."
"This is like a general." Perdiccas praised.
"Yes. A real Han Chinese, like a real Roman, will not care about a mere storm." Guo Kang said: "Unfortunately, everyone else lost the will to fight, so everyone dispersed and went home."
"The Northern Route Army lost tens of thousands of people in the storm. According to Japanese records, thousands more were left in place and were eventually massacred by the emirs. The Southern Route Army...may not have many people joining the battle. Most of them Some of them had not even arrived at the transit station Jeju Island at this time. When they heard that the front line was broken up and the Jiangnan Army was still lagging around, they also dispersed and went home."
"Then this battle actually has no reference value for the future." Perdiccas thought for a while and questioned: "The only conclusion I can think of is to organize the army first and then talk about the war. But this It belongs to common sense. A qualified monarch and qualified commander should already know this. Do we still have to suffer this disadvantage before we consider it?"
"I also think this war is irrelevant." Shi Ke said truthfully: "Actually, we have the same idea as you. Maybe only Guo Kang is interested in this war. He also asked Javanese businessmen to help him buy from Zhengdong Province. Where is the information? He may be the only one who has studied this battle carefully..."
Guo Kang was a little embarrassed and could only apologize.
In this era, it is difficult for both Greeks and Han Chinese to take Japan seriously. The Kamakura shogunate and the Hojo clan themselves probably could not have imagined that this war, which was a complete novice-level fight, would actually be touted in later generations, making both supporters and opponents resentful.
Unfortunately, everyone likes this way of thinking of using grandsons as analogies to grandfathers, and he himself is not immune to this.
