The sea off the southeastern coast of Goryeo was covered with dense black spots, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops were divided into four groups and landed on the southeastern coast of Goryeo.
Although Japan has internal struggles between the emperor and the emperor, conflicts between the imperial family and the regent family, and conflicts within the ruling Fujiwara clan, there are also struggles between the imperial court and local countries. The entire country is full of contradictions.
However, when it came to its external expansion and the attack on Goryeo, Japan was united and supported it unanimously. Soon the imperial court gathered an army of 100,000 troops, and the princes from various places sent 50,000 troops, for a total of 150,000 troops.
With Sekibaro Fujiwara Tadamichi as the commander, an army of 150,000 troops conquered Goryeo in a mighty manner.
In fact, Japan's invasion of Goryeo was also planned for a long time. Decades ago, a group of Baekje nobles attempted to restore the country and asked Japan for help. The Japanese court was interested in this and they had been waiting for the opportunity.
When the Jin Kingdom was destroyed and the Goryeo Kingdom was weak and outnumbered, yet it hated its overlord, the Japanese court realized that their opportunity had come.
This is the best opportunity to annex Goryeo.
The 150,000 Japanese troops actually set out from Chikuzen Province, using Tsushima Island as a springboard, and set out on one day in May on more than 6,000 thousand-stone turtle ships.
Except for the 10,000 troops in the van who encountered sudden waves and a dozen ships missing, the entire crossing went smoothly.
Hundreds of thousands of troops gathered on the beach, and more than 10,000 Baekje Liberation Army sent food and water, and the soldiers had a hearty meal on the beach.
At this time, the chief of the Baekje Restoration Army, Xie Xuan, inquired all the way and found the chief general, Fujiwara Tadamichi.
Gaehyun is the brother of Gaejin. There are thirteen households of Baekje nobles. Baekje Kingdom was originally in the southwest of the peninsula, and Silla Kingdom was in the southeast of the peninsula. After Goryeo unified the peninsula, all the nobles of Baekje Kingdom moved to the peninsula.
Southeast, let them leave their homes.
However, these Baekje nobles were powerful and developed quickly even if they went to the southeast. The northern part of Goryeo was looted many times by the Jin Kingdom, but the southern part had little influence. They controlled a large amount of land and population.
Coach Fujiwara Tadamichi asked the Baekje Restoration Army Xie Xuandao: "Where is General Minamoto now?"
General Yuan is the vanguard general Yuan Weiyi, who led 10,000 troops to seize the beach three days ago to find a foundation city for the Japanese army.
"General Yuan Weiyi led his army to Jincheng. We have internal agents in Jincheng and should take it down."
Fujiwara Tadamichi nodded and asked: "Is there any news about Yong Jun?"
"Not yet. We have received intelligence from Luoyang and Jingzhao from Jie Zhen. The Yong army is fighting in the western regions and grasslands and has no time to take care of Liaodong for the time being."
Of course Fujiwara Tadamichi knew that the Yong Dynasty was fighting against the Xiliao and Naiman tribes in the grasslands. It was precisely because they knew this that they decided to seize this opportunity to send troops.
By the time the Yong Dynasty came to their senses, they had already occupied Goryeo. The worst they could do was send an envoy to Jingzhao to apologize, give a portion of the land to the Yong Dynasty, and compensate several million taels of silver, and the matter would be settled.
This is Japan's wishful thinking, but they obviously don't understand the principle of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind.
Fujiwara Tadamichi nodded, "I hope so! We don't have much time. We have to capture Goryeo within a month. I will let you restore Baekje, but it will not belong to Goryeo, but will belong to the Japanese vassal state."
Of course, Xie Xuan and other Baekje nobles did not expect to restore the former Baekje and become a Japanese vassal state. They were already very satisfied.
After resting enough, the army immediately gathered and headed towards Jincheng, a hundred miles away.
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Jincheng is the largest city in the southeast of Goryeo, with a population of more than 100,000. It is also the home of the Baekje Liberation Association. Nearly 30% of the shops and more than half of the land are controlled by the Baekje nobles.
Jincheng is currently guarded by two thousand Goryeo troops. Due to Goryeo's financial difficulties, the soldiers are not treated well, their salaries are in arrears, and their food is poor, so morale is generally low.
At the third watch, there were only a few soldiers standing guard at the city gate, and everyone else was looking for a place to sleep.
At this time, more than a hundred black figures appeared from the alley next to the city gate. They were all dressed in black and holding weapons in their hands. They were all soldiers of the Baekje Revival Association, in order to support the vanguard of Japanese troops outside the city entering the city.
The leading general waved his hand, and hundreds of soldiers divided into two groups. Some rushed to the top of the city, and some rushed to the city gate. Only a few screams were heard, and the city top became quiet. Then, the city gate creaked open.
Ten thousand Japanese troops who were ambushing outside the city surged into the city. Two thousand Korean soldiers were unable to resist and were almost slaughtered.
Immediately afterwards, 10,000 Japanese troops began to carry out bloody rape, plunder and plunder against the civilians in the city. They killed people and set fires everywhere. Even many wealthy families with the Baekje Revival logo on their doors could not escape the plunder.
Originally, Japanese troops from various vassal states joined the invasion of Goryeo just to plunder property and to make a fortune in the war. How could it be possible for them to maintain strict military discipline?
It was getting daylight, and the general Yuan Weiyi ordered to stop looting. At this time, the city was in a mess.
Two days later, the main force of 140,000 Japanese troops arrived at Jincheng. They immediately used Jincheng as their base and began an all-out attack on Koryo.
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On Tamluo Island, three hundred Yong army warships carrying 10,000 naval troops were dispatched under the personal leadership of Tang Huai.
The Tsushima Strait has been calm these days. Thousands of thousands of stone turtle ships are coming and going on the sea, transporting grain stored on Tsushima Island to Koryo.
Although this kind of Thousand Stone Turtle Boat is small in size, it has good resistance to wind and waves and is not easy to capsize, so it can be used along the coast.
One after another, the turtle ships were loaded with food and sailed to Korea. The weather had been calm these past few days, which was a good time for them to transport food supplies.
Although they could plunder Goryeo's food, as a large-scale war, the Japanese army also had to establish its own logistical support.
At this time, a large number of Yong army warships suddenly appeared on the sea. Almost all of them were large ships with a weight of more than 5,000 stones, and they were very fast, much faster than the turtle ships.
Speeding at the front were dozens of five-thousand-stone warships. What was special about them was that they were equipped with pig-iron rams, specifically designed to deal with small boats.
After being equipped with propellers, these five-thousand-stone warships were extremely flexible and faster than the ten-thousand-stone ships. Dozens of five-thousand-stone warships cut through the waves and rushed towards the turtle ships transporting food.
The sudden appearance of Yong army warships caused a chaos among the turtle ships and they fled in all directions. Many turtle ships threw the food on board into the sea in order to escape for their lives.
The weakness of the turtle ship is its speed. Its group shape is good for stability, but not good for navigation. The shuttle shape is the best for sailing to reduce resistance.
A thousand-stone turtle ship can't outrun a five-thousand-stone paddle warship.
"Boom!" A turtle ship was hit by Yong's five-thousand-stone warship. It was immediately torn into pieces. Several soldiers fell into the sea, and then were missed by powerful arrows and sank to the bottom of the sea.
Although another turtle ship luckily escaped the collision, the soldiers on the ship could not escape the fire of strong bows and crossbows. They were killed by a dense fire of arrows on the spot. Immediately afterwards, a thin-skinned clay pot was smashed on the ship, breaking the pot into pieces.
It cracked, and the boat was filled with kerosene. A rocket hit the boat, and it immediately burst into flames.
When hundreds of thousands of large ships arrived at the scene, broken wood was everywhere on the sea, and there were hundreds of burning fires.
More than two hundred five-thousand-stone warships were chasing the escaping turtle ships. The turtle ships had no ability to resist and would be destroyed once they were chased.
In less than an hour, thousands of turtle ships were destroyed, but this was only a part. Tang Huai immediately ordered his troops to be divided into two groups, fighting all the way to Tsushima Island and all the way to Goryeo. All Japanese ships must be destroyed and the Japanese army must be cut off.
The retreat route for the army to withdraw to the main island.