The partial division led by Yuan Weiyi mostly came from Hanoi and nearby areas.
To put it bluntly, it is the Osaka Legion.
When Minamoto was fourteen years old (actually only thirteen years old), the family governor of Kawachi Genji was assassinated.
Various signs indicate that the murderer is Minamoto Weiyi's second uncle. Emperor Shirakawa took the opportunity to intervene and asked the thirteen-year-old Minamoto Weiyi to attack him. The Emperor also sent other soldiers to help.
Genweiyi successfully overthrew his second uncle and took control of the power of the Genji in Kawachi. From then on, the Genji in Kawachi were loyal to Emperor Shirakawa.
A few years ago, the truth came out. The murderer was actually his third uncle. And the grandson of his second uncle who died unjustly took revenge by killing his third uncle.
Taking control of the family power at the age of thirteen, and being recognized and favored by the Emperor, Yuan Weiyi developed an arrogant and arrogant character.
To the point of being cruel and cruel, treating the world's heroes as nothing, and bullying even local wealthy families at will.
This partial army of thousands of people plundered all the way from Bingo Kingdom to Iwami Kingdom. Before they even fought against the Ming soldiers, they had already robbed a lot of money. The samurai even clamored to take the loot home.
The wealthy families in the southeast of Shijian Kingdom originally planned to watch the show and let the Ming army and the Emperor's army fight first.
Unexpectedly, before the battle broke out, they suffered disaster instead.
In anger, these wealthy families led their troops to join Yuan Weiyi, and at the same time secretly informed Zhu Xiaozhong. The local wealthy families tried to use the hands of the Ming army to kill Yuan Weiyi, the murderer of thousands of swords.
Xia Yuqing led three hundred soldiers from Salmon Island, each wearing medium-sized armor, and climbed over the mountains and ridges to reach the source for righteousness.
The distance of the attack was actually not that far, even if it was going around and around in the mountains, including the winding mountain roads, the whole journey was only over 200 miles.
The straight-line distance is actually only forty or fifty miles.
On the way, we encountered many fleeing people, mostly farmers in the valleys.
They were all frightened away by Yuan Weiyi's evil reputation, and hid in the mountains with their young and old. When they encountered the Ming army, they also ran away madly. Later, they found that the Ming army did not pursue and rob, so they were no longer afraid, and some even wanted to
Be a guide. No reward is required, just two bags of food.
These Salmon Island soldiers can certainly not be called civilized teachers.
They didn't plunder randomly, they simply looked down upon the little wealth. How poor each and every one of the farmers was...
At night.
A newly recruited guide pointed ahead and said: "Over this mountain, there is our village. At noon, many warriors came to rob us. They wanted all the food and cattle, and they also took away many women in the village.
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Xia Yuqing said to the officer next to him: "Fourth brother, take a few people and a guide, and travel lightly without armor to find out where the enemy's camp is. Go back as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
About two hours later, the officer came back and reported: "The enemy has passed the village and camped in a depression in the mountains. There are so many people that the depression can't be squeezed in. There are people everywhere on the slopes and at the foot of the mountains. There is nothing decent about it.
The camp was just built with wooden strips to protect it from wild beasts."
"Is the defense tight?" Xia Yuqing asked.
The officer smiled and said: "Only the sentries who are standing guard everywhere are also sleeping."
Xia Yuqing said: "Kill him immediately and make sure to arrive before dawn."
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Although Yuan Weiyi is very famous, he has only fought one decent battle, that is, he joined forces with the French emperor's army to kill his second uncle.
The rest of the time, I either worked as a bodyguard for the King of Shirakawa, or worked as a security guard at the estate for my father-in-law. By the way, I helped the King of Shirakawa carry out forced demolitions, and helped my father-in-law suppress unruly people.
The Pillar Warriors in his hands were all inherited from his adoptive father (uncle)!
Since he had no decent military exploits and had never commanded any major battles, Yuan Weiyi had to think of other ways if he wanted to win over those warriors.
Leading the samurai to rob will naturally yield the quickest results.
After leaving Gyeonggi, we fought all the way, and indeed our morale was as high as a rainbow. Even the peasants and soldiers were given a small amount of food and were willing to sacrifice their lives for righteousness.
As night fell, the camp was still lively.
The samurai and peasant soldiers were counting the spoils of the day, dreaming of doing something big again in Iwami Castle.
From time to time, laughter came from the nobles and senior warriors, drinking and chatting around the bonfire.
After getting drunk, they went back to the camp to have fun, and they were slept with the girls they kidnapped along the way.
Their logistics have been "livestock-based" and are all stolen livestock. Even the cattle are used to carry grain and grass.
Yuan Weiyi also returned to his military tent. There was a beautiful woman in the tent. This did not violate the regulations. The army could bring Gui women, that is, camp prostitutes.
The woman in front of her was not an ordinary laurel woman snatched away, but a gift from a wealthy family in Bingo country.
Because of her beauty, Yuan Weiyi even planned to take her back to the capital to be her concubine.
Why is it beautiful?
First of all, she has beautiful long hair that can be spread over her knees. This is not something common women can have, because it requires daily maintenance, and even washing her hair has to be done on an auspicious day.
Secondly, the eyebrows are well trimmed. No green stubble can be seen on the shaved eyebrows, and the two eyebrows are dotted particularly beautifully.
Thirdly, my teeth are also stained well. Although I am still young and my teeth were stained not long ago, my teeth are already black and shiny, and my smile is particularly charming.
Finally, the facial features are straight. After applying the lead powder, the whole face is white and gorgeous. With the black teeth, the eyebrows are simply stunning.
A complete description of this woman is that she has knee-length hair, her whole face is pale and bloodless, her eyebrows only have two black dots, and her grin is full of black teeth.
Don't think it's outrageous. None of the things here can be done by ordinary people, and they all show economic strength behind them.
After a while of tossing, Yuan Weiyi fell asleep holding the beautiful woman in his arms.
Pillow Godardan?
Not to mention armor, he didn't even wear any clothes, and he was already exhausted from all the primitive exercise.
I don’t know how long I slept for, but the sound of shouting one after another woke Yuan Weiyi from his dream.
Yuan Weiyi sat up and put on his clothes while shouting: "What happened?"
A warrior rushed over, panting and saying: "The Tang people... the Tang people are coming to kill!"
Yuan Weiyi panicked and put on his clothes. It was too late to put on his armor, so he hung up his knife and gun and walked out.
Looking around, I saw that mountains and hills were being set on fire everywhere. Countless warriors and peasant soldiers were running south, and it was impossible to tell how many enemies were coming.
The shouts of death and wails were getting closer and closer, and Yuan Weiyi became more and more frightened. He didn't care about the beauty in his account, and even called a few trusted warriors to run away without their lives.
Xia Yuqing only had 300 soldiers, while Yuan Weiyi had as many as 6,000 soldiers.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty shouted in the Japanese they had learned temporarily, and chased them all the way: "Kneel down and don't kill, kneel down and don't kill..."
The peasants and soldiers were already malnourished, and many suffered from night blindness. They ran away randomly for a while, then gave up resistance when they heard the shouts, and fell to their knees in patches on the ground.
Yuan Weiyi led a few warriors and fled over the mountains and ridges until dawn. When he felt that there were no pursuers behind him, he sat down to rest with lingering fear.
A warrior said in fear: "Those Tang soldiers are ghost warriors. They must have the blood of the ghost clan, so they can fight in the mountains at night!"
Yuan Weiyi held the knife and nodded: "It must be so."
They retreated to the nearest village in the south, and one after another the broken troops came back.
There are not many walking paths in the mountainous area, and scattered soldiers may encounter wild animals. Therefore, after getting rid of the pursuit, the defeated soldiers all left the forest and walked along the mountain road, and naturally ran to join Yuan Weiyi.
After collecting the defeated troops for several days in a row, there were only more than a thousand soldiers and horses left out of 6,000, which made Yuan Weiyi angry and frightened.
He did not dare to march further, and chose to retreat to the territory of the wealthy families, ordering the local wealthy families to contribute military supplies.
Xia Yuqing only captured less than 2,000 people. The remaining Japanese samurai and peasant soldiers actually had very few casualties, and most of them fled into the surrounding mountains.
After gathering all the prisoners, Xia Yuqing said: "Samurai and farmers of Shijian Kingdom, you can go home on your own, and you will be given rations to go home."
Dozens of people immediately rushed out, crying with gratitude to Xia Yuqing.
Compared with Yuan Weiyi, who was looting and plundering, these captured soldiers of Shijian Kingdom felt that General Ming was too kind!
Xia Yuqing added: "Come here, all warriors."
A group of warriors stepped forward quickly.
Xia Yuqing smiled and said: "Go back to Shijian City and write to your families and ask them to redeem you with grain or cloth."
When the warriors heard that they could live, they were equally grateful.
The rich ones in the family will not make trouble anymore, and they can feel free to be captives, since they can be redeemed anyway.
But there are also poor warriors who sit there sighing, wondering what their fate will be in the future.
In fact, it is quite promising. Samurai who cannot be redeemed will be left as overseers to supervise the miners' mining of Iwami silver mines. Individual outstanding ones will also be retained in the public land of Iwami State to serve as the public land of the Ming Dynasty's overseas legions.
warrior.
At this time in Japan, samurai were not overpopulated and they were all available talents.
Three hundred Ming soldiers, escorting nearly two thousand captives, swaggered back to the Omori Mountain area. This is where the Iwami Silver Mine is located. The valley to the north is home to farmers, and the valley to the south is the territory of monks.
Xia Yuqing selected poor warrior captives from his family and took them to chat with the monks.
The monks who dared to resist were all captured and taken to mine.
The monks who surrendered to Ma Liu were handed over to Xue Daoguang as his disciples, and they would practice Taoism near Dasen Mountain from then on. The temples of the monks were also converted into Taoist temples on the same site, and it soon became Xue Daoguang's dojo.
This move shocked the world in Japan. After hearing about it, nearby wealthy people all claimed that Zhu Xiaozhong was the reincarnation of a demon.
When Xia Yuqing attacked Poyuan Weiyi's partial army at night, Zhu Xiaozhong personally led two thousand soldiers and horses towards Ping Zhongsheng's main force.
Ping Zhongsheng was much more cautious and had better military discipline without exposing too many flaws.
Zhu Xiaozhong planned to defeat them head-on, which would also be more conducive to capturing prisoners for mining. There were too many broken soldiers who could escape during the night battle.
"Tang cavalry was discovered in the valley ahead!"
"If we go to investigate again, the whole army will camp to defend it and occupy the mountains on both sides."
Ping Zhongmheng still didn't know that Yuan Weiyi was defeated. This place was not far from Ishimi Castle.
He planned to form a camp and confront the Ming army here, wait for Yuan Weiyi to lead his troops to fight out from the east, and then block the Ming army in the valley and attack from both front and back.