The sun was high in the sky, and there was a familiar moist heat in the air.
Yuan Manzhong cursed: "This damn place is just as hot."
Goryeo and Wa both have a temperate maritime monsoon climate. Affected by the dual influence of continental and oceanic climates, spring and autumn are very short, winter and summer are extremely long, and summers are hot and rainy. The feeling of humidity and heat is extremely uncomfortable.
The head of the Qinghe Genji clan was wearing armor and holding a cattail leaf fan in his hand, but he had no intention of fanning. His eyes were fixed on the grain transport team in the distance.
After hearing that Andong Mansion was captured by the Goryeo rebels, Yuan Manzhong realized that something was wrong and defended Busan tightly.
Sure enough, the Goryeo rebels had the idea of attacking the port. After repelling three waves of enemies, Yuan Manzhong gradually realized that Busan was not a place to stay for a long time.
Although there is no news at all about Tsushima and the mainland of Japan, Minamoto Naka does not know what the situation is.
But looking at the world, no country can do this except for the Yu Kingdom located to the west of them, which can block Tsushima Island and completely cut off the connection between the Haidong Peninsula and Wajima Island.
Not only did the Goryeo rebels become more powerful, they also had to worry about Yu's movement north. Once the Yu army on Tsushima and the Goryeo rebels got in touch and cooperated with each other, no matter how many troops they had, they would have to be lost here.
Genmitsu Naka's situation is even worse than Tachibana Enho.
The Tachibana family, where Tachibana Enho lives, has bet the savings of several generations on this one time for the sake of the family.
The Yuan family where Yuan Manzhong lives has only been passed down to him for two generations since his father, and the family has no savings.
This little bit of wealth is only possible thanks to the support earned by the Minamoto family by working for the Fujiwara family.
If it's gone, it really is gone.
Yuan Manzhong regards the family wealth in his hands as more important than his own life. How can he be willing to starve Busan to death?
Without waiting for orders from the Fujiwara clan, Minamoto Manchu abandoned Busan and retreated to Kaesong.
Yuan Manzhong retreated all the way north, collecting Japanese defeated soldiers who were defeated by the Goryeo rebels along the way, and also repelled many rebels who blocked the way. When he arrived at Lichuan County, he heard that Ningchuan County had been occupied by a rebel army of 20,000 people.
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Ningchuan County is located on the bank of the Han River and is the only way to go north to Kaesong.
The road ahead is cut off.
Yuan Manzhong knew that he would not be able to successfully reach Kaicheng unless he defeated the enemies in Ningchuan County.
He learned that most of the rebels in Ningchuan County were common people who did not have enough to eat, so he made a plan in mind and arranged for his retainers to pretend to be a food delivery team, lure the enemies into an ambush, and defeat them.
Yuan Manzhong was not afraid that the enemy would not fall into their trap: their logistics was cut off, and in order to persevere, they could only plunder the Korean people's food.
Rebellion broke out all over Goryeo. Although it was due to hatred, it was more because they couldn't survive because they didn't have enough food to eat.
In the eyes of the current Goryeo rebels, food is more attractive than gold and silver.
Sure enough, with the appearance of the grain transport team, eight or nine thousand Goryeo rebels rushed to grab their weapons and rushed towards their convoy!
They didn't even notice that there were more than 2,000 ambush soldiers hidden in the woods they passed.
The dark group of people spread out like waves. This is the biggest characteristic of the rebels. They are loosely organized and completely unstructured.
Yuan Manzhong looked at the enemies who were gradually leaving the food team in the distance, not daring to be careless or to take a breath: Even though the opponent had many shortcomings, they had already obtained a lot of decent equipment after capturing Ningchuan County.
, coupled with the absolute advantage of numbers, even if you use tactics, you cannot be careless.
When the Japanese soldiers transporting food saw the dark enemy rushing towards them, they were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.
But before escaping, they all did the same thing, cutting off the axles.
A group of Korean rebels who were like refugees did not want to pay attention to the escaping Japanese soldiers. They only had food in their eyes and rushed to the food truck to check the food they had stolen.
Many refugees checked the grains on the grain trucks and determined that they were all yellow-orange grains.
Soon the crowd burst into earth-shaking cheers.
The Goryeo rebels did not need anyone to direct them at all, and they moved the food impatiently.
The Japanese grain transport soldiers destroyed the axle and the grain truck could not be used, but there were many of them. The stronger ones had one bag each, and the weaker ones had two bags. They put away their weapons in twos and threes and carried the grain manually.
A group of people returned triumphantly, carrying food to each other. The joy of victory made them lose all guard.
In the woods, Minamoto Naka ferociously gave the order to attack.
Following his order, the archers who were already ready shot deadly arrows.
The arrows flew through the forest and pierced deeply into the bodies of the Korean rebels covered in tattered clothes under their heavy sacks.
"Long Live His Majesty the Emperor!"
Yuan Manzhong held his spear high and rushed towards the chaotic Goryeo rebels.
The bulky grains caused half of the Goryeo rebels to lose their combat effectiveness, and the rest had not yet recovered from the joy of victory.
The untrained rebels were unable to immediately go into battle in the face of this sudden change.
The two thousand soldiers under Genmitsu Naka are the elite members of the Fujiwara family who were specially assigned by Master Fujiwara to deal with the incident on Tsushima Island. They are particularly powerful in combat.
Taking advantage of the situation, this attack can no longer be regarded as a battle, but a one-sided massacre.
Yuan Manzhong settled the battle cleanly, and the remaining 10,000 Korean rebels in Ningchuan County did not even dare to leave the city.
Yuan Manzhong took back the grain and marched freely along the Han River through Ningchuan County.
From then on, no rebels dared to stop Yuan Manzhong.
Yuan Manzhong successfully returned to Kaicheng.
Yuan Manzhong taught the big men in Kaesong a lesson by defeating 2,000 men and defeating 10,000 men, which improved the morale that had hit rock bottom.
The Japanese admired the strong the most, and Minamoto Mitsuru was even personally greeted by Shisuke Fujiwara.
Fujiwara Shisuke personally took Genmitsu to the Goryeo Palace and asked him about the situation on Tsushima Island.
Genmitsu Naka elaborated, "I have tried every means but failed to contact Tsushima Island. I even tried to bypass Tsushima Island and go directly to Kyushu, but there was no news. I thought that it could be done.
Only the Yu State in the Central Plains can do this."
Fujiwara Shisuke also had a hunch that the Yu Kingdom in the Central Plains caused this situation. Seeing that Minamoto Mitsuru also meant this, he sighed: "I thought so too."
Yuanman Zhongdao: "More than that, my subordinates suspect that the thieves have invaded Kyushu, even Shikoku, China (a place in the middle of the island country)..."
Fujiwara Shisuke lowered his voice and said hoarsely: "You think so too?"
Although he was decadent these days, he had been thinking about the intentions of Yu State in the Central Plains and the way forward.
The worst-case scenario is that the Yu Dynasty of the Central Plains invades their Japanese main island.
Yuan Manzhong gritted his teeth and said: "Otherwise, we can't explain what the traitors did? They blocked the communication between the two places, so they couldn't just do a useless thing. In addition, if they weren't attacked, my subordinates couldn't think of any reason. They would lose to us."
The news was indifferent. The only explanation is that they are too busy taking care of themselves to care about us."
Senior Assistant Chief Fujiwara exhaled and said: "This is the truth..."
He waved his hand to stop Yuan Manzhong and asked people to call all the generals in Kaijing.
Taira Sadamori, Ono Yoshiko, Fujiwara Motoina, Fujiwara Hidego, Oe Uishiro and other major generals of the Northern Expedition gathered together and told everyone Minamoto Mitsunaka's analysis.
Hearing that the main island of Japan was under threat, Ping Zhensheng panicked and said, "Then why are you still staying in Kaesong? The emperor's safety is more important than anything else..."
The Taira family is the most powerful samurai family in Japan, and they are also descendants of the emperor.
Emperor Murakami was unwilling to remain Fujiwara's puppet. He had already secretly contacted the Heike family and planned to transfer the Heike family's power to Iga and Ise in Kinki, thereby entering the central political circles.
The rise and fall of the Taira family depended on Emperor Murakami, and Taira Sadamori cared about the emperor's safety more than anyone else.
"Inappropriate!" Before Ping Zhensheng could finish speaking, Yuan Manzhong had already shouted anxiously.
When Ping Zhensheng saw Yuan Manzhong again, he put his hand on the Japanese sword at his waist and shouted: "Who are you? How dare you talk to me like this?"
The two samurai behind Taira Sadamori took a step forward, waiting for Taira Sadamori's order.
Fujiwara Shisuke said angrily: "Okay, what time has it been? I apologize to Mr. Chang Ping..."
Ping Zhensheng was the general of the garrison, and Chang Lu was a large official, so he was called Chang Pingtai.
Yuan Manzhong bowed and then said: "My subordinates have tried the thieves' ships, and their ships are much faster than ours. We are no match on the water. If we retreat directly, we will surely perish at sea."
Ping Zhensheng snorted: "Then wait here to die? You fled here from Dongnae County, Sangzhou, and you still don't know the current situation? If you continue to stay in Kaesong, even if you can cope with the food and grass, tens of thousands of
The rebels can crush us."
Ping Zhensheng's words left everyone in the conference hall speechless.
Internal and external troubles, enemies on all sides, nothing more than this.
Yuan Manzhong said at this time: "Your Majesty, I have a method that can solve the current problem."
Fujiwara Shisuke hurriedly said: "Speak quickly."
Yuan Manzhong said: "Go all the way south, go to the sea to Tamna Kingdom, and establish a foothold in Tamna Kingdom."
Fujiwara Shisuke's eyes lit up and he said, "Tell me in detail!"
Yuan Manzhong said: "As soon as we are in Goryeo, we will become the target of the Goryeo rebels. The Yu Kingdom in the Central Plains blocked Tsushima Island, probably with the intention of trapping us here. There are now tens of thousands of rebels.
, if it continues, it may be hundreds of thousands. If you stay here, you will die. If you retreat directly, it will be a dead end. If you go to Tamna Kingdom, the situation will be different."
"The Goryeo heroes dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out about Wang Zhao's exclusion in the past. Wang Zhao gave away his son, but did he really think that his child under ten years old could command many powerful heroes? As soon as we left, the rebels
Most conferences, led by powerful people from various places, have fallen into internal strife.”
"For us, it is equivalent to killing an enemy."
"Wonderful!" Shisuke Fujiwara slapped his thigh suddenly and said, "Keep talking!"
Gen Manchu said confidently: "In addition, Tamna Kingdom is far away from Tsushima Island. I believe that no matter how powerful the pirate navy is, it is impossible to blockade all the way to Tamna Kingdom. We can defend the island, no matter how powerful the pirate navy is.
It’s amazing. As long as you land on the shore, you will be like a tiger that fell to the ground. What’s there to be afraid of?”
"In addition, Tamna Kingdom has always been on one side, and there must be a lot of food stored in the country, which we can use to supplement military use. In addition, Tamna Kingdom is very close to Nagasaki, and we can go to Kyushu from here to explore the situation."
Master Fujiwara said: "This method, Shida, can really help us escape from the sea of suffering."
As he spoke, he looked at Ping Zhenmheng and said, "Chang Pingtai, is there any news from Tachibana Yuanbao?"
Ping Zhensheng said dullly: "No, how can messages be transmitted so quickly on the sea?"
He strongly recommended Tachibana Yuanbao to go to Tamluo Kingdom, but there has been no news from him.
But one of the retainers of the Fujiwara family behaved like this, which made him feel embarrassed.
Fujiwara Shisuke smiled proudly and said: "No matter whether Tachibana Enho captures Tamra Kingdom or not, we have to go south. Staying in Kaicheng will lead to death."
He stood up and said: "Send orders to everyone to gather in Huangyuan County. The situation is urgent. I won't wait too much. If it's late, I will find a way to follow."
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Tsushima Island!
Lin Renzhao, who has been stationed on Tsushima Island, is currently receiving Xun Zhi and his colleagues brought from Goryeo.
Relying on the performance of his telescope and naval vessels, Lin Renzhao completely blocked the Tsushima Strait in a short period of time, cutting off the communication between the two countries.
However, in the past two days, no messages were intercepted from the direction of Goryeo and the main island of Japan, which made Lin Renzhao sense that something was wrong.
It makes sense that there is no news from the main island of Japan in the south.
At this time, Kyushu Island was a remote and wild area of the Japanese country, and there was no powerful samurai family. In addition, during the Japanese Northern Expedition, many strong men were recruited from Southern Kyushu to transport grain, grass, and supplies, and most of Southern Kyushu Island was empty.
Chen Decheng swept through the eight countries of Kyushu Island with a devastating force, and has surrounded the Chikuzen Kingdom Grand Zaifu.
The entire Kyushu Island is about to fall, so naturally there is no ability or energy to go to Tsushima Island to investigate the situation.
There has been no news from the direction of Korea, which is a strange thing.
With the food route cut off and contact with the rear lost, the Japanese troops in Goryeo were really not in a hurry at all?
Lin Renzhao felt that something was abnormal, so he sent someone to escort Xun Zhi back to Goryeo to inquire about the news.
Only then did we realize that the rebel forces in Goryeo were all over the territory. In just half a month, they swept all over the country and started a prairie fire. Just like the Japanese country in the south, they had no time to take care of themselves.
"Captain, this is my colleague when he was an official in Sangzhou. His name is Cui Anshu. He has a very clear understanding of the current situation in Goryeo."
Uncle Cui An said with some flattery: "Uncle Cui An has met the governor and wishes the governor good luck in martial arts."
Lin Renzhao stood up with a smile to greet him. Before he saw Uncle Cui An, Xun Zhi had already told him who Uncle Cui An was in front of him.
A flattering villain, he originally served as an official in Kaijing, but because he offended Shuangji, he was demoted to Busan.
She has no ability and no sense of moral integrity. As long as she has breasts, she is a mother.
This time when the Japanese invaded Busan, the one who knelt the fastest was Cui Anshu, and because of this he became a minor official in Busan.
The kind of person with poor character who is despised by thousands of people.
However, Lin Renzhao is not a pedantic person. At this critical moment, the words of such a villain are the most trustworthy.
Because he doesn't have any integrity, as long as he gives a small profit, there is no psychological burden at all in betraying his motherland.
"Get up, I heard Dr. Xun say that Mr. Cui is a know-it-all. It just so happens that I know nothing about the current situation in Goryeo. If Mr. Cui can help me clear up my doubts, I will definitely reward you heavily."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of gold cake that had been prepared from his arms and threw it away.
Thanks to book friend Chen Ermao for the hundred rewards, thank you for your support!