Chapter 329, 330 Concealing the sky... stealing the army
Where did the 35,000 Jiangnan Army go? Of course, they are already waiting to be sent to Haidong. The name is that the Mongolian army is about to land on Jiuzhou Island, and the Yuan court wants to send them back to Jiangnan. Isn’t Li Luo afraid that tens of thousands of Jiangnan Army will go to Haidong and find that they are deceived and will make trouble and leave or even cause trouble?
Don't be afraid.
Because for three months, the soldiers of the Jiangnan Army had long had a basic admiration for Li Luo. Li Luo's generous rewards also made the Jiangnan Army, which had always been treated mean by the Yuan court, be grateful. General Li won many battles and loved soldiers like his sons, and his halo of soldiers had already infected the soldiers by his "personal charm".
But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that more than 70% of the officers of the Jiangnan Army were appointed by Shi Chang of Li Luo's direct army. All the generals of the thousand-level households were Li Luo's direct line.
After several months of war, these Li Luo's direct descendants have long established prestige and firmly controlled military power. At the same time, they have also established a sense of charity with the soldiers. These soldiers are from poor families in Jiangnan and have a strong sense of obedience. The generals and backbones are both Li Luo's people, so it is difficult for them to cause trouble.
During this period, officers often brainwashed their soldiers and talked about stories about paradise, which has laid a lot of groundwork.
Another point is that most of these soldiers in Jiangnan were bachelors who could cross the sea to conquer Japan and were preparing to settle down in Japan. They were mostly bachelors. A few of them were concerned about their families.
Moreover, Li Luo believed in Cui Xiuning's ability, so she would be able to appease the Jiangnan Army's emotions as soon as possible, not only so that they would not backfire, but would also willingly stay in Haidong to serve. These aftermath plans were discussed by Li Luo and Cui Xiuning.
The Jiangnan Army was all so-called "Southern people" and had the lowest status among the fourth-class people. Although they were under the name of the Yuan army, they were actually cannon fodder and were consumed by the Yuan court. Under the guidance of intentional or unintentional, many people gradually understood this truth.
If it weren't for the struggle to survive for the sake of food, who would have been so mean and willing to work hard for the Tartars who bullied themselves?
Staying in a place like Haidong is not a hundred times better than continuing to be bullied when returning to Jiangnan?
Besides, there are still thousands of left-behind soldiers in Haidong, tens of thousands of peasants and soldiers, and there is not no force at all.
Therefore, Li Luo dared to send tens of thousands of Jiangnan troops that had been raised to Haidong without worrying about losing their tails.
Of course, the Jiangnan Army did land on the Siguo Island. Under Li Luo's secret order, Yang Xu and other ten thousand officials led the Jiangnan Army to plunder the empty defense of the Four Kingdoms.
In less than ten days, the Jiangnan army divided its troops out in four directions, capturing and looting nearly a thousand craftsmen, more than 10,000 young and strong women, and by the way, they wiped out the wealthy families of Yi family, Anyi family, Changzong webu family and other families on Shiguo Island. This process also caused a lot of killing.
The reason why so many women were captured was to be wives for the soldiers, not a disaster.
So Li Luo issued a strict order in advance, strictly prohibiting the murder of Japanese women. The women who were captured should also be treated with courtesy. Yang Xu and others told the soldiers that these women were used by the generals to be the muddy family for you, so don’t bully them.
The population of Shikoku Island is only more than 500,000, so most of the young women on Shikoku Island were wiped out.
When Yang Xu and others returned south as planned, the soldiers and prisoners were captured more than 80,000 people. If Li Luo had not captured a large number of Japanese ships, he would not have taken them away at all.
When Li Luo brought more than 10,000 direct troops to Uwawan on Shikoku Island, a fleet of more than 80,000 people was already preparing to set off at the Sada Kok Peninsula.
After Li Luo convened a military convention, he went to visit the soldiers of Jiangnan and told them that when they returned to the south, they would definitely arrange them so that they would live like individuals.
He only said he would go back to the south, but he didn't say that he would go back to the south of the Yangtze River, as the east of the sea is also the south.
General Li's promise immediately surprised and happy the soldiers of the Jiangnan Army. They were all veterans, but the commander never attached them so much. He had said heartwarming words.
"Thank you, General..." Every time Li Luo went to a camp and said these words, he welcomed the soldiers' cheers and thanks.
Next, Li Luo went to the women's prisoner camp and told these poor Japanese girls in Japanese that they would go to a good place. As long as they were honest and obedient, they would definitely live a better life than under the oppression of the four nations. He also promised that as long as they obeyed, they would not be bullied, nor would they be killed.
But if you are disobedient, hum, you're sorry.
Li Luo's words played a little bit, because many women bowed to him. They were all the daughters of the Japanese people at the bottom, and they had no concept of national justice. Now that things have come to this, they just want to survive.
Although hatred and resentment make them suffer, fear is enough to make them surrender. Compared to living well, are many things still important?
Finally, Li Luo organized most of the Haidong direct lineage, including Zheng He's ocean-going fleet, into the Nangui Fleet. The direct lineage still in Japan was only 4,000, including the main ones of Jianghua Township. Although Jianghua Township Yong was his direct lineage, he belonged to the battle sequence of the Goryeo Army.
The craftsmen and population captured in Honshu and Kyushu Island were also incorporated into the Nangui Fleet, which made the Nangui Fleet a population of an astonishing 120,000 people.
Dozens of classic and ancient artifacts that I snatched from Kyoto and Ozaifu, except for some unimportant things that left perfunctory to the Yuanting, brought all the other things back to Haidong.
Yang Xu and Xiao Bei and other generals were both very happy and admired. The lord's trick of concealing the world was so clever. Not only did he swallow tens of thousands of Jiangnan troops in one bite, but he also embezzled so much people and property, but the Yuan court was confused.
He is truly a hero in the world!
Enjoy, great! With such a wise master, are you still afraid that you will not have fame and fortune in the future?
"My lord must take care of you! Once we return, the lord is weak. I beg you not to go to danger. A gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall!" Yang Xu and others begged together when they set off.
It was not until Li Luo agreed to take care of himself that the generals gave the order to start the ship with confidence.
When the Nangui Fleet set sail, Li Luo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the Nangui Fleet successfully arrives at Haidong, most of the goals of the Japanese plan will be completed.
After the Nangui fleet left, Li Luo led the last 4,000 direct troops to stay on Shiguo Island for a few days, symbolically appointed a few Japanese traitors to be county magistrates, and then took a boat back to Jiuzhou Island.
Soon, a good news was passed back to Jiuzhou Island.
The general led more than 10,000 central troops, personally attacked arrows and stones, fought fiercely with tens of thousands of Japanese troops in the four countries, and fought several bloody battles, and finally wiped out the wealthy families of the four countries and pacified the Siguo Island.
A big victory!
However, the central army suffered huge losses due to its small number of enemies. After pacifying the Siguo Island, the central army had only 4,000 people.
As a result, the land division on Jiuzhou Island was only about 30,000. In addition to the 4,000 central troops, there were 7,000 Korean troops, 8,000 Mongolian Semu Army, and 12,000 Jiangnan Army.
It's really tens of thousands of "remnants".
On November 5, the weather was already cold. Li Luo finally waited for the Yuan army.
There were more than 20,000 Yuan troops who came to help, all of them were cavalry with one man and two horses, especially Mongolian cavalry. The head coach of the reinforcements was still Xindu, who fled back to his country a few months ago.
The Yuan court lacked sea ships, and they were both requisitioned and searched for the brigade. It finally formed a fleet of more than 20,000 soldiers and 50,000 horses. So reinforcements arrived at Dazaifu more than a month. However, this was a few days earlier than Li Luo expected.
Xindu was very moved when he landed in Hakata Bay. When he landed a few months ago, he could not land in several bloody battles due to the Japanese stone wall fortress. However, this time, he still entered the land of no one.
Of course it is true to thank Li Luo, but it is true to be jealous of Li Luo.
A small fourth-grade vigor actually has such luck.
When Xindu came outside the city of Dazaifu, Li Luo went out to greet him in person. At this time, more than 20,000 cavalry had already rumbling outside the city, and a large area was magnificent.
When Xindu saw a young man in his early twenties wearing gorgeous Goryeo armor, surrounded by him and left the city, he immediately knew it was Li Luo.
Of course, Li Luo has met Xindu. However, Xindu has no memory of Li Luo, a previous little person.
"Xindu Badu! I finally waited for Xindu Badu Badu like I hoped to rain in time!" Li Luo said in Mongolian as soon as he met.
When Xin's impression of Li Luo's Mongolian language was so skillful and his words were very pleasant, Xin's impression of Li Luo became much better.
However, Xin did not greet the general of the East. Because he wanted to read the imperial edict.
"Li Luo, the general of the East, accept the order!" Xindu jumped off his horse and took out an imperial edict.
Li Luo was mentally prepared, and while kneeling neatly, he thought to himself that he was kneeling down on his son.
"Mr. Li Luo, kneel down to receive the imperial edict! Please beg the emperor!"
Xindu said, "Shan is very good!" After saying that, he ordered the Han officials around him to carry out the imperial edict and recite it.
"In the power of the immortal world, great blessings and protection, the emperor's imperial edict! The imperial edict issued by Marshal Xindu to Li Luo was reported to you the last time you occupied the Nikkei Road in Japan. I am very happy. I am thinking of your great merits in my heart, and I teach Xindu to bring the imperial edict to you."
"If you really have such great contributions, you will be a loyal and brave general of the Dayuan. I have appointed you as the General of the Conquest of the East, and you will be the Marquis of Jianghua County. I will also reward you with the title of Xiaojiu Badu, so that you can enjoy it with great benefit."
"If you really have such great contributions, you will be a good official from Dayuan. I have appointed you as the Pingzhang of the Japanese province, and will be able to govern the Japanese. I will teach him to follow the meaning of the Heaven of Changsheng, and to be a good citizen of Dayuan, discipline the farmer, military, officials, and all kinds of people. If you are respectful and good people, you can arrange for him under the fourth rank."
"The rebellious ones, dissatisfied, and stubborn ones, just kill them, so that they can extinguish their minds and do their own things."
"Xindu and you are not in trouble. He is also a marshal of Du, and you are also a general. Every two of you fight separately. If he is not big, you go, if you are not big, you go. But if you are not big, you still have to discuss the military affairs. This is the meaning of using strength together."
"If the air is cold today, I will consider your benefits and give you black fox leather and clothes to warm up the discipline. Every time the soldiers work hard, they will die and be injured, they will be good soldiers. I will give you 10,000 fat sheep, Alaji wine, horse milk wine, wine, and mala wine, so that they can enjoy it... Immortal."
Li Luo knelt on the ground, and almost laughed as he listened to the imperial edict.
The imperial edicts written by old rural farmers are probably more elegant than Kublai Khan's imperial edicts.
But the problem is that Kublai Khan was a man of high talent and had been in the Han area for many years and had been in the early days. How could he write such a vulgar vernacular imperial edict? That uncle was not so illiterate. He could not speak to the Han ministers so vulgar.
The reason is actually very simple. The person who wrote the imperial edict was definitely not Kublai himself, but the Mongolian Hanlin Academy. This is the imperial edict written by the Mongolian Hanlin Academy based on Kublai's meaning.
Officials of the Hanlin Academy are all talented and well-educated people. But if you add the word Mongolia in front of the Hanlin Academy, it will be very different.
The officials such as the Imperial Bachelor, Attendant, Yingzheng and other officials in the Mongolian Hanlin Academy sounded extremely literary, but in fact they were all Mongolian nobles. These Mongolian Hanlin Academy did not have the culture of making them shoot arrows and chop people, but they should not be too difficult for them to write imperial edicts.
Being able to write such a Chinese imperial edict is really a cultural person among the Mongolian nobles.
Li Luo was not surprised when he heard that he had been granted the title of Pingzhang, the Marquis of Jianghua County, and was awarded the title of "Xiaojiu Badu", because of the great military merits of the Yuan Dynasty, he had long expected that the title of the title would definitely be small.
Moreover, Li Luo was very dissatisfied with the title of "Xiao Jiu Badu". Ba is both a transliteration of the Mongolian word "Warrior" and also translated as Batulu. The great traitor Zhang Hongfan gave him the title of "Jiu Badu", and Kublai Khan gave him "Xiao Jiu Badu", which means "Xiao Zhang Hongfan". It would be strange if Li Luo was satisfied.
"My husband Li Luo received the order, thank the priest for the kindness of heaven!" Hearing the Han official's recitation of "Qin Zai", Li Luo immediately thanked him, stood up and took over the imperial edict from the Han official.
When I opened it, I saw that my words were like a primary school student. I didn’t say anything, but there were only typos. Fortunately, I understood the meaning very well. Li Luo couldn’t help but look up at the Han official and saw that he looked hard.
"Haha, Xiaojiu Badu, this is the black fox leather jacket that the Great Khan rewards you!" Xindu smiled enthusiastically, and with a wave of his hand, a personal soldier held a black fox cloak and handed it to Li Luo.
Then, his official title and official seal tokens were issued to him one by one by Xindu.
From this moment on, Li Luo was the real general of the East, the Marquis of Jianghua County, and the political affairs of the Japanese province Pingzhang, and a dignified official from the first-rank border.
This is also a major feature of the Yuan Dynasty's politics. As long as the military achievements are great enough, there is no limit on promotion. It is common for people to be promoted to several ranks suddenly and they are willing to give them a title. This is completely unimaginable in the Song and Ming dynasties.
Then, the Privy Council and the Ministry of Personnel recognized the official positions appointed by Li Luo in place of the imperial court under temporary expediency, such as the ten thousand households and thousand households of Mongolian generals such as Zhezha, and the position of the general manager of Xihai Road, who was short of Erxinzi. The Yuan court also agreed with the abolition of the country and the county.
Everyone is very happy.
"Xindu Badu, please come to the city! I have already set up a banquet in the city to wash away the dust of Xindu Badu!" Li Luo said.
"Since the host is so hospitable, I, a guest, will not be polite." Xindu said with something in his words.
Li Luo sneered in his heart and said, "That's wrong with Xindubadu. Why are you the master? The master of Jiuzhou Island and Xiuning City is Dayuan and the emperor!"
Xindu laughed and even said, "Xiao Jiubadu, it's me who said nothing." Although Xindu was polite on the surface, the arrogance of the Mongolian nobles still made him look down on Li Luo from the bottom of his heart.
Humph, no matter how big a Korean official is, he is also a slave of the Mongolian nation. A small fourth-rank man who won a few battles by chance and occupied Jiuzhou Island, would he really think he could be on par with me?
Is the country of Dayuan big? Big? But no matter how big the country is, it is also owned by the Mongolians.
Thinking that Li Luo was just a small general under his command a few months ago, but now he is on par with him, Xin was very disgusting.
Li Luo didn't know what Xindu was thinking? But he didn't care at all. He smiled and said, "Xindu is the one who comes to the city. I'll introduce you to someone later."
Oh? Xindu saw Li Luo's expression a little proud. Although he was curious, he was too lazy to ask again.
The banquet was held in the former Dazaifu Council Hall Palace. Not only did the Yuan army generals come, but the Shao Er Jingzi and the Japanese monarchs and ministers also come.
The best Kabuki in Ozaifu also came to the banquet and performed.
At the banquet, Xindu finally met the guest Li Luo wanted to introduce.
"My little country, please pay homage to the Lord of the Supreme People." The emperor and son of Guishan, who were called by Li Luo to attend the banquet, bowed to Li Luo immediately.
Hum? Xin couldn't understand Chinese, but when he saw these two people's noble demeanor, he seemed to have guessed something, and his face changed slightly.
Sure enough, Li Luo said in Mongolian words, "Xindu Badu, the emperor of Japan, has stood up respectfully like a slave at this time!"
What!
Although Xindu guessed something, he was still shocked when he heard Li Luo's words.
He actually captured the emperor of the Japanese Kingdom! This is another great achievement! If this achievement goes up, I am afraid that Li Luo's Marquis of Jianghua County will become Prince of Jianghua County.
He also knew that the Japanese emperor was a puppet, but no matter how much he was, he was also the king of a country.
Suddenly, Xin Du's contempt for Li Luo could not help but fade a little, but his jealousy became a little bit more.
"Pour wine for me!" Xindu immediately spread his anger on the Emperor Guishan and his son.
The Guishan and his son couldn't understand Mongolian language, but they also knew that this tall and majestic Mongolian general was very powerful, so they had to look at Li Luo for help.
Li Luo smiled and said, "The Lord of Guishan, this is the Dayuan clan, the Marshal of the Ridu, Lord Xindu. He asked you to pour wine for him."
What? The Guishan and his son were shocked at first, and then they felt a deep humiliation.
But how dare they refuse?
Guishan's face turned red. After hesitating for a while, he finally mentioned the wine pot on the Xindu table.
"Your Majesty, no!" Suddenly, a Japanese minister stood up at the banquet. It was Da Nayan's loyalty to the Kyushou.
Although Kyujo Tadakhsho was "invited" to attend the banquet, he felt humiliated and angry from the bottom of his heart, but in order not to implicate the Emperor, he still came.
At this time, seeing the Mongolian nobleman forcing His Majesty to pour wine, the Kyujo Tathagata couldn't help but stand up.
Jiuzhao Zhongjiao walked to Xindu, bowed deeply, and said in a humble and arrogant manner, "The ministers of a small country are not talented, and are willing to pour wine for the adults." After that, he was about to pick up the wine pot.
"Bastard! You are just a slave. What qualifications do you have to pour wine for your master? Get out!" Although Xindu couldn't understand Chinese, he knew what the other party meant.
He was defeated in front of Li Luo and had decided to vent his anger on the monarch and ministers of Najib.
When Jiuzhao Zhongshuo saw the Mongolian general angry, he still said with a thorn in his mouth, "Master, although my lord is a prisoner of Chu, he is the king of a country after all. When he goes to Dadu, he also wants to see the Emperor of Dayuan and ask the general..."
Xindu was very tired of hearing this string of Chinese that he couldn't understand. He also knew that the other party dared to stop him, and immediately developed a murderous intent.
"Come on! Drag and behead!"
"Zhe!" Two Mongolian warriors immediately stepped forward.
The monarchs and ministers present here were shocked to see this situation.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Li Luo immediately said in Mongolian words, "Xindu is the capital, and act slowly. Why should the noble master be like a humble slave? Today, most of the country is still in the hands of the Hojo family. If you kill people randomly, it will arouse civil unrest, and it will not be conducive to the later surrender."
Xindu sneered, "Humph, hunters do not need to subdue prey. The killing of warriors will naturally make them obedient like lambs."
Li Luo raised his glass and said, "But when he was summoning them, he promised to send them to Dadu safely. Please give Xindu a chance to do it, so don't make it difficult to do it."
Xindu thought about it and felt that it would be better to sell Li Luo for the sake of his face. At least it should not be too irritating on the surface. Before he came, Dahan had explained that the overall situation should be the priority.
"Okay, I won't know them." Xindu nodded indifferently and stopped the warriors from attacking.
The king and minister of the Japanese king also breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but feel grateful to Li Luo. Although Li Luo was a conqueror, he was undoubtedly much better than this Mongolian general.
Why did Li Luo help the monarch and ministers of Japan? Because he would still use the monarch and ministers of Japan in the future.
Xindu drank a few glasses of wine and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are left under Xiaojiu Badu's command now?"
"Thirty thousand." Li Luo said without hesitation, "It's not counting as a navy."
Xindu nodded. Well, the 30,000 troops were indeed mostly lost. However, Xindu still proposed to go to the military camp to reward the soldiers on behalf of the Khan.
Li Luo was prepared for a long time, so of course he was not afraid or refused to see Xin.
As soon as the banquet ended, Xindu and the Mongolian generals accompanied by Li Luo went to the camp of the Eastern Army.
Soon Xindu and others confirmed that Li Luo had only 30,000 mainland troops under his command. They were all veterans in the army, so it was natural to tell how many soldiers and horses were very different.
"The last general, Zhezha, have seen the Grand General of Xindu!" When Zhezha saw Xindu, he quickly saluted, not daring to neglect at all.
"Xiao Jiubadu, this Zhezha is a Mongolian general. The Khan said that all Mongolian Semu Army will be assigned to our army. Xiao Jiuba will not object, right?" Xindu smiled proudly for the first time. This was his killing move.
Of course, he did not dare to forge an edict, and the Khan did say this.
How could the Mongolian army be handed over to the commander of the Goryeo? That was just a temporary measure that was forced. Now that he is here, how can Li Luo be qualified to continue to command the Mongolian warriors? Isn’t that a joke?
"Haha, Xindubadu is joking. Zhezha was originally a subordinate of Xindubadu. She is just a temporary leader. Now that you are here, Zhezha's subordinate will naturally be assigned by you." Li Luo said with no concern.
This was also expected by his expectations. How could the Yuan court continue to let him command the Mongolian army?
When Tsaiza was transferred away, he had no cavalry under his command. He just made an excuse not to fight tough battles and only used a partial division to attack the empty Kansai, throwing the hard bones of the shogunate to Xindu to chew. Then, after a while, you can find an excuse to leave Japan.
Haha, he couldn't.
Chapter completed!