The hurricane in Japan caused the Ming army, which had always had smooth sailing, to suffer heavy casualties for the first time.
The Ming army, which had never experienced such a disaster, would have suffered greater damage if it hadn't been for Qin Tianjian's prompting.
It took seven days for the hurricane to arrive.
In front of this, no large army can resist at all and become vulnerable.
And now, they have truly experienced the situation that the Mongolian and Yuan armies were in when they encountered this hurricane without any precautions.
The hurricane lasted for five days, and it was not until the rain on the sixth day that the weather cleared that Feng Sheng and others walked out of the house.
Looking at the ruin-like scenes outside, Feng Sheng shouted loudly: "What are you still doing? Call all the doctors immediately to save people."
There were too many injured sergeants, and there were also a lot of missing sergeants. No one knew how much of a blow this disaster had caused.
As for the missing ones, there is no need to look for them. Once they disappear, they are basically dead.
Along with the hurricane, there are also extremely heavy rains.
The sound of the tsunami on the beach can be heard very clearly in the city. When everyone is hiding in the house, they are thinking about whether they can survive if the tsunami hits here.
Fortunately, the Japanese are very experienced in hurricanes, especially this city. Although it is not too far from the sea, it has also avoided the scope of the tsunami.
Before, Feng Sheng was thinking about whether to dig a hole in the ground to avoid the hurricane, but now he is optimistic. Fortunately, he did not do so.
Due to the accumulation of water caused by a large amount of heavy rain, the cave will be completely flooded.
Hiding in a cave will only result in drowning alive.
Soon, Liu Rixin rushed over.
The generals, officials, and doctors who accompanied the Ming court naturally had priority when making arrangements, and they all took shelter in strong houses.
"Liu Jianzheng came just in time. Is this hurricane completely over?" Feng Sheng asked hurriedly when he saw Liu Rixin.
"Don't worry, Lord Song, this hurricane has passed. Looking at the sky, there are no signs of hurricanes anymore," Liu Rixin replied.
After hearing this, Feng Sheng felt relieved.
The main thing Liu Rixin came to report was about the trends of the hurricane.
According to the current celestial phenomena, the current hurricane is moving to the north. The north of Kyushu Island is naturally the Honshu Island of Japan.
This news was very critical, so Liu Rixin came to report to Feng Sheng as soon as the hurricane passed.
Because in today's world, there is still a lot of superstition, especially about natural disasters. For example, in the past dynasty, every time there were severe droughts and floods, it was not only a matter of famine, but also a matter of people's hearts.
Even many emperors would choose to issue edicts to sin against themselves.
Liu Rixin's statement about the direction of the hurricane shows that the hurricane did not come because of the conquest of Japan.
But it has always existed in itself, and there is no distinction between Japanese and Ming people.
Feng Sheng was very happy after receiving the news, and immediately sent an order to Feng Cheng: "Send someone immediately to inform all soldiers of the news brought by Liu Jianzheng as soon as possible."
"At the same time, arrange personnel to inform the three His Highnesses about this matter."
Morale is a very critical thing, and it is a very important thing for the army.
Not to mention that the current Ming army officers and soldiers are all far away from home. When they encounter such suffering, they naturally miss their parents, wives and children at home even more.
If it cannot be controlled well, combat morale will be low. For example, some unreliable generals in history may even trigger a mutiny.
Of course Feng Sheng would not let such a thing happen.
When the news spread, the military also began to discuss it.
"Damn it, I thought this hurricane was really something created by these Japanese pirates. It turns out it's because they don't recognize each other."
"How can the Japanese pirates have such ability? They even summon hurricanes. It's ridiculous. If they really have such ability, the world doesn't belong to them anymore."
"It makes sense, but you think we are unlucky? Originally this hurricane was going to hit the Japanese, but we came here and suffered all this in vain."
"Hey, don't tell me, there is such a possibility. I just heard from the people at Jinyiwei that hurricanes happen almost every year here. They are all used to it. Look at the empty house under the house. It's because of the hurricane.
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"I didn't notice it before. It seems that it is true. It seems that these Japanese people are so heartless that even God punishes them every year. We have really saved the Japanese people."
"Have you not heard that these Japanese are also descendants of our Chinese state? They wandered here accidentally when His Majesty the First Emperor sent someone to ask for elixirs."
"Is it true? There is such a thing. Tell me quickly. Tell me quickly what is going on with His Majesty the First Emperor."
Under the guidance of caring people, morale immediately began to rise, especially some of the Jin Yiwei's hidden secrets, who were responsible for fabricating stories to tell the story of the hurricane.
The main purpose is to fully prove that the hurricane is here to kill the Japanese, not the Fukiaki.
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"What are the casualties in the army?" Zhu Di asked Zhang Yu with a sullen face.
Zhang Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Reporting to your lord, now about 7,000 people in our army have disappeared in this hurricane, and about 10,000 people have been injured."
"Military doctors are now doing their best to treat them. Fortunately, most of the injured have only minor injuries, and there are not many serious injuries."
Zhu Di nodded. Under such a disaster, such casualties are still an acceptable number.
For now, the next main focus is on post-disaster reconstruction.
Just as Zhu Di and Zhang Yu were discussing some specific measures, the people who reported the news from Feng Sheng also arrived at Zhu Di.
After taking the letter from the delivery person and reading it, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.
"Zhang Yu, please immediately count how many warriors our army has left to fight. Make preparations immediately. Tomorrow morning, we will set out with my king to conquer."
Zhang Yu was a little confused when he heard this, but since the prince had already spoken, there was no need to worry about it.
Zhu Di, on the other hand, smiled and said: "What a God-given opportunity, this letter says that the Qintian Supervisor has already seen through observing the sky that the current hurricane is heading towards the Japanese island of Honshu."
"This also means that the Japanese will be like us now."
Speaking of this, Zhang Yu, who is known as a good strategist, naturally reacted.
Since the Japanese could not be avoided, a huge fighter plane appeared, and the place where the hurricane passed must be filled with howls.
While causing such heavy casualties to the Ming army, it was also an opportunity.
From a time perspective, the Ming army experienced the devastation of hurricanes five days earlier than the Japanese army.
This means that now, the hurricane of the Ming army has passed, but the hurricane of the Japanese has just begun.
If we start to organize our troops now, we will be able to follow the hurricane and take advantage.
In the short period of time after experiencing the hurricane, the Japanese were definitely unable to react. The Ming army had completely crushed it all the way.
Not to mention directly attacking Honshu Island, but as long as we seize the opportunity, it is not too difficult to conquer all Kyushu Island. It may be easier than imagined.
Zhang Yu, aware of the opportunity of fighting, immediately began to gather the sergeants who could still fight under Zhu Di's orders and began to prepare for tomorrow's expedition.
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"Uncle, can the three princes seize this opportunity?"
"This is a great achievement. With our current military strength, there is no problem in dispatching an army of 50,000. By then, it may only take ten days and a half to defeat the entire Kyushu Island." Feng Cheng said with a tone of voice.
A bit hasty.
Because I missed this time, if I wanted to better attack the Japanese country, it would not be so easy.
Feng Sheng shook his head and said: "No."
"Cheng'er, you have to remember one thing. When we go to Japan to conquer Japan this time, it seems that I am leading the army, but in fact we are just a foil."
"If you steal the glory of the three princes, I'm afraid it will be even worse in the future."
Feng Sheng was very clear-eyed. He understood that when he came to the Japanese country this time, even his majesty and grandson did not tell him, but he was also entrusted with the important task of taking on the role of general to conquer the barbarians.
In fact, it is an escort, similar to the guards of the three princes.
"Then uncle, why don't we tell all the princes this news?" Feng Cheng asked with some confusion.
Feng Sheng smiled and said: "Of course we are not responsible for some things. It depends on the princes' own understanding."
The three princes were in the same place, so naturally they had to compete with each other.
The method of competition is also more in line with the expectations of the capital.
Whether one prince understands it or two, it doesn't matter. Only then will the gap among the three princes gradually widen.
There is no doubt that the prince who reacts first will be able to take advantage of this opportunity to quickly occupy more territory and seize priority in the subsequent competition.
No matter what the situation is, it is relatively in line with expectations.
If one is strong and the other is weak, then the weak two will definitely join forces to resist the strong. We still understand the principle of lip-destroying and tooth-cold.
If there are two strong parties and one weak party, the weak party will become a sweet potato and be won over by both parties. As for the powerful party joining forces to destroy the weak party, this possibility is almost non-existent.
Because the three princes are all familiar with each other and are in a state of conflict and rivalry, this is possible only if they are really against three enemies.
As for the current situation, it is obvious that there are two strong and one weak.
Jin King Zhu Fan, with the help of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, also avoided a large number of casualties to a large extent.
Even in terms of casualties, they were even less than those on Zhu Di's side.
"Your Majesty, it's not too late to go ahead. We should start early to seize the opportunity."
"According to reports from spies, King Yan has begun to reorganize his troops. This is probably what he thought."
After hearing the report from the person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, Jin King Zhu Fan nodded and immediately prepared his army and prepared to start the expedition.
On Feng Sheng's side, because there were the largest number of sergeants and the city itself was relatively strong, casualties were relatively low.
The King of Yan, Zhu Di, has also won over many Japanese nobles. Under the reminder of the Japanese nobles, he prepared to resist the hurricane in advance. Overall, the casualties were not too large.
Jin King Zhu Fan also had the help of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce and his own ruthlessness. Although many Japanese died in the territory, his own combat power was not greatly affected.
Zhu Fan himself had a cruel personality. He used to be so towards the cooks, and the soldiers under his command would often beat and scold him, let alone the Japanese.
Regardless of whether they were Japanese people or Japanese nobles, Zhu Fan treated them all equally. When building fortifications, they were all whipped behind them. If they were even slightly suspected of being lazy, they would be whipped down.
With sufficient preparation, there will naturally be no big problem.
But on the side of King Zhu Su of Qi, the situation was very pessimistic.
Different from the King of Yan and the King of Jin.
King Zhu Shu of Qi himself was a good boy in the capital, but apart from the capital, he was a completely different person.
When he was in the feudal state, he was very extravagant and cruel.
There was no control here and there was still a state of war. A large number of Japanese were directly killed by Qi King Zhu Su.
As for the Japanese women, most of them were used as entertainment for the sergeants, and a few were directly given to meritorious soldiers. The top ones were naturally kept away and enjoyed by themselves.
Such behavior also caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the Japanese people.
King Zhu Shu of Qi didn't care. Anyway, whenever there was any gossip, he didn't have any scruples in his heart and would kill directly.
In just over a month, almost tens of thousands of Japanese were killed.
Because too many were killed, there were not many slaves left.
When Feng Sheng sent the messenger, it happened to be the time when King Zhu Su of Qi was having fun, so he didn't pay much attention to the construction work to prevent hurricanes.
After the hurricane, when the damage is counted, the awareness will be reflected.
Like Zhu Shu, more than 20,000 people disappeared, unable to avoid the hurricane's attack.
The main source of casualties was the underground cave that Feng Sheng had originally thought about.
The subordinate who proposed it is now soaked all over, and with him, there are tens of thousands of sergeants.
It was his idea to dig a hole to avoid the hurricane, but when the heavy rain came, it was immediately flooded.
At present, half of Qi King Zhu Su's 100,000-strong army has been destroyed in a short period of time.
"Come here, dig up Niu Lao Er's body for me. I will whip the corpse myself."
"What the hell? Such a bad idea caused me to lose tens of thousands of soldiers in vain. It is simply not a pity to die."
After suffering losses from his two older brothers, which together were not as big as his own, King Zhu Su of Qi went completely crazy.
Especially after learning that the two brothers are now going to send troops to seize the Japanese territory during the hurricane, I feel even more unhappy.
Although it seems that there are still 50,000 sergeants on the surface, in fact a large number of wounded need to be taken care of, and enough troops must be allocated to guard the slaves.
This also resulted in the fact that apart from the escorting army, there were less than 10,000 soldiers available.
"With insufficient manpower, the city is difficult to defeat. If this is the case, then we will focus on the villages and defeat all the villages nearby."
Zhu Zhu conveyed the military order. He was not stupid. He naturally knew that the morale of the army was low and that victory was urgently needed to stimulate the emotions of the soldiers.