That is, October every year is the time to harvest rice.
This time is the most important for all the people of the Japanese country. Even if there are so many famous names and various warlords are everywhere, they will choose to cease the war at this time.
This has been a customary rule of Japan since ancient times.
If there were no rules, the Japanese country would be even more chaotic as it was so big.
And now, it's already August.
In two months, it will be harvest season.
The various daimyo of Japan, especially the shogunate, began to become a little anxious.
Currently, most of Kyushu Island is controlled by the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force. They obviously don't want all the food on Kyushu Island to be taken over by the Ming Dynasty.
"There are so many Japanese pirates!"
Da Niu and Er Gou patted themselves on the edge of the grass, looking at the open space ahead, where thousands of Japanese troops were marching forward.
With excellent military equipment, one can tell at a glance that they are the elite troops of the Japanese. These are all fighting soldiers, and there are not many auxiliary troops following them, obviously for faster mobility.
"Good fellow, there are so many Japanese bandits. If we capture them, wouldn't it be a great achievement?" Daniel's eyes were shining.
Ergou heard the words and immediately said: "Brother Daniu, you are crazy. There are thousands of people here. How can you just go up and die like this?"
Daniel was also speechless and said: "Whether you are stupid or I am stupid, you must go back and report the whereabouts of the Japanese bandits. This is a great achievement. Maybe both of us can give a military order."
"I heard from the army that now in the capital, His Highness Taisun has issued a new decree to reform the salary of officials. Even the smallest official, as long as he can become one, he will not have to worry about food and drink, and there will be something left over.
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"If we can take advantage of this opportunity to fight against the Japanese and get a part-time job as an official, we will be able to live in fine clothes and have no worries about food and drink."
Ergou's eyes immediately lit up when he heard this, and the two of them immediately returned to the military camp.
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Da Niu and Er Gou were auxiliary soldiers in Zhu Di's army.
When Zhu Di got the news, he immediately laughed heartily:
"The public searched for him hundreds of times, and it took no effort to find him!"
Zhu Di was a little excited. He grew up in a military camp. When he was fighting in many wars, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts were all on his eldest son, so naturally he had less discipline and more discipline.
When he was young, Zhu Di was described as young but brave, tall, ambitious, good at rangers, and good at riding and shooting.
To put it simply, he is a martial artist, so being able to say these two sentences is really something he got in a matter of seconds.
Of course, most of the people following him were illiterate. When they heard these words, they felt the same and clapped their hands and applauded on the spot.
Only the smile on Zhang Yu's face was a bit embarrassing.
The war is about to break out.
In terms of fighting, Zhu Di really had no fear of anyone, especially after learning the general marching route of the Japanese army, he immediately mobilized all his troops, quickly encircled and suppressed them, and set up an ambush.
In just half a day, they were caught off guard against more than 3,000 Japanese troops.
The nearly two thousand Japanese troops immediately became Zhu Di's prisoners.
This was under the personal command of Zhu Di, so naturally no Japanese leader could compete.
But as far as the war situation on the entire Kyushu Island is concerned, it is still very unfavorable for the Ming Dynasty.
Because of the different languages, most of the Japanese people's thoughts are towards the emperor.
Although there were disputes over the emperor of the Japanese country during the previous Northern and Southern Dynasties, in any case, the emperor system of the Japanese country had a profound impact on the Japanese people.
The Emperor of Japan is known as a lineage for eternity.
In other words, as the spiritual symbol of the Japanese country, the existence of the emperor has never changed since ancient times.
However, the Japanese warriors from Honshu Island carried the banner of His Majesty the Emperor. Except for a few Japanese nobles who had defected to the Ming army, most Japanese people were still loyal to the emperor.
This also made the Japanese common people and Japanese warriors unite to deal a very complicated blow to the Ming Dynasty's expeditionary force.
The number of deaths was not large, and even the number of Japanese warriors died was much higher than that of the Ming army.
But in terms of morale, the Ming army was constantly declining, while the Japanese army was constantly rising.
From the perspective of most Japanese soldiers today, their crusade against Japan and their arrival in a foreign country are equivalent to rootless people.
Unlike the big battles imagined by most Ming armies, in most cases, the Ming armies ruled the local people, which made the so-called achievement of achievements much more troublesome.
Jin Wang Zhu Fan's side was in a similar situation.
Although they have the help of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, the people in the Chamber of Commerce are still relatively lacking in fighting. When it comes to the actual battle, they can only rely on Zhu Fan to make the decision.
When the Japanese began to invade Kyushu Island, a tug-of-war-like fight began.
There was nothing that the Japanese could do if they did not fight the Ming army head-on, because on a frontal battlefield, the Japanese army was completely vulnerable.
It is true that a soldier never tires of deceit. In such an environment, many insidious tricks were used.
For example, poisoning the water sources of the Ming army.
Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, no matter how much arsenic is put into the water source, it will not kill people.
No matter what kind of poison it is, there is always a dosage. When it is diluted with water, if you drink it into Dao Mingjun's stomach, it will cause a stomachache. If you say it kills a few, you are just kidding.
However, this is also a very troublesome matter for the Ming army.
More and more Japanese samurai began to join the battlefield on Kyushu Island.
Thanks to the development since the Tang Dynasty, even the Japanese country, which experienced a great chaos, cannot be underestimated in terms of military strength.
The spontaneously formed samurai team, as well as the soldiers sent by the shogunate, totaling about 200,000 soldiers, came directly to Kyushu Island.
In terms of the number of soldiers, the Japanese army had more soldiers than the Ming army.
There was no possibility of a head-on confrontation between them.
The artillery alone was an existence that was difficult for the Japanese to contend with.
After successive victories, the Japanese army began to become more courageous. On one occasion, they summoned 50,000 people to attack Feng Sheng's military camp.
Obviously they also understand the principle of catching the thief first.
However, the deafening sound of dozens of artillery fire immediately frightened most of the Japanese warriors.
The Japanese fled away, leaving behind seven or eight thousand corpses. From then on, no Japanese name dared to propose a head-on confrontation with the Ming army.
In comparison, Yao Guangxiao's side was much more ruthless, so much so that after half a month, no Japanese were willing to come into contact with Yao Guangxiao's camp.
What kind of person is Yao Guangxiao?
When he visited Songshan Temple in his early years, the physiognomist Yuan Gong said to him: "You are a strange monk! The eye sockets are triangular, like a sick tiger, with inevitable nature and a hobby of killing.
Yao Guangxiao, instead of being angry about this, was extremely happy.
Because that's what he is.
In his own words, he only cares about the way of heaven and does not care about the people's will.
The Japanese like to lurk, right?
Okay, then let’s strengthen the walls and clear the fields.
A large number of Japanese people were driven directly to live in the vicinity of the Goryeo army. A large number of people died as a result, and they could no longer take care of the rice.
How could the Japanese warriors endure it?
However, Yao Guangxiao had already set up an ambush, and a large number of Japanese warriors died tragically on the spot.
There is no need to chase the enemy. Under the command of Yao Guangxiao, a group of Goryeo generals led nearly 20,000 Goryeo soldiers and directly pursued the Japanese warriors.
The military order issued by Yao Guangxiao is that as long as you can't chase him to death, you will chase him to death.
He was determined to chase the Japanese samurai all the way to the rear and beat them.
Behind the Goryeo Army was the military discipline team headed by Wei Guang.
Anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be killed!
The death of the Japanese was not in the eyes of Yao Guangxiao. Naturally, the situation was similar in Goryeo.
Under this situation, a large number of casualties began to occur, and this was what the Japanese were most afraid of.
"The national teacher is wise. In this battle, more than 3,000 Japanese bandits were beheaded and 5,000 were captured."
"National Master, please see how to deal with it."
After a battle, the general of Goryeo came to Yao Guangxiao to ask for credit and reward.
Of course, what they wanted most was to take a break. The high-intensity pursuit for seven or eight consecutive days had brought the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Goryeo army to its lowest point.
Yao Guangxiao also knew not to push too hard, so after promising a certain reward, he began to let the Korean army rest.
From this point on, a tug-of-war against Japan began.
On the Honshu Island side, the shogun and the emperor were constantly receiving the latest military intelligence reports from the rear, and they were extremely nervous.
The emperor, on his side, has begun to continuously send Japanese envoys to the Ming Dynasty capital.
Since the beginning of the war, three waves of envoys have been sent out. In addition to hundreds of envoys, there are also a large amount of money, treasures, and beautiful women.
I just hope that Ming Dynasty can stop this conquest of Japan.
Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, on his side, constantly contacted the guardian daimyo in various places.
He wanted to concentrate all the military power of the Japanese country to resist the conquests of the Ming Dynasty and Korea.
The Japanese country is known as the Sixty-Six Kingdoms.
Among them, there are nine countries in Kyushu Island.
They are Osumi, Satsuma, Hyuga, Bungo, Bunzen, Chikuzen, Chikugo, Hizen, and Higo.
Among them, except Bungo Kingdom and Bunzen Kingdom, the remaining five countries were occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and two countries were occupied by Goryeo.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu now wants all countries to persuade the guardian daimyo of each country to hoard their troops towards Bungo and Bunzen.
In the previous strategy, the retreat of the Japanese troops on Kyushu Island basically took place between these two countries.
In other words, today's Bunzen and Bungo countries are guarded by an extremely large number of Japanese troops.
The geographical location of these two countries is very critical. Once they are lost, Kyushu Island will be completely occupied, and Honshu Island will face the danger of the Ming Army and the Goryeo Army.
Currently, the annual output of fields on Kyushu Island is approximately 2.9 million koku.
In other words, the area occupied by the Ming army and Goryeo had a grain production area of two million shi.
This is also the reason why the Japanese are becoming anxious now.