On May 25, the main force, which had been floating on the sea for more than four months, finally arrived at Mishima under the cover of a huge fleet. Hachijo Island, Mikura Island and Miyake Island were all turned into large barracks.
The three islands gathered five battleships, 28 heavy destroyers, 46 frigates and hundreds of patrol ships, wind speedboats, tens of thousands of naval forces, more than 6,000 Beijing Forbidden Forces, and container ships.
, more than a hundred merchant ships of various colors, with more than 8,000 people carrying baggage, maintenance, and labor.
Long-distance sailing is very hard, but fortunately there are island stations to support it along the way. You can disembark and rest for a day or two every few days. In addition, the fleet is equipped with a large number of monks to accompany you. There are not many casualties at sea, only a dozen cases.
That's all. But many of them were sick and weak, and five to six hundred people were left on the islands along the way. After they recovered, they could be replaced by boat.
When Zhang Juzheng got off the ship, he was still holding someone in his hand. It was Zeng Ruming, the commander of the Three Thousand Battalion who was ordered to command the troops. As a military general, this gentleman was not as energetic as Zhang Juzheng. He looked sluggish. However, he had appeared again when the ship docked just now.
Vomited.
It's not his fault. Zhang Juzheng was taught by Zhao Ran, but he didn't. At this moment, he endured the discomfort, broke away from Zhang Juzheng's hands, and kowtowed to Zhao Ran: "I will see the abbot at the end, uh..."
Zhao Ran comforted: "Commander Zeng has worked hard. He has lost a lot of weight during this long voyage." Zeng Ruming used to be as fat as a ball, but now his body is clearly stretching up and down, which shows how much the seasick man suffered.
Zeng Ruming was helped down to rest, but the two generals came running from a distance, and they all bowed at Zhao Ran's feet. Zhao Ran was delighted when he saw it, and they were acquaintances. They were the first two thousand soldiers to rebel when the capital was suppressing the rebellion.
Hu, Liu Wenlong and Li Sanhu. These two have now been promoted to commanders. They volunteered to conquer Yingzhou this time and became Zeng Ruming's deputies.
Zhao Ran helped them up and encouraged them: "You have come a long way, but your body and bones are still strong? The army will attack soon, and you two must work hard to move forward."
Liu Wenlong said: "Abbott, just look at it, it's just Yingzhou, you can go there day and night!"
Li Sanhu wiped away his tears and said: "I haven't seen the abbot for a long time. I have lost my temper. I hope that the abbot will forgive me. Don't worry, abbot. I will definitely fight wherever I want. I will defeat him in battle! Otherwise, I will kill myself in front of the abbot!"
On the first day of June, fleet commander-in-chief Chen Shandao held a supreme military meeting on the battleship Nanzhili to deploy the offensive strategy. Zhao Ran, as a fleet consultant, made specific arrangements on behalf of Chen Shandao.
He said: "This time in the battle in Yingzhou, the first thing we have to make clear is what is the ultimate goal of our battle? Who can tell me?"
This question stunned everyone. Tingfeng Taoist couldn't help but asked: "In order to incorporate Yingzhou into Taoism and Ming Dynasty?"
Zhao Ran said: "No! This is a means, not the ultimate goal. I hope you will keep in mind that our ultimate goal is to save the thousands of common people who are lost here and bring them back to civilization from the ignorance that is far away from civilization.
, a world of wealth and pursuit, and rescuing them from the hands of corrupt generals, daimyo, family members, and priests. This is the real purpose of us traveling thousands of miles to Yingzhou."
While everyone was looking at each other, Zhao Ran introduced: "Therefore, as a civilized and moral teacher, based on our ultimate goal, it is strictly forbidden to kill civilians indiscriminately in this battle. Our combat targets are the generals and their generals I just mentioned.
Staff, daimyo, family members, priests, and the samurai under their control are the five categories of people, please don’t make a mistake.”
Zeng Ruming asked: "How should we identify and distinguish? Brothers are new here, and sometimes it is difficult to distinguish the people the abbot mentioned."
Zhao Ran said: "The distinction is actually very simple. Anyone who maliciously resists the heavenly soldiers belongs to the five types of people I just mentioned. These five types of people who are extremely evil must be eradicated."
Zeng Ruming continued to ask: "Abbott, what if ordinary people hold knives... and resist maliciously?"
Zhao Ran shook his head: "It's absolutely impossible. How can the common people resist maliciously? We are the righteous and heroic troops who rescued them. They will have no other thoughts except gratitude. The situation you mentioned is absolutely impossible. Even if it happens.
Yes, they are the five types of people I mentioned, not ordinary people. Well, Commander Zeng reminded me very well. I want to remind the soldiers on this point that they must not be careless, pay attention to distinguish, and don't be fooled by the enemy's illusions.
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Zeng Ruming raised his hand again: "Abbott, what if the five types of people put down their weapons and surrendered to our army?"
Zhao Randao: "We are teachers of benevolence and righteousness, teachers of civilization. Of course, we cannot easily kill prisoners except for the most heinous crimes. The soldiers can accept surrender, but after they accept the surrender, we must pay attention to helping them complete the transformation of their thoughts and identities. Their thoughts must be Taoist.
, Xiang Ming, the identity must be consistent with that of ordinary people."
Everyone nodded, especially the generals, and gradually began to have enthusiastic exchanges on how to transform the five categories of people into civilians. This exchange became lively with Zhao Ran's supplementary explanation.
What Zhao Ran added was a plan on how to return the seizures to the treasury and distribute them to various ministries in proportion.
During the heated discussion, subtitles were printed on the whiteboard behind Yang Xianxian: "I heard that the people of Yingzhou have an emperor. How should we deal with it?"
Zhao Ran replied: "You must have heard wrong, don't listen to the wind and it will be the rain..." After a pause, he said to the Tingfeng Taoist who was confused because he was distracted: "If you don't listen carefully, it has nothing to do with you."
Then he continued to Yang Xian: "...Even the people of Yingzhou themselves have basically only heard of generals. As for the emperor, there is only one emperor in the world, and that is Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty. The rest are all arrogant people."
After everyone discussed for a while, Zhao Ran distributed military affairs: "The army was divided into two groups. Tingfeng Daoren led the battleship Henan, the heavy destroyer Kaifeng, Guide, Huaiqing, Zhangde, and eight frigates to patrol the sea.
Sixteen ships and wind speedboats formed the Northern Expedition Fleet, which circled the north of Yingzhou, covered the landing of Liu Wenlong's troops, and occupied the Izumo Kingdom and Iwami Kingdom."
Tingfeng Taoist and Liu Wenlong both received the military order, and Zhao Ran warned: "The march must be fast and fierce. The warships and troops of the Yingzhou people are confronting the Qingqiu fleet south of the island and on the east island. You must march from behind.
A violent attack can be said to be taking advantage of a weak point. After occupying Izumo and Iwami countries, the treasury of the feudal daimyo was immediately sealed, and the warehouses of the Ginzan mining field were also sealed, but destruction was strictly prohibited."
Zhao Ran continued: "The main force of the fleet continued to march northward to Oshima, using Oshima as a springboard, and landed in Odawara. The main force of the landing included the Thousand People of the Fleet Dare Squadron commanded by Zeng Zeng, the headquarters of the Three Thousand Battalion, the headquarters of Li Sanhu's Fifth Military Camp, and the fleet commanded by Zhou Keli.
After Odawara, Zhou Keli commanded Dao to stand up and garrison Odawara. Commander Zeng and Li Sanhu went straight to Kyoto. The two units were unified and controlled by Zeng. A detailed map is now issued. "
After the map was issued, its sophistication immediately caused the generals to exclaim. Zhao Ran smiled and said: "Every department will reorganize its troops. The fleet heading north will set off in three days, and the main army will march in five days!"