The people Li Mu brought were all complex talents. Among the Jinyi guards he brought, there were bricklayers and carpenters, and all of them had obtained qualification certificates. These people were building brick kilns, logging, building crossbows, cannons, etc. that day.
All the equipment needed to defend and attack the city can be manufactured.
On the other side, Li Mu used the printing tools on the ship to print a lot of "leaflets" for the king of Yamabeo. The leaflets were full of pictures and texts, enumerating the sins of the Soga family, and at the same time telling the people of Japan that their emperor had come to the throne improperly, and that the real emperor
, he should be the eldest brother of Shanbei.
Moreover, Yamabeo's elder brother had the support of the Celestial Empire and was recognized as the king of Japan by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. However, the pseudo-emperor of Soga Ezo was not recognized by the Celestial Empire. The Celestial Empire had already sent a fleet to attack him, and a war was about to break out in the near future.
Before the war begins, if you can turn from darkness to light and join the side of Brother Shanbei who is supported by the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire will not only let things go, but will also give you preferential treatment. The preferential treatment includes reading, literacy, and teaching skills. It can be said that you can neither suffer a loss nor be fooled.
If you are a noble family and choose to support the eldest brother King Shanbei, you will have the opportunity to return to the Central Plains with the Celestial Fleet to study. Whether you are a 'study abroad monk' or an 'abroad student', the Tang Dynasty will give you preferential treatment.
If you are doing business, you can also get priority at Mingzhou Port. Depending on your merits, you can get franchise rights with different years. Just imagine, if there is only one company operating silk in the Central Plains in Japan, how much profit will it make?
As the ships spread out along the coastline, all kinds of benefits basically covered all social strata. They were spread from one to ten and to one hundred. Under the control of the Soga family, they still could not stop the circulation of leaflets. Within ten days, the Japanese Kingdom
Basically everyone knows about the four islands.
Su Wo, who had been hesitating, finally made up his mind to regain his strength and start a war with Li Mu.
They have reached the point of retreat and have no choice.
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After these ten days, the power of the eldest brother King Shanbei has also made great progress. It has to be said that the power of the leaflets is very powerful. Or maybe the Suga clan has been in power for many years and offended too many people, or maybe Shanbei has
There are also many die-hard loyalists who have gone into hiding for Brother Bei. In short, in ten days, a lot of warriors have been recruited.
The samurai of the Japanese country have one advantage. That is, they do not need to be issued weapons. Only those with weapons are qualified to become samurai. Many people's weapons have been passed down for more than ten generations. With this weapon, future generations
Children and grandchildren will have a bowl of food to eat.
In the Japanese country with low metallurgical level, it was very difficult to have a weapon. In the relatively isolated Japanese country, whoever could win over more people with weapons for their own use could control the entire country.
The rise of the Soga clan was due to the fact that the Soga clan was the largest smuggler in Japan during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. They traded with the coast of the Central Plains and took advantage of the troubled times to obtain a lot of weapons. With these weapons and the wealth gained from trade
, trained samurai in captivity, and gradually stood at the pinnacle of the Japanese power.
In just ten days, the number of warriors who returned with each ship exceeded 2,000. The Tang fleet, the smallest thousand-stone ship, was larger than the largest turtle ship of Japan. They galloped along the coast without any rivals. The Soga clan
The ships wanted to intercept them, but they couldn't even catch up, let alone fight.
These ships successfully transported the people to the first stronghold, where there were Jin Yiwei waiting to train them.
Although the Japanese samurai are called samurai, their combat effectiveness is worrying. The combat effectiveness mentioned here is not the combat effectiveness of fighting alone, but the combat effectiveness of team fighting.
Fighting alone and fighting to the death, the Japanese warriors are not much inferior to the Jinyiwei. This is related to their fighting methods. The ordinary Jinyiwei's fighting method is usually to fight head-on. However, the Japanese warriors fight at all costs.
No need to go to extremes, any despicable means can be used. In this way, although the Jin Yiwei are generally stronger than the Japanese warriors, if they really fight to the death, the outcome can only be about 60 to 40.
But if it is a team battle, the Japanese warriors will only be killed. After training, the Jinyiwei will basically have three or five battle formations that change at any time. In the battle formation, each member relies on each other and helps each other, and the combat effectiveness is not the same.
It is as simple as adding one to equal two. However, Japanese warriors fought alone. If they were asked to cooperate, not only would they not be able to achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two, but they would often have side effects and accidentally injure their own people.
It’s easy to imagine what the consequences will be if one goes down and the other goes up.
What Jin Yiwei wanted to train was this combined attack method. But Li Mu still had his own intentions. He didn't want the Japanese warriors to learn the combined attack method in battle formations and one day use it on the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty, so he asked Jin Yiwei to train them in a targeted way.
Training. Only training battle formations with restraint methods. In this way, if there is a conflict with the Japanese country in the future, the Tang army and people will also have ways to defeat the enemy.
And they are used to battle formations. Even if there are flaws, they can't do anything about it. An effective battle formation has been tempered for thousands of years, and it is not easy to improve. If flaws exist, they will make up for them.
No.
Hearing that Suga's people were attacking, Li Mu gathered the people from the three strongholds to a stronghold along the coast. He dug trenches and traps, used mechanism skills to set up mechanisms, and waited for their arrival.
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Soga and his son learned a lesson this time. In order to avoid encountering landmines again, they captured a lot of animals and drove them towards the stronghold. Not to mention, this method was effective. Many of the traps and traps they arranged were
The beasts were mixed up.
Seeing that it was effective, Soga and his son were overjoyed. They did not rush to attack. They sent their warriors and captured a lot of animals, intending to clear out all the traps in front of them. If there were no terrible explosive traps, Soga would rely on the superiority of his troops.
The father and son believed that even if the opponent was a soldier from the Heavenly Kingdom, they would definitely win.
We are all made of flesh and blood. Three lives for one life, or five lives for one life. How many people do you have in the Tang army?
The second wave of traps was obviously much less triggered. Soga and his son felt relieved. They fired a bunch of arrows randomly and urged their samurai to charge.
The war between Japan and Japan is as simple as that.
Compared with the Central Plains, the Japanese country did not have tall city walls or horses. Most of the time, they could only charge on foot. Arrows were used less, and they were all one-on-one fighting.
This is why later generations of historians often find themselves dumbfounded when studying the history of Japan.
There are many "big" battles recorded in the history of the Japanese Kingdom. Looking at the written records, you might think they were big battles. In fact, if you analyze them carefully, they were equivalent to two counties in the Central Plains.
Even two villages can be described with a sense of epicness.
Their so-called aristocratic families, daimyo, etc. are equivalent to Li Zheng and village chiefs. As a result, most Chinese historians have little interest in the history of Japan.
The warriors charged over the mountains and plains. They seemed huge, but in fact there were only two or three thousand warriors. It was not that the Soga family could not find more people. In fact, this battlefield could only accommodate these, and no more could be crowded.
Came in.
They rushed through the 'minefield' and sure enough, no one died. The animals completed their tasks very well, and there were almost no traps left that had not been triggered.
Just when they were happy that they could kill everyone by rushing into the stronghold. Suddenly, an arrow hit a warrior in the face. The warrior fell down and screamed in agony.
No one sympathized with him. When other people saw the arrow coming, they all took out a mask from their arms. These masks were made of a kind of fish bone in the sea. When this kind of fish bone encounters fire, it will become soft and can be used.
It changes shape, and when exposed to water, it will become solid and hard. It is a good material for making armor, but because it is too rare, it can only be worn by high-ranking officials.
The Suga family took out all this secret weapon, which shows that they are bound to win this time. There was another burst of arrows, and this time the casualties were even smaller. Only a few people in the front row of thousands were injured, and their companions behind were killed.
Trampled underfoot.
The charge still didn't stop, and they were about to rush into the stronghold. Suddenly, the warriors felt a shadow above their heads, like a cloud floating over.
They subconsciously looked up at the sky, but before they could see anything clearly, there was a sudden splash and they were splashed with unknown liquid.
Someone with a good nose smelled it, and immediately his face changed drastically. He pulled off his clothes and shouted, "Take off your clothes quickly, these are all oil!"
"They're going to attack with fire!"
"By the time I shouted, it was already too late!" Ikkyu dropped a torch from the hot air balloon, which instantly lit up a large area.
The ground was already covered with hay and flammable materials. When the torch fell, even if it failed to ignite the tung oil on the Japanese warriors, it also ignited the hay around them. In an instant, a large sea of fire was like purgatory.
"Help me quickly, help me quickly!"
The samurai may not be afraid of death, but they are definitely afraid of being burned to death.
It's okay to be burned to death, but I am afraid that the people who are burned will be neither humans nor ghosts. As a samurai, this will be more uncomfortable than killing them.
Some people couldn't bear the pain of being burned, so they took out the weapon from their waist and wiped their necks.
Some people saw that they were about to die. Before leaving, they wanted to hold someone on their backs and directly hugged someone who was not on fire. The two of them died together.
The distortion of human nature is vividly displayed at this moment!
Yamabei's eldest brother Wang came over and wanted to kneel in front of Li Mu to thank him, but was pulled up by Li Mu. He signaled Ribei to pick him up, waved to Souga Ezo, and said, "You can go back too,
I keep my word."
That's it?
Soga Ezo was a little confused. He couldn't believe that Li Mu would let him go so easily. Wouldn't he be shot with a cold arrow when he was halfway there? But he looked at Li Mu's expression and it seemed that he didn't want to do this.
He hesitated for a moment, then he made up his mind and ran towards where Su Woru Lu was.
"Stop!" Li Mu suddenly shouted as he ran out of the camp gate.
Soga Ezo immediately stopped and thought to himself, it’s coming, it’s coming, it’s coming, it’s really not that easy to let me go!
(Do not subscribe) The rope on Soga Ezo's body was cut off, but he was unscathed. Soga Ezo was frightened for a while. He was not afraid of anything else. When the sword was cut down, he almost cursed, but luckily he didn't.
If you curse him, your head will really fall to the ground.
"I don't need you to be loyal to me. A true man works openly and above board, and tells others everything he wants. It is not the rules of my heaven to work behind the scenes. I will let you go back today, but it will not be in vain. One life is worth one life. I
There is a disciple named Ikkyu Sojun. His father is in your hands. You can write a letter and ask your subordinates to send him over in exchange. We will talk about the rest!"
Soga Ezo was so sincere in expressing his loyalty that Li Mu simply ignored him. After he bit his finger and finished writing the bloody letter, he gave the letter to the old miner and asked him to deliver the letter to the people in Soga Ezo.
On the other side, after inspecting the mineral veins, they knew the location of the mineral veins, and there was no need to stay here. Li Mu then led the people to withdraw, along with Soga Ezo. When they returned to the camp, there was no surprise at all. Soga
The poisoning method sent by Ezo was also seen through by Shopkeeper Xiao. The person who poisoned the poison was captured. Unable to see that Shopkeeper Xiao usually seemed very kind, this torture method was not kind at all. He tortured the individual to pieces. Li Mu saw that
I can't stand it anymore.
What's even more awesome is that even though the torture was so brutal, the man wasn't even fatally injured, and he couldn't die from the pain alone. It was like a grasshopper's mouth. If you pour a basin of sea water on him, the taste would be so sour and refreshing.
It seems that he should be allowed to communicate with Sangou, and he might be able to come up with a torture book or something.
Shopkeeper Xiao suggested occupying the small fishing village, but Li Mu rejected it. He always felt that there was no need to involve innocent people. He already knew the people involved in the matter. Even if it was revenge, targeted revenge would be enough, not to mention
In his eyes, the villagers of these small fishing villages are equivalent to precious resources that cannot be wasted casually.
In less than three days, the old miner brought his elder brother Yamakako over to exchange for Soga Ezo. With him came two thousand samurai and a young man who looked very similar to Soga Ezo.
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This man was in his mid-twenties, with a shrewd look on his brows and eyes. When he saw Soga Ezo, his eyes showed eagerness, but he was able to stabilize his emotions and did not show it on his face. This is already extremely rare.
Shopkeeper Xiao suggested occupying the small fishing village, but Li Mu rejected it. He always felt that there was no need to involve innocent people. He already knew the people involved in the matter. Even if it was revenge, targeted revenge would be enough, not to mention
In his eyes, the villagers of these small fishing villages are equivalent to precious resources that cannot be wasted casually.
In less than three days, the old miner brought his elder brother Yamakako over to exchange for Soga Ezo. With him came two thousand samurai and a young man who looked very similar to Soga Ezo.
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This man was in his mid-twenties, with a shrewd look on his brows and eyes. When he saw Soga Ezo, his eyes showed eagerness, but he was able to stabilize his emotions and did not show it on his face. This is already extremely rare.