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Volume 2: Different Commander Chapter 750: Allied Forces

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    The wharf is huge, with large and small blessing ships docked. The dense flow of goods and people are loaded onto the ship, and then the flag is waved. Amidst the long sound of the horn, the blessing ships raise their sails and anchor, and head towards the open sea.  ¡÷¨JThere is an endless stream of ships, and the entire sea is covered with sail shadows.  Behind Duduo and Abatai, many Qing generals stood solemnly, watching all this with greedy and joyful eyes.  It was already the end of August, and it was also the second time that the Qing army landed in Japan.  After Dorgon conspired to invade Japan last year, after a long period of preparation, in April this year, the first batch of about 8,000 bannermen allied forces made a trial landing in Japan. After successfully detecting the country's reality, they withdrew in May.  Then it avoided the two typhoon-prone seasons of June and July and landed in Japan again in August.  This time their strength increased to 20,000, and among the various banners of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Manchuria, Eight Banners Mongolia, Eight Banners Han Army, and Waifan Mongolia all sent troops, and there were also many Eight Banners Korean soldiers, all led by Gushan Ezhen from each banner.  Beilebeizi leads the troops without waiting.  ¡°And their harvest was huge. In less than a month, they captured hundreds of thousands of people, and countless gold, silver and silk.  Looking at the massive population and material resources below, Duduo's eyes shone brightly, and he murmured: "This country of Japan is really fat. It should have come here to attack and plunder."  Sakgarma said flatteringly: "What the general said is very true. The prosperity of Japan is very different from the ruin of Ming Dynasty. Perhaps because of the long-lasting peace, their cities do not have city walls, which greatly facilitates our army's attack and plunder."  , The boys have gained a lot!" Duduo burst into laughter.  When the Qing army invaded Japan for the second time, Duduo was appointed as the General of Yangwei, and Abatai was appointed as the General of the Eastern Expedition, with Abatai as the chief and Duduo as the deputy.  Dorgon became emperor.  Although he still pursues the same policy of suppressing Abatai as Huang Taiji, he also knows his talents and abilities, so the military is dominated by Abatai. However, Dodo is also the general of this expedition, and his status is extremely noble.  Since Japan¡¯s Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the world has generally been at peace.  Therefore, the population is growing rapidly. At this time, the country's population is estimated to have exceeded 30 million. For a small island country, this population is very staggering.  Therefore, when the Qing army attacked and plundered, it was very easy to capture the population because the population was too dense.  It's nothing like when they attacked the Ming Dynasty. Due to the troubled times, they often traveled thousands of miles without people in order to capture the population.  It usually takes thousands of miles to travel.  And because of social stability, Japanese people have also accumulated a lot of wealth.  What's even better is that they implement a fiefdom system here. In the small country of Japan, there are more than 200 feudal lords, including personal daimyo, genealogical daimyo, and foreign daimyo.  Therefore, they all do their own things, it is difficult to unify their political orders, and they also have different hearts and minds when facing foreign enemies.  And their force The feudal lord here implements the stone high system.  According to the rewards of the sentry, their 10,000 dan can only support thirty or forty warriors.  Or two or three hundred Ashigaru miscellaneous soldiers, or seventy or eighty iron gunners.  There are many feudal lords here with less than 100,000 shi, and they are completely unable to resist the Qing army's attack.  What makes people happy and surprised is that the city here is completely different from the city in the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains. Except for the castle where the feudal lord and his retainers lived, ordinary people actually lived in the outer areas called castle towns.  There is no wall protection at all.  Or there is only a short wall, and you can easily climb in.  Dodo admitted that the Japanese cities where some feudal lords lived were still very strong, but why did he need to attack them?  His goal is to capture the population and materials. Wouldn't it be enough to directly capture the people in the castle town and take away their wealth?  Those feudal lords may have watched their people being taken captive.  Or you can only go out of the city to fight.  This played into Duduo's plan. In the field, who would the elite and heavily armored Qing soldiers be afraid of?  Often the daimyo and samurai who came out of the city to fight were wiped out!  After several attempts, those feudal lords also learned their lesson. When the Qing army came, they all closed the city and watched helplessly as the Qing captives wreaked havoc outside.  Some feudal lords also tried to evacuate the townspeople into the castle, but how many people could be crammed into a small castle?  Most of them still fell into the clutches of the Qing army.  The Eight Banners Han Army mounted a yellow flag on the mountain forehead and asked Zhenma Guangyuan: "Are these Japanese people stupid? There is a city without walls, how to prevent foreign enemies? I heard that Hongyi Castle is like the Japanese country, the lord lives in the castle and the common people live outside Xiaode  It has been said that the castles of the lords in their country are extremely strong, often built in the mountains, and are extremely difficult to attack, but they have survived for many years. The ministers still want to attack, but now it seems that the lords can only take the people away.  If you are a naked lord, you will starve to death, and there is no need to attack their castle!" There was confusion in his tone, and he looked at Duduo with flattery in his eyes.  After the Songjin Battle, the Eight Banners Han Army lost 20,000 people.?Lost all the Uzhenhachao artillery battalion.  After Dorgon ascended the throne, he re-established the Eight Banners Han Army. After more than a year of training, it regained some strength. Currently, the Han Army Banners has a total of 10,000 gunmen. In this expedition to Japan, Ma Guangyuan personally led three  Thousands of gunmen join the battle.  He wanted to express himself and please Dodo in everything.  Duduo sneered and said: "Strong? If the Hongyi castles are like the Japanese cities, why attack their cities? You must know that when Taizu was there, there was a saying that the city was impenetrable. We will kidnap all the people outside them and see if they  If they don¡¯t come out, all the people under their rule will be robbed. Will the lord still be called a lord? If they go out to fight, what¡¯s the use of building a strong castle?¡±  The ability of a mighty general and his tactical strategy are actually a powerful weapon against purely military fortresses like the Ruowa people.  The right-wing bannerman of Haraqin, Zhasak Gulusi Qibu, said in confusion: "The Japanese are so vulnerable. I wonder why Dayuan failed in the second expedition?" Duduo snorted disdainfully: "How can Dayuan fight with me?  Compared with the Qing Dynasty? " Because the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty failed to conquer Japan, all parties interested in conquering Japan were always suspicious. Dorgon was also worried at the time, especially asking Abatai, Ning Wanwo and others to take a closer look.  The reason for the failure of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was to prevent the Qing Dynasty from making the same mistakes again.  Initially, it was generally believed that it was caused by hurricanes. Kamikaze legends were also widely circulated among Japanese people. Later, Abatai's investigation believed that it was caused by warships. At that time, the Korean people were passive in work and the quality of warships was very poor. This statement was agreed by the Qing Dynasty, so  Supervising the construction of warships to attack Japan this time was very strict.  But after the attack on Japan, Duduo had a new view. He believed that it was because the Mongols' fighting power was too poor.  According to historical records, the Mongols and Yuan conquered Japan twice. The first time was called the "Battle of Wenyong" by the Japanese. The Yuan army consisted of 25,000 people, half of which were Mongolians and Koreans. After landing, they were divided into three groups.  Attack, main force on one side and support on two sides.  However, in just one month, under fierce resistance from the Japanese, the Yuan army had to retreat back home due to heavy casualties.  This time, the Yuan army never encountered a hurricane from beginning to end, and there were no problems in the battle.  The second time was even worse. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty mobilized 200,000 troops, and the ratio of Inner Mongolians to Koreans reached half. However, the fierce fighting lasted for two months, and the army suffered huge losses, but even a temporary stone wall built by the Japanese could not break through.  .  Until they ran out of food, grass and arrows, and the army's losses exceeded 30%, they still could not break through the stone wall, and the Yuan army had to plan to retreat.  However, they were unlucky this time. When they were about to escape, a violent hurricane suddenly blew up from the sea. The storm lasted for four days and destroyed their fleet. Some of the troops who stayed on the shore had no way to escape, and finally the whole army was annihilated.  In other words, the failure of Meng Yuan's conquest of Japan had nothing to do with the hurricane or the quality of the warships. If their combat power was strong enough, they would have succeeded in the first conquest of Japan, and there would be no need to mobilize troops a second time.  If they were strong enough, they would not conquer Japan for the second time. In two months, they could not even break through a temporary stone wall built by the Japanese on the beach.  It took more than two months after the 200,000 troops landed to encounter the hurricane. If they could break through the stone wall, gain a foothold, or even successfully occupy the entire Japan during this time, what would it matter if the hurricane came?  Therefore, the failure of the Mongolian expedition had little to do with the "divine wind" spread in Japan, nor did it have much to do with the quality of the ships. It was purely due to problems with the Mongols' combat power, as if they had now become a vassal of the Qing Dynasty.  Likewise, it is also a matter of combat effectiveness.  The Japanese vigorously promoted the divine wind, which must have been a strategy to make the Yuan people fearful and cut off the possibility of their third and fourth conquests. As expected, Kublai Khan had no follow-up, obviously because he was afraid of the sea, and the Japanese  The psychological warfare was successful.  Of course, Dodo thought so, but would not say it in front of the Mongolians. He turned to Abatai, who had been silent beside him, and said loudly: "Brother Qi, Nagasaki is nearby, where the wealth and population are gathered."  Rushan is the richest land in Japan's Kyushu. Why do you keep preventing the army from attacking? " There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone. Some of the Beilebezi behind him also looked at it, and it was obvious that they were also dissatisfied.  Abatai's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "General Yangwei, the emperor has entrusted me with the conquest of Japan. Naturally, I have my own reasons for everything I do."  One sentence, but he still explained: "The affairs of the Japanese country After the Battle of Sekihara, the southwestern vassals were submissive on the surface, but they were always hostile to the shogunate. At this time, the Japanese shogunate Tokugawa Iemitsu was strict in his laws,  The feudal lords of the southwestern vassals were frequently reduced and changed, and many feudal lords were wiped out due to the Chejidan cult. Therefore, after the Qing Dynasty invaded Japan,The Sichuan shogunate was doing all kinds of things publicly, but privately it was just waiting and watching.  At this time, Japan is pursuing a policy of seclusion. Nagasaki is the only port and is under the direct jurisdiction of the shogunate. We will attack the southwest vassals and the shogunate will be happy to see the success, but if we attack Nagasaki" He said: "This is no small matter.  Not only is it a huge financial and taxation place for the Tokugawa shogunate, but it also involves many fleets of the Ming Dynasty, and the trade of all parties in the Red Barbarians. Before attacking and plundering, you need to think carefully!  " Seeing that Duduo was not convinced, Abatai said: "The sentinel came to report that the powerful feudal vassals of the Japanese country, Changsu Domain, Satsuma Domain, Saga Domain, Tosa Domain, and Mito Domain, have formed a coalition and will soon attack our army.  If our Japanese army can defeat them and organize them into the Eight Banners of Japan, we can attack Nagasaki!  "
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