Chapter 1020: Take Hiroshima (2)

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Masato Kaichi and Yuki Abe were eagerly looking forward to the fact that the Huben Army would retreat due to excessive casualties. After all, the battle is not a field battle, and the losses of the attacking parties always have to be relatively large. After all, the number of landing troops of the Huben Army cannot be large. As long as the number of casualties of the Huben Army reaches a certain level, they will not be able to hold on and retreat by themselves.

They also hoped that Tokugawa Iemitsu's reinforcements would arrive soon. Although the Tokugawa shogunate had lost more than 50,000 elite troops in the previous battles, and its strength was greatly weakened. However, behind the front, the shogunate still had 70,000 to 80,000 elite troops, which had not been mobilized. As long as Tokugawa Iemitsu dispatched these troops, with an overwhelming advantage of force, it might be able to reverse the situation.

They even hoped that the Dutch fleet would arrive soon. The shogunate clearly agreed to give Ishimi Yinshan to the greedy Dutch people. How could the Dutch give up easily? Even if the Dutch's main fleet could not go north quickly and send an average fleet to head north, it could have a certain impact on the battle situation!

"Maybe everything will be fine."

Kaichi Masato could only comfort himself quietly like this.

However, eight days later, bad news came.

The Hu Ben army attacking Hiroshima did not retreat, the shogunate reinforcements did not arrive, and the Dutch fleet disappeared. At the port of Hiroshima, large warships of the Hu Ben army appeared. The warships that flocked in, occupied the port at once, and the Japanese troops stationed at the port had no chance to react at all.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

After controlling the port, the large warships of the Hu Ben Navy continued to fire on the shore of Hiroshima. One after another, the shells fell on the Japanese positions like raindrops. For a moment, the entire Japanese port positions were full of chaos and terrible sight, with screams and screams constantly coming out.

If the Japanese were afraid of the 120mm caliber field guns of the Tiger Army, then now, they are facing hundreds of naval guns. If a fleet of the Tiger Army Navy uses the shelling of the ship alone, there will be at least more than 500 cannons. Among them, many are red-clothed cannons with great power.

In less than half an hour, the Japanese army near the port could not hold on. They had to abandon their positions and retreat to the inland of Hiroshima. Last time, the Japanese army was attacked by the Hu Ben Navy. This time, the Hu Ben Navy came even more fiercely. The unlucky Japanese army had to retreat again. They were indeed afraid of being beaten.

"What's going on?"

"Who allowed you to retreat?"

Masato Kaichi suddenly felt unable to calm down.

He is not a fool, so he is naturally very clear about the meaning of the Hu Ben Navy's navy reaching Hiroshima Port. When the Hu Ben Navy arrives here, it is equivalent to blocking the possibility of the Dutch fleet coming to support. In the short term, it is impossible for the Dutch fleet to arrive. Moreover, the subsequent Hu Ben Army troops will go ashore on Hiroshima and directly attack the Japanese army's weaknesses.

Masato Kaki estimated that behind these Hu Ben Army, there should be more Hu Ben Army troops waiting to get ashore. Forty years ago, Japan attacked North Korea and used 150,000 troops, nearly 3,000 ships of all sizes. Now, the Hu Ben Army is going to fight, but I am afraid that the number will not be too different.

Alas, Hiroshima, damn Hiroshima. If this excellent port with complete equipment and facilities falls into the hands of the Tiger Ben Army Navy, then the Tokugawa Shogunate will be a tragedy. The continuous Hu Ben Army troops will come ashore from here and then pounce on Edo. From Hiroshima to Edo, there are all the plains all the way, and there is no danger to defend!

In fact, Masato Kaichi's concern soon became a reality. The Third Fleet of the Tiger Army Navy, under the command of Zhang Haibin, sailed directly into the port of Hiroshima. The fleet's cannons were still bombarding the scattered Japanese troops on the shore.

The Dutch Navy visited the fleet led by Brandt had long left quietly. Without any obstacles, the Third Fleet could do whatever it wanted. They even sent some sailors to go ashore from the pier and carefully checked the equipment and facilities near the port to make sure that there were no hidden Japanese troops inside.

The Hu Ben Army attacked the sea and land, and the Japanese army on Hiroshima could no longer bear it. Even people as brave as Masato Kaichi Masato had lost their confidence to stick to Hiroshima. Not only did he lose the confidence to stick to Hiroshima, he was also worried that he would be surrounded by the large army of the Hu Ben Army. If the follow-up troops of the Hu Ben Army were surrounded from behind, they would indeed be cut off from the retreat. The continuous battle made Masato Kaichi believe that once they were surrounded, it would be almost impossible to escape the clutches of the Hu Ben Army.

As for Abe Yuki, he wanted to retreat early. He even sent his own troops to set up tight alerts on the road east of Hiroshima. Once he found that the Hu Ben Army appeared in these places, he would retreat immediately without caring about it. If he was trapped in the siege of the Hu Ben Army, a hundred lives would not be enough to make a living.

In early October, the Japanese army had to announce a full retreat. At this point, the Hu Ben Army successfully captured Hiroshima. Subsequently, a large number of transport ships advanced directly to Hiroshima, and continuously sent troops and supplies. By mid-October, all the officers and soldiers of the First Expeditionary Legion, including all the Mongolian cavalry and all the Korean imperial guards, had already landed.

A new *** situation continued to launch. The Hu Ben Army, which was supplemented with strong troops, was divided into three columns and advanced towards the Bomo Kingdom under the leadership of the Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry indeed showed strong lethality on the Japanese battlefield. Nearly 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, with one round of charge, completely turned the retreating Japanese army into defeat.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Haschiqige waved his delicate waist knife and shouted repeatedly.

The Mongolian commanders, centurions and others around her were all trapped in the war. As long as they found the traces of the Japanese army, they would rush forward frantically. To be honest, the Mongolian cavalry did not take the Japanese seriously at all. Thinking back then, if it weren't for the storm, the powerful expeditionary force of the Mongol Empire would have long been trampled on Japan.

They all want to gain enough benefits under the leadership of the Hu Ben Army. The Hu Ben Army's policies are always rewarded with no stinginess to reward real warriors. As long as they have military achievements, after retirement, they can return to the grassland and become a small tribal leader.

By late October, the Hu Ben Army successfully attacked the Heianjing area. The completely defeated Japanese army could only escape. Under the pursuit of the powerful Mongolian cavalry, the Japanese army hated their parents for not having two legs, and only hated that they did not run fast enough. The defeat was like a mountain, and even Masato Katsuraki could not reverse such a chaotic situation.

Unfortunately, when Hasqiqige led the Mongolian cavalry to Heian Kyo, the main members of the Japanese royal family were forcibly taken away by the Tokugawa Shogunate. Those who refused to leave with the shogunate army were all killed. Many people were hung on the osmanthus trees on both sides of the Osmanthus. At this time, the osmanthus trees had no fragrance of flowers, only a strong smell of blood.

The emperor of Japan was originally from the Tokugawa family, but she was just a little girl and could not represent the entire royal family. The true strength of the royal family was in the hands of former daimyos or former officials. Therefore, her removal did not have a very important impact on the Hu Ben Army. No matter where she was, she spoke with strength. Since the Hu Ben Army could defeat the Tokugawa Shogunate, she could naturally support a new Japanese royal family.

On the first day of the November 1st of Chongzhen, Zhang Zhun led the Hu Ben Army into Ping'an Jing. Ping'an Jing, which is the Kyoto in later generations. This ancient capital was completely built in imitation of Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty. If Zhang Zhun had just traveled over and no one was there to give advice, he would definitely think that this place was Chang'an, the capital of Tang.

The place where Zhang Zhun entered Kyoto was Zhuque Street. It is said that the width of Zhuque Street in Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was 150 meters. Zhang Zhun once bored to verify a fact that it was difficult to assassinate the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, which was quite high. He was especially assassinated on Zhuque Street. The emperor's car was walking in the middle of Zhuque Street, with layers of imperial guards on both sides. If the assassin wanted to assassinate, he had to launch an attack from 70 meters away.

Basically, except for a very few sharpshooters with particularly strong arm strength, no one else can become an assassin. It is indeed rare to shoot arrows out of seventy meters and accurately hit the target. Such people must have been targeted by the army early in the morning and there is no possibility of free movement. If an assassin wants to accurately kill the target, he must use a powerful crossbow. This is also the reason why the Tang Dynasty prohibited the use of crossbows but did not prohibit the use of bows. The range and accuracy of crossbows are much stronger than bows.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, it is rare to see such authentic Tang Dynasty buildings. In many details, they are even more refined than those of the Heng Palace, De Palace, Fu Palace, and even the Forbidden City that Zhang Zhun had seen. If the Forbidden City is majestic and grand and looks down on the world, then Kyoto is a small family, gentle and friendly. If the Forbidden City is a man at home, then Kyoto is the concubine at home.

Zhang Zhun was in a good mood and walked around Kyoto carefully. The people around him naturally followed him. Even Lu Xiangsheng took the time to study the day he came to study carefully. It was indeed unprecedented to be able to explore Kyoto so leisurely with such an identity!

"The Japanese really learned a lot of things from us."

Wang Shide said with emotion.

"It's not just a lot, it's just too many."

Wang Junyu muttered.

You can find the familiar feeling of the Central Plains in every corner of Heianjing. Every building here is an envoy from the Tang Dynasty, imitating various buildings of the Tang Dynasty, and imitating them in their original form, without any mistakes. Even in ordinary houses, there are most things, exactly the same as the Central Plains. In some details, it even gives people the illusion of being in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Apart from not being magnificent enough, there are almost no shortcomings.

Back then, Mongolians went south, the Song Dynasty fell, and the Han culture had a huge gap. Later, the Ming Dynasty rose and expelled the Tartars, and Han culture could no longer be connected. Therefore, later Japanese advocated that Han culture was in Japan, and it was not unreasonable. Of course, these were the scope of academic begging and had nothing to do with Zhang Zhun.

That night, Zhang Zhun stayed in the side courtyard of the Japanese Palace. In order to prevent the appearance of assassins, the entire palace was heavily guarded and even birds could not fly in. Because he couldn't sleep with tatami, Zhang Zhun ordered the carpenters in the army to make a camp bed for himself.

The Japanese leader who accompanied them looked at each other in all directions. Is a simple camp bed better than a tatami? They couldn't guess Zhang Zhun's thoughts, which inevitably caused a little panic, fearing that there would be something that Zhang Zhun didn't like. They also carefully prepared eight beautiful people to serve the general of the Tiger Ben Army, but they were eventually retreated by Zhang Zhun.

However, in order to avoid the Japanese's sadness, these eight girls were sent back to Zhongyuan and handed over to Yang Yinghan for disposal. After Zhang Zhun got married, Ziyuan's life gradually became lively. Affairs of all sizes began to increase, and some maids were needed. Japanese women as maids had a very good reputation.

With Heian Kyo, with the support of Jang Jun, the remaining members of the Japanese royal family formed a new Japanese royal family. The daughter of the Tokugawa family was declared deposed. The new emperor was the nephew of the superior emperor and a five-year-old child. After the new emperor held a simple throne ceremony, he officially issued a written announcement urging the shogunate to return the power to the emperor.

Of course, anyone with discerning eyes knows that these are all formalities. The Tokugawa Shogunate cannot return power to the Emperor unless they completely fail on the battlefield. Therefore, in the final analysis, the most important thing is to completely eliminate the Tokugawa Shogunate's army. The biggest benefit of supporting the new Japanese emperor is that the military expenditure of the Tiger Army has been settled.

In order to defeat the Tokugawa Shogunate as soon as possible, the new Japanese emperor has agreed that the entire war expenses of the Tiger Ben Army in Japan will be repaid in the future. These reimbursed expenses of course do not include Ishimi Ginyama. In addition, during the war, the Tiger Ben Army's logistics supplies and the Japanese royal family will also bear as much as possible.

Of course, if someone in the Hu Ben Army died in Japan, then the Japanese royal family will be responsible for all the funeral expenses and pensions. The body of the martyr will be sent back to the Central Plains for burial. If it is buried in Japan, a special martyr cemetery can be built under Mount Fuji. The injured warrior will also receive certain disability compensation until his death. This is called no worries.

The person responsible for negotiating with the Japanese royal family was Mo Yu from Nakabara to Japan. Obviously, this former romantic scholar seemed to have no good impression of the Japanese royal family. He deliberately or unintentionally cheated the Japanese royal family. Once he explained the agreement, even the Mongolian war horses were included in the compensation. The negotiators of the Japanese royal family could only laugh and cry. Sixty thousand war horses were not a small number.

The Hu Ben Army and the Japanese Royal Family have signed many agreements in private. Among them, the most important ones are. The first is that the Hu Ben Army has a 99-year lease right for Shi Jian Yinshan. After the lease period expires, the contract can be renewed first. In short, as long as the Hu Ben Army still wants this mountain, it can be rented indefinitely. Of course, the premise is that the Hu Ben Army has enough strength to continue to control the Japanese royal family.

The second is that the Hu Ben Navy can be stationed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki for a long time. In the annex, the Hu Ben Army also rented a place called Yokosuka. Later Japan had many excellent ports, and the Yokosuka military port was even more famous. However, at that time, only Hiroshima and Nagasaki were real ports, and Yokosuka was still a small fishing village.

The third article is that Japan opens up all markets and trade with the Central Plains is not subject to any restrictions. This means that the policy of closing the country under the Tokugawa shogunate to the country has been completely changed from then on. As for whether it will become the dumping place for the Hu Ben military products, the Japanese royal family has not yet realized it. They just simply think that from then on, they can buy cheaper and more beautiful products.

Article 4: The security of Japan is the responsibility of the Hu Ben Army. The agreement stipulates that after defeating the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Japanese royal family only needs to maintain an army of 100,000 people and maintain domestic public security. International security will be the responsibility of the Hu Ben Army. For this reason, the Japanese royal family needs to pay a certain amount of military expenditure of the Hu Ben Army every year. In short, it is protection fees.

There is no doubt that these four agreements are equivalent to a complete control of Japan. Some people in the Japanese royal family may be aware of the serious consequences of these agreements, but the current situation is important to deal with the Tokugawa shogunate. As for the future, we can only talk about it later.

While Zhang Jun was staying in the Japanese Imperial Palace, the First Expeditionary Corps of the Tiger Army continued to attack the central part of Japan. The Tiger Army's vanguard, 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, had already killed Ome, Ise and other places at high speed and continued to advance eastward. Influenced by the continuous victory, the Japanese Leader Party was quite active and wanted to go into battle in person.

After the defeat near Hiroshima, the Tokugawa Shogunate immediately mobilized the war and desperately expanded the number of troops to increase its combat effectiveness. Tokugawa Iemitsu frantically formed a large number of iron cannon light troops. A large number of Japanese troops, carrying simple muskets or primitive scimitars, set out from central Japan to the west, trying to block the attack of the Hu Ben Army.

The battle was once very fierce in Mino, Ohachi and other places. The remnants of the Japanese army retreated here, as well as the Japanese army's new forces that reinforced them from behind, were mixed here. They tried to use the narrow terrain here to block the advance of the Hu Ben Army. As a result, one side had to continue moving forward, and the other side had to stop desperately, and the battle naturally entered a state of intense heat.
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