Chapter 693: Not Strong Enough
Zhao Yulin nodded and told them that the court could formulate a strategy called "Transportation Subsidy", which means that the court would encourage counties, towns and villages to build their own roads. The court would provide corresponding subsidies per mile of road, which would be directly reviewed and allocated by the Transportation Department to support local road construction.
Gao Jia and You Xianzhong both said: This is great, the people will definitely agree, and this will greatly speed up the construction of roads at the county and township levels.
On the way back, Chen Chen fell into his arms and murmured: You are truly a God who fell from the sky and got the job done so easily.
Zhao Yulin knew that she was saying that he was a time traveler with great magical powers, so he didn't explain. He hugged the woman tightly and let out his tongue to coordinate. Before long, the woman was so happy that she focused on the communication between their tongues.
In the south, Miao Gui and Du Baiyue led the New 1st Army into the territory of Champa, and after three consecutive victories, they defeated the Kingdom of Zhenla.
Only then did the young King of Zhenla realize the seriousness of the problem.
When this guy first saw the New Song Kingdom issue an edict to punish him, he didn't take it seriously. What does "Don't say I didn't warn you? It's just lip service" mean? The New Song Kingdom has said it twice to the Island Japan Kingdom but no action has been taken. This guy thought that the New Song Kingdom was just joking and continued to burn, kill and plunder in Champa, wanting to completely conquer and annex Champa.
Unexpectedly, the New Song Kingdom acted on its promise and suddenly sent out an army of 50,000 to push forward.
At this time, the weapons of the Zhenla army were still primitive cold weapons, and the recruited soldiers were at most hunters who had traveled through the mountains. How could they resist the well-trained Shenwei Army, not to mention the New First Army, half of which used hot weapons. Just the rapid-fire Shenbi crossbow was too much for them to handle.
Miao Gui was overjoyed to see the Shenwei Army burst out with such tremendous combat power after training.
Du Baiyue said: If we go further south, we will enter the river valley plain. The troops will be divided into three routes and march along the river. We will follow the central army and continue south.
Miao Gui nodded and said that the further south we go, the farther away from Thang Long we are. We are in completely enemy-occupied territory and need to act with caution.
Du Baiyue said confidently that it was okay. Before the war, Thang Long had received many refugees from Champa, and the Champa princes were all here. Since then, he has specifically incorporated Champa's young people into the army as guides. They are familiar with the roads.
He asked Miao Gui not to worry, as we have someone to lead the way and we won’t go wrong.
At this moment, the secret letter from Shunfeng arrived. Miao Gui opened it and said with surprise that the third young master had decided to attack Japan, hahahaha.
Then he said with great regret that he had missed the opportunity to join the war. The young master only asked him to go to Jiankang Prefecture to coordinate. Although it was also considered as participating in the war, it was a long way away.
Du Baiyue heard it carefully and happily asked Miao Gui to take the Nanhai formation away to support Liaoyang Road in fighting against the Japanese pirates.
He asked Baiyue: "Now that the navy has been taken away, can we resist the navy of Zhenla? We have not yet fought against the navy of Zhenla."
Du Baiyue asked confidently: Have you forgotten that the expeditionary force in the South China Sea is attacking the Zhenla navy in Mayi? He has read Yi Shuigui’s military report. The current Zhenla navy warships are not as big as the ships we sent to Mayi. Hundreds of warships were easily destroyed by us. What are you afraid of?
Here, only the ships of the Coast Guard are needed to capture Zhenla.
Miao Gui was worried that the force was not strong enough, so he told Du Baiyue that it was not needed for the time being. He would wait until he went to Guangzhou and mobilized the coastal garrisons of Guangdong and Guangxi to move south before transferring the South China Sea fleet.
After some discussion, the two brothers said goodbye and Miao Gui immediately boarded the ship and returned.
In the southwest of Goryeo, Fujiwara of the island country of Japan personally supervised the battle. After repelling the Goryeo soldiers, the Japanese pirates no longer scattered their attacks, but concentrated their forces and advanced straight ahead. The Japanese pirates, forming a fist, really advanced triumphantly and defeated the Goryeo army, forcing it to retreat step by step and unable to hold on at all.
The morale of the Japanese pirates was greatly boosted after breaking through the defenses. When these greedy wolves entered the newly occupied city and saw the young and beautiful girls, their eyes lit up red. First, they caught all the men in the city and killed them all. Then they caught women for pleasure like catching chickens. Under pine trees, on wells, and at mountain passes, there were scenes of bullying women everywhere.
Although the battle was a great victory, the generals of the Japanese island nation found that they had also suffered heavy losses, especially the squadron leaders, squadron leaders, and even the battalion commanders who led the charge.
It seems that there are snipers in the Goryeo army who specialize in hunting down their generals.
This was soon confirmed.
The Japanese pirates found a special bow while cleaning the battlefield. This bow was particularly heavy and wide. But compared with the Shenwei Army's divine crossbow they imitated, it was a god-level existence.
The total weight of Goryeo's magical bow is still no more than their imitation.
But the stringing and shooting speed of the arrows far exceed the weapons in their hands.
After Fujiwara's test shooting, he was certain that it was the soldiers holding this kind of bows and arrows who shot and killed his generals at a long distance, causing heavy casualties among his middle and lower-level officers.
This is not a good thing. A large number of experienced soldiers will die, which will seriously weaken their combat effectiveness. We can't do this anymore.
Fujiwara ordered that officers should walk in the middle or at the back of the team from now on and would never be allowed to lead the charge again.
This trick is certainly effective in protecting the commander, but everything has two sides, and Fujiwara soon felt it.
Wang Dian was shocked when the island country of Japan defeated the front-line troops of Goryeo.
When the Li family's chief general and the Zheng family's general saw their defense line collapse, they knew the situation was hopeless and immediately drove Wang Dian away, asking him to rush to Xin Song to get reinforcements.
Wang Dian was also very aware of the current crisis, and the Goryeo army alone could not save the situation. He told the two generals to respond urgently and make sure they stayed alive, and he returned to the palace to report overnight.
The young emperor was angry and blamed the messenger for disturbing his great plan of expanding his family . Wang Dian arrived urgently and gave a detailed account of the defeat on the front line and asked his father for his opinion, whether to become a vassal of the New Song Kingdom, or to request the New Song to send troops, or to prepare to surrender to the Japanese pirates and become a prisoner of the Japanese Kingdom.
The young emperor was so washed up by his own son that the only masculine energy he had was completely drained away by him. Instead, he was filled with rage. He hysterically cursed the commander-in-chief for his incompetence, the deaths of the entire army, and the harm done to the country and the people, and invisibly criticized Wang Dian as well.
However, despite all the criticism and scolding, Wang Dian was still the one who had to deal with the aftermath, because after searching throughout his small court, Wang Dian was the only one who was most suitable.
This guy immediately asked the Ministry of Rites to draft a memorial, and reluctantly took out his miniature jade seal from the bedside table inside the dragon bed and stamped it, and told Wang Dian to send it to Liaoyang immediately, saying that we are determined to become a vassal state of the New Song Dynasty, and asked the emperor of the New Song Dynasty to issue an edict to send troops as soon as possible.
Wang Dian brought the official document to Shenzhou on Liaoyang Road to meet Feng Guiqi. After reading the document, Feng Guiqi still told Wang Dian not to worry and that he had to report to the Central Court in Chengdu.
Wang Dian was in a hurry, so he knelt down and begged Feng Guiqi to send troops immediately. He was worried that the Japanese pirates were advancing too fast and would occupy the entire Goryeo territory before the New Song Dynasty sent troops.
This is not an exaggeration. Goryeo's main forces are fighting on the front lines. It can be said that there are no troops outside the front lines, and the rear is completely empty.
The Japanese pirates launched an attack, and the Korean army, which had not yet been annihilated, had its backs handed to the enemy. After being surrounded by the Japanese pirates, they were defeated one by one, and their defensive positions had collapsed. Without troops in the rear, they fell faster.
But if the New Song Kingdom wants to send troops, it must always make preparations, at least it must assemble the troops.
Feng Guiqi said seriously: "No matter how bold and reckless I am, I still need the permission of the Lord." So, he immediately ordered the border troops to prepare for war and be ready to send troops, and to send troops immediately after receiving the order from the Lord of Zhao.
He then ordered a message to be sent to Chengdu from a place with favorable winds, instructing Liu Zheng, the commander of the frontier army in Pingyang, to immediately gather his troops and prepare for the attack.
Wang Dian had no choice but to do so. After saying goodbye to Feng Guiqi, he returned to the small palace by the Han River. His father was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and asked nervously whether the New Song Dynasty had sent troops, and why there was no Shenwei Army coming?
The girl said angrily: Marshal Feng still has to report to the court in Chengdu. It will take at least ten days or half a month to get any news.
The little emperor didn't care about anything and asked why it was so slow. He had to wait another half a month. I'm afraid that if the Japanese pirates come, our country will be destroyed.
This guy has only now realized that Goryeo has no strategic depth and he may become a slave of a conquered nation at any time.
Wang Dian did not waste time arguing with his father. He nervously discussed countermeasures with his ministers in order to delay the advance of the Japanese pirates as much as possible.
Feng Guiqi, the pacification envoy and commander-in-chief of Liaoyang Road, had been busy for a long time. After receiving the official letter from Goryeo to become a vassal, he immediately rushed to Pingyang and asked Liu Zheng if 100,000 people were enough.
Liu Zheng said confidently: Enough.
According to Sun Tzu's Art of War, if there are 100,000 Japanese pirates, we must send out at least 300,000.
However, the Japanese pirates fought fiercely with the Koreans, and although they defeated the Koreans, it was only the end of their strength. In addition, our weapons are advanced and our soldiers are well-trained, so a hundred thousand Shenwei troops are enough to defeat the Japanese pirates.
He revealed the plan of sending troops in this way.
Feng Guiqi said solemnly: This time when we fight against the Japanese pirates, the third young master asked me to let my brother Liu command the troops. I will be in Pingrang as the backup, and I will use the garrison troops in the rear to follow up and guard, and mobilize 50,000 civilians to deliver military supplies and ensure logistics.
The battle will all depend on Brother Liu. I will wait for your good news.
Liu Zheng was so excited that he stood up and saluted him, promising to complete the task.
In Chengdu, Zhao Yulin received a letter from Feng Guiqi via carrier pigeon and immediately wrote back with a few words: "We should take care of ourselves. It is not appropriate to let the Japanese pirates go back."
In his view, the entire island of Japan belonged to the New Song Dynasty. Sooner or later, the Japanese pirates would have to surrender, and that meant pulling out all the teeth from the mouth of this evil wolf, the island of Japan.
Feng Guiqi was still preparing for war, worried that the Shenwei Army's navy would be too slow to follow up and affect the battle at the front.
Liu Zheng believed that the Japanese pirates' navy should not be attacked first. Once the Japanese pirates' navy was annihilated, they would fear that their retreat would be cut off and would desperately retreat and escape. Then there would be no need to fight the battle as the enemy would most likely escape by ship from Busan.
The third young master's decision to annihilate the Japanese pirates on the Korean Peninsula could not be realized.
Therefore, our navy should not be dispatched too early or too late, but just right.
