Chapter 694 Oda is not afraid of death
Feng Guiqi nodded and said with a smile that his request was a bit difficult. It was a rare opportunity for Admiral Zhou of the Navy to eat meat, and it was impossible to ask him to take it easy.
While the two were still discussing, Wang Dian came again to urge them to send troops.
Wang Dian reported to them that the Japanese pirates were less than 300 miles away from their small palace in Seoul, and his father requested to seek refuge in Kaesong.
My God, three hundred miles away, if the Japanese pirates launched a surprise attack, they could reach the small palace of Goryeo in one day and one night, have tea and fun, and enjoy the dance of the little emperor and concubines.
Liu Zheng was somewhat suspicious of the Japanese pirates' overwhelming strength. Didn't the Goryeo army think they were very capable of fighting? So why couldn't they hold on?
Wang Dian sighed and said that the defeat was like a landslide. The morale was gone. The Japanese pirates hacked everyone they saw, burned, killed, and robbed everything along the way, leaving no one alive along the way.
The Goryeo soldiers were frightened and started running when they heard that the Japanese pirates were coming.
Feng Guiqi nodded solemnly, agreeing that the Goryeo court should move to Kaifeng and let Liu Zheng go directly to Kaifeng to supervise the troops.
When Liu Zheng arrived in Kaifeng, he saw a large influx of Koreans, and the whole city had become chaotic. The prefect told him that they had to accept 20,000 Koreans within three days, and the refugees were still pouring in. How could the small city of Kaifeng bear it?
Liu Zheng glared and said that he had to bear it even if he couldn't bear it.
However, they really can't be allowed to torment like this, because they will have to return home in the future. He said that with such chaos, what should we do if there is civil unrest?
It would be bad if spies from Japan sneaked into the island, or even the vanguard of Japanese pirates came in.
He immediately gave orders to send a general team to Seoul to maintain law and order along the route and to resettle the refugees on the spot, in order to tell the Koreans that the Shenwei Army would not sit idly by and watch Korea being trampled upon by the Japanese pirates.
The young emperor of Goryeo said happily: That’s right, the superior country has finally sent troops, Goryeo will definitely not perish.
Liu Zheng said coldly: As long as the Shenwei Army is here, the Japanese pirates will not be allowed to do whatever they want.
Even so, officials who escaped from the occupied areas in the south of Goryeo continued to rush to Kaesong. Wang Dian said with some embarrassment: These officials are all great contributors to Goryeo, they are like frightened birds and need to be appeased.
Liu Zheng had lived a peaceful life in Pingrang for several years. He felt unhappy when he saw the chaotic scene all around him. He asked Wang Dian to help maintain order and led his command center directly to Seoul.
At that time, Seoul was not yet the megacity it would become in later generations. It was just a new capital built by the Goryeo Dynasty from a small town on the banks of . It was much dirtier and messier than Kaesong.
Liu Zheng was walking on the street and saw disorganized and undisciplined defeated soldiers everywhere, with looting and vandalism occurring frequently. He immediately ordered his men to take over the city and restore order. If there were not enough people, he should immediately order the guards to catch up, as the army was heading south to attack the Japanese pirates.
Five days later, the vanguard of the Japanese pirates approached Seoul, and the Shenwei Army was ready in two routes, east and west.
The vanguard of the Shenwei Army's navy rushed to the battlefield and after consulting with Feng Guiqi, they followed orders to postpone the attack.
Feng Guiqi immediately ordered the action. The Eastern Army advanced steadily, while the Western Army, led by Liu Zheng himself, raided the Japanese pirates who had advanced to Yashan and wiped them out in one battle.
Liu Zheng took advantage of the fact that the island country was still unaware that the Kamui army had already sent out troops, and continued to infiltrate, fighting again in Gyeryong. After annihilating the Japanese pirates, the western army split into two routes, one heading straight to Baocheng, and the other going around and infiltrating Lishui. After half a month of fierce fighting, Fujiwara of the island country finally knew that the Kamui army was coming.
However, the Kamui Army was like a tiger descending from a mountain. The 30,000 main forces of the Japanese island nation that were at the forefront were almost divided and surrounded by the Kamui Army, and not a single bone was left.
In an emergency, Fujiwara withdrew his troops to the Tushan-Pusan line, and almost all of the Goryeo territory he had just occupied was lost. He was furious and frantically forced his men to build a pass and strengthen fortifications to hold on.
Fujiwara had never heard of how the Shenwei Army fought, and he thought they were not much different from the Goryeo Army. Unexpectedly, the Shenwei Army ran faster than the Goryeo Army, and half of their weapons were firearms. The firing rate of the new Shenbi crossbows was far faster than the weapons in the hands of the Goryeo Army, and the difference between the two armies was immediately apparent.
The Shenwei Army's fighting style was also very flexible. Not only did they have cavalry, they also had an independent special operations battalion. Once they were stuck, they would immediately launch a roundabout attack. The special operations battalion would leap over unexpected dangerous places and attack from the flank and rear, scaring the Japanese pirates into panic.
What's even more horrifying is that the Shenwei Army also had heavy machine guns mounted on horses. That guy only needed to place one at the mountain pass, and his people would charge forward in groups, but they would be hit by the heavy machine guns at the mountain pass and die there like a pile of sticks, and no one dared to collect the bodies.
Not to mention that the Shenwei Army also had a large number of catapults and mortars, which made the Japanese pirates unable to raise their heads.
After thinking it over , Fujiwara felt that he had fallen into a trap. He had been fooled by Feng Guiqi, the pacification envoy of Liaoyang Road of the New Song Dynasty.
The Kamui Army had been showing weakness earlier, allowing him to land on the Korean Peninsula and plunder without any worries. Their purpose was to consume the national strength of their island country of Japan in Goryeo.
It is now very clear that the New Song Kingdom is too powerful. Not to mention a general mobilization of the New Song Kingdom, even if the border troops of the New Song Kingdom in Liaoyang Road are dispatched, they cannot defeat it. Why is the New Song Kingdom delaying action?
After weighing the pros and cons, this guy thought he had been tricked by the New Song Kingdom. The Shenwei Army was obviously tempting him to attack Goryeo, and would only attack him when the Goryeo army was exhausted, in order to destroy them here.
While he was still thinking, an urgent military report came again. The Shenwei Army's navy was dispatched to attack their navy from north to south. The Shenwei Army's navy had too many ships and a huge fleet. They attacked all the way and defeated their fleet stationed in Lishui in a blink of an eye. They were heading towards Busan.
This guy sensitively realized that the New Song Kingdom would definitely keep them all on the peninsula and not allow them to return home.
That wouldn't do. His whole family and countless beauties were all left unattended in the mansion, so he had to go back.
This fellow immediately summoned the Grand Administrator Oda and asked him to act as the Governor-General of Goryeo and fight this battle resolutely. This general will return to the country to urge reinforcements.
The Oda governor was pleasantly surprised and happily thanked the Fujiwara general for his kindness and support. After sending Fujiwara away, Oda summarized the military situation and realized that the situation was extremely critical. Only then did he understand why Fujiwara was so generous to give up power.
That means he wants to die here.
However, this guy had already accepted the order, and Fujiwara also used the blank edict of Emperor Amaterasu to fill in the appointment letter, which was equivalent to the emperor's order for him to hold on. Oda sighed and had to bite the bullet and organize his army to fight back.
However, Liu Zheng saw that the navy had formed a siege on Busan and immediately launched an attack. The Eastern Route Army then quickly launched an attack, pushing the entire battlefield from northeast to southwest like a mountain.
The Japanese pirates were compressed in the line from Tushan to Busan and could not move, and were quickly divided and surrounded by Liu Zheng.
In the first battle of Tushan County, the Shenwei Army deployed two hundred large catapults and hundreds of mortars, and blew up the thin city wall of the county in an instant. There were also dozens of hot air balloons in the sky dropping thunder bombs. The streets in the county were blown up with flames, and the Japanese pirates were unable to reinforce the city wall.
The Shenwei Army charged into street fighting and ended the battle after an hour.
Seeing that the Japanese pirates still had the fighting power under such fierce artillery fire, Liu Zheng secretly admired the powerful spirit of Bushido and told his brothers to be careful.
In the next battle at Busan, the Kamui Army used the new type of sky-high bombs sent by the navy.
After the catapults and mortars blew up the city walls, they fired bombs and shells filled with large amounts of chili powder into the city. The entire battlefield was filled with smoke and the pungent smell of chili peppers. The Japanese soldiers cried and screamed for their parents, while tearing their clothes and urinating on their clothes to cover their mouths and noses.
The Shenwei Army charged forward to capture prisoners wearing masks that they had prepared long ago, so cleaning the battlefield was much easier as they only had to look for the sound of coughing.
Zhou Ping's navy intercepted the fleeing warships and attacked them fiercely. Countless warships caught fire and sank, and only a few small boats escaped.
This was Liu Zheng's suggestion to General Zhou. Don't pursue the desperate enemy. We should not kill them all. Instead, let those pirates who survived the disaster escape and go back to tell their stories to publicize the kindness and unstoppable power of the Shenwei Army.
It was ten days later that Zhao Yulin received the report on the recovery of Goryeo.
He was very satisfied that the Shenwei Army was able to easily defeat the Japanese pirates within two months, recapture the entire territory of Goryeo, and complete the plan of annihilating the enemy on the peninsula. He asked Yang Xingyun to issue an order to commend them and order the Liaoyang Road garrison to prepare for war with the Japanese island.
Order Zhou Ping to immediately expand the Yellow Sea Fleet of the Navy and cooperate with Feng Guiqi to plan a cross-sea landing operation.
Hua Yue came over with a smile to accompany him for tea, and repeatedly praised the Shenwei Army for its strength, defeating the Japanese pirates in a short time and recovering the Korean Peninsula. Such a record is unprecedented in ancient and modern times, and it is worth celebrating.
Zhao Yulin smiled and told him that this was due to the Koreans’ successive and heroic resistance, as well as the fact that our Shenwei Army had advanced weapons and powerful combat capabilities and was sure to win if they fought.
Hua Yue agreed grudgingly and pulled him to go. Madam Zhidi is already ready. Let's go to the banquet hall to celebrate.
When Cao Youwen and Meng Gong saw Zhao Yulin coming, they stood up and waved for him to come over and sit down.
Meng Gong was so happy that he couldn't help but say, "No matter how fierce the Japanese pirates were, they were still beaten to a pulp by our Shenwei Army. Hahahaha, I'm going to drink three cups of wine today."
Everyone laughed heartily.
Only Zhao Yulin here knows that defeating the Japanese pirates is not an easy task.
Feng Guiqi reported to him that very few Japanese pirates surrendered, and even if they were dispersed, they would still fight and fight to the death. The Shenwei Army was used to fighting on the home ground, and the enemy would often raise their hands and kneel on the ground when they were told to surrender, but the Japanese pirates would not do that.
Not only that, the Japanese pirates who had lost their weapons pretended to surrender, and took advantage of the moment when our brothers surrounded them and did not move, suddenly attacking, causing our soldiers who had relaxed their vigilance to be unable to react in time and were injured, and it was not uncommon for them to be killed.
There were even some Japanese pirates who, after being captured, launched surprise attacks and resisted, strangling our soldiers' necks and biting them with their teeth.
Later, Feng Guiqi changed the battlefield discipline and ordered that no prisoners should be taken. Unless there was absolute certainty that the situation could be controlled, then anyone could be left alive. In principle, all should be executed.
After the banquet, Meng Gong, with a rosy face and great interest, asked for some tea and told him that the situation on Champa's side was a bit complicated.
