The family of Zhang Island and Wang Defa made a plan to behead them, and they were ready to uproot the Hojo family in the Kamakura shogunate, and try to support the general of the expedition named Gen Weiyasu.

That kid was born in Kamakura Castle in Sagami Province, and is now only fifteen years old. As early as July 1266, with the deposed prince of Sozun and sent back to Kyoto, he was only three years old when he was appointed as the shogun of Kamakura Castle.

At first, he was called "King Weikang" when he was not demoted to a vassal, but after he was appointed as a general of Zhengyi, he was demoted to a vassal and gave the surname of Yuan, so he changed his name to "Yuanweikang".

The reason for supporting this person is simple, this person is young enough to have the opportunity to reform, and this person is not very aggressive.

In Zhang's view, if Japan were ruled by an unreformed and enterprising young man, he would often do stupid things.

The so-called decapitation plan is to land directly on the docks of Kamakura Castle and use it as a base to defeat other forces that dare to come to support!

Zhang Daozhu and Wang Defa didn't care whether the Japanese shogunate would know the news in advance, they also hoped that the other party would know the information earlier, gather more resistance forces------ and beg the navy to practice landing and warfare!

In this operation, they decided to directly dispatch two battle fleets, and the main battle fleet went to Kamakura Castle to pull out the Hojo family!

The other team landed directly in Iwami Province to recapture the Iwami Silver Mine of the Lord of Zhang, and then defended on the spot and tried to destroy the enemies who dared to attack!

Wang Defa said: "Okay, this is a double magnet tactic------ let them attack us!" ”

"This will allow those imperial families to choose sides and reduce our resistance, after all, we are not capable of governing the whole of Japan," said Zhang. ”

Wang Defa's family suggested: "Send someone to take Hokkaido, there is coal there, there are hardwood resources------ after we have Jeju Island and Hokkaido will take care of the three main islands of Japan from both ends, and let them be our helpers honestly." ”

Good idea!

The place name of Hokkaido they mentioned was known only to the two of them, and it is still called Ezo Land, and it is inhabited by a small number of Ainu people, and the Japanese shogunate simply did not have the ability to develop here.

Hokkaido is a great place to be.

Its terrain is high in the middle and low on all sides, with mountains and mountains in the middle, and the terrain is generally undulating, but it is surrounded by vast flat land.

There are many plains along its coast, there is no shortage of large and small rivers, and the forest cover is larger than that along the Yalu River.

The point is that it is abundantly produced, not only in hardwood, but also in coal, iron, but also lead, manganese and zinc.

Winters are colder, and there is snow from December to March, up to 4 metres deep.

However, the summer is pleasant, with a maximum of 20 degrees Celsius, and the southeast coast is foggy, so it is almost unaffected by rainy seasons and typhoons throughout the summer.

Zhang's eyes were still fixed on the opposite side of Beihai Island, and he pointed to Kuye Island and said, "Lao Wang, after we train personnel who can adapt to the cold zone, we can further develop north------ that continent is charming." ”

Wang Defa's family nodded to North America and said, "This continent is also fascinating!" ”

Well, the two of them fell into a beautiful imagination-------

However, the orders they issued one after another could keep the army, navy, and air force all busy, and no one had a chance to imagine it.

At the Dengzhou Naval Base in Shandong, Captain Guo Beyu was the main team, Captain Bao Wei was the auxiliary, and several of his subordinates were busy in front of a sea chart.

Captain Guo Beyu held a long wooden pole and pushed it around to arrange some models of sea ships, which was to match two different fleets.

Captain Bowie could only watch from the side with his hands behind his back.

This is where the differences in the branches of the military manifest themselves.

Captain Bowie believed that his army could act as a front-row soldier and did not need to rely on the Marines to land first.

Captain Bao Wei said: "Captain Zhang said, this is not a sneak attack, don't overemphasize speed------

Captain Guo Beyu said: "We are landing on the beach at many points, and we must be fast to form a joint force immediately------ so you land soldiers should be supportive, and when we have gained a foothold on the shore, you will disembark." ”

Well, you are the boss in this cross-sea battle!

Captain Bowie could only watch as others kept adjusting the fleet.

In this war, on the orders of the island lord Zhang, not counting the army participants, the Liuqiu Navy itself took out more than half of its strength.

They dispatched a total of 15 sea-class five-masted warships, four five-masted logistics transport ships, 20 river-class three-masted warships, and more than 30 river-class two-masted warships responsible for beach-grabbing landings.

The total tonnage reached 70,000 tons, and more than 30,000 combatants participated in it, including 12,000 personnel from the army.

In this formation, they did not use sail warships, and all of them were used to defend the Dengzhou Naval Base and Liuqiu Island itself.

Captain Bao Wei smiled and said, "Are you afraid that there will be an enemy landing?" My God, our army would love to let the enemy ashore.

If they do, I promise not to disturb them ashore, and I can also let them go five kilometers inland! ”

"Come on, Lao Bao, don't underestimate the enemy! Those Japanese stormtroopers also have some Japanese laborers, you should be wary! ”

"Don't worry, I will reuse anyone who moves their families here to earn money, and I have arranged for people to closely monitor those who know how to buy things and send them back to China after earning money!"

They set off with less than 100 Japanese stormtroopers to act as guides and interpreters.

The Japanese stormtroopers who traveled with them also opposed the Hojo family in the Kamakura shogunate, not only thinking that they were treaty breakers, but also hating them in their hearts, if it weren't for them, these people would be so poor!

On August 20, 1278, they officially set out from the Dengzhou Naval Base, and their troops divided into two routes to attack Japan!

The battle fleet that attacked the Kamakura shogunate was personally commanded by Captain Guo Beyu, who had already received a special order from the island lord Zhang to know where the bottom line of this war was and to what extent it would be fought.

Zhang also specially asked Ambassador Hou Dongfang to accompany him to participate in the operation.

He was mainly responsible for negotiating with the Japanese side, and he knew that the owner of Zhang Island did not want to destroy the Japanese state, which was not in line with the highest interests of Liuqiu Island at the moment!

The fleet is currently moving at an average speed of eight knots.

Hou Dongfang sat in the command room of the command ship and watched as Captain Guo Beyu and his staff officers were drawing the route on the chart with compasses and rulers.

Among all the twenty house-bred boys, Hou Dongfang was the only one who could not use the sextant made by Zhang Daozhu------- which made him angry and helpless, but fortunately, Zhang Daozhu thought that everyone had their own nature, and there was no need to force him to be consistent, so he did not force him to learn.

At present, the sea ships on Liuqiu Island, and some of the Great Song Sea ships have long popularized this thing.

Zhang never cared about others stealing his skills, but he thought that it would be conducive to the promotion of sailing technology.

On the street of Kori on the island of Liuqiu, there are shops selling compass and sextant in public.