Chapter 138: Shock
Chen Xin, who returned to Lishui, received a message from the northern base. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In May, after repelling several attacks by guerrilla detachments, Amin temporarily stabilized the front along the Han River.
Amin, who had preliminarily mastered all the troops of the former Houjin Dynasty in the past few months, had decided to proclaim himself king in Wangjing in early June, establish the state name "Han", change Wangjing to Shangjing, reformulate the official system and titles, and send envoys to read the edict to the four directions.
Because Chen Xin blocked the invasion of Houjin soldiers and horses, so that Amin could smoothly control the army, he was named the chief military officer of Yipin, and the general of Zhenguo was crowned in charge of the defense of northern Korea.
"The report also said that on the throne ceremony, Amin will also make the general a duke, ranking as the first rank under the royal family of the clan."
Kan Shu put down the report, looked at Chen Xin, and asked, "Will the general go to Amin's enthronement ceremony?" ā
Chen Xin glanced at Kan Shu, "You called him by his name, and asked me if I was going." ā
Kan Shu smiled, "Isn't this used to following the general, how should the general reply?" ā
"When I left, I made a charter, and Zakdan would tell the envoy that Houjin's army has been moving frequently recently, and I personally went to Houjin's territory to reconnoitre."
"So do you need to change the name and title?"
Chen Xin shook his head, "There is no need to change, anyway, I don't plan to really follow Amin, now under the pretext of guarding against Houjin, I don't need to go to Beijing to see him, just fly my general flag first, maybe when we can play our own real flag." ā
Kan Shu fully understood what Chen Xin meant, his own forces were likely to stand on their own at any time, and there was no need to exchange the banners and names given by others, so he nodded and went down to file the documents.
"[Han], hehe, it's really a creation to make people, you actually went to such a country name in this land, you deserve to perish."
In the afternoon, the man sent to contact Tsushima returned, but the news was not promising.
"The general Wa Tsushima was willing to cooperate with us and provide us with some supplies, but they stipulated that only 30% of the silver would be accepted, and the rest must be paid with Ming silk or porcelain."
Chen Xin scratched the chin of a military cat that crawled onto the table, and asked nonchalantly, "Do they have any other requirements?" ā
"They said that sulfur was something that made gunpowder, and that the shogunate was very strict and could only sell us a small amount at a time. There is also copper, and the copper of their Wa kingdom contains a lot of silver, and the price of it has to be increased in trading. ā
"So, I invited the daimyo of the Tsushima Domain to be a guest, but I was also denied, right?"
"Yes, although their tone is very polite, their subordinates can detect them..."
Chen Xin sneered, "Okay, needless to say, you've worked hard, go down and rest." ā
"Yes."
"Looks like I'm going to need to make a trip to Tsushima myself."
Chen Xin is an anxious person who does what he says, thinking of this, Chen Xin immediately ordered all the Tiger Camp to gather.
Except for the Tiger Ben, who was assigned to various units as supervisors and was stepping up the training of new recruits, all the remaining 300-odd Tiger Ben were followed by Chen Xin, who was on a fast crab-5.
Just as Chen Xin was about to board the ship, the person in charge of the southern detachment rode to the beach on horseback to stop Chen Xin and said, "General, how do you say that one is one out?" Just rushing to other people's territory, it's not what a person of your status should do, at least gather a large army to go together. ā
Chen Xin smiled, "You, you underestimate the significance of more than 300 tiger ben in the skirmish of this era. Don't worry, you can stay here and implement Chinese teaching. ā
Chen Xin said, his face became serious, "Language is the essence of a nation, faith is the spiritual sustenance of a nation, as long as you master these two, no matter what color or ethnicity, you can become a group, your task is very heavy, to assimilate all the Koreans under your rule, there is a long way to go, you have to work hard." ā
With that, I got on the boat and headed straight for Tsushima Island.
On the ship, while it was still early, Chen Xin decided to take another look at the information of the Wa Kingdom.
After Tokugawa Ieyasu established the shogunate in 1603, after decades of war, in 1615 the Edo shogunate finally overthrew all the village chiefs, township heads, and even prefectural heads, ending the centuries-long Warring States era of village chiefs' arms fighting, and the Wa kingdom began to enter a period of stability.
After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified the country, he redivided all the vassal states.
The kin-feudal clan, the same clan of the Tokugawa family, occupied more than 20 of the richest and most dangerous feudal states in the country.
The Hodai, that is, the princes who followed the Tokugawa family in the early days, was also called the inner domain. These people were also sealed, and the third type of daimyo was dispersed with these daimyos, denying them the opportunity to unite again.
The daimyo who were conquered after the final battle were also called the outer feudal clans, and they were isolated from the feudal clan and the genealogy, and they had to live in Edo, the seat of the shogunate, for one of the two years, and a lot of time and money were wasted on the road, and this daimyo slowly weakened under the various restrictions of the shogunate.
The Tsushima clan that is going to be there now was also the Toyotomi family in the past, and it belonged to the daimyo of the outer kind, but because of the special geography of Tsushima, it was an important window to maintain relations with Korea and the Ming Dynasty, so the clan of the Tsushima clan was almost unaffected after turning their allegiance to the Tokugawa family and asking for forgiveness.
From the information, it can be roughly seen that the Zong family is a more knowledgeable about current affairs, know how to be flexible, the current family governor is the 21st generation of the Ma family heir Zong Yicheng, this person is deeply influenced by his father Zong Yizhi, and actively develop relations with North Korea and the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Xin thought thoughtfully, if it was really like what the intelligence said, this sect was a pawn that could be used.
According to later generations, the Edo period was able to mobilize 400,000 armed forces, including samurai, ashigaru (light infantry), and small (servants).
It would be a shame that such abundant human resources are not used.
In less than three hours, the clipper ship had reached the waters of Tsushima Island, but the current Tamara Castle north of Tsushima Island, near North Korea, had not yet been built, and the Tsushima Domain's domain was still in the original Jinshi Castle.
Chen Xin's ship still needed to continue sailing along the coast for about 80 kilometers to reach Jinshi City.
Before dark, Chen Xin finally learned from the falcon that his destination was not far away.
Now there are only more than 300 people on this fast crab, and the artillery only has one bow gun, plus two deck guns, which is almost equivalent to being empty, and the draft is very shallow, and there is no need for the guidance of the navigation ship at all.
Under the vigilant eyes of a group of Japanese people, 300 tigers disembarked in full armor and stood motionless on both sides.
The tall figures, heavy armor, and sophisticated weapons all showed the fierceness of this group, and several of the Japanese people who were in charge of managing the port were terrified, but they were limited to their duties, so they could only come and ask about it.
The interpreter brought by Chen Xin was arrogant, "Hurry up and inform your family governor, and let him personally come to greet the general army of Shangguo Yipin, the general of Zhenguo." ā
Although the person who came didn't know what a general soldier was, he knew the weight of the words Yipin and general clearly, and hurriedly went to report it.
At this moment, a group of cavalry, about 20 horsemen, came running in the distance, and these people beat their horses and rushed straight to the tiger array, and one tiger came out of the ranks, nailed an arrow on the ground at a distance of 300 meters, and shouted, "Come and dismount." ā
The other party didn't know whether he didn't understand, or disdainful of losing face in front of a group of infantry, or continued to beat his horse and rush at it.
The two sides were 300 meters apart, and when the cavalry rushed through the feathered arrows nailed to the ground, the outermost 20 tiger ben took out their bows and arrows from their waists, and in an instant, they opened their bows and pulled the arrows in one go.
20 heavy arrows accurately pierced into the head of each war horse, those pro-soldiers immediately pounced on the spot, this scene shocked everyone present, the Wa country has experienced hundreds of years of war, for the common sense of war basically have an understanding, the Wa war, the bow and arrow is very unreliable, there are always dozens of arrows in the body and shouting fiercely generals, those bows can not break the armor.
But today, dozens of people can shoot a war horse with an arrow at such a long distance, which is something that the most brave samurai can't do, and more than 20 people from these people in front of him can do what the strongest samurai in the country can't do, which is simply refreshing everyone's three views.
In the crowd of onlookers standing far away, a few people immediately came out and ran quickly towards the location of the feudal hall.