"Wait, is it a samurai of the Heavenly Dao, or a samurai of the Emperor?"

In the courtyard of the Ishiyama Heavenly Dao Palace, Hojo Mitsutoki had already put on shining steel armor, raised a three-foot-three-inch horizontal sword, stood on a high platform, and asked questions loudly.

The object of his question was the heavily armed samurai who filled the courtyard. These warriors were also modeled after the standard of the Ming army's infantry brigades, with a total of more than 3,000 people, of which 300 were samurai wearing steel armor and holding swords and shields. Another 1,200 men were spears and steel armor. There are also 600 people who are wearing Japanese-style large armor with Maruki bows, and the remaining 900 or so people are also holding spears, which are also Japanese-style large armor to protect themselves.

And all these three thousand samurai, each with a long strip of back flags with a red sun and moon on a white background.

Three thousand samurai shouted in unison: "Anything can be done, only Taiyi!" We are all samurai of the Heavenly Dao! ”

Some of these people are Daoist members of the Heavenly Daoist Sect, some are the guardian samurai of the Ishiyama Heavenly Dao Palace, and some are the samurai of the Heavenly Dao in the various prefectures of Kinai - although the Heavenly Daoist Sect has always had a violent tendency, compared with the local samurai Tiandao disciples in Japan, the Heavenly Daoists elsewhere are simply peace-loving white rabbits.

This is probably also determined by the national conditions of Japan, there are too many samurai in Japan! There were so many that the Kamakura shogunate had no way to arrange it. Therefore, as long as there is a force that is not bad for money (of course, it must also have a certain appeal) willing to hire at a high price, it can always pull the team up in a short time.

Historically, from the beginning of the Motohiro Rebellion to the merger of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the troubled times that lasted for more than 60 years were due to the fact that there were too many samurai to arrange.

Although it is still several decades before the Motohiro Rebellion. But the problem of the excessive number of samurai has come to the fore.

The same problem was in the Ming Dynasty, which was based on aristocratic democracy. Actually, it also exists! The children and grandchildren of the military aristocracy multiplied, if not used effectively. It will become a source of social unrest.

Chen Dexing's method was to expand outward, and at the same time vigorously develop industrial and commercial education, so as to create more outlets for the sons of scholars -- the Zhao family's Tianzi used Guiwen and light martial arts and imperial examinations to make China's "scholars" abandon their swords and bows to study the Confucian and Mencian classics, and waste their youth in the imperial examinations again and again, which is also a way out......

Until the Meiji Restoration in modern times, Japan was a feudal state nestled on a few broken islands, and it was simply unable to solve the problem of too many samurai. As a result, there was turmoil in Japan, and the Tokugawa shogunate was at the peak of gold and silver mining when various systems were relatively tight, and it was just in time. In the end, it was also because there were too many samurai, and the middle and lower samurai lived in poverty and fell into collapse.

Those ronin warriors who have no way out and live in poverty are simply masters who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. And it's still the 13th century, not the 19th century after the revival of Confucianism in Mito, and most Japanese samurai don't know who the emperor is.

They only know that as long as the world is in chaos, they will have the opportunity to make contributions and get land!

Hikaru Hojo turned his head. With his cousin brother, Hojo Tokimo of Hojo Kekurak-ji Ryu, they now have a common goal: to bring down Tokumune, and then Nakoshi-ryu and Kekurak-ji Ryu will share power!

Although their Hojo family controls Japan, they have too many children. Except for the core Dezong Liu, those side branches are not having a good time! So knock down Dezong and replace it. It's the dream that these Hojo streamers share......

Under the mediation of Kakunobu Otani, Hojo Mitsutoki and Hojo Tokimo have reached an agreement. Defeat the queen of Dezong. Dezongliu's manor was divided equally between Mingyue Ryu and Kek Lok Si Ryu, and the position of power was held by the two families in turn. Other than that. The side that did not hold the shogunate was in charge of the Zhenxi Exploration and controlled the Western Province and Kyushu. The six Polo exploration topics in the north and south are held by two families respectively.

The two of them turned their heads at the same time, looking at Otani Kakushin, who was standing under a sun and moon banner and wearing a white robe.

The Tendo Church represented by Satorun Otani became a sect of the Hojo family after the success of the Hojo Mitsutoki and Hojo Tokimo uprisings!

And the emperor ...... Uh, I must find someone who is obedient and willing to enter the Taoist religion to do it, and the honorific title will be changed to the king of Japan first, and the internal will not change for the time being, and then change it when the time is ripe. At that time, maybe the Hojo family will be the king, and the woman of the Otani family will be the queen of Japan!

Otani Kakushin took a few steps forward, his eyes solemn, and announced loudly.

"The Heavenly King, the Lord of the Hundreds of Millions of Heavenly Daoists in the world, has ascended the throne and become the emperor in Yanjing City on the Haixi Continent! The entire continent, from the North Sea in the north, to the south and the south, to the desert in the west, to the sea in the east, hundreds of millions of people, have already bowed to the way of heaven! ”

Otani Sakushin, the old grandmother of Honganji, who can fool if she can't fool? Anyway, the Japanese don't know what's going on on the mainland. Just brag, the stronger Chen Dexing is, the more confident the Japanese Heavenly Daoists will be.

Moreover, the Japanese of this era were all fans of China, and they felt that it was always right to learn from the Chinese kingdom. Originally, it seemed that the kingdom of China was about to decline, and it was about to be destroyed by the Mongol barbarians. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Heavenly Taoism came out, the Mongolians immediately couldn't bear it, doesn't this just show that the gods of the Heavenly Taoism have a miracle?

"Anything can be done, only Taiyi!"

A group of samurai who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic were all shouting vigorously.

Kakunobu Ohtani raised his arm, and the people below immediately fell silent. Otani asked: "Now, there are people in Heiankyo who do not worship the way of heaven and do not respect Taiyi, and they want to ban the way of heaven!" You say, "What should I do?" ”

The newly appointed shogunate ruler Hojo Masamura (the son of Hojo Yoshitoki and the founder of Masura-ryu, but who supported the apparent Tokumune, and the 14-year-old Hojo Tokimune) had issued a secret decree for the new Nanroku-ha-lo Titan, and Tokisuke of Tokumune-ryu to send troops to arrest Hojo Tokimo and occupy Ishiyama Tendo Palace.

But this news was sent to Heiankyo one step ahead of schedule by the inner line that was placed in Kamakura by Kerakkuji Ryu. Tokimo Hojo was also able to lead his retainers out of Heiankyo and arrived at the Ishiyama Tendo Palace to join Hojo Mitsutoki and Otani Kakushin.

When Hojo Mitsutoki and Otani Kakunobu learned of this, they immediately sent people to Settsu, Kaga, Yamashiro, Omi and other places to gather people. He also sent an urgent report to Echigo and Kyushu, asking Haoqiang, who supported the Heavenly Dao Sect, to prepare to raise troops to fight a Heavenly Dao Holy War!

"Shangluo! Kamilo! Down with the national thieves! Great Prosperity Heavenly Dao! ”

The samurai in the courtyard cheered loudly, and the more than 3,000 people here, as if they had eaten the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, actually wanted to challenge the behemoth of Hojo Tokumune, and planned to go to Luo to overthrow the rule of Emperor Hitoshi!

Standing on the high platform, looking at the glittering silver scene below, Hojo Hikaru was full of confidence. Although this army was small in number, it was armed with steel armor and steel swords, as well as heavenly thunder arrows.

Looking at the whole of Japan, there is no force that can fight against it, not even the Banto samurai of the Tokuzong family!

The era of winning by outnumbers has passed, and the future of Japan will be the era of steel and H-medicine.

Moreover, this era belongs to him Hojo Hikatsutoki!

……

The war that was about to start in Japan was named the "First Heavenly Way Holy War" by later historians. As the name suggests, this is a sacred war initiated by the Heavenly Dao Sect.

It's the first time, but not the last!

Heavenly Taoism, a religion created by Chen Dexing and Mo Ying Niang, is now getting stronger and stronger. It has even exceeded Chen Dexing's original expectations, and a part of the Heavenly Daoist Sect is developing towards a monster of theocratic integration...... And it also has its own army of protectors!

Moreover, there is more than one army of the Heavenly Dao Sect.

The army drawn up by Satorunobu Otani, Hojo Mitsutoki, and Hojo Tokishige at the Ishiyama Tendo Palace in Japan called themselves "Heavenly Samurai" or "Guardian Samurai" for many years to come. They would provoke a bloody and long civil war and become the dominant power of Japan for centuries after the war ended.

And thousands of miles away, in the grassland near the sea of Central Asia, a small army with the banner of the sun and moon of the Heavenly Taoist Sect also appeared at this time. Later generations called them the "Mongolian Heavenly Dao Army". As the name suggests, this army was made up of Mongols who believed in the Celestial Taoism - not all Mongols, but also Turks, Kipchaks, Mirbegs, Tatars, and Nabarbarians, all of whom were Tartars of the steppe around Haiabli. Most of them are the most uninformed kind, after seeing the hot air balloon brought by Bao Yin, they were lured by Bao Yin with a sharp steel horizontal knife, so they converted to Tiandaoism, and gathered around Bao Yin to volunteer as a guard.

It adds up to a lot, and there are more than 1,000 people in a few months.

Regarding the "Mongolian Heavenly Dao Army" that Baoyin pulled up without authorization, Haidu Khan did not take it to heart. Because he himself and his direct tribe have now joined the Heavenly Dao Sect. Baoyin's "Mongolian Heavenly Dao Army" is actually a force that can be used by the sea. Moreover, most of the generals of the "Mongolian Heavenly Dao Army" were abducted by Baoyin from other tribes, and Haidu did not lose a few warriors.

Now is the summer when the water and grass are fertile, and wherever the cattle, sheep and horses go, there will be no grass to eat. Moreover, after the recovery of the spring, Haidu and several tribes who were willing to follow Haidu to risk attacking the Wokotai clan king of Helin already had the capital to carry out long-distance migration.

When the news of Kublai Khan's arrival in Beshbali reached Haiabli, Haidu Khan decided not to wait any longer and immediately began to migrate. It was not an army expedition, but more than 10,000 Mongolian herdsmen (including various Mongolized steppe people), and more than 10,000 Han Chinese (who did not know that they were already second-class Khans) merchants and craftsmen who were willing to follow, began their slow long journey.

And Baoyin, who has been away from Chen Dexing for more than a year, is now in the most cheerful mood, walking at the forefront of the migration army with her mother Sophia and her more than 1,000 Mongolian Heavenly Dao troops.

She has finally completed her task and will soon be able to return to Chen Dexing! (To be continued......)