Qiming 1158

Chapter 1657 Yuan Yoshitsune and Yuan Lai Dynasty

According to the latest news obtained by Yuan Yoritomo, Wakasa, Ise and Mino have been attacked by the Ming army.

The local national guards responded to Minamoto's call and were preparing to cooperate with Minamoto against the Ming army, so they urgently sent people for help, indicating that the army's combat effectiveness was extremely strong.

However, the Ming army has terrifying siege weapons, which are thunderous and can explode. There are also terrifying iron balls that can directly threaten the city wall. They are extremely powerful and put a lot of pressure on the city.

They urgently need support. Without support, they probably won't be able to last even five days.

The Ming army was too strong, exceedingly strong.

Minamoto Yoritomo and his father-in-law Hojo Tokimasa were very surprised when they learned of this incident. While marveling at the strong military strength and logistical capabilities of the Ming Dynasty, they were also troubled about how to support the three countries that were attacked.

There is no doubt that the attacked Three Kingdoms have become everyone's first line of defense. If they are breached, there will be more places to suffer and more places to fall.

Then everyone will be able to concentrate less power, and it will be more difficult to win.

But Yuan Yoritomo and Hojo Toshizheng did not plan to send troops, they only planned to give all help except help to the three countries.

the reason is simple.

They lacked powerful warriors, so it was difficult for them to send elite troops to support the Three Kingdoms.

At the end of the Heian period, Japan lacked the concept of war. Due to its small population, large-scale wars of more than [-] people rarely occurred. Therefore, people at that time generally believed that the victory of the battle depended on the strength of the individual fighting ability of the samurai, that is, the elite warriors. duel between.

Most people are just cannon fodder, waving flags and fighting against the wind, and they really rely on elite soldiers, similar to fighting in the streets.

This is a matter of course in small-scale battles. This is also true of battles in some periods of ancient China. There are even forms of warfare that restrict civilians from fighting on the battlefield, such as the game-style warfare of nobles in the Spring and Autumn Period.

But once the population of a country increases, the demand for resources increases, and the intensity of war increases, this is not the case.

Gentleman-style game wars will suddenly turn into bloody battlefields, and military systems, forms of warfare, and concepts of warfare will undergo drastic changes among countries.

This change happened very early in China, but much later in Japan.

At this moment in Japan, there is no concept of battle, no concept of coordinated operations of various arms, and no concept of the overall situation of war in which military formations collide.

Their military concept is still at the level of skirmishes.

This is an important reason why the Taira regime can be established, because Taira Kiyomori is personally brave and powerful.

This is also an important reason for the Ming army's repeated victories, because the Ming army's military concept crushed them.

Even the [-] troops assembled by the Ping family were elite warriors who occupied an important position and had excellent equipment, while the ordinary infantry who accounted for the majority did not even have complete equipment or uniform military uniforms.

Some people carry standard weapons and wear simple military uniforms, some people carry iron farm implements and wear their own simple clothes, and some people simply carry bamboo guns and wooden sticks, dressed in rags like beggars.

This is not an army in the military sense at all, more like a refugee team.

So when Kong Zhende met the 3 Ping army, he even thought that he had encountered a patchwork of peasant rebels, and for a while thought that civil strife broke out in Ping'an capital.

When it comes to really fighting, the process is also very simple.

The opponent's tactic is that the infantry is the cannon fodder and is responsible for pulling, and the elite warrior is responsible for fighting and winning.

Warriors don't strike because infantry are slaughtered, and infantry don't strike because warriors are in trouble.

Generally speaking, when the elite samurai group encounters difficulties in their assault, when the infantry is shaken, and when the samurai retreats, the infantry has long since fled, and the speed is fast, comparable to Scud.

Can this concept of war be able to fight against the Ming army?
the answer is negative.

The infantry encountered an entire Ming army whose concept of war far surpassed their several eras, and was undoubtedly crushed by the Ming army.

The various arms of the Ming Army will cooperate and change formations. There is a combination of cold weapons and hot weapons. There is no individual heroism, and a collective decisive victory is advocated.

And the Japanese would not.

Apparently, Yuan Yoritomo and Hojo's current administration also viewed war in the same way.

Although they felt that they had the need to support the other side, because the strength of the warriors on their side was not strong enough and the number of them was not large enough, they needed a lot of time to prepare.

They have just called for it now and are in the process of raising their troops. It will take time to recruit more troops and prepare more food and logistics.

They need more time to recruit brave warriors, and they need more time to recruit enough cannon fodder infantry.

But will the Ming army give them this time?

They didn't know yet that the Ming army's offensive efficiency was measured in days, while all their actions were measured in months.

There is a huge gap between the two sides at this level, which is one of the important reasons why Japan cannot launch an effective resistance.

The Ming army was too fast, they were so fast that they couldn't see it, and they didn't have time to organize enough troops to gather to form a combat force.

The only formed army that formed combat effectiveness was also beaten by the Ming army, and the whole army was annihilated.

The ideas of Yuan Yoritomo and Hojo's current affairs are good, but under the super high offensive efficiency of the Ming army, their ideas can only be regarded as ideas.

They did not have time to muster all the armed forces of eastern Japan against the Ming army.

They could only be forced to face the Ming army, and were forced to one-on-one the Ming army one country at a time. The Ming army turned the big battlefield into a small battlefield, and formed an absolute military advantage and military advantage on the small battlefield, so they were defeated like a mountain. .

When Yuan Yoritomo was busy with military preparations, his half-brother, Yoshitsune Yuan, arrived in Izu country from the northeastern border of Mutsu, and brought the Fujiwara family of Mutsu to respond to the call of Yuan Yoritomo. news.

The Fujiwara family is preparing the army, and when the time comes, they will immediately go south to support them.

Yuan Yoritomo was very happy, hosted a banquet for his brother whom he had not seen for many years, and then informed him of the current emergency.

Yuan Yoshitsune said that he was willing to lead an army to fight against the Ming army. Can't just let the three countries challenge the Ming army alone?
Minamoto Yoshitsune told Minamoto Yoshitsune the actual problems on his side, Minamoto Yoshitsune expressed his understanding, and then decided to take the [-] cavalry he brought with him to rush to Mino country to provide support with symbolic significance rather than practical significance, so as to Increase the reputation of Minamoto Yoritomo.

This is July [-], [-] in the Republic.

The Ming Army's North Route Army was led by Su Jue to attack the country of Wakasa, the South Route Army was led by Kong Zhende, and they attacked Ise by land and water.

The three-way army marched hand in hand. On July [-], both the South and North Route Army achieved decisive victories, while the Middle Route Army encountered stubborn resistance from local forces in Meinong.

After all the defense facilities were destroyed, the local guardian Mino Genji family was more valiant and was always reluctant to admit defeat.

When the main force collapsed, they concentrated the last thousand troops and launched a decisive battle with the Ming army after Gifu City was broken.

(End of this chapter)