Capital Datang

Time flies, and it has entered the early winter season in a blink of an eye.In order to meet the coming severe winter, many people are stockpiling winter food, and as the weather turns cold, many people try to reduce outdoor activities as much as possible. After all, it is really not suitable to stay outdoors in this cold weather, especially Those poor families don't even have clothes to keep out the cold, so when winter comes, they stay in the house every day.

However, the various places under Li Yin's rule are very busy. For example, the seagoing ships from Dengzhou to Sibi, and from Sibi to Jincheng have never stopped, and they are even busier than before. All kinds of lucky ships are full of goods. All of them have extremely deep drafts, and they shuttle back and forth on the routes of various ports.

However, at the port outside Sibi City, a batch of large military ships suddenly appeared during this period. These ships have large hulls, are not too fast, and do not have many weapons. They are generally only used to transport troops or supplies. , During this period of time, they have been in and out of Sibi City, and they are all using military docks. Ordinary people don't even know what these ships are transporting?But when the last batch of such military cargo ships left the port, only a few people knew that Li Yin also left Sibi with the fleet on the King Qi.

Li Yin followed the fleet to the southeast first, then entered the Tsushima Strait, stopped at Danluo, and finally drove the boat north, until he arrived at Tsushima Island, but compared to the past, the current Tsushima Island is full of troops. Gathered together, the barracks of various armies stretched across one another, almost occupying the entire island.

After Li Yin arrived on Tsushima Island, he immediately summoned all the generals to discuss matters. The army on this island was divided into four parts. Among them, the firearms unit had the smallest number. Including the 500 broken camp, there were only 4000 people, commanded by Liu Rengui.The 400 Kunlun slave army was under the command of Huli.There are 5 generals from Chang'an wealthy and noble families, commanded by Li Shi and Xu De.There are 5000 grassland archers.They were controlled by Xue Rengui and Zhou Long respectively, and Su Dingfang was the commander in charge of the war against the Japanese country, controlling all the armies.In addition, the Silla army still has 370 people, but these people are not strong in combat and are only used as backup supplements.Capital Datang [-]

In the brightly lit commander's tent, Su Dingfang sat on the commander's seat in the middle, while Li Yin only accompanied him on the right side.Everything in the army is handsome, even if Li Yin has a noble status.But it can't grab the commander-in-chief's position. After all, the so-called military order is like a mountain. If the supreme position of the commander-in-chief cannot be established, how can he convince the public?So don't say it's Li Yin, even when Li Shimin went out to fight.If you are not commander-in-chief, you can only sit under the commander-in-chief when you convene the generals. This is military prestige.

"Your Highness, there are a total of 8 troops participating in the war, and more than 730 large and small ships have been recruited. They are fully prepared and can land in Japan at any time!" Su Ding Fang put on his armor.Sitting majestically on the handsome seat.These combat troops are a bit messy, but they are managed in an orderly manner by him. All the generals are very convinced, which can be described as a rare general.

Li Yin nodded after listening.Then he glanced at the people in the handsome tent, especially when he looked at Xue Rengui who stayed with Su Dingfang, he felt a little secretly proud.All the students from the military academy had gone back, but Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui stayed.And he has already submitted a withdrawal letter to the military academy, and is determined to help Li Yin make a career.

For the move of the two.Li Yin naturally wanted it, and this was what he had planned long ago.After all, he is currently short of people, especially in military affairs. Except for Zhou Long, Hu Li, and Lu Qing, there are really no generals who can take action. Now with the help of two generals, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, he can finally relax a lot .

"What's the reaction from Wa Kingdom?" Li Yin asked after looking around.He has been preparing for the battle against the Wa Kingdom for more than half a year. Although not many people know about it, it is impossible to keep such a big move secret. Therefore, Li Yin estimated that the Wa Kingdom should I got the news a long time ago, but I don't know how they will respond?

As early as a few months ago, Wu Meiniang had completely handed over the information on the Wa Kingdom to Su Dingfang, so when he heard Li Yin's question, Su Dingfang immediately replied: "His Royal Highness, according to the information obtained through careful work, the Wa Kingdom has indeed known The news that we are going to mobilize troops against it is just because the Wa Kingdom sent troops to help Baekje fight against our Tang Dynasty last time, so that the merchant ships of the Wa people could not enter the various ports of the Datang, so they did not have any news channels in our Datang. It is precisely because of this that the Wa Kingdom did not know the news about our military mobilization accurately, and did not know our strategic goals this time. Even many nobles in the Wa Kingdom believed that we were only attacking them last time. Helping Baekje's revenge, we don't even know that we are determined to destroy them!"

Hearing what Su Dingfang said, Li Yin finally nodded in satisfaction. It seems that his side's intelligence work is doing well, at least he has won in this respect.Next, Li Yin asked each army about their preparations. Zhou Long and Xue Rengui

These generals made their own reports, and Li Min was very satisfied after hearing it, and discussed with the generals until midnight before returning to the camp to rest.

Early the next morning, 1 Kunlun slave troops and [-] prairie archers took the lead in setting off by boat, heading north along the Tsushima Strait, until they came to the Sea of ​​Japan in later generations, and then in the southwest of Honshu Island, that is, The place where the Iwami silver mine was prepared to land in later generations.

Iwami Silver Mine was the main silver mine in Japan from the Warring States period to the Edo period. Its output once accounted for 30.00% of the world at that time. The residents here started mining silver mines very early, and reached a peak in the late Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty where Li Min lived, although there were some people mining silver mines here, firstly, the value of silver was not high, and secondly The silver refining technology that came to the Japanese country was backward, so the output was extremely small, which did not attract the attention of the Japanese country at all.

On the huge troop carrier, Xue Rengui stood alone on the bow, looking at the Japanese Honshu Island in the distance, his face could not help but a surge of excitement.This was the first time he led troops alone, and he was also a [-] grassland archer. He was one of the two vanguards who attacked the Japanese country this time. The other vanguard was the [-] Kunlun slave army led by Hu Li.

Thinking of Hu Li, who was also a pioneer, Xue Rengui turned his head and looked at another troop carrier not far away. It was General Hu's boat, and the other party was standing on the bow of the ship observing the landing site just like him. terrain.Although Huli's qualifications are older than Xue Rengui's, Xue Rengui was not convinced. He held his breath from the very beginning and prepared to compete with the opponent in this vanguard battle, so as to prove himself to His Royal Highness Qi Wang value.

And Hu Li on the distant boat also seemed to feel something, and suddenly turned his head and looked at Xue Rengui, both of them had an unspeakable fighting spirit burning in their eyes. Both win and lose each other, but this kind of result is not accurate. After all, if you can't fight to the death, no one dares to say that you are better than the other.However, since personal martial arts cannot be compared, they can only compete in military merit on the battlefield, and it just so happens that the two are the vanguards of this landing, so there is finally a good show to watch.

The Iwami region is not a political and military center of the Wa Kingdom. In addition, the Tang Dynasty did not have the concept of coastal defense, so the Wa Kingdom did not have any troops stationed here. There were only a few small fishing boats on the sea level. When Xue Rengui and the others When the huge blessing boat came, it immediately scattered like a school of fish, unable to even catch up.

Xue Rengui and Hu Li also lazily ignored the fishermen, ordered the fleet to find a suitable landing place, and then sent small boats ashore. When the first Kunlun slave army landed, they were not stopped at all. Seeing these dark Kunlun slaves, they immediately screamed strangely, scared the shit out of them and ran away to report the news.

When Hu Li's army completely landed, the news that the black evil spirits came in a large ship had already spread in the coastal area of ​​Iwami, especially when they landed in several small villages nearby, they even fled. They couldn't find any chicken feathers, which caused Huli and Xue Rengui a little difficulty, because the first thing they did after they landed was to find a local, and then ask him to guide them to the location of the silver mine. In order to occupy the silver mountain that His Royal Highness Qi said first.

However, although all the people nearby ran away, they were not troubled. This time, in addition to transporting soldiers and supplies, they also specially transported hundreds of good horses on board. Useful.

Xue Rengui selected fifty prairie soldiers with the best riding skills from among the prairie people under his command, and asked them to chase down the path on horseback, making sure to bring back a few Japanese who were familiar with the local conditions.

After sending these people out, Huli and Xue Rengui immediately organized the team. After all, when they landed, the organization of the various battalions had been disrupted, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly reduced, so they had to be adjusted as soon as possible.Although the information obtained before said that there are not many garrisons here, one must be careful in everything.Capital Datang 370

Both Xue Rengui and Hu Li are strict in running the army, so their team was sorted out quickly, but to their surprise, the fifty prairie cavalry sent out have not returned yet, which made Xue Rengui feel ashamed. Guang, after all, they are all his subordinates. Although 50 people are not many, they are all cavalry, and as far as he knows, there are not many horses in Japan, and the horses are short, and they cannot match the Hequ horses they brought. Bi, so even if you encounter a large group of enemies, you can always run if you can't beat them, right?

Seeing that Xue Rengui's people didn't come back, although Hu Li didn't take pleasure in his misfortune, he couldn't help but look down on Xue Rengui.But at this moment, he suddenly heard a rush of horseshoes in the distance, which finally made Xue Rengui feel relieved, but what he didn't expect was that the cavalry sent out this time brought him an unpleasant surprise. Big surprise!