Collapse, surrender to me!

"That's fine."

Grace thought about the current situation in Japan.

According to history, during the reigns of Emperors Huan and Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the country of Japan was in chaos, with nations attacking each other and no ruler.

But this situation obviously won't last.

At this time, a woman appeared, her name was Himiko.

Himiko was old and had never married. It was said that she practiced the art of ghosts and gods and could confuse the people with sorcery, so she was unanimously supported by the Japanese to become king.

She had thousands of maids, and few people could see her true face. Everyday there was only one man who served her food and drink, and Himiko passed her words and orders through him. The palaces, towers, and city walls where Himiko lived were all heavily guarded, and the laws were strict.

"Now, over there, the various vassal states have jointly elected Himiko, the queen of Yamatai, as their king. You will form groups of three, each commanding 1000 soldiers, for a total of troops. Whoever conquers Yamatai first will be the new emperor of the Han Dynasty."

Grayshut thought that a total of 18,000 soldiers should be enough.

Even in the early Warring States period in Japan, as long as a few hundred people were mobilized, it could be called a "war", and it was very rare to mobilize thousands or even tens of thousands of troops.

The main reason is that Japan was not unified, there were sixty-six vassal states during the Warring States Period.

In this era, there are not so many, but there are still twenty or thirty vassal states. It should be good if each of them can raise an army of one or two thousand people.

Even if these people united to face the invasion and gathered an army of 40,000 or 50,000, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would not be so stupid as to wait for the other side to gather all their forces before going to war...

As news of what happened in the palace spread.

People all over the world were shocked.

Come and sign up.

Liu Bei was extremely excited at this moment.

Grayshut mentioned groups of three, and usually people would give them a combination of a general and a counselor.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not take part in the palace examination. Instead, Liu Bei formed a team with two other people. One was Ju Su, who had served as an official during the reign of Emperor Ling of Han, was selected as an outstanding talent, and served as the magistrate of two counties. The other was Chen Deng, also known as Chen Yuanlong, who was born in the same year as Xun Yu today.

To be honest, Liu Bei is now unknown. Although he has passed the palace examination, he did not expect that anyone would come to team up with him.

But on the other hand, Ju Shou and Chen Yuanlong are not that famous nowadays.

The Han Dynasty now has a strong army and sufficient food.

However, as a test, the soldiers participating in this battle must be recruited by themselves.

You are not allowed to select military officers or private soldiers.

Grace thought this was fairer, so she started from the beginning.

however--

"Does the warrior want to join the army?"

Liu Bei was stunned when he saw the 1.9-meter-tall burly man in front of him.

Times were changing so fast that he couldn't react for a while.

In the future, the slogan will be one person joins the army, the whole family is honored.

But not now.

People in ancient times generally did not want to serve as soldiers, and most of the time they were forcibly conscripted, even criminals were used as conscripts.

Most of the time it is an extremely helpless choice.

During the Warring States Period and the Qin State, people were willing to do so because Shang Yang's reform stipulated that people could get promoted and make money by the number of enemy heads they captured in wars.

At that time, there was no imperial examination system. If people wanted to become officials or superiors, the only way was through military merit.

"My mother said that Emperor Ge Xian has done a great deed and saved my whole family. Now that he wants to conquer the Weinu Kingdom, I will naturally accept his request!"

This situation is not an isolated phenomenon.

Eighteen generals, in groups of three, discovered this phenomenon.

Almost everyone who comes here is skilled in martial arts and has good physical fitness.

Compared with these people, the Han soldiers seemed weaker.

Even those who were in poor health were afraid of holding back Emperor Gexian, and were prevented from registering by their families.

It took almost a day.

Eighteen thousand soldiers were recruited, and some even offered gifts in exchange for admission.

Neither Liu Bei nor Xun Yu and others had ever thought about this situation, so they had to find fault with it and each selected a thousand elite soldiers.

With just a little training, you can go into battle.

But Liu Bei soon became worried.

Grace just gave an order and didn't care about anything else.

That’s right, no food or fodder has been distributed.

The food, clothing and other expenses for a thousand elite soldiers would cost a huge sum of money.

"My third brother has quite a bit of family wealth...but it's almost all gone."

"Brother Xuande, don't panic."

Ju Su laughed.

"If you don't have money, you can borrow it."

"…If you borrow, you have to pay it back."

"Brother Xuande, have you forgotten what Xun Wenruo said during the palace examination? The silver mines in Weinu are amazing. If we just pick up some, it will be enough to pay back the money we borrowed."

"No!"

Liu Bei said quickly.

"These silver mines are the foundation of our Han Dynasty's future. How can they be moved?"

"Emperor Gexian doesn't care about this little thing..."

Ju Shou thought about it and felt that it was indeed not a good idea.

The main reason is that in his opinion, everyone is actually a little greedy.

Emperor Ge Xian would indeed not care.

Can……

It would be embarrassing if they were the only ones who were a little greedy.

"But we fight to support the war, and that's enough to pay back the debt."

"No."

Liu Bei shook his head repeatedly.

"Even if the Ge Xian Emperor doesn't like it, what we got from our expedition is also the spoils of the Ge Xian Emperor. We can't embezzle it."

Ju Su: “…”

How can this person be like this? !

Since ancient times, although the army was always prohibited from burning, killing and looting after the city was captured.

But there has never been a case of really not taking a single penny from the common people.

Maybe in the future, but certainly not now.

And now we are fighting against the Weinu Kingdom, which is a foreign race.

"I'm not pitying the aliens. I'm saying that the things we captured should be transported back to the imperial court to Emperor Gexian."

“…Okay.”

Ju Su didn't want to talk anymore.

Moreover, Liu Bei's reasons made it impossible for him to refute.

"You two don't have to be like this."

Chen Deng smiled.

"Although my Chen family is not strong, we do have some spare money. We can still afford to support a thousand soldiers."

"How can this be..." Liu Bei quickly stood up.

"It doesn't have to be like this."

Chen Deng was also numb.

This uncle Liu, who claimed to be a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, was indeed a gentleman.

But now we are all in the same boat, so there is no need to be so polite.

"One thing is one thing, Yuanlong's kindness will be remembered in my heart."

Here, Liu Bei pulled Chen Yuanlong and Ju Shou to sleep with their feet together, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were alone in the empty room.

Others have also recruited their own people.

After Grayshut's confirmation, the 18,000-strong army marched out in a mighty force.

Even though the place to be attacked is overseas.

But Grayshu also gave us shipbuilding technology. Although we can't build ironclad warships now, the level is up to the standards of Ming Dynasty warships, so it shouldn't be a problem to sail to Japan.

……

The first to land.

It’s Yuan Shao.

At this time, Yuan Shao was still the heroic young man who could shout “My sword is not at all disadvantage”.

The first target discovered by the thousand elite soldiers was a vassal state by the sea.

There is no doubt that the lord of the opposing vassal state immediately realized that the visitor was not a good person, and sent an envoy out of the city to inquire about something.

"My Yuan family has three dukes in four generations, and our name is known all over the world. We have been blessed by the emperor for generations, and our power is feared throughout the country. Today, I am sending troops in accordance with the immortal edict. You barbarians, why don't you surrender quickly!"

Yuan Shao was in high spirits, and then he saw the opposite side leading more than 2,000 people rushing towards him.

Yuan Shao was stunned.

Because among these two thousand people, only six or seven hundred could be called soldiers, and they were not wearing metal armor, but just holding swords in their hands.

As for the rest, they were people holding farm tools.

This reminded Yuan Shao of the Yellow Turban Army.

No, this is to belittle the Yellow Turbans.

At least when Zhang Jiao was in the Yellow Turbans, their faith was terrifyingly strong, but the brutality of the people in front of them could be seen at a glance as being fake.

"Can you scare off the enemy by pretending to be fierce?"

Yuan Shao didn't quite understand.

But when the enemies came, he activated his skills.

"Archers, prepare, fire arrows!"

brush!

Thousands of soldiers took off the longbows from their backs.

"Let's all die!"

Thousands of arrows fired!

Without armor and shield, how can we resist these sharp arrows?

After Grayshut popularized blast furnace steelmaking, these arrowheads were all made of fine steel. One soldier even killed two people with one arrow.

"Too weak, too weak!"

Yuan Shao felt like he was kicking a kindergarten. After a few rounds of arrow rain, the opponent was gone.

The rest of the people were all kneeling on the ground, speaking words he couldn't understand.

Fortunately, he brought an interpreter.