: Cold Winter

In late October of the third year of Huangyou, the weather was already very cold, which indicates that the warm winter that Yelu Niegulu needed was destined to be just a dream. In the land of Japan, the cold also brought disaster to the people here.

The war destroyed their homes, and countless refugees gathered on Jiuzhou Island. They were as short of clothes and food as the Liao people, and they even had no thatched house to shelter from the wind and rain. However, they had one more thing than the Liao people, that is hope.

Ji Xin announced in the name of the Mahjong Emperor that from today on, the entire Mahjong would be put into the arms of the Song Dynasty, and the Mahjong would no longer exist in the future. This is a state of the Song Dynasty, Yingzhou.

The entire Japanese national sentiment and the so-called warrior god have been wiped out in the past few years. They want to live and leave the war, even if they lose their dignity like dogs. As for those who have a little blood, they have long been dead.

So no one objected to this proposal because they knew that once the horse became Yingzhou, it meant that they were also Song people, and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty could not ignore his own life or death.

Sure enough, the Song Dynasty used the fastest speed to transfer a batch of food and clothing from Goryeo.

Then, Chen Yuan's fleet docked, and the team of soldiers walked down from the big ship. Their arrival made the refugees who fled to Kyushu Island very happy, because it meant that the war might be over.

Chen Yuan brought 10,000 people here this time. Originally, he said five thousand was enough, but Renzong was very afraid that his so-called new tactics would not win the war, so he sent him another five thousand people.

Ji Xin and a group of ministers who had originally treated Ma Guo had already been waiting at the dock and stood respectfully in the cold wind. Seeing Chen Yuan's shadow, Ji Xin immediately greeted him: "Mr. Prince Consort, I've been waiting for you."

When Chen Yuan saw Ji Xin, he knew that this kid had lived a very comfortable life during this period. Not only did his waist become thicker, but his face was also red. The black and thin prisoner had already changed his appearance.

"Haha, Brother Ji, the water and soil of Japan seem to be fostering people. You have lived a good life these days."

Ji Xin smiled on his face and said, "It's okay, everything is taken care of by the prince-consort. But,"

He looked at Chen Yuan's face with his eyes, and then continued to ask: "Mr. Prince Consort, what will the emperor plan to arrange for me after I go back this time?"

"Don't worry, the emperor has prepared a prince for you. In the future, in Bianjing, the officials will be counted on Prince Ji to take care of him." After Chen Yuan said that, he bowed to Ji Xinyi. Ji Xin hurriedly stopped and reached out to hold up Chen Yuan's arm: "Oh, Prince Concubine, don't kill me."

Chen Yuan was also joking and took advantage of the situation: "Where is the army of Emperor Zunren of Japan now?"

"We are only left with Kyushu Island, and the rest is occupied by that Zunren."

"Wouldn't that be back a few years ago?"

"It's different. Although he has defeated the territory, there may be some people there who are no longer so loyal to him. This time the knife he himself has completely cut some people to our side. As long as we can let the people from Kyushu Island survive this winter, then he will be done."

Chen Yuan listened and walked forward, Ji Xin followed him closely, and the so-called King of Ma was standing there a little at a loss, as if he was completely a redundant person, and Chen Yuan didn't even look at him.

"After the emperor issued an order to turn Jiuzhou Island into Yingzhou, the Japanese people did not fight again. They stopped outside and sent people to negotiate with us. The people are now in my official residence. Prince Consort, please see if you want to see him?"

No more fight? It seems that Zunren is still very tough in politics. If he continues to attack Jiuzhou Island, he will directly attack the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the Song army will have enough reason to directly intervene in the war.

"What are they going to talk about?"

"The envoy said that Jiuzhou Island has always been their territory of Japan, and it was very unreasonable for the Song Dynasty to turn it into Yingzhou."

A sneer appeared on Chen Yuan's lips. The Japanese tricks were not hidden from his eyes. Kyushu Island had become a fact. When Emperor Zunren was not able to challenge the Song Dynasty, he could only accept this fact.

The reason why he sent someone to talk about the issue of Jiuzhou Island was because he wanted the Song army to stop on Jiuzhou Island. If the Song Dynasty sent someone to talk to him, the ending would definitely be like this. But Chen Yuan, if Yelu Niegulu was the same as Xiao Talis, he would not talk about anything, use my way and my rules to deal with the problems between us.

"There is no need to see him. Our knife has been sharpened. How can we put the knife away just because he retracted his neck? You immediately announce that from today on, Jiuzhou Island is Yingzhou of the Song Dynasty, and Benzhou Island is the Song Dynasty and the border state."

Ji Xin knew that there was nothing to talk about. Chen Yuan handed a move: "I even brought the magistrate of the border prefecture. Have you ever seen it? He is not familiar with the situation here, and you still need to help him with some things."

Following Chen Yuan was Wu Hao, and now it should be said to be Wu Tianqi. Wu Tianqi is the magistrate of the Song Dynasty, and he was very satisfied with this position. As a major minister of the Party who once helped Li Yuanhao, the Song Dynasty was able to allow him to meet people again with another identity and make arrangements for his life and social status. He felt endlessly.

Moreover, he has been cautious in his position as a county magistrate in recent years and dare not make mistakes.

Wu Tianqi originally thought that she might have to be a county magistrate in her life, but who knew that Chen Yuan found him again this time and entrusted him with important tasks.

He was really moved because he was a restless person himself.

After Ji Xin and Wu Tianqi greeted each other, Chen Yuan smiled at Wu Tianqi: "Brother Wu, this time the emperor ordered your name personally. Now he is the magistrate first. If we do it well, we will set up a palace here when we complete all the things in Japan. You are the emperor who values ​​the magistrate."

The prefect? ​​That was a second-rank official in the court. The emperor ordered himself? Wu Tianqi could hardly believe it.

When Chen Yuan saw his expression, he knew what he was thinking, and immediately said, "Long Sui is very wise. He knows that you have done well in the past few years and will not care about what you have done before. This is the opportunity given to you by Long Sui, Brother Wu, and you should seize it."

Wu Tianqi felt a feeling from the bottom of her heart at this time. Thanks to Renzong and Chen Yuan for his moving expression beyond words. Chen Yuan just smiled slightly.

Such people are standard to share wealth and honor, but not suffering. He thanked Renzong because Renzong gave him the opportunity. If Renzong could not give him the opportunity, he would have done the second time that he betrayed Li Yuanhao under the right conditions.

Chen Yuan did not stay here for more. The news of the arrival of the Song army must have made the Japanese ready. The first battle of his musket team was about to start. He did not look forward to this force. Because judging from the current military equipment of the Song Dynasty, the musket was just garbage.

A well-trained crossbowman can accurately hit a target a hundred steps away, and can shove one or two crossbow arrows between one breath on average. But the musket is different. There is also a correct head within fifty steps, and one hundred steps, so you can't hit wherever you see it. It depends on whether the iron sand is willing to go.

Moreover, a musketeer must go through many steps from loading to hitting before it can be fired. In actual combat, the most skilled musketeer in the Song army is now twenty times slower than the crossbowman.

This is still the time for training, and I went to the battlefield, and there are more uncertain factors.

Also, muskets are subject to many restrictions and cannot be exposed to sunlight or cháo. In short, not only those literati, but also generals like Di Qing also believe that this musket is nothing to hunt for the people, and if it is equipped with the troops, it is an expensive toy.

No one understood, but Chen Yuan still insisted on continuing to make this toy and found an opportunity to experiment with the ability of this toy. Because he knew very well that if the toy was made one day, he would completely bring war into the firearm era.

Chen Yuan asked the Musketeers to play in Japan after careful consideration.

The musket has just been formed, and Chen Yuan did not have the courage to take it to the battlefield of the Liao Kingdom to try it. Because the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom are all cavalry, and the speed is extremely fast. The cumbersome and unstable accuracy of the muskets are doomed to fail if the musket team encounters the Liao Kingdom cavalry at present.

The battle that the villagers won was said to rely on muskets, but rather they rely on terrain. Muskets were just their auxiliary tools.

But the Japanese are different. The Japanese have no cavalry at all. The speed of the two tui is enough to give the musket team sufficient chance to get bullets. Also, the combat quality and weapons and equipment of these Japanese are much worse than that of the Song army. Even if they are asked to rush to their side, the Song army can draw out their swords to fight.

More than 5,000 musketeers had already gotten off the boat, holding the muskets that looked to be toys in the eyes of other Song Jun, with a bag of fire and iron sand on his waist, wearing a helmet on his head and a long knife behind him.

They also held their breath one by one. The Song army has been spectators until now. Finally, they have the opportunity to appear, and they are very eager to prove themselves.

Chen Yuan watched the team assembled and said to Ji Xin, "Okay, I'm leaving. Let's give you and Lord Wu the matter here. When I capture that Zunren, we can go back to the Song Dynasty together."

Ji Xin was stunned for a moment: "Why is the prince-consort so anxious? Although Japan is poor now, I heard that the prince-consort is here and has prepared a table of wine and food that I can still take. Why not leave tomorrow?"

Chen Yuan patted his shoulder: "Prince Ji, we still have opportunities in the future. But what kind of priest Ren in Japan, I really miss him for a long time."

Zunren is now in Kyoto. After receiving the news that the Song army had landed, he immediately mobilized all the troops, intending to rely on the advantage of numbers to defeat the Song army. If he could do so, he would break the powerful image of the Song army in the minds of the Japanese.

Of course, it would be best if you could catch Chen Shimei and cut off his head to avenge his father.

Chen Shimei seemed a little careless this time. The Song army's actions were no longer as fast as the last time. On the contrary, the ten thousand Song army walked very slowly and only traveled more than forty miles a day.

When the Song army walked out of Jiuzhou Island, it was already twenty days later. This gave Zunren enough time to mobilize troops and arrange traps.
Chapter completed!