Chapter 102 The Secret of Kanazawa and Ishikawa(1/2)
Most of the current mysteries have become clear with the conversation with Hojo Toshisen.
I have to say that Zhao Wei admires the decisiveness and ruthlessness of the Zong family.
This small island country was able to repel the invincible Mongol army twice, which seemed not all due to luck.
Hojo Toshizo's strategy was extremely clear. On the one hand, 100,000 veterans were sacrificed to block Zhang Hongfan's 400,000 army, among which there were many direct relatives from the Zong family. All the main forces retreated to Mu Ao City to ensure the safety of the military and civilians who crossed the sea.
He gave up all the four islands of Japan.
This is why Boyan's army almost encountered any resistance, and it is also why Zhao Wei went around for a long time and didn't even catch a blacksmith.
Because, within the four islands, all the craftsmen, useful people and young and middle-aged samurai soldiers with swords are all in the northernmost part of the continent, Mu Ao City, and are gradually evacuating Japan's land and heading towards North America.
Moreover, such a great migration was not implemented after the arrival of Boyan's troops.
This year, Hojo Toshizo was not idle, and more than 100,000 people had passed by.
Zhao Wei drooled when he heard this, looking at the other person, his country is not broken and his family is not dead. He really plays whatever he wants!
The plan is complete and there is a continuous retreat. It is not like when the Song Dynasty was in the past, 170,000 people rushed to the road. Whether they could reach their destination was unknown, let alone preparations.
This made Zhao Wei deeply worried. After careful calculations, Hojo Toshizo had transported more than 100,000 people to the Americas. If the remaining 300,000 armored warriors were added, the population in North America would have crushed the Song Dynasty.
Will he really keep his promise and stop at the Seattle outpost?
Well, as a time traveler, even if he is a little low, he can't help but take it from God's perspective and start deducing the process of the North American continent.
As a result, the Song Dynasty, which had a shallow foundation, might not be able to stop the Japanese from advancing south.
In fact, Zhao Wei was thinking too much. In this era, he is not the only one who focuses on the overall situation. Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, and his biological father Zhao and Luo are not vegetarians.
In fact, Hojo Toshizo didn't tell the truth. He didn't send a ship to travel south and returned when he saw the border of the Song Dynasty.
He was fucked by the small steel cannon at the Seattle outpost and a pro-type "mortar cannon" that Zhao Wei had never seen before.
At that time, a small sergeant named Wang made a great contribution.
Seeing the Japanese flag coming slowly, he didn't have the intention to fight. But he still decisively ordered the firing of artillery, sunk a Japanese warship, and captured Japanese Japanese soldiers on the sea.
Without the command of Shangfeng, Gao Xuan called the Song Dynasty, "In the land of Shangguo, an inch of land must be fought for. If you come uninvited, you will be the enemy of the thief!"
The Japanese expedition fleet had no choice but to fight but couldn't beat him, and he had no place to make sense, so he could only turn back in shame.
The incident was reported to the local area and was discovered by Hojo Toshizo. Brother Toshizo stared at the chart for a long time. He felt embarrassed and scolded the Desong family brother who was in charge of the expedition fleet.
"The enemy at the moment is the Mongol Yuan. Why are you still not satisfied when you go south for three thousand miles? Why do you still try to go south when you see the border of the Song Dynasty?"
People are not satisfied with their hearts and snakes swallow elephants. The Song Dynasty gave up all the three thousand miles north coast. How big is that? How many four islands can be installed in Japan? Isn’t it enough for Japanese people to play?
Still walking south? Three thousand miles! Compared to Japan, which can be from the top of the east coast of our continent to the west coast by riding a horse, how big is it?
Not to mention Japan, even if it is placed in the former Central Plains continent, three thousand miles is enough to walk along the coast from north to south, right?
The mainland dream has come true!
Moreover, in the Hojo Toshisect's understanding, the Song Dynasty should have given up most of the continent and shrank in the southernmost corner.
In other words, the land occupied by the 170,000 people in the Song Dynasty, which is a very short distance south of the Seattle outpost, should be no longer large. Taking advantage of the current land is already a big advantage! You can't make a big move.
After three to five years, Hojo Toshizo increasingly felt that the land in Canada was not very good. It was big, but it was too cold, even colder than the four islands of Japan. I thought it would be better if I could go a little further south.
It was also when the Mongolian army completely annexed the four islands of Japan and began to march into Fusang. Japan was sandwiched between the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, and its living environment was further compressed.
Hojo Toshizo finally changed his previous strategy and began to erode southward.
However, when I arrived at the Seattle outpost, I saw that the Song Dynasty had led hundreds of thousands of Toltec "Yin people" (descendants of the Shang Dynasty) to shout the slogan "Defend the home and defend the motherland" and began to dig the foundation inland from the Seattle coast.
Japan stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing?"
The Toltec Yin people replied in their half-baked native Chinese language: "Build the Great Wall and defend their hometown!"
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Well, these are all later things, so let’s not mention them for now.
In short, Zhao Wei's worries were redundant. For those of the ministers in the Song Dynasty, although they were all "cute" in the internal strife, they had a lot of tricks to deal with Japan, so he didn't have to worry about it at all.
Only talk about the present moment, Kamakura's moonlight was secretly chatting, and Brother Shizong was still holding on to the fantasy of fighting against the Yuan Dynasty with the Song Dynasty, trying to stay friendly.
Hojo Toshisen is still sorry for using the identity of the Han master as a mindful Zen master and using disgraceful means to obtain the most precious charts of the Song Dynasty.
I saw him bowing to the top, his knees softened, and he gave Zhao Wei a big bow and bowing gift, and said from the heart:
"My small country in Japan is hanging on an isolated island, with cold and heat in all seasons and divine winds moving in the earth. It is actually a suffering clan. Now I have received a generous gift from Your Highness to fulfill the dream of the mainland. Shi Zong is clearly grateful to you here. Please accept a greeting as your brother!"
Zhao Wei was a little embarrassed, and he looked so pitiful.
"Brother, please get up!" Xunying forward and helped, "You and I are friendly countries, and when the Mongol Yuan rises, you need to work together to fight against the barbarian enemy, so you don't have to be polite!"
Hojo Toshizo stood up, "I still want to thank you! My Japanese incense can be continued, but it is all thanks to my good brother."
"Haha." Zhao Wei sneered secretly. If it weren't for you to stand in front of the Mongolians, I wouldn't have saved you!
There is no way, Zhao Wei has watched too many anti-Japanese dramas in his previous life, and he has no good feelings for the Japanese who have lived a good life for a long time.
But he said, "Since my elder brother has already had a complete evacuation plan, what are you still defending in Kamakura? Why don't you leave while Boyan has not arrived?"
"This..." I saw Shi Zong's expression darkened, "I can't leave for the time being!"
"How to say it?"
"Tell me the truth!" Hojo Toshizo decided not to hide it.
"One of the time, Brother Wei will stay in Kamakura to restrain the Emperor. As long as Brother Wei leaves, the Emperor in Kyoto will inevitably surrender to the Yuan Dynasty, and the situation may be out of control.
Secondly, there are still several important towns that have not been moved away, so I want to lead troops to rescue me."
The Emperor's Group? Zhao Wei can understand this a little bit.
As mentioned before, the Emperor's line in Kamakura period has not been completely emptied, and sometimes he has to compete with the shogunate.
When Zhao Wei and Zhao Ye visited, didn’t the Emperor’s decision to use the Song Dynasty to check and balance the shogunate?
So now, you don’t have to think about it and know that the Emperor wanted to surrender and wanted to use surrender to the Yuan Dynasty to get rid of the control of the shogunate.
However, why are you staying behind for the sake of a few cities not being moved?
Zhao Wei frowned and looked at Hojo Toshizo, "Brother, you have not been in the city these days, are you just leading your troops to save the city?"
"That's right! It's just that the Yuan army is good at fighting and the rescue failed."
Zhao Wei: "Tell the truth about Wei, what exactly does Kanazawa and Ishikawa have?"
Hojo Toshizen hesitated for a moment, "Okay, there's nothing to say."
Haha, "It's okay to tell me about my good brother. There is a Buddhist temple in Kanze City called Benyuan Temple. It was built by my sect family. There is a bookstore built in the temple, which contains the Dharma Buddha's decree and Buddhist scriptures of all generations. We must take it away."
"oh?"
Zhao Wei looked at Hojo Toshizo suspiciously, which was reasonable.
Japan believes in Buddhism, and because almost every Buddhist scripture has been transported from thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, it is extremely cherished.
It is understandable to bring Buddhist scriptures when you are escaping from afar.
However, when you look at Hojo Toshizo's expression, you will know that this guy didn't tell the truth.
However, Zhao Wei didn't know how to ask questions and continued: "What else is there in Ishikawa Castle?"
Hojo Toshizo is happy about this and has no concealment at all.
"Ishikawa is a craftsman city!"
"Oh????" Zhao Wei raised his eyebrows secretly, and his eyes began to glow green.
"There are nearly 10,000 ordnance craftsmen in the city, and they must be brought to the new home."
"oh!!!"
"What's even more precious is that the three thousand swordsman masters from the Zong family are also among them."
"oh???"
"That's the best blacksmith in Japan, and I must not leave it to the Yuan army."
"oh!!!"
Zhao Wei shouted in his heart, Damn, I have been looking for it for more than a month, but I haven't caught a blacksmith. It turns out that I'm just asking you to hide Ishikawa!
If you don’t give it to Yuan Jun, you can give it to me! Give it to me? Give it to me!!
The green eyes, like wolf eyes, turned around and paced, and said, "But, brother, stay for a moment, it will be more dangerous!"
Hojo Toshizo sighed, "This is nothing to do, Kanazawa... No, Ishikawa Mitsuki, I will take it away for my brother at any cost!"
"It's hard!" Zhao Wei shook his head and sighed bitterly, "Boyan has surrounded Ishikawa to death. It's like a death sentence for the eldest brother to go."
How could Hojo Toshizo don’t know: “Let’s make a long-term plan!”
"How about doing this!" Zhao Wei turned around and finally revealed his fox's tail.
"Take Ishikawa and Kanazawa II Castle to Wei, I will help you get the people and Buddhist scriptures!"
"This..." Shi Zong stared at Zhao Wei in a daze, "Can this work?"
To be continued...