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In all fairness, Mongolian soldiers can bear hardships and stand hard work. When necessary, they can rely on eating raw horse meat and drinking horse blood to maintain their lives. They are also very mobile in combat. Generally, they only bring very little food and grass. The problem of food and clothing for soldiers is mainly solved by plundering war areas. solve.

However, in these two wars, the Mongols were unable to use their strengths, and they have not been able to break into the residential areas in the interior. Naturally, there is no place to plunder.

In contrast, the Japanese tactics are very clever.

The third is that Mongolia has no obvious advantage in weapons and equipment.

Fighting against Japan, Mongolia encountered an opponent whose weapons and equipment were not inferior to its own for the first time.

The advantage of Japanese equipment lies not only in the sword, but also in the armor of the samurai.

It is said that the swords of ordinary soldiers in the Yuan army would break at the touch of a Japanese sword (at that time, Japan's smelting and knife making technology was world-class.

The performance of Japanese swords can only be compared with Damascus steel swords produced in North India and West Asia.

Japanese steel is obviously superior to Chinese steel), and Mongolian bows and arrows are powerless to penetrate Japanese samurai armor as long as the distance is slightly longer.

Fourth, Japanese samurai have received strict military training since childhood, and their combat skills are far superior to those of the Mongols.

The records of the Mongols say that the Japanese are good at fighting alone, which can be confirmed by the Japanese.

The Japanese have the lowest evaluation of the Han people in the Yuan army. In their view, the Han army is greedy for life and afraid of death, and their morale is low.

Fifth, the secrecy of cross-sea operations is not strict.The two invasions of Japan were not surprise attacks, but Japan received reliable information in advance and made full preparations for the battle.

Especially for the second invasion, the Japanese closely monitored the movements of the Yuan Empire and made full war preparations for the Mongolian attack.

At this time, Japan's political situation was stable, and Hojo Tokimune's control over the Kamakura shogunate and the Japanese vassals was far greater than before.

Therefore, the Japanese were able to use more manpower and material resources to fight the invasion.

The shogunate confiscated civilians in the Hakata Bay area in Kyushu, and built a stone wall along the beach in the area where the enemy was most likely to land to hinder the Mongolian cavalry.

In fact, the Mongolian soldiers never broke through this line of defense.

Sixth, the weather was not beautiful, and the hurricane helped Japan, and the Japanese called it "Kamikaze".

Both invasions of Japan were met with violent hurricanes and heavy losses.

On August 1281, the second invasion of Japan in 8 AD, a violent hurricane suddenly blew up in the Pacific Ocean.

The storm lasted for four days, and the ships of the Southern Fleet of the Yuan Army were basically destroyed, and most of the ships of the Northern Fleet were also lost.

The remaining ships of the Northern Fleet carried the commander and part of the Mongol and Koryo troops who fled the battlefield and sailed back to Koryo.

The commander of the Confederate Army and some senior officials saw that there was no way to recover, so they had to leave the large force and escape on the few remaining ships of the Confederate Fleet.

At this time, there were still nearly 10 troops left on the beach of Jiulong Mountain. These people lost their supplies and escape routes, and were unable to break through the Japanese defense line, falling into a desperate situation.

Three days later, the Japanese began to counterattack, driving the remaining Yuan army to a narrow area called Bajiao Island, and then attacked.

Most of the Yuan army was killed, and the remaining 2 people were captured.

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684 Negotiation

Chapter 684 Chapter 684 Negotiation

The Great Ming ancestor precepts mentioned by Zhao Zhilong do exist, and they were set by Emperor Hongwu himself.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, Japan had eyed our country covetously.

However, because the Tang army was too fierce, in the battle of Baijiangkou, the Japanese army at that time was completely wiped out.

For hundreds of years, they did not dare to have any unreasonable thoughts. They have always bowed their heads and proclaimed themselves as ministers, and they still have to come to pay tribute regularly.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, uprisings broke out in various places. At this time, seeing the chaotic situation in China, Japan began to feel disobedient again.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to Japan for two main purposes.

One is to let the Emperor of Japan discipline those Japanese pirates;

Second, according to the old rules of previous dynasties, come obediently to pay tribute to ministers.

At that time, Japan was in a period of melee. When they learned the purpose of the envoys from Ming Dynasty, they not only did not treat them well, but also killed five of them on the spot.

And locked up the remaining two messengers, and they were not released until several months later.

One of the envoys who was released was named Yang Zai. He cried and denounced the arrogance of the Japanese to Ming Taizu, hoping that the emperor would send troops to teach Japan a lesson.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry, and felt that the little Japan dared to kill the envoy of Ming Dynasty, which was definitely a slap in the face.

Surprisingly, after the anger passed, Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down.

He believes that the world has just settled down, and it is not appropriate to have another major war, and a policy of recuperation should be adopted.

Therefore, Emperor Hongwu, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

In the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the compilation of "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" after careful consideration.

And in the ancestral teachings, 15 countries that will not be conquered are stipulated. The first is North Korea, and the second is Japan.

It is easy to understand why North Korea was not conquered. After all, North Korea had always been a vassal state at that time and bowed its head to the Ming Dynasty.

For such an obedient little brother, not only would the Ming Dynasty not conquer, but they would even protect him.

For example, the War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea during the Wanli period is a typical example of the elder brother helping the younger brother.

At this time, Japan was so disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty and openly beheaded the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. Why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang send troops to destroy it?

Some people say that during the period of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, the two large-scale conquests against Japan ended in failure.

Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid of repeating the mistakes of Kublai Khan. Not only did he not conquer during his reign, but he also warned future generations not to send troops to attack Japan in the future. Is this really the reason?

In the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict, explaining why he listed Japan as a country not to be expropriated. The contents of the edict are as follows:

"Overseas barbarian countries, if there is someone who is a patient of China, they must be punished; if they are not a patient of China, they must not raise their own troops.

The ancients said that a large land is not a plan for long-term security, and the labor of the people is the source of chaos.For example, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty launched a military brigade in arrogance, conquered Ryukyu, killed barbarians, burned his palace, and captured thousands of men and women.

It is not enough to supply the land, and it is not enough to command the people.Admiring false fame, deceiving China, and recording it in the annals of history as ridicule for later generations.

I regard the barbarians as small countries, blocking mountains and crossing the sea, secluded in a corner, and they are not Chinese patients, so I will never attack them.However, Hu Rong in the northwest is a trouble for China in the world, so we must be careful. "

In other words, in the eyes of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Japan was a small country, and it lived in a corner, posing no threat to China, so he decided not to conquer it.

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Japan would launch the Sino-Japanese War and the War of Aggression against China several hundred years later, he would regret his original decision very much.