ebookslot Chapter 810: The Death Of The Mongolian Eastern Expeditionary Army Was Not Unjust, But Unjust. [Plea
Chapter 810: The Death Of The Mongolian Eastern Expeditionary Army Was Not Unjust, But Unjust. [Plea
Seeing the turbulent crowd of civil servants, military generals, and noble marquises, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and pressed it down, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
After all the civil servants, military generals, and noble marquises fell silent again, Zhu Yuanzhang finally spoke:
"A fight, we must fight!!!"
"However, how to fight must be discussed. The events of the second expedition of the Yuan Army in the past must not be forgotten!!!"
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, all the civil and military officials and noble marquises also remembered the incident in the past when Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty sent troops to conquer the Japanese country.
The first time the Yuan Dynasty and Goryeo sent troops, there were 30,000 soldiers, in addition to 8,000 sailors and 6,700 sea diversion sailors.
Although the Japanese war method was Yuanshi, the weapons were crude and there were many casualties, but the basis of the Japanese warrior army was the guardian land system (zhuangtou system).
This kind of army, which is composed of retainers and private soldiers in a master-slave relationship, has a solid organization and is not easy to break up. Retainers are proud to die in front of the monarch's horse and fight tenaciously, which makes the Yuan army's progress slow and casualties high.
As for the Yuan army, due to the isolation of soldiers outside and insufficient supplies, the soldiers were exhausted and their arrows were exhausted. Coupled with the epidemic of disease, they were finally forced to leave the shore and board ships.
However, on the night of the evacuation, a storm broke out. Hakata Bay was stormy and the waves were surging. Most of the Yuan warships were swept up by the wind and waves and sank in the sea. More than 13,000 people died, which was one-third of the total number of troops sent.
In the whole battle, the Japanese soldiers killed and wounded were not as many as the losses caused by this sudden storm.
Therefore, the result of Kublai Khan's first eastward expedition to Japan was a huge defeat.
Another seven years later, Kublai Khan went to Japan for the second time.
But this time it was even more outrageous. During the Yuan army's attack, one night, hurricanes suddenly broke out, tsunamis, mountain earthquakes, and thunder and lightning.
Most of the Yuan army's warships capsized and their corpses followed the tide into the harbor. The harbor was blocked and only a few people out of a hundred thousand people were able to escape.
Therefore, Kublai Khan's second eastern expedition still ended in defeat.
Finally, due to the conquest of Japan, the officials and the people were greatly disturbed, and people revolted. In addition, the Yuan army was defeated in the Annan expedition. Kublai Khan had to issue an edict to stop the third conquest of Japan. He looked at the ocean and sighed: "This is not the right time. I am thinking about it."
And because of these two great victories against the Yuan Dynasty, the Japanese country inspired its own national self-confidence and national pride.
At the same time, they also called the typhoons that saved them from danger twice a kamikaze, and vigorously promoted that they were the kingdom of God and were blessed by the kamikaze.
This also provided ideological tools for the Japanese invasion and expansion in the future.
From the process of the Yuan army's two eastward expeditions against Japan, we can see two major problems exposed.
The first issue is logistical support and supplies.
During the attack on the Japanese islands, if there is no logistical support and supplies, it will be like a tree without roots and water without a source. It will be okay in the short term, but it will inevitably fall into the dilemma of exhausted troops in the long term.
The second question is, the unknown evil phoenix!
To be honest, during the two Eastern Expeditions, the losses caused by the Japanese soldiers to the Yuan army were far less than the losses caused by the two evil winds in the middle.
If those two evil winds had not blown, even if the Yuan army had to choose a strategic retreat due to insufficient logistical supplies, "it would not have been so miserable that the entire army was nearly wiped out.
At least at a certain price, most of the Yuan army could safely withdraw from Japan.
However, evil winds blew twice, which caused the Yuan army to retreat from its original orderly retreat, directly leading to the near-annihilation of the entire army.
Of these two problems, the first one is relatively easy to solve.
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has many soldiers, grain, and ships. If supplies are difficult, then they can transport more grain, grass, and soldiers at once. This is something the Ming Dynasty is willing to do, and it can be done.
But the second point, the sudden evil wind, is very fatal.
Especially the evil wind at sea is equivalent to a natural disaster!
It is not easy for manpower to fight against natural disasters.
If it weren't for the fear that the Ming army sent there would be wiped out by the unknown evil wind again, Zhu Yuanzhang would have already sent a large army to attack the Japanese country when it first killed his envoys and detained his envoys. .
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang mention the Meng Yuan's eastern expedition to the Japanese country in the past, most of the civil servants, generals, and noble marquis present suddenly remembered the relevant details of the Yuan army's eastern expedition, and couldn't help but frown.
Although in the early years, Yan Changqing overthrew the Confucian "Theory of Influence between Heaven and Man", which reduced most of the civil servants, military generals, noble marquises, and even the common people's awe for destiny, ghosts and gods.
But it only reduced the belief and awe in the destiny ghosts and gods by two points, and it did not really eliminate the theory of destiny ghosts and gods.
Once they encounter some extreme coincidences, or some incomprehensible things, they will still habitually think about destiny, ghosts and gods.
The two evil winds encountered by the Yuan army during their eastern expedition to Japan were one of them.
Because it was such a coincidence that both Eastern Expeditions encountered unknown evil winds, resulting in the near-annihilation of the entire army in both Eastern Expeditions.
The first time can be said to be accidental, but if it happens twice in a row, it is a bit difficult to explain.
Therefore, some civil and military officials and noble marquises could not help but secretly wonder in their hearts, could there really be some unknown evil wind protecting the Japanese country?!
Looking at the solemn expressions of all the civil and military officials and noble marquises, Yan Changqing, who was wearing the vest of Yu Sheng Boyi, said:
"There was a reason why the Yuan army failed in its Eastern Expedition in the past."
"The first is the quality of the ships. Before the first conquest of Japan, Kublai Khan issued an order to Goryeo, requiring the construction of 900 warships within six months.
"There are to be 300 large ships capable of carrying one thousand or four thousand stones, 300 fast ships, and 300 water-drawing boats. It is stipulated that construction should start on the 15th day of the first lunar month and be completed within a time limit.
"Obviously, Kublai Khan didn't understand the navy."
"Because if he knows the navy, then he should know to build 900 ships in six months, and they are warships for cross-sea operations.
"For a small country like Goryeo, this is an almost impossible task."
"Because wood is very important in the manufacture of seagoing ships, and the wood contains moisture, it basically requires a long drying time. This time can be as short as three or two years, or as long as more than ten years."
"Under such circumstances, Goryeo still handed over 900 ships within six months. Looking back, we can see how good the quality was.'
"And the most important thing is that the 'sea ships' made by Goryeo were probably not real sea ships, but flat-bottomed boats that sailed on inland rivers.
"This kind of ship has no big problem when traveling on inland rivers, but if it travels on the sea, it will be very easy to break once it is hit by huge waves. This is why the Yuan army was completely wiped out after encountering a typhoon."
"If it is a real sea-going ship, it has a relatively strong ability to withstand wind and waves. Even if it encounters a typhoon, it may not be completely wiped out."
In his previous life, someone had organized efforts to salvage more than 700 pieces of Mongol warship wreckage, and the final research results were shocking.
The rivets on the keels of many Mongolian battleships are too dense, and sometimes there are even five or six rivets in the same place.
This shows that these ribs have been used repeatedly during shipbuilding, and many of the keels themselves are of poor quality.
In other words, not only is a large amount of old wood used in shipbuilding, but the quality of the ship's keel itself is also very low!
In addition, none of the fragments of the battleship wreckage exceeds three meters, and most of the fragments are between ten centimeters and one meter, indicating that the hull plates are not flat but overlapping.
According to relevant ship research scholars, it is speculated that this should adopt a "fish scale" hull structure similar to the Xin'an ancient ship. Shipbuilding in this way will be faster.
But the built ship was very fragile and could not withstand any big storms.
Moreover, according to the salvaged wreckage, most of the ships were rough in workmanship, and the splicing was very rough and random, and some places were even bonded with glue.
Such a ship, let alone withstand typhoons, has to worry about whether it will suddenly fall apart even if it is traveling normally on the sea.
So from this perspective, the death of the Mongolian Eastern Expeditionary Army who went to sea on a flat-bottomed river boat was really a bit unjust.
Hearing this, the brows of Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, as well as a few civil servants and generals such as the Minister of Industry, Wei Guogong Xu Da, Xin Guogong Tang and so on, all relaxed a little. .
Unlike most other civil servants and generals, they still have more or less understanding of the difference between river boats and sea boats.
For example, Zhu Yuanzhang commanded the largest Panyang Lake water battle in the medieval world and won a complete victory.
Another example is the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes. They each now command a naval fleet, and they also have a corresponding shipyard under their rule.
Therefore, they also have a relatively deep understanding of the production and manufacturing of sea-going ships.
Another example is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. If he can hold the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he naturally has very outstanding abilities.
Although he may not have mastered all the craftsmanship skills in the world, he absolutely understands all the craftsmanship skills in the world, including the craftsmanship skills in shipbuilding.
After all, if he is not familiar with the skills of craftsmen, how can he know which projects can be carried out in front of the emperor and which projects cannot be carried out in front of the emperor.
Just like building nine hundred ships in six months, if the emperor asked him to do it, then he would not open his mouth to take on the task.
Because he did not accept this task, the most he could do was lack of ability and he would be dismissed from office.
But if you accept this task but fail to complete it on time, it will be equivalent to cheating the emperor, which is a capital crime and will kill people.
The minister of the Ministry of Industry cannot tell clearly whether dismissal from office or bullying the emperor is more serious.
Unless the emperor is willing to mobilize all the resources of the country to support their Ministry of Industry to build sea-going ships, in this case, the Ming Dynasty can still build 900 sea-going ships within six months.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was a large empire anyway, and the human and material resources it could mobilize were far beyond what a small country like Goryeo could match.
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As for Wei Guogong Xu Da and Xin Guogong Tang He, one participated in the Panyang Lake Water Battle, and the other once served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Coastal Navy, so they both had a certain understanding of the difference between river ships and sea ships.
So after hearing Yan Changqing say that one of the reasons for the failure of the Yuan Army's Eastern Expedition was the quality of the ships, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Because they can solve this problem, at least Daming can produce real sea-going ships with passing quality standards.
"The second problem is the typhoons encountered by the Yuan army during their eastern expedition. There is no need to worry too much about this."
"That's just a very common natural phenomenon in coastal areas. It's not that the Japanese country is blessed by some divine wind."
"There are three basic conditions for the formation of typhoons: first, huge energy - sea water temperature above 26-27 degrees Celsius; second, suitable environment - the Intertropical Convergence Zone; third, the earth's rotation deflection force. "
"The third point is the same in all seasons, while the other two points vary.
There are significant differences depending on the season.
"The temperature of seawater changes with the change of seasons. From winter to summer, the sea surface receives more radiant heat from the sun than the heat emitted from the seawater, causing the seawater temperature to gradually increase.
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"From summer to winter, the opposite is true, and the seawater temperature gradually decreases.
"But the time when the seawater heat balance reaches equilibrium is not on the summer solstice or winter solstice when the sun directly shines in the northernmost and southernmost parts of the earth. Therefore, the period when the seawater temperature is the highest is not in June but in August.
In February, the lowest temperature is not in December but in February. "
“This phenomenon of seawater temperature changes lagging behind astronomical seasonal changes makes the seawater temperature in summer and autumn higher than that in winter and spring. The range is greater than 26-27℃ in summer and autumn.
The seasons are much wider than winter and spring. "
"This provides sufficient energy for the formation of typhoons in summer and autumn."
“So in summer and autumn, the ocean has high temperatures, humidity, and abundant energy, which is conducive to the occurrence of typhoons, while the opposite is true in spring and winter, so there are more typhoons in summer and autumn and fewer typhoons in winter and spring.
People living in coastal areas know that generally June to October, that is, the summer and autumn seasons, are often the peak season for typhoons.
During this period, typhoons do not only come once a month, but they usually come every two or three months, and sometimes there are even two!
And Meng Yuan didn't know if it was because he was used to fighting on the grassland, and was used to going to war when the autumn was high and the horses were fat.
And when autumn is high and horses are fat, it happens to be the time when typhoons are common in coastal areas. If you go out to sea at this time to march eastward, it is really not unfair to die!
Therefore, even if the Meng Yuan Dynasty had the opportunity to continue the three and four conquests of the Japanese countries, as long as they still drove flat-bottomed river boats and went to sea in the summer and autumn seasons when typhoons are common.
Then in all likelihood, there is still no way to escape the failure of the Eastern Expedition.
Most of the civil servants, military generals, and noble marquises did not understand the long list of popular science knowledge about typhoons that Yan Changqing mentioned earlier.
But they all understood the last words Yan Changqing said.
"What Boyi means is that typhoons only appear in summer and autumn, but not in winter and spring?!!"
Duke Xu Da of Wei caught the last sentence, looked up at Boyi and asked.
Yan Changqing shook his head and replied:
"It's not that typhoons won't happen in winter and spring, but the probability of typhoons in winter and spring is relatively small."
"In general, the proportion of typhoons in summer and autumn is about 42% each; while the proportion of typhoons in winter and spring is about 8% at night."
Duke Xu Da of Wei nodded, indicating that he understood.
The proportion of typhoons in summer and autumn is 42% each, and the proportion of typhoons in winter and spring is 8% each. Doesn’t this mean that there are no typhoons in winter and spring?
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Thinking of this, Wei Guogong Xu Da immediately handed over his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, it is spring now, the season with fewer typhoons. If you miss this opportunity to send troops, you will have to wait until winter. This opportunity cannot be missed!
Ru Taisu, the Minister of Household Affairs on the side, nodded immediately and said:
"That's right, Your Majesty, this opportunity must not be missed. The time will never come again. Now is a good time to send troops to Japan!"
"As long as Your Majesty approves the dispatch of troops to Japan, I will collect the food and supplies needed to send troops to Japan in the shortest possible time!"
For a time, the voices of the civil servants, military generals, and noble marquises calling for battle sounded again.
This is probably the time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty when the civil servants, military generals, and noble marquises had the most unified will.
There is no way, the Japanese country gave too much.
Ten to two billion gold and silver are enough to overcome the objections of all civil servants, military generals, and marquises.
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