The wind is swirling in the clouds, and it is customary to watch the mulberry fields become vicissitudes; from ancient times to the present, how many stories are laughing!
After the conquest of Goryeo, Kublai Khan learned from the Goryeo people that there was still a Japanese country, so Kublai Khan could not wait to send the Goryeo zhao Yi to Japan to proclaim an edict, demanding that the Japanese state also submit to Mongolia like the Goryeo kingdom and pay tribute every year.
Ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty
However, Zhao Yi did not arrive at Kyoto Kamakura Province on honshu Island in Japan, but only made representations to the Japanese side at Ōzai Province on Kyushu Island, Japan, and after waiting for a while, Zhao Yi did not wait for an exact reply from the Japanese Kamakura shogunate, and did not even have a formal reply, and Zhao Yi only went back confused. In fact, japan did not despise Mongolia, on the contrary, they were very nervous about the arrival of Mongolian emissaries, and they were actively discussing countermeasures and writing a letter of state to prepare to restore Mongolia. However, the Kokushu was finally intercepted by hojo Toshimune, who was only 18 years old in the Kamakura shogunate at the time, and he did not fully realize the toughness of the Mongols, and it was his tough attitude that led to the later Mongol conquest.
Kublai Khan was very angry about the results of his first mission to Japan, but the Mongols were still fighting fiercely with the Song state on the southern front, and the Goryeo state was also engaged in the Three Pieces of Rebellion. After quelling the rebellion in Goryeo, Kublai Khan began to build large-scale ships in Goryeo in preparation for an attack on Japan from Goryeo.
Goryeo Kingdom
During this period, Kublai Khan sent emissaries to Japan to issue ultimatums, and Hojo Shizong was still dismissive, in his mind, no matter how strong the Mongols were, they could not attack the Japanese islands for thousands of miles. It turned out that Hojo Washizō was still too young to seriously underestimate the strength of the Mongol army.
On the Mongol side, however, an expeditionary force of more than 30,000 people has been organized, including more than 20,000 Mongol troops, more than 8,000 Goryeo troops, and thousands of sailors. The Goryeo side worked overtime to build more than 900 warships, and then they set out from Hapura (present-day Masansan, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea) on the Korean Peninsula, crossed the Korean Strait, and rushed to the Japanese island.
Tsushima
The Japanese side did not expect the Mongol army to attack the Japanese island so strongly, and only set up a small number of troops on Tsushima Island and Iki Island in the front, and as a result, they were vulnerable and were completely annihilated by the Mongol army. The Mongol army successfully broke through the Japanese front island chain and sailed into Hakata Bay. Japan's defense line along the coast was also not tight enough, resulting in the easy landing of the Mongol army, killing the sparse Japanese defenses and overwhelmingly killing inland.
Hojo Tozemi had already arranged the defense of Kyushu In advance, and had also transferred elite "Miyako" (Japanese samurai) from Honshu and Shikoku, and the three large islands controlled by Japan at that time, Hokkaido Island, were still in the hands of the Ezo people. However, these deployments made by Hojo Shizong seemed to the Mongol army to be like a devastation, and their proud imperial family was like chopping melons and chopping vegetables in front of the Mongol cavalry, and the combat strength and tactics of the Mongol army had far surpassed the Japanese by several streets.
Battle of Wenyong
The Mongol cavalry arrows are short and fast, the range is long, the Japanese army has been shot into a hedgehog before they get closer, the Mongolian army's infantry collective tactics and cavalry response technology make the Japanese confused, heavy casualties, the Japanese are relatively good at one-horse combat (that is, single combat), but the Mongol army team combat is vulnerable. The Mongol army also used long-range attack weapons - back cannons, thermal weapons to shake the sky and thunder, coupled with the noisy drums and shouts of killing, making the Japanese army dizzy and unable to distinguish things, and the Mongol army took advantage of the situation to slash and kill, destroying the Japanese army to the skin. It was not until the evening that the Mongol army retreated back to the ship, and the Japanese army had been killed to the point of tearing up, and the people retreated to Dazaifu in a panic, preparing for the Next Day's attack of the Mongol Army.
As a result, the Mongol army accidentally encountered a typhoon that night, causing more than 200 warships to be damaged, and the Goryeo commander Kim Fong-kyung suggested a battle against the water and took the Japanese island of Kyushu. However, the Mongol commander Xin Du thought that there were not enough people to occupy Kyushu Island, so he ordered the entire army to withdraw to Goryeo. The Japanese narrowly escaped.
Mongolian two-time march map
When the Mongol army attacked the Japanese island for the second time, the Japanese had learned their lesson and intercepted the Mongol army outside the beach to prevent them from landing, and the Mongol army encountered a typhoon and finally returned home.