The process of Hongan campaign

In the battle of Hong 'an, when the Yuan army retreated, it was stormed. Japan's ruling and opposition parties believe that this is a divine wind and have launched a large-scale prayer activity nationwide. At that time, not only the emperor was praying for God, but also the powerful shogunate Kitajima Shizong. At the same time, in order to prevent the Yuan Army from invading again, when the Kamakura shogunate was in power in Kitajima, it made great efforts to prepare for the war: First, it strengthened Nagato's garrison and appointed his younger brother Kitajima Sect to defend Nagato and the western part of China; Second, send more politicians from North Island to Zhenxi to preside over the preparatory work for Kyushu; Third, it took five years for Fujiwara to build a stone dam with a height of six feet, a thickness of ten feet and a length of more than ten kilometers, starting from Jinsong in the west and reaching Boqi in the east. In the 18th year of Zhiyuan (128 1), on May 3rd, the East Route Army set sail from Hepu and headed for Juji Island. On May 2 1 day, the Japanese troops defending Tsushima Island World Village (Shangdao Xiangjiapu) and Daming Pu made tenacious resistance, but both died because of the disparity in strength. After the Yuan army occupied Tsushima Island, it ignored Kublai Khan's instructions and plundered it. When the Second Yuan Day War broke out, Japanese history books called it "The Battle of Hong 'an".

After the Japanese learned that the Yuan Army had invaded Ma and Yiqi Island, the garrison troops led by Zhenxi immediately entered the coastal stone dam position and stood ready. The commander-in-chief of the Japanese army is Fujiwara Keiji, and the assistant general is Lai Tai. In addition to Fujiwara's "Three Islands and Two Islands" Imperial Warriors, there are more than 40,000 front-line troops guarding Zong Zheng in the North Island, the big fights guarding Anda Chengzong and Hou Feng, and Shimadzu's experienced troops in Satsuma, Otsuka and Japan. In addition, Yu Zhengang led about 60,000 China samurai troops and will go to Tsukiji for reinforcements when necessary.

On May 26th, the East Route Army invaded Yiqi Island. In order to win the first prize, Xindu rushed to attack Hakata Bay regardless of the operational deployment of Yiqi Island and Jiangnan Army. On June 6th, Xindu sent a small fleet to Nagato waters to contain the defenders, making them afraid to rescue Taizaifu, and sent large troops to Hakata Bay. After entering Hakata Bay, I found that there were stone dams on the beach, which made it difficult to land. At this time, the reconnaissance troops found that Shiga Island and Nenggu Island were weak in defense and did not build stone dams, so they ordered the fleet to anchor near Shiga Island. That night, Kojiro Kusano, the royal family of Matsuura Party, led a few troops to sneak attack the Yuan Army and set fire to the ship, causing certain losses to the Yuan Army. On the morning of the 7th, Hong Chaqiu led troops to land and occupied Shiga Island. Shiga Island is long and narrow, and the beach exposed at low tide can reach the land directly. In order to attack Hakata Bay from the rear, the Yuan army struggled to seize the beach. Because the Yuan army was good at group attack, while the Japanese army was good at riding, in several days of beach fighting, the Yuan army suffered heavy losses and was killed by more than a thousand people. Hong Chaqiu was almost killed by Zhen, the son of the Japanese deputy commander. The war is unfavorable and the logistics supply is difficult. Xindu and others decided to retreat from Shiga Island on June 15 and sail to Yiqi Island to join forces with Jiangnan Army.

As for the Jiangnan Army, in May, according to reconnaissance, all the defenders of Hirado Island in Japan were transferred to Taizai County, and Agan decided to change the location of the meeting to Hirado Island. At the beginning of June, the Jiangnan Army sent an advance fleet to Yiqi Island to contact the East Route Army. Fujiwara was informed by the capital and led his troops to attack Yiqi. After two days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army lost. The deputy commander of the Japanese army was killed when he was less than two years old, and the commander who was less than two years old may also be seriously injured and die.

At this time, great changes have taken place. The commander-in-chief of this expedition to Japan and commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army, Ach Khan, suddenly died of illness. Kublai Khan appointed Atahai to take over the command, but Atahai failed to arrive in time. However, Fan, commander-in-chief of Jiangnan Army, thought that the advance fleet had been dispatched, so he ordered Jiangnan Army to sail in batches on June 18, when Atahai had not arrived. By the time Atahai arrived in Qingyuan, the starting point, Fan had already led a large army of China Eastern Airlines.

In July, Fan and Li Ting led the Jiangnan Army 10, with more than 10,000 people and 3,500 warships, and arrived at the two islands of Yeneng and Shiga to join forces with Xindu and Hongchaqiu. On July 27, when the Yuan Army was on its way to Eagle Island, the vanguard troops were attacked by the Japanese water army, and they fought fiercely until dawn, and the Japanese army retreated. After the two armies joined forces, the military situation was greatly boosted. They should have attacked Dazhai House immediately, but they hesitated, probably because of the bad weather. Neither commander of the Yuan Army has common sense of navigation. Only Zhang Xi of the Jiangnan Army and his men can make peace quickly? Warships are parked in front of the children's headquarters every 50 steps to prevent the warships from colliding during the typhoon.

On August 1 day, a typhoon struck, and the Yuan Army ship was wrecked and sank, and most of its divisions were lost. Do Zhang Xi and his men still have troops who are going down to the south of the Yangtze River? The children's department made preparations in advance, and the loss was not great. After the typhoon, Zhang Xi and Su Ye? The son led his troops to save the fallen Yuan Army. Fan fell into the water and was rescued. Finally, all the troops reluctantly set up a temporary base on the beach of Eagle Island.

I immediately suggested to Fan that there are still nearly half of the soldiers in the Jiangnan army who have not drowned, and they are all young and strong. If they are organized, they will be forced to land and become the last stop. They will be born late and they may land successfully. But Fan didn't adopt it. So in the end, the Yuan Army chose to retreat. Fan first chose his own soldiers and took the lead in fleeing by boat. At this time, there were still 4,000 rescued foot soldiers on Hirado Island, and Fan's life was abandoned. Zhang Xi couldn't bear it, abandoned 75 war horses on the island and went home with 4000 soldiers. As for Li Ting, he assembled the survivors of his own army, joined the Korean fleet evacuated from the north, and retreated alone. In addition, other commanders of the Yuan/Han allied forces, such as Xindu, Hong Chaqiu and Jin, have also collected survivors and started to retreat to the sea.

Although people tried their best to maintain the overall situation and successfully retreated a certain number of Yuan troops to the ship, a large number of Yuan troops were still abandoned on Eagle Island. In any case, Fan can't escape the guilt of the final demise of these troops. After receiving the news that the Yuan Army began to retreat from the front line, the Japanese army immediately responded: Commander-in-Chief Kitajima gave the following instructions: On the one hand, the surface troops led by Tsukizaki immediately went to Imari Bay to intercept the retreating Yuan Army fleet; On the other hand, the army troops led by Sauer landed on Eagle Island, concentrated superior forces on land and water, and strived to completely annihilate the Yuan Army.

On the sea, the retreating Yuan fleet gathered in Wan Li Bay to rest. As a result, Takezaki Jichang launched a centralized culling while the Yuan fleet was temporarily assembled. Takezaki Jichang divided the huge fleet into three teams: one led by himself, and the other two led by the Ministry of Finance, Du Jing of Xiangxi and Fujiwara Genmen. On the morning of August 5, the Japanese fleet broke into this bay and launched an attack on the Yuan fleet. The Japanese army clearly has the upper hand in the number of ships and personnel. After a day of fierce fighting, most of the fleet of the Yuan Army was destroyed, and only a few sporadic ships successfully broke through. On the other hand, a large number of Japanese generals and a certain number of personnel were killed and some ships were destroyed.

While Fan and others tried to escape by boat, there were about 100,000 Yuan soldiers on Eagle Island (mostly Han soldiers of Fan, and the rest were Mongolian, Korean and Jurchen soldiers), so these troops became soldiers without generals. However, these Yuan troops abandoned by the commander-in-chief remained surprisingly calm: they elected a hundred families named Zhang as temporary commanders, known as General Zhang. These Yuan troops first wiped out the scattered enemies on the island, and then began to chop wood in an orderly way, ready to build a ship and retreat.

After the Japanese command learned that the Yuan Army on Eagle Island was trying to log and build ships, the Japanese command decided to launch an attack immediately. At this moment, the current political situation in the North Island has assembled at least 250,000 available troops (excluding larger auxiliary forces and reserves). Because the number of Japanese troops is too large, it is difficult to launch in an all-round way on a narrow island at once. Therefore, in tactical deployment, the whole army is also divided into three echelons:

First of all, he ordered Du Jia Weiyuan and Du Jia Weiyuan to lead the first echelon to land on the east beach of Eagle Island, and set up a position to attract the attention and firepower of the Yuan Army. At the same time, the second echelon, led by Nishimutia Yongjia, Shimadzu Changjiu and Hideo Fan Shi, seized a beachhead position when the first echelon was at war with the Yuan Army, expanding the landing area and providing cover for the first echelon; The third echelon was led by Fujiwara, who had participated in the naval battle in the Gulf of Imari, and merged into the positions of the first and second echelons, forming a siege of the Yuan Army. Finally, I led the reserve team to form a position in Longmian Temple. Once the situation gets out of control, my cluster can quickly go into battle. In addition, Fukuda is also responsible for leading troops to patrol the sea and destroy any Yuan fleet near the island. Once the Yuan army at sea is destroyed, he must also lead his troops to land and join the ground battlefield.

On the morning of August 7, the Japanese army launched an operation according to the previous strategic deployment. The Japanese army occupied an overwhelming advantage in number, and the fortifications of the Yuan Army on the island fell one after another. The remaining Yuan troops were finally compressed into the narrow areas of Dongyuan and Zhongyuan for final resistance until they were completely eliminated. As a result of the battle that day, the army of 10 million yuan was completely annihilated, and the Japanese army also suffered huge losses. There are more than 30,000 captured Yuan soldiers. The Japanese army executed all the Mongols, Semu people, Jurchen people and Koreans, and the southern Han people were enslaved by the Japanese army.