Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 108 Crescent Peninsula
The political storm that engulfed the imperial capital finally came. When the temporary military and political committee announced the successor of the new emperor, the first thing a group of ministers saw was that the elder brother, Situ Yuan, kowtowed to his younger brother, Situ Lang, and the other two candidates for the throne The eldest prince and the third prince, who are the most powerful contenders, were nowhere to be seen. Almost everyone immediately knew clearly that the first stage of the battle for the throne was over. Although it is still unclear who is the final victor at this time, as far as the current situation is concerned, the 79th Alliance has ensured the smooth handover of the imperial throne and the stability of the empire's financial problems, and has a large army loyal to Situ Lang around the imperial capital. With the financial backing of Jiangnan Donghai who supported Situ Yuan, the 79th Alliance has firmly controlled the situation of most of the empire, and the compromise reached between His Royal Highness Seventh Prince and His Royal Highness Ninth Prince also temporarily avoided a fragmented conflict.
When the ministers saw Li Wufeng, the Northwest military and political envoy and governor of Northern Luzon who was an outsider, following Situ Yuan and bowing to Situ Lang, everyone knew that the empire had the strongest military strength. The foreign vassals also joined the Seventy-Nine Alliance, forming a powerful iron triangle. No wonder the First Prince and the Third Prince had to stay away. And in this way, there is no suspense in the entire empire situation. Regardless of the attitudes of His Highness and Third Highness, as long as the Iron Triangle exists stably, whether it is His Highness, His Highness, or any other internal forces, there will be no way to deal with it. It poses a challenge to the throne of His Royal Highness Ninth Prince.
Wufeng looked coldly at these guys who followed him and knelt down. Is it too late to show allegiance to the new emperor when the cover has been lifted? With the establishment of the new emperor's team and the compromise with Situ Yuan, almost the entire government will undergo earth-shaking changes. With the passing of Situ Mingyue, it is time for many veteran officials to retire.
On January 18, 698 in the Gregorian calendar, the new emperor of the empire, Situ Lang, finally took the long-awaited throne. The empire paid no less than the previous taxes and lijin. At the same time, the new emperor also canonized Li Wufeng as the King of Qin, and concurrently served as the military and political governor of Kansai. He only accepted the post of military and political governor of Kansai.
Immediately afterwards, the edict of the new emperor's succession to the throne quickly spread all over the world, including the Imperial Guard Corps, the City Guard Corps, the Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Legions, as well as the East China Sea and Jiangnan. The independent troops of the new emperor allegiance to the new emperor.
The new Minister of Administration, Lu Wenfu, also began to form a new cabinet team. Ning Yuanwang was ordered to retire due to his poor performance in the battle for the throne. Dun took over the post of Minister of the Interior from Lu Wenfu, and the post of Minister of Justice was replaced by Situ Yuan, who represented the former Deputy Minister of Culture, Education and Health. The Minister of Finance, Tian Yi, remains unchanged and still serves as the Minister of Finance. At the same time, according to Tian Yi's opinion, the Imperial Central Bank is established. Tian Yi also serves as the governor of the Imperial Central Bank; Representing Tang Fang, the former governor of Donghai County.
Due to his decisive role in the battle for the throne, Ma Yuanxiang was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs and the head of the Imperial Guard, while Frey, the deputy head of the Imperial Guard, was directly dismissed from his post. Yusuf, the head of the City Guard Corps, was unexpectedly retained in his post, and was also supplemented by a large number of reserve soldiers, and the organizational system of five reorganized divisions was soon restored.
A series of personnel changes are going on vigorously amidst people's dazzled eyes. Although the appointment of local officials has not yet been changed, local officials who have already smelled something have poured into the imperial capital to find their own way, rushing about for their own future and destiny. , the imperial capital suddenly showed a busy scene, and almost everyone seemed to have forgotten that the Kaman army was still eyeing Qinghe mansion, immersed in the celebration of the new emperor's succession.
And in the imperial edict of the new emperor, there is no mention of his two elder brothers, Situ Tai and Situ Jun, and Yanyun and Wuhu are also in a strange situation. Apart from reorganizing the army and practicing martial arts, Situ Jun never mentioned the succession of the new emperor in the imperial capital. He neither congratulated nor objected, as if Yanyun and Wuhu had become a paradise outside the independence and empire.
But not everything has changed. The economy is subordinate to politics, but all subtle changes are often manifested in the economy. Beginning in January 698, no matter it was Yanyun County or Wuhu County, the financial departments of the two counties stopped the action of handing over the due fiscal revenue to the General Finance Administration of the imperial capital, and the customs departments stationed in Yunzhou and Dengzhou also stopped. The customs likin that originally belonged directly to the Customs Department of the Imperial Finance General Administration was automatically withheld, and turned over to the Yanyun County Finance Department in Beiping, and the three prefectures in the northern part of the East China Sea that were already under the control of Situ Tai have also completely stopped their efforts to control them. Jinling Mansion, the capital of Donghai County in the hands of Situ Yuan, paid taxes, and the situation in the East China Sea became increasingly tense.
In addition to criticizing these almost rebellious acts unspecified at the court meeting, His Majesty the newly enthroned emperor also began to order the Eighth and Ninth Corps to conduct large-scale military exercises. The Seventh Corps stationed in Jiangnan also competed with Milan The Royal Army is conducting land and water joint military exercises between the two countries in deep areas along the border between the two countries. Everything shows that as the situation in the imperial capital becomes more and more stable, many things will gradually be put on the agenda of His Majesty the Emperor. Not everything can tolerate this going on forever, and it may not be long before it is time to resolve it .
On February 9, 698 in the mainland Gregorian calendar, less than a month after Situ Lang ascended the throne, 10,000 Japanese navy troops raided the Cook Islands, which belonged to the Dorton Kingdom, and captured the Cook Islands in just three days. Occupation, on February 15th, the Japanese in the Dorton Kingdom had not yet learned that the Cook Islands had been controlled and occupied by the Japanese, so they devoted all they had to mobilizing an army of 60,000 to use the Cook Islands as a springboard to land at night, and landed in the southeast of the Dorton Kingdom. end of the Crescent Peninsula. Because the first fleet of the Tanghe Empire Navy under the control of Situ Tai not only did not warn the Dorton Kingdom Navy, but also quietly used some logistics ships to help the Japanese transport soldiers to the Crescent Peninsula. The attack speed and efficiency of the Japanese were greatly improved. greatly improved.
On February 16, the Japanese surrounded the most important port on the Crescent Peninsula and the largest military port in the Dorton Kingdom - Fushan Port without stopping. After paying a price of more than 20,000 people, Fushan Port was finally captured. The 20,000 army and 15,000 former navy guarding Fushan Port all sacrificed, and the Japanese also captured a large number of ships from the Dorton Navy. Military strength has been greatly improved. On February 20th, the second Japanese army of 50,000 people arrived at Fushan Port by boat, and at the narrowest throat of the Crescent Peninsula, 160 miles north of Fushan Port, in the Jeolla Valley area, it joined forces with the earlier arrivals. The Wanwa army built fortresses and established a solid line of defense.
The Crescent Peninsula is an irregular long and narrow peninsula in the southeast of the Dorton Kingdom. The northern and central parts of the peninsula are long and narrow, and the south is slightly wider. The interior of the kingdom is very different, warm and humid, while the peninsula is mostly hilly and rich in copper deposits. Only a belt-shaped valley along the eastern seaboard connects the peninsula with the interior of the Dorton Kingdom. Adjacent to the Jeolla Valley is the steep and rugged Admiralty Mountains. Sadly, the only passage is the Jeolla Valley, which is less than two kilometers wide.
And the Dorton people who had just woken up from a dream panicked ~IndoMTL.com~ On the one hand, they took out 150,000 troops from the 200,000 troops stationed at the border line at the junction with Yanshan and set off overnight, and rushed to Zaiyun Situ Tai, who inspected the navy fleet in the state, proposed to borrow the ships of the Empire's First Navy Fleet to transport soldiers, but was rejected by Situ Tai on the grounds that the ships could not go to sea during the winter maintenance period. The 150,000 Dorton army had to march through the snow to return to the interior of the Dorton Kingdom, and then go east along the sea.
It's a pity that time waits for no one. When the first cavalry troops of the Dorton Kingdom arrived near the Jeolla Valley, it was already ten days later. People invested in the construction of the Jeolla Valley Fortress, and the Japanese Army even except for 5,000 people who maintained the necessary vigilance, tens of thousands of people also invested in the construction project. It only took ten days, and a small fortress was completed. It began to take shape, although still very crude, but it was enough to block any army that tried to go south. According to subsequent statistics, during the construction period of only ten days, more than 3,000 Doton people lay under the walls of the fortress due to the cruel weather conditions and the torture of the Japanese construction supervisors, and the Japanese soldiers even paid a lot. The cost of dozens of lives shows the difficulty of engineering for this fortress.
Facing the 50,000 Japanese army and the valley fortress that is still being improved and strengthened, the Doton cavalry with less than 30,000 people can only strengthen surveillance and reconnaissance, and wait patiently for the follow-up infantry to catch up. When the 50,000 troops were fully assembled in front of the Valley Fortress, another week had passed. During this period, Tachihara Yamakawa was recruiting reserve soldiers in Wadi, and another 50,000 troops had arrived at Fukuyama Port, and all of them had been deployed to the Valley Fortress. to defend.
Thick battle clouds began to shroud the Crescent Peninsula on the northeast corner of the mainland.