As time goes by, the situation in North Korea is constantly changing, and finally five major forces were formed. Among them, King Li Long of North Korea still firmly controls Gyeonggi Province. This is the most elite part of North Korea, not only the most densely populated

, and the economy is also the most developed. At the same time, Li Long still controls a considerable number of officers and soldiers, and still has an advantage among all forces in North Korea. Even the Zhongqing Army, the strongest among the rebels, still cannot compete with Li Long's

Compared with official power.

However, although Li Long is strong, he is surrounded by four rebels led by the Chungcheong Army. Except for Daehai on the west side of Gyeonggi Province, the other three sides of the land have been occupied by rebels, and the goals of these rebels are

They are all unanimous, that is, they want to eliminate the tyrant Li Long. Therefore, although Li Long is strong, under the attack of the four major rebels, he is almost in a precarious situation and may be destroyed at any time.

But it may be that the climate in Li's Korea is really not over yet. Winter in the seventh year of Zhengde came extremely early, and the climate was also extremely cold. It was only September, and the area north of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty was already covered with snow.

The late crops that were harvested were actually frozen to the ground, and the yields also suffered some losses.

Fortunately, sweet potatoes and corn have begun to be promoted in some areas, and the harvests are amazing, which has raised the grain output of the Ming Dynasty to a higher level. This has also made the Ming Dynasty live an extremely comfortable life this year, and many disaster-stricken areas do not have to worry about food shortages.

It can be saved, but transporting food in winter is a bit troublesome.

Winter in the Ming Dynasty came extremely early, and North Korea was no exception. Moreover, North Korea is located at a relatively high latitude, so it has already become extremely cold before September. In this cold weather, it has become extremely cold.

The rebels led by the Zhongqing Army had to stop attacking Li Long's army and then retreated to the city under their control to spend the winter.

It was the abnormal weather in Zhengde for seven years that gave Li Long's officers and soldiers a breather, but they had no time to rest at all, because Li Long ignored the severe cold of winter and ordered his troops to start strengthening their defense lines. After all, they would not wait until the next spring.

, will definitely usher in a more violent attack from the four major rebels.

But what no one expected was that the abnormal weather this year was far from over. Not only did winter come very early, but it was also extremely cold. Zhou Zhong didn’t pay attention at first, until one day someone came to report that Songjiang

It was only when several ice-free ports to the north were frozen due to extremely cold weather that it aroused Zhou Chong's attention. As a result,

When he reviewed the information in his mind, he suddenly discovered that the seventh year of Zhengde was known as the coldest year in the history of the Central Plains, and the only snowfall recorded in Hainan Island in the south. It happened in the seventh year of Zhengde, and it was like summer all year round.

It’s snowing in Hainan. You can imagine how cold the weather will be this year. Even when March 9th comes, even Shuangyu Port may be frozen.

Thinking of the severe cold weather in Zhengde for seven years, Zhou Zhong immediately wrote a letter to Zhengde, telling him that the weather this year was too abnormal, and hoped that Zhengde could ask the court to notify various places to prepare for the cold. In addition, Zhou Zhong also expressed his concern for Shuangyu.

Hong Kong and other ports have made arrangements, such as trying to advance or delay the delivery time, staggering the coldest period in winter, so as to avoid being unable to use the port normally when the port freezes.

The Ming Dynasty is making various preparations to withstand this year's severe cold, but North Korea, which has experienced more than half a year of war, has no preparation at all. Li Long and the four major rebels all feel that this year's climate is a bit abnormal, but they are all stepping up their time to prepare for war.

Therefore, they had no time to pay attention to these "little things" that seemed insignificant to them, let alone organize the people to fight the cold. In order to ensure the normal supply of materials to the army, Li Long, Qi Yanming and others actually sent the army to steal the people's supplies.

Food and warmth supplies.

It is precisely because of this that the Seven Years of Jeongde, which was affected by the Little Ice Age, was simply a nightmare from which the Koreans could never wake up. When the sky was filled with wind and snow, the temperature dropped to extremely low, and the weather was full of pain.

Many Koreans in the war lost their houses. They dug big holes in the ground with holes on them.

They built a shed and slept inside, thinking they could make do with it through the winter, but this year's extreme cold made it impossible for them to sleep in a hole unless they had sufficient fuel and food, but these were the two things they lacked the most.

Yes, so with the coming of winter, groups of Koreans froze to death in caves.

In addition, even the Korean people living in the towns cannot withstand the severe cold. Especially when the heavy snowfall blocks the roads, each town becomes a closed kingdom. Food and fuel are needed in the towns.

You can't transport it in at all, so in a way, living in a town is more dangerous.

Even according to later statistics, after the winter of the seventh year of Zhengde, at least 20% of the towns in North Korea were turned into death places. People in the entire town died of cold and starvation due to lack of food and fuel. The only ones who survived were the wild people.

Dogs, but it is said that the eyes of these wild dogs have turned green, and they often attack humans. I heard that this is because they eat too much human flesh.

North Korea endured the winter of the seventh year of Jeongde. All military operations were suspended, and a strange peace temporarily appeared in the country. However, Li Long and the various rebels knew that this peace was only temporary. When the next spring, they

A life-or-death battle will definitely break out between them.

Although North Korea has temporarily restored peace, the Japanese country across the sea from North Korea is experiencing an undercurrent. Affected by the warm current, although the winter in Japan is also very cold this year, it is not to the point of being unbearable, especially

The southernmost ports did not freeze, and merchant ships transporting goods from the Ming Dynasty continued to come and go.

After Ashikaga Ikki led his Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce back to the branch country, he settled on the westernmost tip of Kyushu Island, which was later known as the Nagasaki area. This area originally belonged to the Matsuura Party of the Hirado Domain of Japan. Speaking of the Matsuura Party, they

It is the Ming Dynasty

They are the main source of Japanese pirates in the coastal areas of North Korea. Because their home base is on the three islands of Tsushima, Iki, and Hirado, they are called the Three Island Japanese pirates by the Koreans. Later, the Matsuura Party was behind the Japanese pirate rebellion during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

support.

Although the Matsuura Party is a local snake, Ashikaga Ikki is very powerful. He led people to defeat the Matsuura Party's army one after another, and even entered the Matsuura Party's lair, captured the Matsuura Party's head, Matsuura Xingnobu, and killed the Matsuura family.

He conquered the northern part of Hizen Province on Kyushu Island and the vast areas of Iki Province in one fell swoop, and became the new daimyo of the Hirado Domain of Japan.

After Ashikaga Ikki occupied the Hirado Domain, he immediately opened the original Hirado Castle into a free port, allowing merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty to enter and exit. Relying on trade with the Ming Dynasty, Ashikaga Ikki quickly accumulated a large amount of wealth, which is also

This gave him more power to support his party, Ashikaga Yoshisai. As a result, with the support of Ashikaga Ikki's money, Ashikaga Yoshisai's strength grew rapidly, and at the same time, his alliance with the Tayama clan and the Hatano clan became stronger and stronger.

Regarding the growth of Ashikaga Yoshisai's strength, Ouchi Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Takakuni are not blind. They also discovered the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshisai and Ashikaga Ikki, and also saw the relationship between Ashikaga Yoshisai and the Tayama clan and Hatano clan.

Collusion, although they wanted to kill Ashikaga Yoshiki directly, but Ashikaga Yoshiki

After all, they are generals in name only, and they are very guarded against them. This makes Ouchi Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Takakuni not confident that they can kill Ashikaga Yoshiki in one fell swoop. If Ashikaga Yoshiki escapes, then the Tayama clan and

The Hatano clan's joint crusade would make them passive.

In addition, Ouchi Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Takakuni are not of the same mind. As the two of them have served as leaders of the Japanese country for longer and longer, the differences between them due to political opinions and interests have become more and more serious, and even

Hosokawa Takakuni has also been squeezing out Ouchi Yoshihiro. Without Zhou Shuge's intervention, Ouchi Yoshihiro will be squeezed out by Hosokawa Takakuni in a few years, and the Hosokawa family will once again monopolize power.

It was also the conflict between Hosokawa Takakuni and Ouchi Yoshiki, and both of them were a little afraid of Ashikaga Yoshisai's alliance with the Tayama clan and the Hatano clan, so they did not dare to attack Ashikaga Yoshiki.

Yoshizai took action directly, and in the end he could only watch helplessly as Ashikaga Yoshizai, with the help of Ashikaga Ikki, became more and more powerful like a snowball.

If this situation continues, the Ashikaga family is likely to slowly accumulate enough strength and regain the power of the shogunate from the hands of the Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan.

However, there are always some surprises in the development of things. In the autumn of the seventh year of Masatoku, Ouchi Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Takakuni suddenly woke up. They found that continuing to fight like this would only benefit the Ashikaga fishermen, so

The two heroes quickly made a decision, and the two families reached a reconciliation as quickly as possible, and Ouchi Yoshihiro married Hosokawa Takakuni's sister, while Hosokawa Takakuni married Ouchi Yoshihiro.

daughter, relying on this in-law relationship to make the relationship between the two families stronger.

After Ouchi Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Takakuni united, they immediately targeted Ashikaga Yoshiki. They even wanted to use thunderous means to kill Ashikaga Yoshiki in one fell swoop. As long as Ashikaga Yoshiki died, then he, the Tayama clan, and Hatano

Even if the Hatano clan and the Tayama clan went to war with them in the future under the banner of revenge for Ashikaga Yoshisai, the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan would not be afraid of them.

Unfortunately, Ashikaga Yoshisai was extremely shrewd. When Ouchi Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Takakuni had just joined forces, he escaped from the secret passage in Kyoto City and took away most of the Ashikaga clan's power.

After Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshisai immediately came to the Tayama clan's territory and began to actively prepare for war. The Hatano clan also joined in without hesitation.

Regarding Ashikaga Yoshisai's preparations for war, Ouchi Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Takakuni also began to prepare for war. In addition, Hosokawa Sumitomo, who fled to Awa, also began to prepare for war. Seeing that a war was about to take place in Japan. (To be continued, please search.
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