Therefore, if you want to open up enough villages and farmland, you need to fill in with human lives. Liu Pei naturally didn't want to use the lives of the Han people to fill it, so he had to use people of other races to play with his life, and the exiles in North Korea were the best choice at present.

As for Hokkaido, on the one hand, it can be used to settle displaced people, and on the other hand, it will be a base for Liu Pei's future expedition to the Americas, which will be a good forward base.

In addition, Hokkaido has a cold climate, which is ideal for breeding hardy horses. After all, the enemies that Liu Pei faced in the future, whether it was the Mongolian cavalry, the Houjin cavalry, or the distant Russians, Liu Pei had to fight with them in the cold zone.

Liu Pei is ready, as soon as Hokkaido gets it, he will order a batch of Don hippos from now on. The Don hippopotamus is tall, weight, and hardy, making it the most suitable for use in cold zones.

Unexpectedly, at this strategy meeting, Liu Pei encountered resistance at the beginning. In particular, the old accountant, the financial representative of the Government Council, tried to prevent the war almost in tears.

Only then did Liu Pei know that after he brought back a batch of silver in modern times, he was only barely able to achieve book equality, and he was unable to support another war at all!

And in the eyes of the old bookkeeper, fighting is all about losing money, and he never thought that fighting would make money. And the refusal of the old account room is also well-founded. According to his calculations, if this war starts, Liu Pei will no longer have the money to buy raw materials to supplement military supplies. All war materials can only be carried out on stockpiles. So it is destined to be a quick and short war.

The old account office calculated that with the existing material reserves, it could only support a conventional war for about a month. If the intensity of the war is high, I am afraid that it will not be able to support it for a month. And the old bookkeeper definitely did not think that his side would be able to defeat the Wa Kingdom within a month after the start of the war!

A month after the start of the war, Liu Pei's iron supply would run out, and then there would be problems with the supply of gunpowder. If the war lasted for more than two months, Liu Pei would have to stop buying wood and coal to maintain the army's minimum operation. In that case, the shipyard will be greatly affected.

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After getting the calculation results of the Government Council, I also felt a big headache! He knew he was running out of funds, but he didn't expect the situation to get to this point. However, this only strengthened Liu Pei's determination to go to war. He had to cut a piece of the fat from the Wa Kingdom to replenish himself in order for his system to function properly. So Liu Peili disagreed and decided to start a war as soon as possible.

After more than a month of recuperation, many of the lightly wounded fighters have returned to training, and the damaged ships have been repaired. After Liu Pei inspected the circle, he emptied the inventory in the warehouse and moved it to the fleet, and set sail north.

After several days of sailing, the advance fleet successfully arrived on Jeju Island. The advance fleet consisted of only five new warships. Their aim was to scout Jeju Island and, if possible, seize a beachhead on Jeju Island.

The flagship of the advance fleet is the battleship Defu, and the captain is Zhou Donglei. He sank a battleship in the last naval battle and cooperated in the capture of a battleship in exchange for the position of the flagship of the advance fleet. He was full of ambition to make a miraculous contribution in this battle. However, he felt that the possibility of meritorious service was not too high, because there were almost no sailors in the Wa Kingdom, and they were too weak.

Seeing that the fleet was approaching Jeju Island, Zhou Donglei instructed the sailors: "Please ask the army commander of the advance team to come over." ”

Soon, Hao Yun appeared on the deck with Hao Ping'an. The knife wound on Hao Yun's arm has healed. He also received a commendation for his outstanding performance last time. At the same time, he was in charge of the advance team for this attack on Jeju Island. However, the number of people is not large, only more than 400 people.

After the two sides met and saluted, Zhou Donglei said: "We are about to approach the shore, Brother Hao, you tell the brothers of the army to prepare to get off the boat." The boat is ready for you. ”

Hao Yun looked at the coastline in the distance and said, "What is the reaction on the island now?" ”

Zhou Donglei pursed his lips and said, "There is no reaction at all!" It seems that they haven't noticed us until now. ”

Hao Yun nodded seriously to show that he understood, and then began to send signals to the other ships, so that the soldiers on the other ships could prepare, this was the first time he had officially led the army to fight, and he didn't want to cause trouble.

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Stopping in the open sea, the soldiers loosened their ropes and threw the boat into the water, and then climbed onto the boat along the rope net. When each boat was full, the soldiers would quickly row to the shore with a trumpet shout.

They were taught in training. Their time at sea is the most dangerous, so make every effort to shorten the time they spend on the surface.

When the first boat shook and hit the beach, the soldiers quickly jumped out of the boat and rushed onto the beach. Start searching the perimeter, looking for possible ambushes. But as the boats docked one by one, more and more soldiers landed. But they still didn't find any ambushes.

Hao Yun, who was the first to land, only confirmed after receiving many reports that he had not found the enemy, and the intelligence given by the intelligence bureau was correct, and the enemies on the island were all scum!

He quickly dispatched five groups of spearheads to search the surroundings in a fan pattern. He waited for the troops to form up and be ready to reinforce at any time. But it wasn't until the sailors drove the stakes into the bottom that three reconnaissance teams quickly came back to report that a North Korean army was approaching, numbering between 400 and 600 men. And it looks very poorly equipped.

Hao Yun immediately left two hundred men to guard the beachhead, and he personally led another two hundred men to meet him. He planned to lure the enemy closer to the sea with fewer men, and then bombard it with the fleet's artillery, so that he could win the battle without a hitch.

Based on this idea, the two hundred people carried by Good Luck were all firecrackers. Hao Yun followed the direction of the reconnaissance team. When I was advancing two miles, I finally saw the North Korean soldiers coming up.

Hao Yun looked carefully at the North Korean soldiers on the opposite side, who were slowly forming a formation. Moreover, Hao Yun saw that their clothes were very shabby, and the soldiers all had vegetables. It seems that a gust of wind can blow it down.

Hao Yun looked back at the soldiers in his team, all of them had ruddy faces, strong bodies, and they moved with wind on their feet! Therefore, Hao Yun felt that such an opponent did not seem to need to lead them into the range of the naval guns, and should try to fight first.

Hao Yun commanded two hundred people to form a three-row horizontal line and slowly greeted the other party. The other party also formed a phalanx and slowly stepped forward.