Chapter 493, fight first and then talk
In the waters of the East China Sea, a huge fleet of ships marched in the direction of the Wa Kingdom, with a magnificent momentum.
On the 'Huo Qu Sick Number', Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, Yang Yun, and Wang Shouren gathered together, and at this time they were studying the map of the Wa Kingdom and discussing the details of this conquest of the Wa Kingdom.
"In history, the Northern Yuan Dynasty had two expeditions to the Wa Kingdom, but both times they were very unlucky, both encountered hurricanes, suffered heavy losses, and ended in failure."
Wang Shouren was very knowledgeable, and when discussing the conquest of the Wa Kingdom, the first thing that came to mind was the fact that during the Yuan Dynasty in history, the Yuan Dynasty's two expeditions to the Wa Kingdom ended in failure.
"In fighting at sea, weather is an extremely important factor, not only hurricanes, but also wind direction and wind speed are extremely critical things, and many times, headwinds and tailwinds are the key to success or failure."
After listening to this, Liu Jin also nodded and said, in the early naval battles of the Age of Discovery, a particularly important point is to seize the upwind direction, seize the upwind direction, the speed of the ship can be faster, and at the same time, the range of its own artillery can be farther, on the contrary, in the downwind direction, the speed of the ship will be very slow, and the range of the artillery will also become shorter.
During the Yuan Dynasty, the expedition to the Wa Kingdom was very unlucky to encounter a typhoon on both occasions, and the result is needless to say, the army of the expedition to the Wa Kingdom suffered heavy casualties because of the typhoon.
But even so, the Kamakura shogunate, the ruler of the Wa Kingdom at that time, was greatly injured by resisting the Northern Yuan attack, which also created conditions and opportunities for the rise of the Muromachi shogunate later.
The Yuan Dynasty in its heyday conquered almost every corner of the Asian continent, and its combat power is naturally undoubted.
"Are we going to have a hurricane?"
Zhang Mao said with some concern.
"Hurricanes are typhoons to be precise, and they are a kind of cyclone formed in tropical areas or subtropical high pressure areas, which generally occur in summer and autumn, and we now belong to spring, so we don't have to worry about hurricanes at all."
Liu Jin said with a smile.
"Then I'll be relieved."
Zhang Mao breathed a sigh of relief, if he really encountered a hurricane, it would be really unlucky.
Of course, Liu Jin, who is a traverser, will definitely not make such a low-level mistake.
"Our current location is in the southern region of Korea, which is very close to Muma Island, and it is estimated that in about ten days, we will be able to reach the Japanese country."
"Let's all talk about it, how can we clear out the Japanese and teach the Japanese a lesson?"
Zhang Mao looked at the map, which clearly marked the location of the current fleet, and the information on the Japanese and North Korea was also very complete.
"I think we should first issue a stern warning to the Wa King and the Muromachi Shogunate, and send them an edict of reprimand from our Great Tomorrow, that if they can restrain their samurai and even help us eliminate the Wako, we will be able to defeat the Japanese without a fight."
"War is not the goal, our ultimate goal is to get the Wa side to stop collecting tariffs on our Ming merchant ships, and at the same time, to get the Wa side to hand over the Iwami region to us, and then to fight the Wako and protect the shipping routes."
Wang Shouren thought for a while and said.
"No, I know the Japanese people better, they only believe in fists, if we send them the edict of reprimand as soon as we arrive in the Japanese country, they will not be able to bird us at all."
"And the current Wa King does not have any power and influence at all, and it is said that the Wa King even has a problem eating, and as for the Muromachi Shogunate, since the Onin Rebellion, the control of the daimyo in various places has also weakened sharply, and seven years ago, the retainers of the Muromachi Shogunate staged a coup d'Γ©tat and abolished the Muromachi Shogunate's original seizei shogun, Ashikaga Yoshisai."
"The current Ashikaga Yoshisumi is a puppet, and the real power is in the hands of a few important retainers, so the daimyo in various parts of the country are even less popular with the shogunate."
"Whether we reprimand the Wawang or the Muromachi shogunate, it's actually useless, because the daimyo don't want to bird them at all."
Liu Jin pondered for a while, shook his head and said.
The current Wa Kingdom is in turmoil, it is the beginning of the Warring States period, and in a few decades it will enter the peak period of the Warring States period, and finally it will not end until the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The current Emperor of the Wa Kingdom is Emperor Goto Gomon, and this emperor is very old, and according to historical records, he died in the thirteenth year of Koji.
At this time, the Wa Kingdom Wa King was very miserable, after the death of the Emperor Goto Gomon, because there was no money, so there was no way to carry out the funeral, the body has been parked in the temple for almost two months, and finally a few daimyo gave hundreds of kan before finally being buried.
Emperor Go-Kashiwahara, the son of Emperor Goto Gomon, inherited the throne, but because he had no money, he had never been able to hold an enthronement ceremony, so he never held an enthronement ceremony.
It wasn't until 22 years after he became emperor that the shogunate gave him 500 kan to hold the enthronement ceremony, and at that time, Emperor Go-Kashiwahara was already fifty-eight years old.
From here, we know that the Wa King of this era, he is really a symbolic meaning, he has no actual power and influence at all, and the daimyo in various places are not birds at all to him, do you expect to reprimand the Wa King to have an effect on the Wa Kingdom?
"So what to do?"
When Zhang Mao heard this, he was slightly dumbfounded.
This Wa King doesn't have any power and influence, even the Muromachi Shogunate's Seiyi Shogun is a puppet, which seems to be really difficult to teach the Wa Kingdom a lesson.
"It's very simple, fight first and then talk ~"
Liu Jin said with a smile.
Then he also took out the map of the Wa Kingdom, which recorded in detail the division of the Ming forces in various parts of the Wa Kingdom.
Liu Jin pointed to a few places above and said, "The Iwami Silver Mine we need is located in Shimane Prefecture, and it is now owned by the Ouchi family. β
"This Ouchi family, it is also one of the representative families that levy heavy taxes on our Ming merchant ships, and according to our information, this Ouchi family also colluded with the Japanese to rob our Ming merchant ships in the past, so we must destroy it."
"Although the Muromachi shogunate lost control over most of the Wa country, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and it was currently under the control of the Muromachi shogunate in the Kansai region, that is, the area around Kyoto and Hyogo-nozu."
"Because of the financial difficulties of the Muromachi shogunate, it is also a representative of the heavy taxation of our merchant ships, and Hyogo no Tsu is the largest port area in the Wa country, so we must teach them a hard lesson."
"And here, the Kanto region, which is also one of the important core areas of the Wa Kingdom, the family that rules here is the Uesugi family, they also levy heavy taxes on our merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also one of the most powerful daimyo in the Wa Kingdom."
"If we want to teach the Wakoku a lesson and achieve our strategic goals, then this Ouchi family, the Muromachi Shogunate, and the Uesugi family must teach them a hard lesson, and beat them to the point of being scared and hurt, so that we can greatly deter the daimyo of the Wakoku, big and small."
"When the time comes, let the Muromachi shogunate and the Wa King convene all the daimyo of the Wa Kingdom to jointly sign an agreement, let them cede Shimane Prefecture to us Daming, and at the same time not allow heavy taxes to be levied on our Ming merchant ships, restrain the samurai under their respective commands, and assist us in eradicating the Wakos, etc."
Liu Jin said his point of view in one breath.
Zhang Mao, Wang Shouren, and Yang Yun all listened carefully, and nodded slightly after listening.
If you want to fight, you can beat those who are the first to come, fight those powerful names, pick hard bones to gnaw, and let the people of the Japanese country know that they are afraid, so that they can really deter the Japanese country and let them know the power of the Ming Dynasty. Quick Eye 123
"I think it's okay~"
Wang Shouren also nodded after pondering.
"I think it's okay."
Yang Yun also nodded and said.
"Okay, then follow this~"
"And how do we do it?"
Zhang Mao thought about it and felt that what Liu Jin said was good, so he thought about it and asked.
"I'm not good at this, Zhang Gong, Wang Shouren, Yang Hou, you are all experts, you must know better than me."
Liu Jin smiled and said modestly.
Analyzing things, how much you can still do, this has to march and fight, how to implement it, Liu Jin's eyes are black, this kind of professional thing should be done by professional people.
"In my opinion, we can divide our troops into three routes, all the way directly to attack the Ouchi family, and seize Shimane Prefecture, where the Iwami Silver Mine is located, this part does not need many strong troops, 10,000 is enough."
"The second way is to attack the Kansai region where the Muromachi shogunate is located, and go straight to the key point of the Muromachi shogunate, from Hyogo no Tsu all the way to Kyoto and Muromachi, the strength of the Muromachi shogunate is quite strong, I think it is safer to send 30,000 troops."
"The remaining 10,000 troops are attacking the Uesugi clan in the Kanto region and going directly to Tokyo."
Wang Shouren is worthy of being a genius in military affairs, and as soon as his eyes turned, he immediately thought of a specific attack plan, and the troops were divided into three routes, directly attacking three targets at the same time, and his strength was strong enough and confident enough.
"Wouldn't it be too confident and hasty to divide the soldiers into three ways?"
Zhang Mao thought for a while and said.
"No, I've already checked some information on the side of the Wa Kingdom, the Wa Kingdom is small, the resources are poor, and although the daimyo are princes and kings in various places, their strength is relatively weak, and they don't have much troops in their hands at all."
"Wars between them are often only a few hundred people, wars of a few thousand people rarely occur, and as for wars of tens of thousands of people, there are few in the entire history."
"Our 50,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty are actually enough to sweep through the entire Wa country."
Wang Shouren shook his head and said very confidently.
"With 10,000 troops to deal with the Ouchi family, the Uesugi family is enough, not to mention that we also have the latest Miyun cannon, and directly using the cannon is enough to bomb them clean."
Hearing this, Liu Jin also nodded, it seemed that it was enough to deal with the village of the Japanese Koukou.
The current Ming army can be regarded as a Ming army armed to the teeth, and the will to fight is also quite high now, because this expedition is also rewarded.
The emerging capitalists of the Ming Dynasty, the magnates, big landlords, and great gentlemen who invested in the major commercial houses, all joined forces to contribute money and efforts, although they did not have as many rewards as last year's killing of the steppe tartars.
But this time, Liu Jin has also spoken in advance, and the reward for killing a widow is 20 taels of silver, which is enough, as long as there is silver, the combat effectiveness of the Ming soldiers will soar, and last year it was the biggest proof.
"When the time comes, Po Hou will lead 10,000 troops to the government Ouchi family and seize Shimane Prefecture, Liu Jin, you will lead 10,000 troops to the Kanto region to teach the Uesugi family, and the remaining 30,000 troops will be led by Zhang Gong to teach the shogunate."
"In the end, the army led by Yang Hou and Liu Jin swept from east to west to the middle, and then swept through the entire Wa Kingdom, and taught all the daimyo along the way a hard lesson, and naturally I could achieve the goal I wanted."
"As for these daimyo on Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, when the time comes, we will casually send some large troops over to teach them a lesson."
Wang Shouren thought about it and continued to add.
"I forget it, I definitely can't lead the troops, let's let Wang Shouren go to teach the Uesugi family a lesson, I'll follow Zhang Gong to teach the shogunate."
Hearing that Wang Shouren asked him to lead the army, Liu Jin immediately shook his head again and again.
What are you kidding, you won't lead troops at all, if something happens, maybe your life will be lost in the Wa Kingdom, and it will be a big loss.
It's better to follow Zhang Mao, there are 30,000 troops here, and 10,000 new troops will definitely follow Zhang Mao, so it's safer, let Wang Shouren do this dangerous thing.
Anyway, he is a military genius, and this product actually has martial arts, and the martial arts are quite high, don't look at him as a weak scholar, but if he picks up his sword and kills the enemy, it is estimated that he will not be much worse than Yang Yun next to him.
This is a fierce man, a bull fork character in hundreds of years.
There must be no problem with him leading an army.
"That's okay~"
Wang Shouren thought about it and didn't even mean to refuse, so he nodded directly and said.
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Liu Jin was speechless, okay, a cow is a cow, and he doesn't have any modesty, it is estimated that he is similar to Han Xin and others, the more soldiers the better.
"Zhang Gong, do you think this arrangement is good?"
Liu Jin looked at Zhang Mao and asked.
Zhang Mao is a very smart person, he is actually similar to Liu Jin, and he has never commanded the march to fight, and he is also a little panicked, so he asked Wang Shouren, Liu Jin and Yang Yun to discuss this matter.
A lot of the time, he listens to Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, he doesn't know much about himself, so he just listens to others, anyway, as long as he can win, he doesn't care who will command.
"I think I can ~"
After Zhang Mao pondered for a while, he nodded and said after thinking about it.
This Yang Yun led all the way, Wang Shouren led all the way, he and Liu Jin all the way, with Liu Jin, a son of a master, how can it be very safe, not to mention that he has 30,000 troops along the way, and 10,000 new troops, this new army is armed to the teeth, and the training is also quite rigorous, although he has not been on the battlefield, but it is certainly not bad.
Of course, if he knew that Liu Jin was also panicked in his heart, he wouldn't think so.