"That Longdao official actually held back, and he hasn't attacked yet, it's really disappointing."

"You really want him to attack us?"

"Of course, what a good opportunity this is, we have enough strength to kill the Dang Xiang Tartars and the small imperial court in Jiangnan together."

"But we still have to deal with the Fuso."

"That's the same, we can win three wars at the same time!"

"I think it's too reluctant, it's not three local wars, if it starts, it's three full-scale wars."

"You have so little faith in our army?"

"I'm cautious."

"Excessive caution is cowardice."

"Whatever you say, this battle can't be fought, we only need to deal with two enemies."

Similar conversations took place many times between the General Staff of the Chinese Empire and middle and high-ranking officers.

Some people are full of confidence that Jiangnan should be dealt with as soon as possible, and some people think that they should be more cautious and deal with their enemies one by one - some people even think that it is a bit too much to deal with Pseudo-Xia and Fusang at the same time this time.

However, since the General Staff was formulated in this way, then it was only carried out according to the plan, and the only difference was that some people were disappointed that they did not pull Da Zhou into the battlefield, while others felt that it was easier.

……

The southern part of the Kingdom of Goryeo, Jeju Island.

The Huaxia Empire occupied three territories of the former Goryeo Kingdom, namely Pyongan Province and Hamgyeong-do Province in northern Goryeo, and now these two places have been merged into the Chinese Empire's Lelang State.

Another piece of land is Jeju Island, which was once the largest island in Goryeo and the previously occupied Tsushima Island of Fuso to form Jeju in the province of Qi.

After taking control of Jeju, Huaxia blocked the connection between Goryeo and Fuso, and the strait trade between the two countries had to pass through Huaxia, making the occupation of Jeju a very profitable act.

Jeju pays 600,000 taels in taxes to the empire every year, making it one of the most economically well-off places in a single state.

In addition, there is a horse farm on Jeju Island (Goryeo originally raised a lot of horses and cattle on the island), with 5,000 horses, 3,000 cattle, and more than 5,000 mules and donkeys.

In addition to providing the local area with fur, tendons, meat and milk, the horse farm naturally has to provide a large amount of animal power.

Because of these unique advantages, Jeju Island naturally became one of the bases for the Chinese army to invade Fuso.

The Chinese army stationed a detachment in Jeju, in addition to several logistics units of the army, intended to directly use the large livestock here to support the expedition to Fuso.

"Second Lieutenant Xu Daixuan, this ship has received an order to transport three hundred horses and one hundred camel oxen to the front, and you are responsible for going to the horse farm to dock, this is the order book and dispatch order."

"Yes!"

Lieutenant Xu Daizhuo, a midshipman on the Navy transport ship "Dengyingzhou," saluted and reached out to take the order from the captain.

Xu Shiyang's eldest son, Xu Daizhuo, the grandson of the Chinese Imperial Emperor, is 14 years old this year and is studying at the Navy's Island City Secondary College.

Xu Daizhuo was also transferred to the "Dengyingzhou" as a clerk.

He didn't want to be a clerk, and the clerk of a warship was actually only responsible for some auxiliary work such as copying and writing, or distributing supplies, which was somewhat inconsistent with the young man's beautiful imagination of the army.

Xu Daizhuo wanted to be a gun commander, with terrifying firepower to turn all enemies into powder, or as a lookout post, standing on a high mast, as if accompanied by blue sky and white clouds and seagulls, carefully observing the enemy's position.

In the event of a fight, the lookout post on the mast can also snipe at the enemy with a truncated special rifle (which is actually a cavalry carbine).

It's a pity that even if he is the grandson of the emperor, he is only a cadet who has not graduated in the navy, and he is just a midshipman.

He is not qualified to choose his place, only the obligation to obey orders.

Xu Daizhuo came to the horse farm in Jeju and handed over the order in his hand to the horse farm management.

"Three hundred horses?" The chubby manager of the horse farm scratched his head in embarrassment: "Why do you navy still need horses?" ”

"This time the Marines are going to fight ashore." Xu Dai replied with a straight face: "We need horses to tow the deck guns." ”

The artillery system of the Huaxia Navy and Army is basically the same, and it is mainly five- and ten-pound guns, and a few large combat ships are loaded with 20-pound and 30-pound naval guns.

In fact, the sea targets of this era were enough to deal with with five or ten catties of naval guns, and both types of artillery had land gun mounts, which could follow the marines and sailors to fight ashore.

Heavier artillery is basically only used against targets such as coastal forts.

However, the presence of land artillery mounts does not mean that the navy can effectively use deck guns on land, after all, artillery is very heavy, and the transportation of shells is a fatal problem.

"But the Army has already sent people to ask for a register of all the horses available at our horse farm." The fat man said, "They have already booked all the horses." ”

China's navy and army have contradictions between different branches of the armed forces, and at present they are mainly focused on competing for military spending and various resources.

For example, the Navy wanted to equip some horses in the name of the Marine Corps this time, and the Army even had a plan to build a ship - but it was vetoed by the General Staff.

"The Army's habit of occupying it first if it is not needed cannot be changed anywhere."

Xu Daizhuo said dissatisfiedly:

"Give me the horse, don't worry about them, if they trouble you, you will say that the horse is going to leave by the second lieutenant Xu Daizhuo of the navy, and let them go to the 'Dengyingzhou' to find me."

"Ensign? This ......, the army is coming with a major...... and so on! Are you Xu Daizhuo!? ”

The fat man wanted to pass the buck at first, but after recalling it, he suddenly realized what the name meant.

"That's right, my surname is Xu, and my name is Xu Daizhuo."

At first, the young man did not like to emphasize his identity, he felt that it was to rely on his father's prestige, not his own ability.

However, the school and the army are also society, Xu Daizhuo has learned a lot, and he now feels that he can use his identity to obtain some benefits within the rules, and there is really no need to pretend to be high.

"Give me the horses, and by the way, transfer me twenty grooms."

徐代炙 says:

"If it's all given to the army, and our navy doesn't transport it to them, can they still swim to Fuso? At sea, our navy has the final say, and so do the islands, don't forget that. ”

……

In September 1792, after the typhoon season had largely passed, the fleet and land forces of the Chinese Empire for the expedition to Fuso were basically ready.

The forward units of the Army and Marine Corps had arrived in Nagasaki, the leased territory of Huaxia in Fuso, the follow-up troops were assembled in Jeju, and the Goryeo Army was assembled in Busan.

As long as the order is given, the Chinese army will attack immediately.