The Japanese promised to support the forces of Shikoku, but did not allow them to retreat to the shortcut area, which made the second prince very uncomfortable and very sad, because he knew that if he didn't handle it well, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape from this place.

The sailors have been annihilated, even if they can get one or two boats, they can't take away a large number of troops and population, without troops and population, he is a king as a fart, a bare commander, it is better to be an idle county king at that time, let him go to be the king, even if the third is the king, he will not end up defeated and killed, if it is said that the battle for the throne is abandoned, his brothers are still very harmonious.

Although he now seems to have 200,000 soldiers and horses, half of Kagawa Prefecture and Kochi Prefecture, and Denio Island has not been harmed by others, he knows that his strength is no longer able to confront the three directions that attack his Xinlu Prefecture.

Feng Quan from the county town of Kochi looks like he hasn't made progress for a long time, and he is passively defensive, but he knows that there are elite soldiers everywhere, and Feng Quan has trained the militia in his hands into elite soldiers through this battle.

The third prince also attacked him this time, and obtained 40,000 or 50,000 militia servants, 40,000 militia troops, and the militia was trained into an elite regular army unit, and the elite regular army unit has reached 70,000 soldiers and horses, an increase of 20,000 soldiers and horses.

This is not a thing, the thing is that the population of his Shikoku Island has decreased by 2.1 million people, lost half of the land in Kochi Prefecture, reduced by 800,000, lost Ehime Prefecture and reduced the population by 1 million, and the previous battles with Feng Quan killed and wounded 200,000 young people, Kong Youxing sent troops to attack, and killed more than 100,000 newly gathered soldiers and horses, and now he has gathered 30,000 or 40,000 remnants of the defeated generals, and he put them here in Kagawa County for reorganization, and after the reorganization, this is the guard force here in Kagawa County.

Now the population of his territory is only 1.6 million people, plus the refugees who have fled one after another are only 1.7 million, these people are now young and strong have been withdrawn, forming more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, which is equivalent to one and a half out of every ten people who are soldiers, it can be said that the old and weak are counted, and the combat effectiveness of his troops is only 670,000, how can he fight with Feng Quan?

Do you really want to accept the Japanese?

I had accepted some Japanese soldiers and horses before, but they were not useful, they were all cannon fodder, and they couldn't break through the enemy's defense line even if they died, and that kind of defense line was too evil.

Platoon guns, artillery, horses, bows and arrows, like splashing water, the charging troops began to lose five miles away, the combat effectiveness is strong, the morale of the troops is high, can grit their teeth and insist on rushing forward, the Japanese cannon fodder was shelled, rushed less than two miles, collapsed, ran back, the enemy's shells chased and hit, although the solid bullet damage is not big, but it also makes people frightened, the Japanese who came back gritted their teeth, their eyes were scattered, and they did not rest for a while, and they could not pull up and fight again.

It is not as good as the Japanese combat militia they trained, these people are a little poorer, they have food to rely on and take a help, in line with the nature of the Han people, the habit of doing good deeds, coaxing, the Japanese people are grateful, for them to work hard, train hard, charge is guaranteed, can rush to the front of the enemy's trenches, jump into the trenches and fight with the enemy hand-to-hand, the first, the second, the third, fought for a week, a total of three or four times to break through the enemy's first line of defense, and even hit the second line of defense, it can be said that there is still a fight.

The cannon fodder of the Japanese is not good, in the end they can only let their own people charge, and those Japanese cannon fodder can only help transport ammunition and supplies in the rear, and they cannot face the battle at all.

As allies, they can't put the warlord behind the Japanese cannon fodder, so the Japanese are unhappy, after all, they are helping them to fight the soldiers of Xinlu Province, the two were still enemies before, and the Japanese prevented them from deliberately consuming their cannon fodder.

What can such Japanese people do except eat, drink, and consume food?

There is also a consideration, if a large number of Japanese troops are allowed to come here and win victory in the future, what will happen to the second prince of Shikoku Island?

With the strength of the Japanese who still have a population of 15 million, can pull up millions of cannon fodder and hundreds of thousands of regular troops at any time, and win the war, will his second prince still have to endure humiliation and become a Japanese daimyo general?

I have to say that the Han people are very flexible in terms of struggle, think far ahead, and are very thoughtful.

As the son of Hong Chengchou, who is known for his strategy, naturally he will not be far behind, he rolled his eyes, got up and said: "Let's talk about this today, everyone, we will discuss the current situation another day, as for the Japanese side to send troops to help us, we are very grateful, but there are some issues, I haven't thought about it clearly, let's talk about it when I think clearly, send off guests." He shouted to the servant.

The servant immediately came in and bowed and stretched out his hand, "Adults, please." The Japanese daimyo general glanced at the second prince, got up and bowed to the second prince, "Please also ask Your Majesty the King to think more, it is the best choice for us to unite to deal with the Huaxia army, if we can reach an agreement, we Japan will send a million loads of grain to help Hongsang." ”

The conditions are not unattractive, but the second prince knows that this million loads of grain is not easy to take, if the Japanese soldiers and horses are allowed to come in, then his Shikoku Island will be lost, and when the Huaxia army comes in, he will also fail, and the Japanese will also fail, and he needs to weigh this issue.

He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll think about it, please be sure to hover around Shikoku for a few more days, and I'll talk to the general again when I'm ready." The daimyo general bowed and withdrew, and the second prince said with a smile: "Go slowly, don't send it." ”

After Ike and Tyme walked out, they looked at each other, and Ike said to Tyme, "Your Excellency Tam, do you think there is still a need for the current four countries to continue to cooperate?" ”

Tai Mu walked in front very gentlemanly, looked down at the riding boots on his feet, looked thoughtful, and said slowly: "According to the combat effectiveness of Xinlu Mansion now, as well as their new tactics, I think the Four Nations have almost no chance of victory, we didn't have to mix with them, and now the Four Kingdoms have not even paid for the weapons and instructor training that we supported them in the early stage, so I see that there is no profit to be made here, and it will be occupied by Xinlu Mansion in the near future and become the territory of the Huaxia Kingdom. We can be swayed by staying here, I mean hurry up and go as far as we can on our boat. ”

Ike hurriedly said: "But our investment has not been recovered, if we just leave, then we don't have to pay back the money that the four countries owed us before?" ”

Tame laughed, "Why don't you just let the Japanese pay for it?" ”

Ike was stunned, what kind of logic is this?

How could the money owed by the king of Shikoku make the Japanese who were hostile to him pay for it?

(End of chapter)