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At present, the ruling class of the entire Wakoku society is composed of high-ranking samurai such as shoguns and daimyos, and the lowest-ranking samurai of Ashigaru, but since the time of Toyotomi Hideyoshi seventy or eighty years ago, the system of separation of soldiers and peasants has been implemented, and the real samurai are completely separated from production. The samurai are a unique social class in the Wa Kingdom, generally referring to the soldiers who are proficient in martial arts and take combat as their profession, they are the dominant force in the Japanese society, and they are more similar to the feudal lords and knights in the West in terms of system and function, and are very different from the general Asian countries.

As a professional military group, combat is the first mission of the samurai. The most distinctive feature of the samurai is that they wear unique armor and have their own fighting skills. Because of their bravery and tenacity, these samurai were a group of professional soldiers who were extremely difficult to deal with. In the history of Geng Jingzhong's previous life, at the end of the shogunate, that is, the crow. The British navy, which easily defeated the Qing Dynasty during the war, had the "Sa-British War" with the Shimazu Satsuma Domain, and although the samurai of the Japanese kingdom who were backward in armament suffered heavy losses, they did not recognize the other party's "good war".

In earlier times, the Yuan army went on an expedition to the Wa Kingdom, landed and fought against the Wa Samurai, and the samurai who admired single-horse dueling at that time suffered greatly with dense firearms, but they still could not break through the desperate interception of the Japanese army, and had to go on the ship to rest in the case of unable to obtain a consolidated bridgehead, and encountered a typhoon, which is what the Wa people called "kamikaze"!

On the one hand, these Japanese samurai possessed excellent swords, and on the other hand, they attached great importance to combat training. Experienced, so it's a formidable opponent to be reckoned with. In the Ming Dynasty's aid to Korea and the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The combat ability of individual soldiers and small groups of Japanese warriors was significantly higher than that of ordinary Ming troops. In particular, the samurai's sharp long knives and strange knife skills. They were often able to defeat the Ming army, which was superior in numbers. Only when Qi Jiguang invented the "Mandarin Duck Array", combined the comprehensive power of long and short weapons and firearms, and used well-trained elite soldiers, could he restrain the Japanese invaders.

There is another important one, Geng Jingzhong seems to remember that since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the firearms of the Wa State have not been inferior to China. The key is that the Japanese people are too good at learning, and later generations said that China is a copycat country, but in fact, the Japanese country is the real copycat country! Let's not talk about the culture of the Japanese country. Most of them come from the study of China, this firearms, from the firearms captured in the battle with the Ming army began to imitate, the most primitive "iron cannon" of the Japanese state, and later purchased arquebuses from the Spanish and Portuguese, in contrast, imitated and improved again, forming a variety of "iron cannons" of the Japanese state. The power of this "iron cannon" is similar to that of the shotgun used by the Ming army, but the quality is stronger.

But. According to the intelligence, the standard of living of the samurai was very different. Even though they were both feudal lords, the ones in Nagasaki were completely different from those in Yamagata. In the samurai group, the majority were still small people of the middle and lower ranks. If they can't rely on a rich and powerful lord. Life is often just barely able to survive in poverty. Now in the Wa Kingdom, there is a joke that says, "In the house of the little samurai, except for the quilt and the pot." And a big rock, because when he felt cold. You can lift stones to keep warm. "The lives of some little samurai are not even as good as those of ordinary ashigaru, at least these ashigaru can still rely on the meager land at home to eat and drink.

There are some samurai who are unlucky. If the lord to whom they are attached is fired for committing a crime, or the lord's financial difficulties have to be reduced, they can only become ronins, and some go to work for forces such as the underworld. The word "ronin" is offensive to the first time you hear it, and they are indeed an important factor of instability in society. In the history of the Wa Kingdom, in order to avoid the intensification of domestic contradictions, the official often acquiesced in or instigated the armed aggression of the ronin. The ronin is full of ambition for foreign wars, a few years ago Zheng Chenggong in order to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, he sent people to the Wa State to borrow troops, although the shogunate refused, but the following ronins have asked for war.

A large amount of information quickly floated through my head, and I thought of a lot of things at once. Geng Jingzhong froze and continued to look at the generals present. Seeing that no one answered for a while, he turned his gaze to Li Guangdi, wanting to hear his opinion again. "Brother Li, what is your opinion?"

Li Guangdi seemed to have a draft, and immediately said: "I agree with General Wang's strategy, this expedition to the Wa Kingdom is not to destroy it, and the elimination of the naval forces on Kyushu Island is our goal." To be honest, we don't have the strength right now. The first step is to defeat the Satsuma Domain, and we must not be mired in war. ”

The other generals also nodded, just with their tens of thousands of people, it was unrealistic to want to wipe out millions of troops, and besides, they were fighting in a different place, and they didn't know anything about the terrain. "Brother Li is right, so what is the second step?" Geng Jingzhong then continued to ask.

"This second step, just to destroy the sailors of Kyushu Island, the Tokugawa shogunate will definitely not sit idly by, and will definitely entangle the daimyo of the entire Wa Province to fight against us. Unless we are completely scared of them, we will never think of doing business in the Wa Kingdom again! ”

"Hmmm! I agree with that. We, in addition to taking revenge, are going for the silver of the Wa Kingdom. Even if we can't turn the Japanese Kingdom into our colony, we must force them to open a few more ports to trade with us. Geng Jingzhong didn't want to occupy the Wa Kingdom like this, it was too whimsical. There are more than 20 million people in the Japanese country, and even if they use people, they will pile up these tens of thousands of navies to death, not to mention those samurai who are not afraid of death, they are all a group of crazy people, and he is not willing to lose the army like this. At first, he thought that it would be enough to force the Qing government to sign unequal treaties and open treaty ports, as Britain did in later generations.

"And!" Li Guangdi glanced at the generals, and finally turned his gaze to Wang Zhenbang. "After defeating the Shimazu Satsuma Domain, we must immediately set sail to attack Edo. Before the Tokugawa shogunate reacted, Edo was quickly occupied. We have occupied their capital, so that we can force the Tokugawa shogunate to sign a treaty with us! However, when it comes to attacking the city, it depends on the brothers of the Marine Army! ”

The more Wang Zhenbang listened, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help clapping his fists and exclaiming: "Okay, destroy the Shimazu family first, and then fight Edo!" ”

"Leave the siege to us! Guaranteed to take it down in one day! Ma Jiuyu also immediately patted his chest and punched the package ticket. The navy is panicking, their marines are really panicking, more than two years, most of the officers and men of the marines are about to rust. When they don't fight, they almost forget that blood is red!

"Don't worry, don't worry, you've got you to fight. Our navy is already well-trained by the marines, and with sharp weapons, victory is predictable. But I have to emphasize one more thing, don't underestimate it! You don't say you're experienced in a hundred battles, but you're also very experienced in combat, and the lion fights the rabbit with all your might, and I don't want to see you capsize in the gutter! Geng Jingzhong didn't want to dampen their enthusiasm, but he still couldn't help but knock on everyone here.

"By the way, there's another very important one. There is also information that this Japanese is very good at imitation, so in this battle against the Japanese, a cannon and a musket must not be lost. Especially the new musket, which is our unique treasure, is a sharp weapon for us to fight in all directions in the future. If it is imitated by the Japanese people, we will never want to set foot on that land in the future! Did you hear it all? Geng Jingzhong thought of the most important point, and immediately instructed the generals.

"Understood!" The generals below replied in unison.

"Don't worry, Shizi, every soldier's gun has a number, and whoever is missing can be found immediately. General Huang is extremely strict in managing this! Li Guangdi suddenly thought of Huang Dazhong's inspection of the gun, and said with a soft smile.

"Hehehe!" Everyone else knew about it and laughed out loud.

"Go, go, laugh what a laugh! Is this that funny? Huang Dazhong was a little annoyed and angry, it seemed that he was going to be laughed at for the rest of his life because of a trivial matter.

It was Geng Jingzhong's strict order not to let a gun leak out, and Huang Dazhong did it very carefully in this work, and he even made jokes about it. It was last year, during a routine inspection, when Huang Dazhong checked the shooting range, his hands were itchy for a while, and he thought about it. One of the soldiers went to the toilet and put his gun on a wooden rack, so he took the gun and fired a few shots at the target, and when he was done, he hung the musket on his shoulder.

When the inspection continued, the soldier also returned, but when he found that the gun was missing, he immediately became anxious. During the inspection, the troops assembled, but there was no way, so the soldier also gathered and stood in the line. When he checked him, Huang Dazhong was furious, and immediately frightened the little soldier to his knees. Losing a gun is a felony, and the soldier knew it very well, explaining that the gun was still on the wooden shelf and disappeared when he went to the toilet. At this time, the soldier suddenly discovered, hey? Isn't it his own gun on the general's shoulder! His gun was all too familiar, and a red head rope was tied to it, which was given to him by his sister to keep him safe.

As soon as the soldier spoke, Huang Dazhong himself was stunned. This gun is indeed what he took from the wooden frame, and he has wronged the good man! As soon as this matter came out, he immediately became a laughing stock, and was often teased by other generals. It's been a long time since anyone mentioned this, and this time it was turned out by Li Guangdi again, and he immediately burst into laughter.

"Alright, stop laughing! I'm giving you half a month to prepare and adjust my condition to the best. In a few days, I will announce the list of troops to be sent out, so let's go back and prepare! Geng Jingzhong stopped everyone from continuing to laugh, and said sternly with everyone.

"Yes!" (To be continued......)

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