Chapter 679: Sending troops to Nagasaki

A human head was in front of Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang said: "This person still has a little backbone, let's bury it." ”

"Yes." Immediately, one of the guards came out and took the human head down.

This head is none other than Zong Shengzhi.

For the survival of the Zong family, Zong Shengzhi chose to commit suicide.

Zhu Houhuang is a bit of a pity. In the battle of Tsushima, although there were reasons why the Koreans were too wasteful, Zong Shengzhi himself still had some talent.

Before, Zhu Houhuang didn't know what it was like, but now Zhu Houhuang understands.

With the departure of the Francophile, there is no longer a force in Nanyang that dares to be hostile to Dongyong, but there are many problems, Zhu Houhuang needs too many talents, whether it is in Luzon or on many large islands in Nanyang, he needs a magistrate who can stand alone.

If Zong Shengzhi didn't die, Zhu Houhuang might not give him a place for them to pioneer.

Zhu Houhuang suddenly remembered something and said, "How many people are there on Tsushima Island?" ”

Liu Laodao said: "There are less than 10,000 strong men, plus less than 30,000 women and children. ”

"Okay." Zhu Houhuang said: "Before, I ignored that there were 30,000 mouths on a small Tsushima Island, how many mouths did the entire Ouchi clan have, plus selling people from North Korea. This is another population to help. Brother Xu. ”

Xu Song said: "The minister is here." ”

"I'll leave this matter to you." Zhu Houhuang said.

"Yes. This is the negligence of the minister, the Korean minister is strong and the lord is weak, as long as the minister is bribed. You can still sell some people. Xu Song said.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Don't underestimate this, what is the real national strength? It's the population, the grain, the steel, the gunpowder. These four things are the real national strength. If I can have one more population, I will have more national strength, and it should not be underestimated. This battle to attack Ouchi has already been negotiated with the Hosokawa clan, so it is naturally a must-win battle. However, all departments should be cautious and catch more alive. ”

"Yes." The generals got up together and saluted Zhu Houhuang.

In the past, Zhu Houhuang's population problem was not as urgent as it is now. That's because the relationship between Zhu Houhuang and Daming is okay, and the population has been imported from Daming. Even after Jiajing ascended the throne, it only turned from light to dark, and there were many people imported every day, but now it is very different.

The pirates made a fuss, although the trade ties between Fujian and Dongyong were not severed, but from Penghu trading, Dongyong had to send ships to Fujian to trade.

The supply of Daming was cut off. Zhu Houhuang needs to find a way to replenish it, but it also takes a lot of manpower to open up the wasteland to grow sugarcane. To have enough sugar to fill the gap between the East and the West, a large number of people are needed. Zhu Houhuang's desire for population swelled again.

The barbarians in northern Luzon were plundered into serfs, looking for them from Annam, from Nanyang, and even Zhu Houhuang had the idea of buying slaves from India.

It is also a natural idea to get a population from Japan and North Korea.

However, this is a long-term topic, and in the next few years, Zhu Houhuang will inevitably face this problem if he wants to build Dongyong.

But not the time to think about it.

Zhu Houhuang did not want to stay in Japan for long. Tens of thousands of troops are out for a day, and the silver consumed is like flowing water. Zhu Houhuang, who was originally very financially tight, was unwilling to spend more money here.

"Don't talk about that, how is the Ouchi clan's situation? Also Where is Yoshiko Ouchi? Zhu Houhuang turned the conversation to the battle.

"Ouchi Yoshiko has arrived in Nagasaki." Wu Fengyi said. "According to the Hosokawa family, the Ouchi clan already knew about our connection to the Hosokawa family, so they went to Nagasaki."

Zhu Houhuang said: "What does Ouchi Yoshixing think, isn't his old nest in Yamaguchi City?" Why is it difficult to go away from the nest to a place that he is not familiar with? ”

Zhu Houhuang didn't understand why Ouchi Yoshixing was also a famous general, why would he make such a decision?

If the Ouchi clan stayed in Yamaguchi City, Zhu Houhuang would still be nerve-wracking, but now Ouchi Yoshixing took the initiative to leave Yamaguchi City, and he didn't even have the slightest intention of concealing it, as if he was taking the initiative to swagger to Zhu Houhuang, come and kill me, come and kill me.

This is simply illogical.

Ouchi Yoshixing has been fighting since he was a child anyway, and he can be regarded as a veteran general, don't you know what to do to be good for him?

"The minister didn't understand it very well, but after seeing the human head just now, he understood a little." Wu Fengyi said. He's done his homework on it.

"Ouchi Yoshiko didn't want to break out in the Nagato area, which was the foundation of the Ouchi clan and had been owned by the Ouchi clan for hundreds of years, and the Ouchi clan's rule over Kitakyushu was not too stable. His Royal Highness captured Nagasaki and was able to get his head, thinking that even though the Ouchi clan had been hit hard, it was not shaken at all, and it could still be passed on, but Yamaguchi Castle was captured, and even if His Highness stopped here, the Ouchi clan would inevitably fall apart. ”

"In the hearts of many people in Japan, family is much more important than oneself. Ouchi Yoshiko is thinking about the Ouchi clan, so he is willing to fight to the death with His Highness in Nagasaki. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "How old is Ouchi Yoshixing now? ”

Wu Fengyi said: "The year of knowing the destiny of heaven. ”

If Ouchi Yixing is younger, Zhu Houhuang will still have a love for talent. However, for this era, in his fifties, he is only a few years away from death. No matter how hard you try to solicit, the cost performance is too low.

Zhu Houhuang shook off all other thoughts and said, "Since this is the case, let him die as he deserves." ”

"Liu Laodao."

"The minister is here." Liu Laodao came out and said.

"You lead the headquarters to cut off the connection between Kyushu and Nagato, all the ships of the Ouchi clan are sunk, if all their ships are let go, and the news is released, Lone this time is just to raise the prestige of the great tomorrow, only one person of the Ouchi clan, Ouchi Yoshixing, and they have nothing to do with them, but those who dare to provoke the Celestial Empire will not be pardoned, and please don't make mistakes." Zhu Houhuang said.

"Yes." Liu Laodao said.

For this task, Liu Laodao didn't like it too much. Because that's just a partiality. With the strength of the Japanese sailors, there was no battle to fight at all.

But after Liu Bochen was transferred, Liu Laodao seemed to understand a lot, and he was not so interested in the position of the commander of the water division.

"Xu Song." Zhu Houhuang said.

"The minister is here." Xu Song received the order awe-inspiringly.

"The same news, you also let it out, and all the logistics of this war are entrusted to you." Zhu Houhuang said.

"The minister commands." Xu Song said.

Xu Song's channels in Japan are second only to Wu Fengyi, and this time many supplies must be purchased from North Korea, so it is just right that Xu Song is in charge of this.

After Zhu Houhuang arranged this, he said: "Huang Shilong, Wei Dalin, all the Yongjun have followed Gu to Nagasaki, and Gu wants to see how capable this Japanese veteran general is." ”

Zhu Houhuang gave an order, and everyone began to prepare.

However, on the second day, the whole army set out. But a day later, I was outside Nagasaki Castle.

Nagasaki is in a bay.

It's just that the coastline in this area of Nagasaki is very complicated, and the whole army did not anchor directly outside Nagasaki, but anchored an island off the coast of Nagasaki. The whole army was encamped on the island, opposite Nagasaki Castle.

These islands are not very famous, but in the original history, if you push back a few decades, they will be very famous, because of one person, Wang Zhi, the owner of Wufeng Island.

His roots in Japan lie on these islands, which are the Goto archipelago outside of Nagasaki.

It's quite close to Nagasaki.

Obviously, Wu Fengyi didn't do nothing, at least she wanted to find a place for the whole army.

After Zhu Houhuang arranged everything, he took advantage of the early weather to decide to give Ouchi Yixing a dismount and said, "Let's go." Lonely wants to see what Nagasaki Castle is like. ”

"Yes."

Huang Shilong did not bring other ships, but brought out all the Dongyong-type warships, each warship had dozens of guns, he was not Zhu Houhuang's ship, there were more than 100 guns.

This is Zhu Houhuang's most powerful force on the sea, and it is also a sea force that the whole country of Japan cannot resist, let alone the Ouchi clan.

On the way from Goto, I saw several small boats, and after discovering the fleet, I ran desperately, and one of the ships was still on fire above the sea.

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