Chapter 110: The Needs of the Japanese Battlefield

After Fu Youde made this plan, everything revolved around one thing. Of course, there are some other wars, such as the harassment of the sailors in various parts of Japan, such as Fu Youde's private communication with the Daimyo of Kyushu, wanting them to switch to the Ming Dynasty and so on. There is no need to dwell on it.

After He Xi finished talking about the overall situation of the Japanese battlefield. The prince asked, "Well, it seems that the Yingchuan Hou Baodao is not old. What does he want?"

He Xi said, "There are some."

The prince said, "Speak."

He Xi said: "First, I ask the prince or His Majesty to give the name of the Shimazu family in Japan."

The prince raised his eyebrows and said; "Shimazu?"

He Xi said, "Exactly."

The reason why the prince knows about Shimazu. It's because Shimazu in this era is not very conspicuous. It's not even the top daimyo in Kyushu, Japan. But after the Shimazu family, it developed very well. I have vaguely heard the surname Shimazu.

The prince said, "What's so special about this Shimazu family?"

He Xi said: "At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was also a war in Japan, which the Japanese called the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Today's Ashikaga shogunate is the Northern Dynasty. And the Shimazu family was originally serving the prince of the Southern Dynasty. On the island of Kyushu, he fought many times with the Northern Korean forces, and he won and lost. Later, the Southern Dynasty court surrendered. Shimazu also surrendered to the Northern Dynasty."

"But can Your Highness imagine what the Ashikaga family thinks of the Shimazu family?"

"It's just a remnant." The prince said indifferently.

He Xi said, "Officially. The roots of the Shimazu family are in the southeast of Kyushu. It's quite far from Nagasaki. The Ashikaga family, on the other hand, repeatedly requisitioned the Shimazu family. The Shimazu family, in the two battles of Busan and Nagasaki, suffered heavy losses. More importantly, the head of the Shimazu family saw that the situation was not in favor of Japan. Wants to surrender to the imperial court. But he was worried that the court would go back on his word, so he wanted a guarantee." Chinese Net

The prince said, "He asks for a lot. What do you think of He Xi's matter?"

He Xi said: "The minister thought that this matter should be agreed, and the name given to Shimazu was enough to appease the heart of the Shimazu family, and the battle of Nagasaki lasted for three months. Judging from the approach of the Shimazu family, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has reached the point where he can no longer support it. I can't advance, I can't go back."

"The Shimazu family is likely to be a breakthrough."

The prince said, "What is the origin of this Shimazu family?"

He Xi said, "The Shimazu family claims to be the descendants of Qin Shi Huang."

The prince smiled indifferently and said, "Climbing dragons and phoenixes has existed since ancient times, and it seems that foreign countries are inevitable. Since he claimed to be Qin Shi Huang, he gave the surname Qin and asked the head of the Shimazu family to go to Nanjing to thank him. How?"

He Xi said, "Thank Your Highness for your support."

The prince's sentence also has implicit conditions. That is, there is no problem in giving the name to the Shimazu family. But I want to make sure that the affairs of the Shimazu family cannot be a joke. Here the court gave the name, and over there they turned against the water, isn't this a slap in the face of the court?

Therefore, the prince wanted the head of the Shimazu family to go to Nanjing as a hostage.

For He Xi, it doesn't matter. Shimazu is now the most important, and it is one of the most vulnerable daimyos in Kyushu. Once the Shimazu family defected. The impact on the war will be far-reaching. As for the future, it is the order of the imperial court to kill the nine clans of the Shimazu family, and Fu Youde doesn't care.

And the reason why the Shimazu family is so easily shaken is also very simple, that is, trade.

Although it is said that Nagasaki, Boduowan and other places are the core of Japan's trade with the Ming Dynasty. But there is a place that too. That was Tanegashima of the Shimazu family, and the Dutch came to Tanegashima very early, and later Tanegashima became the center of the Japanese orchid science and the production of firecrackers.

It can be seen that Tanegashima has superior geographical advantages.

The Shimazu family traveled from Tanegashima to the Ryukyus, and then to the Ming Dynasty to participate in maritime trade. Although it's not as good as the Ouchi family, the Otomo family. But also a member of the Maritime Trade Players.

On the one hand, it is a battle with no chance of winning, and on the other hand, it is the benefits brought by cooperation with Daming. That's why the Shimazu family was the first to waver.

Perhaps, some people say, in this case, participate in trade in the Ouchi

Home, how can the Otomo family not waver.

As mentioned earlier, the Ouchi family, from top to bottom, has been pinched by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. As for the Otomo family. It's just that the territory where the Ashikaga family is stationed now is the Otomo family. The army is on the side, and the Otomo family naturally doesn't dare to do anything. These two are also the ones who suffered the most losses in the Battle of Nagasaki today.

It can be said that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu could really promise to win the Battle of Nagasaki. Then maybe he can really use the power of the Great War to take the whole of Kyushu into his own hands. Even if you can't occupy all of them, you can make half of them directly under the jurisdiction of the Ashikaga family.

It's just that the premise is to win.

The prince said, "Is there anything else?"

He Xi said, "There is another thing, that is, the Marquis of Yingchuan wants to recruit soldiers and horses from Goryeo."

The prince said, "Isn't there already one?"

Yes, the Goryeo servant army was there in the era of blue jade.

He Xi said, "Not enough."

The prince said, "How much does he want."

He Xi wanted to speak and stopped, but after a while, he still said, "One hundred thousand."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked, this number is a little too big. The total number of Japanese troops in Goryeo was only 100,000, and now 100,000 Goryeo soldiers were directly recruited. This is an exaggeration.

The prince frowned and said, "Why so many?"

He Xi said, "These Koreans are not used to fight. It's for guarding. There are too few Ming soldiers. If they are scattered and stationed in various places, then something happens, and there is no time to react. But if you leave it alone. Or appointing Japan to surrender the army, it is also easy to get out of control. And Goryeo and Japan were originally feuding. The small court of Goryeo was destroyed by Japan again. Most Koreans don't have much affection for Japan. When they arrived in Japan, they could only rely on the Celestial Empire. In this way, both Goryeo and Japan have been strengthened and a lot of military spending has been saved."

He Xi didn't say something.

In fact, many people are not at ease with Goryeo. also includes He Xi.

After all, Goryeo is a country of hundreds of years, how is it possible, it is so easy to say that there is no more. There are some hidden dangers that you don't deal with. It will leave a legacy for future generations.

And to get the Goryeo Zhuangding to Japan, even if they have any complaints about the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to rebel in Japan, because the Japanese rebelled, and the first people to kill were the Goryeo people. After all, Goryeo's temperament makes it impossible for them to be good to the Japanese people when they are in power in Japan. Born doglegs.

He Xi even felt that Fu Youde may have deliberately let many Koreans settle in Japan. Let them be tied to the chariot of the Great Ming.

Some people may want to say, Goryeo Zhuangding migrated a lot to Liaodong, and now they have migrated to Japan, how many people are there in Goryeo?

Yes, the HR department in Korea is unlimited. In fact, it is almost the same now, and if the population is recruited again, it will affect agricultural production. However, Fu Youde has someone in his hands. Japanese. It is not enough to place Japanese prisoners of war in Goryeo to work. These Japanese prisoners of war did not make a splash in Goryeo.

And the treatment and rations of the Goryeo army, and other aspects, naturally cannot be compared with the army of the Ming Dynasty, saving costs.

The prince can also think of this, he thinks deeper, secretly; "The Marquis of Yingchuan is worrying about me."

The prince came here for the Northern Expedition. But it was more about grasping the situation in the north and recovering the heart of the northern army. But in any case, the Northern Expedition will always be fought. If we want to fight, we must have enough supplies, and if we have enough supplies, we must reduce the consumption of the Japanese battlefield.

This is the reason why Fu Youde did not want reinforcements, but asked for some Koreans.

The prince asked; "This one, Lone agreed. Send an order to select a group of 100 households and 1,000 households from Beiping, let them go to Goryeo, train Goryeo soldiers, and when the training is complete, they will listen to the dispatch of the Marquis of Yingchuan."

The people below immediately obeyed the order and did not mention it.

Although the prince believes in the Marquis of Yingchuan, he still cares a lot about the checks and balances of military power. He transferred officers from Beiping to train the Goryeo Army, so that the Goryeo Army formed a structure in which the upper stratum was Han and the lower stratum was Goryeo, and most of the family members of the middle and lower strata officers in Peiping were in Zhuwei, Hebei, and it was impossible for them to follow Fu Youde to rebel.

Of course, neither does the crown prince

I think Fu Youde will rebel, but whether it will be one thing, whether it is prevented is another matter.