Since Hongguang entered the customs in the first year, Li Xianzhong has not returned to Liaodong for nearly four years.

After the founding of the Chinese state, the status of Liaodong was also very important, although it was not the capital of the Chinese Empire, and it was not as rich as Nanzhili.

However, this is the "land of dragons" in China.

Today, it is also the most important industrial base in China, where more than 90% of the Chinese Empire's artillery, firearms and more than half of the warships are produced.

The output of cement and steel also accounts for more than 70% of China's production.

It also has the largest arsenal, shipyard and industrial base in the Chinese Empire.

Li Xianzhong's original Liaodong County palace in Kaiyuan has been converted into a palace.

Kaiyuan City is now one of the three major commercial centers in Liaodong.

Although the capital of Liaodong is still Liaoyang.

However, Kaiyuan in the north and Lushun in the south are emerging cities for border trade and overseas trade respectively, and the development momentum is very rapid.

Li Xianzhong did not choose to meet with the leaders of the Mongol Tongjurchen tribe at the palace in Kaiyuan.

Instead, he summoned them at a pasture outside Kaiyuan City.

After all, in addition to being the emperor of the Chinese Empire, Li Xianzhong is also the "Mandate of Heaven Khan" of the Mongol tribes in Southern China!

After Li Xianzhong ascended the throne, the three Outer Khalkha tribes of Mobei Mongolia and the Oirat Mongol tribes of Moxi also sent envoys one after another to honor Li Xianzhong as the "Khan of the Mandate of Heaven"!

At present, the main focus of the Chinese Empire is on pacifying the southwest and expanding in Southeast Asia, so naturally it has no time to take care of the northern and western Mongolian tribes.

Li Xianzhong can only woo them for the time being, and open the horse market to earn silver taels.

They knew that Horqin was Li Xianzhong's in-laws, so they naturally stopped harassing the Horqin department!

Therefore, the life of the three tribes of Horqin Mongolia was relatively stable, and the tribes also recovered to a certain extent.

This time, Li Xianzhong summoned Horqin, Ye He and the Jianzhou Department to naturally go out to conquer the Japanese state.

Belle Wu Keshan of Horqin is Li Xianzhong's eldest brother, Buyangu of Yehebu is his father-in-law, and Azig of Jianzhou is the son of his "old lover" Abahai.

These people are all related to Li Xianzhong, so he simply got straight to the point.

Li Xianzhong said: "I guess you have heard about the order to build a warship in Busan, right? ”

"The Wa Kingdom is a great trouble, and I have made up my mind to destroy the Wa and completely solve this scourge!"

It was rumored in China that there were countless silver mountains in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, and this news naturally reached the ears of these leaders.

To be honest, in fact, they miss the days when they followed Li Xianzhong everywhere on the grassland to "fight the autumn wind".

Azig said first: "I heard that Your Majesty intends to conquer the Wa Kingdom, and the Imperial Association Army under the command of the minions has been waiting for a long time, just waiting for Your Majesty's call!" ”

After Azig spoke, the Mongols and Yehebu also said: "The warriors of the clan are willing to obey the dispatch of the 'Mandate of Heaven' and set foot on the Wa Island!" ”

Li Xianzhong is still very satisfied with this result!

After all, it's not the first time they've teamed up to fight the autumn breeze, and there is still trust in each other!

However, this time the opponent is really a bit difficult.

Under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, Wajima had a population of 15 million and a samurai group of more than 400,000.

Due to the elite route adopted by China, the number of imperial troops was reduced, and the army in the whole of China was only 600,000 men.

Therefore, the army in the northern region that can be mobilized to conquer the Japanese state is only 100,000, and even with the addition of naval divisions, it will not exceed 120,000.

Therefore, Li Xianzhong was prepared to use a large number of servant troops.

Kong Youde trained 30,000 new troops in the Korean region, but the combat effectiveness of these "sticks" is really not flattering.

Although these people are now also members of Huaxia, after all, they have only been for a few years.

It is difficult to change their "bad roots" in this time.

If these North Korean troops are engaged in frontal combat, it will definitely be less than 1 plus 1, and it will not be possible to directly drag down the Huaxia army.

Therefore, they can only take on logistical transport tasks.

In terms of combat effectiveness, it is definitely stronger than the Jurchens and the Mongols.

In the end, the Imperial Allied Army under Azig sent 20,000 troops, Yehe's left and right troops sent 15,000 troops, and Korqin Mongols sent 15,000 troops.

The 50,000 Jurchen Mongol coalition troops will serve as the first echelon to attack the Wa Kingdom.

Considering the strong firepower of the iron cannons, Li Xianzhong decided to provide some firearms for these expeditionary forces.

They were also sent to Korea for a three-month training so that they could become proficient in the use of firearms and familiarize themselves with the tactics of the Japanese pirates.

In order to deal with the Japanese state, Li Xianzhong used almost the elite of the entire northern part of China.

Xiong Tingbi drew 10,000 elite border troops from the northwest, and Li Sanshun sent 20,000 Liaodong defenders, including the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

Zu Dashou sent Wu Sangui to lead 15,000 Shanxi elites to North Korea.

In addition, there were 20,000 forbidden troops who followed Li Xianzhong to fight in the south and north, and 15,000 Shandong Yulin battalions sent by Zuo Liangyu.

There are also 20,000 Huaxia troops stationed in Korea under Kong Youde, forming a 100,000 Huaxia Expeditionary Force.

The battle was not trivial, with Li Xianzhong personally serving as the commander-in-chief, and the Korean governor Kong Youdeok serving as the deputy commander.

In addition to the 100,000 Chinese Expeditionary Force and the 50,000 Jurchen Mongol Coalition Army, 30,000 Korean troops were responsible for logistics, and 20,000 Liaodong Naval Divisions cooperated in the operation.

The actual number of troops invested was as high as 200,000, which was the largest number of troops ever sent in China.

Of course, this is only the first batch of expeditionary forces, and the second batch of men and horses in Zhili, Henan, Huguang and Jiangnan are also being mobilized, and once the war enters the scorching heat, the second batch of 100,000 men and horses will also be put into battle.

In addition, the Chinese Empire began to mobilize its own 300,000 reserve troops, and some of the veterans who had been laid off, as well as the local village warrior regiments, were also reorganized to lead the training of new soldiers.

Once the war is tight, the 300,000 reserve troops will be converted into regular troops and thrown into the battle of the Japanese state.

Sichuan, Yunnan-Guizhou, Liangguang, and the newly conquered Southeast Asian regions were not in a state of war readiness for the time being.

However, the few Tusi and indigenous tribes in these areas are also on the mobilization list.

As long as China needed it, these Tusi soldiers and the natives from all over Southeast Asia would be mobilized to fight on the battlefield of the Wa Kingdom at any time.

In Li Xianzhong's words, the current campaign against the Japanese must thoroughly resolve the contradictions between the two countries and never stop fighting.

As long as the Wa Kingdom was not captured, Huaxia would continue to send troops until it was completely conquered.

In addition to soldiers and horses, food and armament are also key.

The household department has prepared 15 million silver dollars, as well as 2 million stones of grain and grass.

This almost emptied Huaxia's treasury.

In order to raise military expenses for the levy of Japanese bonds, Li Xianzhong entrusted the Liaodong Bank to issue the first treasury bond in the history of China, the levy of Japanese treasury bonds.

At an annual interest rate of 8%, the imperial court issued 500,000 treasury bonds with a face value of 100 Chinese silver dollars for a period of three years.

The imperial court was really generous this time, and suddenly borrowed 50 million Chinese silver dollars from the private sector to levy the Japanese.

This made the people of China believe that there must be countless mountains of gold and silver in the Wa Kingdom.

Otherwise, how could the imperial court issue treasury bonds that were almost equivalent to a year's income in China in one go?

The previous successes of the imperial conquests of Manila and Burma convinced the common people that the conquest would be successful.

In addition, the people along the coast were harassed by the Japanese invaders, and most of the people hated the Japanese people.

Under the lead of the nobles and big businessmen, 500,000 treasury bonds were snapped up in just one month.

Although these treasury bonds cannot be exchanged in advance, they can be traded, and the holders of government bonds can sell them again if there is a problem with their funds.

The treasury bonds snatched from 100 silver dollars can be sold for 102 silver dollars in the trading market.

Removing the transaction tax, it also netted 1.7 silver dollars.

Li Xianzhong's engagement in these treasury bonds is also to pave the way for future stocks.

First of all, use treasury bonds to whet the appetite of these people, and when they feel that the rise and fall of treasury bonds is small and boring, he will get twice the result with half the effort by issuing shares again.

As long as the stock comes out, this is a cash cow for the Chinese court.

The annual transaction tax alone is a considerable amount of income, and when you are short of money, you can directly control the stock to cut leeks!

Now it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

With 200,000 horses, training is a lot of money.

It will take more than two months to train the troops attacking the Japanese from all directions, and this period cannot be wasted, so Li Xianzhong decided to try his hand first.

His first target, of course, was Tsushima, located between Busan and Kyushu.

Tsushima Island consists of five islands with a land area of about 696 square kilometers and has been a fief of the clan since the 12th century.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate at this time had been closed off from the rest of the country, only one port in Nagasaki was open to the public.

However, the Huaxia conquest incident caused a stir, and naturally it also reached the ears of the Tokugawa shogunate.

At this time, the shogun was Tokugawa Iemitsu, and when he heard that the Chinese Emperor Li Xianzhong was going to raise a national army to attack Japan, he was still very nervous.

Although the more powerful Yuan Empire in history also attacked Japan twice, the sailors of the Yuan Empire at that time were not as powerful as those of Huaxia.

It is clear that China was far more of a threat to Japan than any other dynasty of the Central Plains.

Therefore, the Tokugawa shogunate soon decided to send troops to Tsushima Island.

This task soon fell to the Chugasu Domain, the westernmost part of Honshu Island.

The Nagasu Domain was a large feudal domain with a height of 730,000 koku in the Edo period, and although the Tsushima clan had previously been canonized as a daimyo of 100,000 koku by Tokugawa Ieyasu due to the resumption of trade with Korea, its actual territory was only 10,000 koku on the 5 islands of Tsushima.

The intervention of the Cheung Chau clan made the Tsushima clan really panic.

At this time, the garrison of Tsushima was mainly divided into three forces.

The first group was naturally the 3,000 Tsushima Domain soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Tsushima Domain.

Tsushima had a population of only 40,000, and the 3,000 soldiers were made up of almost all the men between the ages of 13 and 65 on the island.

The second group was 3,000 men sent by the Maori Showman of the Cheung Chau Domain.

Although the number is comparable to that of the Tsushima Domain, it is obvious that the people and horses of the Cheung Chau Domain are stronger than the rabble of the opposing side.

Of course, there is a third force that cannot be ignored, that is, the remnants of the Zhenghuang Banner led by Ao Bai Tong Ji Bilong, although the number of these Eight Banners is not large, only more than a thousand, but it is the strongest combat power among the three forces.

At the beginning, Ao Bai was ordered by Dai Shan to attack Korea with a large army and occupied Busan all the way.

But after that, it was besieged by the Korean king Kim Zidian.

Although Ao Bai and the others defeated Jin Zidian's men several times, he soon moved to the Huaxia army.

With the help of the Huaxia Army, Jin Zidian finally conquered Busan City after more than half a year.

Ao Bai and others had to lead more than 1,000 people across the sea and fled to Tsushima Island.

Originally, Aobai and others wanted to occupy Tsushima Island as their own basis.

However, the combat power of these Japanese soldiers is not weak, and they occupy favorable terrain.

The most important thing is that they also asked the Tokugawa shogunate for help, so that Aobai and others could not help them.

The two sides fought for many days and only added many casualties to each other, and finally Ao Bai and others accepted Zong Yizhen's recruitment and helped the Tsushima Domain garrison on Tsushima Island as a guest army.

Far from strengthening the island's defenses, the 3,000 reinforcements sent by the Mori Hideshi of the Cheung Chau Domain turned them into a mess with the Tsushima Domain.

At this time, Aobai received a letter from Azig, in which Azig told Aobai that now the Jianzhou Jurchens had been completely incorporated into Huaxia.

Their people were not enslaved by the Han Chinese, and the families of Zhenghuangqi also lived in Ping'an Dao.

As long as they can help the Huaxia army land on Tsushima Island this time, they will be able to make meritorious contributions, and the Huaxia Emperor will not only not blame them for the past, but will also give them a corresponding reward.

Originally, Ao Bai and others felt that Li Xianzhong would definitely take revenge on their people after completely conquering the Jianzhou Jurchens, even if Jianzhou was not killed by Li Xianzhong, I am afraid that they would be enslaved, working endlessly for the Han people, until they exhausted their last strength.

Now it seems that they underestimated Li Xianzhong's open-mindedness, not only the Jianzhou Jurchens, but also Ye He and Horqin Mongolia are also safe and sound.

Ao Bai quickly gave the envoy the defense map of the island and asked him to bring it to the Huaxia army.

After Azig obtained the defense map, he was very clear about the deployment of the Japanese on the island.

Soon Zong Yizhen was awakened by the sound of earth-shattering artillery.

The warships of the Chinese were able to risk running aground at night near the coastline of Tsushima Island and accurately shell the camps on the island.

The continuous bombardment of hundreds of artillery pieces had already bombarded their camp, and these would-be robbers had directly lost 70%, and only a few people were spared.

Just as he was about to hold on to the city, Ao Bai and others suddenly attacked, took the opportunity to forcibly occupy the city gate, and put the Huaxia army into Tsushima City!

Soon the remaining thousand people on the island gave up their resistance.

In this way, Azig's men and horses took Tsushima Island almost bloodlessly.

Azig found that there really was a silver mountain on the island, although it was not the largest, but the discovery of the Sasu silver mountain still injected a forced needle into Huaxia!

In order to increase the confidence of the Chinese people in this expedition, Li Xianzhong ordered that all these captured Japanese invaders be taken to Beijing and beheaded in public.

Soon after, under the guidance of Li Xianzhong, the Huaxia sailors sailed to Zuodu Island, the fifth largest island in the Wa Kingdom.

Sado Island is located to the west of Honshu Island, and on the other side of the river is the Echigo Province of the Uesugi family.

Compared to Tsushima Island, this is a real mountain of gold; The island is not only rich in gold and silver, but also has the largest gold mine in the country, Zuodu Jinshan!

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