Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 332 Do You Need a Reason to Fight Japanese Bandits?
Go to Japan and destroy the Japanese pirates!

Taichang had already had this idea.

The reason why he has not put it into action is mainly because of the southwestern chieftain rebellion and the disaster in the northwest.

After all, fighting against Japan did not happen overnight. If the chieftain rebellion in the southwest was not settled and the disaster victims in the northwest were not self-sufficient, he would send troops blindly, and there would be troubles in the future.

You know, there are quite a few people who want to be heroes in troubled times these days, and once they get the chance, they will rush out to make trouble.

Now that the southwest chieftain rebellion has been settled, the victims of the disaster in the northwest have almost been resettled, and the interior of Daming has almost stabilized, so he is naturally ready to do something.

In the meeting hall of Wenhua Palace, all the courtiers were dumbfounded again.

Why is the emperor's thoughts always so shocking?

Hit Japan to destroy the Japanese pirates?

Dongpu is not a little barbarian who can be destroyed easily!
What is your expression?
Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help asking: "Why are you so dazed, can't you fight Dongpu?"

This is not a question of whether it will work or not!

Your Majesty, Dongpu is not a small country that can be easily destroyed!
If we really wiped out the family in one fell swoop, that would be fine.

If it won't be extinguished for a while, how much money will it cost to drag it there?
Your Majesty, you have to consider whether Daming's national strength can hold on, and you have to consider whether this battle can be fought!

Zou Weilian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, why did you fight Dongying?"

Taichang couldn't help asking: "Is there a reason to fight Japan?

People can beat us, why can't we beat others?

Don't you know that Japanese people have wolf ambitions?

Don't you know how crazy Toyotomi Hideyoshi was at Dongying Guanbai back then?
What did he say, don't you know?

Go to North Korea first, then destroy Ming Dynasty, take Tianzhu, and dominate the world!
Do you think he was joking?

People in Dongying have thought the same way as him for a long time, and the current Tokugawa shogunate is the same, but they are taking a different path.

They all wiped out Ryukyu, a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and tried to take over Dongfan, and then attacked Ming Dynasty by sea.

If General Shen Yourong hadn't risked his life to repel their vanguard, do you know how serious the consequences would be?
This gang of Japanese pirates has always been ruthless, and if one plan fails, they will make another plan.

Then why the Dutch, the overlord of the sea, came to attack Daming, don’t you know?

These guys are the people from Dongying fooling around to consume our Ming power. The people from Dongying are trying to make a profit and destroy us while we are fighting with that sea overlord!
This gang of Japanese pirates is endless.

It's really easy to deceive us when we are Ming!
If we don't wipe out these Japanese pirates, they don't know what kind of moths they will play in the future. "

Well, there really isn't any reason to fight Japan, and these Japanese pirates have come up against Ming's idea not once or twice.

The problem is that Japan is not so easy to fight, and Japanese pirates are not so easy to destroy!

Lu Xiangsheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, thought for a while, and then carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, Dongying is a bit evil. Meng Yuan also wanted to take down Dongying in the previous dynasty, but he went there twice, and encountered sea storms both times, especially the second time. There are more than [-] people, only a few survived!"

Of course Taichang knew this.

Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, organized two expeditions across the sea to take Dongying.

The first time they rushed to Kyushu Island, but they were not prepared enough, and they were not very familiar with mountain warfare, so they couldn't attack for a long time and had to retreat to the ship.

What's weird is that just as they retreated to the ship, they encountered a storm at sea that night, and most of the warships were blown over.

They had no choice but to retreat.

The second time was even more evil. Meng Yuan prepared more than [-] large and small warships and carried more than [-] troops on an expedition to Dongpu. As a result, before he successfully landed, he was wiped out by the so-called kamikaze of the Dongpu people. Only a few survived!

Is it evil?
I really don't believe this evil!

Taichang shook his head again and again and said: "This is not a question of whether it is evil or not. Sailing ships are prone to sea storms, because sailing ships need strong winds to go to sea, and strong winds are the easiest to turn into storms. Didn't you listen to the Spanish envoy? The Spanish Armada All five expeditions to Britain encountered storms at sea! This is not something evil at all, it is caused by the characteristics of sailing ships, and we don’t have to worry about this now that we have ships.”

Well, this one does make sense.

It is true that a sailboat needs a strong wind, and who knows if the strong wind will turn into a storm.

It would be different for Daming to have a ship. There is no need for any wind to go out to sea. The calmer the sea, the better.

In this way, it is naturally less likely to encounter sea storms.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard the words, he couldn't help nodding his head again and again, eager to try: "The emperor is wise, when are we going to fight?"

The reason why he reminded Taichang was not because he was afraid of war, but because he was afraid that he would encounter a storm at sea like the Meng Yuan army, and the battle would be over without much fighting.

After Taichang said this, he understood that the ship was really unlikely to encounter a storm at sea.

Then what else is there to say, let’s do it directly!

Lu Yanwang's name is not something he made out of, he is not afraid of death at all.

He just didn't want to bring more than [-] or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers to die.

Taichang heard the words, but slowly shook his head and said: "There is no rush, let's make complete preparations first."

There is no reason to fight Japan.

However, it takes a lot of preparation to fight Japan.

Japan is really not a small country, at least not right now.

The reason why Toyotomi Hideyoshi uttered wild words, saying that he would go to Korea first, then destroy Ming Dynasty, take Tianzhu, and dominate the world, was not because he was so crazy.

At this moment, Japan is really not weak, whether it is in terms of population or the number of troops, they are not weak.

In terms of population, apart from Daming, Japan has the largest population at the moment. It is conservatively estimated that the population of Japan is at least 500 million, or even more than 2000 million.

At this moment, Britain, France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, etc., the so-called European powers actually have a population of around 500 million.

Moreover, Japan has long had muskets and artillery.

In other words, Japan is not easy to deal with at this time, and it can even be said that Japan is more difficult to deal with than the European powers at the moment.

Taichang wants to destroy Japan, but not with words, but with strength.

Therefore, before he was fully prepared, he would not rush to send troops.

Hearing this, Xu Guangqi couldn't help saying with relief: "The emperor is wise, it is indeed necessary to make complete preparations to fight against Japan."

He was really afraid that the emperor would do what he said, and go directly to it without preparing anything.

Fortunately, the emperor is not crazy to this extent.

Of course Taichang is not that crazy, he just has crazy ideas, and he is more prudent in his actions.

He thought about it carefully, and then slowly said: "The so-called know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. We have to figure out the approximate number of troops in Dongpu now."

Does anyone know this?
Of course!
After all, Daming fought two battles with Dongying during the Wanli Dynasty.

Hearing this, Xu Guangqi slowly recalled: "Dongying's two invasions of North Korea consisted of nine infantry regiments, and the number of each regiment ranged from more than 1 to more than 3.

It is said that they mobilized more than [-] infantry. Although this number is a bit exaggerated, it is not exaggerated by much.

Even if we mobilize 30 infantry, and they must still have a certain amount of defense in their homeland, in this way, Dongpu has at least 40 infantry. If we fully mobilize the young and strong to fight with us, it is not impossible to recruit 50 troops. of.

In addition, they also have six naval divisions, with a total of more than [-] people and more than [-] large and small warships.

This should not be an exaggeration. After all, they transported more than [-] infantry to North Korea. Without so many warships, it would be impossible to transport so many infantry across the sea. "

Xu Guangqi didn't just know astronomy, geography, farmland water conservancy, he was also responsible for mobilizing troops to drill the army, and Sun Yuanhua became his disciple at that time.

What he received was not worth much. The two wars in the Wanli Dynasty proved that Dongpu did have some strength, otherwise they would not be so mad that they would destroy Ming Dynasty.

All the ministers nodded solemnly upon hearing the words.

Although they did not understand the situation at that time as well as Xu Guangqi, they still heard about the general situation of the battle.

Japanese pirates in Japan do have this strength.

Hearing this, Taichang also nodded solemnly and said: "50 infantry plus [-] sailors, this strength is really good, it seems that we need to mobilize more troops."

Although the Ming Dynasty has more than 50 troops at this moment, there are not so many who can go to Japan.

There must be a large army guarding Liaodong, otherwise Jiannu will definitely take advantage of the vacancy and try to make a comeback.

There is also the Southwest, where the chieftain's chaos will be settled, and the troops must be left to deter them.

There is also Qiongzhou Prefecture, the 5 horses and horses cannot move, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of captives there.

There is also Fengyang Mansion, the 5 people can't move, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of royal relatives who have been cut off.

There is also the southeast waters. In order to prevent the Dutch from counterattacking, at least one navy fleet must be left to guard.

There is also Dongfan, the more than [-] people must not be able to move, because the Dutch will probably not attack Fujian again next time, but will directly rush to Dongfan.

In other words, at this moment, most of the Ming Dynasty's troops cannot move, and those who can go out are the Beijing Camp, Imperial Guards and the two navy divisions.

(End of this chapter)