If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 150 Strategy for Attacking Japan

During the few days that Zhu Zhankun was dealing with fiefdom affairs, the armies of King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong also belatedly gathered in Tianjin City.

The armies of the five vassal kings and sixteen guards totaled 9 people. This number was even greater than the population of Tianjin.

Fortunately, the military discipline of the Ming army was pretty good at this time. It was not the late Ming Dynasty's style of killing good people and taking credit for their merits after military discipline was relaxed. Coupled with the respective restraints of King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong, it did not happen in Zhu Zhanquan's fiefdom. Something happened.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Zhu Zhankun sending Qingyu Guards to patrol the city and maintain law and order.

Otherwise, if [-] to [-] troops are stationed in a city, it will easily cause all kinds of problems.

However, after the four vassal kings arrived with their respective armies, they did not plan to stay in Tianjin City for a long time. Their fundamental purpose was to conquer the Japanese country, gain a larger fiefdom for themselves, and seize the Japanese country's gold and silver mountains.

So after King Han, who was the last to arrive, also arrived in Tianjin City, the four vassal kings approached Zhu Zhanchun to discuss the expedition with him.

"As for the expedition, I think we can arrange it like this. Uncle Ning and I will go all the way. We will bypass Liaodong and arrive at Jeju Island via North Korea. After establishing a stronghold here to ensure smooth logistics and food routes, we will go straight to Kyushu Island and capture it. From here, the army of Ning Wang's uncle can cross the sea and drive directly to Shi Jian Yin Shan." Zhu Zhanquan laid a map on the table and explained to King Ning and the three kings of Liaodong: "Shi Jian Yin Shan is a Japanese country. The largest Yinshan Mountain could produce one million taels of silver annually. However, the Japanese were stupid and lacked the skills to mine and smelt, so the output here was not high.

After winning this place, we only need to fully develop Yinshan and increase the output to one million taels a year. If we dig for two or three years, we can make this trip back. "

How can black eyes see white money?After hearing what Zhu Zhanqun said, Prince Ning smiled, not to mention his eyes, and even the wrinkles on his face opened.

However, King Ning was happy, but the three kings of Liaodong seemed a little unhappy. King Zhu Zhi of Liao directly grabbed Zhu Zhanquan's sleeve and said: "My grandnephew, you let your uncle King Ning eat this biggest piece of fat. Why don't you still eat it?" Where are the three great-uncles? Don’t you care about us?"

"What are you talking about, uncle of the King of Liao? I haven't finished talking about this arrangement yet!" Zhu Zhanqun without leaving a trace directly wiped away Zhu Zhi's hand holding his sleeve, then pointed to the map and continued: "Uncle of the King of Liao You, Uncle Shen and King Han all work together to lead Xiaoliuqiu to the north and directly attack Shikoku Island of Japan. After occupying this place, you divide your troops into three groups and go all the way to this port called Kobe, which is the largest port of Japan. An important commercial port, Japan relied on this place for its maritime trade.

The other route went around the Ise Bay here. After landing on the south bank, it marched to the capital of Japan together with the route that attacked Kobe. The two routes also attacked Kyoto. The current king of Japan and the generals in charge of the government lived here. , taking this place is equivalent to taking half of the Japanese country. This is the first achievement of this conquest of Japan!
As for the last step, you need to travel a little further to attack this place called Kamakura. Although it is a long way, it is the residence of the previous generation of the general family of the Japanese country a hundred years ago. It can be said to be the old capital of the Japanese country.

Although the dynasty has changed, this place can be said to be rich, and it is a place similar to the Kongfu in Qufu in the hearts of the Japanese people. Attacking here can shake the morale of the Japanese army, and can also induce them to attack, so as to control the northern part of the Japanese country. situation. "

Zhu Zhanjuan drew on the map and clearly arranged the three kings of Liaodong.

I have to say that this strategy is really vicious. First, take a shortcut to attack Kyushu Island and Iwami Ginzan, let the Japanese know that the Ming Dynasty is conquering the Japanese, induce the Japanese to use all their strength to rescue Kyushu Island and Iwami Ginzan, and mobilize the Japanese troops.

Then they used the troops of the three kings of Liaodong to attack Kobe, Isewan and Kamakura, and then attacked Kyoto in two directions, so that the head and tail of the Japanese country could not care about each other, and no one could be saved.

Later generations often said that the so-called Warring States Period of Japan was about village chiefs fighting with weapons. This is indeed a bit biased. After all, the scale of wars in Japan at that time still ranged from hundreds to thousands of people. At the end of the Warring States Period, Oda Nobu Tokihou, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu could still gather tens of thousands or 10,000+ troops.But that is a large team that can only be pulled together by a strong daimyo who can unify the local area.

Oda Nobunaga's most famous Okehazama surprise attack, Imagawa Yoshimoto's army on the opposite side was only about 3 or [-] people preparing to go to Luo. This shows the scale of the Japanese army.

Although the three kings of Liaodong combined and the nine guards had only more than 5 soldiers and horses, for the Japanese country, this was an army that they could not resist.

In addition, the "samurai + peasant soldiers" configuration was popular in the Japanese country in this era. Compared with the professional soldiers of the Ming army, there was a huge gap in combat power, as well as the gap in weapons and equipment and race and height between the two sides. I am afraid that it would be necessary. It took three Japanese soldiers to fight one Ming army soldier.

Although the Japanese nation of this era was at its peak, the Muromachi shogunate was at its peak, but the number of troops it could mobilize was limited.

We must know that even at the end of the Warring States Period during the Wanli period, according to the Japanese calculation of grain production, the total stone height of the Japanese country was about 2000 and 200 million. Calculated based on 350 stones, 40 to 70 troops were sent, which is Theoretical data is about [-] to [-] people.

The total number of troops that can actually be mobilized is about 50 to 60 at full count.

And this is the data after Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the Japanese country nearly 200 years later during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It can be imagined that it is still the Yongle period of the early Ming Dynasty. If the Japanese country can mobilize this half of its troops, it can be regarded as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's victory over the Japanese country. He and his subordinates, big and small, had strong control and drained their manpower.

However, the Japanese peasants and soldiers, who were expected to fight with only 20 soldiers, wanted to defeat the [-] elite Ming troops of six vassal kings and Zheng He's fleet?

Japan's only chance of victory is to pray for another so-called "divine wind" to destroy the Ming Dynasty's fleet like it destroyed the Yuan Dynasty's fleet.

As expected, King Zhu Zhi of the Liao Dynasty was well-read in poetry and history books about the Yuan Dynasty, so he naturally raised this question.

Zhu Zhanjuan said calmly: "The period from June to September in Japan is the season when typhoons occur frequently. This is consistent with the astronomical records in the southeastern coastal areas, so my uncle Ning Wang and I have to fight for the typhoons along the way. Set out before June, and at least establish a stronghold and port on Jeju Island in July for the army to park ships and station.

As for the uncle of the King of Liao, you must also cooperate with Zheng He's fleet to arrive at Xiaoliuqiu Kingdom before July, otherwise the military aircraft will be delayed if there is a typhoon.

A month of rest in August also allows the soldiers to adapt to the overseas combat environment, while waiting for the domestic autumn grain harvest and avoiding typhoons.

After September, they began to transport the prepared military rations from the country to Jeju Island and Xiaoliuqiu Kingdom. As soon as October arrived, the two armies marched together and captured the Japanese country in one fell swoop! "

　The author has returned to positive state in the past two days and feels uncomfortable all over. The update may be a bit unstable, please forgive me.

　　
　
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